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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-11-27

The VALUABLE PART.--A Napo-
leon of finance picked out promising
town In Iowa, and decided to built
1T up" He moved to the town,
org SHifEeG "a number Of stock COM
panies, started a bank, ,~Gef66ssii all the
money of the companies in his own
bank, and went into bankruptcy
Some of the principal sufferers went
TO learn whether anything could be-
saved from the wreck. They found
him in magnificent apartment.
~ regret very much, gentlemen"
said he, but have practically moth
ing left. My wife owns this house
and some business property, but /
have nothing. Believe me, If I could
do such thing, would give youfmy
body and let it be divided up among
you, for there is nothing elso / can do. =
What's that proposition ?" asked
q rather deaf old gentleman, who was
standing at the back of the mournful
company.
"He says" explained one of the
sufferers, that we car take his body
and divide itup among u.s."
Well, In that case" said the deaf
old gentleman, 81 speak for his gall. ~
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-11-27

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nours pet' Ss,sk tnroug g hons ene Fresh
snssl ysssr Sus tea9 ot tHking Two hourl
psSs lgi'ck ,'t1 cn!roug nout sne Tour years
ana ,spae sn1s t,.s york pe ueyoted TO wooc
.it, sptS ol sne anc plaek
sa1s1, s.nasn Work s.,I, .onertnlre ot the Tune
VIII = - rresnmtn class o. say z0o this
smoulu !; ts9 S.S ~ piVaieng OF Id men
~ q o,s' ior cns t'ntlfe session,
snes sinsgrnctor ls eaiinot wett handle M
osyl. !, twenty ~, 5nen 10 class. This
wouia '; ma IS siN or seven classes, each
~ i,v y. Louis Psl per week max
ing sosssi % al tsass Iorty-eig ht hours
pyr n d,ss " pc gwen,
wien y conslaer wholly beyond the
pt'tfr - wv ttitsu " w Piopsriy.
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~ ny OK
=. Sne same as
t,s,'s !, siuu SILL reg utre tWo sinstruc-
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fri,, Ts,so..3
Deaeu ,,tsa,.. VI S9ntrol oI the perl
,lnt - an re-
pors, e 'mh 5Ainon oener' tnlngs lt says !:
49, : ,,i.,, !. yuSsslon oI sopacce curing
addrsssya ma9 sssy iui,y aiscusseo Letters were
eba s ass ,.,.s.,un Wan.er 20 namoer OF
VII u;Ilingrasss t srowsrs, i, ,inssaInsating our
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-11-27
that great good win be accomp
This Is q disease bAst treated by
ventiop. especially in piisop.
soUgaERN cor1oN asl1.1ls.
a Norshern ssasemsnt os our Man,

1 - fANortnerns y tatement OF our Nfanu-
M - -, s.'ie erests.
Z, we Is. give IN bills issue the names,
Ns oesAssipns,s, s,ul, ca ltal stopk, number of
! spihulos, , looms ana cards OF all the
Soneerus ..ssstsII m the south engaged in
cotton goods or yarns.
ne a..e ilse makes nearly three columns in
i, ni,o ~ ,.sl, be ano "a nearly fonr
nn.,id ~ rs as complete as We
coala max kelt up to date. The hsrges
nullper { OF concerns engaged In cotton
sh'...9 aiacSarlng e.,a IN the South which it,
slio WssNiii no 999bts De z great Surprise
~ VIII pe, noticed that cot
"a mas concensrafa
Ga,I;,i oa nah sne Ssates OF North and South
Iar3,tlnsii ana snat they. are very close
t.xss's a sSs iSaaersnlPa North Carolina
10 % Ias 'laon,s I, GOV Wisn 99i,Vio spindles,
ilna mas pz mills, With 800, ,22S spinf1lak, .
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-11-27
nxNoHED AT EANpRum.

