The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 26, 1891, Image 1

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^ fUtnrat flfOaSiM, %mmVm*mA April, 1850. HkMMlidaM Ams. ? 1881.1 "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends tho* Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's .. TBS *X?E SO?TSK?>S, E?arbll?hed J?*, r-?6* SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 26, 1891. New Series-Joh XI. 5a. 4. * T f " N. Ch. OstfEEK, SUMTER, S. C. TSRMS ; Twa Doll?? per M nam-in advanoe. A DT1?T I i KISTt . Ott? Square, first insertion...^-.$1 00 lf?ry 3ttb?qQ?tit toeertiun?.-. 50 Oaarrictt for thwe tacatas, or longer will h? mm?* st red aced rates. Alt (WiiuitiHws watch subserve prirate tewttU wttl WccWged for saadvertiaecaents. 0?t?*??i twbsrterof respect will 1? fed MQM It worit break -4hat*s why Kabo is the only thing ?oK cosset "bones'V of j?en?" breaks or ?hife, within a year, re y??r money back. More than that! Wear a Kabo corset for two or three weeks and see if you like it. fi yo* 4e*'t you can return liMo us; and get your money. * Ifs a hundred to one you won't do it, but you hare the privilege."-*" . jmrrsKBERG & SONS. rooter Food! fefimai Tais znach?ne to cut. Dry or Green Bon es Meat,G ri s tie and all by hand, power, -without clog or diffi? culty, or MONEY .REFUNDED. We make z sizes of power machines and 5 styles of hand Send stamp for Catalogne to F*W. Wann, Manufacturer, One of these machines ia ia sse hy Ur. W. B. Marrey, who csa testify as to its merits. Feb 18 x_ WINGATE ft JOMES, EMails M WMwriihts. TBS UNDESIGNED HAVING formed a co-partnership ?ad increased their fact ti ties for busto ess by the erec S NEW at thc aid ?tan? of J. M. Wiogat*, on RepaWieau Street, oaar GrahaaVs Stables, sro now better prepared than ?ter to io all classes of work io their line, sQsVaft the making of " ?L Carte, 1in Bink and ?il Kona of Wood and Iros Work .^ffc*;** dow? MU POMPS "d Thef make ? specialty of horseshoe? ing and guarantee the best of work. Ta*j are hath praeiiosl mechanics and understand ?bat they ?re ?boat. Thanking tho pnbtie for past favors ?nd asking a eontinaaace of ?ame they rem&ia. Very BeapeetfaHy, __Wingate & Jones. ^A*ny^ __ ?BW^HtSEIflBBB?H mb^m^^^^m ??ume.siA TE?Y MTS CO., KASHYHXE.TEXH. ?Al ESTATE A8ENCY. np?3? ^UNDERSIGNED has established ? gfcjjRaj Bfetste ?ad Coilectie-a Agency in j^^Jer^^deaires property holder? haring avapt ny ' for sale or rent to list same with atm. Tenants secured sod reata collected pra&tty* ?M^IBfiereoees gi veo. A&Bk^ y W.:H.> COMMANDER. WMQWIS HOTEL, jaLUMB?A, s. a. wa la. -1 , t 0 THIS NEW ANO ELEGANT HOUSE with all modern improvements, is noa ?pea for the reception of jraesta. . S. L. WRIGHT * SON, ff Fgf ?T"^' Proprietor?. CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. SUMTER, S. C. WILL MAKE! BIDS ON ANT WORK tn City or County, and ?rill do all work with despatch and in best of work? *jT"tS&fcny mail or otherwise responded tc promptly. Can be foaod at present at build? ings on West end of Cal bonn Serest. Aaii ' j!. H. HOLMAN, **k*>v.U-r ?,: p. F. UM ASTER. ? W. BRABHAM, ? Wheelwright and Blacksmith ba ms&s&L* s. c. 1AM PREPARED TO REPAIR AND Rebuild, as weil as to build outright, all ?m km?? of Vehicles. * HORSESHOEING A SPECIALTY. Also repair all parts of broken Machiner/. Keep on band a stock of Check and Globe Valves and Fittings. Also keep Pumpa on hamlapdjpot them down. I handle the gtimVkp SONS IM PROVED GIN, Which is as good as any oa the market, and gives ?atire satisfaction. A*g 21 - - CHILD BIRTH . . . . . . MADE EASY ! "MOTHERS' RHEUD"isa sdentific I ' airy prepared Liniment, every ingre? dient off recognized value and in constat* ?se by the medical pro ? tesson. These ingredients arc com? bined ma manr^rm^hertoutikrwwn "MOTHERS' . FRIEND" . WILL DO all that ts claimed for it AND MORE. It Shortens Labor, Lessens Pain, Diminishes Danger to Life of Mother and Child. Book to " MOTHERS n mailed FREE, con taming vahjable information and voluntary testimoni?is. Sent by express on receipt of price ft.50 per battle 0OU> BY.AI*L DRUGGISTS. ?nd Chfldreu. Castor!* prompt- Digestion, and 0 welcomes Flatulency, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, and Feverishness. Thus tho child is rendered healthy and its seep aatssral. Caatoria contains no Morphine or other narcotic property. "Castorlafeso welt adapted to children that 1 recorarrreuC it a? superior to any prescription known to ir*." H. A. ABCHKR, M. D.. Ill Sooth Oxford St, Brooklyn, IT. Y. **I use GMtoria hi my practice, and find ft ?aachlhj adapted to affection? of children." Aux. BoaxarsoK, IL D.. - 1057 2d Ave,, New York. "From personal knowledge and observation lean say that Castoria is an excellent medicine for children, acting as a laxative and reJicving tba pent np bowels and general zyr>c-m very mock Many mothers have told me ot iU ex. ceUent effect upon their children." Da. G. CL OSGOOD, Lowell, Jfajfc Sn CnrxACK Co KPANY, 77 Murray Street, N. Y. Are Yon Interested? Ate you suffering with any of the following symptoms: Loss of, or irregular appetite, loes of flesh, a feeling of fulness or weight in the stomach, acidity, flatulence, a dull pain with a sensation of heaviness in the bead, giddiness, constipation, derangement of kid? neys, heart trouble, nervousness, sleepless? ness, etc. Dr. Bolt's Dyspeptic Elixir will ano you. W. A. Wright, the Comptroller General of | Georgia, soya, three bottles cured him after haring tried almost everything else. Judge ?VF, I alar, Macon, Ga., says, Holt's Elixir accomplished what a!i other remedies failed to do, a perfect core. J. S. Paullin, Ft. Gaines, Ga., writes : "I have no hesitancy in recommending it, as it cured me of dyspepsia. For any farther information inquire of J your druggist. For sale by all druggists. H. A. HOYT, Successor to C. I. HOYT Jf BRO. Gold mi Silver Watches. FINE DIAMONDS. Olocfcf, Jewelry, Spectacle!, MERIDEN BRITANIA SILVERWARE, Ac. