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VOL. XLIII. WINXSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER ? >, 1886. NO.21.
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
THE MK.W liKS CONSIjL?Ei:?:i> IN TliiC
I'OI KTH WKKK Oi" THE SESSION*.
^ itotii iloust'r i.ft Down tit Iluril Woi'ii-i
What \Yh?> Done and What Was Left
I'ruloiu-.
The following new bills were introduced
:
Bill relating to agricultural contracts
and prescibing a punishment for inter^
ferriiiij with such contracts; to reduce
taxf.l costs in certain cases; to amend
Section General Statutes, relating
to the ' r -i.'inal lav,-; to regalate the rate
of iiiTrrv.-t upon l?;ans; establishing a
Coliegv- of agriculture and the mechanic
arts, and to devolve the duties of the department
of agriculture upon its board
of directors; relating to the collection of
~ ^ - - r 1
delinquent taxes; autaonzmg tne reiuuuing
of the taxes paid by farmers oa cotton
listed for taxation ia 1SS6 from the
crop of 1885; to amend Section 1 of an
Act to change tlie time of listing property
for taxation; relating to actions for
the recoven* of real property; relating
to the maintenance of bastard children;
providing for the admission of deaf mates j
and the- blind to the South Carolina In- i
stitute for the Education of the Deaf,
r Duml> and Blind; biil amending the
k charter of the town of Branson.
AUDITORS AND TBEASfKESS.
The bill to require the Governor to j
ai>point one and the same person to the i
office of county treasvrer and county I
auditor, and to provide salaries for the j
same in each county, came up as un-!
finished business. Senator Howell led j
an attack upon it, aad the chief burden i
of its defence fell upon Senator Patter-j
son.
Oil Senator Moody's motion to ideiinitely
postpone the unfavorable report
of the committee the vote resulted:
Yeas?Senators Alexander, Austin,
Bvrd, Edwards, Erwin, Field, Moody,
Muxray, Patterson, Sligh, Smith, Talbert,
Williams, Wingard and Wofford
?15. j
Nays?Senators Bell, Biemaim, Black, {
Crews, Howell, Kennedy, McMaster, I
Moise, Munro, Reynolds, Rhame, Sinkler,
Smythe and Youmans?14.
Senator Moody's bill to require the
, Governor to appoint one and the same
person to the office of eountv treasurer
- i-i __ i j.
P" and. county auojior, ami tu j^ruviue
ries for the same in each county, of;
course provoked a light. It had been i
unfavorably reported. Senator 2?Ioody
moved to table the report and take up;
the bill. A general discussion ensued, |
which "was suspended by ihe considera- i
tion of the first special order for the j
day, and the bill was afterwards post- i
poned till the session ot 1SS7.
THE COLUMBIA C.VKAJu.
There was quite a light over the Columbia
Canal bill, which was the special
order for the 13th inst. ~>Vithout objection
Senator .McMaster secured the
adoption of amendments allowing the
whole ajjpropriation of 812,000 to be
J drawn from the State treasury and re^
funded out of the surplus earnings of the
penitentiary.
W t Senator Sligh offered an amendment
[_ ' providing that the penitentiary auihori
ties ouua a cjllsck uam ;vj mt- yici-ut
F head of the Canal to preserve the.- wor!;
frcm injury by freshets; that the City of
Columbia have the option until May i,
1887, of accepting the State's interest in
the Canal; that the State grant to the
v city ony hundred convicts for the period
^ 01 three years, the city to pay for the
ioimj, clothes,-guards, ?!ct\, required by
theai, j.rrovided. the city give bond to
i>upt-lv the penitentiary with 509-horse
on ;ht' completion oi the Canal,
ahu ju. :?< r iwsume the State:s liability
i?>i :ii?u. hmg Col. S. A. Pearce the
pi#;:h rsc Kower due him by contract
^ ' "r cuiupletion of the Canal.
"SsiirtU/i jBj'rd moved to table this
^tncuuii*ent. The vote resulted:
? Yeas>?Senators Bell, I>yrd, Erwin,
Field, Howell, Izlar, TvIcCall, McIVIa$ter,
" * t> ..1 t>,.?
-Uoise, -uoore, -uurrtiy, jrucit-tsuit, j-icj nolds,
Smith, Smythe",, Williams, Wiiigard,
Woodward and Xoumaiis?ID.
Nays?Senators Austin, Biemann,
Black, Crews, Edwards, Keraphili, Ken
nedy, Moody, IMunro, Sllgh, Talbert and
Wofibrd?12".
Senator Sligh next offered an amendment
providing for the connection of the
' old and new canals at a cost of $5,000,
with a view simply to furnishing water
power to the penitentiary.
Senator Byrd moved to table. Adopted
by a vote of'IS to 13. The only change
from the preceding vote was that SenaIL
_tor Erwin voted "no."
Senator Sligh nest moved to strike out
the appropriation of $12,000 and insert
r pne of ?2o,uuu.
Senator Howeu moved to table. Carried
without a division.
After further debate Senator Talbert
moved to strike out tlie enacting clause
of the bill. Senator Murray moved to
table.
Yeas?Senators Boll, Byrd, Field,
Howell, Izlar, McCall, MeMaster, Moise,
r Moore, Murray, Patterson, Reynolds,
Smith, Smythe, Williams, "Wingard,
Woodward and l'oumans?18.
2vays? Senators Austin, Biemann,
Black; Crews, Edwards, Erwiu, Hemphill,
Kennedy, Moody, Mnnro. Bhaine,
Sligh, Talbert and Wofford?14.
Senator iaidert tnen moveo. to discharge
the bill and make it the special
order for to-morrow. Senator Smythe
j^^__moved to table. Carried by a vote oi
m The bill ihen passed without a division.
Rfeppropriaies from the surplus eamHgs
of the penitentiary $12^000 for the
Bprosecution of the work. The important
^proviso is added that the penitentiary
directors arc auth<
from the State treasury, to be returned
S'hen the penitentiary earns the amount,
||W. On the question of the final passage oi
Hft the bill Senator Talbert demanded" the
B yeas and nays, his previous motion tc
iKr ragtfjimit failed by a vote of 9
V lil^The vote resulted:
~?eas?Senators Bell. Buist, Byrd.
P Field, Kowell, McMaster, 3Ioise, 3Iur
; ray. Patterson, Keynolds, Khune, Sink
Lier, Smith, Smythe, Williams, Wingari.
and Youmans?17.
Xays?Senators Alexander, Austic
"Riamann. Crews. Edwards, Kennedy
W Jioodv, .Slic b, Talbert and Wofford-?10
;i Senators "Black, Ervin Manro, wh<
wojlld have voted <;no,v were paired wit}
Senators Ldar, Woodward and Moore
who would have voted ;:ayc, "
Senator Hemphill wac absent.
A LICENSE FQj; 1>0US.
