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The People's Journa PICKENS S. C 1901 MAROR 190 Su. Mo. Tu. W T Fh . Sal 1 2 10 11 12 13 14 15 1C 17 18 19202 222 2425 2627 2829 3( 31\_ _ _ _ THE BETTERMENT OF LABO Pebler an -rantple of Improv. Conditions in Sonthern Cotte Mrt. Ed a- it S b 'M s : Of th I .,;u.e i ur. r[dc. d r - re n u A ea V . run restrctio of a inbh~ta e sale ofC qok n:prat w 'ti he tow no V t. ar u thU r 1Al.o th' o n201 rth c a ~ut prvt in fth u ra.U'.o t haf ee ee 'm y ' ')LU. n f l it , t i o n i 6..:0 fr mti1ojcina l et Sr u'.d mo the~ town, but videnc of' itee o rareuo tha it ig t mot be sthe tou bJEan unwn elm ith.~ e ~iilae . Ate tw 2r;- .~ Whexjnt a rils e mployeen IdJ/in l 'ill an take upy is reoidnc in 11. which e' ar entin thio eton eseves sen d i childr eude wele hyea of ague toa th e dholt wihth compar providesand iAtaise smirarly agre th~acdre v the age .Cjb' ofui. awed yers shall workfl in the mbtis. T( culso~U1 ry edcaioa req tmremt isI tupemenedbyth ofe oabo own acntrapcr munth to sgeh ci regularlyh aentin schol rn te mth. chowrenecive thigeo syte nyer ina wo inhwn hthe milnndTn I at the school, which avoragen about, L700 out of tie total popu11la1tionl of about 6000. Under these regturements the minimum age for e1 ployes in the tmills is twelve yeirs, an(, no childreti are ieriitted to work who have not reach ed that age. Although the houses are own ied by the corporation, their rental is not a part o' thle employment contract, as wages ate paid in full seimt-tontthlV inl cash. The store builhlitgs aire owined - by the corloratiotn, but. are rented to shopki'epers, and the operatiotn ofl the stores it; entirely independenti of teit, colipalny. 1Eiployet and residnt'l s inl the village are elitirely free to tuiue wherever tiey .le:%e. There is to pstore-order evil. - The waiges inl these imill-vr~g I about seventtv-six eits per tha lor a11 emploves. Tlhe ct1upni 1ini1 ilt s :i iba.111d reading-room11. 'wich n'nl - five periodicals' and alindsoin 1'1ubM in sprov-ided forll this, purgese,. whic'h is Open dizitil the e\ vtln:: ;1t1l kt 'it t t r o CeO '10 ,s1 I-I 11 1. *t te o - 111 11 1k' 01 1 11s 1 \ t ti l I l i X.1 . th n.' hands, the adn' .mn i<'ndne R U'.. oin, w11 r I..... ret'ell \ vis lt' t 'r ll ' t' dI ONn sil II I n-innel :-of Th --\s lc o tieflx III0 clalle of hh' u o p c -.1 0. ph *- 6 - (O.t kl-lt ) %r. ~( ~ The*' taht iu tI? he,, Jw re tn I 'o ..bt n ot -ari ,a -t ' o- ii is ph ilosopihy. iTt say liothin ti f 'thIet es sorghiunt, wh.ich i- a por Litin a' 11- best, we ate here: to sing~ the ptraist ''f n t good, all I net.al S'ou~tern earn Iib read. Of all the breadh itnnte rial intII t w or bl, ie we believe there is nothIin t Ihat is te ijulto the eqlual of thle obt Ifash ion 'till ,y p)one of D)ixie lnd-t lie o11ld "he trake' to that the "'Aunt J)inahis' ' of the .south rs knew so well how to1 cook, but which ty the i noderni I)inabs know next to nioth Ad iin! abiout. For a laboring nuan-thei ve farinet andI his lielp-t he best bread is for every-day use-and Sutndtay, too ni heQiond( all quesCtioni, ist the corn tmeal Id and simew, too, of daily toi'a-nutri be tious, healthful , savory, cheap. as ]By the way, speakitng (of the 1)lnahs, of lotme aqd Farm give us the etitre Song of whIet t It Io followi ng was a part: "Ilior hatids were rouglt, her nrms were toigh, 