The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, May 24, 1876, Image 3
e Press and Banner. ]
ABBEVILLE, S. C. I
1
ednesday, May 24, 1876. ;
the Temple of Justice, i
DAY SET APART FOR THE;
JUDICIAL TRAGEDY,
e Death Sentence of Jerry Coleman.
TIIER CONVICTS SENTENCED*
mething of Defendants Who are
not Coavjct*,
The Spring Term of the Court wa?i
pened here on Tuesday evening of]
st week by his Honor, Judge li. B. j
arpenter. This Term of the Court I
11^ 1I1UIIVU U/ a nv^i\ ??wo vv- i
Jpieii exclusively in tlie trial of crirn-j
lal cases, ami the dispatch of unliti-i
~ business -on the civil side of the j
Judge Carpenter is one of the
Lbiest of our circuit judges, and presi-'
led with hi* accustomed efficiency
fnd despatch.
SENTENCING THE PRISONERS.
The business of the criminal Court
ras concluded on Friday morning,
^nd upon the adjournment of the Court
was anuouuced that the prisoners
ivoyld be sentenced at two o'clock,
it that hour the Court Iioom 'was
|ammed with whites and blacks. The
>risoners took their seats guarded by
the sheriff and bis deputies, and the
ludgoasked tluit Harrisou Anderson
btaud up before the Court. This gen
tleman is of African descent and
charged with grand larceny iu a case
'be State against HarrisoD Anderson. |
Indictment?Grand Larceny.
Verdict?Guilty.
Tlio offense in this instanco consist
ed in the prisoner's stealing seveu
~cks of guaoo from Mr. J. it. Todd,
tie agent at Donaldsville. This en
erprising citizen being stimulated by
laudable desire we, presume, to be
ble to bear ofl' some of the premiums
'for the largest yield" at the next Ab
eville Fair, undertook to stimulate
is land with another man's fertilizer,
nd beintr detected in the act, he will j
e unavoidably prevented from attend
ing the Philadelphia Centennial, as
the sequel will show. The Judge
aid that the Grand Jury, had
found against him a true bill for
grand larceny, and that a petit jury of
iiis own choosiug had found him
ruilty of the charge. Tht Judge then
delivered an impressive lecture to the
prisoner upon the crime of theft and
said no laborer was so poorly paid as
the thief; that if it were possible for
him to steal all the money* in the
vworld, he would soon have none of it,
^is persons who obtained money easily
usually squandered it; that the thief
feared every man he met; that he
was afraid to look any man in the!
lace, for fear he might be an officer of j
the iaw who was ready to arrest, while!
.011 the other baud the consciousness of!
,being an honest man was above price.
He hoped the prisoner would reform,
ami as this was his first offense he
would intlict the lightest punishmeut
.prescribed by law. The sentence 01
the Court was that the defendant be
.confined at hard labor in the State
Penitentiary for one year.
The State againt Wade Hampton.
Indictment?Stealing a mule.
Verdict?Guilty.
This prisoner had, by the petit jury,
been found guilty of stealing a mule,
svalued at $12-5 from a Mr. Hackett in
(tjic neighborhood of Ninety-Six, in
.tins County, aud had gone to an
other neighborhood where he was uu- i
known and traded the animal to a Mr. j
T. L. Rhtdle, for a mare valued at
$75, aud promised to give in addition,
a fifteen-dollar double barrel shot gun
?the .shot gun to be delivered within
a few days. When trailing he called
himself Joseph Stueky from Itickard
sonville. When Mr. Kiddle found
out that he had traded for a ,
stolen mule he set out to hunt the t
thief who had imposed upon him. j
No such man could be fouud about |
Jwichardsonville, and continuing the :
search, went to Ninety-Six aud in the t
crowd of ebony faces there espied his i
jnan and "went for" Wade Hampton, .
who assumed to be perfectly astonish- t
ed at the charge of trading a stolen <
mule and said that he had never before f
xeeu his accuser. The horse was, (
Jiowever, fonud in his possession and j t
4 he jury bad auffieieut evideuce to ]
pronounce him a thief. The Judge in ,
.his lecture to this genuine article of t
jiegro, said that he hoped that lie (
would reform,- but that he had less {
hopes, of the reformation of a mau t
who had committed the second offense, t
and said that he .should punish him t
more severely than he had the pris- t
oner who had just taken his seat; that t
he must refoxiu or he would be com- i
pelled to spend the balanco of his t
days in the prisons and the peniten
tiary; that he need not think to fol- ^
low the profession of thief and hope t
to ewiape detection. As he had re- s
gently remained a term iu jail for j
petit larceny, which punishmeut t
seemed to do him so little good, his f
Honor tilled out a commission author- a
izing him to represent Abbeville j
County for the next two years in the <
Congaree House at Columbia?a light t
punishmeut when compared to the <j
old law for such a crime. c
The State against Sam Williams. 1
. Indictment?Grand larceny. u
Pleaded Guilty. . 1
Sam Williams is also a full blooded 1
negro who admitted his guilt of the 1
crime charged in the iudicbment iu ?
the stealing of two bags of cottou val- '
uedat$li)0, from Mr. Massillon Bell, a 1
planter in the Lowndesville vicinity. P
Sain Williams and lii3 two coufeder- '
ates were caught with the cotton 1,
about daylight next morning'after the
men on lueir way 10 Auuevuie V/Oun
House to make salt) of their ill-gotten
property. His partners in the crime
escaped and are still at large, but Wil- '
Jiujus was secured aud lodged in jail ^
where he has remained for the past '
three months. His Houor commend- H
ed the prisoner for his candor in ac-|(;
knowledging his fault?hoped he M
would never again appropriate goods j1
of another to his own use, that it wasjs
much better to do without the desired j1
article, than to steal it, and said that 11
it was evidence that he had not been 1
entirely lost, and for this reason and|l
the fact that he had saved the County j'
the expense of a trial, the Court
would give him the punishment pre-j'
scribed by law for such ofleuses. The 1
sentence of the Court was that the 1
defendantSam Williams be con lined 1
at hard labor in the State penitentiary J1
for one year.
The State against Morgan Dyson, j
Indictment?Assault and battery with;
intent to kill.
Verdict?Guilty.
Tho difficulty in this case arose out
of a settlement with Mr. Shumate, a
merchant at Ninety-Six, who had fur-j
nished the defendant plantation sup-|
plies, and the latter being unable to
pay his account at maturity, one word j
brought on another until the defendant |
understood Mr. Shumate as about to
collect the account with a knife which
he saw in ins hand, when Mr. Dyson i
allowed Ma Shumate to look down i
the muzzle of his pistol. "When Mr. i
Shumate received the first installment <
f of his account in lead in the thigh, .<
friends interposed and stopned the set- '
. tleineut, which, so far as the State is c
concerned, has just been concluded at I
Court. In bis lecture His Honor I
#poke freely of what he termed the I
''cowardly "practice of carrying pis- !
tols," ami hoped to see the practice i
discontinued by every citizen of Abbe- i
ville County, and particularly by tins 1
defendant, who would not have been t
in this trouble if he had left his pistol I
at home. His Honor announced that '
the State was willing to settle her part I
of the difficulty if the defendant would ]
pay into the treasury one hundred <
dollars in greenbacks?not lead?or ]
remain at the Guftin House a guest of 1
' the County for six months. i
The State against Cyrus Winbush. I
Indictment?Retailiug spirituous li-,e:
quors.
Verdict?(J uilty.
This was an action brought by the;1!
Faculty of iSrskiue College against this!C(
defendant for selling spirituous liquors)
to some of the students of the College, i "
It appeared from the evidence thatj,11,
Cyrus had no shop or store-room from i A
which he sold tlie "bottled lightning," j1'
but that his oftense consisted in carry- J1
ing three tiasks of "corn" in th- 11
liquid form from Abbeviile to the tr
aforesaid young gentlemen, whose J?
