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GAFFNEY CITY. S. C.. TUESDAY. AUGUST 20, 1890.
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FCOiiln WEEK OPENS
IN FAl'OB DREYFUS
Much Testimony to Refute M.
Bortillon’s Theory.
THE EXPERT DISCOMFITED
INpitriing Personal Privilege Hcrttllon
Desin-H to K'-ply, hut Court Cull*
Him How i — Ilrniarii Kxi»aata Error
In Hi’i'tiiloii’* Kiyurra.
Rennks, France, Aug. 28.—V/hcn the
fourth week of the second trial by court-
martial of Captain Alfred Dreyfus of
the artillery, charged with treason,
opened tin., morning General Mimor.
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who was minister of war when Dreyfus
was first tried in IM'.H, was present as
usual in ilie front row of tho witness
stand, definitely setting at rest the re
ports as to his having fled to tho island
of Jersey and as to his arrest.
The first witness called today was M.
Paray-Javal, tho draughtsman whose
evidence was interrupted on Saturday
by the adjournment of the court.
M. Parny-Javel was called by tho de
fense to refute the system by which M.
All house Rertillou, chief of the anthro
pometric department of tho Paris pre-
fectuto of j oltce, last week attempted
to prove that tho prisoner wrote tho fa
mous bordereau in a disguised hand and
by means of a key word “interest,” and
that, it could not have been written by
Lsterhazy, although the document was
in a handwriting resembling that of
Esterhazy.
With the aid of a blackboard M.
Paray-Javol demonstrated the fallacy of
M. liertillon’s calculations and criticised
tho iatter’s unfairness in not sub
jecting Esterhazy’s bandwriting to ♦ho
same tests us tho prisoner’s writing t
the same time the dranghtsmau decla.„d
that even if Bertillou had done so the
results would not have proved anything.
In brief, the morning session may be
said to have been a field day for tho
handwriting exjierts, whodevoted them
selves to demolishing one another’s evi
dence. The public followed the deposi
tions listlessly, but the judges and couu-
scl listened with the greatest attention.
General Meroier did not seem to be
very cheerful today. Ho hardiy said a
word to General Gonse tho whole morn
ing, 1 ut during tho brief suspension of
the court’s sitting lie and Generals Gouse
and Itoget walked up and down the
courlyard of the Lyceo engaged in con
versation. General do Boideflfre was
uot present in court today. He has been
absent from the past few sessions and it
is rumored here that he is desirous of
leaving the sinking ship of the general
staff.
Cspt. KreystaetterCentral Figure.
The center of interest in tho court
yard was Captain Freystaotter of tho
llarine infantry, who testified so fa
vorably to Dreyfus on Saturday, and
who seemingly gave the he to Colonel
Haurel, who v. us president of the court-
martial of 181)4, in a most important
feature ot the latter’s evidence. The
captain, dressed in a blue black tu
rns, indigo blue trousers, and wearing
his five decorations, held a verita
ble reception of bis friends who
pressed around him and shook his
hand. These friends, however, were
•11 civilians. Not a single uniformed
officer spoke to him, which is the first
fruit of bis frankness and a clear indi
cation of the determination of the mili
tary clique to ostracise him. When the
two first witnesses hud testified and
•rgued against M. Bertillon’s system, it
was tho opinion of the sympathizers of
Dreyfus that if the statements of tho
witnesses were correct they had simply
pulverized M liertillon’s theory. The
latter wished to reply, but the president
of the court, Colonel Jouaust, declined to
allow the specialist to g iover hts evi
dence again, taking the ground that the
evidence would never end if every ex
pert did the same and was gro ‘ted With
a general murmur of satisfaction. The
next expert, M Pelletier, also testified
favorably to Dr y;us.
M- Couard, another export, then de
posed that as the result of his examina
tion he had be,como convinced that the
bordereau had uot been written by Ivs-
torhazy, bur he could not tsy it was
written by Dreyfus, because be had not
seen the prisoner's handwriting. This
witness kept the court in n continual
Toar of laughter by tho extraordinary
modulations of his voice, misplaced em
phasis and gust tires.
2'he final witness. M Varinaud, main
tained the declaration that hu had made
before tiio court of cassation, that tho
bordereau was uot written by lister-
hazy.
Colonel Jouaust then announced that
JI. l)e Frycinet, who resigned us minis
ter of war. May ll of the present year,
cutd w ho was succeeded bv M. Krantz,
who in turn was succeeded by General
J)« Marquis de Gallifet ou the downfall
of the Dupuy ministry, would lie among
the wime-ise-i tomorrow and the session
elosed with the request that a rogatory
coin in is non be seut to Colonel Paly do
Clam, whose illness prevents his attend- j
sdee in court, which Jouaust agreed to.
