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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-06-18
OvEREOUCATEO.


Cultivated Greeks Compelled 60 Work ~
Uncongeniai Tasks-
1t is one Of the curious apparent con
tradictions Of the country and the peo-
pie that whereas q large percentage Of
the population can neither read nor
write, the bane Of the nation is over ed
ucation. says the London Journal in an
article upon the Greeks The university
and high schools act as magnets, attract
ing all the clever or ambitious youth Of
the country. large numbers Of whom
are duly stamped every year with the
academic seal and turned adrift with
larger demands on society than their
fathers ever had and less means Of sat
isfying them. Hence considerable
country who can speak several Ian
guages and have acquired large stores
of general or technical knowledge are
forced to earn their bread by means of
uncongenial work. These individuals
are dissatisfied with the established or
der Of things, which makes no special
provision for them. and they gladly
lend their aid TO social reformers OF
political agitators Il all parties and
professions.
Not that there are any political par
ties in Greece in the sense in which
these exist in most constitutional coun-
tries Men. not measures, 10 the uni
versal cry; individual interest IL the
line Of cleavage. The crowd follows one
of the two men whose heads are above
those Of their fellows The successful
leader then provides places for the few
who are chosen as well as called. and
high sounding rhetoric for the many
People change sides from time to tims
according to the outlook, and nobody
accuses them Of being renegades. In M
case is there any principle at stake. Thu
members Of the little parliament ut Ath
ems receive but couple of thousant
drachmas year troughly speaking, ESQ
from the state. but in some cases thi
constitutes the sole support Of the legis
lator's family.
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PHOTOGRAPHIC A SHOT.

wonderful Experiments In Determining
the Time os Flash Ut Eiectricity.
Recent "A achievements in the moving
photography that has produced tho AMI
matograph. biograph. cinematograph
aud other representations Of motion are
not more wonderful tha.. ne lately per-
fected photography Of the flying bullet
Professor q. Vernon Boys. y. X. s.. has
worked ON this seemingly unsolvable
problem with great success, as have also
two Italian artillery officers.
In the course Of lecture on the sub
ject, Mr.. Boys demonstrated that the
Ordinary notion that an electric spark Is
was quite erroneous and
stated that the light Of the two ends OF
the ordinary electric spark lasted lit
tie less than the one hundred thousandth
part Of second. II was. Of course. in
Simultaneous to our senses but to tests
which could measure accurately to the
one hundred millionth part of second
the electric spark was anything but in
Simultaneous. This spark was no good
for taking the photograph Of flying
bullet, as the lecturer showed by exhib-
iting one Of his attempts. which made
quite blurred picture.
Mr. Boys then proceeded to explain
the steps which he took in order TO re.
duce the length Of time Of the electric
spark. To this end IL was essential that
the terminals should be made of copper.
platinum or some metal which did not
produce readily an ignitible vapor. and
the electric current must not be driven
through wires at all. He used Q very
thick, broad band Of copper. not more
than two inches long. which reached
around the edge Of the plate, so that the
electric current had not more than
three or four inches to go altogether.
He explained by diagrams how he had
effected his object and shortened the
time Of the spark to about one-thirteen
millionth Of second. or about l0O
times quicker than the ordinary fash.
To give the audience some idea Of the
inifinitesimal fraction of time. he said
the time occupied by the spark as re-
duced by his apparatus was proportion
ately as much less than second as 9
second was less than five months. and
during that time bullet fired from q
magazine rife could not travel more
than one five hundredth part of an inch.
BY this simple continuance he was able
to get brighter and shorter spark and
all that was necessary to make good
and sharp picture. York World.
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The Evolusion Of the self Fesdsr-"HisA
Art and Low Feed"
The modern American self feeding
parlor stove. which also was originally
made cy cylindrical in form. is now almost
without exception made square. The
self feeder commended itself 1t once
upon its introduction and is soon came
into wide use. Its utility was every.
" here recognised. II was not then.
however. 20 perfect in detail a. it has
since been made. The mag azine was at
first made larger than was really neces-
sary. even for the purpose Of such .
stove In large size self feeder. stand
ing pretty high generally. the opening
into the magazine 1t the top, through
which the coal was poured. was so high
that il became quite q task to lift =
scuttle Of coal up to it. This was not so
much noticed ut the very outset, when
people were more impressed by other
features. but il speedily became q con.
alteration of importance. IL was said 1t
the time that in feeding some OF the
stoves . stepladder was needed. 1t Ger
tainly did require q considerable degree
Of exertion.
The ornamentation Of the stove at
that time consisted Of holdings and
bands. and perhaps Of wreaths in low
relief. cast upon tho upper part of the
ylinder. Hoped around the top. and the
stove was often surmounted with an
ornamental urn. All this made hand
some stove, AZ stoves went, but il was
felt that something better might be pro-
duced in the way Of style aud finish
and that it was practically essential that
something should be done to lower the
feed. These two requisites 70 the high
est development and greater success Of
the self feeding parlor stove were form
ulated in the phase high ART and low
feed" once familiar in the trade. The
demands were promptly met
To bring the feed lower. the whole
stove was lowered whereverit could b.
done. . tribe being taken here and
there. the CRATE was lowered . little.
and the magazine was reduced in size
where that could be done and still
ACovS - ~ oAu RAo eA<0 " AhSSs coSc
requriments. The effect Of these changes
was 70 bring the feed down 70 where il
il today. within convenient reach. and
the general lowering Of the structure Of
the stove was in keeping also with the
new outward shape that was adopted.
square instead Of round. the fire pot
however. remaining round.
At first in the ornamentation Of
stoves Of the new design tiles were used
freely and some Of the parts Of the
stoves or their trimmings were nickel
plated. Tiles are still used TO consid
cradle extent Nickel plating il more
freely used than at FIRST, and bronze IL
now used also. While the stoves are in
outline and effect square il does not fol-
low that they are fiat sided. Some are
recessed. some have swell sides. They
are made in various notifications OF
shape and in q great variety of styles Of
finish a. to ornamentation in tiles and
nickel plating. and in great variety
Of ornamental patterns reproduced u
the castings themselves Many Of thess
stoves are tasteful a. we'll ~ elaborate.
High art and low feed" are combined
In them. New York Sun.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-06-18