^ Senator Talbert s bill providing- fo
the taxation of dog's and bitches wa
much discussed. 5?r. Tslbcrt scored
L prelimin;iry victory by securing the rt
F jection of an unfavorable report, withou
a division. He then moved to amend s
as. 10 provide for a license" of one do]
I la*:instead of a "tax."' the proceeds to b
fe -paid into the county treasury for educa
tional purposes.
Senator Williams moved to strike on
? the enacting clause of the 1 >ill.
Senator Austin moved to t -b!e S. ns
I tor Williams's motion to strike out the
; enacting words of the bill:
] Yeas?Senator Alexander, Austin, Bell,
Biemann, Byrd. Crew?, Edwards, Erwin,
McCail, McMaster. Moody, Murray,
lihame, Sligb, Smythe and Taluert?1G:
Nays?Senators Black, Field, Kctnpiiili,
floweil, Kennedy, Mitnro. Patterson,
tieynelus, Sinkier, Smith, Williams
and Youmaa??1
<- _1 l- ? .1
j CUVUiai (JiU lVlUlii MliljUULllUUtO ?IJin
I mode to the bill. Several amc-namc-nts
i Tore defeated. The bill then passed
t without a division, with notice of general
i amendments on the third reading.
THE CNIVEK-SlTi" TRUSTEES.
When the bill relating to the trustees
of the University was read Senator
Sniythe moved, to reconsider tlio vote
by which on the second reading tinSenate
rejected the amendment adding
the chairmen of the committees on education
of the Senate and House to the
board of trustees. Senator Murray urged
j that the motion was out of order, but
| after discussion the Chair ruled that it
i was in order. On the question of reconsideration
the advocates of the amendment
urged that it would be advisable j
to retain this provision of .the present
law. Senators Murray and Edwards declared
that it would make tlie board too
i unwieldly, as the bill already provided
j for nineteen members.
On Senator Murray's motion to table
| cue amendment, tlie vote stood on a
I division 20 to 14. The bill then passed
! without a division.
MISCELLANTOrs.
I The bill to amend the law in relation
to highways and bridges was amended
so as only to aboli>h the office of superintendent;
of highways, it passed its
third reading in such shape as to exempt
the counties of Greenville, Chesterfield,
Sumter, Darlington, Orangeburg, FairI
Held, Chester, York, Clarendon, Richland,
Beaufort, Marion and Laurens
from its provisions.
rn?.~ f.;n i
iu?j uiii i\j rcg alii lc LiiiiLiiiiii ^/iav;LA^c
in the Courts of Genera! Sessions passed
its second reading after a fight, by a
vote of 21 to G. It reduces the number
of peremptory challenges for defendants
in criminal cases, and abolishes much of
the unnecessary verbiage of indictments.
The bill to tiro vide for tha payment
j by the State of the expenses of all proseI
cations in criminal cases provoked much
discussion. A motion to indefinitely
postpone the unfavorable report of the
I committee was adopted by a vote of 1G
! to 13, but soon after a proposition to j
continue it to the next session was car- j
! ried by 16 yeas to 1-i nays.
The bill regulating the taxation of
attorneys' costs in certain cases, and
prescribing the method by which an
attorney's ris:ht to additional costs and
| fees under control of the Court may be i
i determined?went through without op- j
j position, with a proviso that it shall not i
j apply to causes already commenced.
On motion oi Senator. Smythe one
| hundred copies of the resolution in re- j
i gard to the Charleston Jetties- were j
| ordered to be printed and distributed in i
| accordance with the terms of the resolu- j
[ lion.
i Senators Smyfche, Murray and McCaii I
i were appointed the Senate conferees cn j
| the earthquake reassessment bill.
On Senator Murray's motion the Sen- j
j ate refused to concur hi the House reso- j
[ iution in regard tc phosphate royalty. j
j The Senate agreed, to
! ameadmevr+s to 'cfac bfe?providing for]
I the transportation of convicts to the!
j State penitentiary by penitentiary!
j guards.
| Senator Sligh made a vain endeavor to j
j rescue from an unfavorable report his :
i bill to give physicians a lien for profes-!
| sional services, and the bill was killed, j
OC^lltlUX ^ JULUli ICOU1UUVU
proposing a constitutional amendment,tliat
the State superintendent of education
shall be elected every four years by
the Legislature, was, after a brief deieneo,
contir u<.'d until next session.
The bill fixing fees for tuition in the
South Carolina College v/as' amended ?o
us to fetrike out the clause requiring
beneilciaries to teach t'.vo years in the
public schools, and authorizing to sus!
r>end beneficiaries at the end of any ses-j
sion, and passed and sent to the House. I
The bill to stay executions (that is, j
providing a Stay Law) till next Xovem- i
ber was killed.
The bill to change the time for listing j
favaV.lo vivrm^rfv
The bill to repeal the lien law was;
passed to a third reading. The repeal to j
take effect one year hence. . !
' The bill to amend Section 2084 of the ;
j General Statutes was passed to its third I
I reading. This bill is intended to punish !
! parties or organizations (like the Knights |
of Labor) from interferring with Laborers, i
; The bill to abolish the office Qf Master i
in Laurens county was killed.
The bill to reduce the number of trial
justices in Kershaw county was passed to
a third reach ng.
The bill bill to make the State, instead
of the several counties, pay the costs of
criminal prosecutions was passed.
A joint resolution passed, to extend
the time for payment of taxes to the 10th
January. lottT,
The bill to prohibit the settlement of
I f&srs with mil, t.lm eonspnt of the
attornoy general or solicitor, was killed.
A biii to make carnal knowledge of a
woman child under the age of sixteen
years, either with or without her consent,
a capital oit'ence, was-killed, on motion
of Senator Woodward, by a vote of 1G
to 12. ' 1 : . 1 '
A-bill to give a lien to owners of stallions,
Arc., on the mares served and their
! progeny was postponed to the next ses
sion.
Senatov Murray's bill, relating to th<v
collection of delinquent taj.es, wa*s passed
by a vote of 19 to 14.
The bill to amend the Code of Procedure,
relating to actions for the recovery
of real estate, was debated ^y the legfyl
L mombpro and killed.
i Senator Kcinphili-s" bill to prohibit
cockiii?htiij<? within f.hrr>p milps of anv
I chartered institution of learning in the
? State pasaed by a vote 19 to 12.
> SECOND BEAD1XGS.
> The following bills received their second
reading: To confer certain rights on
> the Port Royal and Western Carolina
" Railway Company, providing for the
" disposition of certain unclaimed drafts
1 in the hands of the Colleton comity
commissioners; validating certain town5
ships and town subscriptions to 4he cor>
poration new known as the Atlantic and
Northwestern Railroad Company;
J amendicg the charter of the Eutawville
1 Railroad Coiap?ny; relating to the com
pensation of certain of the officers 'of
Charleston county,
SJowe of *;ej?i*esc3jtaJJvt-i.
