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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-11-20
CHAPTER TX.
INTERESTING TESTIMONY.

During the delivery Of the statement
made by Sarah Carpenter there was the
stiffness of death. Her words caused a
profound sensation, and even after she
ceased no one spoke, but eagerly waited
to hear what those in charge Of the in
vestigation would have to say. The
squire at length addressed the witness:
"You say it was about half an hour
after you had parted from Everly when
you heard the shots fired?"
eyes, SIR" said the girl eagerly. 81
am certain it was as long as that, for I
went to the house to get my things, as
said, and when I found that did not
have my key I looked all about the
room first, and it was some time before
concluded to search in the barn. When
did, I had to get lantern, and it was
quite a long time after got to the barn
before heard the shooting"
"Then. provided your estimate of the
time which elapsed is correct, it must
have been about o'clock when this oc-
curred?"
II am sure of it. I left just after and
went home, and it was quarter past 9
when wound my watch before going
to bed"
'Miss Carpenter, said Mr.. Tupper,
chow is it that if you suspected your
friend Mr.. Everly you did not go to
him and ask him about this matter?"
81 came over here yesterday for that
purpose, but Will had gone to New
Market"
"Was it showing when you left the
farm on Sunday night?"
''No, sir; it had stopped.''
She was then allowed to retire, and
Mr.. Tupper called attention to the fact
that her evidence had corroborated the
detectives theory as to the time Of the
shooting.
The next witness called was Harry
Lucas.
"Mr. Lucas" asked the squire, "do
you recall the day on which Miss Lewis
celebrated her birthday at Riverside?"
Certainly. was there" answered
Lucas.
"Do you recollect the trouble between
Mr.. Lewis and Marvel!
'Yes, sir, perfectly"
"When Marvel was leaving, did he
utter any threat against Mr.. Lewis?"
''He said some angry words. I should
not care to state positively what they
were. / was too much excited myself at
the time"
"Do you recall what you yourself said
to Mr.. Lewis?'
mot exactly, SIR
"Did you not threaten him?"
II don't recolleet. I may have. I
was very angry and quite excited"
"You have heard Of the death of Mr..
Lewis. suppose?"
II have, sir"
"Were you in Lee on the night of the
murder?'
II was."
"Did you tell any one that you in
tended leaving town that night?"
Lucas remained silent.
II have been told by several parties
that you were heard to say that imper
tant business would call you out If town.
Was that true?"
II did tell several people that, but it
was not true.
''I am to understand, then, that you
told lie?'
Lucas colored deeply. "Idid not look
upon it in that way. I had good reasons
for wishing people to think me out OF
town, and, under the circumstances, did
not hesitate to speak as l did. "
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DestitutiOn of Liberfan Immigrants

Liverpool. September %. - Ottley
Waite and five children and G. w.
Farmer and wife, all colored, who be-
long to a party of 315 emigrants who
left Savannah for Liberia by the
steamer Labrador, in March, 1896, have
just arrived here from Liberia. The
Farmers are destitute and h Waites
have only enough money to enable
them to reach the United States. All
the adult members Of the party de-
scrfbed the condition Of those whom
they left in Liberia as being most pit
liable. They SAY the land promised
them by the Liberian agents in the
United States turned out to be abso-
lutely no good. They claim there is no
gold or diamonds there. They assert
that more than half the Labradors
party are dead and that the rest of
them are trying to reach the United
States. The Waites and Farmers say
in conclusion, that the Liberian gov
eminent did nothing for them and that
the climate Of the republic Of Liberia is
most unhealthy.
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Business Suspended by Quarantine.

Houston, Texas, September 29.-There
are over 1900 idle men in the city
and business is suffering terrible hence
the anxiety of the business men to have a
government expert here and his opinion
given to the world. The scare is intense
in many small towns and accounts of the
actions CT the rural quarantine officials
would be ludicrous were it not for the
very serious effect they have on bust
ness and other towns.
The two PHYSICIANS who were sent to
Victoria last night to investigate an al
legged supicious case of fever returned to-
day and will report to the state health
officer that it is a case of common dengue
fever. Towns adjacent to Victoria have
raised the quarantine. DR.. Swearingen
went to Beaumont this morning and it is
expected the quarantine against that
point will be raised as no fever cases Of
any suspicious symptoms have appeared
there. The international and Great
Northern and the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas have Suspended trains into and out
of this city entirely, and the other roads
have cut service to a minimum.
Beaumont tonight issued the following
proclamation: ITO the People of Texas
The quarantine against Houston can be
raised now with perfect safety, but if a
single case developes the people will be
Immediately informed"
Mobile, Ala, September 29.-Nine new
cases of yellow fever and one death, that
of Mrs. N. o. Franklin, were reported at
Scranton, Miss, today.
Wasdin. HARRISON and Cant tonight pro-
nounced the suspicious cases reported
here by the attending physicians to be
yellow fever.
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Minister De Lome's Unexpected Return

