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SUMTER, S. C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1892.
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NEW LUMBER YARD,
IBEG TO INFORM MY FRIENDS AND
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located on the C. S. & N. R. R.,*ju3t back of
lny residence, is now in fell operation, and I
am prepared t? fi*rnisb all grades of Yellow!
Pine Lumber from ?nbied timber, at prices
according to grados.
Yard accessible on North side of residence.
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-THE-^
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FOR SALE.
ATRACT OF GOOD FARMING AND
Timber land, containing 900 acres with
good dwelliog and outbuildings, well located
balf mile from Reid's station on the Manches
ter and Augusta R. R., 9 miles from Sumter.
Will sell as a whole or io lots to suit pur
chasers.
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ments and low interest. See or address
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PURE
BUT NOT FORSAKEN."
-by
BERNARD BIGSBY,
Author of the "Colonel of the fourth," and
Other Successful Stories.
CHAPTER v.
the harvest home.
AH tbc fat was in the fire. Made
moiselle flatly refused to permit Kate
Gr?bame to sbare tbe festivities
of the harvest home, pronouncing
that harmless rural fete a vulgar orgy,
in which no young-, lady with proper
sentiments ought to dream of taking
part. Ali this in a volubility of words
?only part of which were understood?
she propounded to Mrs, Barlow, who
forthwith carried the unpleasant tidings
to the jovial yeoman, who resented the
insinuation with the vigor of his sturdy
race. He had been altogether averse
to having a French woman in the house,
and had only yielded out of regard for
Miss Balderstonc, firmly believing that
his poDds would be depleted of frogs
and that strange, unholy dishes would
find their way into his larder.
"What!" he said, striking his table
with his huge fist, so that the glasses
jingled an accompaniment to his wratlv.
"Are we to be taught manners by a
frog-eating French woman'? Says Miss
Balderstone wouldn't approve?why.
Miss Balderstone hae danced a reel on
this very floor at a harvest-home with
my head wagoner end didn't think she
demeaned hcrsen. I tell 'ce I'll see her
myscm and if 1 can't knock some sense
into lier si Ih* head, my name's not John
Barlow. The lass shall come to the
homing if she has a mind to, and there's
an end on't."
Whereupon there was a battle royal
fought under French and English col
ors, in which half the shots missed fire,
for Mademoiselle could not understand
a moiety of the farmer's broad Surrey
dialect, and the lady's keenest bits of
satire were lost upon him. The end of
it wus tkat a compromise was effected.
Miss Gr?bame -vas to be allowed to
participate in the games after supper
and take part in a round dance or two,
with no other partner than the worthy
yoeman himself or the village school
master who was expected as a guest.
If these conditions were observed,
mademoiselle under protest withdrew
her objections. So harmony was re
stored, and John Barlow, mopping his
face with his handkerchief, returned to
tuo Kitchen with Hying colors to ar>
nouncc to his women-folk his- partial
victory*.
Old customs are dying ont, even in
England, but under John Barlow's hos
pitable roof, they maintained their pris
tine glory, as unabridged as when his
ancestor had burned the Yule log on
his broad hearth for the carousal of a
roystering troop of cavaliers in the days
of Xing Charles.
Txxig tables were set in the great
kitchen, preparatory to the coming
feast. But the first ceremony was the
homing-proper, the bringing of tlio last
load of sweet-smelling hay from the
field, in the gloaming, just before the
dew began to full upon the grass.
The Last forkful was pitched upon the
mighty load, the ropes were tied from
wraithe to wraithe to keep it in place,
and the worn m and children were
hoisted up to the top of it, the former
exhibiting considerable coyness in tbe
process, and the heavy horses, with
harness decked with ribbons, started at
a stately pace, John Barlow leading
the procession on his fat cob, and the
haymakers bringing up the rear and
merrily trolling a song with the re
frain:
'* Karros t hoinct
"Work is dono,
Jolly companions, everyone?"
