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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATizAiTTA. Gj&tc? TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 2J
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THROPGHDIXIE
•WHAT.THE SOUTHERN FOLKS ARB
SATING AND DOING.
A 8a pt tat Klalitar Mardarad by Bta Drotb#r-ia-L»w
-A Conrlct Climbs » Wlis Hop* SOI net sod
' Makes Bta Escape-A Notorious Moon*
■bluer Killed-A Lunatic Bose.
Texas.
f Bandar Mia* Marie Beod, daughter of Mr.
Charles Reed, owner and proprietor of Fair'
view stud farm, eloped with Mr. Charles K.
Bnrdeaw, of New Orleans, and went to the
bonso of Esquire O. N. Qathrio and got mar
ried . Mia Seed came to town with her
mother to attend ehnrch, eroded her mother
and met Bnrdeaw, with aboro remit. Some
week! since Bnrdeaw made an unsuccessful
attempt to accomplish what he did Bandar.
Her mother renoanoed her. Thor left for
Mew Orleans on the 6 o'clock train.
Louisians.
J. D. Jordon, the man who was administered
a-dose of soltaof tartar for a dose of opsom
salts by his mother through mistake last San.
dor, at Shreveport, died. The occur,
rence created aalto a stir in the tier and was
investigated by a coroner's jury. The
fatal dose was purchased by a young sister of
Jordan. Bbo called for "salts," batthe young
msn who waited on her and the proprietor of
the etoro testified that the asked for salts of
tarter, and tho package was deltverel to her
plainly marked ‘atlta of tartar."
Virginia.
, Tho conrt of appoaio, sitting at Staunton,
has rendered an opinion involving tho con
stitutionality Of. a joint resolution passed by
the general asoembfy of Virginia on April 48,
1880, relating to the appointment of county
supcrintendente of public Schools. Tho con rt
declares the act repugnant to the state consti
tution and nnil and void and the action of tho
board of education taken under it null and
void and of no avail. A pre-omptory msn-
dames Is ordered, requiring Defendant Miller,
who hod been appointed county superintend-
emt for Smytbocqnnty coder tbe resolution, to
restore tho office, books, papers, etc, to C. (V.
Pendleton, superintendent, displaced.
George Falter, near Bhomanville, shot ~a
squirrel. The animal being only wounded ran
into tbe hollow of a tree. Mr. Fuller pnt his
hand in the hole, and, not fooling tho sqalr-
nl, was withdrawing hie hand whon ho felt
something stick into it. Ho instsntlr polled
his bond ont, and with it a largo moccasin
snake which had bitten through hit hand. Ho
tried to (bike tbe reptile off, bat could not rid
hlmteif of it until ho pnt his foot on it and
killed If. When he arrived at the residence
of a physician hie inn was horribly swollen,
Mr. Fuller la now lying in a dangerous con*
Arkansas.
Heer Echullyville, Choctaw Nation, W. H,
Morgan, a Baptist minister, forty-flv* yosrs
of age, was mnrdend by his son-in-law, L. J.
Borrow, who drove an ax Into the old ■ man’s
bresst clear through thn heart. The murderer
waa lodged In the United States Jail. He
stated that hia wife, the old man’s daughter,
had recently Joined the Method 1st ehnrch, and
her action bad caused hard feeling between
Mejfamily and that of Morgan; that the old
man owed him fiftyCfive cents, and yesterday
lie sent to him for it. Morgan came to ooo
him at Schullyvlllo, claiming tho amonnt
wai but thirty cento. They hod some angry
word! and Burrow loft, going to the woods
near hit house, where ho was catting wood.
Tho old man come to the homo shortly after
wards, and Borrow, seeing him, shouldered
bis ax and went up to where ho and others
were. They renewed tho dispute and the old
man drew nto pocket knife, whon Barrow
struck him with the sharp ax, killing him
instantly. Tho terrible weapon, covered with
A son of Joseph Mono wss bathing in a
pond near Littlo Bock, Tuesday, whon ho was
' ’ His brother jumped
t were drowned. Mrs.
Moras had run from ths house whon the first
warning was given, ondwltnemed the death
of her two sons. She fainted at tho tight, and
when restored to conecloasness it waa found
that tho had bccqmc s raving maniac.
Tennessee.
Mean. Dodton end. Cochran, killed qn
Star’s mountain lwo bags rattlesnakes—one of
which hid ten rattles and tho button. It waa
found near s chimney at a log cabin, and a
two year old child, not more than a yard away
admiring Its beauty. His sntkeshlp was in
on erect pooition. tho young men tty, and
teemed to bo admiring the child. The mother,
who woe standing near by, rescued tho child
as toon os possible.
It Is rumored st Chattanooga that tho office of the
United Slates engineer, indulge of tho Improve
ments SC Mai tie shoots, on the Tounessco river,
faceted bore, will shortly be removed to MaibviUe.
Your correspondent tonight interviewed Colonel
Barlow, the engineer In charge, in reference to
thwmattor. Colonel Barlow expressed surprise a:
tho publication, and neither dcoled nor eifirmed
tbe rumor. This to taken to moen that there Is a
probability of the removal.
A notortonamot nvhincrnamed Chenaolt WMshot
avlng
it of^lhstn
and Instantly killed at Etna, Saturday'night.
MIMMijMffiMMMrsd at tho furnace were hai
res, ana several r
place ami bought
re of msn employ KBB
tr Saturday night iproe,
I test to CbenaoU’s visa
fan of liquor. When this
»liquor, mmmwwsmwnmm
another gallon, and drank I
i disposed of they
_ nk that. Aa they
& turn, Chonault canto to tho cabin and
■ell them more, which H. Msckcy.es
son of the petty, declined, inerting that
last woe not as food as tho first half gsllon,
and made them drank, Ohenault responding that
tho troth war they wore Just too d—a poor to bay
any more. They mined to leave, when Mackey
drew a revolver end shot him through the brain.
