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S? ; Tie Press and Banner. Tl Bj Hugh Wilson and H. T. lYardlaw. ^ Wednesday, Sept. 15 1880. b _ _ j SVOI kn< The Election Last Saturday. 1M?n Elsewhere in tills Ihsuo nf the PressrtntlKan- 10 '' ?>cr may b** found a tabulated statement of tlie [ t'K' vote forcounty olTlccrsat the primary elect Ion ^ last Saturday. Aside from the disappoint- ')ns ment of t lie defeated candidate!:, which would ^ e liaturally result, there is no >rood grounds for fort dissatisfaction. The campaign has been con-] ,K'( ducted with unusual courtesy mul fairness by |law tlie different candidates, and at every pre- Coi clnct the election is believed tohave been held j ':nv fairly and in exact conformity to the rules the laid down Hy the County Club. In the mat- J ini| tcr of<K>nducting t4iecatnpaiirnandin holding the election, we congratulate all the parties upon their near approach to the lornier lion, orablo way In which candidates sought pre- E /ferment at th<e hands of the people of Abbe- inu vllle oftnnty. There was very little. If any, of aft the bickerings and backbltings which charac- Coi t terl/ed wine of our more recent elections,and ma in tl?<? F.'iAiti, the candidates have submitted me , . to Weir defeat In a manner which will com- wit liHftui the respect of our voters: and it may be thn that letter luek is in store for those who failed as tv> win last Saturday. the Saturday was a bad day for holding theelec- doi lion. The day was cloudy throughout, and in I rain fell during a great part of the time. This roe prevented a full vote, and, It is possible, that rlv tliose who remained at home, may have by ent ' . t their absence, allowed the fortuues of some cor of the candidates to be changed. det l)r. J. I). Xeel. the only member of the Inst dec Legislature, it will be seen is now'at the hend she . of the ticket. Wm. H. Parker. Esq., received Be< very nearly as many votes as I)r. Xeel. This or ' . . was Mr. Parker's llrst race. Dr. F. F. Gary. of Cokesbury, was also among the lucky number. Ho was close behind Mr. Parker. Only f three places were filled. ftru The race for thdremaining twoplacoson the faj] VTmisn nf Itenrcselltat Ives will <v*l be run over on Friday next. Mr.;j. H. Morrali j mc Cnpt. J. X. Cochran, Capt. W. A. Black and t0 t , I)r. M. C. Taggart arc the contestants, and will _\s n^ain. In generous rivalry, appear before the has people, seeking their honors. The public will p0j have nothing to lose, rro matter which of these ma gentlemen may boar off the prize. rui; Tiiere was no election K>r School Commis- ent sioner. Out of the gnat number of excellent |ni men who were presenting themselves for this J ea office It was Impossible for the people to make tab u choice. The race will be run over next I'ri- j,ir day. According to the rules which govern the the Democratic party in this county, only those two receiving the highest vote will be g voted for. Mr. J. L. Lessly having received 616 votes and Captain K. Cowan having re- tov celved jOO vote*, are tho competitors in this S0I1 race. mf The voters seemed greatly ncm pi used when wo, they were called upon to vote lor Coouty co? Commissioners, and no one mine within aj|n)] / stone'sihrow.of theotlkb. The race will be till run over?Messrs. \V.TCowan, J<ts. T. ISaskIn, 011< Jr., \V. 11. McKlnney, E. Y. Slrcppard, M. wi, Mnttlson and J. F. Livingston, being the con? testants. Mr. J. F. C. DuPre was re-clected Sheriff by ^ ? large majority. Clerk of the Court Maj. M. Jfts| G. Zeigler was ^re-elected by a very compllinentary vote. ccj, Mr. J. F. Lyon had a "walk over." Nobody opposed him for re-elcction to the oflice of ma Probate Judge. When it came to a run tor the office of Coro, ner, it will be seen that Mr. James Shlllito made superb time, but he failed to reach the -. mark. Mr. David Dow tin has withdrawn from the field. Mr. Shilllto and Mr. Doc. Bowie will raise the dust next Friday, when this oflice Is staked. Although the election had been a quiet one, the interest Increased when the counting be, ???n. There was some personal disappointt ment when the Abbeville boxes were counted. It seemed that nearly everybody expected the full vote of the Abbevlllo clubs. The first distant box to hear from was Due West. The ballot of* that precinct had not then been .. counted, and the accounts were of an indefinite nature, with vifeue surmises that the votes had not been In accordance with the expectation of some of ourcitizens. After night quite ti number of our people