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von: UNC'I.K JONATHAN TIMINKU.
Molvlu was in.in- fortunate than bo
had dared bopo, for In.? hud none but n '
Bborl distance when In* came Into u .
rood und after following Unit a little
way ran mi 10 a house.
It is true it was not imi?'?? i?l II In use.
being morel*, a small l<>- eabln, aiid its
BurrouudiugH wen" meager und uuln
vitlng, promising little lu Ilm way ol
comforts; but, for all that, it v, >nl?i af
ford shell el' ami food. Hi: I thai was a
great deal under Uro circuinsiii ices.
Hi- ruilo up to ih*' tumble di wn rail
fi-iu i- (hat stood between the yard aud
ihe roml ami was prepnrlug lo end to
let his presence I n known win i a man
came around a corner of the house,
lie was a little, wiry, weather beaten
old chap, almost bidden tinder a mam
moth broad brimmed straw hat. lie
was not ex pectin : a strange visitor,
it ml the appearance of Molvlu was a
great surprise to htm. He stopped
short. Ids mouth and eyes Hew wide
open, and he stooii staring in perfect
slleuce,
It was Melvlll who spoke first.
"I have I..st my way." he said, "and
I am looking for a place to spend the
lllght. What chance Is there for stop
ping with \onV"
If Melvlll expected this man to prove
as reticent and morose as the one he
had just passed, his mind was soon dis
abused of thai idea, for the response to
bis speech, although not altogether rel
evant, was prompt, vigorous and effu
sive.
"Lord n-mnssy!" be exclaimed. "You
mean to tell Hie that you done plumb
up an lost your way an took to Wan
derin round in the woods for all the
world like a stray suckln calf? Great
granny, man. what made you go an do
Bleb a thing as that V"
"For the reason that I couldn't help
lt. I presume," Molvlu answered.
"Couldn't help it: Why. Lord a-nias
sy, man. what do you mean? You
ain't alinln t? tell me you couldn't help
gittin lost, are you'.'"
"I guess 1 am."
"Waal. I'll be dad switched! That
shore beats my lime, as the feller says.
The idea of any human critter bavin
little enough sense to go an git lost In
the woods! Why. say. a cat knows
more than that."
"Very likely," Mclvln replied. "But
what of it V"
"Notllbl. only it shore slumps me
that a growod up man like you'd go an
git lost like this."
"Isn't it Just barely possible that you
might do such a thing?"
"Do sich a thing as what'.'"
?'Gel lost."
"Me git lost! Your Uncle Jonathan
Turner gll lest! Waal, that's a good
Uti shore. Say. did yotl ever hear tell
of a grolin' hoi; gittin lost?"
"I don't know that I ever did."
"Waal, when you do hear of sieh a
thing you may then begin to llgger out
that it's jest barely possible that Jon
athan Turner moughl some day lose
hIsself In the w oods."
"Do you think it impossible for yon
to lose your way 111 a strange wood'.'"
"No. 1 don't think notion 'bout it.
1 Jest know it's Impossible."
"How would you keep from losing
your way '.'"
"Jesl like I'd roll offen a log. I'd
Jest do it."
"Suppose you were in a strange
place, and. coining to two roads, you
didn't know which one to take. Then
what V"
"Oh, I'd know all right which one to
take."
"I low would you know V"
"Jest have sense enough to know,
as UiO fidler says."
"Would you? Well, nil right. I am
anxious just now to learn whether or
not you can give me shelter for the
night':"
"I guess that's so. Hid a tight smart
piece today, | reckon'.'"
"Yes. unite n way."
"Jcdgln from appearances, I'd take
you to be a stranger in these parts?"
"I am."
"Waal, whnr mougbt you hall from,
If I may make so bold us to ask?"
"I'm from the north."
"From the north, eh? Waal, that's a
right sinn i t big spread out sort of n
place, as l understand it, an a feller
mougbt come from thar an still not
come from now bar in particular. Reck
on you ain't no reason for not tollln
Jest what identical spot iu mo north
you mougbt ball from?"
"None In the world. I'm from Chi
cago."
"Are, eh? I've hen in tell of that
place. C'ousid'able little town, 1 JudgeV"
"Yes."
"More account thau Beckett's Mill
likely?"
"I think so."
"Reckoned from what I'd beam tell
of It that It shorely must be. S'pose,
now, you have business In those
parts?"
"Yes, some."
"Guess you ain't one of them preach
In fellers come down yere sorter llg
gerln on holdin some mcetln's over at
the Coon ltitti nieetiu house?"
"No."
"Never preach none, eh?"
"I never have."
"Uh, huh! Jest a plain ever'day
common eussin man, I reckon?"
"I haven't ever made It a practice to
do much 'ctissln,' as you say. out I've
almost been tempted today to wish I
was an expert In thnl line. Hut, say,
how about stopping with you tonight?
I've got to find lodging some place, and
It'a about time I was knowing where."
"That's so, stranger; yes, Hlr-ee. Jest
about time you was llndin out whnr;
yes, sir. Hecken you ain't sorter fig
gerin on tryin to git to tench our school,
are yoe
. , x*m no schoolteacher."
"Hain't, eh? Guess mebby you
DlOUght be kinder lookln round "with a
notion of buyln a farm In these pnrta?"
"No. All I'm looking around for now
Is a place to spend the nlghr."
"Edznckly. Naturally yon'd he more
Interested In that than anything else
Jest now."
"Yes, and I asked If I could ptop
with j-ou."
"That's n fact, stranger. Vau shore
done that very Identical thing. I ain't
a-pretendln to sny you didn't."
"Hut you haven't answered mo."
