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6TRANOE STORY OF a i Who Can't et In Prison -One' in Iinois Prison but With his small, bony, corpse-like - hit chuck-full of yellow bills i-qnging aInVwhere frpm twenty to one-Jiundred 11ollarq 'I value, and letting them slip throu)h his fingers at almost every ie lie took, Louis. A. (lourdain, of Chicago, claiming to be "convict 9, 801'' at Juliet, scattered sunshine'in wholesile lots alolig his way from the tie lie struck town) and Irove aIvay tihe clouds lovern1" over the Raleigh ll'tel last night till his departure tIi,; arter-ion ifor New York in a.wild but alm en(leavor to break his way ilt'' prisonl in] order to serve a sell Ience of "hon'or,'' says the washing ton Times. Knocking at the doot of the sit. Treme court of the United States for a eertificate of admission to some friendly prison proved to be as use less as his many attempts in courts of Chicago which have brought him widely into public notice the past few weeks, raising the question as to the mental condition of tle man who appears to be as same as any of the' government officials befoi'e whom he earnestly plea(ds on bended knee for a ehance to keep his promise to serve out his sentence. Gounlain, wlho was -sent up for four and, one-half years for defrauding lpvople in a sort of lottery concern in New Orleans, dleclaredl today that lie believed then and still believes that his blusiness was honlest and legitimate lhe ko is lie mant to be honest, at least, and he had no thought that his business was not legitimate: Sincere in this belief, Gourdain, like a pictur psqIe orator of an interesting and his torie day in the chivalrous past, fotlit his ease ''personally, and like a man,"' and swore to the court that if the jury could fail to believe in his statement, and dcelared him guiltyl then lie would abide by that decision, no matter if it meant death or a life of penal servitude. A man of honor is'Gourdain. ''Guil ty,'' sail the jury, and without a whimper the man firmly set his thin, pale lips andi(1 walked into prison. But when friends got him out on bail, hop ing for a new trial, his ire has be , o arosed a1d across the continent. he has come seekin-g a friendly hand in ordlr that his honor may not he im punied, in order that he may keep his llelge made to the ijuiry. ''If I was lishionest, I did not know it.'' said iuonrdain, early this morn. in.-; ''it was my ig"noraneo of the con strnetion of h lie law. 11u1t every man Itili'l know his standan 4f41' honor, anild there is ni exeulse for m11y breaking MY word. That I sialli keep. Though my tiroat may become IMrched like that Io a pilgrim lost inl a border-1 he.s dseit th41h tie walls of my sIomiach may 'ave in and lie flat to eehe ni th o lough myi bo'dy anid brain luimher' till I hareit ket myi wo'i'(4' D espite this po sit ivet ass'ertioni ('our dlain broke Ihe fast lit has kept sine lhe lief' .I,tiht 'n Montmiy. whiile at the' ('apitol this umorning. I his initerview ithii the' clerk ofI tIhe l,'uited States supr nemie conr t, in te course of whiliichI lie had be'en refse perm1 o''ission to tile i te gneer pet ition4 for a manidamuns lie laid tire paried, to 'omipel J1iie Grioss ap1pearied to hiave discoura';ged himi. When he e'mergedtct from thle cler'k's ofe< lie was ready' to eat--aiid did( Don in t he senate rest auranmt boil (ed e'ins, whea'i Iithn corn enakes, lbut tered'( toast, cotffee, and crab salad disapp f ear edl ini quick snttcessioni d1own Gourdain 's thirtat. lie at as a mat ter of duty, seeminmly. :c''d with no parienlar' e'n.joymieint of the perfmt'i anee. D)o you4i feel any' bettIer tha iiiiyou did biefor'e ? '' het was aisk4d. the nm-al hiad been concluded. 