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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-09-05
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lit is q curse" said the doctor, "a
curse from which the innocent were
fleeing, but it has followed u.s."
"a curse?" repeated Mr.. Kyle
eyes. 1t is the story Of faraway
land, and it would not interest you to
hear it. But it has fallen on you as well
as on me-"
"How has it fallen on me?" asked
Valentine Kyle, speaking hoarsely and
bowing his head on his hands.
"Your son Louis came to our aid, and
it is, am sure, because Of this that the
outlaws attacked your place.
Perhaps SO, but you say it would not
interest me to hear the story Of a far
away land. I assure you it would, said
Valentine, with his face still averted
"It eases sorrow to speak Of it, " be-
gan the doctor, "but I would not for
that reason add to the sorrows Of anoth-
er. However, it is still night, and the
people are sleeping You will lie down
again before day?'
II have slept enough"
In a sad monotone DR.. Blanchard told
the story Of the Weldons-how old John
Weldon died, cutting off his grand
daughter, the Doctors wife, in his will
and leaving his large property to Fred
erick and Valentine Weldon, the former
unmarried; how Valentine favored the
south and Frederick the north in the
war that had just begun; how Valen-
tine fed and Frederick was missing;
how body supposed to be Frederick's 8
was found long afterward far down the
river; how the curse CT that act had re-
fected on his children, and how he had
determined to go with them into new
land. leaving all the property that
might have been theirs in the hands Of
Lawyer Bliss. All, everything up to the
present moment, he told his, silent lis
tener.
"The brother, Valentine, must have
been very bad man." Mr.. Kyle man.
aged to say.
"No," replied the doctor hurriedly.
valentine Weldon was as brave and
generous as the brother whom he so
loved and whom he could not have
meant to harm"
"But he killed him-reddened his
hands in his blood"
IT will not believe that Of Valentine
Weldon, be he living CT be he dead. If
he was the cause Of his brothers. death,
it was all accident or blow struck in
anger, when Valentine had been drink.
ing. No, mol Valentine Weldon could
not have done that I"
'H living, would you meet him as Of
yore?" asked Mr.. Kyle, trying to appear
calm.
"Aye, that would. Were he living I
would take him to my heart, where his
memory has ever been," said the doctor,
with tears lii his eyes.
valentine Weldon is iving" said
Mr.. Kyle, rising and reaching out his
hands, then letting them fall helplessly
by his side.
"Livingi" exclaimed the doctor.
Eyes; living and here. I am Valen-
tine WeldonP'
DR.. Blanchard seized the hands again
extended appealingly, and drawing the
old man nearer to the altar he looked
into the haggard face, and clasping him
to his heart cried out: valentine, Val.
entine! My brother, my brother!"
TO BE CONTINUED.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-09-05
THB FAMILY OF M'GILL,
Great Gathering at Smyrna
Last Wednesday.
INTERESTING STORY BY DR.. BOYCE.
Complete Details of All That Occur
red at One of the Most Re.
markable Re-Uuions That
Has Ever Been Held
In the County.

1t was the biggest crowd that ha:
ever been seen at Smyrna. 1t was one
of the most remarkable that has ever
been seen anywhere. This is the
unanimous verdict of all who attended
the McGill reunion on Wednesday
and that the occasion was magniti'
cent success goes without saying.
In Wednesdays issue there was q
promise that we would make up to
those who were absent for everything
except the music and the dinner. This
promise, however, was boastful and
cannot be complied with. There was
in the occasion, in the gathering, in the
very atmosphere, that which could be
seen, heard and felt, but which can
not be described. The full significance
of this statement can be realized only
by those who. were present. If the
reader would understand it better, he
must first acquaint himself with all the
facts and then rely upon his own I'M
agination.
In company with Mr.. J. F. Wallace,
the reporter left Yorkville on Wednes'
day morning and reached Smyrna
shortly before 10 o'clock. When with
in five or six miles of the meeting
point, it began to develop that every
house was deserted. The fields were
white with cotton; but with the ex-
ception of few Negroes, there was
nobody engaged in picking it. All OF
the white people in the surrounding
country had already gone to the church.
Those who had not already gone were
still on the road, and for more than an
hour after Mr.. Wallace and the repor-
ter got there, they continued to ar
rive. 1t was evident that the whole
country was thoroughly impressed with
the great interest of the occasion, and
all were determined to be present.
Smyrna church stands in grove
on little rise, about a quarter OF a
mile west of the o. R. & G. railroad.
The grounds are spacious, and for
ordinary occasions ample; but on
Wednesday their accommodations
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-09-05

