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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-03-18
An Egg Story.

The ancient Firms believed that IA mys-
tic bird laid IN egg on the lap of Vaimai-
non, who was to hatch it in his bosom.
But he let it fall. and it broke, the lower
portion of the shell forming the earth, the
upper the sky. The liquid white became
the moo and the yolk the sun, while the
little fragments of broken shell were
transformed into stars. - Philadelphia
Press.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-03-18
The Road.


The pathway of life may be narrow and steep,
But the road through the country is sleeper.
The pitfalls and snares that beset us are deep,
But the mud that surrounds us is deeper.
There are fence rails for bridges and mudholes
for drains,
And hard heads and powders for gravel,
And broken down buggies ON hillsides and
plains
Give warnings, like ghosts, rs we travel.
Lank horses, by work and abuse broken down,
Gaze at us from roadside and stable.
Young men reaching wistfully out toward the
town,
Or seeking it's portals when able.
Deserted farmhouses, the fences decayed,
And the breezes through weed patches blow
Where once happy children rejoiced as they
played
Hide and seek when the field corn was grow
ing.
What joy for the youth, as his longings expand,
In a life SO restricted and narrow;
His prospect, mid all opportunities grand,
But to follow the plow and the harrow.
Half banished from hope, and shut out of the
world
By a fimsy but tangible curtain;
Society's pleasures away from him hurled
The roads are so very uncertain"
There's little enjoyment in life scattered
round,
And little of profit or pleasure
In roads where the bottom can scarcely be
found
With less than a seven foot measure.
Let us seek some reform, then, at once, ere we
lose
All trace of our roads from our annals,
And make surface roads that the public can
use.
Or else take the underground channels.
Wilder Grahame in Good Roads.
A Sweet Candy Pull.
A candy pull at Boothbay Harbof
was interrupted by a ring at the door
bell the other night. The summons
was for the head of the house who hap
pened to be a justice of the peace. In
stepped a blushing couple and tho
squire tied them in the bonds of mAtxf
mony while the festive candy pullen
enjoyed a treat which was not On the
programme. It is believed that more
sweetness was yanked into that candy
pull than into any other ON record
lewiston Journal
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-03-18
lob Printing

Visiting Cards, Meal Tickets,
Advertising Bar
Bill Heads, Letter Heads, Note
Heads, Statements. Receipt
Books and other Blank Books
made to order. We Bind or
Re- Bind Books, magazines. or
journals. HERALD Pub. Co.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-03-18

MINING STEEL-tOr picks and drills. CreS-
Nlcent steel is the best. we warrant every bar.
LOWRY 4 SHAW S-tf
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-03-18

Until further notice trains will leave
Ncihart as follows:
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-03-18

you are charmed with the beauty Of
Hilda. the peasant girl, who vainly loves
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-03-18

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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-05-03
Negroes Stirred to Rage.

COLUMBIA, s. c., April 28.-About one
thousand Negroes, comprising the better
class Of the colored population of Colum-
bia, met tonight and opened their guns
on the Tllman administration on account
of Governor Tillmsn's action in sending
the Negro, John Peterson, before the
mob OF Denmark last Monday. The
governor was severely condemned and
the negroes were urged to strike for
themselves and not be submissive any
longer. One speaker said they had
depended too much on God; now they
must look to themselves. Resolutions
we're adopted declaring that tho white
citizens of Barnwell County, where eight
Negroes were lynched several years ago,
had again declared their disregard for law
and order, decency and justice by the
brutal murder Of an Innocent man; that
Governor Tillman's action in surrender
ing Peterson was unwarranted, unpre-
cedented and inhuman, knowing as he
did the passion Of such an infuriated
mob actlated by diseased sentiment /;
that In the frequent lynchings Of Negroes
throughout the State without proof of
their guilt and refusal Of the officers of
tice, together with the governor having
officially recognized and sanctioned and
legalized the court Of Judge Lynch, "we
are warned that we need not hope for
protection and that the law of this State
affords none to the Negro"
Before the meeting had progressed far
politics was injected and the negroes
were counselled to go hand and hand
with the better class Of whites in break
ing' mp the Tillman administration; that
otherwise they would lose both liberty
and life.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-05-03
The Public Roads.

