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CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1896.
VOLUME XLIII. NUMBER 2236
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THE
CHARLOTTE DEMOCRAT
PUBLISHED KVKBY FRIDAY
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Terms One Dollar in advance; Two Dol
lars on time
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Entered at the Post Office in Charlotte, N. C,
as second class matter, according to me rales ol
the P. O. Department.
DRS. McCOMBS & GIBBON,
DESIRE TO INFORM THE PUBLIC,
That they have this day entered into a copart
nersbip for the
PRACTICE OF MEDICINE,
AND
SURGERY.
March 1, 1895.
March 15, 1895.
JOHN FARRIOR,
so 4 SOUTa TRYON STREET, CHARLOTTJfij. N. C.
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER.
DEALER IN
Diamonds. Watches, Clocks, Jewelry;, Sil
ver and Silver Plated Ware.
ty Special attention given to Fine Watch
Repairing.
Jan 25, 1895.
BURWELL, WALKER & CANSLER,
Attorneys-At-Law,
ROOMS KOS 5, 6, AND 13, LAW BUILDING,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Jan 4, 1895.
DR. E. P. EEERANS,
DENTIST,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Office 7 West Trade Street
Nov. 2, 1894
HUGH W. HARRIS,
Attorney an Counsellor at Law,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
July 6, 1895:
F. I. OSBORNE, W. C- MAXWELL, J. W. KEERANS.
OSBORNE, MAX'WELL & KEERANS,
Attorneys' at Law.
n H ARLOTI'E. N. C.
:t tW Offices 1 and 3 Law Bn ilding.
J Will practice in the State and Federal Courts.
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Oct 20, 1895.
DRS. M. A. & C. A. BL AND,
Dentists.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
No. 21 Tbton Street.
Jan. 3, 1896.
-.SRRIOT CLARK80N. CHA8. H. DULB
CLARKSON & DULS,
Attorneys at Law,
Charlotte, N. C.
.'irnmn1 ;,. -ntion given to all business m-
rfed! WW Practice in Rl1 Court8 of the
State.
arOffice No. 12 Aw Building.
Oct. 7, 1886.
H. N, PH-RR.
ATTORNEY AT JjAW.
Office No. 14. Law BtLilding.
Prompt attention to all business fetrusted.
Special attention given to claims. Practice in
State and Federal Courts.
Jan. 6, 1895.
THE ACKNOWLEDGED
Leading Seeds Are
B UISTSI - B UISTSII
We open ours today, fresh from the grower.
Plant only "Buist's Prize Medal Seeds," and
you are sure of a crop.
R. H. JORDAN & CO ,
Jan. 19. 1895. Retail Druggists
GO TO ALEXANDER'S
DRDG STORE,
NO. 210, NORTH TRYON STREET.
Keeps a well assorted stock of all articles usualy
kept in a Drug House
J. B- ALEXANDER.
The Poor prescribed for free.
April, 8, 1895.
FINEST LOT
Ever brought to Charlotte. This is
no idle boast We have the finest
lot of PERFUMES in the city. Rick
secker's best io FANCY Bottles, .
Cases, Flasks, etc.. in GOOD shape
for an EL HO ANT PRESENT. It
RECOMMENDS ITS ELF. IT
WILL PAY YOU TO SEE IT
R H. JORDAN & CO., Druggists
Dec. 28, 1896
E. NYE HUTCHISON.
FIRE INSURANCE.
Offices 16 East Trade Street; 4 North Tyon
Street, up stairs.
Feb. 19. 1895.
QUEEN CITY HOTEL.
In visiting Charlotte,
Don't fail to stop at the Queen City Hotel,
Corner East Fifth and College Sts,
Everything first-class.
RATES, $100 PER DAY.
July 6, 1895. W J MOORE, Prop'r.
Surgical Instruments.
A full line of Surgical Instruments at Manufac
turer's prices. Call and examine them.
tW Mail orders will be promptly attended to
R. II. JORDAN & CO.
Bept 20, 1895-
Free Coinage First, Then Fiat Money.