Originals 2; living O.; dead Q; chill
dren, living 5 dead 10; grand chill.
dren, living So; dead %; great grand
children living, 147; dead 26; great
great-grandchildren living %; dead 5.
Total living, 211; total dead, 70.
Grand total living and dead, 2S4.
There was more music, and then
came
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-15

The suggestion is thrown out by an al
legged high authority in Austria that if
| the United States would join hands with
! England to put an end to the intolera-
bic state of affairs in Turkey a condition
/ Of affairs could be brought about in that
country that would cause rejoicing
throughout the civilized world. But is II
at all probable that the United States will
NEEDLE in European affairs, even though
by doing so they could secure protection
for the Armenians in Turkey? That is a
question that would be difficult to answer.
The United States have studiously avoid
ed becoming involved in any way in Eu-
ropean politics. Their policy has always
been to keep clear of European political
complications, and it is an excellent policy
to adhere to.
But, it may be said it is the duty of the
United States, from the standpoint of hui
mainly, to do what they can to put an
end to the atrocities of Abdul Hamid, The
great assassin" as Mr. Gladstone calls
the sultan. If the United States, however,
are moved by the plea Of humanity to
interfere in the affairs of other countries
they have an opportunity nearer home to
do humanity a service. In Cuba, from
all accounts, there is worse state of
affairs than in Turkey. Capt. Gen. Wey-
Ter, If reports are correct, is committing
as many atrocities as Abdul Hamid. The
latter Is reported to be insane, while the
former is known to be in his right mind
The horrible scenes that are being en-
acted in Cuba are enough to make the
blood boil, and yet neither this country
nor England, nor any other nation, seems
to be disturbed in the least by what IS
going on there. Yes, the Christian world
sympathizes with the Armenians. Their
condition is pitiable. Even in Constan-
tinople they are daily looking for gen
eral assassination, but it seems to us Eng
land and Germany, France and Russia
should go to their relief rather than the
United States. 1t is true that France and
Russia seem Indifferent, regarding it as
necessary that Abdul Hamid shall be kept
OIL the throne but if England acts, and
it looks from the temper of her people
as if she would have to act soon, Ger
many would probably join with her, and
also Austria, in compelling the establish
ment of much needed reforms in Tur-
key. In that event France and Russia
would probably regard it as the wiser
course to permit the reforms to be made
in Turkey which the conditions there I'M
doubtedly demand
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-15
SHAKERS AND DOCTORS TALK
TOGETHER.

In his able work entitled Longevity -
publisheda few years ago. DIR. John Gard
ner, of Ehgland, predicts that a vegetab,a
agent VII yet be found that shall so retard
those cfnges that bring about old age nc
to proltlg human life much beyond il,
Resentlimit.
Acting, perhaps, upon the impulse pro-
duced " this thought. many eminent phv-
sicRnsnave called from time to time ino,,
the Shtkers of Mt. Lebanon to INQUIRE ~
them clncerning the secrets of medicinal
plants in which these sincere. simn,a-
mindsdand God-fearing people are know,
to be wise and sklllful beyond all other
men.
Thel Shakers willingly told what tbov
had l@rned, and in return received from
their tisitors much valuable informative
about disease; which they at once mada
practical use of. The most importan+
point vas that If a genuine and certain
remedy could be found for digestion ana
dyspepsia, and the ailments growing our
of it, a long step would be taken in the
right direction. Old aga. said these phvsI.
clans, begins in failure of the digestion
and SO do most diseases at
any and all periods of life
The result of these consultations
was the discovery by the Shakers of tha
desired specihd, made wholly from herbs
and now known as the Shaker Digestive
Cordial Its action is magical and WORTHY,
of its origin.
Where there is distress after eating
heartburn, sick headache, bad taste in the
mouth, biliousness, weakness and wear,-
ness cold hands and feet, aversion 10
food, nervousness, or any other symptom
of dyspepsia, the Cordial will prove -
curative virtues. Behind it is the reputa.
ton of people WHO have never defraud
ed or deceived fheif fellow men.
In order to test whether this remedy ia
adapted to your case, at practically no
cost, you may procure a trial bottle for
10 cents of almost any druggist.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-15
II Amused the oId MAN.

