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':vTHE COUNTY RECORD V- ^ KiflGSTREE, S. C. \ LOUIS J. BR1STOW, Krt. & I'ropV . ? 111 i. i . i. > ill am in Happenings and Incidents in the Old Palmetto State. V' OUR RAILROAD EARNINGS. Chester's New Churches?Furman's President-elect Accepts ? Charles- j jj 4 wu w novo m vmttuvu* r The comparative table of earnings and tonnage of the railroads for the month of May has just been issued by the railnoad oommission. The total net earn- | > ings of all the roads were $593,431.02 in ; 1997 against $515,423.60 for the same i r mouth in 1896, showing an increase of j i , #78,567.95. The per oentage of net I r earnings was 15.13. The table shows that the freight increased 39,172 tons. J The passenger receipts for all the roads : tf in 1897 was $164,679.82, and for the aame month in 1896 it was $158,619.26, ! an increase in earnings of $6,060.06. ! The earnings of the South Carolina and Georgia was $75,474.03 in May, 1897, ; compared with $55,832.22 for 1896, show- i ing an increase of $19,642.71; Charleston { and Western Carolina in 1807, $50,v4' 991.88, against $33,935.18, increase of c $11,867.20; Seaboard Air Line in 1897, i $60,867.20, against $49,587.50, increase | $10.779.70; Southern Railway, in 1897, $83; 521.18, against ?72,983.57, increase $9,537.55. ?? ? | Charleston is to very soon hare a garrison. The following from the last issue of the Army and Navy Register ' concerning it will prove interesting: j " j<L "Qj?e battery of artillery from St. j WmTi Francis barracks is to be ordered to - Pain van's Island, Charleston harbor. | Yu The battery which is to take station j " there is to be designated by the de- j paslment commander." The depart-: . ' asent el the east, in which Charleston lies, in commanded by Major General 'Thomas H. Roger, whose headquarters are oh Governor's Island, New I Teek harbor. Si Francis barracks are , - in Jacksonville, Fla., and Batteries C. and M. of the First regiment of artilkry are stationed there. It is one of v these batteries that will garrison Fort Movltrie on Sullivan's Island. General Bagel will designate which one. Who will snooeed Norton? This is | the question which is agitating the minds of the people of the State at present. For this place three names have been prominently mentioned, . Chief Clerk J. P. Derham, in the * Comptroller's department; Sheriff D. J, I Brarinaiw, of Manning, and Mr. W. H. ni& -VIB II ? lAmM> nf th<? KlaU Board of Control. Each of these three name* were strong supporters of Geuerab Morton fa his candidacy for Conera*. As Governor Ellerbe appoints ?the aaoeossor and as he is ont of the ejty it is impossible to learn who he * favors. It has been intimated that the v-a>prtnln weald come from Spar tan * borgoounty and not from the Pee Dee eotm of the State.?The State. ; ' ... The new $12,000 Associate Deformed ohnrehin Chester is rapidly nearing completion and -a grand ana beautiful atrnctaue will fill the vacant lot on the : : corner of Main and Wylie streets when v it is finished. The Methodists have commenced work on their $15,000 A " ehorehand hope to have the choroh f - and^new ^ parsonag e completed by the W f ' Btr. Henry S. Hartsog, principal of StjA the Johnston High School, has been elected president.ef Clemson College. He is about 88 years of age and was for I ' a few yours engaged in the Baptist ministry. He is a native of Barnwell county, and went mm m cadet to the ^Booth GaroHna Miiitargr Academy from Bp* I 4 I?chtac,inr ihe paatiew years. ~ * * A telegram 1mm been received by Dr. ' A, J. &, '^mwum, acting secretary of ' lB? board of trustees of Purman University from Dr. A P. ^MonUnufc, aotr. Aa ta|pHpls are delighted with the tfaito, and the people of GreenTil leunife With the University author8? ffu^ftfee h| QpyratTilatinni. Dr. Montague aad^hia^IanMJy willGreenville k- To?ph Coaler, an Aged white man, supposedly hailing from North Caroa pauper in the Richwba oounij almshouse with $221 ini aMakioosly eonoealed about hie person. Bf wax tamed by the eennty and hie V . ' money pat in the bank until parties enky. * titfeffl> ft shall be ascertained. ew '?*> ' >M 3 . . The South Carolina Loan and Indus' trial Association, which did an insur\ an? buslnses in Columbia for several months, has ?ased to write business for some time, bat in order to protect K its patrons it reinsured them in the % Home Pnendly at Baltimore. L Two car-load* of bananas mere re* V* + .'