The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, October 28, 1897, Image 1
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VOL. 7---N0. 40. PICKENS C. THURSDAY, 28, 1897. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
" What They Say
About MORGAN'S
Every dollar that you spend is given its fullest purchasing power. Ev
ery article they sell bears the stamp of l"onest value. They have th
confidence of their customers and will never abuse It. They Quote th
Lowest Prices. They pay
The Highest Price for Cotton.
When you lay it along side their yard stick and merchandise. It will ua
doubtedly pay you to make your fall bill of Dry Goods and Shoes witl
them. They carry the largest -stock in the city, giving you a bettei
selection. If you only spend a dime or a dollar, for any amount they givc
you the greatest value. They appreciate your trade and will spare ni
pains to please you. In their
N-w STORE
you will find the greatest collection of Dress Goods, Silks. Trlmmings, No
{:. . , tions, Hosiery, Underwear, Jeans, Flannels, Blankets, Sheetings, Shirt
ings, Calicoes, Ginghams, Outings, Cotten Checks, Capes and Jackets, Car
pots, Mattings, Rugs, Art Scares, Window Shades, Lace Curtains ; las
but not least, Men's, Women's and Children's coarse and fine Shoes.
i' Pay us a call the first time you are in the city. We want to see you ir
our now place.
Yours truly,
J!. H. MORGAN & SRO.
P.S.
15 drz'n heavy fleecy lined Undervests for ladies, to go at...........
25 dozen of the 50c kind.............
50 pairs 10 4 Blankets, per pr.............................41
15 pic.ees heavy Jeans, per yd..................................
8 cakes iest, Laundry Seal .. ........
20 yards 3est Check Homespun...............................0
CHAS. M. EOW IN, of Pickens C. U. is with us, and will be glad to see hi
- friends.
KINTUCKY'S BLIND HUNTER. Did a stranger mect hin on a dan
night ho would never~ know the tniia
T Wonderful Feats of a Man Whotonorf
~ %on(ertul "cas o' aManWhohe has ledi on these night hunts. EIlh
Has Not Seen in Twenty Years. ability to find his way on these chu3e:
Chicago Times-Herald. Is accounted for by him in that he I
A di iach romNtchlasill. K perfectly familiar with the scopeO of
A y", country over which he hunts, but whr
contains the following remarkable It is remembered that this scope ex
story: tends for many miles along the ru d
Tom Johnson: who has been bllnd n cliffs of the Kentucky river, and that
both;Oyes for twenty years, has been he rides a mule as blind as himself,
the talkof the county for the past ten it can be considered no less than re
days. Johnson is a fox hunter. He markable.
keeps a- pack of hounds. Mag, one of
his favorite dogs, went mad. John
son's wife and children and a neighbor, AI MD FOR WAIt-A well-to-dc
Jo Harvey' Brumfield, were out in the Georgia farmer, writes Prank L. Stan
yard when Mag came running through ton In the Atlanta (nnatif,wton," in.
the orchard foaming at the mouth and vited a merchant friend to dine,witl
snapping right and left. It was a him. The merchant was known for
genuine case of hydrophobia.hicrnie,anhdocertic
*The people In the yard franticallytie tosot130)Ofrigne
rushed into the house, locked thewrn.Thfaeradonirai
*doors and told Johnson of the condi- bsns elnswt i,adte
tion of his favorite dog. In the mean- wr ntebs ftrs lwv,
time Mag had dashed by the house andthfam'-lwykptavaye o
started off in the direction of a neigh- i.Svrldy atrtedne
bor's. When Johnson was told of thethfamrsouete ecansa
dog's hydrophobia he arose, and do- t i
-.sp.ite the efforts of his family and Mr. " a' con o h ue cl
B.rumfield, walked into the yard. Di- ig n m)le aeOcsoal
- tebtly Mag came back and seemed to Frisac,teohr a,we
be In a more violent state of madnesswadingtyorabeitudni
than before. Those in the housecaeitmy intoklyu,hug
called to Johnson that the dog was Ihdntigi h vIllaan
coming and piteously begged him to yu a itli ypce
return. The old blind man heeded notthtiean oceIbd yhadm
,the appeals of his family, but stood i,we h tag eln asi
. like a statue listening to the snarling fo u.