ITow Arthur Bunbur entered into the
spirit of the revel ! Just an hour was
given to the farm hands to "fettle"
themselves, and the great bell on the
ivy-clad stone gable of .the house
rang out the welcome tidings that
supper was ready. Then into the Old
kitchen trooped the host of merry
makers, every laborer about the place
with his wife and children or sweet
heart, besides a score of farm-servants
from the neighboring homesteads. Id
good old style the gentle waited upon
the simple, the schoolmaster and the
schoolmasters wife, the apothecary
and his two handsome daughters, the
village dressmaker and her three
pretty apprentices, and Dame Barlow
and her Nellie merrily vied with each
other in loading the plates with good
things; the only persons of a higher
.m
U(?2m im
mm
CHOMAS BOWE DEMA.XD1 :> STT.EN'CT"*.
de/'Tcc who sat a-t board b?-::ig the jolly
yeoman, who took the head of the
< :il>!?\ :md Arthur Dun bar. who sat by
his express command at Ids right-hand.
Big rounds of beef disappeared before
the sharp knives of the carvers, legs of
ir utton and spareribs of pork vanished
]il-<? magic, and huge plum pixi'lings
melted in way that was startling?
bat still there was enough for every
one and to spare, enough to pack many
a small basket with dainty Lits for tbc
sick and bed-ridden, who could not
come to the feast, but were happy in
the assurance that Dame Barlow would
not forget them. Then, when every
one had eaten his fill, old Thomas
Hows, the patriarch of the laborers,
rose and demanded silence. All knew
what lie was going to say, for be had
said the same thing in the same words
on thirty anniversaries of the happy
day, yet every ear was stretched in ex
pectancy.
"Fill your glasses, lads and lasses. I
beant much o* a hand at speech-makm1;
but 'ores to the jolly good 'elth of the
best mcaster an* the best missus as ever
lived. With a three-times-thrcc, my
lads; an! one more for luck!"
How the old rafters rang with their
cheers! It would be a vain effort to at
tempt to describe John Barlow's re
sponse- It was a master-effort of in
comprehensibility. He got so mixed up
with the glories of the good old times,
the iniquities of the income tax, and the
audacity of f ro^-eoting French women,
that it was a relief to his wife whendiis
burst of eloquence was finished.
Next, singing was in order, and inter
minable ballads with inevitable chor
uses of ri-too-ra-li-loora-ri-toora-li-day,
cheered the company, while old Thomas
Eowe, by special request, sang in a
quavering voice a ditty whose immoral
refrain was that?
"Ho who drinks cold water,
And goes to bed sober,
Fades as the leaves do, fades as the leaves do,
And dies in October.
He who drinks good ale
And goes to bed mellow,
Lives as he ought to live, lives as he ough to
live, ?
And dies a Jolly fellow."
A- sentiment which would be hardly ap
predated in this prohibition ago. but
which seemed to find considerable favor
among the harvest-homers.
Then those who had been serving re
tired to an ante chamber to attack a
similar repast on a smaller scale, and
all hands set to work to clear the tables
away. When this was done three old
men drew from the recesses of green
baize bags their fiddles and the fun be
gan to get fast and furious. "Sir Iloger
de Covcrly" was the first on the list, of
course, John Barlow and the diary-maid
the premier couple, followed by Mrs.
Barlow and the head-wagoner, while
others came in quick succession, but all
mated from different degrees of society
in the small community, Arthur Dunbar
being vis-a-vis with tlic herdsman's
daughter, a stalwart lass who candidly
confessed her appreciation of the com
pliment It was at this moment that
Kate Grahame came into the room,
dressed in her simplest costume and
looking as pretty as a picture. She was,
of course, immediately appropriated by
the schoolmaster, who had been wait
ing under instructions for this especial
purpose and was speedily lost in the
maze of the dance. Reels and jigs fol
lowed in quick succession, during which
Arthur Dunbar found it more profitable
to sit on an old fashioned "settle" with
Kate Graliame and make comments on
the parsing pageant. Then, a quadrille,
and once more to Arthur's disgust the
old schoolmaster stepped forward and
claimed the young lady as Iiis partner.
Just then an apparition made its ap
pearance in the doorway, which con
centrated the gaze of everyone. It
was Mademoiselle Campignon, looking
with beaming eyes on the gay scene.
Mrs. Barlow nudged Mr. Barlow with
her arm and whispered something in
her ear, when to Kate's surprise the
good-humored yocman, with a very red
face,approached the lady and addressed
her, and the next minute led her out in
triumph onto the floor, and they were
whirling away with the best of them.
From that time forth Kate Grahame
gave herself up to the full enjoyment
of the occasion, venturing even such a
breach of her instructions as to delight
in a merry spin with Arthur ?honbar as
a partner.
