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ISIIED FEB. 16, 1894.
GAFFNEY CITY. S. C.. TUESDAY, FEBKUAKY 20. 1900.
SEE WANTS
HE CONVENTION
L.lKansas City Says It Be
longs to the West.
BOTH CITIES EXPECT IT
^Ltlen W. Clark Talks of the Coming
National D'-tnocratlo Meet—Will He
Held Early—Largest In History of
Conven ttons.
Indianapolis, Feb. 19.—Allen W.
Clark of tbe national Democratic com*
mittoo passed through the city today
enronte to Washington to attend the
meeting of that body which will bs heid
during the week. The purpose of the
meeting is to select a time and place
[for holding the national convention.
I believe,” said Mr. Clark, “that the
Pgcraiic national convention will be
Sjdlm.st gathering ever seen at a
^Mrac^ national convention. Re-
gVAjDcmiim to national headquarters
ifom nr. rlj*vory state in the Union
announce U.m-o delegations, and as the
convention ••111 bo held in the west, the
far west andmmth will be more largely
represented taun ever bofore. ”
“Where, in^our opinion, will the na
tional conveutifu be hold?”
“The contasiws between Kansas City
and Milwaukeeiind from present indi
cations one of thoso cities will get it.
Kansas City is putting up a strong fight
for it and the trend of seuiiment at the
present time seems to be in that direc
tion. Some other city may be sprung,
however, when the committee moots,
and uoiiher of those mentioned may be
■access ful.”
“What date do you think will be se
lected for holding the convention?”
“lam confident the convention will
bo heid early.”
CASE WILL BE APPEALED.
Both SiiL-s of t 1 rU’U-lJMriii-gle Contro-
vt-rsy Will Klght to the End.
PmsBuna, Feb. 19. —It is expected
that this will be an important week in
the Frick Oarncgie controversy. Word,
it is, said, has boon received from An
drew Carnegie at the Carnegie Steel
company’s that he will bo in Pittsburg
is week. He is expected to personally
versoe tbe final preparation of the an-
wer to Mr. Frick’s bill of particulars,
and make the last corrections to it be
fore the paper is filed.
After the filing of tho answer, judg
ing from the talk now indulged in, the
case will bo ru-hed. It is generally ex
pected that no matter which way the
decisions of tho lower court go, the suit
will be appealed first to the superior
court of Pennsylvania and then to the
higher courts.
Y The Commercial Gazoette is authority
vYr the statement that Mr. Carnegie has
been informed by a telegram from the
Carnegie Steel company’s offices that
Messrs. Phipps, Lovejoy and Curry had
refused to join with the other defend
ants in accepting service of the H. 0.
Frick bill in equity and that each of
these members bad employed individual
OQpnsel in the matter. This move, the
attorneys of Mr. Carnegie regard as
somewhat peculiar, as they feel the an
swer of three of tho defendants will be
entirely different from tho others.
It is also expected that early this
week, the coke salt of H. 0. Frick,
Henry Phipps, Jr., John Walker and
other minority holders of the coke com.
pany stocks will be entered. This suit,
according to the best of authority, will
be entered in the Allegheny county
courts, as the steel company suit was
not in Westmoreland county as previ
ously reported.
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FIRE IN NORTH CAROLINA.
Hotel and Hunk Hulldliig at Southern
Tines Hunted.
Raleigh, Feb. 19.—Southern Pines,
the famous winter resort, 40 miles from
here, had a $20,000 fire last night about
midnight.
Tho Alfa hotel with all it contained
was burned. The £0 guests escaped,
but saved little of their property. In
the building was a bank and the post-
office, also a hall used as au opera house.
The mail in the office was saved and the
books in the tauk.
The fire originated in the kitchen
and spread rapidly, the bniiding being
of wood and a strong wind blowing.
Advance In Coal.
