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YELLOW FEVBB—BLACK VOMIT.
It t too noon to fortfrt tin- ravrip-i' of thl* tuirlMe
itlmrm-. which will no ihmlit return 111 a mow lunli#-
tiant anil virulent form In the fall montlm of isTS
nKitltKi.l.'s HGPAm’R. > Homely <IU
envortnl In Southern Nutria atnl twit with tucli woo
ilurtnl rvaulta iu South Anivrloa whore the moat an
cmvateil ranor af fever are fouml. vatiwn from one
to two oiineen of bile to lie llllereil or ntrttilleil fimil
the blo4 each time it iauw< throueh the Liver, an
lon'Ho an exeenn of bile exlntn. licit* wmiilerful
action on the Liver anil Sminaih the IIKI’ATIXE
not only btvwntn to a certainty anv kluil of IVver
ami Iliack Vomit, hut Alan cure* Moa.lacliv. Consti
pation of the llowetn, Ilv*|wjvia ami Malarial itie
cim
Nrt OVio neori fear Yellow Kever who will exm-l the
M.xlni+ni H.rinon aari exceen of bile from tbo blood bv
brim MfitiKKl.l.’S lIKI'ATINK. which in mild bv
all la Ift cent and |1 00 Imltlen, or will be
neat iiy exprenn by the Proprietors.
X. F. XERRELL & TO., Pliila., Pa.
3Dr. Psmbertoi’s SilUagra or Qu:en’s
Delight
Tlift mwirts of wmnl*i ful enpwiof Rhoumatiwii.
Scrofula. Salt Hhcittn. SvphilU, Cancer. Ulcer* ui
Sorva. that cimiic from all part-* of tin* country, arc
not oulv reumrkalilc l.ut ho luiimolima rh to bo
lionlt<*tl wan it not for the ahuinhince of proof.
REX ARK \ RLE CURE of SCROFULA, &c
CASE OF COL. J. C. lUIANSOX.
KlvinTeiN, Oh,, Septemlwr 15. 1871
ffKXTn t For sixteen yearn I linve lieen a irtvet nnf>
ferer from Scrofula in its most distressing forms I
have lieen cod lined to my room and lied for fifteen
years with aerefiihnia nleerntlimn. The moot S)
pniVdl remedies for such eases liml ins'n used, am!
tlie most eminent phvaichuia consulted, without any
decide.l Wnctit, Tints prostrated, iilstress.nl. de
s|Hinding, was advised by I>r. Ajw of Floyd county.
G.. to commence the use of yom (’onirsmnd Ex
tract SlilUngia. Language is as insufficient to de
serilie the relief ! obtnined from tlie use of the Stil
liugia fs it is to convey an adaipiate idea of the in
tensity of mV sulleriug isd- 's* using your medicine ;
aiuHeient to say. I ahan loned all other remeilies and
continued the use of vuur Extruvt of SlUliiigiH. un
til I can say truly, " 1 am cured of nil pain," of nil
disease, with nothing to obstruct the active pursuit
of my profession. More than eight months linve
elapsed since this remarkable cure, without auy re
turn of the disease.
For the truth of tlie above statement, I refer to
any geutlemnn in llurtow County. Ga., and to the
members of tlie liar of Cherokee Circuit, who are
acijuaiutrid with me. I shall ever remain, with the
deepest gratitude. Your obedient servant.
J. C. lilt ANSON, Att’y at Law.
A MIRAI I.E.
West Point. Ga.. Sept. 16. IH7S.
Ousts : My daughter was taken on the 33th day
of dune. IBS.I, w ith w hat was anp|>nsed to be Acute
Klieiimatism. and was treated for the same witli no
success. In March, following, pieces of bone began
to work out of tlie right arm. and continued to ap
pear till the bone from the elbow to tlie shoulder
Joint came out. Many piece* of bone came out of
the right fiait and leg'. The ease was then pronounc
ed one of White Swelling. After having lieen con
tilled about six years to tier lied, ami tlie ease eon
sidered liopWra* Inns induced to try l>r- Pcnilici
ton’s Compound Extract of Stillillgia, and was so
well satisfied witli its effects that 1 have continued
tlie use of it until the present.