assembled In the Court House, while a crowd waited at the depot for telegraphic despatches. Karly in the night it was generally conceded that Parker, Neel, Gary and Cochran were ejected. But after other returns came in it was thought that ou ly the first three above named had been elect ' . " ed. After that the exciting question was as to who would run at the head of the ticket, Sometimes It was Neel, sometimes it was Gary and sometimes It was I'arker who was ahead. The interest continued throughout Sunday, and additional returns were eagerly , souyht during the wholeof theday. Knotsof . , inen at the different corners anxiously ascertained the latest news, and In* knowing manner canvassed the election generally, while many of the candidates had their respective merits discussed. As far as we know good feeling pervaded the hearts of all, and If any embryo "Independent" candidate has counts ed on a reinforcement from "sore-heads" he lias counted without his host. There is not a single "sore-hcad" in Abbeville county. Every defeated candidate is really and truly as pa- L trloticas are their more fortunate competi , tors, and will work as heartily for the sue- ?e: cess or the party In November. We have not Co< beard Uic first wor^ of dissatisfaction. , I' . lorl / . C - ' The C'.ief Justiceship. ,t? We ajftee with the Jbbevxlie Prc*s and Ban- s nerln the opinion that Judge Willard 'should ma be allowed to remain in office until the expi- Coi ration of the term for which he has been elect- C ed.' The question to be determined Is, what ma was that "term for which he was elected." In I5ai the opinion of those who elected Judge Wll- M. lard, the "term" was so much of the term for C which Judge Moses was elected as had not ex- big plred when Judge Moses died. Judge Willard could not have been elected for a full term of six years, and he kntw what the understand- tT lngof the law was. This, however, is not the point. Judge Willard will have whatever, in T law, as construed by the .Supreme Court, he Is entitled to, His politics have nothing to do i;te' with It. Judgo Simpson is not a "Democratic *>1" aspirant." but the Chief Justice of the State. " by the election of the (ieneral Assembly; and an< the less said about "keeping lalth' with P?1 Judge Willard the better, In view of the fact that he has enjoyed already everything he ex- ^ pected to have when he was elected and all that was believed to have been given him." We take the above from harlttlon yeus and Courier of last Friday. The question as X to the length of Judge Wlllard's term is one upon which the most Intelligent and most 0j' bonost citizens of the State may diflfer. >; The Circuit Judges some two years ago got what the Legislature of the proud old State coi thought they were entitled to. They were. wo< by the court, dismissed, not upon charges, but upon the merest pretext, not even a respecta- La( ble ghost of a Rhain reason: that the Leglsla- rot! ture had voted for them vim voce when a strict conformity to the law required the election to ma be by ballot. Not content with throwing the La? Republican Judges overboard, the Democrat1c Legislature refused to pay them the salary ^ due them at that time. And so far as we fleii know, these claims have not been paid by the reform Leulslature which claims to be strictly ma honest. This too after it had been importun- clul ed time and a^aln to pay. If we have not stated the case fairly, we hope to be corrected' ma: as we do not wish to mislead any one. fori Now, It Is proposed to oust Judge Wlllard. ru^j Why? Not because no Is unequal to the posl- con tlon ? No. It cannot be for that reason, for it and is a well known fact, that he la the equal of n any man on either the Supreme or the Clr- arid cuit Bench of South Carolina. His integrity lias never been doubted. He is a clear think- jJjj er. a laborious student, and his decisions are coli able and Just. There is no fault lo him in the the discharge of his duty. Tho JVews and Con, rier says, "his politics have nothing todo with res] it." Of course this Is merely a statement of opinion. We are as confident that politics t has everything to do with It. If Simpson had T1 been elected Chief Justice at tho time that to 2 Wlllard was elevated to that position, docs n^j anybodj* suppose for a moment that tho Leg- Ho< Islature would have elected a successor before T1 the expiration of six years ? We do not We do not understand what the News and rca< Omrier means by saying "tho less said about keeping faith with Judge Wlllard the