The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, July 06, 1887, Image 2
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THE NEWS AND HEKALD.
TTONSBORO, S. C.
WEDX1SDAY, JULY G, : : 1SS7.
M. B. Z IG3H LJjE, )
y Editors.
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The trial in Columbia of Reuben
Bright, one of the "Bethel Church
.murders," resulted on Saturday last in
a verdict of not guilty.
Mr. Blaine is in London, has visited
Mr. Gladstone, dined with Lord
Randolph Churchill, and it is said that
he is soon to visit the Queen.
Mr. Edisox, the famous electrician,
eats no meat other than beefsteak.
Bovs who wish to become great inver.
tors should bear this fact in mind.
William E. Chandler, Senatorelect
from New Hampshire, is a man
not above medium size. He wears
eye-glasses and is said to have a rather
beligerent face.
The library of Henry Ward Beecher,
now iu the keeping of the American
Art Association, contains very
few novels. There is not even a copy
of Mr. Beecher's "Norwood."
The News and Courier has gotten
aroud to the advocacy of a 'separate
agricultural college. The editor of
that journal must have had another
conference with Capt. Tillman.
Mrs. Cleveland's shoes worn in
th^Adirondacks were a pair of number
fives, for which she paid five
dollars. At least sucn is me exceeuIngly
important statement made by a
"Washington shoe dealer.
England is still holding on to Egypt
and probably will be the next time
she is heard from. The land of the
Pharoahs is one of the keys to India,
and for this reason alone is probably
destined to fall into the hands of the
all-conquering Briton.
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It now turns out that Jefferson
Davis did not write the letter on the
flag incident, which a Chicago paper
published and attributed to him.
There are some densely populated
countries in the world now, but
America has more liars to the square
mile than any other country on the
globe.
The reunion at Gettysburg of the
survivors of Pickett's Division and of
the Army of the Potomac came off
July 2. The address of welcome,
delivered by Col. A. H. McClure, of
the Philadelphia Times, on behalf of
the citizens of Philadelphia, a synopsis
of which we publish in another
column, is worthy of perusal.
Mk. Ignatius Donnelly is trying
to prove in the North American llevieic
that Lord Bacon is the author of
Shakespeare's plays. If there was
any other man of that period other
than the real author who could have
written the plays it was Lord Bacon.
The author of the "Novum Organon"
was a man of universal genius.
John Sherman Intimates that tue
flag incident will be one of the issues
in the next campaign. "The brains of
Hayes's Cabinet" will have to give a
better reason than can be found on an
old flag, however valuable as a memento,
why he should be given the
Presidency which he once stole for
another fellow or he will get left.
"While dining at a hotel in New
Haven during the recent Soldiers' and
Sailors' Monument festivities, Governor
Lounsburv, of Connecticut, was
effered a glass of wine by a waiter.
The Governor turned red and exclaimed,
"You have given me the
worst insult I ever received." Strange
that men will get mad so easy; not a
few in this part of the country would
like to be "insulted" at every meal.
It is said that Adjutant General
Drum, the man who has drummed up
so much fuss about the flags is of
medium height, about sixty years of
age, and not at all distinguished in
appearance. He is an Englishman by
birth. He entered the army away
back in the fifties, is a strict disciplinarian,
brusque in speech and manner,
and is considered thoroughly
honest, though extremely narrowminded.
He believes lhat the newspapers
are a nuisance.
The course of the Greenville JSFews
in the matter of the alleged uprising
of the Laurens negroes deserves the
highEst commendation. While other
papers were engaged in disseminating
wild, sensational and injurious rumors,
that journal was occupied in investigating
the reports with a view to
ascertaining the real facts, aud was
consequently the first to announce that
the country had been humbugged with
a groundless alarm. The time when a
newspaper could grow popular by
telling lies has about passed, although
there are stiir a few correspondents
who haye not yet found it out.
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We are opposed to an agricultural
college for a number of reasons,
among others for this: that we think
a farmer's son entitted to as much
education as anybody else's son, and
we have no idea that he will be able
to get it in such an institution as it is
proposed to establish and to be called
ail agricultural collge. We gather
from the advocates of-this measure
that a large part of the business of
this institution will be to learn the
boys to love the farm. While merchants',
doctors', lawyers' and mechanics'
sons will be taught at the
Sonth Carolina College in all the
learning of the age, it is px-oposed to
send the farmer's son off to study the
chemistry of the stable, the phenomena
of churning and hovr to love the
farm.
Bucklerfs Arnica Salve.
The Best Salve in the world for
Cuts, Braises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Coras, and all Skin
Eruptions, and positively cures Piles,
or no pay required. It is guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction, or money
refunded. Price 25 cents pe oox.
The Lancaster Beviexc urges with a
good deal of force the psssage of a
law requiring puulic officers, executors
and administrators to give responsible
guarantee companies instead of
"personal bonds" as security for the
faithful performance of their duties.
The law as it now stands provides
that such companies may be accepted
in such cases as surety, but we understand
our contemporary to argue that
this form of security, so to speak,
should be required to the exclusion of
j all others. The suggestion is an iuterj
esting one, and fairly merits the attention
of our law-makers. The present
practice of taking personal bonds has
proved to be sadly inadequate in many
instances, as there could conscqucntly
be 110 great danger in trying something
else just for a change.
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juiii jL\onacni press, jjeuiucKuiu
and Republican* has written Dr. McGlynn
into wide notoriety. His faith
in the philosophy of Ilenry George
has made him more famous than
[ George is himself, and it has put him
1 at war with the Pope. The question
is pretty generally overlooked, but a
principle of some importance is involved.
