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EST D rN 8. eY u. .tW S. ETALSEHN16.NEBPR,S . 1IURSDAY, D)ECEMBER 22, 1887 - PRICE $1.50 A YEAR AX EMPHATIC DEIAL Mr. Ellis G. Graydon, of Abbville. Ie futes the Injurious story Told About Him. To the Editor of the News a Courier: My attention has been called to an article in your paper of December 13. Leaded --A Youth who finds Veterans in his way," &c. The article almost provokes a smile in spite of the gravity of the charges against me. At the Grand Central Hotel in Columbia, on list Friday, (not in the House of Representatives) in a con versation between two friends .nd myself, something was said by one of them in a jocular way about men who have been elected to office in I this State solely because they hadi received wounds in the Confederate K service, and who had not another qualification for office. I replied in I the same manner, in substance, that it would be better for the State if all such battle-scarred veterans were dead politically. One of them said t he thought it a very honorable sen timent to reward with office men who had been maimed in the war. I said yes, I think so too, other things being equal; but that fact should not be l allowcd to outweigh every other con sideration and put men into offices who are incompetent to discharge their duties. It this be treason, then I am a traitor. The article referred to would make it appear that I deliberately insulted a maimed Confederate veteran, who is an office holder. I was talking to my two friends, and did not know such a man was in earshot. I may t state also that one of the men I was l talking to is an ex-Confederate I soldier. He did not take any offence I at it, because he knew none was in tended to him or anybody else. If any man who knows me or who does not know me is foolish enough to think that I could say a word or - entertain a thought disrespectful to a t Confederate soldier, I ask him to consider these facts: My father was a Confederate s'ldier. Only a few months ago he joined the silent ma- j jority. At the beginning of the war f I had eight uncles, the only mem- I bers of my family old enough to go into the army. One of them was a < chaplain of a regiment. the other seven fought in the ranks. One of them has died since the war, tbo re sult in; part, of wounds received in battle. Two of them survive with their bodies covered with scars made by minnie balls. One of these has discharged for eleven years the duties of an important office to the entire satisfaction of his constituents. The houes of the other four lie bleaching on the battlefields of Tennessee and Virginia. How many families in South Carolina can show a better record. I trust you will repair the injury done me as far as possible by pub lishing this communication, and that any newspapers which have pub lished it wdll copy this, ELuIs (. GRAYnON. A bbeville, S. C,, Dec. 14. 1887. . S,.--Sinoe writing the above I have seen your editorial of December 14. I am much obliged to Capt. Branch and to you for correction. ELLIS G. GRAYDON. "CONFEDERATE TETER:ANs INDIG, F ~%ANT. The Columbia correspondent of the Newes anid Courier says: "The statement of Mr. W, T. Branch, pub ished in the News and Courier does not tally with any report which can be obtained in Columbia."' The .R~eg ister's account is as foliews: -The Qonfederate veterans, who bear as honorable evidences of their services wounds and scars, or per haps have lost an arm or leg on the battlefield, feel justly indignant over the report of statemenes made re garding them by Mr. Ellis G. Gray don, of Abbeville, who was an un seccessful candidate for Circuit J,udge. ag;'.iast Judge Norton, who is himself a one-armed veteran. The Register reporter traced the report to the source and found the following to be the facts: Ls week, Friday, in the oSice of the Grand Central 1-otel, Mr. Graydon, Co.l. Irby, of Laurens, Mr. Gasque, of Marion, one of the bookeepers of the House. were sitting in conver sation, the Confederate pension bill being the topic thereof .{n the talk .Mr. Graydon used words to the effect that it would be a good thing for the State if all the scarred and crippled Confederate soldiers were dead and out of the way, as they now ra~n for offices they were not competent to gI and were elected by sympathy. "Mr. Gasque, on whose autnority this statement is made, and who is himself crippled in one arm by ser vice in the war, was so justly. offended that he rose and left the place. lest he he tenapted to forcibly show his indignation. eI1t is due Mr. Giraydon to say that it bg beua singe stated by him that his words were spoken in jest, but this explanation is not sufficient, and there is'good reason for the feeling of indignation which, as has been said, prevails among all Con federates who have heard of his lan guage. He should hasten to re1gu diate such sentiments jf he ever uttered or maintained them, and hie will find it difficult to make those