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An Accidental Error.

GAINES, S. o., June 81, 1889.
Editor Press aud Runner.
AS am not Il reader Of your paper, knew
nothing Of tho Sian ndcrous and false statement
cernIng myself until 1t appeared second
time, accom- panied by Il correction.
Now, the fact that wish tho public to dis
tinctly understand Is, that have never been
under arrest In all my life, and had your re-
porter put on his gusscs he could have plain
to my name, like the man that am, and er-
er expect to be.
And will Just add that If any ono. of ei-
ther color, ever wish To see me concerning this
or any other case, they will have no trouble
whatever in finding me.
/ am respectfully, G. EDGAR QUITS
Makes Honorable Amends.
The editor Of the Press md Banner was kind
enough to show me Mr.. Edgar Ouzts's card in
reply to my apology for making mistake in
regard to him in my report of the proceedings
Of Court. | can sincerely assure MIR. QUITS,
that / had not the least intention in the
world to do him an injury, and would do so
under no consideration. made the mistake
unIntentionaly and without malice, and j
took the best means, rs thought, OF correct
ing the whole matter. We al make mistakes,
and am sorry that Mr.. QUITS could not over
look the one Ia regard to himself. ! hope
that after reading this he will think better OF
the matter. Had made the mistake on purr
poSe or had done IL to injure him, ! would
not, of my own accord, have corrected II.
Those who know mo Will sustain Inc when
say that would not do any man an injury
without Just cause. ! had no cause to injure
Mr.. QUITS and the absence OF any motive
should alone excuse me.
WIN. L. CALHOUN.
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New Postmaster Mt Abbeville.
Mr.. T. n. Tolbert has been appointed post
master at Abbeville in place of Mrs. Lawson
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NOTICE.
To the Young Ladies of Alb
beville County.

| HE COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR
the appointment OF State Beneficiarles In the
Winthrop Training School for Teachers VIII
he held at the Court House, Wednesday, July
3rd.
The examination will include Arithmetic.
Grammar, Geography, U. S. History, Read
ing, Writing and Spelling. and will be SINH
lar in character to the annual County Exam
nations.
The successful applicant will receive the
State Appointment, equivalent to $4,000 for
one session of nine months, and the one rank
Ing second will receive the Scholarship for
Tuition only, given by the Winthrop School
to each County Of the State
Provided both examinations are satisfac-
tory.
Applicants for Scholarships must be not
less than eighteen years of age.
The Examination will begin at 10 A. NJ In
the Court House.
Professors ]. G. Cork and ]. w. Thomson,
will assist the School Commissioner In con-
ducing the examination.
If further information is desired apply at
my office.
=: r. q. MCLEES,
go. ; -. School Commissioner.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-06-26
DEATH OF JOHN GAULDEN.
AFTER AN EXEMPLARY AND USEFUL
LIFE OF MORE THAN EIGHTY
YEARS, HE SLEEPS WELL.

He Owed no Man Anything but
Goodwill When His Children
Were Young, He Made Them Hap
by When He was Old. They
Revered and IIOnOred Him Up.
right and Honorable In all His
Dealings, His NeighbOrs Loved
Him and Revere His Memory.
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It was late In the evening when we made
the investigation, and the Clerks office was
closed. For this reason, we ore unably to say
what amount, If any, OF mortgages stand
against the aforesaid property.
The homestead exemptions are:
In narsonaI nrnpertv '''............ 500
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.OXer Case.

Pas engage last Monday
4 S. n. McAdafns against
BtherS.
bn for dover in n tract Oi
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-10-17
SanhbeTl nv a Nerr,,

HUTCHINSON, Kan, Oct. 9.-Frank
Brubsge, colOred man was to-day
inyeigled by Marvin Oswald into a
gambling game known as the shell
game. Brubage lost 50, and accused
Oswald of stealing it. He was ordered
out of the house, and went but stopped
in the middle Of the street and defied
Oswald. The latter gathered several
beer bottles and went out to attack the
negro. The latter stood his ground
and clinched with the other, in the
meantime drawing clasp pocket-knife
with which he cut deep cash in Os-
wald's left side, under the arm, and
extending forward toward his heart.
A. inches. Brubage then turned and
walked off, Oswald breaking beer
bottle over his head as he left. The
latter is in very precarious condition,
with the chances largely against re-
covery. He is regarded as a very
tough citizen, though under 20. Bru-
bage, who has been considered peace
able and .inoffensive, gave himself UP
and is held in jail until tomorrow
when he will have hearing.
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Sssll Mwa

