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Vol. XT III. {wTJ'Jdr^ilttLj , Gastonia, N. C.. Novemlwr 4, 1807.
MAJOR JONES’ COURTSHIP.
By Hajor Joseph Jones, of Ptnevllle, Georgia.
LETTER XXV.
l’iaevllle, Dm 90-To Mr. Tlbcmp
aon: Dear Sir—Well. Criamua end
Now Yean la gone, and a heap of fan
baa gone wits 'em. Down bon in
TlnevUle we had real timet, you may
be Chore. Everybody took Orlamua,
•feelally the niggers and alcb other
shooting poppers and skyrockets, you
never did ere.
Bat the beet joke w« the way Cous
in Fate got tusk lo ’bout getting In
KcelHh’a Orlamua bag. Pete's bad a
kiod of aaaakln notion of ber fnr aoma
Lima, but the dratted fool don't know
no more about courtlo nor a bown pap
doee about ’atronomy. lie was over
to oar bouse Orlamua eve, gwlne on
with hla non ton to. and botherln slater
Ke* till the got right tired of him —
tellin her bow he wanted to git mar
ried to bad he didn’t know what would
come of him, and bow be wished tome
body would bang up a bag fur him,
like Mary did for me.
"Ob. yea,” aea abo, "you want lo
fool eomebody now, don't you—but
yon’r mighty mistaken."
•‘Ho, Mias Health," aea he, "If I
ain't In good yearnest, I never wae In
my life."
uuu now Doctor, would jroo give
youtaalf away to any yoong lady for a
Ciismoa gift Ilka brother Joseph did?’’
"That ( would,” ns ba."and glad
of the ehtQC6.”
“Ab,”aaa she, “l’m frald you want
to play soma trlak—you youug doctors
la ao mooatroua hard to pleaac.” Aod
then she looked rouod at me and kind
o’ winked her pretty black ayes aod
saolled.
l'ete looked In tha glass, and sort o'
oltckad down hla whiskers, nod thou
set bt.
“AU Uie gall* era that, but tha tact
i*. Mia Kaatah. we la 'acepllble to fe
male charms |eat Ilka common men, I
can aaaboca you. And tha fact la, I 'm
determined to marry tba Ural gall that
will bave me for a Uriemoa preaeot.”
“Now, you all bear that,'' aea
KeaUh.
“Yea,'' we all aatd.
“Now mind,” tea ahe U> Cousin
Teta, “you ain’t foolin’’
I never seed Fata look ao aquare.
Ho looked sort o’ akerred and sort o’
pleased, aod ba trembled all over aod
bis voioa was eo bnaky 1m couldn't
hardly speak.
“No, t la In dowo right yeernaat—
you aea if I mint.”
“Wall,” aea ahe. “we’ll see."
Pete seamed monstrous fidgety, and
btmeby ba ’lowed It waa time to go;
aod attar telllii ua all good night, an
ba. “New remember, Mias Keelab,"
and away ba want with a heart aa light
aa a bandfal of ohtekan feathers.
Ho hadn’t been gone hardly ito time
before stater KeaUh boat right oat a
lauglilo.
“Now,” asa ahe, "It 1 don’t (lx Dr.
Pomposity good, than I ain’t Kao lab
HtaUina, that’s all. Ha's always beau
cavorttn about and makln ao much at
bimself aa who but ba I and now I'll
taka tba gentlemgn down a peg.”
“Why, aim you gwlna to bang op no
bagt” aea Bister Carlins.
“That I slot,” aea ahe.
“Oh, bow ala, that would ba too bad
to diaappioL him ao.”
“Hot tba doctor ahant be dleappolo
ted, for I’ll maXt aunt Prissy bang up
on* for him to taka au airin fo till
moroin if ha’s a mind U>, and tba*
wa’llaee If ha'll ba aa good aa hla
word.”
Aod shorn acough aba called Prlaay
aod made her go la tha loft and amply
the feather-bag and fix a rope In It,
aud go aod bang It os the porch (or
ooualn Pete. Than aba told Pnaa all
how aha must do to tha moroin, and
wa all want to bed.
I con idol sleep far thiokln whet •
boro I noble fool they gw I no lo
make oat of pom Pete. Mary eed It
was a great shame to servo anybody so
but aba didn’t blleve Kaatab over
wooM quit beln wild and mischievous.
it wasn’t no great time before I
heard the gate squeak, end the next
mtnlt tber was • roostrous racket
among the doge, and 1 koowM Pete
eras oome. I could hear the gall* a
tltterln and langbln In tber room, and
the next thing hang want something
agio the fence, and then one of the
d<xm aot np a kl-ey I like something
had hart him, sod all was (till for a
few mtnlto. Then I heard Pete step
pin about vary cautious on the porch,
aod movin the table aid ohaira, and
then the jloa shook with bla weight, as
be drapt Into the bag. All was still
agin for a little while, ’oapt the galls
iiigglln In tber room; then I beard
Pete an ease, and the doga barked mad
I thought the gall would laugh no loud
he’d beae’em; but be k«p asoevrlola
spite ef nO ha could do.
