Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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you Into town las' ?venln? I joa' boon down at Sbanry Hill whar MUly. bis wife, la carrym" on aomethtng acan > doloua 'cause George alu t never corao boroe!" Steve was laboring under in? tense excitement, but be Ignored tbe presence of tbe overseer and ad? dressed himself to Slocum Price. "Well, what of that?'' cried Hicks quickly. gA "Thar warnt no George, mlud you. FMaa'r. but dar was bis team In de stable this roo nlng and lookln' mighty nigh done up with hard driving." "Yea." Interrupted Hicks uneasily; ' i''it a pair ot lines in a nigger's hands and he'll run any team off Its legs'" g An' the lerriage all scratched up from betn' thrashed through the bushes," added Steve "There's a nigger for you!" aald Hicks Shi took the rascal out of the field, dressed him like he was a gentleman ard pampered him up, and now drat chance he gets he runs off!" "Ah!" said the judge softly. "Then ge/ou knew this?" Of course I knew?want It my buslnees to know? I reckon he was off skylarking, and when he'd seen the mess he'd made, the trifling fool took to the woods. Well, he catches It when I lay hands on him!" g, "Do you know when and under 4g#hst circumstances ths team was stabled. Mr Hlckar inquired ths Judge "No, 1 don t, but I reckon It must have been long sfter dark," said Hicks unwillingly. "I seen to the feeding Just after sundown like I always do. Ahen I went to supper," Hicks vouch C*fed to explain "And no one saw or hoard ths team drive In?" "Not as I know of," said Hicks. Man r Ca'lngton's dons gone off to got s pack of dawga? he Iowa hit's might' Important to find what's come of George." said Bteve. Hi Hleks started violsnUy at this piece of news. 1 reckon W11 have to travel a right smart distance to find a pack of dogs,** he mut ered "I don't know of oons this side of Colonel Bates' down below Olmrd." The Judge was lost In thought. Ho permitted an Interval of alienee to ?lapse In which Hicks' glance slid round In a furtive circle. "Whan did Mr. Wars set out for Memphis?" asked the Judge at length. "Early yesterday. He goee there pretty often on business." "Too talked #lth Mr. Ware before agl left''" Hick* ebook his head. 1 Jkl ho speak of Miss Mslroyr Hlcka shook bt? head "Did you aee her dur? ing the "No- think theae nig? gers si o keep a man stir ring?' meaally and with a eecwi not red both the *v\V**al' scowl. i is Uey would ab eorb of jour lime, Mr. I affably. be a hog for work It mine." said Hicks soi. . 4L" But your notlcs that Mli.s Mm?u; ggej ueen in a d'jiurbc* mental state ever since Mr. Norton s Kurder? 1 sm Interested in this po'at, Mr. Hicks, because your experience la k> entirely at variance with my own. t was my privilege to nee and speak ?Ith her yesterday afternoon; I was . rofoundly Impressed by her natural? ness and composure." The Judge >oj1 led. then he leaned forward across he desk. "What were you doing up tere early thla morning?hasn't a hog or work like you got any business of ds own at that hour?" Tbe judges one was suddenly offec slvs. gt\\ "Look hers, what right have you ?vot to try and pump me?" cried Hicks. For no discernible reason Mr. Cav ndisb spat on his palms. "Mr. Hicks," said the ;udge. urbane jid gracious. "1 believe la frankness." "Sure." agreed Hicks, mollified by he Jud * alters! tone 1 1 neretore 1 do not neaitste to aay ^Vt? i consider you a damned scoun? drel!" concluded the judge Mr. Cavundlsh, accepting the Judge's ultimatum aa something which must debar Hlcka from all further consid? eration, and being, as he was, exceed? ingly active and energetic by nature. If one passed over the various forms ?f gainful Industry, uttered a loud whoop and threw himself on tbe over eeer There was a brief struggle and Hicks went down with the Karl ot Lambeth astride of him; then from his boot leg that knightly soul flashed a horn bundled tickler of formidable ^4uien*tons. The Judge, Vancy und Mahaffy, sprang irom their chairs. Mr. Ma btiffv was plainly .shocked at the spec? tacle of Mr <\tv? ndifuYs lawless vio? lence. Yancy was disturbed, too, but got by ths moral tgfgwtl ot the cas>; he was doubtful as to how Ins friend s rl would appeal to the Judge. Ho ?d Ml have been distressed on that ?core. BSvSjf IgSJ fwdgw't one Idea uas to gfggk ??