better." If that paper means that It would bo better for the good name of Democratic South CaroUna to allow her action towards the Republi- nou can Judges to be forgotten, we are read^ .o lndi agree with it. At first we had no intention to ,ro1 refresh the memory of the public on the acfirm which a think rMifitd blot linon our re- iPft. epvctabiUty. ** As we stated at the outset, the mostintelll- ^lei gent and the most honest citizens inny con- Tl seientiously differ in opinion on this quesHon. Thero^ire also good and honest men in he's the State who think Itrightto withhold Judge Lr Cooke's aalary, but we are not of the belief ban winch would su*taiu them In withdrawing a |Ilg poor man's salary for services rendered the day. State. As for (iovernor Simpson, we say personal- ()fg< ly, there is no man in the State that we like seel better. He is a man tor whom we really have a very hieh regard, and, uuder different clr. cum stances, no man in the Stito would b< tun more pleased to see him elevated to the high- ,. e-itjp!ace within thegifl of the people or of the I/Mtislature "of the State. Hut we think I! a'OtU time for reniocrntlc South Carolina to mee "uold up" on her Republican Judges. and - ? \ V; The Election in Edgefield. lie primary election has been held in ;efield, and our candidate?Mr. I-ake, the k law man?has been defeated. Let Edge.1 blush for shame. We know nothing of j Lake except that he was independent, [ ran pledged to the best law on the statute ks. Vof these reasons we hoped that he f ild have been elected. Edgefield doesn't i1 >w what she is being deprived of in fowling her farmers to build miles of fencing :eep a dozen worthless hogs .and cows oil ir iands and crops. "hen a man undertakes.'togo in to the stock Iness he should cilher buy or rent land, trust that the eyes of some of those more un ate c:indidates in our sister county may ipened to the great advantages which this would secure to the farmers of Edgetleld mty. As evldenceof the popularity of the in this county, we would ask attention to anxiety of every cand Idate to correct any tluit tlifv \vr>rt> onuosed to the i I ? < The Newberry Lynching:. ! Isowhere wo <rl vo p do'alied account of the 1 rder of the Oriers, whoso bodies were erwnrds found In I.lttlo River, Newberry i wty. We have no sympathy for men who J y be guilty of the crimes, of which these | 11 were .nccuscd. The one great question i h us Is, were they guilty ? To our mind it (justlon Is not answered as satisfactorily | we would like to sec. Another matter, if parties doing the killing were conscious of ng the right, why did they do the killing the darkness ? And then, why did they tie j ks to their bodies and sink them in the ( er. and conceal the net ? Tho correspond- J , of the yews nud Qturicr falls into tho I non error of giving on general principles allot! accounts of the] wickedness of tho , eased. In such accounts irrelevant matter 1 iuld not be incorporated In the report, ' -.atjso these negroes may have been thieves , rt-eno loafera isjiio excuse for the killing. The SolicitorsJiip. ho report ol the Convention Inst Sale Day 1 I other matters so pressed upou us that we ed to congratulate our fellow-townsman, i onel J. S. Ctothran: on. the very compllntary manner In which] he was re-olected | he office of Solicitor of the Eighth Circuit, evidence of the satisfaction with whlch;he i discharged his duties, as well as of his jularlty, we would merely mention that no n In the Circuit thought it worth while to i against him. Able, vigorous^and conscl- ; lous, he wlllever juakennacceptable officer my position that he may hold. In after irs he should be put on th? Bench. Ris ?nts and his legal attainments would enable , II to grace that position. Drainage. ; lnce the council of Xlnety-Slx^have dltchthe Kate Fowler branch, the health of the m has been greatly Improved. If the Wll- i i and Ninety-Six creeks were cleared of J Is they would clean themselves, and that | uld be oye of the healthiest sections ot the ; inty. If anything is to be done towards ! proving the health of the neighborhood In | s way, the work should (be commenced at i e while the water is low, and before the j utvxr iuujo ow **?. t The Result of the Election. he County Club met In the Court House i ; Monday to receive the returns of the 1 nagefs of the primary elections, After rering the figure*, the Committee retired to ( jury room to make the additions. They < Je the follow!ng report: j Total number votes polled ...... 