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The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1899-01-14
PERSONAL.


was here on Thursday.
Hon. Chas. O. McChord, of Spring
field, was here Monday.
MMr. J. A. Barnes spent Sunday at
his home in OwingsvfIle.
u. s. Senator VIM. Lindsay left for
Washington City Sunday.
Hon. J. d. Mocquot, of Paducah
was in the city this week.
Hon. Geo. w. Long returned from
Leitchfield Saturday night.
Mrs. L. Frank johnson visited
friends in Midway this week.
Mr.. John E. Miles has gone to
Florida on account of his health.
Mr.. Ben b. Groom and wife have
returned from visit to Louisville.
Col. Thos. M. Porter and wife, of
Covington, spent Sunday in this city.
Miss Alma Miles is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Q. @. Wright, at Norfolk,
Va.
Miss Christine Nicol has returned
from visit to her sister in Lexing-
ton.
Miss Flora Foote, of Lexington, is
the guest of Miss Jennie Lee, in this
city.
Miss Mamie Roche, of Paris, visited
her aunt, Mrs. M. A. Collins, this
week.
Miss Mary Harrison returned Sat-
urday from visit to friends in Lex
ington.
Miss Esther Burnam has returned
from visit to Miss Kennedy, in Cow
ington.
Rev. Father E. J. Donnelly. of
Georgetown, was in the city on We'd
nesday.
Miss Nora Miller, of this office,
spent Sunday with her mother, in
Lexington.
Miss Winifred Paynter and Miss
Briggs have been visiting in Louis
vile for several days.
Mrs. w. H. Hoge and children,
have returned from a visit to her
parents at winchester.
Miss Lillian Lindsey, who has been
at home for the holidays, returned to
Gambler, Ohio, on Tuesday.
Mr.. Henry Crittenden, of Green
vile, Miss, visited his mother, Mrs.
John Allen Crittenden, this week.
Hon. Geo. H. Alexander and wife,
of Louisville, have been guests of
Judge w. Il. Holt and wife this week
Mrs. Jas. F. Meek and daughter,
Miss Alkaline, of st. Louis, Mo-, are
guests of Col. Sam y. Sayres and wife.
Messrs. John s. Smith, and J. j.
Williams, and Judge II. Clay How
ard, of Paris, were in the city Tues
day.
Mrs. Thos. B. Rodman and daughter
Julia, who have been visiting rela-
tives in Mt. Sterling, have returned
home.
Mrs. Chas. Clay and daughter have
taken rooms aJ the Capital Hotel
while her husband, Capt. Clay, is in
Manila.
Mrs. w. G. Goodwin and Miss
Fannie Dear have returned from a
visit to Mrs. Goodwin's mother, Mrs.
Quin, at Jets.
Mr.. A. Hartstein came in on Tues
day looking exceedingly we'll, and
says he Is feeling fifty per cent. better
than when he left US.
Col. Ben H. Bryant, the cleverest
railroad man on the road, was in
town on Monday and made us his
usual call. He Is looking as line as
silk.
Mrs. Jennie Campbell, of Louis
vile, who mas been visiting Mes. j
III. Williamson, corner of Fourth and
Logan streets, returned home Thurs
day morning.
Mr.. NJ. p. Gray and children, who
have been visiting relatives in this
city and county for several wseSs
left for their home in Chicago, Ills,
on Wednesday.
We regret to announce that Mrs
u. G. Chlles is lying very i'll at her
home on Third street, this city.
Owing to her great age her many
friends are very uneasy as to The
result.
D.. Buffers Dental Rooms
M lin street, opposite Opera House
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D.. Buffers Dental Rooms
M lin street, opposite Opera House
29-tf.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-08-30
STATE NEWS.

