The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, June 23, 1876, Image 2
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Coinpltito Your Organization.
ft is extremely difficult lor ohjt |?enple to realize
tlic great importance of thorough organization,
as the primary ami rvwillUI measure to
ensure success in political campaigns. The
farmer readily sees the necessity of thorough
preparation ami unremitting exertion to secure
agricultural prosperity, ami no man who wishes
to succeed can fail to recognize the fact that
these essentials form the secret of success in
any department of life, lint when we coiho to
our poli'ic.il affairs, a strange fatuity seems to
Viang around our people. They know they ought
to succeed ; they have a latent hope that they
will succeed, and yet they fail to use the means
necessary to make it certain?that of thorough
and complete organization and constant ami uninterrupted
effort until the struggle terminates
In fact, the Ih-impjrscy tvr'AnutIt Carolina fail
to fully realize wHttf 'is meant hy thorough organization.
Until recently we had hut one political
party in the State, and our elections contiinrnl?z
ii> * ..1...!.... - * ? ?
?V . iiivi V(J ail ?% LIIUII.V Ml 1111*11, WIIIVIl win <nv
?i< 1 ? 1 by the personal popularity of the candidates.
Ilencc, there was no necessity for political
ot gnni/.ntion an<l parly <1 riII nml discipline.
But a great change lias taken place, ami
these now form the ground work of political
success. If we will only slii'ly the campaigns
in other State.*, where parties have heretofore j
existed, we cannot fail to see that we arc fatally
ilefoetive in organization In these States I
steps arc taken in every school district ami I
township to ascertain ami enroll every man who
will vote the democratic ticket. The same steps
are taken to ascertain ami enroll every man who
will vote the Republican ticket. At the same
time an accurate list is ma tic of such men as
may be marked "doubtful." These lists, having
been prepared with great care, are full and
complete ; they are sent to head quarters and
from them the leaders learn the relative strength
*>f the parties, and at what points the hattlc
must he waged to ensure success. All this is
known and done weeks before the election, ami
bonce the leaders of the two parties know just
when to work and how to work, and to thw
work they devote themselves, upheld and sustained
bv every ntan of their party. Again, in ;
these States we find the parties so thoroughly j
drilled ami so well disciplined that no man fails |
to vote for the nomination. All that is required I
<if the nominee is an honest faith in the creed j
that he professes. In a word, polities, in these i
SlnlftQ iv ! i.oid .?f !.*% .... ? ..?* 1 i ?*-? I
reduced t<? :i perfect system.
L'.ut we need not leave our own State lo sec j
what organization can accomplish. We have
only to study Hie political opposition that has |
been arrayeil against us for the past eight years. |
We boast our superior intelligence; we own and )
possess the property of the State, and we feel I
that we have a right to rule, and yet every cam- j
paign has ended in our defeat. Why is this'.' ?
It is because the opposition is thoroughly organized
and we are not. When the election comes
the opposition votes to n man and votes for the
party nominees while many of the Democracy,
, frogt ojic aause or HnoUtfj^^'iiiaiu alhoine and
othersffltnifTOte a "ll^lirWKet.". Vflfch all our
boasted intelligence, we haven't got intelligence
enough to see the necessity of voting for the |
party nomination ; we havn't got intelligence
enough to see that every vote withheld from the
nomination is giving direct aid to the enemy ; I
we hnvn't got intelligence enough to see thai a
small pittance of our boasted property, wull
used during the political campaign, would he the
very best investment that we could possibly
make of it.
We say, then, to our Democratic friends, go i
forward and complete your organizations. Kn- I
roll every man in each township. It is the part '
of wisdom to know your own strength?the
strength of the enemy, and to know the doubtful j
men. lint you must not be guilty of the folly of]
tsupposit. *1 it as soon as von have a long list of j
TfcugA that you have finished your labors. It j
would bo just as sensible in the farmer to sup- !
pose that his labors are finished when he puts i
jiis seed in' t%c ground. l!ut experience has I
taught him heller. He knows lie must work in '
minghinc and in shade, by night nnd by day, if j
L* his harvesTis reaped and his granaries are tilled. J
Rfe Indeed, you hare only got ready for tho work. ]
k^jt'ou^micd the strength of the enemy ; J
p mate means to ensure' success. ? I.aiirrii'fttff
J/rra/,1.
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Divtiu tJii: Ut rt iit.nw Yi.tk.? It is worth
considering tl^jf, if the St. bonis t'onvention i 1
bIiuiiM nominale Tildcn, as now seems like!.-, *
the Detnoeratic party will enter the approaching s
'comr-t* with a candidate whose abilities and
achievements excite as much admir:iiinn ? >.! i
nearly as much open praise from one party j 1
as the wilier. So able a man as Tildeu scarcely J '
needs to be popular, in the ordinary sense of ! a
the word. IIis abilities arc so substantial, his I ,
acliievenients so practical ami obvious, that they '
compel admiration ami respect, ami even his op- j 0
ponents can refuse hint neither. 11 is messages are . h
the ablest State papers now produce^in Atneri- ! v
ca, anil they have attracted unicli attention ' p
abroad, llis hold on the Keptibliean vote is !
something phenomenal in so strict a Democrat. i '
Twice now lie lias carried the Slate of New York | M
against great odds, and lie can do it again. He e
did it each time because he diverted a largo | p
portion of the Kepitl lican vole to himself by the < ,
mere strength ol" his nuiiftj. lie can do it again. < *'
lie will bo able to do it us long as he is the most c1
conspicuous advocate in public life of that which i v
t lie people demand. ()
Charles Francis Adams. Jr., s:?i 1 the other .
day at the Fifth Avenue i'onfertnee, that he ; ir
wanted Hristow, ami if he could not get litis- a|
row h? wanted Tildeu : and 11.is preference was f,j
greeted with marked applause from nearly one- jj
half this distinctively llepubliean gathering.?
