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"Do Thou Liberty Groat. Inspiro Our Souls and Make Our Lives in Thy Possession Happy, or Our Deaths Glorious in Thy Just Defence."
VOL. XXVI
BENNETTSV?LLE, S, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1901
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NO 28
TERRIBLE I?EAT.
8?X Hundred Dna?hu and Many
Prostrations
HOSPITALS FILLED
Tonto Boing; Erected on Hospital
Grounds Horses Ara Fa lng,
and Automobiles Ar? Usod
as Ambulances
Rainstorms Wednesday, with con
sequent fall in tomporaturo, woro a
Godsond to tho bulk of sweltering hu
manity in Now York. As soon as tho
last storm of tho afternoon had paosod
ovor, tho tomporaturo immediately bo
gan to ascend. Tho wind whioh blow
during tho storm also oommonccd to
abate vory rapidly, until it aooumod
tho proportions of a slight broezo only.
Thooo ntmo?phorio conditions, oouplod
with tho vory oousidcuiblo humidity
whioh oamo as an af ter math of tho
downfall of water from tho olouds,
mado tho suffern-g ni mont as intonso an
it was whon tho th or eic motor had rog
intered soveral degrees higher.
Most of tho hospitals aro already
orowded to thoir ulm wt papaoity, and
many of them havo oreo ted tents on
thoir grounds for tho a :<nmurnda'ion
of tho boat viotiuis.
Tho doath rato has increase 1 with
suoh rapidity that tho morgue is heine
taxod as it never was beforo, and ovory
availablo foot of that institution is now
oooupiod by corpses. Hospital attend
ants aro collapsing under tho cxtraor
dinary strain to whioh thoy havo boen
subjootod and woro it not for tho volun
toora who havo oomo to their aid tho
situation would bo g'oatly aggravated
by onforocd neglect of heat patients.
Although tho .nmbulacco f-crvioo has
boon augmontcd by tho audition of
automobiles whioh havo boen loaned
for tho purposo, it ia greatly inado- j
quato. Tho horsoa usod havo boon
most oarofully nursed alorg to prosorvo
thoir stamina, but notwithstanding this
many of thom have givon out. Their
piaoos aro hoing iiiicd from out pido
nooreen, and so groat is tho rciroity
of availablo animals, hcoauso of the
combination of heat nud tho grin with
whioh Now York horsoa aro alli ctod.
that it has boen necossary to send to
othor oitioB to pct a fresh eupply.
Whon tho first downpour of rain
fltruok tho city Worjuoaday it was ao
oompanied by thunder and a fair sizod
galo, which soon reduood tho t?mpora
turo 15 degroos. Tho humidity mado
tho air so sultry, however, that tho
?teat reduction waa not porooptiblo to
tho ex<pat whioh most pcoplo would
imagine.
Tho wind and lightning whioh ac
companied thc rain dud considerable
damago in tho oily, especially out to
ward Harlem. Many trees, awnings
and buildings woro irjured, but up to
10 o'olook no bai.udtios had boon ro
ported.
Thoro woro 89 deaths and 107 oases
of hoat prostration iu tho boroughs of
Manhattan and tho Bronx during the
hours botwoon 2 a. m., and 10.30p. m.,
Wednesday.
At 12:30 o'olook this (Thursday)
morning it was ostimatod that tho total
deaths from tho hoat in tho last six
days in Qroator Now York was GOO.
During Tuosday night and Wodnos
day tho deaths in Newark directly at
tributed to tho hoat, numborod ?l, tho
highost number of tho spoil. In Ho
bokon thoro woro 19 deaths. Battorson,
whioh liad been comparatively froo
from deaths, ran its numbor up to 116
, for tho 24 hours onding Wodnesday
night. Jorsoy City osoapod with 2.
Now Brunswiok scored 4 fatalities ana
Elizabeth ti. A dozen other piaoos
contributed ono each to tho total so
that tho grand total for Now Jorsoy
will bo in the neighborhood of 100 for
tho day.
Tho highost temperature was 94 at
12:30 p. m. At 8 o'olook Wodnosday
night it waa 80 dogrcos.
Bryan Has Not Changed.
William J. Bryan whilo in Roanoko,
Va., last wook dolivorcd a short spocoh
on tho station platform. Mr. Bryan
said tho quostions that soveral yearn
ago dominated tho Ghioago platform ho
had stood for booauao ho believed in
thom. Ho had not ohangt d his mind
whon tho Kpnsas City platform was on
largod to suit certain conditions. Tho
Democratic party was all right whon it
carno to additions, but not in subtrac
tion. No baokward btep wtuld betaken
but whether it did or did not it would
bo tho samo with him. Ho had said tho
question was not whothor they should
win but whothcr thoy should do what
was right. Ho would do tho right and
abido tho oonscqucinus. Tho Demo
crats' duty was to advooAto principles.
The result would bo boyond tho party.
If tho blood WAH bad and a boil oamo
thoy would koop ooming until son o
thing was taken to oloanso tho blood.
Ho said in conclusion. "I am fight
ing on, not so muoh to win, for I would
rathor dio lighting for right than win
fighting for something oho."
Race Riot.
Roports reaohod Donvor, Colorado
Thutsday of a sori-ouo raoo riot
whioh has just brokou out in tho
mountains ol Campbell oountry bot
wcon negro and whito mirers. Tho
troublo started at a negro danoo whero
a fight was in progress ncas Lafollotto,
a mining town. Tho town marshal was
sent for and tried lo arrest tho ni groes
.With aposhO of fivoiucn. Thc mgroofl
ope nod firo on tho ofliotrs and tho of
ficers returned to town. About 20
mon roturntd to tho soeno and oponod
firo on tho nogro oabin. There were
?bout 15 nogroes ia tho houso. Thoy
roturnod tho lire but boon mado a break
for tho woods. Io tho running light
thatfollowod tliroo negroes aro said to
havo boon fatlly ?hot and a numbor of
ot li ern wounded.
Aothor Russian Bank Fail?.
In oonsequenco of tho failuro of tho
Kharkoff commercial bank, tho oom
moroial bank of IClkatoiiosUff suspend
ed payment Friday, It? liftbititios aro
1,250,000 roubles.
AN APPEAL TO AMERICANS.
Gon Pearsons Issues an Address in
Behalf of the Boors.
Goo. Poarsons, Bpcoial agont of tho
Boor government, who conducted legal
proooodings at Now Orleans to prevent
tho shipping of mules to ?South Afriea,
has issued tho following address to tho
Amcrioan pooplo, tho titlo hoing "A
Statement ol Knots; a Questioned an
Appeal."