= Charleston is to have Il big mod
crn hotel.
= Several sections of the State were
visited by storm last week and much
damage WAS done
y rumor is ahoat that Il northern
syndicate has bought the Columbia
canal for 81 10000
State Alliance Lecturer j. Il.
Blake would like to succeed Mr.. Lat
inner in Congress.
Lewis u. Bowie, who once was
Clerk OF the Court at Abbcvillc, died
at his home near Due West. last week.
Miss Mary Dorsey. living near
Walhalla, celebrated her 9Sth birth
day on the Goth inst, having been
born August 10Th, 1901. She enjoys
good health.
Abbeville will build a roller mill.
Eight thousand dollars is necessary
for the plant. $1,000 have already
been subscribed. Another cotton fac
tory is talked Of.
= At Oak Grove, Hampton county,
people have found work that beats
cotton. 1t is gathering "dog tongue i,
deer tongue or pine barren musk
which brings from l.! to = cents a
pound.
Gov. McSwccncy has issued q
requisition upon the Governor of
Georgia for Ike Simpson, colorcd, who
has been arrested in that State and is
wanted in Pickens county to answer
a charge of the murder of his brother.
= About two weeks ago mad dog
made its appearance in the upper part
of Richland county, about ten miles
from the city. lie bit several dogs
and four or FIVE hogs, all Of which
have since gone mad. The hogs and
several dogs which showed signs of
hydrophobia have since been killed.
Frank Bennecke, of Walhalla, fell
from cliff of rocks forty feet high on
Black Rock mountain. His front
teeth were broken and otherwise
bruised up. His boy comrades came
to town for conveyance to bring him
in, but he recuperated and was met
pacing into town wiser boy.
During the storm on Thursday
negro woman on the plantation of
7. A. Clarke in Back swamp was kill
ed by lightning. GShe was sittingYin q
rocking chair in her house with baby
in her arms. OThe bolt struck the
house, and threw her from the chair
in which she was sitting, killing her
instantly. The child in her arms was
not hurt in the slightest, and was
picked up by neighbors playing on the
foor.-FVorence Times.
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GEN. BUTLER'S VIEWS.
Not Room for Two Races-Fayors
Deportation.
Grccn,c0Od Indcr.

Mr.. Wyatt Aiken, Of Abbeyillc, last
night sent the Index the following let
ter received by him from Gen. NJ. c..
Butler. Gen. Butler deals with mat
ter that is of great interest just ut this
time, and his letter is intensely inter
esting both on account of the boldncss
Of the position he takes and the cn,,s-
tic manner in which he refers to Sena-
tor Tillman 'and others" for their ut
teranccs OH the same subject. His let
ter is rs follows:
EDGEFIELD, S. c., Aug. 90.
Dear Wyatt: The newspapers accounts
of the state Of affairs in Greenwood
county which take to be in the main
correct, portray condition of affairs
truly deplorable. am no apologist
for lawlessness at the hands Of any
class OF people. and offer no excuse for
it in Greenwood or any other county,
but in order to check it we must find
the causes that produce lawlessness
and apply an effective remedy, Pub
lie meetings and denunciation will not
cure the disease. 'You may plaster
over sore on the human body and
conceal it for time, but if the disease
is IN the blood it will break out some
where else. A good doctor will strike
at the root Of the disease, and eradi-
cate it there, while he applies palia-
tiyes on the surface.
So it is with the race question in this
country. Poor white men, who have
to "earn their bread by the sweat of
their faces" cannot compete with cheap
negro labor, To attempt to do so i'm
destruction or expatriation. One race
OF the other must go to the weIi, and
without any. other feelings toward the
negro race than that of absolute kind.
ness and good will, shall be found on
the side OF my own race when thnt
issue Is presented, ;s ;cc IS npw, in INV
opinion: Two races cannot live to-,
geGher IN peace on terms of equal civil
and political rights, and the sooner we
realize that the better il will he for
both races. The gradual and perma-
Dent separation Of the races is the only
solution of the terrible problem. The
pltCernesS between them is growing
more intense every day and will con-
tlnue to increase in intensity as time
goes on, unless some practical remedy
is applied. Otherwise the day of pain
ful retributiOn is inevitable, and q train
OF calamlties are in store for us too
distressing to contemplate. The fate
OF the negro is pathetic, pitiable, as
things now are. The fate of the labor
ing WHITE 10 worse so, as he has to COM
pete with negro labor.
1t is very easy for Tillman and others
to denOunce the lawlessness of the
poor white man, s'the one gallus, wool
hat crowd; the poor farmer bOy.n Let
Mr.. Tillman and those who Join him as
the guardians of the negro and present
dennnciatOrs of the poor white man,
put themselves il his place, and walk
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ant system, which kills the land and
dcmOraliZcS the country