"No, 1 guess I ain't I'm glnd you
Jogged my memory, strnnger, 'cnuse I
got my mind to runnln on them other
things, an I clean forgot all about it.
You know bow sich things are some
times."
"Yea, out are you going to answer
me?"
"Why. to bo shore I am. What rea
son under tin- sun could I have tor not
uns wer In you, I'd like to know? Yea.
slr-ee. I 'low you hain't none of thoin
peddler fellers what conies around sell
In of pills, arc you. stranger?"
"I am not." I
"Reckoned most shore you couldn't
be. Ingen'rully tbeni pill peddlers Is
right smart, peart lookln fellers. Guess
now more likely you mougbt be one of
them doctor cbaps buutln a place to set
up In business?"
"No. I'm nothing of 11??* kind. But,
sec here, are you going to compel me t<>
spend the night out here in the road'.''
"Why, l reckon not. I hain't no right
to compel you to do nothin the way I
llggcr it. as the feller says. You're
your own boss, 1 s'pose, an 1 'low you
?o or stay jest whar you pleasi
"Sometimes I do."
"Guess you're ii yoln Jest whar you
please now, ain't ) ?"
"Perhaps."
"An I reckon you make it out thai it
ain't a blamed bit of my business whar
you're a golll nor what you're n-golu
for?"
"I rather suspect you are about cor
rect there, Mr. 'rurner."
".lest so, an 1 ^uess mebby you're
plumb right too. At the same tine I
'low you can't be a part of Hie wur
come down to try to lick we unsV"
"Certainly not."
"1 knowed you couldn't hardly bo,
but with all them soldiers an armies
n-gcin about the way they are a fi Her
can't be much shore about nothin no
more. Mebby, now, you've come down
yore to" ?
"Groat Scott! It doesn't matter in
the least to you w bat I came dow n here
for, bet as you seem determined to
know I'll toll you and be done with it.
I represent a company of capitalists
who believe there are rich deposits of
mineral In this section, ami my busl
UCSS here is to investigate and haru
whether or not their surmises are cor
rect. Now you know why I am here,
and I hope you'll tell me without any
further delay whether you are going to
give mo shelter for the night."
"Why. yea, sir ee. I'll shore do that. I
ain't no reason on earth for not tellin
j'ou, as I can see. nary a speck. Rut 1
wonder, now, what kind of mineral
them fellers thinks they're a-goln to
find down yore?"
'Great Cicsar, man! Let mo have
some supper and a place to rest, and
I'll tell you everything I know. I've
been In the saddle all day, and I'm
dreadfully hungry and tired."
'Why, to be shore you must bo. It
Stan's to reason a feller would be
hungry an tired after rldin all day.
Yes, slr-co. Guess them fellers hain't
no notion that they're u-goln to lind
gold around here, have they?"
"No. Say, I'm tired of all this fooling,
and I'm Just going to dismount ami
spend the night with you, anyhow."
'Why, shorely. Cord a-tnassy, man,
you mougbt Jest as well 'a' done that
long ago 'stead of Bettln thar ehewln
the rag all this time."
"Why didn't you tell me long ngo
that I might stop?"
"I was aimln to; but, as I said while
ago, my mind got to runnln on some
thin else, an I forgot It. Wonder If
them fellers are 'lowln to find sliver in
these parts?"
"No. Where shall I put my horse?"
"Jest leave him thar at the fence.
I'll tote him to the stable direekly.
Reckon If them fellers hain't calculatln
to Und gold nor silver 'bout yere they
must be n-figgorln on findln somethln
else."
"Naturally."
"Guess mebby It moughtn't be Iron,
now, mougbt It?"
In spite of the fact that he was tired,
hungry and nnnoyed, Melvln burst Into
a roar of laughter. Turner's question
ing was so persistent and ridiculous
I that It had become amusing. Presently
Welvln said:
"Now, Mr. Turner, I am positively
?ot going to answer another question
nnui i bnve had supper, so you need
*">t Put yourself to the trouble of nsk
l?g mo another thing. Do you under
stand r>
"To bt) sbore I do, an you'll find I
ain't the man lo RO OI1 .,sk|? (l feller
questions j S1>P u0 ,,,,?.t wftnt to
be bothered with 'am. Nary time I
pin't. But, by gravy, stranger, It pus
fcles mo to flgger out what kind of min
eral them men nn, count in on findln
yere- It does shore! Beckon they can't
be spoctln to And copper nor lead, car.
they?" y
Melvln rushed lnt0 the house, leav
ing Turner outside to put away the
horse and ponder all alone the ques
tions that, though they did not affect
him In the least, Interested ),lm deeply.
And as Turner pondered aji Idea came
to him, for he larked a great deal of be
ing as much of n fool as he seemed.
He stopped on his wny to the stable
with the horse and, nodding h's bead
knowingly, muttered to himself those
words: \
"Como down yere to smell roun'Vor
mineral! Powerful likely story. b\tt
Is, when thar ain't as much mineral lb
this hull blame section as a follorcould
put In n flea's ear. Come down yen
for some rich fellers Jest to loaf about
an see what he can scent In the ground!
That thnr's nP moughty reasonable,
an of course I believe It?In a pie's
eye! You are a slick tin, young folbfcr,
but you ain't quite slick enough Jto
slldo down your Uncle Jonathan Tttr
ner's throat, not quite. Your UnclO
Jonathan mayn't bo much to look fit,
but, ho lacks a hull pajsel of bolnl a
derncd Idiot asylum, with no uioro
sense than n gatt??ost, an his opinion is
that you are n-lyln an that that's a
good deal back of you that yon hain't
wantiu k no wed."
CHAPTER VI.
HIM StaUMUSKS IIIS NKIOIinORS.
