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a Desperate Prisoner.

WAsIIINGToN, June 2O.-A special
to the Post from Charlotte, N. e., says
that Brabham, the negro who is to be
hanged for numbering the Italian, Moe
ca, made an attempt this afternoon on
the life of Sheriff Smith. Since his at
tempt recently to kill fellow prisoner
named Caldwell, Brabham has been
chained to the door ofhis cell. This af-
ternoon when the sheriff went into the
cell the prisoner asked for match, and
as the sheriff handed it to him Brabham
struck him fearful blow with the chain
with which he was fastened. The sher-
iff was telled to the ground, but regained
his feet and grappled with the negro.
Brabham, however, got him down and
would have killed him but for the negro
prisoner, Caldwell. who rushed in from
the corridor and pulled Brabham oil.
When the sheriff regained his ieet he
jumped on Brabham and beat HIM Sc
vereiy. The prisoner begged to be kill
ed, so he would not live to be lauged.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-07
Robbed and Left TO sterve.

ROANOKE, Va, July 1.-Barney Smith,
a mechanic employed for some time at
the Roanoke Machine Works, disap-
peared last t,pay day, j une 49,, He was
found to-day, with his hands bound
and tied to a tree IN a lonely spot in
the Blue Ridge mountains, ten miles
from here. Heswas frantic and half
starved. He had gnawed. the bark from
the tree to which he was tied. He was
unable to tell how he came to he tied
and now,lies ip,u .preoarious condition
There Is no clue to the perpetrators OF
the deed. The motive Is supposed to
have been robbery, as Smith was
known to have some money on his per.
son when last seen here.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-07
Crushed and NIangled

{ CHAnLEsToN, S. O., June 26.--A hor.
rible accident occurred at the South
Carolina Railway depot here this morn
ing, j ohm Black, a respectable old street
ear conductor, went to the depot to see
his daughter off for Walhalla. In try
ing to jump, from the train after. it
started his foot was caught in the plat
form of the car and his body, after be.
ing dragged the whole length of the
depot, some 500 feet, was hurled under
the cars and horribly mangled. All
100 spectators, including son Of the
deceased. They were powerless to help.
Black was an old man aud was one OF
the most popular conductors on The
city railway. He came here twelve
years ago from Walhalla.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-07
A GANG OF YOUNG THUGS.
Tho Recent Assaults and Robberles in

SUMTER, S. G., June 27.-The charges
aud the evidence against Nelson, the
young negro footpad, are accommodating
rapidly and it begins to appear that he
was not the only one connected with the
various assaults and robberies perpetrat-
ed upon our citizens during the past two
weeks, but was probably the rlngleader
OF gang OF four or five young despera-
does.
Nelso. was taken out of Jail Yesterday
and brought before Justice Wells to an
swer to the charge of having entered, on
Tuesday morning, between 3 and
O'Clock, the apartment In which Mr.. A..
+. Byrd, an employee at the mill of Mr..
S. M. Graham, on Sumter street, was
sleeping and of robbing him of his pock-
etbook and the money which it con-
tanned, and also of some valuable Sc
curities aud papers. Mr.. Byrd stated
that as the night was warm, he had
opened all the windows aud the door,
and had laid down on the bed, intending,
as soon as he had cooled off, to get up
and shut the door; that he had gone to
sleep, however, and between and
O'Clock in the morni" g was aroused by
hearing some one moving around in
his room, and upon awaking fully he
found 1T was a young negro man, of
whom he gave description which ex-
actly fitted Nelson. He said the negro
placed his hand upon his hip pocket, as
though In the act of drawing pistol,
and told him not to move, or he would
blow out his brains; and that being
tot lily unarmed, he had remained quiet;
that the negro deliberately went through
everything, took the articles above men
toned and then left.
Saturday morning the pocketbOok aud
papers were found among Nelson's
things, and he confessed the whole affair,
and stated that he had been accompanied
by a young negro of the town, named
jim SHUTTLE. SHUTTLE was accordingly
arrested and both were sent to iai! to
await trial at the October term of the
court. Nelson also made confessions to
the police duplicating several other me-
groes, but they have not yet been ar
rested, and the police will not make
known their names.
Nelson acknowledged being the one
who came after the policeman earlier
on Monday night, just before young
FoXworth was struck. From the time
at which FoXwOrth was struck and that
at which Mr.. Byrd was robbed, Nelson
must have gone Immediately from the
one to the other.-The State.
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Decoyed to the River.

