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A KENTUCKY EPISODE. ?g * ' I Sheriffs, a> a class, are noted for personal bravery und grout determination of character. Climate and surround- jje * ings have .a tendency to accentuate acro, the'-r peculiarities, wnicli differ not waj^ only among inviduals but in localities. .. , On the Western frontier, they are maD generally men who enjoy a reputation ^ for deeds of daring and have been en- aueu gaged in perhaps more than one . bloody encounter. In the Fast where ^ ,,f ^ life is hold more precious and perils j?' i arc not so frequent they are brave, . 1 but not so reckless, more eonserva- . } ,' live and thoughtful of consequences. 1 A The Southern sheriff is unlike any of # ,. his brother officers, lie is perhaps as #OUI1 determined, but slower in his methods and more disposed to view the situa tiou leniently. ~1 While not eritninully or uuprofes- q,. sionally careless, ho is generous in . spirit and solJom severe, unless there . !^ bo a necessity for severity, then ho ,T can be as unrelenting as any of his fel- j lows. ( i But the Southern sheriff of to-day 1 V. i differs essentially from his prototype , of ante-bellum renown. In northeas- , tern Kentucky, long beforo rival hostilities wore dreamed of, there lived ./ Uncle Buck P , who served his couu- , ' ty very acceptably in the capacity of sheriff. On one occasion ho was call- ' ' ed upon to escort a certain Larkin . . I.ane to the penitentiary at Frankfort. ' , Lane had boon sentenced for two ' years by a jury of his fellows for biting ,n " off the lip of one McAvoy. The two co, had engaged in some dispute over l)IOS their cups, insults were exchanged jUU< and blows ensued. In the tussle Laue fastened his teeth in the protruding V vndorlipof his adversary, and when ,uc the two were separated it was found , 10. that he had borne away tho nether 'j'? portion of McAvoy's mouth. wjJ? The crowd which had gathered to ftl. witness tho tight was summarily dis- j^lcl persed by the explosion of a powder- J1^. horn, whicli some tipsy on-looker, in a eH sort of fiendish fun, had thrown in tho )s.a<\ lire. hld 1 , i . sire. In duo tirao the case was tried in ti^hi the Circuit Court. The defendant's droit friends notified him that if he would leave the State and forfeit his hail the was prosecution would be dismissed. This souk ho most peremptorily] declined to do. eVer So the cuse proceeded and as the facts year were undeniable Lane was found a* guilty of mayhem and sentenced to gher hard labor for a term of two years. It in? , then became Uncle Buck's duty to see and < the prisoner safe withiu the walls of Qt the penitentiary. open When he went to take him in custody Lane informed him that he could not cam possibly accompany him. Cire "Why, Uncle Buck," said he, "my 0pCD crop ain't gathered, my hops ain t iast killed and I ain't got a cord of my no?.. Winter's wood cut n<?r hauled. Do you suppose I'm gwine ter leave my ajto( family in that fix V" 1}UCI " Well, Larkin," replied Uncle Buck, orjc " it docs look pretty hard. I tell you tj10 , what I'll do if you'll give me yer word comi of honor as a gentleman to meet mo in ccnt, Frankfort by the middle of November. vokc I'll trust you and lot you go homo so's you can fix your folks np comfortably. man But mind, you're to be thar, dead eer- blooi tain on the loth of November, shore as we your name's Lane?you promise V" lo??k: " I'll be thar. Uncle Buck." And jn(je they shook hands over the agreement. WLM.t With the aid of his neighbors, Lane set to work with might and main and swot] completed his preparations several days before the allotted time. His friends again urged him to lice the country, but lie disdainfully replied: Mcl. "So long as I've got blood in my veins I'll never go back on my word an nor on Undo Buck !'' *? His wife, with tears and entreaties, appealed to him. " Larkin." said she, polit "'pears to me yer think mighty little icdg o' me and the children to go oil' anil done leave us for two years besides the dis- pecti grace o' bein' in the penitentiary, 'pi when yer can jes' cross the lino into jias Ohio, or go South fifty miles and hide no ) yerself in the mountains. Nobody'll be si,ai any the worse for it if you do get oil'. as | and it'll about kill me to see 3-011 go to tion that place." " Nlarthy Jane," said Larkin. "do xi you mean tor say that you anil the in tl children had rutbcr hev rae to tell a by i( pint blank lie and slink around 1 ke a tho sheep-killing dog, afearcd tcr look peoj people in tho face, hid in' from every- and ^ * body 1 know, than to take my punish- the raent like a man and keep my word ? t;iee S'pose 1 did chaw the lip olT o' that n?ot( ornery critter and have ter go to the x penitentiary tor it, that isn't as bad as upot to turn liar and sneak around all the strif rest o'my life! I vow, Marthy Jarie. is re I'm ashamed to think you'd want me Wi to do it?but women never did have no 0f th sense 'bout keepin' a contract." Jirul Thus rebuked, the wife wept and seeti counted tho days as they passed, and then the hours, as they went by, so alTic swiftly and relentlessly. And now |0ngi tho time had come