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. Feb 1_ TBE SDIONDS NATIONAL BANK, OF SUMTER. STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSI? TORY, SUMTER, S. C. Paid op Capital.$75,000 00 Surplus Fund. 9,250 00 Transacts a General Banking Business. Careful attention given to collections. S A VI If GS DEPARTMENT.'. Deposita of $1 and upwards received. In* terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. Payable quarterly, os first days of January, April, July and October. R. M. WALLACE, Vice President. L. S. Causo*, Aug. 7 Cashier. me tm ? NUMB, SUMTER, S C. CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. Transacts a general Banking business. Also has A Sayings Bank Department, Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received. Interest calculated at the rate of 4 per ceo t. per annum, payable quarterly. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, A. WHITS, JB., President. Cashier. Aog 21. E I ALTA DENTIST. Office OYER BROWNS k PURDY'S STORE. Entrance on Main Street, Between Browns k Purdy and Durant k Son. OFFICE HOURS; 9 to 1.30; 2 to 5 o'clock. Sumter, S. C , April 29._ G. W. DICK, D. D. s7~ Office over Bogie's New Store, MTRAKCIS OK MAIN STREET SUMTER, S. C. Office Honrs.-9 to 1;30 ; 2:30 to 5. Sept 8_ DTY W. BOOKHAKT. DENTAL SURGEON. Office over Bultman k Bro.'sShoe Store. ?NTRANCK ON MAIN 6TRKET. SUMTER, S. C. Office Honrs-9 to 1:30 ; 2:30 to 5. April 17-o _ Bradycrotine Only a Headache Cure ? ?BLI?N mm By ALFRED BALOR {Copyrighted, 1891, by American Press AflSOcia ttond rC0NTI>XED.l CHAPTER UL He found ten minutes, too. in which to gallop out to the lituc hut In the meantime the young Spanish nobleman and the Indian girl were in a beaven of happiness. He loved her as he had sometimes dreamed he might love. To her he was a being of another sphere. To Nechtla, the daughter of warriors, tiie fact that he had won her in battle with her people was cause for personal rejoicing:; it proved he was a greater warrior than were they. Then, too, she knew, what ne one eise knew, the ten? der respect with which he treated her, ! the devoted love he showed by every act and word. She had heard of Spaniards ever since she conld "remember, as bru? tal, cruel, pitiless, and she saw around her abundant evidence of it all; but this man was not brutal. He treated her as no Indian woman she had ever heard of had been treated by a man. And when he urged. that she be baptized and be? come a Christian in order that they might be married she assented with a gladness sh* could never have put into words. Frey Raphael Qnevedo, who had been Don Francesco's tutor, welcomed the convert with an almost hofy joy and visited the little home Francesco had put her into to talk and reason with her. She was baptized under the name of Maria. I. like to think of this period in the lires of these two, because they must have .been very happy. What time he conld-spare from his military duties Francesco spent with the girl, and she, to please him, abandoned her native dress and .so fax as possible clad herself like a Spanish woman. Among the cap? tives was ber uncle, a man who .is called El Tigre in the story. Francesco bought him from the government, so that the two lived in the same hut. There must have been some gocssip among the people of Carthageua over what was going on, but of this 1 could find but little trace. I imagine, too, the captain general may have spoken to his sou sometimes, but it is certain there was no quarrel between them prior to the time that Frey Raphael sought the presence of the count abd with much agitation informed him that Don Francesco had requested him to celebrate a marriage between himself and the Indian giri The shock to the feelings of the father when lie heard this story was naturally very great. Don Alphonso Medina came from one of the proudest families in all j Spain. He had been himself a distin I gu?shed soldier, he had risen high in the service of the government, and for his only soo and heir he could look for a marriage among the greatest houses of his own country. That Francesco should dream of marrying the daughter of even one of the Spanish families then in Carthagena would have been sufficiently monstrous; but au Indian, a. slave-! He did not believe the'story. The Frey Raphael repeated it over and over again, declaring in the most positive way that he had reasoned with Don Francesco until beyond any question he bad found him to be in earnest. Don Francesco did not appear to be mad, he said, but seemed to be perfectly cool. He had even said he thought he could induce