4,Tho burghors of South Afrioa who
havo maintained tho svar with Groat
Britain thoso two yoars pa it, havo in
thoir strugglo a history strikingly par
allel with your own.
"Drivon by English opprosBion thoy
wont iuto tho wilderness and rodoomod
from tho wild boasts and tho ?avago
a oountry for thcmsolvoa and thoro
planted a civilization and oalablishod
n froo government. In tho course of
timo, Eoglibh cupidity throatonoi
thom. They withstood tho domaud.
Raids wore mado upon thoir territory.
TroopB and munitions of war massed
upon their border and insulting do
manda mido of them. Tho uppoal to
arms followod. Hundreds of thou
sando of British soldiers from all parts
of tho world woro massed on tho soil
of theso two littlo republics contain
ing fewer inhabitants than any Sci to
of your Amorioan union and yoi thoy
remain unomquorcd and will so ro
main if tho Amorioan pooplo will oom
pol thoir government to koop faith.
"By tho law of your land-a treaty
solomnly en toted into and to windi
you ojtnpoiiod tho atsonfc of tho Brit
ish government it is doolarod that tho
ports of tho Unitod Statos shall not ho
male tho baso of wari i ko operations
against a nation with whom tho Uni
ted States aro at poaoo. Tho attention
of your oourts and your president has
boon formally oallod to tho oporationa
of a body of English army offioora with
headquarters at New Orleano. From
many parla of tho United Statos thoro
army ollioors gather borzoi and mules
forthiir armioa aud at NJW Orloans
load them on ships aud tako them to
their armies in South Alrtoa With
out thoso munitions of war tho war
on thc South African republics would
almost mstaolly end. When these re
publics went to war with thoir oppres
sor, thoy did not bcliovo that thoy
went to war with you; they had faith
in your promise of fair j lay, and can
hold and establish their freedom and
kcop their oountry if you koop faith.
"Today tho army supplies that you
pormit to loavo jour port? aro usod
chit fly to ooutinuc torturing and. slay
ing women aud ohildron. Thc reve
lations forced tobo mado in tho Eng
lish parliament within the paat fow
wooks have not only 'shookod and
staggorod humanity,' but havo shamod
it as well.
"How much of tho sin and shame
shall become your own arid what.will
you do about it?
"On thia natal day of your groat ro
publio will you not turn yourthoughta
from puroly sol fi sh patriotism and in
emulation ol'your Washington lot your
hearts go out to tho pooplo who, aa
your anoo3tors did, sock to unfurl and
to uphold tho flag of liborty and to
do BO just aa your forefathers did who
ongaged in tho strugglo with tho samo
onemy.
"Tho appeal ia mado to tho liberty
loving pooplo of Amorioa. Whon I
oamo boro I oamo fearing that tho
pooplo wore hostile as thoir govorn
mont has boon unfriendly to the.Boors.
I hod, indocd, that tho contrary is
true Tho h;avtB of t>o Amorioan
pooplo go out to thoao South Afrioans
so grandly struggling with tho enor
mous power of England, to maintain
thoir right to koop and to rulo tho
land thoy rodomcd-but you havo not
improssod tho fcdoral administration
wiih your will. Tho president doos
not onforo3 tho troation and his sub
ordinates dospieo them.
Tho English government ia at tho
end of ita roaouroB. Tho Boors have
won as against thom. If tho Amorioan
pooplo will stop tho shipment of sup
plies from American ports lo British
armies', tho war will ond and tho Woy
lcr liko atrocities at Bloomfontoin and
Protoria-tho murdor of woniou and
ohildron-will end.
"So in bohalf of thoso sturdy burgh
ors in arms who will part with lifo
rather than liborty, iu bohalf of thoso
women and littlo onos who dying of
starvation and in prison yet cheer
thoir brave onos in tho fiold, in tho
name of your own history and tradi
tions and principles and for your own
sakos, ut this season, 1 make bold to
pray you to kcop tho faith .and tho
law malo by yourselves aui compol
your govornmont to bo Amorioan iu
tho traditional and glorious sonso.''
A Shocking Tragedy.
Raymond Albora, a ll year-old lad,
of Albany, N. Y.t Friday evoning shot
and killod Emanuol ICoohlcr, a boy of
12, and thou hangod hhmolf. Tho
boys were playmates and according to
statomonts of noighbora thoy had quar
relled somo days ago. Albora iu tho
son of Albert Albora, a woll known
painter, and Kochia* io thc con of Rev.
John T, Koohlor, a minister of the gos
pol. Tho shooting took piaoo at (i
o'olook Friday ovoning. Young ICooh
lcr was standing on a l'once in tho roar
of Albora' houso. Ho was with his 8
ycar-old brothor. Theodore Koohler,
who waa tho only ooo who saw tho
shooting. Tho littlo follow told his
father Friday night thal tho two boy?
had somo words nud that Albora raised
a ribo that ho had and, pointing it at
his brothor, ?hot him. Tho boy says
that Albora, whon ho saw Koohlor fall
from tho lonoo said: "1 am sorry I
did it." Thc rifle used was a 22 filbert
rifle Thu ball struok Koohlor io tho
left breast and paa.icd through bin heart.
Ho died almost instantly. When Al
bos Hiw what ho had dono ho tan int)
tho houso and told his ni o thor. Tho
neighborhood wos quiokly alarmed with
tho nows, and during tho excitement
Albers had ran away, lt was not until
tho airival of tho polioo that a soaroh
was mado for him. Ho was found in
tho collar pf his homo, suapondod by
tho neck from tho end of a ropo tiod to
a boam of tho floor above Whon ho
lcarnod that Koohlor was doad, Albora
wont to tho oollar and taking a picco of.
ropo, t;od it to a boam and standing on
a oask fastened it about his nook. Ile
then j'imped from tho oask and was
suoponded in mid-air whon found.
When out down ho was still alivo, but
ho died a fow momonto lator.
REVENUE TAXES.
Governor and Attorney General
Have Initiated Proceedings
BEFORE U. 8. COMMISSIONER
Tho Q uestion is Whether the Inter
ral Rovonuo Lews of tho
U 8. Apply-to Ou' Dis
pensary System.