EDITORS INTELLIaENcER: see some
valuable communications on the subject
of road law. If you will give us space
in your columns We will give yeu some
of our ideas about working roads. We
admire very much the last conmunica-
ton Of esquire Fewel'' as to the width
of tire of vehicles. Thorough surface
drainage and underdrainage are es-
sential, especially where the winters are
open, and alternate freezing and thawing
and frequent rain showers are the rule.
Instead of the exceptions the durability
of the road depends almost entirely upon
it. The thorough drainage and the thor
ough packing of either rock or gravel
are two important items that are fire.
quently neglected. While surface drain
age is a matter of first consideration, un-
der.drainage is not secondary In impor-
tance. Without thorough drainage
good road is impossible. With dry,
hard surface the road-bed need not be
wider than to give teams good room TO
pass, and still answer the same purpose:
Either drain tile or stone may be useo
to form the drains. In all nat parts OF
the road, or where the water collects on
the slopes, a four-inch tile or stone laid
from two to three feet deep lengthwise
along each side of the travel track, dis
charging into the side bitches at con-
yenient places, is necessary. With per-
feet sub-drainage, the winters frost hav-
ing no water to act upon within the body
of the road, is robbed of its great power
to destroy the same, and it also prevents
the road Surface from being SO muddy IN
spring and summer, as it otherwise
would be.
The time has passed when the under
drainage of our country roads can be
consistently ignored. To-day we have
no cheaper or more practical method Of
road improvement than the use Of drain
tile. It takes less stone and gravel to
make good road on we'll underdrained
bed, and costs less to keep the road in
good repair. The grading of road beds
so that the centre will be higher than the
land on either side, except in cuts, IL
important; but it is hardly less impor-
tant to have good bitches with free out
lets. 1t has been found that dry soil
will take up from thirty-eight to forty
per cent, or nearly half, it's weight OF
water. Thus we see the great impor-
tance of good drainage, and that no water
must be left standing by the roadside.
Good drainage is a vital subject, because
when the clay becomes saturated with
water Immediately after winters freeze
the travel works it quickly into NOR
tar-like condition, and whatever gravel
has been put upon 1t will be swallowed
up In the mud, We know that these
drain pipes would be somewhat costly to
the County, but road supervisors agree
that the drain tile or stone will pay ex-
penses in two years, regardless of good
roads during that period. If we could
only get our roads we'll drained and in
good condition it would cost but little to
keep them in repair.
ABE STUDBINs.
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\. - - Il
Gov. Tillman has paid the fines impos-
ed b7 the United States Court on sheriAs
Gaines, Riser and Tyler in the contempt
cases; but Sheriff Nance has been left in
the lurch. When the Governor was ask
ed If he woald pay Nance's fine, he
replied: tsNance didn't stand up to the
State and the State Will not stand up to
Nance Sheriff Nance, or his bonds
men, must .,.raise the wind" to the tune
of $500 and pay the fine. We suppose
there is wafling and gnashing Of teeth in
old Abbeyille at this decision, and anath-
emas will be- launched at the head OF the
Governor. Poor Nance! He has been an
DER zealous .reformer'' from the first, an
ardent supporter Of "the great and only
Ben,' and blindly obeyed the Governors
orders in the railroad cases until che
pinch came. Then. thinking an apology
to Judge Simonton would be acceptable
In lieu Of the $500 fine, he made an apollo
gy to the Judge for his part in the mat
tor, and went home. That is why the
Governor has said he "didn't stand up TO-
the sstate,p and for which he must pay
the big fine ont Of his own pocket, or the
pockets of his bondsmen. The Sheriff OF
:Abbeyille has had a bitter experience as
8 'sreform" officer.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-05-03
One Governor Who Knows his Duty.

