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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-10-27
"A General Hnnpmnu

WAsnINGToN, c. H., o., Oct. 49,
VIM. "A. Burnett, OF this city, is down
IN Fort Smith, Ark, and in a personal
letter recently received by "A friend here
Mr. burnett says: "Fort Smith is quite
an historic place. The old fort still
stands, or ut least part of it. The walls
were twelve feet high when first built.
and they enclose about nine acres The
United States jail is IN the center and
to the south is the galloWs. There are
at the present time no prisoners CON
lined i'll this jail, which is large and
substantial structure, and, when once
behind these bars, it's dollars to dough.
nuts fellow Will not escape. Arrange
ments are being made for another hang.
ing; but the people don't pay any more
attention to Il hanQing here than they
would to a dog fight at home. The
hanging is all done by one man named
Maliadon, abont 65 years of age. III
has broken ninety.seven necllS on TN
same scatfold, and has swung off as
many as six at one time. Malladon
gets $50 for every man he hangs. Some
times the hangsman gets to talking
about the men he has executed and
cries like Il child"
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The National Alliance.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Oct. 22.-The
State Farmers Alliance met in secret
session to-day, with eighty-one dele.
gates present. The following pro.
gramme for, the meeting here OF
the National Alliance was adopted
On the first day. Tuesday, November
IL. the addresses of welcome will be de.
llvered at Tomlinson Hall by Major
Sullivan and President Force. of the
state Alliance, and response will be by
j. r.. Tillman, national secretary, and
j II. Willetts, treasurer Of the Alliance
The afternoon will be devoted to ex-
ecutive session and in the evening
President l.. l.. Polk will deliver his
address. On Wednesday addresses will
be made by the president of the Il. NJ
Is. a., National Lecturer J. i. Willetts
and in the afternoon the executive ses-
sior will be continued. In the evening
Z. w. Macune and others will speak
Thursday morning Jerry Simpson and
AlonZO Wardell will speak and in the
evening John L. Stelle and Mrs. Anna
l.. briggs. Friday the forenoon adj
dresses will be made by |. III. Turner
and B. III. Oliver and in the evening H.
f. Livingston, III. l.. Loucks, Saturday
j. III. Mcdowell and Senator PETER will
speak, and at night II. V. PoWderly and
Ben Terrell. On Monday evening Ig-
natius Donnelly will address the coun-
Gil and on Tuesday, the last day, Will
liam Erwin, Mrs. Lease, II. Nj. Hum
phrey and j. w. Weaver will speak.
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Revealing A,Iianoe secrets.

CLARKsBURG, w. Va, Oct. o.
The members of the Farmers Alliance
in Tyler county are excited because Jos.
a.. Iwyman, an acknowledged enemy
OF The society, has been revealing its
passwords and secrets. AS he has
never been a member Of the Alliance, 1T
has been mystery where he obtained
his information, and Charles, his broth
CT, who was formerly a member, has
been accused Of breaking his oath.
Joseph publishes card claiming that
he got his infsrmatlon from Sears and
Carroll, the organizers, and asserting
his right TO impart it to whom he
plcascs. The matter Will be referred to
the national board at Washinton.
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upon you benediction. Take it with
you across the Mediterranean. Take
1t with you across the Atlantic God
only is great Let all the earth keep
silence before him. Amenl"
And then the lips of granite hushed
and the great giant of masonry wrap.
ped himself again in the silence of ages
and as [ rode away in the gathering
projected.
Wondrous Egypt! Land of ancient pomp
and pride,
Where Beauty walks by hoary Ruins side 9
Where plenty reigns and still the seasons
smile,
And rolls--rich gift of God--exharstless
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Their Last Assignment,

