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The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1899-01-18
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Bears the A, The Kind You Have Always Bought
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When you cannot sleep for coughing I
take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. 1t
always gives promp: relief. 1t is most J
excellent for colds, too, as it aids ex-
pectoration, relieves the lungs ard pre- =
vents any tendency toward pneumOni d.
For sale by IL. b. Merrihew, drnggi st.
Mr.. Elisha Berry, OF this place. says
he never had anything do him so luch
good and give such quick rshet from
rheumatism as ChaInberlain's Pain
Balm. lie was bothered greatly with
shooting pains from lip to kRe until
he used this liniment. which affords
prompt relief B. F. BkKER, q ruggist,
ST Paris, Ohio. For Sale by H.. b. Mer.
rihew, druggist,
Constipation prevents the body from
Kidding itself Of waste matter. De Wits
Little Early Risers will + emove the
trouble and cure Sick He.ldacl re, Bilious
ness, Inactive Liver and elei n the COM
plexion. Small, sugar COZ ted. don't
grippe or cause nausea, II ople' Coop
Institution. XII
This is the kind Of pip es" the Iowa
papers spring on their unsuspecting
readers for the truth: "The horrible
news came from Kansa{ that young
man climbed cornstalk last Monday to
see how the ears are get Ting along and
nov the new corn is gr wing up faster
than he can climb dow a. Three men
have undertaken to cut down the stalk
but owing tolts rapid gr with tits feared
they will not succeed ia time to prevent
the young mans death by starvation
He is subsisting now 0 raw corn and
has already thrown Il own four bushels
Of COBB, and it is NO feared that his
supply is almost sxhaa sted ("
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-06-17
NUMBER 4S.

when Colonel Lipscomb sent a bill I
sent it to Colonel Neal with letter
inquiring whether Libscomb had any
rights in the matter. He replied "no,"
that it was a mistake and there the
matter dropped. Neal also presented
me with plain pine book case with
glass doors worth five dollars. I will
say that shortly after I retired from
the executive Office, let Colonel Neal
have cane mill and copper evapora-
tor which cost $500 leaving it to him
to determine the price. He paid me
$1.00 and I therefore did not feel that
in accepting the small gifts that did,
that it was an imposition on him. 1
never dreamed that the articles were
not charged to his account and settled
for. Since have discovered that the
state is the loser 1, of course, am will
ling to pay for each and all Of these
things. There is one other item of
which no mention has yet been made
that I have seen, though I have not
followed the testimony closely. He
shipped me a small lot of oats one time
from somewhere and would never
send me any bill although I wrote for
it twice. I make these statements for
your information and satisfaction and
leave it to your discretion as to what
use you will make of them. am,
yours respectfully. B. R. TILLMAN.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-06-17
Could Not Be Returned.

This is one of the yarns of childhood:
Six-year. old Tommie was sent by his
eldest sister to the corner grocery to
buy pound Of lump sugar. He played
allies on his way to the store, and by
the time he arrived there he had forgot
ten what kind Of sugar he was sent for.
So he took home a pound of the granu-
lated article. His elder sister sent him
back to the store to get lump sugar.
After the proprietor of the grocery shop
had made the change for the little lad
be engaged Tommie in conversation.
"Tommie," said he, II understand
there is new member of your family" "
eyes, SIR" replied the kid, 1--WE
got little brother"
"Well, how do you like that, hey?"
inquired the grocery man
Don't like it at all, )" said Tommie.
"Rather have little sister,"
"Then why don't you change him,
Tommie:"
"Well, we would if we could, but
l don't suppose we can. You see, we
have used him four days now"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-06-17
William Rose Reinstated.

News and Courier: Governor Nc
Sweeney has done gracious thing by
reinstating Uncle William Rose, the
patriarch of three wars and the faith
full executive officer since the days of
Hampton. When Governor Ellerbe
got sick Uncle William was retired to
give place to younger man. Uncle
William took the change hard, as he
"wanted to die in service" The work
will in no wise suffer, as Rose will en-
ploy lad to do the active work about
the office, and Uncle William will take
care of the cards and such other light
work, the pay for the entire service
being that fixed by the general assem-
bly,. Uncle William is again happy
and his old and young friends, news
paper men included, are delighted with
the reappointment. He is 80 odd
years of age, but holds his age won
derfully well.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-06-17
Easily Satisfied.