>? It. With his hands on his knees he was now bending above the two men. U hat do you want to know, gfrdtc ' ' (Tied Qgvcndl.sh, panting from A* rvr-miiH I II learl IMl parrot total* up' " Hicks.' said tbe Judge. "It Is ,n your pnaer to tell us a few things we ?re here to find out ' 11 leks looked up into fh.> pidgo'a face and closed hla lips grimly Mr Cavendish, kindly let him have the point of that fjVg? ilfi WhOfl he II feel If | JCrd Talk quirk'" said Cavendish, with ? f. n>? |gsjg m ow I. "Talk- or what a to binder me slicing open your woo/ en ' and he pr? s.-ed the blade o| his Icnll?- against the overseers throat m I don t knew anything about Miss ggVt < >. i iM Mk I hi i in lien wfeli gsj i U but what do you know about the boy?" Hicks was silent, bit he was grateful for the Judge's question. Prom Tom Ware he bad learned of Fentress' Interest in the boy. Why should be shelter the colonel at risk of himself? "If you please, Mr. Cavendish!" said the Judge, nodding toward the knife. "You didn't ask me about him," said Hicks quickly. "I do now," said the Judge. "He was hero yesterday.' "Mr. Cavendish?" again the Judge glanced toward the knife. "Wait!" cried Hicks. "You go to Colonel Fentress." "Lot him up, Mr. Cavendish; that's all wo want to know," Bald the Judge. CHAPTER XXIV. Colonel Fentress. Tbo Judge bad not forgotten his ghost, the ghost he had seen in Mr. Saul's office that day he went to the court house on business for Charley Norton. Working or idling?principal, ly the lattea?drunk or sober?prin? cipally the former?the ghost, other? wise Colonel Fentress, had preserved a place in his thoughts, and now as he moved stolidly up the drive toward Fentress' big white house on the hill with Mahaffy, Cavendish and Yancy trailing In his wake, memories of what bad once been living and vital crowd-1 ad in upon him Some sense of the wreck that littered the long years, and the shame of the open shame that had j swept away pride and self-respect, came back to htm out of the past. He only paused when he stood on the portico before Fentress' open door. He glanced about him at the wide fields, bounded by the distant Umber lands than hid gloomy bottoms, tt the great log barns In the hollow to tls right; at the huddle of white? washed cabins beyond; then with his Mg fist be reached In and pounded on the door. The blows echoed loudly through the silent bouse, and an in? stant later Fentress tall, spare figure waa seen advancing from the far end of the ball. "Who la It?" he asked. "Judge Price?Colonel Fentress," aaid the judge. "Judge Price." uncertainly, and still advancing. "1 had flattered myself that you must have heard of me," aald the Judge. "I think I have," said Fentress. pausing now. "He thinks he has!" muttered the judge under his breath. "Will you come in?" it was more a question than an invitation. "It you are at liberty." The colonel bowed. "Allow me," the Judge con? tinued. "Colonel Fentress?Mr. Ma-j haffy, Mr. Yancy and Mr. Cavendish." i Again the eoloael bowed. "Will you step Into the library?" I "Very good." and the Judge followed Hal colonel briskly down the ball. When they entered the library Fen? tress turned and took stock of his guests. Mahaffy he had seen before; Yancy and Cavendish were of course strangers to him, but their appear? ance explained them; last of all his glance shifted to the Judge. He had beaid something of those activities by means of whlci Slocum Price had striven to distinguish himself, and h > had a certain "urloslty respecting the man. It was Immediately satisfied. The Judge bad reached a degree of shabblness seldom equaled, and but for his mellow, effulgent personality might well have passed for a common vagabond; und if his dress advertised the state of his finances, his face ex? plained his habits. No misconception was possible about either. "May I offer you a glass of liquor?" asked Fentress, breaking