of' the dog. Mag spied him and came Do'ltthtbheyu"sa
straight to him,.h amr;" nwc l bu o
-" There she comes," yelled Brum fii' nta ie n untalc
field, from inside of the house. StillwhnIswyu.adto orhi
the old man stood his ground. Within M o onwzsadn ntehi
ten feet of him Mag stopped, then wyb1ko o ihasognlvi
slowly approached him still snapping a o,a'yujs i aeyu ao
and snarling. ight to the blind man's b hni'yu-mn.I o a '
feet came the ,dog, andl as she wvas h' rboe algttruhyu
about to seize his leg he reached down
and, with an Instinct which seemed
superhuman, gr asped her about the -iemnSu:fisadta
npok in a vice-like grasp.we h onrson ftefrtm
The. dog struggled in vain to freeao idotoa ad heewssm
herself, but Mr. Johnson started to ceeoy tenigt,ad ui.
ward the woodshed, dragging her.nubrol)rnswel)cnt,a
Brumfield came and opened the door-tccmo utm aiyw
of the shed, and Johnson auproached idoi tesneaareeacef
and hurled the dog inside. Brumfioldanreistoersnt ihteei
quickly closed the door, and Mag wasto(pOi.Smegnlmn rsn
left to her ravings tiii a shotgun waspuinaubrofcns Wrdwi
procured and she was killed,.rudta ag u fmnyh
This feat of Mr. Johnson's is onlybenladintehloofhecne
one of many in his remarkable career,.tn.A osqec htng
- He is fifty years old, and the story of his sm vldsxsdpro oedw
deeds sounds more like fiction than fact. tofehli rc n obdt
Twenty years ago he wvas a man of soeo t otns T a )01
a ffluence, but he lost his eyesight, and, ni o i rul,hwvr o
having a large family, 'his fortunethuhheaicshd oeitrl
dwindled until to-day he has only aInrethyhanoirnicwt.
house and a few acres of land. All his
life he has been p)asalonately fond of *
fox hunting, and has always kept a -Gvno 'ryo,fTense
fine pack of dogs. When ho wentreetyolofacoed lrgna
blind it was thought his hunting days ~opece emno h et
were over, but such was not the case.-h eae
~He -became even more devote d to the Si i e fdvr iess
sp)ort. Strange as it may sem heMydigcnrgto
has never required a guide to adhm
in riding over the cliffs of the Ken-thwol. hsuapx lyishn
tucky river in lis chase. M1ountod on teylo ee t eso huad
his old blind mule, this blind man may bt ntelnug ftetx,i o
be soon one or two nights every week tk h ies o r oe hs
riding along a (lark and narrow patheatl doorcncres lpx
of a rugged cliff, while his dogs arechlran yeowfvriteyg
* ~searching for the trail of a fox. After intm,bthegc
tihe trail is found he stops, and allLodcicuete(vr.
* night long listens to the baying of the
dogs as they follow the trail, moving
only when reynard leads the dogs to -Tewthcridbteavag
more distant parts.maiscmoeof9pie,an
,,Typical fox huutoer that he is, hemnuat'o ebcsmre hi
knos te mouh" f iaver dg. ,00wsinct Mand searthe oeneros
LORD BERESFORD ROBS THE YANKEES.
A KLONDIKIE SCiNMIE IN NEW
ENGLAND.
lie Leaves a Trail of' Bad Debts '3e
hind and Strikes Out t'or Canada
lliri Girl WVil'o Completely Undier tho
Spoil of'tlie Fasuinatlng Rogue.
Lord .Beresford, alias Siney Las
celles, alias Sir Harry .Vane, R. N.,
alias Lord Courtepay, has again proved
his right -to be called the prince of
swindlers. This time under the name
of F. S. Lancaster. New England has
- becn the clover rogue's latest scene of
operation, and once more he has dis
appeared, leaving in his wake a trail
of bad debts, but fewer broken -hearts
than has characterized his previous
escapades. .
His career has been sketched in the
public prints front time to time, but
his movements since'his iolease from
the Georgia penitentiary and h!s sub
scquent marriage to an .estitmable
young woman at Fitzgerald, Ga., are
now for the first time placed on ropord.
They forin another chapter in the life
story of as fascinating a scamp as over
imposed upon the innocence of women
and the confidence of men.
When lie disappeared from 'Goorgia
with his young bride, having been
divorced by his forner wife, who :was
Mliss Lillienthal, of New York, it was
thought that he iad gone to Alaska.