This step does not satisfy the defense,
bnt they acquiesce to the committee
taking Du Paty de Clam’s testimony on
the principle that half a loaf is better
th ui no brea i at all.
The following is tho testimony in de
tail:
licrlillon’s System Smashed.
M Paray-Javal. the draughtsman
called by the defense Saturday to refute
tno testimony of M Bertiilou, the fa
mous authropometor, resumed his testi
mony at the opening of the court this
morning, and, with the assistance of a
blackboard, proceeded to show the fal
lacy of the calculations of M. Bertillon
and the latter’s unfairness iu not sub
mitting the handwriting of Esterhazy
to the same tests as tho prisoner’s.
He declared, however, that even if
M. Bertillon had done so, the
results would not have proved any-
thing. Tho witness, however, insisted
that M. Bertillon had adopted a vicious
ninr i > id of o U iy making a partial exper
iment.
^uuiinaing, M. Paray-Javal proceeded
to show that the geometric regularities
alleged by M. Bertillon did not exist
Ho pointed out a number of irregulari
ties in the handwriting of the bordereau
and said the sauio irregularities were
plainly noticeable ii; Esterhazy’s cali-
graphy. He also contended that Iho
alleged regularity of the keyword ‘‘In
terest” was only approximate and pro
ceeded to iliustrato hts arguments on
tho blackboard, showing that all M.
Bertillon’s proofs applied equally to Es
terhazy as to Dreyfus.
Finally M. Paray Javal declared that
M. Bertiliou’s measurement oi the word
“Interest,” which served as tho basis
for the whole system, was entirely false
and therefore M. Bertillon’s entire sys
tem “falls to tho ground and no longer
exist-j. [Great sensation].
This witness, who had awakened the
interest of his hearers maintained that
tho bordereau could not have been
traced, adding that it was an utter im
possibility. He then proceeded to il
lustrate why this was the case and to
prove the falseness of M. Bertiilou’s de
ductions.
An amusing scene followed. M. Ber
tillon pleaded that he had a personal
statement to make and mounted the
platform. But he had hardly uttered half
a dozen words when Colonel Jouaust
saw he was merely regnuding hts evi
dence, and to the satisfaction of the au
dience, curtly told the specialist to leave
the platform, which ho did discomfited.
In conclusion, H. Paray-Javel said,
amid laughter, that he thought M. Ber
tillon was a very intelligent man, but
that his system was false and tiiat he,
the witness, was convinced that only
self esteem prevented M. Bertillon from
admitting hts error.
M. Bernatd, an inspector of mines,
who took high honor at tho polytechnic
school, who followed M. Paray-Javel at
the witness bar, said he appeared to re
fute a portion of M. Bertillon’s evidence,
which was based on false calculations.
As a matter of fact, he added, it was
ou such a basis that the whole system
rested.
Witness said ho was greatly surmised
that M. Bertillon thought it fit to have
recourse to psychological arguments to
prove:
1. That the bordereau was fabricated.
2. That the methods which might
have been employed in writing certaiu
words were such as to constitute proof
against Dreyfus.
M Bernard also said ho was aston
ished at the fact that M. Bertillon had
nudortuken to account for the shape of
letters and the space between words.
There was not 1 2d millimetre as al
leged by M Bertillon, but 1.56. More
over the writing of the bordereau was
natural and rythmic, while its charac
ter and size showed it was uot written
by either a short-sighted or a long
sighted person. Tho witness then pro
ceeded to illustrate photographically
his contention that the bordereau
was not a fabricated document and
also pointed out important differences
between M Bertiilou’s photographs and
tho original. While pointing out a fault
in the application of tho system, M.
Bernard aroused merriment by remark
ing tbat M Beriillou’s system could,
nevertheless, be useful, seeing that it
enabled the witness to show the borde
reau was a natural and not a fabricated
document.
In conclusion, M. Bernard exhibited
to the judges a plate representing a page
of current handwriting and said:
“If it is examined by M. Bertillou’s
system it will show certaiu peculiarities
which would not bo found upon the ex-
jtu/.nation of fiO.OOo.OOO other documents.
M. Bertillon would, therefore, say the
document was fabricated. But be would
be wrong, for I borrowed the page from
a report written by M. Bertillon himself.
SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE.
Unili'd Sillier,’Goods Gaining (jrotimi
In <t> inpetltlon With Kuropi*.