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-THE big In
man Line steamer, City of New York.
which ran aground in the mud of Ged-
ney's channel on Wednesday night. on
her incoming trip FROM Liverpool, still
lies with her bow over seventy-five In
the mud in the same spot where the
accident occurred. All the determined
efforts of her engineers and the con
tinued Juggling of the large fleet OF
boats that went to her assistance up to
noon to-day had failed to pull the I'M
fortunate ocean racer from her perilous
position. Before noon to-day the eff
forts to drag the vessel in her present
condition off The mud were abandoned
and the tug boats took off their how
serS and withdrew from the scene OF
the accident. The Inman Line agents
then dispatched two steam lighters to
the vessel for the purpose OF relieving
the steamship from the weight CT heI
cargo.
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AfOrmY Tfme.

CHICAGO, Oct. ia local paper
says: The Trans Missouri Auxiliary
association had stormy time at its
meeting yesterday. The application of
the Union Pacific that its business
west of Denver be excluded from the
jurisdiction of the association, for the
reason that the Denver s. Rio
Grande's business west of Denver,
Colorado Springs and Pueblo was not
amenable to the provisions of the
agreement was under consideration.
Mr.. Mullen said no other line except
the Union Pacific was subject to the
provisions of the agreement SO far as
the Colorado traffic was concerned,
the Denver s. Fort Worth having with
drawn from the association because 1t
could not stand the Rio Grande'S COM
petition. A persistent effort had been
made ever since the formation of the
Trans-Missouri association, to bear as
heavily as possible on the Union Paci-
fic competition, and to prevent it from
getting its due proportion of Colorado
traffic. They would not stand such
treatment any longer. The Union Pa
cific'S prOpC Sition was voted down.
Being asked by a reporter as to what
| his company proposed to do in the
matter, Mr.. Mullen said he had re-
quested President Adams and Vice
President Holcomb for permission tt
give notice of the withdrawal of the
Union Pacific from the association
and he had no doubt that they would
readily grant such permission
| Nearly as many roads were out side Of
| the association as there were in it, anC
| the Union Pacific was the only one il
the ASSOCIATION that had Independent
lines west of Denver and Colorado
Springs. The general opinion is tina
the days of the Trans-Missouri as
| ISOLATION arc numbered.
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National News.

AUBURN, N. Y, Oct. 9.-Judge Davy
decided that the electrical execution
law is constitutional and remands
Kemmler to the custody of the warden
of Aburn prison.
The decision is long and the first
pant deals with the merely legal points
involved. Coming down TO the main
question as to whether death by cleo
tricity is unusual and creul." Judge
Davy says.
The constitution of the United
States, and that of the state of New
York, in language almost identical,
provides against cruel and lnhuman
punishment, but it may be remarke
in passing that with the former, we
have no present concern; prohibition
theI Elm contained, has no reference to
punishments inflicted in state courts
| for crimes against the state, but it is
| Enthusiastically to the national govern
ment. There seemed to be an element
/ of cruelty iDseparabIe from any taking
of human life as a punishment for
crime, but IL is clearly not against this
that the constitutional prohibition is
directed. 1t was held by the supreme
count of the United States in the Will
| kinson case that sentence to death
| by shooting was not illegal in Utah.
| The common law rule IN this state was
adopted and applied long before that,
/ and until the act OF 1888. took effect
no question was made as TO the legal
| ity f death by hanging. That statute
but changed the means whereby to
produce death, and can it be said that
in this case it has been plainly and be-
yond doubt established that electricity
as death dealing agent is likely to
prove less quick and sure in operation
than the roper l believe not. Hav-
ing thus sufficiently indicated the
/ grounds of my decision. consideration
of the other questions suggested in the
/ argument is unnecessary. An order
will be made remanding the prisoner
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-10-17
Trnine CnlItda

