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THE WEEKLY LEPOFR: GAFFNEY, S. C., OCTOBER 3, 1805.
MlliTIlC.IIWIJ^XHfS REPORT DISniEDITED. “MIllSIMWi!”:
A CHANGE OF BASE.
[°nator Tillman
it Gioves.
FTe pl\n denounobd.
Happenings of the Week Past No Faith Put In the Reported
Throughout the State. March of British Soldiers.
WHAT SIR PXU'iOjFOTE SAYS.
SOME IMPORTANT EVENTS NOTED.
It 1. Ono of the Moat
1«» Kt <*r Coikv«»ct«il br
ry 1) ci.lou lu CliMrl^a.
krc liiUtui Wlille Ke
lt — United
a long ill-
tuato, no
|uuuse>r and
frfinlo bosom
South Caro-
'speaking of
itfrago p an, Irby says;
ion mat report as a politi-
Tsity, ono oi tho most tian-
tnemt‘8 <-ver concocted in tne
pan, and when the couveu-
iii*8 i shah li^.it it and vote
ft I have not a member on
loor at my bac.c. Whv, tne more
^hat report the -.tioniior my op
iii the greater danger I see
^lyzing tho several sections
bravo and proud spirited
|i tne oid Palmetto state
sultraae un ter any such
kid would sooner lose ms
Tand be shoved off in tne
Jithihi Sea nlaii i negro.
Bon indeed be a political ex
State of his bir.n. but the
honest rnTTue that he wi ’ b. qaeutn to
his children and his cnilureu-.’ clnltireu
would not bo lile i a nong the archives
of bou h Carolina as are the names of
pinioned convicts. Let this law pass
giving educated and property owning
negroes the rignt to vo e, bu, denying
the poor unlettered white man mat
hiirh privilege, and you will see our
badot oozes saturated With blood.
“In two years’ time you cannot edu
cate every wmte youth in bourn Caro
lina botn to n-a 1 an i write, lor the iin
pov‘iisiied con iitions or thousands of
poor white tanners and laborers will
not permit ttiem to spire the time of
their sous to go to sc mol. And then
wnat is t.ie ro-tuii? Their ballot is
taken from them and ihev will have no
pore voice in th > government of tills
state tn in a mu.o tnat treads our high-
wav. Thev mu t stand off and look on
wni e tne * ducated or property owning
negroes living m our tow.is and cities
are helping to riiie and govern our
state, and urs matting laws for those
poor white men to live unaer.”
Again lie say.i: “I have unsheathed
my sword and thrown away tho scab
bard; 1 am in tile battle to the end.
No poor and uneducated white man
will lose Ins vote if 1 have tne power
to prevent it. 1 shall denounce mis
outrage upon the floor of tho conven
tion, atm I shall denounce tt upon the
stand before the piorde. W • can pre
serve white suprem i y m South Caro
lina without either disfrauouisiug* or
humiliating a single wmte voter.”
I \to < onvirt* Killed.
A special from Gaffney, S C., savs:
Garland Goode and Lindram Wil
liams. escaped co ivicts, w-re shot at
tins place by c h.et o Pilica Camp and
posse white trying to effect their arrest.
Both men escaped ir< m the penitentia
ry on bept g(3, and there was a reward
of $)0 each for their capture Both
were desperate charact rs and opened
flr« on the nosse when ordered to sur-
fnder Williams was a uonse thief,
|ntl Goode was sent up some time ago
jr shooting into a train on me fcouth-
r ern railway at Cowpens. ”
A Mrthoitliit Mini.O r nl It ilrljli Altnck.
Ilia < wn I n.Iiuniid .i y . i lie rrmeuera
Are >eiile<:-lii£ 1 i clr Duly—1 Ne^ro
VIuihi'm Cruue—A M.tn iViiha ii.nl me -
ora In J.»il—Oilier siute News.
Ralkkih, Oct. 15—liw D 11. Tat-
t.e, a Mirthouist pastor ot this city,
created a sensation by preaching a
special somum hero in widen he takes
tae side oi L‘r. Cyms ihoiupion, pros!-
ueut ot the btate Farmers’ Alliance,
wno declared mat tne cuurch is cue
enemy of human liber y
Mr. 1 uttie taites the ground that the
chuich, as an orgauiza.iou, has not
lived up to its propositions and that
1 hempsou neens no ue eu.e at ad. He
adds tnat matters ecoiiom cal and po
lineal are diacus.ed too seiuom in me
pulpits
i ue btate Farmers' Alliance had ar
ranged to buy a cotton mill ouiuimg at
Cary and fit it up as a sno ■ factory and
as nea iquarters, om the Cary Lumoer
company outonl it and secured the
bui.uiug, and wid tit it ui) as a piaUiUg
mill. Tn s puts tne alliance at sea as
to its inuU'trial plans.
