The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, October 22, 1903, Image 3
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A NOVEL OF AMERICAN LIP
CV MAURICE
Copyright, IS;2 ?D(i 1WT
CHAPTER XVIIL
COXTIXUED.
"Oil, I know that's just what he
will do!" cried Mademoiselle de Sezanucs,
relapsing again into hysterical
weeping and beginning to wring
her hand?. "Oil, please, .Madame
Vernon, tell the coachman to take us
back! We shall all be murdered this
very night!" ,
The suggestion was infectious.
Pauline caught the chill of fear, and
Mrs. Vernon lost control of herself at
an unguarded moment.
The carriage rumbled on through
the forest, and, if there had been any
t>erso:? to hear, the voices of the
women crying in discord must have
sounded strange indeed under the circumstances.
Tho coachman must also have beeu
affected, for he urged his . horses impatiently
and kept increasing their
speed until they were making a rather
reckless dash of it along the road
within view of a broad grassy marsh
stretching away to a shining sheet of
-* water.
Mrs. Vernon drew all the curtains
close over tho windows, as soon as
eho could command herself, and began
to chide Mademoiselle do Soeannes
and Panline for their foolish
excitement.
Just then there was the sound of a
horse galloping by in an opposite
coarse to that of the carriage. Paaline
looked oat of the little rear window,
her eyes still streaming tears.
"Why, it is Lientenant Ballauche!"
she exclaimed/ "Why didn't he stop
snH speak to us?"
Mademoiselle de Sezannes almost
thrust her from the pane in her eagerness
to look out.
"It is! It is!" she quavered. Call
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tu U1LU : Olrup UIUl; Vu
She clasped her hands and gazed
while the rigorous bounds of the
house bore the young officer farther
and father hack along the meandering
road between tho trees, and presently
lost him behind a fringe of bay
bushes in the distance.
"Oh. he never looked back or made
even a sign; and he muBt havo known
us!" criod Mademoiselle de Sezaunes.
In a few minutes the carriage was
drawn up in front of the plantation
house, which was a oue-story, wooden
structure set upon a high foundation
of oak posts connected by a latticework
of slender boards. An orange
grove, dark and rich, stood in the
background, and over a squat, broad
veranda grew a closely-matted jasmine
vine. In the distance were rows of
cabins built under the shade of im>.
mense moss-draped live-oaks.
r The coachman dismouuted and
opened the carriage door for the
ladies, and little Lizette, Lupin's
daughter, ran out of the honso to
' greet thorn. A sharp, salt breath
from the marshes not far otf was blowing
merrily.
Mrs. Ternon descended first, fol
lowed by Mademoiselle de Sezanucs,
and theu Pauline precipitated herself
upou Lizette, whose dark, pretty
lace was all dimples and smiles.
The snu came out, too, as if to clear
away with a flood of golden light all
the gloom that had attended the littlo
journey.
"Well, treeming folks, I air mighty
mnch orbleoged ter ye for this yar
ride w"at ye let me hev','' remarked
the well remembered voice of Enos
Peevy, the scout. The old fellow had
found a seat between the curved suspension
spriugs behiud the carriage,
where he had ridden unobserved, and
now he stepped forth, gun in hand,
evidently satisfied with himself ami
every person present
"Ef ye'd er knowed'at I 'e tbar', I
'pec' ye.'d a* cried more 'n ye did.
He-he-he! Ha-ha-ha! But ye didn't
know it, did ye?" He chuckled and
n?im?/.oiI /<nmi<<ik1lr "Wall, wee ID -
ing folks," he added presently, shouldering
his long rifle and adjusting hi*
otter-skin ballet-pouch aud his transpareut
powder-horn, "? mus' be agoiu'.
Ef ever I kin do jea sarvice
I'll do it. Good-bye, weeming folks."
He tnrned about and walked away,
as straight as an arrow and as brisk
as a boy; but before he had gone far
he looked back, stopped, appeared to
reflect a moment and tbeu called back
to them:
"Say. weeming folks, I'll tell'ye
what: Ef I see any sigu o' Britishers
ero\in' yar, w'y, I'll jes' step in an'
telfye. so's ye kin git up au' skin out
afore they cotchye."
There was something honest* and
earnest in the ring of his voice, and
the gleam from his steel-blue eyes, if
apt warm, was steadfast aud friendly.
