The Gastonia
f u — • Ml| „ — 11 'itit’i-.! . niu
V«l. XVIII.
MAJOR JONES’ COURTSHIP.
By riajor Joseph Jones, of Pineville, Georgia.
r.mTtut i.
Putbville, May 3ft.
To Mr. Thompson: Dear Sir—Ever
•ease yoo »u down to Plnerilto, lt'i
been ou my mind to write yoo a let
ter, but tbe boys 'lowed I’d better
not. 'eaoee you mought take cm ofl
about ray spallin' and dictionary. But
aomethlng happened to me tolbcr
night, en monetrom provoking. tb.it I
can’t help Collin you about It. so you
aau put other young chaps or their
gard. It all come of chawing ao much
to backer, and I reckon I're wished
ther waa uo such plagy etulT more’n
lire hundred linee* tense It happened.
You know the Slalllnies Urea on the
plaatatlon In tho summer, and goes to
town io the winter. Well. Miss Mary
Stalllna, who you know la the darllneet
Jell In Uie county, come home tether
sy to eee bar folke. You know rhe’e
been to tbe Female College, down to
Maooo. for most a yrnr now. Before
the went she uaed to be Joat as plain at
a old Shoe, and used to go Sabin and
buckleberryln with oa, wltb wo'Jiln
but a calico sun bonnet on, and was
Um wildest thing you ever teed. Well,
I always uaed to have sort of aneukln
notion after Mary Stall Ins, and ao
when abe come, I brushed uj, and waa
'termlaed to have a right acrloos talk
with her about old mature; not know
In abe mouaht he be captivated by
some of them Macon fnlleis.
fto, eburo enough, off I started, un
beknowlo to anybody, and rode right
over to the plantation-(you know
our* la right jinlii th« wldder StallIn
•ea). Well, when 1 got there I felt a
little eort o' sheepish; but 1 toon got
over that, when Mm Carlin* taid, (Out
ah* didn't mean me to hear her)
‘•There, Pinny, (that’ll Mm Mery's
nick-name, you know.) there's your
bow come.”
Mia Mary looked mighty eort o' ted
leb when I shuck her hand and told
her howdy; aud aim mode a eort of
stoop over and a dodga back, like the
little gale dues lo the acliool-marm,
aiid said “Good cvenlc’ Mr. Jones"
(She uaed to call me Jest Joe).
“Take a ohalr, Joseph,’’ said Miss
Carllne; and we not down In '.lit par
in'. and I begun talkln to Mies Mary
about Macon, and the long ride the
had, and tbe bod roads and the raon
etruae hot weather, and the like.
She didn’t say much, but was In a
mighty good humor, and laughed a
heap. I told l>er 1 never teed aich a
vwuM^w iu aujruuuj. nui i uarei uiu.
Why, she didn’t look like live sisu gal.
Good gracious! she looked to nice and
trim—just like some ot them pinture*
what they have la Appleton’s Journal,
with her hair all komed down long
aide of her race, as slick and shiny ns
a mahogany burner. When she laugh
ed the didn't open Iter mouth llko she
need to; and she aot up straight and
elllt In her chair and looked eo different,
hut so monstrous pfetty! I ex*d her
a heap of question*, about how
the Hkod Macon, anil tbn Female
College, and to forth; and
abe told me a heap about ’em. hut
old Ule* Stalltn* and Miss Carllne and
Miss Kesiali, and ai of ’em, kep all the
Ume interruptin' us, sxln about moth
er—If she wm well, and If ehe was
cwioo to the hpilug church next Sun
day, and what luck the bad with her
•oap, and all **ieii stuff—aud I do bo
lleve 1 told the old woman uiors'n
twenty time* that mother's old turkey
hon wsa aattlu’ on fourteen eggs.
Well, I wusu’t to be hacked out
uiti-i-wny—io 1 kept li a join’ the
*>»t l coaid, till blmeby old MUs Stul
lioi let ber knittii.’ drap three or four
time*, and then begun to nod.
1 keed tli« gala look In’at ou# another
and plnchln’ one another** elbows,aud
Mias Mary said she wondered what
time It was. and said the college disci
plines, or something like that, didn’t
low late honra. 1 seed how the game
**• gwine—but howsamever, I kep
talkin’ to bar Ilka a cotton gin In peck
in’ time, as hard as I could clip it, till
blmeby thn old lady went to bed, and
•flar a bit the girl* nil olearad, and left
Miss Mary to beraelf. That was Jest
the thing I wauled.