Nrw Yoke, Aug. 28.—A special from
Washington says: Groat Britain, Ger
many and Italy are all making special
efforts to enlarge their trade with South
America and the British governmeut re
cently sent a special commissioner to
study and report commercial conditions
iu South Airnsrica.
Ho reports that British trade iu many
lines is declining and that British goods
are being replaced by those from the
United States, from Germany and in
some instances from France, Italy and
other continental countries. The rea
sons which the commissioner assigns
:tro different iu different cases. In many
lines of goods the Gormans have secured
the trade through heudiug out goods of
lower price ami much inferior quality.
In some lines, notably in iron and steel,
goods, and various kinds of machiucry,
tbo British commissioner found the
trade of tho United States increasing.
American locomotives he found in very
general use on South American railways
a id he approved of the business methods
o' the American manufacturer in hav-
1 i ig skilled men to remedy defects and
study tho special needs of tho South
American railways.
Hoy It'- Trleil For (‘onsplrucy,
PaKW, Aug 28.—The cabinet h«« al
most determined to summon the senate
to sit as a high court for the trial of M.
Paul Deroulede, member of the cham
ber of deputies and president of the
L&agno of Patriots, and the other pris
oners arrested recently ou the charge of
conspiring against tb i government. It
is believed that the decree summoning
tho senate to meet for this purpose will
bo signed at an early meeting of tba
council.
AMERICAN BAR
ASSOCIATION MEETS
A Great Gathering of Legal
Talent at Buffalo.
with firm, strong hand pet down this
insurrection and when our covefeignty
is acknowledged and our supremacy
ma le manifest, with kindly guidance
and generous aid lead these people of
the Asiatic seas to self government, and
insure to them ‘domestic tranquility,
provide for iheir common defun.'r*, pro
mote their general welfare and B*'cnre
the blessings of liberty iu them and to
their posterity,’ as provided in the con
stitution of the United States.
MANDERSON THE ORATOR THE PORTO RICO SUFFERERS
WHc:oiii«*8 liitwyers From Abroad,
Touches IMillIppIne Question and De
fends Course of Administration; Sa) e
Rebellion Must lie I'ut Down.
Buffalo, Aug. 28.—Judges, states
men and lawyers of national promi
nence, composing the American Bar as
sociation, met in the aldermanic cham
ber of the common council today and
were welcomed lo the city by Sherman
Rogers of the local bar association and
Walter S. Logan of the state bar associ
ation.
Concluding his speech, Mr. Logan
said:
“I welcome you to the state of Gov
ernor Roosevelt—Roosevelt the rough
rider, and Rsosevelt, the president of
civil service commission. We weicoma
you to the stare of Hamiltou and Jay,
of Kent and Van Bureu, of Tildeu aud
Cleveland; to the state which delights
to honor its best and foremost citizens. ”
In tbe absence of President Joseph l£.
Choate, ambassador to the Court of 8t
James, Senator Charles F. Mundersou
of Nebraska, as acting president, de
livered tho anutfal address aud said in
part as follows:
“In tho 22 years that have passed
away since the Americau Bar associa
tion was organized, coutormtng itself to
us lofty purport* and high aims, it has
surely subserved the public welfare and
lived up to iis original declaration that
it would ‘advance tbo science of juris
prudence, promote the administration
of justice aud uphold the houcr of the
profession of the law.’
Today every state, except Nevada,
aud every b'rritorjr is represented iu US
membership of 1,500 lawyers.
“A notable and encouraging sign of
the tunes, presaging much good (o the
profession and benefit to the public, is
the increased interest felt iu the pro
ceedings of the local bar associations.
Nearly every state has an active, vigor
ous organization, aud very many of the
counties aud judicial districts have their
societies composed of the best profes
sional material of tbe vicinity. They
have raised aud materially elevated the
standard of qualifications for admission
to the bar, have promoted the revision
and perfeciiou of codes, reformed many
dufectivc statutes, helped materially to
the uniformity of laws, promoted assid
uously the administration of justice and
borne aloft, advancing ever to the front,
the pure standard of professional ethics.