We admit that the free and unlimited
coinage of silver ulone would not afford
the needed relief, but it will be a big
step in tbe right direction and will mean
a big Populist victory, because tbe enact
ment of a free silver law will establish
the Populist principle of flat money. It
will prove what the Populists have been
saying all along-, namely : that it is the law
that makes money, and that money is
simply a creature of law. When this
idea ia established by practice, it will be
an easy matter to get a still greater in
crease in the volume of money by ad
ditional greenback currency until tbe
amount shall have become large enough
to meet the business reniiiremor.tn of t.h
country, so that the grinding credit
system mav be disnensed with. Our
Jlame, Beaver Dam, Union County.
TRUSTEE'S SALE
Whereas John M. Hanna and Rosa J. Hanna
did on the 10th day of January, 1890. execute
and deliver to Albert R. Shattuck, Trustee, a trust
deed on certain lands in Mecklenburg County,
State of North Carolina, therein escribed, to
secure the sum of $1,000, due by aid John
M Hanna and Rosa J. Hanna to the British &
American Mortgage Company, Limited, which
said trust deed is recorded ia Mecklenburg
County, in Deed Book 69. Pace 262. to which
reference 's hereby made; and whereas default
to as Deen made in the pavutDt of the moneys se
cured by said trust deed; and whereas the under
signed has been duly appointed substituted trus
tee in tne place of said Albert R. Shattuck. as
provided in said trust deed, and has been duly
rtquesieu vi execuie me trust xnerein contained;
Now therefore notice is hereby eiven. that un -
der and by virtue of the power contained in said
trust deed, l, tne undersigned substituted trustee.
on Monday, the 6th day of April, 1896, at 12
o'clock M., at the Court House door, in the city
of Charlotte, N. C, in Mecklenburg County, will
by public auction sell to the highest bidder for
cash the following described property, viz:
une nundred (iOU) acres more or less adioimng
the lands of Mary Barnett, Qeorge Elliott and
others, and bounded as follows, to wit: Begin
ning at a Spanish oak on the branch, and runs
Dortb 44 deg E43 poles to a stone, thence north
52 deg W 54 poles to a stone, thence north 61
deg W 59 poles to a stone pile, thence south 61
deg W 33 poles to a Black Jack, thence south 29
deg W 114 poles to a sour wood, thence souih 65
deg E216 poles to a poplar stump on the branch,
thence with the meandenogs of the branch to the
beginning.
Said land will be sold to satisfy the debt se
cured by said trust deed, and such title will b
given as, is vested in said trustee.
V. T. CAJNSL.JSK,
Substituted Trustee.
Mch 7, 1896 5w
TRUSTEE'S SALE.
Under and by virtue of a Deed of Trust ex
ecuted to me by Isom and Jane Torrence. and
registered in Book 86, page 512, etc, in the office
ot the Register of Deeds for Mecklenburg
county florin. Carolina, i will sell lor cash at tne
County Court House Door, in the city of Char
lotte, North Carolina, on Monday, the 30th day of
March. 1896. at 12 o'clock M., that following lot
of land in the city pf Charlotte, bounded and
described as follows: Commencing at a stake,
J. B. Kerr's old corner, 300 feet from the inter
section of Myers and Eighth streets on 8th street,
and runs with Eighth street in an eastarn direc
tion fifty feet to a stake; thence parallel with
Myers street in a northern direction ninety-nine
feet to a stake; thence in a western direction fifty
feet to a stake in Kerr's line; thence ninety-nine
feet to tbe beginningsame being part of the
Englehard lot and same being house and Jot now
occupied by Isom and Jane Torrence and being
conveyed by J. H Wearn and wife to them,
deed dated November 2nd, ls92. and duly re
corded. HERIOT CLARKSON,
Feb. 28, 1896. 5w Trustee.
Notice of Administration.
Having qualified as administrator of the estate
of the late J. Q. Potts, d ceased, all persons
holding claims against said estate are hereby no
tified to present the same to the undersigned on
or before the 20th day of March, 1897. or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery
This March 18th, 1896.
W. M. BARRINOER,
Administrator, of Estate of J. Q. Potts, dee'd.
March 20. 1896. 6w
Administrator's Notice.
Having Qualified as Administrator with the
will annexed of Mary Jane Qiiffln, deceased,
notice is hereby given to all persons having
claims against the Estate of said deceased to
present the same to me for .payment, properly
vertified, on or before the 13th day of March
1897, or this notice will be plead in bar or tneir
recovery. . :li
All persons inaeDtea to me sam Jiisiau; win
please make prompt payment.