When bo was gone, Mrs. Vernon remembered
this and wondered why she
had not thanked him for his proffered
kind ness; bat tbo mention of British
?oldiors. couuied with the suggested
probability that they might visit the
place, so alarmed her. that she could
not think of anything else for the moment,
that he was sneaking.
They found the house most comfortably
prepared for them, nud when
Lapia arrived later in the day. with
such of the servants from Chateau
d'Or as Mr. Vernon had thought best
to send, there came such a sense of
homelike security that they could not
help looking at one another complacently
in silent acknowledgement ol
what, it now seomed, had been a
mood of undue nervousness.
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x O F' EY
ISLAND
E DURING THE WAR OF ISI2.
: TKCMPSON,
; y TiOtcrt Bonntr's Sons.
| LizeUe had brought in from the
nower garueu great uumjuota ui iv?r
and violets (for, despite the miusaui
cold weather, the vines and tangled
beds were still a mass of bloom), and
with these she tud deftly decorated
the airy and fresh smelling rooms.
Moreover, a delicato luncheon was
awaiting them, set in a cozy ulcove
where low, broad windows let in a
soft light which was first filtered
through a screen of magnolia boughs
and a gray fringe of Spanish raoss.
Under the circumstauces, it was
quite impossible for three woiueu, all
of them French, to be otherwise than
enthusiastic, even if their enthusiasm
did consciously root itself back in a
heavy sense of but haif suppressed
dread.
Mademoiselle dc Sezanues was, perhaps,
the most cheerful one. She
even tried to be gav over tho conduct
of Lieutenant Bullauche, whom she
persisted in accusing of willfully
passing her by unnoticed.
It is dne to the young mau to say,
however, that he was scarcely aware
of the carriage as ho rode pa3t it. His
head was down, and his thoughts were
fixed on a most iuiportaut duty; for he
was fiying to General Jackson with
news from within the enemy's line?
A fleet of barges, heavily manned with
| fiuely equipped soldiers, was on Bayon
j Bienvenn, and in a few honrs theEug;
lish would have an army safely landed
I fKi rtifw ThA infnrmatirtn this
UOiVTT VUV V*?J? *?w aw.v.
time was authentic, for with his owii
eyes he had sceu what he was to rei
port.
Naturally earnest and intense in
j his disposition, ho felt to the fallest
' measure the responsibility resting
. upon him. He would not trust auy
courier to bear the message which
might hold the fate of New Orleans
and the conntry. So he rodo all the
way aa fast as he dared urge his horse,
and ou his nerves lay the strain of au
all-absorbing excitement. The car*
, riage whisked past him as n mere
| formless, colorless incident of his 1
j flight to headquarters. He romem!
bered afterward well enough when he
! would have given his life to know that
! he had halted just long euough to bid
; the coachman tnrn back and drive at
i once to New Orleans. Everything
, and every person visible about the
| carriage catne out strong and clear,
; like a suddenly develowed photograph,
j in his mind. The horses, the round-1
I faced, snowy-wooled coachman, the;
closely drawn curtains, the wheels j
flecked with sandy mud?even the old;
man riding on the projection between j
i the high-carved springs?he could |
see nil so plaiuly and yet through what!
a tilm of horrible mystery! And in I
: that closed vehicle, though unseen byj
, liirn, the girl he loved, the girl who]
hfed so lately promfsed to be his wife j
! was going on all uuhindereJ to disapI
pear as completely and mysterionsly
, as if caught up by the spirits of the
i air.
Mrs. Vernon and the youug ladies
' passed the rest of the day iu compara1
tive comfort of mind. Lapin was there
with a score or more of strong colored j
! men to protect them; everything looked
peaceful aud sweet. Why should they
bo afraid? They would not be afraid,
| they declared they would cot; they
would be brave women worthy of
j strong-hearted patriotic men. They
j vowed in it their inmost hearts.
So long as daylight lasted, they
! held well to their determination and
| kept up a fine show of it; but even
when dinner came, served so fault'
lessly by Lizette, their hearts began
; to sink a little, and they felt the chill
creepiug over them again.