“It is a matter for sincere congratu
lations that present with us. interested
in our deliteratiout and concerned in
the results thereof are many eminent
jurists, members of tho Association For
the Reform and Codification of the Law
of Nations, now known as ‘The Inter
national Law association.’ Formed at
Brussels iu 187J it has hold 18 confer
ences, productive of much that has been
beneficial to all nations. Of its mem
bership are the leaders of the profession
abroad aud gentlemen of great emi
nence from all the great powers. In its
tank are uot only jurists aud those
learned iu the law, but also economists,
reurosentatives of commerce, Statesmen*
and philanthropists. Its discussions
have had, and will continue to exsrt,
powerful influence on all the elements
which go to tbe making of international
law. (in the important questions of
execution of foreign judgments; the
neutralization of the soas and inter-
ocean canals; rights iu territorial wa
ters; the rules of recovery for collisions
and accidents upon the high seaq con
flicting rules of nationality; the stop
page of the use and alm-o of the twin
destroyers,gun powder and alcohol iu the
'Dark Gontiueut;’ the uourec.ogpitiou
of the statu* of slavery in European
protectorates in Africa, ana the niauy
other incidents to tlx? assuhfptlou of tbs
‘whim man’s burden’ in barbarous and
semicivilized lands aad above all the
reduction of military aud naval forces
among the nations; the humanizing of
war; the lessening of warfare by m*di*
alien and its gradual extinction by ar
bitration, it will be a guiding hand and
a shaping force.
“Now that the divine command, ‘peace
on earth, gootl will to men,’seems to
b) approaching its fulfillment by the
efforts of disarmament conventions and
peace congresses, the code of proce lure
that must govern courts of International
arbitration must aud will largely ema
nate from this association. Tbe great
association we greet as guests will speed
the time and blazj the way ‘to hasten
that most difllcnit of ail evolutioua, tho
evolution of perpetual peace.’
“For the first time in its history it
meets iu conference within the confines
of tho Great Republic. We welcome it
with fraternal regard and to every
member extend the right hand of fel
lowship.
“May its deliberations be guided by
wisdom aud the results meet with the
applauding recognition of an enlight
ened world.
The I’lilllpplae Qntsilou.
“The gathering of the grain from the
bloody fields of war has been had, but
what the harvest may be is as yet au
unsolved problem.
“With the Philippine Islands In armed
resistauce to the exercise of {lowers le
gitimately ours and the performance of
duties irresistibly devolving upou us.
tho situatiou is intensified. Much dis
pute i* Rime as to what are these pow
ers aud what these duties. Many of
the arguments are more hysterical thau
logical, and are based upon theories ut
terly subversive of tbe fundamental
principles of the law of nations, aud
practically destructive of the lawmaking
power.
“Our inpremeoosrt in 1866 recognized
‘the settled principle iu the law and
usage of nations, that the inksbitanisof
a conquered territory change their alle-
gianwe aud their relations to tbe.r former
sovereign as dissolved.’ Frequently
thereafter, aud parth ulary iu 4857, after
the conquest of New M< xlco, it insisted
uixm the same rule, holding te the right
of military occupation and ‘throngb
aud by that moans ordaining a provi
sional or temporary government for the
acquirod territory. ’
“The plain duty (hat devolves upon
this country is to suppioss this revolt;
Davis K <|ti'*stsTI)>it Contributions He
Conflat'd to Food mid Clothing.
Washington, Aug. 28 —The war de
partment has received from General
Davis, under date of Aug. 26, a dispatch
outlining the situatiou in Porto Rico.
General Davis says:
“I hope the relief supplies will be con
fined t6 the foods, medicines and cloth
ing heretofore specified. The most
pressing need is food and the aggregate
cost of all that will bo required to
bridge over the period up til a new sup
ply of fruits and vegetable? pro grown
will be an enormous sum, perhaps
reaching $1,500,00!).
While thousands of families were left
homeless, their houses were generally
made of poles and thatched. Tho places
where the destruction was greatest are
far in tin interior, reached only by pack
mules. It will be next to impossible to
transport iumber to those regions. Snub
lumber as has been shipped will have to
bo used near the aracoast, and the peo
ple whoso homes wore blown away
must replace them with tbe sumo mate
rioi as that destroyed, which they are
doing and will do If tho hungry are fed.
“If tno charitable people of the United
States reiieve the hunger of ail vfcio
would famish a vast work will have
been accomplished and that I think we
Should be expected to attain. I repeat
former request for 10,000 tons of food
weekly until further notice. While I
do not want to discourage efforts to re
store dwellings, l tb:uk it should uot be
attempted until it is sure that starva
tion will be prevented.
“Would like to have estimate from
central relief commutes of resources at
hand or in sight. ”
ORPHAN ASYLUM eURNTD
Two CliiMriMi 1) ml mill Twin I y I..-
j ir. <1 — 1,0,.* $ 100,000.
Naw Yoitx, Aug. 2b.—Two children,
inmates of tho Orphtumge of tho Con
vent of the Dommicui; bisters, ut Spar-
kill, Rockland county, perished in afire
which broke out ear.y today iu the
asylum Luildiug. Ou) othar child aud
a domestic are missiug. Twenty were
injured, including two of the sisters.