This Marcn lain iao.
M. W. GRIFFIN, Adminstrator,
With will annexed of Mary Jane Urimn, de-
March 12th, 1896 6vv
FRESH MEATS, GAME.
FINE GROCERIES.
SEE ME
Eefore Selling Your Choioe
BEEF CATTLE, PORK. EGGS,
CHICKENS, .ike.
Always in Market for above.
GEO. S. HALL.
Feb 28, 1896 .
ACROSTIC.
T homas & Maxwell for Furniture are renowned.
H onest goods at their store are found.
O riginators of novelties they are. It's true.
M oney on Furniture they can save to you.
A parlor, a bedroom, or a kitchen set;
8 myrna rugs and lambrequins you here can get
a .J fn,n!inM hrin.a-hrfto. nnvpltiea too.
N ew styles Thomua& Maxwell have for you.
D cn't make a mistake on "The Hustlers" call.
M ost for the least money they i ffer all.
A n enviable reputation they have won.
X celled in Charlotte they are by none.
W ondr's bargains in all department bear in mind
E very thing for a home you here will find.
L ook where you will, go where you may.
L eaders Thomas & Maxwell are to-day.
We also keen stoves.
That will bake the finest loaves.
WARM OVER SHOES.
Ladies wool lined plain rubber ovetohoe,
price 50 cents, less than you can buy than any
where in America; Ladies plain overshoe
"gold seal" brand every pair warranted,
PRICE 50c.
This overshoe will wear longer than two
pairs of any other, ever made, comes high up all
round, affording more protection fro mud,
rain; or snow, than any of the fancy styles cdst
ing as much, and not near so good.
LADIES RUBBER BOOTS,
for working garden In early spring, every lad
should have a pair With rubber boots you will
not mind the weather 'so the wind dont blow.
PRICE $2 00.
Best stock of shoes in the State.
Jan. 24, 189 6 GILREATH & CO.
Why Is this Thus?
A baseball went around a cuiye,
A bat went on a strike,
A tooth from sheer fright lost its nerve,
A pike pole lott its pike.
A football raised a mighty kick,
A needle hurt its knee,
A sickle died from being sick,
An eyelet couldn't see.
And once a bull frog barked his shin,
A fish weighed wiih his scales,
A dinner made an awful din,
A nail keg trimmed its noils.
A tree had just as leaf as not,
A polecat polled its votes,
A garden made a garden plot
To make goatees of goats.
A sidewalk fell and hurt its side,
A coal mine caught a cold,
A chipmunk ate a chip and died,
A bowlder grew more bold. -
A crematory mtde ice cream,
An "hours" told tbe hours,
All seams are not what they seem;
All bloomers are not flowers
New York World
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Why Men Should Marry.
It was clearly meant that all men, as
well as all women, should marry; and
those, for whatever reason, miss this
obvious, destiny are, from nature's point
of view, failures. It is not a question of
personal felicity (which in eight cases out
of ten may be more than problematic),
but of race responsibility. Tbe un
married man is a skulker, who, in order
to secure his owu ease, dooms some
woman, who has a rightful claim upon
him, to celibacy. And in so doing be de
frauds himself of the opportunities for
mental and moral development, which
only the normal experience can provide.
lie deliberately stunts tbe stature of bis
manhood, impoverishes bis heart and
brain, and chokes up all the sweetest po
tentialities of his soul. To himself he ia
apt to appear like tbe wise fox that de
tects tbe trap, though it be ever so cun
ningly baited; that refuses to surrender
his liberty for the sake of an appetizing
chicken or rabbit, which, may, .after all,
be a decoy, stuffed with sawdust; while.
as a matter of fact, his case is that of the
cowardly servant in tbe parable, who,
tor fear ot losing bis talent, hid it in a
napkin, and in tbe end was deemed un.
worthy of his stewardship. (H. W.
Boyesen, in North American Review.
Your Boy Wont Live a Month
So Mr. Oilman Brown, of 84 Mill St South
Gardner;, Maes , was told by the doctors. His
rob bad s ung trouble,following Typhoid Malaria
and he pent three hundred and seventy-five
dollars with doctors, who finally gave him up,
saving- "Your boy wont live a month." He
tried 4Jr. King s New .Discovery and a few bot
tles restored him to health and enabled him to go
to work a perfectly well man. He says he owes
bis present good health to use of Dr. King's
New Discovery, and knows it to be the best in
the world for Lung trouble. Trial Bottles Free
at Burwell & Dunn's Drug Store.
