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BILL ABPI LETTER.
"An album's paces tell of many a friend
Lost to the s&nt. but to the memory dear.
Those line ere the beginning of
tome verses I wrote in a school girl's
album fifty-four years ago. The little
book is near me now. It is old and
war-worn and it makes me sad to tarn
its leaves and read the pretty" verses
that adorn its pages. The authors
were her best friends and all are dead
but one the one now writing this
letter. "Friend after friend departs
who has not lost a -friend?" This
album was captured during the un
civil war and carried away to Babylon
and kept a prisoner in a stra -ge land
for twenty-one years and then was re
turned through the mail. . It takes
conscience a long 'time to bring re
pentance to some people. That school
girl is my wife she is now sitting by
her window sewing, making a little
dress for a sprandchildr Will she
never stop making little garments?
I asked Jessie last night how many
garments it took; for her little - Caro
line in each and every year, and she
counted them up eight little dresses,
ten petticoats, four pair day drawers,
two pair night drawers and one cloak
say twenty-five garments for winter
and as many more for summer, and
she makes most all of them herself.
My wife has done all this for ten
children until they were fifteen years
old. Fifty times ten makes 600, and
500 times 15 makes 7,500 garments
and she still keeps working oh. But
she is not worn out nor thin nor pale
nor haggard nor is her eye dimmed
when Bhe has on her gold-bound
glasses. Oh, these good old mothers.
Mine did the same thing for her nock
and my wife's mother the same for
hers and so do they all-except some.
loved my mother" dearly, but it
grieves me sometimes, that I did not
love her better, for I did not realize
how much she did for me and how
her very soul was wrapped up in her
children. Stop young man, stop and
think, when you are far away from
home rollicking and frolicking with
your gay companions stop some
times, stop and think of your good
mother and write to her a loving
letter. Hopeful: and sad she waits
for every mail and never despairs.
But about albums. A friend has
left his with me for perusal one of
these old time mental photographic
albums with about twenty questions
to be answered. 1 have seen them
before and was amused at the answers,
but this one interested me for its
pages contain an autobiography of
many noble and notable men. it
4ells a condensed story of their emo
tional and mental character. When
a man. of thought is asked to write
an answer to a Question he is both
cautious and sincere. He knows that
he is making an
exhibit of his inner
who reads it.-"
begins with Alex
life to every one
This album
Stephens in 1874 and then follows
with Robert Toombs, Herschel V.
Johnson, General Kirby Smith, James
K. Itaridall, Richard Malcolm John
son, L. Q. C. Lamar, Richard- H.
Clark, John B. Gordon, Thomas M.
Norwood, Rev. M. Palmer, Henry S.
Foote, Logan Ei Bleckley, Robert J.
Burdette, Paul H. llayne; Joel
Chandler Harris, Wallace P. Reed,
Mrs. Octavia Walton Le Vert, Judge
Hook, Richard A. Proctor, the great
astronomer, and others. Every name
is noble and notable, and their an
swers are indexes -to their characters.
Stephens's favorite books are Milton,
Pope and Shakespeare, his heroine
Rebecca in "Ivanhoe:' his - hero
Washington; his occupation reading
and farming: his best trait in man is
truth, and in woman modesty.
r Toombs' favorites are Shakespeare
and Tom Moore, Gibbons and MaJ
cauley; his characters in fiction
Rienzi, in history Socrates; his fav
orite occupation, building air castles;
best trait in man justice, in woman
charity; the sum of human happiness
is to make others happy.
" Governor Johnson likes Pope, Mil-
tori and Bvron and Swedenborg,
knows nothing of romance; his best
characters Washington and Jefferson;
his accupation reading and - writing;
the highest traits truth and benevo
lence; his watchword duty.
- Kirby Smith; likes Gray, Young
and Tennyson Scott, Irving and
Macauley; his favorite characters Sir
Gallahad and St. Paul; his favorite
occupation "making love to my wife;
his best traits in man are truth and
honesty; the sum of happiness con
tentment. I :
James R. Randall likes Shakespeare
and. Byron, Bulwer, Thackery and
Macauley; his favorite character in
romance is Warington in "Penden-
nis," in history Fene"lon; occupation
reading and writing; the highest
trait in man devotion to principles,
in woman modesty; the sum of hu
man happiness is resignation. -.