Washington, September 2S.-The Spanish
minister, Dupuy de LONE, has arrived
here somewhat unexpectedly from Lenox,
where he is spending the summer with his
family. He reached Washington yester-
day noon and later in the day called at
the state department and saw Assistant
Secretary of State Day. His presence in
the city was not made known by the de-
partment and it was not until today that
his arrival. became known. The legation
is closed for the summer and the minister
took temporary quarters in an uptown
apartment house. He expected also to
call on Secretary Sherman. 1t is said by
officials that the minister's visit has no
special significance at this time. He is
looking at a new legation building, corner
of Massachusetts avenue and K. street,
to be opened in october There appears
to be no doubt, however, a the visit
related, to some extent, to recent develop
ments at Madrid in connection with Min
lister Woodford's interview with the
Spanish minister for foreign affairs, the
Dupuy de LONE led to conjecture that
SPANS answer to the recent views pre-
scented by Minister Woodford was about
to be submitted. 1t can be positively
stated, however, that no answer has
been made, and that up to the present
time the answer has not been framed.
1t would not be a surprise, however, II 1t
was determined upon at any time in the
near future. and it is thought that Min
lister Dupuy de Lome's visit is SO timed
as to permit him to be at the capital in
case any development, in the way of an
Swer or otherwise occurred at Madrid.
The only manner in which an answer
could be agreed is at a cabinet council,
attended by the queen regent. The queen
arrived at Madrid today Her arrival will
give the first opportunity for definite &C
ton, and this probably PLAYED some part
in the minister's return to Washington at
this time
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-01
The Rooeboro Robbery

Deputy United States Marshal At
kinson arrested Aaron Simmons and
Joe Holland in Roseboro yesterday
afternoon on the charge of being i'm
plicated in the attempted p~ostoffice
robbery there Saturday night. These
two young men. both white. were
brought to this city last night, taken
before United States Commissioner E.
p. Powers and sent to Jail in default
Of a 5000 bond each. Mr.. d. p. Williams
was the man arrested Sunday and who
gave bond yesterday.
Mr.. Atkinson also brought the tools
with which it is claimed the building
was entered, and the attempt to crack
the safe made. There is a big sledge
hammer, found in Mr.. D. p. Williams
wagon. and which had been borrowed
from a blacksmith named Blackman
Britt. There is also an auger, a cold
chisel and two iron ~plungers; these
last named had been evidently used in
trying to push the loci from it's place
after the combination and knob had
been knocked of. All these tools, which
were found scattered around the build
ing Sunday morning, were stolen from
the blacksmith shop Saturday night.
Mr.. H. B. Vinson, son of POSTMASTER
Sam. Vinson, who was in the city this
morning, informs us that more arrests
will be made OF parties suspected OF
being implicated in the attempt.
Why the obber did not succeed in
their bold attempt to get the 81, ZOO and
more in the safe is only explained by
their having probably been frightened
by some unknown circumstance.
The money had been deposited with
the postmaster far safe keeping by
Sprunt's cotton representative and this
fact was probably known to the rob-
bers.
Clinging to the face Of the sledge
hammer, which is now in the sherif's
office, is a brassy substance, which, it
is claimed, might have been caused
by just such work as hammering at
the brass knob of a safe.-Fayetteville
Observer, 28th.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-10-01