ant system, which kills the land and
dcmOralizcs the country.
1T behoOvcs young men to look the
situation squarcly in the face. Those
OF us who have passed the meridian of
life cannot in tho nature of things live
10 see the end. but rs for myself | shall
point ont the way as ii appears to me.
and contribute as best can to the So
luton of the race question on lines of
humanity and justice. In the discus
sion there is no room for passion or in
temperate language. The wild harln
CUES of men who openly advise the
murder of the Tolbcrts and keeping
the negro i'll Il state of quasi slavery,
and yet who always manage to get into
safe place when the ball opens, de-
serve tho contempt and cXecratiOn of
all right-mindcd men. That il not the
way to bring peace and order in the
country and give the law an ODDOrtu-
nifty to assert itself.
You will naturally ask why not cure
the evils of cheap negro labor by ad-.
yancing their wages and lift them up
from their present plane OF drgrada-
ton; The ready. answer is found i'll
the fact that their methods of work,
their habits of life. their lack of intel
ligence and adaptation and thrift in
modern production does not Justify it.
This has been tried within my knOwl-
edge, with disappointment and loss as
the result.
The same argument was used on the
Pacific .cOast during the agitation of
the Chinese labor question with the
same result.
You may look at the subject in every
one, of its possible phases, and come
back to the starting point. that the
negro, endowed rs he is with every
civil and political right that tie ia%-
cOnfers upon you and mysciT, cannot
and will not live i'll peace with the
white man, so loSg rs ne is in immedi-
ate. contact with him. 1t never has
and never can be done. until the Crea-
tor OF us all change the natures of us
all. Lynchings, white capping, mob
law, every form OF lawlessness. con-
stantly menaces society, obstructs pro-
gress, and keeps up a state of anxiety
while such contact exists.
Very truly,
NJ. G. BUTLER.
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VOLUME XXXV---NO. 10.

Ladson, sixteen-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. 0. r. Smawlcy, living
near Landrum, was killed by a shifting
freight train. lie was walking dow.
the side track evidently intending to
catch the passenger train as it was
backing on the side track. The wheel,
passed over his legs almost scverinc
them from his body.
Last week an attempted ass ault
was made near Barnwcll. 4 negro en-
gagged in laying rails for the Atlanti c
coast lane pursued young white cir |
to her door The negro was arrested,
gwen thlrty-four lashcs and told to
skip, which he did. Some hot hca ds
were in favor of lynching, but as he
did not accomplish his purpose t he
wiser counsel prevailed.
- AT the solicitation of friends and
relatives, supported by pumerously
signed petitions, the sentence Of A. Il.
Fowler, South Carolina's "armlcss for
ger, has been committed by Governor
McSweeney from the penitcntiary to
the Grccnville county chaingang. He
is serving three years. sentence, hav-
ing been sent to the pcnitentiary from
Grcenyillc in February, 1898.
- Last Saturday there were several
fatalities from lightning on the George
town Railroad. A log train was load
ing when thunder and hail storm
came up. lightning struck near the
train and it is supposed to have run
on the telegraph wires jumping off to
the train. Two negroes who were
holding on to the chains were instantly
killed, while 9 half dozen others were
knocked down.
- A strange incident occurred at the
Wesley Grove church, about seven
miles from Walterboro, Sunday after
noon. The colored congregation being
engaged in its regular Sunday worship,
one of the brethren, John Gadsden,
was called upon to 'lead in lrayer."
In response to the request he began to
pray, but before his supplication was
concluted lightning struck him and he
was lifted off the floor in an unconscious
condition and carried home by his
friends.
- Last Saturday night while Con-
stable Samuel Tobias, Of Clarendon
county, was trailing William Dickson.
a notorious horse thief and burglcr,
he suddenly met him in the road with
another escaped convict. Before he
could use his gun, the constable was
fatally dubbed, his skull being crush
ed. The criminals had just robbed
the Manning depot Of quantity of
goods. They took the constable's
weapons and are still at large.
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500 Reward. 500.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased to learn
ence has been ahie cure in all its stages aud that
is Catarrh. Halls Catnrrh Cure 10 the only POSI-
tive cure now known TO the medical fraternity.
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is
taken internally. acting directly upon the blood
atroying the foundation Of the disease and giving
The pa tent strength by building up the constitu-
ton and assisting nature In doing Its work The
proprietors have much faith in it's curative
powers, that they offer Ont Hundred nollnrs for
any case that 1t falls to Send for list of tea
umoniaiR
HalIa Family Pills ara the hast
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= 1t is said that L. w. Youmans,
of Barnwell county, will compete with
Senator Tillman in candidating for
senatorial honors. 1t is claimed for
him that he is quite popular with the
"wool-hat contingent, whatever that
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-08-30
Cheap Printing.