Mr. Adams might have expressed mure nearly the j ai
real lleform sentiiueril of the country if he had | ti
put tlovernor Tildeu lirst on the lis; of men do- j Hi
uirable ; but this open way of announcing a t
. preference for Tildeu. (hough it was Imt as a j
second choice, by a llepubliean to llepubliean*, | cc
shows what a strung hold llovertior Tilden has j n:
taken on the alfeetions of tho best elements in | N
the country, regardless of party. There is no j "1
other candidate that the St. I- >tiis Convention at
can nominate who will have so strong a Itepub- e*
lican support. A life long Democrat of the w
strictest school, trained under Van Hur -n ami I li?
Silas Wright, he lias always commanded the e? J Si
teem of his political opponents, ami whenever In
lie has been a candidate for office lie has had a tb
I n-'!, uh-ire of their vote*. Il he were nontiiia- i ly
led his name would hold the Democratic phalanx ' Mi
hit, u line ins liepiiiilican rival would as
have liar I work tn prevent ;i general stampede eu
In tin; side of the iimst conspicuous t epre-enlalive
nt' the needs of tlie liour ? I'elrouchtnciit
nn l licf'trill. ?.-Il/nllli/ ; 'Sil
I la;
ijhtt Ilti. ii sr Tutu. I'lle largest tree stand- ^
itig in the I nited States, says the Inyo, ('alitor- <M1
nia, Independent, is on the head id' Hear Creek,
north fork nl' thcTule Hiver. Theexaet diineiisiotis
el' this iiinnense redwood gaint we do not
reineui'ier, hut helievr it is sennething over forty- a"
si\ feet in diameter. A San Francisco party, 1
having made arrangements to represent this
monster at the Ceutcntiitd, have given the con- | Foi
tract to a Tuinrc man. Mr. J. C. Criuner, to re- ; on
move the bark with eight inches of the wood in
front the surface of the tree, cut, or stripped [ fro
vatlier, like staves of a barrel, without felling 1 cor
the trc . These pieces are to be cut forty feet ! vut
'otig, and when put together in Philadelphia will
ho in tivo rooms inside twenty feet high. In 1 I
these rooms cabinet* of California specimens and ' Inn
curiosities will 1 e neatly and appropriately ar- | can
ranged. | the
W* Mc
Kxirt i iii.n ut \ Mi km.tint.?Aleck bowery, Lo;
the negro who mtinlcred Mr. John Mnrpliy, of
I.ynchhutg, on the night of the loth of March {
last, was executed at Sumter last tYi.l-iv
?ll
Precisely hi li:ill'-|iiis( 12 u'd'ick, Shcrill' Tvii- (
del i:i"\cd 11!? |>ii-oner to I In- jdure o!' execution, j
when- | rnyor was iii>1 u!<rt: 1 in for mjo hour, 1 u- I (en
jinjj whic i ii mined im o-viniiy. persona N.
were presold. The religions services wore of I
u camp itiooliiijr order. Aficr Ihey wore ended, '
the roj was adjusted iiruiuid the doomed nmiTs ">
nook in I tho'hloi k knocked iVoiu under him. ji
.After n Cow *pauins, he ?11o I. lie admitted he- j .*!|m
i:i4; the murderer while under the imnsc. ure
fire oOIcehly olnion (Times.
H. M. STOKKS, Kditor.
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not to ap|icar in consecutive issue*.
ffbj)'" Kcv. (J. S. Anderson will deliver a Cententiiiil
Discotir.se sit Mi. I.cbntion Ulturch, on lite
3d Sunday in July next.
IIJftA- I'*- " Hobo, of Spartanburg and J. II.
ISion, of Winnsboro, arc in attendance at
Court this week. The trial of J. F. Cutnp
brought our friends A. II. Kirby, ('apt. Hlass iiigainc,
Hiehardsou and A. Tolleson from
Spurtsuihtirg as witnesses.
W A hold theft way committed a day or
two ago, by a colored matt named llonry Thomas,
who went to Mr. .John Mondor's field and stole
two shovel plows, two heel screws and two bolts
from a plow stock. The articles were found in
his house, and he confessed the crime.
We learn that the notorious Hill Sartor
is at his old tricks. A few days ago he was
jp'tt on the farm of Mr. Shett'TjfstvOTth and that4
night Mr. S's horse was stolen from the stabler
It is strange that no one can learn of Iris whereabouts
until after he has committed some crime,
art I then it is discovered that lie has been seen
and talked to by numbers of persons a day or
two before.
- - - .Mr.
James Wilson, the engineer who
was kille I by the accident on the Anderson
branch of the tirceuvillo and Columbia railroad,
was well known and highly respected rlite
town and along the whole line of the Spariauluirg
and Union Railroad. For many years be
was an engineer on our road, and lost his arin
by the accidental discharge of a gun at Alston.
I'oorJiin, ho deserved abetter fate.
Bfe?Y* As some few cases of hydrophobia have
occurred in this section autong dogs and other
animals hit ton by tliein, there is considerable
emptiry concerning a cure for that terrible disense.
A much re*pectad medical gontlcmaa.af
litis town informs us that a water or vapor bath
at 110? Fahrenheit has often proven in effectual
remedy for the disease. It should he given as
soon as the symptoms appear and as often as the
paroxysms come on.
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Republican Nomination.