The Speaker appointed Mensrs. Closes,
of Sumter, Brown, of Anderson, and
. Brawiev. of Charleston. ^ *
{<-i ^mmiuec
' \ CCI.crence on the Charleston earthquake
bill.
t Tin: *E\V .lOTiKTI/rriiAIi BURE.U".
o The House took up the agricultural
l- "thirean bill, ami passed it without an}
e opposition. This bill is a substitute fo]
i- that introduced early in the session, a:
the embodiment of the views expressed
.t l>y tjie Farmers' Convention. Its pro
visions are as follow^:
l- It repeal# Sections 1, 2 and 3 of tlu
[ Act of 1879, "io create a department of
| agriculture," A:c., and substitutes the following
in lieu thereof:
Section 3. The .South Carolina board
of agriculture shall consist of ten persons,
-who shall be agriculturalists, and
be elected by the Legislature for the
term of two years, and until their successors
are elected and qualilied. a majority
of v.'bom shall constitute a
quorum, and vacancies arising from any
1 Hi -11 T 1 i : T _ _ -.I 4 " !
cause siiaii oe njiea uy xue legislature
for tlic unexpired term. The board j
shall meet for the transaction of bnsi-j
ness as often as they may deem expedi- j
ent, btit at least twice in cach year. They j
shall receive no salary, but shall be al- j
lowed the sum o'f three dollars per diem, j
and five cents per mile actually traveled j
while engaged in the duties of the board, i
not exceeding twenty days in any one J
year. The first election ox the board j
shall be held immediately alter the approval
of this Act.
Ssc. 2. There shall be held in the City
of Columbia, in the month of November
in each year, an annual meeting of the
South Carolina board of agriculture,
together with a convention of delegates,
consisting of live from each count}' organization
or society, live from the State
Grange and five from th; State Agricultural
and Mechanical Society, who shall,
i'or the time being, be members of the
South Carolina board of agriculture, for
the purposes of deliberation and con
suitation as to tne wants, prospects ana i
conditions of the agricultural interest j
throughout the State, but they shall receive
no compensation.
Sec. 3. Immediately after the election
of the board they shall organize, by the
election of one of their number presi- \
dent, and at the expiration of the term
of office of the present commissioner of '
agriculture, and every two years there- j
after thev shall elect a commissioner of j
agriculture, who shall be an agricultur- i
ist. He shall be paid a salary of twentylive
one hundred dollars per annum,
payable monthly, and shall give bond to
the State, with sureties conditioned for
the faithful discliarge of the duties of
his office, in the sum five thousand dollars,
to be approved and filed in like
manner as the bonds of State officers.
He shall be empowered to employ an
efficient clerk, whose salary shall be
twelve hundred dollars per annum, pavable
monthly. The said board shall also
organize and encourage farmers' clubs or
associations, and hold farmers' institutes
wherever practicable.
The very limited discussion which en
sued after tiie biu iiad been read was
opened by Mr. Boozer, <>f Edgefield,
who opposed a motion to amaad the
third section by making the salary of
the clerk of the new bureau $1,500, instead
of si,200, as provided in the original
bill. Mr. Boozer said that if this
Legislature had come here to reform,
this was a good time to commencc reforming.
The clerks in the City of Columbia
worked from 12 to IS hours a
day and received irom $300 to 8600 per
annum. He didn't see why this clerk,
who he was told worked about 4 or 5
hours a day, should receive 81,500. The
amendment was tabled.
Mr. Abney, of Richlana, ventured to
move to amend the bill by making the
a/NT?/\rvr?/\-?. o w.r\? >v%rv- KaciT/1
vv* KJ \ ?iaVUl Wl \-'i jlav u ?s> wc-.*. V4..
Ho also wanted to make the Governor
chairman of tlie board.
Mr. Tindal, - tiia-^mn
accepted the suggestion fc mal*-*
cne Govenior r. member of the board/
but pointed out very clearly that he
could scarcely act in the capacity of
chairman. Finally, after some consultation
between the members, the amendment
was withdrawn.
Mr. Lawton offered a substitute to the
entire bill, which provided for the election
of seven members, one from each
Congressional district, who, together
with the present board, should constitute
the department. The substitute,
however, was tabled.
T)r Thomss. nf TTnirm. wanted to re
(.luce the pay of the commissioner from i
?2,100 to $1,800, but the House refused i
to enter tail) tlie proposition, and the bill j
was finally passed without any an endmen
t, save one providing that the delegates
to the annual convention shall receive
no pay.
THE TKI.VL JUSTICES.
The bill ("by Mr. Douglass, of Fairfield,)
to reorganize the trial justice
system excited much debate. The bill
is intended to give trial justices salaries
instead of fees, and to limit then- jurisdiction
to C2rtain territory* A number
of amendments were inserted.
The following counties are embraced
in its provisions: Beaufort 7 justices,
Chester 5, Clarendon 6, Edgefield 8,
Georgetown 6, Greenville 10, Horry 6,
Marion 10, Newberry 5, Orangeburg 7,
Sumter 7, Williamsburg 12.
After settling the number of justices !
tlie House, or that portion of it interested
in the bill, addressed itself to the somewhat
complex task of fixing the salaries,
wliich took up considerable time, the
Marion delegation alone consmring a
large portion of it. The orig . bill
tixed the salaries at $40 for justices outside
of towns, $75 for those in towns of
! 3,000 _inhabitants, and ?125 for those in
S towns of more than that number of ini
habitants. As near as could be gathered
| the following special salaries were named:
j Williamsburg, $25 per annum; Orangej
burg city, two justices, $175 each- Si
ilatthevv % $150; Edgefield town, $150;
Horry, town of Conway, $60; town of
Sumter, $300; town of Piantersville,
Georgetown county, $125; town of Lancaster,
$200; outside the town, $35;
Greenville city, two justices, $125 each.
REFORMING CGU2OT SHERIFFS,
Among the bills which have been ordered
to be engrossed by the House are
two wliich are especially interesting to
county sheriffs. The first is a bill carry
inout Governor Shcppard's recommendation
in reference to the transpor
j tauon ci convicts irom uie various couu|
ty' jails to the ' penitentiary.. The bill
pro.vi(ies tliat the clerks of Courts in the
various counties shall immediately at
the close of ejich term of the Court ot
Sessions notify the superintendent of
the penitentiary of the number of prisoners
sentenced to the penitentiary, and
the superintendent is directed forthwith
to senci a proper guard to take charge of
the prisoners and convey them to the
penitentiary 'without cost to the county."
Under thL bill, should it pass' the
Senate, such'little excursions as that
{which visited Columbia two weeks ago
| from one of the eastern counties will not
Ibepractice, and the taxpayers of the
counties will not be called upon to pay
j from $30 to s">0 to transport each coni
viei io the penitentiary.