My daughter was cun tilled to her lied almut six
vears before she sat up or even I limed over without
help. She now sits up all day, and sew s most of her
film—lias walked across tlie room. Her general
health la now good, and I lielieve she w ill, as her
limbs gain streutb. walk well. I attribute her re
covery, with thr blessing of Und. to Ihe use of your
invaluable inedivine. W. li. IJLANTON.
West Point. Ga . Sept. Hi. Is7o.
Gents: The abnve certitteate of Mr. W. 11. Ilian
ton we know and certify as is ing true. The tiling
is so ; huudieits ol the most respected citizens certi
fy to it. As much reference can be given as may be
required. Yoius truly.
CHAWFOHD 1 WALK HI!, Druggists.
HON. H. I>. WILLIAMS.
1 ;>■ fr. Pmhrrl>r* N'lMlnsln i pie
jKiiv i bv A. F. MEUIIKI.I. & ('().. IMiilaili-lpliia. I*a.
Sol.l by all Druiij;i*t ill $1 00 bottli'H. m wnt by
expiraN. ’ Ayi-nta wanted In rnnvuiw i vcrvwln'Pe.
Scad fur liouk-r- ’Curious Story " —fiw to all.
Medicines sent to poor people, payable in install
ments.
New Hotel.
Mm. JOHNSON’S new nntel will bo opened
. at Bowersville May Ist. and the traveling
public are solicited to yive his house a trial. Nice
rooms, clean beds and yond fare. Prices moderate.
199-150
£ t a Cost of One Cent
S**ml the request on a jKistal can! anl we will
forward post free, catalogues of first-class pianos
anl organs, with lowest prices for net canh, or
if terms are desired, wo will sell at cash prices
and reasonable interest for canning one-half or
two-tliirds of the amount until Christmas. The
undersigned are the largest dealers in Georgia,
and pride themselves on selling only first-class
instruments at prices to suit the buyer. Po not
te deceived, but buy such pianos asChickering,
Knabe or Tease, celebrated and acknowledged
to be the best, and that best of all Organs—
“ The Estey ” —at prices: SGO, |75. SOO to S4OO.
PHILLIPS & CHEW,
Nos. 8 and 10 Marietta St.. Atlanta. Ga.
NOTICE^
TO ALL WHOM IT MAT CONCERN:
Notice is hereby given that at the next session of
the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, which
convenes in duly next, the follow ing hill will be in
troduced and asked for final passage to-wit : A Hill
to lo entitled An Act to incorporate the Hartwell
Railroad Company and for other purposes; said Road
to run from Bowersville to Hartwell in Hart County,
Georgia. This, May *l, 1879.
K. B. BENSON, Secretary.
Dr. R. P. Sorrells
Has located ill the town of Rovflton. and will
practice his protrusion in tlie surrounding
country. He attended courses of lectures in the
medical colleges of Philadelphia and Amnistn. of
which he is a graduate. Owing to the depression
in money matters, he has concluded to reiluc • his fees
t 4 one-half, and patients living over five miles from
Lis location will only be charged for five miles. He
will be found at the resilience of Mr. Eppy Bonds,
when not professionally absent. loi
L. J. GABTRELL,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
ATLANTA, GA.,
PRACTICES in the United Staten Circuit and
District Courts at Atlanta, aud the Supreme
and Superior Courts of the State. ltW
Atlanta a charlotte air line r. r
C HAS OK OK SCHEDULE.
On anl after June trains will he run on this
Road as follows:
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. (EASTWARD.)
Arrive at Toccoa 8 08 a m
Leave 8 13 am
(WESTWARD.)
Arrive at Toccoa 3 15 p a
Leave 3 IC p ~a
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN. (EASTWARD.)