After seven ballot.*, in which the tenacity of I'l.iilie's
supporters was fully Iwtitl, the national Republican
party, through iti delegate* a-*< 'iiiciniiali,
have made the following nomination.*
Rutherford It. Have*, tiovernor of Ohio, for I"ro.*i<lcnl.
William A. Wheeler, ot New York, for Vice IT.
We candidly eon lex* our belief that a more judicious
nomination could not have l? en made by the Republican
parly. livery other eanilldate U President bronchi !* fore
the convention eotlld have lieotl defeated, we pious
oil per*(lial nn|M>pularity, having I it , on^"'1'1 lally
ree.lv or iudirectlv, with many if "ono,? ""d liberal
acts that have di.grae.sl noMlwtlon for that
weakened the party an *' awl the peoplahave dosup,moors,
it."^
l iinimd not t If character, audio will not ItUvethe
!f?ty tlioni.
flsay In a dangerous position. We aro informed
that on Sunday last some colored men
iving nciir Fish Pom Ferry, attempted to res- |
:ue six head of florses that were on the opposite j
lido of llroad River front the itntiiinoiit danger |
>t" being .iiowncd, as the waters had so stirminded
them tlint there was not twenty s?piarc ]
out of land visible around them. To rosette the .
itiiuiaU it was necessary for the men to swim '
lie river with the horses. The distance was \
ver a quarter of a mile, and one of the men ]
lecame so exhausted thai lie could not swim the ,
.hole distance and was in grenl danger of be- |
ng drowned, lie drifted helplessly down the
ireani, fortunately t<> the hank of the liver,
here lie grasped the limb of a willow tree and
long to it. The river was running madly, and |
c saw no prospect of help reaching him. In 1
ii? perilous position lie lo.j^.l for a liuib high*
r up, when a ten fold greater horror iiie> Jiisy i
icw. .lust above him, on a limb of the same
< ?. lay two large Water Mocasiu'Sr.akos, lickig
their forked tongues at him in the greatest
l>pareut rage. In this situation lie remained [
r some ln?ur# until liis friends came to his i cef.
If any one can imagine a more unplcnsit
dangerous til I?? ho place 1 in their imagina- I
un can rake up greater horrors than ours, ;
ait's all.
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The Danville (Va.) jVw* ?ays : Ev%r?LiIfe
tit Southern man otves it to himself nuT Ins"
itive him I to discontinue his patronage of the i
pw Vork //''/'*//?/. Its recent infamous altue ks I ,
on the people of Louisiana and .Mississippi,
ul its eager readiness to seize and promulgate '
cry lying and scurrilous sensational story I
here our section is concerned, stamp it a pub- i
enemy?the basest and most venal of ull I
nth-haters. Stop it, the which j ?
is the manliness to he, at Jetst. fll^mtl ; or
e Tun, ', which is honest enough in its hosiili- *
to he an open avowed l'"0>. .littler a i '
laight out. implacable cnivnV, fhSn a*Jns9Kfc>??$jP'\
s.:s-,iii in die garb of neutrality or independiee.
I.vxciir.n ton IS\rr..? Memphis, June 0.? v
in Anderson, colored, who was arrested here 1
it Monday for attempting an outrage on Miss J |
nigh.hi, of lie Soto County, Mississippi, ami |
King the throat of her bi-..?ti??>- n.?? ?
- .V .. ...K mm j
rdead. was taken from tlie officers yesterday j.
>rning liy a body of nrmcd citizens and hung. |
s fat her, charged with being accessory to the |
cmnted murder, is in jnil. ij
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A cull litis been nift'le for u convention of i
uthem colored men to meet in Augusta, Ua., I ^
ttic 20th instant. The purpose, ns expressed ft
the circular, is "!o confirm a filial departure "
in the Republican party, with itsjoathsome ' A
ruptimi, mid forever hereafter to cast our i w
c for better men aud a better parly."
I G
Pirk in' Ati.\nt\.?On Tuesday night in At- e*
tn, On., the furnishing storeot J. T. Kichbcrg ' at
iglif on fire and was destroyed, together with hi
two stores adjoining, occupied by Messrs. fft
Naught k Scautchin n.s a Jianlwarc house.?
is about $00,000, wdth heavy insurftticfe.
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In)? Mrs. K. Riciiahiis respectfully invites ut
bodies of 1'nion to inspect the beautiful ri!
;li of NKW MILLIXKRY which she has rc- 1 J5
fed tlie past week. Iter rooms aro over J. I nt
.Moore .Sc t'o's. I>rug Store. l>o sure and , foi
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j ih
ix ilioiisaii 1 youinr shad were reeontly de? | oir
ted in ft strcein trihitlury to llroad river, in i de
iiiinburg county. Other livers in ihe South j pr
to he supplied with shad and other fish. Ol
The
Week of Rain
I The news we hate received from a'Aparls J?
the County gives us melancholy "account of tl?
destruction of crops, washing ot' Ipnd atul wre<?
ing of Bridges. For seven consi stivc 4iys t^e
rain fell almost incessantly, often in tVrrcuts
and accompanied hy strong winds and nnil.-*The
creeks and rivers were higher than hid been
known for many years, while the laiuiskdjoitiing
them were so completely overflowed th^
corn five feet high could not be s
overflow continued for at least three ditig^^d
in some cnsciMfefeo >*\jMfl^pfchnve not^retHro^J^^
, A gentleman of veracity informs us thaps^ut
is known on the l'acolet river as tli*> Norris
Laud, containing four hundred acres of the
finest "bottom land" of that section, on Sunday
morning Inst was one vast sheet of water?he
did not believe there was one acre of it that could
he seen. He also informs tis that the bridges a*
Trough Shoals and Hurricane Shoals, in Sp^tntilnirg
County, wei eobjnpletcly carried awi^t.