Chattanooga, Feb. 10.—The Dur
ham Gas, Coal and Coko company noti-
its customers today of au advance
the price of fuel coal of 10 cents on
ton at the mines. It is not believed
this advance will be permanent, as
yrcity of coal cars has been greatly
land tho railroads are now able
rer coal in quantities from the
East Tennessee mines.
TRACEY-HUNT INTERVIEW.
Witness In the Clark Investigation
Testifies.
Washington, Fob. 19.—Senator Clark
of Montana gave place at the beginning
of today’s session of the senate commit
tee on elections as a witness to Dr.
William Tracey. The change was made
in order to permit the justices of the
supreme court of Montapa to be present
while Dr. Tracey was testifying, as his
testimony was expected to deal largely
with the interviews between himself
and Justice Hunt and Attorney Gen
eral Nolan.
Dr. Tracey related all his interviews
with Justice Hunt and Attorney Gen
eral Nolan. Ho began with his first in
terview with Mr. Hunt on Aug. 6, last,
and his report was a practical repeti
tion of Justice Hunt’s testimony, ex*
cept as to the amonut named He said
that at the first interview he had in
vited the judge to his office and taken
him into his operating room, where the
interview occurred.
“I told the judge,” said he, “that I
had a fanny kind of proposition to make
to him.”
The witness then went on to say that
he had told the justice of tho arrival in
Helena of a special train and said he
told the judge that thtrs was a party
there that would give $80,000 if he
would dismiss the Wellcome disbar
ment case. Tho judge promptly said
that he could not consider such a propo
sition and left.
The witness said that when he spoke
to Attorney General Nolan about the
Wellcome case the latter replied:
“I’ve got them over a barreL”
All “Pur* Josh.”
“I told him,” said the witness, “that
he’d better got $100,000 out of the busi
ness, destroy his stenographic notes and
got cut of the business. He seemed to
feel pretty good over it,” continued the
witness, “and I took it that ho thought
it a good idea. It was all pare ‘josh’
aud he knew it was.”
After a second iuterview the attorney
general had given him a half dozen
ducks aud the next day had sent him a
piece of venison.
Asked from whom the suggestion
came that he should approach Judge
Hunt as ho had done, Dr. Tracey re
plied:
“They came from no person. I bad
known him for ten years aud admired
him more than any other man in the
state. My only motive was to test his
official integrity aud to find oat if he
was all right. I had ifeard rumors that
ho was identified with the Daly people
and there were many rumors unpleas
antly Involving him.
“Then.” said Senator Chandler, “you
wont deliberately to work to test the
virtue of your friend as a judge?”
“I did,” was the reply, “aud I am
very sorry for it”
LEADS FIFTEEN BIG CITIES.
Atluutu’s iiulldiug Permits For Jan
uary Enoriiiuu*.
Atlanta, Feb. 19.—No better indica
tion of the large amount of building
that is being done in this city at pres
ent is to be found than that contained
in the building record for January in
The Construction News of Chicago.
It shows Atlanta to be ahead of 15
Important cities in the number of per
mits issued, while in the value of the
buildings this city is ahead of three im
portant cities, and Toads the south In
both number and values.
Statistics wore received from 23 of
the largest and most important cities in
the Union. Tbe table shows that Build-
leg luspector Pittmau issued 155 per
mits during tho month aud estimates
that tho value of tho work is $83,85§.
In the number of permits issued At
lanta is ahead of the following cities:
Cincinnati, Buffalo, Pittsburg, Alle
gheny, Washington, Detroit, Kansas
City, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Omaha,
Minneapolis, Denver, New Orleans, In
dianapolis aud 3t. Panl.
In the value of the buildings Atlanta
is ahead of New Orleans, Indianapolis
and St. Paul.
Two Negro Dick Hands Drowood.
Iji Rosedale, Miss, Feb. 19—Two ne
gro deck hands were drowned in the
■inking of the steamer New Mattie of
Memphis, near the mouth of White
river. The general merchandise por
tion of the carge is a total loss. No es
timate of the property loss i« given.