Wnll, she not on ooe side of lb* fire
place, sod I sot on totber, so I could
spit on the hath, wbar ther was noth
in’ but a lighten! chunk burnin’ to
fire light. Well, we Ulked and Ulk
ed, and I konw you would Ilka to hear
all w* talked about, but that would be
loo long. When I’m eery Interested
Jo anything, or git bother'd about any
thing, I can’t help chawin' a hemp of
tobeekar, and then I spits u neon lion •
bta, especially If for Ulkin.’ Well,
we eot thar and ulked, and the way I
spit, waa Urmtn to the crickets! I
axed Mix* Mary If she I tad any bow
down to Macon
“Oh. yea," sha said, and then she
want on aud named over Matthew
Matlx, 2fat Fllnsofy. Al. Getter, Ilet
rtc tttronomy. and e whole heap of rel
ief*, that ahn’d bseu keepln’ oompany
wltli moet all tier liras.
“Well,” see I. "spoae they're u>atln
pop’lar with you. ain’t tbay, Mis*
Mary7”—for I felt mighty uneasy, and
begun to spit u good deal worse.
“Ten.” see aba, “Uiey’r* the most
Interestin’ companions I ever bed, and
I am anxious to resume their pleasant
society.’’
I tell’you what, that eert o’ slnuiped
,nd • »PH right elaup oa the chunk
and mad# it • riickedabrdl ushredlu
snredlu sheerbeae was a good thing it
did, for I blushed as blue as a Glnny
•quash.
I torned my lobackei ’round la my
month, and spit two nr three limes,
and the old ebuok kep up a moat boral
nabla fry In.
“Then I spoes jronr gwlne to furgll
old acqealutancM," ees J. “seas* yen’s
bran to Macon among them lawyers
a»d doctor*, la you, Miss Mary? Ton
thinks asorn of theta than you do ef
anybody else, I epoew."
*he."I am devoted to
them—I think ef them day sod night 1“
That was too much —it Shot me
right ep, aad I eot sa still as could be
fur moie’n a minute. I umrtr felt ao
warn behind the ear* afore In all mjr
life. Tbuuderl how mjr blood did bile
up all oyer me, and I felt like I could
knock Matthew Mat lx Into a grease
spot, If he’d only beeo tbar.
Mia* Mary aot with her handkerchief
up to her face, and 1 looked straight
into the Ore plaoe. The blue blears
was ruonln' round over the old chunk,
ketch In bold here and letting go thar,
sometime* gwtnc moat out, end then
biasing up a little. I couldn't speak—
I wee maklo up my mind for leUlu her
the eltewelloa of my heart—I waa Jeat
gwloeto tell her my feeilns, but my
mouth waa ebook full ol tobacker, ao I
had to iplt—and slap It want, right on
the llghtwood chunk, aud out It Went,
apnug!
I ewar, I uaver did frel an tuck abaek
lu all my boro day*. I didn't know
what lo do.
‘•My Lord. Mia* Mary," aea 1, >*1
didn’t go to do It. Jnu tell me the
way to the kltdieo, and I’ll go and git
a light."
Bill ah« never aald nntbln, jo I aot
down agin, thlnkin abe’d gone to fit
onn liemeir, for It waa pitcb dark, and
I ooutdu’l aee my baod afure my face.
Well, I aot tbar aud ruminated, and
waited a long time, but the didn’t
corns; au I begun to think maybe the I
waeu’t gone. I oouidn’l hear notbio,
nor I couldn’t see nothin; eo bimeby
•es I, very low, for I didn’t want to
wake up the family—aes I;
’•Mlsa Maryl Mim Meryl" But no
body answered.
Thinks I, what’s to be done? I
tried again.
‘‘Miss Maryl Ml** Maryfare I. Hut
it w_s no use.
Then t heard Uh> gall snickerin' aud
langhlii in tbe next room, and I boguu
to aee how It was; Mlaa Mary waa gone
and left me thar alone.
’• Whar’a my hat?" aea 1. nrettv
iouu, to tnincbody mauglit Ml me.