Sim Hanks did not go homo at once,
but passed on down the si reel In the dl
rcctlOU of Hicks' store. It had be u
his custom to go there every night to
join tho little group of men who id- |
ways congregated around the bh <?
stove In the winter and oil the platfol ui
In front of the door In the summer to
loaf away their idle hours.
He had loilg been one of the leading
spirits in these meetings, and hereto*
fon> be had COUIO to them boldly, and
111 the talks that followed his voice had
been beard taking an Important part.
Hut tonight he approached with halt
ing step and shamed face ami sat down
quietly on the edgo of the platform on
the very outskirts of the group. He
hoped no one would notice his pres
ence, and he was careful to do nothing
to attract attention to it.
Hap Sampson was there and Jason
Roberts and Jim Thorn and a number
of others, and most prominent among
them all and most in evidence in the
eon versa! ion was Kbenezer Sparks.
Very naturally, the subject under dis
cussion was the war and the haltlo
that had that day been fought in their
bearing. Kbenezor, with wonderful ef
frontery, seized the first opportunity to
begin a rehash of tlie oft told stories of
brave deeds performed by him in the
Mexican war and to rcntlllOUIlCC his
consuming desire to again take up a
soldier's life and join in the tight and
experience the dangers and hardships
of war as lie had done in days gone by.
Sim listened to Kbenezer in astonish
ment. It was a mystery to him how n
man could have the assurance to boast
of his bravery when only a few hours
ago he had shown the ver\ men to
whom he was talking that he was an
annul coward. Sim knew that he had
acted the part of a coward, ami he
knew that every man there knew it,
and he was resolved that if no one
mentioned that event until he did It
would never be mentioned.
IObCUCZer talked on for some lime be
fore Pap Sampson brought his ennu
down with a thump and said:
"Thar, Kbenezer Sparks, that'll do.
We nil know how brave you are, BO
thar ain't a grain of use in the world
for you to waste your breath a tellin US
about it. Lord, you made that all
plumb plain to us today, you an Sim
Hanks both."
"Sim don't seem to be dolu much
talk In 'bout the way he done," Jason
observed, with a laugh, "t.uess he he
llevcs In lettln his actions speak lor
themselves."
"Lord, Jason, I reckon the way Sim's
woman done kind of took the tucks
He hoped no one would notice Ms i)rcs
ence.
outen blm," Pop said. Then, turning
to Sim, he added, "She kind of hit you
pooty hard, didn't she. Sim?"
"No harder'n l deserved, I guess,"
Sim replied dryly. "1 did act the mis
erable coward, an It ain't no wonder
she was ashamed of mo."
"Say, by granny, but that's one way
to talk, ain't It?" Jason said after a
short sileilCO. "You ain't a bit like Kb
enezer, Sim. He done more cowardly
than ynu, but you won't ketch blm
owuln of It, nary n time."
"I can't help not bin 'bout what Kb
enezor does," Sim replied. "It don't
do no good to deny I he truth when ev
er body knows w hat 1 done."
"You'ri- right thar, Sim," Hap Samp
son said heartily. "Addbi vinegar to a
sound puddill ain't goln to make it no
sweeter, an nddlli a lie to another fault
ain't goln to make the other fault no
less. Them is gospel truths If thar
ever was one outside of the Holy Writ,
an It'd be n good thing for you, Ebene
zit npnrks, to tulf.i 'frm Info ybur craw
an digest 'em along at odd Spells."
"Pip Sampson," Kbenezer exclaim
ed, bristling up. "do you 'low to insinu
ate that I beei n-lyin?"
"Lord, no, Kbenezer! I ain't no hand
to Insinuate, but when n coward makes
out like he's brave if he ain't lylll he's
gittin right slap next door to It."
"You better be keerful, Hap," Jim
Thorn said, "or first thing you know
Pap S' ,nj>Hon and the rest Interfered.
you'd have Kbenezer's old woman
down on yo%l, C'nn't nobody make her
think he ain't brave, you bid!"
"She ain't much like Slm'fl wife. Is
she?" Jason asked. Then he added:
"By Jinks. I think Sim's wife CUtUp too
rough with blm. I tell you right now
I'd like to see my woman try any sich
capers as them on me, especially right
afore folks. Lord, I'd leave 'er so quick
that It'd make her head swim."
"You all beam what Mary Mann said,
I guess." Jim Thorn remarked. "I been
tbinkln 'bout that, an i don't know if
the word she spoke wn'n't a true word.
Sim's woman did 'poor to lie a right
Rinart struck with the luuks of that
stranger, an"?
"Jim Tho: n, you are n llnr!"
TVey all looked up in astonishment,
and there was Sim Hanks standing
amon\tbem, his eyes nhlnzo with an
ger it i,hi form trembling with sup
pressedVge.
'?Jim 'r\onV' be^repejttedy .^on^sre
n liar, n dirty, cowardly, 'miserable,
Bticnkln liar, nn you'll take back them I
wonts or I'll knock your bead clean .
down your throat!"
Thorn sprang to his feet and started
to run. hut in an Instant Sim had hold
of his collar with one hand and with
tbo other had given him a blow on tl>e
side of the bead that sent him to the
floor as 1 i1111> as a rag. Sim would have
followed up ids advantage and pound
ed Thorn unmercifully, but Pap Samp
son and the lest interfered, and live or
six of them held him while the others
got Thorn away.
After it was all over and Sim had
been released they stood about him for I
some time, looking at him in bUoUCO
ami with a kind of awe. To them he
had suddenly become a new man. ami
they felt that they did not know him.
It was I licks who broke the pause.
"Why, Sim." lie said, "what's come
over you; Who'd 'n' ever dreamed of
you doin sieh n thing as that'.'"