Henry Upton, a negro, outraged the
l-{ year o.d dauguier ot (jus Forney,
atiomer negro, 111 Cleveland county, N.
C. He was notly pur-md. sprang into
tlie river and was snot wniio nWimiumg
and captured, lie is m jail and wni
uie.
Mr. Thurston I alks of Republi
can Presidential Poss.bilities.
It I. Agr.-cd by Ih- oiDi-uils at Wn.lilng.
ton That u Movm oi *uch 111111011.11100
Wiuihl Iin mi Ono a l oiiiinuiiio itMil ili-r«.
Iho it-port I. KcKMnJHtl us a ink. by
tho Mate Depariifteilt.
New York. Oct. Hi —A special to
The H-raid ro.n Buenos Ayres says:
A to.eg am trom Para, Brazil, has been
received iu Itio do Janeiro stating that
an armed British force is marching
tbrunch Brazilian territory. Tne ob-
ji-ciive point of the party is that part of
Veuezu da Claimed by tne Britisn gov
ernment. The column has a.ready
crossed the Tacutu river.
A HUQi FAKE.
ih#* I.fiw.
Charleston, Oct. 14 —Tho dispensa
ry law loomed up in the United States
circuit court and it did not receive the
expected black eyo Judge Simoutou’s
decision su-tained the law.
The case was argue 1 at tho recent
term of court :or tne western district
of the state at Greenville. T ie action
was brought bv Loweustein & Co of
Stateville, N C , and aimed to break
the law on the ground of its being a
monopoly. Murphy, Farrow & L' gare
represented Loweustein and tne attor
ney general the state. Judge Simon-
ton dism ssed tne suit
Mouth Carollmi It r y i i r it Ion Cnasa.
Charleston, Oct. S —The citation
notices issued by Judge Nathan Gaff
on the petition of Joseph G >w lv agaiust
the supervisor of reiriuration, W. Briggs
Green, or Columbia, comoeiling tae
latter to show cau^e why flint! judg
ment should not i»e entered in tiie cass,
was receive i in c >urt here, and Judge
Goff assigned n*xt Monday for the
hearing, wmeu will take place iu Wa n*
iugton.
THE MOR CLAIM.
FIGHT FOR CONTROL.
Wiii'tt'i* Said to Hr Alter ili»* Kobinton
liit* re^t In tilt* .>«.»l>o.«r•! Air idne #
Raleigh, Oct. 12 —it is alleged here
that the lioniiison iutere.-t in the sea
b >ard Air Line lias passed into the
control ot tne Winders. Ii this be true,
it appears tnat the Winners are en
deavor.ug to get control oi tlie load, it
being accepted as a .act tnat mere is a
light between tlie St Joiiu and Winder
iufiuciie s lor supremacy.
sheriff Hiskius ot Gtiford county,
has captured Aluerc Foust, a negro,
who mu dered his fatuer in law, itub
ert back wed Foust was driven to
cover oy tuu cold weather. Wneu ar
rested ho liiougut he was to be nauged
aim made a confession, saving tnat ne
killen SccKweil liy sir king mm on me
head and that lie never knew a negro
could be killed oy -lUcn a blow Foust
has twice oeeu tried lor other murders
ann acquitted.
Tuo icuuessee Lutheran synod is in
session at hicicory. N. C., and nas
raised a row oy expelling five of its
preach--rs wno diff-red wim it on tne
question ot “election.” Concerning
mis question, many Lutherans in tne
Tennessee synod have embraced tne
views oi the Missouri synod, and this
Was pleaded in defense by the five men
ex: oiled.
Tim survey of arailroal from Ashe
ville to Troy has been accepted.
Edward Byrd, a negro, is in jail at
Monroe, charged witn being a party to
tne murder of Andrew Eakiu. Byrd is
the man who claimed to have discov
ered Eakiu’s body.
A N< gro Fiend.
Wilmington, N C., Oct. 12.—A dis
patch irom Maxton, Roooseu county,
reports that a negro had assaulted two
white women and a negro girl a lew
miies irom Maxton. H i first assaulted
the girl, and then went on to the tarm
of Mrs. Paris, a widow, and learning
that there were no men on the place,
entered iho kitchen, where lie assuu t
ed Miss Paris, and afterwards touud
Mrs. Paris iu the house mid assaulted
her Tne negro escaped, bnt was pur
sued He is supposed to be an escaped
convict Irom buutk Carolina named
McKimmou, wiio recently stole a team
and a Dale of cotton iu the up >er part
ot Robeson county, in this state.
