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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-29
A stirring Encounter.

This is q story Of | duel to the
death betweenytwo wild creatures
|in. the remote forests of South
America. The battle was watched
rom9beginning to end by Manuel,
the tiger hunter. The duel was be-
twee1Ia spotted tiger and a boa
constructor. 1t was in the after
noon of q hot day that Manuel
walked softly down the path that
led dto the camp, but upon this
occasion he. was creeping along
withS unsual stealthiness, for he
had .alpretty. clear idea that a tiger
was walking along the path q.
short distance in front of him. At
the proper time he would attract
the tigers attention and offer him
battle. Within q few hundred
yards Of his hut the hunter be-
cams aware, from subtle animal
instinct, that the tiger had stop.
pedin the path. The hunter paused
and listened. There was rustling
in the leaves and a stirring in
the 4ndergrowth that he did not
quis understand. Undoubtedly
the tiger had found something
thatattracted his attention. The
rustling ceased for moment, but
began agan trife more vigor-
ous1y. Then came low, muffied
groWl, and a thrashing among the
leaves, as though the tiger. was
showing his teeth and swinging
his tail from side to side. The
hunter crept forward like a shadow.
At acurve in the path he stopped
short. A strange thing was going
on iih the narrow path a few yards
before him. A tiger was pacing
backand forth, with his tail wav-
ingand his hair bristling in sud-
denSanger. In front OF him lay
q huge boa constructor, coiled
readysfor spring. The big snakes
eyes shone like diamonds in the
SUM- and his tongue darted in and
onHlike forked. lightning. His
great coils were a-quivering with
rage and fury. What had stirred
up 5hose two wild creatures to a
pitsh :of anger, Manuel was unable
to aay. The snake had probably.
been in the, path, about. to seize
$3.50 iamaH animal, when the tiger
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-29

One of the worst calamity
howlers" that has appeared lately
is Howling Bear, an Indian, who
proclaims that within two years a
greet famine will spread over the
entire country, and that there will
be neither corn, wheat, or grass,
and that all animals will die Of
starvation.
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shining skin, butlthe tigers long
teeth and. sharp claws were buried

shining skin, but the tigers long
steethand sharp claws were buried
deep in the Berpent's neck and
body. In that terrible embrace
there could be no result other
than death. Tighter grew the
great coils; the tigers bones were
cracking one by one. Deeper
sank the long teeth; the serpent's
life-blood was forming little pools
in the path; convulsively the
lighters rolled in the path, but
weaker grew their struggles. The
end was coming. Perhaps foresee-
ing the tiger made one frantic,
desperate effort to free himself
from the deadly embrace, but the
5lood-streaked coils only tigh-
tened the more. Then the tiger
again sank his teeth and claws
into the serpent's neck and body.
He would die as he had lived, a
thing of unshaken courage. The
serpent, in a spasm of pain and
dying rage, tried once for all to
crush his enemy into a shapeless
mass, but his flesh and muscles
'had been sadly torn away and his
* was breaking under the tigers
teeth. The hunter caught his
breath hard and stepped from the
shelter of the cactus bush. The
end was at hand. Death was
glazing the eyes of the tiger; the
serpent's head fell helplessly to
one side. There was a feeble
struggle in the shoulders of the
tiger, a galvanic shudder in the
coils of the serpent, and then all
was still. 1t WAS over.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-29