his father to cousait. At this the captain general forgot hts courtesy and stormed and swore until Frey Raphael fairly raa oat of the room. Then Don Alphonso, in a maze of perplexity and anger, sent for Colonel Honradez, to whom he told the tale. Colonel Honradez, af Ser cursing him? self for not having had the girl killed, suggested the best thing was to have this negligence on his part remedied at once, and offered to see the work done properly. To this the captain general demurred not, I need scarcely say, on the girl's ac? count, for Don Alphonso would gladly have seen herself and her whole tribe burned rather than such a trouble as this should have come-but because he knew something of his son's disposition. Were such a thing done Francesco wouhl never forget nor forgive if he really loved the girl, and at this thought the captain general once moro became almost insane with anger. At last he asked Colonel Honradez to call on Don Roberto Patri? cio, the alcalde, tell him the whole story and request his presence at the palace that evening, when the t hree men would have a consultation. Of course neither one would say anything in the z^ean&me, and sending for Frey Raphn. he cau? tioned that worthy man to bu equally silent Tho story was told to the old lawyer as be and the soldier sat in that large cool room on the second story of the municipal building-from wkhrh you look down tho street past tho Church of San Juan de Dios-and Don Roberto drew his thin lips closer together as he listened. It was about 8 o'clock when the al? calde and Colonel Honradez called on Don Alphonso and fonnd Frey Raphael with him. The chaplain repeated the story he had told in the morning, to which the captain general was able to listen quietly, for no man ever saw Don Alphonso lose control of himself twice in fbe same day. Colonel Honradez again suggested his idea of the readiest way to soive the difficulty. Not only did the captain general refuse, but the Frey Raphael argued in the strongest way agaiust it. He said that, knowing Don Francesco as he knew him, he was certain he would never make up with hi? father if anything of the kind were done. Francesco was gentle and kind, and he certainly loved his father very dearly, but hi; was a man who, when he once had reason, as he supposed, to dislike a person, never forgave. If ho loved this girl nothing could Ive don*' to her by any consent of his father. The Frey's advice was that Don Alphonso should try to wean his son back, but to this plan the captain general would not cessant, salving curtly thtit he would not talk over the matter with his son ixl any? way. The alcalde had been listening to the others as they talked, a smile now and then shoeing itself on his face. At last, when the captain general tnrned to him ?3C fers e??tetoc, Dca Bchcrto suggested quietly that Don Francesco might be or? dered off with some soldiers to inquire into the rumor which lxad reached them during the day that an outbreak among the slaves in the town of Santa Lucia was feared. During Don Francesco's ab? sence something might happen. The other men looked at each other with that look which follows the suggestion of an obvious way out of a difficulty, and the conncil broke up. The next morning Don Francesco was hurried away at an early hour, but he had time to tell his father he wished to talk with him so soon as ho retained, f?e found ten minutes, too, in which to gaUop out to the little but and teil the girl where he was going. **She was filled with foreboding and besought him that he might stay with her," says the relaci?n-a pitiful picture in few words! What happened to Francesco Medina at Santa Lucia, or while journeying there and back, 1 do not know, for thc relaci?n is silent on this as on many other points of interest But it was not two days after he left that Nechtla was seined by order of the alcalde and thrown into cuartel. The px ! - 3D of Car thagena then, as now, was in the eastern secdoQ of the city. What it was like iu a day when all prisons were abodes of misery and pain I can only imagine, but that it was sufficiently horrible I can be? lieve. The girl was taken on a charge of conspiracy, and it was probably in? tended she should die by poison. It was the feeling that any open violence would result in a rupture between Don Fran? cesco and his father that alone saved her from a more speedy death. How word was sent to Don Francesco, or by whom, I cannot tell; but it is not impossible the news may have traveled from slave to slave. Anyway he heard what had hap? pened, and was in Carthagena again within the week. His arrival seems to have been the signal for a battle royal between his father and himself, during which he swore to take his own life if anything happened to the Indian girl, "defying, therefore, bis excellency, the captain general and the holy saints,'' says Father Juan. That his excellency believed he would carry out his threat seems probable, for nothing appears to have been done with Nechtla except keeping her in prison. In the meantime Francesco took pos? session of a small heuso standing next to the cuartel, and although he did not neglect his military work in the city he positively refused to return to Santa Lucia, nor does any effort seem to have been made to oblige him-he continued to get the necessary time to supervise the work of digging a tunnel between this house, under the walls of the prison and into the cell in which Necbxia was shnt up.