This was last Julie. Recent develop
inents, however, prove the contrary.
After h'is release fi'on the convict
gang his career in Georgia was brief,
but eventful. Going to Fitzgerald, he
posed as a victim of circumstances,
and, with the semblance of good breed
ing and a charm of manner which have
always characterized his'movements,
succeeded in getting an entree to the
best society of the place.
The pretty nine een-year-old daugh
ter of Alexander Pelky, one of the
town's wealthiest men, fell head over
heels in love wit 'thb smooth tongued
adventurer. She has $50,000 in her
own right, but this she cannot touch
until she becomes of ago. Beresford,
or Lascelles as he was called in Fitz
gerald, made desperate love to the girl
and ingratiated himself into the good
graces of her father. iJe married the
one and borrowed $5,000 . from the
other.
The money was lost in speculation,
and a second $5,C00 loan was rtquested.
This was refused, and he left Fitzger
ald. There were two warrants for his
arrest. one charging him with embez
zicuent and thie other with obtaining
goods under false pretences. -..It was
believed that he left town with a fair
J amount of ready cash in his poisesi.
The scene now shifts to Springlield,
Mass., and, as' they soy on the play
bills, two muont,bs "ap. O. ( )ac d.y
during the latter .part of August i
young man with a southern accent on
tured a restaurant and seated himself
at one of the tables. ,i' e did not notice
the gentleman sitting opposite him un
til their eyes suddenly met.
"Bello! Lascelles," exclaimed. th c
young southerner. "What are you do
ing here? I thougbtiyou wero in Al
aska.'
"Pardon me. I thilik you have made
a mistake," replied the other coolly.
"Nonsense. j. met you down at Pit z
gerald, Georgia. Don't you remcin
ber?"
By way of reply a card was liresented
to the southerner ,bearing the -ibscrip
tion, "1. S. Lanca ter, Nos. 716 and 717
State Mutual Building, Worcester,
Mass." 'I'he young man, however, re
fused to be biutfed, and Lasceolles final
ly adiuitted his. identity. Ilis ae
eltuaintance had no object in expo ing
him, and only told of the ci.rcutmstance
after Lascelies had sImitet the dust of
Worester' frqm his feet.
Laseelles or Lancaste'r, as he should
now be called, inasmuch as.that is his
lalest alias, went to Worcester about,
August 1 as general agent for the Meiu
ebants and Manufiitturi'i' Life Insure
ance complany, of WestIild, an' asess
mrent concer'n recently or'ganized. HeI
was accompanied by his..wife, and1 they
took rooms at the Bay Stote house, the
best hotel in the city. T1hey also en
traged a pew at All SaiiIus'' Episcopal
church, one of tbe most:- fashionable
churches. [lore Lancast'er made the
acqluairptance of the cashier of one of
the cit,y banks, with which lhe iimmedi
I aitoly opened a small account,.
,Having takeni roomrs in the State
l Mutual building he furnished them-on
'credit and i'dver'tisedl for a man with a
small amount of capIitafl as part,ner.
.In consequience of this a young min,
named lFrancis is just $250J out of
I pocket.
WVith his ready wit Laneester made
frilends easily, and told wonderful tales
df his exper'iences in I nd ia. 'The wo
men, as has inva'iably b)een the tule,
were completely . lascina~ted by hiimA
LIe seemedl very found of his..wi fe, iand
gave it out that, sho'wau tho- daughter
3 of a ver-y wealthy reosident of Hiart,fora;.
After' opening his account, at the
Wor'cester -bank he paid his smbll bills
in cheeks, but, let his 'large ornes run.
'lHe took a house in Cedar street, in a
fashionable neighborhood, signing--a
thr'eo yearb' lease. T1his helped 'lrie
credlit, and lie bought a 'variety of
tin gs for himself and wife.
Th2le insurance busine s was not,good,
and Lancasjter r'ealizie(,1 that soihp des
per'ato met'ans wor'e- necessary t,o 'avoId
a crash. it was then t,hat ho decided
up)on.a grand coup) and at,tompted to
r'aise monecy on the prospckus of an
ombr)iyonic K londl,i)oi,ig tomipany.