But they only laughed worm.
f begun to (eol about the room, and
tbe flrtt thing I kuon’d, spang! goes
my neaul. again the edge of the pantry
dora wbat waa atandin open. The lire
flew, and I oouldc't help but awar a
lltUe: "D-o the dore," set I —
"wbar'i my hair" But nobody a*id
nothin, and I went gropln about In tho
dark, foelin round to And socso way
out. when I pnt my band on tbe dorc
knob. All right, thinks I. as I putbod
the dorc open quick. Tber waa a
scream! heads popp'd under the bed
klver kwinker’o llgbluin’-eometblng
while fluttered by tbn burow, and out
went tlx) caudle. I waa ill the gala*
room! But there waa oo time for
apoioglalii, even if they could a stopped
squealin’ long eonugb to hear toe. I
crawiltlied out of tbat place monstrous
quick you may depend. Hadn’t 1
went aud gone and done It sure
enougbl 1 know’d my oake waa all
dough Urea, and I jest determined to
6It oat ot them dlggto’t aoon as poe«!
le. and never mind about my bat.
Well. I got through the parlor dora
after rakln my tblna three or four
times agin chairs; and was feelio along
through the entry for tbe front dore
but somehow I waa to float rated that f
lock the wrung way, and blmeby ker
altuh I went, right over old Mlaa Stal
llnaea nptnnln-wheel, onto tbe floor! J
hurt u>yt«l[ a good deal: bat that
didn’t make me half to mod as to bear
them oonfuundatl gals gigglin’ and
laughin’ at me.
VII, Mil* Vi mu ^iw wii MIM
Kealab, for I knoared her votoe), there
goes mother’* wheel! my Lordl’’
1 tried to set the cuiaed thing op
ajaln. bat It teemed to bay* more’n
twenty legs, and wouldn’t Maud up oo
Iww.— Maybe it waa broke. I went
o.it of tbe dors, but I hadn’t more’n
got dowo the steps, when bow! wowl
wowl cornea font or tire Infernal great
big coon dogs, rite at me. “Oit oat!
git out! hello, Cato! cell off your dogsl”
ses I, aa lood aa I could. But Cato
waa sound asleep, and If I hadn’t a ran
back Into the hall, and gooe out of Uie
front way aa quick aa I ooold, them
devils would a chawed my bonea for
true.
When I got to toy boat, 1 felt like a
feller Jest out of a hornet's neat; and I
reckon I went borne a little of lb*
quickest.
Next aaoruln' old Mia* Mtalllne sent
my hat by a little nigger; but I halnt
aoed Mary Htalllnt sent*. Now you
see what comes ot ebawln tobaokarl
l No more from your friend, till death.
Jon. Jokes
P. M.—I believe Mlar Mary’s pone to
tbe Female College agin. If yon ee*
ber. I witb you would any a good word
to tier for me, and tall her I forgive*
ber nil, and I hope the will do tbe
same by mo. Don’t you tblnk I better
write her a 1st tor, nod explain matter*
to ber t
NOTABENY.—Thin letter was
writ to toy perllckeler freed Mr.
Ttiompnon, wbea he w,» rdlten tbe
Family Companion iDugailne, down In
Macon. 1 had do notion of turnin'
author then; but when it come out
with my name to It, and titer wasn’t
no use of den yin u and (specially aa
be writ me a letter beggin I would go
on and write for tbe Mlseallsney, 1 felt
a obligation rantln on me to continue
my correspondence to that paper. All
my other letter* wsa writ to Mr.
Thomptoo, In Modlton. J. J.
LKTTfcn it.
Pi wav ills, Augnst 3k.
To Mr. Thom peon -Desr Mir: The
"Southern Mlaoellaoy,” what you sent
me, U received, and ts J«M the thing.
It had that letter wbst I writ you
down In Macon, only In larger let tin,
so oar folks oould read It s great deal
IttlltT.
Mies Mary la borne now, and things
I* tuck all sorts of a turn lately. Mote
1 quit eliawln tobaoker tod tuok to
writia I Iterator* I west down to
Macon to the *«initiation, wbar 1 got a
heap of new kinks; but I haven’t time
to tall you nothin about that now, a*
ocv mutter eetoea next Friday. Yon
■ oow 11 aiajer, Mid things U In a
bomlnable anarl down her* bout IMj
Um*. I *a*d your r>loo* lo cor rw pood
•uta, whar you mid you hoped M*J*r
Jooa* would write for your columns,
•nd 1 wanted to till you that you
■Bought (poet In hear from no every
now and then. If you Uke my wrltina.