- R. M. Johson liked Byron, Scott,
Keats and Mrs;' Hemans, Macauley,
Bulwer and Goldsmith; historic char
acter Aurelius; occupation scribbling;
sum of happiness Consciousness of
God's favor. i - " ,
L. Q."C. Lamar liked' best Byron
jiqa lJurns, Macauley, r unlwer and
Plutarch; best characters Greatheart
I in "Pilgrim's
progress," in history
Washington and Hampden; his favo
rite" occupation ( teaching in college
the sum of human happiness the love
of God
Rev, B. M.Palmerprefered Shakes
peare, Milton;-H and Wordsworth
Bacon, Bulwer,' Scott and Goldsmith
best characters William, Prince oft
Orange,- Washington- and Lee; his
favorite occupation preaching the
gospel; best trait truth; sum of hu
i j ;
man hamnnessia eood
R. J, Burdette liked Mrs. Brown
t r;rivie Thaftprav his fa.vrrit
; ln anyte, xnaciceray,. nis iavonte
cnaracter ; colonel JMewnome - and
, Oorriw(n- K-nt trnAt uinnritv anm nf
rom.weil nest trait sincerity, sum oi
Happiness a nomn iuii oi inenas
TIpnrv S "F.irttA IJItaH SluVoanoow
I?enrT D -"V16 Haea OnaKespeare
aid" liyron, Macauley and Tacitns;
his favorite characters Old Mortality
and Washington; the sum of happi
ness, conjugal felicity.
L. E. Bleckley chose Shakespeare,
Byron and Tennyson, Hamilton,
Mill and Pascal; his favorite characters
j Don Quixote and Marcus Aurelius
John B. Gordon preferred Shake. :
speare, Macauley and Carlyle; his
favorite characters Washington and
Cato; bis favorite occupation raising
fine stock; best trait in man, integrity,
in woman tendernesa. "v.." ;."
T. M. Norwood, Shake pear e and
Byron; best trait in man honor.
Wallace P. Reed likes Shakespeare
and Macauleyf best character is Na
poleon; best trait, justice; sum of all
happiness is a happy home.
Joel Chandler Harris prefers Sbaks
peara, Scott and Thackeray; best char
tvrs, Jefferson and Lincoln; favorite
occupation, looking after my roses;
best trait in man is honesty; sum of
human happiness to be at home. J
All of these men name the sweetest
words in our language and also the
saddest, Amony the last are lost
forever lost it might have been
friendless hopeless forlorn, 1- and
one says most of them begin with the
letter I), as disappointment, dismay,
destruction, despair, debt, V duns,
death, damnation and the devil.
There are other writers in this al
bum, but space forbids. 1 These are
enough for a young man to choose
from. From these he can make up a
good library, for there is not a ques
tionable book among them Shake
peare and Macauley are in the lead
for authors and Washington for char
acter, truth for the best trait in man
and modesty in woman. About half
these men liked the early morn and
the other half the twilight, except,
however, L. Q. C. ' Lamar, who says
his favorite hour is 1 o'clock at night.
(I never knew before that he played
poker.) Of thfse sixteen notable men
just half are dead. Their record is
made up and the book is closed. I heir
influence upon the present generation
cannot be estimated nor overesti
mated. No great or good man or
woman has an adequate idea of what
he or she is worth to mankind. Last
Sabbath we heard a very grand dis
course upon environment from Rev.
Mr. Mumford, who has established
that industrial school near Macon for
the rejected children of the state,
those who are under the ban and
whom nobody wants and nobody cares
for the children, of drunken or dis
reputable parents and. whom no
orphanage , will receive. The elo
quent and earnest preacher declared
in words that burned: "Men and wo
men are not born, they are made!
Made by their environments, their
parents or their early associates.' .
He is going over the state gathering
up the friendless and pleading with
the good people to give these children
chance. ''Give every friendless
child a chance," he earnestly ex
claimed. His text was "Bear ye one
another's burdens and bo fulfill the
aw of Christ." . It is a nardened
heart who can listen to mm and not
give something.- There should be an
other question in that album, what is
the worst' and most prevalent trait in
mankind ? ' And I would answer,
"selfishness." Bill Asp.
Better Let tUe Districts Alone.
Charlotte Observer.