Mrs. Vernon struggled vigorously
against what she kuew was the wor3t
i thing for them, but what could she do
when a dense fog blew iu from liurgne
! and the night became an encircling
' wall of blackuess, through which the
low moaning of some tall pine-trees
crept with iulioite sadness?
She looked for a book to reail aioua
1 and chanced upon an old edition of
"La Princesse de Cleves," by Madame
LaFayette. The girls hnddled close
to her, and she tried to make them
| interested iu the story, taking care
I not to go too f&r into its sentimentali;
ties. Her voice, however, sounded
| uunatural, sho thonght, aud the vol|
umc was soon thrown aside"I
can never, never go to sleep to!
night!" cried Mademoiselle do Sezaunes.
"Oh, why did I ever come
here!"
Lapiu was in the kitchen: they
heard him siuging a patois ditty between
his pipes. Lizette had gone to
bed.-'
"We shall be ashamed of ourselves
iu the morniuc." said Mrs. Vernon.
"The sun will come up, and everything
will be so bright aud cheerful
that it will seem like sinful folly tohave
been afraid."
"And think what they?what tho
i men who are in tho camps to-night
j may soon hare to meet!" Pauline
j found courage to say. "It is ihcy
j who have the right to be wretched;
aud yet I dare say they uevor think of
complaining."
"I kuow I am heartless and selfish,"
Mademoiselle de Sezannes half
sobbed, "but 1 can't help it?it's
dreadful! Why did they send us away
ofT out here alone in the dark? And
then to thiuk that he would ride right
past like that!"
Mrs. Veruon smiled wretchedly.
"How could hj know, dear, that'
'
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you were in the carriage?" All of the
eurtaius were closely drawn, you remember,
and be could not have scea
any of us."
"He might have stopped us?ho
didn't look?lie "
Just then there arose a trampling
souud, as of men crossing (he verr.uda.
Some one knocked on the door,
aud they heard voices.
Mrs. Vernon sprang to her feel, too
girls clinging tightly and breath Us*!/
a . 1. . _
Ki iter.
Lapin cara> in from tlie kitchen
when he heard the knockiugAiid .-tend
irresolnte. Ho mti11 held his pip,* in
one hand, while with the other he was
aimlessly fainb'iug in the pocktt of
his jacket.
"Go to see who it is," Mrs. Veruon
managed to say.
Lapiu went gingerly to the door
nnd called out in a weal; voice:
"Who'* there?"
"A friend," was the prompt auswer.
Pauline and her mother started aud
looked at each other.
It was the voice of Colonel Loring.
"Open the door immediately!" he
commanded gruffly. "There's no tiwo
for ceremony!"
Lapin, iu a very ague of fear,
fumbled at the bars ana ooits. His
hands shook so that he made slow
work of it, and when at last he quakingly
polled open the heavy woodeu
abutter, he fell back aghast before the
tall form of the incomer aud gasped
hoarsely:
"Pierre Bsmean!"
CHAPTEr. XIX.
THE SHADOWS OF DAKK DAYS.
When Lieutenant Ballanche returned
from his reconnaissance in tho
dirootion of the mouth of Bavou Bienveun,
he brought a report which
caused General Jackson to issue orders
immediately for the doubling of
all the oatpost pickets and for all the
troops to hold themselves ready to
march at the tap of the drum.
As yet the reinforcements so long 1
and so anxiously waited for had not
arrived, and the situation was most
perplexing. From a bnndred sources
came the infoimation, doubtless exaggerated
and over-colored, that the
Creoles of ths city were concocting an
uprising in favor of the English.
Thas to the commanding general it
appeared that with an overwhelming
alien enemy before him, he should
have to move his little army down the
river and leave behind him a horde of
traitors, who were but waiting for an
opportunity to fall upon the supplies
in the rear and so render defeat inevitable.
^It was at this point that Mr. Vernon
came to his aid with three hundred
men well armed and equipped. They
were not n soldierly looking battalion,
measured by the ordinary standard of
military taste, but there was fight in
them; and Jackson, who read men at
a glance, felt their efficiency, as he
looked them over in a hasty review.
Mr. Vernon had acted with amazing
energy in the matter, sending out
runners to call a meeting in one of the
public squares. Singularly euongh
these couriers did not seem to notify
the better class of people, but entered
the gambling dens, the low cafes, the
haunts of the Chats-Haunts, the hnts
of the river rats and the garrets of
the quadroon quarters. And oat of
these places poured moil and yonths
of all colors, speaking a half-dozen
languages, strangely picturesque,
ready for anything, and especially
ready and willing to go and do whntTnla?