2040, ] LEGISLATURE. ' J. r>. Keel * 1,327. ' \V. H. Parker 1,215. F. F. Gary 1,I2S. Jno. H. Morruh 070. Siis. N. Cochran 027. . W. A. Black 881. M. C. Taggart 809. W. K. Blake 78*. J. S. Me(Jee 707. B. Z. Hcrndon ..... 520. O. T. Calhoun J. \V. Thomas.. 170. j JU1MJE PROBATE. , J. Fuller Lyon 1,986. I CLEKK OF COURT. , M. G. Edgier 1,070. S. W. Cochran 331. ( SHKRIFF. J. F. C. BuPre 1.S1P. S. \V. Cochran...... 100. " SCHOOL COMMISSIONER. J. L. Lesley 510. ! E. Cowan 5??). < D. Crawford 801. \V. IS. Avker 327. AV. 1). Mann 250. i M. O. To!man : 01, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. W. T. Cowan 807. Ja?k T. Raskin 000. < "W. K. McKiuney (??. E, Y. Sheppard 638. G. M. Mattlson 590. J, F. Livingston 511. \V\ V, CHiikscaics 33T>. I Jas. C. Tittle 330. J. A. McCord 326. R. A. McCaslan 207. \V*. W. Sprouse 230. J. C. Jennings .... 235. 1 M. E. Ilol lings worth 155, 1 L. J. Johnson . Iu5. CORONER. | J. A. Shllllto 83L I). \V. Dowtin....... 402. H. W. Bowie 391. Jus. A. Reid 101. | ACWTOK. J. T. Parks 450. j J. T. Lyon 413. ( S. II. Cocnran 217. .eglslature?J. D. Noel, \V. H. Parker, F. i Gary, ol those for the Legislature have re- 1 veil a majority of the entire vote cast. The 1 st lour in order are J. II. Morrah, J. N. 1 :hran, W. A. Black a.id M. C. Taggart. robate JiuJku?J. F. Lyou received a malty of the votes cast. I lerk?M, G. Zefgler received a majority. < heriff?J. F. C. DuPre received a major- i chool Commissioner?No one received a ' jority. Two highest: J, L. Lesley and E. ,van. ounty Commlssioders?No one Jreceived a jority. Slxhiehest: W.JT. C?wan, J. T. ?kln. \V. It. McKlnney, E. Y. Sheppard, CJ- 1 Mattison, J. F. Llvingstgn. oroncr?No one received a majority. Two hest: J. A. Shillito, I>. W. Dowtiu. Oframme for the Mass Meeting next i Monday, the 20th. 1 n accordance with the resolution or the J Ural Clubl appoint the following Assistant , rshnls: larshals James A. Norwood, of Magnolia, , 1 A. C. Latimer, of Lowndesville, will re- < t to me, at assistant Marshals at Branch's 't tel for special duty at 9 o'clock. Iarshal J. E. Brownlee Is assigned to the , nmand of Antreville, Mountain View, . an's Chapel and Hampton clubs, and will < in the rightof his column on the Anderson , (id opposite Mrs. Norwood's residence. iurshal J. T. Kaskin Is assigned to the comnd of I.ownde^vllle and Anderson Art!!- ' y and other clubs and will form on the left ] Marshal Brownlee's column. iarshal It H. Armstrong is assigned to the nmand of Due West and Honea Path and derson clubs and will form the head of his umn on Due West road opposite Mrs. Nor- 1 od's. Iarshal W. E. Barmore is assigned to the ] nmand of Donaldsvillo. Long Cane and irons clubs and will form on Due West ! d on the left of Marshal Armstrong's coln. Inrshal G.M. Hodgos Is assigned to the com- , nd of Hodges, Greenwood, Cokesbury and ' jrens Clubs and will rendezvous near the ot. tarshal J. N. King Is assigned to the com- i nd of Ninety-Six, New Market and Edge- , tl clubs and will form in the rear of Mar- , 1 Hodges' column. , arshal J. L. White Is assigned to the comnd of Smlthvllle. White Hall and Mlllway jsaiid of HI bills club of Edgefield and wil j denvous near the Fair Grounds. arshal S. C. Rlley:ls assigned Jto thecomnd of Magnolia and Lebanon clubs and will n on the Moseley Kerry road with his right! ( ,lng near the Baptistchurch. arshal S. S. McBrlde Is assigned to tho'f imand of Calhoun's Mills, Bellevno, Range j, Bordeaux clubs and will form his right I, r Judge Thomson's. \J arshal George C. Bradley with Palmetto j Cedar Springs clubs will form In rear of rslial McBride's column. , iptain M. L. Bonham. with the Abbeville es will march at the head of tho mounted ' unn as special ewort to tne nominees on , State ticket and the invited speakers, and j \ uard to the ladles during the speaking. , le Marshals will form their clubs at the , >ective places designated at 10 o'clock, a. j 10 Abbeville Band will report at tho AlsCorner at 10 o'clock. ie Due West. Band will report at 10 o'clock darshal Armstrong at Mrs. Norwood's cor- 1 V :ie Greenwood Band will report to Marshal b Iges at the depot at 10 o'clock. ? le Assistant Marshals will report In per- j n or through cottrler to theChlef Marshal at a nch's Hotel when their commands iiave ? :hed the respective places as designated. ji J. C.MAX WELL, f Chief Marshal, o I rjrronTrnoi] Ttpms. V!