A troublesome throat irritation or
cough. the result Of cold. is most an.
noying. but a. home remedy will re-
lieve and oftentimes cure il without the
aid Of other medicines The following
formula was given by physician many
years ago and has been found to be Of
great value: Take q quarter Of pound
of the best gum arabic and pour over il
half q pint of hot water. Cover and
leave il until the gum is dissolved. Then
add quarter Of n pound Of pure white
sugar and generous half gill Of strain
ed lemon juice. Place these ingredients
over the fire and let them simmer about
ten minutes. Then pour the mixture in
TO bottle and cork. When taking this
strip. little water may be added.
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In the midst Of the $500 Cocopah
volcanoes Of Arizona stands the lake Of
ink. into which run scores Of streams Of
clear. hot. mineral charged water. !,
il only . quarter Of . mile long BY half
~ much wide, but no bottom has ever
yet been found to its gloomy depths.
The black water rises 10 within three
OF four inches Of its level shores. and
the temperature at the edge 10 40 de-
grees r.. rising ct . depth Of $50 fee,
to 2ie degrees-l degrees above boiling
point To the touch the water feels
smooth and oily. and when It - IN re-
pose ashes and oily matter cover the
surface half an inch thick Although
the water " Jet black. it does moi
discolor the skin Of . bather. The col
oring matter seems to be held in sus
pension and will adhere to . Whit
cloth dipped in the lake. To the tasts
the water IL warm. salt and bitter.
To the batheS the sensation il mos
delightful. exhilsrating 70 such de
gree that bath Of Is minutes make
one feel ~ IL under the influence Of th'
very best brandy.
Millions Of bubbles. formed BY e.
Gaping gases. keep the surface ct al
times agitated. till IL rolls. boils ant
foams ~ IL ready 60 roll ever ito bank
and escape. Whenever the Deighborinl
volcanoes rage with anger. the lake fol
lows suit, and the sight OF its madden
ed waters will not soon be forgotten.
The cures wrought on the Indian
who battle there and ON tho few whit
men who have 70 far visited the spo
are almost inc edible. London An
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Notice is hereby given that the under
signed, Trustee of HARRISON township,
will att md to township business on eAca
Saturday of the year, at my office, anu
persons having township business y
trrnsact are required to present 1t TO MN
on Saturdays. :.
The township library will be kept 81
my home in Haysville.
Indiana School Books are for SAFE Y
Henry Ruehrschneck in Haysville, anu
Adam Harker in Kellerville, Indiana
JONI SEITz,
Aug. 30, 1857. Trustee
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eNNuI.