Tho Stato of South Oarolina, acting
through tho govornorand attornoy gon
oral, havo iaitiatod proceedings before
tho commissioner of intornal rovonuo
to toat tho quoetion whothor tho Stato
oan bo logally rcquirod to tako out
spcoial tax etomps as wholcBalo and re
tail liquor dealers uudor their Stato
dispensary laws, and has. nudo a do
rnand upon tho oominissionor for a TO
fund of all suoh tnxos hithorto paid,
amounting to $1 910. Whilo this sum
is not largo ii is realizod that tho
principio at issuo is of groat and far
roaching ituportaooo. Tho ono quontion
involved ifl, whothev tho internal
rovonuo laws of tho United Statos ap
ply to tho dit ponsary system of South
Carolina so as toontitlo th J collector to
doinand tho paytuont of HIOHO taxos.
Tho entiro dispensary oyatem of South
?aroiiua is managed by a board of oom
missioners oonsiBting of th rc o persons
Bolootod by tho Stato legislature with
Columbia as its headquarters. This
Stato dispensary distributes tho sup
plies to tho aouniy diaponsarics and
thoso in turn aro mana^od by county
dispon?ors or agontB, all boing under
(ho board of Stato commissioners.
Uodor tho law no liquor can bo sold at
night nor lo bo drunk on tho prc mises
of thc dispensary. Tho liquors sold aro
tho proporty of tho Stato and tho profit *
acor un to tho Stato. Tho salaries of all
tho oiTioials of tho dispensaries aro Axed
by law and do not dopond upon tho
amount of Ihoir snlos.
In tho brief filed with tho oommis
aioncr of intornal rovonuo oe bohalf of
thc State it is contended that there is
nothing in tho laws of tho United
States authorizing tho collection of in
tornal rovonuo taxes whioh ovon im
pliedly, authorizes tho imposition of a
lax against a Stato or its inatrumnntal
Hies of tho S:ato governmont would bo
to that oxtont unconstitutional.
It is oontonded further that tho prop
erty of a Stato and tho moans and in
strumentalities omploycd by it lo carry
ils laws into oporation cannot bo taxed
by tho federal governmont r,nd an
opinion of tho lato Judgo Cooley on this
quistion ia quotod. If any intornal
rouonuo ia\y of tho United Statos ro
quiro tho. agon ts of tho State and ooun
ty dispensarios of Shuth Carolina oaoh
to pay a tax to too Uaitod Statos boforo
boing formittod to excroiso tho duties
of thoir oflioe, it is ooutondod that tho
law is unconstitutional and void, in
this particular, booauso tho tax whioh
it imponen is purely and simply a tax
upon tho inbtrumontalitioa by whioh
tho Stato, through its laws, socks to
minimizo tho evils of tho liquor traffic
within its hordors. Tho f?deral gov
ernmont it is hold oannot constitution
ally intorforo with tho administration
of thoso laws by requiring a spooial tax
stamp to bo paid by its officials aB a
oonditiou precedent to tho exorcise of
thoir dutioa.
Commissioner Yoi kos baa tho claim
for refund of taxos by tho Stato of
South Carolina undor consideration,
but has rondorod no opinion yot. Whilo
it is truo that this dispensary *systom
may bo dosignntcd a Stato agono;, and
its maintenance uphold an constitution
al under tho polioo powor rosidont in
all sovoroigntio8, yet tho commissioner
isinolinod to tho opinion that it is not
suoh a nocossary Stato agonov, or suoh a
noodful funotion of tho Stato govern
mont as will oxompt it from f?deral
taxation. There aro certain agencies
absolutoly ossontial to tho lifo of a
State, suoh as tho maintonaoo of oourts,
oxooutivo offioials, collodion of taxos
for tho pay mont of necessary H.e. to tx
ponsos and it may bo admitted that tho
national government oan at no timo and
in no way, dirootly or indirootly, lovy
a tax upon thoso necessary State
agonoits; othorwho tho national gov
eminent might tax thom out of cxist
onoo. But, tho government oontonda,
whoo tho Stato porforina a work and
assumos dirootion of an agonoy whioh
has boon and can bo porformod by its
oitizons in thoir individual oapaoity, a
new aspi-ot ariBos. If it is unconstitu
tional to requiro tho local agonts ora
ployod uudor tho disponsary systom of
South Carolina to pay tho govornmont
(ho sums rcquirod for retail and whole
sale liquor doalora' stamps, thon this
samo Stato and all other Slates, tho
commissioner points out could tako con
trol not only of tho salo, but of tho
manufaoturo of whiskey, boor and to
baoco, and if so thon tho quostion
would aris?, oould tho govornmont lovy
any lax upon tho products of plants
under atid oporalod by tho Stato and
used for thoso purposob? If so, while
tho St.atos might thoroby bo able to pay
all of thoir governmental cxponscs tho
goncral govenrnnnt, it is snd would
ioso an intornal rovonuo inoomo of sotno
$200,000,000 per yoar.
lt ia undorstood that if tho commis
sioner's dooision is against tho Stato,
aa eocms probablo, tho oano ovontualiy
will go to tho Bupromo court of tho
United Statos.
Fi Iltoon Killed by Lightning.
Crowdod togothor in a littlo s.ianty
under a North Shore pier, in Chioago
last Monday 10 boys and young mon
and ono othor nun mst instant doath
by lightning today. Thoy had loft
thoir fish linos and sought shelter from
tho fioroo thunderstorm that dolugcd
tho northern part of tho city about 1
oleok. Ton minutos hier their bodies
lay with twisted and tangled limbs liko
a nest of snakes ai tho men who found
thom said. Twolvo uoughtsholtor rind
ono osoapod. Twolvo yoar old Willio
Anderson was injured and ho lay many
minutos before ho oould bo drawn out
from uudor tho heap of doad bodies.
Tho doad a?o all mombcrs of familion
of comparatively poor pooploand oom
nrisod a party of mon Booking roltof
from tho boat of tho day, aooompAniod
by a number of boys who had como to
wado anti "-dm on tho boam,
CAROLINIANS IN DEMAND.
Young Men Wanted for the United
Statos Navy.
A Bpooial from Washington Bays:
.Tho oonvortod Spanish gunboat Alva
rado will lonvo Norfolk Saturday for
Nowborno, N. C., whoro headquarters
will bo established and a tallier oxton
Bivo plan inaugurated for recanting
young mon of tho south tor tho navy.
Af tor tho Spanish war tho nood of
Fttilors l)o on mo EO orront that Admiral
Orowninshiold, ohiof of tho bureau of ?
navigation, soul recruiting partios into |
tho interior, onliutinglusty farinor boys
for ?en soivioo. Tho plan ha9 worked
BO woll that six ships-tho Hartford.
Lmoaator, B?llalo, Dixie, Allianooand
Mohioan-aro now ougagod io training
young mc ii for tho naval eoivioo.