who properly were the veterans who gallantly risked wounds and loss of limb andl life itself is the Co.nfeder ecy, helieve thzt even in est such - words s those reported comin~g from his lips should be tolerated without emphatic condemnation of him who uttered themi." Editor Register: In reply t h denial made by Mr. Ellis Gadni the News &: Courier of December 16, I desire to make the following state ment: On last week, Friday morning, Col. J. L. M. Irby and myself were seated in conversation at the Grand Central HIotel, when Mr. Graydon and an )ther gentleman took seats near us. The conversation turned upon the last campaign, and the gentleman who joined us with Mr. Graydon re marked concerning the failure of the :andidates to meet issues squarely, nd complimented Mr. Graydon for :eing an exception to that rule. omething was said about putting wounded soldiers into office, and Mr. 3raydon said that he thought it would >e a good thing for the State if all he scarred and wounded Confederate oldiers were dead, because they were often elected through sympathy o positions which they were incon )etent to fill. I immediately arose od left, to avoid replying in the Lnger engendered by the remark. I poke of it to several persons, among hem the seargeant-at arms .f the Iouse, who mentioned it to Mr. W. D. Mars, a friend of Mr. Graydon. Ir. Mars saw Mr. Graydon and re urned and told me Mr. Graydon said le was misunderstood; thet it was ;aid in pleasantry. I refer to Col. rby and Col. J. D. Brown, sergeant t-arms, and to Mr. W. D. Mars, to >ubstantiate the statements with vhich I connect them herein. I do not mean to say that Mr. 3raydon made the aforesaid state nent seriously, although I so under ;tood him. I am sure he made it ;uhstantially as 1 have given it, an. hat the word "politically" used by urn in his said denial was not in it. do not know what he said in ex )lanation or otherwise of this remark mfter I left. He is a gentleman of ,haracter, whom I have known well ind favorably for some time, and I was greatly surprised at the utter Lnce, and attributed it to the ebulli ,ion of passion engendered by the uggestion of the incompetency of onfederates now in office. . I had nd have no reason or desire to in ure him in any way, but naturally elt-indignant at any remark which night be derogatory to the wounded .onfederate soldiers of our State, me of whom I am. W. B. R. GaSQnE. Columbia, S. C., Dec. 1 , 1887. arobably there will be a Suit for Dam ages. Greenville News, 16th. S. G. Mayfield, Esq., of this city, was put off the Columbia and Green ille passenger traiu at Pomaria resterday morning on his return rom Charleston. Mr. Mayfield )ought a ticket, the coutract on the ace of which set forth that it must >e dated and countersigned on the -eturn trip of the holder. Mr. May. eld did not have this done, but was assed by the conductor of the train 'rom Charleston to Columbia. Conductor Motte, of the C. & G. rain refused to accept the ticket ithout it was countersigned and it s said that he offered Mr. Mayfield o0 allow him to do this at Belton. Mfr. Mayfield refused to do this, :owever. or to pay the fare, and llowed himself to be put off at Po aria. The other side has not yet been heard from, but it is considered probable that Mr. Mayfield will claim amages from the company for their action in the matter, A Serious Rlow. Obsercer, 15th. On Friday last Mr. James B. Clary, of No. 6 Township, and Cole man Williams, colored, were in town, and had a misunderstanding about a bale of' cotton, They left the cotton in town and returned home together, getting home after night. Just after reaching home they had a difficulty, in which Mr. Clary was badly hurt. Mr. Clary says that w.hen he reach ed home, Williams, who lived a short distance beyond, said -something about wanting his wagon to carry some things bomne. He says the first thing he knew the negro knocked him down trom behind. When he come to himself the negro was sit ting astride him~ and heating him lie called for help and thme negrc ran. Coleman Williams says that Mr. Clary began the attack and struck him over the head with a pistol, and that he strack Clary with hih hand. On Saturday night a party of ter or a dozen whites, including Dr. Senn, Messrs. Tr. P. Pitts, Will Chap pell and A. J, S, Langford, went tc Coeman's house, presumably tc arrest him-it is said that they had warrant for that purpose from Tria: Justice Peterson. M4r. Peterson had issued a warrant. A fight took place and several shots were ex changed. During the fight Cole man wrenched a pistol fromn thme hand of Mr. L1angford, after having used hia own, and opened on the party wtth it. One shot passed througi Mr. Pitts' clothing at the shouder making a slight flesh wound. Cole man was not hit, but in thme mnelet his wife was shot in the foot. On Sunday some of the party swor< out a warrant against Colem~an. anc on Monday Constable iSaxter wen out after ~hi. Ue made no resis tanosi a said he was on his way t< town. HIe is now in jail. Cpoinw, December I5.