The groteeque bill, apportioning the
State into - ten congressional districts.
according to the plan as given in yes
terdayrs paper, was passed by the Dem
ocratic logiBlative caucus last night by
vote of 60 to 43 This is the bill
wbich makes the ninth district consist
oi Mecklenburg,, uaston, uieveiana,
Lincoln, Cttawba, " Burke, Mitchelh,
Yancey, Miinison. More groteeque is
the arrangement which constitutes the
seventh district of the counties of Uq
ion, Anson, Richmond. Scotland,
Moore, Montgomery, Randolph, David
son, Davie, Yadkin.' It is afar call from
Mecklenburg to Madison, but not fur
ther than from Scotland to Yadkin.
It is the avowed purpose of this bill,
as we are tola Irons i&aleigb, to make
nine Democratic districts and one the
tenth Republican, but we are. inclined
to believe with the gentlemen who are
ready to bet that four of tbem will be
found Republican and six Democratic
The bur having caucus approva',
however, will doubtless go through
without serious opposition. .
The Kettle and tbe Pot.
A c allege professor, who prided him
self on his correct English, heard his
wife remark: "I intended to tell Jane
to bring a fresh bucket of water."
'You doubtlets mean a bucket of fresh
water," i corrected the professor. '
wish you-would pav some little atten
tion to our rhetoric. Your mistakes
are curious." A few minutes later the
professor said: "My dear, that picture
would show to better advantage if you
were to hang it over the clock." "Ah,"
she replied, quietly, "you doubtless
mean if I were to hang it above the
clocks If 1 were to hang it over the
clock we conld not tell the time.'
Wish you -would" be more careful with
your rhetoric my dear. Your mistakes
are curious.' ' And the professor al
at once became very interested in his
book.- :'.-"-"-. '; y
- 1 1
An Unregenerate Fuse.
"The. Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady
tells a story or a little boy he knew on
the frontier," says the New York Tri
bune, "who belo'gd to-a family who
had trained him to believe in tbe deep-
water form of bapUsn, and was ex peri
menting with the household cat and
a bucket of water. "-'The animal ' evi
dectly did not believe - in- immersion
for she resisted, hit and scratched, un
til finally, tbe little boy, with his hands
covered with scratches and with tears
in his eyes, gave up. the effort to effect
tbe regeneration of the cat. "Dog
erone .you 1" he cried, "so and bfc an
Episcopal cat if y6u want to 1" , .
Educational Test, -
Tae- Superintendent': of School rjf
Spokane, Wash., desirous of testing
powers of compoitko existing ifa a
class of 8-year-olds, rtq'ceiied t&t'hTee
sentences be written, 'ech to oataiu
one; of the three : words bees, joj aa(j
bear.; A Bmall girl lrloogyfQ.
ed the following 8ectei.ce'B,-)5l ees
bare when they go in swinging
-P. :
ext room) I
to hrht the gi
Pana (from tbe
Ethel,
aren't you going
Ik ,
gas in
lucre i A
Ethel Yes, papa; f e were ja.lt Bpetfc
ing of-r-er striking s matchr
LETTER WUQJl 1171 P. J05ES.
rs the Xtmrl Sever OM
Fahla4 nasNsnlM aa4 XM
Ltk It RedTbaa T4ar. ;
TM Alanta Jmrn ,
The peadulim of human affairs
swings rapidly these latter days. Some
times a feUow has to bold rit tureatn as
be looks on. Tbe saying that "if , yoa
et U alone it will let you alone" m a
great big whopping lie, but it u a he
that baa been told so ci ten mat me
mtjority ef the people ia this country
believe it is true. A (trow said to me
the other day that if a man will let
whiskey alone it will let him aiooe.
This is the wboppinest he of. all. A
many home and many a man has let
whiskey alone and yet because some,
body else drank it a huband has been
hot down and tbe widow and orphans
have been left homeless and penniless:
Sometimes a good mother that, always
et whiskey atone nnda lht it is wreck
ing her boy and won't let her alote,
and this is true of the other deviltries
of life. . '..-".; " - ; . :j
Tragedy and comedy. There ": are
many things to laugh at and others
that make your blood run cold. V oat
a tragedy the papers this week report of
tbe gruesome, find out near iioltoa
These horrors are not accidents or tbe
mishaps of a day; they have their roots
running backward and running down
ward. Society is getting more, cor
rupt, modesty and purity are standing
at less premium, decency and sobriety
are spurned by many who would be
esteemed respectable. When a woman
loses her modesty the has already half
way lost her virtue. - Whan a man has
i bottle of whisky injone pocket and a
pack of cigarettes in the other be has
very little move to lose except his soul.