ATLANTA, GA, April 27, lS93.-Editor
Constitution: seek an early opportun-
ity to thank you most heartily for the ed
itorial in this days issue OF the Constit1-
tion, ga Mistaken View"
No citizen of this State can ever know
what it costs, in nerve power, to stand in
front of the determined purpose of the
people to take the law into their own
hands in certain cases of outrage and vio-
lence.
Before ! came into Office determined
upon the policy I have followed as to
lynching, and while have been fixed in
my purpose fully understand the great
odds against me.
Our civilization cannot stand these
shocks by lawless violence. Until we
guarantee security to all classes and con-
ditions of people we cannot hope for de-
velopment through the investment of
capital or the progress of our own people.
1t is my determined purpose, therefore,
to pursue my policy as to lynchipg in
every case that co mes to my notice. I
shall offer a reward for the mob, regard
less of their character and position be-
fore the people, making no distinction
as to the crime they seek to punish or
the criminal they unlawfully abuse. am
truly, etc., VIZ. NoaTHEN.
Governor,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-05-03

In the Court OF Common Pleas at Sum-
ter, s. c., last week Judge Hudson made
arnling that win be of interest to Sheriffs
and Trial Justices. About two months
ago warrants were issued bySa Trial JUS
tics for the arrest Of two young white
men on the charge of resisting an officer
in the discharge Of his duty. The war
rants were served by the Deputy Sheriff,
and after the young men were arrested
and brought to Sumter, 1t was discovered
that the Trial, Justice had not signed the
warrants. The young men were then
released. They afterwards brought suits
against the Sheriff and his deputy for
damages for false arrest and imprison,
ment. AS soon as the court was put In
possession Of the facts, the jury was in
structad TO- bring In q verdict for the
defendants. The ruling Of Judge Hud-
son was that the cause of arrest was q
legal one; that the warrants were given
to the Sheriff. by q duly authorized official
and that the mere omission Of the sigma
ture Of the Trial Justice did not consti--
tute . cause Of action for damages against
the Sheriff, who failed to notice the
omission before executing the warrants.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-05-03
- A solid block Of coal weighing twen-
,y-two tons will be exhibited at the

- A solid block Of coal weighing twen-
ty-two tons will be exhibited at the
Worlds Fair.
"A Wilmington, n. c., telegraph ope-
rator was talking over the wires with an
unknown operator in Richmond. Final
ly, the former said "You are no gentle
man." Quick as lightning Richmond
lci.,ied: ~ know it; I'm lady, The
Wilmington operator was thunderstruck
when he discovered that he was not
talking TO Zone OF the boys" and the
conversation cane to an abrupt tcrmina-
ton.
The Oklahoma boomers are much
disgustcd at the outcome Of their new
Territory. It is said that thousands are
abandoning their claims and returning to
their old homes. There has been much
more suffering among tho whites than
among the negroes, for the latter have
helped each other, while the white ami
ly in poor luck has had to help itself.
- Each time we reach the end OF De-
cember we should think with satisfaction
that we have got over the most dangerous
month, since in this country moro deaths
are said to occur in December than at
any other time Of the year. A subject
for serious reflection is it that 5000, 900
of people die every year-few of these
from old age. In q Doctors opinion,
nearly as many people shorten their ca
reer by overeating as from excessive
drinking; while in England 500 persons
are annually cut of through accidental
poisoning.
No man or boy can afford to buy suit
of clothes before going to G. F. Jones g.
Co.'S. Clothing Store. 1t is wonderful how
cheap they are selling clothing. Read
their advertisement.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-05-03

Senator Dawes in 9. recent speech in
Massachusetts, brings ont the fact that
the star Of empire has been making its
way westward at a greater rate than is
commonly understood. Ahundred years
ago the center of population of the United
STATES was a point some twenty-three
miles east Of Baltimore. The census of
1890 places it at a point about twenty
miles east Of Columbus, Ind. This shows
q westward movement of sos miles in q
hundred years, averaging for the whole
period sos miles a year, which amounts
to q yard an hour, with an extra foot
thrown in every day for good measure.
It is noteworthy fact that while the
center of population has been moving
constantly toward the west, its variation
north or south Of the thirty-ninth paral-
lel Of latitude has been very slight. The
finishing point is only six miles south OF
the starting point.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-05-03