Admiral CrowaiiiBhiold is uow turn
ing Iii? attention to tho south, au ho
has boon advised by lottora from that
Bootiou that North Carolina and othor
Bouthorn States aro fortilo diatriots for
obtaining young mon for BOO sorvioj.
Following this Buggostion tho navy do
partinont will now Book to mako enlist
ments at various points in tho Mouth.
Ono party is proceeding by laud from
Port Boyal and will visit tho following
s m tl, ern oit ion: Spartanbur?, Colum
bia and Groonvillc, S. C.; Augusta and
Atlanta, tia. ; Charlotte, Durham and
ti i'ooo?boio, N. C.
Tho Alvarado whioh ?tartod Saturday
wilt visit all tho prir.o'pal oitios ainag
thoBouthorn distriotu of North Caro
lina as woll as tho by flays and smaller
settlements.
In announcing thc trips, tho follow
ing elli dal commont is ruado aa an in
duocment to ttioso likely to onlist:
"There never was a timo wh'n op
portunity for advanoouiont oe worthy,
qualified IUOD ?B as i'avorablo as it is nt
present, duo to tho iuoroaao in tho en
listed forco of tho navy, and tho oon
Nc quent douiaud for moro potty o?iio?ra
in ?\) branches. Ib tckcB timo to gain
tho Boa habit md learn the iutrioalo
duties o?a petty olliocr and.tho laddor
can only bo olimbad by mon who aro
willing to apply thomsolvcs and gradu
ally but btoadily gain ndvavoomont,
"Bjys between 15 and 17 will bo en
listed as apprentices until ihoy roaoh
thoir majority nu' youug men botvnon
18 and 2b ns landsmen for training for
four year-; thc former will bo sont to
tho training tn rai-m for approntioos at
Newport, II. 1., aad the latter to tho
training station tor landsmen at Port
Rojal, ?J. C. Af tor six months at tho
tho station, if qualiliod for transfer,
they wilLbo tout on board'of a oruising
VOSQOI to oompleto thoir training uibat.
Tho rooruitiug party will abo onlhit
seamou, vf ho'hayo had four years' soa
oxporionoo and ordinary soamon who
I avo bed two years' Boa exporiouoo.'
Too former muBt bo botwoon 21 aud 3b,
and tho lattor botwoon IQ and 30, ship
wrights (carpenters), maohiniats, foro
mon and coal passora will aleo boonliat
od but applicants ; f(o.r, theso. p?sjtionkv
must furnish proof, that they- know tho
trado and have oxporieuoo aud satisfac
tory rooommondations aa having work
ed in tho trado.
"All applioants must bring with
thom testimonials from people in thoir
immediate diatriots as to thoir moral and
general standing in tho oom-JIU ni ty and
all under 21 yoars of ago must furnish
written oonaent of paronts."
GEN GOMEZ TO THE PUflLIO
Carno to h m o? ic a to Embraoe His Dear
Friond, Estrado Palmer*
Con. Maximo tiomoz, w li il o in Now
York last wook gavo out tho following
statomont.
"in responso to tho rcquost of tho
press for mo to m ?ko a statement in
rogard to Cuba, all I havo to say is
that tho aooeptauoo of tho Platt amend
mont by tho Cuban oonstiluational
oonvontion has already dofiood tho
political situation of Cuba, and as tho
Cubans aro ali anxious to ostabliah solf
govern mont, they aro all working to
ward this ord. There is not ono who
doon not desire to soe tho ihg float froo,
a tlig whian rporesonts so uiuoh suffer
ing and so many eaorifiaos forfrocdom's
sako. Tho wholo world has known this
many yoars.
"Tho solo obj o ot of in y visit has
boon my groat dosiro to ombraoo my
old, truo aad loyal friond, Tomas Es
trada Palma, whom I havo not boon
aldo to BOO since poaoo wai ostabliahod
and of oourso, to pay a visit to Presi
dent McKinley, to whom wo Cubans
owe so muoh, and al JO to pay my ro-'
ape?la to ?ooretary Hoot.
"ThiB ii not my lint viait to this
oily, of whioh I havo many ploasant
and also sad rooollcotiOns, for 1 havo
o.ioo silontly and unknown trod tho
throughfaros of u froo country with
til J Only ardent hopj ot' holpiog tO
break tho o'aains thai onalavod Cuba,
Today everything is changed. On
again sotting foot in this froo land I
loci happy, for in Amorioa 1 soo
friond, who having shod his blood sido
by sido with us for froodom has oarnod
eternal gratitudo aud ostablishod tho
mutual obligation botwoon tho two
poophs to m ?ntain tho poaoo and in
dopend ono of tho island of Cuba.
"(Signod) M. Goura."
Bryan's Sontimont.
Tho observan o o of Indopondonco Day
in Ndw York was moro than usually
quiot this year. Tammany Hall hold
nj regular Indopondonco Day celebra
lion at whi jil tho Declaration of Indo
pondonoo was road and spooohos roado
by tiovornor Jonningi of Florida and
othor leaden of tho Damooratio party,
Tho following lottor of regrov from
Wm. J. Bryan, dated Washinton, D.
OY, Juno 2?), was road:
"I congratulate Tammany upon tho
fidelity it has sliowu in oolobratiug
oaoh returning anuivursary of tho sign
ing of tho Declaration of Indopondonoo.
I twit that at thia tim) whon tho
llopubh'oan lo?dors aro donying tho
universal application of tho solf ovi
dont truths sot forth in tho doolara
tioti, spooinl omphasis will bo given
to tho abortion that govornmants do
rive their just powors from tho oonsont
of tho gjvornod.
''In responso to your requo?t fora
sontimont appropriato for tho oooa
sion, I beg to suggost tho following.
'Liberty is not safo without a written
constitution, and a constitution to be
of valuo must bo strong onoufch. to
control ovory publlo aorvant and proad
onough to inoludo within it? protoo
tion ovory person who noknowlodges
ttlloglanoo to tho flag.'"
GALLS ON MCINLEY.
OOH. Qomtz, Cuba's Grand Old
Moro Calls on the President.
?J?8T A VI8IT OF COURTESY
Con Lou Pay? Hio Respects to
; the Savior ot Cuba
and Tivka About
Him
;*Gon Gomez and party arrived at tho
wy.r dopartmont at 10 30 WodnoBday.
