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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-19
CART G. W. SHE'LL
DIES VERY SUDDENLY,
HAD REPRESENTED HIS DISTRICT IN
CONGRESS FOR FOUR YEARS
Author OF Famous "ManifostO"--Thnt Set
Going tho Revolution of I800-Skctch OF
His Career In Peace and In War;
Especial to The State.)

Laurens, Dec. 12.-Capt. George
Washington Shell died suddenly at
o'clock this afternoon at his homo
thrco miles from this city Ho was
hero while yesterday on his way
home from Groenvllle, whore he
had been on business pertaining to
his Office, district census supervisor,
and while there had an attack of
something like cramps, but soon re-
covered sufficiently to travel and i'm
modiately came home. A second at
tack today, which probably affected
the heart, proved too much for his
then weakened condition to with
stand and ho expired almost sud
denly.
Capt. Shell retired from public
life in 1895 and has since devoted
his time to farming on modern and
extensive scale. His appointment az
district consus supervisor was con-
tirmed only q few days ago and he
WAS in the dischar @ of his new Office
when the summons came.
Capt. Shell was 70 years old, a
man Of pleasing address and marked
ability.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
afternoon at 3 o'clock from Chestnut
Ridge Baptist church, of which he
was a lifelong member.
Everybody here was shocked and
panied at tho suddenness of his de-
mise and general sorrow is felt.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-19

Every day affords New Proofs of
the peculiar effects of Pain. Killer.
In cases where n disordored condi-
tion Of the stomach, liver and bowels
is combined with great debility, nor
vous weakness, and intense melan-
choly, its effects arc most beneficial
and wonderful. 1t should be kept
by every family. Avoid substitutes,
there is but one Pain. Killer, Perry
Davis. Price 25c. and 500.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-19
SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.

ohEA Sh vi ITO LIZ i'
George Washington Shell, the
author of the famous Shell manifesto
that marked tho inauguration of the
Tillman revolution, was born in Lau-
rens county November 13, 1881. He
obtained his early education in the
common schools and the Laurens
academy, attending the latter one
year. At lG years Of age he came to
Columbia, and for two years was a
clerk to Andrew Crawford. He re-
turned to Laurens and farmed for
year, losing his wife at the end of
that year-1855. The next two
years he engaged in mercantile bust
siness in the town Of Laurens. Then
he became superintendent Of the
.Laurens railroad and held it for a
year and half, resigning and going
to New York. He took a position as
n collector and remained for about
six months, returning to his home
just prior to the breaking out of the
war.
He was among the first to enter
tho Confederate army, enlisting
as a private in Go. A of tho Third
South Carolina. Tho first year of
his SERVICE he was private secretary
to Gen. Bonham, who commanded
the brigade. Then he became sec
ond lieutenant of his company. The
day after his promotion he was
made quartermaster Of his regiment,
then commanded by Col. Nance. He
was in this position for year and
then became division quartermaster,
serving about tho same length OF
time. Then he was assigned to duty
with the chief quartermaster of the
Army of Northern Virginia, at Gen.
r. E. Lees headquarters. serving
there from September, 1864, until
The surrender. He was entitled to
the rank of major, but never re-
ceived chat rank
After the war Capt. She'll returned
to Laurens and went On tho farm
which has always been his homo. In
1882 he was elected Clerk Of the
Court of his county, holding the office
for eight years. Then camo along
the political revolution of 1890 in
South Carolina. Capt. She'll was
b. r. Till 's chief lieutenant ir
the fight, and he it was who pennec
the famous "Shell Manifesto" o.
1880, document that will ever re
main prominent IN tho political his
tory of the State. Prior to issuing
this document Capt. Shell had beer
"a member of the State Democratic
Executive Committee-l886-87. II
1898 he was chosen president OF tn
Farmers Association of South Caro-
lima, and a little later fred the open
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-19
NEGROES FIND &I,GuO

iild Away Under steps at Shaudon p,yII.
i"n-an ENprrE" C"npnny'r Detective
Thought IL Nigh, iinrc Sono
Conn; Ciion with tho
$4,000 Robbery.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-19