VINCENNEs, Ind. July 1.-The dead
body of James Baker, ST., a we'll Ito. do
farmer who lived three miles south of
the city, was found floating in the Wa
bash river near the foot of Prairie
street. His upper lip was lacerated, as
If from blow, and his right arm was
bruised and bore marks of fingers, and
his pockets, wb ch had been riiled, were
turned inside out. Baker was a con-
viyial man of 80, and had been drink
ing heavily all day. 1t was currently
reported that he had sold a team of
horses and the supposition is that he
was decoyed to the river, murdered,
robbed and thrown into the water.
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WHERE THE MONEY GOES.
Receipts aud Expenditures for tho Past
Fiscal Year.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-The monthly
public debt statement was issued today
in an entirely new form. 1t combines
both the Secretary's statement of the
public debt and tho United States Treas
urer's monthly statement of assets aud
liabilities, heretofore issued separately.
Comparison with tho last lGonthly
statement and the statement issued July
!, 1890, shows an increase in the pub
lie debt during the past month Of about
live millions, and a net reduction during
the past fiscal year of twenty million
dollars.
The surplus in the treasury today, in
the new form of statement put out to
day, is placed at $50, 1898, sos, or about
five millions less than month ago, with
no change in the interest-bearlng debt of
the government during the past month.
The bonded debt today is $GlO,520, ,l2O,
made up in round numbers of $500, ,OO0,-
600 fours and s50,500, 900 four aud half
per cent bonds.
Government receipts from all sources
during the past fiscal year aggregated
$401 ,530,7lG, or about one million aud
a halfless than during the preceding year.
Customs receipts were $2l9,90O, ,G5S, or
about ten millions less than during
the preceding year; internal revenue re-
ceipts were sl45, ,943,2 2Sl, an increase
over the. preceding year OF three mil
lions and quarter, and receipts from
miscellaneous sources were nearly thirty
six millions, about five millions greater
than in the preceding year.
On the other hand, expenditures dur
ing the fiscal year just closed were $685.
69G,924, against 1918, ,O4O,7lO during the
preceding year. Seventeen millions and
a half of this Increase is found in the
pension charge of $l24, 145, ITO for the
past year. Civil and miscellaneous ex-
penditures during the year amounted to
$llO, l30, 1880, an Increase over the pre-
ceding year Of nearly thirty millions.
Indian expenses were $8,52G,10S, or
nearly two millions more .han during
the preceding year. Navy expenditures
were s2G, 115,O0S, or four millions more
than during the preceding year, and war
department expenditures were $4S, 723,-
ll6, or four and a quarter millions
greater than in the preccd " year,
$37, l27 POI were paid out during the
year for interest on the public debt and
SIC, ,40l ,220 in premiums on $1l4, ,O0O,-
600 bonds purchased and redeemed dur
ing the year.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-07
A Sad Accident.

BLAoKvILLE, S. c.. July 2-Mr.
James Mcdonald, a highly respected
and well.to-do citizen living about a
half mile from Elko, went this morn
ing with a party to Capt. w. w. Willis's
mill on a fishing expedition. About 10
o'clock he and his two grown daughters
went out into the pond in a boat, and
while padding up the pond the boat
struck tree, throwing out the younger
daughter. He Immediately jumped
overheard to save her when they both
went to the bottom and did not rise
again. The daughter left in the boat
managed to get the boat out and re-
ported it. The bodies have not yet
been recovered, but they are bei"'
searched for.--News and Courier.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-07
A TALK WITH TlLLMAN.
Tho Governor and the sub-Treasury Do