-An in dustrial school and home for colorem girls will soon be built i'n Camden bh the Womuen's Hlome Mission Societ; of the North. The location is sou: of the negro free school buiilding. WCOLFOLK FOUND GUILTY And Sentenced to be Hanged on Feb ruary 10. MACON, GA., Dec. 15.-The Wool folk trial was concluded to-day. The judge charged the jury at. length, concluding at 12.55, at which time the jury retired. It remained out only fifteen minutes, bringing in A VERDICT OF MURDER. unaccompanied by any recommenda tion. It had no visible effect on Woolfolk, who paled slightly, but did not move a muscle. After the lapse of a short time Judge Gustin pronounced sentence on the prisoner, naming Friday, February 10th, as the day for the execution. The verdict ,has given general satisfac tiou. ASSERTING IllS INNOCENCE. In his statement before sentence Woolfolk asserted his innocence be fore heaven, and said the witnesses had sworn falsely. le seems to be absolutely without nerves. A motion for a new trial will be made at once by his counsel. Tax Query. Laurens Herald. Suppose a man who purchased real estate after it had been returned for taxation, and before the payment of the tax for the fiscal year would it be right for the purchaser to be re quii-ed to pay the tax on the former owner's personal property before he would be allowed to pay the tax upon the land Such is the practice in our county. A few days ago this actually happened to a tax payer of Laurens county. The Treasurer would not apportion the tax of the former owner, and required the purchaser to pay the tax, also, upon the personal property of the former owner upon the ground that the land was bound for the tax upon the per sonal property. Is this just ? We submit that it is not. It is a practice that interferes with the free aliena tion of land. The result is that the land which is permanent property is bound for the tax on personal prop erty, which is in its nature perisha ble, and that, too, whether the land has been bona fide alienated or not, not between the time of assessing and the time of paying taxes. If i this is the proper interpretation of the tax law, a man cannot safely buy land between the months of February and November of any year. We think our Representatives should remedy this hardship of the law at their earliest convenience. We speak of this simply as it is a matter of public interest. If it has affected one citizen it may affect many more. Nor do we say this in a spirit of criticism towards our worthy and efficient treasurer, Mr. J. H. Cope land. It is his duty to follow the law as it is laid down upon the Statute book. Pearlstetne & Karesh Make an Assign 'ment, ORANGEBURG, December 15.-A few days ago Featlstine & Karesh, of Branchville, made an essignment for the benefit of their creditors to W. H-. Reedish. The assets are about $1,000 or $1,500, and liabilities $30,000. This is the most stupend ous failure our country has ever had, and the creditors have had repre sentatives watching every movement. They are making an attempt to set aside the assignment for "crooked. ness." A day, or two ago one of the attorneys for the creditors observed a negro comidg out Karesh's dwell in-g house with a box of tobacco on his shoulder marked 'P. & K." Pur suit was made and the tobacco cap tured, which will be exhibited in court. It seems that a large lot of tobacco was delivered to the firm on the morning the assignment was made. A creditor's meeting is called for to-day in Branchville, but grave doubts are entertained about the fairness of the failure, as all (or at, least a great majority) of the debts were contracted since the late fire in October, when their entire business was burned up. Some of the largest creditors are Charleston merchants. A Selt-Confessed Robber Arrested. CurrnTNOOOA, Dec. 15.-Pearse. the night operator at Spring City, Tenn., who mysteriously disappeared on the night of November 21, was yesterday arrested at Georgetown, Ky., for robbing the Baltimore and Ohio express office at Spring City of a $75 money package. HIe also stole the money order book of the same company at Pachuta, Miss. lie has con fessed his crmes. The Coxe C'ase Decided, The motion for alimony and coun sel fees in the suit of Mrs. Alice C. Coxe, of Charlotte, against her hus band, Frankiin Coxes of New York, for divorce, which was argued in the Brooklyam supreme Court this week, has been decided in favor of Mrs. Coxe. 'The decision of the court is, in brief, that Mrs. Cose is to receive the~ snm af $800 per month during her lifeti me, and that the defendant in the case, Franklin Coxe, will be required to liquidate the expenses of the suit. Mrs. Coxe's counsel asked the court, previous to its decision, for a verdict of $500 per month, and $10,00counsel fees. The suit for absolute divorce, in stituted hy Mrs. Coxe, is to be heard ~in New York on the secomnd Monday in next Eehrnarv-, The Three C's Deposit Money in Bana. AUGUSTA, GA., December 16.