Wood Alcohol Poisoning.
Waycrofs, Ga., Feb. 19. — Frank
Walker, a negro, is reported in a dying
condition from the effects of drinking
wood alcohol. Should he die he will
^ the second one in two weeks from
Jpp same cause.
Carnt-gl" Starts IIoin , >.
Fkunandina, Fla., Feb. 19.—Andrew
Carnegie passed through here this morn
ing onroute to Pittsburg. He was ac
companied by one of his lawyers. He
refuses to be interviewed relative to the
Frick matter.
Hots Retire Before Brabant.
Storkstuoh . Camp, Fob. 18 —The
Boers are retiring aud General Bra
bant’s forces are now entering Dord
recht.
GERMAN ALLIANCE
IS LEW MISSION
Washington Diplomats Think
Secret Treaty Is Formed.
EMPEROR VERSOS QUEEN
Kruger Reulizrs That the Liberties of
Ills People Are Endangered and De
sires German Protectorate, Say tho
Political Gossips.
Washington, Feb. 19.—A report is
current in diplomatic circles hero that
Dr. Ijeyds had for his sole purpose in
going to Germany the establishment of
a German protectorate over the Boer re
public. The German eulperor, it is be
lieved, has been approached and asked
to take charge of tho Boor republic.
The Boers, it is said, seem to realize
that their defeat at tho hands of Eng
land will be tho ultimate result of the
present war.
Rather than submit to subjection by
the British they will voluntarily come
tinder the sovereignty of the German
)mpire, under certain stiunations
Which will guarantee their Iccil self
govorumeut. It is stated here that
Presi ‘ t Kruger, .realizing that the
libertieo jf his people are in danger and
that the ooutinvance of tho republic is
threatened, prefers a German emperor
rather tbau an English ruler. The
overture to the German emperor was
made in tne first place, it is reported,
with a T i@w to creating a rupture be
tween England and Germany. This
was avoided, aud it is understood that
Emperor William decliued to consider
the proposal, at least for the present.
According to the report Dr. Leyas,
before leaving Berlin, prepared a secret
treaty with Germany, in which that
country was guaranteed certaiu rights.
Although the text of the treaty is not
known, it is said to give the German
empire the greatest possible privileges,
amounting almost to ownership in tho
Transvaal republic.
TELEGRAPH TO KLONDIKE.
Amurlcaii Hospital Ship Loaded.
New York, Feb. 19.—Ltdy Randolph
Churchill has cabled to Mrs. Conelia
Adair, now in this city, saying that the
American hospital ship Maine, now at
Durban, Natal, Is nearly full of sick
and wounded. The cable says that the
most difficult cases are sent to the hos
pital ship, owing to tho excellence of
her arrange meats. The ship has many
Irish soldiers on board from the Dublin
fusiiiors and men from the Thirteenth,
Fourteenth and Eigteeuth hussars, the
Rifle brigade, the West Works and the
Fifth lancers, and among them some
stretcher bearera Lady Churchill says
the staff are all hard at work aud that
all is satisfactory ou board the ship.
Negro Child Hen ten.
Atlanta, Fob. 19.—The police have
arrested Joe Baker, a negro, oa tbe
charge of almost beating a little 4-ycar-
old girl to death. Sarah Joaea the
mother of the child, who was sentenced
to tho city stockade for a month, left
her two children, a boy aged 6 and a
girl aged 4, in charge of archer negro
woman. When she was released and
wont home Saturday she fennd that the
girl had been beaten until she was half
dead. The child stateS that Joe Baker,
a negro man, had taken her and her
brother to his house, where he had
beaten her with a strap.
Agulnst Am-rlcan Oil Monopoly.
