The people. (Barnwell C.H., S.C.) 1877-1884, September 19, 1878, Image 1
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4. All changes in advertisements must
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I Travelers 1 Guide.
South Carolina Railroad.
CitAtrt.*STow, March i, 1S74L_
On; and after "Sunday, next, the South
Carolina Railroad v.'ilt be fun as folic wt:
rO» AB6CSTA,
(Sunday mottling qtosipted),
XeaveCharleston . . 9 00a. m. 7/Op. m.
Arrive Augusta . . 6 00p. n. C 60 a. in.
• TOR COLOMBIA,
, - ($unday morning excepted), * '
l eave Ckarleston . .’/> 00 a. m. 8 £0 p m.
Arrive at Columbia. 10 60 p. tsi. 7 45 a. ni.
ron c'haklmtot, —
(Sunday morning excepted).
Leave Augusta ... 8 30 a. m. 7 40 p m.
Arrive «t Charleston 4 20p.m 7 46 a.m.
Leave Columbia . . 0 00p.m. 8 00p.m.
Ar. Charleston, 1215 aiglit and C d5 a. m.
Summerville Train,
(Sundays excepted)
Leave Summerville 7 40 a m
'Arrive at Charleston . -8 40<rra
Leave Charleston '8 15 p m
Arrive at Summerville 4 25 pm
’’Breakfast, Burner and Supper at Bronchville
s' Camden Tlain .
Connects at Kingsville daily (Sundays excep-
red) with day passenger train to and from
Charleston. Passengers from Camden to Co-
lumbu.can go through without detention pn
Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday?, and
from- Columbia to Camden on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays by connection
■with day passenger train.
VOL. U.
BARNWELL C. II.. S. C.. THl'RSD^Y, SEPTEMBER 10. 1878.
NO. 55.
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FATAI. WOKK AT .niin 1MHM.
The Cwndtlloia of AlTairs <■ rovv-
larfC Uourly Wo rat* Wreat I>la-
tremn.
. MeMpris, Septentiber 10.—Tfic at'
mosphere heavy with the stench of
dead bodies. Several oorpses were fuund
to-day, aad no one was able to tell how
or whace they died. It is Impossible to
describe the condition of affairs here.
Four dead men were tound on the streets
before noon to* day in different parts of
this city. There is some improvement
10 the movement of the' undertakers
since the citizens’ relief burial corps haVe
taken the mutters in hand, andVto’day the
number of interments whs larger ■ than
on any previous day. The number of
new cafes and deaths to-day are eonsid.
erahly less. Destitution and want are
on the increase. White persons, who.
cannot stand all day in ** the clamerous
crowd of negroes jhat throng the deliv
ery windows of the supply depots, are
suffering for provisions. Hunureds who
have aiiik families cannot leave them
long enough to procure food, and it is
next to impossible to get any one to at.*
(end ip their wants. Postmaster K.
A. Thompson, who was also half owner
eff the Avalanche, died this evening.
The first Chinese victim of the yellow
fever, perhaps, in tl^e United States was
taken down Jiere to-day. fie was at*
s of the commissary are admirably
kepi, showing every ounce of food re
ed throughanysdurce^afid ‘Thduiog - Qu
clearly its disposition. ~~ .'
Day and night trains connect at Augusta
itb Georgia Railroad and Central Railroad. .
ds route is the quickest and most direct , tended by Dr. Wow Chiu Foo, also a
.to Atlanta, Nashville. Louisville, Cincinnati, r ^; nflmnn wJln pamA ,W!,nr.„ bis
CluoAgo, St Louis and other points m tba
Northwest, ~ —_—
Night trains for Augusta connect closely
with the fast mail train via Afacon and Aur
gust* Railroad for Maeovr, Oilnmhw*. Mont-
Chinaman, who came here declaring his
ability to cure eight out of ten cases.
His first vieftm die! under his peculiar
treatment. The dead body of Mary
gomery. Mobile, Now Orleans ami poinuin Franklin, colored, Was fouud in ft Iiouse
the Southwest. (Thirty-six hours to New
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Letter Worn Alleadale.
Ali.f.ndIt.e, 8. C., Sept. 9,1878.