The other bill is one to llx the 1'ee for
! dieting prisoners in the county jail. Ti>"
|Wilis very *** ~3 provisions ^
k I comply that t-on and after the passage of
' this Act the fee for dieting prisoners in
' j county jrdls shall be 25 cents per day."
j Both these bills "were passed a few moments
before midnight. Next morning
[ j Mr. J. Frost Walker moved to reeon"
sider the vote whereby the bill was or:
dered to be engrossed. Mr. McHugh,
> of Charleston, made a speech in favor oi
IJ the motion to reconsider. It must b<
-1 remembered, lie argued, that tiiesiieriii:
I office had no salary attached to it. Tiiai
? i ttflicer was paid solely l>y fees. The ice!
were fixed uot only to reimburse him
for the expenses incurred, but' also to
provide him with remuneration i'cr the
discharge of his duties. It seemed to
him that there had been too much re
forming of the office of sheriff. The
bill passed just before this had takes
away one of the most profitable sources
of the incomes of fheriiis?he meant the
bill to provide for the transportation of
convicts to the penitentiary. These two
bills, he said, would together take away^
one-third of the incomes of the sheriffs^
lie proposed a reconsideration in order
j to amend the bill bv making the fee :>0~
cents.
Mr. Miller, of Beaufort, said if the House
reconsidered its action of the j
previous night night sessions would not
be worth one cent.
After some further discussion the motion
to reconsider was tabled by an overwhelming
majority.
THE COLUMBIA CAXAL
The Senate bill appropriating .<12,000 j
for the Columbia Canal caused a long j
debate in the House. Finally the en-;
acting clause was stricken out by the
following vote:
Yeas?Messrs. Ancrum, Ansel, Archer,
Austell, Barkiey, Bannore, Beard, Bigham,
B.ack, Boozer, Brawley, Brown,
Browning, Byrci, Cain, Chalmers. Cleveland,
Connors, Daniels, Dantzler, Da
venport, Dean, Drake, DuBose, Dukes,
Easley, Evans, Tux, Gary, Guess, Hamilton,
of York, Hamilton, of Chester,
Hickman, Hill, Hough, Hyde, Irby,
Johnston, Jones, Jordan, Keitt, King,
League. Mar^ Mason, McClintock, McDaniei,
McKissiek, Miller, of Lancaster,
Minis, Moses, Norton, O'Bryan, Purifoy,
Pringle, Itajsor, Heady, liobinson,
Rue, Saliv, SarraU, SiiaH6i, ^ha^v, J
Simpson, Stanland, Stewart, Thomas, of
Union, Toale, Walker, Washington,
Wharton, Wilson, of York, Wimberly,
Wylie, Young?7~?.
Nays?Speaker Simons and Messrs.
Abney, Aldrich, Baxter, Black well,
Brice. Brooker, Burke, Cappleman, Causey,
Chtmdler, Cobb, Douglass, Earle,
Ficken, Graham, Harper, Hudgens,
Hutson, Kershaw, Lawton. Lesesne,
Lee, Maher, Mears, McHugli, Miller, of
(Georgetown, Miller, of Beaufort,
O'Brien, Padgett, Plowden, Eankin,
Rutland, Seegers, Thomas, of Pdchland,
Turner, Walker?37.
Mr. Ansel moved to reconsider the
vote by which the enacting clause was
stricken out, and also moved to lay that
motion on the table. The yeas and nays
~ ~^ r i 2.1 .j.;. *1 ^.1
were mi-iieu. iur aiiu me motion preva.ueu
?yeas 7i, says 34.
The experimental stations.
In the House of Repiesentatives on
Friday last, the bill to establish the
"South Carolina Agricultural Farm and
Station" was passed to its third reading.
This bill provides that there shall be two
experimental farms tributary to the central
station, which will be established at
Columbia, the nucleus for the latter being
the University farm. One of the
tributary farms is to be established in
the Piedmont region and the other in
the lower part of the State. Ten thousand
dollars was appropriated to carry
out this measure. A proposition *o inorease
the appropriation to $15,000 was
defeated.
THE API'KOl'IUATIOXS.
When the appropriation bill came u_i'r
iherc was a flsrht over tho ii'-.m < .:
xtfuk t'di-w I ? -?<? f Vn oTTYVAfinii
VW AWJL vw VX\J?X \.*S I
out tliis item, the vote stood 56 to 55.
Subsequently the vote was reconsidered,
and, the item was reduced to $13,000 and
passed ir this shape. The appropriation
of 820,000 for the Citadel caused some
debate, but was adopted by a vote of-'73
to 44. The bill was then passed as a
whole.
"When the bill for the payment of the
members, oSicers and attaches of the
General Assembly came up, 31 v. Bigham.
of Marion, moved to reduce the pay of
the Clerk of the Senate from $1,000 to
i-500, aud the pay ox the Assistant Clerk
from $250 to 3150. Both propositions
were rejected. The bill was then passed.
THE TAX LEVIES.
The bill to raise supplies for the ensuing
fiscal year was taken up and ordered
to a second reading. The amount
: i r xl, ~
reuuueu iur u-u eApeubt's ui uiu
government is ?83,000, exclusive of the
needs for school purposes. The bill,' as
it caruc from the committee, fixed 4
mills as the levy for State taxes, but an
amendment was adopted increasing the
levy 4; mills. An appropriation of
SCO, 000 for the work ou the State House
is included in thq estimate.
NEW BILLS,
Bill to a]iow warrants and other processes
issued by municipal authorities to
be executed or served outside corporate
limits; to provide for the compulsory
attendance of school children from 6 to
16 years of age, who are not now enrolled
and in regular attendance in school;
to combine the office of auditor and
treasurer of Williamsburg county; to
define the term "township" as used in
the various Acts of the GeLeraJ Assembly
for the purpose of elections to make subscriptions
to railroads'.
Bill to authorize the refunding of the
taxes paid by farmers on cotton listed
for taxation in 1886 from t^c crop ' of
188:"v rr> rnv fliA /".mirf nt Hoecmne /?/-> > 1.
cuxJont jurisdiction in eases of assault
and batten'; to reduce the value of
homestead exemption; to amend Section
2,349 of the General Statutes, relating to
the lien of the owners of certain stock;
to repeal the charter of the town of Fort
Motte.
j OTunr. 13LT.S.
The bill to fix the salaries of Circuit
Court Judges was next taken up. The
bill proposes to reduce the salaries from
i s^oOtl to $3,0iR Ai:ter some discussion
i a motion was made to continue the bill
i to the next session, and on a call of the
i yeas and nays the motion was adopted?
yeas (57, nays 41.
The bill to reduce the salaries of the
Supreme Court Judges was killed without
debate or division.
A motion was afterwards made to reAAnmMAv
/>Anlinr?in rr ^S"r/?Tnf
* V/Lt I.III::I:IV vnviut
Judges' bill to the next session. Dr.
Pope called for the yeas and navs; which
resulted?yeas (51, nays 4c. This brought
the biil up again, and a motion was made
to strike out the enacting' words.
After >oine further di^cus^ion, I?Ir.
Hyde moved ty inftenniiely postpone the
hill. I V, Pope demanded* the yens and
nays. P....suit, yo;? 0; I. nays 1-). So the
bill was killed.