General.
E. R. McIver, Treasurer.
w. Perry Murphy, Attorney
General.
Rev. D. w. Hiott, Superinten-
ent of Education.
W. w. Dixon, Adjutant and
Inspector General.
The vote resulted as follows:
Ticket headed by.J. E. Tindal,
264; that headed by L. w. YOU
mans, so.
Whenthe vote was declared it
was received with cheering all
over the~hall, delegates and,speeta-
tors, alike, taking part in the man.
ifestations,of approval.
The following committee was
appointed to inform the nominees
of their nomination, and to conduct
them into the hall: John Gary
Evans, w. A. Neal, Joseph Weeks;
Altamont Moses and R. D. Lee.
The appearance in the hall of
the nominees and their escorts
was marked by grand demonstra-
tion, the whole ticket being cheered
from, the door to the rostrum.
Governor Tillman was introduced
by the president Of the conven-
tion IN a few, happy phrases, and
after the cheering, responded to
his nomination as follows:
THE GOVERNORS SPEECH.
Mr.. President and Gentlemen
of the Convention: The Good
Book says that there is a time
for all things. Judging by the
quantity of it we have had in
South Carolina during the past
summer, there must have been q
time for speaking, and I think ]
have done my share oft. i[Laugb
ter and applause. I shall, there.
fore, trespass on your patience but
for a few moments tonight.
We have passed through o
very bitter, exciting and, I might
say, malignant campaign-ot
white men against white men, ot
democrat against Democrat.
i We have met here as the re-
presentatiyes Of a majority of the
!: Democratic people of South Caro-
lima. This convention is differ
: ent from any other heretofort
held in South Carolina, inasmucl
as you have come direct from your
masters-the people. You have
not been constituted by any thin
ble-rigging county convention
process, or "club" business, dele
eating it's powers to send yo1
here. But you have come righ
: straight from the ground, fresI
: from and in immediate touch an
, sympathy with the people.
| The issues of the campaigl
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-29

A Jersey man married five wives
and they were all red headed. He
explains it by relating that the
first one clawedtthe spirit out OF II
him so completely that he didn't
care afte. that if he married a
porcupine.
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Whata Horse Can Do.

A horse will travel 406 yards
in four and one-half minutes at
a walk, 400 yards in two minutes
at a trot, 400 yards in one minute
at a gallop' The usual work of a
horse is taken at '22,50O pounds
raised one foot per minute for
eight hours per day. A :horse::will
carry 15o pounds twenty-five
miles per day-of eight hours! An
average draft: horse will IdtaW
1900 pounds twenty-thEes miles
o., -srsFa i
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AS a boarding school offers spe-
cial advantages in Literature,
French, German, Art, and Music.
Teachers thorough and progress
sive. Moral influences unusual.
Location beautiful. Rates rea-
sonable. Enrolled 1S9 pupils last
session.
Inquire about the school and
send for catalogue.
Mrs. L. M. BONNER, Principal.
H. E. BONNER, Vice Principal.
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Aunty-1 feel provoked to think
that you and your mama were in
town the other day and went to a
restaurant instead of coming to
our house for dinner. Why: didn't
you Gomez
Little Nephew-We was hungry.
-Ex.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-29
A Wonderful Star that No Man
Has Seen.

The many wonderful discover
les in astronomy recently made
by the aid of photography, have
seemed to leave the older methods
of astronomical investigation far
in the rear. But just now Mr.. S.
c. Chandler, of Boston. has made
what may be called a discovery by
the aid of mathematical methods,
recalling the achievement of Lever
rier and Adams in the. detection
of Neptune fifteen years ago. Their
is in the norther Ky: a star
known as Algol, which the sharp.
sighted Arabs; who discovered its
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-29

Three men in France competed
to see who could drink the most
water. One swallowed twenty
quarts. the second nine, and the
third seven. All three died from
the effects.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-29

Silence is the best weapon to
use againsta vulgar and spiteful
tongue.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-29
Wofford College,
sPARTANBURc, S. c.
JAS. H. CARLISLE, LID, PRES.
FOUNDED 1881.

Wofford College offers to students in
the folr;-college classes, two parallel
courses of study, each leading to the
degree of Bachelor Of Arts, in one OF
which Modern Languages are substl-
tinted for Greek.
EXPENSES.
Board tuition, matriculation, wash
ing, light, fuel, books and stationery,
the necessary college expenses for the
year, can be met with $3.50. The ad-
vantages offered by Wightman and
Alumni Halls enable students to meet
their college expenses with this very
small amount.
The next session begins the 3rd day
Of October, 1892.
j. A. GAMEWELL,
Secretary OF Faculty
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Greenville
Female College.
cREENvILLE, S. c.
The session of 1928 Will begin
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. %.