Murphy's, Beaty's n/f'I (list's Bridges, on 'iy?
I ger River in this county, are all gone, and ?ic
bottom lands along tlicir banks completely ovlrtlowed.
The only bridge on Fair Forest that has bien
curried away is that of Rice's.
The destruction of grain is truly lnmcntahlo.
The wheat in th^jdiock has sprouted in evtry
{ instance, ?i??l not less than one-halt t ho crnptii*
| either ?of:illy destroyed or no seriously injured
| flint it will hardly innke Hour fit for use. The
; out oroji also litis been so seriously daniago^ Ihjat
^ not nioro llian onf quarter of th<^in?^tfQj^^
i promised iwo weeks ago will lie maun. ^
The corn oil the bottom lun<ls will, in npiost
every case, have to be replanted ; but it wtiI^h'
three or four days from eec/i now before much ol
: the loud will be in condition for replanting.
Where corn can be straightened up from the
ground, the plant is so brittle from the amount
of sap in it that it breaks off; white more of it
is found dead at 'lie heart, from being undei
water so long. Another sad effect of the terrible
rains is the ruin of much of the finest bottom
lands by washing.
From all that we can learn from friends in al
parts of the County, the destruction was sc
i great that the prospectn fo?. crops of every kitic
j arc truly alarming. Had the oat crop beet
I saved it would have been of incalculable value.
1 as food for stoek ; but now those who had relief
upon that crop will have to buy corn until tlicit
own corn is ratfturcd, and that will be much liw
n >( be cstij^atec
The Spartanburg and Union Railroad stand:
all right, and the trains have been able lo rut
tcgularly. Through the watchfulness a induces
satit work of Mr. Andrew .Murdock, the siqier
visor of Bridges and Trestles, the bridge acros;
Broad River stands uninjured' We ate in forme
; that Mr. Murdock, with the hands under liiscom
| maud worked all day Sunday in flats and kepi
i the masses of drift wood, trees, A'",, ' at con
i . ... . . . t?ei? live.' .
tiininlrv floated down t'-y. piers o
, . it> diameter and abo. ,,
the bridge..... . , . . , a ' ni
?*.> ?!ruck a wooden pier with trcmMhft.,
/dree, and would have carried the latlciyiway,
but by extraordinary exertion it was quickly
! dislodged without doing any injury. Although
, the river was very high on .Monday, an engine
i passed safely over it. As there werqjio trains
I arriving troin Columbia to Alston, it was tliuuirht
l>rutUul,i4?i.ceHf tho Jjtiyiu on^J^Aaida^d^Juj
river and send I lie mail and pa slftngfr Across
<m a hand car until the water suh&Uled and the
1 true condition of the bridge could be asccrlained.
It is now considered sajgi.
No trains passed over the (inftftillc & I'olumhia
road from t'olumbi^j AlstonSaturday
to yesterday,?Thursday. We iunrn that the
road is badly damaged, and it will be sdme Joys
before regular trains will be able to pass.
s.\t> \'Tti>r.\T. T?
We regret to state that last Friday a sad Accident
occurred as the train was passingnvcr
Broadway trestle, on the Anderson WanAi of
the 0. and t'. 11. I*., hy which .lames W*ilson, the
Kngineer, a Fireman an 1 the Conductor were
killed.
Since tlic above was put in type the fiyoet^ville i
.Wn\< of Sunday has come through, and inlit wc
find the details of the disaster, from wliiai we
take the following:
The Anderson train departed fir Andcrsoi#
with engine and baggage car only, and wli^tP
wSS4Ih)^)ver. Broadway trcctlc all wciXtivxvn
distance of *>0 or <?0 feet, timbers and tfrm up.
derncath 10 or 1"> feet. Mr. I.afoy, the condiie.tor,
and Mr. Kitsinger, baggage master, \rtie
found one hundred yards In-low in the creek,"
mangled and dead. The bodies of Mr. Wilson,
tlie engineer, and one fireman, Allen Johnson,
col., are still under the wreck partially covered
hy water, and cannot he taken out until the eiif j
giue is moved in some way, which is lying o?
timbers, both the engine and tender being botfc>
fom upwards. #
TIIF. AltU.INr. ROAD.
We hear that much damage has been done or*
this road, by washes and land slides, and thaf
jne or two lives ha?4- been lost. No trains liavo
passed over the rpa 1 since last Friday, up t<j
rcstcrdav. *
Til K MA1I.S.
We have received no mails y^ftliis ]>lace front j
my section "ine*' last Saturday, and |^c ac?
:onnts we receive of the dimmers arc?ccessai^y
very meagre, and probably, in sunu^iistnnccs,
(xajrgeratcd. "*-? 1HS.\STKI(S
IN SI'ARTAMII It)}.
The following list of disasters from the ra^ns
re take from the Spartanburg papers:
On i'acolet ltijer; the (tolling Mill hiidge^ nt
lurricane Shoals; Colter's Ford : Camp's'; Nfew
'rospect ; Mc.MiQlin's. ?j j
On the Tyger : llenson's; Suoddy's; Meals'; J
'rank Andcrson'p ; Dantzler's. *
On Knoree: dames Anderson's; Bennett's. (
The Cow-Ford bridge on Fair Forest, umAfhe ,
ridge over Fergn$oti s Creek, we learn, are%lso
, , .? !
?>uaiso i earn mat t lie dam at I lie Rffllng ] j
1 ill. Hell's Mill ibun, tliv dam at Hiviugsville j
lid the dam at Kiiigervillc are all broken. Al- 1
? that \V. II. Coster's Saw Mill on Pacolet and j
. and J. Jackson^* mill on Obid's ('reek are |
ashed away.