This world never needed the old-fashioned
mammies and daddies like it
needs them today. We have substitutes
for them called mammas and papas,
of which I 9,m whom, and they are a
sorry get. -"
Buggy and bicycle riding, ballrooms,
etc., however nice they may seem, they
are like the old woman's collards when
she said, "if you cook these, old
blue stem coilards before frost bites
them if you don't put heap of grease io
them you will Mad after you have eat
them that they have got the very .devil
in them." Buggy riding and ball rooms
need grace ins'ead of grease and a great
deal more grace than goes to that phase
olslife. I tell you the young bucks and
buckesses are up to snuff these days.
I noticed a report in the ; New .York
World the other day of the woman who
dined at the fashionable restuarants in
New York, that 75 per cent; of , them
took wine and whiskey with their din
ners. I said it and stick to it that
when a woman is full of wiae she is not
able to take care of herself properly in
the midst of this crooked and perverse
generation. J But while tbeyoungolks,
so calletf, are having a good time, there
are bleeding hearts behind them suffer
ing untold agonies, and I have said it
and stick to it again, that the greatest
mystery in God's economy is that the
inooceht must suffer with the guilty,
not perchance like the dg 'Tray who
went in bad company, for be ought to
have been licked for having gotten
with that gang, bat the innocent, who
do not consort with tbe gailty. Mothers,
wives, daughters, husbands, suflar be
cause oi the guilt or anoiner whom
God has bound to them by ties of con
sanguinity. : " t
If tbe devil does , get his dues and
gives some people their dues, there is
going to be a picnic some day - Pan
demonium. - I have long since aban
doned from my mind the thought that
the devil will get anybody whom he
ought not to get or that be will do any
more to them than he ought to do. "
But I have laughed much tms week
over the hoard of trade valentines and
the Georgia minstrels. That's comedy,
gentlemen, pure and simple. .
The more I think about these things
the' funnier, they " get. I don't how
funny they are, however, to - "Harry
Hunt" and "Joel Atkinson' and then
to think about Mayor Mras being
troubled like he is (svhen he came into
the mayoralty with a bottle of cologne
in one hand and bis curling toegs in
the other) and all about a 21 years
franchise on a short street, iou may
sty to Mayor Minis for me : that his
trouble has lust begun, and that if his
hair is not naturally curly he will soon
have trouble enough to make it curl
naturally, and he will nntt that rose
water won't do to scald hogs in. He
must remember the other crowd had
the mayor last year, no matter who has
got him this year, and time about .is
fair play, anyway. "But them, valen
tines my, don t they, go for Clark as
well as the rest of the boys. If I bad
nothing to do but enjoy fun I would
move to. Atlanta. A fellow can have it
there every day, and all he wants.
The constitution of the United States
guarantees to tbe people the right , of
petition, but thaB as far as the guar
antee goes, and it also gives people the
right to peaceably aseeoibleC Why don't
one or the other of the street car com
panies employ Sister Nation with her
hatchet; she would open up an aveuse
t ke a Missou ri-, cy done for thehcs
Would'nt she go for tbe laaycr. iljcugb
abd if she just knew who 5&ed and
wno man i cuss, rrom vtie - eovernor
down, she would exhort Jbem' all in the
language sheTised to te Topeka j int
ists, "my poor hebound friends, I
have come to Ulfcto yoa about the way
you live.' livz I think the office of
governor ieoo dignihed for valentines, I
e8pecitllyT4!entines with cussing , in j
themyr wonder if M.ayor Mims cuase?.-;
If he m very much in tiie habit cf cus- j
,0?l'-i'know he cussed when that ; big
rietition came at him -not from wrth,
ru inst from habit Old Uncle Simon
Peter lixbardson used to say that "any
man who wouldcuss would steal." y I
never sgrefd with: him' fully; 1," just
moat agreed with bim. - But: it , is so
much easier to catch a fellow cuesing
than it is to catch him stealing that is
to Say, he is so much more private
about his stealing than be is about his
cussing. No gentleman will cuss be
fore a ladyrand the average fellow won't
ftake things" before a lady of a gentle
man, either. Some folks emphasize
what tbey say by putting in cuts words.