He died without a word, Mackey Bed to the
weoda and has not beta seen since. Both were
young men. neither over twenty five. The verdict
of the crooner's Jury wee turner. Neither bed
ay family. Chensuit wss regarded u leader In
a |is| of in that wild Motion.
North Carolina.
Kent cornea from fThtthum county that
near Biol to a body of men, the number no
definitely reported, visttod tho house of Alex
ander Cox, a negro, sad whipped him oovorel;
it it said, ui told him to leave within twen-
ty.fonr boars or ho would be lynched. Ho
wont promptly and escaped with hit life. It
la claimed that this was dono to vindicate
the character of a lady. The offset, ho werer,
bta been to aive publicity to a report which
might have been kept within a very amall
circle, and which oonld not within itself have
caused damage if lot alone.
At tho county toot of Madison connty,
WUey Gosnell waa tarned ovor to tho ahoriff
for incarceration, being charred with wife
murder. Ho sros arrested In Haywood county
by Oonatable Shelton. Hie arrive! at Ust JtU
at Marshall was, under tho circamsUncee,
hardly in keeping with tho occaaion. Ths
prisoner, tied by one arm trith a rope, walkod
along tho middle of the street frith a guard,
who carried hie gun on hia thonldor and tho
5K
mode the arrest stalked a
iten paces in
fiont of him, and the prisoner carried _
gaudy, highly ornamented banjo, on which ho
performed as he walked in a rather ahnf-
Mag, careless way, and the pteoe of maaic, to
talled, which ha waa laloanly jeeklag from
the strings sros a very popular mountain mel
ody, “Git along home Sindy Jane " A crowd
oftmtll boys and other enrioae folk followed
in tho wake of tho musical prisoner until the
doors of the prison closed, in their facet. It
appears that on the oth day ef last December
the prisoner and Eph Shelton got Into a diffi-
cnltyattho house of tho former. Hot words
grow hotter, and os pistols won drawn ths
wife of Gosnell rushed bettreen the combat
ants and received a abet which killed her.
Tho other partidpant in Urn row is etiil at
lsnjo. Who tho guilty party is may bo a fact
difficult to establish. Cl—isfl has waived pro-
Jimiaary examination.
Wednesday morning n white oonvlct sunned
William Hancock, alias 8. U. Miller, cocnpod
from tho shaft of the Pratt cool mines by
«wM»* pp tho elevator wire rope, a dis
tance of 304 feet from the bottom to tho shaft
opening. The feat wss euppoeed to have boen
dons at four o’clock. It wua perilous one,
and required both skill and nerve. At tho
top are two front gates which require two men
to lift from the outside. These ho lifted and
made his escape. The some feat was perform
ed some time ago by a German who mode
slip ncosea of small piece* of rope tndeacend-
cd. Mr. Justin Collins, the superintendent of
tho convicts, regards it as a wonderful escape
and Mining Engineer Johne laid he woald not
go down the rope for tho mines The escaped
prisoner was sentenced from Chsmbert county
to twenty years for killing his step-brother.
Cranemen and his bloodhounds havo taken
tbe man’s trail, and it is suppoied'Se will be
caught. Tho company offers a reward of $103.
Thomas .Snell, a white painter, fell from the
roof of tho new aoathorn express building, a
distanoe of forty feet, atBirmingham, and waa
not killed. Edward Meyer recently fell from
the same hniiding. They were convening a:
follows at the time Snell fell. Snell
mid, “I will bet a dollar no man on earth can
fall that high again and not he killed." Mey
er laid, “I will bet you two to one no other
man will fhll from here.” "I wUl take the
bet," said Snell, who fell soon afterwards.
He is in a dangerous condition,
A fatal and sensational shooting affiray oc
curred at Montgomery Tuesday afternoon. Joe
Rogers shot and killed Cicero Huffman. A shot
gun did the murderous work. A woman wss at
tbe bottom of tho trouble. Huffman’s wife had
deserted blm end taken up with Rogers. The
rncmin tola her husband on Sunday that she
would have him killed lnalde of three days. She
kept tho wicked promise. Tho men wore olose to
each other when the suootiug took place. Tbe
entire charge entered Huffman’s breast, mulcting
a horrible wound and causing Instant death.
Rogers escaped and baa not been captured.
South Carolina,
Throughout South Carolina tho fanner* a re
far more contented than they were thirty
days ago. The crop prospects have improved
within tho nostmonth at leaittwenty.fiTo per
cent. Since the 15th of Angnot, cotton ehowo
a marked Improvement, and ao does corn,
Colonel A. F. Butler, the agricultural com
missioner, states the following condition oL
the cotton crop: Upper Carolina, 78: middle
Carolina, 78; and lower Carolina, 60, Avenge
for tho state, 78, against 84 at the same time
last year and 67 on the 1st of August this year.
The ares of the preoont crop is l,f'
acres, against 1,703,107 acres last year.
He mskee tbe following report regarding the
condition of tho corn crop:
Upper Carolina, 72i middle Carolina, S3; lower
Cardins, 87. Averago for the state 80, against loo
ou tbe lit of September, 1n<>. Tho area of the
prciont crop la l,4S4.Sil acres, against 1,120,208acres
isit year.
Here is what he says about wheat and oats
Wheat and oau were harvested In (Ur condlltoo.
.ho wheat area woe 102,748 acres, and r
l.li i.otd bushels, a decrease in the yield „
bushels. Tbe oet area was 011,400 acres, and the
vie d 3.700.737 bushels, an Increase in the yield of
891.012 bushels.
Tbe tobacco crop, I learn from correspon
dents and newspapers ail oyer the state, will
bo by long odds, tha finest ever railed in Sooth
Carolina. Some of tho tohaoeo raised in Law-
reus and Spartanburg counties will bcof extra
ordinary fine quality. That grown in tho low
country will be inferior.
Tho pcs crop wilt bo unprecedented, and tho
yield of plndats will be exceedingly large.