It is said that the Howard's (lap bridge across (
reen River, in North Carolina, one of the highit
bridge* in tlii? country, has been carried* (
vay, and we are informed that great injury ; '
is been done to l>r. McAhoy's and the other
rms in that section.
a
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"'Wll. . Vance nffnii- ! ^
tied n* the Conservative candidate for Governor j '
luminously on (Tie first ballot. !.cl tie welkin j
ng from on? end of the State to the tllior that
e people's man litis been placed in the lead by t
e people, and will lead the people to victory ;i
xt November. 'I'llu nomination of a candidate
i' Governor of the Stale of North Carolina by j
unanimous vote is something/Tnffcard of in
e politics of the State, and can uugiY only an
ion Ibr goad. It shows the unanimity and
termination which per va* our par to'. nn?l O
usages hii overwhelming victory.?Charlotte j K
rer. % J tl?
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Proceedings of Court
The June teriu of Court for this County con- ,
veiled last Monday about 12 o'clock, Judge L. 1
C. Northrop presiding.
In consequence of the heavy rains, by which
many of the bridges wore carried away, some of i
the (irand and i'etit Jurors were not in attendance,
uud some time was consumed in filling
their places. After the Grand Jury was impanelled,
the Clerk read in open Court the com'
mission of the Judge from Governor Chamber
M?m io m^pui mo unexpired term 01 ox-luuge t
'Closes. , i
The foreman of the Grand Jury presented tlic !
following petition
To hi* Ho'tor Jwhjt Surlhrop :
In view of the disastrous floods which have >
visited this County during the past week, :ic- j
cessarily putting a stop to all agricultural ope- ,
rations at the time when harvesting the grain j
crops requires the attention of every farmer,
and believing an enforced attendance at the
Court would at this lime do much to complete
th"" disaster, we would respectfully suggest the
dismissal of the Juries for the present term. i
Respectfully submitted,
J. W. McLUKK, Foreman.
The Solicitor opposed the dismissal of the Ju- |
t ies, mainly upon the ground that it would t>c
unjust to the prisoners then in jail, who were !
entitled to speedy trial, and upon the furthe*ground
that he had man} cases that ought to be
"acted on by the (Srand Jury, at this term.
Anxious to he just to all parties the Judge
informed <he Grand Jury lliat lift
them to act upon us many of the
fed iirYlio Solicitor ajj
ock at night, and that hey
il the next day at 111 o'clock. M., to make their
sentiuent, when they should be discharged. |
pd In '{lie riipantinic he was willing to excuse from |
j serving this term those Jurors whose interests
, j in ilio crops demanded their attention. I'pon
I this announcement a number of jurors from the
^ j country were discharged and citizens of the vil
. i tage chosen lo till their places, upon both the I
I Grand and Petit Juries. The Judge then vie- i
I livered an elaborate charge to ihc Gran 1-aury, 1
which, was listened to with close uttenlioti
I throughout, and gave general satisfaction.
> The following returns of True Bills were
I made l?y the Grand Jury :
( State vs. Kansom Castle, Chanifft l'risock and
'Ike Eubanks?(i'rami Larceny. True bill as I
I ^ to Kansom Castle.
r Same vs. Lewis Dawkins?Unrglary <tn>l Grand
. Larceny. ?
P Same vs. Julius Dau^fljlML Votiuy.
?- Maine Atidcrsa#fM|N||Hfe|0? * ti
Same vs. W. Kochellc?of? and Littery with
? it deadly weapon.
i Same vs. Kelly Sims?11 rand Larceny,..
. Same vs. Adam Gist? " "
Same vs. l.oomis Jeter and Richard Rice?Grand
i Larceny.
1 Same vs. W. Dunnaway ? Malicious Trespass.
. Same vs. Wilson Siitis?Grand Larceny.
t Same vs. John Abhs?llape. ^wo ,
Same vs. llaptp Ncthcrs? Grand Larceny.
f Bills. ' ' tu. ,, ;
s Snmc vs. J. Kfoxie ' ''Pon t.ut^ber ol
, ' cuses.
The case of the State vs. J. 1'. F. Camp. ?xTreasurer
of Spartanburg County, for refusing
to turn over monies belonging to the County was ,
j called on Monday afternoon, and the investigai
tiou continue I until Tuesday evening. This
j case was brought from Spartanburg -under a j
fctKtiun (Wa_cl.ai.ge of venire, and was hotly i
and ably fought on boili '
tiling and K II. I> bo, of Kpurtanhurg, appearing
for the State an 1 Sliaud ,v Munro and Mun- ;
ro X Munro for the Defence. Ii was -riven to
the Jury about 11 o'clock on Wednesday M inting,
who, after a struggle of ten hours, about
o'clock at night returned a verdict of guilty.
Another case against t'ainp, fir refusing toturn
over hoiks and ether property to hi.s successor
is on the docket, but a continuance was
f t? 1
I ? ?
These cines excited much interest in this !
community, as being the first of the kind crer j
tried in this Court, and probably no case was |
! ever conducted wini more skill mid tact on hotli
sides.
J Many unimportant cases on the Sessions dock- j '
| et have been disposed of.
Judge Northrop is a working man, ana*p- I
pears determined to clear away as much of th<Bi
trash ? for there arc a largo number of trasjj^Bfl
tcases on tlie docl^MPMftonibM|?'M"ifti?.'GJ0^a^
h TtrfTFr'that tl'o^p^ioMane casMaamy bo-coached '
and disposed of with proper deliberation.