That's like a fool knocking himself
down evry few minutes to show the
world be is a good bcxer, or Uke a 0
bitiog fcimarU to show that be is a
biter, bdt there are a been of fc&s La '
Atlanta that cote, and if tbe mayoraed
governor do tue a byword occasionally
tby won't be ostradseVi oa that ac
count, but I wish they would qu.l it,
and if the reporters aould not report it
few people would know about U.
t am eff again for tea days through
OiSo, Indian and Illinois and am uo
longer a farmer. 5
With sore muscles and aore hands I
have retired tot sprlL Yours,
"i" y Sax P. Jqmk
P. 8. I se where a preacber 4 St.
Psul aays that Bister Nation is crasy. I
would love to swe her run in n h'm.
He would do like tbe tb IVstcbmao
aakxn keeper In New Orieioa said be
would do when tbe rtp"n?r asked bins,
''Mr. Ilaoce, if Mr. Nation were tj
come into your sal.xm to beak it op,
wrat would you J..? I woold rout
at tbe back door just as cawick as I
could." tf. P. J.
" TIIK I.EVI9LATCUK.
Raleigh, N. C, February 27. Tbe
pension bill paseed the bouse to-day on
its final reading by a vote of 90 to 0.
The only amendment adopted Is that
all applicants for pensions are it q Mired
to appear before tbe board of county
penttioa boards July lt for examination
as tJ physical disability. ' Tbe bill car
ries nearly a hundred thousand addi
tional' for pensions. Both branches
htld elections for trustees to the Uni
versity. Oae Democratic Seuatir at
tempted to have Charles McMmee,
manager of tbe Vanderbilt a BiUmore
estate and a Mckinley elector in the
ate campaign, stricken from the list
because be was a Republican and not a
North Carolinian, but the attempt utier-
y failed- A bill was mlnklueed m the
senate to HtncnJ tbe constitution get as
to al!ow localities to vote at anv time
for special tax for schools.
Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 28 la the
House, Winston introduced bill to as
certain who paid the poll tax.
Whitaker, of Guilford, introduced a
bill empowering executors to make
deeds in certain cases., ' .
Ia the Senate, Glenn introduced a
bill to regulate the employment of law
yers by State institutions.
The Reformatory bill wa referred 'to
the appropriation committee.- :
The' prison commission bill passed
the house. . .-
Smith introduced a bill to prevent in
debtedness of State institutions without
authority of the legislature.
Sbannonhouse introduced a bill to
prevent merchants ; from dealing n
trading stamps. 1
Tht new amendment - to the consti
tution ws .consHered m the House,
providing that "the money psid ; by
whiter for taxes shall goto tho wuite
schools, and money paid by tegroes to
negro schools. U separates the races
in levying such taxes.
The bill for the Winston drsp'icsary
passed. y V- " ' -
aim ma introduced a mil to secure to
State employes one day's rest in seven
Tue bill to increase the State Libra
rians salary to $1,000, allow bira 1300
for assistant and providing a. separate
reading rooms for the races introduced.
The House took up teveuue bill by
sections.,. The first two sections passed
without objection. Hot debate on the
third.; .:
The report of M. C. 8. Noble on his
visit cf inspection last. month to the
negro normal schools was made public
to-day. He says he regards it as a
waste of money to continue these
schools under the present system; that
none of the work of their students sur
passed what be had seen in several
negro graded schools; that one com
petent instructor can easily and success
fully teach all ths stuients be found
sufficiently Advanced to receive normal
instruction; that the preseat system
ought to be speedily changed; that the
local boards are honest, faithful and
helpful and the teachers loyaL
Remarkable Cores of Rheumatism.
Fromthe Vindicator, Rutherfordton, N. C.
The editpr of the Vindicator has had
occasion to test the efficacy of Chamber
lain's Pain Balm twice with the most re
markable results in each case. First,
with rheumatism in the shoulder from
which he suffered excruciating pain for
ten days, which was relieved with two
applications of Pain Balm, rubbing the
parts afflicted and realizing instant bene
fitAud entire relief ia very short time.