*vvu.. IV be concert last Thursday night was pro- * need by all a grand success. The young I es of the party especially did well. This] ipe Intends visiting Ninety-Six on Thurs-' f of this week. Ninety-Six Is a whole-soul | e !e, and Is ever ready to contribute to an ob-: e of charity. | is reported that a goodly number of our ng people will soon cease the cry of "single " ssedness," and enter into "real life." ie stores will be closed next Mondny In or-' I1 that all who wish may attend th** political k itlng at "Abbeville. Mr. Nanle liailey says e "bound to go." istSaturday was a "rousing" day. The1'1 oom did a good business, judging from tlie n iber of drunk men in town, w uy, uuuk- and lighting was the programme of the * r. J. F. Davis lias Just returned from New ' n k where he ban been buying n fall slock of J1 >ods. He says 'twill be well to cull und h Ills stock before purchasing elsewhere. i le (Greenwood cornet band will be at Ab- i " ille Monday. | {I :v. \V. C. l'ower and wife have Just re- Jj, led from the mountains. rs. Robert'Pesky Is visiting lelatlves In; lace. W.K.J, j ?? ? > d! ik social club at Cokesbury had ll>elr final w ting yesterday, (inests from Ninety Six Grocnwood gractd tbe occasion, j" Lynching in Kewberry. j V FULL ACCOUNT OF THE CRIME AND ITS CAUSES. r^vo "Negroes of Notorftnsly Bad Character Attempt a Horrible Outrage, and are Shot to Death and Thrown j into the River?The Testimony at | the Inquest?Opinion of "Whites and j Blacks?A Prosperous County, with j the People at l'eaee?Nothing Polit- j ieal in the Lynching, as One of the j Victims ivas a Democrat?Facts and Conclusions. NKWB AND COrRI*U. XicwnERr.v, September (>.?In accordance with your Instructions I came t? Newberry on Friday evenlnc to ascertain and report nil thefncMof double tracedy ?n the borders of Laurens County. A paragraph in no of the cimnty papers hnd fct ited that the bodies of :wo negro youths hud been found In Little River perorated with bullets und WKIG1ITED now."* WTTIt BOCKS, ind that no cause fir the deed could be conjectured locatis; the victims had been "liiotfenplvp honorable 'el OW8.*' In the absence of inure detailed Instructions I assumed that you wished to investigate this murder Mystery *nd report: First. The particulars of tbo discovery, Second. Whether the cause of the killing was a ;>ollticai one. Third. What the motive of the murder could be. Fourth. To what extent the wtiites of the section ?... ImnllMfmt III ihrt I Il-I'll find A tiftb. Whetherthe killing could he considered justifiable liy the uflVnces of the victims With these points in view I have endeavored to pursue the inv. Mixtion with the utmost fairness, and to iflord both rang the same facilities for expression of fact and conjecture, hoping thus to get at "the truth, the whole and nothing but the truth " From the meiii?re information hitherto published) it mipbt appear a sauseiessand brutal butchery, and perhaps today some at the'Kadical organs are commenting with pICRSMit titlllutioH u|K>n the savage murder of two'-inoffensive tn.i honorable" negroes because of their political principles. We Khnll see. Upon inquiry here 1 found that nothing seemed to be known ot the affair beyond the i-viilenco adduced at inquest, and even this had not been much consulted, The remoteness of the scene, ind the lack of regular communication with the settlement in which the deed had been perpetrated was probably the cause of this Ignorance. It was necessary therefore, to proceed to the spot In order to Secure accurate knowledge of the case. Before leaving 1 copled the evidence from the manuscript in the clei k's office. It is as follows: TESTIMONY BEFOK8 TITB COCO*EEL, AVOCST 21, 1SS0. Ilenry Grier, sworn, te6tltied: I goes ofl yesterday, a week ago and I have not seen my bovs to say know them until Sunday morning, and then Saturday evening 1 goes Ashing and I saw pomething moving in the water, and then 1 left; and then 1 went back home and Just got to talking about it from une to another: and they (my wife) said it may be your boys, and saying to me, you had better git a company nf men and seo what it is, itmought be your hoys thar In thut creek, ami I go and sprnks to my brother Fed I'ltis anil Peter Williams anil Jerry Ducket and TomJSuber, and us went to the river on Sunday morning between i> and 9 o'clock, anil tbea looked at tbe boy iff tbe water; and I swear it was my boys Dorsey md Prue that was in the rlverubout three or four hunJi?d yards below the Floyd biidge. It was on Sunday, the 22d August. II en It v x Gkiek. Lewis Pitts, being sworn, testified: Me and Fed.'Pitts^Jerry Duckett and Peter Willlans, ind Sam Phllson and I'an Wbeeler went to the river mi Suuday morning about 10 o'clock, and saw Dorsey jrii-r's body in tbe river about three hundred yard's Kelow the Floyd Brittle, anil pulled him nr. to bank, ind then foil lor the other one, who was bis brother because we thought he was there also, and we fell him n the water.