Alfter a short oonforonoo with tho soo
rotary of war thoy wont to tho Whito
llbusp to soo tho pro&idont. Whilo
Gin. Gomez wai nt tho war dopartruont
h?mot Gon. Miles. Although tho com
ulgador of tho Uoitod Slates army has
boon soveral timon in Cuba, ho and tho
obinmondor of tho Cuban Army uevor
m it boforo. Siorotary lt jot csoorted
G on. Gomez to tho Whilo House at ll
?'oTook this forono?u. Tho Cuban gou
oral W?B cooompaniod by his son and
Sonor Gonzalos, tho privato soorotary
ofsGon. Wood, Tho President, roooivod
tho party vory oordially in tho Rod
parlor. Tho intorviow lasted about half
an hour and at it* oonolueion Gun.
Gomez roitoratcd through his intorpro
tor, th st his mission to this oountry. is
io lip way political. Ho oamo boro to
visit his old friond, Senor Palma, and
do?j?joel boforo roturning to soo . Proai
dodt MoKinloy, for whom ho ha? a vory
hign regard, aad to oxprosa to him por
so ?'.ill y tho doop gratitude ho folt for
tho assiolanoa of tho Unilod Statos in
tho; Cuban struggle No political topios,
ho /mid, had boon touohed upon duriog
thodptoryiow, whioh was puroly social.
Tho prosidont invited Cm. Gomoz to
bo his guost at dinner WodncB'Jay ovo
nieg, whon ho will moot tho monabors
of tho ?abinot now in tho oity.
Soorotary ltoot romainod with Pr?s
idons: MoKinloy for a short timo aftor
GotvV Gomcz had dopartcd. Wbon ho
left jibe Whito Houso ho said thoro was
absolutely no nolitioal signidoanoo in
tho yisit of Goo. Gomoz. Tho gen
eral/ho said had never beforo met
Provident MoKinloy and tho oall was
purply ono of oourtosy, as Gjn. G omoz
did not fool that ho could not loturu
homfj^, without Booing Prosidont Mo
'Kinley and paving his respoots and
thanking him for what this oountry
has d?no for Cuba. Aft?r tho dinner
Wodiosday night G.on Gomez and his
son returned to Now York;
GcA\. Fit'/ihu?h Loo was among thoso
who tydlod on Goii, Gomoz nt Iiis hotel.
Thc'.'yjsit recalled that intoroating po
riod! when G?n. Loo was tho Amorioan
.ci^ttl^gonoral at Habana,, and Gomoz
vv.v/ioKding, the Cuban contingent in
tU'frold. VVheju askod for his view, ot"
I ?on) Gomoz, Gen,.Lao. saidi
; "1 am Ono of tU?it? '?? thb'''bpihiuo!
tjiat if it had not boon for Gomoa'fl
indomitable porsiatonoo tho Cubans
would not havo hold out until aid oamo
for. thom fr?ru tho United Statos. It
was' not so much - as a lighter that ho
distinguished hinnolf for th&ro was not
muoh fighting to do on a largo soalo,
but ho hold on in spito of all discour
agements and with ruggod honesty re
sisted tho offorts of tho Spaniards to
bribe him or his gonorals. Ho ovon
issued an order that any offioor Book
ing to oorrupt tho Cuban gone i als bo
shot, and whilo I waa at Habana ono of
tho Spanish ofiioors who sought to
establish relations with a Cuban ofiioor
aotully sufforod doath whon ho f ll into
tho hands of Gomez's foliowors. It was
his Bontimontal porsovoranoo in a for
lorn hopo whioh distinguished Gomoz
and whioh won Cubahor indopondonco.
Strikers Cause .Riot.
Nows roached Don vor, Cel., lalo
Wodnosday aftornoon of an outbroak
of tho striking minors of tho Smuggler
mino noav Tellurido in tho southwest
ern part of tho Stato. Tho informa
tion was to tho offoot that tho post
?nico had boon blown up with dyna
mito and 15 had bcon killod in tho
riot. All wiros loading to Tellurido
havo boon out by tho minors. Tao
nows of tho riot oamo from Ouray,
Colorado, aorosa tho mou a tai ns from
Tellurido and waa tolcphonod into
Ouray from tho Camp Hird mino,
which is botwoon Ouray and Tellurido.
Tho Camp Bird is tho proporty of
Thomas Walsh, a residont of Wash
ington. It is said that minors from
tho Liborty Boll, Tom Boy, ltovonuo
and Camp Hird minos havo joined with
with tho Smuggler btrikors and that
BOO mon now surround tho Smuggler
mino. Tho dispatch from Ouray s tu tod
tho shooting was still going on whon
tho dispatoh was sont. Tho striko at
tho Smuggler mino has boon on for
some timo and only recently a oitizons
oommittoo waa appointed at Tollurido
to try to offoot a sottlomont of tho dif
foronoos botwoon tho minors and tho
ownora of tho proporty. Tho sheriff of
tho oountyin whioh Tellurido is located
wirod Gov. Orman for troops to assist
in Buprcssing tho rioters'. A oall for
tho militia to assomblo at their armo
ries at 8 o'olook Thursday night was
issuod from tho adjutant gonoral's do
partmsnt and dirootedto tho companies
at Dmvor and Pueblo. At 10:15
TJhursday night Gov. Orman roooivod
a mosnago from Sheriff Dowtain, of
'fulleride, saying that thu strikers had
takon fooiblo possession of tho Smug
gler Union mino and had run all tho
omployos ovor the rango. Tho mos
aago said that tho lattor mado no re
sistance
JCnds His Own Lifo.
Another dirootor of tho Leipziger
bank, Karl Felix Sohaeffor, oommittod
suicide by shooting himsolf Friday.
Sohaeffor was also a moinbor of the firm
of Beiger & Voigt. This firm <1 dolares
it is not affected by Schaeffer's doath,
as ho sold his ?haro of tho business
Thursday on favorablo torma. It is
reported that au oKaminatlon of tho
accounts of tho Caaaol Grain Drying
oomptn, whioh assigned Friday disclos
ed a dofioit of 11,500,000 marks, Thoro
aro serious rumors that soouritios woro
twioo plodgod and that tho dirootors
owo a largo shm to tho company.
Causod a Panic.
'tho Khavkolf Oommeroial bank of
Odessa, Russia, has failed with a dofioit
estimated a 5,000,000 roublos. Tho
failure has oausod a dnaaoial. panto in
South Hussia,
CONDITION OF THE COTTON CROP.
Lowest Average in This S tato Binco
th? War.