-A- Ot?l.-i 1?** nwa aammwa uw vuhkswu iui 0 wahfrom Mobile, Ala., on account of ? tU strict quarantiae the city has adoptJ" #d against the yellow fever stncfcaa dIttriots: ' _ Marshal P. DeBruhl has been elected to the vacant seat in the House of Representatives, from Abbeville, over Wm. H. Graydon. In Spartanburg county West was elected to fill the vacancy in ^ $ the Tmgi>'V"ra over Pollard. ' At BeawCert, George Green was eonv ,wiete4 of the murder of Sam Davis, and . sentenced to death by J udge Gary, who, with feeling remarks to the prisoner, doomed him to he hanged on Friday, October 15. -I notice that a patriotic young woman has Joined the (ireek army." "Well, in that eostume I don't see how they distinguish her f?xm the men." "That's easy enough. She can't run as feet in skirts as they r.ao,"--ClevijJaod JPlaia Dealer. a- . | ? 4 iL; - HI ill TAKES. | Columbia Has an Important Case j Decided in Her Favor, SHE CAN NOW COLLECT $1,300 i Prom the Southern Railroad on Sid* Tracks Within Her Limits for Tuxes of 1806. The Supreme Court has filed an opinion iu the important case of the South srn railway against me c?y ui tu.umbia in favor of the city. The question involved was the right of the city iotax the sidetracks within its limits. Under the charter of Columbia the :ity officials assess the value of the oiain line and side tracks of each ruilroad entering the city. The Southern Railway Company claimed that the city authorities shoud accept the valuation fixed by the State board of asseslors. In arriving at the value per mile of road the State board of assessors take the aggregate value of sidetracks and prorates it per mile of mam line, in this way the cities and towns are deprived Df the municipal tax upon the sidetracks within their limits. In this particular sase the city of Columbia levied taxes Dn twelve miles of the Southern's sidetracks, amounting to $1,800, which the Southern refused to pav. This affects only the taxes of 1896, for under the new Constitution all taxes are levied upon the State and couuty valuations. The petitioners prayed for a writ of mandamus by which the city officials should be required to receive the assess dents of the State board of assessors on three and a quarter in ilea of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta road at $13,000 per mile, one mile of the Columbia and Greenville railroad at$10,000 per mile in lieu of the assessment of the city whioh included twelve miles of sidetrack within the city at $^, '>oo per mile. Judge Ernest Gary denied the writ and tne city was permitted to assess the side tracks. The Southern railway appealed on eight grounds. After reciting these in detail and quoting the law, Justice Pope goes on to hold; "Now, it is apparent from the sections that everything of value belonging to a railroad is included in ascertaining its value and that this value is apportioned to each mile of the main track of the railroad. Hence, when a mile of main track is taxed, such tax includes the value not only of the mile of main track but also all other taxable ? L JI J; ik. properly Ol Bucn roau accoruiug iv ius plan adopted in section 236. "This plan of assessment is fair and S* ist But we are bound to admit that om a scrutiny of the sections wo have mentioned, 216 to 316, it appears that the assessment here provided has reference only to that for the levy for State and county taxes, or to be more exact the taxes to be collected by the treasurers of the respective counties of the State. There is nothing herein contained which makes the assessments herein provided fcr applicable to cities, towns or villages authorized by law to assess property within said cities, towns and villages for local taxation. It is true in Stats ex relations Ross vs. Kelly, 23 S. E. Reporter, 281, this court held that the city auditor of the city of Charleston was compelled to make the assessments of taxable property in that city from the assessment of such property for taxa ation as made by the auditor of Charleston oonnty for State and county taxes, but that result was reached and so announced in the opinion prepared by Mr. Justice Gary because although the State Constitution had empowered the general assembly to vest the power to assess and collect taxes in cities, towns and-other municipal corporations no suoh power