CARRIAGE
They Ar*
BUILDERS.
Man Willi a lta<i Itfconl.
Raheigh, Oct 12 —There is in jail
in Fayetteville, N.C., a prisoner who
• has a history. Ho has been by turn a
profession tl gambler, a liquor sny iu
South Carolina, cowb >y. and i.-. now to
go to trial for the capital crime of nurg
lary. His name is Carlton Watson
He is chained to the jail floor. Ho had
a complete system of s goals bv winch
be communicated with oilier prisoners.
His heavy chains were found filed
apart bull heavier ones were tueu
riveted on him, and these weio found
hanging on a hook while Watson
walked around in his coll.
SAYS B7.NNY PRdT ST3 TOO MUCH
Tho Kcport !li it Hnii^ii So <!i**r« Are on
III* March D Mcr*-<li(e I
Washington, Oct. 16 —Tne report
that British soldiers ha i been landed iu
Brazil an l were nroc o ling to the dis
puied British-Wnezuda territory is
discredited by b.r Julian Pauucefote,
the British ambassador, by bignor
Meudouca, the Braz ban minister, and
bv S'Uor Andreaoe, the Venezuelan
minister, the representatives of the
three c >uutr es concerned
It is agreed by these officials that a
move o: sue a supreme import uce
would bo quic.clv c >m.iiii!i ci e l here,
an.I in tho aus-nca o: any .--uch reports,
no credit is attach -d to it.
Mr Jn ian P une - oto, accompanied
by the Earl of Westmeath, arrived here
atlSo’ckOv, alter an expended tour
throng i Canada. He was seen soon
aft t nis arrival and askeo c mcerning
toe laadiug ot British troopi in Brazil.
He attache t no importance to mere
port, Tne ambas-ador ha i re o v.-d no
a iv.c s on tlie i-ubj ct. It wa- clear to
him, however, that no such a movi
wouul be m ide, e rta ny not 1 y way
of tae territory o an outs.de power
Pauocdote will give ins first cmvn-
tion to assemble here to reaco an agree-
m nt as to me amount of duiuate* to
be awarded to the Cm idian s-alers
in liie meaiitimu tiie personnel of the
convention will nor bo announced
Tho status of the much discussed
Venezuelan question remains nn
changed, so far as tho British officials
ar ■ in orraed.
The Venezuelan minister said that
thermortoi British fore ;s landing in
Venezuela was s df evidently fa so, as
it was out of me question to inarch tlie
great (ii«'a ice from the Brazilian coast
to Venezuela.
The wnole report is regarded ns a
“faito” by tae state department ofli
ciais.
I), ui- <1 In 1 on'lon.
London, Oct. 15—The foreign office
officials were questioned bv a tepr.-sen
tarive of the Associated Press as to the
truth of the report published in the
United States that an armed B itish
toice is marching through Brazilian ter
ritory and tnat its objective point is
that part of Venezuela wuicn is claim
ed by the British government Tinv
said there was no truth in the story,
that there is no British force there and
that there would be no object in marc i-
mg thr >ugii tnat portion of Brazil even
if a British force had been available lor
the put pose outlined.
The Amount riiai. Will It • i>u* After Alt
Clxlma Are '-uti-fln.l.
Washington, O t. 14 —The solicitor
of the state department lias couclu led
his exammatijii of the assignment
against the Mora claim and finds that
after a I o: these s'mll be paid there
will bo due Mr Mora about $700.0<H),
for whicn amount, less *1i800) Secre
tary Oiuev win probably mve hi« - icck
on the assistant ir ‘Usurer of the Ua.ted
States on Mondav.
The $118 000 will bo reserved for the
liquidation of me <•! mus of certain at
torneys. the payment of which Mr.
Mora wishes to assume, hu* wi 1 be re
turned to him when the dep irtincut
settles with toe original attorneys un
der the original contract made by them
with Mr. Mora.
AttMi-ki-il by lh« Italian*.
Hassowah, Abrsouia Qjt. 14.—The
Italian native tr mps have attacked
1,300 Abyssinian* wno occupied a strong
{ kisitiou near Uraailet. The latter fl-d,
eaviug 20 men killed and nuinoers
wounded The Lallan troops lost 11
killed and had 30 wounded.