Correspondents all over tho state speak
cheerily concerning tho eweet potato crop. It
is believed that more potatoes will be dag thle
year than have been gathered in any one year
since tho war.
As a general thing tha planters are in a hot 1
ter condition now than they were a ye
Not near so many of them as nsnal are
hands of the lion law sharka. They have
worked very hard, through good and bad
weather, determined to moke a living, and
most of them havo succeeded. Not many of
them havo boon led astray by Mosea Tillman.
Most of them have stack to thstr plow and os-
chewed politics. The genuine "farmers’
movement’’in South Carolina hao therefore
been sncceesfal, despite the work of tho agita
tors.
It is designed by the officers of the South Caro
lina Agricultural and Mechanical society to make
"■ — superior to any of Its
,JO any exhibition ovor
, Palmetto stato. One feature, a novelty
In this part of the country, will ho tbe exofatloa
of gamblers and faklre, and the entire absence of
sporting paraphanallaou tho grounds. But ou the
race track adjoining the tklr grounds there will be
four days of excellent rating. The society, how-
oTer, will not control It.
The seventh congressional district of Sooth
Carolina Is known as "biaok district,” bscauso
It contains on overwhelming negro majority,
Robert 8mall’s has represented this district In
congress for some years. Ho is a negro of
more than ordinary Intelligence, bat Ms rep
utation is unsavory. The colored people have
become disgusted with Mm, and they
to allow him to retire to private life,
supply hia place with a very bright colored
man named Johnston. Smallo possesses not a
few stalwart adhsnnts who will not tit down
qnietly while ho io displaced. They
will nrgo him to make a fight
and bolt from the party if necessary. In tho
meantime,thewhitwarotalking about making
a fight in tbe "black district." Colonel William
Elliott, of Beaufort; Colonel Goorgo Tapper,
of Colleton, and General E. W. Mateo, of
Sumter, havo been mentioned as possible can.
dldatcs.
GEORGIA NEWS.
Th* Nows of tho Week Throughout the State
Briefly Told.
E.W. Glenn, a Texaa cowboy, killed Jameo
Conch, at Griffin, Saturday. Glenn la in tho
hands of officen and nothing has boon devel
oped yet to hate an opinion of the canto and
circumstances o! the killing onttido of what
the prisoner himself relates.
Tbe Dawson Nows says:
Mr. J. A. Davis, living in this county near Bran-
wood, bronght In a sample of caterpillars which
.7*.. .— r . Wdon’t think
tdm lucre is any Ganger or in* worm now, IS the
dry wealhtr has preceded Uin, damaging tha
cotton so that we will got Juat about one-half a
top.
They are boring another artesian well In
Sevanneh. Tho Nows says:
Some of the colored people living In the vicin
ity or the inotresre said to bo much alarmed be
cause of tbfs attempt to get down into the region
of earthquakes. They are under tho lmprsstion
that tampering with the bowels of mother earth
-ocatlveof subterranean convulsions. It la
that a number of them propose to moveout
ol the neighborhood.
Mrs. B.F. Nspior, of Hiwkinsvllle, has
during ths past several months sold eighteen
dollars’ worth of milk per month bom one
During the post two or three months
it of food for tho cow wss “
month. Mrs. Naolor’s snoeoss
has about induced her to engego in the dairy
burin eta.
Tho McDuffie Journal hat found a terror in
the English uparrow. It sayst
The English sparrow *
vein bathes b—a
nuisance. strawberries, grapes and other fruits
are greedy damaged by them, and turnip patohee
bars been rained. Some of our citizens have sown
turnips three or four times tbls season only to hove
the seed scratched up and destroyed by ihe spar
rows. Council should grant penusstou to anyone
to shoot thus, usd a war of extermination should
bo Insure rated at once.
Tbe Hewkinsviilo New* vutans to say that
lti» horrible to think th it msi‘ ‘
113 bonnets bare husbands wb
teen patches.
Dr. Armatrong arrived in Savannah Friday.
Whtnha read the telegraphed charges against
Hon.Bobert E. Withers, ho immediately tele
graphed the following dispatch to the Rich
mond Dispatch from this city;
Neither my nemo not my llbrory may bo of
much exchange value. The latter I insure ”
tco.ao, bat I woola’stake both on the
ucca, and when bea frem the infiuenoo of
whisky, hie pleasant manner always made a
favorable Impression noon all with whom he
came in eontact. He will be reaentenced next
week, after wMch time he will begin hia life
time term in the penitentiary. And so will
end the career of one who entered on-hia ma
jority with hotter and more inviting prospects
than were enjoyed by any young man in
northeast Georgia.
only action. Del no Virginian's conn-tence In
of her noblest sons bo shielded by ouch a
■_ler. J. <7. AanxToowi.
Dr. Armatrong left at night for Now York on
the Tallahassee.
Sheriff Godfrey has reached Clayton with
Eugene Beck. Beck ie looking remarkably
well, considering Me long coafinoment in Jail.
Ho ntliaee that ho is to bo oent to the peniten
tiary for Ufa though as far os appearance* go
hoi* a* cheerful a* if preparing for a pleoaant
journey. He has apleasant word for every ooa
who Volta him. His laugh is as fno sad mu-
ranty, took piste Friday
o'clock, in Hazlcburst, between B. F. Wilcox
and A. J. Wilcox, wMch resulted in tire Wil
ing of tbe latter. B. F. Wilcox was a nephew
of A. J. Wilcox and both wore white men of
high standing. The row was corned by an
antipathy aroused by a juotioo court laur suit.
While counsel was conducting the case, tho
parties left tho court room and met near the
warehouse, where they commenced quarrel
ing. A. J. Wilcox anbnttoned Ml coat and
sard:
"Shoot yon dam »— of a b—h.”
B. F. Wilcox immediately drew hi* pistol
and ahot him in the month. Both then
armed thcmrclrce with guns, A. J. Wilcox
procuring a double barrel shotgun, and B. F.