bate.
" CHARLESTON, S c., June 80. Coy
ernor Tilllnan spent the greater part of
the morning yesterday in his room at
the Charleston Hotel where he received
quite number of callers. His time
until o'clock was pretty we'll occupied
in this way and in the incidental effort
of Keeping cool on the shady side of
the building. Among the callers was
a reporter for The News and Courier,
who asked him some questions on cur
rent topics, which he answered readily
AS the next cease" in which Governor
Tillman will be one of the parties is
the sub-treasury debate at Spartanburg
he was asked y few questions about
that interesting prospective event.
"What about the Spartanburg meet
ing at which you are to meet Col. Ter
rell in debate? Will the speeches be
heard by members of the Alliance
only?"
"All can say about that is that
when 1 accepted Col. Terrell's chal.
lenge to meet him at Spartanburg / ex.
pected the discussion to he in public
and for the benefit and enlightenment
OF all classes of voters. In his tour
over the State Col. Terrell's advocacy OF
the measure was in public, and can.
not suppose that 1t is intended to re-
strict my reply to Alliance members
only, and to few at that. Besides, it
Is too hot to speak in any house this
time OF year; and there is no place in
Spartanburg large enough to hold the
audience that will be likely to attend ex-
cept the Grange encampment building
As 1 understand it this is a friendly dis
hnfsr h4 snks ,tol~ L.
Of the National Alliance and my
;of all classes, Alliancemen, farm.
no do not belong to the Alliance
:itizens who cannot join that or.
zation. L cannot see any reason
efore, why the debate should not be
in public"
placer"
II don't know, but, L presume on the
second day of the session of the State
Alliance, which will be about the 22d OF
July"
"Have you heard from Col. Terrell
since he left the Slater"
"Only through the newspapers, but
when l was at Cedar Springs last week
l mentioned the matter to some of the
leading Alliancemen in Spartanburg,
ohu OiiOJ oolu OlClc WOulu D6 large
crowd present and they wanted the dis.
cussion to be in public"
What arrangements have been made
for the meeting?"
"None that 1 know of, but 1 presume
that President Stokes and the Spartan
burg Alliance will take the necessary
steps to prepare for it,"
"Have you any idea Of the result of
this discussionp"
"Of course not; except that the dis
cussion is to take place in public, and
that the State Alliance will take vote
on 1t in secret as they do on all matters
affecting our Order. | hope to show
that the Alliance in South Carolina
cannot afford to press the sub-treasury
scheme, but as the measure has been
endorsed by the Ocala meeting and by
one State Alliance may, and probably
will, fail"
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A Bruto In tho Mountains.

GREENvILLE, S. c., July 2.-It is re-
ported from the upper part of this
county that on Sunday last "Babe"
Durham, a young white man, brutally
beat Miss Gosnell on the head and body
with the butt of his pistol and kicked
her because she had promised to marry
Durham's rival, whose name Is not
known. Durham also shot once at his
rival, who ran. The young lady may
not i've. Officers are after Durham,
and Courier.
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Duel I'm q Court Room.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, June 20.-At
Buffalo Valley, Putnam County, two
witnesses In murder trial, named Jim
Mitchell and Oscar Plunkett, became
involved in a quarrel in the court room
Saturday. They drew revolvers and
began firing at each other and kept 1t
up until both had been mortally
won lded. The shooting caused great
con, ernation in the court room, the
spectators dodging behind doors and
under benches to escape injury.
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Killed by n CIoudburst.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, June 25.--A re-
port comes from Cherokee County
North Carolina, Of a terrible cloudburst
there late yesterday afternoon. Two
Illicit distillers, named Harvey Agnew
and Jacob Newton, who happened to
be near by, were instantly killed. A
number of farms for miles below were
Inundated and growing crops suffered
q loss Of several thousand dollars.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-07-07
Death In a Coal Mine.

ST. LOUIS, June 25.--A dispatch from
Hamilton. Mo. says: An accident oc-
Cured at the shaft of the Caldwell Coal
Company's mine, near this city, yester-
d:y, IL which one man lost his life, and
four others received serious injuries.
The men were propping up the roof,
when a rock. weighing a ton and half,
fell, killing Paul Bloise instantly, crush
ing Robert Stewards back, breast and
right arm. almost scalping Frank Doo-
ley and crushing John Lewis and Will
liam Hall more or less seriously.
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wannamaker Offers to Explain.

PHILADELPHIA, June 29.-The Bards-
ley investigating committee resumed
Its sittings this afternoon and exam
ined alarge number Of witnesses. A
communication was received from
Postmaster General Wannamaker, in
which he offered to appear before the
committee at any time upon twenty
four hours notice.
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Drilling for War.

TACOMA, Wash, juno 25.-It is ru-
mored the strikers displaced by colored
men imported from the South at the
Gilman, New Castle and Franklin
mines are drilling in the woods daily.
They are said TO be armed with rifles,
and a combination has been effected. 40
that any attempt to resume work at sny
OF the mines will result in the gather
ing of the entire force Of armed miners
to resist the attemnt
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Excursion Train wreo,tod,

VAN BUREN, ArkssZ. Jnn"
special excursion trainW
to Fort Smith was wrf
rail three miles ca
night, killing a Ii.
ker and woundip
gers. Conduct
- '~nken 3
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swaIIowed His Iralne roetb

BOSTON, June G9.---James Corcoran
died In the hospital here last night, from
the effects Of having swallowed his false
teeth.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-10-01
Parkersbnrs Dots.
Especial Correspondent