-and then w? pulled some of the racti 'rum him with a hook, and then left because we could tot got hira out without more help. Wo then went lome and sent after Mr. Vance, the trial Justice, in Laurens County. And I swear that tbe man I saw n Ui'* river was Dorsey Crier, bccause I knew him >y his clothes. And when we drew the body to the >aiik a rock was fastened to bis neck and tied to the >ody by a leather string. Tbe rock would weigh about .wenty-flve or thirty pounds. 1 never heard any .bieats about the bovs. Lewis x Pitts. Dr. D. W. Palton. being duly sworn, testified : I proceeded, on tbe 23d of August lbSO, at tho rejuestof Coroner E. C. Longshore to examine the lead body of Dorsey Grirr.,, I found tbe deccasd had ;ouie to his death by two gunshot wounds, one near lis left nipple'other on the back between the scapula, tltber wound would have necessarily proved fatal without tbe other, on account of the closu proximity if the vital organs. The appearances of mutilation were mu rcauita u* u?. wi?po?uvn. r?. W. Pattox. .Terry Durket hcing duly sworn J says: The old man said lie was down there Saturday fish ng uud saw eomctliine on the water, and when I go .here I saw Dure Grier on the water.) We taken a 100k nod pnlled hltn to the b:ink and found out who le was. We began to look for the other.as he inlst too hen 1 stripped off and went in, found him and pull at liin, hut could not get hitn, I caute out aud'leli blm md pull Purse to the bank Wo found strine around its neck with a rock to it. The rock was under his ightnrm. It was about 800 yards below the Floyd Bridge. we found hitu ou Sunday the 'J'J day of August Toil) Grier told me Dorsey and Mr. Hugh "Workman lad a difficulty on last Saturday nlsh? the 14th of August, as Mr. Workman thought he was trying to {ct in his mother's house. Jkhky x Docket. Lem Subc r, beiuz duly sworn, testifies; On Sunday morning, August 15th, Mr. Hugh Workman measured my and Dorsey's and Prue's feet belaid# some one had tried to get in his house, and he mill tiiejmeastire fltt? d Prue's track. Mr. Hugh Workinau told me that Mrs. Kale Johnson saw some one some to the window of her room on the night of the 14th, mid that she juui|>ed up and ran up stairs to Mr. Workman,,and came downstairs and shot,and that she thought the person was Dorsey. Lem x Sciieb. Mary Glenn, being duly sworn, testifies: I live at Mrs. Nellie Workman,s. I cook for her. I :ook for all of her wages '.hands, live In number. I left Doisev in the kitchen on last Tuesday night, August 17th. lie was eating supper with I'rue. Iinlssed Dorsey <m Wednesday morning. Dorsey went to Clinton with Mr. Workman on Tuesday morning and came back tho sauio evening, early I asked Coleman and Jim if they had seen Dorsey and Prne, and thy said no Mrs. Workman told me after 1 had given the boys their supper to go on to my bouse. She was not accustomcd to tell we to go. I never stayed any later than usual. Mr. Workman measured Prue's and Dorsey,s track, as some one tiled to get in the window on 8atnrd?y night, and he 6aid It was Prue.R fuck. Pruc denied to me it was his track or that he tried to get in the window. Mabyx Glenn. Emmelite Grier, being duly sworn, siys : I caw Dorsey on Tuesday morning, and on Tuesday night I left home to go to sec Dorsey and Prue, and on [be road in an small patch of nines this side of Mrs. Workman's 1 saw a number of norses and men, about forty or fifty. I suppose, and the men were sitting down w I supposed; I could not see as it was dark. I met Loin t>uber on this utile or th? horoes, ..nd he went a* tor as the branch with Die. They (evidently written by mlsuke for he) went back toward Mrs. Nellie Work[nans, savins he would go back as he was afraid thef night get aficr^hiui. Emukmnjc X Gbikb. Susan Grler, being duly sworn, says: On Wednesday morning Lem Suber asked mo if my toys had cotne last night, and said tbathe saw a crowd >f men in the pints this side of Mrs. Workumn.s louse, and that three men rodo Inside the fence and .urned around and went back, Susan X Gbikb. W. II. 