the silence. He stepped to the walnut center-table *l Hsd Flattered Myself That You Must Have Heard of Me," Said the Judge. where there was a decanter and glasses By a gesture the Judge de allied Um invitation Whereat the colonel looked surprised, but not so surprised as Mahaffy. Thore was an Other ... :.. "I don't think we ever met before?" oh srved Feat reel Then was some thing in th? lixed stare his visitor was bending upon him that he found dis? quieting. Just why. he could not have Hut that fixed star; of the fudge's. OOntlaned No, list man had not changed hg had grown older certain It, hut had md ? oui?. ungraceful1 iv. he became lha glossy broadcloth and spot leas linen he wore Here a 11 a mag who could command the good thingi ol lire. Balm them with a ra? tional temperance The room itseir ans in hannotiv vuth his character; It Wat plain but rich in its appoint monts. st once bis library and his of< the. while ihs weii hiied caeos ranged abou the walls showed his tastes u be In the main scholarly and Intel? lectual. "How long have you lived here?" asked tile judge abruptly. Fentress seemed to hesitate; but the Judge's glance, compelling and insistent, de? manded an answer. "Ten years." "You have known many men of all Classes as a lawyer and a planter?" said the judge. Fentress inclined his head. The Judge took a step nearer him. "People have a great trick of coming and going in these western states?all sorts of damned riffraff drift In and out of these new lands." A deadly earnestness lifted the Judge's words abovo mere rudeness. Fen? tress, cold ai d distant, made no reply. "For the psst twenty years I have been looking for a man by the name of Gatewood?David Gatewood." Dis? ciplined as be was, the colonel start? ed violently. "Ever heard of him, Fentress?" demanded the Judge with a savage scowl. "What's all this to me?** The words came with & gasp from Fentress' twitching lipi. The Judge looked at him moody aad frowning. "I have reason to think this man Gate wood cane to west Tennessee," he said. "If so, I if ve never heard of him." "Perhaps rot under that name?at any rate, yon are going to hear of him now. This man Gatewood, who be? tween ourselves was a damned scoun? drel"?the colonel winced?"this man Gatewood hid a friend who threw money and business in his way?a planter he was, same aa Gatewood. A sort of partnership existed between the pair. It proved an expensive en? terprise tor Gatewood's friend, since he came to trust the damned scoun? drel more and more as time passed? even large sums of his money were in Gatewood's hands?" Fentress' countenance vas like stone, as expres? sionless and as rigid. (TO BE CONTINUED) THE KRAFT TRIALS. charged Wit i Accepting Rebates From Liquor Drummer While Dis? pensary Official, Columbia, May i".*.?The case of the state aga nst H, H, Evani of Now lu rry, charged a* 1th accepting rebates and conspiracy to receive re hates while a director of the State dispensary, will be called this morn? ing in the Rlchland court of general stations, The court will convene at o'clock, bt t w ill finish an assault and battery cm e before taking up tht Bvani ease. The grand jury of Rlchland county found a true till laJanuary on an Indictment charging H. H, Evans with accepting a rebate of |50 from Morton a. Goodman, a drummer for a liquor house. The Indictment chsrgei that the offense was commit? ted on December l", 1900, Kvans is an avowed candidate for attorney general of South Carolina and has stated that he will enter the primary this summer. it is expected that it will take only a short time t> dispose of the evl? dence In the Rv ms case, it li proba? ble that the " abel case," In a'hlch J. n. Tow m. U w. Uoykln and W. O, Tatum, ail former dispensary officials, arc charged with conspiracy to de? fraud the state, will be called ai soon as the Kvans <?. ?a is concluded. The state will be represented in the case agalns Evans by J. Frasei I.y<?n. attorney general; Marshall p, DuBruhl, assistant attorney general; Wade Hampton Cobb, solicitor for the Fifth dlatrl* t. and w. F, Steven? son, a member of the Chesterfield