The Pope has censured the
Doctor for holding political opinions
which were not approved at home,
and hence aflirms the doctrine that u:c
Church may supervise and control
political thought and action. Nothing,
it may be said, can be more opposed
than this is to the genius of oar
free institutions. AVe hold in this
country to the doctrine of individual
responsibility, and the vital principles
of free thought, free speech and free
action, and we pronounce any institution,
foreign or domestic, which sets
at nought these truths to be inimical
to liberty and the highest progress of
mankind.
A v. o cjict tvru ?? ai ji iui n.
Scarccly a season passes without our
having fresh cause to regret that the
editors of the Xew York Tribune and
the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
did not discover their great military
talent during the war. Both of these
gentlemen wrote earnestly and volubly
throughout the conflict. Both
pointed out the mistakes of men who
weakly supposed they could conduct a
v.'ar by going to the front, and both
hinted, as clearly as their modesty
would permit, that they could manage
the emergency much more ably. But,
somehow, public opinion in those days
was stupidly set against '"'tougue lash|
ing" as a means of crushing the rebel
lion, and so they shed their ink in
vain. But it was a great pity. Things
might have been quite different if they
had been put in charge.?JV". Y. Star.
Too 8>revions.
A good deal of energy has been unnecessarily
expended in criticising the
Supreme Court for interpreting the
phrase "as to her separate estate" in
the Married Woman's Act to mean
"for the benefit of her separate estate."
The truth about the matter is that
this is not true; it is at least not the
whole truth. A full definition of the
phrase, "as to her separate estate,"
gathered from the reasoning of
the Court, is "which pertains to her
separate estate," "in the management
of her separate estate," "for the bene
fit of her separate estate."
It is plain that the words iu the last
phrase are not used in their ordinary
acceptation. The Court, for example,
will not undertake to control the discretion
of the wife when acting within
the scope of her power. A contract
which might be thought at the time of
, its execution to be for the benefit of
her separate estate might turn out to
be quite otherwise, and yet if it be a
contract in the scope of her power it
would be valid and binding.
The phrase "for the benefit of her
separate estate" is not a full definition
of the phrase "as to her separate estate."
Prosperity at tiio South.
It is easy to sec that the manufacture
of cotton goods in the South is
very profitable, and the present activity
"in organizing new companies and
the building of new mills all through
that section is evidence tnat capitalists
are fully aware of the fact, and are
satisfied that manufacturing a staple
at a profit of 10 to 25 per cent, above
cost, with a yearly production of two
to three times the 'amount of capital
contributed, is as safe an investment
as can be found, even in the growing
and progressive South.?If. Y. Star.
Heretofore the cotton has been sent
to the mills, but things are beginning
to change, and now the mills are coming
to the cotton. This is natural;
1 facilities for the manufacture of cotton
goods are as great at the South as
at ttie North. Indeed, the - South
would seem to have at least one advantage,
growing out of the matter of
freights. Within the next five years
wc venture to say tbat a great many
mills will be erected in the cotton
growing States, with capital from the
North?capital that is seeking investment
at home at four per cent, interest
ner annum.
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This money will go to live communities.
It wili go where it can be
"entertained." *
"The Way of ike Transjjx'essor is
Hard."
The prompt conviction of Jacob
Sharp, the bribe-taking alderman, ot
New York, is creditable to that branch
of the government which is entrusted
with the administration of justice in
that State. There were many circumstances
in connection with the case
which ordinarily induce juries to
acquit. He was an old man, in feeble
health and had hitherto borne a good
character. Ilis guilt was, however,
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piu\un uuyuiiu an snauow 01 uouoc,
and the jury in obedience to the mandate
of the law, and the oath which
they had taken, put every question of
mere sympathy away and prononnccd
the defendant guilty, as he was. They
did nothing more than their duty; but
in this day when juries so often fail to
do tnis, the act deserves especial commendation.
It gives additional proof
that men are still capable of self-government,
and that they will continue
to uphold and enforce the majesty of
the law.
The notion that penitentiaries are
built for the poor, the friendless and
the out-cast has done infinite harm to
this country. Mr. Sharp was a mil
lionaire, an alclcnnau and a -man of
high social position, but he broke the
law and he must take, the consequences.
"We commend the example
of the Xew York jury to the consideration
of our own tribunals.
Oui Koys.
The boy who killed a keeper on
Randall's Island with a base ball bat
explains that he was homesick and
wanted to see his mother. His only
complaint is that he was "bossed" by
the keepers. He was committed for
persistent disobedience to his parents.
This seems to be one of those turbulent,
unruly spirits that become
terribly involved in crime without
any apparent predisposition for crime. The
boy is described as being bright,
intelligent and comely. He alone of I
the young conspirators had the courage
to carry oat their plan of escape.
2so one for a moment will believe that
murder was in the heart of the lad,
who fell asleep while waiting for the
chance to knock over the keeper.
It is not for us to judge the parents,
who must now suffer for the reckless
act of their child. Perhaps they had
neither the time nor opportunity to
enforce that home authority or exert
that home influence which is the very
foundation of true manhood. But we
never hear nor read of a father or
mother who trusts a child into a public
institution, whether charitable or
corrective, without a pang of regret
for the opportunities wasted; without
a sense of horror that another young
life is beiEg forced to accept a support
that is degrading and to succumb to a
discipline which out to have.been exercised
at home.
