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BY MRS. WILLIAM KING.
[All lettorr to this department and The Young Folks’ column must be addressed to Mn
ITilHaiu King, 4>,0 Courtland avenue. lia.j
l.lfes Complaint.
Some murmur, when their sky is clear
Anfl, wholly bright to view,
If one small speck of dark appear
In their great heaven of blue.
And some with thankful love are filled,
If but one streak of light,
OiF ray of God’s good mercy gild
The darkness of their night.
In palaces are hearts that ask
In discontent and pride.
.Why life is such a dreary task.
And nil good things denied.
| * > And hearts In poorest huts admire
' How love has in their aid
(Love that not over seems to tire)
f Such rich provision made.
J —French.
The Duty of Happiness.
If a man Is unhappy this must be ids own
•suit, for God made all men to be happy.
Epictetus.
It is an exceedingly depraved heart that
Boes not feel and admit that one of the
greatest pleasures of our existence is con
tributing, as far as in our power, to the
happiness of our fellow creatures. This
' thought Should actuate our lives in every
particular; if we enjoy anything we want
others to share it. What gives us pleasure
we are sure will give some other the same
enjoyment. When I read the beautiful
lines at the head of our column today, my
first thought was for my many readers to
share my pleasure. I know many readers
pass over poetry, but there are others who
drink in the beautiful sentiments express
ed in such lines as the thirsty flowers im- !
tribe the evening dews, and feel themselves
strengthened and refreshed from such a
draught as do the flowers. Every line of
the above poem contains a great truth, a
beautiful thought or a profitable lesson.
Is it not too irud that when our sky is
clear and when life seems wholly bright,
that one “small speck” is enough to cause
a murmur? while others’ whose lives are
always dark are more heartily trankful for
even “one streak of light.”
Then again we find it is not in palaces
anil homes of luxury that happiness is ap
preciated. Discontent and pride often quench
out the light that fain would find an en
trance. and we journey on to the hut or ;
bumble home to find its rays illumining the
hearts of those whore love “that never
seems to tire.” has made its abiding place.
These beautiful lines were found in a lit
tle book that has given me so much pleas
ure that I fain would impart it to my read
ers. It is called ’The J.’b'a SUH'S of Life.”
■ . • y to
FlTmdl be taught* the duty oT happiness as
■Wfd as the happiness of duty; that we
should be as cheerful as we can, if only
because to be happy ourselves is a most
effectual contribution to the happiness of
others. He says: ‘Every one must have
felt that a cheerful friend is like a summer
day. which sheds its brightness on all
ftround; and most of us can, as we choose
make of this world either a palace or a
prison.
“if we do our best; if we do not mag
nify trifling troubles; if we resolutely look,
1 do rot say at the bright side of things,
but' as Things as they really are ;if we
avail ourselves of the manifold blessings
that surround us, we cannot but feel how
thankful we ought to be for the ’sacred
trust of health, strength and time’—for the
glorious inheritance, of life.
I think very few people realize the won
derful privilege of living; the beauties of
the universe: the thousand sources which
dailv surround us from which we could
draw happiness if we only chose to, and
the “power we possess of securing peace,
of triumphing over pain ami sorrow.
This power was so forcibly illustrated to
me in on<> of the darkest hours of my life
that the lesson has never left me, and for
nineteen years 1 have carried in my heart
f, sweet reproachful look and the precious
>vo:’j|W a dying mother.
I «food by the bedside of a mother who
had been my idol. Iler Christian chaiaetei
was a light to the feet of her children and
ail who knew her. yet God saw fit. to call
her through the deepest physical suffering.
For nine long weeks her agonies had been
so great that my faith had failed me. I i
could not see why so much pain could be
put upon one who had served her God so
faithfully: and so heartbroken, I was fain
to murmur, a few days before
the last, when, as I stood by
her side after a terrible parox-
ysm of pain had passed, she exclaimed:
“Bless the Lord, oh, my soul and all that
is with me; bless His holy name. In
com- iously I said: “Oh, whas for?” Never
shall 1 forget the look of reproach with
whi'h she turned and said: “Why, my
child for life and strength to praise Dis
holy name.” There was “the' power of
triumph over pain and sorrow."