Tho monthly ropott of tho statistician
of tho Dopartmont of Agriculture at
I Washington will show tho avorngo con
dition of ootton on Juno 25 to havo
boon 81 1, oomparod with 81 5 on tho
20th of tho pro oed i og month; 75 8 on
.July 1, 19C0, and a yoarly avorago ot'
8(3.3. Tho oondition of 81.1 is, With
oxcoption of tho July oondition report
ed last year, tho lowest reooyded condi
tion roportod for this season. Tho con
dition in tho principal StntiB roportod
io BU follows:
North Carolina 77, South Oarolina70,
Georgia 72, Florida 78, Alabama 80.
Mississippi 86, Louisiana 84, Toxas 80,
Arkansas 81, Tonnossoo 85, Oklahoma
91, Indian Territory 88
An improvement )S noted during
Juno of two pointa ia Toxas, three
points iu Arkansas, Oklahoma and In
dian Territory; four in Alabama, Mis
sissippi and Louisiana and seven ia
TonnoaBco. Oa tho othor h md thoro
I was adoolino of oight points in Georgia
j and Florida, and ton in North Carolina
and South Carolina.
With tho oxooption of Mississippi,
whoro tho ioportod avorago oondition is
on? pont abovo tho menu avoragoa ro
portod to July 1 in that State for tho
last ton yoars, not only was tho oondi
tion rooorded, with tho exception of
hut yoar, for tho cotton rogion as a
whole at this soasou, bub in Goorgia
and South Carolina it was tho lowost
j_!_:_J _a ?t-c__ _.
UUllUg ? punnu VI un li. u jr n yu y CHI il,
whilo iu North Carolina it was tho low
ost, with ono oxooption, during tho
samo poriod.
lixoossivo rains, followed by hoavy
growth of grass and woods, oausod
much damigo in Alabama, Gorogia,
South Carolina and North Carolina,
whilo in Louisiana and Toxas tho
growth was rotardod by tho drought.
Tho gravity of tho situation is groat
ly inoreasod in North and South Caro
lina and Go.;i'gia, and to somo oxtont
in othor Stntos by thosoaroity of labor.
A Wealthy Negro.
Probably tho woalthiost oolorod man
in Amerioa is a guest of bis ohildion in
ltoidsvillo, N. 0. Ho waa born aslavo
in Henry oounty sixty-four yoara ago.
By ownership his namo would bo Ki
ward Abingdon, but ho preferred that of
his slavo father and took tho namo of
Elward Dillard. '\D.\" 101 ward Dillard
as his frionds stylo him, ho having boon
a SUOJOSHLUI druggist in Chicago for sov
oral years. Ho mado his osoapo from
slavery in 1863, going to Pittsburg,
wh .re ho mado $2.50 n day shovolicg
pig iron and lived on GO oonts a day
until ho had savod up $1,100, whon ho
bought a horao and oart and bogan tho
peddling of ocal, working in tho day
and studying in tho night. Ho thon
wont to Chioago and. opened a (hug
sto.ro, employing o oapablo drug clerk,
whoso ' duties wove . to f^it cm : cu de
mora and ^?oh tho -'.'propriotor thu
druggists' trado. His establishment
was bm nod in tho groat Chioago firo,
but ho was savod from loss and mado a
littlo botter oil by an insuranea of
$10,000. Ho again oponod up in tho
drug business, but soon sold out for
$22,000 oash. Ho thon wont to Australia
and ombarkod in tho oattlo busi
ness-raising, buying and shipping oat
tlo. Ho would buy and ship as many
as 5,000 hoad a month to Liverpool,
making largo profits on oaoh shipment.
Ho had purchased yoars boforo, a
piooo of suburban real ostato now in
tho hoart of tho oity of Chioago, and
for which ho has reoontly rofusod an
offer of moro than $200,000. Ho also
owns a valuable ostato in Australia.
Tho othor day ho deposited with a
Dan villo bank two drafts on tho Mob
bpurno, Australia, bank for $37,000.
Whon ho took his departuro a littlo
moro than thirty-sovon yoars ago ho
loft bohind him a son and a daughthor.
His mission to this country was to find
thom. Ho readily found both living in
ltoidsvillo, and thoy aro to roooivo a
goodly s li tiro of his fortune. Mr. Dil
lard Bays ho will not roturn to Austra
lia, but will dispose of his holdings
thorj and honooforth live and dio in
his nativo stato. Ho is an unassuming
and well mannorod oolorod man and
speaks of his old owners and thoir rela
tives with veneration as "Marstor" or
'"Mistiss." Ho says that tho .groatost
fault of his raoo ia: 'Thoy do not
know thj valuo of a dollar; they will
not save up. They oau inako it, but
will spond it," Dr. Dillard ia oasily '
worth botwoon a quartor and a half mil
lion of dollars. '
Lynched for tho Usual Crime.
A nogro namod Jim Bailoy was lynoh
od nour Smithfiold, N. C., last wook for
assaulting a whito girl. Wodno&day at
noon Maud S;riokland. tho ld year old
daughtor of a farmer Hying near Smith
field, wont to the Mold to o Arvy dinner to
hoi' father. When returning sho saw
a nogro in tho path ahoad. Hor littlo
sister was with hor. Tho nogro told tho
sistoi lo go on or ho would kill hor. Ho
caught Maud, ohokod her and outragod
her. Her littlo sistor ran baok to hor
fal hor and told him what had happon
od, Striokland and his two brotbors
found that tho nogro was Jim Bailey and
that ho waa at work in tho field. Thoy
tried to capture him. Bailoy was armed
with hoo and hatohot and osoapod. Later
ho mot two nogroos who disarmed him.
Striokland and Charlos Powell soizod
Bailoy and put him in a buggy to oarry
him to Smithfield to doli vor him to
Sheriff Ellington. Whilo on thoir way
a mob mot thom four miles from town,
took tho nogro ftom thom and hung
him to a troo. Powell wont on to Smith
field and told tho sheri ff of tho lynch
ing. Tho sheriff and ooronor wont out
at midnight and brought tho body to
Smithfield, lt is said tho lynching 00
currod about 10 o'clock Tuesday.night.
lt is also said that Bailoy used a' knifo
upon his victim.
Regiments About Complotod.
Acting Adjutant Gonoral Ward at
Washington has roooivod reports from
tho offioors ongaagod in roouiting tho
fivo now infantry rogimonts and tho
five now oavalry rogimonts authored
by tho army rooorganimation aot, show
ing that tho rogimonts aro all praotic.il ly
reoruitodoxoopttho 13 ,h oavalry, which
is roportod to bo .389 mon short, It is
oxpootcd that all theso troops will bo
sont to tho Philippines for tho roliof of
an otiuftl number of regular troops who
havo hoon there two yoars or moro And
who aro to bo brought homo.
? .U-:;,. I ' ? .' ? '} "?