CHICAGO, Oct. ia dispatch from
Crete, ILL.,, says that two reporters of
the Chicago Inter Ocean. named Wash.
Durne and Henry, and McCafferty, the
special artist of that paper, were in.
sstantly killed last night at that place
The two latter had been assigned to
write an article upon a midnight rail.
road ride on the Chicago and Eastern
illinois Railroad. Washburne was re-
turning from his vacation to act as
best man at the wedding of another
member OF the Inter Ocean staff. The
three men, with General PASSENGER
Agent Stone, were riding upon the 10.
comotiye. Stone left them to 60 into
the dining car, and moment later the
train struck misplaced switch, and
the locomotive plunged through an en-
gine house. The engineer and fireman
Jumped and saved themselves, but the
three newspaper men were killed.
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MANCHESTER. N. H., Oct. 15.-The
fly wheel of No. mill of the Amoskea0
corporation burst about $50 A. M. tear
ing through the floor of the first and
second stories. Two persons are be-.
lieyed to have been killed outright and
a dozen badly wounded. The excite.
ment about the mill gates is very great.
Eleven girls were employed in the draw.
ing room over the steam pumping room
adjoining the engine house. When the
wheel burst they were carried to the
basement in the debris. Seven of them
were caught in the heavy timbers and
iron beams and badly injured. One
died three hours later. An engineer
named Bunker was taken out Of the
ruins dead. Eleven persons were in
lured and one girl is missing. Proba-
bly, two or three more deaths will result.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-10-27
SHOCKING RAILROAD DISASTER.
Wreck of = Passonge Train Near Gales.
burg, Ill.

GALESBURG, ILL.,, Oct. 21.-The Chi.
cago, Burlington and Quincy fast pas
senger train No 8. which left here at
1890 o'clock last night, met with a ter
rible accident twenty-five minutes later
| at the Pottery switch near Monmouth
sixteen miles west Of here. The train
was running at a high rate Of speed.
The facts show that the switch was
partly open, and the locomotive left
the main track and started on the side
track; some of the cars behind kept on
the main track, and as the result the
whole train of seven cars, except the
sleeper, was derailed and turner over
on side, the cars being scattered around
In great confusion. There was no tel.
escoping. There were on the engine
Engineer A. A. Emery and Neils An
derson, OF this city, and George Court
ney, travelling engineer. who went
out on the trip to see how the new loco.
motive worked. Anderson was blown
from the cab by steam. Emery and
Courtney had no chance to escape and
their bodies were found close to the To-
comotive. The baggage and express
men were thrown across their cars, but
man named Frank ). Johnson of Avon
whe with w. II. Hard, of Abingdon
was standing on the steps of the smok.
ing car attempted to jump off. He was
thrown under the wheels and killed
Hardy jumped and escaped injury.
The baggage car caught fire, but the
flames were promptly extinguished by
Baggageman John Dore. Oscar Him
norman was pitched through the win,
dow of the smoking car nnhurt. He
hurried back to stop two incoming
trains.
The saddest casualty happened in
the chair car, just back of the smoker
In one seat in the middle Of the car sat
Mr.. George Allen, his wife and baby
She was next to the window, and as the
car tipped over her head was driven
through the window and she was in
stantly killed. The baby war hurled
across the car, but, save cut on its
head, was unlnjured. Allen received
bruises. lie found his baby first, then
CROPPED his way from the car for Ian
tern and returning found his wife
dead
The scene after the wreck is said to
have been heartrending and panicky.
The imprisoned passengers beat out
the windows of the cars to effect their
escape. a large force of surgeon and
railroad officials went from here and
Burlington. In addition TO the four
Killed eighteen were injured, but the
injuries of some were SO slight that
they left on the next train. Great sur
prise is expressed that the list Of the
dead Is not larger,
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Death of u Baby.


The following from the pen of Bill
ARP is as good as anything he ever
wrote:
"The baby is dead"
That was the sad telegram that came
to US from far away where one OF our
boys is living.
1t saddened the household. for we
had never seen the child nor the mother.
and they w ere to come and visit us
next month, and expected to he SO hap
py. There is trouble that is trouble
grief that is grief. The first child, and
old enough TO have twined around her
mothers heart and absorbed her very
life. The father can love, too, and ca
ress and feel fathers pride, and he
can weep and feel desolate. Time will
temper his grief. but mother never
ceases to lament the death OF her first
born child.
1t has been more than thirty years
since we lost one, but the little gar
mentS that he wore were hidden away
somewhere, and sometimes | see the
mother fondling them as they lie in the
old trunk-the trunk that holds her
hearts best treasures. 1t was Sterne
who said: God tempers the wind to
the shorn lamb" and so in time the
young mothers grief will be sweeter
than it is sad, and she will rise from it
with d hope and trust that she never
knew before. A child in heaven is u
bond that cannot be taken-it is not
lost--it is saved. But still the pang of
separation is very crushing to the pa
rents heart. How the world shrinks
up; how mean and Insignificant are all
its pleasures. have felt that way, and
been comforted with the feeling, and so
know has every parent who has lost
q chlll
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Eels Choked the XYhaaI.