The.- bill to amend the law in relation
to hawkers and peddlers provides for a
county license of 850 p<-r annum.
Amendments were freelv olieivd. includ'Itllers
iu stores, sewing machines,
tin clocks, lightning rod*. The hill in
consequence, became considerably mixed
up, but it was finally passed.
The bill to renew and amend the
-i.*n,v "WinnsshflVO was
''iiuxivi ui me ?
. passed. The sale oi liquor is left sub!
ject to the local option Jaw.
Tlie House killed the joint resolution
calling a Constitutional Convention.
The man who was fatally shot in the riol
3 in San Francisco. Monday, was Benjamir
t H. Einze, a farm hand from the adjamii
i country. who was merely looking <-.u.
BBMM BO BBamaeag gqa - ----- -- ME ca? ? ?BLACK
KU-KLCX IN YORK.
NrXKOtN HANDED TOfiKTHK!; FOii
ROBBEKY AX1> Ml'KDKK.
j The ISrutal Beating to ilenth of Little
Johnnie Cnoii Leads to tlie VneavtIting
of a Secret Society. Whoso Object <i.i> to
i . Steal, to Kill Any one T>eieetl:ij? Them.
! itii*i to Clear Accuse*! JSoultVi-s l>y I'alse
i Testimony. '
'From tie Ne*s ar.d Courier.;
j Yoekville, December About two
i weeks ago. or on the liiglit of November
[ 30j John Lc-e Good, a little son of Mr.
I TV. E. Good, who lives in the western
part of tins county was brutally murrinrarl
Tim W?rrcr onrl f^nriTifrT Tiac unit*
lislied several very meagre accounts of
the liorrible affair. from which it Las appeared
that about forty negroes in tbis
^vLmty Lave banded, together to rob and
''plunder and murder ail persons who
' might detect tliem in their lawlessness.
BOBBEHY AND 3IUHDEK.
The coroner's investigation of the
murder of little John Ley Good has revealed
a most alarming state affairs in
that section, showing most conclusively
that a stupendous conspiracy had been
formed among thy negroes, the object
being robbery and murder. An innocent
child was the first victim of the
fiendish miscreants, but developments
have proved that other murders wore
freely discussed and planned, and that
only recently members of the gong lay
i ?* T*rm4" An r* s.*!-> 4- 4Vvv o rvvi .mirinlif
AiX ^ CLXL L J V/J. CL
knowing lie would pass a certain point
on tlie evening named. The confession
of one of the participants in this affair
is corroborated by the gentleman himself
so far as to place, action of his horse,
&c., and a day or two after the occurrence
he mentioned it to a friend, but
without the least suspicion that by a fortuitous
circumstance, either lack of courage
of the man on watch, or because hehad
fallen asleep, he was saved from six
murderous bullets.
Trial Justice J. P. Blair, acting as
coroner, summoned a jury of very discreet
men of the neighborhood, and in
conducting the inquest they have displayed
considerable tact, and", under the
difficult circumstancessurrou nding them,
have by practical investigation brought
to light the astounding facts; which have
placed the Broad river section in a state
of terror and spread alarm throughout
the county.
Circumstances pointed almost conclusively
to Mose Lipscomb, I>an Soberts
and Bailey Dowdie as the perpetrators of
the deed, with perhaps another accomplice;
and after the close of the first
(lay s session tuey were committed to jail.
On tlxe second meeting oi' the jury. on
the 3d inst., after taking testimony, circumstances
and statements of some of
the "witnesses pointed to Prir.dly Thompson
as another concerned in the murder,
and he "was also committed.
THK CONSPIRATORS IN* JAIL.
;
In the examination of so many witnesses
vague utterances by Jlrst one and
another of ''the club," "the clan," "the
society," the witnesses' membership and
iigular expressions gave a clu-i which
successfully worked up, and, the reis
that now 20 nugroct?, rangiajf?iu
age from 1G to 50_, are inmates of the jail,
tlieir oft'encc being murder or' aiding
therein. These prisoners are Mose Lipscomb,
Dan Roberts, Bailey Powdle and
1'i-ind Thompson, principals, and the
following, any of whom wiil no doubt
find it. difficult to wove innocence as ac- i
cessories. by'reason of the cornbinetion
oy conspiracy tliey formed, and which
by evidence so"far adduced has been sni iciently
sustained: Giles Good, Jolrn
Good, Les "Wood, Dick Thompson, "Win.
Craig, George Jainieson, Scott Thompson,
Wadis Bankhead, David Wilkes,
Masts Boberts, Will AlcCluney, Wallace
Beid, Sum Thompson, Owens Moore,
Allen Good, Bob Smarr, Squire Tliomp.son,
Brown Robins, Jack McCluney,
Sana Good, Win. Washington. Of this
dark cloud of prisoners Gile Good and
Wallace Beid figured prominently in the
murder for which Columbus Crawford
was hanged 18 months ago. Wallace
turned State's evidence, and (riles, who
has always been regarded as the instigator
of the deed, though Columbus admitted
on the gallows tliat he fired the
fatal shot. Giles is a mulatto, probably "
50 years old, crafty and cunning, and
has the power to lead the people of his
race, over whom he has exerted strong
influence.
No attempt to overdraw the picture,
or to add a word to increase the excitement
tills affair has produced, is necessary
after a recital of the bare facts.
After the coroner's jury obtained the!
clue as to the supposed conspiracy, they |
devoted the third day of the iuvestiga-1
tion, last Friday, to that launch of the '
case, and the rcliowihg'is a specimen oi i
the jworn testimony;
THE STORY OF ONE 01* THE Tltt'GS.
"NYm. Roberts: I am a rcie^iber of this
clan. I was received oy Jack McCluney
ir, August, 188G. I know who he said
belonged to the clan?Allen Good, "Wa1lace
Held, Prindly Thompson. Bailey j
Powdle and M<>se LiiJseomb. Jack said !
hs had vex'y good men as members, and |
he wanted me to join. If a man caughhi \
o inn'iilit-T ct/>alir>,r +1ia olnli t, > ins];.'
him suffer. I did not attend, their meetings
regularly, but I said to them once:
f "Boys, we must swear together. Though
I have never been with you, you lrnve
got my name, and I'v,Til stick to you.
We will stick together." I did not tike
the oath. Me and Ajlun Good. l)ave
Wilkes. Wallace Reid and Jack McCiuney
met. I knew that they were members,
and tlie muye%:ts made that if any
one was caught sWMing we would make
the man that caught him suiter. Our
purpose was to go two or three together
to a man's house, and ;i" he detected us
we would 3:00 him right there. The
meeting were to be all at Jack 3IeClu
ney's, ami on Wednesday nigl'ts, They
iaid one Sunday a xaonth "ago tliey
wanted to niake a raid pretty soon. I
do not know of any other cluk 1 wi/.uld j
not have told about that meeting if it
had not been pulled out of iue. "If J had I
told they would' have'mobbed ? ?*?1
'afraid. ' The understanding was that
they would form clubs all over the country.