Jb ikt kdUvr The Pefrplr :• ~
Public men and public measures aj;
all times sbouki invito diacusalon, for
the reauon that the former in their of
ficial capacity can have no honest ifib-
tives to, conceal their acta > the latter
being matter of public Interest should
be at all times open to public investi
gation, for which reason we ask a
place for this in your columns, antici
pating that it will find favor in the
eyes of many, but not of ill your
readers. To the guilty f t certainly can
afford no pleasure, and whether it will
be approveiF by every man or citizen
who enjoys the protection of the laws,
I regret to say, is singularly doubtful.
“ What is everybody’s business is no
body^ business,” is a maxim grown
old in service] and public sentiment, f
always more in sympathy, with the
law-breakers than with the informer,
by common consent amend ft so as to
read, “and what does not affect your
private particular busings you shall
strictly avoid, under the penalty o* our
lasting and unqualified displeasure.”
In order to avoid the odium that un
justly and improperly attaches to this
position of informer, the law ie not
enforced, winch, he it said to the cred
it of our Radical rulers, is sufficiently
a very obvious one. Th^ m&tual con
sent arrangement of the members of
r General Aseembly, allofring ef.ch
member, in a large measure, to con
trol the appointment in his section or
particular locality, is fraught with
many evils. If the membeP Is a can
didate bo regards the incumbent ns an
Invaluable accession to Ids ranks, and
really co.uK! not think of sparing 1dm
HerSWebtosc. Will s’\v %ixot youtr than the Quest poet of the world, for It
many readers inform us if ho knows
of asy case in point to which the ftb'kvo
may, in whole or in part, apply. If he
does, what dueo he conceive.to bo the
duty of the hour ? The w^ter solves
it. I2!ect raen-to the Legislature-who
are law-abiding, God-feaiiug citizens,
who are nrither gamblers nor counte
nance gambling, who artf neither
drunkards nor countenance!drunken
ness, and, God bo praised, bid Barn
well is full of them yet.
Audit* Gives.
JOK.
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jroiiNiiri'o*.
Ills iWomfnation ibr 4-ongreau
Ti-oni the KivhmondL, Viry inin,
_ District.
1
In -the £)emocriit!o GJpnv’ectipn at
Richmond, Va., last week, f^en. T. M.
Logan, formerly of South ICaroLina,
seconded the nomination of Gen. Jm
Johnston for Congress in ;k briiliunt
speech, concluding as foiloiwi^
'•Generalship and statesmanship are
contrary,
still
the test and meaiiure of citllizatlons.
not incompatible, on the
i hey are closely allied; Wgr is
Orleans.
Day tiains Ur 'Cohimhia conned closely
with Charlotte Railroad for all prims North,
making quick'time and no delays, (Forty
hourtto jfew York.)
The trains on the Greenville and Colnmln*
and Spartanburg an<l Untun RaiFroatls con
nect closely with the train which leaves
Charleston at 500 h tn, and returning they
connect in same manner with the train which
leaves Columbia for Charleston at 6 30 p a*.
Laurens Railroad train ronnectaat Newberry
on Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays.
Blue Ridge Railroad train runs daily, con**
nectingwith up and down trains on Green
ville and Columbia Hftflroad. •
J - v i a. 8 SOLOMON?.,-
Sn p m n ten 2 ect.
S- B._ Ml.Jwutt Ate.ii^
The strongest races prevail, *ud ought
comprehensive to provide a statutory { 0 prevail, because tho stritftgest are
punishment for the commission of al- | the beet. They conquer be^lase threir
most every offense; nod we, therefore, ! civilization is highest. , And so the
by our silence and inaction, encourage | great captains of history ilere alsp
its open vlolatiop^^nd the morals of i t ^ e gteat statesmen. The qualities
the community are influenced by bad which insure success in Waj,’, in anv
example. Appreciating the evil of the &ge, developed also the highest human
eRuat.on, the wr.ter :s free to admit i typeofth&t age; and the great sul-
hoalrit office to have had no attending 1 nHHnn d - er Wh ° * mbodied tha *®° ,ae
61 to stem the tiJe of public opinion . 0 f ^j s j-ace representeJ also Its highest
ou Commerce street. Her living child
was trying to nurse on her bosOm. Han.