Vonimi micrht, ?slc nf Uinm.
Their coining together was reported
to Jackson, who. at first supposing
them a mob of his enemies, thought
of inarching a force to disperse them;
bat he was restrained after mnch persuasion
by Claiborne, Edward Livingston
and Commodore Patterson.
Upon so small an event hung the
fate of New Orleans. Had that meeting
of the lawless ones been interferrcil
with in the slightest by the
military, the city would have beeu
burned to tho ground, with a result of
a fatal panic in the already suffering
American army.
Mr. Vernon had caused a small
platform to be erected in the square;
from this lie addressed his motley assembly
in English, iu French, in
Spanish and iu German. lie know
just what to say to them and just how
to say it. His huge frame ami powerfully
magnetic face were strong auxiliaries
to his eloquent words and richly
sonorous voice. Almost immediately
the vast crowd beneath him was
wild with enthusiasm; their shouts
were heard at Jacksou's headquarters,
whither word was quickly brought
that a popular movement was being
successfully agitatod in his favor by
Mr. Vernon.
The iron chieftain's face lit up with
hope and pleasure. Ordering his
horse, he at once rode to tho sceue,
coming up at the time when the
crowd was at its highest pitch of excitement.
Mr. Vernon took quick auvanlago
- * 11? >Inh'n/? a fitt* tron
oi ime luciucui. A uiumi^ .v .... floral
as lie sat like a grim statue iu his
saddle, he thundered forth:
"Behold, citizens! Yonder rides
your leader?yonr uucomiuerablo general!"
Every face was turned, and evory
eye was riveted upon the gaunt form
and implacable face of Jackson. He
lifted his hat and waved it with a alow
sweep around his head. For a moment
they saw the Hhock of bristling
hair, the stern brows and the tirin
lips?they saw the steely eyes gleam
j as with a vision ot victory.
"Live the Republic!" roared Mr.
Vernon, with tho voice of a lion.
"Live ibe bravo general wlio has
a>uie to save New Orleans and Louisiana!"
He spoke in French, and his word*
were tho signal for a very tempest of
vehement applause. Tho excitable
rubble look up the cry:
' (TO EE CONTINUED.)
JWAWAV.V.V.W.V.V.V# |
? HOUSEHOLD ? * 5| I
5 * ? * * MATTERS
iv.'.V/.V.VAW.W.VV.wJ J
A French Way.
The French cook pens by blending
one tablespoonful of butter with a teaspoonful
of tlour; add to this a pint r
of yo'iftig pens, a small bunch of pars- ^
ley. one eup of water, six very small
onions. Cook forty minutes, take out j
the parsley, then add salt, pepper and a
teaspoonful of sugar, the yolk of one
egg. a small piece of butter. Mix thoroughly
and serve hot on toast.
Tli* I'tr* of fharconl. t
All sons of glass vessels and other
utensils can be purified bjr rinsing
j them well with charcoal powder. Rubbing
fhe teeth and washing out the ?
mouth with tine eharcoal powder will
beautify the former and purify the
breath.
Putrid water can he immediately deprived
of its had smell by charcoal;
a few pieces of charcoal placed on
meat. fish, etc., that are beginning to
spoil will preserve thera and absorb
all the strong odors. A
tablet of willow charcoal" taken
twice daily will purify the stomach
and aid digestion.?American Queen.
Our Furniture.
F urniture coverings were never better
made. The materials are usually a
Cool and attractive looking.
Some forest green bedroom furniture j
in a style suggesting the mission dc- a
light fni. y,
la addition to beating stuffed furnl- t
ture It is well to allow it to stand out t
in tlie sunshine a little while now and 1
then. ' a
For liedrooms.flor.nl cretonnes match- 8
lng the language make pretty chair d
coverings.
