The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, May 12, 1877, Image 2
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WINNS3BORO. S. C.
Saturday, May 12, : : 1877.
R. MEANB DAVIS, Editor,
UNO. S. fREYNOLDS, Associato Editor.
The State Press Association met
in Charleston on the 10th instant.
A number of newspaper mon from
diffrent portions of the State were
in attendance. The address was
delivered by Dr. G. W. Bagby of
Virginia, well known as the corres
pondent "Hermes" of th Mercury
during the war, and as a humorist of
considerable ability. Wo regret ex
trenely that private matters pro.
vented the attotnidance of both the
editors of TuE NEWs AND HERALD.
Nothing would have been more
pleasant than to have met the other
members of the press, and to have
enjoyed the hospitality of Charles.
ton. A change in the time of meot.
Lug would suit us much better.
Newspaper Changes.
The last ihar of the Anderson
JIntelligeneer contains the valedic
tory of Col. James A. Hoyt, and the
salutatory of Messrs. ...array and
Clinkseales who succeed himn as pro
prietors.
Colonel Hoyt founded tho Intel.
ligencer sixteen years ago, and
as its editor has occupied the first
position in the weekly journalism of
the State. He will gather fresh
laurels on the Re; ister.
Mr. E. B. Murray, the present
editor of the intelligencer, has been
associate editor for some for some
timo. He is a spriglhtly writei, and
takes an active part in political dis
cussions. We predict for him a
successful career.
A. M. Spoights, Esq., has retired
from the Gzeouvillo )aily ,
and ip now is koepiug a hotel in
Greenville. He had it lively paper.
He has been bought out by a com
pany. The News should prosper as
Oreonvillo is a flourishing city.
'The Chief Justice and tho Charleston
.Delegation.
The Radical Senators are throwing
every possible obstaclo in the way
-of the -election of a chief justice.
They demand that the Charleston
delegation shall be seated in the
House bifore they will .consent to
the election.
Now, we see no pressing reason
why a chief justice should be elect.
ed immediately. All the p)olitical
.cases have been settled, and the or
.dinary lawv business can afford to
'wait till November, in case the two
judges now on the henchi cannot
agree. 'he flonae should not suffer
The other branch to dictate termis.
c The impertinent demand of the Son
ate should be the death warrant of
the Mackey crew in the House. If
for no other reason, they should be
1mncoreme(uiously ,kicked out for this.
Moreover, they are not fit to repro
,sent Charleston, and they we not
properly eleetod.
Let the House remain firm, and
iby November, .the Sen~ate will have
1bocome too warm a .place for Whitte
more and Nash, and .these worthies
till either be kicked out of it, or
will find thomselves is the peniten
tiary. Patient waiting is :no loss.
Tp let the chief justice's election lie
over, and to kick out the Charleston
.delegation, it seems to us, are two
Jueasures the IHuso could well afford
K -to0 adopt aft present.
'The Criminal Law.
The Legislature is discussing
.several atmendmeonts to ,the criminal
Jaw of the Stato. It would be a
wise measure to appoint a commiis.,
4 .sion .nw, with orders to report at
theoueext session, whose duty .it will
be take into consideiration the whole
criminal law of the State and to per..
feet a criminal code. This branch
of the law in South Cerolina is very
~defectivo. The pumishment in many
instances is disproportioned to the
crime, and some crimes are morely
misdemeanors, which rhauld be
Jolonies. The Wh'olo systemn should
.bo revised.
The attention of the Legislature
U ia at prosent confined to the orimes
of rape, arson and burglary, and an
attempt is making to restoro the
death penalty in theso cases. In
our opinion the death penalty
should b imposed for murder, rape
and for arson of a dwelling.-houso.
Burglary and arson of other build
ings should be punished by long
terms in the penitentiary.
Tho Law in regard to embezzle.'
ment by public officials is very do.
fective. It is a notorious fact that
many defaulters who should have
been in the penitentiary have slippud
through the lingers of justice. It
should be enacted that a defalcation
in public moneys imlakes a prium
*facie case of fraudulent intent, and
the burden of proof should rest
with the defaulter to prove his
innocencO. All combinations mde
by public officials with other parties
to defraud the State by fraudulent
contracts, or by overpayencnts for
labor or supplies furnished, should
be made felonies. But it is unnec
ossary to point out the deticiencies
in the present system. A commit
too of lawyers by a careful con
sideration of the subject could make
many alterations for the better.
: LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
WEDNESDAY, May 9,
SEN.iTE.
The Senate assembled at 12 in.
The Houso sent to the Senate
concurrent Fesolultion of inmqui ry as
to the constitutionality of the elclu,
tion for circuit judges on the 16th
day of December, A. D. 1S75 ; bill
to change the limits of the town of
Anderson ; bill to authorize the
governor to farm or lease out the
convicts confined in the State peni
tentiary, Ordered for considera
tion to-morrow.
Several bills and joint resolutions
were introduced, read by title and
properly referred.
Joint resolution relative to of1i.
cers, :embers and attaches of the
General Assembly, and joint resou
tion to ratify the amendment to the
constitution of the State of South
Carolina, relative to time public
school tax levy and a tax on polls;
bill to amend the charter of the
town of Torkville ; bill to provide
for (ho filling of vacancies in county
offices, and to regulate the holding
of elections therefor received their
third reading, passed and were.
ordered to be sent to the House of
Representatives.
The enacting clause was stricken
out 'of the bill to reduce the pay of
jurors.
The, House conculrrent resolumt ion
invoking Exceutivo clemency ini
behalf of certain citizens of' this
State held under bonds to answer
certaini charges in the United States
Court, was re'.jectedl.
HoUsE OF REPHIEsENT!ATIvEs.
Mr. R. R. Hemphhmill introduced a
resolution that after to (lay the
IHouse hold night sessions froma
8 to 11 p. mn. Rejected.
A number of b~ills ad resolutions
were introdlucedl, read by title, and
p)roperly referredl.
Mr. Shepperd, from the commiuit
too on ways amnd nmeans, reported on
aL ':esolution to provide for the ap
pointmnent of a cnuinssion t o inives
tigato the bonded indebtedness of
the'State, and submitted a resolu%
tion as a substitute entitled "ai reso,.
lution to provide for a co11mm ission
to investigate the indebtedness of
the Stato ;" also, a . bill to
make applropriations to meet lthe
ordinary expenses for the fiscal year
commencing November 1, 1876.
On motion of Mr. Sheppard, this
bill wvas made the speial order
from day to day, immediately after
the morning hour,.till disp.osed of.
A bill to amiend the cruinal law,
being th' unfinished business of
yesterday, wvas taken up. This bill,
as it now .stands, punishes with
dleath the crimo of bur11glary, of rape
and of arson. After a long dicussion
a motion to strike out the enacting
clause was defeated by a vote of
.forty-eight noes to forty-five ayes.
On motion of Mr. Sheppard,'the
further discussion of the bill was
postponed tillte next session of the
General Assembly.
The House thlen proceeded to
elect a member of the commhlission
to select text .books for p~ublic
schools.
Mr. Potty nominateid:Capt. Hugh
S. Thompsoni.
On motion of Mr. Androws, Capt.
Thompson was elected by acclgma.
tion.
The Chair read a "comnumicationi
irom the ladies of the Memrial
Association, inviting the mnembers
to attend the momorial sory'ices to
morrow.
On motion of Mr. Miller (colored
Depublican) tihe invitation was nc
hofollowing bills woro read a
second timo:- To nroviefo ma
tionery and fuel for the General
Assembly ; to further reduce the
numher and regulat e the pay of at
taches of tho General Assembly ;
to authorize the governor to appoint
a trial justice resident in Black
stock.
Adjourned.
TlunslInAr, May 10.
SENATE.
The Scnate met at the usual hour.
A iimuinber of bills we're reported
back by dliflerenit commit tees land
properly referire'l.
'Thie bill to authorize the mavor of
the city of ('oltumia to exrcise 'Ir
tain powers of trial justices reccived
its third reading, was passed and
sent to the House.
The vote of the Senato refusing
to concur in the Houso resolution
ai8;ng Executiv' clemency for cer,
t gill persons under indiehtumnt in t1hc
United States court, was reconsider
ed.
Mr. Cochran moved tho adoption
of the following resolution an an
amendment
R esolced, That his E xellency the
Governor be reqtiried to coimfuni
'ate with the President of the Unit
ed States in referenceo to the par*
ticutlar cases ahliledl to above, and
to aisk for such Exectiivo clenency
as the circumstances w.ill warrant,
upon the assurnce that tie Shtt
of South Carolina will not prose
cute iny other person or persons of
the other political party for any par
tic(iat ion in the 5arno offeln(cs for
which eleuency is now0 asked ; and(
the attorney-general is hereby 10
quested to nol. piros. all .ases already
coninenced or that inay be hercafter
commenced.