dicds of the dead arc reported at the
address of Judge Thomas Thomson,
to-day, to five young men convicted of
murd^he remarked that he pitied
them ; and thought that perhaps no
tender mother shielded their infant in
nocence, and taught them, kneeling al
her knee, the prayer, “Now I lay me
down to sleep. " “I know not,’’said
the Judge, " who wrote that prayer,
but I would rather bo the author of it
has shaped the destiny of millions on
millions of the hhipan race. Courts
and codes ?f law may pasn .away, but
that prayer will indure to the end of
time, to bless mankind. ’’
When listening to Judge Thomson's the State, as a State, but in every
physicians, or to have been deserted by an( j ( ] ec )j neB to deal in personalities, j statesmanship. Aad in
their nurses. ' * - ■ •** -
Savannah ana Charleston Railroad Co.
HUNGRY-
A correspondent writing to ihe
News and Oocrier from Orangeburg,
un^er date of September 9, gaye : Yea-
are entrusted with the nppoinriog soldier tho statesmhcsiiip to terday, about halT-past 10 o’clock, Mr.
pow°i to certain facts that may at this unloose the bonds that bodah her. ■ ^* Tyler was lodged in jail on the
juncture as we aie about entering Kisimr above local nreiudiee fvnd jiar-
our Own day,
but by illustrative cases direct the at- 9 j ri a Southern sister Statdk in her
scenes at the COMMISSARY PKrART- 1 ten ^ on ou r P e0 P'° an '^ Ih 0 ^® w h° i darkest hour, sought aocffoucd in her
MENT IN MEMPHIS—FEEDING THE
words, I wag reminded of a touchingly
beautiful incident fn tho ijst hours of
the useful life of that noble and Just
man, Judge D, L. Wardlnw, of Abbe
ville. The grand old Judge lay on bis
death-bod. His family did not suppose
that his end was so near. In perfect
peace he bade them good night, saying
that ho thought he would sleep well.
Hes-emed to sleep sweetly, and only a
little grand-daughter silt in his <?ham-
her.* The silence of the ni§bt in .tb®
old patriarchs room wao softly broken
by his voice, repeatiog the prayer of
his infancy. As a little child, the
learned and able jurist and statesman,
.with his hands folded on his breast,
said, “Now J lay mo down to sleep, I
pray the Lord my soul to keep ; if I
should die before I wake, I pray the
fciord my soul to take. ”
The prayer concluded, he fell asleep,
and died before ho woke, and the Lord
took his soul! "And Jesus called a
ikrie child unto him and set him in the
midst of them, and said, Verily, I say
unto you, except you bo converted
aud becomo as little children, ye shall
not enter into the kingdom of Heaven.’’
W. T. Capers.
Georgetown, S. C., Jafy 9tb, 1878.
Am A«j(r«Miv« Caaspalffa
\» (New* awl Coericr.]
In politics, as in the battle of tife, he
who stands still is lost. The Democ
racy, having gained control of this
State In the campaign of 1870, must
obtain exclusive possession in 1878.
Not a Congressional District, not a
county, pot o,township must afford a
foothold for the enemies of honest
government after thin campaign in
over. Wp want nq new doctrines, we
want nb otbar plan of campaign than
that of 1876, but those doctrines sod
that plan muat'becarried out not only
election precinct in the Stats. Hamp
ton and the men whom he led in S876
found Qoutb Carolina the victim of a
terrible political disease, Thq major
ity oj her voters were ueder the con
trol of a clique of unprincipled mem
The influence of these scoundrels
amounted to magic. No matter what
vllliaoous scheme they might concoct,
no matter how persistent, energetic,
intelligent might be the opposition of
honcct men they had but to wave tho
Wand of party, and, presto 1 their de
luded victims obeyed their bebeste,
the ballots were cast, and the crime
was consummSWl— —— ...
X'nll Account of*tHe OrnnffelOurg
Viarder.
CHANGE Cr SCHEDULE.
Charleston, 8. C., Jan. 1875.
On and after Monday, January 7.1878, *li« j
drains on thin 'RvaJ v ill leave Depot <’
Northeastern Railroad as follor,? ;
as we are about ®°tenng i p v i 8! * n g al)ovo p re j a ^| ce Ru ,|
fMemplns AtniancLeJ » i
The King of Terrors continues
snatch viouuw with Iharful rjokhtv, [ position-be well worthy of considers
One by one those who remain iu the j ^ 0D - imagteary case vilt-answvr
Cltv aivl Arc liable to »» «*»> •«» *“
1 « taken dawu, anti U» Ruction , ■ ^ U, “ “•“f A ^ I ooaDtry. BampM.