LOOK AT THIS.
TABLES at
$8 50 8 50 $8 50
$8 50 !
Would not be bad on a table, especially when
you can get a $12 50 Table for on.y $8 50 1 That
is just what you get at K. ML. Art uticj w o .
The grandest display of
FUBN I TUBE!
ever shown in our history. The prices, not
withstanding the advance in many lines, are
lower than ever before in our history.
Buying in such large quantities enables us to get
THE BEST - PRICE !
We do not buy just one of a
kind, but 10, 20, 40. 50 and 1,000, if the firm has
MADE AN INDUCEMENT 1
-.o:- BEAUTIFUL -:o:-
For the little folks Useful, Ornamental. Ap
propriate 1 The display' is ready. See them
Doll Carriages. Doll Sets, Doll, Bedsteads
Velocipedes, Express Wagons, Childrend's Desks
Rockers, Chairs, Music Racks and an endless
variety that you must see
OUR LEADER IS COUCHES
10, 12, 22.75, 15, 18. 22.50. 25 and $50 They are
WHAT YOU WANT 1
E. M. ANDREWS,
Largest Furniture Dealer in the
STATE.
Feb. 7, 1896,
SPECIAL.
-:0:-S PRING HARDWAR E-:o:-We
are selling the only
RIVETED COTTON HOE
on the market, and it would Pay
you to examine our stock.
THE GENUINE
DOWLAN COTTON PLANTER
always gives satisfaction and is
the one for all farmers
to buy.
TURN PLOWS
OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS,
Plow Shapes, Sweeps, Single-Trees, Back Bands,
Trace Chains
-:o:- and a complete stock -:o:-of
HARDWARE.
Call in and see us.
J. H. WEDDINGTON & Co.,
Old Stand, 29 E. Trade St.
March 13, 1896.
Prices and Wages in Mexico
We have repeatedly exposed the fallacy
of tbe statement that a Mexican dollar
will buy as much of the necessaries of life
in Mexico as a dollar of our money will
buy here.
Even if tbe statement were true it
would not belp tbe cause of tbe free
silverites who frequently make use of it,
for tbe fact is undisputed that one of our
dollars will buy twice as much as a Mexi
can dollar either here or in Mexico, the
oner representing only its bullion value
and tbe etber being guaranteed a parity
with gold. . But tbe assertion that a
Mexican dollar has as great purchasing
power in Mexico as the gold dollar has
here is grossly false. It was made
recently by the Washington Post and
was copied from that paper with great
glee by the local silver organ.
Mr J. K. Upton has taken up the
Post's statement and pulverized it. He
makes a comparison of prices in the
United States and in Mexico based on re
ports of tbe Bureau of American Repub
lics in 1890. Then the Mexican dollar
was worth about 75 cents in currenoy,
and it is now worth only about 50 cents
in our currency. Mr. Upton's comparison
is more than fair to the Mexican dollar
under present conditions. The following
table shows comparative retail prices in
New York and the City of Mexico in 1890:
prices in
city of
MEXICO,
SILVER.
CITT OP
NEW YORK.
GOLD.
$5 10
05
18
05
06
iii
10
Commodities.
Flour, per barrel $10 78
Sugar, per pound 19
Coffee, per pound 24
Rice per pound Uoi
Lard, per pound 18
Ham. per pound dU
Cheese, per pound 25
It ia also clearlv shown that while a
Mexican dollar will purchase far less of
the necessaries of life in Mexico than a
dollar of our currency will purchase here
it will buy a great deal more labor, as the
following table will show. This com
parison also is based on the figures of
1890 when the Mexican dollar was worth
75 cents in our currency as against about
50 cents now.
WAGES PER DAY
city op city op
Occupations, mexico new york,
silver. gold.