county bar. I.WVN PARTY URHAT BVCCKSS. st. Joseph'* \cadeni\ Ground" Thronged by 1 ?arge Crowd Tuesday Afternoon and Nlgllt, It was a happy crowd Which thronged the grounds of St. Joseph'?) Academy Tuesduy, from earl} after noon until late at night, the occasion being a aummer awn party. On every side smiling Indies Invited the thirsty stroller t? partake of delightful re? freshments, served on th? law, at b table for two. three or even half a dosen If the young man wn? so for lunnte as to claim so many fair mald < n- as his nc(|iialntunces, Al niche gnrlotidfl of electric glob.es strung from the beautiful trees on the Academy gr Hindu lighted up n gay and happ) lu'ene of young und oi,i folks, who drolled iiinonw the schrubhory, until the concert was an nottneed al 9 o'clock, Kverj perform? er In Ihls ? oncer I acquitted herself w Ith credit, the > ounfl ladles w h< utteiided I he Academy especially re? flecting honor upon theh Institution. \t the close oi in, . on, . rt, the . . on ti adjourn, il t" ihc l iu n, w In re mil in f i. a in i oiirsc w us the feature uttrnctlon. The hm n part) w ti - n suet ? ?- h from a im an* i il * ondltl ui. so the younti la di< i i .>. w ho fot n.i pun has? i - for i lt.tr many h m i I Ina ?? fi eshinenl ?, und I hose w ho >t cnd< ?1 w 111 certify Iti i hi* pie i ui. derb ed i roin tin ll \ islt Mr, w ? nd< Ii ls?*i I, of tht ? 'ollt ge of Charleston, was In th? cit> Sunday and Monday, HUNDREDS GLAMOR FOR HELP. some 1,4041 m:i i <.i:i:s srri'Kii 1N(. VOR VOOU AMI KHKLTKIt. At Jena People Xeed food?KIhc where, Except in Hymella lleglon, Conditions Are Urouing Blotter, New Orleans, May -7.?Stories <>f dire distress among 1,400 :!? ?d re? fugees in tht vicinity of Jena, in La Balle parish, were received here to day by Dr. Oscar Dowling, president of the Louisiana State board of health in a letter from Dr. Mayer Newhauaer, ?pedal Inspector of the board, who is in charge ol the medical and sani? tary w.?rk in the refugees in the Black River section. Dr. N'ewhauser said he had just completed ? nip of 25 miles up Black river and that some 1,400 refugees were Clamoring for food and are in need of medicines, i?r. Newhauser states that scattered about in tiie swamp within a radius of nine miles of Jen.i there were 950 negroes and 450 white people, among wrom 120 tent- had been distributed. No rations had been issued these people within ten days, the doctor re? ported, and then oly 500 half rations were Issued, Borne ration- were ex pected to arrive from Monroe Tues? day. Th.-r,. waa not even a sack of meal in Jena when l?r. Xewhauser wrote his report. The letter was referred to the Hood authorities, and supplies were ordered out immediately. The crevasse waters in that section are falling at the rate of two Inches a day, and in the Torras crevasse section the water is receding slowly, hut there are more than! 6,000 square miles of territory in Louisiana in which the people will be kept from their homes for another two weeks, and halt' of this vill not he habitable for three weeks . r a month. Conditions in the section, which Is being rapidly flooded by the Hymella crevasse, are growing w use each day. and as the waters rise many more people are being forced to abandon their homes. The Mississippi river, however, is receding rapidly, and within two weeks the Hymella crevasse waters will begin to run off I the inundated lands. Hub-My-Tlsm will cure you. Local Items From itembert. Bembert, May. -7.?Things keep going her? . Mrs. H. <', Dethea gave i dining tor her niece, Mrs. Lila B, Edwards of Latta, s. which was attended by the following: Mesdamea Walter M. Lenolr, Charlea and Crawford Sanders, .1. L. Jackson, Emily Du?ose and Missel Courtenay Atkinson, Emily Crelghton, and Sarah Sa nders, Mrs. Emily DuBose is spending some time in our community, Mr. K. 1.. Gantt of your clt.V is \;s;tin^ in our community, There are some good looking -iris on and near the peninsula, % ? do n't be surprised if some oi' them get married at no distant day. Mrs. Mary Allen ha- returned from Columbia, where ehe spent a pU isant time. Miss Courtenay