'Workman, being duly sworn, says: Dorse Grier and l'rue Grier was iti my employment ip till the 17th of August. There was no company at ny bouse that nlghL I was at borne. I had heard io threats of his life. I eaw nor heard nobody pass my iou*e that nluht. Mrs, Johnson was not nt home August IT, ISsO. W. II. Woukmax Tho evidence as to Prue Grier was similar to that eeardlng his brother, except as here specified: Dr. ['atton it stifled that his death was caused by gunshot ivound near the right nipple, ranging toward the left )ipple,and that the body was lu an advanced state of lecotiipoeition, appearinc to bove been- dead several lays. Jerry Ducket could not swear that the body le'hooked was Frue.s but beleived so. Lemuel Suber swore that he last saw l'rue Grier on Monday, the 16th of August. On Tuesday, the 17th, at night, he saw* a man on horsebacK ubout two hundred yards 'torn Mrs. Workman's house. The man shot a pistol :?nce and then rode down the road from the house, and was not again so?-n by the witiiessJMary Glenn testified! that the never heard any shots on Tuesday night. August 17th Torn Urier testified : I heard someone come from Mr. Asa Workman.s lot and go in the yard. Could not tell who it was nor I whether he went in the houso or not. This was on | fuesdny night. August 17. ISSO. 1 live In Mr. Asa I Workmnn's kitchen. Tom X Ghikk. Kmmeline Grier testifirA On Tuesday night 1 w?sgoing to Mrs. Workman's tn see If Dor&oy and l'rue had como from Cliutou, and on the roadside in some pines i saw gome norses anu men. I was afraid, and turned around and went buck, Lem Suber going as far as the creek with me. A man rode behind us down the road and shot off his pistol. [ coulu not tell who it was. Kmmkunf. x Okiek. the verdict. state or South Carolina. I Newberry County. | An Inquisition indented taken at Mrs. J. B. Lcontrd.s plantation on Little ltlver,in Township No 7 NewD'Try County the 24th day of August, A. D. 16S0( belure CK. C. Longsh?re, coioner for said county, upon) llie body of Prue Grler, then and there being dead, ly tlu> oaths of A. J. Langord .1. A Walace, W. E. Longsuoro Jim Boozer, L. L. Ilendrlx. Mart A<tams, Allen Andrews. Wiley Henderson, Whit AndiTws, Anty jriSin, John Spraggins and Taylor Sprasglns bong a lawful jury of Inquest who being churgcd and iworn to inquire for the State of South Carolina where I tnd by what means the said True Grier came to his j leatb, up> n their oaths do say that the said Prue | trier, on or about the 16th day of August, came to his leath by agunshot wound, bdq that said wound was | nfllcted by some person or persons unkovrn to tho I ory aud against the peace and dignity of .the 8tate i ifforesald. In witness whereof. I, E. C. Longshore, coroner afore- j aid, and the jurors aforesaid, to this inquisition have j nterchftngeably put onr hands and seals, this duy and ear above mentioned. A. J. Langford, Foreman, F. A. Wallace, Mart x Adams, V. E. Longshore, Wiley x Uenderton, lim M. Boozer, Whit x Andrews, j. L. Hendrlx, John x Spraggins, inty x GritCn, Taylor x Spraggins, Alen x Spraggins, Filed September 1st, 18S9. E. P. Chalmers, C. C. P. Tie wording of the verdict in the case of Dorsey Grler raj iudentical with tho above, and tho evidence iu j otb cases was sufficient to furnish a cine to the cause f the crime The neighborhood In which it occurred Is j iildway between New berry and Laurensville, pro badly > bout s'ixtecn miles from each place. Little Klver Is j branch of the Saluda, rising near Laurensville, and lining that 6tream at a point in the southern part ofi ?ewberrv. Procuring a horse and buggy I took the ! Id Belfast Road, which had been the stage route to .aurensville before the building of the branch railroad nd proceeded rapidly through a magnificent cotton ountry, where the undulating fields of green flecked i ,'ltb the w hite of the opening bolls, gave assurance of peace and prosperity. urely this could not be section where "terrorism" .listed. The nest cabins ol the negroes, often emhellisb i with clinging vines and bright flowers, the srnnll j reu of w oodland and the almostabsolute'Iaek of ancul- 1 ivsted fields, were so different from that reputed para- 1 ise of the colored race ? the Carolina seabord ? l?t one who ran might read tho story ol quiet And 1 lonty told by these mute but ineffaceable record. A | 1 ind friend, whose desire was like mine, to obtain the |: xact truth, and ?hose sympathies. In the absence of, xplanatlon. were with the men so strangely cut off i' om we, riaa lurmeueu inea net w* guuut-uivu iu iud i I'igborhood whose clIsinttTCstedmKft and integrity , J mild tic depended on In my quest, iind or Uiose negroes no from sympathy with the dead tnen oould gire me i' lelr terslon of the trr.gedy. In