Law Briefs at go cents q Page-Good
Work, Good Paper. Prompt Delivery.
Minutes cheaper than at any other
house. Catalogues in the best style
IF you have printing to do, it will be to
your interest to write to the Press and
Banner, Abbeville, S. G. If.
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he didn't
|la We the
Lrlcky y Key :!

THE fellow who broke our plate glass
show window with brick last Wednes.
day night didn't have the lucky key, else
you people who now hold keys wouldn't
have chance to try them on September
2. 1899. The box is somewhat disagured,
but the money is all 0. K, and if you
want to win
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-25
MEN ARE STILL
WORKING THE HOTELS
r. r. PENNY OF AUSTRALIA THE
LATEST VICTIM.
Registered at the Palace on Thursday
and Soon Parted With Over
Five Hundred Dollars.

Clifton r. Penny, who registered at the
Palace on Thursday morning from the
Menzies Club, a wealthy social organiza-
ton of Menzies, the metropolis or the
gold fields of Western Australia, is the
latest victim of the confidence men who
around the hotels The gullible gentle
man parted with $40 after becoming &C
ouainted with some of the "sure thing
gentry, and that, too, almost before his
name had time to dry, on the register.
He has been in this country for several
cities of the East. He evidently did not
read the article in Sundays Call, which
told of four guests at the California who
ranging from sis to. $3.50 Therefore when
an affable individual accosted him In the
hotel corridor almost Immediately after
went on some pretext or another to a.
place on Suffer street and his money went
with him.
It is the same old story Of the poker
game, the invitation to the unsophisti-
Gated stranger to take hand which
proved his undoing. Penny appears to
after after losing $40 in coin which he had with
him he proceeded to lose $500 more. Not
having the ready cash he offered to draw
harpies protested, fearing that the
check would be served likewise. Then
Penny, after remarking that his word was
good for any amount in his country, de-
fiberately went with the steerer to the
Crocker-W oolworth Bank and drew $500
in cash, which he handed to his newly
made acquaintance.
The paying teller of the bank, who wit
messed the transaction, saw Penny later
in the day, and after a little investigation
was up against it good and hard He
was cheerful loser, however, and realiz-
pound foolish he naively said, well.
fits my own fault and serves me right -
He resolved to get out of a country which
his effects on board the Moana, which
sailed yesterday with Penny as one of her
passengers.
Detective Ross Whitaker has been put
on the case, but so far the bunko people
have not been apprehended.
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the service was tried on Sundays, when theirs
are crowds anxious to see the park. there can
be no doubt that 1t would be a profitable under
taking.
hack trade from the livery stables. Parties
who can afford to take carriage or hiTe
horse and buggy will do so anyway. But the 1
are thousands OF people going to the park VINO
cannot AFFORD to hire a carriage, and are not
able to walk over more than small poruqn
of 1t, who would welcome an opportunity TO De
driven through it as to pass the prlnSlpa PAL
attractions for the small sum OF 10 cents. 1nere
are large numbers of tourists and VISITORS VINO
have not the time nor money to spend IN mr.
ing a. carriage and taking half day TO explore
the park thoroughly but who would be glad 70
ride out on the street cars ana tnen De apie
TO take a public conveyance ana De urNeh
around over a route which would IN the snort
est time enable them to the principal fea-
lures at a small expense.
If the Park Commissioners do not care 10
provide their own conveyances they might make
ARRANGEMENTS with some one of the carriage
companies by which II would furnish ana main
tain at the park certain NUMBER Oh Teh aces
price per passenger, and In return Tor the
privilege turn over to the park a percentage OF
the receipts. believe that such service al
the park would be appreciated and commenced
by all citizens
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-25
WILL BUILD
A FAIR SHRINE
TO ORPHEUS
Claus Spreckels' Mu-
nifiCent Gift.
MUSIC STAND FOR THE PARK
BUILDING TO COST NOT LESS
THAN 100000.
A Marble Peristyle, Dedicated to Mu-
sic, to Be Erected Immediately
on a New Site by the
Capitalist.
MUSIC STAND FOR THE PARK
BUILDING TO COST NOT LESS
THAN 100000.