Blacksmiths $2 50 $2 50
Carpenters 1 50 2 55
Quarrymen 50 1 50
Kail road contractors 1 00 1 50
Stonecutters 1 25 3 50
Tinners 87 2 45
House painters 1 25 2 28
Gasfitters 1 00 1 97
Printers 2 00 2 50
Coacbmakers 2 00 2 50
Weavers I 00 1 30
Pattern-makers 1 25 3 24
Machinists 1 75 2 44
Engine drivers 1 50 3 79
Firemen 1 50 2 00
It will be seen that the wage earner in
Mexico catcbes it at botb ends of the line.
He receives much less than a wage earner
gets for similar work in this country and
is compelled to pay more for the necessa
ries of life. The free silverites bad better
let their Mexican argument drop. 4fr
lanta Journal.
Men Who Are Allowing Opportunities to
Uo to Waste.
"Rneech ia silvern but silence is solden."
runs tbe old adage. There is an innumer
able host who seem to De acting upon
this proverb in these days of political
unrest and upheaval. You do not know
where to hnd tbem. vioe.resiaent Ste
venson is being blamed by those who
would like to push him for tbe Democraiio
presidential nomination because he does
not declare himself upon the question of
his friendliness to silver. On tbe other
hand there is a big handful of Democrat?,
and in this State, too, and men of brains
and influence and power, and good Demi
ocrts, who are fully convinced of the ne
cessity of maintaining an honest money
and a. Round enrrencv. and who vet speak
not because they fear the people. There
are young men in tne .Democratic party
splendidly equipped for party ledaership
who believe thus, but who by their ejjence
are losing opportunities for future service
and future success for fear of saying
what they believe and signing their
These men. these comparatively
young men, ought to be laying the foun
dation tor tne work aneaa oy leiung me
know where thev stand, and
f vwr-- - -- rf -
opening tbe avenues for popular confi
dence in tneir political integrity, iruiu
lies at tbe bottom ot tne wen. ine wen
may be deep. Jt may take a long rope
tn oat. in the bottom, but truth is there.
and when the well is cleaned out and tbe
muddy water ot crankism and popular
rlAliiaion dr&i ned off. truth will be drawn
up to the top. She will not know these
muzzle-mouthed tolas men. it wouia oe
a ennd thine for some of these crafts
floating around in the fog to blow tbe
tnrr horn or finer tne Den. W D&L W6 neeu
now, as our vvaynesviwe contemporary
said last week, is men who are not afraid
to get up and tell the people to their faces
that they are wrong. uoserver.
WHAT WE WANT.
YOUR WHEAT AND CORN.
Bring It Along!
What We Will Do
Pay You the Highest Market Price at all
tucks, ts cash, for Your Grain, or Exchange
You the Best Roller Flour and Meal for it
What We Have.
V
The Best Equipped Mill in the State. J&
Your Patronaee is Desired.
THE MECKLENBURG MILLS.
Charlotte. N. C.
March 20. 189.
LOVE PURE
AND TRUE.
North Carolina the Scene. If This Is
True Tbe Young Woman Should Be
Pardoned at Once.
LOUISE PAERIS THE MOUNTAIN
BELLE.
A Beautiful Story of Love and Devotion.
Louise Farris Slays A City Suitor Be-
cause of His Betrayal of Her Coun
try Lover. 1
The following narrative comes through
the Washington Post from Raleigh : .
Raleigh, N C , Feb. 27. Corresponds
cence Washington Post) From Polk
ounty in this State comes a thrilling
story of romance, tragedy, and prospec
tive marriage, arising out of the illicit
distillation of whiskey and "blockade
'stilling."
In the town of Try on City. Polk coun
ty, named for Lord Tryon, who camped
for some time with his army during tbe
revolutionary war on the site of tbe town
there lives a family by the name of Parris
One of the members of this typical moun
tain lamily was a beautiful daughter
about seventeen years old. She was tbe
belle of the town, and her only deficiency
was lack of education. Her -youth bad
been spent in making the farm and help
ing ber mother with her house wifery.
Her parents bad considered schooling a
luxury not to be thought of, and she
could barely read and write her name.
About four miles from Tryon city is
the Parris. Here the daughter whose
name is Louise, was raised until she was
sixteen years old, when the family moved
to Tryon City to run a private boarding
bouse tor tha summer patronage, for
which this mountain town is noted. Ad"
joining the Parris farm was the homestead
of a family by tbe name of Kedmond, be
ing near relatives of the famed outlaw and
moonshiner of South Carolina. The son
Ralph Redmond, was a few years older
than Louise Parris, and they saw much
of each other as they grew up. The little
schooling received by .Lou was at the log
cabin with Ralph, as they became older
their intimacy ripened intoa warmer feel
ing, and when the Parris family changed
their residence to Tryon City. Ralph and
Lou were engaged to be married.