11ut her gootd old heart wits tidor And none conut i I kttile ti geot hoe enke Like old Atitit I iial ." Ala! farewt'll to A1ttt 1) iiah! ht though the good l cok is gono, we neetd tfof -tttl for ole we never will sit v 'arewell ti o tht' rti ibit'. We are gh'id t Inote th:t the corni erop of the Southt ik : %titti il lreasingt'r, and thant farmners art. lec tiitlttt tht11 t tNiti itit - pe tite l t i c o sq e c. Iet us ttick to tiht, cor ti pone ; I 't-w yeitr IoIgt'r, ;tIlii wII muake otr l'orttiest. for 11's -as -Iurv ws t wo ill :t h111.'' Wilth ct'll itt ti t hill ther will Ill, tIucat inl lit silke'hotise :anid breati (.11 tilt- table, :1iini the otl.hI l tht' hfuttl will grow tip w%-it hOwh honev :al -ine w tha:t will g-ve thetul he"Ith,01 stretigthl aild Imtp lift. 'orti meal ht'e nti ina es better imtve ;illi (Ihsh thalltite white. :atillttqeat ell wihea' thottr, obbed of its best clettieits by tilte bli t ingtt clothie. It takts tt altii b1tkin::, podvtIrts' so dletr in lie t iltl hlei t it t, take the v cl 111 flit' ittt ;ttIl ti hghtI. VerilyN., ;a ponle of I' v wr I t . nc aIth ItI I l 'ntt'1t aa prul'igtt 11po 1 at ;s let ( ill t Ie sti th itti lI hv ilc b1aIiit1 tinioht well he in~ade thle cinl ill f Solithern I.posper Ity . til *lt 1 l ilt' li it i o tilt' eimit i t h 11 k ' l ' l tie one taithe til ;1,,1:itr1;Itetiv c ~ y i ht %\ 11 k Vel lC 'l'r wVt ;I c I W - I eI.I l (.Iv k'.'v Il t . Ce whV brNYe e ;I ,elnIthknik Is I.. I r Itth el c t u i I i n h. ~ ~ ~ ~ k tr V nt tsaitirnhr wts ii I t I h i :l i , tIlkt l s 'I it -. - x n a w f hi-i a wh- 1.0 2112 . *- t nth a l it, tit: day~% t e-. 'Ib 1l~ a t w t'btitue avtt I i lb . I . I : 2 3 ' aI. i 12' h tl i% w it Th n blifdr b w f o. I ww' ist Ii' bt. bj b i n '. . ib'I:ia; i i i 1 D~ne aol ushab t . h b, frit -t'. hrt:- i w i lhr t yt t- a~ct ahjuia t t fiut i 'freitiarse tro, lubhithil'l as -a to Iiist who ibOr wooultt~ Iobi il vtesx tiu , hi e tih'eta re tiif. ,liiiyt:lis ilitd it, fi ne er ltpjl i ly, lit-- ihr prayl ter~ il the w lner.l tte t tr luinitilt.bW.byJticatl. Aioivitg tood.'eroitiil twoa yearju htwrth brougnt t ghoftb the diiui Onel t he Cuhh kn i d napptn til I aie ast an0 ftic that init Te(ntoisse dtht pun ishien ilss bha tr ee noret in tre tia ten yearsii Whilger fr titig atib itistii 11ny1 f to punthistble beiat. DICMOCRATS MAKE, A FIGH'I A Strong De:ttuelition of the Re ptiblican Policy in Cuba and thi Philippines. Not eiice the enactment (of the rosolu tiois (IcClaring at state of war to exi8 betwcon the l'aited statel andti Spai has thiero beei such an tivalaiclio o pass~inate oratory, as thle 8enate listenc< to onl Lit) :th tilt. Thiroughiout th 608ini the army appropriation bill wa Mide' discussilou, tihe C >trovertedh 1110s tions being tho Spoonler Philippil, atuendtmet andi the N'att Cutban amend m1ionIt. Curiously enoligh thite, debate wi coniilned cutir -)y to the )emnocratic 81(1 of the chamlltr, with onle 1 xcoption ioth alliedments were denounced a vicious and perniicious legislationl, 1,u11 velsive of ithe princviples of this govern meunt and utparallcled in the history o legislative eiactileits The most notable spceeci wis by hi Bacol, of Ceorgia. Ile passionate : baled1lI i as it libel reports that, the Dt moer-atic members hias been itidutced b) uesit le ilealls to withdrlaw thei opposition to the proposedl legislatiorI