acquitted Lawfully But Hunx-It ia
Charged that Politics saInfiuenced
the Jury,
Spartanburg Herald.
LANDRUM, S. O., Nov. 23.-There is
considerable excitement here this
morning. Dick Wofford, a black man,
who has worked number of years
over the line ip Polk County. at Tom
Davis saw mill, was arrested last sum
mer upon charge of having commit
ted rape upon an innocent and virtuous
girl about l8 years old named Lizzie
Boad. He was placed in the Polk
I County jail at Columbus, N. e., and eff
forts were then made to lynch him, but
Sheriff Waldrop spirited him away to
the jail at Asheville. Court is in ses-
sion at Columbus and Wofford's trial
was begun there on Tuesday 1t is
said that care was taken by the coun-
sci for defendant that all the jurymen
should be OF one political opinion. The
verdict of the jury was "not guilty"
The judge and lawyers and everybody
were surprised, for all who heard the
evidence In the case were unanimous
in the opinion that he was proven
guilty beyond o reasonable doubt and
universal Indignation prevailed at the
finding of the jury. The sheriff es-
corted Wofford back to the jail and
pointed him to the woods near by and
,, told him to "cut dirt" or he would be
hanged by the people, and Dick
obeyed.
Yesterday about 3 o'clock Wofford
appeared in L.andrum and stated that
he had come Through the woods and
struck the railroad about the rock cut.
He said he felt safe because he was in
South Carolina. He was advised here
by Mr.. Me- Carpenter to pass on or
he would be followed by the friends of
the girl and lynched,
About $3.50 O'clock last night party
OF Polk County citizens passed through
Landrum in search for Wofford, who
they found at Dan Odem's house about
o mile and half down the railroad.
| They took him and bound him and
started back towards North Carolina
on the Columbus road. This morn
iiGo about daylight his body was dis
covered oy & eolored boy, suspended
from limb of wild cherry tree on
the side of the road about haif mile
from this station.
There is q wound below the left arm
| pit resembling stab by knife blade.
His shirt is all torn off him and two
small knife cuts between his shoulders.
His hands are securely tied behind
him with a bride rein, as also rein
Is around his neck by a slip loop and
attached to a limb of the tree. A pool
of blood in the middle of the road OPP
posite the tree and marks of a struggle
in the dust leads to the notion that
Wofford became desperate tor relief
and that he was stabbed there, and
that the lynchers, believing the wound
fatal, abandoned their original inten-
tion Of taking him across the line on
Polk County soil to hang him, and
made short work of the matter by sus-
| spending him at once.
Considerable Indignation is felt here
by our citizens that this vindication
of wrath on the part of our North
Caroline neighbors has been perpetrat-
ed on South Carolina soil, or that Re.
publican Polk County and North
Carolina should come over into Demo
cratic Spartanbug to lynch colored
men.
The perpetrators of the unlawful act
and outrage upon our South Caroline
laws and civil government are moi
human,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-11-27

"A wedding recently took place at
ST. Augustine, Fla, to which there
is attached o romance. The gossip
sip is tothe effect that some time ago
Louis Capella and his wife separated,
she leaving his house. Capella i'm
jmediately took steps to procure a di-
;vorce. In the meantime he Became
enamored OF Mrs. Sarah Stoneback,
who seemed to reciprocate the affec..
tion. at any rate, the couple became
engaged 1t was decided that the wed.
ding should take place as soon as the
divorce was secured. While Louis
Capelia was anxiously waiting for the
divorce his brother, Emmanuel Capella
met Mrs. Stoneback and after o closer
acquaintance, fell in love with her and
persuaded her to give up her engage
ment to his brother and marry him
This, she finally consented to do, and
the couple We're married by the CLERK
of the county court,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-11-27
The Charleston Evening Post saws

o cotton gin has been invented by j.
w. Cooper, OF Mayesville, s. O., for
which some remarkable claims are
made. The gin has 100 saws, and In
outward appearance Is much like any
other. II Is an interlapping double
saw gin, the two sets ofsaws ruuning
the same roll in the breast OF the gin.
1t is claimed that 1T will perform double
the work of a single-saw gin, and at
the same time the expense OF o conden-
ser and feeder iessyed and inaddition
there issaid to be saving In horse
power required for operation OF about
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-11-27

1t has been a prevailing notion
among those OF the eolored entry who
chickens that all that Is necessary to
make one OF the feathered persuasion
quietly succomb is TO strike a sulphur
match under its nose,t and it could be
carried off without making a noise or
even feeble show at resistance "A
negro went to the barn OF Mr.. s. E,
SIMPSON, in Larue county, Kentucky,
to procure few fat chickens, la order
to celebrate the election with q feast.
He gtruck a match under.a convenient
fowls nose, but hearing some noise
outside, dropped the match and ran.
ihe result was that the barn caught
iire and was totally destroyed.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-11-27

According 10 statictics, we"~
Gay are two lnchesaaller, or
age than they were twent
years agm The effort TO
on an equal footing
change all that.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-24
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.
The Old Story of Warming Up Gold pJna.
mite aud the Usual Resait.
spseial Dl0uteh 10 M InegfomeT.