had been conferred either by a general or special act upon said city of Charleston. We shall see later on that the general assembly has clothed the city of Columbia with the power to levy and assess property for taxation ana collect taxes. This is somewhat of a digression. We meant to confine onraelveB to stating how this State Board of Assessors provided in their duties and the extension limits fixed by law for the assessment of the property of railroads for taxation and that this assessment as therein provided did not relate to taxes to be assessed and collected for cities, towns and villages for the purposes of such municipal corporations, bat to taxation for State and oounty purposes. "We will next consider the power of -the city -of Columbia to assess property within the eorporate limits of said city for taxation for the purpose of such municipal corporation. It is well always to hear in mind when considering the powet of a municipal corporation to levy and collect taxes that no sueh power is inherent in sack corporations. The general assembly of the State is alone invested, under the Constitution of 1868 with the power to levy and collect taxes, but that Constitution did clothe the general assembly with authority to delegate this taxing power to a city, town or village, etc. The aot of 1898 (21 statute at large, 678,) amongst other things provides: "That any mid all persons or corporations owning or having charge as agent, trustee, executor or administrator of property, either real or personal or both are liable for taxation by and withm the city of Colombia shall make disoovery and return of said property nn or h?fnrA the 1,1th dav of Sentember each year upon oath or affirmation to the clerk and treasurer of said city and shall make payment of all taxes levied and assessed upon the said property to the clerk and treasurer of said citv of Columbia according to hie assessed value thereof, etc. "There is no claim by the appellant j that the language of the act of 1893 needs any construction to ascertain its ' meaning, but he insists that section ' 230 of the revised statutes of this State must be held to subordinate the assess-j meat by the city for its purposes to that assessment of railroad property provided iu the section 230 for State and county taxes. "We agree with the circuit judge, when he says: 'In toy opinion the I city authorities of the city of Columbia I under the said act (1893) and under other provisions of its charter had a I ? / .* *1y V . - right during the year 1895 to make an i assessment upon the property of the j petitioner's company at a valua- j tion fixed by the city clerl* and treasurer of the city of Columbia, although such valuation was higher than the valuation as fixed and determined by the State board of assessors because even if the provisions of the revised statutes ;i893) as they appear in article 6 were enacted as a general law referring to returns and assessments for taxation for all purposes, including munioipal taxation, yet, I think, the act of 1893, amending the charter of the city of Columbia, having passed subsequently to this genet al law, save the city authorities of the citv of Columbia the right which they claim of making a different and a higher valuation ana assessment and 1 hold that the valuation and assessment made by them of the property of the petitioner is legal." "it is the judgment of this court that Via iiiflrr,n?nt nf f'iroilit Prvnrt. lio affirmed. " The dissenting opinion by Chief Justice McJver is as follows: "For the reasons indicated in my separate opinion in the case of Ross vs. Kelley, 4(5 S. C., p. 463, and repeated in an opinion (not yet tiled) in the very recent case of Germania Savings Bank vs. the town of Darlington. I cannot concur in the conclusions reached by Mr. Justice Pope in this case. On the contrary, I am entirely satisfied that under the provisions of the Constitution of 1868, by which this case must be tested, there can be but one lawful assessment of property for taxation whether for State, county or municipal purposes, and that assessment must necessarily conform to the assessment made by the proper officers for State and county taxation. PITCHED BATTLE IN A CHURCH. Negroes Use Clubs, Razors and Guns With Deadly Eftect. A riot took place at a negro chnrch fourteen miles from Walballa, Oconee oounty, in which one man was killed outright, four