IIisarr aigni nhieIt of the atdininiistratio: ior " COere inig " Congiess ito 11enactin, suich provisions il the closiniig hours of t,h 'essiti was selilnatioially tieree, and1( h1 tliarLedi'tl that tle only1) possible )bijectC (I suCII action Wia t hiat the " pluntderer anlid vult ur1'es" imlight have an opportunit, to prey upi tile prostrate land1(1 of ti FilipinIOs. The arm111y appropriationl bill wias ti k en up Air. Tu rhe r, of Wash inugtor tcrit iriced tihe S'poonler :tilmndinent ats Ilh tir-st departur firom the American i3 Will inl tile hisLory of tle coun itry I vested Ile Coliteni ded, inl the l'residei ot tile Iliit ed States all t le powers ihr l'elong to anitd ar0e -eerisedkI by the CziI ot' lilussia Mrl'. Tellet, of Coloratio, regarded ti l'liilippine ameni'melint, ttoutgh ui e inter11ovedt by thet floni aluenet. 11tm i still objectionallie. Tlie Clubanll Uet meutil was; muh11 rngr101 mc be, ter thatt thet publlit. pre: s hadt conlveye tite ilpressioni it w"1ud be biut le hai i reserIVatiols in his approv: of i Mt r. Teller iidte a ltgal andA ci ust itt tional arguielit 01n1 tlit ipenhidiing tqle: tion. tleferring to tile Cuban alieit utntt hle l'eare'd it 11night woundk Eli ensbilities 1 of tilh kuee , lit hop e the Cub1.ans limi:ht a.ree, to tihe pr' opos us~~~~% :I:d. i t U (h tho:-V COMMdilot ed, hle he'.ieved Cuavetwud a" "Iendet State. itl't'r ii:i C 3 1a 0io s at ':1 noe Li:.j'.pie amnendmieat part e'.:iit::i ta it wYOUat ec'u of thise " o tl lle r er edA to t:o organi/. x I'l'h nepti Luier and ih ";- k o y f n h h Iti c1-nun Mte of It, est \~:r'.e\Ve:-. was t1 A :o Mr Ilu.I he a 1. 7 7 .1 :1. 7 S wV S . -C -L ie 7 c' w L e - - '' utt'd in the Senia r gin(st the mneatu n. lie dJen',unced 'i:I.': elits' hL wnr~erh clar Li' Ii[it'iiIie rof 1pof rithelis Iat tic vu'ittdi aror ti)t i wais a "plaih -e 'i~ -I e onit.bt c vji-> tati n Lfit toiI uiUe PLiipp O ine L a edmet hai 121)1t of because of appr d oprIVii ons ti10 wereFt rich rineis: and1 valuabiile Limbe It w~'as fri rn ''Lihe plun11derers and spec11 ive r tha it pir trate ba~ndi," that thle d iillandlt' h a iion for l'hilippjine legial titin to which the nuiiji1rity was~ aboti retspondit. it wals a rich piarry, lie sil andl the plundiverers and1( vultures wel II>cking' to the land1, not from Aumeric atloni, but from~ othier counties lie r' Iinani c'nuiil tere, 11111 urgeul his goveri ini Waishiington diplomiatic~ally to l vance thei passage of Liii Sp)oner01 biI - becapise it wiouldt irniipro~ve the initert's ofr cert ai~ Giera com 1 (1)hipaie s iln Li TI'het Georgia Men ator' admi~ittedthLi the amendmenii110 t whIi ch had been agret to, plac:1ig' restriclti >nls upon th) le sal < publI c Ian ds and the gratiniig of trai ch is8e, had11 dest royed prlactillly LI oppotutitiy of the "plu11i1lrers ani viiitur es," butt hie inisisted thalt the ne verithiieless had ithe Li po0wIer thatt hiai brought for wartd the proposetd Ilegisi. Ltion at thiis Lime11. Mr 1. lSiacton read an11 A ssoi)aLtd I're: d iispatchi froiin Malnilia to show that Il 1 ilipinos wereOJ fiar from be ing "'pac0ified and1( thatl the conditionsH were miol Fe ros inLthe 1islandts than they wei repeieteas lbiig b~y go~verlnmentLI oil Mrl FOnllinge'r call1ed Mr. laconi's a Leon to le i a htate.'ent, of the late Coi Mr I. 1Ibicon respondo:e 1 that, wvith e1 Itire respect for the views of the