This was a country boy, not a, city
loafer. Ilis father is a well-to-do
Snrelv there ouirht to have
been some pare influence at work to
save him. It is a very bad case.?
JSr. Y. Star.
That Presentment Again.
The action of the Abbeville grand
jury in presenting the Supreme Court
and arraigning other institutions raises
a point of interest to persons of a
speculative turn of mind. It shows
that there is a general and deep-seated
dissatisfaction with the existing order
of things. We know that their grievance
against the Supreme Court is
purely imaginary, and we understand,
too, that their demand that the law be
simplified to the comprehension of the
average intelligence is as vain as the
cry of the human heart after the infinite.
Nor are we less firmly persuaded
th:.t this grand jury in their
extraordinary presentment have failed
to interpet the phenomena under consideration?the
general unrest, which
the late Mr. Carlyle would probably
have called "the deep dumb want of
i the people."
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jLile eupreine i;oun, is uut
blc for the present status of affairs;
nor is it attributable to a want of
simplicity in the laws. We believe
the phenomena to be a natural but
unconscious expression of a want of
political opposition. In a popular
form of government an opposition is a
necessity; indeed, it is the result of a
natural law.
Many men will tremble at the
thought of this, but the facts had just
as well be looked squarely in the face,
the forces of disintegration may be
seen at work in more places than one.
"Wise and Patriotic.
The speech of Major Brawlev, of
Charleston, at the recent commencement
exercises et Erskine College,
deserves a careful perusal. It is a
statesmanlike document, and the
young men wno neara it wni ao wen
to remember liis words. Touching
011 the relations of the white and
colored races, Major Brawley said:
Oar duty and safety require us to
reconcile ourselves as best we may to
present conditions, and to determine
how far the negro can be made fit to
exercise wisely the responsible duties
of citizenship; whether education,
and if so, what kind of education can
best clothe him with that power.
Years of discipline and study and experience
will be required to determine
this question, but mean while the superior
intelligence and capacity for government
of the white race has reached
a temporary solution af the problem,
by assuming and retaining a practically
absolute control of affairs. During
the lull which leaves this possession
undisputed, we should apply ourselves
with energetic spirit to the task
of preparing for our successors some
sound solution. We are civilized to
little purpose if wc grudge to any
portion of the human race equal opportunities
of civilization. "We should,
i by good government, educate the col|
ored race into capacity for better govi
eminent. Wc should teach them
i whatever we have learned of wisdom
; and virtue, and it will be an imperish
able title to glory for us if \?e so rule
: rnt.> thf>m n? tn mn.lrft them r.n.nable of
j all the privileges of citizenship. We
' must conquer our own prejudices.' It
| is scarcely to be - expected that this
generation, which has known the
i negro as a slave with the ignorance
! and vices of a thousand years of slavc j
ry, and of a barbarism infinitely lower,
] should accept with alacrity the doc.
trine of political ahd civil equality.
The most hopeful and tolerant may be
doubtful of the experiment, but let no
ignominious pride in preconceived
opinions deter us from giving it a fair
trial. For the present there is one
paramount duty which presses upon
us with overwhelming ;force, and that
is, that justice should be the governing
principie'in all our relations"with that
"weaker race, and it is a duty which
specially devolves upon the educated,
conservative men of the State that
they should stand as a bulwark against
the injustice and oppression which
prejudice, ignorance and power is
always prone to inflict upon the weak,
i and which inevitably produces a hiss|
ing discord and strife that will blight
i and paralyze all our efforts towards
improvement.
Monaster's Sure Cure
for Coughs, Colds,
Sore Throat, Bronchitis,
And all diseases of the pulmonary organs.
Try it McMaster, Brice and Ketchin. *
Barrett's Imperial Cologne
Cannot be surpassed for Fragrance, elej
gauce and durability.
j' Mcilastcr, Brice &Ketchir.
Codifying the Body of the Law.
Mr. G. A. Douglass, foreman of the
grand jury of Abbeville county, publishes
a letter in the last issue of the
Medium explaining the recent extraordinary
presentment of the body of
which he is the official. head. Assuming
to speak for the grand jury as such
he says:
In reply to your comments on our
last presentment, we, the grand jury,
have this to say:
You state, that much of the presentment
is based on a misapprehension ot
the law. This is the truth, though
you must have unintentionally stated
it, as you say a little further on, that
the law Fs not so abstruse. Now what
we recommended is that the laws be
so amended, and that future laws be
so constructed that they will be not
only apprehensible but comprehensible
to all men.
Now on principles of strict construction
he doubtless sets the Legislature
an impossible task. Interpreting
; his suggestion, literally he might,
| with as much reason, ask that body
to do the same thiug for the Organon
of Bacon or the poetry of Spakespeare.
But when it is considered
charitably there is a good deal in the
recommendation.
The laws of this State consist of
the General Statutes, including the
Code of Civil Procedure and the great
body of the common law which is
evidenced by judicial decisions. This
"common law," as it is called, is not
unsettled and chaotic as those who
know nothing about it charge. All
lawyers are entirely at agreement as
to its leading principles. Courts are
troubled with it no more nowadays
than with the construction of statutes.
But there is this serious difficulty
which grows daily greater and greater.
This law is scattered through hundreds
of volumes. It is inaccessible
to the people. If there be one behest
of justice, however, which is plainer
than all others it is this: that he who
is to obey a law ought to have the
means of knowing what it is.
This is the chief argument of the
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advocates 01 coaiucauon, auu we
think it is unanswerable. To the
masses the law is now a sealed book.