when the good-byes ourri, must be spoken, for, as he was to nine walk across the country, he had to set citizi out several days in advance of the one \ , specified for his arrival in Frankfort. hoW Larkin Lane was a man of splendid work physique, a tall, sturdy mountaineer, furtt standing six feet two or three inches put in his stockings : strong and athletic, slieh in the full vigor of manhood. Five i8 ;if, counties lay between hiin and Frankfort, with hill and dale, forest and from stream, town and hamlet. The Au- ,ient tumn landscape was in full glory of breei dolor, nature had put on her most gor- ju S geous attfre. A subtle sense of iter an(j , beauty crept into his uncultured soul, yjr. and made it conscious in a large mea- ruini sure, of the loss he was about to incur, pects Heretofore he had looked on green in not fields and wooded hills, winding creeks to > and lovely valleys and had the right the i to wander when and where he would, know as a matter of course. two ijui now an whs to ue changed, they These were to be shut out, four walls lltrei would inclose his world, and he. the pL,rs< free mountaineer, must come and go j.;v at the nod and beck of others. As he w11ie strode steadily onward, leaving he- have hind home and children, with his face an(| , set toward this prison, where he was n,y ,, to surrender his liberty for the society i^agi of felons, his good name for an ever- done lasting stigma, who can tell what (,f p(, thoughts beset him ? Did not tempta- citi/a tion woo him in the whisper <?f the thlnji wind, the murmur of the stream, the |,j,nr song of the birds? As the squirrel 8peet darted away so eagerly, und the par- 8truo tridge sped by so swiftly, did they not <>pini suggest flight by tliei" motions and Up,,n counsel him to follow their example ? thorn If they did, ho turned a deaf ear to n,itti their enticing suggestions, for he did |,!tvo not loiter nor hesitated on his way. have lie had notified Uncle Ihick of his them deparature for Krankfort, so that the. | ), latter might set out also and meet him ] do there to hand him over to the authori- tinotl ties. least On the loth of November, I nele prjm Duck rode into Krankiort, hitched his occ.U| horse in front of the 'Kxecutive Man- p((Sjt sion and walked in to call on thefiov- jn^ j/ ernor. The head of the common 8ihle, wealth was in those days very access!- destr hie. . auUH "Where is your prisoner, sir? nti|scru| iruled of the sheriff, with some U8- S y. fi iy gummy, hos hero or here- t ts." w??? the response, this by- '1 I being the nearest to an oath that s e Buek was ever kuown to utter. '1 hen explained how he had ridden c 33 tho country, whi!e Lane had a :ed, unattended. I i'ou uou't suppose, sir, that that t has come hero to be loekod up for v years when you liavo giveu him ' a chance as this to run away, do v asked the Governor. I >f course 1 do," repliod Uncle t "and if you knowed Larkin a 3 as well as I do you'd think so, t ' 8 id sure enough there in the office ? te warden of tho penitentiary they \ d him. lie had arrived half a day i re the sheriff and sat there rest- 1 ind patiently waltlug to be 'identi- t and committed. t 10 Governor was so struck by the ? ular circumstance that, ho began quire into the case. t :clo Buck was a friend of Lane \ in speaking of the injury done to , L * V/J , CJUIU [ 'oiks ginerally thinks he's botteri ng sence ho lost some o' that tlop though nothin' could a made him h uglier than he was natchelly." ion talk'ng with the prisoner the ii-right honesty of the man became 3 and more apparent, until tinally Governor was so impressed with good qualities that he determined ardon hiui, concluding that the lence of such a man for good in a rnunity was more needed than his enco in the penitentiary. And so a walked out of Frankfort a free With a Hector foot than when rst set out he trudged thankfully : to the mountains of Kinney and trout streams he loved so well : : to his home and friends, to his and children, who received him i open arms and enthusiastic reug. He lived for years to enjoy liberty, though ho finally met h at the hands of an assassin. He found one Summer day in one of taunts on the banks of a mountain tra, with a bullet in his brain, his ng polo in the water, whore it had iped from his lifeless hands, ic perpetrator of the dastardly deed never found. Whether it was 3 avenger of McAvoy or not no one know. The latter had died some s Injfore. i for Uncle Buck, when his term as iff ended, ho moved to an aujoiu ounty, where ho was made jailer served as the same until his death. 