conisi genleral, lie wouldl imuchi prefer to ac~cel: th un neme-i, of th. As.....la Pre reprosentative, who was in the islands, and in position to see for himself, than - to take the word even of Mr Wildman, a who was no nearer the P'hilippines than riong Kong. Mr. Bacon, brielly discussing the Cu ban amendeint, declared he could not i vote for it. The future of Cuba, in his f opinion, necessari y was identified with that of the United States, but he did not think the amendiment was in har lnotsy with the pledge given by th-s gov ermient when it went to war with 3 Spain. The Teller resolution, lie said, ,as not a matter of sentiment, but sol cmi asseveration of our duty made for our own safety. The relatiins existing between this f'overnment and Cuba ought to be guarded aaitst any irritation that might be created by any such amendment as that proposed which was ian ultimtatum declaring that the Cuban people were subject to the Ui ited States. Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, said he would vote against the Cuban amendment be cause it seemed to reserve the right of the United States to interveu in Cubau affairs whenver the government does rot suit the purposes of the tnited States. Ile also criticised the right claimed to interfere in regulating the sanitation of Cuban cities. le consid L! crud that the Philitplne aniendlmont c sitained a more serioue question. f Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts, said lie was opposed to committing to five mue1 despotic power over 12.000,000 mon but boro in mind "thai that power is now and1(1 for some time in tile futuro wi I be held by one imm." lIo presented pro tests fron tile leading citizens of 23 towis ini the provideice of UCebu against the termlI3 proposed by the Amierican t military governor. t Al. Til'ni:l, of South Carolina, de t clared Congress was about to abandon its prerogatives amid turn them over to an oligarchy-a iiew depotistn-of live 0 mle t) De appointed bV the President. Li Ile declared by the 1loar aimnidment "the teti of tile hyeia which was about to tear out the vitals of the PiFiiiilpns have beel pulled.' He protested that the Presidnt ought to be left with his present power-the war power-which he thought was ample. and lie urged that the conmitte, amiiendiiimnit be voted down. Mr. Mallory, of Florida, OPPoscd the Philippi ne amendIenit upon legal and ci nistitutional grounds. It would he an i outrage, lie declared, to turn upon the 1;'ilipinio people a horde of carpetbaggers Sfrom this counitry. -1,1r. tlney, of Mississippi, a member let t' tle CEubai relations e inmmnittee, enid e( 11lhat lie was violating no great secret in' r :tying le had consulted some of his res IDemocrati col eagues about tl, Cuban .g amendment before it was reported and / every one of them had approved it. idg rhyIa1changed their minds uow, bullC, i why he did not know. Do Tne aiendmiient of Mr. Vest providing g, e thIt tile action of t hie government or br, its otieials in the Philippines shall be Lo suoject to the constitution and laws of rit tie I nited States so lar as they are ap . of p'e d.le was rejected.. 24 to 45 Mr. lawi'ina, otlYred an am iidmCnt ring it not to be the purpose of the W e; :ates to hold per:naneit soy 3 j ure..nty over the Pnilippiues but only 1311 e extent necessary to secure Cu c.itication and t.) establish a ka covernment. Rejected, ayes 24, Balcau, f Georgia, o:. red an ti u neit to i1t tile ,raat of power 4. 