Berlin, Feb 19.—T’.e Mannheim so
ciety for tbe protection of trade and in-
dnstry has been disenssing experiments
with Russian and Amerioan oils and' it
is said that tbe Russian oil is perfectly
satisfactory for all lamps, neither smok
ing nor smalliug. Tbe pablio cannot
tell the difference between tho two
kinds. It is announced from Belgium
that a society to fight American monop
oly will send delegations to the United
States, Russia aud Roomauia to ascer
tain the conditions of direct import.
Hanging nt Kalrlgh.
Raleigh, Feb. 19.—Some days ago,
Renben Ross, a negro, was banged at
Dumbarton for assaulting a white
weman. His preiiminarr trial was be
fore Justice Sain McLeod, and today a
white man will be guen a hearing ou
tho charge of uikaulting a crippled ne
gro woman. McLeod was very promi
nent in circulating petitions to tbe gov
ernor not to commute Ross’ seuteuoe.
Eastern Syndicate Is Surveying In the
Great Northwent.
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 19.—Captain
W. R. Abercrombie, head of tho gov
ernment exploraticn party, which last
season did much work iu tho Copper
river country and began opening np a
military road from Port Valdes to Fort
Egbert on the Yukon, has arrived iu
the city enroute north to continue his
work.
It is the purpose of the government,
he says, to construct 2.400 miles of tele
graph line in Alaska aud complete the
military road. He returns this year
with increased responsibility. The road,
he says, will be completed during tho
season from Its present terminus for tho
80 miles to Tatiana, about two-thirds of
tho distance to Yukon.
The telegraph line will bo built from
Port Valdez, along tbe roaft, to Fort Eg
bert aud thence down the Yukon to St.
Michael. Among other northern im
provements, he says, a large government
wharf at Valdez has been decided upon.
An eastern syndicate beaded by Henry
Villard, he aaya, is now having survevs
made along the general course of the
military road with a view to building a
line, fie will leave here Feb. 20. tak
ing with him a cor pi of engineers. In
May a company of troops will follow.
TO WELCOME THE LEADER.
Atlanta Democrats Arranging For
Colonel Bryan's Visit.
Atlanta, Feb. 19.—Preparations for
tbe arrival of William Jennings Bryan,
who will speak in Atlanta next Friday
evening nnder the auspices of the Young
Men’s Democratic leagae, are being
rapidly completed.
Mr. Bryan will speak in the ball of
the boose of representatives. He will
leave the citv the following morning
about 5 o’clock for Nashville. President
Edgar Latham of the Democratic league
will preside at the meeting at the capi
tal and will introduce the famous ora
tor. President Latham said yesterday:
“Fully 1,600 Democrats from out of
town will come to Atlanta to hear our
distinguished guest. I have received
numbers of letters from leading Demo
cratic leaders in various sections of
Georgia announcing their intention of
being present on the occasion of Mr.
Bryan's address.
“Thousands of Democrats in Atlanta
are anxious to bear tho famous Ne
braskan. He will be given a reusing
reception, and nothing will bo loft un
done to make bis visit a notable one. ”
France on the Nicaragua Caniil.
Paris, Feb. 19. —A prominent official
of the government, speaking to the cor
respondent of the Associated Press re
garding tbe American construction of
the Nicaragua canal, said that tho hope
of the French people is that the Ameri
can government will not decide on what
route tho canal shall take until the
Walker commission makes its report
“We think,” he said, “it is but reason
able that the opinion of experts and on-
g'necrs should be regarded before a
final decision is reached. ”
New Mining Company.
Birmingham. Ala., Feb. 19.—The
Tredegar Brown Ore and Mining com
pany has bsen organized here with
$400,000 capital. J. W. Comer of Sa
vannah is president and treasurer; H
H. Cobb of Anniston, Ala., is vice pres
ident and general manager. The com
pany has purchased extensive iron ore
properties near Jacksonville, 12 miles
north of this city, apd will mine and
ship ore on a largo scale to nearby lur-
naoei.
N-w liuttlealitp Wisconsin.