"Wow," lea Mary, "ulnl that too
bod to fool anybody that way. Jaet
tblok bow you would frol in that old
bog what’s beau full of stlukln old
chicken feathers far aver ao long."
"Thai’sa fact,” saa I; but 1 couldn't
help langbln all I bo time.
jma cmareo iu wrote a uma or two
and erery bow aad than ba fetched a
kiad of a aaovharad op Maaaa, aad
thao tba doga would bark. You bet
tor heap your mouth ikot, old fONtr,
thin ha I, If you don't want to git your
windpipe lined with oh token feather*.
Itrury now aad than tba jiee would
•boko aa Fata hap tarn la aad twlatlu
round, tryta to git had oomforiabt*.
Hut I kaow’d tbor waa nn comfort la
that hag. oaun If It bad no raaUian lo
It; and thao wbuo t thouabt what a
tarrlhla dlaappoiaUMnt waa wait In far
him In tba mornta, 1 eouldu’t help
pityln him from Um bottom of my
It waa a loug lima bafoto wo oouid
go to *toao, hut I drapt off afur a
white aad didn't wake till moral*. I
waa mighty anntooa to aaa bow the
thing waa gwtne to turn oat, aad gut
randy long before anal Priaay anaa to
*M what *u In Ixr Tiie galls
up by daylight. too. to Me Hulun.
Nobody went out till all tbe niggers
from tbe kltebeu hid gut rounothe
bag.
" Whoop< e-el” tee little ulgger Ned.
"Mammy, tee what’i dat Uatigin on de
poroh.”
"Klhl" mi old aunt Hetty, ’Mat
mm be old Smtaclaua heseir, fell In
dar when be wm pultln )>u*we candy
for Prta, and can’t git out.1'
Pita never laid nothin’, waitin’ for
the galls to coma.
"Ob, Min Callloel MIm Ketlahl
come and aee what !’• got in ray tag.”
aea Prli. “I ipec 111 aomethlug wtiat
uncle Kriday fjtch from Quits; he
srd be wn gwlue la give me a Until
mat.**
By this time the gulls wm on tbe |
porch, and the nigger* anewuog the
beg, and out tumbled Pel*, all klvered
with feathers from bend to foot, *o yon
couldn't sea hi* eye*, mouth, whiskers,
nor nothin’ et*e.
"Wbewl" in lie, ■■ loon m be got
Ins head out, aud the feather* Hew all
over llie door, which sheered the little
ulegere to they split to the ktteheo
squealin' like ths very devil wm after
’em.
“Good Lord, Mum Pete;’’ *e* auol
PrtUT, "dat you In my bagf I thought
’em wu aomathing good."
"Your bag!" am Pete, "drat yoar
Infernal pitcher, who told yon to bang
op a bag for while fotka to go and git
tutor Never mind, Miaa Kaalab. I
wu only In fun, anyway,’ ae« lie, whlln
they wu all laughin' lit to die. and ha
wa» trying to bnuh off Die feather*.
“Never mind, I watouly joklo’ wiih
yon, but l had a better opinion of you
than to think you would eerve a body
eo, and ding my fealbau It 1 ain’t glad
I've found you oat. Never mind,
Ml*e," *e* be, end he gin her a look
like he could bile her head off, and
then he Mowed hii uoee a lime or two
»nd put oat.
“But ain’t you gwloe to be aa good
at your word, doclorT" aae the.
“You jeet go to grant," tee he; and
that’* tbe laet we’ve teed of Coualo
Pete eenaa Cbrlamue mornlu'.
Mary gave tlie galli a right good
geuin' down for aervln’ him to. But
for my part, I think It ain’t no great
matter, for he it etch a bomtnubla fool,
that a few pretty bard leeaona won’t do
him no I taro. No more from
Yoar friend till death,
Joe. Jones.
P. 8. Mary'a In right good aperlta.
oonalderin. I expect to writ* yon a
laUer one of Ibeae days, old feller,
that’ll make yuur hair aland on tend
with joy and gratification. But aa the
old auyia’ la, we muatn't oount our
chicken* before they’re hatched.
LETTER XXVI.
PiNEvir.L*, January IS.
To Mr. Thompson—Daer Sir: New*’
uowe; glorious nawal Hurra for me 11
——“Let Um Kettle to ik* trumpet. apeak.
