The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 30, 1906, Image 8
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BOTICE TO CORJEOSPONDENTS.
. Mail your letters so that'they will
Teach this office not later than Tues?
day morning. "When the letters are
received Wednesday it is almost an
Impossibility to have them appear in
the paper issued that day.
DUBOSE CROSS ROADS.
XtaBose Cross Roads, May 22.-The
wife of Ed Prince, near.here, gave
-Tjirth last night to three children-all
"boys-one died but th? other two and
de mother are doing well. They are
-colored people of fair standing in the
community-peaceable industrious
And well behaved.
All farm work is progressing quiet
3y and satisfactorily.
? am pleased to say the sick are
convalescing with fair prospects of
complete recovery. Occasional.
HAGOOD.
Eagood, May-24*.-Married.on the
evening of the 20th of May a: the res?
idence of the bride's father, Robert J.
. Jolly, by Rev. -H. C. Bethea, Miss Sa?
rai Rebecca Jolly to Mr.. A. Sansberry
iot Timmonsv?le, S. C;
The old railroad shanty near Raft
;?n? Creek on the Southern road caught
>-fire from'a passing- engine on the 22nd,
Imming up all the effects of a negro
who was occupying it .
The children of the community will
3have" a. moonlight picnic at the resi
's?ence of Rev. H. C. Bethea on the
^^?vexiing of Friday, May 25.
Small grain, which ia below the av?
erage because of a scarcity of rain is
^feeing cut.
- All crops ar_er advancing nicely, are
3nf goodl shape, and notwithstanding
Hie cool weather, ar?* looking well.
Those who attended the reunion in
Columbia report themselves well
pleased with the occasion.
BARK CORNER,
Dark Corner, May 26.--Crops are
?mall, but are pretty well worked. I
.have seen some lice on cotton, but I
think if we could get a good rain it
would stop them. Well, I went to the
xeuion in Columbia last week which
was the first time I was ever in Co?
lumbia and the first reuion I have ev?
er attended. Only two of us went from
3iere, myself and J. L. Ardis. We had
A very fine time. We were treated fine
?iy the people of Columbia. I went in?
to taie State convention, but not as a
^delegate, so I did not feel so much like
-A donkey as I thought. Through the
Kindness of the Hon. A. IC Sanders I
was shown through the penitentiary,
which is surely kept in a clean condi- '
xion .and oh, what fine hogs, cows and
pigeons they have there.. They show
jed me something while there that I
?"have never seen before-a little jenny
?colt-they did not have any jack colts,
which they said were seldom seen, not
oftener than one out of every twenty
colts.
I spent part of three days in your
city this ^veek oil the county board of
equalization, which we found was as
hard work as we ever undertook to do.
3 It' seems as if Sumter treated the
"Knights fine from what I saw and
heard. I was invited to" the fish fry
"Wednesday evening at Pocotaiigo by
Son. John H. Clifton, which invitation
was appreciated, but I could not get
CfT from the board meeting to go.
I see the candidate seed must have
Itept good as they are sprouting and
coming up so thick. I think we are
going to have a full crop of them this
year.
It was a sad shock to us when we
heard of the sudden taking off of our
friend and brother, James E. Tindal.
Another good man has gone to his
reward whose place will be hard to
till in his church and State.
Mrs. Ashby Kelley and Mrs. Wash
Scott have been sick. Mrs. Scott is
about well again, but Mrs. Kelley is
still sick, but some better.
C. T. and O. C. Kolb of your city,
visited relatives"here last Sunday.
A negro accidentally shot one of Mr.
James McCutchen's mules one day the
first of this week.
Mr. H. J. McLaurin, Jr., of your
city, was here Thursday looking at
timber.
Mrs. S. C. Kolb has returned from
Paxville. f
EDWARDS.
Edwards,.May 26.-We are having
some very seasonable weather today.
Cotton and corn are not doing so well,
as it ?has been so dry and windy.
Mr?. F. G.Peebles is quite sick.
* Mrs. L. A. White is spending the day
with Mrs. R. P. Weldon.
Mr. L. A. White is attending the
quarterly conference at Bethel today.
Mr. F. G. Peebles was in Camden
Thursday.
The oat crop is being harvested very
rapidly.
Rev. S. H. Booth was called to the
bedsnde of his father last Tuesday, at
Conway.
Mr. John F. McCutchen has secured
a position in Sumter. He will leave
TOT l?a work Monday.