others wounded and several more injured. A big revival was in progress and a gang of heavily armed negroes went across the country from Anderson county with a iarge supply of liquor, determined to run the meeting. The majority of the men got drunk. Wher the lighting Jirst began sticks were used, then razors and pistols. The sheriff at Oconee was telegraphed for. He collected a posse and nurried to the spot, arresting six of the participants. Several of the ringleaders fled and are being pursued by a squad of deputies. Itazors were freely used and the church wap bloody as a shamble. The sir prisoners were loaded with firearms, having fully a dozen pistols between them. IS LOW TO "OKIU1NALS." The Coast Line Win Handle No Such Freight. wnen me original package ousiueao was first started in Columbia The Keg ister auuouuced that the railroads would not accept shipments made in keeping with Judge Simonton's orders. Luter, some of the railroads receded from the generally understood agreement, but it appears that the Atlantic Coast Line has invariably refused to handle such business except under compulsion. From a a authoritative source, the Register learns that under the traffic association regulations, the Coast Line was compelled to haul some cars offered toil by connecting lines, though as a business matter, the company did 1 not desire to do bo, as the Register's informant learns. This, however, is preliminary to the statement of the fact that this company will under no circumstance handle such shipments. It is learned that circulars to this effect have been seat to all agents of the company in the State. So far as could be learned, the circulars instruct agents'to ship no liquors to or beyond their stations, unless they have the stamp of the board of control upon them. Another requires freight on all liquor shipped from Beyond the State into it, i to be paid ;in advance. The third is the most important, in that it states that the legal department of the company advises that the comIiany will be liable for damages for breakage of such shipments whether released or not and positive instructions are therefore given that such freight shall not be accepted or handled. It is stated that other railroads will take similar action, and if they do, the original package business will be most eenously interfered with. Several of the original package men of this city were seen after the news of the refusal of the railroads to take shipments in bulk was made known, says the Spartanburg Herald. "Ourhouses cau charter a car." said [ one, "and pack liquor in that car in any way they see fit. They will charter cars and ship in carload lots. If this determination is adhered to by all roads the original package stores are here to stay so long as the courts decide we can sell." "One of the men I represent told me he was satisfied with a profit of 2o cents on the gallon and would compete with the dispensary on that basis bej fore he would quit." ? j at?A :* ADOiuer Ha^geBMu iuit ncu u >u? liqaor could not be bought in car-load lots, Sparti.nburg stores. would continue wide open. The North Carolina line in but one day's journey and the whiskey could be hauled in cotton seed hulls in wagons. The dealers do not seem to be disconcerted in the least, and say they will sell if they have to box each half pint so long as the dispensary runs. The Register says the Florida Cen-, tral and i'eninsular railway intends to haul original packages i i the same way they have heretofore, so far as their line extends. This company, it is learned from a reliabie source, propose to handle the stuff on the points along its line, but they will not transfer to other companies beyond their line or accept similar shipments from connecting lines. Shipments can be handled from Savannah. He Xnew^lpa Han. Jack?Let me hold your hand when we go to ask your ftttir. for his blesstog JSu May-Why? - jcyJack?Unless I ^ol<^ a good hand he rosy try to bluff uw gut,~Truth. A > r ' ? ' - v. . . * ? < sp A GREAT DISCOVERY. I A Cheap Process Whereby Water May Be Rendered Absolutely F'ree of i Disease Germ*. . | One of the greatest blessings that could be conferred on a vast majority of the people of this country, to say nothing of other people, would be any simple and cheap means, of ready operation, which would render their drinkin^ wafpr ^?rtainlv innnftUOUS. Such a device ia needed