T'ue asylum contain <d 850 children.
The dead are: »
Helen Brown, aged o years.
Emma Mackay, aged 7 years.
Teres* Murphy is unsung, as is also a
domestic, whose name is unknown.
Among tho number seriously injured
are Sistur Maria and Sister Aguatluus.
They may not recover.
One or two of the children aud a do
mestic, uam« unknown, are also so se
riously injured that their recovery is
doghtful.
Tho property loss is about $100,000.
The only buildings saved were lx> in
firmary aud b tins. Tho neighbors wera
prompt iu reudcr.ug ass.stance.
Geoge Blair, t^uperinleudeut of the
poor of New York city, directed that all
tho children bo sent toBluutelt convent
for temporory shelter. The sisters also
went there.
All of the children were taken out
alive, but two little tots, Helen Brown,
aged 5 yeuis, aud Emma Maekm, 7
years, died of convulsions after they
Lad beeu rescued. Au aged woman
nurse, kuowu as Jane, is supposed to
have perished iu the building. All the
other inmates have been accounted fur.
Kate McCarthy, a servant, who .is
suffering from shock, will probably die,
and Teresa Murphy, 16 years old, it
also seriously injured. Six of tbe sis
ters jum;)eJ from tb* second, third and
fourth floors of the building, but only
cue of them won dangerously injured.
This ia Sister Bertrand, who ie suffering
front coBoussiou of the spine.
All of the sisters aud children, as well
as the wounded, are being taken care of
at the Rjauvelt convent, which is about
2 miles from the scene of the conflagra
tion.
M'LEAN OUT FOR GOVERNOR.
Iinlicatlous Now Point to His Nomina
tion by 1). niocruts of Ohio.
Zakxsvili.e, O., Aug. 28. — While
there are only a few of the delegates
here for the Democratic state conven
tion this week, yet most of the candi
dates and their workers are on hand.
The delegates will all be iu tomorrow
for conferences during the forenoon aud
the regular district meetings in the
afteruoou and the meetings of the com
mittees iu tbe evening.
During the past week it has been the
field against McLean, but the closing
county couveutious of last Saturday
8 ave him such a lead, that he has smee
een considered master of the situation.
There were conferences of the leaders
yesterday iu Ciuciauatt aud in Colum
bus that are expected to result iu au
agreement to meet here tonight. Aside
from the head of (he ticket, there is
sure to be a series of lively contests for
the six other uominatiousuud thcreare a
dozen aspirants for each place, aud the
conditions do not’ indicate tho possibil
ity of a slate.
There are no differences over tbe plat
form, but there are hot contests for
place* on the state committee, which
will hold over for the presidential year.
MORE TROUBLE IN COREA.
Atti'Sipt to Steixa Throne by Slnubor
Old Hoyiil Family.
Victohia, B. O., Aug. 28 —The steam
ship Tacoma brings nows of a recent at
tempt to seize the throne of Corea made
by au alleged member of tbe old royal
family, Wang Eui Soo. Wang Eui Soo
has been iu exile since his birth. He
returned to $eoul on May 2, at once
matte himself known ut the royal palace
and declared himself the rightful king.
He was arrested, bnt so unusual were
Ins actions that the court physitians ad
judged him inratie. He wa* then lib
erated, but immediately afterward* re-
arrested by order o? Ltiiy Mo, the power
behind the throne of the kingdom. Ho
was sentenced to death aud was decapi
tated. . .
LEO IS INTERESTED
IN THE PHILIPPINES
His Holiness Confers With the
Olympia’s Chaplain.
HE WANTS TO SEE PEACE
The I*ope Kxprrssrs Ihc Finn llnp-
'I lint the IMitliiipini-s Will Again Ac
quire prosperity Under the Protec
tion of Ilia United Stale*.
Nf.w York, Aug. 28.— A dispatch to
The Journal and Advertiser frome Ro*vie
says: Hts holiness, the pope, is deeply
concerned about the war iu tho Philip
pines.
He has communicated his anxiety to
the Rev. Father Kearney, chaplain of
the Olympia.
In the plainest possible terms Leo ex
pressed a strong desire to see peace
established between the United States
ami the natives aud said that he con
templated the opening of negotiations
with the United States with a view to
regulate the position of Catholics in tho
Philippines.
“We nave a firm hope,” ho said,
“that the Philippines will again acquire
E rorperity under the protection of tho
hated States.”