--The great Three C's Company has made itself solid in Augusta by depositing enough money in the National Bank to pay off all claims against the Georgia and Carolina Midland, which was recently consolidated with larger company. The surveys will soon be ie-examined, and officials say that work will begin in earnest this time. The people over the river, and especially in old Edgefield, have waited long and patiently for a railroad, and genial Col. Jim Bacon. the vet eran bachelor of South Carolina, promises to marry as soon as he can take a wedding trip out of Edgefield on the steam cars. Several 'achelor editors of Augusta stand :adv to give him a send-off and "usher' in the gallant Colonel and his bride. Fire in St, Augustine. JAcK,o\VI:LE, FLA., December 15.-At two o'clock this afternoon fire broke out in Ilamblin's hardware store at St. Augustine, from explosion in the oil room. The flames spread rapidly to the buildings east and southeast. fanned by a strong wind towards the b.. The losses are : IIamblin & Co.. hardware;building $10.000, stock 100,000; R. H. Gor don's block, loss $',000, both partly insured; Estes & Brown, dry goods, $15.000, insurance $5,000; Paris Brothers, dry goods, $15,000, insur ance $3;000; Aspinwall house, $10, 000, partly insured. T he city market, jail and council chamber, the engine house, Sanchez block and several other buildings were damaged. Total loss $200,000; insurance about $60,. 000. * The burnt portion, south of the plaza, near the sea wall, will he re built in the Cognino, old Spanish and Moorish style. The north side of the plaza, including the old cath edral and St. Augustine hotel, was burned last spring. The old cath edral has been restored. No hotels were destroyed. Railroad Sued for Damares for the G reat Disaster at Kouts Indiana. VALPARIsO, IND., December 14. There have been *docketed at the next term of Foster County Circuit Court the following suits against the Chicago and Atlanta Railroad, grow ing out of the Kouts disaster: An administrator's suit to recover $10, 000 for the deaths of several mem bers of the Miller family; a guardian suit to recover $10,000 for Herman Miller, the injured boy who was the only member of the Miller family saved from the wreck; a suit of the Kouts Hotel proprietor to recovar compensation for the care of the Miller boy; an indictment for invol untary manslaughter against John B. Park and John Dorsey, who are held responsible for the Kouts dis aster, will come up; also a suit brought by Annie Burkhart against the New Albany and Chicago Rail road to recover $10,000 for the death of Andrew Burkhart, her husband, who was killed on the road of that company. Of Interest to Ex-Confederates. Atlanta Constitution. The bill introduced by Senator Gibson to make ex-confederate sol diers eligible to positions in the fed eral army and ~navy ought to become a law. The civil war ended nearly a quar ter of a century ago. Southerners who fought under their flag have been called to some of the most responsi ble civil positions under the govern ment. They have been considered worthy of places on the benchl and in the cabinet. They are not barred out from even the highest offices in the gift of the nation. But the ab surdl and unjust law which prohibits their appointment to positions in the army and navy has remained on the statute books unrepea-led, year after year. It is time to wipe out this last vestige of sectional and partisan hatred. If an ex-con federate is good enough for the civil service of our government he is good enough for its military service, and in the event of a foreign war lie would prove him self a brave and efficient dlefender of the nation's honor and security. There is no.other way of looking at the matter. OFF FOR TEXAS. Thirty-Two I'ers,ons Leave Spartan. burg for the West. SPRTrANIUno, l>ec. 13.-About thirty-two p)ersons left this afternoon on the Air Line train for Texas. Five families and several single young men have gone. These are sorne of our best and most indus trious farmers. They camne to the conclusion that.. they could p)rovide better for their children in the West than here. They will land in a county where improved lands are selling at $35 to $50 an acre. On the other hand a young man has re cently returned to this county. after trying Texas seven or eight years. and be thinks this county will beat T1exas on an average. Thus it goes, and thus it will go on to the end of time. Men are not going to be satisfied with their present place or occupation. They are subject to the great and inexorable law of change as the ocean is. Our Congressman Our conIgressmnan in his patr-iotic ar gument on the tariff question often be cometns hoarse and his voic-e husky. Tay lr's Cherokee Remedy(1 of Sweet Gum and Mullein will relieve him and cure norghs r.un onsuemntin. SHE BLUFFED THE SHERIFF. A (GeorgIa Woman's Shrewdness and Daring Overcome the Minions of the Law ATLANTA, December 13.