Arrive at Toccoa ' s 2pm
Lcav6 . ..... • 7 oJ p n>
NIGHT PASSENGE TRAIN. (WESTWARD.)
Arrive at Toccoa J 39 ft m
Leave 7 40 an
LOCAL FREIGHT TRAIN. (EASTWARD.)
Arrive at Toccoa
Leave -3 0) pm
(WEBTWABB.)
Leave* T ° CC °‘ .... """"""i":: IOP
Close connection at Atlanta for all points M'es.
and at Charlotte for all points East. - _
Through Tickets on sale at Gainesville, Seneca
Citv. Greenville and Spartanburg to all points Last
and West. T TO REAC RE General Manager.
W J. HOUSTON. G. P. A T. Agt.
ELBERTON AIR-LINE SCHEDULE
Trains leave Bowersville for Ellierton 12.46 p. U
Leave Bowersville for Toccoa 6.13 a. m.
If you need a Sewing Machine, call and
see ours. The low price will surprise you.
Benson & McGill.
The Hartwell Sun.
By BENSON & McGILL.
VOL. Ill —NO. 43.
SARAH’S YOUNG MEN.
Sarah Blake was neither very young
uor verv beautiful, hut her father owned
the hist and biggest farm in Ilorlev.atid
being "iily child site was accounted
an eligible match in thrifty circles.
Dick Sanders and Ted Brant were
rival suitors fur her hand. Site had but
to say the word which one of them she’d
have; but it was just tlmt that made
her hesitate—there was so little choice
between them.
Such delays are always dangerous.
While Surah wavered, uncertain which
to hold and which to letg<>, both at once
of Iter captives slipped the leash.
They might have pleaded that they
had done no worse than others. For,
when Jenny Allen’s father came with
his beautiful daughter to dwell in ll<>r
ley, there was a general flocking of the
swains about, tlie shrine of the new idol,
and Ted and Dick only followed the
rest.
But Sarah Blake was not a woman to
view a lover's defection lightly, nor did
it weaken her resentment to divide it be
tween two She bad quite enough for
both ; and it being uncertain which of
them she would have chosen, in meting
out her anger, she gave each the disad
vantage of the douht.
Jenny Allen was civil and polite to
all without showing a preference to any.
Dick Sanders and Ted Brant were fore
most among her admirers. Indeed, the
others stood n good deal in awe of them
and hung back, for they were a pair of
churlish, brawny chaps, little inclined
to brook competition and whose ill-will
few cared to court. Between themselves
the question of which should yield was
fast reaching a point where ils settlement
bv “ wager of battle ” seemed inevitable,
when things took a turn which put a
new face oil afftirs.
Will Harvey came from town to
spend the summer vacation at an aunt’s
in Hurley.
One day while sauntering, rod in hand,
tilling the charming little river that
wound through the valley, Will unex
pectedly eame on something that drove
fishing out of his head.
On a mos.v hank, shaded bv over
hanging boughs, silt a young girl deep
in the pages of a rhook. Her profile,
which was towards him, presented a con
tour so perfect that it would have defied
the sculptor’s art to reproduce it. The
shower of glossv ringlets which fell up
on the matchless neck and shoulders
stole anew tinge from every shifting
glimmer of light sifted through the un
dulating leaves. Her cheek would pale
and flush and her eves flash and melt
bv turns with the varied emotions call
ed no hv what she read.
Will Harvey would have gladly re
mained a silent spectator of a sight so
lovely, but lie felt he had no right to do
So.
Advancing in a manner to attract the
irirl’s attention he raised his hat and
asked some commonplace questions about
certain localities in the neighborhood.
These answered, in a voice so rich and
musical that every tone mad: his heart
flutter, he found more things to ask
about, till bv degrees a conversation
sprung up which lasted till the young
lady, suddenly remembering how long
it had continued, with a blush caught
up her gvpsv hat, hade him a pleasant
good day and tripped away lightly.