Vessels Disabled by the Recent Hurricane
F~ernandina, Fla. September 2eCaptain
Roderick, Of the brig Jennie Hulburt,
which sailed from New York September
11th for F~ernandina, arrived yesterday
latitude 31:47, longitude 1910, at 1870
latitude 31:E, longitude 1910, at 11:3O
o'clock p. m. she encountered a hurri-
cane from the northeast that lasted for
fourteen hours. At 2 o'clock p. M, in lati-
tude 80. 80, longitude SO:3G the wind shifted
to the northwest aud blew away the
mainstaysail and the lower foretopsail
out of the gaskets, throwing the vessel
upon her beam ends where she lay with
her waist under water. The decks were
of everything movable AT 9
o'clock p. m, the wind moderated to a
gale that lasted until the night of the
23rd. That night he saw a square rugged
vessel running before the wind with
everything gone above her lower masts.
On the morning of the oath he saw a
three-masted schooner in latitude 31:4O,
longitude 1880 with her main and mizzen-
masts gone to the decks. On September
18th at 2 o'clock p. m. in thirteen fathoms
OF water he passed a schooner's spars at
tached to a sunken wreck. There was no
life to be seen on any of the hip except
the bark.
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@e-
One branch OF work done By the
Suithonsian Institution. Washington.
Is very little known. yet It IL a very Inn
portans one from the popular stand
point: This IL the answering Of Ques-
tons from all over the United States
on every subject
Fifty thousand letters are received .
year. and none OF them ara neglected.
II Il is a question that can be answered.
This Ia the only government which
does such a hin
Professor Henry ~inaugurated b
system in vogue some forty years ago.
HI was OF the opinion that a well In
formed man was a mu<h better c1tiaen
than an ignorara one. and that u was
his duty TO impart information when
ever requested. whenever such informa
ton was cxb~tainable. OF course. the
questions are OF q wonderful variety.
For instance. when n New York"San"
reporter called at the National Mususm
recently he found Prof. Otis T. Mason
engaged in finding a suitable name for
a county seat for a lady In California
IN wanted a name taken from some
Indian This is only an TX
ample OF the work done In this line.
and sensible questions are always an
swered. ever though they may seem
trivial.
The Smithsonian Institution Is OF a
great benefit I'm the distribution OF
knowledge. it's ramifcations extending
to all corners OF the world Scientists
can send the results OF their researches
to the Smithsonian Institution in bulk
and they forward them to the Pc
whom they know to be especially inter
ested In the book or pamphlet This
system OF ~exshange -. OF
course. extremely beneficial Scientific
American. .-rf
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THE sEm-wEEKLY MESSENGER; FRIDAY, OCTOBER l.. 1891.

ers inclined to bear the market OF ex-
pected eo.0G bags increase in worlds
unchanged 10 10 r,oints net decline. sales
1850 bags. including September S-&s7s0o:
December &tS: January $50: March
&.3. Spot Rio quiet: held higher: Cordo-
va 1eixnistTc, sales i.So bags Maracaibo:
400 Savannilla. s.6o Central American and
400 bags Mexican.
Sugar-Raw. steady: fair refining 5sc:
Centrifugal IS test ; i5-1sc: refined firm.
NAVAL STORES
New York-Rosin steady: strained. crm-
men TO good H.+eu1&a Turpentine firm at
2lT1ac.
Charleston-Turpentine market firm at
&c: sales none. Rosin firm. sales none:
strained. common to good $1-6 to Sis.
Savannah-Spirits turpentine firm at
0kc: sales 20: receipts "a. Rosin firm
unchanged; sales i.sso: receipts a.
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Commissioner Must Pass on Applications
for Licenses
Especial to The Messenger.) =

Especial 70 Tne M~eSSenger.)
county commissioners of Chatham held
hat they had the right to refuse liquor
license to any one. Mandamus pro-
ceedings were instituted to require
them to issue licenses. Judge Adams
issued a mandamus, ordering them to
pass On each particular case and find
the facts in each and if the facts agree
with the statute then license must is
sue. This gives the commissioners dis
erection only so far as finding the facts.
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Allays Nerv-
BUSINESS, re-
lie S the
II e ad a
Cramps and
Friend

Nausea, and so prepares the
system that the time of recov-
cry is shortened and many say
stronger after than before con-
6nement." 1t insures safety to
life of both mother and child.
All who have used "MOther
Friend say they will never be
without it again. Nc other rem
edy robs confinement of its pain
Book ~TO ExPECTANT MOTHERS" mailed
free, containing valuable information and vol.
untary testimonials.
- eRApFIELD REGULATOR co. ATLANTA GA.
oeto sv AL DRUGGISTS At si.oo pm sorTlE.
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Your Boy Won't Live q Month

So Mr.. Gilman Brown, of "a Mill ST.,
South Gardner, Mass, was told by the
doctors. His son had Lung Trouble,
following Typhoid Malaria, and he
spent three hundred and seventy-five
dollars with doctors, who finally gave
him up, says: Your boy won live
month" He tried DR.. Kings New
Discovery and a few bottles restored
him 20 health and enabled him to go
to work a perfectly we'll al He says
he owe his present good health to use
Of DR.. Kings New Discovery, and
knows it to be the best in the world for
Lung trouble. Trial Bottles Fee at r.
r. Bellamy's Drug Store.
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Free Pills

Send your address to H. e. Bucklen
& Co., Chicago, and get a free sample
box of DR.. Kings New Life Pills. A
trial will convince you OF their merits.
These pills are easy in action n are
particularly effective in the cure Of
Constipation and Sick Headache. Fol
Malaria and Liver troubles they have
been proved invaluable. They are
guaranteed to be perfectly free from
every deleterious substance and to be
purely vegetable. They do not weaken
by their action, but by giving tone to
stomach and bowels greatly ~invigorate
the system. Regular size Csc. per box.
Sold by R.. r. Bellamy, Druggist.
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(By Associated Press.)