The writer goes on to give as another
duty toward happiness sympathy for
others. "If we separate ourselves so much
from the interest of those around us that
we do not sympathize with them in their
sufferings, we shut ourselves out liom
sharing their joys and Jose far more than
we gain. If we exclude sympathy and wrap
ourselves round in a cold chain armor of
selfishness, we exclude ourselves from many
of the greatest and purest joys of life. Io
render gurselves insensible to pain we must
forfeit also the possibility of happiness.
One other quotation tor the benefit of
parents, and 1 am done:
“It is customary, but I think it is a mis
take, to speak of happy childhood. Children,
however, are often over-anxious and acutely
sensitive. Man ought to be a man, and
master of his fate, but children are at the
mercy of those around them, Mr. Rarey, the
great horse tamer, has told its that he has
known an angry word raise the pulse oi a
horse ten beats in a minute. Think then
how it must affect a child.”
We forg -t our blessings because they are
always with us: few of us appreciate the
number of our everyday blessings; we think
they are trifles and yet “trifles make perfec
tion, and perfection, is no trifle.”
Their Sweet Expression.
“The secret, perhaps,” 'says a trtivoler, "of
the sweet expression and habitual serenity oS
the Japanese women can be found in their
freedom from small worries. The fashion of
dress never varying saves the wear of mind
| on that .subject. And the bareness of the
houses tutd simplicity of diet make house
keeping a mere bagatelle. Wferything is ex,
quisitely clean and easily kept so. There is
no paint, no drapery, no crowd of little orna
ments, no coining into the houses with the
footgear worn in the dusty streets. And
there is the peaceful feeling of living in rooms
that can be turned into balconies and reran
das at a moment’s notice,-of having walls that
slide away as freely as do the scenes on th«
stage and let in all out of doors, or change the
suites of rooms to the shape and size that the
whim of the day or the hour requires.”
CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE KINGDOM
A Gossipy Exchange of Views Among the
Eadies for Themselves.
Note—Letters written on both sides of the paper
cannot be printed. F 1
Notice.
The correspondents of this department will
please address their letters to 480 Courtland
Avenue, Atlanta, Ga.
We cannot advertise in this department
,£ vc . letters have been received tins week
Onermg articles ami mentioning a fixed price
we leave out all such letters; do not object to
simple exchanges, but other offers will be left
out.
th'e’ ! wh l Y a ?“'’ Sene ™’ s -
bi i my son, John Berry Har-
... . ” hcu lnst heard from—about a year
Tcv a !< 7‘ e - ra )>h operator at Thurber,
11,1 is nineteen years old, fair com
plexion, open face, light hair, blue eyes \nv
totoimation concerning hi i]i; b ’ e
•fu.'ly appreciated by his parents.
Mrs. Fannie Simmons, Hayes Tor —T
to the Woman’s Kingdom 7 hAptog' to gmn
ra cdn” " ly kil " J r<-d. I TVs
begimiing oft’ ,lly ,uother di ”d about the
Im w- ..n W "‘V’ nl - v "ent to
tn> w.u and I never heard of him anv more-
In-name was Aaron Robertson. I wis ’ all
l Off ' U ' vith - Mr - J ”h»
j, in, at J airburu. My name was chaimed
from Rachael to Fannie Robertson.
T?nn’ I,’ n ’ lnillt 'o». Stewart’s Ferry,
. 1 n ; As otnors, we come to vou asking
about children of an aunt, Margaret or
Al whose maiden name was Ham-
ilton, and xvho moved from Hie vicinity of
Nashville, Tenn., about sixtv-flve years ago
Siu- mid sons named Hamill.m and John, anti
daughters named Elmira, Mary, and others
" lies ■ imm< s are lost. As we remember, the
fann y went to Polk county. Arkansas. Any
inl’orimititin furnished by any reader, of The
Constitution will in* appreciated and thank
fully received. Will furnish stamps for cor
respondence.
Mrs. D. S. Smith, Flatonia, Tex., wishes
to hear from her niotlier-in-law's relatives.
'l’itey lived near Ellterton, Elbert county,
Georgia. I don’t know what year she left
there. She came to Texas in 1856. Her
maiden name was Frances Penn. Her
mother’s name was Mary Penn. Her sister
Lucinda married a schoolteacher named
Threlkeld. see.. family and
ildrei ’ b
Pleas., print this as I am anxious to hear
ble if any one will pay for stamps or other
ble,’ if any one will answer.