All this was in tho course o? sperml
audience accorded to the chaplain of
Dewey’s ti :gship. There is iutlo doubt
that tho conferring of this unusual
honor upon Father Kearney was
prompted by the pontiff’s dosire to in
quire closely into tho affairs of the Phil
ippines from one who had enjoyed such
good opportunity of observing the situa
tion, and who could enlighten him irom
au American and Catholic point of view.
In heartfelt »enns he expressed his
horror of tho bloodshed that hail oc
curred, and dilated upou the importance
of making every endeavor to bring it to
au end. Ho took it for granted that
when peace was concluded the United
States would establish a boneliceut rule,
under which tba Philippines would
quickly reach a condition of happiness
and prosperity,
Hts holiness asked many questions
about Admiral Dewey, his personality,
his opinions and inquired sympatheti
cally about the state of his health. At
the conclusion of tbe interview he gave
Father Reumy an autograph letter for
delivery to the admiral and made the
priest the bearer of his benediction to
the crew of the Olympia.
FROM PLANTER TO SPINNER.
Wurehousus May Not Favor Haying
Direct From Iho Farmer.
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 28—There has
beeu some speculation as to whether the
Swift Manufacturing company, one of
the loading cotton factories iu this city,
would buy its cotton this season Irom
the farmers direct as it did last. Last
fall somewhat of a flatter was caused in
local cotton circles by the announce
ment that this company had inaugu
rated the jxihcy of purchasing the cot
ton needed for the consumption of tho
mill from the growers direct. The plan
proved rut her popular among the farm
ers and the mill was offered more cot
ton than it needed. It is said that the
farmers, iu this way, received an eighth
of a cent more for the cotton than usual,
for tbe reason that tho profit of the mid
dleman was doue away with.
There has been a little rumor in cot
ton circles to the effect that tho ware
house men of the city were trying to
hit upou some concerted plan of action,
whereby tbo buying of cotton in this
way by tho Swift Manufacturing com
pany could be stopped. The Swift is
only one of quite a number of cotton
mills m Columbus, but there is a possi
bility of other mills following its ex
ample.
DELEGAL IS UNDER ARREST.
Safely Lauded In Jail ut Darien by
Hie Military.
Dauiex, Ga , Aug. 28.—Tbo situation
here has beeu simplified and tbe teusiou
relieved to a great exteut try the arrest
of Henry Delegal, the murderer of Dep
uty Sheriff Townsend, who surrendered
to the military for protection.
When the sheriff’s posse aud the state
troops reached tbe swamp where Dote-
gal was biding his aged mother came
out aud requested that be be allowed to
surrender to the soldiers, A squad of
soldiers was scut in with Dclogal’s
mother to hts hiding place aud he was
brought out.
Delegal admitted the murder, bnt de
nied sending for his friends to help him
kill the whites. lie gave as hts reason
for surrendering that the sheriff’s posse
was pushing him so close ho wanted the
military to protect him.
Delegal was brought here and safely
landed in jail, which is strongly guarded
by the troops.
Lightning Kills Two Negroes.
Columbia, S. 0., Aug 28.—NowsJms
reached here of several fatalities from
lightning on the Georgetown railroad.
A log train was loading when a thunder
aud hailstorm came up. Lightpiug
Struck gear the train aad is supposed to
have ruu ou the telegraph wires, jump-
lug off to the tiaiu. Two negroes who
were holding ou to tho chains were in-
atuntly killed, while a half dozen others
wore knocked down.
k'olsoucd by Ice ('reum.
Ocean Springs, Miss., Aug. 28 —
Borne 15 or 20 persons throughout the
town were poisoned aud made violently
sick Saturday night as a result, presutn-
uWjjr, of eatiug ice cream which was
r irved at a fair given at Firemen's hall.
bygiciuns immediately took the pa
tients in baud, however, and all are now
out of danger. How the cruum became
poisoned has out yet beeu discovered.
A Nrw State In South Aiii«*r ex.
New York, Aug. 28.—A dispatch to
The Herald from Buenos Ayres says:
Rio Janeiro and Para papers contain
numerous details of tbo proclamation of
independence of the Acre territory. The
bow chief of the common wealth is n
Spaniard, Luis Galvez Rodriguez Anas,
who is bfisy organizing his administra
tion.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS'.
I’eojilt- You Know ami People You llou’t
Know.
Mrs. J. G. Galloway, who has been
on a visit of several weeks to relatives
at the home of her girlhood, in Ire
land, returned to her home in the
city Saturday. Mrs Galloway says
t-he had a pleasant voyage botii ways
und u delightful time with her rela
tives and the friends of her youth.
Mrs Galloway is one of Gaffney’s
most highly esteemed ladies and her
many friends litre are delighted to
have her home again.