Thus began theacqnaintan<e of Will
Harvey and Jenny Allen. But it was
not likelv to end there. For Will Har
vey’s first stolen glimpse of Jernv set
rled her title, in his eves, to he called
the loveliest creature in the world, and
it is quite as certain that her first im
pressions of the handsome stranger were
hardly less exalted.
A formal introduction followed, and
in a little time Will and Jenny were so
constantly together that the rural gos
sips begun to talk of their engagement
as a thing quite settled.
This was wormwood to Dick Sanders
and Ted Brant. They began to look
askance at Will Harvey, and were only
restrained from picking an open quar
rel with him by reflecting that he was a
trim-built, wirv fellow who mightn’t be
to easily handled, to say nothing of the
plucky look there was in his keen, dark
eyes.
One day Dick, at the turn of the lane
down which he was strolling, sulking as
usual over his bad fortune, was met by
Sarah Blake.
He felt awkward and confused. Sa
rah had a valorous tongue and he had
no ground to expect mercy. To his sur
prise, however, she met his clumsy greet
ing graciously, for the time disposed, ap
parently, to forget past grievances.
“I’ve news,” she said; “news you’d
give a deal to know.”
“What is it, Sally?” he asked coax
inglv.
“Oh, never mind.”
“ Come, Sally, for old ocquaintance’s
sakp?”
Was it a smile or a scowl she nave him
then? Dick wasn’t sure, and was begin
ning to tremble again when Sarah re
sumed her gracious mien.
“ Well, seeing it’s you,” she said, “ I
dou’t mind telling. Jenny Alien is go
ing to elope with Will Harvey to-night.
HARTWELL, GA., WEDNESDAY JUNE 25. 1870.
He’s t<i be at her father’s back garden
gate at l’J o’clock, bis flute covered w ith
a blank mask. When he gives a low
whistle thrice repeated, she’* to come out
and then they’ll flit together. Here are
all the details in a note in her own hand,
which I picked up after seeing it drop
from Will Harvey’s pocket as he can
tered down the road half an hour since.
Read for yourself.”
Dick ground his teeth as his eyes ran
over the lines which confirmed every
word of Sarah's statement.
“What are you going to do?” asked
Sarah with a provoking coolness that
roused Dick’s fury.
“Do!” he growled. “I’d pommel
the villain if I could only lay hands on
him !’’
“ I can put vou on a better plan.”
“ What is it?”
“ Disguise yourself as the letter indi
cates. Be on the sjxit a little before the
time. Give the concerted signal, and
when the lady comes flit with her your
self. Ten to one, when she sees the
trap she’s in, she’ll marry you to avoid
exposure. At any rate, you’ll earn her
father’s gratitude by thwarting Harvey’s
plot.”
“ But suppose Harvey, too, comes be
fore the time and we meet at the gate?"
“Knock him down, heat him sense
less, give the signal and get away with
the prize before he comes to.”
“I'll doit!" cried Dick, his eves flash
ing fiercely. “Goodbye, Sally; I'll
have lie vs for you when we next meet!”
It lacked a quarter of 12 when I)i< k
Sanders, his face masked, stole up to Mr.
Allen’s garden gate. At the same mo
ment a man similarly disguised ap
proached by another path. For nil in
stant the pair confronted each other.
They both sprang forward, striking out
with might and main. Blows rained
thick and fast. The combatants were
well matched. After a mutual hammer
ing for ten minutes, without advantage
to either side, they grappled and went
down together. Then they scuffled and
bit and scratched till they rolled apart
from sheer exhaustion and lay glaring
at each other in helpless rage. Both of
their masks were torn to tatters, and us
the bright moonlight boomed down upon,
their battered faces each uttered an ex
clamation of surprise.
“Ted Brant!” panted the one.
“ Dick Sanders !” gasped the other.
“I thought it was that scoundrel Har
vey !” replied Dick.
“So did I!” rejoined Ted.