At the opening of the Court the Judge an- j
nounccd that the daily sessions would be from 1) (
to 1, from 15 to 7, and from half past eight until | 1
midnight, if necessary. In this way the Judge i c
expects to reduce the expenses of the prcse?V
Court very materially, by pushing through iu ]
one day the work that heretofore has occupied j
the Court three days; ami after this term he
hopes to permanently keep the expenses down '
to a satisfactory amount.
Wo arc pleased to state that the Judge has 1
made a very favorable impression upon the H
mcyrbcrs of the bar and tbc community at large. v
Irf'U^nitereourse with all connected with the , c
CoudPr he is dignified, courteous and patient, 9
ana we believe lie will become a very acceptable , d
Judge when the duties of the oil bocdttic more ( 91
familiar to him. j 0
A Xew,York?lp:gnt 4ttQts^ Jiavg
favorable opportunity for knowi'^^my Were are
fewer city families going into the 'country this I f
season than has been Jbe case for TiT^py years ' M
past. Kconoinical considerations are having p1(
more weight in these matters than heretofore, j ..
and the idea that it is guile possible for one to
be as Imppy in his cotufortablo city home as iu '
i umi iioHi-iuug nouses, is mm Willi more gene- ; is
ral acceptance. A trip or two to t lie Centennial, 1 w
therefore, will probably be the extreme limit to !
which many worthy eili/ens will be inclineil to "
push their summer recreations, who have here- Ut
oforc ileemeil it an indispensable social duty to ni
>e at some of the fashionable watering places [ jy(
luring duly and August."
! a"
A Modki. 1'"aii>1 I'll. ? Mr. John V. Johnson, of he
'.dgefield County, writes about the (!rangers in : ar
lie Abbeville Vrilinut. lie says that "no man ]
hat farms ami attends to ) in business lias any
txeusc for buying corn, wheat or oats. Mr. '
dhnsoii lives at lmme, and is this year running *Sv
two horse farm with otic hundred and fifty acres u1(
ii wheal and oats, twenty-five in corn ami peas, |
n<l twenty-ti/c in cotton, lie has rcutC'l the !
alnnce of his lands out for one-third of cotton i
r.d one fourth of corn planted, or, \\
enter prefers, one lliousiind pounds of lint (|
?tton to the mule. i u
\ l?oy in Georgia was recently fjiind dead in
stream of water into which lie had gone to p
at he just n ft cr eating. The physicians ?iil lie '
icd of epilepsy, induced hy bathing on a full r '
onmcli. ,il
? . . _ . I ter
Kcv W. Wallace Duncan, agent f.>r WolFo'd to
ollege. obtained during the late conference at wh
ingstrec sjnie :?7ta> in bonds to raise an en- for
iTVinent fund <>f WotlorU College. j Tot
Primary Elections
Ou our first page will bo found :?n excellent
article from the Camden Journal upon the sub- |
ject of nomination candidates for t'ounty ofii* ( '
ccrs at the primary meetings of the people.? i J
Wc invite a careful examination of the plan as
explained by the Journal. *
We regret that we have not paid more at ten- '
tion to the matter before this, as the plan ctfln
mends itself to our judgment. By it a majority
of the people of the County would really nomi
natc the candidates, and the delegates to the
County Convention from the various townships
would be chosen to count the vi^cs of each candilate
and announce the choice of the people,
as expressed in their primary meetings.
Such a procedure would produce many very
desirable results : It would draw out tbc voters
to the primary meetings; it would disarm
croakers of the charge that (lie "village clique
tnaile tlie nominations it wouM prevent logrolling
at the Comity Convention, and what, to
our mind, is more important, it wouM unite tlic
people upon a ticket of their own making and
give no chance for so-called Independent candidates
to distract the party. The choice of candidates
having been thus made l>y a majority of
the people, at their primary meetings, the man
who would presume to run as an independent
candidate would openly oppose the expressed
fishes of the people, and could have no other
aim tjmn to defeat their nominations, and mpst
he- claJB, where lie truly belongs, wdUi the
^J^Jcar the time is now too short before tbe
tUHffuT^hieetings arc held, for the pluu to be
sufficiently known atul understood throughout
the County to ensure a fair test of it, but we
suggest that where there is a full meeting of
the citizens of a township that a rote of preference
for all county officers be taken.
\Yc are anxious to remove every obstacle that
stands in the way of obtaining unity of action
in the Democratic TTnksr We would have the
nominations made to suit tlie people, not to
please those who want office.
PRESENTMENT
OF THE GRAND JURY
FOK .ll'NK TKKM OK 1870.
To the IIOS\ A. C. NORTHROP,
' ' iJwlye vf the 1th Circuit, Prattling :
Owing to the pressing necessity for every tilI
lcr of the soil?to which class the Grand Jury,
I in large "part, belong,?to return to bis occupa:
lion as speedily as possible, to so far as
! lie might,* theJutely inundated crops from ruin
'< a ad _disastAK*.4M that van nnffTTl' s pmirt rnr1
t-sare iWiiii11 i mutters which
beyond a brief inctt^''n,11
Sl^ve engaged oV-ue*.', wit If ^11 the cure tliut the
| We have exrwed l?y the exigencies of the case
i short time nllc the offices and booksTif'tiie t'oun[
would uti'd we are gratified to syxic tliat wc
tind them in neat, business-like condi.ion, giving
renewed evidence of the ability an I fitness of
thnsc who administer the public awaits of our i
County.
We have also inspected the Public Buildings, |
and fin l the Juil in want of u new roof, the ceil- j
ings overhead in the prisoners' rooms, requiring j
to be renewed and strengthened, for the better
security of the prisoners ; and all of the prisoners
rooms are in want of whitewash.
The ground also around the Court Mouse an.I
Jail would he much improved by the erection of '
a substantial fence.