The iruovut to tbe eaoaooeee without •
Um OBmwii lo Ike tuvnoi, tlM hotvoa tu Um
cull."
x or Jtary'a got a oaoy j i i
And a m (matron* floe boy at that t
Tbe King of Danmark, yon know,
wanted to aet all heaven and yeath la
uproar, Jaat booaate bla Majesty waa
xwloe to taka a driok of llckar. Bot
if aver a man did feel Ilka thia world
wnmi't big enough for bim to enjoy bla
bapptuem In, l think I ought to on
tbia important occasion.
I never H«d ileb feeling* before.
Wheo I waa ’lacted Major of tha
Georgia Militia I felt a good deal uf
pride and gratification; and when 1
■tarried Mary, I thought I waa tbe
liepplrrt mao iu Georgia, bot thia last
btioeaa has olapM tha ellmax oyer
arm thing that ayar happened to ma
Iu all my bora deye. It wooldn't do
for people to gat macb happier In Utla
world Uian I am, sow mind 1 tall yoa.
I don’t want to brag over other peo
ple’ and I know It's a old maxim that
‘Srvary crow tblaks Its own young
once the arhlteet,’’ but I'U tall you
wbat'a s fact—mine is oae of the moat
sspriaanest children that aver waa
seed In theaa parts. It ain't bat Jest
four dayt old this eveatn. and It’s got
plooty of hair on its band,and tbe pret
trost little feet and hands, with toes
and fingernail Jaat aa natural aa grown
peuphi’a; and when it opens It* ayes It
rolls ’em all round the room Jaat Ilka It
knowed ovary tblog that waa gwlno
on. Mother aaya she really dot* blleve
the child koowd bar tha Brat lima abo
took It in ker arms, and old Mtia Sul
lies aaya all aha’a afraid of It If* loo
■mart to lira. Tbs gall* I* almost array
about It, aud rich another pollio and
haul In about It as they do keep. One
wants It, and 'lother wants It,and they
won't give the little feller no ohanee
to sleep for lookln at It, and ahowln it
It to people and Wiki a to It, and If a
all the time ’coma to aunty—twa*lest
Itttlo pwaolous baby—aunty’s tittle
•agar sandy, data pay diddle”-ami
every time I Uka It iber’rn all scared
to doatk for fear I'll hurt It some way.
Jest as I iprot»d, the namta has
oean more trouble tban a little. I
picked out “Hidry Olay” for fate name
mor'u a month uu, but they alt want
ed to Imre a my In It, and ererr on*
had a Mam that they liked beet of aay.
Mot liar aald aba new liked t* bare
but of her family named after treat
political character*, fur the never
k oow'd a George Waah lepton or a
Tbomea Jeftmoa abet waa aay man
ner of aoeoont la bar Ufa, except the
A rat owe, and tber kbh wooldn’t
been ae batter than eomnaen people’*
If tber ebaraotare wam’t. OV1 Mlm
SlaUioa wanted to call blm A bar ha re
Maillot, oauee that waa her baeband1*
aaam. and ateter Carlin# wanted bln
named Theodore Adotfaa, aaaaa they
•are bar farurlU norat name*, end
elater Kealab wanted blm named
Chart** TWrrrly, oaam ha waa one *<
tire meet latereatlaaat ebaracmr* la
"Tim Children of Um Abbey. 1 waat
I
*d ’mi all to be sstlsHed, but It »Min»d
Uk* tber waa no Olio tha biaoaaa to
anybody's llktn, until after they all
talked themselves do*n tired about It,
we ell agreed to leave It to Mary ta
dectda. Fore Mary didn’t know wbel
to do, wben they all gathered round
bar baggio tier as bard ae they could.
“Remember your pore old father
ttiuFe dead and gone, child,” laid old
Mia* fitalllua.
••Ob, don't oall him Aberbam; tliat’a
■lob a ole time name,” eee lb* gall*.
"Theodore is so pretty,” eee a I star
Carlin*.
“Oh. tbat’s alcli a outlandish French
name,” eee all of ’em.
" Hut Charles Beverly was slob s
good character It ‘Tha Children of
the Abbey,’ and soar da so nobla.” sea
■later Keelah.
“No Christian child o«ight to be
named a novel, name,” eee old Ml**
8t*lllna. "They’re all lies from seed
to eeud.
“Call him what you’ve a mind to.
dear.” aaa naoUwr.'’ for yoa’rs hi*
mother, and ought to plena* yourself.”
Mary looked up in my face with her
pretty blue eyes, aud am lied to sweat
wben sister Carlin* laid the baby in
ber arms—and then she **d, a* sbe
hugged It to bar bosom —
“Too* to It* unddor, muddar’e
tweeteet little Henry Clay—it sail be
eallcd Henry Clay, so It salt, madder’*
pwedoae little ringdove, so It 1*. sad
It shall be President, too, wben It gt*
e mao, so U sell.”
