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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-10-02

and he fell over backward to his death,
the one loud shrek that he gave being
drowned in an overpowering burst oil
thunder which followed the lightning
as he went down into the depths.
Stunned by the strangeness of this
catastrophe, which accomplished his
murderous purpose at the same time it
prevented him from actually killing
his enemy, Pennel recoiled. He dared
not remain alone on that rock in its
awful desolation. A moment before he
had the companionship, such as 1t
was, of the man whom he meant to
slay. Now he felt himself utterly for
saken, an outcast, overpowed by a
sense of the crime he had contempla'
ted. He fled from the spot, moving
rapidly through the woods, in the
midst of the tempest that marked out
wild path for him by its vengefu
CLEANS of lightning. The rain pour,
ing down savagely, washed out all
trace of his footsteps. 1t was late in
the night when he returned to his rude
dwelling.
The body of Salmon Drew was found
next day at the foot Of the overhang
ing cliff, horribly crushed, but bearing
no discernible mark of stab or bul
let wound. There was absolutely nc
evidence against Pennel, though there
were many suspicious. The rapio
frontier justice which might otherwise
have overtaken him was baffled, anC
he persisted in declaring himself guilt
less. Nevertheless, Drew's daughter
Julia refused to marry Luke Hard
ling. And nevertheless, Pennel passed
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EYEGLASSES.

When you need Eyeglasses or Specta-
cles, remember that TOM SPECK, the
jeweler, can fix you up at half the price
charged by the professional" optician,
and that the glasses, whether furnished
you by the professor" or myself, came
from the same wholesale house. When
YOU want honest treatment call and see
IT. w. SPECK.
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DANGEROUS YOUNG CRANK.
ANTOINE BURY AND HIS PISTOL
AGAIN.
Says He Came to Town to Finish a
Crime He Once At
tempted.

Antonio Bury, or Berry, who conducts
tailoring establishment at Woodland
but who was formerly a resident of this
city, in is the City Jail here. He came
from Woodland on Monday evening
and proceeded to load up on bad liquor
before starting out on whatever mis-
sion had brought him hither.
When Bury resided in this city he
was considered by those who knew
him to be somewhat cranky or eccen-
trio, which added to his love for liquor
made him at times dangerous. He al
one time was treated at DR.. Corey
Gold Cure for alcoholism, and it was
the remembrance of that which sent
him there yesterday morning.
Bury celebrated his arrival at the
hospital by discharging his pistol three
times on the sidewalk before trying the
door, and when finally admitted, he
said:
well, Doctor, I'm drunk again, and
want you to give me dose"
About year ago Bury attempted to
murder Miss Maud Methven, an estima-
bic young girl of this city, and that he
failed to do so was due chiefly to his
poor craftsmanship. He was arrested
and charged with assault to murder,
but for some reason the charge was
reduced to assault and he was SEN
fenced to three months in the County
Jail. While there the County Lunacy
Examiners declared him insane. and
he was sent to the Stockton Insane
Asylum, but a few months ago was
discharged as cured.
Bury told the Doctor he had come to
the city for the purpose of numbering
Miss Methven, and after the physician
had given him the dose" Bury drew
a revolver. at the same time saying he
had another one, also a razor, about his
person, and without further ceremony
fired shot into the door.
DR.. Corey vanished from the room
and rang up the police for assistance.
Officer Bagley answered the call, and
when he reached the hospital he found
Bury seated in the middle of the room,
where the doctor had left him, with his
pistol gripped in his hand and half
asleep from the effects of the medicine
he had taken. Bagley quietly got be-
hind the belligerent youth, wrenched
his weapon away from him, and landed
him safely in jail.
From the accounts given by DIR. CO.
rey and the officers. Bury should be
recommitted to the asylum 'for keeps"
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NO VERDICT YET.
The Cippa Jury Locked UP for the
Night

