Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, June 23, 1897, Page 2, Image 2
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containing not under
7?0 actual
Potash.
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\ i ? nit iVra-h?th?- results of its use by actti.il ox|k
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A Fearful Charge.
t
' Prisoner at the bar, have you
anything to pay why the sentence |
of death ?li:^! 1 not he parsed upon1
you ?"
A to! nm hush f<? 11 over the'
crowded court room and everv
t
person waited in almost breathless
expectation f'<>r an answer
to the .fudge's <juostion.
Will tln? prisoner answer ?
Is there nothing that will make
him feel some sign of emotion?
Will he maintain the cold, indifferent
attitude that fie has
shown through the long trial even
to the place of execution?
Such wore the thoughts that
passed through the minds of those
who had followed the case from
day to day.
The Judge still waited in digni-1
lied silence.
Not a whisper was heard anywhere
and the situation had become
painfully oppressive, when
the prisoner was seen to move,his
head was raised, his hands were
clinched, and the blood had rush-'
ed into his pale,erf worn face,hi-'
teeth were firmly ?.-t,and into hi?
haggard eyes came a flash of
light.
' I have! Your honor, you asked
me a question, and now I ask,
as the last favor on earth, that
you will not interrupt my answer
until 1 ani through.
"I stand before this bar, convicted
of the wilful murder of my
wife. Truthful witnesses have testified
that lam a loafer,a drunkard
and a wretch, that I returned
from one of my long debauches
and lired the fatal shot that killed
the wife I had sworn to love,
cherish ar..i protect. While I
have no remembrance of committing
the fearful, cowardly and inhuman
deed, I have no light to
complain or condemn th verdict
of tilt1 1 go. id men who have a.-K
f<l as jurors m the rase, for the
verdict i- in accord ance with the
evidence.
"Uill may it please the court, !
wish to show* th.it ! .tin not alone
responsible for tin* murder of my
wife !"
This start ling statement created
a tremendous sensation. I he
.1 udire leaned over the dc-k, the)
lawyer- wheeled around and laced
the prisoner, the jurors looked at
each other in amazement, while
the spectators could hardly surpress
their intense excitement,
ft i 1 tllO?? /iA?ifi??n'ol , ! -
...... .... .. i ui-it 111 i in* ii r m,
distinct voice:
"I repeat, your honor,that I am
not the only one guilty of the
murder of my wife. The Judge J
on this bench,the jury in the box, ,
the lawyers within this liar and (
most of the witnesses, including (
the pastor of the old church, are .
guii.'y before Almighty 'rod, and ,
will have to appear witn me be-1 ]
fore Mis Judgment Throne where 1.
we all shall be righteously judged. '
"If twenty men conspire together
for the murder of one person,
the law power of this land
will arrest. the 20, and each will
be tried, convicted, and executed
for a whole murder, and not one
twentieth of the crime.
"I have been made a drunkard
by law. If it had not been for
legalized saloons of my town I
never would have become a
drunkard, my wife would not
have been murdered, 1 would not
bo here now ready to be hurled
into eternity. Had it not been
for the human traps set out with
the consent of the government I
would have been a sober man, an
inductrious workman, a tender
father and a loving husband, l.ut
to-day my home is destroyed, my
wife murdered, my little children
?(Jod bless and care for them ?
cast, on tiie mercy of a cold and
cruel world, while I am to be
murdered by tin? -trong arm of
the State.
w i 1 I ~
vivni iv a I I it'U I w I CI Willi,
but as long us the open saloon
was in my pathway, my weak,
diseased will-power was no match
against the fearful, consuming,
agonizing appetite for liquor. At
last I sought the protection, care
and sympathy of the Church of
Jesus Christ, but at the communion
table 1 received from the
hand of the pastor, who sits there
and who has testilied against me
in this case, the cup that contained
the very same alcoholic
serpent that is to he found in
every bar-room in the land. It
proved too much for my weak
humanity, and out of that holy
place 1 rushed to the last debauch
that ended w ith the murder of my
wife.
"For one year our town was
without a saloon. For one year I
was a Hober man. For one year
my wife and children were supremely
happy, and our little
home a perfect paradise.
"1 was one of those who signed
the remonstrance against re-opening
the saloons in our town. The
fi utniK i ii iuui lei li nl* tliic liirv .? ???
- " ? ?- J"? J
be found to-day on the petition
certifying to the good moral character
of the rumsellers, and falsely
saying that the sale of liquor
was necessary in our town. The
prosecuting attorney on this case
was the one that so eloquently
pleaded with the court for the licences,
and the Judge who sits on
this bench and who asked me if I
had anything to say before sen
tenco of death was passed on me,
granted the license."
The impassioned words of the
prisoner fell 1 ik* coals of lire
upon the hearts ot those present,
and many ot tin* spectators and
some of the lawyers were moved
to t'-cr-. The Judge made a motion
- if to stop any further
speech on the part of the prisr ncr
when the -peakor hastily said .
' .No' no! your honor, do not
close my lips. 1 am nearly
tl rough, and they are the Iri-t
words I shall ever u11 r on earth.
"I began my downward career
it a saloon bar? le^ali/ed and protected
bv the voters of this Commonwealth,
which has received
annually a part of the blood-morn
v from the poor, deluded victim.
