The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, September 10, 1901, Image 1
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PALMETTO STATE,
Items of Interest of Passing
Events.
ALL OVER THE STATE.
I
KventN tliilt II.ve Taken IMaee from One j
KihI of the State to th* Other Culled from j
Kxi haiiKes for Oulek Reading hy Scored |
of Rudy People.
The eitizdue of Oranttervurg are |
asking for t new pas*- nger station,
to be built by the 8 mtheru Railway,
to take the place of the antiquity
that is now there
Mr R X. Plaxcoof Zadoek, thresh
ed his wheat crop last we.'k com-
meriting Monday anti finishing up on
Wednesday morning. He makes (544
bushels from o2 acres.
Holland Durham, the man who was
shot three week- ago hy William
Freeman at the distillery of Mark
Durham died Tuesday night from
the effects of the wound Freeman
Is in the county jail at Greenville.
The state pension board held a
meeting Thursday at which the ac
counts were finally wound up and the
report adopted. The board dis r rib-
uted tin smail balances returned on
account of dew;hs to applicants who
did not. get t heir claims in on time,
or whose applications were delayed
for some reason All available funds
have now been distributed.
The state hoard of dispensary di
rector- decided that it would not
open a -econd dispensary in Sumter
At a previous meeting of the board
it was anti lipated that a second dis
oeusury would he opened in Sumter,
bur the city council and leading citi
zens have petition* d against the.es
tablishment of a dispensary, the
hoard decided not to open a dispen
sary in Sumter.
The ladies of Greenwood are mak
ing a cotmnendaole effort to have a
public library The plan is to have
a membership of one dollar a v^ar
for ali members and to have a libra
rian (unpaid) to look after the bO'iks
bought The ladies report much en
couragement and eay that they con
fidently expect to have a member
ship of five hundred A good many
persons have given book- besides tak
ing a membership ticket.
The paners and petitions in the in
terest of Lee Gnunty have been sub
mitted by Governor IWoSweeney to
ttie attorney general’s office So far
as can be seen the papers are proper
ly prepared and th~ showing to order
the election sufficient. As soon as
the attorney general’s office reports
on the correctness of the showing
Governor McSwn-eney will order an
election on the L-« Gountv proposit
ion, giving about 5ft) days notice.
The State* Fair Association has de
cided on something new for this ve«r.
It has been arranged that the Fair
will be open at night on Tuesday
Wednesday and Thursday This ar
rangement will enable many people
who have to work ail day, to see the
exhibit and shows, and will also af
ford a place of amusement for the
crowds wlio arrive late in the evening
with no place to visit, and on the
whole it is considered a good plan
State Organizer J. 0. Wilbnrn, of
the State Alliance, stated it 0 dum ia
Friday, that the reorganization of the
alliance was proceeding w.dl and that j
the order, in hi< opinion would soon 1
be orgamz-d on thesame lines as form- |
erlv, so far as members are concerned j
but that the reorganization was for
business and not polities Mr. Wjiborn ^
said that the chie* business fight of
the oreanization would be against
the Virgiuia-Carolina Chemical Cm. |
Fridav night the furniture and un- :
dertaking establi-hment of McDiM A
Lyon at Abbeville, was almost To
tally destroyed b^ firn. Practically
nothing was left undamaged. The
fire occured about 10 o'clock p in., '
in the undertaking department, |
where a casket was being trimmed
and was caused by the explosion of a
large lamp. "The fire department Hid
good w’ork and little damage w as done
to the building Loss $3 000; in
surance $1 000 ,
/
A negroe’s jealousy was sufficient
cause for him to commit murder
while on the way home from Pleas
ant Grove church, near Clover on
Sunday. Aug. 2o:h Meek Lowry and
Tom Armstrong were in love with the
same girl. When preaching was ov>-r
there was some niff-rence of opinion
as to who would see her home. 8he
chost- Armstrong as an escort. The
rebuffed lover. Meek Lowry, stepped
to one side of the road picked up a
rock and feiled Armstrong to the
Abound'. Armstrong’s fattier lives in
Gaston county North Car din*, and
n« soon *e rve-iver-'H s Upnttv t.,
v. * ’.• i lii- f.-.i 'i, r f he a i tit, but died
Krid y and was buried ai Green Pond
colored bural ground near Clover.