A manufacturer of tombstones in q
6ourishing provincial town one day re-
ceived a call from a customer who
wished to buy stone for his mother g
grave.
After looking anxioIsly about for
some time and making numerous re-
marks as to his mothers taste he finally
fixed his gaze upon stone which the
stonecutter had prepared for another
person.
81 like this one," he said decidedly.
"I'll take this. -
"But that belongs to another man, "
demonstrated the stonecuttey, land it
has the name Francis cut on it, you
see. That wouldn' do for your mother. {"
"Oh, yes, it wouldr' responded the
countryman. "Mother couldn't read,
and besides." be added as he saw the
stonecutter's expression, "she'd like it
all the better if she could read, for
Francis was always favorite name of
hers anyhow"
The story is suggestive of one told Of
London tradesman suddenly grown
rich, who, having set up his carriage in
great state, went to harness maker to
have silver letter put on the binders
of his horses.
"What is the initial?' asked the har-
ness maker.
"The what?" asked the rich man,
looking blank.
"What letter shall I put on?" in
quired the harness maker, suppressing
his amusement.
"Well, l hadn't quite made up my
mind" answered the customer, "but I
guess W is about as handsome q letter
as any, isn't it?"-St. Louis Star.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-06-17
STATEMENT FROM TILLMAN.
Senator Considers His Penitentiary Trans
actions of Trivial Importance.

Senator Considers His Penitentiary Trans
actions of Trivial Importance.
The penitentiary investigation was
resumed last Tuesday; but the devel-
opments were uninteresting. Chair.
man Stevenson had written during the
recess to Ex-Governor Evans, Senator
Tillman and others, with regard to
charges made against them. There
was no reply from Ex-Governor Evans.
Senator Tillman answered as follows :
TRENTON, May 26, 1899.
Hon. w. T. Stevenson, Kershaw, S. G.
DEAR SIR have your letter of
May 20. 1 hardly think it worth my
while to appear before your committee
to answer the trivial matters brought
out IN the Neal investigation. l do
not see in what way Colonel Meals
dereliction or misconduct or his trans
action in regard to the bricks and book
case ETC., can affect me. l am in the
dark as to the exact nature of one of
these matters to wit: The account of
the commissary book and would be
glad to know the nature of that &C.
count, items and date. 1 will state for
your information that I have no recol-
lection whatever of ever having OBJ
tanned any groceries or anything else
that could be charged on book of
that kind at the penitentiary except an
occasional mess of vegetables which
were sent to me by Colonel Neal as a
compliment, 1 suppose, and l am sure
paid for everything else. In regard to
my running a farm with convicts, l
will state that 1 never ran farm while
in Columbia at all in the common sense
of the term. l rented five or six acres
of land which I sowed in oats in the
fall and worked it with my carriage
horses and then sowed in peas after
the oats were cut, for pea hay. There
was little patch at the executive man
sion which was similarly treated and
the convicts who kept the yards and
grounds clean helped to gather in
the hay as we'll as that on the rented
land the last year was at the man.
sion and Colonel Neal would never
take any pay. The labor of cutting
and hauling five acres of oats and pea
hay one year, you can estimate so as
to see about the extent of the account
if it is still open. The matter was so
trivial I attached no Importance to it
then or now. You may consider it in
a different light. In regard to the
brick, will say that Colonel Neal at
his own suggestion once, while at
Rock Hill, offered to ship me car
load of brick if l would pay the freight,
saying that they would cost him very
little and he would make me pres
ent of them. 1 accepted the offer, and
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-06-17
AGAINST TIE COUNTY NORMAL.
A Trustee Thinks the Institution Should Not
Be Supported by Public Funds.