It ought to be opened. It is not
enough to reply that the masses would
know no more if it were embodied in a
Code. Suffice it to say that all would
then have the opportunity of knowing.
This question of codification is now
agitating the legal profession, as well
as other intelligent thinkers throughout
the United State*. It must sooner
or later come up here. It seems to us
that this is an opportune lime in which
to tackle it. "We are free to say in the
most unreserved terras that we are in
favor ;of it- The people of Georgia
have tried it, and they like it. For
more than twenty years they have
lived under a Code and nothing could
now indnce them to abolish it. Why
should we not nrofit bv their experi
cnce?
A TRIP TO TEXAS.
NUMBER SEVEN.
Messrs. Editors: We left our readers:,
if any we have, in our last letter
as we were escorting oar lady friend
on a shopping tonr. It was Satarday
evening and the zrowd seemed immense.
These Western towns are all
built around an open square, iu the
centre of which stands the Court
House, if the county seat. This is not
the case with Waco, the rural population
being so numerous as to require
the entire square, the court houee
stands 011 a street near by. This open
square was full of wagons loaded with
corn, oats, hay, cotton, wood, etc.,
which was offered for sale. We enfawsrl
nno nf tVir> TftrffOSf flrr OT>r>^S
IV1.U14. ViiW J Cw
establishments, which is owned and
run by Sanger Bros., aud is a model
store.* The office is immediately in
the centre of the lowest story, and is
raised up say ten feet above the level
of the iloor. The clerks, of which
there are qnite a number of both male
and female, have each his or her separate
department or line of goods.
Should yon make a purchase the bill,
with the goods unrolled, aud the
money is placed in a little basket
which goes running like a thing of
life to the office. Here the bill is
checked of by the goods themselves,
which are then made into a ouudle,
and with the change, if any, returned
by this same handy basket to the clerk
who made the sale. Your purchases
are then consigned to one of the deliv
ery wagons and left at your place of
residence. An elevator goes continually
up and down, which if you like
carries you to the second and third
stories, each of which contains piles
upon piles of goods. The proprietor
seemed to take a pride ia showing his
immense stock, and accompanied us
through its length and breadth, explaining
the modus operandi of "his
basket system, which he said was
much better than cash boys, as they
were always in place and did not lose
any time "talking to the girls. Our
lady companion selected a carpet,
which was made and put down in her
| parlor 0111*1115 my stay; sne Ji?viug jiu
trouble only giving size of room.
It was our privilege to share our bed
one night with a veritable cowboy. He
had neither hoofs nor horns, but was
simply a South Carolina boy, who had
gone West to better his co'ndition, and
hearing of our arrival came in to see
me. We found him a nice, clever
gentleman, being a brother of one of
the professors in the South Carolina
College, and a former student of
Davidson College, N. C. He gave it
as his opinion that minding cows beat
a cittou farm ont of sight.
By invitation we dined with the
family of Dr. Sears, who is a Virginian
by birth; and full of fun and
old Virginia hospitality. Taking a
seat at his table, he turned and inquired,
"Well V., what part of the
chicken will you take?" I modestly
answered I was not very choice, any
part would suit me; when he replied,
"I suppose you intend to eat a whole
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UUtJ LLIJU UUIl b UUIC >v U&1& V uu uvgiu.
This old gentleman is one of the strong
successful men of the country; enjoys
a practice which pays about five thousand
dollars annually, by charitable
and benevolent gifts, and the entertainment
of his friends. From him
we learned that this was the easiest
country on women in the world; that
they did notjhave enough to do to
keep them out of mischief. "Tell
your wife," said he, "That mine has
not made a calico dres3 for herself in
thirty years."
A Mr. Williams, having a place to
sell, came in for us and gave us a ride
behind his two pretty ponies of about
eight miles into the country. "We
found his corn crib with plenty of
corn but unlocked, and his smoke
house had the key sticking in the lock.
His place of sis hundred and fortyacres
was worked entirely by negroes.
; We drove by the tenant houses and
saw tbe women and children idling
j about, the men only being at work.
Accosting one of these men we asked:
"Well Uncle, how long have you been
! h'ere?' He replied, "About ten years."
Again the question, *'Been here that
long and not rich yet:" "No sir," he
rpnlieH. UT aicnt. .ind if von is cominc
here 'specting to git rich" you is gwine
to miss it." Once more the question,
, "Have you not good land, and do you
not get half of all you make?" The
answer was "Yes sir; T gits half I
: make, and that only ^ me half
i enough to eat" Mrs. W. gave us a
! nice sapper and breakfast which she
; prepared herself, prefering as she said
to do her own work rather than worry
with the trifling women on their place.
Here we saw the conntry school house,
which was a trame building about
30x50. The teacher was a young man
a boarder with this family. From
him we learned that a first grade certificate
was worth ?75 a month, a1
second grade $50, a third grade $30.
Length of public school term i?ix
months. Average attendance at his
school forty. The farm was improved
with cheap tenant houses, the dwelling
n Af f*Ani? vAAme our? i
L1UU9C) Ot WlUlgg Vi 1VUL ivuiuoj uuu
the price asked was twenty dollars per
acre. Yie are under promise to friend
Taylor to take a trip \*ith him, and so
hurry back to town merely to get c;it
of one baggy into another, and ride
some ten miles in the opposite direction.