in cities, towns and rural distiicta alike. Cheap "filters are worse than none, and elaborate ones are beyond the popular reach, artesian wells are comparatively scarce and no other source of water is certainly above suspicion. What is wanted is some means that can be quickly applied anywhere and that will afiord positive assurance of its effectiveness for the destruction of amy germs of disease which may be present in the water to which it is applied. The Literary Digest states, on the authority of the Popular Science News, that such means have been found and tested with results which are conclusive of its eficacy. Prof. Bilalik, it reports, says that water may be "sterilized in five minutes" by adding bromin to it, and that the bromin may be then neutralized by adding ammonia. "The river water of Boston has been tested two hundred times," and after being treated with bromin and ammonia it was found that "all germs of disease were destroyed?including these of cholera and typhoid." A gallon of water, it is explained, may be sterilized by this agency as follows: "First add to it three drops of the following solution: Water 1,000 parts, bromin 20 parts, potassium bromid 20 parts; and then, after five minutes, add three drops of a 9 per cent, solution of ammonia." The process, it is added, "is recommended as a rapid, cheap and effective way to sterilize "drinking water for armies, on board of ship, in unhealthy localities and for medical and 6urgical purposes." We commend the matter to the attention of chemists, physicians and sanitary experts and authorities generally in this Stat* and throughout the South for their investigation. If there is any doubt about the efficacy of the plan, or any objection to the use of water so treated, the facts should be made known. It is to be assumed, of course, that the plan would not be published and recommended for adoption if it were of doubtful operation or injurious in any degree in operation; but it would be reassuring to have it approved by local scientific and medical authorities. And if it should be tested and sanctioned by them it should receive the widest possible advertisement in order to its general adoption. It is difficult to conceive of a discovery that would be of more service, and that would save more health, expense and suffering to all classes of our people. The solutions, as will be noted, are used most sparingly?ten drops of the two to a gallon of water to be treated. A quart would last a year. The device is "cheap" enough, certainly. It taken effect in a few minutes, there is no long delay to discourage its use or to afford an excuse for not using it It should be employed in every household that is depend jnt on other than artesian water for its drinking supply. It will make regions that are now waste habitable. It should eliminate "country" fever and "malarial" fever from farms and villages that have always been subject to them in the summer and fall. It should make typhoid fever impossible of occurrence in any place. It is well worth all the attention that can be given to it by the health Authorities to determine whether or n it it will justify the claim* made for it. "News and Courier. WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN. Young Cottcn Bolls Shedding on Account of the Dry Weather. The following is Observer Bauer's Weekly Crop Bulletin for the week ending Sept 14th: The reportf on cotton would indicate a further decline in condition due to the dry weather which caused young bolls to shed freely over the western connties, where,- until recentlv, the plant v.m/1 ?AT,Hnnn,l to frnit and where it is yet in places jutting on fruit sparingly, but not generally. There are reports of a small "top-crop" over the extreme northwestern counties, but over the larger portion of the btate those bolls and squares that usually form the "topcrop" all shed off during and following the August reins. Over the eastern counties generally and over a lai ge portion of the western conn ties cotton is opening rapidly, in places prematurely, and in Berkeley, Marion, Orangeburg, Bamberg and contiguous counties from half to threefourths, or more, of the bolls are open. in one locality in Berkely 70 per cent, is already gathered. In the eastern counties the plant is apparently dead, cam e l by rust, which developed over large areas during the latter part of August. Many fields look