PrTTsBURG, Oct. ia collision Oc-
CURED two miles west of Bridgeport at
$50 O'Clock this morning between the
miners train of two passenger coaches,
containing about seventy miners. en-
route to the Wheeling creek coal works
and freight train of twenty-one cars.
south bound. Both locomotives were
demolished. and also the two passen-
ger cars and eight freight cars. Five
trainmen and thirteen miners were in
jured. three of the latter fatally. The
collision was caused by misunder-
standing of the freight conductor. The
names of the injured have not yet been
learned.
The list of killed and injured as far
as could be obtained is as follows:
Killed-David Moore.
Injured-SamueI Tracey; will die.
Nathaniel May, probably fatally
hurt.
David Richardson; will recover.
John johnson, Thomas Marden and
William Stiff will recover.
Eight or ten others were injured, but
their wounds are not serious.
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ResolaGIon Adopted.

New YORK, Oct. 10. The following
resolution was adopted last night bv
n. l.. Earnham, post No. 45S G. A. r..
at a meeting held in wendell's assem-
bly, rooms:
Whereas, Ii is apparent to this post
that the action of some government Of
hcials and the ill-considered talk of
some popularity seeking Legislators,
notably Senator Ingalls, OF Kansas. in
regard 10 the pension laws, are cacula-
ted to do serious injury TO the hardly
won reputation of good soldiers and ~
the Grand Army: and.
Whereas, The only veterans who ara
of right entitled 10 pensions are those
whose pecuniary circumstances are "a
unfortunate as TO justify them IN bur-
dening the country with their support.
and who by wounds or disability incur-
red IN the service of the country as
cOmbStantS, are prevented from earn
ing. living in their respective caliings
and.
Whereas, The Grand Army of tbs
Republic Is an association organized foI
the purpose OF enabling old soldiers 10
take care OF themselves and each
other; and,
Whereas, As much real patriotism
may be displayed bv refraining in time
OF peace from inhicting unneeessar,
burdens on tho country as by cominS
20 her defense in time of war: there
fore be it
Resolved, That any old soldier VIII,
applies for or acct pts a pension exceDl
under the conditions above set fortl
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Prose-SanG F:pI.eopaI church.

New YORK, Oct. IO.-The general
convention of the Protestant Episcopal
church went into regular session again
to-day at 10 o'clock with Rev. DIR.
Morgan Dix in the chair. The COM
mittee on constitutional amendments
reported in favor of an amendment
that the committee provide that no
change shall hereafter be made in the
book of common prayer or the the ar
ticies of the constitution unless it
has been adopted by "A majority of the
house of deputies and house of bishops
OF one genera! convention, and similar
~ approved 10y the succeeding conven-
ton
The resolution was adopted.
At n o'clock the report of the COM
mittee on the judicial system of the
church being the order of the day
came up for discussion. After a long
discussion. the vote was taken on the
resolution. which reads: In every
diocese, that mode of trying Presby.
tiers and deacoDs may be instituted by
the convention of the diocese, except
I'm so far as the general convention
shall otherwise provide"
The resolution was lost. Adjourned
until . O'Clock tomorrow.
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The GRAND Trlennlal oanclare

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-The feature
of the second day of the Grand Trien-
NAL Conclave, was the exhibition drill
which was given at the grounds of the
Washington base ball club. The first
organization to put in appearance
within the whitewashed diamond was
the AppolO CommandeIy No. Is. of
Troy. N. Y. a sword drill followed
and the fencing was of the highest or
der of merit. Again ranks were
formed and the most attractive evolu-
tionS OF the drill were made. Again
| assuming battalion front the comfnan-
! derry made the sword salute to the ex-
hibition committe and retired, giving
place to Louisville Commandery No !.
OF Louisville, Kentucky, which, as it
marched into the field two minutes
later, preceded by its military band.
playing - My Old Kentucky Home 1t
was greeted with generous applause.
The commandery which had twenty
seven knights in line was dressed in
the regulation uniform. The marching
and countermarching of this body was
particularly fine. The several intricate
evolutions OF the drill were executed
with an exactneSs that elected almost
constant applause from the spectators.
To the inspiring strains of Dixie. .
the De Mosay C0mmandery No. I2 of
Louisville paraded in company front
before the grand stand amid the plan
/ dts of the onlookers. Then the TWEEN.
ty-seven men forming the commander
advanced in battalion front and saluted
the committee. This organization ex.
ecuted its drill without music and its
evoiutiols were euique. The drilling
was perfection itself and at the close Of
their evolntions they ranged in battai-
ion front with drawn swords and re.
] cetved through their officers magnif-
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StuckiR the Mud.