The Smithville High School closed
yesterday after seven months o? sue? ?
cessful teaching- by Prof. S. S. Lighne
and Miss Emma Spencer. We regret
very much to see them leave, but we
?hope to get them back next fall. Miss
'Spencer left today for her home in
'North Carolina and Prof. Leighner will
leave for his home in Pennsylvania on
: Mon day.
, We wish them a happy vacation.
Mrs. J. R. McLeod spent Wednesday
I with relatives at Smithville.
DURANT.
Durant, May 26.-Mrs. W. P Mont?
gomery was called last week to the
bedside of her brother, Mr. J. M.
Witherspoon, who has been ill.
Mr. Joe Dickson was among the vis?
itors here last week.
Miss Pauline Williams attended the
dedication of the Presbyterian church
in Manning Sunday.
Dr. W. E. Brown paid a profession?
al call here this week.
Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Witherspoon vis?
ited relatives in Mayesville last Sun?
day.
The crops are very backward in this
section, rain is very much needed, es?
pecially to mature the wheat and oat
crops.
Catherine, infa .t child cf Mr. Rob?
bie Durant, has been-quite sick.
i / MAX.
Max, S. C., May 28.-Oats are fair
and are ripening rapidly.
Mr. Harry Cresswell, of Timmos
ville, made a flying trip through here
one day last week, repairing and set?
ting to order reapers and binders for
A. J. Goodman and others.
Messrs. B, C. Truluck and Elijah
McElveen spent several days in Co?
lumbia last week.
Dr. Hinnant, of Lake City, is treat?
ing Mrs. Malissa Tomlinson, whose
health is declining. i
The Misses Trenholm are spending
a few days with their father, Rev.
Trenholm, of Beulah.
Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Kennedy's ba?
by was buried at Bethel Saturday.
A good rain fell Sunday afternoon,
and corn and cotton will grow now.
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REMBERTS.
Rembert, May 28.-Our community
.was visited last Saturday'and Sunday
with fine rains, and while our crops
are a little behind last .year in size
.they are in fine fix and everything
j looks encouraging. Oats are ready to
cut and some of our neighbors are
hard at work reaping them, and I am
?glad to report a good crop will be
made.
i The Cotton Growers' association of
Rafting Creek township will meet at
St. Matthew's school house next Sat?
urday, June 2d, in the afternoon, at'4"
o'clock, and it is requested that a full
attendance be present, as important
business will be transacted and Mr.
.William J. Young is to address the
?'meeting on a very interesting subject,
and ali should hear him.
Mrs. S. L. Keels has returned home
after a long visit to relatives at Lynch
I burg.
Miss Annie Keels has also returned
home for the summer, and her many
i
friends were glad to see her looking
so well.
. Mrs.- John Team, of Sumter, is vis?
iting her sister, Mrs. M. E. McLeod.
Our friend and neighbor, J. M. Jen?
kins, has been very sick, and is still
very feeble. His recovery is very slow,
but we hope to see him out soon.
Mr. John Wresley Young has return?
ed after visiting friends and relatives
in Richland county.
LYNCHBURG.
Lynchburg, May 25.-A few days
ago this writer was invited to attend
a fish fry on the banks of Lynch's
river for which he fe ft grateful. The
getters-up of this fry were Col. J. A.
Rhame and Mr. J. Frank McIntosh,
the old man. Well, we went, ate and
drank. Several ladies from the town
and one from Sumter were on hand.
Dr. J. W. Tarrant and friend, John?
nie McIntosh, came in at the eleventh
hour, but in time to do full justice
to themselves. Eatables of every de?
scription were in evidence, but all the
men folk complained of lack of ap?
petites, but when the ground was
spread, the indifferent crowd seated
around and the command given, "help
yourselves," in 30 or 40 minutes time
I it was clear that there was oceans of
truth in the phrase, "coming appe?
tites," for old Col. Rhame, Dr. Tar?
rant and the old man Mcintosh and
his little boy, Johnnie, had devoured
all the fish, beefsteak, ham and eggs
and were ruining th prospects for the
third cover, consisting of cakes, pies,
fruits, nuts. etc. Dr. Tarrant, al?
though having a crippled hand, with
the assistance of four or five helpers,
jn two hours time, losing not a min?
ute, did fairly well. Col. Rhame, be?
ing very partial to eels, after hiding
out all the fish in reach or in sight,
turned on a two-foot eel, and so it
was good-bye eel. The splendid din?
ner, not including the fish, was pre?
pared by Mrs. J. A. Rhame and Mrs.?