1 one occasiou when instructed to i court duriug the war, ho took the ty of giving vent to his loyalty by ng out: " Oyez, oyez, oyez, the uit court of M County is now i. God save the Union !" The words were shouted with the full B sr of his stentorian lungs. Hear me same, inc juuge, wno was uui j jetlier in sympathy with Undo ( k's sentiments, rebuked him and t rod him to change his appeals to ( regulation form of ''God save the , men weal th!" In much feebler ac- 'j s was the divino protection in- t 'd upon the State. j ic circumstance really took place | y years ago "in the dark and tly ground,'* among a people whom t with our "lin do siecTo*' ideas, | back upon as not enlightened if, . ed. fully civilized, and yet men j ; to be found there then who held . r word dearer than liberty, truth f iter than freedom from disgrace.? . ago Record. A I'It IX ON Till: WAR PATH ' i d Smashing I lie ltiug, hut l-'uils 1 Tell How it Must be Done. > there seems to be a lull in State irics and without a positive kuowe of what is doing or going to be !. I submit herewith my own iliar opinious of the situtation. to time for action, it seems to me. 1 arrived, and thus believing, 1 shall onger stifle my convictions, hut 1 1 speak frankly and unreservedly ' think the necessities of the situarequire, and abide the consumes whatever they may be. 10 general poverty and depression 10 country at largo is intcnsilled >cal conditions. No one expected " Movement" of 185)0 to divide our >le into two absolute hostile camps, the whole thing can be traced to abandonment of the primary tion principle last summer to proi the interestof certain individuals, he Constitutional Convention is i us, and with it our internecine e ; the "nigger in the wood pile " viving. " Not dead but sleepeth " ritten over the attenuated corpse ie Democratic party north of Mason Dixon's lino, and even in our own on, and among our own people, s of decay are visible. Our old s will not help us, and cau no er be relied upon. Let us help Tho intnriictii /if ni n<if tr. out of every one hundred of our 11 una are identical. s convention of a faetion, no matter 1 able its membership or good its will be disastrous and drive us f tor apart. Every ono admits that, ' unfortunately wo have become I astute politicians that each of us aid to move for fear of injuring s chance of securing some otiico, *} that of county coroner to l'resiof the United States. We arc ^ Jing tyrants and political cowards outh Carolina. Too much policy 11 lot enough of patriotism. Why, d Editor, I eamo within an ace of ? ng my Mattering political pros> last summer by a few entirely 11 . ent and kind observations made t My Dear Appelt." lint whatever esult I have the satisfaction of " 'ing that 1 coined at least one or s apt words and phrases, which, if f' did not enrich the English languwill live for some time, deseripto 11 >n:w. or since I wrote that letter, (in 11 h. Cod knows, I was honest,) I d been maligned, misrepresented nis(|Uotcd. Every tiine I opened 11 louth I was charged with being in t le with " Uutlor," but that can be l> no longer, as (Jen. Cutler is out litics and will soon be a private <' n. While we differ on some ti fs politically, be will carry with f' my undying friendship and re- P Had it not been for the misoon- fi tion which true friends, whose w on I value, would have placed my conduct, I would have died a t .and political deaths before sub- o ng to what I did. The people w honored me. I love them, and u studied hard and tried to give value received. t< ave come to the conclusion that a not care' whsther I ever bold U icr ollieo or not, if it involves the sacrilicc of dignity honor, or ^ dple, and 1 do not propose to t >y any equivocal or uncertain ton. I am iri favor of harmonicbe factions if such a thing be pesbut in order to do that we must h oy a "ring" more desperate, more n :ratic, more tyrannical, more un- w miouf, than ever dominated the t< tato or controlled tho destinies of a I reo people. I defy them ! Let them ake tho otlioo I hold, c if Chey can. ^ ?hey cannot muzzle my tongue, nor tide my munhood or independence, ['hey are now making preparations to ontrol the Constitutional Convention ind thereby perpetuate themselves in K>wor, and, if necessary to accomplish S his, white men, as well us the negro vil 1 be iathlessly disfranchised. The t ' Antis," one part are cowed and j vhipped, tho othor part too mad to t, lave any sense, and while a part of v ho " Reformers " who want fair play ^ ire silent, an arrogant minority, held i ogother by tho "eohesive power of B .polls," runs roughshod overall. Ollices t ire multiplied )>y the thousand to pro- i rent " kicking," while the handscf the t Executive are strengthened by un- v i mi ted patronage, and tho towns in- c imidated by the threat of depriving c ,heni of tho precious heritage of local i lolf-government. 'j The Alliance has been destroyed or f limply converted into an adjunct of t iho political machine by methods that e VOUld make the stripes of Tammany t rigor pale with envy. Men are afraid a> speak, or speak with bated breath, u Pretended salary reductions are made 1: >n the principle of cutting everybody s jlsc's salary except their own. While u the patient, toiilng masses, are in debt e ind straining every uorve to keep the s " wolf from the door," their attention s is led away and centered upon personal i ind local issues that, no matter which way they aro decided, will benefit no t ?ne except a few individuals. What v in the name of Heaven can the people c xpeet from such purblind statesman- s diip? Where do they come in ? Kvery i man, woman and child in South Caro- v ina knows that I am tolling the truth, f and many trood Reformers see in the I ugly picture the finale to