-Sheriff Scarborough, of Madison County, finds himself in a humiliating pre dicament. He has been duped by a determined woman, who repulsed him and a deputy when they at tempted to take her in custody. At the last term of the Superior Court a judgment was obtained against the woman's husband, John IMoore. for attorney 'es. Mrs. Moore promised to meet L. obligation to-day. Accordingly she met the officer and requested that the plaintiff write a receipt in full, which was done. Mrs. Moore asked to see the receipt herself, She was also permitted to examine the papers in the case. After serutinizing them for some time she lb.oked at the men for a moment, and with the utmost sang froid stuffed the papers into her pocket and drove off. The sheriff swore out a warrant against her. Accompanied by a deputy he pro ceeded to Moore's house to arrest the daring woman. She welcomed them at the front gate with a cocked revolver in her hand and threatened to kill the first man who stepped upon the premises. She was master of the situation and the officers of the law were obliged to retire. Trouble in the Church. ORANGEBURG, December 15.-The Rev. Wm. Sinclair, the late pastor of the colored Congregational church here, wrote a letter to the Times and Democrat, a few days ago, severely denouncing one of the leading lights in the church, Deacon H. S. Dick son, who replied, and says ' the charges are wholly false, and that if the parson was in the jurisdiction of the courts of this State he would be made to answer for libel; but the parson being in North Carolina, he will not prosecute. This affair has put the church in a very awkward position, as Dickson is charged with dishonesty and that he was the means of making several members leave the church, and that he kept others from joining. The Farmers' Movement in Orange burg. ORANGEBURG, Dec. 15.-The farm ers' movement in this county is growing apace, and it is evident that there will be a general turning out of old county officers. Our farmers are not pleased with the present Legis lature. Alabama Prohibitionists. MONTGOMERY, Ala., Dec. 15.-The Alabama State Prohibition Convnn tion met here to-day and elected del egates to the National Convention. The attendance was small. Reso lutions were adopted favoring Clin ton B. Fisk, of New Jersey, for President and J. T. Tanner, of Ala bama, for Vice-President. W1hat Is Fame? Atlanta Constitution. Hion. John L. Sullivan is the toast of the British Isles. After having conquered England, subdued the nobility and had the Prince of Wales at his feet, he has temporarily left that country to make a triumphal tour through Ireland. The news reports of his trip indicate the enthusiasm of the ovation ex tended him on all sides. He was met at Hollyhead by a large dele gation of Dubliners and carried in great style across the Irish sea. On his arrival at Dublin he was greeted by 15,000 people who assembled to catch a glimpse of the far famed champion. He was welcomed to the Irish capital by one of the most in. tensely enthusiastic assemblies ever gathered in the old p)lace, sporting men, merchants, professional men, and the nobility joining hands around him and wildly chanting his praise. On this occasion it is noted that the great pugilist was induced to make a speech. Fortunately, the enterprise of the Dublin press, to which the world owes thanks, pre serves for the pages of history the eloquent words of the eminent Amer ican on that occasion. They are particularly valuable as being the most striking that have ever been uttered in public by the Boston gladiator. They serve their purpose well. The Hon. .John is an orator as wcll as a hitter, and the development of his actual appendage is manifestly commensurate with his physical ability. .Just how long it took the ion. John to prepare his address is not known, but it is probable that the time occupied in his ocean voyage was given to that end. At any rate the address speaks for itself and we are enabled to presont ,it in full ,for the b)enefit of our readers. Following are the words of the Hon. John sten ographically reported and presented in full: "This hearty reception greatly delights me. This is my first visit to Ireland. My father and mother were Irish, and I always aim at upiholding the honor ol the Irish people, who are a brave race. Coming here, I want to show you what I am like and leave it to your own judgmemnt what I am capable of."' As will be observed, the HIon. .Johr has a genuine American sense ' appreciation. After giving due ex pression to this he naturally drifts tc the eloquent mention of the fact that this is his first trip to Ireland; then his touching mention of his parente easily follows. A fter this it is just the thing to proceed with the purpose he ha in making the trip. He wanted to show his ancestral land what the son of his father and mother --was like and what he was capable of." ' Of course the enthusiasm