.systems, from their exhausting labore lr
in mastering the lessons of their texts;
books, needed a little of that extract!1'
which brings us "o'er the ills of life j
victorious." As Cyrus was not regu-|0)
larlv in the business, and as he had i
sqJu the "corn" at exactly the amount j11
he paid for it, His Honor expressed j (1'
his willingness to inilict a punishment
not above the costs of the trial, and, .
lectured him upon the impropriety of!tl.
selling spirituous liquors, ana espe- ;
cially at Due West, where it was iu ~
express violation of the law to traffic
in whiskey within two miles of the
College. The sentence of the Court)9'
was that the defendant pay a fine of
forty dollars, and in default of pay-t rt
ineiit that he be confined to the county j11
jail three months. j*
The State against Rich'd S. Anderson, tn
Indictment?Assault and battery upon pf
an officer. it
Ve rd i ct?G u i 1 ty. j tli
The offense in this instance con-jcr
sisted in his making an assault on te
David King, the town marshal ofiw
Hodges. It was in proof that the afore- tb
said ilichard had invested asmallpor-jH
tion of his capital in that extract which j w
makes a man feel glorious, and conse-jW
quentlv he was in no mood to quietly i ut
submit to the indignity of an arrest by
the marshal of Hodges, and as the!
marshal insisted upon discharging!
what he considered Ills duty, Mr. An- *
derson unlimbered his battery and de- j>,(
livered a broadside, taking the afore
said King as a target, and since then r?
his reputation as a marksman has been 111
good. E. B. Gary, Esq., got oft' his m
client as to the "officer," because the
State didn't prove that there was any
such town as Hodges, and of course^111
the jury were uot cognizant of the fact
of their own knowledge. His Honor
lectured this defendant on the subject
of pocket-artillery, and advised him to
be more careful in the future in his
selection of a target for artillery prac- oi:
Gee, for if he had been a better a"
marksman the Court might punish m
Ill III U1U1C 5CVC1CIJ 111 illlO IIIOWIUW I I
Tlie sentenoeof the Court is that the|9?
defendant pay a fine of fifty dollars or!al
be confined iu the county jail four
months.
Tho State against John "Williams.
I ndictment?Rape.
Verdict?Guilty
The offense in this instance was in
Soing to the bouse of a negro woman
tit one or two o'clock in the morning
:ind committing the offense charged.
Other evidence also went to prove the
sjuiltof the prisoner. The Judge and
jury were satisfied of his guilt. The
defendant \fiis a little negro as black
is the ace of spades, and about the
3olor of the woman who swore against
him, and came into Court with his
head thrown back, wearing a great'
white shirt-front, upon which were
displayed conspicuous buttons. He I
seemed conscious of his importance in I
receiving the attention of the Court.
His Houor lectured him upon the com- jal}
mission of one of the worst crimes
known to the law, and adverted to the
necessity of enforcing the law against
Lhis class of offenders. He would sen
tence him to the penitentiary for the
diortest time allowed by law. The
sentence of the Court was that the de
fendant, John Williams, be confined
it hard labor in the estate penitentiary
for ten years.
The State against Jerry Coleman.
Indictment?Murder.
Verdict?Guilty.
His Honor now asked " Mr. Cole
nan to stand up." The greatest
lecorum had prevailed during the
vhole time of the sentencing of the
irisoners, but it now seemed as if a
>reuthless silence prevailed. All eyes
,vere turned in the direction of
THE MAX APPOINTED UNTO DEATH,
ivho arose from his seat from among
he other prisoners at the side of the
louse usually occupied by the Crand
rury when in Court, and stepped to
he front of the Judge's stand. His
Honor, after a moment's pause, asked
lis counsel, Mr. Thomson, if lie had
inything to say for tho prisoner, who
hen asked the Court to give Jerry and
lis friends sufficient time to make an
ipneal for Executive clemency. He
litl not know that they contemplated
loing so, but he desired that they
night have time in which to do so, if
he prisoner should wish them to make
his last efl'ort in his behalf. His
tiouor then proceeded with his re
narks to Jerry in a most impressive
nanner, dwelling upon the enormity
>f his crime and the absence of. any
lope of pardon or commutation of sen
ence. He said that as he had not
ried the case he was not informed as
o the circumstances which attended
lit; uuiijiiiiddiuii ui mc uiijjju, uui. nwiu
he ability and zeal of the counsel who
lad defended liim, he was assured
hat he had had a fair trial, and as all
sftbrts in his behalf had proved un
ivailing, that this should lead him to
he certain conviction that he must
toon meet the just sentence of the law.
tfis crime was the highest known to
he law, and whilst he might not hope
or mercy on this side the grave, he
thould address himself in earnest
>rayer and supplication to the mercy
>f God, for pardon and acceptance in
he life to come. Should he tind this
jrace and acceptance he would have
iausefor thankfulness, but would have
10 reason to aspire to the character of
i saint or martyr. No subsequent re
)entance could atone in the least for
he deep enormity of the crime of
nurder, and his own life was the neces
ary and proper forfeit for tire human
ife that he had taken. After again
irjrinff him to make earnest and dili
rent preparation for the inevitable
ate which awaited him, the Judge
ironounced the following sentence of
loath:
THE SENTENCE OF THE COUttT.
"The prisoner, Jerry Coleman, hav
ng been convicted of murder at the
)ctober Term, 1875, of this Court, and
laving beeu sentenced by the pre
siding Judge at same term to be hanged
11 Friday, the third day of December
ast,aiul having moved in arrestofjudg-; at
uentand for a new trial, and having
ippealed to the Supreme Court from
efusal of said motions, and the Su
>reme Court having dismissed said
notions and having remanded said
prisoner to the custody of the Sheriff
>f Abbeville County, subject to the
further order of ihe Court of General
tensions of said County, it is therefore
considered by the Court and pro
nouneed as the judgment of the law
that the prisoner, the said Jerry Cole
man, be taken hence to the plaee from
whence last he came, there to be kept
in safe and close confinement in the
jail of Abbeville County until Friday,
the 23th day of July next, and that on
that said day he be takeu to the place
Df public execution in the jail yard of
Abbeville County and there, between
the hours of ten o'clock in the fore
noon and two o'clock in the afternoon
if the same day, he be hung by the
S^iff of Abbeville County until his
dead, and may tiod have
iy upon his soul."
JISBKY UUl,b.)iAl>
is a pure negro, though he is not
so black as some men of his race; is
i young man of about 23 years
jf'fine physique; dresses neatly
smooth-shaved, except a well culti
vated moustache, of which he seems
juite proud. During the delivery of
the lecture aud sentence of the Court
tie made no movement except to wipe
the perspiration from his forehead with
i white handkerchief which he held
in his hand. He cast his eyes alter-]
nately at the Judge and the floor, and |
without evincing, as far as we could;
<ee, the slightest emotion, lie heard,
the sentence of death from the Court. ;ae
This case has been in the courts fori^
two or three years, and the able counsel, of
bave been untiring in behalf of their.se
ilient. There may be an appeal for
Executive clemency, which Hi the only j
hope now left for the prisoner, whose i th
execution is so soon to take place. ' in
A case which excited -sonic iute
it was the case of the
STATE AGAINST I50UKX,
Scotchman, who has resided in ot
immunity for several years, and lu
jnd acted himself with propriety fc
>r as we know until this charge Wi
lade against him by Mrs. Cool
lie defendant was charged with a
ttempt to break into Mrs. Cook
ouseatalate hour of the night o
le l'Jtli of January last, and tb
rand jury found a ,;true Dill" agains
im. It was in proof that Bourn
iends separated from him a slioi
bile previous to the commission c
ie alleged crime, in an uuconsciou
uidition caused from the too free us
f intoxicating liquors. The Stat
tterly failed to make out a casein thi
istance, and the defendant was ac
nitted by the petit jury after an al
>nceof two or three minutes. Messrs
[cOowan & Parker then made a inc
on for the release of the defendati
hich was readily granted by th
ourt. His Honor at the same tim
cnressintr a desire "to say a word t
le gentleman who had just been a(
uitted." Mr. U. roj;e to his feet an
is Honor delivered some well-time
marks on the subject of temperance
id admonished hirnto habits ofsobric
' in the future, and advised him not t
jtin his mouth that enemy whlcl
ok away his brain and deprived hin
' iiis reason. His Honor said tha
was exceedingly fortunate for bin
lat he had so lately before the alleg*
ime left friends who could so clearl,
stify as to his true condition; for
ithout this evidence the verdict o
lejury might have been different
e finally told Mr. JJ. if he did not 1c
hiskey alone that it would take bin
here it took everybody else?to th
svil.
Among the cases
THOW\ OUT OF COURT
as the indictment of Daniel Cumis
?y by the Singer Sewing Machin
imnnnv for frjind. This seemei
be clearly a case of persecution a
ie grand jury, we learn, were unani
ouslyof the opinion that there wa
it the slightest evidence of the in
nt of fraud. The company hai
ree representatives here who arrivei
t Saturday before the Court was or
mixed on Monday. The genera
lpressiou here is that they wer
mpletely non-plusjssed by the fiudini
the grand jury, as it was reporte<
i the streets that at least some of th<
;ents of the company bilked of thi
atter a? though Cumiskey was al
ady convicted and only awaitinj
ntence. No rich corporation nec(
temj>t to send their debtors to tin
nitentiary from this County. I
n'l bo done.