San Francisco, Feb. 19.—The battle
ship Wisconsin, now building at tbe
Union ironworks, is fast nearing com
pletion. She will probably bo ready
lor her trial trip before July 1.
IIuH«-r Mukes Capture.
London, Feb. 19.—It is officially an
nounced that General Buller reports
that ho has captured several camps, a
quantity of ammunition and a number
of prisoners.
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
“Hu»tcr” CoiiKnitulatvs “L. 11. 1).” un«l
‘‘Ledger Header.”
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Providence, Feby. 19.—In this let
ter we wish to extend congratulations
to “L. B. D.,” of Blacksburg, also to
“Ledger Reader,” of Webster, for
their letters in regard to our common
schools. Mr. Davis begins with try
ing to show us some points we over
looked, but closes by drifting along
the same channel vtith us. There
are yet several points not mentioned ;
we were not through writing on the
subject, but were only waiting for
some one else to say something.
We invited all who wished to say
something to do so, for we were wait
ing to learn something. Now' we
know there can he some improve
ments even to “the best educational
law in the world.” Schools are what
trustees, teachers and patrons make
them, says *‘L. B. D,” and this is
true; but pay a better price and get
belter teachers and we will have bet
ter schools than wo now have. Then
add on three more months, making
six months in the year, and we shall
not grumble; but we do want the
trustees elected every two years.
We believe there is something that
ought to he done, and must he done,
forthe betterment of our common
schools.
We were glad the broad tire bill
was killed, and sorry wo lost the
.f 100,000 for schools.}
Tho license law, we believe, is
needed in our state for one reason
only, to keep children under eighteen
years of age from marrying.
We believe the child labor hill
would have beeu better than some
laws we now have. We base our be
lief on our own observation of cotton
mills. We have seen children under
twelve years old working, half fed
and half clothed, and their fathers
out on the streets smoking and drink
ing the labor of their poor little ones.
A man should he forced to work for
his family until they are able to
make tin ir own living, and even then,
he has no right to quit work and “act
the gentleman” off their labor. It
ruins the health of a child to worA
in a cotton mill, and they will never
make hale and hearty men and
women when they are put in a mill
at eight or nine years of age and
worked for all they are worth. Of
course farm work is ri:fferei)t and
only lasts a short time each year,
while tho mill work is perpetual.
We do not expect to escape criti
cism on this letter; hut, at any rate,
“let her roil.” Buster.
Card of Tliauhs.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Mercer, of
Blacksburg, desire to express their
sincere thanks to their numerous
friends for the many kindnesses
shown them in their recent bereave
ment. This kindness was not con
fined to the people of Blacksburg
alone hut was manifested by many in
the county and all is duly appreci
ated.
Mr and Mrs. vV. H. Mercer.
Pacolet, Feb, I6th 1900.
Dear Editor:—Through your pa
per we desire to thank the good peo
ple of Clifton No. 1, for their kind
ness to our sitter, Mrs. Isabella J.
Horn, during her last illness.
May the God of all comfort re
member them in His loving kind
ness and tender mercies.
John L. Strain.
James L Strain.
A Narrow EKt-ape.
Thankful words written by Mrs.
Ada E. Hart, of Groton, S. D.: “Was
taken with a had cold which settled
on my lungs; cough set in and finally
terminated in consumption. Four
doctors gave me up, saying I could
live but a short time. I gave myself
up to my Savior, determined if 1
could not stay with my friends on
earth, I would meet my absent outs
above. My husband was advised to
get Dr. King’s New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds. I
gave it a trial, took in all eight bot
tles. It lias cuicd me. and. thank
God, I am saved and now a well and
healthy woman.” Trial bottle free
at Cherokee Drug Co. Regular size
50c and $1.00. Guaranteed or price
refunded.
Cuba, Hawaii and Puerto Rico
will have American exhibits under
‘‘Old Glory” at tho Paris Exposition.
“I am indebted to One Minute
Cough Cure for my health and life.