“llurrefor CUyl” eee L “Her-”
“Husb-h-b-b-h, Joarpli,”eas mother,
"ain’t you shamed to shook Mery’s
nerves aof”
auv ww, i mo giia i lorgot
wbst 1 was about. Bat 1 went right
off sod writ down In the family reeord:
"HEXUY CLAY JONES.
Tbe Orst son of Joseph and Mary
Jonca, was born on iho stores lb day
of January, 1844."
I've baen *o flustrated tot the last
week that I hardly know what I'm
dum half the time, and 1 don’t apose
1 shall flod lima to do much else bet
nurse the baby for tome time to coma.
Mary’a rltlit piert, aod little Henry
Olay Is mafcln a wonstroas good be
ginning in the world. No more from
•Your friend, till death.
_ . Jos. Jera as
(To ba continued next Thursday.)
atrvaucAS itKtiex wmiskiy.
It Takas Lata a* tk« naM «• Bu a
KaSleal Caaapalm _ auuaeat mt
DmUoi Eie.nu*, awtn Ta.
Raleigh. N. C., Oct 37.—Tbara
was a qaeer case before the Supreme
Court reoeoUy. It waa that of tbe
State oo relation of Harry Bppa, and
Harry Bppa v. William H. Smith.-from
Vauea. This was a civil action triad
before Judgw and a jury at May term.
Tbe plaintiff Introduced the sworn
statement of election expenditures,
(137 In amount. Bled by Smith. It In
cluded the following items:
To Chre. Young, because ba ask
ed me for it..$ .50
To Cites Weir, two gallons of
whiskey, (to be oted as be taw
properl ... 380
To LoveUee Young, one gallon
of whiskey, (to be used as ha
tiioaght beet). 1 oo
To Jim 8111. whiskey to bo used
as be wished. 100
To whiskey furnished another
party, whose name I have for
gOiUu.sttt. . 2 90
To fix nlluoi whiskey, used by
myself and lrtsods, and any
other person who happened to
be present. g 00
1 To ooa gallon whiskey furnished
K. M. Townee, to ba used as
ha pleased. 1 75
To hair-gallon whiskey furnished
Daniel Bullock, to ba used as
lie pleased... . 100
To one quart, George Hughes 50
To iwo gallons whiskey used
by myself sod friends sad all
others that might be present
at drlokiug time. 8 30
To one gallon furnished J. A.
Green way, to be used as ba
liked. 1 00
To one galloo Heart Turner, to
ba used as ha liked. 100
to im galKta W. U. Beavlt, to
bn used aa ha liked. 1 60
Om gallon Andrew Wat kina 160
Smith farther aware: “The parties
named abort are all Republicans, and
were working for the straight Hepub
•loan ticket aa I aa Informed, except
Mr. Weir and Qrnnway (and perhaps
owe more), tad Joe and Phil Hunt. I
treated and drank with am or all
parttae before and daring and alnoa
tha campaign, hat not with a view of
Influencing their votes, nor In aM of
my election; would have done ao If I
had not been a candidate."
ASmtkUa lake Snlaw.
farm Mae^litwy.
I don't care how big and rich and
widely known a concern la, let It taka
lUada out of an paper* for aay two
•eaoooa and it will waver again be able
to catch up. Why, soma dealers take
It to be a sure sign that a oompany la
falling baek, perhaps getting ready Le
make an assignment when it stops ad*
sad keep nut for s looser time lhaa
osual. You eaa send btm all the
catalogues, elroulera, letters, ok, you
ptaaea, but aalam ha aan fled your M
In hU paper lie don't ooont you aa
being in the front rank. No >—thitm
man eaa a lord to lot his ada drop out
of tha papers that reach hie customers.
PER PAID EXPENSES IR ’96.
MB. LEAZEB MMTHB THE TACTS
nr A LETTEB.
■’wlteeltwr Was WHMaiela*
*••• Ml M IttiytM-a <Var
Rtilmmur |||«CM«
nakteti X«ws uid Obaenar.
Mooa*»viLX.K, y. o,t Opt. 98.—It
’baa been reported Id various news
papers tliat tba State Auditor haa
pads the statement that “during the
to* two yeara tlm pea I ten It ary drew
•«-000 from tba State and left It at
the tod of last year H0.OOO la debt.”
The Governor o Me tally stated in a
communication to Uie Board of IMree
ton of Urn penitentiary, under dale of
September 21, 18V7, that he had eo
Ployed an expect aeoonaUnt to esam
loa tba books of the former maaage
***“£ u to ahnw the aotoal lorn lo
tk* State during the four years ending
with 1800.” He farther said, ‘■•olB
clpt examination baa been made by
others to show, as I understand it.
that the loss or shortage during that
four yean was about 1126,000.”