Thliis diocumnent was remarkable in'Its
character and- read as (follows: "'Jlho
Worcester- Yukon Mining, D)evolep
ment and I n vstmnen t Cornpany. Capi
tiai '$250,000, in 50,000 sh ares; -$5 per
share, non-assessab)le.
'On March the 1st, 10 tipi com-i
pahiy intendls t.o serid from "ceal its
own steametr with lifty nien, undpr the
-diiretion of competent, .mining engi
neers. .- a.
''The party will be composed citirely
of .Now 100uglandf men,, -and each f,nd
every cite of themi -must be a stock
holderi. in the compainy. Thel.r 'ex'
penses will .be paid by ,t,Jc company
from the time they leave. Worecat.er'
until they rettirn. Two-thieds'-of. tiho
net earnings wIll go to the.,ccompany,
and one-third will be allotteji for the
members of the expedit,ion.
"The hardships, woi'k and difliculties
Iwill be borne by the expedition and its
Oraniem, whose only chanca frs ..
ward lios in the completo ,success of
the company.
"As-all 141a money subscribed cannot
be used at.,be'rbares will bo sold on
tio.*ollo i fb;ms: $2 oef applipation
and $1 mont hly thereaftdr untik pid
up. . All funds of the company will be
deposited with the Citizens' National
bank of Worcester. -
"leports of progress and shipments
of gold will be made monthly from the
mines direct to Worcester, and divi
dends will be paid to the stockholders
as each 1hipment is received. Aplica
tion for stock can he made in person or
by lettoi to the oilo of the company,
Nos. 710 ind 717 Statd Alutual building
Worceotr,'Mass:- All orders for stock
must bo accompanied by certilled
cheek; bxpress'moite' or post,Ilieo or
der."
Laicastor nA - v'ery effort to p.r
suade some -Vrbestr capitalists of
repute to head the subscription list,
but they all fought shy of it. le
found the hardheaded Yankees less
suscej>tiblo .to his powers of persuasion
than the people of the South. Ile had
been borrowing small sums of money
from'liis acquaintiances, but .-ven they
w'ere- becoitring- suspicious. lie had
reached . Chb 'nnd of his rope, and the
only thing' left -for - him wias to leave
town and seek pastures new.
Froi Boston Lancaster was traced
to 13,uialo, where he and his Lr.veling
conlinion 'registered as U. I. Davis
and wire; of New York. It is bel-ieved
that he went from 13ulTalo into Canada,
and that possibly he has gone to iEng
land. Aluch Vympathy is felt in Wor
cester for; the young : wife, w ho is as
complltely.hnder the spell c! the man's
influence as though he cxerted a
hypnotic power over her. She will
come into her'property in about ayear,
and until thup.this remlarkable rogue
may be expectcd to pt'ey upon his fel
low ~men wh'jrever he fitids them.
Where will be.turn up next, and un
der wha..nrmb:. ' .'
.TIIE DISPENSAtY ItEPORT.
The Legislativo Committee Itecom.
mntiuds it Itedltion of Stock anid
Ot ier Cyanges'ithe Masagenment.
The [:gislative'examining commit
tee has made its quarterly report on
the State dispensary to the Governor,
and attention is called to se?ernti mat
ters of more or less interest. The re
port is as follows :
Cor.umaii., S. C., 0... 20, 18117.
To lls--Exeellency W. Lt. i'lierbe, Gov
erner.
Siit : The committee met on Monday,
Oct. 18, and proceeded to examine the
the hooks and (inanciai transactions of
the State dispensary for the qua"ter
ending Sept. 30, 180. *
Th.' toek of liqu;r 'aid supplies on
hand was tuken on Oct. 1 by Mr. 1. B.
Uouthit, represeutirng the board of con
trol. and Mr. .. P. Thomas, 1e., repre
sentinut tuis comnuittee. The amounts
of the various inventories taken appear
upon the statement of tJie - issets and
liabilities hereto attachcd. All the
stock and supplies were actually ex
hibited and counted and valued except
ecrCain-goods. in transit, Invoices of
wh~ih had been received by the book
keeper and entered upon his books dur
ing the month of Septenmber. The orig
inal invoices of these goods, to wit :
360 barrels of whiskey and 50 cases of
whiskey were exhibited, amounting to
$25,297.08. Thebe goods were counted
as on hapd and included in the inven
tory.
The balance sheet of- the State d is
pensar.y for the quarter endir:;: Sept.