Tli« Sen boar i Mak.» a Chance.
Raleigh, Oct 10—The Seaboard Air
Line rail way has let out its assistant
general freight agent, Mr O. Dwyor,
and has appoints i Richard I Cueath-
am of Dummy, to that position.
TO SHOW NO F-.VORS.
A R oolutlon Laio.lnc tn lh« Care of Con-
t *il*' rate ne Well ne Union Vet rane.
Tacoma, Wash, Oct. 14—Gmrge
Buzzard, a well known p duiciuu uud
a member of Custer post G A. R , of
this city, at a regular meeting of the
post gave notice that he would, on Sat
uiday next, eff t a roso utiou providing
that Custer • <i.t appoint a cumminee
of five to nieiii'irializt congress tor tho
passage ot a taw doing away with ois
tinouoii between federal and coufeder
ate veteran* so far as re a-es to their ad
niissiou to nation il soldiers’ iiom*s; in
►hurt that oi-abied ex con federal o sol
dier* be admitted to ihe national soU
dier* hoii-os onexictly the same basis
as ex union Holdier*.
Tim propo-ed resolution ha* stirred
up much lee ing in tne post, many
member* being outspoken against its
passing.
New Era of Plenty and Prosperity
Opening Up In the South.
Sam .Jones Rejoices In II ..ih-I’rlced Cot
ton and Abundant Ctop-. and Wages
—A Wise Use of the Vantage
Ground Gamed.
Whit He Tliinln tliH riatinrm Will Re In
Ruyiird to tli^ F.iiiiuei.il (Jm-itiliiii—tie
s. y, the .Na11on-tI Conve'itiiin Is -nre to
He ll-ld In san Fr.tuoisoo, Cliluajia or
I’ittsliiiri;,
San Francisco, Oct. 16—"The loot-
tion of too mx; Republican naiioual
Convention li-s between three c ties—
S in Franc -c>. Pittsburg and Chicigo.”
saitl Nat onal Committeeman Joan M.
Thurston of Nebraska
Mr. Tnnrston is at present on tho
30.1st in the interest of the Union Pa-
3;fic railway, reiative to the rec iver-
•hiji on the appeals from orders made
Irom the state oi Oregon
Mr Thurston was inclin ’d to bo com-
muaicitive on matters pertaining to
politics, and stared that J isepli Man-
ley, um national committeeman from
Maine, had xpressod the wish to him
that Fa ' Fi 4 .i:c sco might be the next
convention j» ace of the Republican
party, and that many of tho otiier
tn muers of tae eastern states had ex
pressed the same de-ire.
"As fi r mvself,” emtinued the sen
ator, “1 have not ma le no my nun l.
It is sure to be either Chicago, P.tts-
burg or San Franei-co ami om of the
three maces nam d w 11 -u t me.
‘ W.iat do 1 think of tho probable
nominee of the party? Well, mr state
is rat ler inc i ied toward McKinley,
bur i near Allison or Rued of M tine
fr qrcitiy re erro 1 to as available and
t-a o tor the parry Harris)!, d:d you
say? Never He is enure.y out of tho
quest on I be.i“ve there was an at-
tempt to work him into tho fight, bnt
it ii is boon g.veu up Don’t you recall
that o d llm-:
“ *Tnou d >st protest too much.’
“Th a anp.ies to Harrison. He will
never d> ”
“Wid the R-pnbbcuis give the west
a free coinage p.a ik?'’
“Yus. I tiling so; one similar to tho
plank of the iast cam aign. but I don’t
tnmk t ie Kenubli am or D-mocnt*
eitner w 11 ever dec are for t le tree
an i unlimited coinage of s Iv r with
out r*gard to any otner country I
tnink the mnner question will nave to
be settled in uch a w ty t i it there wul
never be any great disturbance in mon
ey values. ”
COPYRIGHT. IS95i
1
ISSUES AN INJUNCTION.
A Mat* HuUroiiii Coiuiatssioa R*«tr*la*4
From B <lncin« Whool Kaloa. *{
8am Francisco. Oct. 16.—Judg* Nt*
Kenua of the United State* olreait
court has granted a temporary Injoao* J
tion restraining the state railroad eom- .
mission from putting into effeot oa Ool ;
16 the proposed 8 per cent redaodoa of ;
the local wueat rates and directing
them to show cause uext Monday why
the injunction should not be made par- ;
maueut. Tins action Was taken aa a 1
result of a complaint filed by tiie tionth-
ern Pac fi: R inroad company. I
Tne company also seeks to have the
commissioners enjoined from carrying ;
into effect a resolution by which it U
prooo->ed to make an average reduction
of 2.1 per ceut in all the rat<.s of the
road, to take effect Deo 1, 1895 |
The oomplaiut alleges that two of
III S<s<!Uii nt. ('I.TvIxllil Over
Tmo I Imila m I Mrntii;
Cleveland, Ojc. 16 —The annual
convention of tho carriage bui-ders* na
tional convention convened here with
an attendance odimated at over 2,000.