IE CASK AC* \ INST OUR CHIEF 0]
POLICE.
Our town marshal, Alfred Ellison
id an indictment against him fo
irglary and larceny, and owing to !
?k of evidence, the grand jury failei
find a true bill. London Hill am
>wis Parker swore before Tria
istiee Hughes that the crow bai
iiioh has caused so much trouble, be
nged to Alfred Ellison, but it is sail
at they swore before the grand ju V}
at it belonged to Aaron Mitchell
ley perhaps in the moautiiue liar
come better Informed as to the own
<hip of this bar, which accounts foi
e slight difference in the testimony
e learn that this case, like Banquo's
ost, won't down, and that it ina>
pear again at the next Court.
rE JXDICTMEXT OF WM, .l'KESSLY
This was a case in which Willian
. Presfdy was charged with arson, in
:ting fire hist December to his shoj
Ninety-Six, which destroyed nol
ly the building occupied by him,
f also caused the destruction of sev
U other stores and a large amount ol
jrcbandise. It is said tiiat by somt
stake the name of the principal
tuess for the State in the indictment
d been erased, and the name of the
isoner's principal witness was in
ted and this witness soon satisfied
3 jury of the innocense of the de
>dant. Israel Bowie, who is about
i color of au old beaver hat, and
ars yellow metal rings in his ears
itified to the inuocenceof Mr. Press
)wing to the absence of detective
jbbard, the papers in tlio case
ainst
"WILLIAM M'CAW,
the Parker tfc Perrin .sale robbery,
ire not returned to the Court, and
nee no indictment was {riven out.
e accused being on bail will have a
;ht to apply for an investigation 01
icharge by the next Term of the
urt. George Spear, alias Georgt
ashing ton, and Harry Calhoun were
und over to Court for the satin
ense,and their cases were continued
ty the next Court without going
fore the grand jury.
)W ARE THE MIGHTY FALLEN,
IVe are informed that VV. H. Shives,
ry Commissioner, Virge Madden,
UUUU IVtli, JLJ JU. uuiiii., UMII1VC
>gers, Jr., Trial Justice, Newliu
^rcer, Alfred Butler, and ten 01
Leen more of the same calibre met iu
iday night, for a conlldeniial caucus,
d after waiting for His Honor, Judge
rpenter, until it was thought doubt
I whether lie would come, s
?ssenger was dispatched with a noli
him, who brought the Judge.
We learn that this meeting was
tten up by the opponents, of the
tfsent administration of Uov. (Jham
rlain, and of course in the interests
d for the advancement of Judgt
rpenter, who, we understand, is
w an avowed candidate fortheottice
Governor of the State of South
rolina. It would seem from hit
lions on Friday night last that he
tk.s to a different people for his elec
in than those who supported him foi
i same otlice four years ago. We
>U1<1 like to Know wnat me juugt
scloue with the platform upon which
stood complacently four years ago.
is lie still a plank upon which tc
,nd now, or has he made a new
uctureY Will the frieuds who sup
rted him thou now stick to him iu
is canvass? Will those whom he as
toiler then went back on come tc
3 front and support him, who they
cordially worked against at thai
lie? We think he will likely gel
t little support from the whites, aud
i think it doubtful if tlie negroes
II so readily forget his past political
:ord.
Elated at Ilis Prosperity.
little hound belonging to the cook
the Alstou House waiKeu leisure^
wn town yesterday morning, ami
er loafing .around one of the stores
a short time was seen leaving with
in can of preserved pebbles whicl:
did not buy. The dog suddenly
predating his newly acquired pos
itions, just like the thieves in Co
inbia, commenced parading il
rough the streets in such an ostenta
ms manner as to attract the atten
>n of everybody. When he got hoint
i was not content to take his goods in
e house and show them to the family
a sensible dog should have done, bul
t went at lightning speed around tin
>use a dozen tinies? exhibiting tin
?asure attached to his tail and askinj
<>rvlinilv to hehnlil his Hnil<U>iilv n??.
lired wealth, fitrange that tin
dclcn acquisition of this world's
ioiIb will so completely upset th<
[uilibrium of even a dog.
A Green Horn*.?"Oh my! how
shionable them people is arount
ese towns. I stopped at a friend's
juse tlie other day, and she says "tfu
n shut that kitchen door, you kno*
>w offensive cooked victuals are.'
:iey have ice tea, hot coffee, keep al
e dishes kivercd up, sit about thre<
ot of the table and chew with then
jut teeth."
?
Feelixo a great interest in the Porl
uyal Harbor we have this morning
spatehed our special agent Mr. It
/ f4 11 ill tn make investiirnLloiiH
hich he will icport for the readers >
eP. & B. We have instructed hiu
furnish the money and buy the ves
hfcou! posing the Navy at that place
rhen he arrives with them we shal
t*er them as premiums for new sub
ribers.
The Abbeville papers return main
anks to t'apt. J. \Y. Perrin for lut<
wsof the murder.
/
HHeads Broken, Throats Cut';
I '
ir: THE MURDER OF TWO OLD PEOPLE ,
10 | NEAR WINTER SEAT, ON THE
?| ABBEVILLE AND EDGE
Q j FIELD LINK
S |
11 . C
e MR. AND MRS. JOHN L. IIAKMOX 1
il| THE VICTIMS. v
Cause Assigned for the Murder. r
!ej J
H THE CONFESSION. f
i
?.l Tlu. nonnlp of this Countv. anil es-1 ?
it; pecially of the viciuity in which thisH
o ; terrible outrage occurred, were shocked ii
e j on Thursday morning last at the in
o formation that Mr. and Mrs. John L. t
!' Harmon, of Winter Seat, in Edgefield ,
d Co., four miles below Milway, had been *
J murdered by unknown parties in their h
j, own house in the early part of Wed-I
!- nesday night. We learn that although
o the negroes in the yard heard "a noise | _
Ii like killing rats," and heard Mrs. L,
11 Harmon scream out "Don't kill Mr. I(
>t Harmon," that they never suspected a
11 anything wrong going on in the iiouse o
d and did not know of the murder of i
y these old people until next morning,
when the man who feeds the stock
?f j knocked at the door as usual for the
:. j keys, and finding the door not fastened o
t j pushed it open and saw t!
!tiie bodies of tite murdered
PEOPLE OX THE FLOOR,
and immediately went off to'the neigh- 11
bors to apprise them of the fact. At >
an early hour quite a number of eiti- I
'"jzenshad assembled at the house and e
~ tiie greatest ieeimg ruiea, anu n uie
J perpetiator of the deed bad been
8 pointed out we doubt if tlie courts
" would have been troubled with, his
3! case. Suspicion, we learn, rested upon
' | a certain negro man, who perhaps was
J in the employ of Mr. Harmon, but
1 j there was no proof, and lieuce he was
" not lynched.
' .The murder occurred before Mr. and
Mrs. Harmon had gone to bed. It
seems that Mr. Harmon was sitting at
theceutre table, with his back to the
door, holding a pencil in his hand,
which he never released, but still held
in his hand next morniug, and it is
. the impression that Mrs. Harmon was
' sitting near the fire-place with her
? I face towards Mr. Harmon and the door.
Li T i KnAf] f Un ii ? <] nrni? /man oil
It ISMij'pjocu turn iiicaiuiucivi uj^u
the door unobserved, and upon walk
ing into the room Mr. Harmon turned
his head to see who it was and received
TIIE BLOW ACROSS THE EYES AND
FOREHEAD,
}! breaking the frontal bone, which
I felled him at full length on the lloor,
I < and from tlie position of the chair
'and Mrs. Harmon's body next morn
ing it is supposed that she arose
from her seat and attempted to go to
the assistance of her husband, when
she received three incised wounds ?
mm nn tlio vifrlit- aiild nf flii> lipnrl nnr>
I on the loft, and the third across the
I throat, severing the larynx (windpipe)
| and the carotid artery or jugular vein,
j which laid her senseless on the lloor. j
| After the felon had accomplished his J11
work of death he deliberately Jaidjti
upon the centre table, without disturb
ing tho lamps, vases, or anything else,
THE DOG-WOOD STICK *
which hajj been carefully peeled far
the purpose for which it had just been
used. It was about twoaud a half feet
long and of the size most effectual in
the deadlv work, and to make the
work doubly sure, tho murderer pro
ceeded to
CUT TIIE THROATS OF BOTH HlS VIC
TIMS,
from whom great pools of blood ran
and were lying on the floor. After this
lie, it is supposed, as one of Mr. Har
mon's pautuloouspockets was partially
turned, took tho store keys and uu
luoked the store door, took the kerosene
can into the dwelling aud set it on the
floor.