A brief comparison of notes disclosed
that Sarah Blake, after her interview
with Dick, had had a similar one with
Ted ; the result being as above narrated,
a desperate encounter, in which each
thought he was pommeling away at
Will Harvey. The note, we need hardly
say, was amiable Sarah’s own produc
tion.
Before Dick and Ted were present
able again, Will Harvey and Jenny Al
len were happily married with the full
consent of the latter’s father, who, in
deed, had never opposed the match.
Sarah Blake is still a maiden.
Cavalry Against Infantry.
Colonel Dakin, commanding one of
the six volunteer regiments which were
raised in Louisiana to serve during the
war with Mexico, was a strict and capa
ble disciplinarian, and in a short time his
regiment excited the admiration of even
veteran officers, by the ease and precis
ion with which it drilled and maneuver
ed.
One morning the regiment was drawn
up and the men were standing at ease
after n variety of marches and charges,
and evolutions, when the colonel took it
into his head to put their discipline to a
stronger test. The regiment was thrown
into a square to receive cavalry. The
commander rode off a few yards, and
then, wheeling his horse, came down,
sword in hand, at a fierce gallop, straight
at his men. He and his steed formed
an imposing object, for he was a big man
and his steed a big horse, and neither
appeared to fear the glistening and brist
ling bayonets against which they were
rushing. The men stood the charge
very well until the horse and rider were
within a few feet; then they broke right
and left in confusion, and opened a pas
sage for the “ cavalry ” into their ranks.
Of course the colonel was wroth, and
the way the officers and men caught it
for a few minutes was by no means
agreeable to their feelings.
“ You repel cavalry 1 Why, what
would you have done if a thousand dra
goons had charged upon you as I did?”
“ Well, just try us again, colonel, and
see if we don’t hurt your feelings,” cried
a number of disci unfitted volunteers.
The same again formed. Off rode
the colonel, round lie wheeled, and down
again he came at full speed, dashing
straight at the bayonets, and looking as
if he would crush the line into powder
under liis charger’s heels. The bayonets
wavered not, though the horse came
faster and faster, and finally, with a ter
rible bound, sprang at the square. The
square stood the shock, and the next
moment the horse was stretched on the
ground, with a broken bayonet in his
side, and his limbs quivering in the death
agony, while the stout rider lay with his
Devoted to Hart County.
In a book just issued in this city,
entitled “ The Final Theology," wefind
the extreme limit of religious thought.
The author is, we believe, a Unitarian
clergyman, hut his boldness of speech
is something that will surprise even the
ministers of that denomination, liberal
and free-thinking as they usually are.
The method he brings to the interpre
tation of the New Testament is logical,
historic and critical, and it will require
something more than the cry of “ blas
phemy” (which no doubt will he the
answer used by many) to overthrow his
arguments. The hook must at least
command the respectful attention of
readers, and it suggests a wide field
for thought and study. “Strike but
hear me ” was the reply that Themis
tweles made to an ancient Greek who
tfueatoned to kill him ; and this must
always be the plea of the liberal scholar
—a plea which scholars of all schools
will recognize.
"Tin the “Final Theology,” the author
the Rev. Leicester A. Sawyer, holds
that “Jesus was a man only—born,
educated, gaining and communicating
knowledge, like other men and possess
ing only the faculties and powers proper
to man, without any superhuman aid.
beyond what all men may obtain. 11 is
superiority to his generation is like
that of Socrates, Aristotle, Alexander
and Julius Ciesar, the consequence of
his own wise use of his powers and op
portunities and of superior advantages
of education, turned to the Lest ac
count.” Of the time and place of his
birth and parentage our author holds
that no authentic record has been pre
served, but in place of this we are
treated to fictions; that from his works
and genius we are led to believe that
he was the son of a Jewish mother by
a Greek or Roman father, his father
probably being a proselyte to Judaism
and both of his parents being well-ed
ucated and in good circumstances. In
regard to fiis education, it is held that
Jesus was liberally educated both in
Hebrew and Greek learning, and ap
plied successfully the logic of Aristotle
and Euclid to the solution of the enig
mas of history, both among the Greeks
and Hebrews, proving himself in these
respects the “boldest and most original
thinker of antiquity.” Completing his
education before he was thirty, he chose
the vocation of a teacher, like Socrates,
Plato, Aristotle and Euclid. He de
vised a scheme of universal culture,
establishing congregations to meet for
instruction on the first day of every
week and schools to he taught on all
other days for the instruction of teach
ers to preside over public assemblies,
and other literati. Claiming no super
human power, he was, however, master
of the medical art as it was practised
by the Greeks, and taught in the same
school. This was sufficient to enable j
him and his scholars to perform cures
which tiie ignorance and superstition !