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ANOTHER BANK FAILS
In Buffalo Because of Its Connection
With City National.
Tho Niagara bank of Buffalo, a Stato
instit u don, has clos o tl its doors. Tho
following notioo has hoon posted on tho
doora:
I havo olosod aad taken possosBion
of thia bank.
(Signed) F. D. Kilburn,
Saporlntondont of Banks.
Tho Niagara bank was organized,
Soptombor 15, 1891. It had a oapital
of $100,000. Tho offioara aro: Presi
dent, P. II. Griffin; vioa. prosidont, M.
.M Dar ko; oashior, Wno. T. Hayos.
Tho ohairmau of tho oloarlng hou90
com m it too, S. M. Clement, said Thurs?
day morning:
"Lt should bo diatinotly understood
that tho olosing of tho Niagara bank
Thucsday has boon brought about solo
ly by roason of its oloso oonnootion with
tho City National bank, its prosidont
hiving boon vioo prosidont of tho City
National bank, and that no other na
tional bank boro is anyway affootod.
"As tho mooting of tho oloaring
houso oommittoo Wodnosday at tho
oloso of Wednesday's businoss, tho
Niagara bank was tho only bank that
applied for any assistance and arrange
ments wore mado to give tho assistanoo
askod for, ponding tho roport Wodncs
day morning by tho banking dopart
mont as to tho solvency of tho bank.
Mr Kilburn, tho suporintondont of
tho banks on his arrival iu town Thurs
day morning booamo satisfiod that tho
bank oould not got through with tho
assistanoo askod for and accordingly
direotod that tho bank be olosod io or
dor to best protect all intorostod."
Tho bank suporintondont w?s seen
in tho Niagara bank and askod why
tho bank was olosod. Ho said:
"I havo olosod this bank booauso I
think it insolvent. Tho main roason
for tlio failuro is tho failure of tho
City Natioual bank. This bank is in
volved t an extent not to bo an
nounced, but I do not doom it safo to
.permit this ono to oontinuo businoss
any 1 jngor. As to whothor this bank
has boon in trouble horotoforo I havo
nothing to say."
Two Whitp Mon Stabbed.
At Fiootwood, park Ohio, Friday, John
and Albort Slaughtor, whito, woro
probably fatally stabbed by Luther
Pago and Abner O ?veas, colored. Chas.
Martin and Hilov Slaughtor wore boat
on with olubs. Tho trouble occurred
over an attaok on a small whito bov by
a ooloaed man. A small si/. >d riot fol
lowed. Finally tho oolored mon woro
arrested and plaoed in tho o ou n ty Jail.
Aftor midnight an attempt was mado
to orgauizo a mob to lynch tho prison
ers. A oro wd gu thor ed at tho tuunol
on O.ivo atroot, but no ono voluntoorod
to load tho assault ou tho j ?il. If tho
attaok had boon mado a bloody battle
undoubtedly wo?ld hayo. ooQurrod" as.
BO armed mob ;,wr)ro ;op guard duty
. 'trpnw}. .tho I ;dl,^>ho??' thoir Jfrimul-1 woro,
imprisoned.- Pago' and Q?VO/?S Were t;o
orotly nTraigacd thio^orho?u, in tho
oounty jail. Avrangomonts woro mado
to romovo thom to Portsmouth jail for
safety immodlatoly, as tho authorities
fcarod trouble Saturday night. Tho ve
in o val of 0 ?vonH and Page, tho negro
assailants of tho Slaughtor boys, to jail
at Portsmouth has nyortod a crisis at
Fiootwood park. Tho two mon woro
Saturday takon to a train in a olosod
oarriago guardod by officers, and haltod
a squaro from tho dopot. Offioora formod
a oordon about tho prisoners as thoy
woro led to tho train in irons. Not a
dozon pooplo woro awaro of tho tramfor
beforo tho train arrivod. Kiley and
Martin Slaughter, brothers of tho
wounded mon, had startod for tho dopot
but tho train had pullod out a minute
boforo thoy arrivod. Tho offioora dis
arm: d. tho nogroes Saturday aftornon
and arrested ono who flourished a re
volver. Nogroos woro congregating and
oponly displaying arms.
Increasos Postage.
A spooial from Washington says:
Tho cabinet was in aoBsion about two
hours Friday and dovotod tho ontiro
timo to minor mattora. PostmaBtor
Gonoral Smith explained how tho reve
nues of tho postal oorvioo woro being
kopi, at a point far bolow what they
otherwise would bo but for tho faot that
undor tho prosont classification a largo
olass of poriodioals wore boing handled
nt tho rate of ono oont a pound, which
was a groat finanoial loss to too serv
ioo. lc was his purpojo to modify tho
regulations so as to oompol thia olass
of publications to pay oight cants a
pound instead of ono as now. Those
now regulations, it ia said, will bo is
sued infow days. Soorotary Hitchcock
atatod that tho proolamation opening to
sottlo Lont too Wichita, Kiowa and Co
mancho landa in Oklahoma would bo
gi von to tho prosa for publi
cation at an oarly dato. Tho dato of
tho oponing will not bo announoad until
that timo.
Hotel Bumed.
Information roaoivod at tho gonoral
offioos of tho Hot Springs oompany
Richmond. Va., shows tho loss of tho
Homostoad ho toi Wodnosday night by
firo was oomploto. Tho Uro startod in
tho bakery shortly bolero midnight.
Tho bin? J sproad rapidly by roason of
tho poor facilities of tho fire dopartmont,
Tho guests woro promptly notified and
esoapod, many in their night olethos
most of thom losing tho ir jowola and
trunks. Thoro woro aovoral narrow os*
oapos. Many promiuont and woalthy
guests woro in tho hotol at tho timo.
Tho loss ia about $300.000, largoly
ooverod by insurano?. Woalthy cot
tagers aro doing everything to assist
t hose burned out. Tho Homostoad will
bo rebuilt at once: It waa ono of tho
handsomest and most attractive hotola
in tho south, aad was for years tho
summer or winter homo of many prom
inont pimplo from all tho country. Tho
Virginia houso and tho bath house, to
gothor with tho oottago, romain unin
jured.
Private Bank Fails.
Sturgos bank, of Mansfield ? , a pri
vate institution, olosod its doora, fol
lowing tho filing of a docd of assign
ment by Btmkor Sturgos to Attomoy
H. B. Dirlam. Sturgos ownod lumber
?works, roal ostato and a controlling in
torost in tho Mansfield Maohino works,
tho latter o api tali/..ul at $300,000.