The old man came down to the subur-
ban station leading a most reprehensible
dog, says the Chicago Record. Leading is
hardly the word for in reality he dragged
the unwilling animal after the fashion Of
a sled. With coaxing words he lured the
aggy beast on, and finally he got it
safely slowed under the bench on the
shady side of the station. He bought a
paper then, and settled down to wait
twenty minutes for the city-ward train.
Mr. Huffman and Mr.. lodgings had
marked the approach of the old man and
had smiled somewhat at his trouble
when the dog had pulled back with great
est force.
It's funny, isn't it," said Mr.. Jodyngs
that an otherwise reasonable and sane
man will take up with such dog as that
and treat it as a pet?'
Mr. Huffman assented, and said he sup
posed the old man would go into paroX-
ysms of wrath if anything were to happen
the dog. That suggested an idea, and Mr..
Jodyngs nearly burst with laughter as he
thought upon that idea.
Suppose we steal the dog and put it on
the northbound train, and when the old
man finishes his paper and goes to take
the city train he will be furious" This
was Mr. Jodyngs' idea. and Mr. Huff
man sat down next to the old man, so as
to concealed the workings of Mr.. lodgings.
and Mr.. JOdyngS, with suppressed shorts
of laughter united the Irvine and hauled
the dog around the corner of the station
and into the express office, where he pail
a glad dollar and expressed the sorry
beast to a fictitious John Smith at a sta
ton a dollars worth up the line. The
old man continued reading while the up
train stood at the platform, and he did
not wake up until the whistle of the incom-
ing city-ward engine was sounded at the
road crossing. Then he looked hastily for
his dog.
Where's that dog?" he asked of his
city-bound fellow-townsmen who had
gathered about in obedience to the invita-
ton of Mr.. lodgings. With fierce peals
of laughter Mr.. Huffman told him that
the household pet was on the way to Mil
waukee. Mr.. Huffman explained the joke,
and clapped the old man on the back in
delight.
The face of the later was a study. He
looked a Mr.. Huffman wonderngly.
by thunder" he cried, that's funny
You see, l brought the dog to the station
to-day, intending to carry him as far in
toward town as Jefferson Park and there
l had intended to kick him off He's a
blamed nuisance around the house, and l
wanted to get rid of him the worst way
Much obliged Jodyngs.'
But Mr.. Jodyngs, with his mind dwell
ing on his dollar, was a pillar of self
kicking silence.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-15
Nevv Irish stories.

Some good stories. says the New York
Sun, are told in the journals of Mr.. O'Neill
Daunt. recently published under the title
"A Lift Spent in Ireland" At one time
Mr. Daunt was the guest of Father Burke
in whose parish one of the sanguinary
1.-THE ARRAYS occurred between the par
sons and the Catholic people. The SOL
diers were called on TO fire on the popu-
lace, and some persons were killed. Soon
afterward Father Burke received a gov
eminent circular inquiring the number of
his flock for the purpose of making up
a census. He answered that, as he had
not yet ascertained to what extent his
people were thinned out on the last shoot
ing day he could not furnish the required
information with accuracy.
When the poor law was first introduced
a Dublin beggar woman, whom a gentle
man referred to the poor house. said:
This poor laws a grand thing for the
sowls of the gintlemen."
"Why sop
"Bekase now when we axes for aims
they only say go to the poor house, but
before there was a poor house they used
TO say, Go to the divil.'
At a contested election in Galway a land
lord named Foster sold his whole stock
of votes for a good sum to each of the
candidates. Having pocketed the money
Of both, he called the voters together
Foster was too generous to keep all the
traffic to himself.
"Roys," he exclaimed to his expectant
serfs, Il don't care a button who you
vote for. 1 have made the most I could
of you; go and sell your vote, every man
of you, to the best advantages you can"
" hen MIR. Hemphill was canvassing
Cashel he found that a party of electors,
known as "commoners,' numbering some
thirteen or fourteen, We're VIGOROUSLY cor
L
highest bidder. Their usual price was e20
per vote. Hemphill requested the priest
to preach on the sin of trafflcking on the
franchise, and the priest complied and
denounced corrupt trafficking in votes as
a mortal sin. The next day Hemphill met
one of the commoners, and, anxious 10
Learn what effect the sermon had pro-
duced on these venal gentlemen. he asked
the man whether he had been at mass
On the previous day
I was. your honor
WAS not that sermon on bribery ex-
ceIent?"
1T was an elegant sermon. your
honor"
"Will it do good. do you think?"
1 think it will make the election run
very close, your honor"
''Why SOP"
"Why, we always got EGO for a vote be,
fore we knew it was a sin; but, as his
reverence says Well be damned for sell
ing cur votes, we can't for the future
take less than $40.'
When Lord Muskerry was dying the
parson in attendance remarked that life
and It's vanties would soon pass away,
ana eXhorted him to repent.
Repent! For what should I repent?''
demanded the old lord. "Why, 1 don't re-
member that during my whole life 1 ever
denied myself anything
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-15