30, .897, and the statement, of assets
and .liabilities, . and- the 4tatemnent of
profits and losses were cheeked by the
nooks. We appn6d to tiis report copies
of these statements and also copy of tho
cash statement for the quarter. There
appear-s upon the statement of assets
and liabilities under the head of "un
earned .profits" $15,031. I4. This ite m
conal.ts .of the estigiated profits on
goods shipped to the count,y dispensers
and unsold.. It has -been the habit for
some'.timne to estiiatu 'thos-e unearned
plrofits and make an entry of them. We
rmec'bmc nd that the pract,ice of e!sti
inating*th'o unearned 'profit,s he abol
ished,'for the reason'that the same are
pace.rtain and misleading.
We have examined the original in
voices of all liquors' and stul ies pur
chased during the past quarter andI
also all votuchers for disbtirsemnent.s
made.-- We.ind the books. and entries
thcrein~ correct, accordinug to the record
and, data furnished ius.. The St.ate
t,reasu ror s r'epoL'J, al4owd on Sept. 30oth,
1897, balance of-cih In. Stato. treasury
amonnting to $78,5:30.01. Accor~d inpg t'o
the cash book >f the State diispensary
th'e balancge of c'dsh amouhtcd on t,h at,
day Lo $09,873i.24i. There was, t,herfor'e,
on-that'day *8,6157.37 more in the Stt
treasu ry than wac cal led for b'ly the
books of -thQ $tat,o. dispensary. The.
warant dr..awn j trlor to O-ut, I, an(g p
adaoutUto .;M,ril 33, fidcordl i ng~ t,o
itemme list furnishecd tus by the book
keeper. 'IThis makes the dilference be
thveer the State ti'easurer atnd the Stato
dispensary $(i.04. At our1 last repot
.1hmis d,ilferee was $1.04. Thil i amoun t
if ro,w reduced to $0.01 iby thet p)ay mlenlt
of wyprrant No.. 38, dIrawn in April,
180* whichA wvarrar1t has .he.retofore
been accounteed for. . .
We' bato..o.xamirica t.ho matter: of in
surance on -local diepens,iaries and findl
that the aunount of in1su1ranc ruins fromi
10 to 25 p)er cent, of tIhe stock on ha'nd.
if the policy of Insuring local displen
saries Is to b)0 followed,' then, hi ourm
opinion, t,he i nsurlanmc is inadlequtate
wnd should he lncmroased.
WVe find that the present law req(uhi es
that all dispensers give a uiform bond
of $3,000. We find that some of these
hispunsors carr.y over' $7.000 ini stock.
and in many cases thme bonds of $3,000
is totally inadequate. We, thorefore,
re'equimonnd'that the amnounn of the
bond 'q'uir'd he ln'creasedl in those
cases where lar'go stocks are carried.
We lindI that the stock oif mncrchan
.d)he at the State dispensary and In the
hands of local dilspensurics 0on Oct,. 1
was over' $350.000. in o'01) opnion the
b.usiness of tihe disponmsar'y couldi be as
prolitat.bhy and as economically con
(luct,ed wit,h a large decrease in the
stock. I f this policy wore pursued bhe
prof(its'~ to tho' school fund would be0
rel'Jtized hiuoh qui)cker.
- ttets.fiullV submit,tod,
AiUA', oAiO'r .o n s, Senator.
.JNO. I'. ThoMiA s,
C. R.- D. HUlrNS,
- - Members of Hotuso.
Thie following is tihla mtm.lyate-.
iment of tho finances of the dispensar."
to the al-ovo report :
ASSETS.
Cash In Stato treasury, Sept.
30, 1817 . ..... $ 69,873.2.
Merchandise in hand of coun
t-y dispensers, Sept. 3U.... 225.155 61
Supplies (inventory)........ 23,152 51
Machinery and olice fixtures
(invento............... 2,725.0C
Teams and wagons (inven
tory). 1,000 0(
personal acets. due to State. .155.31
Suspended aects. (ex-dispen
sers)....... l.. 1 51 I!1!I
Merchandiso (inventory). ... I 25.(71.2 i
Total astets .............$466i,.487,9!