I felt a little sort o’ icared at fu»t, but
ell my acquaintances as bad read ay
latter to yog. advise me to go a-bead
and be a literary caracter, and a* you
want im to wrlta for the "Mlacal
lany," I'a termiotd to do what I kin
10 ™*e* the literature of Plnavllle.
If nothin’ happens at the muster—
for tlier’a some raonstroui fraetloua
caracter* down in our beat, and they
uuan’t coma a cavorting ’bout me
when I gave order*. Ilk* ibey did
round Sntqwell Cock rum. puttin’ him
on the fsuce and tyla’ thing* to hi*
ho**** uil. or I’ll put every devil of
em under Um rest—If nuthln’ dou’t
tutu up to perveat. you may expeot a
letter from a.e for your next paper.
No more from jour friend, till death,
. Jo*. Joxxs.
(lo He Continued Next Thursday.)
•'warn m ckoby to aiwrex.
■arrow tHtago Blda car
Banning tha ■ Isalnx Link.
Cbarloilo OMorvor.
Hjckouy, Aug. IS.—It wa* found
th»t the director* of tbe
Carolina * Northwestern Railway
bald a session behind dosed doora hare
yesterday to consider bids that bad
wen received fer the construction of
link of tbe road between here and
Newton. So far as can be ascertained,
no contract was dosed for tba work,
pending other blda exported. I wa*
luformed some day* ago by Director
Ja*. A. Martin, of this place, that he
had In hand several proposal* for tbe
work, and ho think* the link will be
built before long.
Tk* «TMk1
llunn'i KevUw, IMh.
Evtry city reporting this week notes
loeretaa lu trade, and marly all bright
crop puwpnou. Tha great change la
business it emphasised by tba presence
of a maltituds of buysrs from all parts
of tbs country. Iiy tbeir statements of
th« iltoatlon at tbsir homes, and more
forcibly yet by the heavy purchases
toer are making.
But Uie customary signs of pros
perity are not looking. Tbe Strong
rise Id stocks, tbe growth of bank
clearings and railroad earnings, tbe
heavy speculation In many products,
but most or all la wheat, lieve made
the week on# of surpassing Interest
even to those who best remtmber tbe
upward rush lu 1K70.
At tbe principal clearing booses
throughout lire country payments in
July were for tha Orel time slightly
larger than la 18W, and 1L0 per oent.
larger than last year; lo the first weak
of August 7.7 per oent. larger tban in
16U9 and 28.4 par cent, largor thau last
rear, sod lu tbe second week of Au
7u*^lbey are 17.1) per oent larger than
n 1982, and 38.1 per cent larger lhaa
last year.
The great crops and tho haste of for
eigners to buy sind ship wheat la view
or shortage elsewhere, have made the
week memorable. Taking of proDts
by a pool lowered the pries 3 eeuta on
Saturday, but It has alace rlaau 5
cents.
DAT* »H* OpmHhoI17
Wlll TfcPy r*0 1ST
l^wrtb WiiiMboro lluatlcr.
If the Democrats of U,la HU to do
not rout Ilia enemy In 1806, Uiajr had
bottar quit Urn buiineu. With ull the
fighting material at hand, furntaliad
by tba last two Legislatures, which
were corn posed of spoilsmen, Uiey
Uiould have thing* their own way; and
■f they do not redeem the Slate. for
Democracy and good government, it
will allow Uiat there la something
wroag. But excuse ua from any more
fuilou. If a tub can’t stand on lte
own bottom, let It fail. Dam-Pop
(nslon la Notth Carolina won’t mix—
It has been tried.
WM Waa a*n I*.
ToikvtO* Tuomaa.
In the election recently held to Gaa
ton oounty, it was a)town bow popular
waa tba proposition to moye the oourt
hones from Dalles to Oaetonla. tbs
oore enterprising town of tba two.
1486 votee were east ta favor of Gae
loata and 1275- In favor Of the old
town—Dallas. Gastonia had a major
ity of tba votea, bat it waa on* of
those questions In which majority
1W. "“t rale. Tlie law required a
majority of the qualified voter* of the
eonoty. All did not vole.
Uuuila.