of his hearers knew no bounds. The rumor that the masterly address had been prepared for him before leaving America by the Hon. Amos J. Cm mings, M. C., of the New York Sun, had not reached his hearers, and if it had their ardor would not have been dampened, for Amos himself is of Irish Georgia descent. Our congratulations go out to the Hon. John. America's fair name will be nobly protected in his hands. THE BUTLERS OF CAROLINA. Pen Portraits of Senator Butler's Daughters- 9 The Family and its Ar.cestry. I A Washington correspondent of the New York World gives a long 9 list, illustrated with portraits, of the 1 "buds" who will enter Washington society this winter. He says: Senator Butler, of South Carolina, t is one of the most courtly and hand. some men in the United States Senate. and his daughters will be among the brightest of the rose-buds of the capital this winter. Miss Marie Butler had just a taste of Washington society last season, and Miss Elise will make her first appear. ance on New Year's. They both seem very pretty. Miss Marie is very stylish and highly accomplished. She speaks French fluently, and, like her sister Elise, is very fond of horseback riding. The picture I give you of her is an equestrian one, and it is taken from an instantaneous photograph of her seated on her favorite horse, Frisette, while stand. ing in one of the roads of the family estate, East Hill, near Edgefield, S. C. Mv picture of Elise, who is a little more of a rose.bud than Marie, was taken at the same time, and'it repre sents her in riding costume, but does not show forth the full beauty of her features. Miss Elise Butler is a beautiful girl. She is of medium height, well formed and her large blue eyes look out over fair "cheeks, rosy with c olor. Like her sister Marie, she is a good French scholar. ,t and she will be, as Marie was last winter, very popular with the diplo mats. She is fond of reading, and is an accomplished talker. ":2e Wash ington home of the Butlers is in the most fashionable quarter of the city. It is within a stone's throw of the 1 British legatiori, not far from Blaine's house, facing*Dupont circlp, and just around the corner from where Secre tary Manning lived last winter and where the Count Mitkiewicz lives now. It is a red pressed brick, bearing the number 1,781 P street, and is very comfortably furnished. Mrs. Butler comes of one of the beet families of the Palmetto State, and as for the Senator, his ancestors were 2 the Dukes of Ormond, one ot whom was lieutenant general of the Royal troops during the Irish insurrection or 1641, and who was Lord Lieuten ant of Ireland in 1644. He stuck ' to the Crown when Cromwe.ll seizedI the government. He proclaimed Charles II in Ireland and made an unsuccessful attempt to captura Dublin in 1649. Cromwell, however, drove him out of Ireland during the following year, and Charles lII made him a duke when he came into power. The man's name was James Butler Ormond, and one of his descendants, Pierce Butler, who was a third son of Sir Richard Butler, of Ireland, came. to this country as a Major in the British army. He resigned, however, befor: the revolution and settled in Charleston, and it is from him, 1 think, that the present Butler family originates. He was a member of the first United States Senate, and one of his sons married Miss Fanny Kemble, the actress. The paternal grandfather of the Misses Butler was in Congress, one of their granduncles was an officer in the American army and was killed in the Mexican war, and another granduncle was the United States Senator in defence of whom Preston M. Brooks, a relative, assaulted Charles Sumner, inasmuch as Senator Butler was not at Wash *ington at the time Sumner's attack upon him in the Senate was made. Senator Butler's mother was a Perry, and she was the youngest sister of Commodore Oliver H. Perry, the hero of the battle of Lake Erie. Probable MIurder of Dr. 3Manly. LoUtsvILLE, KY., December 16. The Rev. Dr. Basil Manly, professor in the Baptist Theological Seminary of this city, and one of the most prominent Baptist divines in the South, was assaulted by two masked men, in the suburbs at dusk yester day, and was probably fatally in jured. The purpose of the men was probably robbery. IDeath of' a Stallion. ERsAILLEs, Krv., December 15. Messenger Chief. a noted trotting stallion, died.from rupture last night. IIe was a bay horse, foaled in 1870 by'Abdallah Pilot, dam by Mamn brino Messenger, and is sire of Maud Messenger, 2:16.1. and others. He was owned by George A. Singerly, editor of the Philadelphia Record, who paid $16,000 for him and valued him at $20,000. Nothing More Dangerous "T1han a neglected cough,'' is what D)r. J. F. IIammond, professor ini the Electical Medical College, sas "and as a preventive remedy and a curative Iagent, I cheerfully recominend TJ'ylor's I Cherokee Remedy o! Sweet Gum and SlnIllini GENERAL SALUTATION. he New Texas Editor Gives His Readers Timely Warning. Texas