On Tuesday, Sept. 9th, the
president will meet at Columbia
and at points on the Columbia and
Greenville R. R. young ladies COM
ing to this college by that route.
Those arriving by other railroads
will have arrangements made for
their being met at convenient
points on arrival.
Corps nf twenty instructors.
Number of students last session,
242.
Department of Music with Con-
servatory Course. Wade G. Brown,
Artist Graduate of N. E., Conser-
patory3 Boston.
UigectGssz w;th FIVE ass,stenta
;;re5.7r4 aass Steua j. Ferris,
;.1ssa:ae.7satz IN sosst Easlsie. y e
Cor, Boston, i5iS5ruCJot o.
culture.
r., i'o~e coarse. agh sf71J.
ard q sUl3.>
record sarpaases ',i:1 @; a. -
male colleges in the State. Send
for new catalogue.
A, S. TONNES, Pres.
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condemned by all true Demo-

crafts.
Mr.. John Gary Evans moved
the adoption of the majority re-
port.
The majority report was carried
by an immense vote.
On motion of John Gary Evans
the convention then went into
nominations for State officers. It
was agreed that nominations
should be made without speeches.
John Gary Evans nominated
for Governor the present incumb-
ent, Benjamin Ryan Tillman'
Seconded all over the house amid
great cheering.
C. A. Douglass of Richland
nominated Hon. John G. shep-
pard. Seconded by Altamout
Moses of Sumter.
The vote gave Tillman 264 and
Sheppard so. Beaufort, Charles
ton, Richland and Sumter Coun--
ties were the only ones casting
their votes for Sheppard. Geor-
getown, which had six delegates,
was not represented.
Hon. S. G. Mayfeld, Of Barn
we'll, County, nominated Eugene
B. Gary for Lieutenant Governor,
Mr.. E. ]. Brenneg, Of Columbia,
nominated Mr.. J. L. Orr for the
same office. The vote was the
same as in the bubernatorial con
test, viz: 264 for Gary; so for
Orr.
It was then moved and seconded
that the remainder Of the ticket
be nominated as a whole ;adopted.
Whereupon M. R. Cooper placed
In nomination the following gentle
men:
j. E. Tindal, Secretary Of State.
W. H. Ellerbe, Comptroller
General.
w. T. C. Bates, Treasurer.
D, A. Townsend, Attorney Gen.
eral.
w. D..Mayfeld,, Superintendent
of Education.
II. L. Farley, Adjutant and
Inpector General.
This ticket, was greeted with
vociferous applause, and was
ll;hnrallv anrnndad.
~ 4>4. 10
/ 'vnabia nominated tbo fyssa@as2
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aae:a4: ai.a 5s2o caT,
'ss,s1'%s 'i''s''
q llseS tGs. -''-s 80 ,;eal cesirg
u ,ado. =l;: ccnt.o2'e % gfow
t&jn;ox icc thrae or tour hon.:, 81.
L. - -b.,,t. 49, &c.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-29

i .g.eoza il,:I.ae.:. I1s average
= - 49,
i - Z is aqoiive!ec; to snat
i rvs mec Il Gosss-.pii1,
1or12 -, *:lsee .ea: Faf seacd3;
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Third-third year begins Oct. 8, 1892.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-12-29

Sic .. BE il further enacted,
That within six month after final
payment is made by any purr
chaser he shall be required TO pnI
fifty dollars worth OF ipprove.
ments on all lots so soslssaght and
paid for, otherwise- Such lots shall
revert to the Cherokee nation, and
shall be resold by the town COM
missioner as provided in this act.
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted,
That all persons, who have here
toforc bought a town lot, or lots,
and paid for the same, shall be
required TO put fifty dollars worth
of improvements ON all vacant lots
held by them and in case of failure
to do SO, such town lots shall re-
vert to the Cherokee nation, to be
resold as in this act provided.
SEC. z. All acts or parts of acts,
conflicting with this act are hereby
repealed.
Passed the senate Dec, 7 con-
cured in by council with the fol-
lowing amendment; that no town
lots shall be sold for less than ten
dollars per lot Amendment con-
cured in Dec Sth; approved Dec.
10. 1892:
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-12-29

