Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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# ~ OUT, DAMNED SPOT ! By O. O Brown,*%). D. of Sumicr. You are mistaken, sir; it no spot, this thing that. brings a blur upon your vision is woof and warp?1 liiiifr? | vvn essential self, and Cannot bo charmed nor conjureu away, The spot, just as you see it. will tarry into the eternities, and will come up from the grave ag.o'i uooie.uised. 2S:oi even tne hoiiibio alchemy of t.he touib can avaii tor its removal. l>01 you may fro ireel lour 12 countrymen have said so un der the lash of lying tongues that perjured themselves, and under the appeals of frenzied lawyers who have pleaded the case all too well for their best comfort. No man leds perfectly at ease who has torn down the bars that guilt might escape. And yet to go ?. free, alter all, is not much now! "Ah, whither shall I flee from hell?Myself am belli" is it better to die and be buried or to die ailU OLlII Dull) CilO J tUlUllip tUUU unburied?indeed to all thai is true and goo:! and noble? I'hr genius ol iiistory silo with iiis quili in u ucivcIces hand, and will write a true record at. last, and he will put the story down so that II., man nan r hi: In no,-, if i The inurderor's name becomes at last a hiss upon the children's lip."1, and so really il does not seen j that freedom confers much, when ( one is conscious of the eternal bondage whose letters tear ant. . torture tlie quivering spirit. The murderer makes the solemn dis covery that man can suffer elsej where than merely in body audi estate. The worst ills that comes to the e are but surface orjels, which sloop or night may soothe , away. Is not Gonzales better off in his grave than the murderer is who goes back to what can never be a home nor resting place again? Would any one dare call the dead man back, and bid * . i .. . mm inaKe a lair and even exchant?0 willi the living? Count ; all^lho wrath and bitterness lie ~v?- ever wrote; condense it into one sentence; then into one word, and it will not reek with blood like those twin syllables that inqlrp nm 11?o word VTnr<l*?rl Thin is ttie indellible something that hangs like a cloud over the wrot ch's life. It will sit on the bed posts at night, and stalk spectrelike through the mists of morning. It will come again when life is well nigh ebbed away, and shake its red locks that drip with 1. blood, and laugh at the murderer 'who lies dying. If is the awful lest curse of earth. It carries with it both its torment and its torture. It. is cruel and unro lenting, and will iiound a man to Iiis grave, never giving him one ( moment's rest from 'lie ha'ed consciousness that this deopmoutlied sleuth hound is having upon ins torturous trail. It is better never to have bi-eu t orn titan to ho a murderer 1 would ( be better to he dead than to !>e a' murderer. It would bo bettor to work suicide, and with ones own liand to spread wide I he piles that look upon eternity. Acquitted! Yes, there was a double acquittal, and the de<al editor received his full share. There was no testimony against him that impeached his good name or brought his bright in tegrity into question. The lies! of lying witnesses fell short of him. Was it not true once that "tho blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church!" If so, let it bo true again The church desires 110 monopoly in claiming for its own the shi ning galaxy of thoso who have died for the truth and for the right. This broad place of death is open to all If out of this ones man's grave, to which an assassin's hand has sent him, there shall come trooping lorth battalions of good spirits io pos?