of that age deemed miraculous, and J
which were “commemorated by the ex-1
aggerations and inventions of the gos
pels.”
It is insisted by the author of the
“Final Theology,” that Jesus left no
theology at his deaih, and that none of
his first twelve disciples left any mark
there—since Peter and the most of his
colleagues “ went back entirely to Ju
daism.” Mr. Sawyer insists, and with
almost unanswerable force, that Paul
was the real author of what is known
as Christianity, his scheme now govern
ing the churches and being wholly dif
ferent from anything that .Jesus (whom
he hail never seen) intended to teach.
Five letters of Paul, our author holds,
is all that there is genuine in the New
Testament, all the rest being fictions
and forgeries intended to counteract
the strange fact that contemporaneous
history makes no mention whatever of
the lite, death and sayings of Jesus.
There was a demand for suoh literature
subsequently, and it was furnished by
pious literary bigots. History abounds
in pious frauds. They have been oon-
foot and knee caught, and himself un
able to rise. Not a man moved, the
square was silent, steady and unbroken,
iu another moment the colonel was on
his feet. He replaced his sword in the
scabbard, looked gravely and eoollv at
th&deud horse, then at the firm array j
of 4ldi era, ami said, iu his quiet way :
“Wery well done, boys; both the
horse and the square did their duty.
Non you are ready for the lancers."
The men gave three cheers uud a
Lotri*siaua “ tiger.”
Progress of Religious Thought.
X. r. Hebrew Leader.
During late years, a great advance
has been made in religious criticism,
and tnen have sought the truth without
fear of being called evil names instead
of being met by argument. It is only
by such means that the entire and ex
act truth of our condition and duty here
on earth will finally become known to
us, and it is incumbent upon ns, there
fore to listen to all thAt reputable seltol-
to sav, and to give them a fair
and nnpredjndiced hearing. The truth
wijl never hurt anybody, and we need
therefore have no fears of what is writ
ten and said by scholars.
81.50 Per Annum.
WHOLE NO. 147.
sidered to linve a sort of religious li
cense, on the principle that the end
would justify the menus. But the com
pilers have always forgotten the time
honored axiom that the truth is mighty
and will prevail.
Wo have devoted this space to Mr.
Sawyers volume, liecause it is in itself
a remarkable proof of the advance of
religious thought, ami liecausc it evinces
profound scholarship and the courage
of conviction. As it is never our prac
tice to indulge in controversy, we do not
j propose to say anything further than
, that we welcome it as a tribute to the
l foundation truth to which Judaism has
1 liorne witness In all ages and at all
times that " the Lord our God is one
God.” The benefit of all such ttooks
is tliat they provoke discussion among
modern religionists, and this is sure to
lead people back to tlie sound and un
answerable truths of antiquity. Intri
| cate creeds cannot stand tlie full, pen
i etrnting light of modern knowledge,
and the same light will destroy religious
frauds. Tlie world is the gainer in
\ every man who dareß to strike a stout
blow for the progress of religious
thought.
The Trial of llill.
Qrijln Hun.