The association was organized 27 years
ago. It iuc a les nearly all the promi-
U‘*nt maun acturers of tho Different
branches of tuetrad: throughout the
country in its ranks, and nas tor its
object the mutual aid and sunport of
it members, wno come together onoo a
year to exhibit th>-ir wares an l discuss
matters reuuiug to th -ir trade
At the m >rum * session Mayor Mo
Kisson delivered an address of wel
come, after which the various offic ts
and c immittees made their aunu il re
ports A o >m<mttee was appoint id to
rec mimend offic rs for anotiier year.
Ii is proo.ib.e tnat Gjorge M. Stale
bahor of South Boul, Ind, will be
n iiuen as p-esi lent to succ-ud Presi
dent C H B utton of N ’W York
j Among tiM oth *r o indidates ior ores
i idem are Henry T ink u. o St Louis,
and Henry C Stiver of Ob.CAgo.
It has l»ecn wisely said that circum
stances alter eases, but that they never
alter human nature. If human nature
does not change it changes its tune and
changes ils base.
I have traveled much in the last few j
days I hroiigh thesouthern states. Eight
and nine cents cotton has put a move on i
the south, a glow upon both farmer and (
incicliaut, hushed thecalamity howlers ■ the commissiouers. La Rue and Staa-
end run the free silver issue into the 1 ton. were bound by ante-election
i nc: ground. With the prospect of eol- pledges to reduce rates and. further,
!-<n going to ten cents, and even higher, i tba^ La Rue is a large laud owner and
we will soon forget the hard times of shipper oi grain au«i therjifore not a fit
the past and cease to listen tothecal-
l lllitj
tditorial columns of our newspapers,
i'lie south has made the elieapcst crop !
of cotton, perhaps, she has ever made, i
lhough not so much by three million
person to act in matter* affecting wheal
lum lor (iu (lie slump or in tho 1:“'* ‘Vg'T* 1 ,
1 i rate goes iu co eff-ct, thw the railroad
will lose fl.500,C0<t annually and will
bv sur.ousi v crippled.
The character of the complaint M a
whole, and the fact that the federal
c urcs have boon r quested to ignoro
tuo railroad c unmi-siouers ind:0»M
that Mr. Huntiugtou iuieuds to make
the same fi.-ht here that he did several
years ago against the Texas railroad
commissioner* The Texa* c minis-
siouers were enjoined by the United
States distr.ee judge. MoCorm ole, at
Gilveston. and hi* d-oree wa* sauain-
ed by the United States supreme o •urtk
Mr. Huntiugtou and Attorney Her
ron express the opinion that there is
c Hi-uderahle similarity between the
Ti x is c i.-e and tiie C viifornia case, and
say they exu< ct to win the case because
of the similarly.
i nk s ns last year. The south has made
more corn and wheat and meat than in
nii\ \ ear of her past, history. The farm
ers will have fuller cribs and fewer
debts, fuller pockets and fewer cares
limn they have ever had in her history.
It is a real tonic to travel in the south
to-dav and mingle with the people; to
uiive out in the suburbs and out beyond
and meet the wagons coming in loaded
w ith cotton, the old fanner with a hur-
iic.1 movement and a bright face headed
low ai ds t lie market, sometimes his wife
; iu! children on the wagon, and they.
lo‘i, all aglow with-smiles.
A GLORIOUS TIME.
Uort Wtij-n• (mi.-lir.itIn-- dt-r On* Hun.
■ IrciUli A uni v<-rit iry n- n « it/.
Fo::T Wayne, Oit 10 —The colebra
tion ot tin' 0110 hundredth anniversary
of F ort W lyno’s txiitouco a* a city,
which i* to continue lour day*, has be
gun and largo crowds aro in attend in^e
Irom northern Indiana, soath'-rn Mich
igaii and n »rthe<t-ic-rn Ohio. Tue day
Was nshered in at 6 o’o ook by firing a
r-amtu oi 100 gnu* and tne ringing of
all tho hells ii tne city.