Siftings. The Texas journalist, who had een summer-fallowing himself on a tock ranch for a couple of years, uddenly ~assumed control of a coun ry weekly, and in the first issue fter he struck the quarter-deck he ublished a small and unpretentious ard, in which he said. "The former editor of this sheet 3 practically and politically dead, ut the Sausage still survives. It is ast as well, though, and a mighty ight better, as I am a hoss at editin' ,nd sling one of the most caustic .nd fluentest quills West of the Red liver. I have a record behind me 'hich doesn't need a coat of white rash every spring like that other ed tor which recently peyunked and rawed out of the game. "At gitten up obituaries I'm a ossel' top, and if there's any hitch in he program I can generally furnish fresh corpse on short notice, and at he usual slight advance or cost of nsertion. I merely throw this out .s a feeler to the opposishun, which I Lear is massing its forces agin me nd my paper, and by the freckled aced, bow-legged, cock-eyed gods of var, there'll be a power of high-priced pera music floating in the air if any f them try to climb me. "If there is enny cote house ring n this sweet-scented locality, I'll it on to it, sure as you're a foot iigh. If there is to be any munkey ng with the free-born untrammeled ountry delegates to the next county ,onvention, I'll be there, with my ace washed and my hair combed )ack of my ears. "I've licked many a good man, and ['ve been lickad once or twice in my rarieagated career, but I've always ioticed that them fellers who whipped ne were not the same men afterward, and drooped along for awhile like a sunstruck tomato vine, and finally Iropped into the grave with a dull hud, having kinder outlived their isefulness. I want it distinctly remembered hat I'm in from the back counties, d ain't up to the cote etiket of the trawberry blondee or the' pulpy lude. If I make any miscues it will ye more an error of the head than the ieart; but, for all that, I propose to un a jam up, sizzing hot, nifty little >aper, and move along with the best ind of harmony. But if harmony >ucks,- and tries to do any dirt on e, harmony will have to git off the rack and leave me-glide right inter he confidence of the public. "If this journal says anything out >f the way and grieves any mottle aced tender foot, remember I'm the nan he wants to see about it ! Chere ain't no back stairs or back vindows to this sanctum sanct.orium. 'm always in. I'm always on the ripod, and now with these few brief -emarks, I c6rdially invite every >ody's co-operation and subscrip ,ions. The tone of this paper will be >ure in sentiment, chaste in expres ion typographically bang-up and ielirious." Two Unlucky Jurors. .Obscrrer 15th. Juror Win. H. Wendt spent Tues lay night at Mr. Ledford Cromner's, sout two miles from town. During ~he night some one stole his horse Erm the stable and carried it off. The saddle and bridle were in the house, and the thief took an old hal er and a rope that were in the lot. Mr. Wendt bought the horse about a week ago. It is a small sorrel mare, with a blaze face. Juror Andrew J. Bedenbaugh reached his home near Pomnaria, on Tuesday night a short time after his family had eaten supper. After the cook had prepared supper for him she went out into the yard to take in the family washing that she had hung out to dry, and found that about $15 worth had.been stolen, including the new winter flannels of Mr Beden baugh and family. Mr. Wendt found his horse yester. day not far from Mr. Louis Perkins'. It looked as if it had been ridden a good distance. It was making its way toward home. Mr. Bedenbaugh has heard not h. ing from his stolen property. POMARIA. The public school at Wheelei Academy, No. 10 township, opened on Monday, Dec. 5, with 18 schol ars. Mr. E'dore Wessinger, o1 Lexington County, being elected at teacher. The saw-mill of Wedaman & Ber ley's has been completed, but on account of cotton-ginning very litthi sawing has been done yet. Tfhe sweet-potatoes of this sectioi are rotting very badly. It is feared that seed te plant next Spring wil be scarce. Small grain is looking very nice The farmers did not sow much oats this fall. Mr. Hennessey, of Prosperity built a chimney to Mr. J. D. Sheeleys residence last week. Among our visitors I may mentiot Miss Fannie Riser, of Newberry airs. Mary Boinest, of Prosperity and Miss Ida Counts, of Walton. Mr. J. D. Wedaman lost two very ine hogs last. week. Disease un known. Mr. Wedaman had jusi killed three shortly before and was going to kill these in a few days, bul deat bea himto i. t JUNIUS E. CHAPMAN. A Fitting Tribute to A Noble Man. Orlando, Fla. Sentind. Scarcely have we ever been called upon to chronicle the death of any one who was a nobler specimen of manhood or who was more univer sally esteemed and honored than the subject of this brief sketch. Junius E. Chapman is dead; after a brief illness lasting only about five days he closed his