Wilcox ocenring a Winchester rifle, advanced
towards each other. They commenced shoot
ing at a diitauce of ona hundred yards. In a
few momenta A. J. Wilcox foil, after bring
pierced by three brill, B. F. Wilcox not bring
hit. Great excitement prevailed hot owing
to tho desperate character of B. F. Wilcox, no
attempt was mode to arrest Mm. Ho returned
and remained at hie residence for a tew
mianteoand then armed with a rifle rode
away on horseback.
Elbert anperior court convened Monday morn
ing, Hon. Samuel Lumpkin preaiding. Tho
grand jury was organised by ariocting Dr,
Beverly A. Henry foreman. The jury la com
posed of some of Elbert’s best citizens and will
discharge their important duties faithfully
and fearlessly. Judge Lumpkin’s ohsrgo was
clear, concise and forcible, and gave general
satisfaction. Mr. Wm. M. Howard, solicitor
general, ie at his poet Messrs. Wm. M.
Reese, M. P. Keeso and F. H. Colley, of Wash
ington; A. G. McCurry and Ir*C. VanDazon,
of Bsttwell, are among tbe visiting attorneys.
The larger part of tho lint day was taken up
in tho trial of a divorce caoe in which the
jury had to decide from very doubtful evl-
d< nee, whether tho parties were ever men and
wife or not, oa they had never wont through
with a formal marriogo. A verdict was re
turned for tho defendant There la a largo
crowd in attendance and candidates for the
various offices are happy at tho opportunity of
mi cting so many voters. Tho coart will likely
be in leealon daring tho whole week.
J. M. Timmons, the Oconee forgot attempted
to break loll on Sunday night He stripped
tho iron hoops from his tab and converted
them lets saw blades. With these bo scratch
ed on tho Iron grating for ten days and nights.
He filed an iron her one inch square as smooth
ly as if it bod been a bar of wax. This gavo
him an opening about fourteen inches equaro.
He managed to get through this by •tripping
and aotplng himself from head to foot While
trying to open ono of thh outer doors ho
was detected by tho sheriff, carried bask into
Ms coll and chained to a staple In tho middle
of tho floor. Timmons is a stout, fine looking
fellow, twenty-fonr years old, and Is shrewd
and very strong. He says he wanted to gat
out of his cell because It wss so dark. Ho has
been raiding a great deal of earthquake liter
ature of late, and it is thought his passions
are very much wrought np on tho subject.
Tho excitement among the colored people on
tho Ogeechee road la great. Betsy
Harris, colored, and her husband separated,
•bout a month ago, after ho had beaten her.
She came to the city and had a warrant issued
against him, bat ho escaped arrest. Ho hid
in tho swamps, being fed by friends. Sunday
morning lost, while the neighboring negroes
were at church, he entered Betsy’s yard and
tried to nick a quarrel with her, after (ending
the children off to look for Ms plpo. He thon
made an attack on her with a noavy hickory
■tick, striking heracroa tho mouth, knocking
out several tooth, breaking her jaw, mutilat
ing her foco terribly. Ho. then struck her
over tbe head, breakingher right hand,thro an
np to protect hetsolf, crashed her skull, and
then fled, frightened b) her cries far help.
Assistance soon came. Dr. Norton was sent
for. He found the woman in a terrible con
dition, and directed that she bo bronght to tho
city. Harris has not boen captnrod, bntif
explored the colored people along the Ogecheo
road will probably lynch him. The crime is
tho moot cowardly aver committed here.
Tha Bomo Courier does not boll ova In Henry
Word Beecher’s declaration that crime ii not
on tho increase. It admits that, while some
crimes may bo made more prominent by the
?d??sn hardly bo denied that of crimes of other
descriptions there bee been a marked Increase of
lalo jean. Tbey are due, penans, In a great
measure, to the changed eondlllyns oftbocouu-
try produced by the into war. But to whatever
cauie attributed, the Increase las fact. Crimes of
a daring or desperate character may not bo mere
numerous than formerly, but crimes of a knavish
or tricky kind esrtalnly are. Who aver booed, be
fore tbe war, of so many defalcations zs ore now
constantly occurring, so many breeches of trust
and confidence? Whoever heard of so much cor*
mptlon In politic*, or ao math venality In public
officials? Who over heard, before tbs war, of such
’bricks in trado” as or* now practiced—of such
*** ‘ r — — th* stock and pro*
rltlAtol commercial
•how. In feetoon*
Whi amino Prison i ’
ties, too, Mi donation falle
number of i
STATS
and severs
wss never
Sever before ,
prehension that the o
WemolnSalhat while there may of lite ytars
have been nolucretae of crime ofabloodyor dar
ing character, shore has certainly Mon an la-
cnass of other descriptions of crime.
After referring to tho enterprise of Hr. C. F.
Bishop, who bos lately imported so mo value
Mo live stock, the Madison Madisonian sir'
crying end seemed to bo in trouble. Hie sat-
picions wore aroused, and ho reported tho
matter to tome friends. In the meanwhile
the colored man and his companion had left,
town, going in the direction of Florida. Xhoy
•topped at the residence oi Mr. M. C. Ulmer,
about two miles from town, and askei for
lodgtngrfor the night. The negro bring a
bright mulatto, and Mr. Ulmer looking at
him in tho moon light, no doubts were raised
in bis mind os to tbe character of hie would-
be gueeta, or tho race of either. Tbe couple
were admitted under Mr. Ulmer’* hoapitabla
toof snd’siked ont to supper. The msn said
he was tick and would retire bat ‘‘hi* wife
wonld sup with thefamliy." Some time after
the inmatee of the house had retired, a party,
who had been on the track of the •usptehmt
S ic. reached Mr. Ulmer's and Inquired if
ad any strong*!* within hia house. He
told what opinions had been formed of
his ,nests, tnd that in all likelihood tho man
Wat a negro. Early next morning Ur. Ulmer
and his friends wore np waiting for tho ap
pearance of the itrongo Whon ho come from
his room and met hia hoot, he was told by an
effleer present that he most go hack to Val
dosta and explain matters. He asserted most
positively that he was a white man and mar
ried Me companion throe yean agh In Colum
bus; bnt Ms hair and matures clearly Indi
cated his origin. Mr. Ulmer was naturally
very Indignant at tho thought that s negro
roan and white woman had thus Imposed upon
him. Tho conuio won bronght book to town
tnd lodged In jail. Tho man has since con
fessed that he is a negro, and stated that ho
end tho woman were on their way to Florida,
where they Intended to many. The parties
hall from Berrien county. Mach comment
ha* beefi created about the affair.