4 . ihjeetid, ayes 2 A, .P.tu.. Aabama... offered rA n g that v A m aut~hority is vested uinder p he" shall take an oath ri te e i-tutli of the United , He eted 2 to 4i. M T1. .r thein oileredl his amend. th v ? ingL that the civil govern tr: enta ihe in the Phi ippines hii -: . eeised as to secure for 5 t n s~ut- the'roof the fullest par- thI c 'ution c-unsistent with the safety ofn e~ rnmen.t. RIjected, 2:8 to: 89 Ii T e'.er offered as ani amendment yL 2 o f the act estah is hing the uIri territory that all Iiae~si shall be b ert n) ex post f:teto laws etc ~ H~i ctedI 22 t3 41 a xr Alen of Nebriska. coarged that '. e rm in thie Philippi ne.s c:>nitcatedLi nem wer th-$2' a bale, then auictione~d '" .* : at $'; a bale to) army <flicers, wiho - it 1'in s..d it for the iinaraet price. Mr Ho1ar o:Yered an amnendiumnt pro a'biting oilicials ini the PThilippines with C gr li Aman a ' N w it h a U thin head - of hair Is L th a marked m man. But 4 WE ha the big 4as HAMR is th , kid of a mark most 01e4 S mn like. F S Too many men In " their twentics are a bald. This is absurd 4 of and all unnecessary. Hecalthy hair shows ca man's strength. To 'tO 4build up the hair from 4 saa the roots, to prevent e and to ---d ctire cA-O"" e4bald- ne~f aw -s It always restores 4 n Ccolor to fadcd or gray 4c 4hair. Notice th at > a word, "always." And p S It eurecs dandruff. < inj S $1.00 a hottle. All druggist. 4 or, Y ..y busainq, eidI tall uO ut aonl~l tel El iranIg.'rsi a g'reat detal. I woutiC jutt I wl tak 1ff. ,an hat, my hair wasO 5.) thhli and~i the batld spot. PC 5 tiH~ i thowd8 3liniiy. I began tho uno ha e of youir liir VIyor less Ehaun three I ,, 1int ha ao. 'r'oda.y I find I havo as iino' a had ofIhira I ever had, p)h fl'ays";' 1t111ust he a wonderful hhi I Ioe. 1-4, 118.8 . Chcao Il. c thi - we hrsvo a Lonk on 'The i!&Ir andu 8ealpi whwh'I wo wIll send free upo rpl reqw'.s't. if you don not obtain all t~he T benent you e mente from the of or tho Ytgor,uwr1 the Doctor a or 1- I~in. J. 0. AY.R, no ii 4 Lowell,'Mass. t ~m~minmm CASTU,~1 AVegetable PreparaitnforAs similafiig liteIood ant legrila fing liteStonaclhs aid Powels or Pronotes DigestionCheerfui1 ness and Rest.Coulains neither O1pitflm .Morpline nor Mineral. NoT Nmncoric. Mrqk e /d fl &VLPI//Am Iimnyin *le'd - d//x..re/mga - er Sa/k - .ihr Stretl IIrry See:/ - Ifh~tyen 14a41: A pedfeel Remedy i'o r Conslipa lion , Sour Stomuach, Diarrhoca ness and Loss OF SLEEIP FnceSiilie Sigiature or NICV YORK. 3 3 LXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. 'islative power and vice versa. lie tted, 26 to -13. 'he Vote on the amllended Spooner olution Was taken it was adopted, to '27, as follows. tyes -Aldrich, Allison, Bard, Bever :e, Burrows, Carter, Chandler, Clark, Bom, Deboe, Depew, Dillilghalmu, lliver', Elkinls 10airbanks, Foraker, ster, Gallinger, Halellin, 111ans mgh, lliwley Iean, K earns K vle, dge. lc olas, %lcCumin')er, NIebLu McMillan, Nelson, l'erkins, Platt, Connecticut, Pritehard. Proctor, arles, Scott, Sewell, Sh aIp, Simon, ooner, Stewart, Thurston, Warren, Ltmore -45i7 ,4ays-Allen. Bacon. B ite. Berry, tier, Caffery, Chilton, Cl ty, Cockrell, lberson, Harris, Hoar, Jones, of Ar sis, .1 ones, of Nevada, Ienney, nids:%). MeEtery, al'ory, Mlartin, ttigrew