The citizens Of Denmark held mass
meeting ON Saturday and endorsed the
action Of the mob that recently lynched
:shs negro accused of the infamous crime
committed there a few weeks ago, and
,shamefnllys and wrongfully accused the
Editor OF the State Of coyertly exciting
negroes to repeat the horrible crime for
Which they lynched the negro, John
Peterson, and Of seeking to array the one
race against the other. This wanton and
malicious attack on the Editor Of the
Stase was an attempt at revenge for just
sxud severe censtlre Of the mob for lynch
Ing negro whose guilt was by no means
determined. The mass meeting needn't
kavs singled OFT any individual against
whom 70 level its spiteful wrath. The
hest papers OF the whole country have
sSondemned the lynching with indigna-
Hon. The resolutions Of the mass meet
Ing haye not lessened the crime Of the
lynshers nor won sympathy for them.
EtWond be 10 their credit to say little Ia
Qualification OF their deplorable act, and
ScsrtaInly to refrain from seeking to down
khpse Yho criticize them.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-05-03
The South In the Saddle.

WARRINGTON; April GA Miss Allen,
OF Atlanta, has been appointed to 81, 200
Job in the "Rebellion Record" depart
ment of the War Department. This ap-
pointment has special significance for
the South. In handing Col: Livingston
Miss Aliens commission Secretary La
mont Haid that, as far as 1t was possible,
he intended TO fill this department with
Southern peoples the Southern people
made the records and they should be the
ones to tile them away. Congress appro-
priated $4,000 to be expended in this
work during. the present fiscal year.
Inasmuch as there is only one half of one
per cent of Southern people in the pension
service, Secretary Lamont intends to
equalize the distribution Of the revenue
in this way as far as possible between the
two sections. This department Is not
under the civil service, but will be after
South Carolina came forward to-day
with one office-seeker. Charles McYeigh,
of Charleston, filed his application to be
an inspector Of public buildings.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-05-03

The Chanlber of Commerce of Augusta
has sent committee to Greenville to in
vessigate the business Of the Gates Desk
Manufacturing Company. If the COM
mittee's report is favorable, the Chamber
Of Commerce will doubtless undertake to
raise the SIS, 600 necessary to secure that
enterprise for the Fountain City. An
derscn needs such business concerns to
promote her growth and prosperity. We
wish the Board OF Trade would look into
the expediency Of doing what is neces-
sary to not only keep the Company in
South Carolina but bring it to Anderson.
The Board of Trade is comoosed of pro-
gressive business men, with excellent
officers, all keen to advance the welfare
of the city. Cannot this body make
ten strike in bringing the Desk Manu-
featuring Company to Anderson?
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-05-03
TIE Cyclone in Texas.

DALLAS, TEXAS, April 29.-The town
OF Cisco was wiped out of existence by a
cyclone last night. A Ne'cs correspon-
dent learned from passengers on the east
bound train this evening that the destruc-
ton was simply appalling. There was
not more than twenty-five or thirty
houses left standing, and up to the time
the train passed there, about 2 o'clock
this afternoon, twenty-one dead bodies
had been recovered from the ruins, and
there were ten or twelve more persons
missing. Strong one-story buildings,
with walls two feet thick, were leyelled
to the ground. A. heavy freight engine
and whole train Of cars were blown
from the track and demolished, and
several hundred feet of side-track was
torn up. The number injured is some
thing like 100.
This evening Mayor Levi received the
following telegram from two citizens OF
Weathertord, who went to Cisco this
morning: "Town nearly all demolish-
ed. Twenty-one killed 125 injured.
Hundreds without food or shelter. Raise
all relief possible and send to John T.
Patterson, chairman relief committee"
DALLAS TEXAS, April 30.-Further
details of the disastrous cyclone which
Wlpeu OUT Luo IoWu Va SlSSo L llday ui6Ae
have been received. Out of 400 residen-
ces in the town, only one is uninjured,
that of City Marshal Epplen. A freight
train waiting at the depot for orders was
hurled com pletely from the track and
totally wrecked. The engine, weighing
over twenty tons, was turned completely
over. The brakeman was instantly kill
ed and the conductor died this afternoon
from his injuries. Conservative estimates
place the total property loss at 50, 2,000,0 900.
Immediately after the cyclone had
passed, flames were seen issuing from
several frame buildings. It is thought
that some of the missing, of whom there
are q score, were burned to death and
their bodies cremated. Several of the
streets of the city are 80 full of debris as
to prevent the passage of even foot pas
sengers. For miles around the city the
ground is covered with wrecks of brick
or frame buildings, household furniture
and utensils, fences, telegraph poles,
freight cars, etc.
Physicians estimate that of two hun
dred or more injured, forty at least will
die. All the physicians from q dozen
nearby towns are here and more are
needed. The stock of groceries available
in the town to-day did not suffice to give
even scanty breakfast to the suffering
people.
Trains from Weatherford and other
adjoining places laden with supplies ar
rived during the day.
Many homeless and wounded ones are
resting in improvised tents but by far the
greatest portion are out in the open air,
with nothing to shelter them from the
cutting wind that has followed the storm.
Individual estimates of losses are now
impossible, except to say that in nearly
every instance it is fatal, many not saw
ing even enough clothing to protect
themselves from the inclement weather.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-05-03