C O. Dixon, who has working for
the J B Martin Lumber Company,
since last spring, was killed by a fall
ing tree in the lumber camp near
King’s Creek Tuesday at half-pa**
one o’clock. Dixon had gone out to
the wagon to see about some lumber,
while one of the negro hands named
Tom Mi Owen was cutting down a
tree twenty five <>r 30 feet distant
There was a thick clump of bushes
between where the negro was cutting
and where D xon was standing. Dix
on bad his ha -k to the negro and did
n t see the tree falling and the negro
McO ver, did not know that D xon
hit'! h°en killed for fuih live minutes
after though he seys he hollored for
him to look out when he saw the tree
was going to fall toward the wagon.
William Edwards, who has been
serving a sentence on the York coun
ty chaingang for stealing, made his
escape last Tuesday night and was
foil w-r! souk- distance hy the dogs
with *u‘ success. When last seen he
was about five miles northeast of
Vorkvilie, making hi- way to the
X rth Oar iina line. Edwards is an
ex-neniti ntisry convict, having spent
about eight years in that insTirution
He is a onght mulatto about 3*) year-
of ige o feet 10 inches high, black
hair amt eyes. W^ile in the peniten
tiary he acquired the haoit of tipping
his hat to white people and saying
‘ yes sir ” and “no sir ’to questions.
The supervisor of Y >rk county wants
him .bad enough to pay !ji25 dollars re
ward for him.
BEFORE THE MAYOR.
A »Bro Kix’k Thrower Sent l'|» for Thirty
Hays.
Business in ihe mayor's court is
-till in a prosperous condition. All
last week it was quite brisk and yes
terday morning the ‘ Saturday sin
ners” were very much it: evidence—
'he usual charge of ' drunk and dis
orderly’' star,ding against them.
The city treasury was enriched by
several dollars and the chaingang
received a new addition in the per
son of a big. strapping son of Ham.
White "fft-nders were very much in
the majority yesterday morning, how
ever and some forfeited their bonds
by failing to appear for trial
The first case called was against a
whiie man for having taken on so
much of the “chemically pure” as
make a disord -rly persoti He was
not, on liand to tell whv he had done
so, and his bond of $2 50 was for
feited
The two cases directly following
were both against, white men for the
satne off-mse. They, likewise, were
ah-^nt and their bonds, aggregating
-1i7 50 were turned in to the city
Teasury.
The last, case was that of the City
Council against one Belton Brown,
colored for being drunk and disor
derly and for striking a white man in
the head with a rook The row oc
curred Saturday night at a colored
restaurant in the city. Some white
men were eating supper there and
whiskey probably formed the liquid
refreshment B.-lr, happened to pass
at the time and claims that he heard
some jowering ’ inside and. it be
ing a public place, stepped in to see
"’hat was the matter and probably
wiiii toe intention of raking part in
the proceedings himself as he was
loaded’ for that kind of business
The testimony of the witnesses was
conflicting as is usually the case
in such occurrences but it developed
that B-lt and one of the white men
t.ad a,.me "hot” words and th^n Belt
let drive af him with a rock His
aim was had though, arid instead of
fl toring his anrag inisf the r'ck
stni'-k another man ull on the bead
s-ith such force as to knock him
down and completely disable him for
awhile As so*hi as the thrower saw
what Ire had done he. of e >urse, took
leg bail and left for other parts. H-
w.as finally captured however, and
placed in the lockup while the
wounded man was taken to the Cher
okee drug store and had his wound
dressed He was pretty badly hurt,
but was able to appear in court yes
terday morning The negro who
threw trie rock told the officers when
he wa- arri-sted. that he was so
drunk he didn’t remember wnat tie
had done Yesterday in court he
swore he was not drinking much ”
and that rtie white man was ' coming
at him with a knife ” H- wev»r.