Atkinson spent a few days in Columbia last week with friends, Mrs. J. Marian Allen gave a dining last week for Mrs, Emily DuBose that from reports was ii feast of good things, The following wer, present: Meadames Carrie and Crawford San? ders, Walter Lenolr, Eniib DuBose, n. r. Bethen. Mlsa Courtenay At? kinson. Messrs, Crawford and Walter Banders tnd Eugene James. M - ?ride Brohun of Wculgefleld i< visiting Mrs, Walter M. L< noir. Miss Nell Butler la spending some days with her sister, Mrs Tyrie Stuckey of Stateburg. Mrs. M, AU-eita Voting and her sis? ter, Mias Ethel Alhn. are visiting In your city, Tbe ladies of the community gave a basket picnic at I dnklns' Mill Sat? urday last. Bev, J, N'- Wrlghl failed to meet either appolntnu nl al Mola od - or Bethesda yesterday, Sunday. As wc wrote before he a is to go off for a inodh al examinat Ion. I II? peopl ? are auxloua to b. ir from him. "Ilagood." Iluh-M> -Tlsm a ill cure > ou. Tie Atlantic l 'oast I ,lne I? pi ogn sing rupldl) w Ith 11 a '?rk in I he idd ft. Ighl yards, S< \ era I of I lie old lines are being dimmed and sou,. ..f i hem w 111 be r< oio\ ed etil Irelj . A i Hi'! fon e of ha mis \* em pin) i d al i tit- pi ice, r. (.i fj doses 660 will l ieak any cas< oi chill and fever; il acts on the \\\c better Ihnn Calomel, and does no gripe or sb k< n 2f?c, Passenger Traffic Department Joint Shrine Meeting, A. A. G. N. M. S. For the above Occasion Southern Hallway has authorized very low round trip excursion rates from all points in South Carolina, tickets Oil sale June Ith, 10th and lIth, with final limit returning June 15th. A special Pullman Car will leave Charleston. S. C.?Train No. 11 at &:15 P. M. leaves Columbisa, S. C. 11:50 P. If. June 10th, ar? riving Asheville, . C. 7:00 A. M. June 11th, for commodatlon of Shriners and their friends. Other special Pullman sleeping cars will be provided as need? ed. Passengers can occupy the special Pullman can- from points along line of road. Tor further nformation apply ticket Agents, or, J. L MEEK, Asst. Gen. Pas. Agt. Atlanta, Ga. W. E. McGEE, Division Pass. Agent Charleston, S. C. Seaside Excursion Rates VIA ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD The Standard Railroad of the South Ten-Day Rates. Sold each Saturday (June 1st to Aug. 10th Inclusive) to Isle of Palms and Sullivan's Lsland. S. c. limited reach original start? ing point 1" days from, but not including date of sale. Sold each Thursday (May 30th to Aug. 15th inclusive) to Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach. N. C. limited to reach orig? inal starting point not later than midnight second Monday fol? lowing date of sale. Wilmington. N. Wrightsville Ibach. N. c. and return $5.00. For further information call on local Ticket Agent, or address T. C. WHITE, General Passenger Agent. Wilminaton m r LIME, CuivlJlhLN i, fr^Tg?i|?S^s ?to^?e?tfB T-Ta\r riroin |Mee Klour. Kkiu Stuff. Bran, lldy, VJldill, Mixed t'ow arid Chickeu Feed. Horses, Mules. B^e*,"' *Dt No Order Too Large Or Too Small. Booth-Harby Live Stock Co. SUMTES, SOUTH CAROLINA. Have you see our plates made by the new method? They are beauties, no taste no odor, and we charge you only $10.00 for the best?written guarantee with each plate. Call and see samples. Let us mend your cracked or brok? en plates, we make them as good as new, the charge will be very reason? able. Sumter Dental Parlors, DR. C. H. COURTNEY, Prop. OVER MKS. ATKINSON'S MILLIXKUY STORE*. Atlantic Coa^l Line The Standard Railroad of the South Ramofies the "Na? tion* Garden Spot" Through the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Florida FOUR FAMOUS TRAINS "NEW YORK AND FLORIDA SPECIAL" (January to April), "FLORIDA AND WEST INDIAN LIMIT? ED," "PALMETTO LIMITED" AND "COAST LINE FLORIDA MAIL." Dining C ars? a la carte service. All year round through ear service from New York to both Port Tampa and Knights Key, connecting with steamships to and from Havana. For beautifully illustrated booklets and copy of the "Purple Folder," address, l .C. WHITE, W. J.CRA1G, ticneral Passenger \gont. i*a-**. Traftie Mjgr, Wilmington, N. C.