This trip takes us'in a southeast
direction across the Tehuacano
bottoms, which are heavily covered
with timber, affording a fine* range for
cattle in winter, an abundant supply
of fire wood and a good hiding place
for thieves and robber bands, which
once were here so plentifully as to
give it the name of the country of the
Modocs. Here it was that the present
Governor of the State captured the
noted Sam Bass and his gang, for.
which feat he was elected" sheriff of
the county, and no doubt contributed
to his present high elevation. Our
road Jay obliquely wacro3s this bottom
extending for some two miles, and
though firm and smooth now, becomes
in wet weather waxev indeed. Out
of the bottom we strike what is called
cross timber or the post oaks, which
grows only on poor land, but burns
equal to the best hickory of our country,
beyond which comes the prairie
again, covered over with grass and
small scraggy trees called mosquit,
which are about the same distance
apart as fruit trees in an orchard,
which it very much resembles, These
trees bear a long bean, of which
hnrsAS anri rafilp arfi vprv fond, and
which is said to be as good feed as
oats. Our road was smooth enough
but on either hand the surface was
rough indeed to ride over in a buggy,
giving you an up and down motion,
which, though not very pleasant, is
perhaps a good aid to digestion. This
is called hog wallow land, and is a
sure guide to the inexperienced lo
point out the richest land in this country.
We drive to the ranch of Messrs.
HoIIoway & Ilarris, who are the fortunate
owners of three thousand acres
of this rich land, one hundred of
which is in cultivation, the remainder
being devoted to the raising of fine
horses, of which these gentlemen,
being Kentuckians, are very fond.
The ranch is well improved with a
nice house, large barns, cow sheds,
stock scales?, and divided into several
pastures, each of which is provided
with a large pond or tank, to furnish
an ample water supply. The white
#ash brush had been freely applied,
and everywhere looked as clean and
neat as a new pin. Driving through
his barn yard we go on to one of these
water tanks near by, where we alight
and quench our thirst for the first
time from a Texas water tauk. This
water had been standing all winter,
bat was cool and clear and had a good
taste. It was provided with a cup
from which to drink, and posted "No
Fishing Allowed." We dine from
our lunch basket, light our cigars and
loll to our hearts content on the green
sward, without the fear of snakes,
horned frogs, stinging lizzards or
tarantulas, before onr eyes, returning
to our home before dark, which scte;
in after sundown, very much quicker
thau with us. But enough for this:
time. ____ J*v*
Mr. Davis on His Alleged Letter to Col.
Howe.
New Orleans, June 27.?The follawing
note frem Mr. Davis appears
in the Picayune:
Beacvoik, Miss., Juuc 24.
To the Managing Editor of the New Orleans
Picayune :
Dear Sir?In your issue of this
morning there is copied from the Chicago
Inter-Ocean what purports to be
a letter writteu by me to Co3. Poceen
Howe, of Danville, 111., from Beauvoir,
Miss., June 20. The letter above
docnrihed is? a barefaced forsrerv. the
author of which' did not qualify himself
for the fraudulent purpose by
learning- from persons in the neighborhood
of Danville, from which place it
appears ho wrote, such facts as might
have enabled him to make his fiction
less palpably incredible.
Please give this a place in your next
issue and send a marked copy to the
Inter-Ocean that the imposition practiced
upon it may be exposed where it
was put in circulation.
Very respectfully,
Jeffersoh Davis.
are. davis's positiox.
Mr. Davis stated in an informal conversation
with a representative of the
Picayune, and not for publication,
that the views expressed in this spnri
ous letter arc precisely the reverse of
those actually entertained by him.
xne troops in Ul? UIUUII aiuiy tvcic
all mustered into the Federal service.
The States, as such, had no troops in
the war, and, consequently, all military
stores and trophies captured became
the property of the .General
Government, and subject to the control
of and at the disposition of Congress.
Confederate flags had from time to
time been returned to the Southern
States by Northern Legislatures and
various military associations. There
was in reality no authority under law
for these acts of courtesy, but the
matter was not considered of material
importance, and the question was
never raised until the issue ot the recent
orders by Mr. Cleveland.
Mr. Davis declared that he had resisted
all attempts of newspaper men
to interview him on this subject and
would have remained sile .t, but for
this remarkable and unique swindle,
which he denounced over and over in
general and-in detail as false in every
respect.
Human Sacrifice in India.
A strange stgry of human sacrifice
comes from the Madra presidency. A
woman was supposed to be possessed
with a devil. Her father consulted an
excrcist, who said that a human sacrifice
was necessary. Accordingly one
night her fatner, the exorcist, and five
or six others met, and after some religious
ceremonies set for the elected
victim. He came without suspecting
treaehery, and was plied with drink
till he was senseless, when nis neaa
was cut off, and nis blood, i-.ixed
with rice, was offered to some deity.
The body was then backed so as to
'deceive the police and thrown into a
tank. The murderers having been
arrested, have made a fall confession.
?London Globe.
Col. McClure's Speech at Gettysburg.
(Dispatch to the News and Courier.)
After the more than fraternal greeting
so eloquently expressed by the
representatives of "the survivors of tne J
Philadelphia brigade and of Fickett's j
division, it is an easy task to speak for
the City of Brotherly Love and for the
Keystone State of the Federal arch in
heartv sympathy with the peace aHd
brotherhood which mark this notable
reunion.
The battle fought on this spot was
the bloodiest of the many sanguinary
conflicts of our civil war. The ignorant,
inconsiderate and dishonest say
that it was a causeless war, that it
was precipitated by babbling'demagogues.