The Old Story of Warming Up Gold pJna-
mite aud the Usual Resait.
Special DispdieA 70 ne In,erfoneer.
CHARLESTON, W. Va. Nov. 3-The re-
port OF an explosion startled the people
Of this city about hall past nine o'clock
this morning. It came from the direc-
tion Of cox's Hill, where the work OF
excavation for the new water works
reservoir is 10 progress. Wcrkmen
who were engaged at the work had pre-
pared to put in blast OF dynamite.
The sticks OF the explosive had become
damp and they placed them before the
fire in blacksmith forge TO dry. The
dynamite became too hot and the ex-
plosion which followed wrecked every
thing near by. Joseph Haskins was
killed outright. His body was horribly
mangIed, both legs being blown from
the body and pieces Of tlesll scattered
In every direction. He was 80 years OF
age, unmarried, and his home was form.
erly in Virginia Frank Ridley had
both legs and arms broken and terribly
lacerated, aud his eyes blown out.
Fred Hostler was badly bruised abou.
the face and severely lacerated. His in.
juries arc serious, but he will recover.
Ben franklin was also badly hurt but
will recover. All tho parties were col
ored.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-24

claims three suits, identical In chafac-
ter, and all seeking to recover from the
government Gums Of money alleged 70
be legally due the compiainants as
bounty on sugar raised by them in the
year 1894
The Chino Valley Beet Sugar Com
pany. of Nav Jersey, sues for Si3, ,l2l; |;
the Norfolk Beet Sugar Company, Of
New Jersey, for S, ,093. and the Oxnard
Beet sugar Company for Sll,7S5.
The cases will probably be pushed to
an early hearing in the court Of claims
and viii then be taken TO the United
States court for final settlement. 1t is
understood that the suits are brought
as tes. cases, and will be vigorously con-
tested, as an amount reaching some
Sl1, coo 900 10 al stake in the econiroyersy.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-24
KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
Tho Business OF the General Assembly n,
Na,r arIsnna IYnnnd nm

Tho Business OF the General Assembly ut
Now Orleans Wound up.
New ORLEANS, La, November 23.-
The Knights OF Labor wound up their
session to-day. At the session this
morning a resolution was adopted pro-
testing against the issue Of new bonds
by the U. S. government and character
izing the issue as fraud and an out
rage upon the toiling masses, in fla.
grant violation OF the existing laws, and
Intended solely In tho interest of the
money powers aud bondholding aris-
tocracy.
A resolution favoring the amalgama-
ton of all brewing organizations into
one association OF the X. OF L. was re-
ferred to the executive board. The rec.
ommend alton that the surface railroad
employees OF New York be reunited in
one body OF the K. Of L. was adopted.
The committee on appeals aud griev-
auces made their report.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-24
GEoRGD IRWIN ARRESTED.

The Grain Specializing swindier Captured
,--ssJ,. "a. 1nrNew York. -
New yoRx. Nov. s.-GeorgeH. Irwin,
has been wanted by Pittsburgh inveat.
ora for ten days or more for alleged
swindles in, conducting of his grain
speculating business. Irwin left Pitts
burgh, it is said, as soon as he learned
that warrants had been issued against
him and went to Philadelphia. Here
Commission Officer John j. Sweeney, OF
Pittsburgh, searched for him and had
the warrants endorsed for service by
Magistrate Pole, OF this city.
Il was learned Irwin had gone to New
York. Sweeney arrested him here to-
day at the Grand hotel. Irwin was
taken to Jefferson Market police court
aud committed to prison pending an
examination tomorrow. In court Irwin
was represented by counsel, Thomas
Martin, Of Chicago, Of the brokerage
firm of NJ. Martin & Company. OF the
produce exchange building in this city
was also present. Mr.. Martin had
charge OF many Of 1rwin's deals in New
York and Chicago. Irwin refused to say
anything for publication.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-24
oAhnoLL D. WRIGHT