Mt. Host Thaw
We do not recall any town In the
State, except Charlotte, that has anoli
au airof up-to-date-nrae about it, and
which la animated by eucb a spirit of
n»»Mty and prngraaalvuner* as has
tba little metropolis of Gaston Coor.ty
little, relatively, now. but dtetlO’d,
we believe, to hava a large population
In tlia near foture.
<»»« MttcWtw UMi mi* Baa.
A***4®®* lf«l 0»««ntonw8Mjlh, Milt.
A few days ago Capt. W. H. Kltohln
waa having a Battlement with a colored
•ho man Insulted him. Ha raa the oot
orad man out of hU grove and shot at
Mm after tie bed raacbed the road,
but there waa no damage done.
AnHoaealva.
Bbtt Hat.vb in the world for
g“*A l™1***. Botaa. Ulcere, Balt
Eruptloaa, and poaltlrety eurea PUaie,
<* °° P*r required. It la gnarantaad
•Mtefacitoa, or money
ndMdeS. Price * oaota per box. »2
■MabyJ. B. Carry * Oo
ARP ON LYNCB1HGS.
THE SOOTHERS PHILOSOPHER
WRITES A 8TR0KG LETTER.
*A»» Uin fa^iU <W timmrflm Arm JLaw
ADUUiiw — rasrMMMI Win* a Ml
nueliltn In aural Maria*.
I*n Arp in AiUaCa Oueeluacto*.
1 bad not Intended to writ* anything
more upon lynch law, but recent utter
anora from I be preaa and Ike pulpit
provoke nie to tay that tbe people of
Georgia do not deserve tbe ooodem
nation of friend! or foe* for tbeir con
sent to lynching* when the crime la
one that ie uamelee*. Oor people are
»» humane and law-abiding to-day at
they wrr* 80. 40 or 10 year* age, tad
the records of the ouurta prove it. In
1801 there wer* 210 white convict* in
the penitentiary; uow there are but
190, ami we have a greater population.
There la 30 per cent, less of fetonlre la
Georgia than in Hew York or Massa
chusetts, secordtog to population. Of
coarse, I mean among the whiles.
Now set that down.
An Ohio paper bsi recently luvetU
raled tbe record of that rameJeas
crime fur tbe past tee yean Id that
stale and gives the figures which show
324 cases, nod lb* negro criminal* out
number tbe while* six to owe in pro
portion to population. In Georgia
they outnumber tbe whites sixty to
one and it is becaee* of our scattered
atid unprotected population In the
rural district*. Before tbe war that
crime was unknown and almost un
heard or In tbe aoutb, I uever heard
nf a case In north Oeorgla. In 1842 1
bad occasion to visit Cedar Bluff in
Alabama and my companion. Judge
Underwood, stopped the horse to ahuw
me a pile of stones that was beeped up
around a dead and blasted tree.
"Those stones,” said he. "mark tbe
place where a negro brute was burned
two roars »go son alto mark the place
where be committed the crime ai'd
lltea murdered bio viotlm.” That was
the only ease tbet came to my know)
A/unng lOf will W iwn in
hundred* of families the only protec
tors of women and children were
nag rues, not n deed of vluieooe or a
betrayal of treat wai heard of from Ute
Potomac to the Rio Graode: aud Gea.
Usury H. Jackson eloquently said of
them:. ‘-They do ter re a mooumeut
that would reach the sure.”
How 1* it now ? Nearly 3.000 colored
oonelcti in tbti dialngeogt and leaa
than J00 white*, and the namelea*
crime la committed by i. eg toe* tone
where every day In the year. Wbat U
tli* cauae of thia alarming degeneracy
of tbe negro 7 [ beard a preacher say
the other day that I' aching for this
crime or *uy other w*« the evidence of
a depraved and lawlrw public aeall
rasnt. Ha it mistaken. It Is rallier
tbe evideoo* of mlods charged, perhaps
overcharged, with law and respect for
wives and daughters, end no man who
ha* neither Isa Btjeror to try the case.
He is Inoapablo of understanding or
appreciating tbe common peril that,
like a shadow, hang* over the farmer's
homes, be It ever so bumble. Parental
love 1* nearly alt that these people hsvo
to glv* to thslr children and they give
that and cherish them and will defend
them as a tigress defend* her whelps.