Mayor Li‘''.-j ipn imposed upon him
a floe uf $lo (III wirp the alterna'ive
of rh'r’i dais or: 'he ga' g He t iok
the days and will be a valuable addi
tion to .he road force in point of
srrng’h and ability to work.
Iruly the wa.v of the transgressor is
hard !
A Mammoth Hen H.Kg.
Miss Susie I'. rr , a chuniM ng voung
lady who reside* in the Mid wav
neighborhood, sent to this , ffi *.. | H st
Friday the largest her- egg .\e have
ever seen. I: weighed exactly one-
half pound Wa venture the as., r-
Mon that few hens in the ista'e can
•q »1 »Mjj production and that n--n'
can Mirpa-s it.
LOWE!! CHEROKEE
LOCAL CULLINGS.
Farmers Making Use of Fair
Weather.
COTTON DOING NO GOOD.
A Good Crop of Turnips ItHng Sown Kl.-lil
UhiiiI. Se-ri-- mid People Despondent A
Protracted Meeting Doing Good Work.
Personal Items.
m’orrestjondence of The Ledger.)
Etta Jaxe Sept. 7.—For on*- week
farmers have had fair weather and
they h-tve been making use of it pull
ing fodder, cutting hay and doing
other farm work The fodder gen
erally, is of very little value, being
torn by the wind and hail. The
grass is generally good on rich land.
With favorable w-ather for a few
days longer people will save a good
deal of forage
S'>tn u people think it will pay them
better to house their sugar cane for
horse feed than to make it up into
molasses and buy their food
The 8arratt Bros are repairing
their dam at Thomson’s mill. It
lias been down nearly all summer.
Mr. C. F lomau has a hundred
busheis of peas if he can get then;
saved.
Mgs Agnes Simpson, of Chester
county, is visiting her cousin Miss
Salli*- Estes.
The health of our country is pretty
good. Dr Black i-ay- he has had no
calls for a few days and no bad cases
on hand now.
Mr. W. A Whisnant. of Blacks
burg, ip down on his plantation near
Wilkinsville, looking after his ore
mill work.
Mr John R, Peeler, one of the old
land marks, gave us a call one da.\
this week. Mr P-eler has lost a line
corn crop hv the river oveifluwing it.
After the first freshet in which his
cotion was destroyed he planted the
land in corn and now ‘hat is destroy
ed too.
In many places cotton is doing no
good. The fruit is not on it. It has
plenty of weed but, that is all. The
crop can’t possibly be more than that
of last year. The weed is turning
yellow in many places, especially on
gray land and the bolls are opening
prematurely. Good crops of turnips
are being sown and will make hog
feed. Hands are not making contracts
fast tor next year Everything seems
to be on a stand still in this respect
We have never seen so much despond
ency among our people as at the pres
ent time.
During the wind storm of three
weeks ago the farm hell of Mr Jeff
Hughes was blown out of the tre-
where it was hanging; however it
come to the ground without breaking,
bringing the tree top with it.
Those of our readers who are early
risers can have a good view of th-
starry heavens these clear morn
ings About daylight the ‘ seven
s'ars,” or Pleiades, are seen nearly di
rectly over our heads. To th- south
east will be found the "Ell and
Yards” or “Jacob’s rod” as some as
tronomers call it Job calls it Gw
“Bunds of Orion.” chapter 88.31
Looking still farther to the south
east and in a direct I'ne of the three
stars forming th- Bands of Orion, will
be seen a bright st-»r "Siriu* ,” or
the D >g 8tar, about which we heur so
much about ‘hese days. These names
are (many of them), of great antiqui
ty. Ezekiel, J<-b, Isaiah. Amos, «nd
most of the inspired writers, make
mention of these and we are not deal
ing with heathen mythology when wo
study them arvd their officers as per
taining to the universe. The Psaun-
isi says:
“He counts tlie number of Um stars.