8M,ed by those yet on their feet, “Who j aod t0 tLo ^xlenToThte power and
will be the next to t illr” But threo . ability, t^rry into effect the law in ro-
short weeks ago our city was active wi'b latlon to gambling, and in all cases to
into an important political canvass and [,-y policy, and planting bis stvodard on
to! want gopd and-true men to fill every | tbo of r j ai Hice ahd equal
rights, he rallied to his support all the
( bettey dements of sqeiety .the
morjtl power of public opinion in the
thm redeemod br °tfi er not very well, and as he
South Carolina; and thus her ablest 1 8t00 ^ 8om0 era Pty plates In bis
soldier, although inexperienced in h an J fresh from tho prisoner’s cell,
charge of murder. This mornihg I ob
tained consent to visit him, and learn
ed at the jail that his counsel had en
joined silence, but received the foliow-
ing^tatemenp from his brother-in-law, aQd they ., dlviaed tl Tul , Iaa
*J‘ ^* ‘'Ifil? 1. mfd that, h.s . Tas a heroic remedy, but It was aoso
' The leaders of the Drtnocratio cam
paign of *76 sow that there waa—but
one remedyJwr this disease. The
hold of the carpM-bagger and scala
wag upon the coined voters must be
lowed at all hazards. That was the
key of the campaign. All the meas
ures adopted were merely subordinate
to that one leading idea. Freo the
colored man from the intellectual
and moral thraldom in which ho has
been held for years, put him la a po
sition where, he oould think and act
according to the dictates of interest
and reason, instead of from fear of
tho party lash, and the problem would
be solved, and the State would be
saved from political putrefaction. It
was, however, no easy task to accom
plish. Ephraim was joined to his
idols, but it would not do to let him
alone. The negro was deft to reason,
he would not even listen to argument,
unless indeed it was addressed to. him
by a leader of “de party.” Neverthe
less tho Democratic managers were
not dUmayed. They addressed the
colored voter in private and in public,
last
fust }Itul Vcii
Loave Charleston •»
Arrive at 8av.iiin|!i
Leave Savannah
Arrive Charleston -
- 3 15 n. m.
- J' CsL*. m.
- 5 OO p. in,
« 11 00 p. nt
AccommcJiUijn SumJayt KjccepUd.
Leave Charleston - - » - 8 00 a. m.
Arrive at Augusta - ■ - .- 6 15 p. m.
Arrive Fort Royal - - • 1 50 p. m.
Arrive Savannah - ■*. • . -' - 3 50 p. m.
Leave Savannah - - - 0 00 a. m.
Leave Augusta - , » - 7 80 a. m.
Leave Port Royal - - 10 20 a. ni.
Arrive Ckarleston - - - 6 SO p. m.
+
Surulzi/t F.xerpttd,
ckvc Charleston - i - 8 50p. )c.
Arrive Pott Royal - - ~ 6 45 a. u».
AniyeSavinnah -, - 7 25 a. ta.
Leave Savannah - 10 00 p. m.
Leave Augusta . • * » 9 00p. in.
Arrive Charleston - - 8 45 a. m.
Past mail train will only stop at Adams
Run, Yeuiassee. Graham< Hie and Montciib.
Aocommodation train will stop at all sta
tions oh this road and makes close connection
for Augusta and Port Royal and all stations
pn the Port Royal Railroad. »
Fast mall makes connection for points iu
Florida and Georgia, -
C. 8 GADSDEN, Engr. and Supt, *
8. C. BovLsroN. G. F. and T. Agent.
practical politics, was scon to bo' her
leading a’utcbmun. Sir, the .qualities
i , i of head and heart which made Uamp-
prosperotii and happy, aud the entire (whenever tin so violations ehall cjmo j ton the goidier made him also the
his viewed knowledge, “is
business of all clfeses, our people wer
v 1 bring
to justice violations of the same
busiuess community wai in cheerful tern •
within
a heavy* and l!im8clf a gambler, a frequenter of
i common bar-rooms anl drinking sa
por over the prospect of
lucrative fall trade. Now’ our streets , ...