A wide. hare field meath binding skisA
Where no tree grows. no shadow lies.
Where no wind stirs. where no bee fies-
A roadway, even. blaas and white,
That swcrvcs not left. that swerves noe
right.
That stretches. ehanssl.ss, out II sight.
Footprints midway adown its dust
Two tagging. ieadrn feet that Just
Trail on and on because they must.
Grace DEMO Litchfeld in Cea.ury.
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Some Of these big magazine editors
are humorous ct timea In response to
this inquiry from an amateur. what
does poetry bring in New York; one
Of them replied:
I'VE have no regular prices. but II
you ship II in crates or carloads we Be.
lievs that you can realize ~ cents .
pound for IL. "-Atlants Constitution.
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II dropped around TO ZEE how our
safe stood the fire. !" said an agent 70 the
proprietor Of an establishment which
had been destroyed. as the two surveyed
the ruins.
We'll. replied the owner. II think
your safe is first class article to keep
unpaid bills in. "-Pittsburs Chronicle
Telegraph.
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Art Dealer--rhe perspective 10 very
fine. You'll observe how il removes OBJ
jects in the background to . wonderful
distance.
Connoisseur-n IL could only remove
the objects in the foreground to won
derful distance. don't you think the pic.
ture would come nearer to perfectioni
Boston Transcript.
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Madison Township Trustee
Notice.

Notice 10 given that hereafter the Trus
tee Of Madison township will be at the
store room of Mr.. John P. Norman. in
Ireland, on every Saturday, for the pur-
and all persons having business with the
township are expected to con6ne it t.
those days.
The township library is kept at Isaac
Alexander's in Ireland, where all may
obtain the books.
The Indiana School books will b.
found ct Norman & Gray'e store at al
times. JOHN +. Norman,
Aug. l6, '96-y Trustee Madison TIP
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Tommy-Isn't il funny. ma, how ig-
norant IL makes mai when he gets to
be patriot?
Ms-why. Tommy. what gave you
that ideai
Tommy-why. ma, didn't the lectur.
er say last night that the man who is .
patriot should know no north nor south
nor east nor west:-Richmond Dispatch
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It's q regular summer day picnic
to revel IN the bargains and de-
molishing prices offered by The
COURIER advertisers.
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Lowest rates To all Eastern aud we.,..-
points. Folders. rates, and general NJ.
nation Will be furnished upon applic-,''
to We. CLArcoNR, Ag't Ja.ns,o
r. ID STRATTAS. Trsv. Pass .gt Mt 49,.
Ill X. A. CAMPBELL, Genl Pass Aget
- Louis M
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INDIANAPOLIS. Indiana

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of the Indiana State Sentinel for
$1.75 for year for both papers, or
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Hall Township Business.

Notice is hereby given that the under.
signed, Trustee of Hall township, viii
attend to township business on each Sat
nrday of the year, at my office. and per.
sons having township business TO tran-
sact are required to present it TO him on
Saturdays.
The township library will also be found
at my office near Rosamond, and the eli.
liens are invited to call there for library
books.
The Indiana Series of School boo.:
may be had at my office, and at John ].
Meschede's, in Celestine
LEVI l.. JACOBS,
Trustee Hall township
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and the cement will not get inside OF
Il. where the repair strip lies.
When you have Puncture. get right
Of. Riding . tire DAT. when It has
sack o. aan In II. may damage II cor
eidefnbly.
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The indianapolis
Daily and Weekly
SENTINEL

Circulation has reached immense proper
lions oy its thorough service in receiving
all the latest news all over the State and
from its dispatches from foreign countries.
Every reader in Indiana should take "A state
paper. and that THE SENTINEL.
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The Weekly Edition Has II Pages
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-30