- This was the more easy as no houses in Carthagena have cellars under them. It must have been a tremendous job, however, to drive that hole through the great blocks which formed the foundation walls of the prison and to pierce the thick floor of cemented atone. ! Still, what will not love accomplish? This work was as nothing compared to the task Francesco had undertaken so lightly. It would hare been easier to have torn down the very walls them? selves than to have obtained the captain general's consent to such a marriage. CHAPTER IV. They found the next, hnt (ht Irrrd h*i4 flirten. The excitement which swept througb Carthagena when it was announced that the prison had been broken into and the Indian girl stolen was very great. Not only had a great hole been dug from the adjoining house-for a moment's glance showed the bits of stone and piles of dirt filling up the whole ground floor cf. the place-by methods which no one under? stood, but the work itself appeared to be simply impossible. Even with the evi? dence before their eyes that it had been accomplished, those who examined the tunnel could not believe men had dug it. Great stones in the wall had been loos? ened, drawn out and placed in holes dup to receive them. A timbered slide had been put in on which the stone block from the floor hail been lowered out ol the way. The cleverness of the engineer tog feats accomplished excited the won? dering admiration of Don Francesco Cur doza, engineer of the walls, who de dared that the man who planned and executed them was easily his master. A big tube made of large bamboos had been carried along the top of the Immel. and through this air had been forced ir from two of the rude blowing machine* the Indian smiths used. Chambers had been hollowed ont at intervals, strongh timbered and roofed with bamboo flat? tened out, while between them these bamboo boards had been placed tc pre? vent the light sandy soil from falling on the workers. It was small wonder that some one whispered "witchcraft," and the word was repeated from one to thc other w?th paling cheeks. Added to all this, the girl had vanish? ed. There was no clew to ber where alxmts an}' moro than any information could be obtained of who had rented thc house. The place had been empty for a long time, the owner said; it was only s tumble down sort of hut any way, and so far as he knew no one had lived in it Foiled in this direction, the alcalde made Isqu'rics about people leaving Cartha? gena. No one had left that night, thc guards said. Then the search for Nccbthi in the city began, but this was equall> fruitless. At the end of a week Don Ro berto was forced to acknowledge that he could do no more: the devil tho Guajerof worshiped probably dug the hole and car ried tlie girl away. It wa? an affair foi the Inquisition, lie thought, not for thc civil powers. In the meantime Francesco listened tc what was said with au indifferent air too indifferent, the captain genera thought. He pointed out to his fafhei ?hat if he had been permitted to marr} the girl nothing of this kind would happened, but having said this he nothing more to say. His att toward his father was one of half T defiance, and there was no more of cordial comradeship which bad el between them, and'which waa so pressiMy dear to the older man. Foi Alphonso had loved that young brit bore away from the ancient castle c counts of Luna so many years be and he looked back with a feelii never spoke of to the short year 2 half they had lived together. Coast wets one of the strongest attribut the Medina blood, and Don Alphonc membered as if it had been y este she whom in his heart he still calle? ..(?ueriditaT She had died, leaving Francesco, and from that time the had been not only the son and heir, all the husband had left of the wit loved! There was wealth of sentit in that courtly soldier, statesman gentleman of oi\l Spain never suspe even by Frey Raphael, to whom count had made confession for n years. In his heart Don Alphonso ? pathized with his son: he wan somet? even tempted to tell Francesco be o marry the giri. But an Indian, a si No, it was impossible! Isabella her his wife, would never have consen What, place an Indian slave in her p in the old hall at home! Never! Re Francesco died and he himself fol than that such sacrilege be accomplis] Don Alphonso shut himself up a g deal at this time; he feared that 1 might see the struggle going on wi him. But the clever diplomat who had 1 sent to the court of France to watch interests of his sovereign before throne of Louis XIV, and who had ? successful in his delicate mission, never bent the powers of his mind a bent them now. He consulted his sot matters which he knew would corr ment the younger man to gi ve his opii of; he even modified the regulations ? erning the slaves at Francesco's sug ti on and against the advice of all his cc CiL Tooclever to overwhelm the your man with presents, be however pres ed him on his birthday with his c sword-a weapon he had carried ? since he had inherited it from Fran co's grandfather, another France Medina, who had won it when