'Not a bit," lit anuswermed. ''I've , been fasting only a few days and I could easily have made it a month. I have done it often in Ite past.' This is what brought Gourdaini to Washington; the motive t hat le'd him up thle steCps of the iiait ion's caipit(ol and into the high precincts of the couti of greatest dlignity and powe'r ,in the country; failing there, this is the motive that. took him to New York seekiing interview'is with the justices of the supreme court, and which will then take him to Canton, Ohio, to seek out in his country ree,huse Justice Day, ie member of the b)ench of Chicago trict. If at last lie fails with all then, "God helping mc, givinmg -ength and fortitude. I will go o Oyster Bay andi appeal to f excecuitive of this coutry to a helping hand toward ser sentence." ourdain is insane, the govern officials and other persons with vhom"he" came in contaot last night, J and todaylagree that his insanity is of e a moqt original type and beyond their ti poweis of fathoming, if lie.is motive b th9y deplre lie is a man of a motive, also unfathonmabW4 at the present tst time.. In the latter instande it is. d-- ii dared, he probably has no desire to b go to prison and knows he vill not b be sent tl're aid his present ap- in >earance in te public eye merely is f= meant to lead up. to some. particular j1 anbition that will still allow hii the re fl-ee air and the sunshine of the world. C That he is eccentric, if not insane ti there's no doubt; that he has imoney t1i with him is equally certain, and the f: value he places upon all services ren- I'( lered him is lovely to behod aiid ab- t< normally renumerative to' all those w :O for-inlate ats to turn their hand one it way or another ini his interest. That p ie spends twenty-dollar bills where at quarters and dollars would suffice all-d that he has a pecuiar and al- v most gruesome penchant for the use el of red ink, whether it be oi the hotel til register or signing legal documents r does not atempt to explain und which is a mystery to all. I lif With all his yellow .backs which ' were proffered even to court officals a" -tle only instance on record so far (4 .vhere they , were declined . with t hanks-Gourdain was unsuccessful " in his efferots to file his petition, be- d Cause the court was enjoying. its ) nun1meir recess. Attempted to have " the postmaster general invite him to his office for an interview, in order ( to aid him in returning millions of ill-gotten dollars to persons through- M out the country and world who took long chianices on buying oil lands in illso failed, (3our(1dain is through with A tilso failed, Glourdain is though with A Washington. g-I In rooms 101, one of the richest and 1 nost elegantly apointed suites at the t Raleigh hotel, Gourdain spent the d Iight. That lie did not sleep a wink is testified by a neswpaper reporter, a rho formerly knew of the self-impose Lonviet of new Orleans and kept by is side and watched his every move nent froui the moment lie arrived till ie left the city. After the last of the eo iewspaper men and other guests de mi-ted, at an early hour this morning, ourdain paecd the floor an hour or "o, discussed his life with the one re naining, and nervously bit at a 'dry' NI -igar. Ordinarily fond of smoking, he te Vithstood the temptation to ecnisuiue a he perfectos. 3 When the waarm, gray dawli peeped H n through the windows this morning ie had not once occupied his bed. He lad only removed his eat and shoes, nd, donning fresh linen, lie went lown to breakfast in the hotel res aurant with his friends. The latter M te liberally, but Gourdain managed A) withstand the temptation. ''IT can do it,'' lie declared. ''There s much in will power. Now I will go N iriiou-i the motion of eating, and aikc iiot a hite. It will serve me suft- ini lIe carivedl hiis.imalginaiiry steak anad m, a(e(e to enjoy it. He dec'lared t he li,. iavisibil(e{' cie waIs abou ~t as goodi( as thI lie real kind, and a grea t deal sa fer, ('V ud1( thait the canutelanupes: which lip- is ieare'd only oni his fr'iend(1's plate , li erei irather ' 'underdone. '' thI Al 7.4h5 they eniteredl a