He names them every one,
Our Lord is ^ireat and of great power.
His wisdom searc-i can none.
No one can look upon the beauties
of the celestial worlds without being
aie-stricken at their grandutr and
glory. They ar°:
"Forever singing as they shine.
The hand that made us isuivine.”
We rrgrtt very much to learn our
old friend >Vf r . Charles Bolt, of Union,
is q lire unwell.
A good crowd are iu attendance
at rheSundu) school picnic at Miso- !
pot-dina todav
Since the w>ather has turned cool !
we are enj ,v jng ourselves much bet-j
i- r fiiar, -w- oid througn thr not, sul
try summer weather
Sweet potatoes are fine, especialiy
th-vim-legs variety on red land; on
gray land they are not near so good
W e have e good report from the
protracted meeting «r F -'-r ** Chan-
e which Closed Monday. <) d p-opie
*'ho have. known toe church evtr
sioce it ha- been organized and built
«»> there has never beep .-neb u mani-
feslation of the Holy Spirit as was
vieeei **t that rn»eriio_*. Thirty-two
hcce.-ioi f. to ihe church ''us m e
the results It would be a great pleas
ure for us to give a list of the names
of some of the converts, but that does
not properly belong to the province
of a secular newspaper, neither is it
a proper subject for newspaper gos
sip. Suffice it to say. we rejoice with
them who do rejoice. Brother Creech
is unconsciously fulfilling a remark
he made to the writer last winter.
It was this: ' I would rather be a
big preacher in a little place, than a
little preacher in a big place.” He is
about right, too, in our opinion.
J L s.
JAMES RILEY BLANTON.
Dle-I Suddenly *iitiirihty Morning and Hur
led at l urliith Sunday.
THROUGHOUT THE
TAR HEEL STATE,
From the Mountains to The
Sea.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Gn Satur lay morning last just as
the first faint heralds of a new day
began to appear in the far east, the
long and useful life of our much es
teemed fellow countrymen, Mr James
Riley Blanton, came to a close—went
out wiln i he night, as it were. M hi e
he had not been particularly ill up to
that time, he 8e»-med to be aware of
his impending doom, as it is said he
asked if it were day, and upon being
informed t hat it was, he r* quested
that lie might see the light of one
more day. When his request hail
been granted and h u had locked out
j upon the world as it began to brighten
under the approach of morning, lie
fell back in his bed and expired. No
struggle, no gasping Tor breath, bu' a
quick, calm and peaceful pa-sing
beyond,
fift^- -'• x
from this life into what lies
Mr Blanton whs about
of He vvas a nativ
Union county, and was at one firm
auditor of that county, filling the
unexpired terrrr of another ami serv
ing one term by eKction to the office
About a year ago he took charge of
ihe county chaingang. which position
he faithfully fi'led until some three
or more months ago. when ill h.alth
cau-ed him to seek a change of em
ployment. A short time ago he moved
up into the country a few miles above
Gaffney f or the purpose of farming,
and it was there that his end came.
He had been a sufferer from heart
trouble for some time, and it was that
disease which brought on his sudden,
death.
At the age of fifteen Mr. Blanton
volunteered for service in the Confed
erate army, which was then at
the beginning of the war. He made
a brave and faithful soldier and final
ly n ceived a wound in the leg at the
battle of Sharpsburg .vhich totally
disabled him. and has caused him to
go on crutches many rimes since.