Especial Correspondent
We have just had Il big revival of
several days, conducted by Rev.
Daniel Reid, in which much good
was accomplished.
Our school is still increasing and
Improving. There are about forty
pupils enrolled. Prof. Throp, of
Southport, is teaching and every
body is very much pleased wi h him.
Miss Mittie E. Monroe, Of Viii
mington has been visiting in our lit
Die town. Sh,. will visit relatives in
Bladen next week.
Miss Talmadge Throp, of South
port, entered school here last week
Mr.. w. j. Parker has returned
from the Northern markets, where
he has been buying his Fall stock of
goods.
Miss Matte Bronson. Of Lisbon,
will commence the public school
here in a few weeks. She taught
here last yearand gave complete sat-
isfaction.
Mrs. Tabitha Lewis, wife of Mr..
J. G. Lewis, died on the Esd instant.
She was over 20 years old, a good,
lovely christian Lady.
Charlie Houston, the little babe of
Richard and Lonnie Houston, died
on the night of the 2Sth instant. He
IS now at rest where pain and suffer
ing are Unknown. ADMIRER.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-10-01
a Mistake.

A notice printed elsewhere and
many such, printed and commented
on ABOUT the Georgia legislature re-
fusina to endorse The Ocala platform
turns out to he false. So it is with
the reports about Polk apoiogizing
in Kansas tloc going in the Southern
army, and about an attempt being
made to tar aud feather HIM. Be
patient, farmers, when you hear
ssch reports Of the Alliance and its
leaders, for murder will outn aud
YOU wilt hear the truth.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-10-01
A hos sTTAEsLis PEOPLE.
(Sp.riaI Correspondent


We had occasion to visit Cathri N
Lake, Or-Inw county, last week.
We stopped short time at all in
terrnedi..le post offices on the route
from Tcachey's 10 the Lake. We
found the people along this route
kind, courteous and ODiising. Ihey
cannot be beat anywhere FOR genu-
inc Southern hospitality.
The crops arc good. especially
corn. rSJIe wheat above tie aver
age. GOTTEN, about two thirds; pota-
tee, peas, sugar cane, chuihs ana
scUpp"Enons grapes, g.",d; and tur-
pCa;ine orchards doing "ell.
This section Oh tic country Is in
habitcd by an honest Woodworking
yromanry, with whom genuine,
sound Alliance princles viii be the
ruling passion. Tnry are solid for
Polk, Butter and the Ocala plat
form. Nothing more, r0thlng less.
They don't believe IA any OF puny
arguments Of the secular press. and
publications about 'Ovor-production
"iarmers keep out Of politics" and
other such rot. They know they
need financial relief. More more
money in circulation IN which To
develop the natural resources OF
their great country.
We arrived at the lake after the
King Of Day had gone behind the
western hills, and night had envel-
oped that beautiful lake. But We
walked by starlight down on the
shore. And we thought Of long age
when the noble red man hunted fol-
game in this forest, paddicd his CD
noe on the bosom OF this lonely and
peaceful lake, pitched his wigWan
OH it's banks and Woced his beautiful
dark-browed darling MinEehaha,'
and the pines that have stood sently
over the lake for centuries, as the
wind sprdng up a gentle night breeze
and sang lullaby in our ears this re
minded Us that we were tired ant
sleepy. We were UP early the nexI
morning and off for the railroad
and while passing through Duplil
we met many OF the Alliance breth
ren. We tried the political pul5'
and found that Old things have pass
ed awap and all things have becom
new. Our people are former ant
measures to bring about needed re
lief. TRAVELLER.
Warsav', n. c., Sept. 9th, '9l.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-10-01
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
Especial Correspondent

The Pine Forest High School at
McMi!lan's Chapel is doing we'll I'M
der the efficient management of Rev.
VIM. Bland, who has taken the place
of Prof. j. w. Fuller. This latter
gentleman had 10 retire on account
OF i'll health. CoRNELIAN.
The farmers are through pulling
fodder and are now busy with their
cotton.
The school at Beaver Dam is still
improving. New students are com
ing in every day. Among the latest
is Mr.. Cole Hales, of Fayetteville.
\ very interesting meeting has
Just closed at Beaver Dam. Many
were added to the church and much
good YVES done. Revs. VIM. Brunt
and +. II. Unde wood preached
some very fine sermons.
Messrs. S. NJ. and B. II. Vinson,
J UIr-v --i-it--tO
Pitt county.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-10-01
$IGO Reward. SIGO.