, , , ■ / . loons, where op shamelessly disregards
are deserted, our stores, and residences , , , , u . „. , »
, „ * , . „ his oath of office, and the eyes of an
empty, and out of a population of. more j trjljre(J pub|lc 8eeg you a beaQ , aa(1
than 50,000 barc;y 5,000 remain, and “straddles your blind,” like an artist
of these nearly 500 are iu the grave, and , in the profession, and in a manner to
perhaps double that number lie suffering set to shame the veritable John Mor-
with racking pains and burning fevers, rissey, M. C. Is this anybody’s busi-
But three weeks have passed since the ne8S or * 8 ^ everybody’s business,hml
WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA
AUGUSTA RAILROAD.
AND
GkSXIU! PASBCXOEa Depautmxxt,
Columbia, S»C., August 6, 1877.
The folio-ring Schedule will be operated on
andafter tLiidate.-
Night Etprttt Train~-D<rilj.
ooisc ncbth.
Leave ColunLia •
Leave Florenfe ,
Arrive at tYihningtoa
11 15 p. m.
2 40 a. m.
. 6 82 8, a.
CO1S0 SOCTB.
6 00 p. tn.
10 02 p. m.
1 25 a. m
P
Leave Rilm'ngton
Leave Florenoe - '
Arrive at Cohmbia __ - •
ThiaTrain isFastExpress, making through
connections, al rail, North and South, and
waterline connection via Portsmouth. Stop
only at Kastover.i Sumter. Timmonsville,
Florence, Marion, Fair Bljiff, iVhiteville and
Flemington.
, Through Tidteta sold and bagghge cheelc-
,ed to all prinripal points. Pullman Sleepers
on night ttaiB^l
Through Freight Train—Dailf. rztept Sun-
dago.)
• OOIXO K0RT4I.
Leave Columbia . . . ,
Leave Flcrenee. ...
Arrive at Wilmington. .
" t
,80150 SOUTH.
6 00 p. m.
4 30 a. m.
12 00 m.
2 30 p. m,
2 86 a, tn.
10 10 a.
in.
Leave Wilmington, . • 4
Leave Florence . . ■ , .
Arrive »t Columbia . .
’ Local Freight Train leaves Colambia Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday onjy, aL^o. xa.
Arrives at Florence at 3 30 p. m. ■ \
*' A. POPE, G. F. AT. A.
J f, DEVINE, Superintendent.
fiver broke out against us, and from s-ix
to eight weeks must yet elapse before re ■
lief cm be extended and the fever check
ed by tho appearance of frott. The
scenes about the aid centres remind one
of the days of war. Particularly d$ps
the waiting crowd of basket holding
people about the commissary department
awaken in the writer’s memory the days
following the capture of the city of Sa
vannah, When the people of n starved
town, many of the members ol tho fami.
lies of the first social position, went daily
to take their place in a long line and
draw the rations which the generous peo
ple of the.cities of the North had sent in
great ship loads to the suffering South,
ern port. Here the crowd is mode up of
negroes, who sit on the curbing, sit on
the pavement of the street beyond the
railing of die commissary depot, and,
clutching their baskets and the orders
from ward committe.s, watch intently
the large door and listen long in vain tc
hear their own name pronounced by the
blaok crier, mounted on the box upon
the window’s ledge. The crowd is four
or five hundred in number during the
livelong day. Tho system of giving
rations, as Workfed by the relief commit
tee, is as cautious, as proof against im
position, probably, as it D possible to
make it. All applications of the needy
arc made to ward committeemen, whose
duty it into look into the justice of the
elaims made to them, and then give a
draft on Commissary Maccabe for the
number ofrations and tho number of
days. Tins draft is presented, and the
holder’s name and time for drawing and
number of rations are entered in a large
indexed book. •> From this book they
are feed in turn as long as their drafts
call for, Over 30,000 rations have
been issued so fur, and tbe .demand i«
mcrearing daily in proportion to the
rspidly growing want and utter destitu
tion among the colored people. The
consequently nobody’s business. He
is a good jolly fellow, will treat inva-
atatesnaan ; and so, Mr. President, the
ability, tho character, tho gonitis
which made Jobnston great us a Con
federate commander will also make
him first among Boutheru states
men.” ■ ~—— «r ——
Gen. Johnston, in accepting the nom
ination, mad© a modest but very
henpy little speech. Ho said ho ac
cepted the nomination with gratitude,
but with diffidence, conscious that he
owed it to the partial kindnesn of the
delegates rather than to any conspicu-
riabiy when his time comes and fre- -oua qualifications h© possessed for the
quentiy before his time; he is free and position, but, Gen. Johnson declared,
easy and generous to a fault. Plenty bo was conscious he possessed one fun-
of money, which comes easy and goes (j amon t; a i qualification for public office
easy, no matter where it comes from ^conscientious devotion to public
nor where it goes to, an invaluable ad
dition upon the working committee or
staff of an electioneering candidate.