But no such cause could have ;
called millions of the most intelligent,
peace-loving and generous people of
the world to four years ot fraternal
war. There were agitators and demagogues
who hastened the war, as there
are agitators and demagogues who
have hindered peace since the war
ended. But there were irreconcilable
theories left unsettled in the foundation
of the Government, which ripened
in intensity and enlarged in interest
until a peaceful solution was 110 longer
possible. A less heroic people could
have avoided our civil war, but the
bravest and noblest of all the peoples
of the earth had only the choice between
a dismembership of the Union,
or its jarring pillars ccincnted by the
arbitrament" of the sword. Every
shotted gun hoarsely thundered the
faith of the warriors who employed it
in tne Harvest or aeatn. .Every cnurcn
of every belief in the North and South
sent up fervent prayers to the same
God for the triumph of their respective
flags, and in like manner catled
for thanksgiving and praise when victory
came to either. Every pulpit appealed
to ths patriotism of the people
in the name of the Ruler of nations to
sustain the cause of its section as a
holy duty, and from every battle-field
came heartfelt thanks from victors and
an abiding faith in supplication from
the vanquished, all from the same
altar to the same Jehovah. Both
could not triumph, and at Appomattox
came the judgment of the final
Arbiter tnat the National Union shall
be indissoluble and that national sovereignty
shall be omnipitent within
the limitations of its own fundamental
law. And from Appomattox, came
the promise, not only of peace but of
brotherhood. It came to the North
and the South from the great Captain
of the conflict. Ilero and victor in
war, be was no less hero and victor in
peace. Of the shattered legions of
Lee, not one left that historic field an
enemy of Grant. He did more than
conquer an army, he conquered and
gathered, as the greenest laurels of his
victory, the love of Confederate warriors
and the respect of the South for,
the Union against which its sons had
so valiantly battled. When presented
to the nation as a cendidate for the
highest civil trust of the world, his
battle-cry, that answered those who
revelled in th eturbulence of hate, was:
"Let up have peace.'-"
Thus came peace and brotherhood
under the inspiration of the victor of
victors in our bloody civil strife, and
his dying testament came from Saratoga's
shaded mount, bequeathing fraternal
love and national unity to the
blue and the grey. Well may civilians
welcome in hearty reunion the
now silvered and furrowed survivors
of the deadly conflict on Cemetery
Hill, when such illustrious teaching
and example command it, and I greet
you in the name of the great North,
new inseparably interwoven with the
great South, in sympathy, in interest
aud in fellowship. Our Government
is stronger at home and mightier
abroad to-day because of the wounds
of the civil war, and our children and
our chilren's children will turn to its i
sacrifices, its sorrows and its irrevocable
judgmcnts'tCs the ymnal yiwrttiiteei
that "a Government of the people, by
the people aud for the people shall not
perish from the earth."
Killed by a Minister.
The Rev. -George Pittard is pastor
of the North Folk Methodist church,
Reidsville, N. C. lie is popular with
a large congregation, and teacher in a
boys' school durisg the week. As he
was crossing the lawn a few days ago,
during recess, the boys were playing
base ball, and a ball thrown by the
centre fielder struck Mr. Pittard in
the face, bruising him severely. The
boy at once ran forward, begged pardon
and said the occurence was entirely
accidental. The minister, infuriated
by the pain, knocked him
down, stamped on hirn and dragged
him about until the boys united and
drove the preacher away. The lad,
who was in a terrible condition, was
ton/Wlv rirriprl tr. t.hfi dnrmitorv bv
his fellow-stndeuts. Tbe minister
called to the boys later and upbraided
them for not dragging their schoolmate
from him sooner, and said he had
no idea what he was doing, that his
temper for the time half crazed him.
The ooy has since died and Mr. Pittard
has fled.
How a Colored Boy Bccaaie Rich.
The holder of one-tenth of ticket 23,899
the second capital prize in the April drawing
of the Louisiana State Lottery of $50,000?has
received his $3,000, and our readers
would perhaps like to know that Clifford
J. Tweedy iJ a likely colored boy,
twenty-two years of age, raised by Mr.
Henry T. Peay, and getting $8 per month.
He deposited $4,000 in the Georgia Railroad
Bank and divided a portion of the
rest amongst his poor colored relations.
3fe did not forget Mr. Peay, to whom he
gave fifty dollars. lie said that he had a
ticket regularly for the last fifteen months
and it was the fifteenth dollar t*at did the,
wnrV.?Aumiata 'Ga.} Chronicle, April30.
?It is stated that Sara Sinai I, the
Southern evangelist, looks like Senator
John James lngalls; but people
should not be prejudiced against Mr.
Small on that acconnt. When Mr.
Small begins to talk as badly as Senator
lngalls does it will be time for
moral congregations to refuse to listen
to him.? Ex. *
*4kiHG
nmiffim
runubn
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies. A man-el of
purity, strength and wholesomeness. Hore
economical than the ordinary kinds, and
cannot be sold in competition with the
multitude of low test, short weight alum
or phosphate powders. Hold only in cam.
Royal Baking Powdek Co., 106 Wall
St., N. Y.
Sold by Monaster, Brice & Ketchia,
Grocers. MchSfxly
WHAT AiLS THE NATION 7
51ie Aierage Length of Life Decreasing?Not
Pestilence?
Kot Famine?All oar
own Fault.
% Moderx Cooking and Mod- i
ern Living have brought it ]
on. It comes upon us una- <
wares. The patients Lave
pains about the chest and sides,
and. sometimes in the back
They feel dull and sleepy; the
mouth has a bad taste, especially
in the -morning. A sort
of sticky slime collects about
the teeth. The appetite is poor.