The Puhlie Well is not in very good order,^
and used it should have a chai^H
and stouY liuckct or buckets, put upon a go^ff
Windlass, instead of the present arrangement.\
Allot' which we recommend the County Com- I
inissioncrs should have done as early as possible.
A committee from our body visited the Poor
House an 1 found it, under the management of
the excellent Superintendent, in a prosperous )
condition. The inmates for whose benefit it is j
conducted, number twenty-eight, (-S) and are j
apparently comfortable and contented. P>y ,
their labor they pay more than half the cxpun- j
dim res of the institution. They are in need j
now, however, of four or five Milch Cows, and
wc recommend that the County Commissioners
obtain tiitun, if the finances of the County will
at all permit the outlay. Wc believe it would j
be a profitable investment in the end.
Wc present W. E. V. II Si OS f??l* soil inn
----- - ? o ,,,r,vl
without a and name Win. Hocking,
fMtlJJyfcMteid Anthony Tate
Wt Is pleTfsWgjII^kao\?* tln*t tlierc arc only
our liquor felling cgtablishpicnts in the County,
ffTftfde (if"Tricorporate<1 tow mm.
lu conclusion \vc heg to express our ncknowltdgcmcnts
to Your Honor for the kindness and ,
lon.siderat ion which have marked your inter- I
ioursc with ourselves. '
All of which is respectfully submitted. .
.J. \V. McLUKK, Foreman. ,
.*> . (
For the'film's. J
Sad I?ews from Cross KeysJune
17, 1870. I
As outdoor work is suspended on account cf 1
lie excessive rain, 1 thought it would not be I 1
I
miss to drop you a line Iroiu Cross Keys. 1 j
risli I had something encouraging to coiiiuiuui- t
ate; but 1 am sorry to state that 1 have never ?
ecu the Farmers in this section more desvou- '
cut. Haiti has been falling almost incessantly i 1
ince Monday morning. The Haltering prospect , c
f a line crop of corn on bottom lands is blasted. 1 p
courier just from linorec i eporj^hat only the I1
of * feudal ItS*fcau be seen. The grass is c
ipidly taking possession of tho cotton crop.?
lost of f hvA^heat and Oats a
elds. The question now comes up from every 1<
Her of the soil : "What shall no do?" 01
This is a sad picture, but not overdrawn, and ^
only "tliQ.hegitining of our sorrows." Wiiac ^i,
ill be our condition in case of a Huropeaii waiv'l
ith no market for what cotton is made, and not
' tv
ilf cnougli of bread stull's to supply home de* i ^
an I. What can be done to keep starvation ,c
ma our doors'.' Nothing but a c iinUino.l ctf.no \ n.
long farmers can avert such a calamity. Our i 111
ij'o is that every grassy cotton field (there
e many) will be planted in corn, as soon as the ' ?|
ml is dry onough to work. Much of the stub- ' lit
d land might be planted in Peas, ami the I ,s
tect Potato crop should he enlarged to the ut- ' ^
?st. Such a course would save an immense . 0f
lount of suffering. C."l?. 15. W
'I'llr II nwrru.s Lkuio.n.? We are requested to to
tify the survivors of the Hampton Legion that ot
s sixth annual reunion of the survivors of! th
tod's Texas Itrigade, Army of Northern Vir- ' rr.
tia, will be held at the Town of Itryun in
xas, on Wedttesdny, duly 12, 187'?, and that j
y are most cordially and fraternally request- , w.i
to attend. \11 ll iilroads have made excursion lie
es, and ttie hospitalities of the town will he j coi
idered visitors. The Te.vans are all anxious I He
meet again the noble men of Smith Carolina | inj
o s'ood by them so long. The invitation is j to
warded by Hohert llttrns. Secretary llood a ( pa
tas Itiigadc Association. | /y.
F'>r the Tiunw.
A "High Old" Mooting "
1'iui;m> Siokkm :?Saturday last 1 took tlio
iberty, with a friend, of attending the radical
meeting at the (Sold Mine (culoretl) church.?
I'll is church is used by llic colored people for
Ihcir religious, political and any other meetings
I hey may call, in aid of the Itadicnl cause. 1
was informed by .lohn Norris, a colored man,
that Col. I. <?. McKissick and June Moblcy
would be there and speak, but I found but few
of the faithful present and the speakers rwn <st.
After a little j arleying Norris invited tho crowd
into the church, and us we were a part of that
crowd we followed the leader and wont in.?*
Norris then told the assembly that the meeting *
was called to get the voice of the colored peo^f
pic of that township upon the school tax. Although
I am never surprised at any '-under-'
hold" the radicals take now-a-days to carry r
point, this did raise my suspicion.
Jordan Jones was called to the chair, but declined
the honor, feeling incontinent. Peter
1 ? - ..1' 1?iu imwor.s
Stevens liatf no sucn io? duuik v. ...? r
as a presiding officer, so took Mic eliair, but upon
informing the meeting that lie belonged to
Spaigfanburg, lie was relieved, and Simon \uiing
assuVicd tlio position. As Norris was the only
Radical present who could write, he was chosert
Secretary.
The meeting being thus organized, Norrix
moved that tny friend, Mr. Asa^uilh, address^,
the meeting. Now, we nil knowliaOlr^nfR
is more at home in^hc clover, cotton Ifi corn .?^
fields than on thy rostrum, but bo is htyiie -yS^
man to lose an opportunity to do a good
for bis county, stvlic responded to the call ana ^
iu a few words told the colored men many
wholesome truths. .
Norris then delivered himself ufwjoitg speech,
iu which he urged the colored people to guard
well their interests and rights, attend the meeting
next Saturday and vote for the school tax.