What I* the majesty of th* law worth
to a man whose oMW baa fallen victim
to a brute ? What l* It to hie neigh
bor who ell these years ha* been from
time to tins apprehending a similar
visitation ? Wbat does a yonng men,
whether preacher or editor or lawyer,
know about it 7 Jean logalow (God
blew her sweet memory) make* Hie old
flihtrmati to say: "I (eel for mariners
of stormy nights sad fast for wive*
that watch ashore.” Who knows th*
perils or th* deep like a fisherman ?
Some of those learned Judge* and law
yers and preacher* of Atlanta hare
given vent to language tluit Is bitter
and malignant against lynching* for
any crima, but It I* to be uoted that
they have long lived In call of Urn
police by eight s»d by day and within
bxlek walls sod with neighbors at hand
oo every side. What can they know of
tbe peril of the farmer whose wife
visits a neighbor, or whose children
MT« to go a nuv ■■■/ r
Perhaps non* Inquiring person will
aak what do 1 know about it ? Twenty
year* ago I sored from tha city to tha
country and farmed thara for tan
yuan, and all tha time tha apprehrasloc
grew stronger aad kroawr, for tUar*
were □agrees all around to* on lb*
farina, sod more arenas not far away
work lag la I be mine*. 1 never re
pressed ay fear*, oat even to ay wits;
Gat whan our bays all toft tha farm lot
other avocation*, and I had to ba away
most of tha tlm*, »/ wife became
alarm ad, aad I immediately tort the
farm and amred to town for aeoarlty.
80 did evrry neighbor that I bud, and
our schools were broken np and lbs
whole settlement abandoned sod
turned over te negro tenant*. Tb#
echoolhoum was a nills away, aud 1
used to look with parental aagnrne**
for tlm Brat appeoreae* of tha obll
droi.’a bet* a* tbsy rona Into view over
tha distant bill- Until then 1 never
realised Urn ooesmoo peril that environs
the ooontry people- I iiavs a poor
opinion of opinion# unlee* U>#y coma
from those abo are com potent to
judge. "Great man are not always
wisaT” ssltb lbs Scriptures. Tha
nearer the prres Is to tits people, lbs
eouqtry paopb, tbs more ready it is to
apologue, or to justify, the
speedy reecotlsfl of this olaas of erlm
I sale. Tb* preaohere and tha press
may fulmlssta sod Iba governor pro
olalm. bat 1 cannot help rejoicing at
ovary septum aod emy execution.
The law’s delay lus nothlog to do with
I*. It ia tha sponUnaoua outburst of
amotions long f#K snd long imatlmred
and those emotions are based upon
love—luv* for k*®« »»d wife »nd
ohlldreo, love sad rmpaot for the wire*
aod daughters of tts ualghbnre.
Lynching nagrt** f°* tkta crime it no
evidence of laelosauc** among our
paoola. Tlm erlm* steads oat by Utalf
uao atrocity f<* ao law la ad
eqDate ends* Itejjl yat bean
foaad. Why II ba aw tha ta
cream In defence of lyochiug* wo eau
"<* tell. It may be that tluce lb* war
northern philanthropy, ruppleiueuled
by eoatliero office seekers, hare so ex
alted hie eoueequenoe and hie dew re
Tor mini equality that bit fear of
punishment has been allayed. But
oeitain It U that Ut* raoe has rot yet
been (really Intimidated by lynching*,
and they ara considered martyrs by
moat oT the prnacbsrs and taacbcra and
editor*. How many more outrages
there would be If the** lynching*
•hould stop we can only conjecture.
Bishop Taruer proposed « dir of fast
lug and prayer fur the deliverance o(
bis people frym these horrible lynch
lop, but not a word (beat the out
rage* that provoke them.
But it la curious and aomewtiat
noosing to read the different counts
lo this general bill of Indictment
against the people who resort lo vio
lence. Some assert vehemently that
then I* a defect In the law's machinery
and some say not. Ooo preacher says
that OH per oent. of those lodlctcd es
oape. On* more would come square
up to Judge's Dooly’s vsttmit* when
b* said: "GsaUvmea of lb* Jury. I
uliarp you that ninety-nice gouty
ones hare already escaped.” One
learned lawyer says that Kyder would
certainly have bean triad and coo rioted
la SopUmher, and doulOea* been
speedily executed. Another says he
would have boon stol to the asylum aa
a luuatlc. Judge Bleeklev asys the
law needs no reforming—that It la
right now. The Bar association bare
resolved that It doe* need reforming.