At 10 o’c c.c tho art building cou
tami ’g relic, of pioneer diy* aud art
displayi was cp.-uod with tuterestiug
ix-reis a
Dunog tin afternoon an immense hi
cvc o paraue was given ov-*- tuo paved
sireut-i, io 1 iwed by bic-cle r-ci* and
baseball tamos At nignt the on mug
centennial meeting wni be ho-d at tue
big Princes - rniK.
Tne a hire** o’ welcome will bv de
livered oy Mavntr C B Uukl y. and the
re*p >u.sn l-y Hon. It. H. Aug-b. tne
presi ient o tue centennial o mini ttue.
Fort W yno wa* never so hau.isome-
lv or p -o u-i • y decorated, nor had a* a
large c ow-i Oi visitors as she is uow
eutertaiuiumg.
And then to
meei the old colored brother with his
iitl'i-ared mule and one-horse wagon
as in sits complacently upon his bale of
.-otto,; driving along to a market that
w iil : i .e him a just return for his hard
vt :u - v.oi k. And then drive back int»>
ibe town and see the scores and some
times hundreds of wagons loaded with
i ollon. the active buyers, tin* busy uier
ids and tlie buzz tind hustle
i ln‘ic is not a phase of southern life
mat dues not feel it. Our eolh ges and
eiiools are fuller 1 Inia ever before. The
n.achineiy of our manufaetorics start
• e up, the railroads : uniiing more ami
-.ii .'i in.ill.-, the buiUl'ing .•! nt vv iionio.
lie ic.huilding of oltl »:i.i s. Ihe slacks
i l.a v, the pens of in.gs, I I.e eril.s oi
urn. ail tickle the m.-cv and plcasi
a. mind and give t \i<.. ».c» «*oiiip>et.
nut ihe south t«>-<ia\ is t lie eomingse<-
i..i of m:i great couulrv.
Isn't it gloi'ious al’it-i the tears and
liuils, the f.nlures ii:.d liquidations,
ibe debts and deprchsions of the pas'
.ii :• .ears tti I cel that thov ba
ndi
SEARCHED THE SHIP.
Sp inlsh offl i r« Tlioti«h( Sh« “ad Amt
nn > Ammaiiiilon For cab i.
New York. Oct. 16.—A special 4is-
patch to The Herald from Havana says:
The Am ‘r.cnn brigantim Harriet G.,
winch arrived at Neuvitas a week
with h cargo of coal for the Puerto
Pr ucipe Railway company, has been
boarded in the buy and searched by aa
armed trpauisn force, whose command-
mg offi'ur acccsetl the vessel’s master.
Captain Miller, of having brou :ht arms
ami munitions or the rebels aud hav
ing smuggled them ashore.
Cauta u M.der denies the charge, and
a* nothing of a comprom sing nature
wa* discovered by tne so.dier* during
their se iron, he has filed a formal pro
test oe ore the United States commer
cial agent h -re to be forwar ied through
Con u (4-aural Williams to the state
dcparimeut at Washiagiou.
STREWN
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with flowers.
FAf/L WRECK.
A Elr.-mau Lost lilt Mr. .ml Two Oth
ers* riuil«ly lijurn l.
Bradford, Pa, G:t. 16—A bad
wreck occurred on the Buffalo divisiou
of tno Wes eru New York and Penn
sylvania railroad at 1 a m. As a north
bound freight train wa* pas-inz Eidred
station the lo omotivo le t the rails and
plunged down an embankment, foi
low id by II loaded cars.
Fireman Jesse B ixier of Buff ilo. was
ciughc oeueatii tne eugme aim c us ied
to death. E ig ueer Brocrway and
Brakt-mnu Ha.m re. botn oi Buff do,
were s riousy injured It i* feared
the ou,jiueer's injuries will prove fatal.
Vi-it iif ill - 12 up -ri»r un i Rmpress of
(l^riii'iuy il ini -- PiM.i««ut.
Corceli.es Oct 10 —Tha streets of
th s town were profusely decorated and
tho railroad station w is crowd jd inside
and outside with people eager to greet
the Emperor and Empr i*s of Gertniuy
upon the occasion of their visit to Al
sace Loriam*. Tneir majestie* arrivid
here at ‘J o’c ooz an l wen greeted at
the ra Iway station by baron Von Ham-
merstein, j r si lent ot the district of
Lorraine, the burgomaster aud otner
puolie ofiici.d*.
’lh • emoeror and empress subsequent
ly > r-o id ’ i to tue Chateau Urvilie.