Replies TO tho Railway Age-Maintains
That the Strike Report is Impregnabio.
wAsHxGTox, D. O., Now 2s.-Hon.
Carroll D. Wright, chairman Of the
strike commission, to-day addressed an
answer to tho open letter to the com.
mission recently published in the Rail.
way Age. The commissioners letter
follows:
UNITED STATES STRIKE COMMISSION.
wAsmNeroS, D. O., Now 2a 1894.
Harry P. Robinson, Esq, President OF
the Railway Age, Chicago. III.
DEAR slR:-Youra OF the 10th enclos-
ing your open letter to the strike COM
mission was duly received.
l have examined the points you at
tempt TO make against the commission
and find that every material position
taken By you is false, while our own po-
sitions are In the main clearly substan-
tiated by the evidence taken by the
commission aud chiefly and by the
sworn testimony OF the railway and
Pullman officials. This evidence
can be freely examined py Auy
one you SEQ fit to send to
this office, as have an extra copy of 1t,
or you can find copy Of it In the hands
OF Judge Worthington at Peoria. The
testimony will be printed by order OF
Congress, and then every one can satis-
fy himself az TO the truth OF the posi-
ton taken by the commission. l be-
lieye the report of the commission to
be thoroughly impregnable as TO every
material statement Of facts.
Whatever specific answer the com.
mittee may make to the charges Of the
Railway Age and OF other papers, ! pre-
sumo tho commission will prefer to
make officially. and not to any indi-
vidual publication. Such an answer l
have no right now to make, because l
have not consulted the members OF the
commission. 1 write this letter on my
own responsibility.
Whoever calls on me for the purpose
Of examining the testimony will be &C.
corded every privilege.
lam respectfully yours, GO
CARROLL D. WRIGHT, Chairman.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-24
TREND of TRADE.
Il. G. Dun s. Co.'s Weekly Review oft
Business Situation.

IL. Il. Dun q COS "eehiJ nafio" ~ e"o
Business Situation.
New YoRK, Nov pr. G. Dun &
Co.'s weekly review Of trade tomorrow
will say:
The are some changes for the better.
The gain is slow, and in some directions
not very distinct, but the signs OF it are
a little more definite than last week.
The most important Of thom Is larger
employment OF labor, answering bet
ter demand on tho whole for manutac-
tured products. Much OF this Is due to
the unnatural delay OF orders for the
winter which are resulted from pro.
longed uncertainty, but 1t means actual
increase in earnings and purchasing
power for the millions, and SO givo
promise OF larger demand in tho tu-
ture, Prices OF farm products in the
aggregate do not improve, but the pre-
yailing hopetulness is felt in somewhat
larger transactions.
The wheat market has lost this week
the cent 1t gained last week. Corn mas
declined half cent.
Textile industries have added few
factories to the working list. against
only one or two Withdrawn, and there
has beon some improvement in the do
mand for woolons. Tho colder weather
has increased tho demand for holiday
goods. Yet, on the whole, the market
Is not active and the manufacture IS
much below tho capacity OF works:
Sales OF wool for the week Increased
again though still far behind last year,
November have 19,259,S0O.
The iron industry again records lower
prices for bessemor iron, $40 40 at Pitts
burgh, and for some manufactured pro,
ducts. Tho consumption is large, and
for the season, fairly maintained, but as
it ia not equal to tho capacity OF works
in operation, their struggle to get buSl'
ness keeps prices at the bottom,
Tin, copper and lead are all weak,
aud some concessions arc reported IN
tin plates. Tho coke product slightly
decreases, but was about the largest
ever known for October.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-24

WASHINGTON, D. O., Nov. 2s.--ohiof
Hazen, Of the United State, secret ser.
vice to-day received from Newark, N. j.,
one OF the most dangerous colnterfeits
econ in long time. It Is a $50 United
States note with tho "Morris" head and
small seal check letter ID" The execu.
ton of the work is exceptionally fine in
every particular. Tho penalty clause
in the left space OF tho reverse side Of
tho note ia entirely wanting, also the
words Series Of" on face, but for these
deficiencies tho character Of tho note
would be almost impossible OF dctec-
tior.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-24
THOUSANDS HOMELESS
As n Result of the sIciiinn Earthquakes
Horrible Scenes Enacted.