J. F. McIntosh. In addition to these
two ladies were Misses Mamie Mc?
Neil, Martha Lizzie McIntosh, Annie
McIntosh, Annie Keels (for whom
given) and Sallie Winn of Sumter,
also, Mrs. Tarrant and Mrs. Keels, of
Rembert. The picnic was greatly en?
joyed by all present, and we extend
many thanks to the ladies who made
the occasion so pleasant.
Lynchburg. May,29.-The Magnolia
Book Club was most pleasantly enter?
tained at Mrs. J. W. Wilson's last even?
ing, and all those who were so fortu?
nate as to be in attendance had a de?
lightful time , tho recollection of
which will long afford pleasure. The
music on the piano by Miss Maud
Wilson was greatly enjoyed bj all.
^he is always "at home" with any in?
strument. These Book Club meetings
are very entertaining and are gaining
in popularity in the community.
In consequence of the absence of
this correspondent last week, the mar?
riage of Miss Ada Bell McLeod, sister
of Mrs. W. T. McLeod, to Mr. Geo. ^V.
Tedder, at the residence of Mr. Mc?
Leod, by Rev. S. O. Cantey, on the
evening of the 23d instant, was not
reported. Both of the contracting
parties are from Florida. Miss Mc?
Leod, now Mrs. Tedder, was very pop?
ular in this place, and Mr. Tedder is
certainly to be congratulated, for he
has won a prize. May trouble ever be
a stranger to them, but may their
pathway through life be strewn with
fragrant flowers.
We had a fine rain Sunday after?
noon, which was the second in two
months in this section. *
Several more "mad" dogs have been
killed around this town in the past
three days.
Little Tommie Wilson was bitten,
but very slightly, on last Sunday morn?
ing, by a dog supposed to be a "mad"
dog, and his uncle, with whom he
liyes, has written to G. H. Koon, of Co?
lumbia, for treatment. Others have
narrowly escaped.
PRIVATEER.
Privateer, May 29.-Mr. and Mrs.
John Geddings, of . Wedgefield, spent
Sunday at Mrs. Francis Jackson's.
Miss May Harvin, 6f Manning, is
spending sometime at Mr. S. A. Har
vin's.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rigby, of Man
f
ning, spent Saturday at Mr. S. A. Har
vin's.
Mr. Walter Raffield, .of Sumter,
spent Sur day at Mrs. S. J. Bradford's.
Mr. E. WT. Rivers* spent a few days
the past week with his daughter, Mrs.
P. E. Mims, of Elloree.
We have a lot of cloudy weather
and not much rain. Corn is small for !
the time of year, and-is needing rain
very badly.
If Madam Rumor is corect, Priva?
teer will have a full crop of candi?
dates for magistrate.
Rumor has about half a dozen out
and more to be heard from. The
more the merrier, so we hope all of
them will file their pledges and give
their friends- a chance to vote for
them.
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STATEBtTRG NEWS XOTES.
Stateburg, May 28.-Mrs. P. C.
Kirk and little son, George, of Trial,
S. C., are on a visit to. Mrs. G. M^VIur
ray.
Mr. Murray Moore, of Spokane,
Washington, spent a few days here
last week with Mr. Screven Moore.
Mrs. James Pinckney and Miss A.
X. Moore spent last week in Sumter,
the guests of Mrs. A. P. Manning.
Miss Mary E. Kirk, of Trial, is vis?
iting Miss Bessie Murray.
Rev. W. H. Barnwell is visiting
friends in Clarendon today.
Misses Sarah and Frances P. Moore
spent several days in Sumter last
week.
Mr. W. D. Frierson, Mr. R. M. Can?
tey and Mr. F. P. Burgess attended the
smoker in Sumter last Monday night,
given by the Knights of Pythias to the
visiting knights.
Miss A. X. Burgess is spending the
week with Mrs. Charlie Pinckney at
"Sans Souci."
Mr. Early Mellett spent Sunday at
home.
Maj. W. Loring Lee, representing
Sumter county and Mr. T. ?. Perrin,
representing Lee county, began Mon?
day the survey of the Sumter-Lee
county line from Scape O'er Swamp j
to the Kershaw county line for the
purpose of locating the lino as re?
quired by an act of the last session of
the Legislature. This line has never
located and has been in dispute since
Lee county has been established and
quite a number of people living in the
vicinity of the line do not know
whether they are citizens of Sumter or
Lee. Thc aci ircvides that in eas?: of
a disagreement between the two sur?
veyors representing the two counties
a third should be called in as an' arbi?
trator. Messrs. Lee and Perrin dis?
agreed at the outset of the work and
they will now have to call in a third
surveyor before proceeding with the
survey.