The n uio o the cuateuu was line t with
m iU "‘iso the dtffereut veterans’as
sociations school children, etc , who
entlius a-t cailv ch •-red the imp -nd
party aud ne ted tneir m vj isfi”* with
fl ,wcrs Tiie emoeror Fnderi. k's mon
ament on too bitti-find of Woerth
Will Le unveiled on Friday next.
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Toledo. Oct. 16 —A special to Th*
Blade from Speuoerviile. O, says W.
W Rnni-rt was fatally shot while hast
ing Moudav. The gun of his compan
ion wa* accidentally discharged, th*
ch irge strikiug Rupert in the cnesti
Rupert is a wed known minor leagn*
ball player and piaye 1 with the Bans**
City and Fa i River, Mass., teams dnr-
tne season just ended.
K LLING IN B HMINGHAM.
KIH*il Her Tlir^« I.ltiln liruthurs.
New York. Oct. 14 — A special to
The World from Colon says: To pre
vent her pilfenugH bung aiscoYered by
her pornnts, a 14 year obt girl, tho
dauguier of a labirer in bmiaudor,
tutKtieivvf h«r (urtw hr other a
Mrs Ilslaa U l»«,u|.
CftiOAGO. Oct. 14 —Mr*. Clara Doty
BaMs died a: her home hero after a
long illness. Mrs Buies was a well
known autnoress, being particularly
prominent a« a writer of juvenile
sun tea
Trie.l to ( oimn't Suiolda.
Cleveland. Oct 16 —Tne body of a
laboring man was pu ud out of the
Chvuahoga river. Hu made a desperate
ait mipt at suicide H « na 1 nearly suv
ered both !• g*. had tried to strangle
iuiiiiult by tiHiug a h.tudkurcuiet about
hi* U-iCk and tueu jumpid into the
water His body can not oj idealificd.
Ah Itsllan Gut Him Mini it of one of HI*
K.'IIiimt Ciiiiui ry iiiiio.
BirminghvM 0:t 10—A homicide
was committed in a siuall fish aud
broad stand on Second avenue and
Tw-nity-fou th street. Frank N ipte,
an Italian, cut tlie throat of a fe.low
conntrvm iu ii'inot G<ovituni ynerota,
i> flirting a wound tnat caused death iu
five IlnUrS
N.t|i.eisiu the city prison charged
witn inurucr
N iple says he thought there wa* a
burgi.tr iu ni* room. H-* ju up. i up
aim attacked tho man with a knee.
Not until a tiHighbor name in did Naple
redize that ho hat kihet a irioud.
SIoVrlUMiil Ot W r U p«
Washingros, Oct. 16.-Two cable
mu«sages wore received by secretary
Herbert from the Asiatic station. O te
stated tho guuooat F-ir»i nut arrived
ut Cheiua p i an 1 said nothing as to
tlie state ot uffu s m Coroa f’he otu
er mes-rig t all' ouuo <d tue UlkiVai of
tue Jdauhtas at baanghau
MmJT vipet I ll<M iii-kl
Lovdon, 0:t 10—It is annonnoad |
that Dan Creedon, tneex niidd.o weight
champion of Au*tr.tU.t, wno on Mon
day dneatel Frank Craig, tne •*Hnr-
loin Coff-e Cooler." f ir a purse of 460
pounds bo ore the National Sjiorilog
club, winn ig in 2 * rouu I*, will siioruy
m.-ot Joo C.ioyiuski of California.
I'u l-orin u 2V-«* tlliiHiry.
BcfHAREsr, R iu man la, Oot 16.—The
cabinet h i* go* g ie I and King Charles
inc ummoned D in ter Mtnrdiza, the
iKi'istry aiifl fi ugulity
i cii. aiiNious to m i v\ hut w ill eotue -j!
this chat gu of I/US'*. ! stipi'.oM* tin
(diticiai.s vvhoclauior for hif;h tail 11
in-.! for tree and tiriimitcd cointigi -,i
ilvcr, the politicinns who have sougni
> throw disfavor upon the adiuinis-
,at'.o:! of Cleveland, who l.,.ve tidied
i.ui tlie jobbing and tnuling of (io -
sir v. itli iiionicd r;, udicati s, will k(h»«i
c w it hunt a keynote to their mnsie oi
loiirdation for their logic, or an apol
gv i'or tneir lies.