A FIRE WAS THEN KINDLED OX TIIE
FLOOR,
and as it seems that the murderer was
afraid of the kerosene, he kept it at a
distance from the fire, opened the
fosset, turned the can over and left the
house, thinking the oil would run out
and reach the fire. The kerosene ran
out on the floor, but was .prevented
from reaching the fire by the bloou
which was 011 the floor.
FIRE WAS STJLL BURNING
next morning, but had burned so
slowly that but little damage had been
done. Everything in the house was
in its place with accustomed neatness.
The fresh flowers in the vase on the
centre table gave out the sweet per
fume as if nothing unusual had hap
pened, and the lingers of the solemn
ticking clock pointed out the hours as
had been its wont, and everything
gave testimony that there had been
NO STRUGGLE.
The murderer accomplished his work
of death mosteffectually and systemati
cally, the only failure being in the
attempt to burn the house.
It is said that old soldiers who had
been accustomed to
SCENES OF DEATH AND BLOOD
iiL*vt;r saw unjuiiu^ iuuiu uui inj1 xj^
than the wight which was presented on
entering the house where these people
were murdered the evening before and
lay unguarded all night long with the
consuming element so near, making
slow but gradual approaches to the
destruction of the premises.
As far as we know,
THE MOTIVES
assigned for the commission of the
bloody deed were partly plunder and
partly revenge. The first was evi
denced by the fact that the gold watch
and jewelry of Mrs. Harmon was
stolen, together with a sixteen-shooter
Winchester rifle, a pistol, and Mr.
Harmon's black cloth coat, some gold
and other articles, all the provisions,
including flour, bneon, sugar, coflee,
&c.; whilst doubtless a feoling of re
venge was excited by a previous search
for stolen goods which had been made
by Mr. Harmon, under an ofllcial war
runt, in the homes of various negroes.
THE INVESTIGATION.
We are glad to hear that although
the locality of this diabolical murder
is situated in Edgefield County, still
that the citizens of Abbeville County
living in the neighborhood are'show
ing great interest in the investigation,
several of them taking an active part
iu it. The court and jury is, of course,
i.i\n\ nntnil i\f o\I i 7|> II ? (if T^df^ field . btlt
the clerks who are aiding the Coroner j
in recording the testimony are Capts. o;
J. W. Perrin and W. E. Cothran, both
of this county. We are gratified, too,
to henr from a reliable source that
Coroner Barker is doing his full duty.
}{ FURTHER IMPORTANT DEVELOP
r j MENTS.
'J Since writing the above wo learn I
' that Trial Justice John A. Barker,! ft
Jjwho had been summoned to act as "
J| Coroner, arrived promptly, and imme- $
idiutoly organized a jury of inquest? ( J,
James Callison as foreman. The jury | ^
f proceeded with the investigation. e,
11 Thursday afternoon, and before ad- p
j journing for the night gave the family L
.[and friends of the deceased permission i t
r j to preparo the bodies for interment, p
>| The jury again "met Friday morning, t<
1: and during the day sufficient evideuce ii
>! was adduced to warraut them in com- n
r! mitting to jail Stephen Lake, a black Jn
I man in Harmon's employ. Jb'riday
evening the jury adjourned to meet
'again Tuesday, the 23d instant, at 0
ti o'clock. On Saturday, after the jury
flhad adjourned, further important de
velopnients were made. It was dis
, j covered where the dogwood club had
been cut, and, from the Jocalitj', im
ijplicatiug another negro also in Mr.
1 employ?Larkin Holloway.
TJIK FEELING.
We are glad to learn from one directly
from the '<ycu\:/dg?gqg^-iere is a calm
and most determinet^^^it manifested
on the pa^t of every orn. to sift tlie
whole matter to the bottom, and
further, -Uwi there ia_a gcmiral.feeling
>f conviction that succcss will rowavil
he ell'oit.
THE LATEST.
^uijl confession OF TIIB c'UIMIN
AI.S.
Special to the. Press and Banner.
Winter Seat, Edgefield County,
5. C., May 23d, 1876.?The jury of in
Iuest upon the bodies of Mr. and Mrs.
larnion reassembled this morning ac
lording to adjournment at 9 o'clock a.
n. Since the adjournment last Friday
he developments nave neeu numerous,
.nd I rejoice to say they are to the
>oint.
On Saturday last disco/cry was made
3 to the cutting, peeling aud trimming
f the "Dogwood club"?the locality
mplicating Larkin Ilolloway, a negro
u Mr. Harmon's employ.
Since then Sam Perry, alia* Austin
)avis, was caught below Edgefield C.
I., Sunday night, and upon examining
lim this morning he made
FULL CONFESSION.
Knowing the great interest your
eaders, especially in Abbeville count}',
eel in this investigation 1 have asked
nd obtained permission from the court
f inquest to scud you for your issue
o-morrow an abstract or synopsis of
AUSTIN DA Vis's CONFESSION.
I haven't time to send a copy to each
f your papers, but hope you will use
his in common.
"After working for one month for
Ir. Harmon, i left on Monday preced
ng day of murder and returned on
Vednesday following and met Lake
lolloway on Harmon's Place about
leven o'clock, a. m. We parted?ho
oing to his house and I retiring to
hade, to rest. He returned to me
bcrut one and a half hours by sun and
ut a dogwood stick, (the same a3 ex
N T 1 11!_- 1 L .
ibitecl tojury.j I asuea mm wiiai, ue
rould do with it. He replied: 'You
rill see.'
"I then came to Mr. Harmon's reai
ence, arriving about supper time.
"I sat on stone steps a few mo*
lents, and went into the house. Next
ime I saw the dogwood stick, it was in
ho dwelling in the hands of Ste
hen Lake?I being in the house
rhen Stephen Lark came in. Mrs.
larmon was alone in the room
hen I entered. Mr. Harmon came in
bortly and says : 'Well, Sam, you are
ack again.' I replied 'Yes, sir.' Mr.
larmon then asked me if I worn going
) work forJiira. I replied, 'Yes, sir, I
jppose so.' Jtie tnen asseu me lur uuw
luch I would work for him for two and
half months, stating he would give me
'ages at the rate of S100 per year. He
ot down his almanac, and with his lead
encil figured what it would be per day
ud per month ; and whilst figuring,
tephen Lake came into the house and
fter him Lark Holloway and Tilda,
is wife, and Stephcu Lake's wife, Su
iu, Bottie Perrin, (the cook,) caaie
i to the room at the rear door, at same
me.
Stephen Lake took his position be
,veen Mr. and Mrs. Harmon, and
'lien Mr. Harmon's attention was en
roused with his calculation, Stephen
iake struck him violenly on the head
ith the dogwood stick and immedi
Lely afterwards struck Mrs. Harmon,
rid repeated the blows upon the heads
t* each, both falling prostrate. Mar
lall Perrin and Jeff Settles, at this
me, came into the room, Marshall
aving a small pine stick in his hand,
ith which he struck Mrs. Harmon
vfee or three times, after she was
own. I remember seeing others, at the
jor, names unknown. After Mr.
[armon fell, Lark Holloway turned
iui over and Stephen Lake pulled out
is knife and cut his throat. Hollo
ay then went to Mrs. Harmon and
lrued her over, and Stephen Lake
it her throat also. After this I struck
[i. Harmon with this dogwood club
ame as used by Lake) on tho fore
end, lie not Deing ueau wneu 1 buuck.
im. After this Stephen Lake got
eys out of Harmon's pocket and went
) the store. liettie Perrin got the
ureau .keys, and all of us went to
marching drawers, &c. We found
watch, (gold,) pistol/ bracelets,
it buttons. These I received.