DID NOT TELL HIS SWEETHEART.
Ralph was a moonshiner, but be bad
religiously kept this fact from his sweet
heart. As soon as tbe . family took a p
their abode in Tryon City, Louise blos
somed into tbe. acknowledged belle ofytbe
town, and a young man by the name of
William Johnston became desperately
smitten with this rustic beauty. The atten
tion of tbe town beaux was something
new and novel to Louise, and her woman's
wit soon developed those coquettish man
ners which most women possess, and she
led the Tryon City boys a' merry
dance for a few months, but remained as
true as steel to Ralph Redmond.
After some months of general associa
tion of tbis kind, the young men of the
town gave way to Johnston, who pushed
his suit tbe to test, and was quietly but
firmly reje cted. This was a dreadful
blow to him. He became fearfully jeals
ous of any young man who Louise per-
muted to pay ber any attention, .but as
one after another was politely refused, it
began to be suspected that Ralph Red
mond, who came now and then to see
Miss Lou, might be the happy man.
Johnston knew tbat ii was reported
that Redmond was a moonshiner, and a
little effort brought forth positive evi
dence that Ralph bad been running a
moonshine distillery for several year),
but bis "plant" was so well hidden in the
Tryon Mountains that the revenue officers
had never been able to detect him. The
necessary information was furnished
Special Agent Yanderford, and this offi
cer laid his plans so well that be caught
Ralp Redmond and several of his helpers
red handed with the "stilP'running at full
blast.
They were all put in the Columbus
jail, but with tbe assistance from their
friends on tbe outside they all soon es
caped and took to tbe mountains. Red-a
mond i enforced absence gave Johnston
dear field, and be renewed bis suit. Mis
Lou .treated him as though he bad
not addressed ber theretofore. In
tbe meantime the friends - of Red
mond had not been idle, and they bad
satisfied themselves . that Jobntson
bad furnished tbe information to Yander
ford on which Redmond and bis friends
and been arrested,and tbe distillery siezed
and broken up. Miss Parris was informed
of this fact, and when Johnston made bis
next visit he was charged with treachery
to Redmond,and was shown tbe door and
advised not to return unless he was sent
for.
Johnston now became desperate. He
endeavored to destroy the character of
Miss Parris, slandering ber to tbe other
young men of the town. His declarations
were soon made known to miss rarris
and Bhe sent him a note asking tbat he
call to see ber. He came promptly, and
she saw him on tbe front porch, and after
accusing him of telling tbe lies about her,
she plunged a penknife into his bosom
and be died at her feet. Miss Parris did
nQt show any emotion when she saw
Johnston breathe his last. She expressed
no regret for her hasty and fatal act. -She
was committed to jail without bail, and
was sent to Hendersonville for safe keep
ing to prevent her rescue by Ralph Red
mond and bis trends.
At tbe next term of the superior court,
with Judge Boy kin presiding, Miss Parris
was indioted for murder. She was repre
sented by the best lawyers who attended
tbat court, and by tbeir advice she plead
guilty ot murder in the second degree
and was sentenced to the penitentiary for
fifteen years. The acceptance of this
plea was an act of mercy on tbe part of
tbe prosecuting attorney, because the
State would have, proved premeditation
and preparation to commit murder, and
if she had gone to trial she would have
been convicted of murder in the first
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
degree and the pardon of the Governor
oould only have saved her from death
by tne hangman.
IN HER CONVICT GARB.
She was brought to the penitentiary
near tbis city, and there confined. With
short hair and coarse striped clothes, as
she assisted in 'washing, mending and
making garments for the oth?r convicts,
she preset! ted quite a different appearance
to what she did as the belie of Tryon
City. She was exceedingly cheerful and
said she did not regret what she had done;
that her reputation as a virtuous and
honest woman was more to her than life,
and that under the same circumstances
she would take tbe life of any man who
attempted, by slander, to destroy her
good name and reputation and make
ber an outcast in society.
in tbe meantime Kedmond was biding
in the craggy oliffs Of old Tryon and his
relatives and friends brought him tbe
news of tbe murder of Johnston and of
the punishment of his sweetheart. Bad
she been confined in the jail of Polk
county, Kedmond and 100 of bis friends
might have destroyed the jail house from
"turret to foundation stone" in tbeir
efforts to have liberated Miss Lou.