He said they were ;.rood things,
and he wanted to get rhe:a up ail over
the country. They wen- good, he said,
because we would have plenty of good
things, whiskey, Ac. When articles were
stolen < very flung was to go t" 'ho head
man, Jack McCi'T.^*. w.::. to be
hid i" uud 'ouveri. \Vh?*n wo met
i after "sue killing we talked only talked
about it, and let other matters g<>.
John Cole testified that hp btiougs to
a club over 'he river (in Union county.)
; He said: 'The nature' of the order is
called a strike, and members have told
me that we could take of steal all the
provisions we might need,'1
'to Kir,I. white men*."
Adam Thompson. Henry Bailey and
Aimac ftmoi-v oil erriva lunotlir ti?sHmoilV.
i acknowledging their membership, and
t giving names of members. Adam
Thompson recognized Giles Good a# the
\
f lieflcl man ol' I:is c!iit>. He said: The
| object of the club was to take whatever
i we wanted. If detected we were to kill
j the person who detected ns. Whatever
| Giles Good said to do was to be ..lone. '
I If not the man who foiled to do il was
to be executed. The object was to kill j
white men. They were going to kill |
Elixs Inman and Ciinton Good. They
have guns and pistols aiul ammunition,
and they were kept by the head man,
Giles Good, in his collar. On one occasion,
lie said, lie and others waylaid the
road to kill Elias Jnman.
Henry Bailey said lie wiss made a
member of the club about two weeks
ago. The o! ject of the club was to make j
a living by misdemeanor?to take that j
which don't belong to you. If we were ;
caught by any one we were to do away
with him. (riles Good was captain and
carried his gun. All that was stolen was
to go to the boss man. Giles Good, to be
distributed among the members of the
club.
Amos Smarr testified as io hi^ membership
and his knovledgeof .tkqasociefcy. I
"the iusixg stak lodge."
With this testimony the coroner's inquest
was adjourned until to-day, but on
Saturday a jury of investigation heard
testimony of members of a known secret
society in the neighborhood. This is
called Rising Star Lodge. Xo. 2-i, of the
Ov:mr7 TTrtiWl Orrler of the National!
Laborers Aid Protective Society of
North America. The printed laws of the
Order and the charter of this lodge were
produced. The charter emanated from
Charlotte. X. C.. bears date December.
18S4, and is signed by S. 31. Pharr,
supreme scribe. These documents reveal
only benevolent and fraternal features
of the Order, and several witnesses
were examined, their testimony bearing
out this state of facts, though the jury,
in their verdict, regard the lodge as a
nuisance to their neighborhood.
The proceedings of the day were closed
with the testimony of Adam Thompson,
a colored youth 10 or 17 years old, of
medium intelligence, who. revealed the
following startling episode in this eventful
chapter, he having on a previous examination
confessed to being a member
of the clan:
ADAM Tuosirsox's STOKT.
Examined by Trial Justice Blair:
Prind Thompson made arrangements to
waylay 3Ir. Elias Inman. which was to
tike place after dark?about 8 o'clock?
on a Friday night. I think it was Fri
aay nigur, oeeause mere v?as uut one
any between the time and Sunday.
Those who waylaid him were Prind
Thompson, myself, Giles Good, John
Good, Wallace F.eid and Bailey Dowdle.
The reason for waylaying him was because
they did not like him and because
they thought he had money. I do not
know when Prind first spoke to me
about waylaying Mr. Inman. The last
time he spoke to me about it he said if I
did not go with him they would kill me.
Giles hail a club or organization formed
of men whom- he controlled, and who
were to go when he gavp the word.
(Witness again repeated the names of
the members as given above.) They did
not say what they would do with Air.
Inman after killing him. I was posted
nearest the road, and the others were
secreted in the woods at different places
about thirty steps from the road. I was
noting fro/the tiru^ we weije posted
uutil Air. liiiuuu came a-iougl - i- >vas
t??? > ? ii : i ~c Ai - ?.?.i
lymguuwu ou tue siue ui uiu xuuu *>.uu
saw him ride by. The moon was shining,
but I did not sec him until lie liad
passed by. I was placed near ilie road
to vatcli i'or him and was to whistle as a
signal of his approach. When Mr. inman
rode near to where I was his horse suddenly
gave a jump and started off in a
tioi. lie soon came to a bend in the
road and was out of sight They were a
great mil id to kill me for not giving tiie
signal when Mr. Inman came up. They
told me to go along that they did not j
want to see me any more.
I belong to the organization. Piind
notiiied me to go that night. I was then
living at John Moore's. 1 do not inow
the month, but it was about three
months age. The object of waylaying
Mr. Inman was to get money. The
place was between Mr. Inman's house
and McNeill's store on the high road
leading from McNeill's to Inman's house.
The horse trotted oil' from where we
were. Nothing was said about wind we
were going to do 'with him.
THE CONFi:s>IO.\ OF O.VK OI* THE SLAYIS/US,
On Monday Prindly Thompson, confined
in jail, made the following confession
to 0 ohn C. Ashe, member of the
jury oi inquest, and Mr. Good, father of
the murdered boy, in the presence o: the
sheriff;
On being interrogate/I he at ti.Vit'
denied anv knowledge of t];o and'
said he did not belong vo .*ny club, nor
know anything about a club. Finally
j^e said that the other members oi the
club had told him in the jail that if he.
said anything about this murder they
were going to kill him. He then continued*
weni with them (to Mr. Good's
iield) after the cotton, and left :,hem
there. Bailey had the littie toy by his !
waist. I had hi1 by the legs. !\Iose j
choked him. i>an carried the stones |
with which ho was beaten. We th<:? alt j
away by the pasture lie'',1,, .Sailey first
struck the bov with a rock as soon as
we got hold oj him. I);:*: was the first
to see the boy, and he said: ?\Hoys,
yonder is Lee." B:iiley hit idm first,
and Dan next. Iviose jumped on his
bowels. The boys in jail told ?,e that
in making a confession I had broken my
neck. 1 said: '"Boys, I am goicg to teil
the .rath/- They replied: "You and
Dan have done to:d everything." They
I said to iue and Bailey: "Don't teil sinv!
thing." If any one belonged tc the
club and was to reveal anything, ?e was
to be murdered or rrr; out 01 tno country.
AVI".'!; vo go: ef%ughfc in a .stealing
scruff thy balance were io swear Uim
out. "Wc were to take the cot ion to be
stolen from Mr. < -.aoJ 3 Held to Levi
Wood, who. -..it* to bale and sell it. and
then were to divide the money. Wince
in jail they have put mo iL.rough a preliminary
trial, and told n?e thai I would
never come one except to l?o hung. 1
am nineteen ycary old. He then gave
names <)[ sioiiibers of the club as follows:
(rik-s Good, head man: John
Good. Smu Good. Bud jJavby. Owens
Moore. George Jamicson.
0the* prisoners wi re given an opportunity
io speak, but they would make
uo confession.