The trial of Sam Hill for the murder
of John Simmons has taken up a good
part of last week in Atlanta and is not
yet ended. The evidence is positive
that Simmons, if not others, had in
vaded the sanctity of Hill's marital re
lations and added insult to the injury
by boasting of the fact. Hill’s wife is
but a young, vain, foolish mid pretty
woman who had been reared by kind
parents and taught the proprieties as
well as the religion of life. Her hus
band doted on her and eared for and
treated her kindly and even now lias
not discarded her. Simmons was what
is termed a very clever young man and
we knew him personally as no worse
than a great many who are highly re
spected in every community. But he
did that which he would not have tol
erated in any other man were he him
self concerned, and he has reaped the
I consequences. We would not encour
age the taking of life nor the doing of
crime in any of its forms through the
medium of our paper but, may God
forgive ns if we say wrong, when we
say that there was no other redress for
Hill and, from the standpoint of a nat
ural man, we feel that he shot Simmons
in defense of not only his own dearest
rights but the sacred rights of every
other man. Some men could bear the
shame and disgrace and live, crucified
by boastful taunts of him who had
wronged, and that would he Godlike
and eminently celestial, nevertheless
were we the deceased ourself and could
speak our sentiments we would say
Hill killed us in a just cause. Every
man who does as Simmons did, does it
with the understanding of the conse
quences in case of exposure and would
have a supreme contempt for any man
who did not resent the insult to the
death. We hope from the bottom of
our heart that llill will lie acquitted
for, whatever were the palliating cir
cumstances in Simmons favor, he can
not, be benefitted by the punishment of
Hill and on the other hand, the convic
tion of Hill would be an invitation for
a further invasion of the borne sancti
ty. Hill’s portion is worse than death
already and no verdict can heal the
wounds inflicted upon his pride nnd
honor and life. He did just what Sim
mons would have done and wlmt every
other man ought to do under the cir
cumstances unless he be restrained bv
the love of Go 1 and actuated by true
Christian humility. So far as human
law is concerned, with all the evils of
our own past life before us, we cannot
refrain from the belief and we have
always entertained it that such laws are
at best impotent and a mockery. Let
every man rely upon himself for the
protection of his honor in such cases,
and if lie falls he will fall in the dear
est cause known to the unregenerate
man. In probably any other case the
law of the land is sufficient.
A wooden watch, said to be an ex
crdlent time keeper, is the property of
N. Devoit, of Bristol, Tennessee. It
weighs but half an ounce. The dial
plate is made from the horn of a bnffa
lo killed by a locomotive on the Texas
Pacific Railroad. The outside is made
of olive wool from Jerusalem. The
works, except a few of the most impor
tant, are of boxwood. Even the stem
and how are of wood.
Says the Detroit Free Press : “ Ttie
press of the South, daily an 1 weekly,
never had the strength and enterprise
of to-day, and to this fact must be
credited much of the renewed prosper
ity visible in almost every Southern
town and city.
Buffalo Express: An exchange in
quires, “ Does hanging prevent mur
der ?” It certainly does. Who ever
heard of a man committing murder
after lie was hanged ?’’
Truth is stranger than fiction, for
1 there is less of the latter
AN ATROCIOUS CRIME REVENGED.
Th* K ajm* and Murder nf a Girl, and thr
Miiui>inr,v Vr.iifcam-e Wrtrkfd t'pon
Iho t'rlniiniil fcjr tlie Outraged Public.
Charleston, S. C'., Jane 17—A ape
eial disputcli to tlie News and Courier,
from Spartanburg, to-day suys that at
about 12 o'clock last night a body of
one hundred ami fifty armed men cuter
,-d that town on horseback and proceed
ed to the jail, where they demanded Jofin
Moore, a prisouer committed for the out
rage and murder of Miss Woodward ou
the sth instant. Sheriff Thompson hav
ing been warned that an attempt would
lie made to lynch the prisoner, they hail
removed him to the Air-Line railroad,
about one mde from town, intending to
Gourd the northern bound train and
reach Columbia ; but he had lieen watch
ed, and before the train arrived the
lynchers secured Moore and took him to
the scene of the murder, near Wellord,
12 miles distant, w here they said they
would hang him ot 10 o'clock, this
morning. Moore aud his victim were
both white.