Linseed oil. turpentine and vinegar g
in equal ports, make an admirable s
furniture polish. Mix thoroughly and t
apply with hard friction. *
If a house is to be shut up moths jj
may be kept out of the chairs and d
hangings by spraying them with tur- t
pentlne. v
Heavy pieces arc rather to lie avoided t
in the average house, as it is important. that
they may be moved and the dust o
dispatched frequently. b
leather-covered pieces may be refreshed
by a rubbing with a mixture
composed of two parts of crude oil and e
one of benaine. p
t
Broad and Cake Roxm. ||
There is some difference of opiuion b
as to the proper place to store bread a
and cake. A great many housekeepers. *
following time honored precedent, still
keep their bread and cake In large 1
Stoneware crocks, fitted with covers. ^
The objection to these is that they are ^
very heavy to lift, and in summer are c
apt to invite mould, unless they are ?
kept in a dry. upstairs closet. Such ti
broad crocks should t?e scalded out tl
every time they lire filled, or as often r
as twice a week. Cake crocks need ?
not be scalded out so often. They g
should both be cold and dry wheu they
are filled again and shut up. g
Bread crocks are so heavy and cause a
so much unnecessary labor that large t
boxes of tin enamelled on the outside tl
have been substituted for them. There a
are. however, more objections to tin &
than to stone ware. Tin Is apt to give
a "tinny" taste to any bread or cuke
kept in it. To avoid tills some bread
boxes are furnished with ventilators. ^
This dries the bread. Sometimes draw- a
ers for cake-and bread ure fitted in v,
storerooms. These are lined with tin. h
and are better than anything else, if ll
furnished with linen cloths, in which ^
the bread or cake is wrapped securely ^
from contact with the tin. though they ^
are not impervious, as nothing but an jf
airtight, covered box would be. to at- c
tacks of kitchen insects, which in the h
city may sometimes invade the neatest t!
and best protected kitchens. House- n
keepers in the country do not always *
appreciate iheir blessings, one of which
Is immunity from insect pests when ^
proper precautions are exercised.?New ^
York Tribune. ? P
fcaU8?G*iii S
Soft Gingerbread?One pint of molas- b
bos, one cupful of butter, half a cupful ^
of warm water, one tablospoonful of ^
sodn, one tablespoonful of pinker, two
eggs and flour to make the consistency n
f a soft batter. Stir the soda in the a
molasses until it foams, add the beaten 4
eggs, the butter?which has been
softened but not melted?then the
water, ginger and flour. Bake in shallow
pans in a moderate oven over half
an hour.
Cherry Tie?Line a deep pie plate
with plain paste; brush over with the *'
beaten white of an egg. fill with pitted t<
cherries and sprinkle over thrpe-qunr- w
ters of a cup of sugar; dredge with one v
tablespoonful of flour or corn starch, tl
one titblesponfnl of butter dropped g)
over the top in small bits; wet the ^
edges of the lower crust and put on
the upper crust and flute the edges,
and be careful to make slashes in the n
upper crust ior the escape of air. ^
Pineapple Pudding?Butter slices of K
bread and line a dish with them. Pare f.
and slice a pinenpplc thinly. Cut in
strips, put in a layer of the strips,
sprinkle with sugar, then another layer
of pineapple, until the dish is full.
Cover with buttered bread, pour over t:
all a cup of cold water. Put in a ir
moderate oven, cover and bake one
hour: then remove the cover and bake L
one hour longer. The bread shonld be t<
browned before removing from the <.
oven. a
It is said that a single grain of gold, s
after having been converted into gold b
leaf, will cover forty-tix inches. ti
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MYWOOD IS FREED
lury Satisfied as to the Innocence
ftf 4ha k rriteo A
HI llll rtllUOWU
IUICKLY MADE UP AN OPINION
ury in Hay wood-Skinner Case Tried
in Raleigh Deliberated Only a Few
Minutes.
i
Raleigh, Special.?After being out
lot more than 15 minutes Wednesday,
ha jury in the trial of Ernest Hays'ood
for the murder of Ludlow Skinier
returned a verlict of not guilty.
There was no demonstration, but
miles of delight were on the faces of
iaywood, his counsel and his four
irothers, who have been constantly
rith him. Haywood shook hands with
lis counsel, and when he was disiharged
went at once to the jury box
ind shook hands with each juror, reurning
thanks. Next he went to Judge
'eebles and did the same. Colonel T.