.vrriv-rri'i' >\ :,vnvh in<
1'ii' e,.u?. ss!On in jail, of Prind Thompson!.
on Monday, which was given to the
coroner's j".vy yi-sterday rekimllvd the
siiiui"; J.?u^ . w.v.
and al ui'uu* T ovi*?ek this morning a
body ?:i" iitiii'iy u Jmiidn-il mounted men
approached the jail. Al icut a dorfen entered
by the front door and from the
corridor proceeded to cue third story and
commenced battering tUo wooden shutters
open to the grated door. The iu>ise
aroused Sheriff (ilenn, and he hastily
proceeded to the third Moor and r.sh<?l
the meaning of the demonstration. The
reply was: "We want the lour murderers."
The sheriff assured the men "'.at
they were not in the jail and opened the
doors to give them an opportunity to
Examine. Bviug satisfied that the men
J
wanted were not in the jail the would-be j
lynchers all rode away. They were all j
white and unmasked. They conducted
themselves quietly and orderly, but were
evidently disappointed in not tinding the
men wanted. The sheiiY, apprehending
danger to the prisoners, had procured an
order last night from Judge Witherspoon,
transferring Closes Lij)scomb, Dan Koberts,
Baiiey Dowdle, JPrind Thompson,
Giles Good and John Good to Kichland
jail, and they were started for Columbia
via Gastonia, X. C., thus preventing the
iyinching of at least four guilty wretches.
a. w. T.
I A KM IMPROVEMENT*.
Have the readers of the Cultivator,
like the writer, in all panics or depressions
that affect business in general,
noticed that the value of farm property
was the lust to show it effects, but when j
it Jiil fali it was the List to react when j
reaction took place? And why is it so? J
Simply because active business is more i
sensitive to reactions than passive busi-1
years all bu^SP^s been Werr much |
depressed and values have fallen, t-spe- j
ciaily farm lands, so much so their value j
is but nominal, and-to-day farm proper- j
tv is at its lowest figures. Reaction has j
taken place in city and town Nproperty, i
and their values are rapidly increasing, j
and why is it so? Because the owners
of such property are wide awake and I
alive to their interest and boom it up, as j
the commercial anci nuanciai oarometers
indicate. This rise in values in cities
and towns, if permanent, in time, will
have its effect on country property, for
prosperity, like depressions, lias its influence
on all surrounding interests; and
as prosperity brings money into active
circulation, the amount of money raises
the value of oil kinds of property
throughout the country. * s such, it
behooves the farmers to begin to put
their long-neglected farms in order and
dress them up, for appearances add
much to values, and has much weight in
influencing purchasers. All buildings
on the farms should undergo repairs
and renovation, and where buildings and
sheds have been neglected for .stock,
they should be built. In short, the
outfit should be complete, and paint and
whitewash used to make everything look
neat and nice. And so it should be with
fencing. Have as good fencing and
gates as one can afford, for ail such adds
to the value of the farm. There is a
* - 4-^v --1 ? /%+* TrAT*l" oiul T v>"? _
UULLC IU UU UXi. til ID ruuuu. ui nviA wiiu
provements when it will not interfere
witli fielil work, and it will bo time well
employed and in the end prove most
profitable.
Then comes field improvements and
proper culture. As one rides along the
roads and sees the fields gullied andj
washed, the impression made, is, '-'here
is a farm going to ruin and waste; there
can be no profitable farming done on
such a farm;" and where briers and
bushes have taken the fields- the same
impressions arc also mude, and the conclusions
are perfectly correct; for where
gullies, briers and bushes prevail no
profit can arise from such a state of
things, and if even should there be a
sufficiency of other land to cultivate, to
admit of this waste of land what an ugly
appearance it gives uj Lue
yawning gullies and unsightly roughs.
Now. what sho:tld bj done? First, ter- '
T7LC& .lHfciilO lizll i.?xcd^ iui<l niOfCr^r,o u.s t<* |
stop" vvasTiTfig anu^guHylpg, ana if there j!
are tiat lands that hold water ditch them j
oil", and when that is done, the plow and I
harrow must do the rest and diversified 1
farming follow; and let grain, grass and ;
stock be the oasis on which the farm 3
must be built up. Our greatest trouble '
now is fencing, for timber is very scarce, I
which makes fencing more expensive i
than we can undertake to have properly <
done. So why not abandon fencing and i
keep up stock; for wherever it has been :
adopted it has proven very satisfactory, [ I
and has rid the farmer of an expense in j
trying to keep up fencing which proved j <
ineffectual ana a "waste of the little tim- j
lx*r left us. Let property be ever so j'
valuable, if neglected and suffered to '
run down, it wiU depreciate in value and !
oftentimes we see property sold above .
its value, owing to neat and comfortable
buildings and good fencing being placed <
on it. Attractiveness has much or more
to do with the value of a farm than the i
value of the land; as such, we say to <
the farmers, go to work and improve ;
your farms and whether you wish to sell <
or not it will cnhance their value.
Joiix E. DENT.
Cave Spring, Ga.
The J'arber's Teaipfrance ]
There are many temperance lectures
which ?i*e not delivered in public places;
4^:d a good many plain, sensible people
say things on the subject which are quite
as well worth remembering as the most
eloquent addresses of eminent temper
ar,eo orators. When men will look tacts
in the face tliey will find abundant reasons
for letting strong drink alone.
Two colored barl>ers were together in
a shop. One was a young niuu, the
oiiier was old. The young man took oti'
his apron and started out of the door.
' Yo's gwine to get a drink, Jim?"
svsked the elder.
"Dai's what I's gwine to do.''
"Go and git yo' drink. 1 yoost ivr do
de tiame ling ^hen I wuz young. When
I wuz fust married dah wuz a gin mill
next to de shop wha' I wucked, and I
spent in it fifty and sebenty cents a day
cuien de doilah an: a half I earned.
Wal, one mawnin I went into de butchah 1
shop, and who shood cum in but do man j
wat kep" de likker shop. j
"Gib me ten pounds pa ter-house j
steak," he saifj. j
got it and went out. I sneaked
;-.v? +/-> il.i on.] l.inl'P.'l tn S<V> wilfll !
money I had left.1'
"What do you wan?'' said de batchah.
'Gib me ten cents wuft o' libber,"
wuz ray remark,
"It was <JI I could pay fur. I\ov. you
fro and git yo' drink- You'll eat libber,
but de man wat sells yo' de stuii' will liab
bis po'ter-fcouse steak*. De man behin"
dt liar oats po'ter-house steak?de ruy.n ;
in front cats libber. I ain't touched de j
staff fo :>o years, and now i- :llil eatin I
po'ter-hoase steak myself." t j
ii a "i wishes to make ti:? runiselier <
rich aiitl himself poor; to feed the rvisnI
seller luxurious while he siaives ins own
children; it" h- desires to dress the raiuj
seller's wii'o in velvets and his ov,'n vale
1 in jags. .Mid rob Ids-own wretched* U.re[
looted children that he may ado1'11 and
j beautify die family of the rtunseilcr?j
there is only one tiling necessary, ?ud!
i tin.: let him drink strong drink. He j
j wiU liud that tlicse greedy j-uiuse^?o i
j- cormorants will tctke everything lu
{earns, and leave a wretehvd
' v.hile they revel in luxury, and wa^'
| the substance that belongs to the poor
i and suffering.