The report of tlm aooooataat seams
to have been made to the Board of 1)1
re«h>ra, and It was hoped that It would
be given to the public that tha state
meat made by the Governor might be
aoeompaaied by the evidence, ee far as i
It bad been proenrad, of it* accuracy
or luaocnrucv
The public, however, b*v* nothing
except tba rumor again gathered la tha
utwepapert, that toe expert eecouu
tani’a report shows a lose to tha State
Inlhe laat four years of about $104,
000. ir Ibla be tha result of Ike exam
Inatton, and If it wue true, which It
w not, tba Governor’» atatamant mlae
*■ Uia mark in tha extant of only
$21,000.
How, let It be understood that It hae
nartr been claimed liy the peat aamtn
I at ration that the peu limitary received
Du aid from tbe State, or waa fully
MUf-euMainlng during tbe years 1303,
1B94 end 1393; but it la claimed and
proem than It waa approaching self
support for years end tbet tble comil
tloo ««■ fully attained in tbe yeur
UN.
tot It also be kept in mind that
money appropriated by tbe General As
sembly la not necoaeurlly drawn or
used by tbe penitentiary.
The booka of Uia State Treaaurer
ebnw Ike nuiouot uf State money, tbet
ii tax mooty, uaed by tba panltaollary
lo tbe several yeura. I respectfully
refer to ttrem:
ForlBUO, there W«i appro
priated and used be the
penitentiary. % 12,800
For 1894, there was a regu
lar appropriation used.... 18,300
And an appropriation made
lo 1803 In pay debt of 1804
and ao used. 14,128.71
For 1896, there waa appro
priated and uaed by tbe
peultenliary. 80,000
Total.W0.1C8.71
For 1600 there wee appropriated al
together $30,000. From tble appropri
ation $3,000 waa drawn aud ueed dur
ing the suqamer, when Uv» tooome Is
always abort.
See report of Treaaurer Worth fur
1603 end ISM, peg* «. wlicrs it is elat
ed oorreetly. Be coodudee Lts state
ment lo reward to lb* peulteotlary by
•Uf log. ‘*1 think tbe management hae
been eery good.” The Treasurer's
year cloees November 80th, the peni
tentiary year deem December 81st.
On December $1. 1888. one mouth
after tbe Treaaurer ckwed hie report,
tbe peulteotlary bad to tta credit on
thu Treasurer's booka $.3,800.60, be
sides $1,800 In its own safe collected
after tbe cioee of butines* at the Treas
urer’* odlce that day.
It Ii apparent Wwt there waa more
Uito enough to balance tbe $1,000
drawn from tba appropriation of $30,000
made for the year IBM, aud therefore,
practically no appropriation waa uaed
that year.
tm toui of approprmiiona md by
iba penitentiary for Um Uiraa year*
tew, 1804 nod IBM waa (**0,158.71) j
sixty Dine thousand one ha ad red and
flfly eight and serenty-ona cents; and
for tha year 1888, the penitentiary
actually paid all IU expenses, having
Planed in tha Traaaary a dollar of IU
own earning for every dollar drawn or
paid out oai lie account.
If Iba Audltur. la tbe statement drat
referred to, baa Mid tbat 880,000 wee
appropriated for the years iftOO and
1848, It would have been true, for
830,000 waa appropriated for each year;
but that for 1M8 WM not used.
As to the additional statement said
to have been made by tbe Auditor that
the year waa closed with a dsbt of 810,
000, tbat la totally untrue.
Every Mil against the North Caro
lina penitentiary known to the man
agement and daa In 1800 waa paid at
the close of buaioam for that year.
Tba reference, when apeeklag of a
debt of $10,000, maylmva bean to tba
Mila of December 1880. which did not
mature Ull January, 18817, wbea they
were paid In regular aonraa of business
Tha Mils of nay moctb era nayar
paid till oral month, cannot ba
paid sooner. for the greet*?
pert of them eannot ba seat In,
and of course oaanai bn audited till
tba aocoeedlog month. For IneUcea,
tha pay-rOli and tka freight MHa, and
three oonatitaU tha largaat Items of
as oh month's expanses, eannot bn made
up till Ure month eloana. do that the
year 1887 ueeasaarlly I a eludes Decern
Ur of 1888, at 1880 locloded December
of 18M, and 1808 loeioded Deeember of
1884, and ao on tot stare rear.
Tha Mila fee Doeambef. 1800 may
have amounted to 810.008; December
Is alware a Imavy month; but this waa
no daw till It wae due, aad It aonki
not be dua nor paid Ull January, 1897,
whoa Um Mlk ware In and ware paid;
and paid ton ant nf tba earnings of Um
futiiiUtn,
It la not only true that Um panllen
Mary paid IU expun see eaUrety oai of
IU aaraloga la 1818; bwt also Mutt U
bad an band oai tba M dap nf Janua
ry, 1887, Haatdaa farm and other pro
duota bald for consumption. aaaete la
e*te Md product* readily salable aad
convert I bis into cate to neat earroat
expentta the sum et 863,347.79, aad
tela eta loir valuation, lower than
®uofc of the tana ware aold for after*
warda. ror Inataaaa. oottoo ana
valuid at 899 per bait; about 900 b4*a
were aold by tba Democratic manage
moot at near 981 par bale. Tba pres
ent management report that tha cot
ton ou band In April, which waa 811
bales, when everybody know* tea price
waa much batter, area add for a utile
over 916.000, or at about 818 per bale.
