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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-03-08
R. r. TOLBERT.
Again In WashingtOn-RepOrt OF What
III g fs Saying at the Nations Capital.

III Ia Saying at the Nations capital.
r. R. Tolbert ia here looking after bis con.
test in the next Congress. He has Just return.
ed from q visit TO his home In Abbeyille and
home matters, according to the Post.
"Affairs have quieted down somewhat since
the excitement of election time," said Mr..
Tolbert, "but do not by any means consider
that all danger has passed. would not be
surprised at any time am within the borders
of the State to find myself surrounded oy a
dozen Winchesters. Those people never come
at man sSs @ Soeo resSe eafE
there. have just spent two month within
my Congressional district preparing evidence
for my contest against Representative Lati-
Shortly after went to my home near Able.
Vile Court House there was meeting OF the
citizens held. and resolutions passed calling
upon me. to leave the state. A committee
waited upon me and presented them, but
paid no attention to- the resolutions.
II continued TO remain there for two weeks
afterward, 10 fact until I bad concluded my
business. Then I canvassed my district, al.
though did not visit Phoenix, where most Of
the rIoting occurred. I have several days yet
In which to complete my testimony In the
contested case, but have secured already
push the matter before the House committee.
None of our family has yet returned TO Phoe-
nix or Mccormick, but all will do so shortly
and face all the opposition and Wincesters
WQlCQ may ue oEOusut oeloIt tuein. L uoy
Will not attempt to cause trouble. but seek to
avert 1t. My father. brother. wife and chill
dren are now In Charleston. But they have
plantation near Phoenix and will return In
the spring to cultivate 1t. My brother who
was shot four times, Is an invalid for life, but
he proposes to live out the rest Of his life
In South Carolina. ! would not be surprised
to zee these disturbances taking place, from
time to time, until Congress, as I believe 1t
will do. cuts down the representation Of
South Carolina TO Its actual voting population.
Then she will have three instead Of seven
Congressman that will open the eyes OF the
people. However, 80 far as am concerned,
would prefer to have the present representa-.
ton continue with suffrage for all. / shall
return to South Carolina after the present
session OF Congress closes.'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-03-08
TRoY'S THOUGHTS.
Guan0 and March Winds s. CO1ored
People Wanting Back - Sensible
Suseestion as to Phoenix - Death
in q Well.

suse estion as to Phoenix = DEATH
In a Well.
Troy, 8. c., March S, 1899
All are glad to enjoy the Spring.like
Prof j. M. Crlddy, from Iva, s. c. came
down and spent few days last week.
Messrs ] E: and W. 8. Taggart from Flal
Mr.. Robert Hunter, one of the best young
farmers OF Hunters, 8. c., has almost every
day. brought wagons loaded with cotton. Nc
hard times, 1t seems; our gins are busy as IN
the fall.
Judge Cook and DR.. G. L. Kennedy carried
MIR. on YER Wideman to the State Hospital fol
the Insane last week. He Is a son OF Mr.
Dr.. J. Nj. Kennedy ia up from Augusta, on
the sick list. Hard work makes him look
Rev. T. w. Sloan has returned from visit
TO Newberfy. he says the little "preachel
boy" is the finest In the land.
Birth-On the 18th OF February, to Mrs. Il
d; P'rssssly Pre- dMaushter. c,sss.su or. amer
continued sickness.
Another hot supper row. in which John
McCaslan, colored, was badly cut. The doc
The colored citizens who went 70 Texas and
Mississippi are writing back for help, and
say when they do get back they won't think
that far-away cattle have such long horns.
lTlbQ pOthLO66 were never bCATC6E "Oct vi
them froze during the cold snap.
We are glad to see Mr.. g. G. Bradley out AZ
ter being sick for several days.
| The Phoenix riot seems to have full sway IN
our daily and weekly journals. 1t strikes us
ss adding fuel to the already raging tempest,
and every article seems filled with volcanic
like eruptions. We think q still tongue
makes q wise head In this instance, and we
enjoy reading more pleasant news.
Guano and the March winds are taking the
day here. The farmers are busy hauling ev'
cry day.
Miss Irene Fuller. pretty young lady from
Longmires, has returned from visit to her
sister, Mrs. J. N Robinson.
Mrs. o. Young, one OF our good citizens.
had a stroke Of paralysis last week, but Is bet
ter now.
Our farmers have decided that grain sowing
is thing OF the pS::.
The wind was terrific here Saturday night,
causing many to lose their courage, and sleep,
too.
Mr.. Willis Smith, OF Verdery, died last Sun.
day at an advanced age. He had been an IN.
valid for years.
Mr. Bob Warren, who lived near Martini
Mil. jumped in q we'll yesterday ana killed
himself. His mind had been wrong for some
months. mick"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-03-08
OUTLAWRY IN COLUMBIA.
Yorkyille Yeoman.