There is a- feeling like a heavy
load on the stomach: sometimes
a faint, all-gone sensation at
the pit of the stomach which
food does not satisfy. The
eyes are sunken, the hands j
and feet become cola and leei
clammy. After a while a
cough sets in, afc first dry, but
after a few months it is attended
with a greenish colored
expectoration. The patient
feels tired all the while, and
sleep does not seem to afford
any rest. After a time he becomes
nervous, irritable and
gloomy, and has evil forebodings.
There is a giddiness, a
sort of whirling sensation in
the head when rising up suddenly.
. The bowels become
costive; the skin is dry and
hot at times; the blood becomes
thick and starmant: the whites
of the eyes become tinged with
yellow; the kidney secretions
becomes scanty and Jjigh col'
ored, depositing a sediment
after standing. There is frequently
a spitting up of the
food, sometimes with a sour
taste and sometimes with a
sweetish taste; this is frequently
attended with palpitation
of the heart and Asthmatic
symptoms; the vision becomes
impaired, with spots before
the eyes; there is a feeling
of great prostration and
weakness. All of these symptoms
are in turn present. It
is thought that nearly one-half
of our population has this disease
in j. oine of its varied forms.
{Shaker .Extract ot Hoots (oeiI
gel's Syrup) changes the fer|
rnents of the Digestive organs so
| as to convert the food we eat into
I a form that will give nourishj
ment to the feeble body, and
i good health is the consequence.
The -effect-of?this Tpfflpdg_js__
simply marvelous. Millions
upon millions of bottles have
been sold in this country, and
the testimonials in favor of its
curative powers are overwhelming.
Hundreds of socalled
diseases under various
names are the result of indigestion,
and when this one
trouble is removed the other
diseases vanish, for they are
but symptoms of the real
malady.
Testimonials from thousands
of people speaking highly of
its curative properties prove
this beyond a doubt Sold by
South Carolina Railway Company.
COMMENCING SUNDAY, JUNE, 13,
Kj 1887, at 6.10 A. 31., Passenger Trains
will run as follows, "Eastern time:"
TO AND FROM CHARLESTON.
east (daily).
Depart Columbia.. 6.50 a. m. 5.33 p.m.. .
Dne Charleston 10.35 a. m. 9.45 p. m.
west (daily).
Depart Charleston. 7.00 a. m. 8.00 p. m.
Due Columbia 10.45 a. m. 9.45 p. m.
TO AND FROM CA3IDEN.
east (daily except sunday.)
a. m. a. m. p* m. p. m. ,
Depart Columbia...6.50 7.45 5.00 5.33
p. m. p. m. p. m. p, m.
Due Camdeu 12.52 12.52 7.42 7.42
west (daily sunday excepted.)
a. m. a. m. p. m. p. m.
Depart Camden 7.45 7.45 3.30 3.30
a. m. a-, m. p. m. p m.
ime uoiamDia iv.zo iu.*o <.ou *.**>
TO AND FROM AUGUSTA. <
EAST (DAILY). ;
Depart Columbia.. 6.50 a. m. 5.33 p. m. Due
Augcsta 11.40 a. ra. 10.25 p. m.
WEST (DAILY).
Depart Augusta... 6.10 a. m. 4.40 p. m. 1
Due Columbia 10.45 a. m. 9.55 p. m.
CONNECTIONS
Made at Uniou "Depot, Columbia, with
Columbia & Greenville Railroad by train
arriving at 10.45 A. M, and departing at
5. 33 P. M. Also, with C. C. & A Railroad
by same train to and from all points on
both roads.
Passengers take Breakfast and Supper at
Branchvnle and Columbia Depot.
At Pregnalls to and from all points on f
Eutawville Raiiroad. At Charleston with
steamers for New York, Jacksonville and
points on St. John's River on Tuesdays 1
and Saturdays: with Charleston and Savannah
Railroad to and from Savannah and
points in Florida daily.
At Augusta with Georgia and Central
Railroads to and from all points West and
South. At Blackville to and from points
on Barnwell Railroad. Through tickets
can be purchased to all points South and
West by applying to d
UNION DEPOT, Agent, Columbia, S. C. '
JOHN B. PECK, General Manager.
TV /"I L T T T5VT / > V. A ,
Lf. Vy. , \jrCU. ? <cb&o. *JO iiVAgw ^
Charleston, S. C.
<
NOTICE.
( TX7"E hereby give notice that we will J
i VV make application to the Legislature .
, at its next session for a charter for "The |
Camak, Ga., & Wadesboro, N. C., Rail
road;" the said Railroad to run in the general
direction of these two points, and to
pass through Alston, S. C., the Fairfield *
Granite Region, Winnsboro ar:d the Great
Catawba Falls.
G. IL McMASTER,
J.M. BEATY,
JOHN BRATTON,
JAMES JONES,
Wif. S. HALL,
D. L. GLENN,
W. N. 2IASON,
T. W. WOODWARD, (
R M. HUEY, ]
W. W. KETCHIN.
Aplfx3m
t
mam
CAPITAL PRIZE, $1*50,000.
" We do hereby certify that we supervise
the arrangements for all the Monthly and
Semi-Annual Drawings of The Louisiana
State Lottery Company. and in person manage
and control the Drawings themselves,
and that the name are conducted with hemesty,
fairness and in good faith toward aiU
parties, and we authorize the Company to
use this certificate, with the facsimiles of our
signatures attached, in its advertisements."
Commissioners.