-e and inhabit the minds and hearts of the editors who still iive, then Gonzales' death) lms been atoned for. The hang ing of Tillman would have wrought but a poor atonement; , the lives wore so unequal. No | matter how much the lawyers may froth aijd foam, it is the | duty of the press to assault and , unveil the unclean, and to t make it impossible for vaga i bonds to sit in the high places. What we need now is odder editors who will play this high part, and so', if need bo, keep the tracedv coinc I.et it be understood that the curtain has 1 only gone down temporarily.un- ' til the stain of tho blood could ? be cavered. The people's good is no mean thing to die for. j Now and then, according to t God's engraven decree, in is necessary that one man shall die for other men. The doc trine of substitution is a law of heaven as well as a law of earth. Whether one dies in tho high ' front of battle, or while wal * . .1 1 ? i i 1J it matters not. Who knows but bo 1>?"5 n don He share of glnrv upon whom tho lot falls to die for tho good of his fellows? r And Gonzales died well ! His j nassincr was like tho rminrr hv ( i n ? " ""O " / of .a triumphal procession in tlie I good old Roman days. We find ( no idle railing nor grim wrath 1 staining his last hours. TTo set [ his face as a hero, firm as flint, and marched und a u n t e d j through the open door that led : to the grave, satisfied to go, if i ho could carry with him the i consciousness of duty done. I Upon such a closing scene the i sun may well go down that the ] gentler stars may begin their i vigil What need has one for a longer day whose task has been ? well performed? O good angels, ( blow now the sundown horn, and beckon the marvtr to his t rest! But the murderer lives ! Yes, ii 11 ii * 11 i y iu t'.xist IS lO 11Y0. When character is gone, what is left? What remains to con tend for? If there were some . land of night- without a rlream, /,}?* ^..11 i ^ IT* A 1 i* #> tl ^***1 1* ff ^ Cut till k All t .? O 'J ?l uO U lllji stream of forgotfulness into i wliich one could headlong 1 pi UU^t/ . i i tittiC hCIO J 14 C anything, any place other than what is!?Hut it cannot be! High heaven has written the word which no man can erase ?"Whatsoever a man soweth, " that shall he also reap." ^o,|t then, go forth, O reaper with the weakened eye and'the faint " ing noart ! < io rorth to your' task. Heap what you have sown?gather the piercing thistles to your yielding breast? lay the thorns upon 3*0111' bleed ing arms! Oo forth to the reaping! Men ma\T eorrtipt or, distort the verdicts of these earthly courts, but no man can J s"t a i?h* tl .high decree? " \\fhat-')"ver a man soweth, that shall he also reap." t heap Kilt es. Via the Southern Kail way to Columbia, S. (J. account ot S. C Slate Agncullural and Me-j chamcal Fair. wii account (>i the above occa-l sion, the Southern Railway will J sell tickets Irom all points in state ol South Carolina to Coltim bia, S C. an<l return at rate of one First Class Fare plus 75 cents, which indoles one admission to the Fair Grounds. Tickets on sale daily October 24th?29tli inclusive, and for trains scheduled to arrive in Colombia prior to noon ot October 30th, limited to return until November 2nd, 1903. For lull information, schedules, etc., apply to any local Agent of * the com pan v or K. W Hunt. L) V. A. I to Nov. 15 Charleston, S C. i One Minute Cough Cure For Coughs, Colds and Croup. Notice to Overseers. ChU out hands and work your roads. Don't wait until you are no busy with your crops. Ground bridges less than iwelvo feet in width must be repaired or built by t he road hands, die county paying tor lumber and i aails. L J. I'erry, County Supervisor. | NOTICE TO TRUSTEES. Trustees that have not as yet nade their annual report to me vi 1 I nlaa JU itn O" * "- ? > U\' O*/ It U UlllT, no III y innual report to the state 8iip?rntondent of education is due iow, but 1 cannot make it until get a report from all the trustee. Respectfully, A. C. Howell, County Supt. Education. Excursion Hates. Po Augusta, (la. and return via the Southern Railway, account / 1 o Ct of a %?