The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-03-10
HER N-YEAR SILENCE.
Not Once Broken, Despite her Busy
Habits.
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Lucretia Hillman, of this place, has
not spoken to human being in ten
years, and if she is faithful to her
VOW the chances are she will remain
silent until the day of her death. She
is unmarried, but is capable of taking
care of herself, and has done so for a
quarter of century with great sue
cess. She is now about 45 years old,
and has a mind of her own.
Miss Hillman got into trouble ten
years ago, and the trouble is respon-
siblc for her specchlessness. She has
always had the idea that the women
who pay taxes should have the privi-
lege of voting. In 1886 she refused to
pay her tax assessment. and it was not
until she was threatened with incar
ceration in the county Jail that she
handed over the money. When she
had delivered the cash and received
receipt for it she raised her right hand
over head and declared that she would
work from that hour to bring about
woman suffrage, and until the right of
franchise had been granted to women
she would not utter word to human
kind. She was laughed at, but she
kept her VOW. Frequent attempts
have been made to get her to talk,
but without avail. She has contribu
ted good deal of money to the cause
of woman suffrage, and feels sure that
some day she will be permitted to go
to the polls and cast avote. She owns
| and manages one of the best farms in
| this neighborhood. She pays special
attention to truck gardening and puts
snug sum away in the bank at the
| end of each year. She hires men to
do most Of the work, but it is not un-'
usual to see her seated on a moving
machine behind pair of horses or to
find her following cultivator through
potato field.
Miss Hillman is a stalwart woman,
nearly six feet high. She is as brown
as berry, has step as firm as that
of grenadier, and when she gets hold
of plough she handles it as if it were
plaything. She knows all about
horses and COWS, and she is not to be
fooled on any subject that pertains to
| farming. Some interesting stories are
told of the exhibitions given by the
woman of her strength when occasion
has required that she protect herself.
Two years ago she had a man named
Clark working for her. He was
strapping chap, about % years old,
and the best of her farm hands. The
only fault Clark's employer found
with him was that he came home from
town sometimes somewhat hazy con-
cerning his duties in consequence Of
large and frequent libations Of apple
jack. She put up with good deal
from him on account of his faithful
ness when sober, but her patience
gave out one day when he walked up
to her with his hat on one ear and a
defiant look in his eye. He pulled
roll of bills out of his pocket, and, ex-
tracing two from the roll, handed her
the balance.
"Where'd you get this money!
wrote Miss Hillman on the slate which
affords her means of communication
with other persons.
Clark slowly realized what the ques-
ton was, and, with a shrug of his
shoulders, replied:
"Shold zhe horsh. Got 500 for
him. D-d good bargain. You've got
zhe money. I'll keep slOfo my trou-
ble.
The horse referred to was one Of the
best on the Hillman farm. Steve had
been sent to town with it on an errand
and, while under the influence of ap-
plej ack, had sold the animal. A few
feet from where Clark stood was a half
hogshcad that was used as drinking
trough for the cattle. 1t was nearly
full of water. Picking up the drunk
en- farm hand as if he were plaything
Miss Hillman carried him over to the
trough, dumped him in, soused him
up and down until the fellow was al
most drowned, hauled him out, and
made him hitch up a horse and 60 to
town with her in his dripping clothes.
The bath brought Clark to his senses,
and he hunted up the man who had
bought the horse. Miss Hillman got
the animal back by giving the man $40
for his bargain. She retained Clark
in her service fora year after that, and
during that time he took good care
to keep out of the presence of the
woman when applejack had its grip on
him.
Miss Hillman always carries much
money with her. This fact has made
her the prey of lawless characters, and
she has had several exciting adven-
lures with robbers, but she has always
come out all right. She was driving
home from town one night last sum-
mer alone, and while she was passing
through stretch of woods two men
came out of the shadows and caught
the horse by the head. Miss Hillman
was ordered to get out of the wagon
and had over her money. She prompt
ly complied with the demand. One
of the men took the purse that the
woman handed him, and probably
thinking he was dealing with a person
who was half scared to death, opened
it and began counting the bills. lie
had just begun the task when the wo-
man plugged her fist squarcly against
his face, and he went down as if he
had dropped from the sky. His COM
panion took to his heels and left the
fallen man to the mercy of the woman.
The highwayman attempted to get to
his feet, but he got another blow in
the face that knocked all the senses
out of him. With a piece of rope
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