How swift the moments flew. But
all things must come to an end at last,
and in the wee sma' hours of the morn
ing the happy revelers took their de
parture aod the old house was once
more quiet again.
Did Kate Grahame dream" that night?
I am afraid she did?of a tall handsome
young man with auburn hair and
brown c.yc3?which was very reprehen
sible in that young lady, considering
the educational advantages she had en
joyed and the taste for only very aris
tocratic society she ought to have im
bibed in Miss lionoria's drawing-room.
CHAPTER VL
arossrEUR, the viscount i>^si?EvrLti?.
When Mile. Campignon made up her
mind to be gracious, few persons could
be more agreeable, and Kate was de
lighted to find that she came down to
breakfast- next morning in one of her
plcasantest moods, even going so far as
to make a jocular allusion to' her dis
obedience in dancing with Mr. JDunbar,
an offense which was setting a little
heavily on the girl's conscience. At
first Kate thought that mademoiselle,
having compromised herself,- was not
inclined to be censorious; but she soon
discovered that she had an ulterior mo
tive for her sweetness:
"You seem in excellent spirits after
the fatigues of last night, mademoi
selle," Kate remarked.
"I am more than happy I confess, my
child, for I have received a letter this
morning which has carried me rato a
seventh heaven Of delight."
"I am so glad. Was it ? love letter?"
"Ma fui, no! How you young girls'
ininds run on the tender passion?well,
it is natural, and I would not have it
otherwise. But, if there is no love,
there is a dash of romaucc in my cor
respondence. You perhaps never know,
my dear, that, though I am nothing now
but a governess in a pension, my fami
ly were one ?f the noblest among the
commoners of France."
Kate bowed rn silent admiration, ig
norant of the fact that every French
exile in foreign lands comes of exalted
parentage.
"Our estates wore' lost?my father
died broken-hearted?leaving two chil
dren, my sister Celeste and myself. Ah,
but she was an angeli Itavishmgly
beautiful, sweet in disposition as a
saint. She married- - married the rich
and noble Viscount d'Estreville; but a
strange fatality hangs over our family.
My sister's husband, who was a devoted
Orleanist, was discovered in a plot
against the emperor, ond his estates
were forfeited to the crown-. He fled
tor London with his wife and only son,
but poverty and disappointment were
more than he could endure, and he died
by l is own hand about five years ago?
a ruined exile.*1
''Leavinghis widow and son impro
vidt d for?"
"Mon Dien! Yes! What had he to give
them?"
"I do not know; but ? should have
thought it would have been far more
noble and eh i vai rie to have lived and
worked for their support."
"Ali, el did, yon <!?> not understand
these things. My sister has done well
enough in the world, and as for her
boy, he is ail that the fondest mother
could desire?affectionate, brave, gen
erous, inheriting all his father's virtues
and none of his faults."
"Thatis high praise, indeed."
"And think of it, Kate, he will be
wtfch us here this very morning. I have
invited l m to spend a week at Wil
loughby farm/' ?
"Why, that will be charming." Mate
said, picturing to herself the enjoyment
she would derive in the companionship
of a bright, intelligent boy. "I will
coax Mr. Barlow to lend him his pony:
he shall come with me and C:esar in
our walks; and I will send to Chertscy
for the boat Miss Balderstonc ordered
for our use, but which I have done with
out here before because I had no one to
go with me,"
' His name is Leon?Leon d'Estre
villc! Is it net a pretty one"?'' madem
oiselle asked. '"lie does not assume
the title at present?perhaps some day
or other when fortune smiles again he
may do so, and his wife would b? a
countess.
"I don't suppose he thinks anything
at all about wives at his age, If he is the
nice boy yon describo him," Kato said,
saucily.
"At his age! Why, he is nearly flve
and-twenty, dear, and ?*
But Kate's eyes flashed an indignant
surprise.
"I thought you said he was a boy,"
she complained.
"Did I convey that idea, my child?
Well, surely you accept the correction
with a good grace?a young man of
fivc-and-twenty would be a more agree
able companion to a young lady of
nineteen than a mischievous lad of
twelve. But please to remember that
Leon comes to sce me and not you."
**I beg your pardon humbly," Kate
cried, always free to confess a fault.
"Of course he does; and it is ve ry rude of
me to talk such nonsense. But is Mis3
Balderstone aware of this addition to
our menage?"