between the regular terms OF Che
court oxcept in cases of capital
Nofiellses, or cases Of felony, and
only when there is apprehension
that the accused will escape Be.
yond the jurisdiction Of the Choro-
keo nation in such cases OF felony.
No person, summoned 10 serve AS
grand juror, shall be exempt from
service, except on account of per-
sonal sickness, severe or danger
GUS sickness in his immediate
family, or recent death, and before
the burial ofany member thereof.
In case Of the absence Of any per-
son summoned as grand Juror,
his place shall be filed by some
competent person who shall, il
necessary. be summoned by spec.
ial writ.
BE it further enacted, that sec
tion sixty.six, Of said article six,
is hereby amended, SO as to read
"No indictment shall be found by
the grand jury unless voted for BY
a majority of their number And
provided further, that all jurors
shall receive two dollars per days
service as juror. Approved Nov.
2Sth, 1892.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-12-29
sprCIALoFfER TO SUBSCRIBERS
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time to read a large daily news.
paper will find in The Weekly
Globe Democrat, consisting OF ten
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him-brimlul Of the best news OF
the day, sufficiently condensed to
meet his needs. Though strictly
Republican in principles, it is
never so partisan as to suppress
any important news necessary to
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Any person sending US three dol
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TO the Weekly, will receive one
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throughout the United States, or
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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-12-29
ME NEM IuRY LAM

AN ACT repeating the act of the
National council approved April
21, 1886, entitled "an act amen
datory of chapter three, Article
five of the Compiled Laws of the
Cherokee nation relating to ju-
riesn and amending section fifty
four, article FIVE, aud section
sixty-one, article six of the said
chapter three, compiled laws OF
the Cherokee nation.
Be it enacted by the national
council, that the act of the national
coun ell, approved April 21st, 1886,
and entitled "an act, amendatory
of chapter three, article five, sec
tion fifty-one of the complied laws
of the Cherokee nation, relating to
juries, be and the same is hereby
repealed.
Be it further enacted, that Sec
tion fifty-four of chapter three of
the complied laws, be amended SO
as to read after the word clerk .
in the seventeenth line of said
section, but in all other criminal
cases the clerk shall summon
eighteen after the same have in
like manner been drawn by the
sheriff who shall be empanneled
as above, the prosecution objecting
to three, and the accused or court,
selecting the twelve out OF the re-
manning fifteen to try the case.
No verdict shall be rendered in
any criminal case without the
unanimous consent Of the whole
jury. provided, that at all special
terms of the district and circuit
courts, for the trial Of criminal
cases, when there shall be more
than one case to be tried there
shall be thirty names drawn and
summoned according to chapter
three, article FIVE, section fifty
one, Of the compiled laws, who
shall serve as jurymen for that
term of court.
Be it further enacted, that al
least fourteen (14) days before the
commencement of the regular
term Of the circuit and district
courts in each year the judges Of
both courts, shall each furnish to
the sheriff of each district a list of
thirteen names Of persons, intel
ligent and who shall have attained
the age of twenty one years and
are Otherwise qualified as Jury
men, citizens of the district, who
shall be summoned to act as grand
jurors for that district during the
year. and to sit during the regular
terms Of the court respectively,
unless sooner discharged by the
court, and the solicitors Of the
several districts shall not be au-
thorized to convene a erafld jury
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-12-29
A ROOM For TIE TOWNS.

AN ACT regulating the sale and
holding of town lots in the Cher
okee nation.
SEC. /. Be it enacted by the
national council, That by and with
the advice and consent Of the SEN
ate, the principal chief shall ap-
point one town commissioner. who
shall be authorized to sell to citi.
zens of the Cherokee nation and to
the highest bidder, town lots in
the towns already rveyed after
thirty days notice in the Cherokee
Advocate, and to settle the unfin-
ished business OF the late town
commissioners.
SEC. 2. The town commissioner
shall not have authority to lay of
OF survey any new town or towns.
SEC. 3. The town commissioner
shall receive as bis salary go per
cent twenty per centum out Of all
proceeds collected by him for town
lots sold by him, or for those al
ready sold and not finally paid for.
SEC. 4. Be it further enated.
That in case any purchaser fails 10
pay the iHstallments as they fall
due. the lot or lots With the i'm
provements thereon shall revert,
and become national property, and
the purchaser shall forfeit the pur-
chase money. All reverted lots
with Improvements shall be resold
as above.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-12-29

vetoed and passed over the veto
all IN about two hours time. In
the senate one man (McLain, Of
Canadian) voted to sustain the
veto. The vote in the house was
% to 3.
During the entire session the
lower house has shown.a AN econom-
zeal disposition and has done some
good work, as far as the members
knew how-but there is where
"the rubp came. The senate
spent about a week "log-rolling"
on the delegation and them did
not roll out anything but a couple
of "kids." /"
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-12-29
OUR TAHLEQUAH LETTER.
Council Adjourns and The Sun
Still Rises.