As soon as Miss Lou was removed to
tbe prison near tbis city, Redmond left
tbe mountains and came to Raleigh,
where he had never been before, and
therefore was entirely unknown. He
found work here, and through a friend bis
sweetheart was informed of bis presence
in Raleigh; and through the . assistance
of this friend be had a personal interview
with Miss liou, without the prison au
thorities knowing that be was a moon
shiner, a fugitive from justice and a lover
of the belle of Tryon City.
The press of the State at tbe time of
the homicide gave the simple facts ot tbe
slander and the killing ot Johnston and
the illiteracy ot Miss Parris. After she
was brought to the penitentiary, the
King's Daughters, of this city, under the
lead of Mrs. F. Hayes, took great interest
in the fair female conviot. They visited
ber in prison and did all they could to
alleviate hor oondition as a prisoner.
Being young and unsophisticated,
without education and training, and ap
pearing to have the making in her of a
good and true woman, and desiring to
remove her from the walks of lite to
which she had been accustomed, and to
surround her hereafter with new envi
ronments, the King's Daughters set to
work to procure a conditional pardon tor
Miss Parris. They readily induced Miss
Lou to sign an agreement that she would
voluntarily surrender as soon as released
to the King's Daughters and go with Mrs.
Hayes to the House of the Good Shep
herd, in Maryland, and there retrain
until she had been thoroughly reformed
and trained so that she could go out into
the world and make an honest living.
She was pardoned on this condition on
the 8th day of December, 1894, and was
carried to the House of the Good Shep
herd, where she bas been ever since.
Time bas added to tbe charms and
graces of Miss Lou. She is now a well
developed woman. Her education has
been much advanced, and she has seen
some little of the world. She has acoepted
her detention in the House of tbe Good
Shepherd in good faith and in some re
spects as penance for tbe lite she took.
She looks forward to the time when, by
the consent of tbe Governor of this
State, she can once more breathe tbe air
of freedom and become the wife of the
man whose affection for her increased as
her perils and trials and punishment
oame thick and fast. Her cropped hair
and striped clothes only made him love
ber the more because in bis heart he bad
already enthroned her his for better or
for worse until death separates tbem.
And what about Redmond r His friends
succeeded in having the indictments
against him in tbe Federal Court settled,
and he followed his lady love to Mary
land. He is now in Baltimore employed
as conductor by one of tbe electric rail
ways. Now and then be sees Miss Lou,
and a few miles from tbe city be has a
neat little cottage well furnished, await
ing tbe release of bis betrothed, when
they will be married and commence life
anew. ' J. L. C. Harris.
The New York Tribune in a recent
nnmber advised farmers to turn tbeir at
tention to sheep raising, even if they had
to give away the wool, because there
was more money in mutton, than in al
most any other farm prod act. The ad-
vioe holds as good in south Carolina as in
New York, and tbe farmers need not
"give away the wool" in either State.
According to tbe Tribune that product of
the farm represents so much clear profit
whether it commands a high price or a
low one.
Secretary Herbert bas requested from
Congress an. appropriation of $50,000 to
enable tbe Navy Department to test
methods of throwing high explosives
from guns on board ship with ordinary
velocities.
The Hectic Flash !
"When bis thin cheek asumed a deadly
hue,
And all the rose to one small spot
withdrew ;
Tbey call'd it hectic: 'twas a firey flush
More fixed and deeper than, tbe maiden
blush."
That terrible sigh of .consumption
comes like a warning signal. Let no
one disregard it. If they do, then day by
day consumption will gain a firmer holds
until its victim lies numbered with tbe
dead. For all diseases and weaknesse.
of the lungs, bronchitis, asthma, coughs
and kindred ailment Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery is a sovereign rem
edy.
IN THE HEATER PIPE.
THE RETIRED BURGLAR RELATES BIS
MOST SINGULAR EXPERIENCE.