c twenty, in battle against the Moor, delicate were the attentions, so const ate the tact shown, that Francesco spite of himself was softened and pai won. The suggestion that the matten one for the Inquisition to take hold of made by Don Roberto Patricio, the ralde, was not likely to fall tb ground in Cart hagen a then. It was pea tex] to the Frey Carlos Gonzales b dozen persons before nightfall, and t grim old man moved at once. To d the civil authorities in Carthagena T one thing; to defy the Inquisition \ something very different Francesco 1 not trusted many persons, but he I been forced to call in the help of sot Chiefly, as afterward turned out, tl were Indian slaves, and none of th spoke even when they died. But c man, the foster brother of the yon nobleman and his body servant sit they had been boys together, kne Strong as was his love for Don Franc co his terror of the penalties whi might be inflicted by the church he after was stronger yet, and he told 1 story. He was promptly locked up to preve him warning his master, and the Fr Carlos called on the captain general 1 fore acting on the information he h received. This was about four o'clo in the afternoon of October the seren? Don Alphonso was with his council 0 on the walls watching the progress of t great Trinity bastion, and Francesco hi self received the inquisitor general. Fir ing that the visitor desired to see 1 father he offered to send a servant to a him back to the house, but as the Frey 1 sured him there was no such parti cul hurry the young man invited the prit to stay to dinner. The invitation w accepted and the two sat chatting 1 getber until the captain general 2 turned. With them were the alcalde, ti engineer and the other gentlemen, w? greeted the Frey warmly. It was clear impossible for the inquisitor to talk Don Alphonso until after dinner, and 1 waa in no very great hurry. Don Francesco went to bis room at called for Juan, his servant to help hi dress. No Juan could be found, s , grumbling mightily, he accepted tl services of one of the other servants. I dressed as though for a wedding, in crir son silk and gold lace, with his favori , collar of pearls around bis neck, h sword by his side, his long hair curled i love locks and a dark red passion flow* worn over the right ear. As he walk*, into the room there was a murmur 1 , admiration from more than one ma there in pure delight at his beauty. Tl , dinner went on as dinners are wont wit much talk and laughter. Francesco ha never been so gay, an almost feverish e: , citement showed itself in his wit As h sat at the table he could see the ster face of the inquisitor sitting at his fatl - er's right hand- Suddenly he stoppe I short, and, rising hastily from bis chaii his hand pressed against his side, left th room. For a moment he walked up an down outside the door, but even as th servant his father had sent to inquir after him was advancing he walked bael excused himself under the plea of sudde I pain and took his place onco more, Whe; they all rose he went to his father an told him he was going to call on the arel: bishop and might stay at Lu Popa tha , night Then bowing to them all he lei" ? the room, and hurrying up stairs got ; [ heavy cloak from his room and made hi way to the top story of the house. H changed his sword, however, for tha , which his grandfather had won. It w;is nearly ten o'clock before th? Frey Carlos got an opportunity of speak ing to Don Alphonso alone. In th? I deepest tones he told him of Juan's con j fession. The escape had been plannet by Francesco, and ho fiad done the worl with the aid of five Indian slavey E Tigre among them, and hisservant Juan , He had carried the girl off and placet " her in safety. When Don Alphonso j divided between admiration at bissen'? t daring and ingenuity and his rage at th? I discomfiture of his plans, asked when that place was, the Frey answered with j a grim approach to a laugh, "A room in your own house, my son!" j It waa true. The one place in all t Carthagena the alcalde could not search, . the house O'er which the tanner ol Spain floated, had been the refuge foi , Nechtla, the (ruajero girl. Francesco , bad taken her np to the space under the roof, and day by day Juan or the slaves had bought food for har, which Francesco [ had carried to her at night Doo Alpbon ao, intenaelv anirry. called for lights, and j with the inquisitor general visited the place. They found the nest, but the j bini had flown. Love is very shrewd, r i and for a second while at table Frau , 1 cesco had connected the presence of tho Frey Carlos, he who so seldem anywhere, with the absence of . With two bon rs* warning the lovers yet safe, for both had disappeared. [TO BB CONTINUAD ] The Teachers' Associate MAYESVI?.LB,S. C.. Aag. 13,1? MR EDITOR : Seeing in your i ble paper oA account of the Tea? Association, which met in And recently, it has occurred to tas ti sketch of our trip might interest of your readers. A pleasant party of Sn niter Cc teachers, five io number, one Lynchburg, left Mayesviile on morning of the 22nd nit. en rout? Anderson. The journey wag as p ant as the weather at this season 1 permit. We changed oars bul < Leaving Colombia at 11.10 a. and arriving in Anderson 5.35 p. stopping twenty min otes at Ninety for dinner ; where our party adjou to the hotel piazza and partook of fee, or ioed-milk as preferred. ] we wished for time to visit spot historio interest, the site of M ot te's house etc., bot modern loci tioo shows no respect for tourists' cies, and, according to schedule, were sooo being carried rapidly on? At Belton the inflexible schedule c; for a wait of an boar and ten mint This being a delightful hill couc oar party preferred a stroll to rem ing in the heated coaches, which < quite crowded with a low country < gatioo to the Association, and be ourselves to the open air for a sea There we endeavored to get a glin of the mountain?, which we heard i visible from this point; Bub from standpoint, the church steps, not < by a lofty stretch of the imagioa could we be deloded into the belief I were io sight. OD returning to the coach we fo Mr. C. Wardlaw making the aqua ance of the teachers with whom he been in corresponde o ce. A r: brave man is he you may be assu for he andrrtook and successfully complished the entertainment io homes and boarding-houses of An< soo, of more than three hundred of teachers ; for which he, aod the chu are worthy of oar thanks aod coma dations. The program of the A ciation, as published, was carried < with a few exceptions. The Presic seemed out of place on his trip to ( cago, instead of at bis poft. Still in management of the president pro. te Mr. J. C. Cork, everything passed very pleasantly. Of the papers read the Association, that prepared by ( J. B. Patrick entitled "Teach Tenure of Office," was most appr?cia by some of our party, probably beca it coincided so well with their rec personal experience. "Moral Train in the School," by Mrs. Clara B. Rov was a finished piece of rhetoric, aod te? ed with wisdom. "First Impression by Mrs. E. A. Bonham, elicited miring remarks. Io speaking of power of early impressions she sai "If the privilege of selection was io haods of the teacher, she weald pre to select the mothers of her pupils th her pupils." Quite trae, for if I teacher feels that she has the co-ope tioo of the child's home influence, i need not despair of the moit 'refract? disposition. "The Kindergarten ; necessity ; Its Influence on the Primi Schools," by Miss E. M. Wynoc of t Charleston City Schools, was a w< writteo, well-read, historical e say oar system of education, from th? di of the two reformers of Switzerla sud Germany, Pestalozzi aod Froeb to the present time. It VMS oar gc fortune to be assigned to the eal boarding place aa Miss Wy o oe and found her quite spicy, as well as wit The geotler sex predominated larf ly in the association. You will oot surprised, therefore, to hear that it fi a fine locking, refined assembly tl filled the Opera House morning, oo and night. They predSmioate ( cambers) io the professioo also, whi was a strong argument used by Prc B. F. Wilsoo in favor of the "High Edaeatioo of Women" in bis addre Thursday evening, which wai one the most interesting addresses of t occasion. Good Dr. Maoly advised "By Patient Woking to See Cle Through/' a subject, and as a mott "To get good, and to do good." The motion that caused the most an mated discussion waa one to iotrodu Departmental work into the Associatio Our party favored the motion. fl also approved the Resolution whi( recommended appointing io each cou ty a committee on historic lore as a auxiliary to the State Historical Assoc ation. The program was interspersed dail with music, both instrumentai and vc cal, by professional musician? an traioed singers, which added much t the pleasure of oar meeting. The ]< cal concert band also regaled os on afternoon with soul inspiring music Their performance was excellent. Ere leaving this hospitable city w took a view of it, and the surrouudio country from the roof of the Cbicola which is reached by one hundred steps The scenery was beautiful ; from ther we could easily discern the outlines c the Blue Ridge on the North-wester horizon. This hotel was built by th young men of Anderson, aod is on of the finest io the State. All things must come to an end. There is comfort in that thought, whei our experience is an unhappy one However, after cheery adieux to ou new acquaintances, we toonil ourselve homeward bouod on Sato: day at 11.12 a. m. Imagine a coach full of teacher on the home stretch. Ooe of our state liest matrons remarked, as she entered "I have laid aside my dignity tht morning !" We were iu just the rigb frame of mind for a pleasant inter change of opinions, queries, and repon sive thoughts. To one, at least, of ou party it was the pleasantest day of ou trip. "They gave 08 nothing practi cal io the Association. Do you fee that you have bee? beneflttcd by attend ing ?" was remarked to one who wil some day deserve a position on the Hs of veterans in thc cause of education "Yes, I do," she exclaimed, "if o??; from the inspiration Tve received ! ard wc thought, here is ao i Instratioi of the ennobling influence of happy so? cial inter-communication. But to de ceod to corporeal things once more. At Ninety Six 'twas raining, and ow refreshments were brought oe board and partaken io a merry, school-girl fashion, in which we are apt to indulge when our pupil? are otherwhere A kind of working the other way of the 'Cat and Kittens' adage. We arrived at