Muj. James F. Hart, the distin
guished soldier and eminent lawyer,
was in the city Friday, on profes
sional business.
Capt. J. H. Montgomery, of Spar
tanburg, spent some time at Lime
stone College Friday. Capt. Mont
gomery never holds up. What his
hands (ind to do he does with all his
might.
J. J. Cibbons and his son, John, of
Grover, were in the city yesterday,
and called to to see The Ledger.
C. G. Phillips, of Bolinsville, was
one of the visitors to the city (Satur
day.
Rev. W. G. P. Ezell, spent Friday
night in the city, the guest of Rev.
\V. I’. Thompson, on Victoria avenue.
(State constable B. \V. Eubanks is
in the city. lie seems to be a care
ful und jconsciencious ollictr.
\\ ill Poole, manager of the Com
pany store at Pacolct, spent Sunday
in the city.
J. *V. Tolleson left yesterday for a
business trip to Chsrleston.
Miss Edna Sarratt, one of Gaff
ney's most charming and attractive
young belles, dpft Saturday for Ther
mal City, where she goes to visit
Iriends and relatives. Theie will be
an aching void in social circles dur
ing her absence.
Garret Martin, one of Cherokee’s
worthy young men of Mt. Paran, was
in to see The Ledger yesterday.
J. F. Moore, of Buffalo, one of
Cherokee’s most worthy young men,
will, with his accomplished wife, leave
to-day for Hiddcniie, N. C., where
he will make his home in the future.
While the county can ill afford to
lose such people and regrets to have
them leave us, they have the best
wishes of The Ledger and many other
friends they leave behind for their
future prosperity.
Mrs. E. J,. Eison and Miss Addle
McArthur, visited Mrs. Baxter Lem-
mond, iu .Spartanburg, the last of the
week.
M. M. Glover, one of the oldest and
most highly respected citizens of the
county, was in the city yesterday.
Walton Brown, of Pacolet, spent
Sunday in the city.
A. W. Smith, of Algood, was
among the progressive planter in the
city yesterday. He was accompanied
by his son.
Fred V. Turner, left yesterday for
Athens, Ga., where he will buy cot
ton this season.
Capt. Win. Love, of Love Springs,
spent some time in the city Saturday
on business.
F. II. Dover, of Antioch, attended
the association at Draytonvilie the
lust of the week, and while passing
through the city called to see The
Ledger.
Mrs. W. S. Lipscomb and her little
grand-daughter, Miss Carrie Stewart,
returned to the city Friday, after a
visit of some weeks to Mrs. Charles
Christman, in Spartanburg.
Robert Rountree, of the Arkwright
Mills, was in the city Sunday.
Dr. J. F. Garrett went to Converse
yesterday on professional business.
1). L. Littlejohn, an extensive
Thickety planter, was among his
friends in the city Saturday.
J. C. Robbs, of Grassy Pond, paid
The Ledger a visit Saturday. He
says tho crops in his section revived
considerably after the lain which fell
there Tuesday.
Muj. Jno. F. Jones, of Blacksburg,
attended the meeting of the Cowpens
Buttle Ground Memorial Association
in the city yesterday.
Rev. C. E. Robertson left yester
day for Spartanburg.
J. II. Bently. of Gowdysvilie, was
into see The Ledger ('uturday. Mr.
Bently is one of the Cherokee farmers
who makes money.
Mr. E. K. Belue, of Blacksburg,
left Saturday for Thousand Islands,
N. Y., to attend a meeting of the
agents of the New York Life Insur
ance Company on the hist inst. This
convention of the company’s agents
is composed of those agents who have
written and paid for $100,000 of busi
ness up to June the flOth. The New
York Life pays all the expenses of
Mr. Beluc’s trip as a compliment for
his good work.
It. C. Poole, once a Gaffney boy,
but now a prosperous business man
in Charlotte, N C., was among his
friends iu the city Saturday and Sun
day and returned to Charlotte yester
day.
L. U. Campbell, came home Satur
day from his monazite mines in North
Carolina, and spent Sunday with his
family.’
W. T. Horton, president of the
Cowpens Buttle Ground Memorial
Association, culled to see The Ledger
yesterday.
Dr. Lee Davis Ledge left the city
Saturday morning for u trip of some
days on business connected with Lime
stone College.
Mr. Abb Borders, a prominent
c tizen of Cleveland county, N. C.,
was in the city the lust of the we* k.
Dr. Forest McKown, of Cherokee
Falls, was in the city Saturday after
noon.
Aev. J. D. Bailey, attended the
j meeting of the Cofpeos Battle ground
Association yestcAlay.