<%*> r> t' O '> federate Veterans, Nov. 10-12, 1903. The Southern Railway will sell J educed rate ticket* from all joints in the State of South Carolina to Augusta, Ga , and re urn account of Sta-t* Reunion o! Confederate Vetera*# November 10th?12tli, at One Cent a Mile >lus Twenty-Five Cents. Tickets on sale from points be rond radius of 100 miles of Augusta, Ga. November 0th?10th, lud points within radius of 100 nileR November lOLli?llth, and or trains scheduled to arrive in n Augusta, Ga. before noon of November 12 h, limited to Noromber 13th, 1903. For full particulars npply to uiy Local Agent of the Company >r to 11. W. Hunt,l). I*. A. Charleston, S. C. r? N/it? 11 " *? a * Notice to Trespassers. Notice is hereby liven that all persons are warned wot to lish, unit or trespass in any way on Ik* lands nf thn nndarsnvnori l'hofe who violate this n -tioe will ie dealt with to the toll extent * 6 7/^r^ riiis ?iKn:.tur? ii on every Ooi of tho genuine Laxative BroraoQuiaine t???i u h? rauiiuiv tli^t ? ???< a u colli in KtiO (In* S&^,nFT'r?":^ % WatdtChain $ j jj?. handsome in design,rich in ^ ( V finish, raodorato iu cobt and | ^ fully guaranteed. % TilE 1?KAUTV OF fj 2 \ I: Our Silver g a. *U ff< is not its ONLY good & points g 2 ^ ^ e ltjs rrice ? % ? 3 is moderate and its jk la quality is the best. ? 2 ? P B. C. HOUGH. % ? . .. r irrwti. . . .?J. | To Cu Take Laxative Bror Seven MITBon bozos m*M in put 12 p Costs Only Scents at > mall 25 cents to Q. J, A Guros Eruptions, Soros, Colic, Hives, To Worms. TEETIIIWA COL THE EFFECTS OF THE SUMMER'S HE/ f#BBiS?Mi5s5dw>? '^v^nliiinhww^li 18 AND INSPECT M VS s rvicr\ *r s>m jff IN EL VV \JH Iflj ArO fF JS T* TAKE special pleasui JL tomcrs knmv that I VjJ the northern markets wh< ||d good bargains. These go( V daily and I will be glad t Ig inspect them. I call spe Following i Ill 50 Men's Suit a, worth $(> 50 to $ 1^^ going to run them oft' at a quick s a A lot of CHILDREN'S CLOT1 lar $1.25 SlU I S, lor \/L A LOT OF MEN'S FINE SIH jt? Leather (Jowiii* r.-, v. t.rlu $1.25, > ^ LADIES' SIK KS. the $1.00 hH k - TT IT A \ M? .. 1 ? < ? ?1. !^Jj A the lowest prices. I and selected line of Mer derwear- at the VERY Yours for b; ft t R. MI V ASHCRA C1! ? ? T'^l <1 ^oHc 1 Is No disease to which horses and m f|rr? c!lhir>ff io f>!< rn <"! *' i. ... uiiii^iuu^ man c< and none more easily cured when the reet remedy is used. Colic attacks so : denly and oftentimes so severely that i of the utmost importance to relieve the imal at once in order to save its life. Ashckaft's Colic Mixture gives r< speedily and surely, leaving no bad ai ollects. It has stood the test for 25 ye j7 s Every hbi 0 at all times 1/ S. l>est results - _ ing the Mixi ^?kf< fore the spa: OOLIO IN LAST STAQCS 50c. liotl CRAWFORD PROS AND j re a Cold in One 110 Quinine Tablets. lonths. This signature, ^ I U? M.MI? L li.1 I ? J I T^SJPfSRg Cures cnolera-lnfantum, BiaVill Diarrhoea,Dysentery, and the Bowel Trouble* of Children of Any Age. Aids Digestion, Regulate* ^BIRSVgf^Pa the Bow els, Strengthens ?- . . the Child and Makea TEETHING EASY. flOFFKTT. 101. D., ST. LOUIS. MO. irush. Removes and Frevonta, INTERACTS AND OVERCOMES KT UPON TEETHING CHILDREN. Sii ^ Y STOCK OF ft 1 ^ VG DAI I. Y | re in letting my cus- BJ have returned from ? ;re I secured many ^ ids are now arriving , o have you call and ^ cial attention to the Bargains $ 7.50. I am (? Q HA ale tor tJOT jjj "NO. reB?- 9Qc g DKS, SOLID (it ours 1\ug.ST 9<JC id, yours tor g , c hi ...?,. WA SkJ also carry a large jg i's and Ladies' Un" LOWEST prices. ^ argains, ? \ JJ kFT'S I vt 11 m l jl ^ +*> mm ml - SSSpEfl ilief "ter- ""' *~ llvl OOLIC IN FIRST STAOCS. ars. rse owner should keep on hand a supply of this remedy. The are always attained by apply* Lure in the earlier stages besins of pain have exhausted the it animal. A siicr a ft's Colic Mixture nd tried remedy, tie. Sold by I. F. M&CKEY CO. Day Zzsu 1 on every I box. 25c. I msrr ^ gymynr.iBrinr-TtTi .Try