Mayesville at 7 30 p. m. and were very glad, to find ourselves once more among the dear friends who were there to meet us. And no?. Mr. Editer, with a kind thought for the teachers of our State (and editors too) we will bid you adieu, with the hope that other teachers of Sumter Coom ty will have it in their power to attend the State Teachers' Association of next year, and that they will be as much impressed vi th its benefits and pleasures as was your cor? respondent. ONE OP TUS PARTY. Contemporary Opinion. Cheraw Reporter. We do not want to hear anything more about Governor Richardson and his pardoning mill. Tillman thus far has fully equaled if be has not out? stripped Richardson in tbe number of pardens which he has granted, and it is extremely probable now that he will pardon Mary Johnson and D. J. Jacobs in spite of the refusal of Solicitor John? son and Judge Fraser to recommend a commutation, to say nothing of a pardon. One by one Ben Tillman goes back on the principles which he proclaimed last Summer, and day by day the peo; ie, who went wild over him and worshiped him as a god, are coming to the conclu? sion that he ts a fraud. The Chesterfield Murder Case. Darlington Herald. Whatever may have been the Gov? ernor's motive in waitiog to reprieve the murderers un il tbe preparation was completed, it is very certain that he acted in violation of the spirit of the Constitution, which provides that the law must be executed in mercy. A great may people who are guilty die protesting their innocence, and as tni?h* have been expected, the Governor s ex? periment was a failure. Criminals of this character never re? pent the act, but the issue, and very little faith can be put in their profes? sion either of innocence or penitence. It is a rare thing for a jury to convict anyone of murder, and when they do the moral effect of it is lost when the Governor pardons or commutes the sentence of the murderer. If there was any excuse for the Governor to in? terfere with the due process of law, it has not transpired. A "False Prophet". Newberry Observer. The following prediction was made by the World-a few days, we thioL, pre? ceding the State Alliance meeting at Spartan burg? "The World may be mistaken, but it will venture the prediction that Till, man, now that the Alliance clouds are lowering above bim, will swallow his words and the sub-treansry bill at the samo time.7' While Tillman is Governor it does not become him to be engaging promis? caously or frequently in public discus? sions; and while he is an Alliance man it does not become bim to go out of his way to make war upon an Alliance m< asure. Bat so long as he is a mao it is bis right and his duty to express himself on any and all public questions whenever the occasion calls for it. That he bas done, and if a proper oc? casion arises will no doubt do so again. As for swallowing bis words, tie Governor is not that kind of a man. .'Wild-cat Banks." The State. The advocates of the iniquitous and prohibitory tax upon tbe circulation of State hanks are fond of the pretext that toil restriction operates to prevent im? positions OD the public by "wild-cat" concerns disguised as banks. There is at the same time conveyed thc impres? sion that rn the national bank system the safeguards against loss, whether to billbolder or stockholder, are such as to remove the risks incident even to a bo-ioess conducted with the greatest prudence. Both opinions aro mere illusions. The State bank is not necessarily a "wild-cat" concern. Previous to the war the State banks in South Carolina bad first-rate credit. Their bills, with rare exceptions were taken at par the country over. In tbe excepted sase? the discount from the face of the note was no indication of doubt touching the solvency of the bank, beiug no more than enough to cover the cost of collect? ing an uncurrent note by presenting it at the bank's counter. The discount was usually not much more than the current rate of exchange, between the place of the transaction and the bank's place of business. The bill holders' se? curity was in the assets of the bauk, supplemented with the stockholder's li. - bilify to them to the extent of three times the amount of his shares, lu the ordioary condition of business this secu? rity was ample. But for the disasters of war, every bill of the different bat ks chartered by our legislature would have been as good as gold. Notwithstanding the effects of the war. it is likely that most of our Sta'e bauk bills could have been made good, tnt for the delay of the holders. The security of the holder of national bank bills ts the deposit of United States bonds to cover the circulation, with a small allowance for contingen? cies. The security afforded by this de? posit is good to the extent only to which the government, out of regard for its own credit, makes it so. Causes such as ruined our State banks might be equally effectual in destroying the bill holder's security 50 far as it is based opon United States bonds. Be? sides, it would bc competent, for the Legislature, in authorizing banks t( issue bills, to require proper security for their payment on demand. Uodei ordinary circumstances the recourse ot the shareholders, to an cxtert such a was given io the case of our ante bell un batiks, would