The populists OF this state cannot under
stand why Mr.. Watson has not returned
| 10 Georgia and taken part I'm the state
campaign. The understanding when he left
| Georgia was that after making a few
| speeches in Texas he would return and
| lend Mr.. Seaborn Wright helping hand
at least that was the understanding from
what appeared in the public prints.
Mr.. Watson seems to think he has more
important business on hand than helping
the populsts in Georgia. Instead of re-
manning in a fixed orbit. like a well-reg-
ulated planet, he has gone sykrocketing
through space like a meteor. When last
heard from he was some where in Nebras-
ka with his face toward Colorado. He
will return, of course, but when? Mr..
Butler the chairman of the national pop
ulist committed pretends not to be salts
fed with the conduct Of Mr.. Watson. He
may not be. AS a matter of fact, it is
probable that Mr.. Watson doesn't care
whether he is or not. Mr.. Watson. it is
safe to say, regards himself as a bigger
man, Intellectually, than the populst
chairman, and the chances are he is.
Mr.. Watson appears to have become a
sort of monomaniac, his trouble being Mr..
SewaIs refusal to let him have his place
on the democratic ticket In Texas and
Kansas he told the populists how unfit Mr.
Sewall is for the place he holds and they
cheered him heartily. SulI. populist cheers
for Mr.. Watson have no effect on Mr.. Sew
ALL That gentleman, in his last bulletin,
declared he was on the democratic ticket
to stay, and stay he will. What is Mr.
Watson going to do about it?
If Mr. Watson is to be believed, he is
going to prevent the populists from fusing
with the democrats and voting Tor Bryan
and Sewall. If he can't get on the ticket
with Mr.. Bryan he is going to do what he
can to defeat Mr. Bryan. At least, that
is the only inference that can be drawn
from his speeches.
But Mr.. Watson is putting himself to
a great deal of trouble for nothing. In the
states in which fusion tickets have been
agreed upon the democrats and populists
are going to vote together for Mr.. Bryan
They are not worrying themselves about
Mr.. Watson. They may have a languid
interest in the appeals Mr.. Watson is max
ing to the populsts 10 come away from
the enemy and save their party by voting
for Bryan and Watson but they do not
heed them. The campaign is moving
swiftly along without Mr.. Watson and he
is in danger of becoming a factor of no
Importance in the battle of the ballots
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-15
The Election of Senators.
From the Columbia Is. c. State CDem).

The recent primary election in South
Carolina should serve to increase the al
ready general desire among those Of the
people who have considered the subject.
for change of the federal constitution
so as to transfer the choice of senators
from the several legislatures to the peo-
pie IN each state. The choice made last
Tuesday will be ratified and enforced by
the legislature without any question as
TO the deserts of the nominee. The choice
will IN fact have been made by the dem
ocrats Of the state, voting IN a popular
election. The result thus attained is far
more satisfactory than any which would
be possible in our present situation, II
the legislature should be free to make its
own selection. The superiority of the
popular plan over the existing method is,
IN our case, very strongly attested
Other states have had similar expert
monts. In every instance. 1t may be safe
ly said. the result has been better for
the people-for the country. The more
the experiment is tried-the oftener the
choice of d senator Is left to the voters
themse!ves-the stronger appears the ar
gument for a change IN our system. The
people Of the several states should choose
the senators.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-15
HosnitnIitx NJ Poker