The readers of this paper will
be pleased to learn that there is
at least one dreaded disease that sci
encc has been able to cure in all it's
stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
CataTrh Cure is the only positive
cure now known to the medical fra
ternity. Catarrh being a constitu-
tional disease, requires constitu-
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting di-
rectly on the blood and mucus SUI
faces Of the system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation Of the disease,
and giving the patient strength, by
building up the constitution and as
sisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors have so much faith
in its curative powers, that they of
fer One Hundred Dollars for any
ease that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address T. j. CHENEY 4 CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
bS Sold by druggists at 10 cents.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-10-01
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE OF SALE.
OFFER FOR RALE ON

l OFFER FOR RALE ON
Il easy terms the following
tracts of land as follows: Adjoining
the lands w. V. Newkirk, ID. NJ.
Skies and others. First tract begin
ming at the mouth Of ditch at Her
rings landing on the west side of
Black river. and runs up said ditch
n 70, w %, poles to pine stump,
thence n IS w 90 poles to a pine,
thence \ w 122 poles to a stake.
thence S SO W 140 poles. near the
olu Newkifk mill dam, thence s "A
w SO poles to pine stump, thence
due S 90 poles to a s. axe on the road
in Keith's Branch, thence n 50 E e
poles to stake, thence s Is E 10
poles to a pine stump, thence s Sc
+ 176 poles to large pine ON the
road, thence - E 56 poles to e
large pine, thence s 81 E 81 poles to
pine, thence 8 $50 E 107 poles to q
stake, thence S rs E SO poles to a
ditch, thence n 76 z so poles with
the ditch, thence s IS z 10 poles,
thence n 10 E II poles, thence s So
E "a poles, thence S go E 20 poles to
a white oak on the river, thence up
the meanders Of said river to The be-
ginning, containing four hundred
and three-fourths acres more or less.
The second tract on the Clay levels.
beginning at stake in ID. NJ. Skies
line near re ad on a stake, and runs
n Is E ~ poles to a stake, thence
n 72 v 226 poles to stake lear
Boar Bone branch, thence S 10 E
135 poles to a stake, thence S ST T.
1852 poles to the beginnin Contain
ing one hundred and nineteen and
one quarter acres. more or less. Said
land conveyed to me-. by John A.
Stephens, April 9th. 1885.
Registered May n, 1888, in the
office of the Register of Deeds for
Sampson county, North Carroll Ia, in
Book 20 Of Deeds, page 3I5, &c.
Oct. 2,-SL lR. w. Hicks.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-10-01
The First Stem

Perhaps you are run down, can't
eat, can't sleep, can't think, can't do
anything TO your satisfaction, and
You wonder what ails you. You
should h.ed the warning, you are
taking the first step into Nervous
Prostitution. You need a Nerve
Tonic and in Electric Bitters you
will fnd the exact remedy for re-
storing your nervous system to its
normal, healthy condition. Surpris-
ing results follow the use of this
Nerve Tonic and Alternative. Your
appetite returns, good. digestion is
restored, and the Liver and Kidneys
resume healt ssssa. Try a bottle.
Price "a cent? ff. Holli-
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-10-01
"ANGET! MAR!AGE.n

TOlstoi don't believe in marriages
except "angel marriages" His is
presumed to have been an CANCEL
marriage" but in as much as there
were sixteen children born as re-
snlt Of this marriage, we must con-
clude that these angel marriages
are not so much different from the
other kind, and that there is not the
slightest Characteristic OF sinecure
about them.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-10-01
DCPLN COUNTY.
WARSAW NOTES

AT the home OF the bride ON the
10th of September, Mr.. Christopher
Rich and Miss Mary Jane Hightow-
er were united in the holy bonds of
suatrimony. They then Went over
20 the home of Mr.. Elonza Rich and
there the hearts of SIR. George Gid
liens md Sarah Rich were made one
by that word which once pronoun-
yed can never be recalled.
'<May their pleasures be dep as the
ncean and their sorrows IS light as
is foaIn.n
Our wid0wors ale on the ssboom. ~
DON'T CHER KNOW.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-10-01

Blood diseases are terrible on &C.
count of their loathesome- nature,
and the fact that they wreck the con-
s.itution so completely unless the
proper antidote isappIied. BIB.
botanic Blood Balml is composed
of the true antidote FOR blood poison.
Its use never fails to give satistac-
ton.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-10-01

By calling on us you can readily
see that we are not at all boasting in
Ger claim to be the cheapest Clothing
Shoe and Hat dealer. We buy cheap
and sell cheap