Sea report of tea 8upariutcnd*ut to His
Board In tba month of Auguat.
Tba 803,347.79 an band January L,
1887, constated of Urn follow lug Items.
Oottoo valued at 939 par
Cotton aeed, aurpjii! 1 ’.
UriekA.1,31747
Cate..8,494.4o
ToUl.163447.78
_ And tela dor* not inoioda about
*15,000 of outstanding claims due the
penttentary, of which on* half ought
•Orel? to have bean collected.
It 1* conceded that tea Damocratio
management recalved oat of the taxes
of tea people 809,000 daring tee On*
three year*, it used none of their
money tea Uat year, and left a large
•urpluA
t ncn* vw ■■ average expenditure of
•23,000 of tax noon for tho three
roar* of 18U3, IBM tod 1806: the <—of
tax mommy from 188* to 1893 too years,
avrraced 800,718 a year.
Tbla lo alao worthy of consideration.
The 8*0,000 expended, ae above etated,
wai uut eeeeMary tor ooctucaption la
the ordinary current rxpenem; but that
amouot and very auoh more wae
applied la permaneot Improve—uU
«ad in vest man la on tba various farm*
wlitob bad Juat been inaugurated, and
wblofa required a vast outlay lo the
pornfiaat of animal*, lbs ooostructlou
of balldiugs, Um churlsguf 5,000 acres
of timbered lands, and other improve
moots sod property, which remain for
future oae and most of whioh do uot
need to be duplicated.
The conclusion is beyond dispute
that the pealteetiary wae self-support
In 1808, and that uodcr fairly good
maoagemant, wllh fair leeteialloa it
ought to maintain this 00edition.
It la uot the province of lb la onso
munieatloo to exlilldt this admloli
tratlon, already eonteaaed a failure
within lu flrat few mouth* by thorn In
control, nor to b»eUtate a comparison
between tbla aud the prvoediag. Tbs
good people of the State know the
present condition of affairs, aod will
readily understand the cattle Osh policy
now lu vogue.
wutaair art «• racinnta.
riMTMU>niis r«r Pnuhu
Or t*» eMlinUwf-Snla VMCkrr
hr Siae Worm srKsatMhy VhHkrr
S* Paid goat Ike Kama.
UutclKh Our. Wllcniagtoe manu.
Much haa been aald lo the papore
during tba paat ten mootla about Bee.
T. W. Iiabb, an unfrocked BrptUt
preacher. He was given a place at tlie
penitentiary farina. This wae strenu
ouely denied by the fiaatun administra
tion , but today the exposure earns. It
was lo tho shape of the following
voucher: “but* of Forth Carolina,
debtor to Rev. T. W. Babb, for sar
vicea aa minister at the Halifax farm
and tba Northampton farm for two
aod one-half months, ten weeks, at
•8.00 par week, •0000." Wllh this
wee mad the following letter signed by
Frank D. Wlmbleh, clerk to the pent
toll ary, addressed to Babb: "We an
oloee you pay for service* up to this
time (October 28rd). By the request
of tbo board of direoton yon will have
to bold up preaching for the present.
Tin— are bard and Um penitentiary
owe# a big lot ef money. Sopertntan
deet Smith requests me to eay U yon
that be woo Id be glad to am you before
very long." The Idea of actually hav
ing each a preacher at tha convict
oaapa will give tba people ofiheeUte
a freeh easm for talk, particularly af
ter all the bitter denial*. Babbles
devoir d friend ef Coegremman Skin
ner, end wee e banger on during Um
last legislative session. He is a
“Pritchard popullat.”
Than U as Interacting fact la ra
ge rd to UiIt Toucher for Hebb'a pay.
whloh Trentoror Worth aeya, bo Wuot
hoc or, tbla Mag that tba roocber
aoxt preeaedlag waa for 9139 for a
barrel of Kaotoeky whiakey. On of
the “rouaUboata” at tba depot who
waa unloading paoKenllery whiakey
recently rutted a great Uagb by toying
lie thought North Carolina whiakey
good enough far the pealteatlary people
People la a poahton to know aaanro aw
that reveUtlooe about tba penitentiary
are only joit oow beginning.
kewUr.
Cbnori kuiM.