MAINnsBURG, o., Oct. 1G.-The flour.
ing mill of U. Engleman has been COM
PEELED to shut down the last few days
for most unusual reason. The water
wheel has been completely choked up
with eels, and every few hours iG would
be necessary to clean them out. Fifteen
to twenty would be taken out each
time, some weighing nearly five pounds.
This never occurred before. and is ex.
plained that several years ago the fish
commission planted "a lot of young cells
in the Maimi, above Dayton. which have
now grown up, and in numbers sufii.
Cient to StOD mill
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-10-27
A Shooting Scrape In Isarnwell.

BARNwELL, S. g., Oct. 17.-In diff
ficulty here today between II. G. Crecch
John Creech and Charley Brown the
two former were shot in the neck. IL.
G. Crecch received only flesh wound
and Is doing well, but his brother, John
Creech, is very dangerously wounded.
All parties are highly respected citizens.
John Crecch graduated from the South
Carolina University last June. The
following is Browns version OF the affair
as given by his brother: On Thursday,
the 18th inst, John &. Creech attacked
Charlie Brown while he was attending
TO his business IN front OF his store. A
fist fight cnsued, in which Crcech got
the worst Of it. Today Brown was
warned that John Creech and his broth
or, Henry Clay Creech, were IN town,
and that he had better he on his guard. q.
Between snd 2 O'Clock Brown went to
the Citizens Savings Bank, and while
transacting his business Henry G.. Crecch
came in and accosted brown under the
preteNt OF selling him bale Of cotton.
While Brown was examining the sam
pie, Creech accused Brown of having
treated his brother unfairly on Thurs
day, and grossly insulted him. Brown
struck HIM with his fist, and Immediately
John Crccch ran in from the street with
pistol in hand and fired on Brown, who
Immediately returned the shot, hitting
John Creech in the neck. lie then
turned and shot Henry Clay Crcech, in
ilicting slight wound. Brown surrcn-
dered to the town marshal, who turned
him over to the sheriff. John Creech
was taken to the Molair house. 1t is
thought by The doctors this evening th at
the wounded mans condition is better. =
The State.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-10-27
Death from anxiety.

MoBBERLY, Mo-, Oct. 22.-Last Tues
day the little twelve year old son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Newton Smith, of this city,
was shot in the knee cap by playmate
with a large rifle. Mrs. Smith was very
careful about the child, and for forty.
eight hours watched him continuously.
This morning she fell from her chair a
corpse. 1t Is thought by the doctors
that her death was caused by mental
Of her boy.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-10-27
He Cut OTHor Ears.

COLUMBIA, S. c., October 15.--Fred
kempson, an escaped convict. went to
the house of woman in Lexington
county who had been instrumental in
securing his prosecution and conyjc-
tion for assault and battery with intent
to Kill, tied her up and told her that he
would either cut her throat or chop of
her ears, and that she might choose
The woman decided to lose her ears
and the scoundrel hacked them off with
dull knife. lie then united the wo.
man and left the neighborhood.
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y EniAl EIra.

NOANOKE, VA, October l6.-Thc
planning mills and lumber yard Of Bush
81 Garncr and four small residences ad.
Joining were burned this morning, and
Thomas Dearen. an employee Of the
firm, lost his life. lie left the building
when the fire broke out, but returned
to get some clothing and money he had
IN his room. and was caught by the
railing roof. Loss $4,000. Insurance
SO ONO
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-10-27
The COftnn Sunntv

New YORK, Oct. 1.-THE total Wis.,
lDle supply of cotton for tho world is
2,59o 4O2 bales of which 2,2f6,8O2 balea
are American, against-1 ,3l9, ,473 and l.
i28,973 respectively last year. Receipts
at all interior towns, 257,681; receipts
on plantations 1881; crop in sight,
1901. $50.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-10-27
white Man Lynobed.