.nllllH""si"S s.p""I Vnm oNri or oI,lnu,po '6Iuo
p" ""il"li'iI ITO" o' SIT IoAil os> SILL spooIJ
The times., 1899-08-30

fore it is killed, that the feathers may be
more brilliant in their lustre-and this
/ thing is done-no good purpose is served
4 from any point of view. There is nothing
! beautiful about stiffened and unnaturally
poised bIackbird sewed in the midst of a
! tangIe Of ribbon and velvet
The plea Of the vfvisectors is that they
perpetrate their cruelties in the name of
science. They claim that here and there
a life may be saved through the knowledge
gained in these experiments But the pre-
ponderance of evidence goes to show that
1t is otherwise. Moreover, the thirst for
experiment once aroused, the scientist is
not always satisfied with animals. He
tries his theories on human beings, with
steady nerves and untroubled mind
through steeling his nervous system to
endure the sight of brute agony, which he
has deliberately inflicted that he may gain
more knowledge, he loses the one great
attribute without which no man should
attempt the work of healing-the at
tribute of sympathy. Can the man who
mas experimental on helpless rabbit for
months, without pang of pity, have the
Flght sort OF sympathy for the woman
whose nerves are all unstrung by some Sc
we're strain, or the child whose organism
Is as delicate and responsive as a sensitive
plant? The one giimmer of truth which
gives the Christian Scientist his hold on
mankind is that the patient must have con-
fdenee in his physician if good resuTts aro
10 oe reached The mind does, to great
extent control the body; at least. if the
iainu Is not calm and serene, the physi-
cidh medicines are likely to fail of eff
iecl' II is OF the utmost Importance, then,
mat the man who seeks to restore others
~ hedith should himself have normal
anu heaithy and broad-minded human
sympathy Inc loss of this, in any con-
Siueiaoie number OF our physicians, would
more than counterbalance any gain which
might be had from mere material experi-
melt
The times., 1899-08-30
yfyisecfion.

In recent number of the Atlantic
Monthly" there was an nti-vivsection
story by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, into
which that author put some of her best
work. 1t was a wonderfully vivid and pa
thetie little sketch, and the only trouble
with it was that there was an important
| link missing from an artistic point of view
The writer told of the stealing of tiny
Yorkshire terrier, the pet Of an invalid
child, and Of the discovery OF the terrier
months afterwards, on an operating table
before class in yiyisection. The flaw in
the argument was, of course that no dog
stealers who wanted an animal to sell for
that purpose, would have picked out one SO
valuable and easily recognized.
For all that. it is a good thing that this
story was written. because it may impress
some careless people with the evil of yiyi-
section as a system. Whether Yorkshire
terriers are sacrificed in the process or
not, there is no question that animals are
subjected to horrible tortures in the name
OF science. and the commonest kind of vel
low cur can suffer quite as keenly under
the knife as the petted darling Of a luxurl-
Gus nome.
The objection to this cruel system is not
wholly sentimental, though that is what the
advocates Of vivisection generally plead. If
may be laid down as a general rule in eth
les that injustice never hurts the objects of
il as much as it does the perpetrators. The
world has been slow in realizing that il is
far better to suffer than TO do wrong, but
il is fact, as i3coatestabIe as the Rule of
Three. that oppression always recoiis on the
oppressor. This rule applies to mans reIa-
tions with animals as well as to his connec
ton with his fellow-nen. There is no need
in civilization which cannot be satisfied
without cruelty. The things which we OBJ
tain through cruelty TO the lower animals
are not necessities. but luxuries, and bar
barrie luxuries at that. When the bird is
shot for its plumage. leaving the young to
starYe; when humming-bIrd is Skinned be-
The times., 1899-08-30
Is This n True Picture.
From the SaIt Iake Trib,,na

NFtOiu tfc cdib Lake Tribune
In the old Northwest there are large Ger
man settlements where they speak the ma
tive tongue only. where they read nothing
but German literature. and to whom Carl
Sehurz and two or three other German
Americans are little deities They are rot
Americans, in fact. They all vote cne
ticket. They all vote as some speciaI bia
man born in their country dictates. They
get all their impressions from that class
of German newspapers that follow the lead
OF Carl schurz, and they do not represent
the average German-AmeFican in any re-
spect. They have not yet taken ON any
conception of the spirit of free INSTITUTIONS
iney only know that whereas they came
mere poor and obtained large tracts of
glorious land eheaply, they are naakfug
more money than they ever dreamed of
making through all their childhood. and
they want TO be let alone HftIe cftv
ordinance to compel them to go slow on
their beer-drinking picnies on SUNDAY is
sufficient to make them all vote in A
body against the party to which the men
belong which passed the ordinance Their
sons and daughters will eventually grow
up to be good Americans. but they are
simply Germans and il is a mistake to
call them German-Amerieans It would
take as long to make real Americans out
of them as they are situated as it would
to make them outgrow taste for vienna
vursts. sauerkraut, and lager beer.
The times., 1899-08-30