landeau, and, Ia ifler being driven about the city half' at ii hioiur, wvent I U thle office of a sten- ini )grap hier in the Columbian building. cc Iis pet it ion 14to lie su prme ('co1urt, im s'hiich lie dictamt ed last night, did nuot p quit him this rnor'niing. Some of thle et ('gall terms were not quite impr)iessive ec niouigh, lhe observ~ed, so lie (lid it all era verOi agini. The stenographer' is rich- bx ru by a fifty-dollar niote by the call of ri is eeentriceclient.' - En route to Washingtoi yesterday w wriing, Oourdaiin wvired to( the clerk I in if thle Feder'al supriCTiemcoui't to4 sendl the best conurt st enographier in nI Vashington, '' to lbe at 'thle Rlaleighi in pon41 his arrival. A. Johnts, an exper't be t enior'grapheric, spenti t Iw) lhouris in his Ifrn erv'ice last night, mand Mr. Par'kmana A -ave hinm an hour th is imoi'ning. '1)1 'Now, what is thle bill foir thle en; ra ire amnouiit. '?'' asked thle former lo4t- thI cry king, ini his customary mild anid ev ~enteel way. ''Eleven-fifty,'' was of he respoinse. ''Ten dlollai's for the fu '(urt stenograp)her's woirk last night rei nd1( $1.50 for mine this morning.'' hri 'So cheap as thaitt?'' tiuirred Gour lain. Vou did excellent whrk, and so wc ork, the moire it is worth. Pay ty hlould not be given by time -but by er lie quality of thme work accamplish- as 3(.'' Gourdain, as he spoke, drew be ~rom his~ truose% pocket a1 roll of yel- yo >wv bills, fully a dozen in number. ch -landing Mr. Parkman one worth fif- Ai y of the smallest kind, lie said: ''Just ei eeop the change. I'm greatly obliged ge o you.'' ill From there Gourdain at once wvas va riiven to the supreme coturt. Finding ee Jamnes H. McKemney, clerk of the tel ourt, out of the city, lie presented his sti )etiton to the assisitant clerks, and sit sked -that it be filed. The ipetiton an as for a writ of mandamus upon lie adge Grosscup, of the United State mrt, in Chicago, to o errule the mc on by hiw friends alid to sont hif ick. to -his prison home. Actihg Clerk Maher eiplained- th ach a poper could be presented on! i ~ndotirt, and that there woul ff6b pportunity for this until Oct< w 9, when tho court.meets after sun er recess. Gourdain then ,inquire pr the address of the supreme comn stice of .that' jurisdiction, and wa ferred to Justice William R. Day, a Riton, Ohio. le was told, howeve at a single justice could not act i e mnatter. Undaunted by this ur vorable information, Gourdain ar MIed his intention of telegraphin justice Day. le said also that hi ould go up to New York this after m11, and up to the Savoy, from whie ace he would )hone Justice Whit< Narragans.ett P)eir. Gour-dain then asked for red ini ith which to write a letter to th erk of the court merely to show t le justices that his petiton had bee jected. ":I suppose there is no objections t -ing red ink on documents meant t ahe before the supreme court?'' h ;ked, mildly, upon his return. Bein )ubly assured that he would be le il, at least legal enough, he signe s petition carefully, and with Inue il)eration. He stated that he e Wetedto find Jidge Dugro at th, tvoy, and, being asked who Judg ugro was, he blandly replied: ''Jil Digro. a judge, I rather thini ouudh, T will find several justice !ar the Savoy toniglt.' This latter remark was the firs .opped by Goirdain that. indieite the clerks that he was "daffy.; nother remark also ca.used them t 'ently doubt his sallity. ''I wire :stmaster- General Courtelyou yeq rday asking for an interview tc hy,' he said. "I hanven't yet re ived an answer. I can't legally se 1yone without permission, you knoN said. The letter, however, was written i ack ink, .but the signature in red declaring that red was his luck, Mr, and by signing his name in ii would be sure to win his fight t eak into prison. Gourdain's tele am to Postmaster General Courtel u, who is out of the city, was recei d at the department yesterday af 'noon, but as the postoffice