Be Supported by Public Funds.
Editor Of The Enquirer.
Don't you think it would be good
idea for the trustees of the public
schools of York county to 60 rather
slow about this normal school business
that is being talked so much just at
this time2
As a trustee of public school dis
trict, want to say that I object, on
principle, to the expenditure of the
public money for any such purpose.
1t will be we'll just now if the trustees
generally will remember their recent
experience with the school chart.
Many trustees were persuaded to pur-
chase that chart without thorough in
vestigation into the matter, and after
ward most of them realized that they
had been pretty badly taken in. Ac-
cording to my way of looking at the
matter, it is the business of the trus-
tees to look after the education of chill
dren rather than teachers. prefer that
the teachers be left TO educate them
selves, and after they are educated, l
prefer further. that the matter of their
selection be left to the trustees of the
various school districts.
1t is not every man or woman who
is possessed of good education who
is fit to teach school. 1t is no more so
than that every man with the ordina-
ry brains and ability is fit to be far
mer. There are plenty of farmers
who have missed their calling and the
proportionate number of school teach
ers who have done the same thing is
just as great. To my mind the idea Of
giving an individual a license as
school teacher because he or she may
be able to answer a number of set ques-
tions is simply preposterous. No one
should be allowed to continue teach
ing in a public school unless after
year or two of experience they can
show from the trustees by whom they
had been employed a certificate show
ing that they know their business. l
don't consider that examination boards
count for a great deal, and in my opin-
ion there are very few trustees who
consider the possession of first grade
certificate much of guarantee of fit
ness or ability to teach school.
No, say again, we should 60 slow
about this normal school business. 1t
may be d good thing and it may not be.
I don't think really competent teach
ers are going to get much practical
benefit from it, and have an idea that
it is going still further in the opening
of the doors to would be teachers who
would not even be competent to get a
certificate from a county examining
board. A TRUSTEE.
Smyrna, June Is, 1899.
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here must be either the one, ignorance,

there must be either the one, ignorance,
Romanism, bigotry, or the other, in
telligence, Protestantism, freedom.
The Anglo-Saxou race has lead fol
universal freedom. The question is
will our nation, the sponsor of 8
Christian civilization, shrink from the
obligation imposed upon humanity oi
helping other nations to freedom, after
having gained its own9
But what are our obligations One
of these is to preserve the free institu.
tions so that future ages may enjoy
them. This responsibility will soon
rest upon the young men, and they
should fit themselves for it by educa.
ton; the highest civic virtue is the
result of education. There are nc
born statesmen ; they are the product
of circumstances, great ambition and
consuming patriotism.
Another obligation is to seek for the
betterment and elevation of all the hu.
man race through the establishment OF
political institutions and the enlighten-
ing influence of our Christian civiliza-
ton. One of the best means we have
to establish this is through commerce.
This country met one of its re-
sponsibilities when it established a
land of freedom in America; it met
another responsibility in establishing
free public institutions; it meets an
other responsibility in the question OF
extending our borders.
In the east, there is to be last final
struggle between the two forces, free
dom and despotism. The car has
proposed disarmament, but he has
plans for the enslavement of the east
and the expulsion of England. The
time for disarmament will not come
until the designs of God have been
fulfilled; so we should prepare our
selves for the struggle of universal
freedom.
The late war was for humanity, so
the president and congress say, and
not for conquest. Applause ]. Cuba
and the Philippines are on our hands
as sacred trust 3; let US use them in
giving to the world an answer to how
to govern to establish freedom ;
and to elevate their population and
magnify our nation in the eyes of the
world.
The events of '9S have been preg.
nant. We have taken our place among
the foremost nations of the world, and
must now assist in deciding the ques-
tions of the world.
We cannot afford to shrink from our
destiny. The Hebrew nation was rec
reant to her responsibilities, and it
was scattered throughout the earth.
We have divinely appointed task,
which we are fulfilling wherever the
American civilization has gone, it has
fructifed the nation and established
political and religious liberty. The
statesman who denies this task, this
obligation, is a demagogue, and the
Christian who does so is a traitor to
his God and to his religion. [Ap.
plause
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-06-17