Pettua. Itawlins, Talaiaferro, Iller. Tilbun, Turley, Turner-'-., 'i FXTRAORDI NARY CASE White Man Illegally Kept in the Penitentiary for Eight rears. I'be italeigh (N. C.) correspondent of Atlanta Constitution says an1 ex iordinary care oif mlistaken identLily s just beenl developed before Julstice >)ntgomery, of tile supremell court. in e case of George JTohnlstone, a white in, who has been lallwfully continied the penlitenltiary for the past eliht ars. F-i fte en years ago a young white man8 the name of Christopher Bletchier is convicted ill Shelby, N. C., of an gralvated case of stealin1g, and( wasll ni.eniced to tenl years inl thle pen iten ry near this city Betclier was the n of German parenuts who had resided r many years in t he towni of IHuther rdtonl His faither-A ugustus Betchier was a jeweler. A fter- gold was dis veredu in iiutherford, Burke and Mc >wel 1llouties, ill 1840), old man tchlier wals aunthorized by act of Con Lss to cinI gold (d01lars, an1d he boughgt (lust froml the miners and( coined it .0 dolla rs as high as the fifty- dollar :cc "A. Betchller "wa's stamped on ah coin and thecy were wortih five cents re in the dlollar than tihe COinls of the itedl States mintage These coinis to H (lay airc knlown as the "' Betchlecr lars,"' and1( are now preservedi by >sc who hlave tncem 1as rare coins. After tihe war the iHetchiler family >ved to Spartanburg, 8. C. There rc several sons and1( daughltcra, all nidsomie and( welli edulcatedi. "' Chris" lie was cliled, tulrned out to be tile lack sheep" of tile flock. After he s sent, to the penitenltiary 1h0 remanin there two years and1( then mad8e is ~ape [n 189t3 Captain J. M. Fleming, whoII ,a warden of tile plenitenltiary whien ~iris." Betchler was received there, dI whlo held thiis positioniI until 1895, .5 ill attendan11ce (on tile superior court illandolphl Couniry. lit Ashchoro, as a tness. Whlile thereC a man81 knlown as orgo Johnstoneo was tihe pliti lf in a ie wh ichl invoivedl tile title Lto 700 es of land onI whiich goldl in consider C(lolquantity had1( been found. Holming v this man81 and1 made(1 llinqiie conl 'ninig hinm, and found that h~e had ated iln ilandlolphl Couti Iy s01m1 timei rinlg 1888. it, was iln 1887 ilhat Hchiler ap~ek from tile pienitenltiary. Filemingf 5 p)ositi ve thalt JohnsitoneC was "Chris. tchller andi so stated. On theo trial of ,11( ladcase Johnlstone was asked if lie .8 niot, " Chris." Ilctchier, and1 if he had( t bieec vct ed~CL~ of stealing ini Shlby i8t851and senltcedC~ to the penlitenl ry for; ten years, and hadi~ escapfedl ,refr-on in 1887 ? Of couirso John onc dieniedl bitterly all tis and1( said h1e s 811 enitirely di fferent man from tchier Tlhe defenda nts in tile land mO had1 ,Johnsltonle arrested1 as an ~aped~ prisoner. Johlnstoneo sued out vrit of hlabeas corpus, but could not duce10 any witness beside0 imlself to prove the positive assertion of F'iem that he was "Chiris " Bletchler, and1 jud ge refused to dischlarge hlim and1( credf thaft h10 be returnedi to tile peni itiary. Tile arreat and1 decIsion of tile ige caused Johlnstone to lose tile land .t. As soon as Johnstonle reacihed tile nitentiary be sent for a lawyer, but d 110 mUoney to pay him. lie gave the vy'er tihe add(ress of a nuimber of peo) 1 1n Montgomery County and1( thait (of nan11 iln Atlanita, whlomi he sa1id knelw n1 and( wouldl swear~ he0 was1 not BetIch .rile lawyer wrotec twice to each of 1so parties andl did nlot receive 8an all er- to a single letter thiat lie wrote. .0 failure to have his letters returned to receive an answer from eithber of parties to whlom 110 hadi written (lid t Impress tihe lawyer in fav ir of John noi and h~e gave no muorc attention to 1case. 