ject, all that the South African Republic
will grant is a ive-year retroactive fran
chise to the Outianders, and a small mi
nority representation in the volksraad.
But these propositions are made contingent
upon the willingness of Great Britain to
submit all other outstanding differences to
international arbitration, and the surrender
of British suzerainty.
The issue, then, would appear to be
clearly and finally Joined. For England
there can be no retreat that we can see.
The Beers, refusing to conform to the re-
sponsibilities and methods of civilization,
must fight, and, no matter how brave or
able their resistance to the Empire may
be. ultimately they must be crushed and
lose independence as the price of their
fanaticai pigheadedness
The times., 1899-08-30
Dom Paups Game of Bluff.
From the Baltimore sun


War is not yet decided upon by the politicians
in London and Pretoria At present the game i
still big bluff. Again and again Dom Paul has
won at this game, of which he is a consummate
master. His defying the most powerful Empire
on the globe is magnificent bluff He knows
that large bodies move slowly and at great ex
pense, and experience has shown him that the
lazy British lion will yield good deal rather
than take the trouble to fight. So he very natur
ally puts off to the last moment the concession
Of what viii give control OF the Transvaal to the
outlanders. Mr.. Chamberlain's last speech was TO
the effect that if President Kruger does not soon
eoncede all Sir Alfred Miner asked at the Bloem-
fontein conference England will cease to be con
tent with so little and will go in and give the
outlanders absolutely equal rights Mr. Rhodes
says Dom will climb down. in good time.
That remains to be seen.
The times., 1899-08-30
War Paint I'm the Trnns,o.,

The South African crisis has now 50
nearly reached head that il is unsafe IN
deal with il edftorially. save OF the basis
OF accomplished facts. At any minute the
firing signal may be given. although moth
ing Of sensational character might han
pen for days TO come. Public opinion in
London yesterday justified the view taken
OF the situation by The Times for several
weeks past, and that has been and is that
war is inevitable, barring the totally un-
expected, which. as our French friends saw
with more point than truth, always hap
pens"
Kruger's reply TO Chamberlain is con-
sidered In the light OF an ultimatum. and
could not well be regarded otherwise. The
Boer President says that his Government
has gone as far in the direction OF con-
cessions an IL can or will That ought to
end the matter. II our information as TO
the terms offered by the authorities az
Pretoria is reliable. There does not appear
any reason 20 doubt it's accuracy. Ac-
eoralnz la present knowledge on the SUBJ
The times., 1899-08-30

OF his duties to his client. and express their an
pseciaton OF his steRdfast courage in the viuiic.
tien OF the cause of justice, which is the onlv
saiegaara Tor the honor Of any profession wheth
burton Smith. of Georgia. smarting un-.
ger Mr.. Wheeier's action in raising a
point point OF order on one of his resolutions
objected to the consideration of This reso.
tuition as having no bearing on internationI
raw, and so the resolution was tabled.
waiter s. Logan, Chairman of the COM
nittee On commercial law, made report
favorable TO the present bankruptcy law.
his committee was authorized TO secure
expressions OF mercantile association on
tue law and hear suggestions of amend
lneht- The committee on trademarks made
d report In favor of a new law TO protect
trademarks. A copy OF the proposed bill
was submitted to the convention. which
went on record for its enactment
The times., 1899-08-30
Wheels within Wheels.

NIIuiIi tIt SdVahuah NeWs.J
What is called ugly case has been unearthed
In Alabama. 1t concerns the President some
what. 1t is alleged that nephew of the Presi.
dent, living in Alabama, used his influence Ia
hive Judge Shelby appointed United States Judge
for the Northern District Of Alabama, and then
the judge removed the clerk of the District Court
who had held the place and discharged its duties
faithfully for twenty years, and appointed the
nephew of the President TO the vacancy thus
created. 1t looks very much as if the nephew
Was working for office all the time though
it IS not improbable that he let it be understood
that his sole purpose in supporting Shelby for the
lud1asriD was TO serve the pubi:-,
The times., 1899-08-30
Possibly Not; But
(From the Brooklvn Eaple \