Airs M A C. Mavben, Atherton. Texas.—l have
P-ainedagreat ileal of ini urination through the
W em u ’sTm.rdom.for winch lam vny thankful.
1H i there i< m> ]>apev like The Constitution.
Iv■ t. totell all of the readersol The Constitu
tion that I make eas' cakes that never tail to r so
and if H.e\ want x.me all ‘.aye to do is to
<t’»ii’ *? D.:V poKti*. '.e on them. I 'vih
Hie > • s m-u.v as t he' want, but I cannot afford to
pay the postage, which will be about 1 cent per
°T hTo two singing mocking birds .that I willex
ebanwe for anything <>f the same value, ".iteto
me if vou want Hm birds and enclose .stamp tor
postage. Address as above.
Airs II Scott, Kerrville, Tex.—My son, Roy
aged foul teen, has been confined to
to- chair rinert so, ..uto-r w.-h
inii.. minatory rliemnatism. lam>m i!j tax .d
to keep him amused. His latest mbfo J
tin- eo’ieetion of canceled stamps, winch just
now affords him great pleasure. If any of
tile Sisters w 11 Semi him what stamps they
van eol.ee; 1 will appreciate Hie kindness, and
if tlu v are rare, surii as confederate, for
eign, ollieial, telegraph and the higher values
of Hie now Co'.nmlrian issue, I will return the
favor in native ferns and cactus. My time
is too much occupied for correspondence on
the subject, but 1 wi?l try to be guided by
the golden rtiie, and return a fair equivalent
■based on prlites for flowers and stamps in
catalogues. The Constitution is a delightful
paper.
Mrs. Alice Sage, Paducah, Tex.—l love to
read Hie sisters’ letters so much, though I
am not much at writing myself. I want to
known if any of The Constitution's many
readers can tell me where 1 would be likely
to sell a very old violin. It is in a good
state of preservation and lias a very sweet
sound It lias this inscription on the inside
on a pap.r yellow’ with age: "Joseph G-ar ;
net-ions. Eeeit Cre.ms>nae Anno 1.13. I. 11. b.
One letter is put out of tin* secoiul name, lint
ven see it is ISO years old and it is sound
all but .me .-racked pla.-e, wnicli can be
clued If we could dispose of it for a good
ill-ice I would be verv thankful, as all of us
L..<l ’i’exis settlers need all Hie money we
can get.' as our crops are very near a com
plete fttilure this year as . they were last.
\Ve h ive no garden, no fruit or anything to
e- .mix'what we buy, and are so far froni
tile railroad we don’t get anvtluiig that uaj
Hat s shipped. except .lined fruits or
c‘ ned. Sometimes I ger wry hunw for
1 . - O od ripe fruit, but we will have all
H.-it in Him-. The first settlers ot a country
alxvavs imve the hardships to beau I noug |
wo h!V“ 'M»t as many to boai as they ustd
TT've: " ’on, the todians ( wew hm’e.jow,
T"will‘’'be vet”, thankful and will pay
Hiem for their trouble. Address as above.
I E Boothe, Allentown. Ga.—T wish to
mike a correction in my letter ulii.li .tp
h-inxl iti Constitution ot the loti, in-
L.Jnr it should be Louisiana instead of
Dominion. Thus: Jr any of the survivors ot
the Tweii! v-sewnth regiment. Louisiana, Com-
E tiiat went from B.vronvilie. La., m
is,’’ T E Paxton, captain, and Lieutenants
lii totower and 1. I’. Webb, see this m print
p ease write to the above address. I will
le U;'r" H.'"/;.'l-’aircliii.l. Forest, Miss.-TDough
so loiig silent. I read each week all of the
1 ners wlil'to appear in our dear oiu familiar
d.nartmeut. I regret so few write: interest
to have llaggexi .luring these enervating
hot d'iv.s O, bm hasn’t it been warm! I have
envied'Mrs. i’eary her Arctic trip. 1 suppose
•i‘l have imve felt a similar interest ami eiiri
foiiv'in rei-ard to Hie North pole wliieli 1 have
e -r expcricncei-l. 1 hope Captain I’eary’s
xvil’ be *i successful expedition. Willi Walter
Jlesant 1 have always had a peculiar fancy in
r.c.''.“ice t<> an interim diate state for tli<»
f'd'i.ful H think the Bible toadies liiere is
oii' t and with him it has been my (unspoken)
f inev that it is a northern twilight land of
supreme beauty, ivliieh, however, hasn’t a
scriptural foundation. I would like to have
the views of others of this department in ref
erence to this and other vital subjects.