Is there any such In Barnwell county ?
If there is ids attention is invited to
this article, and if the cap fits him so
well that he will ..condescend to notice
this communication, wo will be glad to
h£ar from him on the following points:
1. What member controls the ap
pointment of Trial Justice In your
section P ' ■
2. Are yon as zealous In his cause
now as you wero at the last election,
supposing, of course, he is again a
candidate, and you are familiar with
“ matters of course?” ,
3. Does he know that you are a gam
bler and debauch©, of his own, know
ledge or through the Information of
others ?
4. Has he ever eaid that he would
give you his influence despite'the fact
above stated ? . -
We ask these questions for infor
mation, and say that if such a candi
date is in the field he is not entitled
to the support of a moral community.
(Moribus similes sunt.) Let me dim t
the attention of oar people to the im
perative necessity of exercising some
discretion in the election of members
to our next Legislature. Let us choose
men who will be law.tnakers and-not
law breakers—who will influence the
the appointment to petty offices at
home of men on account of their real
worth and ability, and not on account
of their political influence—who will
administer, not violate the law—who
will be a credit, and not a reproach, to
the community wherein their powers
are limited, and to the legislator who
controls a special appointment. It
might be said that the remedy tn the
case proposed would be to remove the
officer in question, bat the difficulty is
duty. He added that he was not lees
than the delegates a Virginian—by
blood, by birth, in heart—an<i the al
most passionate pride and devotion of
his boyhood to Ws mother Virginia
had been confirmed, not cooled, by ail
the wide experience of his tuaturer
years. After promising to refer to
tho leading matters of public intercst*
In his letter of acceptance, Gen. John
ston closed by wishing the members
of the Convention a safe and happy
return to their homes.
“Now 1 JLay Me Ikow n to Sleep.”
Who wrote that child’s prayer ? His
work has done more for humanity than
all the creeds of conncil, or all the
“systems of divinity” put together.
I fancy some gifted and loving mother
composed ft for her own darlings, not
dreaming that for centuries it would
be taught by innumerable mothers to
millions of children; that, indeed, it
would be transmitted from generation
to generation, through all revolutions,
all political and social changes, to., the
ond of time. How many men and wo
men, bravo boys and gentle girls to
day date their first religious irapres-
sions^the first awakening of consci
ence, tho first thought of God, the
Gracious Guardian of His children on
oaith, to that precious prayer ? How
many aged men and matrons, sitting
serenely in the golden glow of life's
cloudless evening, trace with gratitude
to God, the ** promise and the potency’-’
of their characters and destinies to
the twilight worship of the bedside,
when, kneeling at the mother’s knee,
they said that prayer ?
Happy child, whose mother solemnly
and tenderly teaches her little
the simple, the immortal words I
In the very impressive and touching
> V .'.-r r \ .: .*' ^ i:' * t
and in the presence of the turnkey, tho
story of the dark sad affair was told.
An old dispute of two years about
land had subsisted between John W.
Davis and Tyler. The latter Is a step
son and cousin of Davis. Davis be
fore this affair was a quarrelsome,
dangerous man, and about a year ago
ho drew a pistol on another, Stephen
EL Corbett. J. A. Tyler was present,
and to cave Corbett lie interfered aud
helped to get tho pistol away. Da via
turned on him and got a threshing for
It. Davis was a stronger! and stouter
man than Tyler, but was not his match.