We the undersigned Banks and Bankers
will pay all Prizes drawn in The Louisiana
State Lotteries which may be presented at
our counters.
J. H. OGLESBY, Pres. Louisiana, Nat. Bk.
PIERRE lAXACX, Pres. State Nat. Bk.
A. BAIDWDf, Pres.New Orleans Nat. Ilk.
CARL KOHN, Pres. Union National Bk.
rf . UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION!
U OVEK HALF A MILLION DISTRIBUTED.
Louisiana Stats Lottery Company.
r ^ ^ /i ? or*o nr V? 4-K/%
jLiJCUipuiaceu. m A wo IUX. vy wc
Legislature for Educational and Charitable
pmioses?with a capital of $1,000,000?to
which a reserve fund of over $550,000 has
since been added.
By an overwhelming popular vote its
franchise was made a part of the present
State Constitution adopted December 2nd,
A. D. 1879.
The only Lottery ever voted on and endorsed
by the people of any State.
It never scales or postpone8.
Its Grand Single Number Drawings take
place Monthly, and the Semi-Annnal
Drawings regularly very six
(June and December).
ASP1LEXDID OPPOKTIAIITV TO
WIX A FORTUNE. SEVENTH GKiND
DRAWING, CLASS G, IN THE ACADEMY OF
MUSIC. NEW ORLEANS, TUESDAY, JULY
12,1887?306th Monthly Drawing.
CAPITAL PRIZE, $150,000.
iSyXOTICE.?Tickets areTENDOL
LAKS O.N.LY. Halves, $5. Fifths, 12.
Tenths, SI.
LIST OF FRIZES.
1 CAPITAL PRIZE OF $150,000. .$150,000
1 GRAND PRIZE OP 50,000.. 50,000
1 GRAND PRIZE OF 20,000.. 20,000
2 LARGE PRIZES OF 10,000.. 20,000
4 LARGE PRIZES OP ' 5,000.. 20,000
20 PRIZES OF 1,000.. 20,000
50 do 500.. 25,000
100 do 300.. 30,000
200 do 200.. 40,000
500 do 100.. 50,000
1,000 do 50.. 50,000
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
100 Approxi't'n Prizes of $300.. $30,000
100 do do 200.. 20,000
100 do do 100.. 10,000
2,179 Prizes, amounting to $535,000
Application for rates to clubs should be nude
only to the office of the Company In NewOrleans.
For further information write clearly, giving
ftill address. POSTAL NOTES, Express
Money Oraers. or New York Exchange in ordinary
letter. Currency by Express (at oar expense}
addressed
M. A. DAUPHIN,
New Orleans, La.,
or 3C. A. DAUPHIN.
Washington, D. C.
Address Registered Letters to
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANE,
New Orleaas, La.
REMEMBER
and Early, no are in charge or the drawings,
is a guaraaiee 01 absolute fairness and Integrity,
tliat "he cliances arc all equal, and that
no one can possibly divine what numbers will
rirAw ^ Prize
?EH?XB?B that the payment of all
Prizes is <? l AKA.XTEKD BY FOUR
XATIOML BAXKS of New Orleans, and
the Tickets are signed by the President ot an
Institution, whose chartered rights are recognized
1b lfce highest Courts, therefore, beware
of any imitations or anonymous schemes.
THE WINXSBOBO BAR.
H. A. GAXLLABlj ?
-A^WEY-AT-LAW,
WINNSBORO, S. C.
Office in building of WinnsboroNational
Bank.
A. S. DOUGLASS,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
No. 6 Law Range,
TV I NX SB OR O, S. C.
Practices in the State and United StatM
Courts. __
O. W. BUCHANAN. J. IL VAEBOBOUGH.
BUCHANAN ?fc YABBOBOUGH,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, ^
No. 7 Law Range,
WINNSBORO, S. C.
Practices in all United States and Stat*
Courts. Special attention to corporation
and insurance law.
w. l. Mcdonald,:
attorney and counsellor at law,
WI^SBORO, S. C.
Office up stairs in The News and Hj?- 4
axd building.
ft "nt. outsat? w f! rtow
OBEAJR & RXON,
attorneys and counsellors at law,
Nos. 7 and 9 East Washington bL
WISXSBORO, ?. C.
Offices same as occupied bj the lata Cel
James H Rion.
J ?. McDonald, C. A. Docclam
Solicitor Sixth Circuit
McDONALD & DOUGLASS,
attorneys and counsellors at law,
Nos. 3 and 4 Law Rang*,
WINNSBORO, S. C.'
Practices in all the State and United
States Courts.
E. B. Ragsdale. G. W. Ramdale
. RAGSDALE & RAGSDALE,
attorneys and counsellors at law,
No. 2 Law Range,
WIXNSBORO, S. C.
JAS. GLENN McCANTS,
attokney-at-law,
No. 1 LAW RANGE,
WIS NSBORO, S. C.
EST Practices in the State and UniUi
states Conrts.
4c
ADVERTISERS
can learn the exact cost
of any proposed line of
advertising in American
papers by addressing
Geo. P. Rowel! & Co.,
Newspaper Advertising Dww?,
1Q Spruoe St, New York.
?bnd lOcts. for 109-Page PwpM?t,
ICE TICKETS.
212% ft Tickets for $1.00.
115 ft Tickets for $1.00.
1110 lb Tickets for $2.00,.
Ice House open from c a. w. to 8 p. m.
luring the week, and on Sundays from
L2 m. to 1 p. 11L
F, W. HA.BENICHT,
Proprietor.
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