SANDY HOOK, N. Y. Oct. 10.-The
steamboat, John E. Moore, with part
of the steamer City of New York IS pas
sengers is passing Sandy Hook ON her
way IN.
NEW YORK, Oct, I0-There are 500
cabin passengers and $50 second cabin
passengers of the City of New York.
The steerage passengers are numbered
up into the hundreds. Among the first
cabin passengers are Wilson Barrett,
the great English tradgedian and his
company The City of New Y DIRK had
head winds nearly the entire passage
with heavy rolling seas. She was COM
PEELED to stop the port engine twice
during the gale. Notwithstanding the
headwinds and rolling seas and stops.
| she made the passage IN six days, ten
hours and twenty minutes. There was
no accident before the racer got stuck
in the mud. The officials at the. Office
| seem to think she will d)a5 all right at
high tide this evening.
This morning the City of New York
lies hard and fast little east of bouy
/ 81, but the company expect to get hei
| afloat at o'clock this afternoon. Al
| IL O'Clock one of the big tugs which
went to her assistance returned t6
| quarantine and reported that all efforts
| to float the ocean racer bad SO far been
/ unaVailing. There is considerable
excitement among the passengers or
board. The Merritt Wrecking company
will send boat and crew down the
bay to clear the mud and sand arounC
the ship so that she can be flSated al
/ high tide.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-10-17
LUXURY AND FAST TINE.


The Ptrst and OaIy Linz Ranniag Vsstibuls
Express Trains between Chicago and Council
Glnas.
Magnificent VestibuIe Express trains
built expressly for this service with
al the latest mpr0vements-now run
daily each way between Chicago and
Council Bluffs. over the Great Rock Is
land Route-time Is hours. This is g
splendfdly appointed series Of continu-
GUS parlOrs on wheels. including ele-
CANT dining and palace sleeping cars
No noise. no dust. no .sWaying Of
coaches. no cold draughts of air. no
slamming Of doors, but restful comfort
the entire journey. No potentate of
the old world travels in more prince
ly style, or commands greater Injuries
or more OF them, than those going west
can now enjoy, if tieketed to or from
Council Bluffs via the Great Rock Is
land Route This train also connects
at Omaha with the Overland Flyer, .
going through 20 and from Chicago and
San Francisco, Portland, Oregon, and
! Los Angeles, in 80 hours. Tickets and
rates by the Rock Island Vestibule NJ
| higher than are charged by lines hav
ng greatly inferior accommodations.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-10-17
Horrible Death.

NEW YORK, Oct. 11.-An electric
line man met with horrible death at
the corner of Centre and Chambers
streets at o'clock this afternoon from
contact with electric light wires. He
was employed by the Western Union
company and presented a terrible sight
when he died on the network of wires
in mid air, while the deadly fluid actu-
ally made his body siZzle and the blood
poured out on the sidewalk and over
the clothes of the Mortified spectators.
The accident occurred in the middle OF
the day in one OF the busiest parts OF
the city and was witnessed by a large
crowd of people. The firemen brought
out ladder and one went up with a
pair of shears to cut the wires, but the
man was found to be dead.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-10-17
wan FIght ror Th-ir s,ock.

KANSAS CITY, Oct. ia special
from Topeka to the Star says: The
county attorneys of the various coun-
ties through which the Rock Island
railroad runs held a meeting here to-
day to take steps to resist the fOreclos-
ure proceedings commenced in the
United States circuit court against the
Rock Island by the Metropolitan
Trust company of New York, which
holds the first mortgage against the
line in Kansas. Should the mortgage
be foreclosed. every county which
voted bonds to aid the construction OF
the road and which held the com
pany's stock, viii be frozen out" and
their stock will become worthless. AL
the counties will unite in an endeavoI
to save their stock.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-10-17