At the close of his speech he called for a vote
u^on the tax, when 17 out of 19 of the colored
men voted for the lax.
Norris, during his speech, attempted to ridicule
John Hardy, a good old colored man, who
was free before the war and who lias always voted
the Democratic ticket, much to the aunoyattce
ntul disgust of the said Norris. Norrissaid
that Hardy had never paid any tuition for ^
his children; that he was.a widower and couldn't
geta wifein BogansvilloTowuship. This brought <
Hardy to Iris feet, and his venerable head fairly ,
Quivered, lie denied tltf charge that he did
to get a wife, he^fluTTotw^tiMinjMwelTa^coSd"**'^
generally he picked tip.
?So closed John Norris' meeting, and 1 report
it to let the tax payers sec who will vote the tax
on them, if they do not attend the township
meetings next Saturday, the 24th.
onj: present.
, ^ ' - !
pka^./'fr^Vrx jilt; Nominal x ami Southkux
l'tik^Vj^jiaxs.?'1 lie following resolut ions, '
prcscnu<u\M|r. Talmagc, were adopted by the
; General Ass^Wly North, enthusiastically.
WtiKitUAs, All past atteuipls to establish fra1
icrnal relations between what is popularly called
! the General Assembly South, and what is popu|
larly called the General Assembly North, have
failed ; and whereas, we believe that, as in acts
of individual dilute, no adjustment is cHeeled
by tlie rehearsal of the past, so the reh
or sal of the differences hoiwce.i great) bodies
of men can never bring and
whereas, we sincerely regret the uliclniiou of
the pact, ami disapprove any words sAkcn in
times of high excitement, which may hejogard- ,
the sound Presbyteiianis^onncl^.^
t hristTan character of the Southern breWrcn^^^^^
therefore, A
1. That we bury in one ga^?e all
inisnnderstati<lings and dilforenees, amllvt!i expressions
that have heen interpreted as offensive
between the two sections of the Presbyterian
Church, and in the name of the l.ord Jesus
Christ stretch forth both hands of invitation,
asking our Southern brethren to unite with us
in fraternal relations.
2. That we request the (leneral Assembly,
now in session in Savannah, on the receipt of
this resolution, to send two delegates to our
meeting in llrooklyn, telegraphing us of the
departure of those brethren, and that on the receipt
of that telegram we immediately send two
delegates to meet the Assembly in Savannah, so
that neither the Northern nor Southern Assembly
shall adjourn until the Church on earth and
in Heaven have begun a jubilee over the glorious
cousuin niatiun.
Tiik Last I'non.A m ation.? Proclamation*
have heen issued by (iovernor Chamberlain offering
a reward of $1,000 for the apprehension
of John II. .McDevitt, the defaulting treasurer
of P.dgctield County, and a reward of $200 lotany
one of those concerned in the lynching of ^
the Harmon murderers. The first reward is a k
sutliciently large stun to induce one to go to Canada,
where McDevitt is said to hp, and procure \
liis arrest. Edgefield county is in a state of
bankruptcy, owing to his depredations.
As regard the lynchers the proclamation is
Wutiim fulmen. A whole community cannot he i
arrested and tried, and the lynchers acted in
inch a way as to disperse the responsibility of"
he deed. Whether the summary punishment
nHictcd upon the desperadoes who killed the
11 urinous IVJIO rWrl i A?? ? ?
h... " "iwiif;, ?c nave probably
icard tlie last of it. The Governor is light in
tsing all efforts to vindicate the majesty of the
hw, hut neither lie nor the grand jury, assisted
is they may be by Judge Carpenter, can treat
lie lynching affair as an ordinary murder. If
me of t!?c lynchers were arrested, we doubt if
he Sheriff of KdgefieM County could keep liim
11 jail one night. The members of any civilized
omnmnity should allow the law to tukc its
nurse, but when they feel that more summary
roccedings are necessary, they are generally
replied to fight the issue through to the bitter f
tid.? Camden Journal. \
.o.
ARC.t MKNTS Til AT ARK AllSt'IlU. ? Wc COtlfeSSr
Ml ovo ar? MMhble. to coiupreheiid the system of
igic by which those who contend that the l)cniurats
cannot gain control of the State governiciit,
bring themselves such a conclusion.?
F it were contended thai the Democrats do not
c.tirc aua win not endeavor to gel possession M
[ the government they support, and by wliicli
icy aro ground down and hiimilinton, there
puld bosomo aliow of consistency in the argu*
ent. Hut to any tint 00,000 intelligent voirs,
who own nine-tenths of the land and prop- ^
ly in lite State cannot wrest I lie reins of gov- %
-nmcnl from tlie hands of the carpet-baggers
lie are kept in ollicc by Ilic votes of HO,000 ig T
uant and deluded negroes, who are dependent. \
i>on the property holders for the very bread !
at sustains them, is the veriest absurdity, and
not believed for a mouieiit by any one who " 1
is a spark of manhood in his bosom. Sucli
guincnts, we believe, are mado in the interest JH
a continuance of the present party in potocr.
here tliero is a posibility of a cliange, it is
consistent and cowardly in those who pretend
desire to work against it by raising up
her obstacles, instead of trying to reui6ve ' *
osc which already exist.?Merchant and Farm- t
The only obstacle now left in Mr. Tiideu's
iy to the Presidency is (lie two-thirds rule.?
fuse io adopt that. and the llemocrni* n>?v
iint iipoii certainly electing ilio next President,
fidnpt it iitkI defeat limy lie our reward. Tlio
ustice wliicli would tlicrol>y have licon done
Mr. Tilden would result in no pood to the
rty or to the country,- / ]>i>pntch
'Hi.
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