Chicago, September 29.-Wheat, after
climbing &c during b morning. wen
all to pieces on the enormous visible
decrease in figures and closed at a de-
cline of IA to 1%c. The belief that the
proposition to make No. 2 spring con-
tract grade would be defeated, which
belief was subsequently shown to be
well founded. was the bull factor, but
it was completely lost sight Of when
the Bradstreet figures were received.
Other grain and provision markets
trailed after wheat. corn declining 1sc,
oats sc and provisions closing un-
changed to 2lzc lower.
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CaSh QuotatlonS were as IollOWs: rioua
spring wheat, S7h@soc; No. 8 spring
wheat EkGSsAc: No. 2 red, 92d9sc; No. 2
corn. 27G27hc; No. 2 oats, 19c; No. 2
white, I. 9: b.. 2lssaz rs NO: S 3 WHITE . *, I;
s.. 10: lard, per 100 lbs. $4.42k; short ribs
sides. loose, A.75G5.10; dry sailed should
ers. boxed. 5SG5Mc: short clear sides.
boxed, 5AG5Sc; whiskey, distillers' finish
ed goods, per gal, $1-22.
New York. September 2s.-Flour. sold
off at 5 to 10c on all grades in sympathy
with wheat; city mill patents 10;
winter patents $5.10G5.35; Minnesota pat
entS $.15G5. 40
Wheat-Spot weak: No. 2 red $3.50
af1oat No. l northern. Duluth, 95asc late
October afoat: No. 2 hard $3.50 afoat.
Options opened easy ON cables. rallied on
small spring wheat receipts. drought talk
and covering but later declined sensation
ally under a heavy increase in Brad
streets visible and liquidation, closing at
111d2c net lower. No. 2 red. May S9AG
e2lac, closed at $3.50; September 9IdS14c,
closed at 951sc: December 91bG93 I1-16c,
closed at 91Sc.
Corn-Spot weak: No. 2. 33Ac afoat. OPP
tions opened steady on bullish western
news, advanced On covering but weakene
with wheat and lower cables. closed at
LGL2c net lower. May 31AG31Ac, closed
at 27Ac: September closed at &c; Decem-
Der SO 15-1sc. closed at SAC.
Oats-Spot quiet: No. 2. 219GS3Ac: OPP
lions fairly active but with the
other markets and closed sc net lower.
September closed at &c: October
closed at 23hc; December 24SG24Ac,
closed at 24Ac.
Lard-Ouiet; western steamed $3.50; Oc-
tober $4.70 nominal: refined easier; con-
tinent $50: South American $50; COM
pound 4NG4Hc.
Pork quiet: family $11 .5OG13.O.
E~ggs-Steady; state and Pennsylvania
17619c; western fresh 1S11SHc.
Cotton Seed Oil-Weak: prime crude 21G
&c: prime yellow 24l1G25c.
Rice strong.
MolasseS steady.
CO6ee-Qptions opened with September
at IS poi(ts higher and late months III
changed 20 5 points lower and local trad
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FROM the NdSuiHGtou Ibs@
We ought to get Brown on the
stump" SAID the campaign manager
Wouldn't do at ALL" returned the
chairman of the nance committee.
Il guess you never heard him speak,"
asserted
i've heard him DOZENS OF times re-
piled the chairman.
Then you must admit that he Is a
good orator"
II never heard n finer. hut you
mustn't forget that We have put up a
machine candidate in a municipal
campaign on a platform involving ma
tional issues"
What has hat to do with itr"
We'll, Brown is a fine orator. but a
poor liar. and you know what kind OF a
campaign this will have to be"
on second thought they engaged a
man whose conscience was on "A par
with his oratory, which was poor.
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Massachusetts, Republican state Ticket

Boston, September 29.-The republi-
can state convention today nominated
the following ticket by acclamation:
Governor, Roger Wolcott; lieutenant
governor, William NJ. Crane: secretary,
William NJ. Olin; treasurer. +. p.
Shaw; auditor, John w. Kimbali: at
torney general, Hoza NJ. K~nowlton-all
denominations. The platform denounc-
ed free silver.
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The best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores. Ulcers. Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores. letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
tons, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It II guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction " money refund
ed. Price 8 cents per bottle. For mle
by II. R. Bealnmy.
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Especial to The Messenpar