II once had a sample of southern chiv-
airy" said Judge Wildly, according to the
Detroit Free Press, after he had adjourn
ed court and dropped into the village tav-
ern, that made deeper impression on
me than anything I ever read about the
subject After l was admitted to the bar
] was pretty well run down in health, for
l had gone a faster pace than is good for
any young man. There didn't appear to
be any imperative demand for my SER
vices in the ranks of the profession, and
as my folks still had some money that
they were willing to spend upon me l de-
cided on a southern trip.
II met my chivalrous friend in Col.
Dulen. His manners and conversation
betokened good breeding, but he was a
lover of horses, cards, wine and high liv-
ing. one day Ne told me there was going
to be a stiff game of poker and asked me
if l would like to see 1t. Notwithstanding
1t was Sunday, l went along. We walked
to the rear Of the city hail. where he
quickly unlocked a rear door and stood
on the inside acting as lookout until half
a dozen young men were admitted. Then
he led the way to the council chamber,
and there the game was played.
THE colonel did not ask me to take a
hand, but some of the others did and /
gratefully accepted II did not require
long to discover that IL was the colonel S
day. In three hours he had all the money.
several I. o. US, and my gold watch.
Through IL all he was suavity itself and
cool as a northwest wind. He went with
me to my room at the hotel, locked the
door, counted out what he had won from
me and laid II with my watch on the ia
Bile. l Indignantly declined to be thus re-
imbursed, but he coolly disposed Of the
matter by saying: All the cahds weah
lr.,T .s4vl, I
across the street. That gang has been
Robin me and l was gettin' even, sub.
You played squah and had no show See
you in the mawnin'."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-15

Judge Joseph II. Earle, who has been
chosen by primary election as the sue
cessor of Senator Irby of South Carolina.
is said to favor the free coinage of silver
But he is not a radical free coinage man.
He is very conservative on that question,
as on all Others, and would not vote for
an arbitrary ratio of coinage if it appeared
that SUCH ratio would not be conducive
to the good of the country. At all events,
Judge Earle's vote will be his own, which
would probably not have been the case
with the new senator from South Caro-
lima had his opponent been elected
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-15
south Carolina and Florida.
From the FLORIDA Citizen (Dem.)

The reported beginning of the down
fall of Tillmanism in South Carolina
must have sent cold chills of apprehen-
sion along the spinal columns of Calls
supporters in Florida. No political
parallel was ever more complete than
that which exists between T.llmanism
and Callism. Seeking similar ends the
twin relics Of a political era that is rapid
ly passing away are alike strain3ng every
nerve to retain their positions in the po-
litical arena. confronted by an impend-
ing defeat that will relegate them both
permanently to obscurity.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-15
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-Call for State Convention of
Sound Money Democrats at Atlanta, Sept
%; G. L. Club.
Special Notices-Ship Notice, J. f..
Minis & Co.; Notice to Delinquent Water
Takers. c. S. Hardee, City Treasurer;
Fresh Fruits To-day, Jno T. Evans &
Co; The White Flyer Tandem Has Ar
rived, r. D. and VIM. baltimore; What
We Are Offering To-day, Mutual Grocery
Company.
Dunlap, Stetson, Imperial and Gotham
Hats-B. H. Levy & Bro.
Steamship Schedule-Ocean Steamship
Company.
An Ideal Clothing store-Falk Clothing
Company.
observation-disclosures Gov. Stafford to
Beaufort, Wednesday.
Mineral Water-Apenta.
Medical-Hood's Sarsaparilla; Worlds
Dispensary Preparations.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-15
PERSONAL.

Redwood City. Cal, can boast a gas
Economical curiosity in Joshua Luton
who lives on the edge of a marsh on the
bay shore. and eats nothing but frogs and
oysters. This frogetarian is now So years
old and hale and hearty.
James Louis Washington, a negro boy
of New Orleans, is known as the boy
preacher" Although only years old it
is said that he can repeat nearly the entire
Bible from memory. He is attracting large
and attentive congregations in the south.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-15

Capt Hackett of the United States en-
gineer CORPS at st. Augustine, is making
a study of the water hyacinth, which is
proving a serious menace to the naviga-
ton of the St. Johns river above Palatka,
for the purpose of ascertafning how it can
be destroyed. Some of the farmers along
the river are experimenting with the foil
age of the hyacinth as cattle feed. If
live stock will eat it. it may transpire that
the extirpation of the growth will not be
desirable.