The jury in the case Of n. Cippa, on
trial in Judge Hart's court for criminal
intercourse with 14-year-old girl, re-
tired shortly after noon yesterday, but
up to late hour last night no verdict
had been reached, and they were locked
UP for the night.
About half-past o'clock in the af-
ternoon the jurors returned 10 the
courtroom and Informed Judge Hart
that they had been unable to agree.
Being asked how they stood, numeri-
cally, the foreman replied nine to three.
Juror Thomas Hague then asked the
court to inform them whether or not,
If a verdict of guilty were found, the
defendant could receive a lesser SEN
tence than five. years.
With the consent of counsel on both
sides, the court read to the jury that
portion Of the law which fixed five
years as the minimum penalty. and
they again retired to the jury room.
1t is understood that the jury stood
nine for conviction and three for ac-
quittal, but it is supposed the latter
three would agree to a verdict of guilty
if the penalty could be made less than
five years.
While the matter of the girls char
acter previous to her relations with
Cippa was not and could not be con-
sidered during the trial of the case, it is
quite Well known to the public, and
there are those who do not favor such
severe punishment under the circum-
stances. as the girls acts were volun-
tary, and with mercenary motive.
While the law makes no distinction
between voluntary and involuntary acts
where a girl is under IS years of age,
nevertheless it seems almost impossi-
BILE to secure Jurors who will in such
cases as this adhere to their oaths to
be governed by the law, the evidence
and the courts instructions. They
promise to try cases as the law pre-
scribes, but once in the jury-room they
prefer to be governed by their own
ideas of what the law and its penalties
should be, rather than by what they
are
Men who hold to their rights to ex-
ercise this privilege should be frank
enough to declare themselves at the
outset and thus avoid being placed in
a position where they cannot conscien-
tiously vote to return verdict of gull
ty in cases in which they believe the
punishment prescribed by law to be ex-
cessive.
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Weather Reports.

The Weather Bureau reports show
the highest and lowest temperatures
yesterday to have been "a and 36 de-
grees, with fresh northerly winds and
clear weather prevailing.
The barometrical readings at a.
M and > p. m. yesterday were 29.91
inches and 1892 inches, respectively.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday were 81 and &c
degrees, with 0.o4 inches of rain. and
one year ago to-day 53 and 45 degrees
with a trace of rain
The average temperature was 43 and
the normal ~ degrees, showing yester-
day to have been degrees cooler than
usual for the 10Th day of December
There was a heavy frost yesterday
morning.
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Hotel Arrivals.

Arrivals at the Golden Eagle Hotel
yesterday: NJ Meyer, b. w. Mayer
New York; s. n. Schwartz. Cincinnati;
D. c. Halsey and wife, Woodland; l.
A. Saalfeld, s. L. Leszynsky, H. W
Adds, New York: T. o. Hilbourn. Oak
land; C. B. Bless, San Jose: Roger b
Friend. p Parson, Ed. S. Swami, F. H
Hunter, G. E. Tucker, Gus Birlunaier
Harry Bloom. George c. Putnam. Sar
Francisco: w. B. Furry, w G. Furry
Los Angeles.
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yWTTY Speclai attention 10 PAT.
lD !: s 8
EMkHM~lAE1~AE Stoll bldg. Tel red. 723

SALE OF SHORT-HORN DURHAM
stock of Benjamin Bates estate. Notice
is hereby given that on SATURDAY. De-
cember is, 1897. commencing al IL o'clock
a. m, the undersigned will sell at public
auction at the Home Farm of Benjamin
Bates, deceased, ON the Sacramento River,
near Courtland, in the County of ,Sacra-
mento. the following live stock and prop
erfy belonging to the estate of said de-
ceased. to wit: u head of Young Cows
from 8 to years old: two-year-old Bull
one-year-old Bulls. II head of Heifers,
from to years old, Bay Horse Road
Cart, Set of Harness. Said property will
be sold by the undersigned under the
power of sale contained in the will of said
deceased, for United States gold coin. ten
per cent thereof payable on the day Of
sale and the balance upon confirmation OF
such sale by the Superior Court of said
County of Sacramento. Dated December
II 1897. Jane Bates. Executrix of Benja-
min Bates Estate. Henry Elliot, Executor
of Benjamin Bates Estate. McKune sS
George, Attorneys for Benjamin Bates
Estate. d. ]. Simmons & Co, Auction
eers. d15-3td1tw
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CHURCH FAIR-GIvEN BY LADIES
of First Congregational Church. in church
parlors, December 18th and 18th, after
moons and evenings. Fancy booths. liter
ary and musical programme evenings
Observation-Disclosures free; evenings rs
cents. do II
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rilla and iron, champagne cider, ginger
ale. orange cider. j. McMorry. agent.
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c. NJ. Campbell, 411-413 X.