LIAIllLI''IE.:
I'ersonal acets. due by State.$ 91,771.71
Unearned profits, Sept. 30th,
181)7.. 45,031.14
School ind *................ 311,1.84.74I
General Fund ............... 18,500.-40
Total i labilities . .. .$list,187.90
The following is the statement of the
profit and loss account for the quarter
ending Sept. 30:
' ItO'1'I'S.
)iscounts..... . ..... $10,291.5:
Profits fiom beer and hotel
dipenbaries ................ ti,791.
Contraband.................. 5,1:.."I
Permit fees..... .. .. 1:05(
Teams and wagon (sale of cart) (J.0(
G ross profits on merchand iso. 70,617(G.7(
Total gross profits ... ...,$88,371 51
LOSSi-S.
3roakage and leakage....... $ .10.:
Constabulary. ...... ........ 10.288.1:i
lPreight and express.......... 13,291 5
Labor ................ ... . ,898.5
Insurance....,............... '792 51
Ixp 150 ......... 5, 1(m. 5
\lachin. ry and ollieu fixtures. 11.0(1
Supplies............ ..... . :31, 7t1.07
Sundry acets. plae(d t.o prolit
and loss account (worthless) 7.1:.12
Total expenses...........li5,3111.11i
Net prollt on sales for this
(Iuartur.................... 23,028.:l,
Total ....................$88,371 51
Tho following is the cash statetut
for the q uarter :
itI-:c:11"'s.
Balance In State treasury
end of last quarter, Juno 10.
1897.......................$ 62 157.01
July receipts .... $617 94.
August rec+eipts.. 72,712.46.
Sept. recei pts . . . . sti :15, 90 .$220,21,).80
Total ......... .... .$ 88,.102.:t i
1)IS1 IUIS.Mi;N'TS.
July (lfsburscim'ts.$91 ,'''' -1.
Aug. disbursem'ts. 17.961 24.
Sept. disbursen'ts. 77,34.1.41.$218,529.11
LBalance in Slate treasury,
Sept. :30, 1897............. . 19,8 3.2
Total..... ........ $288,-102 3
The :tacmncnt of unearned pIrotiI, I
ats follows :
Unearned profit June -30,
1897................ .....$ 11,05.8
Net estimated accrued profit
for present quarter....... 19,(iti3. i
Balanes ue runed from last
( uart r................... 22, 002.71
Net. profit on sales for pres
ent quarter ............... 23,028.:1:
Total estimated i(ueurned
profits for this quarter .:$ "15,031.1.1
GUGN. 1HAMILTON P1. BIEI.
A Soul h Carolinian Who Achieved
)istinclion in 'T'exas and Was at
bCun,tierate .mo1lier.
Gen. Hamilton 1'. 13c, a native o1
South Carolina, died at his home i:
San Antonio, T1exats, on the 3rd inst
The following sketch of hiis life h
cop)ied fr'om the San Antonio Dily 1
1Ex press:
Gen. hlamilt.on IP. 110e wvas born in
Charleston, S. C., July 22, 1822. In
Oct,ober', 1837, when just entered Into
his 1(5th year, he left Charleston to
escort, his mother to the husband andl
fathe.r at Ilouist,On, after a separat,ion of
two years. They camne from New
Orleans on the steamer' Col umnbia, she
being on her fi rst trip, and the first
vessel of lher class of what became to
be the famous Morgan Line to cr'oss
Galveston bar, when, after the great
storm of the precedIng September, not
a house stood on G;alveston Islandl.
Thle reunion of the family at floust,on,
th en in tent,s and boats, was a joyful
a ffair.. 'I,'he parents expe)cted "' 1am
t.o returin to New Orleans and complete
his business educattion in a grocery
house, but, the boy was so charmed with
the wild bustle, frank p)eople and grandl
prairies of Houston that he successfully
begged to remain. lProm tilat t;ime
until his death lie was bound upi heart
andl soul with T1exas. The posi Lion
of hIis father, with his own spright,ly
and gentlemanly bearing, at once In
troduced him to the leading mnon ,of
the country.
in 18319 Gen. lice was appointed
'aecretary on the j:art, of T1exas to the
comm ission to run the- houndary lint
b4etweeni T1exas and the UnIted States
fromi tiho moutAi of Sabine llay to 1 Led
(l.iver, a work that was completed In
1841.. Ceseccon was the Texas comn
mise loner', and .Judge ,J. HI. Overton, of
ILusiana, the American. Gee. W.