As n Result of the sIcilinn Earthquakes.
Horrible Scenes Enacted.
RoME, Nov. 23.-Dispatches received
here from Reggie say that there are
$4,000 persons in that district who have
been rendered homeless by the earth
quakes. :,
Many bodies were upheaved in the
cemetery Of San Procopia a. the time 1t
was disturbed by the earthquakes, and
n number Of bodies remain in sight, aud
will have to be re.interIed.
Horrible scenes have been witnessed
in the stricken districts where numbers
OF people have been wounded and in
several cases horribly MANNED, some OF
the sufferers had limbs torn of which
caused their death before they could be
removed from the streets. The military
and volunteers OF all classes Of the in
habitants are working with energy
building huts and providing food tor
those who are most in want. Slight
earthquakes and subterraneous rumn.
lings continue to be iels at Misazz92,
Sicily, where the inhabitants arc still
terror.stricken.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-24
THE GREAT CONTEST
BetwOen Yale aud Harvard ut Springfield.
Teams Sized Up.


sPRiSaPIELD, Mass, Nov. 2S.-Leaden
skies and an aspect for tomorrow blue
enough to please even the most suthu-
siastic Yale men was the rule tonight.
The predictions, however, for tomorrow
arc fair and warm.
The Harvard team. with its coaches
and few heelers arrived a. 2:S0 on a
special train.
As soon as the PLAYERS hnd looked
about a bit they were sent of to the
athletic field which is connected with
the school, and exercised for half an
hour. The eleven will spend the night
but q short distance from their blue
egged rivals on State street.
There is one point, aud an Interesting
one, in which the game here differs
from tho large majority OF other foot
ball games, aud that is in the slight dill
ference in the weight and physical con.
dition Of the mon, which tends TO make
the game more scientific than it other
wise would be.
Tonight every foot ball enthusiast is
making comparisons Of tho teams. II the
eleven which will line up tomorrow for
the blue. nine played in last years
team and are thoroughly conversant
with each other On the contrary but
five OF the Harvard team are last years
men. The Yale adherents are putting
great faith in the strength OF tho centre
aud the probable star playing Of But
terworth behind tho line. They argue
Gt1It.,.a,. Ht.,1snlS and Ma(tHAn
invlncible, aud that Harvard will find
1t almost impossible to get through.
The claim ia not unreasonable, for Har-
ward found last year that these same
men were like adamant. These are the
main hopes OF the Yale men outside OF
the excellent condition Of the team in
general.
But II Yale adherents are confident,
the confidence is mat in an equal way
on the Harvard side. While it is ad-
mitted that the Shaw brothers may be
q little weaker, 80 far as physical con-
dition goes, than the men on the line
opposite, there is the old player Mackie
to stand opposite Hickok, and the claim
is made that the Shaw boys are well up
in the peculiar Interference for which
Lewis was celebrated and in which he
has instructed them. Confident asser-
tions arc made that Wrenn at quarter
will put up better game than Adee,
and that Brewer and Wrightington at
the halls will, by overbalancing the
Yale back. overcome the difference in
favor Of Butterworth, OF Yale, at full
back. Fairchild at full back for Har-
yard Ia said To Kick very we'll. and he
will got some good assistance.in bring
ing back Butterworth's punts from G.
Brewer aud Wrightington.
There is little or no betting hero,
simply because very few Harvard men
have made their appearance. The odds
tonight are to 8 that Yale will win,
and even money that Harvard will not
acnra 10
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-24
GETTING HOT.
Tho Knnsa. City Election Fraud Gas,
Tho nIaudamus Hearing.

Tho Knnsa. City Election Fraud Case.
The nrandamus Hearing.
KANSAS Cry, Nov. 23.-The election
fraud case is getting hot in the courts,
though the proceedings now going on
are only preliminary to decisive con-
test. Mr.. Jamison, the Republican
candidate for public prosecutor. and who
has a PRIME facie case Of having been
counted out. Is pleading for writ Of
mandamus to compel the election can
vassing board TO make new canvass Of
the returns affecting the Office Of prose-
cutting attorney and declare therefrom
the successful candidate.
Among the defendants to this suit
are Justice E. W. Shannon and Justice
]. W. Hawthorne, one Democrat and
the other Republican-the men who
made the official count from the forged
election returns-and they have filed
an answer stating they are now satisfied
"the returns were altered, changed and,
forged BY the relator." The case will be
continued Monday.