"Let him keep Iiis mouth slut an
quit a-lyin 'bout Loueesy, then," Sim
replied, not exactly in line with Hicks'
questions. "I'll hit blm ng'ln if he
dast to say sieh another thing, an I'll
hit anybody else that does it, an I'll bit
to kill."
"Well, that's all right. Sim, but you
jc>? cool down now. >11 III Thorn was
tbo only one that said anything, on
you've done hit him. so thar ain't no
more to do. an you'd jest as well git
quiet."
"My land. Sim. you shore hit blm aj
guml un!" Jason said "1 never see a i
pur tier lick struck In all my life."
" In It w as all done so quick." an |
Other observed. "Why, them words
wasn't much niore'n outen Jim Thorn's
mouth till Sim was a-stamlin up here
nn snylll, 'Jim Thorn, you are a liar!'
jest that a way. Then Jim starts to
run. un aide | knowod It Sim bad
gathered blm by the collar an give him
tbr.i lick."
? Ml wasn't it a lick, though?" Jason
said. "Why. sny. It Jest keeled Jim
over thar so quick that 1 bet he never
knowod w hat done it."
"1 bet be didn't know nothin tom bed
him?jest Hopped down thar for all the
world like a shot bog. Didn't 'low it
was in you to hit a feller like that.
Sim."
"Lord. 1 reckon Sim never knowod it
neither." l'ap Sampson said, "but he
knows it now. an you all better look
mi;. No matter bow harmless a dog is
while he's asleep, he may i?- the Wlisl
kind of a dog w hen you wake him up.
An Sim Hunks is awake now."
"An you'd all bolter not fool with
I him if you don't want to git hurt."
Hicks added,
i "You'd all better not say nothin 'bout
l.eueesy." Sim said. " less'n you all
I wants to git your heads punched."
i "GUCSS nobody hain't gob) to say
nothin 'bout Loueesy." l'ap Sampson
replied, "so you mougbt's well quit
a l brow 111 that at us. Jim Thorn had
no business to Speak the word he (lid.
even if it had been a true word, an I
ne st know it wasn't, an you done right
an uat'ral to take it up I'm a pence
aide man myself, as you uns all know,
an Ingin'ally I set my face ng'ln fussin
?0 fouglltln, but I ain't gol nary n
word to sny ng'ln a man what lights
for I.Is woman's good name. So I say.
Sim Hunks, an 1 -ay ii upon an ilbovo
board, you d<>ne J??j?i right, tin ever" fair
\ minded man i woman is bound to say
the same."
"That's what liny are." Jacob llieks
' promptly agreed. "My land, l'ap, you
mis all knows I am i no hand to mix
Up in no furse an that I ain't never lit
nobody in all my life, but you jest let
some feller say ary a single word ng'ln
my woman, an il the fur don't lly It
won't be my fault. Them's my senti
ments ever' time, an 1 ain't a kcerin
who knows it."
"Course, Sim done right," another
said, with Ihal ready sympathy people
are apt to feel for the victor as against
the vanquished. "I'd 'a' done jest like
him if I'd 'a' been in bis place, only I
bet I'd 'a' laid Jim Thorn out so's he
wouldn't 'a' got up no more for a
mouth."
"By granny," said another, "I 'low
.lim got off pow'flll easy myself! It
were a good thing it wa n t me he had
to deal w ild."
"An you can bit your hide it was
motlghty fortunate for him." remarked
a third, "thai it w a'n't me."
l'ap Sampson thumped his cane
against the floor ami laughed.
"You mis are all a lalkin pow'flll
big." he .-aid. "but you uns better not
forgit that Jim Thorn ain't dead yIt.
'Tniu't sensible to go fool In routl' a
inub's heels 'less you gol business
Ibar."
As Sim Hunks walked home that
night he felt greatly elnled, am. in his
soul there w as a kind of feeling closely
akin to intoxication, lie stood erect,
with a bearing proud ami disdainful,
held his head well up and walked with
a slop firm ami coulident.
In knocking .lim Thorn down the
way he did he had demonstrated to his
neighbors that he was not so much a
coward as they had supposed. That
within Itself was a grcal deal to be
proud of. for he felt that in removing
the stain of cowardice fro:!' bis naifm
he had raised an almost Insupportable
burden fr urn his soul. I tut that was
not all nor yet the chief < iiiSO of his
elation.
Louisa would learn what he had
done, and she would know (hat be had
done It for her sake. lie would not
tell her, but others would. Ills knowl
edge of human nature was limited, but
it was broad enough to tell him that
his praises sung by others would be far
more effective than If stlllg by himself.
That she would be pleased be felt as
Slircd, for she would understand how
well he loved her and how more ready
be v as than any one else on earth to
stau 1 up in her defense. Then, loo. she
would realize that he was not the c m
temptiblo coward she had thought him
and?because of which she had spoken
of him and to him in such harsh terms,
Perhaps she would even speak words
of praise for his conduct, and perhaps
oh, happy thought!?she might put her
arms about his neck and kiss him. That
would be a reward Indeed, and for such
a reward he would be willing to fight
Hie whole World.
Fond, sweet hope! Hut. how many
of our most precious hopes are born
only to perish with their first breath of
life!
When Sim reached home, he found
the house dark and Louisa in bed. He
went In and struck u light and pre
pared to retire. Ills wife was asleep,
and he moved about noiselessly so as
not to wake her.
Presently his eye fell on a scrap of
paper lying on the floor. Mechanically
lie took It up and glanced nt the writ
ing it bore. Instantly he sat up and
rend It eagerly through. Then, puz
zled and mystified, he rend It again
and ana in. These were the words the
paper contained:
My Dcnr Loulm? Nevor l<<t anybody know that
jrou know me. and for Ood'n uhr don't Irll 4 liv
ing soul who I nn. So soon aa {loasible I will tea
you and explain.