As he was a faithful soldier in war,
so was he a good / and true citizen in
peace; and he was respected and es
teemed by every one who knew him
He was too well known throughout
this and adjoining counties to need
any eu'ogy from us; and we have not
attempted, nor shall we attempt, to
say aught, of his many virtues, know
ing that we could out do so in fining
terms
The remains were taken to Corinth
for interment. Mr. B'anton having
at one time been a member of that
church. Rev A. D Davidson con
ducted the funeral exercises which,
it is said, were attend d by the largest
concourse of people that had wer
been seen at that church. A great
many went from this place, among
whom were Mr and Mr-* A V. Wood,
Col T. B Butler J EbJ-fferies, Tube
H. Littlejohn. R VI. Wilkins. Sheriff
Thomas Cliff Clary and oth* rs
We deeply sympathize with rhe af
flicted family and beg to expend to
them our inn<r sincere condolence.
Air For«l-t t'ainlirlUge
In a private letter >o a friend in
Gaffney R-v. W S. B Ford has this
to s 0 y of his reception at his new
charge;
I have been royally received here
and the people are very kind, but I
think often of traffney and her ex"el-
len’- people Do s-ndmeThe Ledger.
I nave never received a single copy |
since I came here, and I do miss it. '
oh! so much. D> don t let me mi-s
another copy. Please remember me j
kindly to all the friends Toe crabs j
fish and oysters are out of sight. I
Come up.”
The Ledger is delighted to hear
from Mr Ford. We haven’t the least I
doubt but that the people receiver! '
him royally, for he is a good fellow
and deserves a warm welcome wher
ever he may go. and we know the
crabs fish jind oysters are out of
sight or at least they soon will be
afrer he gets a sight of them. We
much
Intereating Item** Concerning Our Neigh
bors Ileyomt the Line Which Alay Prove
Entertain ng Reading for Hundreds of
Ledger Readers.
A Z Pearce has been appointed
postmaster at Selma, Johnston coun
ty N, 0., vice J.T. Corbett, removed.
The September term of Gaston Su
perior court convened yesterday.
This term will embrace two weeks
and the civil docket is the heaviest
for years. •
Free delivery service will be estab
lished on February 1 at Goldsboro.
X. C , with three regular and one sub
stitute letter carriers and 18 street
letter boxes.
Judge Justice, who is presiding
over court at Rutherfordron, is mak-
ii*g it hot for tiie gamblers Three or
four have been sent to the chain-gang
for four and six months.
X>*ar Claremont last Friday week
M r. I jee W’it iters noon’s 7-year o'd
sou, Charlie was cutting with an ax-
when it g'anced and cut his foot al
most entirely off. Dr*. Davidson and
'Aik* umput&tfcdJl just ftsbove thv,
of i aakie, till the JD0*) Jicd soon ulter.
A reward of ijifiO *<> Iredell county
and supplemented to the amount of
li.'.n more by individim, 1 * has been of
fered for the rapist McDaniel whit*
man. who assaulted an eiglit-y* ai'-u'd
white child. It is reported That lie
was seen in the neighborhood of May-
hew. seven miles w*st of MooresviHe
Saturday D-puty Sheriff J M Dea
ton is out looking lor him
Four suits for damages (IdO * ach)
brought against the Southern Chem
ical Company, of Winston-Salem, h-
parties who claim that their crops
iit^r the f'Tt 5 'z^r factory were iu
jured by chemicals, were heard be
fore Justices Lehman and Robinson
Saturday afierrom. Judgment wa-
render«d in favor of plaintiffs. Dt
fendants appealed to the higher
Court.
Governor Aycoek, in response to
telegraphic inquiry as to his view of
the attempted assassination of the
President, said: “I deeply regret
the attempt to assassinate the Presi
dent. It is greatly to be deplored
It is my deep anh earnest desire that
he may speedily recover. Every per
son in North Carolina feels as I do.