I vish to say here tiiat many write to me
xvitb.mt em-losing a stamp for reply; 1 cannot
ronlv to sii'-h. While 2 cents is a small
anfoimt. in Hie aggregate it amounts to con-
I have a curious old-fashioned re
book, so old it gives recipes for the
e,r'o and cure of camel’s meat, talismanie
chi rms for diseases and love potions; it is
oiid and a great enriosßy.
A Virginia Romance.
A r<‘lu.'iiit ic story of (‘onsf/uicy in ftdvorso
cir.unistan.es comes from Virginia. A pretty
•rirl was beloved by a youth, whose sudden
loss of fortune caused her parents to forbid
the match. The young people resolved to
k’oiHL The lover arrived at the appointed
hour under his lady s window. Unluckily she
had been locked in her room, but rather than
"ive up the plan, she leaped fifteen feet to the
grotiud, dislocating her ankle severely. The
fHE WEEKLY CONSTITUIIONi ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 5,1893
| young man carried her to a churchyard hard
by. called up a surgeon, who set the ankle,
carried his fair one to a vehicle, which took
them to the house ot a magistrate, who duly
tied the nuptial knot.
AAC//.IAGJ-; A/AT.
Mrs. Annie New, Webb, Miss., has pink
dahlias and many other plants to exchange
for goods for children's clothes. Write for
particulars.
Mrs. H. G. Fairchild, Forest, Miss., has
pairs and trios of pure brown Iveghorns for
exchange.
Miss Hortense Todd, Jefferson, N. C.,
wshes to exchange some songs for the ans
wer to "Too Late.”
C. T. Herrington, Girth. Ga., wishes to
exchange a delightful country home for
city real estate.
C. A. Bell, Saratoga# N. C., will give a
nice book, worth 25 cents, for twenty-live
Columbian canceled stamps, also other ex
changes. Write for particulars.
E. C. Logan, Jr., Greenville, S. C.,
wishes to exchange anything useful for
confederate bills and stamps. Write for
particulars.
Mrs. Virginia Yerman, Verbena, Ala.,
has Nottingham lace curtains to exchange.
'Write what yon have ami for partculars.
Mrs., 11. J. ’Williams. Big Sandy, Ga.,
wishes to exchange young, tame mocking
birds for Pekin ducks. Write for particu
lars.
WOMAN'S RIGHTS.
Privileges Which One Learned Lady Vigor
ously Abused.
From The Providence Journal.
Lovely woman has had a great time in
Chicago this year, what with congresses
about this or that, but according to the story
told by one down-trodden and defenseless
man, she is sometimes inclined to presume
upon her superiority.
“I was in Hie smoking car,” he says, “en
joying n porfecto, when a woman came in
and looked around in utter disgust and con
tempt. She grabbed my cigar out of my
teeth and chucked it through ths window.
“ ‘Look here, ma’am,’ said I, ‘tills isn’t
your car, and that was not the act of a lady.
If you had said that smoke was offensive to
you I would 'have put out my cigar.’
“‘I don’t care,’ said she. ‘There ain’t
any seats in the other ears, and I’m not g
ing to be compelled to breathe this filthy
smoke. I guess I’ve got as good a right
here as anybody.’
“She was ‘tall, bony and yellow.’ and she
was going to Chicago to lecture, so that she
had her way. But It is becoming more mid
more obvious that if the men ever expect to
get their rights they will have to fight for
them.”
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.
Soma Helps for Housekeepers Briefly
Given.
It saves time and labor to have a broom,
brush and dustpan for every floor in the house.
The best way when hot grease has been
spilled on the floor is to dash cold water over
it, so as to harden it quickly and prevent it
striking into the boards.
Molasses used in cooking should be pre
viously boiled and skimmed. This removes
the raw taste.
The best way of treating a stove which has
not been blacked for some time is to rub It
well with a newspaper, adding a little clean
grease of some kind. It will soon take a
polish after a few treatments of this sort.