The killing of Mrs. Stuart, in Columbia, by
q dispensary constable has been the signal Tor
9. new outburst Of criticism on the part OIL
those who have been opposed to the dispen.
sary law. This, in our Judgment, is wrong.
! The impartial person can find where both the
| Stuarts and the constables acted wrongly.
Bile, had no right to go on searching errand
| under the influence of whiskey. No such
man had any business with q constable's
commission. No one save sober and relia-
BILE man, man Of discretion, should ever be
appointed to such a responsible position,
position that requires tact, courage. self-re-
spect and respect for the feelings OF others
those for instance who might happen to come
were charged with the enforcement ofthe law
We can see nothing to justify Stuart In re.
sisting an officer OF the law who was properly
armed with q warrant, II that officer was
| and there is some reason to believe that the
officer was TO some extent at least 30, as when
Mrs. Stuart refused to allow the search, he
and his companions agreed to walt until the
hus hand could be sent for.
Then when Stuart himself, arrived trouble
commenced In earnest. He refused to allow
Like begets like. Crawford also cursed and
said some uncomplimentary things. Then
the constables started 70 leave and Stuart fr-
ed into them. That Mrs. Stuart was killed,
was an accident. The dispensary constables
were not shooting at her, or fighting her.
IfStuart was not hiding Illicit liquor in bis
house, or selling 1t from bis premises, why did
he resist search? An innocent and selfre.
specting man would have felt sorely grieved
that his neighbors, or anyone else, would
think that he was engaged In a nefarious and
dirty infracton OF the laws Of his State, that he
was sneak and stealing privileges that had
been denied him by the State. All the harm
and grief to him would come from the fact
that the suspicion had arisen. And II limo.
cent, would he not court the fullest and freest
In nvestigation, once the matter had been hint
ed ? We think so. Innocence does OF hide
behind such fimsy refugees as "A mans home
is his CASTLE" Phrases like that are too often
used for high toned boogers who are evading
the law, to defeat, hinder and cheat the law,
and plead as defense Of fviolence. The laws
ought 10 be respected and en- forced, castle
or no castle.
At this distance, 1t looks as II Stuart had con.
traband liquorin his house, was selling It, and
knew that search would result in detection
and arrest. He resisted the law and has sui.
fsred awful consequences.
The second homicide, the killing OF Cart
ledge by Meetze. looks like cold blooded
affair. Cartledge was young applicant for
appointment as constable, MeetZe son Of the
ex'keeper Of an o. p. shop In Columbia.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-03-08
CLERK BULLOCK'S CASE.
Was Charged with Forging Judge
Buchanan's Name - Judge Benet
Quashed the Indictment, but the
Supreme Court Reverses Him and
Remands the Case for Trial.

Remands the Case for Trial.
Columbia Record.
The troubles of Mr.. w. R. Bullock, Clerk o.
Court OF Abbeville County, are not at an end
He was Indicted on the charge OF forging
Judge Buchanan's name to Jurors and wit
Judge Benet, who quashed the indictment on
the ground that the certificates alleged To
have been forged we're not properly made Out
to have been paid by the county treasurer.
has just rendered decision which reverses
the Circuit Judge and remands the case to
the Circuit Court.
The state in Its appeal held that the Circuit
dictment was faulty because II did not appear
that the witness pay certificates were sup.
ported by the affidavits of witnesses to whom
the certificates were issued. The Court holds
that this was an error.
1t also alleges error because the Judge held
that witness pay certificates were not ap.
proved by the Supervisor. The Court holds
that Jurors, constables aud witnesses may re-
their taxes due the county. II they desire
cash the claims must be certified to the Pre-
siding Judge with the Clerk Of Court certify.
ing to the same. The Supervisor does not,
therefore, have to approve them
The State further claimed that IL was error
for the Circuit Judge TO hold that 1t did not
appear to have been any real or simulated
endorsement or assignment OF the payee OF
IuO "itucbs CcTlIuCdlc beI OuG III Iuc luulCl-
ment and that the paper alleged TO have beel
forged was not q subject OF forgery.
In answer to this the Court defines what
forgery is and holds that the papers In ques-
tion would come within the meaning. There
Is no special form prescribed for pay certih-
Gates. Holding, therefore, that the alleged
papers came within the meaning of forgery
the Court remands the case for trial.
Mr.. Bullock is q young man and has twice
been elected Clerk, and It was during his sec.
ond term that the charges were made against
him which created a sensation throughout
the State.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-03-08
THE F. G. & p. SALE
Gives the Seaboard Short Route to
Florida.
Columbia Record.