"f)f course she is. . I have had the
kindest letter from her? she is in Ger
many now?will yon see it?"
"No, thank you, mademoiselle; I re
ceived a letter from her this morning
which is not yet opened, for I was re
serving it as a bon bouche after break
fast. May I break the seal? Ah, I
thought so; she alludes to your coming
guest. 'You will have an addition to
your little party in the shape of Milo.
Campignon's nephew. I hope you will
try to make his visit pleasant'?so that
is all right* Are the Barlows prepared
to receive him?"
"They got their instructions by the
same mail that brought our letters."
Kate did not pause to consider, or she
would have thought it strange that M.
d'Estreville*s invitation must have
been given and accepted before Miss
Ba?derstone's consent could have been
secured.
That the reader may fully understand
the real nature of affairs it is necessary
to take a peep into a suite of rooms in a
tall house near Leicester square, Lon
don, in the center of a district which
might be described as a French colony.
Every store in the street bears a Gallic
sign over its door; cheap cafes abound
with placards in their windows of Ici
on parle Francais. and sallow men with
waxed mustaches and dubious linen of
the true patriot type predominate.
The room to which I wish to call
your attention is comfortably though
not extravagantly f urnishedT and is oe-'
baxlow men with waxed mustaches.
cupied by three persons?a wcli-pre^
served woman of fifty, with eyes as black
as sloes: a middle-aged sea-?ariagman,
with black curly ringlets and gold or
naments in the lobes of his ears, and a
handsome young fellow who hps ihmg
himself into the easiest ch?ir in the
room and is puffing clouds of blue
smoke from the cigarette between his
lips. It is the latter who speaks.
"Jifa bello tante evidently puts full
faith iri your story, my gallant uncle,"
he says, lightly,- "or she would not ad
vance money to carry out the scheme,
f suppose there can be no doubt as to
the identification of the man you car
ried in your brig from Goa to Colombo.**
"Bah, nephew Leon, did you ever
know Francois Campignon make a
blunder? If there is one thing I pride
myself on more than another it is my
accuracy."
"But, brother," the woman inter
poses, turning to the sailor, "why the
necessity of all this mystery?' The
Jobards and the Campignons have been
honest bourgeois for years ? never
ashamed of their names that ? heard of
?and it does not seem right to me for
Leon to go masquerading under a false
name. It is not right. I say. Leon Jo-;
bard is just as good a name as Leon d'
Estreville for all I can sec."
"That may be so, Celeste, bui a fine'
name is half the battle when one is
dealing with a romantic schoolgirl,
and I think Helene was wise when she
chose such a, pretty one asd'Kstrcville,"
Francois responds.
"But why should Leon marry the
girl at all? Surely you could make
our fortunes out of the secret you pos
ses without sacrificing him." Mme. Jo
bard says, querulously. "For my part?
I wish that Helene had never gone to
the X< rural school in Paris and risen
above her sphere. We have none of u.;
ever been contented since."
"You, dear mother, would be content
ed anywhere, such is the sweetness of
your disposition," Leon replies kindly,
but a slight sneer on his Hps mars the
graciousacss of theremark; "but latri
free to confess ihat standing all day be
hind a shop-counter has no great fas
cinations, a ed 1 have no objection tc
Aunt. Helene making my fortune by a
rieh ma? ri -v."
"Anda Cor. cur getting anything ut
?f the secret, tha? wo rid be blackmail,
and I have no desi > : un ?ny neck
into a :. . ?-."' Francois says w'fch r?
grim laugh: "besides we have no clew
to the principals .Ml we know is that
ou the Cist of January ?ast I was in
Command of tbe Irrig L'oiseau d'or, and
that I carried with ine as cabin passen
ger from ''?'? >. to Colombo Sir Harry
Grahamc 1:1 corrrpany with one G-eorge
Archer, at the very time that the an
nouncement of his d -ath appeared in
the Hyderabad new /? ??? :r?.. ? you
may depend upon it, our best chance is
with the young- lad,".*'
! "But," Mme, Jobard pleads, "if a
! marriage is contracted in this country,
and one of the panics to it, unknown to
the other, assumes a false name, it is
: illegal."
i "Who cares if it is? ? hare consid
' cred all that. I tell you the lad has no
j chance under the vulgar name of Jo
I bard; he must sail under false colors
I or he will never win the prize," Cam
pignor. declares, angrily.