iust the least little bit in the world too
much, and he was beginning to resent
| it. Moreover, he had never seen his
wife look so lovely. He stared at her
from doorways and glared at her from
passages as she went about with her
partners, and the more he stared the
more taken was he. He could scarcely
believe that this was the woman with
the red eyes and the black stuff gown
who used to weep over the eggs at
breakfast
Mrs. Hauksbee did her best to hold
him in play; but, after two Dances he
crossed over to his wife and asked for
dance
elm afraid you've come too late,
Mr.. Bremmil. she said. with her eyes
twinkling.
Then he begged her to give him a
dance, and as a great favor she allowed
him the fifth waltz. Luckily five stood
vacant on his programme They danced
it together, and there was little fiut-
ter round the room. Bremmil had d
sort of a notion that his wife could
dance, but he never knew she danced
so divinely At the end Of that waltz
he asked for another-as favor. not
as a right-and Mrs. Bremmil said.
''Show me your programme. deari
Ee showed it as a naughty little school
boy hands up contraband sweets to a
master There was fair sprinkling Of
"H" on it besides H" at supper Mrs.
Bremmil said nothing, but she smiled
contemptuously, ran her pencil through
seven and nine-two "H's"-and re-
turned the card with her own name
written above, pet name that only
she and her husband used. Then she
shook her finger at him and said. laugh
ing, "Oh, you silly, silly boyl"
Mrs Hauksbee heard that. and-she
owned as much-felt she had the worst
of it. Bremmil accepted seven and nine
gratefully. They danced seven and sat
out nine in one of the little tents What
Bremmil said and what Mrs Bremmil
did is no concern of any one.
When the band struck up 1.-The Roast
Beef of Old England" the two went
out into the veranda. and Bremmil be-
gan looking for his wife's dandy (tbis
was before rickshaw days. while she
went into the cloakroom. Mrs Hauks-
bee came up and said, "You take me
in to supper. think. Mr.. Bremmilr
Bremmil turned red and looked fool.
ish. "Ah mi I'm going home with my
wife. Mrs. Hauksbee. | think there has
been little mistaker Being man.
he spoke as though Mrs Hauksbee were
entirely responsible.
Mrs Bremmil came out of the cloak
room in a swan s down cloak with
white "cloud" round her head. She
looked radiant. and she had a right to.
The couple went off into the darkness
together, Bremmil riding very close to
the dandy
Then says Mrs Hauksbee to me-she
looked a trife faded and jaded in the
lamplight-"Take my word for it, the
silliest woman can manage clever
man. but it needs very clever woman
to manage fool"
Then we went in to supper
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-06-17

done, dynamite was then placed under
the bridge and the fuse lighted and
the engineer ordered to pull out in a
hurry. As it was up grade and the
engine didn't res pond as rapidly as
desired, the engineer was struck over
the head with a pistol that made
an ugly cash. Fortunately, how
ever, our ira in got safely across
the bridge before the explosion took
place. This was the second explosion
that had heard, the first being the
blowing open the door of the mail car
as soon as the train was boarded. The
idea in blowing up the bridge was to
cut off aid from the rear. 1t was very
soon after this that the vestibule doors
were crashed in order to get at the
coupling and thus disconnect our car
from the express. This had all occur.
red while lay in bed. Soon after l
had gotten up, and while still talking
with the trainmen, the second section
of our train was seen coming up in
the distance. It was, of course, sig
nailed to slow up before reaching the
bridge. 1t was soon found that the
bridge was not wrecked 80 badly as
intended, and after some repairs, the
train passed slowly over. Hitching our
two coaches on in front, we were push
ed slowly forward for half mile when
we came up to what remained Of our
express car. have never seen such
wreck. Both sides of the car and
the roof were blown out. Some of
the timbers were entangled in the tel
egraph wires. The iron braces and
supports as large as ones thumb were
twisted and bent like copper wire.
The car had evidently been filled up
with express, and such a mess as we
found Strawberries, ladies' trimmed
hats, tomatoes, suits of clothes, raw
dressed chickens, bicycles, dress gooda,
barrels of vegetables mixed and mash
ed together almost beyond recognition.
Many of these had been blown out on
the ground. A bird in cage had
COM pletely disappeared, but its feath-
ers told the tale. A dog on the car
was unhurt; but took to the plains as
fast as his legs could carry him, and
hasn't since been heard of. The iron
safe was, of course, what was sought.
1t was a total wreck. The top had
been blown out and everything taken.
The amount of loss, have not been
able to ascertain. There were $37 900
in bank notes but as they were un-
signed, they will be Of no good. The
nickeled knob Of the hinge of the
safe, which was also blown off, / secur-
ed as a souvenir of this interesting oc.
casion. The wrecked car was finally
gotten on to a side track, what was
left of the contents transferred to an
other car, and We resumed our journey,
after delay of about seven hours.
No one received an injury except
the engineer, as implicit obedience was
given to every command at the point
of the pistol. The passengers were
not molested in the least, and some OF
them slept through the whole affair.
We tremble to think what might have
been and give thanks to God for His
loving care. MARX b. GRIER.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-06-17
HELD UP BY TRAIN ROBBERS.
Rev. NJ. B. Grier's Recent Experience In
Wyoming.

