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The Washington times., 1902-05-11
Possible That Man May
Be Imprisoned
for Debt.
A CASE NOW BEFORE COURT
Startling Fact Developed at Hearing in
Writ of Habeas Corpus Suit-0ld
Act Believed to Have Been Restored
by Congress.

The Court of Appeals of the District of
Columbia has under consideration an in
teresting case, illustrating the defects ad-
mitted to exist in the recently adopted
code for the District.
Attention has already been called TO
these defects. and as is well known. GER
tain bills are now pending in Congress
with the object of correcting them. But it
has remained for the pending case to bring
to attention the most startling defect in
the code yet pointed out
Imprisonment for Debt.
BY certain act of Congress- passed in
1874. Imprisonment for debt in the District
OF Columbia was abolished, with the pro-
viso, however, that in case any judgment
debtor should convey away, lessen, or dis
pose of his property the clerk of the court
upon affidavit 10 that effect by the judg-
ment creditor, should issue a capias ad sat
lsfaciendum in the same manner as though
the act had not been passed.
Upon the issue of such writ the judg-
ment debtor would be arrested and unless
be could establish to the satisfaction of a
jury in the manner prescribed by the act
that he was innocent of the charge of
fraudnlently conveying away, lessening, or
disposine of his property, he would be COM
mittcd to Jail
The act is silent as TO the duration of
his Imprisonment under such circum-
stances, but presumably it would continue
until he could satisfy the creditor, or the
creditor would relent and consent to his
release.
Writ of Habeas Corpus.
In the case now before the Court of
Appeals. the plaintiff had the defendant
arrested under this act last June. and the
defendant sued out a writ of habeas
corpus, alleging, among other things that
the act had no application to his case. and
on the hearing, the startling fact was
developed that by the code all acts of
Congress applicable solely to the Dis
trict of Columbia. which is the case in the
act OF 1874. are repealed.
If this be SO, and in view of the plain
language of the code 1t seems undoubt-
edly so, Imprisonment for debt has been
restored in the District of Columbia. and
there seems no escape from this conclu-
sion, unless the Court of Appeals shall
decide that Imprisonment for debt would
now be a social solecism, and that Con-
gress cannot possibly have had it in
mind to restore such an obnoxious fea-
ture of our earlier judicial institutions.
However that may be, 1t is, as Sir
Lucius O'Trigger says, "A very pretty
quarrel as i; stands and the members
OF the local bar are awaiting with much
interest the outcome of the workings of
the judicial mind upon the interesting
conundrum presented.
The Washington times., 1902-05-11
WORK ON R0BBERIES.
Number Reported Yesterday Are Under
Police Investigation.

Several robberies reported yesterday are
Rnder investigation by the police. One OF
the victims was John Martcmson, OF 2Iis
Florida Avenue northwest, who states that
his pockctbook was taken from coat
hanging in his shop at s47 Water Street
southwest, yesterday forenoon. There was
something over $40 in the wallet.
Thomas W. Nugent, 800 North Henry
Street, Alexandria, employed at the gun
carriage shop. in the navy yard, missed
his pocketbook yesterday, when he took
down his coat from nail after finishing
work for the day. The pocketbcok con-
tained s47.
Other minor cash thefts came to the no.
tice OF the police during the day. A detec-
tive has been assigned In every case.
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LOCAL MEAT SUPPLY
NEARLY EXHAUSTED
Sharp Advance in Price Tomorrow An
ticipated-No Shipments to Be Had
for Several Days.