Snijy the represented Texas as engineer,
while two young UnIted States army
engineers, since become distinguished
ina war on oposite sidles, rep)rcsented
the United States. These were Gon,
Jloseph 14. ,Johnston and Gen. Geo. (.
Meade.
Gun, lIce's next service was as one ol
a p)ar,y headt d by J1. C. 10ldridge, senl
by i'resident Houston to find and treal
with the Comanche Indians. With:
them wero Thlomas Torrey and a few
frielndiy Dehltware Indians as guides
and Interpreters. They left l"'ort Mar
lin, thi"ty miles from Wfaco, In March,
18143, and for five months they niever
saw a but or sign of civilization. I''o
days at a time they were without food1
and many hours without water. WVh(T
five hundred miles from the nearest
cabin, though bearing a whIte laig.
they were captured by over a thousand
Comanche warriors. Their lives hung
on a britt,le thread. A council of
chiefs sat on their dest,iny from the
rising to the setting sun, the Dela-.
wares, who were not ini danger, using
ali their powers to save themjr, and, at,
freqjuent intorvals, advising them of
their seeming fixed doom. As the sun
neared the horlAn every chief but, one
We Expect to Try Ourselves
IHIS FALL
If you do not get to Ensley before Fall, you
must. not fail to come to see us. We give to one
and all a cordial invitation, and will take great
pleasure in showing you as nice and as cheap line
of goods as it has ever beet your good fortune to
see in these parts. W e are preparing for a big
fhll trade, and shall endeavor to make it to your ii
terest, one andi all, to give us your patronage. We
are now oflbring
Some Rare Bargains - - - -
In unseasonable goods. We certainly can interest you 1 We have one
lot of Men's Fur liats, ranging in price from $1.25 to $l.75. all to go at
95e. each. We are beginning to receive our LI'ALL GOODS, and say
right hero that it will pay you to hold to your dollars until you can get
to th+ Rtacket. and know for yourself how much you can buy at the
ltAt K IT S'l)l;lM for one dollar. We are aware that our competitors
are tot stuck on us much, i. o., not in love with us. But be suro you do
not slop until you are safe in the Store where you can buy what you
want and as cheap as you can buy anywhere.
Wishing for you, one and all, good success, and William Jennings
Bryan's Free Silver, with Uncle Sam's seal, 1". Pluribus Unum, we are
your servants to please,
NEW YORK RACKET STORES
'asley. S. ('. i,YDI1) & NA I,LY, Proprietors.
- 1835. -
Carriages - Buggies - Harness.
WA CONS!
WAGONS!
BUY
THE
W BEST
WAGONS!
WA'GONS!
THEY ARE MADE AT
GREENVILLE COACH FACTORY.
-. H \rE, Supt. - - - H-. C. MARKLEY, Prop.
had given his voice for the (loath of Ilichel's and Terry's) he reported to
tlh l. '" whit.m nnon, ie, intg witich Gon. IRichard '.I'aylor, .Just in time to
through their interpretors, they re- participate in the hattle of Mansfield
solved on their course. They woul(d on April 8. On the afternoon of the
not suller Indian torture, but having next day at the head of these regi
two pistols, they re~solved that w hen nments ho led a splendid charge, had
the Indianus should comlo to take th em two horses killed under him and re
to the stke, with one cachl would kill ceived a slighlt wountd In the faco, and
a Comanche and with the other end lost more tihan half of his men, includ
his own existenco. Blut at last the ing the dauntless Prusslan, Col. August
head chief of alt the Comnanches, Il'a- IBuchel. lHe was actively engaged in
ha-ya-ba, who presided In the council, the p)ursuit of the enemy with many
aroso and s >oke. lie said the Great engagements until May 21, when sick
Spirit wvould not 1h0 pleasedl if the niess caused his return to Shreveport.
Comanch es killed the messengers .of I1ls next service was with S. B. Maxey,
pceo. .J'lhat the white flag must be in the indian 'P'erritory, where he Was
respeccted, oi? the facee of the Great assigned to the comnmand of a division
Sirit would be turnedl fromt them. At of cavalry at Hoempstead, followed by
thte close of that burning dlay, A ugust the surrounder 800on aftotrward.