The Monroe county grand jury thus findt
fault with the local option law of that county;
We have contour Invest! fitted violations of tho
set to prohibit ths sale or intox testing ttquora in
tbte county. We believe that eccllnu 11 of sold set
towlt: ••ihat tho provMoneof this set shall not
8 revent practicing physicians furnishing liquors
lcmsclrcs to medicine to their patients, under
treatment hy them" nos been greatly abused, and
It will be difficult If not Impracticable to enforce
too law as long as this broad discretion Is allowed.
Wo wonld oau attention of our legislature to thli
subject tnd recommend that a remedy bo appll id
Frank Freeman ahot and killed Bill Odom
Fiidoy at 11 o'clock. The parties were
brothers.in-law and barkeepers in Greenville,
though the killing ooonmd three mlloe in the
country. .Odom formerly boarded with Mr*.
Freeman, having married her daughter early
In the preeent year. He ie laid to have treat*
ed Ms wife ciuelly and tyrannically. Fri
day he slapped her jaws sad drove her from
hia homo. Running to her mother’s residence,
her brother Frank procured a horse and buggy
and carried hia sister to tho home of nor
nuclei Mr. Henry Blalock, threo miles from
Greenville.
Odom soon appeared at ths home of hit
mother-in-law, flourished his pistol and
threatened to kill tho unprotected
ladies unless they told Mm when
his wife wss. Driving ont to Mr. Blalock’s;
Odom roabsd Into the yard. Finding the door
locked ho fired through the door and window,
tho second shot striking Frank Freeman In
Odom shot two or three shots more, emptying
his pistol. Freeman, in the meantime, fired
two shots, both striking Odom in the head,
A final hand-tc-hand struggle ensued, Odonf
being badly beaten ever tho head with Free
man's pistol. Odom died in a short tlmo.
■ Tha deceased had been in Greenville over a
year and wa* regarded as a violent man, al
ways carrying a pistol, and in his quarrels
keeping Ms hand on his Mp pocket. Ho had
killed his step-father before coming to Green
ville. FTOemon came to town and reported to
tbe marshal and sheri(L Pubilo opinion
wholly justifies Freeman an! no arrest has
been mods. Freeman is a qnlet, lnoffontivo
man who ha* nover before boon engaged in a
difficulty.
Augusta News: rroleesor William Henry Peck,
known and popular 8!^©®
S?wln
nnft 1
winters ytt.|
. in thu
HHMFlaw, Mr. Bonfiffi
rorc proclous pootstioas.
[tago through countless
Tho Camilla Clarion draws a pleasing pie
ture of tha religions conoord which prevails in
Hitchell county, and In conclusion, lays:
Fifteen years ago this w u a MW. wild country
Thousands ordolurs worth of whisky was an
nually consumed, and a narruom stood at overy
cross road. Camilla and Pelham were fall of thorn.
work hart they dons. Mitchell i
native crab
I from or crow tool, than whleh none Mates finer
bey, grows hen luxuriantly.
Tha Elberton Gazette his discovered tha
way ont of hard times. "Oar plan,” says tbs
Garotte, H would b* to row largely or .small
I grain, lessen the area of land cultivation in
cotton, manors and work welL and always
make cotton a surplus crop.” an conclusion,
tho same paper says:
Therein other reasons why money beoomn
•caree, see of which Is taetnopledo not patron-
!?iSd SiiVZuthS
to Bptod, mould nerer tend twou roc wnu toe/
SSSWSftM MWTh^arS
•cd in a few boon you may thus «tyonr money
S3^SUB»JBiWUES
tuna But when yon send It off, you msy btd It
farewell forever, far you will never seeMsgsln.
tiffils In the same community mast work together
■Hpetronlre each other os much is possible. If
I they would prosper. No man Is Independent of
Ibis nsishboex Ue may think so for a time, but os
soonaa they (find be is selfish, and care* nothing
far the community In which he lives, be l» apt to
be made to (eel bis dependence If he should live
much lcc jcx i
Last Wednesday night, amnlatte man Acoom-
panted by a whit* woman, reached Valdosta
I about eight o’clock. They came in n boggy,
and wen bound southward. Just hafora
reaching hero, their horse waa takon sick, and
I it ns with soae apparent difficulty that tkey
arrived safely in fawn. Tho negro soon <n-
Kd th* sorvleoo of Ur. T. W. Stallings, who
■■tbs npotetion of bring a hares docto*.
[white Mr. StallUa WSS administering to his
kens fattest, ho noticed that thn woman was
■Man
fwtthoot thefiouriab ofsoclctletaud
ft &. ao o^
men have been st worh, _snd .or.cblo, thorough
ojal
___ feadijg^whSy 'men” are 1
friends
Why Four Men are Happy In 8. Boston. 1
B. Frank Burpee was reported to have had a
sung prise in The Louisian* State Lottery,and
wo ascertained the facte: Mr.B,n saloon
hooper, No. 8 Granite Itreet, 8. Boston, John
ana two broth era. C bailee and Hoary FM1.
brick, teamsters, previous to tho August 10th
drawing of The Loullisna Stato Lottery
Company, each subscribed $1, and trarchssoa
four one-fifth tickets, ono of which. No. S5A31,
drew one-fifth of tho second capital prize $47.-
000, $1,5.70 for each share, Isos Adam* Ex.
pesos ge. Mr. B. Frank Burpee Is a married
nun, having a wifo and ona child. Tho other
three or* tingle men, S2 to SO years of age,
Sober, steady and Industrious, and will make
good ore of tbs money.—Boston (Mass) Com
mercial and Shipping List, August 37.