Stephen Lake, having gone to the
ore, brought thence a can of kero
sne, which Lark Holloway took and
aured it upon the persons of Mr. *ud
[rs. Harmon, and also over the floor?
ley being at this time lifeless. The
uife shown me, I identify as Stephen
ake's, with which the throats of Mr.
id Mrs. Harmon were cut. Then
ilda, (Lark Holloway's wife,) went
to bed-room and got an oak chunk
* fire. She then got Mrs. Harmon's
)wn, placing it over a chunk of lire,
id blew it iutoa blaze. I then lelt
le premises, leaving all others still on
ihind. Stephen and Lark told me to
> and keep going, not to stop. This
as between 10 and 11 o'clock p. ill."
The crowd present will per
aps number five hundred. The
reatest interest is manifested. The
jsembly is orderly, no undue excitc
lent prevailing.
J. W. PERIUN.
TP* ?=_ _
Presentment of the Grand Jury.
b his Honor Judge Carpenter, Presid
ing :
Having made an extended report at
ur January term, we shall be brief at
resent. No unusual calamity has vis
ed us; our county is in peace and is
ealthy. Crime seems to be on the in
rease but not of an aggravated nature,
a the discharge of our duties we have
isited the various public oflices and
ud them in equally as good condi
on as at our last report. We find the
reasurer has colllected $115,329.33 and
lere remains unpaid for taxes $7,109.
2. He says the safe in his office is too
nail for the use of the office and asks
lat the County Commissioners sell it
ad procure a larger one. We recom
lend that such be done. The Probate
udire reports in his hands $1,835.00.
See report marked "A.") We have not
iked for any report from the Auditor,
[is office will be open from 1st of June
>r assessment of taxes. Tlie County
ommissioners report that they have
spended up to the present time!?!),537.
} and have in Treasurer's hands $G,9!)7.
enough they think to run the eoun
j the present year. There is still due
ti past indebtedness $4,07&.ll. They
illed our attention to one W. D. Gal
iher who has a wife in the poor house;
lid Gallalier, in their opinion, is amply
ble to maintain her, and should do so
ye recommend that action be taken
nmediately in the premises. (For
irther information see report marked
15.") The Clerk reports in his hands
(59S.82. (See report marked "C.")
'* * ??r../vr-w-? Ann f mrn
Ve nave reuuivcu u?uiwui jnvovu,
ftlcient School Commissioner a full le
ort.. The schools will run upon an
verage 2} months longer than last
ear; the grade and elllcienc-y of the
;achers is much better. (For further
jformation we refer you to his report
larked "D.") The jail is well kept
nd the prisoners say they are well
nred for. The Poor House is admira
ly maraged and we would recommend
:> our County Commissioners to contin
e the present system so long as it
forks as well ns at pre^eut.
The roads of the county are in a very
lir condition. We return our thanks
o his Honor, the presiding Judge and
lie Solicitor for favors received at their
lands. Hoping the county a prosper
ity veur and a bountiful harvest we bid
ou an adieu until October next.
Respectfully submitted.
John C. Chiles, Foreman.
[
rid of House C'fits.
Our friend Mr. K. Calhoun, of t
Monterey neighborhood is un exe
lent farmer and sows oats liberal
but he doesn't know how to get rid
Ids cats. Ho has quite a large fami
of the feline quadrupeds, and as th
could not find rats .sufficient abo
his promises to repay them the lal
of hunting for them, the cats feari
that the largo number of chicke
which were growing ui? on the pin
might become a nuisance they coi
menced to thin out the fowls. T1
did not correspond with Mr. Calhoui
notions of the duty of cats, so he j:
six of the full grown offenders hi
corn sack, with the intention of brin
ins them to tojvn to dispose of thei
but after starting on his way to t
village he began to reflect, that t
village people had never done hi
'any harm, and he recollected of seei
accounts in the .Prow and Banner
their nightly disturbance of the qu
sleepers?he knew however they h
11 a i'liir-k-nim for thu cn.t.4 to kill?jii
! he began to repent of the idea of i
(dieting so great a nuisance on 1
[neighbors, and he was at a' loss
know* what to do. Finally he cauie
the bridge across Little River, he co
eluded to drown the cats, ai:d when
the middle of the bridge he untied t
sack and emptied the cats into the ri
er never dreaming that they wou
swim out. When he went back hoi
that night the cats were all on hand,
The Journal of Commerce.
"We had the pleasure last week
meeting Mr. VVm. S. Fraser, the trav
iug agent of this excellent paper, ai
commend him to the patronage of o
friends. Mr. F. is an experienc
newspaper man, and will prove ;
efficient representative of the n<
Charleston daily. The paper is edit
with ability, and presents an attracti
miscellany and full details of the ci
rent news. Each number seems to
an improvement upon its predecess<
and the paper promises to become, if
is not already, one of the leading joi
nals of the South. Success attend
Anniversary Celebration of the Abb
villc Rille Club.
The Abbeville Rifle Club will ce
brato their first anniversary on ne
Friday by a target drill at 9 o'clock
the morning and by public address
from Col. Cot bran and Capt. Hemph
at night, to be followed by a supper,
which the members of the club a
invited guests will participate. \
may anticipate an interesting occasic
to which the exciting contests of t
drill, able and eloqueut speech*?, go
music and other pleasant accessor,
will add their varied attractions.'
Officers Donaldsvilie Lodge, No. !
I. O. G. T. elected for quarter coi
meucing 1st May, 1870, and cudi
31st July 187G:
J. B. Cowan, W. C. T.
Mrs. H. Sharp, W. It. IT. S.
Mrs. J. Dodson, W. L. H. S.
Miss Eliza Seawright. W. V.
J. R. Sheffield, \V. Sec. 4
J. C. Caldwell, W. A. Sec.
C. E. Sharp, W. P. Sec.
. I. P. Seawright, \V. T.
W. F. Rowland, W. M.
. 'Miss Sue Seawright, W. D. ]
Miss Fannie Smith, W. I. G.
W. L. Seawright, W. O. G.
1'. a. Trible, W. Chaplain.
13. F. Mattison. P. W. C. T.
Bar Dinner.?An elegant ai
sumptuous bar dinner w;us gi
en on Friday evening of last we<
to Judge Carpenter by Col. Thom.sc
at which there wtui a full represenl
tion of the gentlemen of the legal fi
ternity. The table fairly groaned u
der its load of rich vians, and full ji
tice was done to the sumptuous feas
Mifth and good humor prevailed, wi
Hashes of the brilliant wit which so <
IVII Clllli CHS UIIW vuiii i> aim jui jr .
was nil occasion to be remembered, ai
the company separated at a seasonal
hour.
Sad Accident.?We regret to lea
that our friend and former townsmi
I)r. D. S. Benson suffered a serious c
cident a few days since. Whilst dri
ing a cart drawn by oxen, the latt
became frightened and ran awa
throwing out the Doctor, breaking o
of his legs and seriously injuring o
of his shoulders. Being at some d;
from medical aid he suiFcred great
before his wounds could be proper
attended to. We wish him a speei
recovery from his injuries.
Gun esteemed citizen, ;the Rev. !
X. Pratt, we learn, has bought a lot
the neighborhood of the Bapt
church, and will at once com men
the erection of a dwelling. We thii
it probable that his church is to ha
nn nrv(.??inn in the nerson of a Vouj
lady who is soon to become Mrs. Pra
(jiood luck attend our friend in all 1
undertakings and especially in 1
hymeneal arrangements. Wo ha
been disappointed so much in this c
partment.tuat we know exactly he
to sympathize with poor uufortunat
in this particular.
A gentleman from a neighborii
County who was engaged in a case
prosecutor, or persecutor as the ca
may be, came to Court early last wci
briuging no chauge of shirts. \Vhi
ho discarded the worn shirt he we
to bed to have it washed. The wn
woman hanging it out to dry ai
somebody not having a bit of tl
milk of human kindness in his brci
stole the aforesaid article while t
aforesaid gentleman was quietly wa
ing in bed for his garment to dry.
Darlington Destroyed.?Neai
the whole business portion of t
town of Darlington was burned <
Sunday morning May 14tli. One e
tire block was destroyed, includii
the stores of Mann & Hyrams, Hi
gins, Watson, Steiuberger, Williai
son, Welch, Calmus, Lowentbal ai
others, with Mrs. Gibson's line re
dence. Loss estimated upwards
one hundred thousaud dollars, p?
tially insured.
Coax Stealers ox tiie Rampag
Mr. Harvey Drennan, a worthy ci
Izen of the Long Cane section, whi
making a tour of inspection of bisco
crib 011 Friday night of the past we
at the hour of ten o'clock, was shot
several times by several prowli
rogues, who then beat a hasty retrei
It was a high-handed outrage, and b
for the presence of Mr. Drennan wou
doubtless flave accomplished the pi
pose of the thieves.