"The price Of meat Monday morning."
said yesterday a butcher whose stand Is
at the Center Market, will be higher
than 1t has ever been before for many
years. All of the storage houses in the
city are nearly cleaned out Of meat, and
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-07-17

this catch and asked about it a few
days lator when thoy were fishing at
the same place. They met country
boy and said: " Is there good fishing
up hero?" Q
Yep" replied the boy. "Its
fair. Major Dick was up last week
iishin. {"
" lie caught iive-pound bass, | un-
derstand," observed ono of the party,
and gave it to the President"
81 dunno nothin' about his givin'
II TO tho PRESIDENT" the boy said, 'but
glandpap caught the fish,"
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-07-17

Family cares and duties do not weigh
down the we'll woman, and the children
are never In her way. But when the
womanly health fails, and there 10 con-
slant struggle with weakness and pain,
household duties are n burden almost
past bearing, and children are cease
less annoyance and worry.
Weak women are made strong and
sick women are made we'll by the use of
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. II
establishes regularity, dries disagreeable
drains, heals inflammation and ulcera-
ton and cures female weakness.
Sick women are invited to consult DR..
Pierce by letter free. All correspondence
strictly private and sacredly confidential.
Address DR.. II. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
"I had been aiiing some time, troubled with
Of Avondale, Chester Co., Pa "Every, month I
would have to lie on my back. tried many
different medieines aud nothing gave me relief
bottles Of Favorite Prescription and two Of
Golden Medical Discovery These medicines
have cured me. When began your treatment
! was not able to do very much, bpt now do
the work for my family Of nine, and feel better
doctor, from the bottom Of my heart, for weii
do know that you are the one who cured me-"
"Favorite Prescription" has the testi.
mony of thousands of women to Ito com"
plete cure of womanly diseases. Do not
accept an unknown and improved sub
stitute In its place. .
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
beat laxative for family use.
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my head. 1 saved my skull by shiftin
) the bottle. 1t met the lid and fell t
pieces. L now screamed rs loudly as
could. The man who steered the rat
came running. AS ho was about en-
tcring the hut, Alf fired at him with
revolver. The man raE q few feet ant
reeled over the logs into the river.
The crazy demon then turned the
revolver Oh me. The first shot grazcd
the left side of my head, and badly
powder burned my cheek. lie frea
again, but l disturbed his aim with
my left arm, and the ball went throug ii
the roof of the cabin. He tried TO
shoot again but the pistol snapped
BY this time l got hold OF the
skilled lid, and before he could ann
again, struck him on the side OF the
head with such force that he fell sense
less to the floor, wallowing in his own
and his brothers. blood.
"I now stopped to examine the cx-
tent Of Joe's injuries. Alas! His
skull was broken at the right temple,
and the brains was slowly oozing from
the ugly cleft.
/" Now what could l do? One man
was dead sure, the other apparently 80,
and the steersman, of course, floating
down the river, and | would be hung
for the triple murder!
"The distress ! suffered for the next
hour passes power of expression, but
you see the blossoms it put forth in
my hair, which WAS black at the time,
but white inside Of month.
=" For several minutes ] sat at the
rceking table, my powers of thought
almost gone, and my brain only con.
scious Of burden Of sickening agony
that weighed down my icy limbs. Fin
ally the striking of the raft against the
side of the bank partially aroused me.
l struggled from my char and went
out on the logs. | went slowly to
the steering apparatus and grasped the
pole. | managed TO keep the raft IN
the current until | reached Catletts-
burg. Then landed, called to some
men on the grade, and told them my
awful story.
"I was not believed by many on &C.
count he peaceful disposition of the
Davis brothers,. | was accordingly ar.
rested and taken TO Jail. A great
trailing throng followed in my rear, as
the DAVIS men were known to all, and
OH account of their kindly natures,
greatly beloved. For awhile there
were buzzing hints of a mob.
| was given completely over to des,
pair. when, an hour or two later,
looked out from the Jail and saw q
crowd returning. Now | was to die
knew. However, the disgrace of dying
that way, and the consciousness that
would die innocent of crime, was al
that disturbed me. Death, in itself
would be kindly relief. On came the
crowd. The key turned hoarsely in tht
lock. The door was pushed open, ant
the sheriff and jim Anderson entered
jim Anderson was the steering man
supposed at the bottom of the river
lie was only slightly wounded, and hat
plunged from the raft to avoid lh'
murdcrous maniac. His evidence
supported by the bad reputation of th'
persimmOn OOZe, saved me.
No; no more poker for me, thanl
yOu.'
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-07-17