COLUMBIA, La, Oct. 21.--John Rush,
young white man, was lynched Mon
day night for the murder of Hager
Sterling, an old colored woman. The
murder was very brutal one and en-
tirely unprovoked. The case excited a
great deal OF indignation, and Monday
night mob OF masked men took Rush
from the Jail and hanged him from the
limb of tree in the jail yard.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-10-27

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 17.-Gaatano
BarreGona, an Italian lugger owner, was
assassinatcd last night. The affair bears
all the marks of the Malta. There was
jolly game of cards at an Italian sa-
loon near the French market, q quarrel,
a stampede, and as the victim reached
the door he was riddled with bullets.
The politsehavo arrested the proprietor
nf the place and several others, but there
is no poof as to who did the shooting.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-10-27
Change OF Faith.

PARIS, Oct. l7.--News of wholesale
change olrclglous views comes from
Cahors. 1t seems that the Bishop oI
Cahors refused the celebration of q
second mass in the church of the village
OF Murat on Sunday, and that in conse
qucnce of such refusal the people Of
Murat became alienated from Cat.
holicism aud all embraced Professionalism,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-10-27
lost, with All on board.

BOSTON, Oct. 16.-The schooner Re.
Decca A. Taulane, Capt. Nickerson, of
south Chatham. carrying crew Of
seven men isno doubt lost, with all on
board. She left Newport News, Va.
August 28, for Galveston, with cargo
of coal, and has not been heard of since.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-10-27
A BURNING WELL.
A Iemarkable Phenomenon 10 Discov-
cred in Kentucky.

a Nemarkable Phenomenon 10 Discov-
cred In Kentucky.
CRAB ORCHARD, October 2l.-What
promises to be as great IA wonder as the
Talking Oak of Dodona, has recently
been discovered on the lands of poor
farmer living five miles east OF here,
near the Rockcastle county line. 1t is
well, the clear, limpid, drinkable
waters of which are inflamable as
naphtha. The natives call it the burn.
ing well. 1t is about fifteen feet deep,
extending down through a strata of
slate rock. 1t contains q wooden
pump-stock, and the water, as it comes
cold and sparkling from the depths of
the we'll, has no more oder of gas about
it than pure Kentucky Bourbon whis-
ky.
1t has slight mineral taste, and is
exceedingly. pleasant to drink, yet a
dipperful Of 1t coming in contact with
ilame will take at once, blazing up like
gunpowder. Its discovery, if the ma
tives say true, was rather remarkable.
A party of eXcursioniSts from the
springs here went out in that section in
quest of ferns. fossils and the like. On
their return they spied the well and
stopped to get some water. An old
lady, living hard by, brought a bucket
and hlled 1t with the refreshing fluid
for the thirsty ramblers, and after each
had drank she poured the remainder on
the ground near the well. Just at this
Instant young dude Of the party lit a
cigarettt and threw the match heed
leesly to the ground. 1t chanced to
fall into the poured out water, which
took fire and flashed up instantane-
ously. amazing and frightening the
whole party.
At the suggestion Of one Of the on
lockers, more water was drawn and, to
the wonder of all, 1t took fire as ready
as an explosive, scorching the face and
eyebrows of the rash eXperimenter who
held the match. The old lady's family
has for years been using water out of
the well, perfectly ignorant Of it's con.
tanning fiery qualities. What adds to
the sJrangeness Of the phenomenon is
that there is no mineral deposits any
where near. Hundreds of people for
miles around have visited this burning
we'll and drank as well as tested the in
llamability of its waters. It's discovery
adds another celebrity to the numerous
wonders for which Kentucky is famed
the world over.
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LESSON OF THE PYRAMID.
"WHAT ISAW c ,NFiRMAToRY OF THE
SCRIPTURES"

DIR. TaImaro Begins - Series of Sermons
on His observations In tho Eastern
Lands--Ths Wonderful Pyramid of
Glzph and the Lessons 1t Teaches
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Capt Iugraham bowed and betook him
self to the st. Louis. He had no sooner
got aboard than he said:
"Clear the guns for action!n
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1891-04-30
WHERE TO GET JOB PRINTING.