Monld be sorry to say. and could not
say, that the democratic party did not
embrace in its ranks nearly half
the people of the United States
ana among them men of honesty and
intelligence and patriotic withaI: sill.
Lne great body of industrial classes IN
the north are republicans. while in tIle
southern states, where wrong notions
prevailed and bitter preiudieeS existed
large majority Of the better class
was democratic. These people had in
ner1ted and sincerely believed in the
doctrines which led them into the wssI
ana which made slavery corner stone
or our institutions; they were satisfied
Win tne production of raw material
ana indifferent the development of va
rious industries, and belonged to the
democratic party. This fact, contin-
ueo Inc speaker. must impress the
mind OF the intelligent voter here that
AIS natural place is With the great
army OF progress, represented by the
republican party. 1t SO happened. said
MI sherman, that the democrats had
emphasize this fact by taking as their
candidate for governor man reared in
the republican ranks, such as Mr..
Campbell.
Mr.. Sherman dwelt in detail on the
tariff and local politics. and concluded
with a strong appeal to vote for Mr..
Foraker. The senator's remarks were
often interrupted by loud applause.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-10-17
wheat Growers, Coavc0ttou

Sr. LOUIS, October lO.-The wheat
growers of the Mississippi valley will
hold a convention here, beginning on
the Esd inst. The chief object of the
convention is the formation of a wheat
growers association, and the devising
of such meanc as will insure to the
farmers OF the valley of a better con-
troll of prices and business methods
than now exists. n communication
from Walter N. Allen, president of the
Farmers Federation of the .Afissis-
sippi valley, says reduced rates will be
furnished by railroads TO delegates.
and that advices from all the states
and territories concerned indicate that
there will be very large attendance
nj the convention.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-10-17
Rfnfamanf Denled.

BALTIMORE, Nd, Oct. 12.-The
statement in the Jamaica Post alleged
to have been made by Charles Daven-
port. >colored, in which he tells thrill
ling story of brutality on the part of
the white men over the negroes at Ma
vassa was shown him yesterday, and
after reading it carefully he denied ey-
er having made any such statement to
any one. He said the only thing he
did was to substantiate the statement
of DIR. G.. Smith before the United
States consul at Kingston. Mr.. Vail,
one of the returned survivors, said that
Samuel Marchant had become insane
from wounds on the head while coming
to Kingston on her majeSty's ship
Forward, - and walked overheard
He was rescued and died a few hour s
latter from his wounds.
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John eherman.

CINCINNATI, Oct. 1O.-Senator Sher-
man opened the Ohio gubernatorial
campaign to-day at Orryille, Wayne
county, where he addressed a great
crowd of people at the district fair.
The senator was enthusiastically
greeted when he rose to speak. He
proposed to state why, in his judge
ment, the republican, party was enti-
tied to his hearers support
First-Beeause it was an Affirmative,
aggressive and powerful party, COM
posed of the greater proportion of the
| industrial classes of the country and
had done and could do no more for the
advance, prosperity and progress of
the country than the democratic OF
any other party could do or had done
| in its whole history.
Second-That it stood upon the cor
rect theory OF the nature and powers Of
the general government and was for
/ that reason able to render the country
more services than the democratic par
/ ty which measured those powers by 8
narrow rule of construction.
Third-That the Republican party
OF Ohio, on all the issues made between
the two parties for the last six wears
i had been right. and two republican
/ legislatures had rescued the state from
the disgrace of fraudulent elections and
that If sustained in rover, they would
secure to the people of the state every
reform and improvement depending
upon human laws
The senator then Tehearsed fhs
achievements Of the republican party
for the past thirty years and compared
i them with the achievements of thu
democratic party. The speaker fheE
i went upon the tariff issue and assaiie6
the democratic party for its free trad.
tendeney No one could deny. hs
continued. that the republican part,
By It's policy OF protection 70 American
/ industries. has enormously increased
+ and diversified ali forms Of production
i and protected labor flcm the sharp am
+. hard competition with the pocrly psi.
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is. in the oginion OF this post, guilty Of
conduct calculated to injure the good
men who are willing to give their blood
which is dear TO every patriot, and
Resolved, That this post strongly
condemns any attempt 20 make use Of
the Grand Army Of the Republic for
political purposes or as an engine to
aid In dissipating the surplus that has
been accumulated in the government
treasury by unwise AMI unnecessary
taxation. Col. HI. X. LoEsKR,
Commander of the Post.