A certain Democratic aohool eota
calUeeman of the ooonty waa told re
oently by one of the two fatten a«a
bera of the towaablp committee that
ualaaa bo voted to pay Lbew lot tbnlr
earvlore that ba nootd ba taken og tba
board. Ha proaptly told thorn to
•rock their whip and proceed. Tba
law* doe* out allow any omnpecwtlon.
bat tbeae boagry fua'onlrte want to
vote pay for tbomoelroa anyhow.
Happily, they have Democrat* to
watch their llule ranee
Tlie meeiieat man to any coaawanlty
lathe Mlu|y. peaarloua pirate wbo
Cla tba beoedtaof tbeadmtialog and
rd work of otbera who aaalM in do
raloplag a city Uwt directly atakaa
him money and who eer*r halva la lie
work. They arose hotter than Urn
dag that tip* over a table to gm what
la aall.
1,1 ' wr=s-rwmessss-m
4,P 4***JM nmul
■NllfalhWw VM (Mt ‘' ttUmil
BUI ktp la ttoltekoru baibta
Vow hm la a book UMt U Mru
hwrtag. A boot that Ja Sixl« iw£Sj
SrS£SESSSJS»5fi5
stti&A'S&jsis.ss
at flatly oxtouted lu feea and teat one
•aod palatine* I did not know that
Uxn waa ante a book or that aaeb
wold kb doaala thorn dot*
Boob plate baa a btoftimphtoal memoir
oobOteiaby to*, white la In laipa typo
-J* kite that I can «*od ti on-hand
witboat ftaeaw. Thtawork teanalo
hate bean li—llii trow tbo ,i
IoUm Indian battery of tba
paaArsKss «rs
Uu property of Hi. David Black, af
Atlanta, and aa itoaaadawn toMa
io tba (aaally I did not aappow
aoothor In tho Sum. bat ay
frtaod Joo If. Brown talla wo (hot bta
brotbor Bit job baa it, and alaoonothar
to loota, white I wtalt to Me, for ibis
aoa haa naUber Bote aorOtorola. It
ha* BMm and Xo to teak aod otbor
Orwk and Oharokoa dilate, and Paddy
Our. tba famooa Interpreter, wfaooa
father wan Sootob-Iriah and hla mother,
m Indian. Per ouay wait ha waa la I
Gtoaral Jackaoa'a aorvtoa aod in ana-1
oroBMt aorrieo. aod pit rite and In- j
vaalod hla moony iu land and nawroaa.
A wan frtaod of bta bad a beautiful.
ftddy^rwlfl»»ateAtartTtotwin ’*5S j
baanaodona Ary and tbo otbor Ad
nr.
» ebarmlag biography
of M»j»r Kid**, aad makes lilm a vary ■
strong mlodsd aad nob!* man. Ilia
llkeoem ahowa aa mack fore* aad 4a
olslon of cbsrnotor as don that of
Webstar or Orikonn. Indeed, soma of
the apaaelia* mad* by tha Indian nblaft
lu tbair loug protracted discussion#
with tba government are patWtie,
stoqoeot im ooeiiswatebl* aa If they)
oeoia from Patrick Usury or aay *Ucr
grrot orator. It Is touching aod Uaf-1
ful la road too pleading, poetical ate-1
queue* of Bleak Hawk aad Keokuk
Tuetsourges and Major Kklgeaad
Big Warrior. Mr. MoKaoaay area tbe
government’* agent I j all tbeas Me
tis*. aad declares tlwtr oratory to bo a
nateral gift, aad no ram of people
eould excel them. They apeak with
ooLart or effort, so l most of tiieia bed
I alow, soft, torect and musical voice
I Uust gave at exprussloa to tbrir earnest
j P^tMInfL
The account civeu <»t >1 ij,*r Did**’*
graatoat embarrassment In cititundlog
with John Rost us vary jidurine ltoss
was bitterly hostile t-» Ridge tn hi*
polloy, and In order to alaiia tbs In
diana b* not » balf-brssd named
Cbarlss to ptebnid t<» »mii down from
som* far-off tn nintatu with a assarts
to them from tits Groat Spirit. Charts*
■eld: “Tbs Oteal Spirit U angry wHb
you. Es tolls as that you am follow
ing tbe custom* of tbs while people:
that you hava already cotton mllls aad
cloths* aad faatbor beds and books and
eats—ye*, oats—and, tberafora tbs
buffalo aad other gams ersfast dis
appearing. Tba Gnat Sprit la angry,
aod says you most out short your
frocks mid klQ your eats mid giro ap
your mills and quit livfag in hoe***,
aad than roar game will corn shack.”