Secretary Wilson, of the department
of agriculture, in an address before tho
American Association of Farmers In
stitutc Workers in Washington, urgod
the need of new system of education.
The training of farmers should begin
in the primary schools. Secretary
Wilson said tour system of education
III this country Is old-fashioncd. 1t
was imported from the other side of
the water and is much like the systems
from which it sprang. Colleges were
originally organized to educate preach
ers: We do educate doctors, LAWYERS
ana dentists now, but mono of our
schools furnish farmers the education
thcy need. We have agricultural
schools, but they teach nearly evcry
thing but agriculture. 1t is almost i'm
possible TO find instructors who have
knowledge of animal husbandry, plants
and soils. Consequently the depart
mont of agriculture is compelled to
educate its own specialists ard has
EGO young men and women who arc
learning the things relating to asricul
ture which are not taug ght in any
schools of the country"
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'Flag Stations.
All trains daily except Sunday.
No. 10 Connects with Southern Railway
No. 33.
No. . Connects with Southern Railway
No. -.
No. 70 Connects with Southern Railway
No. II.
No. II Connects with Southern Railway
No. 81.
1eG" For any information apply to
j. II. TAYLOR,
General Manager.
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AN ESSAY ON THE EDITOR.-A
little boy was requested TO write an
essay, the other day, and "rhe News.
paper was his subject. Here is the
result: "I don't know how news
papers came to the world. The Lord
hain't got nothin' to say bout them,
and the editor amt in the Bible. |
think the editor is one of the missing
links you hear about, and stayed int O
the brush until after the flood, and
then stepped out and wrote it up, and
has been here ever since. He never
dies. l never saw dead one, and
never heard of one gettin' licked. Our
paper is mighty poor 'un. The
editor goes without underclothcs all
winter, don't wear no sox, and paw
hain't paid his subscription in five
years."
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-07-17