13i, 18-13, thosoe three brave-hearted in 18t5 Gn 13ee removed to Mexico
nmen bowed to God In thankful ness for and remained there until 18W?, when
their (delIvory, for they all pIrofessod ho returned to Texas and has since
faith in His piower and merey. lived in San Antonia.
When the first State Legislature .
assem bled on Fcbruar'y 1(1, 1 8.1(, Gen.
Bee0 was elected Secretary of the~ A lii;i. IAIR LIn: MAN.-.The recent
Senate, but in May recslgned, and1( in dleath of ex-Senator Charles W. Jones,
response to the call qf Gen. Talrof Florida, recalls the pathetic career
hastened to his assistance as a privtyl' of one of Ameirica's mtost gifted pu blic
in Capt. Hen Mcullochi's compa(Aten Speakinig of tihe sad event The
of llays 1st T1exas cavalry, and served 13etroit l"ree lress says :" To the
through tihe campllaign with it on (IC- citizecns (If l)ctr'oit tihe anntounlcemfent
tached service, and in the battle of of. his dleath ,ill especially bring to
Monterey, where one-third of the comn- ntind a stri king andl attractivo person
pany wiore killed or wounded. IIieg who w ithiin ten year's was a famil
then becamno first lieutenant under !ar sitil upon our streets, well known
Gion. Miraheau 13. Lamnar in a special in pIoliticaI circles and, popular in outr
commnd satioed a Lardo t pro bet, society. The d istinguished South
teet the frontier, and so remnainedl er'sr jpredilection for Detroit and his
until the close of the war. nfatuated regard for one of Detroit's
acceoml)ilshed ladles, which at one
In 185i3 Gen. Bee met Miss MIildred timo was the talk of the town, will
Tlarvor4 of an old virginia and Georgia also) r'(eur at this time. The career of
familly, who had recently remnovedl tIhe loridlin Senator strikingly illus
with her widlowed mgother fr-oum Al1a- rates the mnutability of human great
bama to Seguin, and in Ix5I they were( 11cs and the uncerture tenure with
marrIed-. which our public mon hold their prom
Whent the war, broke out (,an. lice inonce in the public eye. A dozen
was splendlidly situated as a planitc.r years ago Senator Jones, of FlorIdIa
and stock raiser Otn the San Anrtonio having attained distinction at the bari
1liver, in Gal iatd County. I ece, (of his Stato, was a prominent leader of
pr'osperity andl haipptiness ble.5Csed hi his party in national politics and an in
home. Hit first, being n uuredl in thet Ilhiintial member of the UJnited States
docti'ine of the State rights, rendered Senate. Five years lator- this intellec
service oni thet coaist in (commnand of t,ual liIght suddenly disappeared from
milIiila, hIut in .' Lrch, I s, was api- the( hi rmamtlent of national politioal life
pointed brigadier genieraul inr the Uon- aund since that tIme the ox-Senator
federate armry and placed in, commtiandl has beeni viirtually dead to the world
at Hlrowvnvu l', it delicatte positlin firomi and atlmost forgotten by the American
its geoigriaphml( locaitioni. ills conll- pubIhlic. I Is final demise under circum
ducnt thereO woui 11 h a volume in its stances so p)ainfutlly in contrast with
dletiis andl( belonigs to the irogular his- his triumphal eareer of so short a time
tory of( the timeri and dIistriet, buit it ago will recall for a moment this once
was aroy aprovd b hisGovrn-genial and wtty statesman, profound
mient. ' initlly, left with but a handlful constitution,al lawyer and effective
of troops, when Gun. Banks lantded pnblic speaker. '.I'hen the general
with 12,000f lI"edoral tr'oops, Gen. Bee public will forgot Senator Jones as of.
prlessedi ever'y available wagon- in)to fectually as It has forgotten hundreds
service, abandoned the place and suce- of other men who once played leading
cessfully brought oil $l,000.000 wort,h roles in the great drama of political
(of Confederate stores and munitions of life."
wtr. Hehen tad but osity men,a.
D)urlng the following winter he conm- -Lfu nurnesatsisg thw
manded 10,000 men, a coirps (mi observa- tht total abstinence prolongs the
LIon on the coast from Brazos to Mata- average life more than seven years.
gor'da Bay. Ear'.y in 18(61 he repaired- --e -n---.
to Louisiana with seven regiments of -The' United States has 4I564000
cavalry, with three of which (omayav, faints averaging 13m rs