After the State had made
me a drunkard and a murderer 1
am taken before another bar ?
the bar of justice?by the same
r.,....,.- ..r 1 .1 I M
im i,?>> iinn legalized 1110
lirst l>:ir, and now the law-power
will conduct rue to the place of
axeoution and hasten my soul into
eternity. I shall appear before
mother bar, tin? judgment bar of
[Jod, and thoro you, who have
legalized the traffic, will have to
ippear with me. Think you the
Jreat -fudge will hold me?the
poor,weak,helpless victim of your
trallic?alone responsible for the
murder of my wife2 Nay, 1, in
my druken, frenzied, irresponsible
condition,have murdered one,
but you have deliberately murdered
your thousands, and the
murder-mills are in full operation (
I to-day with your consent.
"All of you know in your hearts
i that these words of mine are not
'the ravings of an unsound mind.
! but God Almighty's truth. Tne
liquor trallic of this nation is responsible
for nearly all the niur-l
ders, bloodshed, riots, poverty,
misery, wretchedness and woe. It
breaks up thousands of happy
homes every year ; sends the husband
and lather to prison or to
the gallows, and drives countless
mothers and little children into
the world to suit r and die. It
furnishes nearly all the criminal
business of this and every other
court and blasts every community
i it touches.
\ r ill Intra It'/nil t lin CI lrw\??o 4 1. n 4
a. "i< a v 1 liC PiUVM/11,1 I 11(1 I
. made me a drunkard and a muri
derer,and you are guilty with me
before (Jod and man for the murj
der of my wife.
"Your honor, I am done. I am
| now ready to receive my senj
tence and be led forth to the place
of execution and murdered acI
cording to the laws of this State.
You will close by asking (tod to
' have mercy on my soul. 1 will
close by solemnly asking (iod to
1 oyen your blind eyes to the truth,
' to your individual responsibility,
so that yon will cease to give your
' support to this hell-born traffic."
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' evidence of kidney trouble. Too
j frequent desire to urinate or pain
1 in the back, is also convincing
proof that the kidneys and bladder
are out of order.
WH AT TO 1)0.
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Severe Hail and Wind Storm.
damison, S. (!., .1 une II.?A severe
hail and wind storm passed
through thi- place Saturday afternoon,
playing havoc with the
crops. In some places the cotton
is cut oil' at the ground. Some of
the hailstones were as lino, na
guinea eggs. Corn is also badly
damaged, especially the fodder,
1 which is shredded.
Hundreds of thousands have
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The Cost of n Dinner.
Recently a gentleman who in
fond of arithmatic made up his
mind that he would find out how
much a dinner really costs. This
gentleman asked how much a
simple dinner that ho was eating
cost, and he was told seventy-live
cents, lie contradicted tins, and
then made out the following statement
about the cost of that dinner :
The pepper, he said, came from
ten thousand miles away. It grew
on ? little bush about eight feet
high, which must have had a
growth of at least five years. The
pepper was picked green; it had
to he dried in the sun, and tins
meant employing women. It took
one ship and a thousand miles of
railroad to bring the pepper to the
I nited Sates. The tea on tin*
table mime from China, and the
colfee from South America. The
cod dsn had to he brought from
Maine. Men had to he employed
to catch the fish ; other men and
women were employed in drying,
packing and boxing it. and it, too
I..., I ... I... ? i : i.. i
u?4i4 i\? iai\i' ti lunjz. riiiiroctu
nev. I'lie llorfrof which the bread
was made was grown in Dakota ;
someone owned the land,and that
meant the investing of capital;
and then he had also to pay wages
to workingmen. The Hour had to
he ground, and the building of
the null and the plant,or machinery,
meant more money invested.
The millers had to he paid ; coopers
had to he paid for making
barrels; and of course the wood
of which the barrels were made
had to be cut and sawed and
shaped, and this meant the employment
of more men. Then
the Hour had to be shipped over
the railroad and handled again
by cartmen before it comes into
the house. The salt came from
the Indian reservation in the
! northwestern part, of New York
State. The canned peaches came
from California, and they, too.
represented the employment of
capital and labor. The spices in
the cake came from the spice
islands in the Indian Archipelago.
After the gentleman had pointed
out what the dinner really cost he
asked what on tho table could bo
raised within the limits of tho
country where they were living.
The answer was: only the cornhread,
the butter, ami buttermilk
and it was decided that the farm
ly could not live on thoee alone.
| The gentleman estimated that
that little dinner re present oil, directly
or indirectly, the employment
of live hundred millions of
dollars of capital and of live millions
of men. It would be ?j11ite
a lesson in (ieography for each of
the little folks to try to discover
where their dinners came from.
Senator Tillman's resolution
to: an investigation ol the latest
sugar - caudal in the Senate failed
ol ado j t :on. as reported, lie
cause ol t he " personal unpopularity"
of the Senator himself,
uul of-The disposition to ignore
him and hi- unsupportrcd rellec
lions upon 11is brother Senators."
This explanation will not serve.
\lr Tillman made no "relied ions."
lie quoted charges made bv a
number of newspaper eorrespon
dents over their signatures. The
nlispositon" of the Senators was
rather to ignore the charges be
cause lite trail was loo hot lor tlio
com fort of some ol their number.
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