't he price of cotton is talked about
.ure in the south to-day in one day
;u,ri silver and gold is talked of in
ue hundicd days. The bn//and w hirl
f the nidlions of spindles iu our eot-
.m nulls inuke mnsie to charm tlu-
• nultitiide away from tl.e voice of the
alumity howler aud assoemtion with
ihe dissatisfied mobs. 'Che daily
aborei vv ho has been without means
.f siip|)ort so long need nut be idle a
lay' now in the south. The cotton
ields ure white, the cotton mills are
n//ing. and the first fruits of the com-
.ig prosperity make the blacksmith’s
anitner ring upon the anvil again,
nd the house earpenter's saw uud
ijuaie will have the rust worn off of
,iein again by friction with the u.u-
•erial they are busy shaping into
(Otnes and burns and wurehoiises
'he children will catch the spirit of
heir parents and study with heart
nd learn with vim. A better day is
-oming. It is almost sunrise; and if
c will bring the lessons of the long
as experiences into light of this
new day we shall use the opportuni
ties and privileges which ure now
.riven to us to the betterment of our-
t-lves uud to the higher prosperity of
.be world.
Uv the way. all roads seem now to
i.*.’d to Atlanta. Already Atlanta has
ili-. buz/ and life of a much greater
citv Her streets are full. The exjKi-
bitimi, though not yet complete, is
drawing the people from the four cor
ners of the earth, and from the 20th of
i October on the crowds will la* im-
, v me. Atlanta Is ready for them
an*,' tlie s' ow will be ready, and Atlanta
will do herself honor and the |jeoplr
| LiwO.ai UaUrif, tv .ui ui * new mtuisfcf/. ! will be olcuatsl with the show.
< 'I iU* F. Jwai
Mice of Application to Legislature.
State of South Carolina.
Notice is hereby given, that th*
,i‘ ■!• rsigm-d citizens residing in Spar-
ai.hurg. Union and York counties,
the Stale of South Carolina, will,
it ’In* ensuing session of the General
.s tnhly of South Carolimt, apply to
•aivi t'enerul Assembly of South Car
ina to ent <dl and incorporate a new
)•!"iv in this State out of parts of
-.liii Spartanburg, Union and York
.unties, the county seat thereof to
at Gaffney eity. South Carolina,
and the proposed boundaries of said
i* .unty to he as follows:
Beginning at tlie fork of Broad and
I’acolet rivers in Union county and
running up Pacolet river to or near a
•)o;nt on said river, formerly know a*
Brown's Mill, about one and one half
miles above J’ucolet Mills, on said
river; thence in a northwesterly di-
r. etioii and east of the town of Cow-
pens, about one mile, u straight line
to the North Carolina line ut or near
State Line post office; thence with
tin North Carolina state line east to
Broad river, at or near Surratt’*
•' .i v. a;*, form* rly know ; thence with
- N .rth Carolina lire to railroad
i k Hy called t Ik* 3C‘s . thence in a
*‘ .i he . rly .[i rue tion to the mouth
• >: !' gs creek in York county ; thence
do v n Broad river to ihe beginning,
• i. . irk i.f Broad and I'acolet river*,
ioKiuding the following townships:
: buylotiville and tiowdesville in
C tiu'ii county, tin* greater part of
V- hi <* I’ldins rownship. nearly all of
i ( nestoiie tow tiship and a small part
»f ('henkee township in Spartanburg
ee.’o'y ami the western part ofChero-
..*.* .own-hip in York county, iticlud-
:iig tho tovvn of Blacksburg in York
... ty, making the middle of said
i.\ rs In- line where limy touch said
•i- county ; hut failing iu the abov*
di.rribed proposed county line, then
vv.• hereby give notice and apply for
said county to he incorporated out of
all tin* territory above described, ex
cept that part ly ing in York county,
*h■ s making the middle of Broad
river ihe eastern line of said pro-
po- *1 county.
l! Lii’scomb, Gaffney, 8. C.
J’. Davenport, (iuffney, 8. C.
\V. C. S. Wood. Grassy Pond, 8. C.
K. M. Jolly, (Jrassy Pond, 8. C.
R. P. Scupggs. Ezells, 8. C.
.1. r. McCraw, State Line, 8. C.
A 11 arris. AI good, 8. C.
J. I). Jefferies, Sr„ Asbury, 8.C.
C. A. Jefferies, M. D., Home, 8.C.
J. T. Moorhead. Gowdeysville,8,C.
J, A. Hamks, Gowdeysville, 8. C,
A, F. Kendrk k. Sunny Side, 8. C,
C. W.Wiiisonant. Wilklnsvllle, 8. C«
.?. L. Strain, Eita Jan*, 8. 0,
L D. Bonner, Gouchefi S» 0»
August $ih, IMit.