A. Argo closed for the defense, urgng
self-defenEe for Haywood and a
ier?eculion of him and wiwtnesse3 for
he defense. Judge Peebles next comnented
on the evidence and charged
he jury. It was charged very favoraile
to the defendant Haywood shot
nd killed Skinner in front of the postiffice
here on February 21. A prelimilary
hearing was waived and at the
Jarch term the trial was postponed on
.ccount of absent witnesses. At the
isbeas corpus, the first of June, Hayrood
was released on $10,000 bail. In
he case seven lawyers appeared for
he defense and five for the State. An
ding solicitor was employed, as the
olicitor declined to act because of his
elationship to Haywood. The defenant
did not testify.
Judge Peebles gtated that as the
!tate admitted there was a blow
tricken. then the charge of murder In |
he 6*ccnd degree was eliminated, it
ras 11:35 o'clock when the Judge gave
ils charge to the Jury, which occupied
fty minutes. He said it was not the
uty of the jury to be led off by atarks
on the prosecution. The question
rhich concerns the jury was whether
be defendant was guilty of any crime
-murder in the first or second degree,
r nothing. The jury should be guided
y evidence and nothing else; to take
he evidence from the witnesses and
be law from the courts, and not the
iw from the attorneys. There is no
xposed malice in this case, there is im.
lied malice. The burden is on the depndant
to prove there was no malice
a the case. Claims he has done that
v Simras. Schmitz, Hocutt, Barnes
nd Fuller, and says there was not a
ritness. except Sauls who contradicts
hat. No witnesses, exctpt Sauls say
hey saw any of the beginning of the
rouble. The defendant says you ought
o believe him, because it is five to one.
'be defendant says Sauls is not bad
haracter. and that there are other
dtnesse* who strengthen his contenion.
Two witnesses, Mr. Billings and
he jailer, say the defendant had a
ed spot on his face. The defendant
ays he thinks he was excusable uner
the circumstances and that
ohmitz. Hocutt. Fuller and Barnes all
wore that when Haywood rose up
kinncr had jumped away 8 or 10 feet,
nd all of them say he had his hand on
is pocket, some say the right, some
he left hand. He claims there is not
s much conflict of evidence as might
e imagined. That under those condiions
he believed his life in danger, and
hat nobody contradicts, except Sauls,
nd the defendant thinks the others
ught to be believed in preference. Here
he judge read Jones Fuller's evidence,
nd said it was for the jury to say
rhether the shot could have struck
im as Fuller thought. Notwithstandig
the fact that the State claimed to
ave proved the bad characters of
chmitz and Hocutt, yet. there are bir- t
umstanoes to show they told the truth,
"he defendant claims their testimony
? corroborated without regard to their
haracters; that he had apprehension
e was about to be shot and that then
tie law excuses him. But these are
iatters for the Jury to decide. Because
man acts coolly it does not debar hhn
rom the benefit of the law. The State
ays the jury ought to believe Fuller,
rho said when he saw the deceased
e was making no effort to draw d
istol.
The State sayi it ought not t? be re.
eived because of the blow. The blow
id not excuse the killing but did
way with malice. If the jury believes
be killing was done from anger and
assion, and not from reasonable fear,
he defendant is guilty of manslaughsr.
The jury is not responsible to anody
for its verdict. If the deceased
limped back and was attempting to
raw a pistol the defendant Lad a right
k ftvir
The jury was not out long?barely la
linutes, when it came in. There wai
ruah. Foreman Wiggs gave the verict,
" Not uilty."
Senator Qreen Arrested.
Birmingham, N. Y., Social.?Senator
eorge E. Green was arrested and arsigned
before United States Commisloner
Hall on an indictment fornd 0?>ber
8, in Washington, charging him
ith conspiring with George W. Beaers
and Williard I). Doremus to sel
le government, through Beavers,
Lamp cancelling machines, known as
le Doremus machine, in which Green
as largely interested. Green de:anded
an examination, and the case
as set down for November 9, when
ic previous indictmeat will come up.
ail was fixed at $5,COO, which was
.rnished.
5,000 Truants in Topeka.
Topeka, Kan., Special.?L. T. Gage,
ruancy officer, notified the city supcrltcndent
that there were 5,000 chilren
of school ago who are not standing
the city schools. The truancy
uv requires all children between tho
ges of 8 and 15 years to be sent to
chool. A list of the missing children
i in the hands of officers, and acion
will be taken.