What did It menu?
^ (TO BK COWTITrUXD.l j
IION. ISAAC D WITHERSPOON
"A Christian Gentleman and a
True Nobleman " ? Sketch of His
Lite.
Ex Judge Isaac I). Wltkorspoon, of
Yorkville, passed peacefully away on
Huuday morning, 24th inst , after au
lluess of twelve days with pleurisy.
The Yorkville correspondent of The
State cays that " his death was as calm i
as the slumbering of a babe upon the
breast of its mother. His age was 05
years. JuJge Witherspoon was an el- I
der of the Fir<-t Presbyterian church at j
this place, a Christian gentleman and |
true, noble inau. No worthy object o j
charity or benevolence was turned away
by him, and in his legal practice he
never refused to give advice on account
Of the poverty of the applicant. Dur
log the dark days of '7<? he was the
leader of this county in the redemption
of the State from Radical rule. He was
beloved by this community and his de
cease falls heavy upon us. He leaves a
widow and two children, Miss Lesuie
and Dr. William I. Witherspoon, of
Shelllcld, Ala., with a large circle of rel
atives aud many friends to mourn his
departure."
Isaac Donnom Witherspoon was born
in York aud was one of the sons of the
Hon. Isaac Donnom Wilhcrspoou, who
was for many years Senator from York
district and one of the leaders in Stale
Kdities. His mother was Miss Heid, of
orth Caro inn. He belonged to the
historic family of Witherspoons of
which the Hcv. John Witherspoon. of
Princeton college, signer of the Declara
tion of ludepeudeucc, was one id' the
niosl| conspicuous members, and Robert
Witherspoon, Congressman from South
Carolina, another. The young Donnom
Witherspoon entered the South Carolina
college and graduated in 1864 along
with Jamea Lowndea, Benjamin lt.
Stuart, J. H Brooks, Hayne Mc.Mcekin,
Rev J. R. Kiley, former Judge C H.
Townsend, J. 11. Whitner aud others
Then he pursued the study of law. and
on his admission to the bar entered into
partnership with the late Wut, B. Wil
son, and the linn practiced with great
succc-s
At the beginning of the war, Judgo
I Witherspoon enlisted in the Twi Itth
regiment and served until delicate
I health caused a transfer to the branch of
I the treasury department of the Confed
eracy Ftatioucd in Columbia
I York County was spared by the Fed
eral armies, but sulVercd worse devasta
tion, if possib e, in 1S71 and 1*7-2 because
of the brutal Ku Klux raids of the
I Federal troops, when Major Merrill, an
I officer in the United States army, re
I ceived $200 reward for the arrest of
l every alleged Ku Klux, innocent or
j guilty. Judge Witherspoon had his
I bauds full assisting his friends and
clicLts. Not for years did the county
recover f om this oragoonade
I In ISTti a determined effort was made
' to throw off the Rad'cal yoke in York,
Judge Witherspoon was nominated for
Senator by the Democrats and after a
stirring canvass was elected with the
legislative and county ticke.s He went
to Columbia and was of gicat service as
one of the Democratic leaders in the
Senate in which the Republicans hail 18
members and the Democrats 12, and
! were trying to scat Senators Gary, Todd
and Maxwell, besides placing Lieuten
ant Governor Simpson over the Senate
The struggle was long, but was attend
ed with success at last. After Senator
Jeter became acting Governor, Judge
Witherspoon was chosen president pro
tem of the Senate and Borvtd as such
until he was e cc.tcd judge of the Sixth
circuit in place of the unique Thomas J
Mackcy. He had previously formed a
partnership with Charles K Spencer,
Which was now dissolved. After serv
iug several terms, Judge Witherspoon
voluntarily retired to privAte life and
resumed the practice of law. He was
actively engaged at the bar at the time
Of his death.
JudgO Witherspoon married Miss
Wright, daughter of Col. William
Wright, who was the president and chief
builder and owner ol the King's Moun
tain railroad He hail two children, Dr.
William 1 Witherspoon and Miss Leslie
Witherspoon, both of whom, with their
, mother, survive him. He hastwo broth
eis living. Dr. J. Harvey Witherspoon
and Mr. Joseph R. Witherspoon.
Judge Witherspoon was a conserva
1 live man, a good citizen and a safe coun
sellor. 11c Dad many friends through
out the Stale who will he douoly
grieved that lie has so soon followed his
iriend and colleague, Judge W. H. Wal
I lace. Judge Frascr, another contem
porary in the reconstruction and sub
sequcntly on the bench died not four
months ago.
- A qucor instance of lmproptr in
fluence said to have been exerted upon
jurymen comes from New Haven. Tin
jury in.a certain civil case went to Fair
haven btO visit the house of the defen
duals.j |There, according to tiie counsel
for the, plaintiff, one ol the parties to
the suit, gave one of the jurors a piece
of pie. This piece of pie is the ground
upon which a motion to set aside the
verdict is founded.
35
falls
Many a school
girl is said to
be lazy and
shiftless
when she
doesn't deserve
- the least bit of it.
She can't study, easily
Iis asleep, is nervous
and tired all the time.
And what can you ex
pect? Her brain is being
fed with impure blood
and her whole system is
suffering from poisoning.
Such girls are wonder
fully helped and greatly
changed, by taking
sarar
Hundreds of thousands *
of schoolgirls have taken
it duringthe past50years. ?
Many of these girls now >
have homes of their own.
They remember what 4
cured them, and now
they give the same mcdl- ?.
cine to thcirown children, y
You can afford to trust a
Sarsaparilla that has been
tested for half a century.