This excited the Indiana very stack,
and liter cried out that tba talk was
good. Ridge am** with soger in bis
(ace aod vole* mid said; “Tbs talk la
uo good, it la falsa. It did not com*
born tlia Great Spirit.” Tbe Indiana
rushed upon him with fury aad a wild
Oght ensued, aad some of hi* friends
wen stabbed, but KMct was a vary
powerful mao and defended himself
with gnat coaraga. The tain alt was
quieted after a time, and Jess* Vasa
end Jabs Harris and some old man
brought about a reeoecilletioa.
mere nt mucc urooom mi along
thorn ymn. I hare a War latter rroaa
Mr. R. M. Ed ward a, a Teuambla law
yer of Cleveland, Tana. Bo am
ladina bon of tba Oaom dlatrfat In
aaat Tanoaaaae and among tha many
■ad aeanm of an uneventful lifo, one
tbaaaddaat waa to aa* my little play
Ml owe mart on their long and waary
looney ta tba waat. They left tba
moat baaetlftit aonntry I earn beheld.
It raaamblad aaaca a magnlfleont park
than a totem, owing la tMr tribal
eoatom af burning the wood* to keep
down tha eadargrowtb. * • • ft
la alogular that aa great a oonoooraa af
people—foorteeo to alatam tboaaaad—
eonld bogatbarad ap by formal It
ss^sfsEfc.'SkSra
Miaaonn. Thay aroaaad tba Tanaaa
am atBlrtba’a ferry,jnatbalew tba
■MuthoClba Hlnmaam; Uma anmaad
lha Cumber)and range at ItkaetUa,
tbaa ta Sparta, Imbaaoo and XaabrWe;
Ibaa armtrd tha Cembactaad Hem,
and nast aaamtba Ohio and Vto
•mnca; Uma aa tha MhoMppl. wklab
they (oand fraaaa orar, aad had ta
waft a month for lb* Im to break, and
frgly raaabad TaUaqnah lo April,
Won.
“In tba debate* le Oongram gnat
wnatuoa waa made U tbla Meaty by
Jofro <4. Adam# and Heart ATWlm.
and It waa abated oe tba torn by oaa
of Umm man that John Kom arm *r
naiad by tba Suva of Georgia aad
ea/rted to MltfedgaeMM ant bia home
waa raWmd often thoaaand doflme
while ha waa gone. Tba apaakara vary
mraraly aHDHaad I’raeWrnt Jaekaon
for bia tagmlliade ta Rem, whaaarod
him m faivbfnlty nt tba battle af
lloreeabaa." Tbla old pBiatn M
fall af mamorkm of tbemlodhu ttmae,
mux.
: .
trying'to write ta
grars^gga-i
loM«f»ar&ito(hiuHMM«N
of Uieco, but 1 have oarer dome ao. Bb
name la K D. iTNaadha mbenta
JUwraaoavUin, Oa. *Oet of the Call
oaaa of the bant tba Booth aaeaketh.'
and tb tala aymaaa IbrwXtacU
jwj. „ Mas. R. D. irxa."
Wdl. now, that la* goad latter.
How lha obickmt would oome beat
K tb*y could. Next oaaaa Mm advance
‘“•'•^ssafswss
—* mSdaataadwfc
TUa chapter on Colonel Ella* G.
Boodlaot la fall of lataraat aod caafcaa
Mai a very toutrhahlo teas. Hu
father'* naua waa Valla lea nab bat
being adopted by Ella* Boodlaot aided
with Ridge ia regard to tba treaty and
B ma became bla bitter aaeaay. Boaa
was a powerful vindictive aad aa*
acrunaloaa com. Ha bad Boodlaot
and Haj ir Ridge aad John Ridge all
aaaaaaUmtcd. Ootoael EllaaC. Boudl
■* T^.b0™ ** o»*. dJBM
lit, 1835. Ha waa educated at »»».
obeatar, Vt. In 18» he oaaaa to ray
etteyllle, Ark aodatudMIaw with
Hon. A. If, Wtlaoo, waa to
tlie bar in 1848 aad aeon reea to tba
front tack at aa aide ~
gather. la 1800 ha I__
Tim Democrat at Uttlo Book. Ia 1
attar tba state linflal. be tad
aoaaia, *'8tead Watte," rata
maat aad fought U4 battle of
He waa afaoaao aaa
Confederate Oaagtaad
the batttaot Elkbora^
tba Oaafadarao* aad
Soatbara Obacakaa* fu
Booth. Boodlaot __with
aigaal ability aad datlvarad aaab apbU
hpptc *g»lu«t hit trcachary tbatba waa
to
Some years ago Moodloot, by InrtU
af Boaaiort aad Hiiwaaaatatlvaa, de>
•J vend a tortata In Week legion on tba
Indian race that gaada iMtaallfr
pram km. Jadgs Holism soars of him:
"Serna yean agate married a baaatt
fol aad aanompoltob lady of Waabing
ton. Hals aa aMe lawyer. apoiUtad
ISuTSui Ulac^aod omT’o! uT^d
lean ttat iplamildT fwmkta'tmtad
that aart of aa ladlaa. ■