According to a bulletin issued by
the census bureau the farm property
of South Carolina is valued in the az
gregate at $l53 59l ,l59. OF this
amount 500, sos, 800 represents the
value of lands; $2G, ,955 $40 the value
OF buildings; $G,G29,770 of machinery,
and 2G,199, $50 the value of live stock.
The farm lands of the State cover an
area of 1895 ,014 acres. Ninety acres
ls given as the average size of farms
in the State, while in 1850 the average
size was 54l acres. There has been a
gradual decrease each ten ycars since
the halt-century mark was passed.
The farms now number $l55, 1856 and
of them S5,3Sl are operated by ne
groes. The farm products of the State
for 1890 represented value of 2GS,-
2GG,012. Cotton ID theaaprncipal crop,
and the cotton lands constitute G5 per
cent of the entire farm area.
For a number Of years gcologlsts
have been investigating the ancient
river beds which occur so abundantly
over the slopes of the Sierra Nevadas,
and are oftsmuch Importance on ac-
count of the auriferous material con-
tanned in their gravels. These ancient
channels mark the courses of former
rivers, whose waters were directed in
the lapse of time by alterations in the
level of the land, or by other causes, ,
dating back to Tertiary times, a late
period in geologic history. During the
time the streams were in existence,
some of tho gold bearing rock of the
region was washed into them and
carried along by their waters, and in
the sand and gravels of their beds Dor.
tiOns of the precious metal still re-
main.
Since 1880 South Carolina has lost
her place as the chief rice producing
State in the country, being SURPASSED
by Louisiana, which has held the lead
| ever since, and is 80 far ahead that she
will likely hold it. for years to come.
In that year this State produced o.
or $40 pounds, and Louisiana 3D.
1881 pounds. The next decade
showed that Louisiana produced TO-
GAG, ,433, while this State showed up
with only 30,338,9 In tho next
decade the production in this State in
creased to 47,3G9,12S pounds, while
Louisiana turned up with l72, 1872, ,43O
pounds. Georgia follows this State in
the amount produced.
The mosquito eggs are, It is said,
hatched in from four to seven days,
according to the warmth of the weather.
Few of the people in St. Pierre were
pure black, and most of them showed
only trace of colored blood.
Mormons claim to have 5000 mis-.
sionaries in the field and to have made
1000 converts last year.
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of Sumter, and was the daughter OF
Mr.. w. III. CuttinO, who was aftcr.
wards clerk of court, and was the
granddaughter of the Rev. David w.
i Cuttno, an earnest minister of the
Baptist denomination. Like her fa-
thcr and grandfather Mrs. IIoyt has
passed away.
Besides Hampton, Mr.. Mckinley
mentions Gen. James Conner, Hon.
M. L. O'Connor, and Gems. Chestnut
and Kcrshaw as speaking at this meet
ing and Gen. Kennedy, Capt. III. S.
Thompson and Col. John S. Richard
son as speaking at the second meeting
held on the court house square that
night. or this prominent body Of
Carolinlans, only one now survives,
and he is not citizen of our
State at the present time, for he re-
sides in tho great city of New York.
This gentleman is courtly Hugh $.
Thompson, who has since served South
Carolina so well and effectively, first
as superintendent of education, and
then in the higher and more important
position Of chief executive.
Miss Mary II. Girardeau, deservedly
we'll known in educational circles,
wrote beautiful poem welcoming
Hampton to Sumter, which commenced
with these feeling words: "We greet
thee, gallant soldier, Cardinals noblest
son." Since tho death of the grand
old hero, the poem has been repub
lishcd in q county paper.
Several years ago Gen. Ely S. Par
ker (DonehOgawa), the distinguished
lroquois Sachem who was military
secretary to Ulysses S. Grant during q
portion Of the Confederate war, sent
the wliter monograph published by
the Buffalo Historical society. 1t is
of much historical interest and relates
to the reinterment of the great Seneca
orator, Red Jacket, and hie compatrl.
OTIS in Forest Lawn cemetery, Buffalo
Oct. ., 1854. Suppose that some 30
clety or man, moved by patriotic pur.
poses or historic sympathies, were tC
publish similar monograph relating
to the Hampton demonstration in Sum
ter in lS76--let the work contain Mr.
Mckinley's account of that meeting
lists Of those .appointed to serve or
| committees and as marshals, brle
sketches of Miss Minnie Cuttino ant
the speakers Of the occasion, also Mis-;
Girardeau's beautiful poem, what
contribution of value to the history 0
Sumter County it would form! An,
yet 1t is needless TO say, that owing t,
lack of proper historical spirit anon!
our people, such work would not b.
appreciated according to lts merits.
MCDOSALD FURMAN.
Privateer, Sumter Co.. June 70, 1902
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-07-17
GEN. III HAMPTON'S CAMPAIGN
An Event in the History of
Sumter Worthy of Being Pre-