Judge Cahpenteii remarked
j Court last week that he thought C
j lumbia was the only place in the Sts
j where the people enjoyed the privile
of paying twenty mills 011 the dolli
and was surprised to hear that Abt
ville enjoyed the same privilege. V
[can inform the Judge that in tl
township we have the extreme plei
ure of paying about twenty-one mil
Nothing is more generally require
, al 1 over the world, than a safe, pi
fectly harmless and reliable purgati
medicine. All purgatives sometim
produce pain during their operatic)
.but Dr. Bull's Vegetable Pills are 1
leas liable to gripe than any otli
1 in ( () ic i 11 o wliioli iu nu 11111 A
your druggist for them. I'rico,
cents a box.
New Series.?We take jfleasure
presenting to our readers the eoimu
nication of our esteemed friend U.
reference to the C'okesbury selioo
Tliia will be followed by articles of li
interest from the same source. V
trust to receive similar favors fro
j other localities.
Pionic and Sunday School Co
vention.?1The negroes and color
people had a pic-uic and Sundi
School celebration at their Fi
Grounds on Saturday last. The So
aud Daughters of Hope turned out
uniform. The usual amount of g
was lot oir aud everything passed <
quietly.
"We direct the attention of onrrea
ors to the circular to County Schi
Commissioners which is re-publish
by our School Commissioner for t
information of the people. This is
publication in reference to a matt
! which interests all of our citizens, ai
I should be generally read.
Thk girls in selection of their n
parel this-season are very hard
please. The truth is the beauty
their faces lay everything ill the sha
that they put 011.
11
I One neighbor of the Ncioberry
j ! Herald says lie wants some.more new
subscribers. "-Ye haveu few more than
, " we want, and will take great pleasure
^in dividing with him. Let him apply
jj | early, for we can't afford to send much
,^l longer 10 some of our friends. Our
| delinquents need not complain if we
M)1.1 trade them oil". We can't help it.
ug[ Ouit very efficient Clerk of the Pro
ns.batc Judge came uear doing some
ice | damage to himself one day last week, j be
n- He had a pistol in the back pocket of; ki
his pantaloons, aud one barrel was ac-' fa
cidentally discharged, without doing! th
any other damage than scariQg some
body out of a year's growth.'
Bills of tub Bank of the State.
Judge Cooke having granted a restrain
ing order on the County Treasurer and
nmntui ui xtiuiiuwiii, siu^iug prueeeu
u,r inos where bills of the Bank of the
State had been tendered, the Comp
. Jtroller General has directed a similar
,1(11 order to every County Treasurer in the
Jl11 State.
Mu. L. H. Russell, our energetic
and eflioieut County Auditor, publish
es some useful iuformatiou in another
column to the tax-payers, and also
devotes in another place a small
space to the delinquent tax-payers,
he;JLtead advertisements aud take du1.
iv-1 notice thereof.
m
Religious.?Two excellent sermons
morning aud afternoon were preached
in Trinity Church by the llev. H. M.
Jackson of Greenville on Sunday last
before large congregations. The com
munion was administered in the be
morning.
The ladies now dress to the audience.
ur:lf a lady sits high up in church, the
ed! pretty iiowers are put on the back of
(111 I tin* !?* * />* TP (1.. !< -* tl? -i.l
ha
11
I tuv uuuiiui. XI LJlcjr sib UL L.UC 3iUU U1
Jwjthe church, they put the tlowers on
ed I the aide next to the- gazers. This is
ve an improvement.
The editor bought a milch cow last
week. The second day after the pur
chase, being the hottest of the seasou'
she furnished him an occasion for
more exercise in running her out of
his neighbor's oat patch than he had
taken for a month previous.
Alumni Address.?The Rev. R. F.
Bradley, late of Abbeville, but now of
7! Anderson f.'nnotv lino pnnspntpH tn
deliver the next address before the
Alumni of Erskine College. We may
anticipate an excellent effort.
The annual address before the South
Carolina Historical Society was de
livered in Charleston on Friday night
by Prof. WmJ. Rivers, now of Haiti
more, Md., and is published in full in
our Charleston exchanges.
From nearly every County comes
reports of an unusual number of tax
executions being issued. The money
is not attainable, and what arc the
poor property owners to do ? Echo an
swers, what ?
We had the pleasure of visitiug Mr.
DuPre's green-house last week. He
has the linest assortment of delicate
nlnntu tn ho fntinrl in Hio Stato T4ivt?
him a call wnlle.lie is Belling so cheap.
We were the recipient last week of
a lot of the nicest strawberries and
tiie richest cream of the season. Our
friend has our hearty thanks and our
high appreciation of the remembrance.
The South Carolina section of the
Spartanburg aud Asheville road it is
thought will be completed this sum
mer, whilst the whole line of G7 miles
to Asheville is being rapidly built.
We had the pleasure of greeting the
past week in our towyi Alaj. W. A.
VVardlaw, now a prominent citizeu of
Cnarleston, who is on a short visit to
friends aud relatves here.
Didn't Steal the Horse.?Sam
Marshall, who was charged with steal
inif at frnm T4om*\fnn T.ntimftP
lUg U U\UOb iiuux j.auiu jL/wu AJMktutv* |
was set at liberty by the grand jury.
The smallest and most graceful
equestrien teof the season rode through
the Public Square yesterday evening.
Gen'. McGowan has been appointed
a member of the Centennial Commit
tee on the Fort Moultrie celebration.
The General Assembly of tho Pres
byterian Church has been in session in
Savannah during the past week.
Tiie Hev. John Kershaw of Abbe
ville tilled the pulpit of Grace Church
Greenville on Sunday last.
We learn that Mr. John M. Gain
brell desliesL to sell his dwelling in
Abbeville. He wants to go to PiekeuB
to study law.
Ex-Governor Bullock, of Georgia,
has been arrested jmd released on
$13,000 bail.
Tiiden seems to be the coming man
before the St. Louis Convention.
President Grant, it is said, will not
be a candidate for re-election.
The Abbeville markets is now well
supplied with fresh meats.
The State tax deficiency for the cur
rent jear will be $4T>0,000.
Mountain Air.
Easlky Station', ")
Pickens County, [
May 10, 1870. J
Editor Pvchs and Banner:
JDeau Slit:?Perhaps a few dots from
this mountain country may prove in
teresting to your many subscribers.
Eaaley is situated 14 miles west of
Greenville, in a healthy and produc
tive locality. There is not a place
better adapted to farming than this
immediate vicinity. Corn, cotton and
wheat are the principal products, and
while corn and wheat and other pro
duce should be the principal aim of the
farmer, cotton, as in many other parts,
receives more than its share of atteu
tion. Table liock is about 15 miles
from this point, Cesar's Head about
the same. Persons wishing (o visit
either during the summer will find it
to their interest to come to this point.
Here we have a iirst-elass hotel carried
on by Messrs. Clyde & Motes, both
energetic and enterprising men; aud
are ever ready to accommodate their
guests and supply them with the very
best the market affords. I would also
state that parties can procure convey
ance from this to any point they may
desire at a much less cost than from
Greenville.
The mercantile business at this point,
as is the case in many other points, is
overrun. There are now ten stores
in and two bar-rooms, all of which have
'o- been built up within the lust two or
itc three years, and notwithstanding the
ire hard times and scarcity of money the
IP I nuunu ui uiu uiipciiu'i s liuuuuui ^A1A I ti
)el j echoes through woods aud valleys. g|
ye The Pkesss and Banner coined ] ?
lis promptly once a week, and notwith- vj
xs- standing 1 have perused its columns ^
ai
for the last ten years it is still interest
ing, more particularly to one situated
amongst strangers. Long may she
;r"! wave, and die a triumphant death.
Yours truly, W. C. V.
Mr. George "NV. Curtis has written a
letter in favor of pensioning common
or {school teachers, in which ho says:!an
"Teaching in the pubiic schools is asjai
essential a part of the public service as w
in | the discharge of duty in the army I w
u-1 and navy, and the faithful servant In! vj
in i one branch is entitled to the same con- j Si
Is. jsideration as his fellow-servant in an- w
other. The pension would make) hi
teaching an assured career, and con-jdi
stantly attract to it the best teaching j ti<
talent in the country, and the efllcieu-jti:
ey anu value of the schools would be; T
, promoted just in the degree that teach- di
j ing ceased to be a temporary resource, j w
ay j as it now so often is. The best service i ei
x
lir i in any public dcpurtmcnl is always the
'.,s I cheapest, and the advantage that the
i11; State would purchase by this little
'asjoutlay woulTl be inestimable. I can
| not help thinking that the proposition
| must command the warm sympathy
I of the more intelligent friends of the
[common shools?and with all my
heart I wish it success."