be amply sufficient. Bu if this protection should be considere* inadequate, Booie other could easily be provided. The bau ks themselves, should they desire to issue bHls, would) scarcely objeet to- any reasoea-bie re? quirement calculated to give these ready curreocy. Tfce safety of stockholder?, and of creditors other than brlrhoHers, may find the same guaranties io a well regu? lated State bank as any thai are- provis ded in the national bank system. The popular notion that nat?ou?) banks are safer tl an others proceeds chiefly from* a miscooceptroa of tire purpose for which alone the government exac'e the deposit of United States bonds. The same care and diligence neces? sary to the eontiooedsolveney of a national bank are even more fruitful! of good results in the State bank; -the means of securing Zswos-being even greater io them than io the national bank. All of wfefch merely goes to show that while a national bank; i* a good thing, a State bank, subject? ed to reasonable r?gulations for th? protection of deposito rs and etfier cred? itors, is a better. Of course the suggestion of the gen eral substitution of State for national banks presupposes the repeal of the tax> OD the circulation of tbs- fe*e*er- the estent of which was rn te o deo* to make it prohibitory. The partiality thus shown the national bank was, perhaps, nata ral in times when the nation?! idea was prevalent in the policy of the govern? ment, and when it's agents were on the hunt for < xperiments whereby to induce the purchase of United States boed*. Considerations for the safety of bill holders, which may have operated wheo) the national bank system was inaugu? r?t ed, have grown gradually weaker with the returu of normaf conditions-. They should have no weight oow. Vacuous Vacillation. Charleston World Governor Tillman has commoted -fee death sentences of David Jacobs aod Mary Johnsou to imprisonment for life. Why? It is presumed that rf the two cul? prits had confessed their crime wheo under the shadow of the gallows the other day, thia commutation would no* have been granted, and Private Secre? tary Tompkins would either hare allowed tbs execution to proceed, then and there, without making known the existence of the respite (assuming that he was so instructed) or else the gor crnor would bave permitted the banging to occur without fail on September 4, the date to which be bad reprieved the prisoners. It is certainly a fair presumption tba! ['Governor Tillman devised the fearful ord**! of last Friday, for the purpose of deciding the gaile or innocence et Jacobs and Johnson. If this be admitted, and we do not see bow the inference can well be evaded, we mast look to the goveraor't? subsequent action as an indication of the impression made upon bb mind by bis particularly unique experiment. If tbe prisoners* persistent protesta* t?o ns of innocence impressed tbe gover? nor with their sincerity, he should have grao ted them full and free pardoo. If, on the other baud, be conceived that the "holding out" of Johnson nod Jacobs was bot another of tbe long lisa of gallows-faiseboods, be should have allowed the law to take its course og the Fourth of September, next. Tbe prisoners- are either guilty of ose of tbe most thoroughly cold-blooded murders io the criminal ano sis of South Carolina, with cot a single vestige of an extenuating circumstance ; or they are absolutely innocent. Io one case, they should die -T in tbe otber, they are entitled to their liberty. But Governor Ullman does sot seem to bave seen the matter in that light, for be has condemned the prisoners to the penitentiary 'or life. What ?te would Uko to know now is this: By what proeess of reasoning has Governor Tillman evolved from his ghastly gallows experiment the theory that Jacobs and Mrs. Johnson murdered the latter's husband but that tbe malice necessary to io vol ve the infliction of the death penalty, was lacking, and thal they were therefore guilty-sot of mur? der, but of manslaughter. No matter what may be ?aid of Governor Tillman'? natural attainments, it must be admitted tba' be is not of a judicial turn of mind. Several of ids recent utterances and acts have demonstrated that fact beyond tbe shadow of a doubt Had the governor seen fit to grant the prisoners full and free pardon, we should have bad no word of criticism. On tbe otber band, if be bad permitted the unfortunate pair togo to tbe gal ows September 4. we should have refrained from unfavorable comment, except perhaps to the extent of calling attention to the unnecessary prelimi? nary torture inflicted upon tbem las! Friday. But when the governor adopts a hor? rible trick to ensnare prisoners into m ?ki og, or refusing to make, s coo frssioa which shall be the basis of ex? ecutive action in their case, aod wheo such action is taken and is not war? ranted by any development of the in? quisitorial proceeding, wc protest ia the oamo of common sense and humao Such unseemly conduct tends to brins the law and the chief executive's c m iifegranting prerogative into contempt. -1- m - ? ? - *mmn ' Go**? I-rfrofe?, Good lo? ks are more than skin deep, depend? ing upon n health*? condition of all tho vital of gan?. If the Lifer be inactive, you have ? 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