as if seared by frost Under thi> prevailing favorable weather conditions, picking made rapid progress. Sea island cotton has not shared in the deteriorat on, on the contrary improved in condition during the week. The dry weather injured late corn to some extent, but permitted fodder to be saved in gcod condition. Some corn has been gathered. bweet potat >es look and yield well generally, but rain is needed for late plantings. Kico Harvesting has made great -1-;-1 '? i'?ll itnti on/t ?l?avKprA ill tllfl eUluca iii wiicivu wu%% ~ rice districts, ami thieshing has bcguu generally. Upland rice in Pickens would be f>enefitted by rain. in placeu turnips seem to stand the dry weather, but generally the young plants were killed by the hot sun, and Ileitis will have to bo resown. It was an extremely favorable week for curing pea vine aud other hay and much was tavid. Peas generally fruiting well but shedding their leaves freely. Sorghum an 1 sugar cane maintain their excellent condition and syrupmaking continues. 1 astures and. gardens are parched. Peanuts yielding well. Tobacco being freely marketed. Late apples plentiful and of good quality in Saluda. Scuppernong grapes plentiful. Fall ! plowing continues in the truck raising distriffc- ?... I ' ' * " ' ' ' ' ' ' " fm? Georgian of Long Ago Now Living | in Tennessee. HE ASKS ABOUT CHEROKEES. Remembers Boudinot and When a Boy Played About in the Indiana* Printing Office. I thought that almost everybody was dead but me, especially since Judge Clark died, the man of memories, the historian, the jurist, the amiable and loveable citizen. I want his book as soon as Mrs. Wyly has it published. I know it will be a treasure to the old I nonnla and nVirillld hA tf? tllfi VOUniT. I fr/wp.w, ? ? - - w thought that all my contemporaries who were familiar with the public affairs of fifty and sixty years ago were dead, but I was mistaken. Quite a flood of historic letters have come to me of late from venerable and scholarly men who have awakened from their long retirement and write me some most interesting recollections of men and events of bygone days. What careful, artistic penmanship illumines most of these letters, reminding me of my father's, and John McPherson Berrien's, and Henry R. Jackson's and others who were trained to write by the schoolmasters of the olden time. Here is a long and scholarly letter from Mr. S. P. Kale, of Madisonville, Tenn., who is now in his seventy-fourth year, and whose father was an officer in the army that moved the Cherokees beyond the Mississippi river. It took many months for the soliers to gather these Indians together, for they kept in hiding as long as possible, and while this was going on Mr. Hale's father and his family were located at New Echota, in what is now Gordon county. "We lived, says Mr. Hale, "in a houso that my father rented from Boudinot and he purchased from him many articles of handsomo furniture, among which was a heavy,folding leaf dining table made of cherry wood and finished in artistic style. This table has been in the family ever since and is now in mv house, and on it we eat our humble meals three times a day. I prize it highly as a souvenir of my childhood, for I was then only twelve years old. I remember well seeing Mr. Boudinot and John Bidge and other notable Indians in conference there. Ridge was tall, erect and copper-colored; noseequiline, eyes black and piercing and hair straight, black and coarse. He dressed like a white man and spoke broken English fluently. His father was an Indian, his mother was a halfbreed, and he was educated at a Moravian mis sion school. "Boudinot was not so tall, but was a heavier, broader man with attractive features and polished manners. He dressed stylishly, wore a tall silk hat and spoke English in its parity. He published a newspaper at New Echota iu the Indian dialect and we boys did often play with the type. Boudinot, whose Indian name was Charles Vann, was of mixed blood, and while at the mission sohool attraoted the attention of Elias Boudinot, a wealthy gentleman of Philadelphia, who adopted him and gave him his Huguenot name. This is the same Philanthropist who was the founder and first president of the American Bible Society and gave it $10,000 to start on. His will contained many bequests to charity and among them one of $2,000 to provide spectacles for poor old women. "But can you