"LootsvtUs
ilia’s gnat red-bead ad
■what Urey call
led galaxy
Hart’s tggi
Fierce’s "Pleasant Purgative Peltate” are
perfect preventives of oonatlpotton. Inclosed
fn glam fettles, always fresh. By all drag.
g’itS. _ _
"Maud Harrla Tobacco."
Ilk jour merchant tor "Mand Harrli Tobacco.”
It to tooth and waxy. para, rich and rip*. Judaea
Tie money on.tho aqath*
„______.
win*.—
i brand. "Maud Hit*
r Tohaoeo Kpl&E
Tho Detroit ball Uam c
a^icullarltj^fthoori
It ts worth Ue while of our readers to ooonlt
tbssdvertlsemeotof tbe Great Loodeo Tea Oa.
to get good lea ana conce at bottom price*, a no
company pflter talqablo premlnp* to thom who
SpSmmaH
an enviable
Husband (is
ws;s looking out far themselves
might have tented aria* white
It!—ranch. .
Dike the Perth mo Wafted.
From beds of flowers is tha breath that has
hsan rendered agreeably odorous with BOZO*
DONT, whleh cosareualcatee to tho teeth a
marble whiteness, and to tha gums a roseate
tint. Use It, and beautify your mouth.
Bhsffer with tho Mote. CbambtrlaJn with Bonll-
TlUe and o'Day with Dot rail, will alt. probably
Bitch this Seth.
Cotton Gin Bibs.
For any gin rend old ene for sample.
iDjceion. fcjecfcr* tad iniptmorv*
Pipes, xsixes, titles and pusqo.
b Wore,
Ferine end gin supply know, Angaria, oa.
Ml kj lalaos ^uaMsai
THE STRICKEN CITY-
CONTRIBUTIONS OENBROUS BUT
FALL SHORT OF RELIEVING.
A Bcvitw ef the Btteetlon at Ohtrlwte* Clearly
Shave That Thare WUl ha a Gnat saonadae m
Vanda for the Belief of the Suffetera-
The Land Slide Theory Verlltd.
Charleston, & C., September 15.—There ia
no particular change in tho titoatlon today,
but tho work of rough reparation ts going on
in every port of tho city. It is Impossible to
restore the bnlldings to their former coudi.
tion, bnt they are putting on a better appear
ance, tnd tho very ham of labor tends to light-
en tho situation. There is a scarcity of brick
layers and plasterers, bnt numerous applies-
tion* for work come in daily. The relief com
mittee today considered the condition of Sum
merville and . Tillages along tho lino of the
Sooth Carolina railway, and of tho town of
Mt. Plssoant, oppotito Charleston, on Cooper
river, and resolved unanimously that tho
losses in these places should bo
provided ^ for In the ratio of
their amount on tho same boats as tho loss In
Charleston. The fooling of tho oommittao la
that wMle moat of tho funds wore rent in the
name of Charleston, tho intention of tho do
nors was to famish relief to tho whole earth
quake district in this vicinity.
Mayer Conrtensy received today tho follow-
Jdg telegram from London.
With brotherhood tnd deep sympathy, I re-
spectrally beg you fa accept, In my name, ono
hundred pounds towards the roller of suffhren
from tho tad calamity.
I-yccura Umtire/bondou.
There are no taw devtiopmoAts In the
strike, but oil tho bricklayers employed are
now receiving five dollars per day, good, bad
or indifferent.
Boston, September 15.—Tho Charleston re
lief fund hero now amounts to $58,804, Trots-
urer Jordon today received tho following tele
gram frem Mayor Coartney, of Charleston:
Boston's munificent contribution of I2S.00H to-
cured. ] havo no words to oxpraos tho thinks of
Charleston for this effort of your
to sustain and Ufa up thtir stricken ftilow-country-
inmi here. It will bo a glorious memory for all
Charles tow, September M.—’There waa an
earthquake shock yooterdoy morning about 4
o’clock, unaccompanied by any great rumb
ling or detonation, and was only noticed by a
few persona 1’osriMy a light ahoek occurred
last night; bnt tM* la uncertain, as any vibra
tion caused by passing vshicios or the pulling
down of walla 1s apt to bo salaried aa caused
by on earthquake. There has not been a
•nock in some days worth reporting. Tho re
lief committee has issued over ono thoniand
forms of application far usiitanco in rabuild-
log or repairing hoaios? Attention hao re
cently been directed to the character of mor-
Ur used, consisting largoiy or yellow sand,
and tho city council will probably take action
on thoauhject to prevent any Buddentieck
disaster In the harry of rebuilding.
Ex-Senator Simon Cameron, in * letter cov-
fine thousand dollars Into tho rollof
otitic your city and state with my
r your great statesman, Mr. Oslhoun,
filng a position In ths
it my fint en.
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Short Talks With Uur Readers
on Matters of Interest
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your time Is ont. This prevents your missing
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scriber with you,
A Word About Our Hawing Machines.
Tits CoxartTi tiow does not ft:: Its paper pltli de
sert ptfoni of the sewing machines It ’efferi to Its
subscribers. It believes that the space belongs to
its readers, and does notcrowd It with its own bus
lneaa.
Tax Communoit machines ere accepted el
over tbe oountry as tbe best msohlnes that ore of
fered, Tbe machine tbit wa sell with the pipers
for 123 la equal to any 183 machine on fie market,
and we guarantee tt to be such. The machine that
wo sell for IIS with the popor Is equal to any its
machine that la sold, and wo guarantee It to bo so.