Lee County Jurors.
Petit jurors for the June term of
Court of Common Pleas and General
Sessions:
D. E. Thomas, J. F. Logan, Robert
Cook. Preston Corbett, T. D. Gard?
ner, J. S. Watkins, Calvin Copeland.
W. R. Parrott, A. D. Baskins, M. D.
Boyce, John W. Davis, WT. W. Alex?
ander, H. H. King. G. M. Stuckey, S.
A. Barnes, Wilson Scott, C. G. Gallo?
way, John Deas, A. L. Marshall, C. R.
McCathern, W. R. Pate, H. W. Scott,
W. P. Baskini J. D'' Gibbs, G. W.
Hawkins, J. T. Grooms, L. J. Jordan,
John Lee Davis, S. L. McLeod, S. J.
Corbett, Henry Scarborough, J. K.
Corbett, John. Stokes, W. D. White,
H. G. Crosswell, T. P. Stuckey.
A DIVOl ICE DECISION.
(United States Supreme Court Holds
That One State is Not Bound to
i Recognize Divorces Granted in
Another.
Columbia. May 2S.-The recent de
I c:sion of the Federal Supreme Court
in the Haddock divorce case, in which
the broad doctrine is laid down that
the constitution of the United States
does not require the courts of one
State to give "full faith and credit"
to the decree of another State, where
jurisdiction of the subject matter or
of the person is lacking-, and that a de?
cree . of divorce obtained where that
condition exists cannot be enforced
in another State, affects a number of
South Carolinians living in this State
or removed to another State, who have
gotten release in North Carolina or
Georgia or elsewhere, from degrading
and intolerable bonds and some of
whom have remarried and are living
happy and useful lives here or in oth?
er States.
Just to what extent the South Car?
olina situation is affected is not quite
clear, 'yet to even the best informed
lawyers. The decision is quite lengthy.
Advance proofs of the printed case
have just reached here, but as there
are about 1S.000 words in the thing
nobody has had time to more than
skim over it. Attorney General You
mans has been requested to render a
decision in the premises, but it will
hkely be several weeks yet before he
ca,n get this out. He has not yet read
"the decision and is not in position to
express himself even in an off hand
way.
Some understanding of the points
covered by the decision may be had,
however, from a recital of the facts
of the case in which lt was rendered.
They are simple: John Haddock,
who married his wife in New York,
subsequently left her and removed to
Connecticut where he secured a di?
vorce and contracted a second mar?
riage. The first wife, however,, re?
mained domiciled in New York and
entered suit against him for support,
with the result that the New York
courts refused to recognize the Con?
necticut divorce and held that Had?
dock must support the plaintiff as his
only true and lawful wife. The hus?
band appealed to the Supreme Court
'under the provision of the Federal
constitution vhat full faith and credit
shall be given in each State to the ju?
dicial proceedings of every other
State, but that tribunal sustained the
New York judgment, holdmg that as
Mrs. Haddock was not within the ju?
risdiction of the Connecticut court the
courts of the sister State were noe
bound to give credit to the Connecti?
cut decree.
Justice Brown, in a dissent;ng opin?
ion on behalf of himself and Justices
Harlan and Brewer, characterizes the
majority opinion as "-x rtcp back?
wards in American jurisprudence. ?
ar.2 Mr. Justice Holmes In an inde?
pendent opinion said:
"I do not suppose that civilization
will come to an end whichever way
this case is decided; but as the rea?
soning which prevails in the mind of
the majority does not convince me,
and as I think that the decision not
only reverses a previous well-consid?
ered decision of this court, but is
.likely to cause considerable disaster to
innocent persons and to bastardize
children hitherto' supposed to be the
offspring of legal marriage, I think it
proper to express my views."
Others have taken the view that the
decision does not make these mar?
riages "null and void," but merely
avoidable, that it does not put beyond
the pale of legitimacy at one fell
swoop children of another union of
couples, one or both of whom may
have secured "an ex-parte decree." It
is not likely that "many victims" of
"one-sided" divroces will avail them?
selves of the opportunity for "relief"
or "revenge" the decision puts in
reach.