VEHICLES.
A. Meister & Sons, Ninth ST., opp. Plaza.
Schaw, Ingram & hatcher Co., j, Sec
ond and Third.
Baker & Hamilton J, Front and Second
PHOTOS.
Hodson, S13 X.
H. S. Beals, 62S j.
VEGETABLES, GAME. FISH, MEAT.
Mohr & york, ST., Tenth and Elev-
enth.
Pacific Market, j near Eighth.
American Fish Co., 124 ] st.
Christianson & Co.. 703 j st.
Curtis Bros. Co.. X, Third and Fourth
Clauss & Krauss, Seventeenth and l.
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BOX OFFICE OPEN AT 9 A. NJ.

SPECIAL NOTICE-This theater will
open as an ORPHEUM on Tuesday even
ing, December 21st in conjunction with the
San Francisco and Los Angeles Orpheum.
Look out for future announcements in
this paper.
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seven rows in Dress Circle-50c Last foI,r
rows in Dress Circle-25c. Balcony (every
seat reserved)-25c. Gallery-i0c Box and
I40oe sea atS-T5c.
MATINEE PRICES-25c to any part OF
the house. Children 10c to any part of th q
house. Box and Loge seatS-50c
ROX QEE,ICE OPEN AT O A Az
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Price Reduced

To Sc; best Aft. oak wood. Fair Oaks
Wood Yard. 10th and Q SITS.
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WATCH FOR THE PARADE AT NOON.

LUMIER'S CINAMATOGRAPH.
10 New Pictures Each Performance-1
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Try McMorry's Blend Coffee. 80.
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THE WEEKLY UNION-THE BEST
weekly on the coast. Only 81 q year.
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SOUTH BEFORE THE WAR,

5o-PEOPLE ON THE STAGED.
Special Scenery. Novel Specialties Plea
ninny Band.
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THE CLUNIE

INSTANTANEOUS SUCCESS!
CROWDED TO THE DOORS
Matinees Saturday and Sunday
Harry Martells' Realistic Southern Pro-
duction,
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Following is a list of advertisers who
use the Record Union and who, while
not dealing in holiday goods, are recon-
mended in their respective lines as being
erterprising. Wide-aMake and honorable:
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MISCELLANEOUS.

Waterhouse & Lester 709-715 St, wood,
coal and iron.
w. l.. Rourke, halter
Adam Bergman, pickle works. 1920 L.
Henry Alter, private detective. 32s15 J.
Carsow 81 Miller. 1890 J, windmills.
Advert ising cuts, j. A. Mckee, 5041h ].
Sunset Transfer Co.. CPS l.
Harry Rivett, carpet cleaning works
Eleventh and O.
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w d. Bissey tin roofer. go l.
Union Iron Foundry Root, Nelson a
Co, Front st, bet and Q.
Howes Academy 1919 j
Mrs. L. r. Hills, private kindergarten,
1922 NJ.
Wood. Curtis & Co, wholesale produce
and commission house
May & Candy. typewriters COG I.
T.. w Breuning book bindery. 319 J.
Uncle Ike. loan office, Third ana X.
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through a ,,hypocritical "rcformer,'

through a ,,hypocritical performer"
and I will make the further statement,
that many of these Performers" who
feel themselves perfectly concealed
by their hypocrisy, are known to the
world a great deal better than they
ever dreamed of, and either to them
selves or to their children there will
come a day of rcckoning-a day when
these men will be known in their true
characters. God is mighty and if this
great country and the good old time
ways must go down before ''money,"
"culture' and hypocrisy, come day it
will be known just how it happened
and who is responsible.
Of course there are many good pco-
pie faithfully at work to reform" the
world, and, Of course, there is no de-
Tense of crime among the poor, but
neither does this prevent ~hypocrites
from slipping in, nor give excuse for
criminals Of wealth and Couture"
being received as heroes and gentle
men. There will never be found bet
ter ways than the good old ways of
rating mems standing, and there can
never be better reforms than the old
churches and the good old-time
preachcrs-so I think.
SARGE PLUNKETT.
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Rare Surgical Operation.