Through the generosity and public spirit
OF Claus Spreckels a magnificent music
stand, to cost at least sec, 900. is TO be i'm
mediately erected in Golden Gate Park.
This munificent gift to the public was
Unexpectedly made at a meeting of the
Park Commissioners yesterday.
; Mr.. Spreckels, through his son AdoIph,
the Park Commissioner, informed : the
board that he desired to build perna-
nent music stand of marble or granite,
the minimum cost of which would be $50 :
600. The donor also agreed to furnish
plans for the structure. On behalf of the
citizens of San Francisco the Park Com
missioners gladly accepted the splendid
offer.
Music lovers and those who have had
the artistic Improvement of the city and
park at heart are delighted beyond ex-
preston at the grand gift of Mr.. Spreck-
els. Several attempts have been made to
secure a beautiful music stand, but the
projectors were always unsuccessful. The
old location is inadequate for the immense
crowds which frequent the park, and the
shell in which the band now plays is
neither thing of beauty nor g conven-
cent site
The new music peristyle will be erected
where the Administration building OF the
Midw1nter Fair stood. The Park Com
Inissioners will prepare the ground and
supply the benches, and Mr.. Spreckels
ing. The plans are not drawn yet, but
architects will be employed Immediately
and within a few months the work of
construction will begin and the beautiful
monument to Orpheus will be quickly
completed.
Park Commissioner Frederick w. Zeile,
speaking of Mr.. Spreckels' gift, last even
Ing said:
TT is one Of the grandest acts ever per-
formed by public-spirited man. A hand
some enduring building. dedicated to mu-
sic is now assured the public. The pres
ent and coming generations will be bene-
nted and ,uplifted by the generosity OF
only too glad to leave the selection of a
design to the donor. as We are certain
that an exquisite bit of architecture Will
beautify the park.
THE site Is beautifully adapted to a
music building and is the most accessible
in the park When completed the great
crowds that go TO the park to listen to
the music will be easily accommodated l ted
will nave the most beautiful music build
ing in America, if not in the world.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-25
TRIED IT ON THE DOG,
BUT 1T DID NOT WORK
William Boyle Sought to Die by Morphine, but
When His Canine Friend Survived
Dose He Used Pistol.

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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-25
This Weeks Wasp.

Stories and sketches are featured IN the
WASH this week. The stories are found IN
Social Sidelights, where some capital tales
of the week are told. and in Round About,
where the Loiterer comments upon
couple of dinners given lately by couple
of local municipal officials
A fuIl-page cartoon, "a Tale of the
PhiIippines,'' pays tribute to "Agie." his
topknot and his fate when Uncle Samuel
gets started In the Wasp's, School OF
Journalism is told how-t make up yel-
lions flor where to get the stories Of the four
headed feathered calf and the W-foot
snake that throws brickbats at passers,
hv. The halftones are very beautiful ana
Touchstone offers humorous theatrical
comment.
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OLYMPIC FIELD DAY.
-Four, Athletic Events in Which the
Clubs Best Athletes Will Par
ticipate

On Sunday afternoon at the Olympic
Clubs outdoor grounds the track and
field athletes of the club will be given
a chance to break records and win some
handsome prizes. There will be four
events. all entries to be participants IN
al contests The programme consists OF
a hundred-yard dash, quarter-mlle rum
petition. First place will count points.
second 8 and third 2. The three eompeti-
tors who average the highest will be CIV
en- the nrizes. Those who will contest are
W. Bush, G. Bush, Burgess, Abel, Klar-
man, R. Bowman, R. Hancock; NJ; ESpi I
nosa. E. Conley, II. Herbert, q: al9Kel'
II Ransome. Considerable interest is
shown by the club members in this dimln-
utive field day and the attendance prom
ises to be large