? It is likely that this State as a whole
still prides itself on its unique posi?
tion of allowing no divorce for any
cause, and permitting perfect free?
dom in marrying in most ill-advised
instances. But the intelligent element
is by no means a unit along this line,
and there is apparent a gradual ten?
dency toward a restricted divorce law.
But for the relief obtainable in neigh?
boring States it is likely that the well
founded among these cases would
have found expression* in some sort of
divorce law ere this, though the State
is practically a unit against any loose?
ness along this line. The late Editor
N. G. Gonzales advocated a form of
divorce law, and a leading daily re?
cently endorsed a change in that di?
rection.
Editor A. B. Williams, formerly of
this State, expresses his views in corn
meeting in the Richmond News-Lead?
er on the recent decision in *avor of
a universal and uniform divorce law:
"As to indirect effects, one of them
may be, and it is to be hoped will,
the hastening of agreement among the
States on a rigid uniform divorce law,
which would prove the surest preven?
tion of hasty and ill-considered mar?
riages, and consequently of the di?
vorce evil. As we see it, the decision
has all to commend it and nothing to
condemn it, and to say the least, is
in harmony with public policy and for
the highest good of society."
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Items of Interest Condensed and Par?
agraphed for Quick Reading.
j Miss Marie Montgomciy, eldest
? daughter of Mr. Victor Montgomerj-,
j of Spartanburg died Wednesday morn
j ing from an overdose of laudanum,
j which she had been taking under pre
! scription.
j Mrs. E. B. Wilson, of Aiken county,
! was shot and mortally wounded Tues?
day night while asleep in her bed with
an infant. The assassin nred through
a window near the bed, using a pistol
of large calibre. Mr. Vvilson was
sleeping in the next room with his
other children.
The Union Cotton Milli have been
bought by the Union-Buffalo Mills Co.
for $1,239,400. This corporation has a
capital of $7,000,000.
Teachers are now rapidly making
arrangements for their summer work.
The applications for rooms in Win?
throp College for the State summer
school are being received every day.
The jury in the case of John B.
White, who was tried for killing John
Marion Ashley at Honea Path, March
9th, returned a verdict of not guilty
Friday afternoon.
Mr. J. E. Xorment, private secretary
to Governor Heyward, who has been
spoken, of as a probable candidate
for Secretary of State, has about de?
cided not to run.
Hon. A'. F. Lever has succeeded in
establishing another rural route in
Lee county. On July 16th a new
route will go out from South Lynch?
burg to cover the territory south of
the railroad.
The Supreme Court has rendered a
decision dismissing the appeal of Com?
mander Johnson who is under sen?
tence to be hanged in Horry county
for the murder of Rev. Harmon
Granger.
Henry Stuckey, the 19 year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. D. A\ Stuckey, died
suddenly last Wednesday about 1
o'clock from heart failure. He was in
good health and after eating a hearty
dinner was taken sick and the next
day died. He was buried at old Hepzi
bah.-Bishopville Vindicator.
' A trolley car on the electric line
from Rich to W7hite Stone Springs
crashed into the bottle house Friday
afternoon, seriously injuring s:veral
men who were working there, the car
damaging a considerable por'ion of
the bottling house. Superintendent
Donald of the bottling plant and Lee
Robinson are thought to be fataly in?
jured. Five other men sustained pain?
ful injuries.
Caroline Thompson, an old negro
woman, was shot and seriously
wounded at Marion Saturday night.
The shooting was done while she was
standing near an open window in her
house. Her son-in-law has been ar?
rested.
H. G. Miller, the Chicago attorney,
who was arrested in Columbia several
months ago for attempting to bribe
deputy sheriff Cathcart, and released
on $1,500 bond has returned to Co?
lumbia to stand trial.
A meeting was held in Manning Sat?
urday to consider a plan to extend the
Alderman railroad from Alcolu to
Manning and thence to the Santee
River, via. Summerton.
Policeman King shot and seriously
wounded Ellie .Ancrum, colored, at
Aiken Saturday night. Ancrum re?
sisted arrest and assaulted King with
a lamp.
HEALTH IN SU3ITER.
Dr. DcLorme Says Care o? Digestion
Solves Problem of Long Life.
No one in Sumter has a better
chance than the druggist to know the
condition of tht city's health, and what
diseases are the most common.
J. F. W. DeLorme believes that the
problem of long life is solved by prop?
er care of the digestive organs. Let
the stomach get out of condition and
soon there will be nervousness, irrita?
tion, furred tongue, specks before the
eyes, weakness, debility, indigestion,
and other physical and mental troub?
les that directly result from a weak?
ened stomach.