A remarkable operation was that
performed on little 1~0-year-old Alfred
Perkins, of Venice, ILL.,, at the Baptist
Hospital on Thursday by DR.. Waldo
Briggs, assisted by DR.. A. R. Redcr.
The boys skull has not grown in pro.
portion with the rest of his body, and
az q consequence the brain was cramped
and mentality retarded, while certain
faculties, notably that Of speech, were
almost wanting.
The little fellow was given an
anaesthetic, and DR.. Briggs made two
crescent shaped incisions in the scalp,
one on each side of the head, with
the points downward. The flaps CT
skin were lifted, and then similar
sections were made in the skull. The
bone was lifted and removed, exposing
the outer covering of the brain. The
scalp was then replaced and the wound
scwcd up.
The results were immediate. AS
soon as the boy came from under the
influence of the auacsthctic, he began
to talk, and his faculties have steadily
improved evcr since. These openings
will allow the brain to expand, while
new bone will grow over the openings,
again closing the skull, but larger
than before. The operation, which
is a rarc one, was highly successful
ST. LDuiS Rcpublc.
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Letter from Florida.
K1nKwooD. FLORIDA, May 2s, 1897.

K1RKwooD, FLoIIDA, May %, 1897.
MEssRs. EDIToRss To-day ] mail you
a copy Of Daily Citizen with marked
piece.
You will see by it that we arc still able
to make a living down hero farming, not.
~withstanding the fact that our orange
groves were all killed in 1892. At that
time we all thought We were ruined: but
now we seem to be getting along As we'll
or better than before the freeze. The
orange trees all sprouted at the root, and
this spring there were quite o few blooms
on the spring sprouts; so 1t will only bea
few years at least till we will have our
orange groves back Ist as good as new.
brought from South Florida and Califor-
MIA. I have set twenty acres Of new trees
since the freeze, and next spring expect,
to set ten acres more,
We have all made fice vegetables crops
this season. Our cabbage and lettuce did
not sell as we'll this year as last, but most
Of the farmers made some money on both
crops. Potatoes, beans, cucumbers, cell
cry, parsley, squash, beets AND other
vegetables paid we'll, and now we are
just beginning to ship the finent crop of:
tomatoes I ever saw grow, and The prrs-s
pect Is for better prices during the entire,
season (Which is up till July II than We
have bad for several years. We have ak
trains a day over the g. &G. R. R., which
connects with the F. G. & P. a! Gaines
Vile, and the three northbound trains are
always loaded with vegetables from Nov.
Is till July /. We raise all the corn, oats,
eweet potatoes, peanuts and hay We need,
and all these crops are looking extreme
ly well, except the oats, which are har-
vested. Your true friend,
JESSE r. EMERSON.
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Great Crops After the Flood.

That the great flood in the Missis-
sippi Valley has it's compcnsatingad-
yantages as we'll as its losses is proved
by the testimony Of a correspondent
of the Louisville Courier-Journal in
Mississippi. He writes:
"The impression seems to be that
most of the water will be off the farm
lands by the middle of the month. If
it is, the delta will soon blossom as
the rose and flourish like a green bay
tree. Even now extensive farm ope-
rations are going on, the planters fol-
low up the receding waters with the
plough, and are dropping seed in the
mud, now richer than ever in decay
ing vegetable matter, and in which it
only takes the warm sunshine a very
few days to sprout them and to start
them into a vigorous growth. The
State has returned the convicts to the
Scott plantation in Bolivar County,
and to the Dulaney place in I%ssaquena,
the waters having receded sufficiently
to go to work. Six weeks ago the
corn on these places was six inches
high and cotton planted. It will all
have to be %replanted, but with good
seasons from now on and a late frost
next fall the crop in the great Yazoo-
Mississippi delta will be enormous.
Lands which last year produced one
bale of cotton to the acre will make
one and a half since having spread
over it's entire surfacesan inch or two
of the river sediment, the richest and
most powerful fertilizer known. The
situation in the delta is bad, but it
might be worse, and will be unless tho
breaks in the levccs are closed before
the June rise. To do this Government
aid is necessary, as the inhabitants of
the valley are now taxed within an
inch of their lives. The Legislature
has authorized the levet board so issue
$500, 900 bonds, and these will be sold
to raise money for REPAIRS
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REPLY TO MIR. SMYTH
By Friends OF the Proposed New Coun-
ty OF Williamson.