Oon pre*cb«r quotes Scripture that
says “The laud mast not be defiled
with Wood,” hot does notgivslbecon
text that says “Innocent Wood,’’and
the farther context that says: “De
liver him uoto the band of tb* avt-tiger
of blood that be may die, and thine
eye shall not pity him.” Life for life,
band fur hand, ate. “I>t them stone
him with stones.’' eta. Itasems like
a UrrWwquo for any proaclmr to go to
the old Mosaic law tot a text against
nummary punishment for heinous
crimes Tb* avenger of Wood was oa
tb* warpath all tb* Um* and tree tb*
man who anwitUogtr killed hit ueigb
bor. ant hating him before lumO. had
lo fly for his life to Uis city of refuge
lest the svenger of blood overtake him.
NAJ UIIU. in,
being hot shall slay him. Those
rtvr tiger* of blood must bare bmi
blood-thirsty fellows Indeed. It wee
au awful code of law, but tbe children
of Israel were an awful race to deal
Willi. I wonder what tlie boys nt Ibis
gone rail on would eay to a law Ilka ibie:
“If a man havo a stubborn and rebel
lious aoa who will not obey the voice
at hi* fattier or bla mother, then shall
Irie fattier lay bold on him and bring
him to tbeeldns and eay: Tills, onr
son will not obey our voice. And all
tbe men of lbe city shall stnni bin
with stone* Uiat be die. And Israel
aball bear and fear.” Wliat a horrible
death was that 1 And yet it vae a
common and frequent punishment. If
l was a preseller 1 wouldn't go to tlie
Old Toatameat Cur a text against
lynching I wouldn't even quote Cain
whom the Lord marked, fur It seems
very certain Uiat if Uw Lord had not
Interfered tbe people would have
Wucbad him. Josephus say* that tho
Lord protected him because of hi*
offering and becaua* ho entreated and
said: “la my min too great to lie for
given Tn
To my mind ilia mis of tbe whole
matter I* that neither tbe taw’s delay
Dor Its uncertainly baa aoytlilug lo do
with Urn impulses and emotions that
control Dm when Uiey pursue and
overtake and identify and execute a
r.egru for his crime against helpless
innocence. Kwry parent and husband
and brother In tl>* neighborhood im
mediately becomes an avenger nf
blood. If lbs brute lias already been
caught by tba officer* of the law and
securely placed In prison, then let him
■tsy there and meet hie doom accord
ing to law. I would not take nuy
prisoner away from a faithful and
honest sheriff—nnlee* p.’rti»ps the
vlcUm wma on* of my family, nor even
I lien an lest it could be done without
shedding tbe blood of officer* or
friend*.
rvr ail omar crifUM IQ* uw* we
ha** are good enough foi all good
cltlmaa, and i feel no grant concern
for tlie bad. I suppose that at loaat
half thn lawyers carry oommM
weapons, but they don’t onrry Uwtn for
me. Certain It la I want no adeloo on
DiU subject from praas or pnlpit, from
judge* or lawyer*, and especially from
young no married man er those who
lira tu rook-bull I elUaa. I bad rather
bear and bead tbe voiea of the women
•f this southern land, tbe ■ other* and
daughters who alone are the victim*
when peril ooaae. If It somes at alL
What do they any f
St's MSrna, Ten Knew.
Dublin TirWphonn,
Home people doa’l advertise because
they aay thn paper la oot rend. Bat
Just let one of them be caught kiaelog
another man's wife or trying to bold
up the aid* of a bo I Id toe teme dark
night and bit tuna change*. If tbe
printing office le in a garret ef a seven
teen Kory bulld og be win climb to
the top to ask tbe editor to kaep quiet.
WWWWW—n
T*» Te*a Ala* Slave Uw sail t rass.
Coaaonl Ikuw.
The old soldiers of Bowen ehaHesg*
aay other county In the Stats to s
game of ben. Um ulae to be selected to
be Union or Confederate veterans,
r. A. Hartman, Hsllabury. I* manager.
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Fall Term Opens September let.
UMMI OOttawa Preparetory and Aoadamic Branoha* and Mualo.
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York City Oct. lot to take a apretal
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aad will bo gono aooenl ooooUw.
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Sale of ltcal Estate.
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