If ink is spattered on woodwork »it may be
taken out by scouring with sand and water
and a little ammonia, then rinse with s»Lt
water.
illness, where the burning thirst of ti>« patten
cannot be assuaged by cracked ice or water
that a teaspoonful of glycerine will afford
prompt and comparatively long relief.
A French authority on cooking gives these
rules for testing the heat of an oven: Try it
with a piece of wbiJe paper. If too hot the
paper will blacken or blaze up; if it becomes
a li"-ht vellow. it is fit for pastry; if it turns
dark veiloxv, It is fit for bread and the heav
ier kinds of cake; if light yellow, the oven is
ready for sponge cake and the lighter kinds
of desserts _
Women with pale, colorless faces, who feel
weak and discouraged, will receive both men
tal and bodily vigor by using Carters Iron
Pills, which are made for the blood, nerves
and complexion.
Good to Know.
Most ’people know tiiat to use soda for
washing colored prints will destroy the color
of the fabrics. It is less well known that
this rule does not apply to shades of violet
anil lavender, which are found to be faster
and brighter for a rinse in water containing a
proportion of soda.
Mrs Winslow’s Soothing syrup for children
teething produces natural, quiet sleep; 25c. a
bottle.
HARD TIMES NEARLY OVER.
B radstreet’s and Dun Say Business Ts Rapid
ly Improving.
New York, September 1. —Bradstreet’s to
morrow will say: The clouds over the geneial
business situation throughout the country
have continued to break away, 'this is the
second week in which an actual improve
ment has been recorded, as Indicated by an
increase in volume and distribution
of merchandise reported at Cincinnati,
Chicago. St. Louis, Kansas City
and Omaha. More travelers have been
sent on! from these and other points, and
manufacturing industries there as well as at
larger eastern centers have in a number of
instances begun starting up, some without
special orders.
11. G. Dun & Co.’s weeky review <>f i rec
will say: The industrial situation mends but
little. The sign ... .
a week ago were scarcely sustained, for,
while twelve textile and thirteen steel con
cerns have resumed after stoppage, fifty-live
textill- and two steel concerns have stopped.
In addition, thirteen others have reduced wo.K
iiiU’ liin’-*, iiiul sovcnil Jiuvc rctliK. »‘IL v\oikibjs
A more satisfactory indication is that the
failures are greailv diminished in importance
and some in number. The number reported
during the past week in Hie I uited States
is against 118 for the same week last
year, and in Canada 2‘.l against 28 last year.
In Hie eastern states the failures number 14J;
In the western 142 and in the southern 6u,
showing an improvement in_each section.
EZETA DENIES IT,
Though a Third Party lie Talks About That
Marriage to Miss Wrieht.
San Francisco, August 30. —The consul of
Salvador, in San Francisco, has been in
structed to perforin a singularly delicate
task, to-wit: to deny an announcement of an
engagement of marriage.
’file story, which lie otiieially declares to be
untrue announced Hie engagement of General
Antonio Ezeta, president-elect of Salvador,
and brother of Charles Ezeta, now presinent
of tile Central America republic, to Miss. Ida
Dent Wright, of Atlanta. Ga., daughter of
Mrs. Marie Robinson Wright, correspondent
in Central America of Tin- New York World.
Senor I’oiriere, ex-lfnnister from Salvador
to Mexico, who is now in San Francisco,
wailing to take a steamer to his country,
having completed his diplomatic service in
Mexico, is ready also to make a declaration
of denial. . ~ ~
“Wlien 1 was in the City of Mexico, said
he yesterday. ”1 heard of Hits statement that
w;is tho rounds of th<* papers, and
forthwith' telegrtptffd my congratulations to
General Antonio Ezeta, but he replied that
there was no truth in the report and that ho
had no intention of marrying.”
Mrs Wright and her daughter passed
through this city last April on their --.v to
Central America and remained for several
da vs at the I’alace hotel. Their home is in
Atlanta. Ga.. but they have been living for
some time past in Hie City of Mexico, in
which place Mrs. Wright then was correspon
dent of Hie paper of which she now writes
from Salvador.
Both Mrs. Wright and her daughter are
gentlewomen of tine appearance and educa
tion While in Hie City of Mexico they lived
at tin- Hotel Itiirbide and wore notable
members of the best social circle of the
Mexican capital.
HANGMAN’S DAY.
IN SOUTH CAROLINA THEBE WERE
SIX LEGAL EXECUTIONS.