Spttial to the Atlanta Conetitutbm.
Wklfokd, S- C\, June L 8 par
ticulars of the murder of Muss Fannie
Woodward and theexet ution of her sup
posed murderer, John Moore, near
here, are ills>>t ns follows: On Thurs
day, June sth, while Miss Woodward
was on her way from Pickens county to
the house of a relative, she had occasion
to . all at the bouse of John Moore, a.
man of notoriously bad character, (which
was totally unknown t< her), making in
quiries as to the route to the house of
her uncle. Dinner being ready she was
invited to dinner which she accepted and
paid for. As she was ready to resume
Iter journey, Moore proposed to show
her the nearest way tt> the road to her
relative's house. She told him that it
was unnecessary, as she was able to find
the way. bat lie accompanied her never
theless. Shortly after he was seen in a
terrible state of excitement. On Sun
day the body was found within one hun
dred yards of where Moore acknowl
edged to have left her.
Trial Justice Gaston hastily etnpan
neled a coroner’s jury. An inquest and
post-mortem was held on Monday, re
vealing the fact that an outrage had
been committed on her person before
she was murdered. She was shot
t hrough the right side of the chest and
her throat cut from car to car. Evi
deuces of a terrible scuffle between
the murderer and his victim were plain
ly to be seen, showing conclusively that
site had made a desperate effort to pro
tect her honor, but Moore being a man
of great muscular power, she was i>ow
erless in his hands. The remains of
Miss Woodward were interred in a
country grave-yard near by. On Tues
day Moore was arrested and confined
in jail, until lie was taken out to Chin
quapin trestle, where tlie mob captured
him ami brought him to the scene of
the murder, it was announced that he
would be hanged at ten o’clock to-day.
Shortly after 7 o’clock this morning a
lawyer by the name of Woodward made
a speech to the large assemblage in
Moore’s behalf, pleading with them to
turn him over to the law to be dealt
with according to the forms of law.
Fearing that his speech might excite
sympathy in the hearts of the majority
it was decided to hang him two hours
earlier. A rope was suspended from
the limb of a post-oak, within 400 yards
of Moore's house and within 200 yards
of where Miss Woodward was found,
fastened around his neck, and convert
ing a buggy into a scaffold it was drawn
out from under Moore, and at eight o’-
dock tlie fatal drop was given. After
hanging one hour lie was pronounced
dead and the body cut down and turn
ed over to his family, who were present
witnessing the execution. He will be
buried to-morrow, Moore made no
confession, but protested his innocence
to the last.
An Impossibility.
“ There were two men got into a fighC
in front of the store to-day,” said a
North end man at the supper table,
“ and I tell you it looked pretty hard
for one of tiiem. The bigger one grab
bed a cart stake and drew it back. I
thought snre he was going to knock the
other's brains out,, and I jumped in be
tween them.”
The family had listened with rapt at
tention, and as the head paused in his
narrative the young heir, whose respect
for his father’s bravery was immeasur
able. proudly remarked :
“ lie couldn’t knock any brains out
of you, could he, father?”
The head of the family gazed long
and earnestly' at the heir, as if to de
tect evidences of a dawning humorist,
hut as the youth continued with great
innocence to inunch his fourth tart, he
gasped and resumed his supper.
A North Carolina man got tired of
life, and went out in the stable and
liung himself with a blind bridle. Just
as lie was about bringing his last gasp,
a neighbor opportunely passed, and
seeing his peril promptly out him down.
Ah, said tie would-be suicide, why
didn’t you let ine alone, in two minutes
I’d been in heaven.
Yes, dryly remarked the other, you and
play thunder in heaven with a blind
bridle on ?
Carrol! County Times: Our friend,
W. O. Berry, had a calf born on his
place the other day, with a swallow
fork in eacli ear, which happens to be
his mark. Another remarkable tiling
about this remarkable calf, is, that its
father and mother are both exactly the
same age—each being two years and
one week old