Especial to The Messenger.)
Raleigh, N. c., September.-Fife to-
night in West Raleigh burned the store
of A. D. Taylor, with a stock of general
merchandise, valued at $4,000. The
building was owned by r.. c. Castle
berry. Agricultural and Mechanical
students saved the adjoining buildings
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Tommy, (surprised)-"Why. papa. i
thought hat one spoonful Of sugar was
enough for my coffee?"
Tommy's Papa-This is a restau-
rant, my son.; TAX all the sugar you
want"
First Stranger-'1 say, that's my
umbrella you have"
Second Stranger-"I didn't doubt II.
sir-I don't doubt 1t. I bought 1t at a
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
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Cotton Futures
Especial to The Messenger

Especial to The M~esSenger.)
New York, September 29-After open
ing higher this morning the cotton
market broke sharply and closed slight
ly under yesterdays figures. Liverpool
cables were favorable; they reported
an advance of 1k-64d there. Our mar
ket opened 2 to 5 points higher. in
sympathy. Shortly after the opening
prices in Liverpool began to give way
and heavy selling orders were received
from that market. These orders took
the ear out of the buyers here, and
prices rapidly gave way. Heavy liqui-
dation of contracts added to the weak
ness. Export houses again bought
freely and at the decline the demand
was very good. Receipts today were
more moderate than of late, although
the movement was still very free. jan
uary opened at 6.41. advanced to S.42
declined to 6.32. rallied to 6.3S and
closed at 6.34 to 6.35. with the ton Of
the market steady. The feeling here
is still gloomy. The weakness Of the
southern markets render efforts ito lift
prices here iunavailing. An encourag-
ing feature, however, IL that the con-
RIoRDAN & co.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, September 29.-The cot
ton market opened steady. Sellers
were scarce on the first call, while ear
ly buying orders were quite numerous.
The first call developed an advance OF
2 to 5 points, followed by q further
slight gain as the result of better Eng
lish cables. Later, however. the mar
ket became very weak under the pres
sure of the heavy movement at SOUTH
ern ports and reaction at Liverpool
and indications OF large receipts at the
interior. The market was finally steady
at a net decline Of 1 to 8 points.
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Savannah. Ga. April 26. 1879

Savannah. Ga, April rs, 1896.
Having used three bottles Of p. p. p.
for impure blood and general weakness
and having derived great benefi. from
the same, having CAMEL IL pounds in
weight in four we ks, I take great
pleasure in recommending it to all I'M
ofrtunate like
Yours truly,
JOHN MORRIS.
Office of ]. N. McElroy, Druggist,
Orlando. Fla, April 20, 1891.
Messrs. Lippman Bros. Savannah, Ga.
Dear Sirs:-I SOLO three bottles OF p.
p. P. large size yesterday. and one bot
tie small size today. (.
The P. P. P. cured my wife Of rheu-
matism winter before last. I came
back on her the past winter and g. half
bottle, 81 size, relieved her again, and
she has not had a symptom since.
I sold q bottle OF p. p. p. to a friend
Of mine, one of the turkies,a small
one, took sick and his wife gave 1t a
teaspoonful, that was in the ev ing,
and the little fell tur ed over ILL"
he was dead. but next norni'
following and we'll.
Yours respecte--
:. McELROY.
Savannah, Ca, March II, 1891.
Messrs. Lippman Bros, Savannah, Ga
Dear Sirs:-I have. suffered froU
rheumatism for a long time and [
not find q cur until I foInd Pr p. P,
which completely cured me- -
Yours truly. so
~ C-7-9e ST.. Ss-~--1h, Ga.
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NAVAL STORES

Spirits Observation-Disclosures barrels
firm at 30c: country barrels firm at 2shxc.
Rosin firm at lilo and N.l5.
Tar firm at $1-Z.
Crude tu%rpentine steady: hard $50: yell
low dip N.s0: virgin $50.
Timber 500 to $500 per 1000 feet.
Prices same day last year-Spirfts tur-
pentine at 24kc and 234c: rosin N.5 and
$40; tar $1.06; crude t~urpentine H-30.
$1-e5 and $1.65.
Receipts today casks spirits turpen-
tine. 2S barrels rosin. 81 barrels tar. As
barrels crude turpentine.
Receipts to same date last year-119
casks spirits t~urpentine. 49, barrels
pentine.