SI.OO a bottle. All drujiliti.
If your bowels arc consti
pated take Aycr's Fills. You
can't have good health unless
you have daily action of the
bowels. 25 ct?. a box.
?? One lioiot Ayer's Pills cnroil my
dyspepsia." L.D. (.Aitnwii,i,.
Jan. 12,1899. _ llatli, N. Y.
Wrli? ifio Dootai:
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can noailbly receive, wrlla th? doctor
frnely. You will receive a prompt re
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in the water makes your dishes
come out perfectly clean and ?
? free from grease.
I i| It is almost a pleasure to wash dishes wit ti
mr
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By ft recent vote of the Commons the
coronation oath of King Edward will be
so changed from the oath of former
sovereigns as to contain nothing offen
sive to the Roman Catholics ofhis empire
The clause requiring the King to express
ly repudiate the doctrino of transubst&n
tlalion and to declare the invocation aiid
adoration of the virgin and the saints to
he idolatrous was embodied in' the
corona ion oath in Kiss and has been
retained until this time The new King
will have to swear to nothing that slgut
tics any kind of religious into'ernnce.
The Southern Railway lnis instituted
a novelty in railroad operation a solid
mail train. This train, composed solely
of mail cars, stops only at 'unction
points, it is scheduled to make fifty
an hour. The limited trains of the road
With passenger cms attached, .were too
heavy to make the schedule for the
Southern's last mail. The local trains
were not tust enough to make the time re
qt ircd, so the train ol mail cars, schedul
ed at fifty miles, was put an,
? Washington State is now receiving
more immigrants than any other part of
the country. A Oispaleh from St Paul
roportS that In one. day icccntly not less
than 1,200 home seekers lult that city,
going West, and that of the winde num
her scarcely a do/on had return tickets.
OASTOniA.
.VestiBUied
_ (im1ted
Tra?ns
Double Daily Service
Between New York, Tampa, Atlanta.
Now Orleans, anil Points South
and West
In Effect Kkii. 24, 1001,
SOUTHBOUND.
Daily. Dally
No. SI, No Ti.
i.v New York, P. R. R< .. 12f5pm 12 luanr
i.v Philadelphia, " .. 3 ?0pm R?'iam
Lv Baltimore, " .. 645pm (122am
Lv Washington, P, K. R... 055pm HS?anr
i.v Richmond, s.A. 1.1040pm l.v-'fprr
bvPe eraburg " . .. naipm 110pm
Lv Norlina Junotton. . .. 205nra SStpra
i.v Henderson. 280am 865pns
Lv Raleigh. 3 triam fi OUprr
I.v Ho Pinea.687am ti.r>7pm
I.v Hainlet. CSOam 8 Worr
I.vColumhlaJ. 840ain 10 30pm
ArSavBDnah.12 ]0pm 2 20am
ArJaokaonvillo. 350piu 6 30am
. ArTamiui. 6 00am F OOpn
; No. 4'i:<. No. 11
. I.v N<-\v York, N.Y P.&N. ?7 .Viata 86f>pn
Lv Philadelphia, " 10 .oam 11 vtipn
Lv New Yolk. ODS. .CO. |3 I Oppl
Lv IhVltlmore, 1$ S P Co '.\_.. pi 30pn
LvW.^h'toii. N AW 5 It .. ?~30pill
Lvl'orismouth S.A. L. .. HCOpm lOooan
LvWeldon .H 83^m 123f>pir
LvNorlina Juno ...... I2 5ftam 2 lopn
Lvllcndcrson.....?.1 2 am ?_' I >pn
LvKuloifdi ._SO am I 271 rr
i vtionlhcrn Pines . a 18am ?? ISpnr,
I.\ Hamlet_ .... 0 4ftam 8>6pn
I.v Wilmington.130pn
Ari'harlotte. U >lam lU 4-tpn
LvCheetor. . 1'iOSam I120pn
' LvQreenwood.12 07pm i 32am
Lv Athena.2 19pm 4 08an
A r AI Inn I a ;........... ft 35om b .iOanr
Ar Augusta, c & WO _ r> l?pin .
Ar Maeon, Uol i>a. 7 20j>mll 10am
Ar Montgomery! A &~W' P. 0 20piuU ?Oam
Ar Mola lo, LA ^.,.2 0 am I 1 pm
Ar New Orleans, L& N . 7 80am 8 80 p in
Ar Nashville, N C & St L.. ? 36am ? ?Opui
Ar Memphis, "_., 4 00pm s IQam
no kt ii ho und.
No. 402. No. 38
Lv Memphis, NC&StL.. toipm 8 45pm
Ly Nashville, " ,.1065pm 0 30am
Lv New Orleans, I. & N. ? 7 40pll) .
Lv Mobile, " .. 12 20ain
I.v Montgomery, A w P ?> 20atu l SOpin
I.V Maeon, 0 Ol Oa. 8 OOam 1 JOpm
I.v Augusta, C & W C. *' 4uam
Lv Aiiauia ; s.a. I,.1 'OOpm 8 0 'pnr
Ar A i he na. 2 48pm )'. 23pn
Ar Greenwood. 4 60pra 204tn
Ar Chester. 0 iftpm ?? - ?an
Lv Charlotte SA L.UftOpm??Oan
Lv Wilmington, S A L.... ftbUpra ....
Lv Hamlet S A I.. 0bOpm 8 10?n
I vSo Pinea S A 1. 10 5?pm '.m.iai
L\ Laien;!'. I '?..pm I I . 0 ii
Ar Henderson.....2.7am 1 oOpn
Lv Norlina ?UllCti?n .. .. '? lUam 2OOpm
Lv Woldon. I 2Qam 3 U'en
Ar Portsmouth.7 OOam o?upa
Ar Waeh'ton N ?v WS II. 6 65am j
Ar Haltimorc, H H P Co.I046an
Ar New York, O DSU Co . Ii :50|)ir.