the beautiful v lream of 1890. I Our only hope is to get together in \ this Convention, and if possible, pre- t ^ent the "ring" from controlling it. u and frame a Constitution which will u jommand the respect and confidence of a the whole people, thereby uniting and I placing us in a position in lSUd where j we can i^vail ourselves of the most a ravorable opportunity that national v politics may then ofTer. It is useless ;o temporize. If we be men, let us c ict, and, at least, purchase an honora- e lie defeat. u For what 1 havo already said and s lone along this line I havo been the j lubiect of vitUDcration. slander and f ibuso, and I shrink, no one knows low much, From otToriug myself as a urther target to the foul pen of hiroings and slaves. If doing my duty manfully and eonicientiously relegates me to private ife, I welcome it. Lot the phalanx iut all of its spears into my body if .hereby the cause of liberty is conlerved. It was the expressed hope of many hat the "Forty," ere this would have .aken sueh action as would have made .heir inlluonce felt on the line indicated by them, which mot with such general approval throughout the State. [ hope and believe the matter will soon consummate in definite action, ind thereby unite all those who sincerely want " peace and unity." Men who possess the courage of their xmvietious must confer in the near future, and adopt such a Hue of action is will subserve the best interests of .he State. it is a light against the ' lxissism" and "ring rule" which seeks to prostitute every principle of lopular rights to selfish purposes. Let those who believe peace can lie ibtained without an effort deceive themselves no longer. Peace has lover been purchased without a stern )uttlc *?> secure its blessings. Yours respectfully, John L. McLaurin. Washington. January id, COTJfON AM) FIIHTILIXKRS. tVliut the Abbeville Farmers Think <>!' the Industrial Situation. The Farmers of Abbeville County leld a public meeting to discuss matj ,crs of practical concern, and the outcome of tiieir deliberations is the folowing preamble and resolutions : Whereas, we the farmers of Abbeville County in convention assembled, fully realizing the financial depression which is paralizing all the industries >f tiic country and especially laying its alighting touch upon agriculture, " the art of all arts, the science of all science, the life of all life," do earnesty appeal for the co-operation of all 'armors, in the adoption of sueh neasures as may avert impending ankruptey and ruin. Instead of the cheerful song of contentment and aappiness which should bless the home )f the American farmer we find agricul.ure, the basis of all national proapori.y, languishing and dying, wiiile the iniversul wail of hardtimos and sufl'erng is hoard all over the land. That this anomalous condition of tffairs should exist during seasons of tbundunt harvest is evidently the reult of corrupt financial legislation in ho interests of capitalists. While wo are powerless to remedy his evil, save through legislation, yet t becomes us, ;is husbandmen and t iHtriotic eiti/.ens, who cherish the ovo of homo anu country to adopt i uch measures in our agricultural pur- t uits as may enable us to moot the em- u rgency now confronting us. There- v ore be it Resolved 1st. That the excessive | rea heretofore devoted to the pro- j action of cotton be greatly decreased, t nil instead of making it the principal 1 rop increase the acreage of corn, so i: s to make it supply tbo demands of r he farmers. v Resolved 2nd. That farmers devote (I uore attention to the production of a orghuiu potatoes, peas, hay and other b ood crops. s Resolved lird. Instead of having our t neat bouses in St. Louis and Chicago, t rt us erect them upon our own pre- I' discs, and till them with home pro- c actions. w Resolved Itb. That the excessive I' iseof commercial fertilizers he discon- t inued, and when purchased, it be pen the cotton option basis. I {"solved nth. That the railroad t omtnissioncrs take immediate steps e i> have a reduction on freight for all I ertiIi/.ers at the rate of forty cents li or hundred weight on all through a reight, and fifty cents per hundred H might on local freight. e Resolved (itb. That we eneouiagc f he erect ion of cotton factories, and all tlicr enterprises in our midst, which l< nil employ labor, and utilize the raw s; redacts of the land. n R solved Ttn. We pledge ourselves I" a carry out the foregoing resolutions, r nd call upon the farmers of South h 'are!ina to unite in doing likewise. Resolved Nth. That the press of the s (tute In: re<|nested to give publicity to t hesc resolutions. h m . . rm ? s W .1'. Drop, Druggist, Springfield, e lass., writes: Japanese I'ile Cure ii as cured lady 7 years alllicted : could ot walk hall mile in last .'I years, flow S oilks any distance. Sold by C'arpen- h er Rros., Crcenville,_S. C. o IANCEK8 OP DETECTIVE WOR1 kn Employee of tlie Pinion Afjcnt Is Engaged l>y the Federal Cover incitl ami by Governor Evans i Hunt llltnd Tigers? He iioartls wit a Moonshiner and Ceis Evidence < which Foriy-KeiglU Warrants ai Issued. peeial to The News and Courier. DAKL.INQTON, January -3.?A da urdiy ussiseiuation wtw attempted la:tsvillo in this county last night at he victim may yet die. Tho uttem] /as made against the life of C. L. Jei ;ins, a special detective sent to Kell own, near llartsville, about twen ailus from Darlington, by Pinion's D eotive Agency. Jenkins was sent < )eceoibet* 1 by the United States Go irnment to see if illicit whiskey tratt /as not carried on in the noighborhm >f Kellytowu, and Governor Evai oiployed him to look after tho san ate rest for tho State Governmeii ['ho work in tho particular section r erred to required careful haudlin ?ut Jenkins sixteen years' expei nee with inoonshiuers fitted him f< he task admirably. Your eorrespoiHient hunted Jenkii ip today and had a long interview wit lim, and was surprised to learn < uch unquestioned authority th uoonshinors were doing a lively but! mss in this county. 1 had to wu everal hours before Jenkins could I eon, tho physician in charge roquet ng this. Gate in tho afternoou I was admitti o Jenkins' room. The steps and doc /ay were marked by many large dro >f olood. Tho room was (ifteen fe quaro, with two windows, one oppu to the fireplace. Between these t\ /indows was a small bed, not two fe rom either window. The floor hi >lood stains all over it and the slice /ore splashed and spotted with cloth >lood. Dying on the bed was tl vouuded detective, a striking lookit nan of 33 years. His face was scarn ind braised with broken pieces of gin ind behind his right ear was a blai ind swollen wound made by a 38'ealib >all from a Colt's pistol. A broki >une of glass marked with powd moke showed where tho coward stoi vho fired the shot. Jenkins told his story very grapl tally and sitnply. and one thing is vo ivident, ho is a man of nerve and cot igo and is not to bo frightened. U tory, substantiated by the other oec umt. nf t.ho ronm ft Mi* llolnn tvnu ollows : On the lirst day of December last 1 irrived in Hartsville, and on tho 11 f lay of tho month ho succeeded in gi iiig hoard at .litn Kelly's, the man I nost desired to see. ilo staid thr veeks with Keliey and saw drinks lias tegs aud barrels of whiskey sold wit >ut any revenue or dispensary slam in them, ilo was several times sl loo'.ed of being a spy, but succeeded kllaying their suspicions, althouj nice he said became very near " loo ng up a rope." In the meantime, iddition to his weapons, he iiad li rusty little kodak with him and I 4 pressed the button" and "did tl est-' also. Tho results were ovi vhelining, and on the 27th of Docei )or, when his identity became know le hud forty-eight warrants issued f die arrests of various persons. Fou ,oen preliminary examinations ha icon held, and the pa'ties were fiin mo hundred dollars each or thirty da n jail. In every case they went ail, refusing to pay aeent, thoughai >ne of them could have paid tho lin l'ester day he had Jim Kelly broug o Dariington ror trial, and sever riends caino with Kelly. Jcnkinssa .hat Kelly urgod him several tim lot to appear against him, insistii .hat it would be best for both that th .hould not testiliy or to attend t .rial, in reply Jenkins told him th le, Kelly, had too much sense to ma my such request, and that he intend loing his duty and nothing more tin lis duty. The trial proceeded and Kelly li; ,o givo bond or go to jail. He ga Hind late in the afternoon and all 1< Darlineton. At 5) o'clock that night Jenkins w n his room lying on the heil, Mr. llei >eing in the room with him. N'ew Colly, closoly related to .lim Kell mtered the room and asked Jenkins jot up. Jenkins had his pistol in 1 ight hand and refused to sit up, sa ng he was tired. Ho said that ho si Jiat Kelly " meant devilment and th io did not mean to be slow in the <1 ration himself," and kept his hand i lis pistol. Kelly left the room, returning in a ft noments, and again insisted on Je tins getting up. which Jenkins did 11 io. lie said that he was thoroughly eo nnced now that Kelly intended sho< ng him as he left the room, so sat upi Jie edge of the bed. Ashe did so I an his lingers through his hair and .he same instant he heard a loud repu kiul a crash and he know nothing f 11 .her for a while. Then when t! ihock was over he realized what hi >eeurred and made for the door. Win he; shot was fired Kelly asked Heh vho did it and then left. Neither Ji lor Newitt Kelly have been seen sin ind Sheriff Scarborough is now aft hem with warrants for their arrest. Jim Kelly is a well-to-do farmer, n nan of few words and is regarded us lesperate character. Newitt Kelly l dangerous man also, and his broth vas killed on Christmas day in a tig' 1 Jenkins is badly wounded, but he a irobably recover. The. bullet enter, ust behind the right ear, but t? hings saved his life. The ass ns uul to fire across a thick glass, win nade the bullet deflect, and a?. Jenki aised his hand the two middle tinge irero nearly shot off. causing furth lelleetion. Jenkins is as gritty a int .scan be found anil is well thought >y the entire town of Ilartsvillo. h ays bo intends finishing his worl hat he has been shot at before at hat he is not frightened, lie is fro b.vart, N. C., and has a wife and s hildren. Ho has telegraphed to h nfe, to his