He Had an Elegant Lay Out of - .Wedding
Presents at His Mercy When He Made an
Unfortunate Step In the End He Made, a
Contribution to the Collection.
"In a bouse that I was looking over in
a town up the state one night," said the .
retired burglar, "1 came across something
that I never struck but that once in all
my experience, strange as it may seem.
and that was a lot of wedding presents,
all just as they were arranged lor display.
When 1 turned my lamp into the room, I
wished I had brought a horse and wagon;
there was a good deal of it that wouldn't
have been ot any earthly use to me, but it
seemed a pity to leave any of it behind.
Hut if I couldn't carry it all off, I could
have the fun of picking, and 1 started to
look tbe things over. They were arranged
on tables and chairs and on the floor
around on three sides of the room; on the
side opposite to the tide tbat I had come
io at, and on the sides to tho right and
lett; running around those three sides in
a sort of irregular order. On the side
where 1 was there were a few chairs. I
thought I'd stare in on the left and work
around to tbe right, and 1 started from
the door and had gone about three steps
wnen i went down through the floor, as
it seemed to me, but what I had really
done was to step down through an open
register, i suppose somebody must bave
dropped something down through it and
have taken it out to get it and forgot to
put it back.
"There was a wire screen under tho re
glster over the pipe opening to keep
things from dropping down the pipe, but
it was very fine light wire, and it didn't
stop me at all; I just slid down into the
pipe, pushing tbat along under my feet.
When I dropped into the pipe, I had
been lacing to tbe left; in some way
as 1 went down I got skewed around so
that when I got down as far as I did go I
was facing to tbe front: tbat is, toward
the center of tbe room. The pipe didn't '
go down, but with a curve. ' bad
thrown up my bands as I went down.
and I suppose I might have gone plumb
to tbe furnace it I nadnt clutched at the
edge of the register opening and hung on.
A minute before 1 was going to take
my pick of a roomful ; now where
was I ?
"I bad started across tbe room carrjing
my tool bag in one band and my lamp in
the other. The shock when I went down
bad shaken the bag out of my hand, but
I had held on to my lamp, though it was ,
lying on its side now with my fingers
clutching through the handle. The fall
ng of tbe toolbag and tbe striking of
the lamp on tbe floor and the scraping of
the wire gauze down - through the tin
pipe must have made all together a good
deal of noise and I expected every minute
to bear somebody moving about up stairs
and coming down to haul me out but no -
body did come, and I set my lamp up
straight, and after I'd waited a minute or
two more I started to see if I could haul
myself out.
"As I lay in tbe pipe my bead was bo
low tbe level of the floor ; by a great eft
fort I could raise myself so tbat tbe upper
halt ot my bead was above tbe opening,
but no higher : there was no room for
play, when I got that high, I found my
self with my elbows close to my body
and fairly wedged into the pipe;I couldn't '
get any higher.
"I lot my self down again, ond after a
while I pulled myself up again, and
held on by one band and held up tbe
lamp and swung it around on the things.
Then I let myself down again and won
dered what I was going to do. ' It wasn't
only uncomfortable there in tbe position
I was in, it was mighty hot and
unpleasant every way. If I let go, I
didn't know but tbat I slide down against
tbe furnace, and ot course, I couldn't
stand it for an indefinate length of time,
and when I'd been in the pipe I should
imagine about two hours, 1 made up my
mind tbat I wouldn't try to stand it any
longer ; I'd got to come out sometime, :
and I might just as well come out then in
fact better, for while the chances of my
getting away at all were mighty small,
tbey would be better at night than they
would in the daytime.
"So I made up my mind to kick on the
pipe and wake up the house and have the
thing settled. So I kicked once or twice
and then I kioked again ; and by snakes!
I kicked tbe pipe open at my feet. There
was a joint there and I'd kicked it apart,
and the sections I was in sagged down
with my weight, and I slid out on the
seller floor. The sagging down of that
part of the pipe detached it from the part
above and it fell on the cellar floor
alongside of me. That made noise enough
to wake every body up; there couldn't be
any doubt about that.
I went out by tbe same celler window
that I came in by. It was tbe first and
only such lot of stuff tbat I ever struck,
and I never got a thing out of it; in fact.
I added something to it myself a set of
tools and a dark lantern." New York
Sun.
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