Davis wanted certain concessions
about a land title, in which Tyler’s
wife and others wero interested, and
which they refused to allow. Based
on thia the feud was never suppressed,
and threats of a deadly kind were
made by tho enraged Davis. On Sat
urday the two men came to town with
a load of cotton, sold ft, made their
purchases and left. At Double Branch,
twelve miles distant.^they halted to
lunch. Both had partaken of whiskey,
but neither was intoxicated. Tyler
finished his meal, closed his knife, and
stood leaning against a wheel of the
wagon. It was the lull before the
storm. The two seemed then to be
friendly. The land question came
up; Davis, demanded the efgna-
turos of ail interested, as before.-—
Tyler said, "You’ll never get that.’*
Davis, with open knife, sprang
at the other. Tyler beat him
off; again Davis pressed him to
the wagon; again Tyler hurled him
off. Tyier being unarmed took to
tho branch In a run, and as he ran
opened his knife. Hearing the feet of
his savage foe close upon him, he
turned, and Davis was at his front.
They locked arms, and the duel was
fought in the silent forest, where-no
human eye looked on. Davis fell
bleeding from throat and side. Tyler
too was cut In three places. Seeing the
fearful end at hand, Tyler ran to a
neighbor and brought him to the spot.
There lay Davis In his gore, still grasp
ing the deadly knife. His side gaped
with two cuts, mid the jugular vein
was severed. Tyler surrendered at
once, and claims that ho acted in self-
defence. He has two cuts in his side
and one on his forehead, all slight
Davis’ death was almost Instantane
ous. Tyler is 23 and Davis was about
45 years old.
' Gov. Hampton was wounded twice
in the head during the war, but he’s
got a pretty solid old head yet.
Next, in point of meanness, to doing
. vtttjnjury, Is to do a man a favor and of that union, energy and determine
every now and then remind him of It
lately necessary. In no other way
could the eyes of the colored voters
be opened to the ignorance, the rascal
ity and tho duplicity of *tho vllllans
who were leading them os to the ruin
of the State, and with it to ithoir own ut
ter degradation. Wherever this policy
could bo thoroughly put in practice
the thieves were whipped out aud the
cause of honest government won a
glorious triumph.
Kcuppernong; Wine,
As the time is near at hand for tho
manufacture of this delicious wine, wq
publish the following recipes of par
ties who have been eminently success
ful In making superior wine, trusting
that they will bo of service to our road-
ers: .. t .
Have your grapes . entirely ripe.
Squeeze, by hand, in a clean vessel;
drain through a porous cloth and add
two pounds of white sugar to a gallon
of juice. Wfth the Juice fill up your
packages and nave in reserve enough
of the juice to keep tho vessels full to
the top an long as any fermentation
continues, which will be. for twt or
threo weeks. Tse clear iron-bound
casks or demijohns. When fermenta
tion has entirely ceased it may be bot
tled tightly with corks.
Let the grapes be very ripe, rejecting
all green or rotten ones. Crush in a
cask with a maul or pestle, made of
beach-wood, whieff is free- from acid.
Truss out ail the juice and strain It.
Add 1 ' 4 ' pounds of white clarified su
gar to each gallon of juice, in a well
cleaned iron bound cask ; keep it re
plenished and full daily when fermen
tation continues, which will bo fifteen
to twenty days, with juice from the
press reserved for that purpose in dem
ijohns. Keep the openings of the ves
sels covered with coarse linen cloth.
When fermentation has entirey ceased
drive in bungs enclosed in linen cloth
to make them perfectly tight. With
a gimlet bore a small hole near the
bung, ta which insert a wooden pin
lightly, which remove and replace
daily so long as any gas continues to
escape from the juioe, thendrivein the
pin tightly and out it off. After twelve
months put the wine in well coiked
bottles. The longer it Is kept in wood
en casks the better the wine.
[Fur th« Pecpii-]
Mb. Editob.: I feel very much Inter
ested in our coming election, and also
much regret to see and hear so much
dissatisfaction and disunion existing
In our own party. No one rejoiced more
in oar success or triumph over the Re
publican party in 1876 than myself,
and honestly prayed for & continuance
QaarUriy, i
madaoo Ilf
G«n treat
ter ftrw insertion i
No commanieatieB
lew »;corapanl*d by tba I
tb* writer, not necej Barily tar
but M a guaranty of good taitb.