chief and to (loverm Ivans, but had heard nothing when old him good bye. Da km n< ton, January 21.?Jcnkin ho dotcctivo who was so badly woum d night boforo last, is not doing wol lis wound is exceedingly painful hi io has some fovor, but his physioiai ro not alarmed about his conditio io far as can be learned ho has roooi d no instructions from his chief n< rout Governor Kvans. The two moonsh i tiers,.) i in and Nowi kcllcy, suspected of attempting to a assinato Jenkins, were arrested la ight and aro now in jail hero, Ji folly was in bed when the shcri cached his home, and says he wi uivc no dllliculty in proving an alii Jew itt Kol ley was at homo also, at ays that as lie was in the room win lie liring occurred ho, of course, In ad nothiug to do with it. Circun tantial evidence against thein, hot ver, is very strong, ami they are hoi a jail awaiting a preliminary hearin Detective Jenkins wired Sheri icarhorough to day to let the two K? ys have no communication with an no bcioro the preliminary trial. T1 ? case will bo a very complicated one and many interesting developments may be expected. Jenkins stated to Lj t your correspondent yesterday that he tl, had been employed by Governor Evans >n to attend to this work, and ho com- y< re plained seriously because ho had no it assistance from any constables or other ei State otlicers to assibt in prosecutions when such assistance was absolutely ttt necessary. u id All of the parties concerned, moon- ^ >>t, shiners, principals and witnesses, are fr u. Tillmanites, und carried on their large y. illioit liquoi* trallie in the country. v ty There is no doubt that the busiuess ( e. was carried on OAtensively and the dis- a )n pensary law fostered, and, perhaps, a v. was the cause of this enterprising tjc moonshiner business. Jenkins says he jd engaged by the United States Govoru- y [ls ment, but none of the cases tried were LI ie brought before the Uuited States de- b! it. puty oommisstoner for this district. THE TAX CONSTITUTIONAL. 11 ?? \) [- ' A Test Case Decided in Favor ol'the Income Tax at Washington?'The Su- , prone Court Will Give Its Opinion , Qt> Soou. . Judge Hagner, of the District j* U1 Equity Court in Washington City, has , 11 decided in favor of the collection of the () lf" income tax, and the ease will now bo ' taken on appeal to the Uuited States ? Supreme Court in order to test the " " constitutionality of the income tax 11 , law. to . Judge Hagner, in rendering his de>r~ cisiou, declared at the outset that the P* objections that tho tax is unwise and '' c restricts thrift and industry, that its P operations must necessarily be inquibi- ol torial, etc., were not under the juris I diction of the court. The alleged du- G 1 plication ol tho tux, tho court said, tl j eonld not bo claimed to be possible, ex- d eept as to dividends declared during n the calendar year 1894 ami it was pre- h 'fj sumed that tho Treasury ollicials G * would enforeee the provisions iu such o a way as to prevent a harsh construe- tj " tion of the law ; that an arraugement 'y by the corporations to pay the tax bo- 8| ^ fore July 1, 1895, would be accepted as 8 ,M. relieving tho shareholders. Vexa- ., l) tious as duplication may be, it is not j . possible practically to avoid it, said j tno euurt. i noro is uo uiseriminauon t!( in the law between the different per- q If; sohh authorized to avail themselves of p the $4.(.00 exemption. Every person f, u~ in the United States is equally entitled ^ as to his benefits. That some property , holders are fortunate enough to have '' possessions exceeding in value t!i? ex- " \\l eopted atm?unt is no ground for in- a f validating the law under which taxes 11 are levied. V J5.1' The court then discussed the constij tutionulity of the point raised by the complaint that aliens residing in the I)? United States, whether oeriuauently " ls* or temporarily, are subjected to its \n provisions. The provision, it was C'1 stated, was not new in income tax laws . and a largo number of authorities were quoted to show that it was clear that .A I1? alien residents of a country may b ' rightfully subjected to the taxation to " which its own citizens. The objections that the tax is to be J1" levied upon an income received prior n' to the time the law went into elTcct is qi 01 dismissed, and the court says no au- p tliority was quoted in support of the [; ^ contention and the court has been unable to discover any if they exist. s] Referring to the question raised by j . the plaintiff as to the constitutionality j, of the tax, the opinion declares that vv l15' the burden of the establishment of this w I contention lie* with the plaintitT. j_ :l. that 44 the violation imputed to Con- a 1 gress must be made manifest," and a es that 44 it is not on slight implication ^ and vague conjecture that the Logislaj ture is to be pronouneed to have trans- c v/uiiuv;u ins ci j auu lis uvj-ou uu ^ considered void.'' x> As U? the allegations Unit no ado- e ' quate remedy exists by which to re- a 111 cover the tuxes if paid to the collector, ? . the court declares that such a remedy j 14 % does in fact exist, even though there p he no special statute under