'our wooks ago Colonei Cebern L,. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. rhe Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THlE CENTAUR COMPANY. NEW YORK CITY. Harris, a man seventy-nine years of age, who formerly resided, In Rutherfordton and knew the Betchler family well, went to the penitentiary to examine the manufacture of brick, which is carried on inside the stockade. While in the yard he saw a tall white man at work and inquired who lie was and was told that it was "1 Chris " Betchler. Colonel Harris then asked and was allowed to talk with the prisoner. lie stated to Colonel H1arris the facts herein stated as to his idenitification as "Chris." Betchlier and asked Harris if he knew Betchler. Harris replied that he had known all the family for lifteen years before the war and while they lived in Rutherfordton. lie was then asked if he, I lie prisoner, was "Chris " Betchler, and Harris unhesitatingly declared that the prisoner was not Butchler. A lawyer was then employed and another write of habeas corpus was issued by Justice Montgomery and the prisoner was brought before him. Cnp. tain Fleming swore that lie believed the prisoner to be "1 Ch ris." Betchler, and that he had known him as a prisoner in the penitentialy' for the two years lhe was in the penlitenltiary. Tlhat he had Lesmaped and remainmed at large un til 1 893t, when he was arrested at Asheboro and ret urned to the prlisoIn, and that the re semblance (If thet prisonier to Betchler was very striking. Colonel lharris was put on the witne-s stand and to'.d of thme young boy " Chris "' Betchier he had known betore the war for lifteen years; how he had seen hi m grow ump to be a aman, and that he knew hi m perfectly wyell and~ could not be mistaken, and the prisoner before the court was not, "Chris "' Betchier :and that since he had seen the prisoner in the penitentiary he had thought the matter over and had talked with his wife about the ease, and there was a test that would certainly show whether t~he prisoner was Betchler. Iharris then asked the pisoner to ex htibit his right leg above the ankle for examination The prisoner coniplied with this request andl Iarris made an examination and said that the prisoner was not " Chris."' Betchler because Iletchler had the sears of a bad (log bite on his right leg which lhe receivedl when lhe was not over ten years old, and that liarris had ki'led the dog. On this evidence, J1ustice Montgomery dhis charged the prisonmer from further im pr isonamen t. TIhie attorney Of .Johnstone is now awaiting a decision of the supreme court in another case as to whether the State's prison is such a corporation as can be sued If this decision is to the efi'ect that the State's prison can be suedh the attoIrney of Johinstone intends to sume for a largi snnm in damages for the false im prisonment. A NICE SPRING SUIT OF 'CLODTIIES Wilt he givcui free lo any~one whoc will 9se ll InlyIn) packets Seeds for us at 5c, eaco NoI mneyii reu1iired in ad vance. 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