~
We cannot believe that there viii be war The
obstinaey OF the Beers viii hardly be prolonged
beyond the ascertainment of the irretlucihle min
imurn If the concessions which Great Britain will
allow. The threatening front OF Great Britain
can hardly signify more ihan determination Ia
c0nstrain the Beers to the utmost concessions
possible, while yer reconcifing the English them
selves 10 i reasonable abatement OF the claims OF
their Government We shall prefer 10 believe
that Mr. Chamberlain is playing 10 the galleries
of politics for his own ambitious purposes rather
sanction, or will long escape the dissent Of that
prudent, placable and sagacious Prime Minister
who has won 50 much by his fsreign policy, for
his country, without war, in every part OF the
planet
The times., 1899-08-30
The Bonaparte of santo pon,npo

The movement of the American svnd;
cate and General Jiminez 10 astah1is,
stable government in Santo Domingo
goes on apace. San Domingo City is in the
hands of the new element. and SO is Pnarto
RATA The latter does not count for much
put the former is of great importance
II contains the cathedral which holds the
only genuine bones of Columns of which
We have any record Those at Havana
"hlch the Spaniards stole and carried off
to Spain, were bogus. We did NOT want
them, anyway. But the reliable remains
are fit to talk about.
Ihey should be brought over here for
exhibition, and We suggest to the manaears
OF the Philadelphia, Buffalo, Rockville and
o1her county fairs that negotiations be
opened at once with that object in view.
MI smith NJ. Weed is public spirited CIT
Izen. and presumably not in any sense
mean in the matter of bones. He ouebt 70
lend them around. ItwouId inspire us afresh
WIN patriotism and the passion for life
on the ocean wave, and discoveries. Hoar
Atkinson, and other prehistoric citizene
"ouid De pleased to shake hands with a
contemporary. Also it would be edifyinp
TO the youth of the land to contemplate
the identical femurs that carried the in
spired Cristobal around the corner with
isaoeiia's watch, sunburst, and earrings.
TO obtain accommodation from his ,,ncIa
that We might enjoy the blessings of lih-
erty and be Hannamated with respect for
good politics, sound business methods.
and the wealth they produce.
The times., 1899-08-30
A Cuban Puzzle.

The editor of the first American newspaper
published in Cuba recently returned from IIa-
vana. TO a friend he told amusing story CT
his trials ut gathering ] competent staff OF news
paper writers about him. This is a specimen
OF Cuban reporting that he exhibited among
other choice examples:
a man killed dog belonging 20 another man.
The son of the man whose dog was killed proceed
ed to whip the man who killed the dog Of the
man he was the son Of. The man who WIS the
son OF the man whose dog was killed was arrested
on complaint OF the man whose dog the man who
was assaulted had killed"
The times., 1899-08-30
\ Hatful of Pearls.
IL CoIlier's WeekIr-l

Tie Wit Of Jenny Lind was as CHARMING IN
its way as her voice On the occasion OF her
second rehearsal at the PIris Opera Hoase. La
biache. the famous singer. Was eutrauceti VIA
her voice Hurryins up to her he said, enthusi-
asticaIly:
note IN your voice IS Pearl!''
Give me your hat replied Jenny Lind with
a playful smile
iabiaehe handed the hat 70 her Putting ia
TO her mouth. she gave one Of her matches
tFills and biTJiliSe snatehes 0f song
Here she said. smiling at the delighted
Lablaehe. AZ she returned his property '.is a
hatful Of pearls for You, monsieur
The times., 1899-08-30

The whole country will rejoice to learn
that, after all, young John A Logan has
not been forgotten in making appointments
to the new volunteer army We are in
formed that, entirely through inadver
tence, his name was omitted in the list of
majors given out by the War Department
he is one, all the same. This leads us 10
nope that young Blaine may also turn IN
with gold leaves on his shoulders. Our
dispatches from Honolulu describe things
as getting deadly dull in that colonial cap
Ilai ferhaps If young Blaine and young
Logan could be sent there-the one with
MS social accomplishments and the other
with his dog kenneI-matters might be
hveiier. We do not refer to young Alger
IN this connection, but it must be conceded
that he would be highly useful as well as
ornamental in inspecting the defences of
the Kalamazoo
The times., 1899-08-30

Administration worry over the Carter
scandal is well illustrated in the efforts
Oh a local organ to find some sort of ex-
cuse Tor the Presidents delay in reach
ing decision. 1t alleges that all the time
which has elapsed since the papers were
hied. in July, 1898, has been consumed in
getting evidence against the captains part
ners and confederates on the outside. AS
the same time has been constantly reliey-
ing them from the fear of prosecution,
because the statute of limitations has been
daily operating in their favor in the matter
OF one big crime after another, the ex-
planation, although ingenious, cannot be
considered as in the category of washable
goods.
The times., 1899-08-30
sheIt~red Exi.teneeu.
(From golfers weekly.)