Second, in 'rheumatism in tbe thigh
joint, almost prostrating him ithfieverf:
pain, which was relieved by Two appli
cations, rubbing with me liniment ca re
tiring at night, . and getting ap f r
from pain. For sale by M. L. Marsh.
Batter Yf a at AaJkriea Inereased,
i WashIkotoSj Ftsb 23 Setrator But
ler to-day gav. notice of an amendment
be will offer to the sundry civil bill, in
creasing,' the salaries of Senators and
membemf Congress to $7,500 per year.
" ;
v. Wc regret to ace that the Senate adds
abandonment after three years to the
causes for divorce.- The boose should
hold out against it. Tbe New -Testa
ment standard is the right one and the
nearer the State can gt to it the better
Webster's Weekly.
Baking Powder
Made from pure
, ' cream of tartar.
Saleguards the food
against altxnu
. AlttQl'l
powders ate tbe greatest
ipmactnto i
ot tne present oay.
hotal saioms powosa eoc, saw voaa.'
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Uusmn, N.Va." iluth 2A
extraordinary tmam of aawtakea lkwbty
nas jettt tKtt deviope4 btr bfee Jus
tice Montgomery, of the aaprMBecuort,
ia the case of Ckorfg Johoatoa. a
white man, who baa bro . onUef aUy
conSeed to tbe reaiteauatT tuc tbe
pt eight year. L
Fifteen years ago a young white man
by the east of Canati pbr IWtcbr
w, coovicied In SHetby, N.CL, of a
aggravated rase ii ateaheg, and ss
santenced to tea year ia the nettttea
tlanr nr this city. Bctcbkr was the
son of Ctertnea parents who bad resided
lot many years ia tbe town cf Rather
ford ton. His father Jloguatna Bcb
lr was a l-e!er. Atur culd was
discovered in Kutaerford, Burke and
McDowell eoaotits, in 149, old man
Betcbler we aatborud by act of
coogreM to coin gold dollar, and be
bought the dutt from tbe miners and
coined it into delta as high as lb
fifty dollar piece. "A. Betchltrr" was
stamped pi each coin and they were
worth five cents more iu tbe dollar than
tbe com of the United State mioum.
These Citns to this day are known as
the "Betchlrr dol!are,"-aud are now
preserved by those who have tbem as
rsre coins. After tbe war the Betchler
family, moved to Spartan burr, 8. C
There were sevcraJ sons and daughter.
all handsome and well educated.
Cans," a be was called, turned out to
b the Uaek sheep" of tbe flock.
After he was sent to the penitentiary
he remained there two years and. then
made his escape. '
I j 1S93 Captain 3. M. Fleming, who
was warden of the penitentiary wbeo
Chris" Betchler was received there,
and who held this. position no til 1893,
was in attendance oa the superior court
of Randolph county, at Ameboro, as a
witness. While there a man known as
George Johnstone was the plaintiff in a
case which involved the title to 700
acres of land on which gold in consider,
able quantity had been found. Flem
ing saw this roan and made inquire
concerning him, acd found that he had
located in Randolph county some time
during 1888. It was in 1887 that
Batchler escaped from the penitentiary.
Fleming was positive that Johnstone
was ,4Coris" Betchler and so stated.
Oa the trial of the land cse Johnstone
was asked if he was not 'Chris" Betch
l' r, and if he had not been convicted of
stealing in Shelby in 1835 and sen
tenced to the penitentiary for tOiyers,
and had escaped- therefrom io 1837?
Of course Jonstone denied bitterly all
this and said he was an entirely differ
ent man from Bstchlnr. The defendants
in the land case had Johnstone arrested
a an. escaped prisoner. . Johnstone
sued out a writ of habeas corpus but
could not produce any, witnes beside
bimsflf to disprove the positive asser
tion or Fleming that he was "(Juris"
Betcbler, and the judge refused to dis
charge bira and ordered that be be re
turned to the penitentiary. The arrest
and decision of the judge caused John
stone to lose the land suit. As soon as
Johnstone reached the penitentiary he
sent for a lawyer, but bad no moaey to
pay him. tie gave the lawyer tbe ad
drees of a number of people in Mont
gomery county and that cf a man in
Atlanta, whom he said knew him and
would s.vear be was uot Betcbler. The
lawyer wrote twice to each of these
parties and did not receive an answer to
single letter that ' he wrote. The fail
ure to have hi; letters returned or to re
ceive an answer from either of tbe par
ties to whom be hd written did' not
impress the lawyer in favor of John
stoue and he gave no more attention to
thecase."';' -' -..';
Fvtur weeks ago Colonel Cebern L.