Columbia Record.
The New York Mail and Express has the
following additional In reference to the sale
OF the F. G. & P:
The announcement Of the purchase OF the
Florida Central and Peninsula by the syndi-
cate that recently secured control OF the Sea-
board Air Line, which was exclusively an
nounced In the Mail and Express yesterday,
is verified by the statement OF John Skelton
Williams, Of Richmond, president OF the 3.
A. l.. Mr.. Williams was In the city yesterday
and negotiated for the sale OF the STOCK held
by W. Bayard Cutting and h. Fulton Gut.
ting. Mr.. Williams was very much satisfied
with the purchase. he says that the roads
now under control OF the syndicate will ofer
the shortest route TO Southern Florida.
Seventy miles of new road will have TO be
Quilt In Florida, and when this is finished
the system will commence active competl'
tion with the Plant line.
An important development IN the railway
world the past half hour has been the growth
OF the thorough train service between this
city and Eastern points and the extreme
South. This is rendered OF even greater Inn.
portance by yesterdays transaction. with
the new connection the Seaboard Air Line
will have Its own tracks from Washington
south to Tampa. Since the Norfolk and Wes.
tern has discontinued traffic relations with
the Baltimore and Ohio on through Sou thern
service, 1t is probable that the tracks OF this
road will be used by the Seaboard Air Line
for an entrance to this city. The Richmond
syndicate now controls 2,845 miles. The Pro-
duce Exchange trust Is interested In the pur'
chase.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-03-08

Bath tubs kept in stock at O. P. Hammond
One case outing Just received at Haddon.
II your child has cough stop 1t with q bot
tie OF Pitts carminative syrup at Harrison q
Games.
When yon need anything in the drug line
You can always find what you want at
Speeds.
for one or more mules, call at the Press and
Ba nner Office. .r..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-03-08
EXPANSION.
A Lady's RambIinKs at r. C. Bernau,
The Jeweler:

Mr.. Bernau, the Jeweler, believes In expan.
sion. However, 1t ia not the kind that troubles
politicians that he ia concerned In. It Is bus.
iness expansion. He wants more customers,
more watches. jewelry and clocks for repairs
and 1t will pay you to let him make an esti-
mate on your work.
Every one wanted to know how cold 1t was
those few cold days and pretty soon you will
want to know how hot 1t Ia getting. Why
not buy thermometer from r. g. Bernau,
the jeweler? He has a new line. Is cents
will buy one that registers correctly.
The roads are pretty bad now, but will soon
be in good shape and you will want q bicycle.
Crescents, chain or gear, and "Genvea" can
be bought cheaply this season. r. c. Bernau
will have q full line in a few days.
Miss Inquisitive.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-03-08

An exchange very truthfully says: "If a
doctor makes a mis- lake he buries IT.: II mer
chant makes q mistake he crawls out OF It,
but II An editor makes a mistake he puts 1t on
paper for the world to zee. and In every com
munity there are cranks who think they are
models OF wisdom because they occasionally
discover them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-03-08

Go to ]. r. Glenn, when you want fresh
groceries, tomatoes, corn, pick les, sardines,
sa mons. crackers, oat flakes chocolate, teas,
coffee. grIis, rice, hams. Something extra
nice in n. o Syrnps. potatoes, cabbage, dried
fruit &C.. to arrive this week.
JERSEY BULL FOR SALE-Three years old.
pply at this Office.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-03-08
NEWSPAPER MEN.
They are very Much Like Other PeO.
ME. Who Stick to Their Friends.