Lovers Of Dickens will remember that Nj.
Havisham in Great Expectations was born
lived, and died in the same house. Nor was
the great noyelist's character avertlrsVrn- for
the fetional old Lady had her prototype IN real
life. This individual Jane Vaughan, was born in
l720 and died in lSlG, one oi the events Of her
rtmarSable career consisting in the cutting 81 two
new teeth at the mature age Of eightv-seven
For seventy years she lived in the CLOSEST retire
ment at CieTkenNetl- Daring the thre. score
years and ten spent practically indoors. She in
variably sat in enc particular chair. Had drank
her tea from the same cup.
The times., 1899-08-30
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION.
Expansion and the Peace Conference
Receive Attention.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Aug. 29.-Of the pa
Bar Association today, Senator William
Lindsey's and Sir William Ram Kennedy g
attracted most interest. Sir William Ken
nedy, who is a justice of the High Court
of Justice in England, and President OF
the International Law Association. which
will meet in Buffalo Thursday spoke on
State Punishment of Crime" Among
those who came here with Sir William
were Joseph Walton. O. c.. who is a leader
in the English commercial courts; e. Wal
ton and t. j. Carver, O. c.; DR.. A. c.. Hin
denburg, OF Denmark, who has the title of
Attorney General; l. T. Mexender. Secre-
tary; G. q. Phillimore, and DR.. Evan Dor
by, of the Peace Society of England; DR.,
Stoveguart, of Brussels; ]. Bell White Mr.
Morgan, and Sinclair Cox, CT the English
bar, and DR.. Emile Hocuait of Brussels.
The committee on International law made
a report on arbitration which concluded as
follows The treaty negotiated at The
Hague is not yet ratified. 1t is of the first
Importance that it should be ratified and
ratified by decisive vote. We urge, there
fore, upon every member of the association
to do all in his power to arouse public at
tention to this subject and to direct it in
favor of the ratification by the Senate of
the United States of the action of the del
egates of our country at The Hague, and we
recommend for adoption by the association
the following resolution:
Resolved, That the American Bar Association re-
news with emphasis the strong declarations made
by it in 1896 and 1897 in favor Of the adjustment
of controversies between nations by the medium
OF enlightened international arbitration, and ex-
presses its great satisfaction that the efforts which
have been made to establish so beneicient a
principle, have eliminated in the adoption at
The Hague of a wise and statesmanlike agree
ment for that purpose and its earnest hope that
the Senate of the United States will approve the
convention at The Hague, and that the Admin
istraton viii take such steps as may be proper
to carry il into effect All of which is respect
fully submitted.
EVERETT p. WHEELER
RICHARD NJ VENERABLE
MARTIN DEWEY FOLLETT
GEORGE X. PECK,
JAMES b. MOORE,
Committee international Law
Everett P. Wheeler. OF New York, then
offered the following:
Resolved, That the American Bar Association
assure its professional brother Maitre Labori.
of their sympathy for his suffering from an as
sault committed upon him while in the discharge
The times., 1899-08-30
Enormous DomestIc Trnhe.
From the New York Commercially

Our best grip upon the foreign market Is
possible only by means Of a hrmer one upon
our own. compared with which, in importance
our combined foreign outlet IS little more than
a shadow. We expressed the belief the other
DAY that last years trade Of SIZE. .S1 600 with
the East could easily be doubled in the next six
years. and to this We adhere But we are doing
nearly 100 cents worth OF domestic business
for each three and half mills worth of Oriental
business Our total foreign trade cannot exceed
over per cent OF our total foreign and domestic
trade together.
The times., 1899-08-30

The latest Partisan sensation is the story
that Louis Philippe, due dorleans and pre-
tender to the French throne, is locked up in
the besieged house in the Rue ChabroI with
Guerin. If this be true the lively but not
emlnentiy respectable scion of royalty is
booked for an uncomfortable time. If. as
is said, the government has proof of a.
monarchical plot, the dukes presence in
the anti-Senite headquarters at the pres
ent time will be apt to have serious conse-
quences for him. His liberty for many
years, if not his life may be in grave dan
ger.
The times., 1899-08-30
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