Ar Philadelphia, N YP&Nt?46pm .'> loan
Ar New York,_ " jt 40|>m 8 Quam
Nu. 14. No. ?il
I.v Tampa. H A LRy.8 u ipm s nomi
.Jaekmm\ llle.10 liOam 7 l;>pm
Uavnnnab. ... i ftopm llnopro
Columbia, 8. 6 27pm <>45am
Hamlet . '.t 40pm !' 20am
Soulhern Pines.I032pm lo ? um
Kaieigh .12 28am 1207pm
HcmlcrHon. 1 Itain I 27pm
horllna Junction.2 1. am 2 1 >pm
Petersburg,. 4 OOam 4 4 mm
Kiehmonu. 4 6bam 6 3Apnc
WashlngtonviaPennRlt 846am 0 30pm
Baltimore " IV 03am 112>pn>
Philadelphia " 12 27pm 2 ??< . o.
New York. "_3 16pm 6 80am
Note? tDaily Kx. Bunday.
Dining ears hetweou Mow York and
Richmond, and Minulet and HL Auguatine
on Trains Nob. 81 and 44.
(Central time. $li astern Time.
?Thcy toll the story of a prominent
Baptist clergyman of "New York who
has made it his practice in all his pasto
rates to write his resignation within a
week of his entrance upon a new field,
sign, seal and deliver it to the proper
official with the remark : " There, tow!
Never ask me for my resignation.
Whenever you want me to go, just break
open this envolope, write in a date to
the document and offer it to the con
gregation."
? Imitation thunderstorms, with the
electricity generated by Niagara Falls,
Will be one of the features of the Buffalo
exposition. The thunder is produced
by means of large glass condensers, and,
while realistic, is warranted to be harm
less.
SOUTHERN
RAILWAY.
Coudenittitl S.-liednle of ''anniunr 'l'rtlu,
In F.lTo.-t .ti\n. 27. 1001.
Qreenvllle, Washington und the Kant.
' ' No. 1U StT .is No. 341 No. Si
Dally Dally. Daily, i>aiiy.
7 60 u 12 00 in. 13 20 nil I f>0 P
S 60 n 1 00 p| 1 20 p|12 60
lo a.S a: 2 25 v U 08 p|
005 a .
10 6S u 2 45 p 3!? p|
Nor) Itbouitu.
Lr. Atlanta, ?.T.
" Atlanta, K T,
" Gainesville,
'? Athonti.
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Tocoon. ...
" Boneen.
" Uroonvtlle .
" Bpnrtnnburg
" Gnffncv .. ..
" LUackuburg
" Una ton In,
" Charlotte
Ar. Ureonsb' >ro
Ar . l llirllltlll ...
Ar. Rnloigh . ..
Ar. i liilivillo .
Ar. Norfolk ^
Ar. Richmond
11 .".:t n
119 62 p|
2i)4 1?
1 a a; p
, -i -' s p
4 47 p
I 6 4'l i>
C> 40 p
060 p
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B 83
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Ar. Washington I.10 43 a| 7 35 id 8 60 p
Hull lire PKH !. s 03 a t' 16 id I B5 p
" Philadelphia. 10 16 it 11 36 :il 2 56 ?
_? New York . 1. 12 4:t inj 203 p| S 23 t
From tho Kisi u> Uivonvillo; iilso to Atlanta.
No .I.". No. :l7,No.ll No X
i>iiii\. Dully. Dally I) dl|
2 BS
8 98
4 28
n 02
7 o:i
7 46
5 02
S 61
li 50
Soul hhotiml.
I.v. W V..1- I: It.
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" Bnltiiiioro. ..
" Wnshhigton..
I.v. Riehiiu >nd .
Lv Norn,Ik.
I.v. Dnnville
I.v Raleigh. .
I.v Durham .
12 16 ii 4 :io ii
8 50 u 0 55 p
?1 2 2 u V 20 1H
11 16 ii 111 46 |l
12 oitoi 11 00 p ti 00 plfi oo (
40 p 1 Jo p f 4o i
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.. 8 27 t
. y 66 ]
o 3ft v
5 4s p| 6 60
0 6o p i iu
4 43 p 2 ao
nslinro. I 7 10
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Gnstonin ... I to 12
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Atlnntn, K. T,
Atlanta, CT.
11
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1 :to
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4 :i?
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6 10
P 7
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P M
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a 12 05m s OS ? '
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a 2 24 |> !? 48 a i
a a 16 ]> 10 20 a i
pi 4 80 v II 16 a '
)>! ii os |> 12 an p '
P 7 l? p 1 21 j
pi h io p' 2 20 ( ;
1000 p.\
p S 62 p: 2 46 p !
p 10 16 p 4 66 p (
p U 16 p !t 85 p J
Ar. Rome 7 98 a II 10
" Chuttnimogn | v 46 a1 8 40
Ar. (?nclnniili
" Lontsvlllc
P 2 OS a il tu I.
p| 5 46 a S ?0 p J
ft 6 60 p! 7 46 a I
ft 7 40
Birmingham.Il2 00 in 10 00 i>
P 7 50 h j
. 110 00 s)
Ar. Now Orleans 7 46 p s ao
Ar. Cohtmhus,(4n 0 60 a 8 86
" Silicon I s ao a 7 00
" HnilisM i' Ii... I s 116 p .
Ar. .I i. k-..i,MU.-.
I io 00 p,
8 SO I
h 85 f
p 12 66 al 7 00 I
t:
s ;io a
1 Mil v 1'iai
N'.i.iii. No.I
.. ^iImi a
nS No!li STATIONS.