official e no longer interested in him, the; tle no reply, and he left the city a ''clock this afternoon for New Yor' 3 hopes to be back in old Joliet b; o'clock Friday morning. ITURE TAKES CARE OP RACE a,rriage of the Idle Rich to Poo Working Women Tends to Keep the Race Physically Vigorous. wN yorkc Medical jourl-1. M'arriages are colstalil oecurii; the United States betw"een y'oun: nI enlgaged( inlCL earingf thi 11o' wi iig; butt, ds5ipte~ thle flirihjly V e phen1~Yiomenon no0 such' mariiiage er' fails to ennIsC aippariiently astoli ted ('illcmet and1(, ab ove, cop lin wspaper01 gossi i. Ini Europe), wher' r,se who havye jiheri t ediiL wealh ari ulght andl reoalIly .helieve that lie, e of superior e'lay to t he class o heriited poverty,v anid the latter' a nti to thle t eaehinag, snehl alIliance' ty w~ell Cause a slight shoek, dliluteco r'haps, withi some pleasuure lat t h ndescension of the muan. lIn ou ut ry, however, where one fail ni hardly 'hav'e the past of anlot he a single cenltur'y, astonishmenti liculous and out of place. Few o 1' r'ichest men are idlle. and1( thi ,m'k differis only in magnitude friori at of thie pool'. Tf weC graniit that a cCenturly of idle ss can enerv~e a family, a marriag to (he "woi'trking classes'' can onit b)feneic'ial. Stoc'k must b)e enr'icei tnm timet to time from nar th e soil Iv'nentes(' of highly restr'ict ed inlter' r'eding~ ar'e forumd of p)ointing to thi eC horse as a superior product 0 ~ir principles. .A race horse,'how,~~ nir, is,a poor1 creCatur'e from the poin view of usefulness; lie is a beauti I specialized bundle of nerves ani luires more coddling than a health~ man baby. fnterbi'eeding does not wvork ou 11 in the human species; the hiaugh Austi:ain aristocracy, which consid the nobilty of France and Englanc upstarts, and ostracizes, any mem ewho marries into a family muel anger' than the Caesars, is not as ss strong and healthy. It is fron tstria in great measure tijat 01m euses 'seenre their giants and mid s, a' fai' pr'oportiop of' whom are agitimate, and many other of th< r'ious ''freaks,'' objects of interest 'tainly, but hardly of pride. In lectually, we do not think that the ~tesman of Austria, Spain and Rus are the equals. of those of Franci I the United States, while. the Enig Ii commoners have given a remark s able account of theinselves. We should b,a disposed to applaud the good sense -of an rich young Am6rican who nar ried'.& beautiful pod girl of decent t anteedents in spite. of. the fact thal y suchaarriages depend upon unreason d ing sa'ual attraction, like the greal majority of marriages. As it is, ye can -only note the care Nature takes J of the race, however heedless she inay t be'of the individual. a t VENICE IN DANGER. r - r City is Sinking into the Sea at Rate - of Four Inches a Century. - Boston Herald. 'Venie. July 21.-The College of e entian Engineers have relsorted that te stePs taken to restore the Campanile will not. respond either to y sentinillt, to history or to art. In view of Ohese criticisms the muiiicipal ity has appointed a committee to give e their views , on the reconstruction. Meanwhile the work on the building is going on actively, and the bell tow er has abnost reached- the height of the.second window. Tlie disaster to the -Campanile of e St. Mark's which took place July 14, 1902, bas called the attention of the aut.hbrities to the necessity of taking more care of ancient buildings. St many churches and towers are crack ed a-nd out of perpendicular that a e self-confident feeling pervades the e minds of nearly all that if a building has stood for centuries there is no , partieniar reason for it falling now. It has beceei said of Venice ltt since the accident the entire place has been t put onl stilts, and although this is an i exaggeration, is only necessary to mention the churches and building to C which remedial measyres are being ap : plied. In aiddition to the