which to ? proceed. Instances are eited whore income taxes have been recovered s ')* wliere illegally collected. K" The contention that the courts are j ' _ without authority to grant injunctions in cases of this character is sustained a under authority of the United States s 1 ls statutes to the elTcct that "no suit for p the purpose of restraining the assess- p ment or eollection of any tax j shall be maintained in any court," p 'I'* which is held to include the income ? l,n tux. i y w Kock IIii.i/s Goon Uoads.?lhci8 n- had weather and consequent com- a ot plaints of mud have directed attention j, 'ii- to the work that has been done by t >t- Kock Ilili in the lino of securing good w 1,n roads. About two years since it was q l>(> decided to build highways going from w ?t tiie town in all directions. Private o, ' "t subscriptions were secured from town e i*- and from the country adjacent along n ie the line of the proposed routes. The j, td county authorities agreed to furnish a n rock crusher and a steam engine and . n to pay one hundred dollars. Kock u Hill gave one-fourth the cost and built ' ce the roads up to the town limits. ?i* The roads were located carefully by 11 a civil engineer. A road bed thirty '' a feet wide was raised above the sura rounding soil by large ploughs. This " is was packed hard by tlic use of heavy yr er rollers. A track ten feet wide in the h t. centre was then macadamized, a track ill ten feet wide being left on each side -d for use in the summer. The rock in . f<> the macadamized portion is from six ' i" to eight inches deep. The whole road w is well drained by side ditches, and in " "s the worst of weather is hard and ' rs alTords every facility for traveling. w er Two roads extending one three, the , i" other three and one-half miles beyond 1 ?f the city limits, liavo been completed. "J It) Subscriptions wore mudo foran amount r k- sufl'.eiont to complete as much more, but h i*l more pressing matters havs stopped , |n the work for a short time. These ix roads have made plain tlic great value 1 if of money and work expended in this [>|' way. T/iey have proved almost like I arms reaching out from town to conn- ? t ;?l. 4 .... 1 XT, I*< l/i y w ii/ii imii/Uiii uunuiib.?V>I?I . , and Courier. j"' ?Deputy SherilT Scarborough, of J' j Darlington County, killed a negro w 1 named Beauregard Murray. Murray ns was indicted for mulicious trespass, j and when Scarborough went to servo j)( v" j the warrant the negro t(H)k his pistol from hiin and treated him roughly. /( The next morning Scarborough armed himself with'a rillo and found Murray about 12 o'clock. M urray again resist- j s ed arrest and drew his pistol, when ' "1 Scarborough lircd, killing him instant ' '.. ly. lie took his pistol from Murray after he had fallen and not'lied the y coroner. The usual verdict was given. n] n * w id ?A special to the Birmingham Agon Herald from Haynevilie says : "While v- Kmma Bryant was lying in her hed J. Lh playing with her infant babe, a shot ui g. lircd from the outside killed her in- d< iir stantiy. She was married a year ago al d- and lived only two days with her bus- In y- hand. He is held in jail for murder, ai ie (Cvidenco is circumstantial." ni GENEHAI. NEWS SUMMARY. | atost Items ami Curious Notts front j Our Exchanges. ?It is said thut Gladstone in his junger days used to sing ueg?*o melod)H with baojo accompaniment very i -oditably. J ?liussian journals are etill iu mourn- 1 ig for the Czar. They will eontinuo > surround their front, pages with a order of black until a year has elasped oni the date of his death. ?Miss Williard, niece of Frances Milliard, is a guest of Mrs. Clevelaed's t the White house. Miss Wiiiard is singer of much excelieuco. She has > ad superior schooling ubroad. /(ffl ?North Carolina will have the two uungest Senators of any Slate iu the 'ifm 'uicn. Tneir co nbincu ages are only ) >eurs. Sonut ir-elect Butler who jeeeeds Senator Hansom is but 31 ^ nd Senator-elect Pritchard, who will 11 the unexpired term of Senator 'ance is 38. Tj J ?The new Governor of Kansascalcu- ' ites that $15.000,(HK) has been withrawn from that State by Eastern cap.ais.te during the past two years of p 'opulist I'Uie there, lie proposes to j o what he can to bring this money * ? L again. over ? The fact that Charles Dudlej tiguf Earner's latest novel has been the came lost sucoessful that he'has ever writ- cotllc ;n should encourage young American disco Titers who crave famo boforo their me. Mr. Warner lias passed middle |J| fo by several years, hut his literary owers are ou the increase rather than anc* u the wane. 81^f ?Tho editor of Tlio Homer (Ga.) day l u/.etto says that the happiest men in p0* 10 world are those who keep out ol Rest/ obt, out of politics, out of office, shun otoriety, make an honest living by onost means, humbly serve the living lod, quietly pursue tlio " even cenoi cii?rn f their way," and neglect no oppor- Alldi iiiity of doing good. ?Czar Heed's promiuanco as a pesible candidate for the Presidency has ,(,()r timulated his correspondence to a ( oint where it has become a burden. " io receives hundreds of letters every HH ay most of them