The amendment was agreed to by
a, vote of lifteen ayes to twelve noes.
Green moved the following as a
further amendmcnt :
.lvdced, f'urlhrl, Jhat we de
n1Ounl1ce in u111n('nensure1d terms the
action of the judlgo of the sixth
circuit, in causing the arrest of a
Senator and releasing hi on re.
ceipt of his resignation.
On m!oti:>a of 'Mr['. Cochran, this
amiendmuent was indefinitely post
ponled.
The rosolution, as a1mended. was
then adopted, by a vote of lifteen
ayes to thirteen noes, and returned
to the Hlouise.
Mr. Crit ten(lden offercd a con
current resolution t hat the Senate
and House meet ill joint 1ssel1)ly
on F'riday, May 11, at 1, p). In., fot
the )urpotse of elceting at chief j!s
tico. A. vote was i lkenl, mu1 retaiul ted
in fouri.en nyes ai111(1 fourteen nioe.
-Senator Cocrai-:n (l tey.) of Andcr
son voting wit h the )em:ocrat s iI
the nLiiirmltiVe. l he l-csilenit of
the SenaittP voted in the aillirmatiye.
so the res lut ion was ado'pted, an(d
orderedi to bile sent to th le H ase
0of ll-p litftatives for (conc~urece.
Adjournedoi.
Ti: HGJriv. was5 not in 5ession,. the
memers)lP1 havinig aIccepfted an miii' ita
l~ion fromi the i{~Lies'MemIoril Asso.
e'intionl to at tend3( thlE cerem~c~oi5 of
decoratinfg thle graves of' th Co(u
feder'ate dead4 bluried iln Columizbia.
Thel San Francisco nlewspapers<I
tell of a ('aso of what they call
Hspontatneouus combustion of a huunan
beinJg. 'l'hio story is tha~t a1 tioper,
wVith alcohiol by~ long drunkenel:1Ass,
lighited1 his pipe at a gals jet. In1
slanitly his month was ablaze, and] be
was burnm ed in wardiv so IIta h E
died. Tboj1 coroner began ani invyes
tigation.
PlantaIVjtio for Salu,
i il a undsI!.rsinerI (ilTers for sale thle pl~ant at10:2
- ot'i in hi oukmnty, seven allies fron1i
w~linsboro, aneI 1 foiimerly own;ehI by sNb:-; w.
ItulT. 'rh ie tra tO co ti ~ly e hunalre11 l a nd
t he laice Is a orito(,lle llts ciwell ing-hou1se,
togethler- wih th e nieei'- ary iut 1bull(flings--!l 1n:
gooti repialr. TIbs pre.Tty 13' hUaie purchase.i
at-ia low price a31(uliuponi mos, neaioniaioilly
(teia-. C '' No cash reqluIre(d 1tni il 11)1 1irs. 01
For furl her part-ilcula.i- Itpply to t he iincler
sigiuictt li e Ilaw ellhta< o(nilii & Hleyunolds.
nRay 8-1 \tf df'o.'- (. lWY~oIDs.
Ettenger & Edmond,
l11enMowN.'VA.
~UANUFL-A'lTURERS of Portable anc
.i. Stationary Engines and1( Boilers o
aill kitils, Circlair S-aw MIills, Grist Mills
Mill Gearing, Shafting, P'ulloya &c.
AM1.JIAN TXUiluJNE wVATEn1 w.HEEL.
ot1 .Sond for Cataloguo.
LOST ORL STOLEN.
T OST, strayod or stolen from the farn
ol of-the underIOsignled, fifteen iiiiles fron
Wiannboro, a )CRtWN MARElN MUL4E
betweedn teni andi elevenl yeatrs old1, fifteer
hanids highl, wiell roachued, having a keem
oyo anid 11o1 e'arR. A reward of FJFT)'
DO0LLaRIS will be given for the recovery
of the mule, with jproof to convict the
thief, or TU'1N DOLL~t for the mau
may 5-fxlw J. E. McCRLOfEY.
ETyour Job Printing done at theo
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c,"rit' . whiclt will lt" a "1 tt at tu'., sl price
for the (;ts11AL.S( )I
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WHISKEY,
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