Attention is directed to the jobbing de
partment ofthe MARIETTA Journal which
is provided with Steam Power, New Jot
Presses, New and Latest Styles of Jot
Type ana most approved and extern
sive facilities for the execution of jot
printing of all kinds from the smallest labeI
to the largest poster, in black or colored
inks, at prices as low as can be had else
where for an equal grade of work. We are
prepared to printat short notice, pamphlets
posters, programmes, circulars, letter heads,
checks, envelopes, bill heads, blanks of all
kinds, catalogues, business cards, and every
hing in the line OF printing used in the con
duct of every day business We will du-
plicate Atlanta prices. Give US a trial
and see.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1891-04-30
MARIETTA GA,
THURSDAY MORNIEG, APRIL 80. 1891
wOUL lou SUCCEED, YOUNG MAN

Be thaest and sober and you will
be punctual, accurate and persever-
ing. There is great demand in
the world to-day for this class of
educated young men.
There is no demand for the qpend.
thrift, "the boy around town" who
is lolling around waiting for an
easy job or something to turn up.
Don't stand with the latter class
then, unless you are willing to see
other and better boys outstrip you
along the journey of lite; unless
you are willing to look back at the
end of long life, it may be through
mist OF tears over misspent days
and wasted opportunities. tits bet
ter to be loaded with flowers than
TO stand on the brink of the grave
with your arms full of thistles, and
only regretful memories to bear you
company across the sha6owy valley.
Do we'll the little things that be
nearest to you, boys, and great ones
will come by and by, and you will
be worthy to grapple with them.
Especially would we say to the
boys of Marietta to see that they
build up noble, manly characters.
Shun the very appearance OF evil.
Let cards, billiards and wine alone.
lie who would tempt you into these
vices, is not your friend, but your
worst enemy. To tampcr with SHARP
edged tools is to be cut. The bow
who practices secret sins, will soon
get beyond the tender appeals OF
mother and friends. TO succeed is
to prove worthy of the confidence of
the public. The boy or man who
IS always in demand is he who is
true to himself and his God. Low
er your standard of morality and
you lower your self to depth
where you will be stunned. TO be
respected, you must respect your
self. You cannot expect others to
do for your what you fail to do for
your self.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1891-04-30

Matrimony cannot change human
character, and when two persons o
essentially antag onistic natures are
unfortunately. united in its bonds, il
is only by the exercise of mutual
forbearance that they can hope tc
live together in peace and amity
Intellect, therefore, should never
mate with imbecility, nor principle
with immortality, nor purity with
grossness. No good ever came of
such unions, yet they take place
every day. Passion blinds the judy
ment in these cases, and when the
love-lamp goes out and the ordinary
daylight looks in, one of the parties
at least is sure to stand aghast at
the realities which it reveals.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1891-04-30
TAKE CARE OF LITTLE THINGS?

1t is the saving Of little things that
accumulates much. And it is equal
ly true that they, who do not save
the little things will never have
much; for the most mastery in
comes through want of care may
waste away to nothing.
Each fragment of time thrown
away in idleness or appropriated
is little thing, but a number of
these fragments put together will
measure the space of a year. When
we fail to take care of, properly ap-
propriate and rightly improve each
of these little space Of time, we are
taking from our possible acculnula.
tons. How many boys and girls,
yea, how many grown up people are
permitting opportunities for i'm
provemeuts and study to pass un-
needed, which opportunities if right
ly utilized would make them a pow
er for good among their fellows.
A dime is a small thing, but if
ten of them are spent for that which
We do not need and ont OF which no
profit can come, then is dollar
chunked away in squandering, and
in cultivating the spirit of the spend
thrift.
In this way wasteful habits grow
upon people. Failing to take pru
dent care of the small amounts OF
money that come into our hands
will soon educate us into spendthritt
habits that bind US like letters of
iron.
Little extravagances and little
useless expenditures of money seem
trifles in themselves, but they con-
stitute the leaks through which pass
away the hard earnings of thousands.
And right at this point is where
stress and poverty come upon many
people. They fail to take care OF
these little extravagances.
The qualification of little fancies,
when isolated, that involve expense
is small thing, but its repetition
soon grows into burden glevious
to bear. Each slight neglect to do
what should always be done IN the
present is seemingly a very small
thing, but each one widens the gap
Of waste.
Indeed almost everywhere may be
seen waste growing out of a want Of
care tor the little things.