Harris, a man of 79 years of age, who
formerly resided in Rutherfordton and
knew the Bitchier family we'l, went to
tbe penitentiary to examine tbe maun
facture of brick, which is carried on in
side the stockade. While in tbe yard
be saw a tall white man at work and
inquired who Le was and was told that
he was 'CbriB" Betcbler. Col. Harris
then asked and was allowed to talk
with the prisoner. He stated to CoL
Harris tbe facts herein Stated as to 'his
ideutification as "Cnris" Bt-tchler and
aked Harris if be knew Betcbler. Uar
ri replied that he had known all the
family for fifteen years before the war
and while they lived In Rutherfordton
He was then asked if be, the prisoner,
was Chris" Betcbler, and Harris on-
hattaun1y declared - tbat the prisoner
was cot Belch ler. -A lawyer was then
employed and another writ-of habeas
corpus was issued by Justice Montgom
ery and the prisoner was brought before
him. Captain Fleming swore that be
beloved the prisoner to be "Chris"
Betcbler, and tbat he had known bim
as a prisoner in the penitentiary for the
two years he was in the penitentiary.
Tbat he had escaped and remained at
large until 1893, when be was arrested
at Asheboro and returned to tbe prison,
and that the resemblance of tbe pris
oner to Betcbler was svery striking;
Col. Harris was then put on the witness
stand and told of tbe young boy "Uhna
Bitchier be had 'known before the war
for fifteen year; bow be bad seen bim
grow pp to be a man, and that be knew
him perfectly well and could not bemis-
I taken, and tbat the prisoner be.ore tne
1 . . ..St. - Tf . -1 1 J
conn was cot "vam- wveuiKi, mu
that since he had seen' tbe prisoner in
the penitentiary he had thought tbe
matter over acd bad talked with nts
wife about thcace, and thai there was
a test that would certainly ihow whether
- v a rr - L t "
tbe prisoner was Betcnier. usmstnen
asked the prisoner to exhibit his right
Ice above the ankle for examination
Tbe prisoner complied with this request
and Hams made an examination ana
said tbat the prisoner was not "Chris
Bt-tchler because Betcbler had the scars
of bd dog bite on bis right kg which
he received wben be was a boy not over
ten years old, and that Hams had Killed
the dog. - On this evidence Justice
Montgomery discharged the prisoner
from further imprisonment.
Tbe attorney of Johnstone is now
awaiting , a decision of - tbe Supreme
Court in another cse as to whether tbe
State's prison is s ich a corporation as
can be sued. If this decision is to the
AH
tffwrt test Lb $uta hk rttk
o4 ibe tteemf d Joasaasie Uv4
U o tot a Urs mm m sUtaspa w
the Uam tssinaaasasat, vkka Uwd
sSvt yara. ,.
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The auoraey for Jad FK-b
aa4 tXauxka, to are tatjra4 t--f
are tbe rVaate bsb cttMaa4
mitdraM-aaor, an now bmf rpArtt
tbir aawf k tbe ArtK-3 Jt Iearf a
wet. This atvr will ba ea4 rtt
Wednesday and avll. it ia aokrttood.
admit, I tae part the ict ci
fertn ia tbe ArUck of InsptachaMmi
toocbipg Iseaaaca of lb ant (4 &
damua. It aitt be tUd4 la eicoo
tot this waniasBua, botvr. ibat It
waj la vwdatioa l neither tfea U not
the CmatitaUaa; that tb Oyster raad.
oat of wakb Wait was otderad paUf
Wat aa apjwopnatioa eet aside fur pay
meat of the hUa CUailoo;
that th fund was tm4y la ta Traaa
urn's bands aad trutt, aod that tbe
courVto ordering bias to pay ibe raoa t,
was stmply oompeaing a pubUa -ryaot
to diachaire a futy by obvdteaca t a
ieciisuv enactment. .