, Fiiek Rick.?The question of aumit
ting rice from the Sandwich Islands
free or duly is now before Congress in
a bill for ratifying the Hawaiian trea
ty. A strong protest has been sent up
to Congress by the Charleston Cham
ber of Commerce, on the ground that
the bill would ruin the riee interest:'.of
1 tlio btate.
,Jk.L -
The McLarens.
EJIINISCENCES OF ABBEVILLE
BY AN EX-ABBE VILLIAN OF
OVEB FORTY YEARS.
There lived in 1834, as well as long
fore and afterwards, this in part well
iowu family?the name is certainly
miliar to all. Thev must have been
ere many years, as John, Jr., was
lied a batchelor when I first knew
m (and died 011 that line), and I
ten heard him say he was a boy when
ey left the "oldcounthry," Scotlaud,
)in whence they came. They lived
the oldest house in town, on the
rtheast corner of the square, aute
ting, so said, by a decade or two the
at rebellion? that old hip-roofed
H
pa
si<
>use, wiiicii.n my iniormauou is wi
pt, law been destroyed in a general
nfjugration of that side of the square
ithiu the lost eight years. The
igiual build was of logs, to which
ere added an iuside and outside
nne. until its walls were as thick as
ancient castles upon the Clyde,
ho then could blame it for standing
le ceutury and boldly entering the
its for another? All the family are
id to be dead or gone, and
rot a rosotof the wilderness left on the
Still It '
tell where the garden has heon."
nytliing I might say of them would
like speaking of the dead. But I
ive nothing bad to say if I would
id would not if I could. Abbeville
id few better folks.
My account of them is that there
ure three brothers in Scotland, to wit:
Jam, John aud Itobin?the former
ily married, and the Abbeville widow
is the mother of his children, to wit:
Jam, Jr., John, Jr., Janet, Agnes,
liza, Susan, aud a Mrs. Williamsaud
rs. Baker, the two last named having
arried and left before my day. *The
others John (better known as "Saw
ty" or "Ui^cle Sawney") and Robin
arc tailors, and came to Abbeville in
e teeus of this century and opened a
op. If their cut or make were ever
irtistic" in the modern sense, there
is a sad falling off before r saw any
it. No "latest fashion" pictures
orned their walls, but they got
enty of work, and they worked
rly, worked long and worked late,
id saved what they made. Robin
suld not own a thing; John had to
ke it all. All that Robin asked for
e inner man was three meals a day
id three half gills of whiskey in divi
>ns of half an hour before each mfeal,
id as that was the usual mode of pro
ring the article in "those days" the
notice was for Sawney to receive the
nount in a cup and take one-half
mseji, or near us u?s cuuiu ukiuc n,
id set it at a certain place in a corner
id go back to the shop, and then
abiu would go in and take his and
turn without a say to or recognition
prince or plebian. They drank at
eir tenants, on the corner. For the
iter man Robin asked only enough
the coarsest white cotton cloth to
ake him pantslo fit like a bandage
>m the ankles up and a long round
out coat of same material. He wore
Scotch cap and heavy brogau shoes,
id had no more use for linen goods,
iivat or gloves than if such had never
en known. Hia only exercise, ex
pt for the* regular half gills, was a
ilk after breakfast down the road
low James Wardlaw's, accompanied
r the monster crop-eared family dog
arick ("alas! poor Yorick.") Robin
is a round man, heavy and low in
iture, and walked with a stoop, and
s steps were as long as the cou for ma
in or the man would permit. Hia
otch was so broad as to require an
terpreter, and he never offered It
tside of the family and furnished
o least possible amount demanded,
id that, Ynrk'* and "Nark." The
ily time I ever heard of his speaking
itnout being spoken to was thus re
ted at the time: Major Alston usually
rnished Sawney his flour, and was
plaining to him why he could not
rnish him any more that season,
it which Sawney could not compre
nd, as evidenced by his reply every
ne:?" It doesn't matther, Major,
ien, so I get it before I get out." The
njor, losing his patience, replied
arplySawney, you're a d?d
al." At this Robin dropped bis
a
kr
m<
Af
so,
mi
sn
ha
f
be
at
3u
toi
as
an
rei
tedle and shoved oft'ins worK (ii was
their shop, which was also the post
flee,) and placing one hand on the
ajor's breast and throwing back his
her arm at full length with hand
>on (woman fashion) looked up in
e Major's face, remarking, uDo you
y that?" to wnich the Majorrepli< "
okingdownou him, 4,Yes,d?nyou,
do." At this Robin dropped Both
ms, and crawling back on his bench
marked, "Yere ortenter sa-igh tbot.
eejur." His needle, half-gills and
alka ceased about 1830. Sawney,
>wever, did most things belter, was a
tod talker, and of intelligible Scotch
o, and though wearing coarse cloth,
mctimcs half wool, it was iu better
yle. He knew many things, was a
filial old fellow, a good manager, and
gether they soon had a good start,
o one living could get Robin to take
ore than his three half-gills per day,
it Sawney, besides his half with
obin, was ready to "take a weedhrop
ith 2/ou," (so sizing it as to never get
unk,) but the man who "took" with
i7i, excepting nevertheless and al
?" TJrtlim oAnld npvur hfi found.
ough I have beard time and again
n dollar rewards offered for liis ap
ehension. Sawney died about 1841,
as postmaster, and bad held that
)sition many years, and discharged
te duties most pleasautly and iuat
ntively.
The family were Presbyterians and
id great respect for and attachment
i tiie church, and the females were
embers of Upper Long Cane, and
)hn, Jr., not unfrequently accom
uiied them, but Sawney and Robin,
liile attached sentimentally in belief
i the church, and the former ever
ady to defend her ancient walla and
ie Westminster Confession of Faith
id tell of Doctor Chalmers, whom he
id often heard preach, stood oil Faith
one?read not bibles nor went to
lurch ?and only such theological
ractiee as St. James accords, and con
ning and concentrating all that upon
leir deceased brother's widow and
lildren, and most religiously, faith
tlly and heroically did they do that,
hey left Adam in Scotland, poor and
rutfgling to feed his wife and eight
lildren, six of them girls, and the
rst thing they did after procuring the
leans was to send money and bring
leui over; and the father dying soon
*fcr, his depeudent family fell on
ieir hands, but never was there safer
round touched. Sawney and Robin
ot only took care of them, but pro
ided for their future. They sent
dam and John to "Baker's school"
id paid for it; sent the girls to the
lost accomplished teachers, and put
Iks, satins and gold 011 them equal to
? ",I A [ r f
iy. iucj g;iuuiu*i.cu ziuaui,
ledicine, and by the combinations of
le influence of the Bakers with
auiel Webster and Major Alston and
r. Eli S. Davis, direct powers at the
eadquarters of Gen. Jackson, they
tiled him into the position of Assiet
lt Surgeon, U. S. A., under a com
lission dated March 2, 1833, and he
as soon after on his own bottom ad
duced to full surgeon, and Uncle
i\vney told me in 1838 that "Oddoin
as thrying for Surgeon Giryjral and
uoped to get it." I dou't thiuk he
d, but he reached an enviable posi
on, and was always to be found inl^
ic military family circle of Scott and I k
ixylor. Soon after entering upon his J*
jties he was stationed near Boston, ?'