Newspaper publishers are very much like
other people who work for their bread In 9th
er ways. Ifyou do them a favor they general
ly return 1t; II you are kind to them they ap.
preciate 1t, and they are friendly 10 their
friends. They resemble their fellow. creatures
In another way. They do not expend money
what q fine fellow 80 and so Is, when he will
not spend q few cents to support the paper
In fact they are like the rest Of the human
family, they stick to those who stick to them
a fellow Kicks he kicks back twice II possible
once anyhow.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-03-08

]. R. Glenn will always give the best bar.
gains in corn. oats, bacon, lard, molRsses.
sugar and coffee. Don't forget TO visit Glenn's 9
store on Trinity street In front OF McCants
hotel,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-08-10
NOT TO RETURN NOW.
Gen. Fred Funston Writes a Kansas Friend
That His Duty at Present IL to Re-
main In the Army.

Leavenworth, Kan, Aug. A let
ter from Gen. Funston was received by
D. R. Anthony, Jr., of the Leaven-
worth Times, yesterday. 1t was written
just after the Kansas regiment left the
firing line for quarters in the city of
Manila and the general announces that
he will stay in the army until the war
in the Philippines is at an end. Mr..
Anthony is close friend Of Gen. Fun
ston and the letter, aside from matters
of a personal nature, says:
am human enough to be very much gratified
by the way my advancement has been received
by home friends care whole lot more for
the good wishes and good opinions Of the peo-
pie Of my home state than for those Of any
other section Of Uncle Sans now widely scat
tered dominions.
have just returned from seeing of TO Manila
the last Of the war-wOrn and battered Twen-
tieth Kansas, and feel lonesome with them
gone. Their place in my brigade Is taken by
the Ninth regulars, q fine regiment, 200 strong.
would like very much to go home with my
old regiment, but Of course feel delicacy about
asking to be mustered out before the war Is
over, and really think that under the circum-
stances 1t is my duty to remain here.
l believe strongly In the justice Of this war,
while regretting the circumstances that made
II inevitable.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-08-10
KANSAS LAB0RING MEN.


Topeka, Kan, Aug. S.-.State Labor
Commissioner johnson completed .
chapter on the condition Of organized
labor in Kansas which will appear in
his biennial report, soon to be pub
lished. He did not get report from
every labor organization in the state,
but from sufficient number to make a
representative showing. In the sum-
mary Of the chapter he says:
The condition Of organized labor in the state,
received from "A separate labor organizations
located In Y different counties, representing In
part seven railway systems and many mechani-
col trades and Callings, is certainly most en-
couraging.
With 3! organizations reporting, the average
daily wages received by the members is &.m
and with 50 reporting the actual wages received
per year ranges from 1895 to 81, 400, or an aver
age Of SS22 per member This shows TINT Or
ganized laboers get more money than unor-
ganized for In another table on common labor
1t is shown that their average yearly wages is
&o7
With Il reporting, 81 favor an eight-hour
work day, while seven do not. Seventy-one
grievances were handled during the year. OF
which g. were satisfactorily settled, four COM
promised and Ave failed OF settlement.
With 80 organizations reporting 80 are In
favor Of concerted political effort to advance
the cause Of labor. With Ss reporting 81 favor
restriction and six suppression Of foreign immi'
grafton
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-08-10
lsEAI..
First published in the Abilene Weekly Re-
aartor August n tpQO
ROAD NOTICE.

STATE OF KANSAS, ss.
Dickinson County, '''
Office Of County Clerk,
Abilene, Kansas, July 20, 1899.
Notice IL hereby given that on the nth day
of July, 1899, o petition signed by John r.
Westrup and eighteen other householders
was presented to the Board of County Com
mlssloners OF the county aforesaid, praying
for the location and opening of certain
road, described as followsi
Commencing at point four hundred and
twenty-seven ti2iD feet west OF the southeast
corner OF the west half OF the northwest
quarter OF section twenty-five l2s, township
thirteen 90 south, Of range two Cy, east Of
the sixth principal meridian. and running
thence north Of J. II. Westrup's southwest
corner seven hundred and sixty-two (161
feet; thence eight hundred and eighty $500
feet west to county road, between sections
twenty-one en- and twenty-five f22).
Wbereupon, said Board OF County Com
mssIoners appointed the following named
persons, viz; II. II Dingee, N. A. Holland
and G. NJ. Carver, as viewers with In
structions to meet In conjunction with the
county surveyor at place OF beginning In
Grant township d. o'clock a. r on Tues
day the 18th day Of August, A. D. 1899, and
proceed TO view said road and give all
parties hearing.
BY order OF the Board OF County Commits
sI0ners. II. Il. JACOBS,
BY JAS. McMTLEN, County Clerk.
Deputy.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-08-10

TIE HAGUE CONFERENCE.
Tho Ofncisl Messenger Publishes q Russian
Government Communication Reviewing
1t Length the Results Obtained.