This, it is SAid; ui be the defence of
lb jvidirm ia tbi trial." "
Tbe fifth Article, cbargiog that the
iudrr did, bv thru decisioos ia Mm
.olSc hcldiog' casta, sck to destroy
tbaacUcf the Geaeral Assembly and
bring the legislative branch of the gov.
ernmeat into disrepute aod contempt.
is of course denied. . Three decisioot
are defended, and tbe answer sets forth
at tome teagta.tbe learning, from Hoke
vs. Itendertoa down to bit vt. Aud
itor, on which it is claimed they wen
decided.' It will be argued tbat under
f roier decisions- of tbe court toes caaM
could not bar been derided otherwise
without overruling ail precedents.
Tner is a potaibihtv tbat tbe defence
may not put on any treUmooy, as tb
material fact thus far are undisputed.
though the inference drawn from some
of them of course are. If tb Judges
present no evidence, their attorneys will
bare the opening and conciiuioc of tbe
argument, v
A Ssr Pls)4s Ptr TkiMs la !
A package of the United 8tatcs mail
containing certified checks and cash
amouatingJto more than $5,000 was
swept out' as rubbish from tbe Charles
ton, S. O.i postoffioe Sunday.. Monday
morning' while playing around a lot
where garbage ia piled Carl S so ben, a
bid six rears old, found tbe packag aod
opened tbe letter without reaJiatog the
value The"boy gave the letter to his
grandfather aod tb loss was not known
at tbe postofnee wben the packag was
returned. AH of the letters cam from
Rock Hill, 8. C. Two checks payable
to bearer at any bank were dra wo by the
State Treasurer to Wiuthrop College for
the scholarship fund, and the loss of
this would have caused trouble to the
institution. Carelessness on tb part of
the postoffioe clerks wa responsible for
the disappearance of the mail, aod an
investigation baa been ordered. The
porter whose duty it is to sweep out the
office declared tbat be had often found
valuable mail io tbe watte baskets.
although he did not see the package io
question. '
HI Oil Dlaeaverr Uepn Nrar
klas Mewatala 1'
Word haa been received that a rich
oil l well bad been found near Kins'
Mountain, 1 the famoua revolutionary
battlefield, and there it great excitement
in the community. The oil was dis
covered by Rev. P. B. Elara, a Baptist
minister, of a speculative turn cf mind,
and without announcing tb fact of the
discovery, be immediately got the min
eral rights for ten thousand acres in
York county. S. C, and the adjoining
counties of Gaston and Cleveland in
North Carolina. The oil bat been ex
amined by the State chemist, who pro
nounced it of excellent quality, and
sara pies will be sent to Washington for
further examination. Farmers who
have been excited by tbe find are mak
log extensive, borings in the hope oi
striking rich gucher. The York re
port, while not positive, indicate tbat
the further examination win show a
cbance for profitable more.
.s".- Illt Wa liar Trrr.
"I would cough nearly all night long '
write Mrs. Chas. Applcgate, of Alex
andria, lud., and conld hardly set any
sleep. I had consumption to bad that
if I -walked a block I would cough
frightfully and spit blood, bat when all
other medicine failed, three $1.00 bot
tles of Dr. King's New Discovery wholly
cured me and I gained 58 pounds." It's
absolutely guaranteed to cure Cough,
Cold, La Grippe, Bronchitis and all
Throat and Lung Troubles. Price 50c
and $1.00. Trial bottle free at Fetzerja
drugstore. '
Aa Uat jnteatolae for La Crips.
George WTWait, of Sooth Gardiner,
Me.; says : "I have had the worst cough,
cold, chills and grip and have taken lot
of trash of no account but profit to tbe
vender. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
is the only thing that has done any
good whatever. I have used one bottle
of it and the chills, cold and grip have all
left me. I congratulate the manufac
turers of an honest medicine." For
sale by M. L. Marsh.
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Jewish American. -
Tbe simplicity which, marked the an
cient Jewish barial ceremonies bat
much to commend it, even to us.
The inexpensive coffin and uniform
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equality of all in death. At things are
to-day the rich tar their brain to in
mini tn ,tt.
vent new funeral fineries, and tbe poor
impoverish themselves to keep op with
their wealthier neighbor. :
I notice," taid Uncle Allen Sparks,
"a couple of our learned professors
have found the secret of prolonging
fife. It it simply to have plenty of
salt in the system. : If that true and
I'm not saying it hm'tr-Lot'e wife
ought to be alive Uday.: Which,
continued Uncle Allen, reflectively,
I believe the it not. -
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