n>a i m f nit/\ 4l>sv H nl.rtMn\>\/4 I t*
uo iiiuuuuwi iiilij me v;iuuaicu i r;
rcle" there by Daniel Webster, and! ~
on after led captive and to the altar j
ic accomplished an 1 rather wealthy
iss Townsend, a grand-daughter of
lbridge (jerry. I think the present i [?,
djutunt General, U. S. A., is her sc
other. Dr.' McLaren died about four' R
?ars ago, j>till connected with the U]
my. He was tall and had regularise
attires, unlike John, a piercing black m
;e, and a melodious voice tinctured tl
itii just enough Scotch to make it >]
cli and creamy. 11a conversed equal *a
any man I ever listened to, and alto* pi
Iher his appearance, language and ti
anuers would have graced tho court p;
' a prince. 1 will never forget his
.'scriplion in lS3Uofa dining, by invi
tion, of ollicers and hifnscll a short
me In-fore, with the celebrated Black
awk in his own wigwam. The first
rurse was - soup, and of such delicate
ivor that one of the officers asked the
isis, which was.answered with more
inn.a pale face's regawl for truth, or
ignorance of 'pale face taste*?a
ippy. The Doctor !iad already taken
to spoonfuls, and with each had
uched his right and left fellow-diner
ith the remark "its guile," aivd was
acing the third to his lips -when the
artling announcement was made,
e returned It to his plate sofUvaud
ent through the spoon evolutions^
militaire, and every time he.oould
e the Chiefs face turned J>e enyxtied
spoonful on the ifleor (of.dkt), thus
eserving fulletiquetteo?*A? manners
id customs. All parties "held" in
ttition by the aid of'brandy, but the
actor was quite sure hexwould have
ven up if the third had gone down,
e described the scene a* one for a
inter. Dr. McLaren did .not take
les with the South during < the late
*r, nor did he owe South Carolina
ything and Abbevillebnt little; yet
> treated the Palmetto regiment is
exico with marked consideration,
d tendered his services to the Abbe
Ue boys in any way that he could
rve tnem. ana i venture uist u any
them fell during the late strife into
isons and hospitals within his reach,
the aid and consideration lie could
brd was rendered. Dr. McLaren
is worthy of and no discount upon
e land that contains the aahcaof au4l
nors Bruce and Wallace; hat Abey
tew him not. Abbeville would "bawe
en proud of him bad she the title
d known him. but she was "not" in
tb. Major Alston knew him, and
w in bim but one defect, and that
ts not irreparable. Alpbeus Baker
lew him beat and he was one of his
ides; and this writer knew him by
jht and m little more, and bad the
st meanb-of Jajowing of him, and it
brds him pleasure to tell the people
Abbeville mote th&n they over
tew or bad the means to know of
is magnificent man, in <oonsIdera
m of the attention rendered ills
>ther in her last illness, which oe
rred during his visit in 1886. He
me in as consulting physician, And
e regular employee toeing amafcAe* to
re the required attention tie -did so.
ecting fee or reward, all without
ail that human skill couidfetosave
r in this world; for the next that
is secured. a
TaKw UfAT.oMn T? wen a tnan fJt
rightly talentu, sharp and with wit
d repartee as keen aa a Damascus
ide. I could unfold a bundle of
em, but will make one suffice. There
is ouce a gentleman of your town of
e self-confident class, who know jdl
advance and are never mistaken is
rsons or things.' It occurred in tbs
st office at the .proper date, and thia
'iter was the thir4 person and no
tiers present. The subject was a c?r
>n departed humbug, in which John
d myself acknowledged ourselves
neiderably "sold," when the all
lowing gentleman remarked that he
lew all the time that'the subject was
'raudand humbug ; to which John
plied instantly by that eloquent
lotch- American laugh and a tap on
e anouiaer, ana reman: -wen, >
ck, that is the best joke that ever
ippened iu this town; you knew he
is a fraud and humbug; you brought
m here, stood for his board, and
ter he left paid it, and introduced
m among your enemies for revenge,
te scatter lug small-pox" The eoufi
nt gentleman tnrned pale, and m
on as his limbs recovered from their
Hditv. he struck a match:'lit his
Jf-emoKed cigar, and walked off
lietly.
I caonot dismiss this rein, without
word of the females. No family
lown to me ever furnished three
are beautiful women than Eliza,
;nes and 8ucmn. Eli&i was the least
, but she bad a voice as melodious as
ueio borne across the waters and a
die most bewitching^?Agnes had
,ir as black as the raven, and eyes
turely dark and darkly pore." I
w her at SO a beauty, agun at 40 a
auty, and again beautiful at 60, and
65, if living, I venture she is still so.
isan was as queenly a woman as erer
jched tbe earth in my presence, and
she tripped aloug, the earth, walls
d rocks seemed to answer hack the
Section from her oheeka and gkuugu
H*
To Arrive.
IGHT PRINTS, Blenched Ham*.
J spans, Linen Fans, Ruffling*, MU
lorv, Lace and Silk Scarfs, Veiling*,
fhis week at the
?MP0BIUJLi>F FASHION*
Hay24,l?7?.
OP
Delinquent
jand Sales.
[n aceotd&nec 'nitV section 100 of "An
t to reduce all acts and parts of acts pro
ving for the assessment and taxathm of
operty into one act and to amend the
me," approved March 10th, 1874, the
[lowing list of delinquent lands is
ireby published:
msom Clmny
c d ban la
ioh. Kelil
Mince Held
h. Mulono .
I'l !||l| i
ciS itel i
a *
III
1 KW
1 774
1 Ji
1 280
1 '?il
flaw
59 25
,4 16
1?68
13 ul
HOW
13 oe
4 Of
14 80
988
*5
Zl
S3
Ok
k'
?32 ?
113 M
14 74
4183
2?08
ro. Harrison*
rn. 8. A. Allen
hn M. 1-ontf
ra 6 A Allen,
link Lomnx
re. M. A. Gary
i as. Smith
twin Sp?nu
it J B Armstrong
it Robt. Hlnton
ircus Mitchell
nry Williams
10 M. McKay, agt
inney Chiles
it Ian. Erwln
illcyBooser H & C
enser Roberts
'm Boozer
r '& A Anderson
CCuddy
' B Dorn
' DRonndtreo
2
__
1
1
.5 01
3
0
1
10 24
3
1
1
. 2?
S!
1
1
10 84
1
1
1 300
3
1
1
13 20
3
140
2
55 51
3
1
2 51
5
,20
1?
5
01
199f
a
SO
2 25
5
46
1 22
6
6
1500
40
6
132 00
256
6
125
7?
7
15
1
15 34
7
55
5 15
8
297
27 63
8
178
13 20
8
220
1
18 16
9
2025
1
50 29
9
86
082*
06i 1540
38 25 a
oil II 44
35 !?
04
SI (JO
"IS
ss
10 SI
7 or
294 25
10 07
10 M
? 17
1703
0B 05
32 MS
SS 80
174 60
I# 02
Do*
illleC. Williams
co Mitchell
ancy Botta
)hn Oricr
K Harablin
lias A McClung
jrry Miles
ancy Perry
st Lem Held
n. E. Vaughn
st David ware
. W. Williams
Do*
st Robt Boyd
. M. Brooks
is* M. Martin
>s. New by
lm. C. Link
utson Lee.trus'e*
lck. Bujcg
obt. Black
a ac Jenkins
ll. Mitchell, trus'e
lljah Tullls
r S Chamberlain
st Jas. Banks*
st B. McKIttrlek
st Peter Smith"
ob. Stuart
st Peter Smith
ally Ann Carroll
illy
it Ti
ho* Petti grew
750
100
145
600
000
:iao
860
187
1008
14'2450
15 43
15 60
15 12
la! ??
63
303
16j 503
ial 214
16 j 54
16 80
16 54
16 150
ml aio
15
il
641
7
64 68
<7
13 10
9
192
1
1
660
6
883
, 3
11 08
11
1
1
306
2
1
100
48 78
46
IM
2
7?
7
2
42*
34
2
39 W
?
<00
5
1
1
422
3
45 41
35
13 02
10
2
78 32
74
114 65
1M
132
1
380
2
188
a
52 87
50
6 75
6
21 50
18
34 96
19
14 12
11
1
265
3
9 90
8
3 21
2
3 74
2
9 93
7
13
2012
04
122 71
46
29 69
83
7 67
30
18 24
66
12?
58
38 97
18
1017
96
(56
SB
lrl B?
52
10 4J
31
56
85 30
72
78 ?
40
18 10
V
fin
08
B <0
06
371
77
1*34
72
234
96
73
68
13 77
49
io a
47
114 81
00
19 w
65
48 71
20
12 74
50
33 46
24
?98
80
?7f
65
18 W
88
13 43
68
34 91
*or the year 1W4.
NOTICE
i Jiereby given that the whole of the
veral parcels, lots, and part* of loU of
eal Estate described in the foregoing
st or so much thereof as will be nece*
iry to pay the taxes, penalties and assess
ents charged thereon will be Bold by
ic Treasurer of Abbeville Couaty on
ON DAY, Juue the 6th, 1878. unless
i VJ lilAUO, n^OVTVIlllCUiO OHM |n.uHiv*v? ?
lid before that time; said sale tobeoon
nued from day to day until each tract
life! or lot is sold or offered for sale.
L. H. RUSSELL,
County Auditor.
May 18?2t