wyoming
Associate Reformed Presbyterian.
There are many things which to
traveller across the continent are
novel and interesting, but there is
something particularly exciting sbout
the "hold up" of train on the desc
late plains of Wyoming by band OF
highwaymen in the early hours of the
morning. 1t has just been my rare
privilege to enjoy such an experience.
had taken the "Overland Limited'
of the Chicago aud Northwestern rail-
road, fine vestibuled train aud the
fastest between Chicago and San Fran
cisco, and was my second night out
from Chicago. About 2 a. m. was
awakened from sleep by the rather
sudden stopping of the train. Very
soon after there was loud explosion
which Jared our car, then some pistol
shots. 1 lay still, however, for while l
had suspicion that something was
wrong 1 concluded (and wisely as you
shall see) that my presence was not nec-
essary. One enterprising passenger
lifted his window and put his head
out to see what was the occasion OF
the trouble, and was very promptly
told to take it in on pain of having
it's contents scattered around. He
complied with the request. l made
a very earnest effort to raise mine
also; but, very fortunately, like the
vast majority of car windows, it re-
fused to move. Otherwise l should
likely have had the same reception.
Soon there was another loud explo-
sion, then the crash of the heavy glass
in the vestibule door. l heard one call
out: ave only want the engineer,
the fireman and the expressman. "
Then 1 heard the putting of the en-
CINE, faster and faster, yet less and less
distinct, while we stood still. Then 1
surmised what proved to be true, that
the express car had been detached
from the rest of the train and hauled
off to a place where it could be robbed
at leisure. AS all soon became quiet,
1 was emboldened to get up and go out
to investigate. 1 found the conductor
and trainmen standing outside dis
cussing the situation. From them l
learned (at intervals when they were
not swearing) some interesting facts.
The train had been tagged down, and
when, on stopping, the engineer asked
to know the reason he found himself
looking into the muzzle of gun, and
the fireman, ditto, and while they held
their hands aloft they were ordered to
step down and out. Where they re-
ceived their instructions. In view of
the fact that our train was in two Sec
tions 1--WE being on the irst) and the
second not very far in the rear, our
train was to pull up to bridge, a
quarter mile further on and stop
directly over the bridge. This was
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-06-17
They Want to Go Back.

spartanbug correspondence of The
News and Courier: Some citizens in
a narrow strip of Cherokee county, ex-
tending from the Southern railway,
near Cowpeps, to the North Carolina
line, wish to get back in the old coun.
ty. All their business and commercial
interests are here, and not at Gaffney.
The territory takes in a strip cut off
from Cherokee township and put in
the new county. There are about 10
to Is square miles included in the
boundary and not 100 voters. No
steps have been taken looking to an
election, but the people are discussing
the matter.