tell me anything of Paschal?Lieutenant Paschal. I think he was a Georgian. He was tfyere at New Echota od General Wood's staff as aid de camp and came there "with Captain Derrick's company from Dahlonega. He fell desperately in love with John Ridge's only daughter, Sarah, a beautiful and lovely girl, and the best horsewoman I ever saw. He oourted her and married her there. They spent some time at our house and their marriage was quite a romantic episode in our monotonous life. During their courtship she one day expressed a desire to ride my father's horse, ' 'Muckle John," a steed of blood and mettle. My father reluctantly consented and for her safety had a bridle with a very severe bit put on him. Pasohal was mounted on a fast Indian pony and ? j ?* .:_vi tney were soon iw^y ?uu uut ui D?uk They rode five or six milea to the big spring, end when about to return, the happy, laughing girl proposed to swap bridles and let Muckle John go as fast as he pleased. Paschal tried to exchange without her dismounting, but the moment Muckle John found his mouth free he gave a snort and started home on a wild canter. In vain did Paschal trv to override his sweetheart It was a John Oil pin race and Muckle John never slackened his speed until he reached the horse block where his rider had mounted. She was wild with laughter and excitement and declared it was the finest ride of her life and that when the horse got tired she (ashed him on. But poor Paschal did not for a loner time recover from the shock for he feared be would never see his darling alive any more. "Parchal and his bride went West, and many years ago I read something about a Judge Parschal out in Texas. Is he the same man?" I suppose that he war, for Paschal did live in Texas several years and published a paper in Austin, and in 1859 contributed largely to the election of his friend, Sam Houston, 'as goyer nor. He settled first in Arkiasas and practiced law and soon won distinction and was elected judge of t^e Supreme Court in 1841. In 1800 ho removed to Washington citj and founded the law department of Georgetown university and became its president and there received the degree of LL. D. Ho published and compiled many law books and also wrote a biography df General Sam Honston. It is with nride that we give this sketch of this notable and gifted man, for he was a Georgian born in Greene county, educated at Mercer and admitted to the bar in 1832 at Washington in Wilkes county. Re died in 1878. I wonder if there were any quadroon children born to his Indian wife. No doubt he has relatives living in Georgia who can tell. In perneing these ancient records I * I . 4 find tba^ Governor Troup, the noblest 1?J Roman'of tbem all, was a full-blood cousin to tbat famous Indian chieftain, S V General William Mcintosh, and that the general's father was, as is usual, a Scotchman who took an Indian wife. _ *M jB Governor Troup's mother and McIntoeh's father were brother and sister. Mcintosh was chief of the Creeks, and like Redge and Boudinot was assassin- . ated for signing the treaty that ceded /J the Creek lands to Georgia. I tell yon, .1 these Scotchmen, or Scotch-Irish, as /jJHI George Adair calls them, were on the ?| wild hunt for Indian wives and they " -. H ' I had the pick and took the best of them. j .1 i Even Osceola was the son of a Scotch- |1 man. Maybe my friend George Adair* Cfrja j bas a streak of iniun blood io him. who- . ?5 I knows. If Evan Howell hasn't, then 'ftMi ill signs fail in the face. | j It is said to realize that in a few years more not a man or woman will be left 1 who miugled with the aboriginal own- y, ers of Georgia soil?these Creeks and j Cherokees and Seminoles, who gar# ; yj j kind welcome to our ancestors, only to- * . y | be despoiled of their homes?not a man (eft to tell of their trials and tribula- ' yJ| Big John Uunderwood, the Soman runagee, who fled from the foul inva- iJfH der and for lack of any better transpor- ; tation droreasteer in the shafts of *- 'M , one-horse wagon, and for lack of bar- aessboreda hole through the dash- ? board and drew the steer's tail through . and tied the end in a kDot, med to tell ? . me many stories about the Indians^ for .4H he lived*among them away back in the- , , 4 80s. He, too, tried to marry an Indian maiden, but he was not a Scotchman ?