An Event in the History of
Sumter Worthy of Being Pre-
served.
To the Editor OF Tho State:
A great deal of history is made in
South Carollna--interesting history
we'll worth being preserved in pcrma.
nent form, yet how Indifferent are our
The most important political CAM
paign meeting held in Sumter during
the last third Of the Nineteenth centu-
ry was the great Hampton demonstra-
tion held October 7, 1876. 1t was esti-
mated by those who accompanied Gen.
Hampton in his triumphant progress
through Carolina to have been the
largest and most enthusiastic meeting
held up to that time, with perhaps a
single exception, that of Abbeville in
point of numbers. Mr.. Carl Mckinley,
n gentleman of scholarly attainments
who is the author of " An Appeal to
Pharaoh" was the correspondent who
reported the meeting to the News and
Courier. There was one feature of
the meeting of 80 striking character
hl\t "AlC1 hppCnlSu co oIkohSAH w UllC
audience that we allude to it here, and
will let Mr.. Mckinley tell II in his own
language:
"Gen. Hampton and the other
speakers dismounted from their car
riages and approached the stand. AS
he entered the space between the
ladies' stands, these rose up and
showered down flowers upon him and
before him until the ground beneath
his feet was carpeted with them. A
company of little girls, representing
all the States, all clad in white, met
him half way, and strewed their floral
offerings in his way.
But the crowning ceremony was
reserved for the last. A fair young
girl, clad in mourning and bound with
heavy chalns, to represent South Caro-
lima, stood on the verge of the stage
just where the speakers afterward do.
livered their addresses. AS Gen
Hampton approached, and when every
eye was fixed upon the two, and while
he was as yet but few paces from
her, at o word and as if by a magica
touch the habiliments of mourning ant
the heavy CHAINS fell from her at once
and she stood forth before him and the
throng clad in garments of snowy
whiteness-a beautiful emblem OF
South Carolina redeemed.
The drama was we'll planned, wei
, executed, and it's import recognized
and acknowledged by such burst OF
enthusiasm and shouting, and waving
of hats and handkerchiefs, and roars Of
} cannon as made the scene truly most
} impressive one. AS the clank of the
falling chains was heard, Gen. Hamp
ton raised his eyes, and, seeing the
beautiful child before him, and under.
standing the new tribute paid him IN
: her person, his face flushed, and he
: bowed deeply and reverently to her
and to the multitude. He spoke few
+ kind words to her in an undertone: she
took her place In the company of he,
, sisters, and he assembled the steps OF
t the platform, and with his party tool
the seats placed for them"
The girl who Mr.. Mckinley de-
/ ecribed as attired in mourning was Int
Q tie Miss Minnie Cuttino. She was ST
It tlterwards married TO MIR. 1sldore Hoyt
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-07-17
fICKENS RAILROAD
j. T.. BoGGs. President.

BtB" "Supcrsedcs Time Table No. /. IF
fcctive 1901 A. NJ. Feb. lst, 1901.
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A former candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina has
brought suit for $4,000 against the
Seaboard Air Line Railroad for an
"egging" which he received at the
hands of some small boys while ho
was waiting at a station TO take train.
1t appears that the plaintir was much
given to public speaking, and had on
the day in question made a speech III
the town in which the egg episode oc-
cured.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-07-17

Senator Tillman is the greatest
whistler in either branch of Congress.
He walks through the Senate lobbics
putting away at the popular airs like
any gamin, and doesn't seem to mind
a ll'tlc bit the frowns of Senators IIoar.
Allison, Piatt, Of Connecticut, and Other
stick!ers for Senatorial dignity. The
other day 'rillman came sauntcrinu IN
TO the marble room, tuning up as usual.
What's that he's whistlinr ?n
asked Spooner."
"That's sAll Coons Look Alike TO
Me-" replied Fairbanks, who is up on
classic music.
Humph!" calculated Spooncr, etc
judge from his speeches should say
they do
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The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-07-17

cures made by DIR.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy.
1t is the great medi.
cal triumph Of the nine
teenth century; dis
covered after years Of
scientific research by
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nent kidney and blad-
i
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-07-17
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK :?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know Of the wonderful
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-07-17

III promised an old negro in Tenncs-
see ten years ago that would do some
thing for him when the time came, ,
SAID Senator Carmack, " and today he
came around having worked his wav
here from Memphis, anu reminded me
of the promise, which | shall make
good at once"
"The colored brother has a longer
and acuter memory than the white
man." said Senator Vest.
Indeed he has put IN Serato,
Blackburn. :" remember Of talking
TO ali old darky down in KentuckI
some years ago who claimed TO remcm
Der George Washington.
"'l suppose you were with hin
when he crossed the Dclawarc,' | sus
gested.
"'Deed | was, boss,' he replied. {.
done poled the boat
"'And, | said, thinking to tease th,
old man, Il suppose, al.o, you rcmcm
Der when he took hack at the cherr,
| tree?"
"The old man scratched his heat
and thought for minute. Then 1t
laughed glecfuliy. Deed, boss 1T
said, q jis done member that, too.
! done druv dat hack mahself.'n