! fuse to come out. The cOESta-
| bic and Mr.. Harmon went into
the store and tried 10 take Turner
by force. Mr.. Price showed them
all on, Of the door, closed and
! fastened it, lie remaining inside.
The Two white msn and the negro
>cufiled on and several pistol
-shoIs were fired. Another negro,
Abr@m Green, &a;Ao wac there took
Il hand in the struggle, ,~SG1d-4SsAAeeh
Harmon and Posion had Turner
down, Green struck Mr. P0ston
on the head terrible blow with
a hpavy billet of wood, crushing
! the SIX al. Mi. Pos,on fell back
wards, Turner Jumped up with
his own and Pos.en pisto's. and
shot Mr.. Poslon squareiy i'll he
forehead. Green ran off. Turner
Tried TO run bui fell, he having
| been shot ihree times in:the sirug-
gle. Mr.. Harmon called to- Mr..
Price. who did come out. Several
men gathered around, and mem
bers OF Mr.. Pos,on's family were
summoned. Mr.. Poslon died III.
>tantl,: the negro Turner was
picked up and carried ,ca negro
house where he was attended by
physicians.
Magistrate Ard held an inquest
Thursday afternoon over the body
of Mr.. Pos,on. As The killing
occurred right in the road it could
not be decided whether the deed
was committed in tins or George
town county, so Magistrate Carter
of Georgetown, held ano,her.in
quest Friday. Mr. Poston was
shot in three places. and struck on
the head. Turner was badly hurt,
having been shot in three places.
A warrant was issued for Abram
Green, who struck Mr.. Poston,
and he was arrested. Threats of
lyuching were heard and he was
at once brought here and placed
IN Jail. A reporter for the Conn
Ity Record interviewed him Mon
day and he told the following
about the killing:
! he was at he store when Pos
ton, Harmon and Turner entered;
he did,uot hear Price tell Turner
that he could pot he made to GO;
lie did not hear the conversall III
between Turner aud Price after
Price called him back; when Price
pushed The three men who were
struggling oui, he was pushed out
too; he did not 'take a hand" in
the fight, but stood off and looke d
on; he saw Poslon shoe Turner
twice and saw Turner shoot Pcs
ton twice; h. did no, pick up the
piece of wood at all; he was sew
eral yards away from the strug-
Cling party all the time; wher
ioston fell, he only walked away
to his home and remained there
until short time before bis ar
rest; he did no, know what he wa:
arrested for u:lil he reached
kingstree.
1t will be seen that his tale
differs materially from that ofthe
others.
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KILLING upon KILLING! KILlIIlI,LI,!I|lN
BLOODY Work Done IN WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY DURING
THE PAST SEVEN DAYS.
Mr. PHILIP P0SI0l, HaLE N THE Discharge OF HIS DUTY, IS
SHOT down IND killed. .-0M OF HIS kSSANAHTS
killed IND ONE PLACED IN JAIL.
Aaron James Shoots and Kills Elliot snowden.
Both These Killing Said Have
Accdn-Jane N Jah-Sam Who Shot Mr.
Poston. Near the Jail in kngsee-The Deed
in he Dark by Unknown Parties
MOI Ciuet tothe
q James Shoots and Kills Elliot snowd