George Turner, the Wealthy White Man
W hose Case Attracted e<> Much Attention,
Hung—Other Criminal Matters.
Columbia, S. 0., September I.— (Special.)
This is hangmau's day in South Carolina
with a vengeance. Five negroes and a
rich and powerful white man constitute the
unusual record of this black Friday.
The crimes and the execution of the
criminals are told in the following dis
patches to The Constitution’s Columbia bu
reau-
The Hanging of Turner.
Spartanburg, S. C-, September 1. —(Spe-
cial.) —George S. Turner has received the
bitter fruit of his crime. This ease has
created a great deal of interest, not only
throughout this state, but in other states,
owing to the prominent position occupied
by tlie prisoner and the great wealth at his
command. If has long been said that
South Carolina kept a rich man's court
house and a poor man’s jail, but this
charge can be no longer laid to the state,
’’’he man who but a few hours ago suffered
upon the gallows had ample wealth at his
command and was backed by influential
and strong friends,. but they availed him
naught, and he was meted out the same
justice as the most ignorant negro who
violates the law.
Turner met death with wonderful nerve.
Though for two years he was confined in a
dark cell and shackled to the floor, never
did he manifest4he slightest penitence for
the murder of his brother-in-law- During
his confinement he gave his attention to
money-making and accumulated upwards
of $5,000 by real estate speculations.
on tlm .'caff.iKl.
Turner marched with a firm step through
a bard rain to the scaffold. As he took
his place and the sheriff read the death
warrant his face turned pale and his hand
twitched nervously, but otherwise he
showed no tremor. When asked if he had
anything to say he shook his head. He
whispered a word to Mr. Andrew Aloore,
his attorney, and calmly stepped on the
trap door. AVhcn the drop ft'ij 9t 1- <
Turner’s neck was broken, lhere were
a few spasmodic motions and in fifteen
minutes he was dead.
Sketch of Turner’* Life.
George S. Turner was born on July
2G, 1850, in the eastern part of this
county on Thieketty creek. His parents
were highly respectable people and one of
the best families in the county. Being born
just before the war and the conflict break
ing out just at the time when he should
have been in school, the boy received no
educational advantages and it is doubtful
at the close of the war whether he could
either reail“or write his name. At the
close of the civil war Turner entered into
the kluklux war in this section with all
the reckless zeal of an ignorant seventeen
year-old. boy. In consequence of his con
nection with the kluklux, he was forced
to leave home when about twenty years
old.
A Wife’s Beautiful Devotion.
Turner married a Miss Finger, sister of
the man whom he subsequently killed and
for whose life he today paid the penalty
of the law.
Three children were born to him, two
sons and a daughter. They are bright,
handsome children and were devoted to
their unfortunate father. Turner married
Miss Finger when she was but a girl. He
sent her to school and gave her every pos
sible advantage. Her fidelity to him during
bis trouble is a striking illustration of the
beauty and strength of woman’s devotion
and faithfulness to the man she loves.
I'hin “h. remained ste«dfa«t in her devotion
““f'lTte. Verily horn <v«» a woman a
love that pnssoth understanuing.
Turner’s First Crime.
Turner’s first crime was the <> f
a German named Julius Metzkia,
which occurred Sunday afternoon,
t , 2d 1887- Metzkia was
a' I 'laborer ’ on Turner’s place and the
men had some dispute in the morning
about wages. In bis testimony 1 urner
stated that the German had attack it him
in the morning with an ax, and it was with
great difficulty that he saved his life, lu
the afternoon Metzkia returned ami resum
ed the quarrel, saying that, he was going
to kill him. As he . was com
ing in the door with a pistol tn his band
Turner, who was inside the door, shot him
in the head with a gun. killing him imme
diately. This is substantially what .tur
ner stated at his first trial.
Ed Finger, the man Turner subsequently
killed, and Clara Finger, whom he seduced,
both testified in his behalf in this ease.
Turner’s Second Crime.
Turner’s next offense against the laws of
God and man was the killing of his brother
in-law, Edward H. Finger, on Friday,
March 7, 18!)0.