| and couldent shoot the crossbow nor ^ the long bow and so she wouldent have yjBh him. These Indiana had great admiration for the archer's skill. I remember visiting the wigwam of an old Indian on Sawny's mountain, near Cum- :-m ming, Ga. I, too, was then a lad of J| twelve years and got the old man's- c , grandsons to shoot for me and my young cousins. Splitting the upper end of a small stick that was about three feet long, I inserted a silver quarter in the split ami stuck the other -a end in the ground. At thirty yards- ,1 the boyJ would hit the quarter '' Vtjjjg with an arrow almost every v + imn onrt nf mllrSA T fftTS it "* *w?W to them. How did they ever learn todo this ? I naked of the'old man They 'i Jfl| begin, he said, almost as soon as they j can walk. First they shoot at a big J tree, and then a smaller one, and then /. jj a still smaller one, and keep on from year to year untii they can knock onk a. spuirrel's eye. In 1S4'J I visitod an -'Jnncle in Smith county, Mississippi, /wH < and foond a remnant of the Chickasaws ' njB there. They were friendly and kind aud gj very expert in killing deer by shining their eyes at night My cousins and I went with them one night, but nnhap" pily they shined the eyes of a yearling * calf that belonged to one of the neigfc bors and shot him. It mortified and troubled them very much, but ae they r 'f went hunting on our account, we .>?9 quieted their fears by paying for the ; calf the next day. I forgot to mention that Elias Boudijot, the philanthropist, wrote a very learned treatise to prove that the Indians of North America all descended from the lost tribes of Israel, and hie- J book made many converts to that belief. ? A And now the sad news comes thai , General Avery is dead?my genial, Ioting friend of forty years?a man whom * 2 I always loved to meet whether I was *3 in the office or the counting room or ; | on the sidewalk. How full of good. ^ pleasant cheer he was. What Jtina ? ^ greetings he always gave. Whatthoughtful comments on men and the* .$ events of the day. Georgia can ill * afford to lose such men as General . ^ Averv and Judge dark, but still the jHj world moves on. "Close up, close np!" is the word from the Great Commander, '.jj r and the gaps that death makes in oar , ' ranks are closed and soon forgotten.? mjv Htul Abp in Atlanta (Ga.) ConstitnCIRCULAR TO D18PKNSRRS. It Includes Resolution of the Board 'pM About Buying Bot les. x Following is acironlar Commissioner Vance is sending to all the county dieColumbia, S. C., Sepl 12, '97. J To County Diapenaera and Bottle "Resolved, That on and after October 5th, dispensers and bottle buyers be 19 required to purchaso bottles with their own money. Invoices of shipments of ^ bottles to be paid for at this office by check and not credited on their accounts as heretofore." The above resolution was passed by the ? > board of control at their last monthly I meeting, and you will govern your- ,,'jKJ selves accordingly, in snipping bottle* bear in mind that they mast be washed thoroughly, perfectly clean and that if any nnclean bottles are foand in a case , $3 of bottles the whole case will be rejeoted. Put your name on a card, or t>aper, and enclose with the bottles. The same prices will be paid as heretofore. Ship . " to the State commissioner, and putyour name with location of the dispensary, on the card. Very respectfully, S. W. Vance, Commissioner. Grant's Like Napoleon's Tomb. Was it a fortuitous or a designed I circumstance that made Grant's tomb so appropriately lace the south with its sculptured motto, "Let us have peace"? Oddly enough, Napoleon'* tomb iu the Hotel des Juvalides also faces the southward. There is much imilarity between the architecture of S'f he New York tomb aud the edifice I * ? *./\mnina r\f tlm rrrnof PaF U :it*i'eill IIIC icmoiuo Ui miv WW* dean rejH se; ami there is a similarity i? the position toward the gazer of the nsket of each warrior. - "lj06 No pilgrim to Paris from a French province visits his capital without early visiting Napoleon's tomb; and jl noue will ever come to New York from any portion of the Union without a pilgrimage to the Riverside tomb.? Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly. The Tnrbalent Infant. 1 Mrs. Snaggs?How badly the baby '" $ behaves at table. Mr. Snaggs?Yes; he reminds me of a distinguished foreign visitor. "How Is that?" "He dines and wtoines."?Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph- .. ... -y