"Besides, dear mother, al?that is past
alteration. The curtain is drawn up
j and the comedy has begun, so it is too
i late to alter the cast of characters at
! this hour. To-morrow M. Leon d' Es
I treviiie makes his bow at Willough
I by farm," the young man says with a
light laugh.
"And, if, with a week's opportunities
and Helene to back him up, he has not
the tact to lnrc a giddy schoolgirl to
an elopement, he has no claim to the
gali anUy ?i a Frenchman. "
"Ah, well," Mme. Jobard sighs with
resignation. "I yield to your sophis
tries, but not to my convictions. You
are sending my son from me, Francois,
j and I have strong presentiments that it
will bo long ere I set eyes on him
again."
And all this haf?p*cned at the very
hour that Arthur Dunbar was rescuing
Caesar from a watery grave.
[to be Continued ]
Commencement at Bil:ville.
Commencements, come at Billvil?e?the girls
are in the show,
A-smilio' an' beguilin' in a maze o' colico;
An' they're sighin', sperechifyia'?got the
reins without a cht ok,
An'the boy is still a-staudin' on the usual
burniti' deck!
An' Mary's got her little lamb?as gentle asa
shout,
An' no! a single drum is heard?not even a
futiera! note;
An' Iser's rodin> rapidly?you almost see it
shine,
An' som* ?re born at Biugen?at Bingen on
the Riiue!
j They're coin' like two-ferry?the town can't
get to steep,
For Piiot, 'tis a tearful night, there's danger
on the deep;
And Curfew ?h>;ll not ring tonight?they've
swnru it, and ihey kuowf
Commencement's come at 13:il ville and the
girls are in the show!
?Atlanta Consti'idion.
A Tribute to Judge Kershaw.
To taking bis rcat on the bench, at
court, in Beaufort, Monday, his Honor
Judge James Aldr?ch addressed the bar
and jury as follows: His tender, sympa
ihetic and eloquent allusions to his
Honor Judge J Kershaw touched a
responsive chord in the breast of every
one present, and were particularly tuited
to th** ocasi?n.
' Gent lemen of the bar, and Gentle
men of the jury also?I regret that
Judge Kersbaw's sickness renders it
oece>sary for me to have to come to your
county, though it is always pleasant for
me to come to Beaufort. I regret it es
pecially on Judge Kershaw's account.
I dont suppose there is a man in the
State or Souih Carolina who toa higher
degree represents the trse citizens of
the State more than Joseph B. Kershaw.
Froiii his youth up he ha3 been devoted
ro the interest of the Slate, and he
typifies in an unusual degree tb? patriot,
the scholar, profound lawyer and anle
jurist to au estent perhaps unequalled,
ctrtahjly not sut passed, by any man in
the State. I regret exceedingly his
siiskness. I have come at his request
to relieve him. It is always a pleasure
for me to aida brother Judge in hold
ing his courts, and I Come to this
court, more readily and quickly than i
would otherwise because Beaufort :s a
county in this the second circuit, of
which I have the honor to be the
judge, it ?m not only ? special pleas
ure, but ? take an interest and sincere
pride in seeing that, so far as I can
prevent it, the administration of justice
s!:ad receive no set back, I was nor
here when the court co ni m e need, and ?
have but a few days now to complete
the work of the court, and we ought
not to lose any time. Jurors and wit
nesses will be expected to be promptly
in their places. The jurors are as
much a par: of the court as the judge
who presides upon his seat and it is
wrong for jurora to go ot? and have to
ba called. If I were to quit my seat
aud go o? en the street, and the crier
was compelled to call me, everybody
would say the judge ought to be im
peached --Palmetto Post.
? ???a-^on&*"m
Figures for Voters.
tYhen General Gsrfjeld was chairman
of the House Appropriations Committee,
less than twenty years ago, he declared
that the pension litt hud reached its
maximum it was thou twenty-five
million dollars.
The amount appropriated by the
Billion Hai?ar Congress for ?S92 was a
hundred and thirty-five millions, Which
it has been found necessary to ?aerease
ro a hundred and forty-seven mil
lions. Th?? is an exeoss- ci thirty
nine millions over the total of 1801.
which, in turn, was an increase of
twenty-two millions over the aggregate
of I $90.
In other words.- the money snnk in
pensions has been steadily am! rapidly
increasing year by yccr. It must
steadily and rapidly increase in the
future unless a halt i? called.