When Turner slew Julius Metzkia three
years ago, the Fingers came devotedly to
iiis support, even at. the expense of losing
much of the good will and opinion of their
neighbors. Ed Finger swore to a story
of a pistol belonging to Metzkia, which was
so incredible Hint it was not repeated on
the second trial. .Mrs. Finger and Miss
Clara Finger gave testimony in his faxot,
which was directly contradicted by some of
the best men in the oninty. 'lheir
monv did much to acquit Turner. Lueii
subsequent suffering at his hands seems al
most the nemesis of fate.
Some time after this trial. Miss Cl.ua
Finger, who was a beautiful girl of
eighteen, was passing through Spartanburg,
on her wav to school. She met het bioth
er-in-law here. She wanted to buy some
shoes, and Turner told. her *<- "• ls
proper to trv on shoes tn the stole, bn
tb it if she would go to the hotel he would
send them to her She " ent: 1 ni’ner <a.r
ried the shoes to her tn person, and thuc
Xmplished her min. of
shame is fold among her noighbo.s.
Tin* uirl’s father was dead. H< i biotin i
did not slay her betrayer, but suit was
brought for $25,000 damages.
Both Ed Ci'.ger ami Mrs. Finger have
sued him also lor money which they a huge
iie borrowed from them and would not ic
tUAfter the ruin of the girl Turner went
. m,.« Fin-er’s house. Ed Finger met
dm at‘the d°oor and told him he could not
enter the house. Alien he persisrid 1 tu
ger leveled his shotgun ou him and J urnei
W Tbe a feeling on both sides was bitter.
t March 1890, Finger had come to tms
Jv X was goik homo somewhat under
S ’influence of liquor- He
i .... the nublic highxriay by tuimis
store merrily singing as ho came down the
hill \“ng home. Here Turner met hnn
coinin'’’ from his store, some distance fiont
the mail, for the purpose, and a qnaii«l
followed. What words passed nobody but
Turner knows, but Finger drew his pistol,
which caucht in his pocket and accidental!..
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with deadly' effect. The wounded man
walked a few steps and fell dead.
Double Hanging at Mt. Flensant.
Mount Pleasant, S. C-, September I.
(Special.)—There was a double hanging
here today. The victims were Oscar
Johnson and Henry Ewing, both colored.
Johnson’s crime was the diabolical butch
ery- of a well known white citizen, Henry
Tweitmann, of Lincolnville, and his wife,
one night last March just before they were
dosing the store. When Johnson was cap
tured an attempt was made to lynch him.
Johnson proved to be a Georgia murderer
who had escaped the gallows on. a plea of
insanity. In Augusta he ravaged his sis
ter-in-law, chopped off her head with a
hatchet and threw the body into the river.
Remembering that, the woman had his
night key in her pocket he sneaked back
to the river, swam to where the body was
flnating, got the key' and went to bed as if
nothing had happened- He was sent to
the state asyiuni, but escaped and came to
South Carolina. He tried the insanity
dodge in his trial in this state, but was
.sentenced to hang.
The other negro hanged was Henry Ew
ing, who killed Tony Fickling. The men
had quarreled about Fickling’s mistress.
After parting Ewing deliberately pointed
his gun at Fickling. Ewing’s wife took
lhe cap off the gun, but he replaced it and
fired, killing Fickling.
Three of a Kind at Lauren!!.
Laurens, S. C., September I.—(Special.)
A trio of negro criminals met death on
the scaffold here today at 12:50 o’clock p.
m.—Wade Cannon, George Bowers and
Henry Ferguson.
Charles Green, Wade Cannon and George
Bowers, all colored, were convicted last
July of arson—burning the dwelling of J-
D. Hairston. They were convicted on
circumstantial evidence and their own
confessions. In the ease of Green an ap
peal was taken and the sentence sus
pended. The men, since their conviction,
claimed that the confessions were extorted
and that they were innocent, but not
afraid to die. An intelligent jury passed
upon the question of their innocence or
guilt and it. is not probable that the judge
and the solicitor would allow their execu
tion to take place if there were a serious
doubt of guilt.
John Ferguson cut his wife’s throat on
a Sabbath day in .March last, lie was
twenty-four years old. An effort was
made to show that he was an epileptic and
that he killed the woman in a fit of emo
tional insanity from jealousy. A petition
signed by strong and influential citizens
who had doubts as to his responsibility
was sent to the governor. The presiding
judge and the solicitor reported umavora
bly thereon. While the hurricane wildly
raged last Sunday he sat as calm as a
May morning in his cell reading a Bible.