Capt. J. T. Coleman, one of the
professors iu the State Military Acu-
f 1.00 A YEAH,
demy In Charleston was in th- city
yeeteiday. The Captain is d*>piy
interested in the Academy «cd is
locking out for Cherokee hoys io
enter it. Theie is no better piace to
be educate! and we hope to see mere
Cherokee boys enter it
J. C. Jefferies, E-q., was. in Ches
ter. Friday, on professional busimss.
W. S. Hail. E-q , wdo has been
out of the city a week or ten days
on professional business in Chester
and Winsboro, has r«.turned home.
Joe E. Watkins is hack at his
place in the city after a weeks outing
in Keg Town.
E. A. Trescot, E q., of Blacksburg,
was in the city yesterday.
L. L. Barratt, one of Charlott’a
leading merchants, and a former Gaff-
neyite, was in the city Sunday.
^ lt«l> Tuylor on Ingeriioll.
“I sat in a great theatre afc the
national capital. It was thronged
with youth und beauty, old age ami
wisdom. I saw a man, the image of
his God, stand up on tho stage and I
heard him speak,
“His gestures vvero perfections of
grace, his voice was music and his
language was more beautiful than
any I had ever heard from mortal
lips.
“He painted picture after picture
of the pleasures und joys und sympa
thies of home. He enthroned love
and preached the gospel of humanity
like an angel. Then I saw him dip
bis brush in the ink of moral black
ness and blot out the beautiful pict
ures he hud painted. I saw him
stab lore dead at his feet. I saw
him blot out the stars and the sun
and leave humanity and the universe
in eternal darkness and eternal
death.
“I saw him, like the serpent of
old, worm himself into the paradise
of human hearts and by his seductive
eloquence and subtle devices and
sophistry inject his fata! venom,
under whose light its powers faded.
Its music was hushed, its sunshine
was darkened and its soul was left
u desert waste with only the new
made graves of faith and hope.
“I saw him, like a lawless, erratic
meteor, without an orbit, sweep
across the intellectual sky, brilliant
only in its self-consuming fire gen
erated by friction with tho inde
structible aud eternal truths of God.
“That man was the archangel of
modern infidelity, und I said, how
true is Holy Writ, which declared
‘The fool has said in his heatt, there
is no God.’
“Tell me not, oh infidel, there is
no God, no heaven, no hell! Tell
me not, ch, infidel there is no risen
Christ!
“What intelligence less than
God’s could fashion the human body?
What motive power is it, ii not God,
that drives the throbbing engine of
the human heart, with ceaseless,
tireless stroke, sending the crimson
stream of life bounding and circling
through every vein and artery?
“Whence und what, if not of God,
is this mystery we call mind? What
is it mat thinks und feels and knows
and acts? Oh, who can deny the
divinity that stirs within us?
“God is everywhere and every
thing. His mystery is in every bud
and blossom and leaf anil tree; in
every rock and bill and vale and
mountain ; in every spring and rivu
let and river.
“The rustle of his wing is in every
zcpliyr; its might is in every temp
est. He dwells in the dark pavillion
of every storm cloud. The lightning
is his messenger and the thunder
is his voice. His awful tread is in
the earthquake and on every angry
ocean. 'I lie heavens above us team
with his myraids of shining wit
nesses. The universe of solar sys
tems whose wheeling orbs course
the crystal paths of space proclaim
through the dread halls of eternity
the glory and power and dominion of
the uil-wiso, omnipotent und eternal
God.”—JohnsQn City Comet.
of a Slave.
To be bound hand and foot for
years by the chains of disease is the
worst form of slavery. George 1).
j Williams, of Manchester, Mich., tells
; how such a slave was made free. Ho
| says: “My wife lias been so helpless
for five years that she could not turn
over in the Ltd alono. After using
two bottles of Electric Bitters, she
is wonderfully improved and able to
do her own work.” This supreme
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cures nervousness, sleeplessness,
melancholy, headache, backache,
fainting and dizzy spells. This mira
cle working medicine is a godsend to
weak, sickly, run down people.
Every bottle guaranteed. Only 60
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A man often escapes from danger
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Hit*
What would you think of a man
who was sk’k and constantly lived in
reach of salvation, jet because ho
hid failed in other directions refuses
! to lake the blessing that is before
him? Tills was Iho case with Mr.
John S. Cook, of Atlanta.
“I have been suffering with dys
pepsia for ten years. I begun taking
Tyner’s Dyspepsia Remedy and
gained fifteen pounds in thirty days.
I commend i* to the public as n great
blessing. 1 can cut supper, go *o
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per bottle. Fur sale by all drug
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