The past week has been one Of the
bloodiest in the history Of this coun-
ty. Killing has followed killing IN
rapid succession. One of the deeds
was committed right near the jail,
and in the dark.
The first killing was that Of Mr..
Philip Pos,on, the -pext-'saas-*Ahet
Suowden, colored, and the third was
Sam Turner, the, negro who shot Mr.
Poston, in the order ia ned. Before
the killing of Turner occurred, We
!. had the account of Mr. Postou's vio-
lent death into type, so We give it as
it was originally written:
One of the most unfortunate anc
deplofabie tragedies mat mas ever
occurred in this section took place
early la.l Thursday morning al
Mr.. w Z Prices store in the
JohnSonville section. Mr.. Philip
Poston Was killed and negro,
Sam Turner. was badly wounded.
The first news of the killing
ihs, reached kinsNree was very
meagre and the reports were con :
fiic;ing. II Was at first repor'ed
that Mr. PoSlop aud the negro
10th were killed->hot bv each
cli,er. Another report said that
The negro had killed Mr. Po>'on
and mob had lynched The negro.
Nothing definite could be learn
ed.
However, we obtained the fol-
loving >accoun, of the trouble
from one who was present at the
inquest:
Sometime during The first OF
the week Sam Turner, negro,
had his buggy repaired at the
shop of Mr.. johnson, who lives
IN the neighborhood. When Tur-
ner went for his buggy he had
some trouble with Mr.. johnson
about it, and MIR. Johnson sw"re
out a warrant before Magistrate L
L Ard charging Turner with
bre ch of the peace. Mr. Ard
placed the warrant in the hands
of Mr.. Philip Poston, his regular
constable, to be served. Mr.. Pos
ton together with Mr.. Roswell
: Harmon went to Turner'S house
Z to serve the warrant. The negro
went along with the constable and
MIR. Harmon Till they arrived at
the store of Mr.. w p Price, on the
"county line" road; that is. the
road which divides The counties
of Williamsburg and Georgetown
Here the men entered the store
and Turner asked Mr.. Price to
read the arrest warrant. which he
did. MIR. Price then talked tC
Turner little, telling him that
he could not be forced 10 60 upon
that warrant. Mr.. Poston insisted
upon Turner's accompanying him
: and they went out together. Mr.
Price called Tuiuer back and the
negro again entered the store
The conversation which ther
took place between Mr.. Price anc
Turner is not known. Mr.. Pos
:. ton called his prisoner, who re
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N NOR LOCAL MATTERS.
AFFAIRS CAUGHT BY OUR LOCAL
REPORTER AND NOTED.
Written in Condensed Form and Printed
in Like Manner for the Sake
of our Weary Readers.

|
of our Weary Readers.
Mr.. r j Brown spent Christmas
with relatives in Darlington.
Several of our young men eel.
ebrated Christmas by going hunt
ing.
Miss Alberta Team. Of Camden.
spent Christmas with Miss Louise
Gilland.
Tuesday morning we were presel t.
ed with the heaviest frost of the sea-
son, and the weather since that has
been very cold.
Mr.. Edwin Hlrsch left Tuesday
for Columbia TO enter the South
Carolina college. MIR. Hirsch
will take course in law.
If The crowds in town during
The past few days have been any
| indication of the amount OF bust
ness done, our merchants have
no cause TO complain.
At the recent meeting OF the
Grand Lodge OF Masons in Charles
ton, Mr.. L,ui, Jacobs VS. elected
District Deputy Grand Master of
the 10Th State district, which con :
prises all of the lodges in Will
lidmsbnrg and Georgetown coun-
ties and the Lodge at ST Stephens.
A very important meeting Of
the local camp of the Woodmen
of The World will be held next
Monday right. Officers for the
ensuing wear are To be elected
and other busines. of importance
| is 10 be transacted. A tull atten-
dance Of theNmembers is desired.
a
Christmas day passd off very.
quietly in Kingstree, evesykhing
was pleasant except the weather,
which was very disagreeable. The
weather was cold, andthe rain tell
nearly all day. The streets were
practically deserted, only a few
| people standing around in little
groups. An occasional shout
went up from some crowd, tu'
otherwise the day was more quiet
than the one just preceding IL.
The hotels served extra fine din.
ner, and so did the housekeepers.
and in all everything went along
merrily.
Among those who spent Christ
mas with relatives in Kingsiree
we no.lced the following: Geo.
2 Logan. Esq, OF Columbia; W 5
Logan, of Charleston; Julian
Jacobs, of Sumter; Clarence and
Louis Jacobs. Jr., of Charleston;
the following male college stu
dents: Heber Epps, L W Gilland
Claude Mar,in,C j and A D Epps,
W S Lynch and Ed Brockinton;
young lady students: Misses
Louise Gilland, Mary Brunson,
Alma Kelley and Ossie Ep?s;
teachers: Misses Florence Ben:
m in, Margaret Brunson, lvah and
Nettie Epps.
The negroes of KiDgstree viii
celebrate emancipation day next
Saturday. A parade, speeches, &c,
will be the features Of the day
Rev. II. NJ. Murphy is to be the
orator of the occasion, and Rev
!. E. Wilson, f.. II. Deas, S. }
jackson and other prominent neg
roes are expected 10 be present
James Tharpe is master OF cere'
monies, and he promises the very
hest OF order and that everything
will pass off smoothly. One fes
ture of the parade, as promised
by the program, is to be one hun
dred little girls all dressedin white
The addresses, music, &c, VII
take place in the court honse.