[ n'M a .. I .v.. SavaiTiiali .a?
_4 2su 7 . I.v ?laokvlllo Ar
7 oo a 11 io p i.v triuirloHion .Ar
7 41 i: 12 m n " .Sinniiiorvilla."
it 05 a 71>. a " l.'ohinihin . "
1225pi 8:m a' ?? . Nowhorry ??
1 .VI pi H 60 a " . .Hr. i nw.xKl.. "
916p 10 15 II " . h.nlyt'H.... "
I tl5p ii 35 a I.v AblMWlIlc..Arl 8 10 p|l2 96 j
jilHp 11 16 ii I.v Hol ton. At 6 45plT1i a
_2 :i5 p 10 46 .i bv \iiiiorHon Ar 7 16 pliT4?~i
* 16p 12 20 p Ar. .?rennvtllo. .Lyl 6 SO pfliflYs
9 34 p 6 22 p bv...(4rot?llvillO. Ar 1 S n 1 I 26 p
?117 p ? 18 1? Ar spa. Iitnburg I.v,12 28 nil 184 a
7 16p... . I " ....Ashovilla.... " I .... 8 00 n
7 00 ai 8 16 f
6 57 n 7 81 p
ii 00 pi 8aop
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7 .V, p 12 20 p
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4 16 a
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to p ._IAr.. Cbifiniiad." Lyl
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"A" a. in. "p
Trams lenvi
J 20_
's :ui
7 46
p. ni. "51" noon. "N" night,
leave Rlngville, daily eioopt Hundayi
for l iondeti I0:15n. in. ami 4 .60 p. in, Itaturn
ing Ifitvc Cnmilon for Klngvlllo, daily en-opt
Bunilny, s.:c> a. in. ar ' 2:50 p. in. Alao for Bum<
terdaily oxcopl Bui ty 8.00a. m. 10:16 a. in.and
4:.'*)j>. in. Uoturnlng leave Bnmtor nt0.60 *.
m. 10.05n. in. and 4:;tnp. in.,makingoonneotloa
at Kiiik'vlllo with trains betWOSn Columbia and
Oharloston.
Trains Icavo 8partanburg via 8. U. ? C. Alf
vision daily forQlondnlo, .f7)iu svllle, t.'nlon and
Columbia and intoriiifsliitte pointa ut 11:46 a.
in. and II 16 p. in
Trains lonve Tocoon, Qa.. for Kihorton, Ga.,
daily 4:26 p. in. except Sunday, 7:00 a. in.
Returning leave Rlberton dailv H:00 a. in.
except Bundlty, 2:16 p. in. , making oonio-o'
lion at Toeoon with trains hutween Atlanta,
Glreenvllle and the Bast.
Chemipcnke I.me siieainers In dally serrtoe
between Norfolk and Ita.timore.
Ni>s 87 and 8b?"Washington and Boatr*
woiteru Llnilteil." Through Pullman Hien|>
iDK* ears hot ween New York and New
Orleans, via Washington, Atlanta and Monte
fomory. and also botweon New lork and
Memphis, via Washington, Atlanta and Bir
mingham. Also clcirunt POI.t.MAR LiimAlif
OnsEllVATION OAitflbOtweon Atlanta and New
York. KirstelasH thorouglifare eoaohaa ja&
tween WnHltington and Atlnntn. DinlnK ear*
?erve all inoals en nmle. Pullman sleeping
cars tietweon <4reensboro and Raleigh, (iiov.
ooimo 'tlon ni Norfolk fin Ol.P Poirtx Co.virOKT,
Also nt Atlanta with Pullman D. R, sleepel
for CluittaiKio^a and CinoinUAtl,
Mos, 86and 88- "United ntntes Kaat M?i"' mm
aolld bet WOOD Washington and tf'1% '^r.'aana,
belnir compound of coiichoa. lie . K), wlthoui
ehange for pnasengors of al' ..asMS. Pullman
drawing-room sleopinp ' .?rs between New Vork
ami New Orleans. vP Atlnntaand Montgomery
and between Mb ilinghnm mid Itlehmontf.
diuIiik carsaervi all meals en route,
Nim .'Ci and t4 ? "Atlantn and N?rw Yor?
Bxnross," Nev lm-al train but ween Atlanta
and charlotte conneotlng at Charlotte wits
through trail a of snme niimbera. oarry
lng Pullman el eidng oari betweon Chariotf?
and Richmond Norfolk. Washington and New
York. No Pu Itnnn care on these trains I,e
tween Atlanta ami Charlotte, heaving Wash'
lngton eooll Mi ndny, Wednesday and Friday
a tourist sli;e[) ng car will run through l??
tweofi WaHhingl ti and Han Tranclnoo without
phaugo. Connect, m at Atlnntn with throuch
Pullman drawing i otn stooping oar for Jack
son villa ; alao Pallma sleeping car for Mruae
wick.
Connection mails i.' Sparlanburg wlt^
through Pullman steeper for Ashevtlle, Rnox*
vtlle and Cin<:inunll; also t Columbia for B?
vannah and .Tacksonville.
FRANK H. GANNON, s. x HARD WICK,
Third V P. Ac (4on. Mgr., i'eti. Pn?a Aat.
Washington, D. C. W \ahlngton, D. a
ff. H. TAY LOB, J. .1. MoQKU,
Aae'i Gon'l Pasa. Ag*t, Pass. A T'kt Agent,
Atlanta, Ola. (irt tavllle. u ci
MONEY TO LOAN
tua coBt of periling loanTlJfcr?ft tu?
cont. up, according to ieciirity P
1 Columbia, h. o