eyes to all earth ly things last Sunday morning and - his Christian soul took its flight to other and better worlds. No death has ever occur.red in our-nidst that was more deeply or mor-. generally regretted than his. His place at the fireside can never be filled; his church feels her affliction by his death and looks around in vain to - find one to supply his place in her Sunday school; his employer does not look for or expect to find one to fill the. place he so long occupied in his store; his associates and friends find a vacancy in their social pleas ures that none but Junius E. Chap man could supply; the afflicted wife-a wife of only two short months-is crushed by the loss that knows no equal; and the sweet fatherless and motherless children 'four bright and beautiful girls from seven to fifte'en years of age mourn in untold agony the death of him whom they loved and hon ored so much. fruly was he a model Christian, a model cotran ion, a model business man, a model husband and a model father-the highest tributes attainable by man. He was genero..s and charitable to - all-kind to a fault-always cheer ful-never displaying bad temper under'the most trying circanstan ces-and in every particular-a gen- r tleman that had few equals and no superiors. Mr. Chapman came to Orlando in 1884 from his native town, New berry, S. C., at which place he was salesman for one. of the leading business houses of that place for over eight years; he came to Orlan do to accept a position with Messrs. C. A. Boone & Co., with whom he remained until his . death. , NoJ salesman was e'ier esteemed more highly by hi employer than was Mr. Chapman, and scarcely anyone feels his loss .lore keenly than does Mr. Boone, ;lis employer. .Mr. Chapman P married a second time on the 6th-of last Octobe to r bMiss An-:a B. Kinkead. a mos.: excellent 'and accomplished from Columbia, S. C., formerly of Brooklyn, N. Y.;.he had but a t short time before completed one. of the prettiest homes in Orlando' and nothing but a beautiful, pros- - perous and, happy life seemed to: spread out befere him. He was a member of the Lutheran church, but as there is no church of this de nomination in Orlando he hadbeenl an energetic co-operator with the Presbyterian ever since he came to Orlando. He was one of the motY highly prized Sunday-school teach ers and in every particalar a most valuable co-worker. He was a member of the Knights of Honor, ~ the Knights and. Ladies of Honor, and the Masonic fraternity. His life was insured in the Mutual Life ~ Insurancc Company, of New York, for $3,000 arid it is possible that he ' had other insurance in iodgesto the amount of $2,000. WVe are proud to be able to state that he left his family in comfortable circumstan ces, so great was his wisdom while ~ he lived. His funeral took place on Monday afternoon at the Methodist church, after which his remains were interred in the city cemetery. It was one of the largest attended funerals ever held in Orlando. So Long Unknown. "Thinge are not what they seem,"~ and neither are men, sometimes. It was our good fortune to meet, re cently,.in the city of Augusta-but for a~few moments only, we regret to say-our esteemed brother McLenna of the Edgefield i mnitor. We recognized in the "Old Captain' theA genial, courteous gentleman. hat. little thought we, at the time, that we stood in the presence of one upon whom had i breathedi so gently the Muses, a poet ! In speaking of an amendment offered to a bill in the House, recently, to protect the opossum our brother discourses "thuslv:" A pleasant though* it is to know The average legislator, Fat'or lean, cannot forego, 1his 'possum and his 'tater. Further on. in speaking of a bill providing for special tax on dog which was defeated, brother McLenna . --still under the divine afflatus says . They had a fine exchange of words, Then did their wisdom biossom. For, don't you see, without the dogs, Blow would they catch the possum? For pathos and ''possum" we have never seen this excelled.-Bruntson (Hmrptoni Co.) Herald, Say, reader, what is fame? Is it to be A poet, "born, not made," r.o long unknown? Near three score years ! and now. alas, to see A brot her editor, right at our home, Did know u.s not as much ! what must we do? Is it for this we've labored-useless toil To gain the poet's nich?-How sad to woo The muse for naught; time lost, and mid nightoil. What's "wasted fragrance on the desert air !" The bright, sweet flowers, they do not know it, They feel not the poignancy of despair That wrings the soul of this sad-eyed poet To know his "gems of purest THOuGHTS se That hb.ein rhyme so oft been cast about, No good brother. w4illiams had ne'er been seen . Yet-happy thought!-at last he's found us out. cold Wether BnvlenJice. Why is cold weather productive of a benevolence ? It makes people put thefr hands in their pockets. It also produces coghs, colds and croap. Take Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and. Mnilin.