Cannon and Bowers steadfastly main
tained their innocence, and even after
being put on the trap persisted that they
were innocent, Ferguson confessed that
lie deserved death for killing his wife, but
said that he could suffer death with a will
ing heart.
Hanging from a Trestle.
Cincinnati, 0., September 2. —A dispatch
from Mi Kenuy, Ky., states that Mill At
tison, colored, aged twenty years, who as
saulted Samuel Cpthegrove’s little girl yes
terday, was hanged by a mob of 150 men
there tonight. Attison acknowledged his ■
crime and asked that hi* body be sent to I
his mother, .Mrs. Willie Attison, of llarri- '
man, Tenn. At his request M. W. Sneed
made a brief prayer, after which the negro
was hanged to the south end of the trestle
spanning South Fork. L’pthegrove, the
girl s father, gave Attison a good supper
before the hanging and asked the mob not
to shoot the prisoner after he was strung
up- The mob was very quiet and orderly. I
A in Aliaminvippi.
Woodville, Miss., September I.—Milton Tuck- I
er, colored, was hanged here at 12:2o o’clock '
p. m. His crime was tile murder of his little I
step-sou. There was a large crowd of peo
ple In town to witness the execution.
assault in the twelve-yenj-old dauglller of I
Section Master J. W. McDaniels, who had :
left her witli her little brother in the
woods about ten miles from here.
McDaniels and others tjhased him, but he |
escaped until today, when lie was caught.
lie was surrounded by Hie men with open ‘
knives and a buggy trace and was held
readv but Thompson managed to pull away
and run in the woods. Hounds were sent
after him. but he soon tamed them and is
still at large. *
DROPPED BY THE DALTONS.
The Outlaws Kill Two of the Marshal’s Poss®.
Capture of Arkan«u» Tom.
Arkansas City, Kas., September 2.
News today from the fight between the
Dalton gang and the United States mar
shal's posse is to the effect that two of
the marshal's men. Speed and Shadley, were
killed and Depuiv Houston fatally w.ntndel.
N. A. Walker," N. D. Murray, G. W.
Ransom and a boy named Briggs were
wounded ami a young man named Simmous
instantly killed.
The marshals having been informed that
the gang were in town, drove out to ar
rest them and were fired on by the outlaws
when they dismounted. The lire was re
turned and the outlaws started for their
horses. Bill Dalton's horse was instantly
killed by Shadley and as the horse fell
Dalton got on his feet and from a distance
of 200 yards pumped four shots with his
Winchester into the body of Shadley. Ar
kansas Tom, one of the outlaws, was held
at bay in a frame hotel, where he took
refuge. Messengers were sent to Still
water for assistance and the sheriff left
at once with a posse to the scene. The
outlaw finally surrendered.
It- is thought that Arkansas Tom is the
man who killed Deputy Marshal Speed
and the Simmons boy and wounded Mar
shal Houston. He is committed io Still
water jail guarded by a posse. There
were six in the gang, five of whom escaped.
They are being pursued by posses.
THIS WOULD AND THE NEXT.
The Dajakeso, of Borneo, never bury a
dead member of their tribe until a slave can
be procured, who is beheaded at the inter
ment or cremation, to attend the deceased
iu tlfb next world.
There is one place in France in which
gravestones and funeral epitaphs are un
known. This is ’the village of Bouzeias in
the Maritime Alps. The dead arc not buried,
but thrown into a bonehouse.
A Chinaman buys his coffin often many
years before his death and keeps it in his
house as a most valuable article ot furniture.
The most cherished present a sou can make
to his father is a handsome coffin.
A spiritualistic periodical published in
London gravely announces that it lias “Se
cured the exclusive collaboration of William
Shakespeare in the spirit world.” and the
public is warned that alleged communications
from him appearing in any other paper are
spurious.
Orthodox Turks shave the head with the
exception of a tuft on the crown, which is
left to insure a tight grip to Hie angel of the
resurrection when lit' comes to pull them out
of the grave on the day of judgment.
The destruction of human life by wild ani
mals and snakes in India varies from year
to year. In 1891 more human beings were
killed by wild boasts and snakes than in
18'10 the deaths being respectively 24.300 and
•>••'801 of which by far Hie largest proportion
—more thau 21,000 in each case—were due to
snakes.
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