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Fight Over Tillman Trial.
Colombia. S. C., Special.?News has
been received here of a p. Lmble homicide
in Orangeburg county. A. C. Goater,
a witness for the prosecation In
the Tillman murder case, was forced
into a difficulty by a man named Bushby,
at Wagner. Gunter cut Bnahby'a
throat, \ the wounded man's tongue
being cut out. He was thought to be
dying tonight.
State Items.
Mrs. Ed. Holder of Pacolet gave
birth on Monday to triplets, two girla
and a boy. ^
R. A. Richey obtained a verdict of
$12,500 against the Southern road at
Abbeville on Tuesday.
A valuable deposit of fine marble
has been found on Congressman Je
Johnson's place in Laurens county.
Miss Nancy Robertson, aged 75, was
burned to death in her home in Laurens
county on Monday night. She
lived alone.
Rev. J. W. Wolling, a missionary to
Brazil, has returned to South Carolina
with his family and are at Union, Mrs.
Wolling's old home.
H. B. Jennings of Charleston nas
brought suit against the Western
Union Telegraph company for $1,960
damages on account of a delayed telegram.
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I. W. Haywood, a young white mas
of Cowpens, has been committed to
Spartanburg jail on the charge of raising
a fire dollar bill to a fifty dollar
bill.
The executor of J. L. Andrews, a
Greenwood merchant, who waa killed
on the Southern recently, hat brought
suit against the road for $65,000 damages.
The governor has been petitioned to
order an election to determine the
question of establishing a new county
with North Augusta as the county
scat.
Gov. Heyward has offered a reward
of $150 for the capture of Arthwr Fitasimmons,
colored, who is charged with
murdering Queen Chapman, colored, in
Saluda county some time ago.
Policeman Wm. F. O'Shields waa
convicted at Union on Tuesday of assault
and battery of a high and aggravated
nature and was sentenced by
Presiding Judge Benet to three months
on the chaingang or a fine of $150.
Gov. Heyward has appointed exJudge
Jas. F. Ixlar to hold a special
court at Orangeburg beginning the
30th instant for the trial of a negro .
named Jones who is charged with attemntinz
to assault a small white girl
in Orangeburg a week ago.
Filling Striker's Places.
Dallas, Texas. Special.?Regarding
the strike of the messengers of tha
Pacific Express Company in this Stats
Superintendent Runs said that a largs
number of non-union men are being
employed and be believes normal conditions
will prevail in a few days. A
non-union messenger was frightened
from his car at Marshall this morning.
Dispatches from Palestine, for Worth
and other terminal points say nonunion
men are taking the places of ths
strikers, but that the service is crippled.
Hanged and Shot
Cordele. Ga., Special.?The body of
an unknown neg o was found hanging
to a tree near here. The negro'a bodywas
riddled with bullets and all investigations
so far have not been able to
discover the negro's identity. Several
peoDle living in the neighborhood
stated that tbey heard shots fired dn- ^
rsig the night but did not make any
attempt to discover what the troubte
was.
Commoner Sold.
New York, Special.?Only a small
crowd was in attendance at the dig- posal
sale of the famous Belle Meade,
stud, held at Sheepshead Bay and low
prices were realized. The star of the
Kale was The Commoner, by HanoverMargerine.
After some spirited bidding,
he was knocked down to Charlee P.
Gaither, for $1Z 000.
Stands By Mis Advisers.
Washington. Special.?Referring to
the recent intimation that the President
was dissatisfied with those to
whom he has looked for advle# in the
matter of appointments in the Southern
States. Secretary Loeb today gave
out the following statement: "The
President is much gratified over the
result of his efforts, through his advisors
in the Southern States, to give
the people clean, competent officials
and the best possible service in all the
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U?pai LllieuU) uuu uas sigu.ucu uia mtention
to retain these advices.
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N*ws of the Dar.
The premier of Australia. Sir Edmund
Barton, has resigned to aecept a
piace on the Beach of the new Com- i
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monweaith Supreme Court, which was
modelled after our own Supreme Court
at Washington. He is succeeded as
premier by Alfred Deakin, lately At- ijj
torney General in the Barton Cabinet.
The Australia Supreme Court will be ,' ?
more independent of the British Jhdl- Jg
clary than any other tribunal in the .
British colonies.
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