WILLIAMSON, S. c., June 10th, 1887.
Editor MteNigcncer, Anderson, S. c.
DEAR SIR Please allow us space in
the columns of your paper to make the
following reply to the article Of Eli
son A.. Smith against the proposed
new County of Williamson
We the citizens of WILLIAMSON in
mass meeting assembled do hereby
make the following statement in re-
gard to a certain letter which appear
ed oyer the signature of Ellison A.
Smyth in The INTELL1GENCER of the
9Th inst, and instruct the secretary of
this meeting to forward the same to
The INTELLIGENcER for publication !:
Replying to Captain Smyth' opposi-
ton to the new County Of William
ston, as published in your issue of 9th
inst. we the citizens of Williamson
notice his reasons for misleading, and
calculated to create wrong impressions.
LIST he says, ''he is advised there are
grave doubts as to the constitution
atty of the act authorizing the people
of Anderson to vote $35, 900 to build
a new Court House and Jail in Ander-
son city and while the act relieves any
portion of Anderson County as shall
withdraw to form a new County, he
fears we will not be relieved of it,"
Why should Captain Smyth have any
fears on the constitutionality of this
act If the act is unconstitutional
his fears are groundless, because if so,
no one would buy the bonds, for if the
act is unconstitutional they would be
void, and if void, then the Court
House and Jail at Anderson would not
be built. It seems that Captain
Smyth is not only opposed to the new
County Of Williamson, but there is
an implied opposition on his part to
Anderson having her new Court
House and Jail, also, as his article has
the effect of chilling the sale of the
Anderson bonds, and thus he would
defeat that scheme too.
If his opposition is based upon that
portion Of the act providing for ex-
emption of part cut off to form a new
County, if this makes it unconstitu-
tional, in his opinion, it is unsound
reasoning, for if this part of said act
is void, then the whole act is void, no
chain can be stronger tLau n of its
links.
If one link in the chain of this act
is broken, the whole is worthless, and
the Anderson Court House is gone.
Williamson people wish Anderson to
have her new buildings, and believe
the act is constitutional, Captain
Smyth to the contrary notwithstand-
ing.
As to the latter part of his first OBJ
lection, that the townships withdraw
ing from Greenville County assume
their pro rata share of the County
debt there, and lose the taxes from
the Air Line railroad, we reply that
they will bring their pro rata share of
said debt with them, into Williamson
County, a County with no debt, but
how will this hurt people there :?
They already have. this debt on them,
and the transition from Greenville to
Williamson County therefore does
not increase said debt, but remains
Gin statu quo" Hence this argu-
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Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local APP locations, as they cannot reach the
diseased potion of the car. There is only one
way to cure Deafness, and that Is by consiitu'
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inlAm'
cd condition of the mucous lining Of the Eustach'
ian Tube. When this tube gets inllamcd you have
q rulnbling lourd or imperfect hearing, and when
il is entirely e'osed deafness is the result, and
unless The inflammation can be taken out and this
tube restored TO its normal condition., hearing will
be destroyed forever nine cases out of ten are
caused by %catarrah, which is nothing but an IN
famed condition Of the T. uCous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred n"la-s for any case
of Deafness Caused by catar h. that cannot br
cured by Halls Cat rrh Cur. send for circulars,
free. F.J.Ct NEI ( co Toledo, O..
Rg-Sold By -.gSi,ls, Toe.
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No Profits From Dispensary.

The failure Of the dispcnsary to pay
into the State treasury the 1872, 900
for current expenses promised at the
last session Of the Legislature will
nccessitate very soon the borrowing of
at least 500, 600 and perhaps more by
State Treasurer Zimmerman. Relying
upon the assurance Of the ~dispensary
boord Of control, the general assembly
passed the supply bill on the basis Of
1872, 600 of dispcnsary profits at the
rate of $4,000 a month, coming in to
swell the treasury fund. Up to the
present however, nothing from this
source has been received, while
according to a statement made by DR..
Zimmerman yesterday in a months
time he will have to borrow money for
the running expenses of the State.
For this necessary loan he has assn
RANGES that it may be secured az so
low 4 rate as 5 per cent.
The t%rcasurer's plan is to borrow
only what is necessary for State ex-
penses up to November l, when the
taxes then collected will be available.
A hundred tt >usand dollars, he esti-
mates for this purpose will be sufficient.
The real deficiency, however, is greater
than this sum and equals the govern
mental expenditures from July to
January, although it does not appear
so because of using the taxesfor 1898.
Until a sufficient revenue is provided,
however, the use Of n years taxes
to supplement the taxes of the previous
year will have to continue.
If the ~dispensary is unable to pay
what was promised the State the
question arises how will it be able to
pay the promised so, 600 to the school
fund and obviate the necessity of
leyying the three mill supplementary
school tax. With half the year gone
and not a dollar paid on either of the
two sums promised by the dispensary
managementit looks as if Mr.. Attorney
General Barber should have no trouble
in the future in convincing the su-
prcme court that the dispensary is not
rim for proft.-GOIunJin State.