Nothing so enlarges the circle of human
wauts Christiuax. Each year exhibits a
new line of inventions, without which
?Christmas givers would give up in despair.
The correct bill of fare for a. Christmas
dinner is not complete without stout appetites
and plenty of stufllng. U- course
lhere must be a fair proportion of hearty
children.
of what kind ;of timber i^ post of
J m ?rj< ?r?
KELIGIOX IX WAR TIMES. ,
The and tiie JJIue iu a Kivival Be?
tweesj the Lines.
Froui Hie cliauanooga Times.
At (he banquet given Saturday niglit
in honor of Judges Key and Trewhitt.
Ooloi:--! Lewis Shepherd made a request
seconded by all of the gentlemen
present, that Mr. Templeton, of the
Ivnoxville bar, who was present, relate
an incident which occurred during .
the war at a revival service held by
his nrher in north Georgia. Mr. Tempieion
kindly consented, and related
ihf> foMowimr i;-i a most effective and
touching manner, eliciting the most
generous applause at his conclusion:
"Mv lather," said Mr. Templeton,
'resides in Chattanooga, but about the
time that Sherman made his way into
(he South he refugeed in Georgia, and
topped in Gordon, lie was a preacher.
and wherever he went he always
preached whenever an opportunity
afforded.
"About the lime that Sherman was
driving Johnston toward Atlanta, ""?
some time in the early part of August,
18(14, my father was conducting a
revival at a little house called Pine
Creek church, about ten miles from
Calhoun. The times were most terrible
about then: murder, r&bbery and
rapine were of daily occurrence, and
the whole country was subject to visitations
by marauding parties from
both armies. One day the old gentle
man was prcacmng a sermon 01 unusual
power, and before he had gotten
well underway a gang of Confederate
soldiers rode up and, dismounting out
back of the church, asked if they might
be admitted to the church. Of course
they were cordially invited in, and
took prominent seats iirthe church. \
"Xot ioiig afterward a cloud of dust "i
was seen in"the road from the opposite 1
direction to what the Kebels had come,
and pretty soon the tramp of horses'
hoofs was heard, and it was soon discovered
that it was a squad of Federal
troops, and before the Confederates iu
the church could be apprised of the
approach they had ridden up to the
dcor. Perceiving that religious serwo
lifilrl fhov oliorhfArl
and asked to Le admitted. ' ihey 'were
then told that there were Confederate
soldiers in the church, but insisted on
going in and they were admitted likewise.
"Naturally the strange spectacle
created some consternation in the congregation,
and for a time it seemed as
if the confusion would break up the
meeting. But my father raised' his
voice and began * most fervently to
plead a better life, beseeching his soldier
hearers to bccome religious and
abandon their sins. He preached with
unusual force and power, the strange
scene lending him inspiration. Strong
men were stirred to the depths and
wept like children, and the scene or
confusion was soon changed to one of
sirong religious awakening.
" w ueu lie una couciuue' lus sermon,
as was the custom in iose days,
he invited those who were convicted
to come forward to the mourners7 !
bench and pray and talk with him on i
ihe all-important subject. ^twk
"Then it was that one of the grand- jH
ost sights ever witnessed?-oe??rre<l. -?- fll
Those enemies to each other,
SiTgSgrtTln' a^rootfy war, arose as one vll
man, friend and "foe together, and v
marched to the front of the church and ' N ^
kneeled together. Confederate by Fed- <
21-al, their muskets joining and crossing
each other; their revolvers touching
each other as they kneeled: their
iieads bowed upon the same altar and
Lhere mingling almost in their deep
contrition ana profound feeling. All
animosities \yere forgotten, all strife
iorjiotten?they were together as
brothers around a aomnion altar.
"After the service they met on the
jui.-ide of ihe church; they shook hands,
pledged fraternity, and each party
vvem off, taking opposite directions.
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haps with murderous intent. They
found each other, but they separated
svili: love instead of hate, friendly instead
of angry."
The recital of the story was listened
io with marked attention and interest.,
jvery one being deeply impressed with
the beautiful incident, which is true io.
every detail.
A STKANGE CASE.
I*ow Circumstantial Evidence Caused the
Conviction of as Innocent 31an.
From the Baltimore sun.
Dr. Joseph S. Baldwin writes to the
Sun from Eklo, Baltimore county, in
relation to the (jluverius case, as lolIfurs!
"The Stni's closin<r comment in
reference 10 the case ol" Thomas J.
Cluverius, convictcd in the Hustings
Court of Richmond, Va., of the murder
of his cousin, Miss Fannie Lillian
Madison, 'It is to be hoped that the
judges, jury and governor have made
no mistake,' recalls to my mind an
authentic case which occurred in Richmond,
Va., many years ago, and is
one .of the most remarkable in the
criminal annals of our country, and establishes
conclusively the great uncertainty
as to purely circumstantial evidence
being always proof of guilt. '?
The c;:se I refer to is as follows: A
broker of Richmond and his brother-inlaw
had a personal difficulty in regard
to some pecuniary affairs. A few days
subsequent to the quarrel the broker
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irae a great resort for hunting wild
{'owl. A few hours afterwards his
brother-in-law wa- known to have
gone upon the Island for the purpose
of hunting- from a different point. The
next day the broker was l'ouud murdered
with a bnllet in. his brain. The
brother-in-law was at once arrested
for his murder, Tne bullet was found
to l>e of the exact size of the bullets
used by his brother-in-law in his rifle,
and the ritie was found unloaded.
L'pon this very strong1 circumstantial
evidence the man was convicted and
executed. Many years afterwards a
gambler upon his death bed confessed
that lie had murdered the broker; had
scon him enter the island, and, suppo>ni'_r
iiim to have money, had shot
him and lied "West. At the time he
tired the fetal shot some one (the
brother-in-law) had fired simultaneously
at some wild gaue. To assert
'iii.it aii innocent men can establish
I beyond a dunbt their innocence when
i r.f ;l crivrift I. .m inhuman <loe
. !t!iic. -uitabie only tc the days of
wiirail. If Ciuverius is guilty of
i ho horrible crime of which he is
accuscd he richly deserves the extreme
penalty penalty of the law: but I fully
concur in the- dissenting opinion of
.Judge Ilintoiu of the Court of Appeals
of Virginia, who says i he theory
of the suicide oi Miss Madison is not
inconsistent with the tacts of the case,
and the circumstantial evidence did
cot justify the verdict of murder 111
I m - VU dllU
jn.-Lly say, 'it is to be hoped the judges',
{ju.rv and" governor have made no mi.r*
iako.'"
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