St. Petersburg, Aug. A-The Otficia-
Messenger to-day publishes a govern
ment communique reviewing lengthily
the result Of The Hague peace confer
ence. After referring to the sympathet-
ic reception the powers accorded the
czar's ''msgnanimous appeal for peace"
it proceeds;
The results Of the conference have fully come
up to the expectations q the government. 1t
has been found necessary for the conference to
postpone definite settlement Of the complicat-
ed question OF the suspension Of ornaments un.
til fully elucidated BY the different governments.
Nevertheless, the tightening Of military burdens
Is now admitted by unanimous resolution to be
urgently desirable for all nations. On the other
hand the labors Of the conference will doubtless
exercise influence In regulating the customs OF
war and stopping cruelties The various states
have agreed to use all their resources In favor
Of the maintenance Of peace and the abolition
Of war. 1t is row an established fact that
mediation, which hitherto depended on the
good will OF the states interested, can hencef0r.
ward be offered by third power on Its own
initiative.
The communique concludes as fol-
lows:
Without impairing the sovereign rights Of
the individual states, the results afford fresh
basis for an international peace. The necessity
for a solution Of the cars proposals is i'd
mitted by all the powers and the march OF
events will indicate the means to be employed
In securing the welfare Of mankind and the full
attainment Of the objects in view.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-08-10
MAY CAUSE TROUBLE.
Union Men In Chicago Say They VIII Have
Nothing to Do With Laying Cornerstone
Of Chicag0's Federal Building.

Chicago, Aug. 4.-Complications have
arisen in connection with the laying
of the cornerstone of the new federal
building which may interfere with the
arrangements, if they do not upset
them entirely. The officers of the
Chicago Stonecutters' union say there
will BE no cornerstone laying unless
President Mckinley or some other
visiting official takes off his coat,
lifts the stone into position himself,
smears the mortar which is to set it,
trues It up and leaves it as it is to stand
as long as the building lasts. Union
men say the cornerstone of the federal
building will be the product OF nom
union labor, and that no union man
will put hand to it.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-08-10
CROP LOSSES ARE GREAT.
Hall and Wind Affect u Large Area In MIN
ncsotA, Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska
All Cereals Injured.

St. Paul, Mimi, Aug. S.--Reports re-
ceived here by wire from nearly all OF
the grain-growing states in the western
Mississippi valley indicate That inn
measurable and widespread damage to
crops has been done in the last "a
hours by hail and winds. The states
that have suffered the most are Mime
sofa, South Dakota. Iowa and Nebras-
ka. No accurate figures on the total
damage can be made, but 1t is conser-
vative enough to say that fully 100000
acres Of richly fruited crops have been
leveled by the storm. Not only one
cereal, but all of the various kinds that
are particularly easy prey to wind and
hail, met injury. Corn was crushed or
torn up altogether and unharvested
wheat was tlattened and cut down.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-08-10
TO SUCCEED R. P. BLAND.
Democrats Of the Eighth Missouri District
Meet at Fulton Seventy-O One Ballots
Taken without Result

Fulton, Mo-, Aug. 3.-The democratic
congressional convention for the
Eighth district of Missouri was called
TO order. Mr.. Samuels, OF Lebanon,
was announced as temporary chair.
man, and II. c. IIickok secretary of
the temporary organization. On bal
lots Shackleford is now in the lead,
but there is likelihood that the field
will combine against him. At O'Clock
last night the convention adjourned to
to-day. seventy-one ballots have been
taken, and, with the exception of a
gain Of one vote for Shackleford, the
last ballot was the same as the first
The vote now stands: Shackleford, 80;
Hockaday, II; McCulloch, ~; Hazel,
10; Haynes, 6; lIanney, Z, and Farris, 5.