The prayers of my people are going
up that he may be spar<:n ”
Jim Job* son, colored, had his foot
cut off byjajpassenger trai-: at Sharp--
burg Mor.dav night of last *v-ek. D
seems "that he sat down at the
mail rack and went to sleep while
waiting for the southbound passenger
train. This pas?e*1 him, stil: he slept
>ereneiy on. When the northbound
train came some time afterwards he
had gotten his font across the rail
and it wai cut off. Johnson had been
drinking during the day.
The both session of Davidson Col
lege began on Sept. 5th. with a large
ly im-reased attendance Dr James
H. Douglas of South Carolina has
been electee to the Chair r,f Phvsb-s to
lake the place of Dr. Smith the newly
* leered PreGdenr. and Mr. John A.
Brewin, of Boston Mass . has been
appointed Gymnasium Director. The
Shearer * Biblical Hall is now being
roofed in and will soon he completed
and a new and handsome dormitory
is being planned for the next session
Mr Jos D B! <ck, of Greensboro,
was united in marriage in North I
Wilke-boro Thursday to i'l iss Laura
McNeill, of Ashe county. Toe cou
ple cam** from Ashe on hor-eback.
accompanied by Miss Mabel Absher.
The pHtty rode up to the Baptist
par-iorage. where they made one bv
Rev. Mr Bradshaw wi-hout dis
mounting. Mr. B^ck and .Miss Mc
Neill met for the fir*t time about one
week ago While in Ashe Mr. Black
bought a drove of horses which he
and his bride are r h k'i g thr ugh the
country, nr. thejr way ‘o Greensboro.
boldly walked the streets of Fayette
ville. but has managed to evade cap
ture until Friday.
At Rutherfnrdtor Friday a man,
whose name is.withheid f <r t purpose,
walked into Mr. J. R Washburn’s
grocery store and askeh to be credited
for the amount of 2o cents. He was
refused. He then a.-ked if he could
pawn Mr Washburn his umbrella.
Mr. Washburn then told him that
he would do this, and so he tio Af
ter the man had gone Mr Washburn
discovered that it belonged to him.
Mr. Washburn later saw 'he man a^d
he very willingly paid the cost and
nothing more was said about the mat
ter It is said to be one of the slick
est pieces of “doing a man” that has
been worked in this county in a long
time.
Mr John L Callahan is a carpen
ter b* trade and is engaged with A
force of men rebuilding rhe Atlantic
Coa# r Line’s brick bui'ding on The
west side of Water street Wilming
ton N C. He was on rhe nu'eide of
the building one day last week and
having occa-ion to go or *he inside,
he picked up a hnx of tools and with
a hatchet and other tools in one bend
he stepped inside ju-t in time to be
struck down by three pieces of lum-
h*-r which one of rhe men threw down
from the story overhead When Mr.
Callahan saw that the lumber was
going to strike his head he threw up
his hand with the hatchet to ward off
the blow. The lumber, however,
struck the hatchet iied dyoy? jt in th.8
top ol his bm'l CHUifill a <1-. '
Vtrough Iho j',;
received several cuts or bruises
on the back of the head, in me temi
ole. on the cheek, at d on his collar
bone He w-s knocked senseless on
a pile of bricks and laid there until
he was picked up hv the men who
hastened to bis rescue,
wish him long life and
ness.
The K. P'm Have m Time
The lueal louge ot K ••f B's had a
glorious time last nRht. One car di-
da'e took the fir-t'whiie another went
through rhe rhird. The lodge <v.is
honored by ’h- presence of Mr L K.