IAnLEQUAH, l. T., J
TUESDAY, Dec. p, 1892 )
Since our last writing council
has actually adjourned. This i'm
portant event occurred on Friday
at noon. The week was spent
largely in work on the school and
general appropriation bills, hence
little aside from this ofimportance
occurred. In the senate the claim
of w. A. Phillips for 3,535.50,
which includes the interest on
$500 since 1885, was allowed.
The house, however, took differ
ent view and Mr.. Phillips will
have to wait a while longer. All
the records bearing on the case
we're extensively examined in
both houses. 1t will interest your
readers to learn that Mr.. Baugh
championed this claim in the SEN
ale and that Mr. Keys, bis col
league, opposed it; the latter was
ably assisted by Senator Ellis
Burlington. In the house Judge
Clark made a persistent fight
against the claim.
After the vacation of the attor.
ney-generalship { Mr.. Hastings
place. by council enactment, the
chief promptly commissioned
Judge r. W. Walker. To this
the council demurred and passed a
resolution asking by what author
ity the executive filed a vacancy
while council was in session. The
resolution was not called up in the
house.
NJ. g. Butler, Of Chouteau, was
appointed and confirmed as town
commissioner. His commission
Of 20 per cent. will probably reach
$500 or $1,000 annually.
The bin paying for the extra
session passed both houses, was
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-12-29
DIR. PRICE S BAKING POWDER.
Supplying the Army, Navy and
Indian Departmet

AAANAlA1 G1EeAA AAAAAAs
The purchasing agents Of the
United States Government have
ordered nearly one hundred thous-
and pounds of DR.. Price Baking
Powder in the first five months OF
this year, 1898.
The government exercises great
care in selecting its supplies OF all
kinds, rejecting everything that is
not Of the best, and the very fact
that it has adopted DR.. Price s
Baking Powder is proof that it has
found it the best Of all the baking
powders. DR., Prices is peculiar
ly adapted for export, as neither
long sea voyages nor climatic
changes affect it, this brand keep
ing fresh and swee. for years
while other baking powders deter
iorate rapidly.
1t is guaranteed to the govern
ment to be a pure cream of tartar
powder free from ammonia, alum,
or other harmful substances, and
it is also the only baking powder
prepared by a physician Of high
standing.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-12-29

IT IS just possible that some of
the powers in Washington are on
the wrong "track. " A dispatch
from Washington says; 1.-The
Cherokees want the intruders re-
moved by the government, and care
little about remuneration to the
intruders for their improve
m ents." For the information Of
the public, it may be truthfully
stated that there is as much antag-
onis m to the payment of the intru-
ders tor their improvements as
there would be to a proposition to
allow them to remain here per-
manently. They are squatters
who have come here against our
prot est. Those not Cherokees
and entitled to full citizenship are
not entitled to one cent.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-12-29

The treasury watch dog" Con-
gresham Holman, of Indiana, op-
poses the Strip trade because it
takes eight million dollars out Of
the governments cash box. As a
compromise it is proposed to mod
ify the agreement by making the
money payable to the Cherokees
as the land is paid for by the set
tiers. II is hardly necessary to
say that this kind of an arrange
ment will lack "a heap" of being
satisfactory to the present owners
of the property, and it is hardly
likely that they will agree to any
such arrangement.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-12-29

A LETTER from the executive
office gives the welcome informa-
ton that instructions or an inter-
probation of the new permit law
will issue from the Office of the
treasurer in a short time.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-12-29

The condition of affairs in the
Indian Territory is very bad, no
doubt; but the proposition to make
State out of such a Territory is
infinitely w0rse.-Globc- Demo
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-12-29

Now that delegate Hastings has
gone to Washington the country
can once more breathe easy. 1t
goes without saying that Mr. Hast
ings will tolerate no legislation
that would affect this nation ad-
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-12-29

A RESOLUTION passed the house
of representatives last week re-
enacting the Choctaw and Chick
asaw claim bill and the money,
between two and three million dol
lars, will be paid out. Mr.. r. l..
Owen, of this nation, has a large
money interest in this claim.