Addr^a, t - THB
j -U SaraweH C. H .Uv.,
and I am sure there ie nothing to peo-
vent us, provided we two tho
diligence, union, concert of netloi
determination that wo did In;
is impoeeibls for ui Co Succeed ta
election with any split ta our
and I, for one, will oppooo any j
pendent candidates and pdrty <
Tha father of his Country (3
called) said ta his Farewell Addri
retiring from the Presidency of
United States, “ United we i
vided we fall.” Now is the time i
collect that important warning,
never has been moreimpOfta
thin advice than at present* ..,
misfortune the State Is stnxggHi
der is, too mauy*wants office,
true, a good fat office is a
thing, but yet we can’t all have i
but, If we coaid, who would be left to
work and pay us for it. I think we
should select the very beet men ta the
county, and elect those who are able,
willing and efficient servants, and have
the interest of the whole State in view,
rather than local or party interest.
That b thu sort of men wnshouldlook
for to fill oyr legielative offices'. This
done, then I think the voters have ffit*
filled their part, and all that they can
do, so far aa law making is concerned,
and their only remaining duly is £p.
obey the law. Thougft ahodld any of
our selected officers prove unfaithful
or unworthy of the trust, we have the
advantage of them two years from
now. Turn him out and try and get a
better man.
In conclusion, let me say to the dele
gatee of the Nominating Convention of
this county, nominate only such men
that you know to be true aad compe
tent and acceptable (if possible) to
their constituents, and I think it good
policy to give each portion of the
county a candidate If yon ean find A
suitable man, and not take too many
from one place. I. H. Dikes.
Fairmount, 8. C., Sept. 9,1W8.
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1*00IK flAWVSBf f ;>
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Tke ITpe and !>• was wrUto Pol*
Uic»ol*tke PerlW*
Washington, September l.-Oae of.
the most significant features of
icen political life is illustrated
occurrence of to-day. Fredericks
yer was to-day appointedntt
deed dollar clerk ta the Office
coact survey. This Is the lov
oTffriffifcMpetat
ments here. The appotaUe is a grad
uate of Harvard Co]lege(claaeof 1844),
was for years a teacher la some of tlfb
best schools of Massachusetts, and la
1859 he went to South Carolina to be;-
como principal of the State Normal
School in Charleston, Which position
he held until 18G1, when, according to
bis own statement, the Confederates
gave him and hie family passports to
leave the city on account of his obeoad-
ious Union principles. In 1865 be was
appointed collector of internal revenue
for Charleston, which was the first
civil appointment In the State after
the rebellion. Mr. Sawyer waa fiubse-
quently elected to the U. S. Senate,
in which body he served with consider
able ability until 1873, when he was ap
pointed Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury, after the retirement 6f Mr.
Boutwell and the promotion of Mr.
Richardson. He was forced out of
this position on acoountOf the Sanborn
contracts and other matters, since
which time he has had an udhappy ex
istence. -He was for a long time ta the
District jell, owing to some alleged
connection with some transoctioos in
the customs bureau, and since leaving
the deparment he has been in severe
poverty, with insufficient money at
times to buy hie breakfast.
lion to beat our opponent* ta 187<T;
Dwel. „
Wo take the following from the
Chesterfield correspondent of the News
and Courier:
“A business difficulty between Mr.,
S. M. Williams, of Camden, and Mr.
W. B. B. Cash, of this oounty, was the
occasion of an offensive letter to the
former, which was replied to by achai-
lenge to fight a duel. The parties met
across the North Carolina line, aceom-
panied by their seconds and surgeons,
at 10 o clock, a. m., on the 29th instant,
and at once proceeded to stake the
distance, ten paces, and $Q lend the
weapons, which weraregular duelling
pistols. Both young men took thefF
positions with commendable!
and, at the word “ fir-,” -bolK
were immediately discharged,’
without effect, and a second shot pro
duced no more serlons result,
was a great surprise to all parties, i
the seconds now felt called upon fh
interfere, and a satisfactory compro
mise was agreed upon.’* ‘ ’
There were 4,319 marriages hi
State of Connecticut kjit year—al
number than for twelve yean,
divorces numbered 42ff, 129
granted on the petition of i
and 307 on the petition
The 14,072 births'
272 over 1876. and 1
and RtfpaiMofjl
856 were'
sex not i