It cured me of lung trouble following
grippe.” Thousands owe their lives
to the prompt action of this never
failing remedy. It cures coughs,
colds, croup, bronchitis, pneumonia,
grippe and throat and lung troubles.
Its early use prevents consumption.
It is the only harmless remedy that
gives immediate results. Cherokee
Drug Company.
Scales are now made that will
weigh the llatne of a candle, or the
smallest hair plucked from the eye
brow.
J. I. Bevry, of Loganton, Pa.,
writes. “1 am willing to take my
oath that I was cured of pneumonia
entirely by the use of One Minute
Cough Cure after doctors failed. It
also cured my children of whooping
cough.” Quickly relieves and cures
coughs, colds, croup, grippe and
throat and lung troubles. Children
all like it. Mothers endorse it.
Cherokee Drug Company.
In Paris it is required that every
vehicicle traversing its streets at
night, if only a wheelbarrow, shall
carry u lantern.
The modern and most effective cure
f >r constipation and all liver troubles
—the famous little pills knownjjus
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers. Cher
okee Drug Company.
THE MARVELOUS
WORKS OF 000,
Speeding O’er the Bounding
Sea.
JAPANESE CONVEYANCE.
Mr. and Mrs. Crocker Have a ThaiikHgiv-
Ing Dinner at a Japanese Restaurant.
Trains and SlilpM do not Make Clnis-
tians of Heathens.
(Correspondence of The Ledger.)
Ghinkiang, China, Jan. 5 —Have
you ever been • on a ship out at sea
with the sun shiniog werm and bright
and the sea calm and beautiful, with
nothing to vary the monotomy from
day to day but the life on board?
But the ship life i» a kind of life all
its own. People from many places
with widely differing tastes and dispo
sitions are thrown together without
any outside means of enjoyment, no
news to discuss, nothing hut the lit
tle world on the ship. There soon
become parties and small companies
who find delight in each other’s so
ciety, and then come games and en
joyment according to the tastes of
those who are engaged in t hem. You
will see one crowd over in a sheltered
nook with a game of cards, another is
having enjoyment from the reading
of a book, some are playing some
kind of an active game when tho
ship is smooth enough, and others
are lying lazily around taking the
easy side of it. Generally before
supper there is a rush for a prome
nade around the dock for exercise two
and two. There is ample opportunity
to study types of humanity to those
who are interested in such study, for
nearly every kind is represented.
Day alter day it is the same thing
over and over again, with very little
change. Sometimes there is a dunce
on the deck and those who enjoy that
exercise take part, often there' is mu
sic on the piano after supper, for we*
have several good musicians on board
and the evening is passed oil pleas
antly in that way. Meanwhile the
sun shines brightly, the sea is calm
and beautiful, and often we see the
flying fish skim along over the water,
and after dark we watch the phospho
rus shine in the waves. Then we
watch the bulletin hoard on which
are rocordc-d the daily runs, and wo
see ourselves getting one thousand,
twelve hundred, fifteen hundred
miles from land, and we almost foe!
lonesome out there in that big sea all
by ourselves. \Yc wonder at tho
marvelous works of God.
On the night before Thankegiving
wo anchored outside the harbor of
Yokohama, and waited for morning
so us to be able to pass the Customs
and the health officer. The bay was
a little clouded in mists and the view
was not so good as it is sometimes.
About sunrise the top of the great
mountain came into view, and the
little fishing boats, and other kind of
craft begun to stir about, making it
more interesting on deck than shut
up down below. Yokohama is a very
interesting port, and a description of
its peculiarities would take a hook,
We went ou shore, and after getting
some money changed to Japanese
cash we started out, four of us in a
party, to see the city. First, we got
in little buggies just large enough for
one, pulled by a man, and went trot
ting through the streets without
bridle or lines to guide our novel
horse with. Down through the
strange streets we went, into a native
bazaar, along by a canal, up a hill to
a temple where we had a splendid
view of the harbor and the shipping,
and the city with its curious houses
lying at our feet. On this hill was a
grove of the famous Japanese cherry
trees, though they were not in bloom
at this time. At noon for our
Thanksgiving dinner wo went to a
Japanese restaurant, and had a very
good dinner. The little place was
cosy and the little Japanese women
waited on us very nice-ly. Two of
our party wanted plum pudding, and
that little Jap made a plum pudding
for them in about ten minutes.