assuring him of sue- J ess, and it takes the greater part ol I is time to attend to them. It robs fij im of all leisure and prevents him 1^1 pom giving much atttention to Concessional duties. ?King Humbert is a genuine He forler and does not spend himself in the couomics forced upon Italy: 1(?1 posts W1 t court were abolished last year, in- M f. luding those of minister of the royal m ( ' ouselio'.d, prefectof the royal palaces, m /i mi master of the ceremonies. The m\i rat act of the king's, reign was to give lBitJ l),(KH),(KH) francos of his private fortune ' Ctjj jward puying his father's debts. WHAT ONB WOMAN OWNS. W . Million and a (Quarter Acres of I jit ml in i'exus. *\A *2 A million aud a quarter acros of ind owned by one woman. Think of ,! H.'uoliing into tlireo counties in outhern Texas, and pastured by lot),1)0 bead of eutlle. horses and sheen. HI Lij empire in which tho State of Rhode ST daud could be put aud there would M till be nearly half a million acres out ide the State line. Eighteen liunred and seventy square miles of abso- HH| lie domain, in which one woman's H riil is law. This seems incredible, fl 'rites James 1). Whelpley in Frank H ,eslie's Illustrated Weekly, but such re tho realty holdings in farm lands ISi lone of Mrs. Richard King of Corpus ihrisli, Tex. The Southern point of Texas is a Paris? ountry of great pastures. In Nueces quo"' Jounty alone there are fifteen persons soughi rlio own over 100,000 acres of land 1 ^oVe"! ach, some of the individual estates tactioi mounting to over *>00.000 acres and re reckoned by the square miles. Foi low and by whom were they acquired? iy inen who came to Texas in the ">0's nd do's. Men who were willing to T1 isk death or shattered health for the ake of adventure and for gain. Captain Richard King, who died in { J 885, leaving to his widow, Henrietta 1. King, las vast possessions in land nd personal property, was a good peciman of a type that conditions of n o-day do not produce, lie was born n 1825 in New York State, and when 0 years old runaway to sea. In 1S7J II ic appeared on the Rio Grande as a hi)!]! diot, later as a boat owner, and in I lUI' 852 he bought what was known as the ianta Gertrudes ranch, a vast possesion in itself. lly determined and ggressive policy, combined with dar- weok ag speculations, lie added rapid iy to iJOSt I his until he died. After his death it etj as found tliut lie owned about 1,200,- Mala 00 aeres of land under fenee, on | nana: rhich ranged 80,000 head of eattle, i toes 0,000 horses and 20.000 sheep. His : state also included a large amount of ltKS'l loney and other personal and real roperty. FRKS This all went to the widow, a daugh er of the late Rev. Hiram Chamber- Oatir tin, who established the lirst 1'resbyerian Church on the Rio Grande, and lift nder her careful management the j roperty has increased in value. Mrs. King is 00 years of age, a lady , f kindly instincts and admirable | f haractoristics that have made her I rcatly beloved by the community. | ho lives very plainly and does not j pent! a tithe of her income. Tho division of these pastures will j ea great benefit to tho country, but it i | ) f 'ill destroy tho entity of as remarkable \ property as exists in the United j itates to-day. Tiio land alone is rorth untold millions when it is dcoted to vinticulturo, a possibility of -j- | ho near future, for which it is better uitod tlian it is for the purpose of aising "scalawags" or long-horned ' leers. - It is only within tho past flvo years quiili hat any of the owners of these great i nets of land would part with a corner ; pouni f their possessions, Now many realize j % uvi/ nicy niusi, f,rivo way 10 Mio in- * '"? *' vitable and some sharper than the ( rst are pushing colonization schemes ca's j1 nit will net' them many times the un'l >< rofits from tiieir herds. It will be "fact nt a few years before the empires oount ow known hy the name of ranches ill become beo-hives of industry, l'aint lickly studded with populous little i'aint illages. the inhabitants of which will " e kept busy the year round shipping taolci 'iiitand vegetables to the less tropical ,no8-. ?? Ur ?The progress of Christianity in upan in one of the marvels of mod- rn church history. The first live cars of Christian struggle produced ae convert. In 1^12 was organized 10 first Evangelical Church of eleven icinber. Now there are . ? churches ith a membersh'p of Pap ? Lord Randolph Chu.e'.iill died in Sa ondon on the 21th inst.., after being nconscious for thirty hours. 11 is rath was peaceful and painless, and j 11 of the members of Lord Randolph's imily were at his bedside, liis wife |<\? od mother remained witli the dying j. M. inn throughout the night. tanlm / r KM V Bfc,m. M RED, WEAK, NERVOUS, Could Not Sleep. 3f. L. D. Edwards, of Preston, 0, says: "I was all run down, :, nervous and irritable through work. 1 suffered from brain fa1, mental depression, etc. I bei so weak and nervous that I 1 not sleep, I would arise tired, turaged and blue. I began taking r. Miles' Nervine now everything is changed. I i soundly, I (eel bright, active unbitious. 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