Wodnosday aftornoon A. Book y/as ap
pointed voooivor for tho Mansfiold Ma
ohino works. Sturgos was.? oloso friend
of tho Uto John Sharman,
BalHIHllaYB
BOLD ROBBERY.
Train Hold Up by One Man and
"Robbid by Throe.
SECURES $83,000.
Bwolvers, Rifles and Dynamite
U sed Freely. Wound? Sev
eral and Makes Their
Escape.
Tko Groat Northern trann-continontal
train No. 3, loaving St. Paul Minn.,
Tuesday morning st 9 o'olook, was hold
up at Wagnor, Mont;, 196 milos)east of
Groat Falls, at 320 Wodnosday nftor
noon by throe maskod mon who blow
opon tho ox pres ? oar and wrookod tho
through safo with dynamito, soouring
$83,000.
Tho robbory, in daylight, was ono of
tho boldest that has ovor ooourod in tho
wost.
Uno of tho robbors boardod tho "blind
baggago oar at llindalo, a station
about 20 miloo oast of- Wagnor. Ho ap
poarod to bo a oommon hobo, but whoo
tho oonduotor disoovorod him sta stop
almost immediately afterward ho drow
a hoavy dolt's rovolvor and ordorod him
to roturo to tho roar of tho train on
ponai ty of instant doath. Tho hobo
thnn nlimhrtd. 0V?r t-b.0 locomotivo ten
der, and at tho point ot his rovolvor
oompollod tho onginoor and firoman to
stop tho train at a ravino a fow milos
east of Wagner, whoro his oonfodoratos,
two in numbor, both masked, lay in
wait. Tho hobo thon oompollod- tho
firoman and onginoer to abandon the
ongino and firing bogan on both sidos
of tho train as it cuno to a stop.
Passengers on tho train bogan to look
out of tho windows and a brakeman
alighted on ono sido of tho train while
tho traveling auditor, Douglas{ alighted
on tho opposite sido. Both instantly
booamo tho targot of Wiuohostors in
tho hands of tho robbers and woro
woundod, A pnusongov on tho tourist
ooaoh who was looking out of tho win
dow was struok by a stray bullot and
seriously injured and two othor pas
sengers woro shot but neither woro no
riousiy injured.
To wreck tho door of tho oxpross car
with dynamito, with which both tho
oonfodoratos who appeared from tho
ravino woro liberally suppled, was tho
work of an instant. Tho expressman
was oompollod to loavo tho oar at tho
point of a rifts, and tho through safe
was immediately dynamitod. Tho first
ohargo did not break it opon, and .four
others in quiok suooossiOn woro nooos-.
eary boforo it was forced,; .Tho robbors
hurriodly gathered in ita oontonts, con
sisting of flpooie shipments, drafts, coin
and valuable negotiable paper,?.und"', xe
, t vea ted j ..':d*0 cpi ii sr../ ?? h o : t U i n ' ; ' or ? W ; iv u d.
pa'joongoi^ ; oh afc ' tho point o?fch?i
I rifles.
[ All fchreo disappeared iii tho vavino,
and wore soon Intor, ono mounted on a
bay horso, ono upon n vyhitq horso. ono
upon abuokekin bonding southward. at
a furious gait, tho booty boiug plainly
visiblo in asaok thrown norona tho sad
dle bows of tho udor upon the buck
skin horso.
As tho hobo climbed over tho ten-,
dor to tho looomo tivo cab, ho drew ou a
mask rondoring.it almost impossible to
soouro a good description. 10 a ch of
his.oonfodoratos was masked and tho
only information obtainable regarding
thom is that ono was ovid o ntl y a half
brood, .
This was tho robbor upon tho buck
skin horso. The gang hcadod for tho
Littlo Hookies rango, lying across tho
.Milk rivor in an almost inaooossiblo
country, consisting mainly of bad
lands. Possos woro immediately organ
izad in pursuit, ono by a shoriff - who
happened to bo a pasaongor on tho
train.
Married to Save'the Pig. si
In order to savo tho lifo of a pig Hi
ram Johnson and Miss Matilda Parkin
son, Wilkosbarro Pa., woro married last
wook by Aldorman Oonohan, of Wilkos
barro, whoso roputation as a Solomon is
thoroby onhanood. Miss Parkinson ap
poalod to him tho othor day for jas
tico. Sho said that Hiram Johnson,
who ownod a farm noxt to hors at Hud
son, had stolon tho pig from her. Sho
also said that thoy had known cash othor
for yoars and wore always good friends.
Whon tho'squire sont for Johnson he
said tho pig was his and ho oould provo
it, As neither would yiold Aldorman
Oonohau had tho hoaring Thursday.
10 soli arr i voil with s o vera I wi too ss on who
sworo tho pig bolongod to ono or tho
othor, and, as tho ovidonoo of oaoh
sido was of equal woight, tho aldorman
mado a dooision worthy of his ropufc?
tiJU. Ho said tho pig should bo killed
and thon divided equally. Both Miss
Parkinson and J olin son objootod strenu
ously that tho pig was not old onough
to kill, and bosides it was a dear littlo
pig, oto. Thoro was no sottlomont in
sight, and tho 'squire suggostod smiling
ly: "Why don't you marry and koop
tho pig in tho family? You aro old
onough." Eaoh is ovor 50. Tho sug
gestion ploasod thom. They wont into
a oornor, talked it ovor, and carno out
hand-in hand and blushing, Tho aldor
man marriod thom and thoy took tho
pig homo.
Sad Picnic ?Jnding.
Thoro was quito n sad onding to tho
other ,vino ploasant gathering of citizens
of Mo?ormiok S. 0. at Soavl's Mill to
hold an old fasliionod Fourth of Julv
pionio. Tho two littlo boys of Mra.P. F,
Creighton^ agod rospoofclvoly 9 to llt
had gono in bathing nomo littlo' dis
tanoo ?onn tho river av/ay from tho
crowd. They wad od out ovor their
depths, ond when Dr. Manley Brown,
who was tho first to discover thom,
oarao upon tho soono, thoy wore lust
sinking for tho third timo. Ho called
for assistance and immediately sprang
into tho water. A largo orowd quiokly
gathorcdand they 8bon suooooaod in
finding tho younger ono of tho boys,
but tho oidor oho was not found until
H was too Into to savo him. Tho sym
pathy of tho entire community goos
out to tho boroaved ruothor, who now
suffers this second boroavomont so soon
having quite rooontly lost her husband,
Tho doad boy woe just reaching i?H?
fltago in-Hfo whon ho could be of ??nio
asBiatanoo to his mother,

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