After seeing all wo could of the
city we went up to tho homo of one
of the missionaries and saw one of
our ship party married, had some re
freshments, and then back to the
ship.
Wo left next morning at nine
o’clock, and had a pleasant day of it
sailing along the beautiful coast.
We passed a volcanoe and had a very
good view of it from tho ship. The
next day we did not get off at Kobe,
' for it was reported that the black
plague had broken out there and if
we went ashore we stood a good
chance of not getting back to the
ship again. The next day we were in
the famous Inland sea, and of course
every one was on deck watching tho
ever changing score—the villages,
the bills and the little farms in the
sheltered valleys. Once we saw a
train go crawling along the shore—a
fine, modern steamer and a railway
train in a land where oniy a few
years ago they were rank heathen,
was rather an interesting sight. The
trains and the ships do not make
them Christians, however, for I
heard that they were drawing tho
ropes tighter on the missionaries,
and wo could see hundreds of villages
along the way that had never heard
of the Gospel at all. The entrances
to the Inland Sea arc bristling with
cannon, and wo wondered when Rus
sia and Japan got into a fight what
would
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Shanghai. While we wetft on
part of our journey Bessie and I went
down into the engine room of the
ship and saw the engine at work.
The engine of a great ship is one of
most wonderful things in ;he world.
Tho powerful engines turn a shaft
about sixty feet long and over two
feet in diameter to which the screw
is attached.
At last after the long journey of
twenty-six days wo are at Shanghai
and are nearing the landing r>n a
river stoaqier. Dr. Bryan stands on
the store to welcome us, and soon we
are in some of thoso little man-milled
buggies again, and arc on our way to
the residence of our Missionaries.
I will tell you of Shanghai in my next
letter. W. E. CbOCKES.
In M«.niorl:ini.
Died at Clifton No. 1, February
11, 1900, of catarrh of the stomach.
Mrs. Isabella Jane Horn, aged sixty-
one years and thirteen days. Site
! was horn near Cortisveil’s in Chester
county, and in early life gave herself
to the Lord and di f d a consistent
member of the Baptist church.
She bore her long and painful ill
ness with that spirit o? Christian res
ignation which typifies a true child
| of God. and died in the hope of a
blessed immortality beyond the grave.
She requested her family and friends
not to weep for her for she was going
to rest—that the strong arm of that
Saviour whom she had trusted in life
would guide her through the valley
of the shadow of death. She was
buried at Faeolet Mills on Thursday.
Rev. Mr. Haynesworth, of the Bap-
t'st church, conducted the funeral
services. The active pal! bearers
were, J. R McPherson, H. S. Drum
mond. J. A. McLain, <!. E. Stallings,
W. H. Linder and C. W. Linder.
She leaves two children, Willie J.
Horn, of Enoree, and Mrs. Charlie
A. Sparks, of Clifton, besides u large
circle of relatives and friends, to
mourn her lost. Fkatkb.
Huried Ninety Ycurrf.
[Union Times.!
While digging a grave in the ceme
tery a few days ago the sexton un
earthed a child’s metalic coffin. The
lid was removed from the glass and
a child's face was seen in a perfect
state of preservation. The date on
the coffin was 1804. There is con
siderable speculation as to whose
child it could have been. This child
was buried before the town of Union
was located. There seems to be no
way of solving the mystery.
Sjiain'a (irvaloNt Nt etl.
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Spain, spends his winters at Aiken,
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G. H. Appleton, Justice of Peace,
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The curvature of the earth is eight
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