Representative Ivuloe. of Tennessee,
who ha* thoroughly i? formed himself
on the su: j-et. estimates that as things
are going a hundred and sixty million
dollars ?i!l be" called fov next fiscal
year, and tani if republican extrava
gance Ts tint a'rresfed a high water mark
of two hundred millions a year v>M! be
reached.
We submit these figures to the
consid?r?ti'ffn of ruteiligcat voters.?
X. 1. Herald.
' When the inside history of this
nv?? ion leal?s ou't, as it inevitably
iil." said a member of !:?? Repubii
w\ national committee fo a correspond
ent e! fire Atlanta Constitution, la3t
i.riday n?;v'>t, "there will be fots o?
; t*?pa:gn faarcn?l rW tu;' De m OC arie
press ' "The average price p?id f< t
votes in the cotiituitfre on credentials
was ?S?t 0; but m one imsfane'e ?2 000
was pa'i-i. and t;'??* ; ;vipical voted a> he
promised. !?<? go i *r*ared and cave tlx*
rr.ot'cv ba*.*ic. Th?-r? l?as be^n over
$100.000 f*xponded in Flarrison's in
terest witi>i:i th- pa>t forty-ei'?lit
a. ? .? '
Bloody Work; in G-reenvi?ia
Greextille, Jane ?4 -^Special ?
Aldettaan Hermann G Gllreatu wa??
?bot and instantly killed ou Maio street
his ::;orr>int- by J. Minis Sullivan.
The prominence of ihe parties and th'er
?efeneeless position of the murdered
oir-n have made (be ;;ff:ir the canse of"
great ezciSement. *fBe two men met
>u a street crossing and exchaoged' if
few words. Mr Sullivan drew Ms pis
tol and as Mr Gilreath turned'* to go
shot hi?i in the side and, as h?' was fall**
?ng, shot bim again in the back.
Yesterday afternoon Gilreath, wha
was a s'eward \n the Buncombe Sirecf
Methodist Chcrreh-, was at the parsoci
age assisting Dr. Kate, the pastor, in
planting seme corn and peas, A negro
tas plozghing. Gilreath was dropping
the .*eed, and Dr. Pate was keeping the4
chickens away. The negro ploughed
up an old beer bottle, and G-ilreaik
picked it tiro and facetiously asked Df.
Pate if he kept boules of that kind
around his house. He threw it cfef
his head and it fell in Su!Bvan's yard.
Some children told Sullivan aboct if
and he came out very angry. Gilreath
offered to go into the yard and take if
out, but SnMivsn c?tsed him' and said
Gilreath snc??d not come on ?'rs pr?m-*
?ses. Gilreath said'threy Would settle
it at another time and they parted.
This morning Gilreath wrote Scili-*
van a note, sayiag that he had insulted*
him in the presence of a minister, and
that if SsU?7an would designate a piace
i "f meeting t'-ey would settle toe matter,
and he would endeavor to give Sulli
van full satisfaction. Sullivan immed:-*
ate?y came down the street and "tief
Gilreath, who w^s in his buggy io
Main street Gilreath asked if Sul??
van wanted to see him. Snllivae
replied that he had thrown down the*
gauoth f and it was for Gilreata to gee
bim. Gilreath got out of his baggy
and walked toward Sullivan. WhcB
within about ten feet of bim Gilrea&b
asked Sullivan if he repeated ais insult
;o: yesterday. Sullivan replied that he
did. Gilreath repeated his question,
Sullivan repested his answer. Gilreaifr
said nothing, but looked steadily at the
ground. Sullivan drew bis pisto! and
said : "Get away from bere." Gii*
reath ? urn cd to obey, bat Sullivan fired,
the ball entering the left side and
piercing the upper lobe of (he left fang.
Gilreath stooped, and in falling turned
his back to Sullivan, who again fired,
the ball entering Gilreath's back and
ranging up the spinal column to tbe*
neck. Gilreafh dropped dead and Su?*
?ivan, wbh amazing coolness, Walked
to the sidewalk, took the arm of a
policeman, walked down to the sheriff's
office aad surrendered. Re employed
as his counsel Gen. J. Walter Gary,
whom he met on the way, and was
taken to jail.
Gilreath was carried into the store o?