Ills idle for any Of the Southern States
sto complain Of the lack Of capital and
Simmigration or to organize meetings of
sHoVernors to make known their wants
when they neglect 30 practical a plan for
adyertising their resources as proper
representation at the Worlds Fair would
ssford. Not 9 single State in the South
has made anything like an adequate ap-
propristioil for a display, while Texas,
MISSISSIPPI, Alabama, South Carolina and
Tennessee are not represented at all.
They may attribute lack Of immigration
and want Of capital to any cause they
think proper, but the chief cause is lack
ofproper enterprise and public spirit.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-05-03
what Goyerner TIllman Says.

Governor Tillman was yesterday given
an opportunity to make any statement
he desired Interference to the iynching Of
John Peterson at Denmark.
The Governor was in q serious frame Of
mind He realized, he said, that the
lynching was q terrible thing, and that
his Henemies would; raise howl about 1t,
which he would have to BEAR" but de-
sclsred the people Of Barnwell had abused
his confidence In lynching that innocent
man,
In speaking of the action of the people,
he said: i.s.l.
"They had shown SO much forbearance
and patience and had manifested such a
determination to have none but, the right
man, having turned about twenty loose
when the young lady failed to identify
them, that felt confident that If John
Peterion was innocent, as he claimed that
he wis, he would run no risk in going
there. He said that ha could prove an
alibi, and said that he wanted the young
and had his witnesses collected for him
that hs would be in no danger II he was
really innocont. II he had said that he
was gnilty, why then would have pro-
tected him to q trial II it had required all
the, military force Of the State to have
done it, butI did not feel called upon to
protect a man who was simply suspected
Of q crime, when hesaid that he would be
able to prove an alibi, and after the re-
peated actions Of the people OF Barnwell
In turning innocent men loose"
He could easily understand how the
people had lost confidence in the girls
ability to identity the right man, and how
desperate they had grown at repeated
delays and the probability Of the culprit
escaping them: iThas, Of course, does
not palliate the offence Of lynchinga man
who Is innocent, but we can all readily
see how it would occur, now that tits
done. Those whe are disposed to blame
should not forget that the purpose Of the
mob was to immediate victim. Any
negro would have answ cred as well as
Peterson, They had turned others loose,
and should haye turned him loose. His
death ought to point tho moral that a
mob In not the power to execute justice.
I receiYed no intimatiop that there was q
likelihood oflynching. If I had I should
have tried to have stopped it."-Colnnnbia
State. AD7iE 26.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-05-03

Some weeks ago we quoted from a
|spesch or Chief Justice Bleckley, Of Geor-
some wholesome remarks on the
orimeof lJ,nching. he warned people to
sfemembar that whereas . mob might
effactnally dispose Of one criminal, YET
each partit tipsnt in che illegal act thereby
smads himiislf equally as guilty Of crime
:ss hs Individual lynched i; and whereas
fhers was only one criminal In the com-
snianity prlorto exercise Of mob law, the
snnmhar otthe criminal class was increas-
I'd many fold by the act Of The mob In
Furnishing one. Thougttfal words were
thoss sof Georgia's Chief Justice.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-05-03
Frost In Mississippi.

JACKSON, MISS, April 25.-From all
parts of the State come reports that cotton
Ia either killed or greatly injured by the
recent cold spell and frost. There is time
to replant, but the great trouble is that in
many sections there is no seed. This
complaint is almost general. The recent
high prices paid for cotton seed had tho
effect of causing nearly all the surplus to
be carried to market.