Of all the vital organs, the stomach
is the most frequently abused, and
hence, the one which most frequently
fails, and so with the discovery of a
remedy like Mi-o-na stomach tablets,
which is sold on an absolutt guarantee
to strengthen the digestive system, aid
in assimilation of food, and 'cure all
troubles cased by indigestion, an im?
portant step has been taken towards
solving the question of good health
and long life.
Take one of the little Mi-o-na tab?
lets before each meal, with the fixed
determination that, you are going to
get well, and it will not be many days
before you can eat anything without
fear of indigestion.
J. F. W~. DeLorme sells Mi-o-na on
an absolute guarantee to refund the
money if it does not cure. A large
box of tabltts costs but 50 cents, if
it helps you; nothing if it fails.
Go-Fly keeps flies off horses and
cattle. Sold by China's Drug Store.
DeLorme's Pharmacy and King &
Gardner, Mayesville, S. S. 5-30-St*
I A bank with $50,000 capital, has
j been organized at Ninety-Six.
Columbia is to have a new city hall
clock that will keep time.
Columbia will be made district
headquarters of the Bell Telephone Co.
A postoffice has been established at
Harvin, Clarendon county, with Mr.
! Ben H. Harvin as postmaster.
Epps .Snowden and Arthur McFad
din. both negroes, were hanged at
Kingstree Friday for murder.
Young Roger Heyward, a son of
Mr. A. R. Heyward, of Columbia, who
was bitten by a dog supposed to be
mad. has been taken to Pasteur In?
stitute in Baltimore for treatment.
Wade Hampton Berry, brother of
the notorious ex-county superintend?
ent of education. G. Raymond Berry,
was arrested Tuesday near Mallory,
in the upper section of Marion county,
and brought to Marion and placed in
jail. He was arrested on a bench
warrant issued in Charleston, where
he is wanted to answer the charges of
forgery and bigamy. An officer from
Charleston came to Marion to take \
him back to Charleston.
Yvashington, D. C., May 29.-A con?
ference wdll be held Wednesday and
Thursday between the Inter State
Commerce Commission and its attor?
neys, who are conducting the coal oil ^
investigation in accordance with the *v
Tiilman-Gillespie resolution, to decide
upon further procedure. Dates for
future hearings on both subjects wilt
probably be fixed at that time. In the
meantime the attorneys will prepare -A
recommendations for the Commission. *
ACROSS CONTINENT.
An Automobile Trip From Columbi*
to Portland, Oregon.
Doctors W. L. McCutchen, H. F
Woodard and Mr Ed Clark, of Colum?
bia, are now planning a trip in an
automobile from Columbia, S. C., to>
Portland, Oregon. The purpose of
the trip is to attend the Grand Elks?
Convention that will be held in that
city about the middle of July.
Correspondence has been opened
with three automobile manufacturers,
ail of whom have offered the use
of their machines for the trip. The
selection of the car has not yet been
determined upon,
Accounts of the trip will be mailed
while en route to the leading papers
of the State. The trip is au unusual
one, and will attract great atten?
tion.
A LIVELY SCRLMMAGE.
Two Men Killed and Two Wounded:
at a Georgia Political Meeting.
Atlanta, Ga.. May 24.-A dispatch
received here from Chipley, a town 40
miles from Atlanta, tells of a pistol
duel last nigtit during a political
speech by Hon. Hoke Smith, a candi?
date for governor, in which Joe Hasty,
a farmer, was shot and killed by James
Irving, another farmer, following a
dispute over an alleged debt of 50
cents he owed the other. Irving fled
but was pursued by a posse from the
audience and was overtaken, shot and
killed. The shooting broke up the
meeting. Two spectators were wound?
ed by flying bullets. No arrests were
made.
Too Precipitate.
"Look here, Senator Tillman!"
shouted an excited southerner as he
burst into the senator's room at the
Colonial Hotel a few nights ago, "I
hear that under this new rate bill they
have abolished 'Jim Crows' and that
niggers can ride with us white folks
in the south."
Senator Tillman smiled and said
nothing.
"And I hear," the wrought-up visit?
or continued, "that they are going to
put that old 'stuff' Ex-Senator Chand?
ler at the head of the commission tc
enforce the law. Is that so?"
"I don't know," said Senator Till?
man, "but this gentleman on my right
is Senator Chandler. You might ask
him."-New York World.
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