almost en tire reconstruction of the Campanile, - 322 feet in height, the basillica of - San Marco itself is being anxiously considered, and involves great diffi , culties. The churches of San Giobbe, San 1 Stae,.San Barbara, San Francesco de le Vigna, San Teodora, are all in ( trouble, but the worst are two of the most important. churches in Venice ) namely, the Frari and San Giovanni e - Pault. The condition of tle first of - these is distinctly bad. - It is said that Venice slowly sub - sides'to the extent of four inches in a-eentury, and if this be true it will I acetlunt for the sinking of the Camn t panile. since i. I). 888, to the extent C of manly inches. All the important. fragments of tle lower. such as bells, tle golden anigel from the summit, and also the remains of, fite adjaceit Loggett, witi its slatuiary and broIIze gattes, have been enrefu11 lly preserved. The state f r tIhe Madon Ila, whivichi was br. iken i l to 1.I03 fra-lents, has been mnlost ably rest1red, s4) tihat it is difficulilt t rea lize that it had been so serioully dam Never Judge a man's greatness by the opinion his neighbor has of him. Thea( main withi ronund shonbllers does not1 necessa rilyv st oop to' coiinquier. - An evil mayv be popular simiply he canise it is unde41r the lid. It is easier to actinuire a repiut at ion tor greatness than it is I'o keep it tipl. ~* A woman alIways thinks she is bet - t Ier t han other womneni, and a mana thinu ks lie is no worse t han o)thler meni. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT ,Notice is hereby given that I will r. make a fiinal set tlemenit on the per' isonal estate of J1. W. M. Simmons, de r. ensed, in the Probate Court. for New lahrry County on1 Thuiisday, Auigust 9, y' 106, at eleven o'clock A. M., and im r mediaitely thiereafteir ask for a final dlischarge. .-Lallahi I. Simimons, - Adiministratrix of tile Peisonial Es tate of J. W. M. Simmons, deeansed. CITIZENS MEETING. -A Citizens meeting is herebly called to be held in the oper'a house at 10 o'clock a, mn., Tuesday July 31, 1006, to hear the report of the trustees of Newberry Graded schools for the Iyear ending June 1, 1906. Alan Johnstone 1 I. N. Martin, Chlairman. Secretary. Barbecue at Mt. .Bethel. We will give a first class barbecue at Mt. Bethel on July 31st, opening of the county campaign. Come out and hear what the boys have to say. I B. B. Leitzsey, -S. J. Cromer. * NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that no per son or persons residing within the in corporaite limits of the town of New b erry will be allowed to sell cider or ally kind. By order of the Mayor, . A. T. Brown, Eugene ,S. Werts, Mayor. Clerk. SPECIAL NOTICES. WANTED-A young man for cloth ing, shoe, and hat department for new store in Newberry. Will open September 1. 0. Z. Greenwood, S. C. 230 Oak St. WANTED-Lady or gentleman of fair education to travel for firm of $250,000 capital. 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WHEN you want to buy timber or farm land or town property see or write me and I will save you money. T. E. Alexander, Real E4state Ag't Walhalla, S. C. NOTICE-Have your buggies and carriages neatly repaired and re painted by Neely & Morgan, near Mr. T. C. Pool's stables. All work guar anteed. JUST RECEIVED-A cnrload of Milburn wagons. Call and examine this wva.-fn before buying. R. C. Williams. WANTED-First elass teacler for Iig Creek school. Tihe tirustees will meet on 4th day of Agenst at 5 Wh'clok P. M. to eleel a Ieacher term S 111onths volmileting 1bouit 15 if (Oetober. Applicaions for Newherry, S. C. DR. G. R. HARDING, OF NEW herry, w . .ill openi his 4old ofi e in Coilumiua, 131(1 Maluin st reel, on1 tie first dlay oft AuguIst. -IIe will coni hinueir his oflie iln Newheutrry' as usual w.ih thle firs i~..I wo w.eek s in the' monithI ini ('ob ?imbia 1 i the o'ther timIue ini Newherryi',. 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