Finlay Bros, and shortly afterward tt? .
his home. A post-mortem examination*
, revealed the fact tbat either shot would
r have producid death Ou?y the ball
tbat entered ihe back was discovered.
Mr Gilreath was a good man and
popular citizen and an alderman of the
city, and there is great indignation a$
I his cruel death.
I Excited groups of men have drse?ss
ed tbe event on the streets ail day and
?o-n?ght there is Strong talk of ryncb
rng. ~ There rs hardly s pr?b?btHty/
however, of such an attempt being ?a?
cessfui, as Sheriff Gilr?atb himself/
! ('hough a brother to the murdered
j man.) four policemen and six other wei!
armed men are guarding the jail.
! The corjuer's inquest has adjourned
! until tomorrow far further testimony.
The testimony already taken is dam
azmg to Suliivan. G ?rea?h had ne
weasens on his person, r?e carried ti
light cane in his right hand, but made
j no attempt to use it. fie had not golf
j n?nfef than ten feet of Sullivan. It ie
I undeistood that the defence will be self*
j defence, aud (he note received by Stirili*
j van will play an important part in the
case. Mr. Gilreath's friends say the
note was misconstrued, aud that Mr.
G?reaih meant that he would eatisfao*
tor?y explain the affair, and n?t thai he
would give satisfaction in an encounter.
?News aud Courier.
The verdict of ih* jury of i? efuest
was that the killing was a <4w91fu4 and
felonious murder.''
Not Necessary to Join a Club/
The following correspondence oe5-*
i twee a Mr. A. G Wise, of otrr town;
! and lion J. h M ?r by, will be- readf
I with interest by every Democrat, ?s itr
j shows the status of the Democrats* who*
j havo a-ot joined a Democratic club,
j says the U>i issue of the Prosperity
j Press and Reporter :
S PuosrEiiiry, S C, May S?, I89&
Hou J. L. M. Irby, WashiugtonY
D. C. :
Dkau Sir?It is commonly talked
j hero thut a Democrat will not be allow
ed to vote at the coming primary eleo
j tien (August 30, ) unless he it
I enrolled as a member of some DemC
cratic club I ask you, us chairman' of
j the State executive committee. ?tri/
i reply is desired. Yours truly.
A. G. Wise.
W.Vi?iNt.T. . D. 0 , Jane I, 1S92-.
.Mr. A G. Wi-e, Prosperity, S C- r
My Dear Spr?I have your note of"
I the 'Ust ultimo, in which you asked my'
I opinion as to whether or not a Demo-^
i erat who i< not an enrolled iS"embef of
Democratic club can Vote at the Au
gust primary election, t say that he'
oun, and his right is so clear to 01/
mind, as i; should be genet ally, that t
am surprised that the (frestion has aris
en at all. I am, yours truly,
John L M. Irby, State Chairman'.
?Vmtv?iut l'raise.
\\\> desire to s.iv t.ir eitijiens'i that for"
vo:.r< we hive been selling Dr. Ivir.jr's Nei^
bi.-6?verv for C??nsu?apti"?i. Dr. "fviny's Ne?/
\jifv Pill- . UciiklcnV Amic;n Salve and Elee
tire ??iMcry. ;mJ !:.ivc nevvr ?i.n)<??c<l rem?d?e^
i!) !t m 'i .?< voi!. '>r t?nt baVc'givev sli'ch uni
vr-.il S:iri>f.i?-ti?s:j. Wo ??.-? !'<U hC^ltJlte tO*
^tr??r.?itee tt.ei?i everj ?tctr,a'n?? $t$l?n>i rce'dy'
r-> .? :;: t1?e par. hase ?"rice, if s;<i?i?ficlory'
:%-::!.-> ?: ? not t??K^w t'?cTru-e. These reute*
.l?es have .- . tliesr ?^r?aT popularly p?iely oi?
their inerits. ?'. - VV. [Ic-Lnrme. D'rc*j;i?u i
We h Ve sppeti y ?tul fiwsitive cirr?' ftjlr"
-.tr.tnli diphtheria, canker momn'aliti* hrtild'
Mi-he, in '? C*tarrh R,*?nie<fv. ? nafi^t
?nj.*?ct?*r free wt?h each r>: rtie. it if" y?*j?
desire beai th ad sweet breath. Prir? 50t.
Sold by [>:?. A. J. Cl.itia, Suiuier S. '. S