Every machine la sold with our guarantee. Any
buyer con try tbe machine for fifteen days, and If
not satisfactory, eon return 1L Under this guar
antee we here hfid bnt one machine returned, and
that came’ from a sowing machine agent who
thought be would annoy ue thereby, The heat tee
tlmouy is that of there who htyo tried ID Ten
Constmivioi* machines tie being used In every
state In tho union, and here Is what la said about
then:
W. H. Moore, Burgaw, S. C.-Sewlng machine
received O. K. Am highly pleased with It-my
wife equally so. It far exceed* our expectations,
-‘ -• think It superior to the areragn machine
is wi
old
for 113. Would advise lay ooo wanting ■ Oh
io to get.Tnz Constitution maohlno and TBZ
isly Constitution, both being tho bctD
. .-J*dM.lltophoni,Neltn, Texas.—I recoiredtho
hlgh arm premium sowing maunlne in good order
*“! ¥*!•.. H, J* thoroughly tested the michlae,
end lino It to bo so represented In every particular
fluid,says:
I always 01
recoUectlou
.—l at Ms personal oot
U5 in j recollections of nlro with
airauoD toward the relief of clUssaaof
the stato ho fared so well.
Cbanuron, & C., September la—Contri
butions coatinuo to oo mo in for tho relief of
tho sufferers by the earthquake, bat at best
they cannot cover one-tenth of the actual loss.
For ihla reason th* rclUf committee ia olosti-
fying applications sad will deal fint with
css** of widows and others who havo no per-
sonsl neons of repairing damages by tho
earthquake. Thn have shown that un
equal number of white and colored eanvaason
ore employed who visit daily all parts of the
city »nd report nil persons needing rations,
which ntioua are than delivered at realdcnooi.
Ths oommittoe reoammended that tho distri
bution of rations on tho prosontaoalo continuo
nntll about October first, and that thon
tho accommodations at tho oily alma-
houses be augmented. The committee say in
in conclusion that they have looked upon tho
fanda contributed to them aa ■ gift from our
gensrous follow-eltluns of ths United States,
ud to bo used for tho benefit of snlforaiiby
the earthquake without dlitlnctfon, All classes
bslng placed upon an squat footing. Thsonlr
question asked 1* "Are yon in want of foodr’
Mr. Sloan, th* special geological survey
agent, in prosecuting his work hao made some
important scientific observations. At theft oath
Carolina railway wharf on tho Cooper river
there is a shod 400 fret long by 60 foot in
Width, It ii supported on honte resting on
piles. At tho time of the earthquake, on Au
gust 31,1,500 tons of guana ware stored under
tho shed. Th* entire itructuro woe ublfted
tin feet nine and a half lnoba* toward tho
sonthesaD Another discovery of interest, oa
showing tho direction of tha fore*, was that
tha brick easing er well of the gas reaeroir on
Washington street, although buried in tt*
ground, ho* boon brood eight Inches toward
the southeast and had then recoiled into its
original petition. Tbs evidence of its dis
placement wa* found In on opening or laden-
tatlea about light inches wide In th* ground,
•bowleg where the brick curbing had pressed
FrofcaoorD. A. Dupre, of Wofford collage,
has been toonrlsg the earthpuako district for
earthquake phenomena. At Oak Forest Pitot,
seventeen miles from Charleston, on tho Aah.
river, he found vmterday u heavy land
> Tho land bod broken away thirty foot
from the river and olid down for a distance of
thirty foot, carry Ini With It tree* without dis
turbing tholr position, and loavtng behind lt
on extensive envies wMch now chows on
opsalng twenty-five inches wide. Professor
Jmpro also found in a eon field near tbls
point several pisorn about twanty foot square
whore tho load had sunken twenty Inchea
U* also discovered qoJta a number of fissures,
the bottom of oomo of which ho could not
tench with s buggy whip ten foci long Now
features of tha disturbances are constantly ha-
ing dlMOtrorad and the scientists are In tiovsr.
Cbicaoo, September 15.—The board of trade
^irecton have instructed Secretary Stone to
divide tho subscription for tba Charleston and
Texaa sufferers into two tqual parts and for
ward checks for the lame to duly authorised
parties for receiving donations. Th* total
amount collected waa $5,680, and th* game of
boMball tomorrow will be the means of adding
another thousand to th* relief fund, bnt tMs
Is for Chortsaton alone.
COLDMUU, & C- September 15.—[Special.]—
It is estimated that aboutsevon hundred people
from Charleston and Snmmorvilte have boon
driven uway frem their homes and are taking
rsfags in the up-country to wnx Many of them
ere sstjonroiif in Colombia. These rehgoos
or* receiving many attentions; tbey ore well
treated by oar ojUaena
An Earthquake Shock In Ohio.
Akron, Ohio, September 13.—People living
in tho cool mining region*, embracing (our
town* sad quite * fai*o rang* of eouatey,
war* awakened at 4 o'clock Sunday morning
by • low rambling note*, accompanied Ly
shocks of earthquake so distinct that hoots*
were terribly shaken, and articles ou mantels
were thrown to th* floor. Srrerel years (go
th* earth settled several fast without apparent
eaasfa in this region, *nd th* poopte
ire badly frightened, fearing they will
h* swallowed up. To make matters mot*
upleaant * very tore# meteor yesterday
morning potMd over, ihaking np a portion of
th* country, traveling eloa* to tha earth and
throwing off hooted parttetes every few foeD
Th* meteor illuminated th* country for •
great distance, and to supposed to hare struck
th* rorth near tha saltern part ofth* dtr,
-good enough tor any one.
•Your CoNirmr-
you received
. .Ight-fn Ucl.Hwfll'dosHjou
claim lt to do, and more, too.
Other paper* here on Interior machine which
they ere trying to palm offal tow price*, am! by
Claiming that It Is os good as Th* Oonititctiom
machine. Tho ssleet thing Is fa buy TnzCoxrn
tution machine Itself, end then you know It Is tho
best Don't b* misled by flaming advertisements
of other machines, which are cheap John ifftiffi,'
and rude logon tho publio with. Tin Constitu
tion nucMuo Is tho beiD and wo guarantee U to
bo snob. Bond In your ordota el once. You savo
130 to 140 on ercry machine you buy from us.