Anderson G 1) <’ 0 , of Spartanburg,
wh" conrrtnui-d much t> inak- me
occasion oit*- long to he r-merabered
Contractor L Baiter yesterday be
gan active work on the new residence
of Mr tV R Lipscomb corner of
R ,je and l*-11 . Srreer.v
Friday Sheriff Burns, with offh-ers
Monaghan and Wilson. *f FayeGe.
ville. capfured Alex Gilmore a n-gro
happi- , desperado who is said to have many
crime- ro his charge, both in X >r*h
! and South ('urolina. H- wa- four d
hidden under a bed In the house of
Ed. Robinson, colored in < Vdar G-ek
township and gave h mself up wim-
ou* showing fight. Af r ~r robbing The
house of Mr Frank McDaniel, r rhe
southern p«rt of the county Gilmore
was Taken in Sampson after a ,1-»ner-
Hte struggle in which he rec-iv. d sev-
► rah severe wounds. He sei,.
teneed to ten years iu the p-nireu
tiary. hut made his e-cane a few
months afterwards, ^-veral G nes
'Miring ihe *m*r Mar if »«u he h*»
On Saturdey a *eek ago Masters
Otha Hicks and Macon OuttD of
of Dexter, aged 13 and 14 years went
to Henderson to sell some ohiekens
and sumac. 1 hey reached Hender
son all right and soon s<dd out their
load. W hile they were receiving the
money fur their load a negro msn
standing by and saw the 'ransactioo.
The boys in a short time were on
their way®home, when about three
miles from town they came up with
the same negro who saw the money
paid them, and who jumped'up injrhe
wagon without even asking if he could
ride. At the tifite yc*br>g Cn’/.i? fc-ij
his knife open cuUlcg s.vmething and ’
he negro said: "Loan me your knife
a minute.” andCutts let him have it.
The bold robber then turned to Hicks
to whom he saw the money paid to in
Henderson, and pnlled him down in
rhe wagon raking the knife across
his neck, te ling him at the same
time to give up the money he hsd or
he would cut his throat. Of course
young H cks pulled out the $9 30 and
handed it to the bold robb*r who
jumped out of the wagon and ex
claimed as he walked off in the woods,
I am a regular robber ”
MR. BUCHANAN’S LOST SON.
N'wmi* of the AIUmIuk >*•’> Received, But it
*\a»H the Notice of IIIm Death.
IKocU mil Herald.]
Many of our reader- will recall the
sad circumstances of the mysterious
departure from nis home of Johnnie
Buchanan, son of our esteemed broth
er editor. John H Buchanan, of the
Chester Reporter. Ten or twelve
ago young Buchanan while visiting
relatives near Ros-vim, went i>uc
fi-diing or nut-gathering with three
other hoys, when lie crossed a creek,
leaving ni* companions and telling
them he would j on them liir-r. This
wa- the ia-r ever seen uf tom hv big
companions or relatives Supposing
that he na i fallen into »ne creea dili
gent search was made for hi.s body,
bur all in vain His devoted father
made every effort to find him. f still
alive, bu* fiad never - teceeded in ob
taining trace of him Time and again
have rumors reached the a: xious and
grief-stricken father that the son was
at some particular place, hut >vhen a
search wa- made he was not to ho
found The father had made long
journeys hoping at the etui to find
| ni- son. hut only to iriecr with bitier
(di-appointment. Monev was-enr to
i the supposed address of Gie hoy, and
apparently at Ids own request, hut it
i-doubtful whether he ev r rec-ived
it Some tbiiiK tnat sharpers, am w-
ing the yearning* of the father for
the lost son. used this method to ob
tain money. The truth is that since
the day of hi* departure «o many
year- ago. hi- fam l,V I'tiS never -een
nor heard directly from him I h«
a* »i ms fa'her * ever lost hope or r«-
laxed hi- energies in trvtng to find
bis * ward- ring hoy Fir thr*.#
long y eirs he and M e ho\ '» f.>n { *14.
Ter hav-. been I' the Mg,,tiy of *ua-
pe:-r n,'» si owing sti-thcr h«- waa
still livi* g or h-o -off, re«t a violent
de..ili I' .a-T the news »•» m* . froin
th* hnv ' But on how *,i i' | i, M
HUnoU'ice'tifht over th< u s. »|. that
Job' it Buchanan only son of Gm
editor of G)e t'he-t.r Reporter died
far away from home -* '■Dillwater,
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