Don’t Ha MUteil
By inrsriortrUcles offered by other ptptn, Tut
Constitution guarantees everything it sends to Ha
subscribers. Here is a list that yqu ought to order
for today:
The Illgh.Arm Machine, with paper, *22.00.
The High-Arm Machine, without paper, 121.00.
Th* Low-Arm Machine, with paper, $19.00.
Tbe Low Arm Maohlno, without piper, 117.00.
The Waterhury Watch, with paper, 13 23.
The Weterbury Watch, without paper, 12 00.
Th* Breech-Loading Can, with paper, $13.00.
Th* Breech.Loading Gan, without piper, $12.00,'
Order on* or all of these articles it onoc.
Ken Who Know.
This paper may beaentyoa aa aaamplecopy.
Yon may ilk* It* looks,bnt wsnttokuow more
about it before yon teko it. That is right
Now, Who are th* boot men to toll yon abont
MT Clearly, thon who havo boen reading it,
and who know what it to evory week and
overy year. Here is tho unsolicited opinion of
half a dozen sabocribers. Bead what thoy say,
and if lt convinces yon, send ns your subscrip
tion.
felt Immediately after th* gnat fin
paared. Sazdaywo* on* ol special prayer by >
great many people.
. Carlin deeMas that Ike here renter mustn't
fol'ow lb* hag, end Were decides toot ha mast.
Loth decisions are in favor 04 th* hum* team, >0
Ware use argntog tt* potnL
f«fcCV Pfl—fg
I thu lien at Trinity t
a ofaelub; liowllhaas.
ares toko tt In this wh
las* objection r “ —
circulated In tt
tt reaches r
and meets the wants ol all clasH# conditions and
sgeaof r
l until the p
Into every department of national.
'ISmTillel^SHSlttonStSl
iflli ox all oi Mm, condition* ana
One Thousand Wnterburys.
We bar* Just received ono thousand Waterbary
watobts, of tbo loot stylo, with all Improvements.
W# hove sold thousands and thousands ortecso
splendid watches, and they sits perfect satltfec.
tion*
you ft.28 we will tend one of.these watchee,'
pecked In * satin-lined box,with chain and cliurm,
and The Woislv Coxstitction for one year. Hub-
scribwt who wont tba watch aqd chain Mono out
sat tt hi tending MAO.
Buying a Watorbury at this prise la th* best In
vestment eon b* mod* For M2* you get stood
paper one year and a watch and chain that will
keep as good time oath* boot 11*0 watch, it is bat
ter then a high-priced wales for every day use,for
U to not ao easy to gst oot of repair.
Dr. Wm. Xing haa worn one of ont WaUrharlM
for two ytan, and It has not ooal him a cont for res
pair. Ills gold watch cost him an averago of $3.08
a year for repair, or twice lb* oast of a Waterbary;
Renumber, IS 2> gets th* watch, chain end paper
or 12.80 teta the watch and chain alone. Every
fanner, every fanner's wifo, and certainly every
farmer's hoy ooght to b* wearing one of these W*i
tcrburles. Don't Belay, fired la yw» order.
Oar *12 Shot Gan.
Tho hutting season ts now on as, anil every
boy should have a Dntolus gun. Tni Constitu
tion'* Doablo-bamted Breech LotfilogeholGan U
finpclaa in every renoct. It Is of Xntllsh miko
and tore good os say Mfignn. It Is light, nicety
finished, with pistol grip stock, and we guarantoa
It in every respect. Tnx Waaatv Oogsnnmos
one year end the Gan for only lit The on* by
Itself M2, lend fa you orders before the rash
Tbey Always Fionas.
We sre rolling hundreds of oar Waterberry
watches every week end toeynortr fall to giro
perfect satisfaction. Thoy present aa attracllv*
appearance, wear well, and keep good lime. Wa
print bstoWicnp of the many letters that w* rei
clove wlthrC'Ujtn. about thon.
Mr. B, B. MeSj^bf Weddell, Ark.,oars: "Tha
Waterberry watch cose sofa to fund, end to s good
tlmo keeper. I om wall pleased with It sod hero
already gotten three orders for you, which I will
forward reon.” All the people bore Ilka Tun
CBNtnrtmoN.
hf ARRIAOE3 IN OBOROIA.
Mr. O. J. Findlay, of Walker manly, and MM
Route Bonjutin Atlanta—Dr. 0.0. Ramsay atd
MraF.D. Cowart, Atlanta-Mr.Henry Willlrena red
Mils Colli* Footer, Atlanta ...Mr. John A. Brod
box and Miso Bail* «fno.Oonrore.
DEATHSm OBOROIA.
Mrs. Nannie Cooper Smith Edwards, Atlanta.....;
Colonel Enoch Hall, Bmols county..... Mr. Coerto*
Hudson, Camming..'. .Mr. A T. Folks* Ctmpbo I
county... Mrs, ffiunte Brewer. Monro*- Mat
Mery E. Xennebrew, Bom* Dr ». W. CsMveU.
Atlanta—Un. Nancy Moore, Aitsnu .. Iforeoa
crane. Atlanta Mr. J. B. L. Alton, nsliinftll*
....JlmmloBlowman, AU*nt*..-E*»te Ileortetu
IlUbara, Atlanta... Mrs charlotteB. Bom-peek,
Decolor.) -
100 Dow* Ona Dull*? to imopvreMf con
nected with Hold's Sarsaparilla, and I* txro of
nootbes seedtelae. A bottle of IIood'iBtraa-
psiilia cmfalut luOdiatMo" "tlllastarerath,
white ofbart vll' avsreg* tutort retevorg
Jjmk. l'*cczlyH*edl*S*re»aril]*
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