accordanc with these!' otcs I first called upon l)r. I). W. Patton, whose j' ospitat.lo home i reached after dark. Dr. Patten !: as an extended practice In the neighborhood, and was ! J ae physician who preformed the pnst-morten e.tanii-, , i ti <n of the negroes at the Inquest. Ills largo ac-1 . iv.tntance with the section and the people enabled if m to irive mu considerable Information. He said: J ihtnc bo vs. Dorse v aiid Prne Grier, had o THE REPUTATION OF OUTLAWS. j| Dorsey Grier. late last spring or early In tho sumler, attenipted to commit an outrage upon a little hite girl who wns on her way to school. Her family I as rather obscure, and ifrr father. Mr. Kntrekln,ti.ofc e affront with miga&tic* and did not uikmpt kvc-j nge. Tliis fact is well authentieated. Onn of them M run away from Mr. Dare Bovri's place for maklnp I nsiilling propositions to lils daughter and wife. A6liort time before their death these boys raided a colored religions meeting with ENFIELD KlfXES ON Til KIR BIIOCLnEBS, and broke np the services. Tliev were held in common by whites and blacks a? bad fellows. I am onit* satislied that on the Saturday night before tho Wednesday on which they were missing, they made ai> attempt upon the honor of an estimable lady of the neighborhood About three hundred negroes wero present nt the In quest. They asserted that the bodies bod been inutila ted, their mm cut oil". Are. There was uo truth in It what they took for mutilation was the effect of an advanced state of decomposition and mortification. Tlit parties who did tho dewd have preserved their incognl to. I am confident they must have outnumbered theii victims." I.ei.ving Dr. Pattor^s on Saturday. I set ont to fee CuLIi. K. Griffin, a lnn?e planter and oue of the mosl prominent and estimable irenUemeii of the section, After a ride et several inll.-s throtiirb the same prosperous-lookini: fields, and occasional stretches of lovely woodland, I arrived at Col. Grlflin's residence just at he and Ids family were about to leave for a eauip meet' ingat Hopewell Cnnrrh, In Laurens Canity, six mile! distant. He asstierd me of his assistance in my scare! and suggested that I could find most of the gentlemen I desired to see at the meeting. To avoid many miiei riding to the different plantations, I determined to fol low his party to their destination, and cuntinuo my investigation there. A mile or two from Col. Grlffin.s residence I met lr the ruud an inteligent-louklng brown man MOUNTED UPON A RLKF.K JICLE. In furtherance of my determination toconsultall class of, I asked lilin, as we were passing each other, if know anything nbotit the murdered boy". Dorsey and I'rui Grior. lie replied In ?uch an emphatic tor.e: "Yes sirl know agreat deal about ihem," thut 1 pulled oui my note book and desired his nnine. I found that h< was Joe Pitts one of the men whose nomes won on my list. So Joe and 1 thereupon had an Interview on mulo and horseback, J^e said : "Yes, sir, I knoWi em. A short time ago I'rne Grior broke Into my hoiu< nt night when I was awny and tried to pet at my wlf< '1 hem boys made a buslnessof that kind of till tig. Thej had such a chaincter 1 was afraid to do any thine abou It. Yes. sir, they arc dead now and I'm glad of It. Ai snre.s I.m on this raule they arc in damnation to ilayl (in answer to u question:) I.m a Republican, si that Is my principle. They were known to be unruly boys and church disturbers. They caused a great dea of trouble in the corr munlty. Tbey were bad boy for fighting; Dorxi- Grier whs a great hand for carry!n| knives, and he has cut many men in difticultlet,. Hi was In the habit of slipping after women when the; were asleep. 1 know that he was accused of it -thro times certainly. It's the general opinion of the colom as well as the .vhlto people in the settlement that the; were.rlehtfuily killed. 1 think it's a good riddance Now, if you don't beleive what I tell you about m; wife, come and see her vourself. My house Is on you road. I wish you would come; I'll go with l on." Si we proceeded a Tew hundred yards to a cabin by thi road. The cotton field crept up close around if, a Joe was planting on snares wun me owner ?u me trnct "Lonv, Lony,'- cried Joe, nnd his wife, a plessan looking mulatto came out. "Now." said he, "just tel this gentleman the wholo truth nbout l'rue. DO.V.T TE SCARED? he flint going to have you in court." Lony said' "Prn ntid some others catne to my huuse a short time sg when Joe was off, and spout tlie evening. 'J hey wen off, and I went to sleep. .About midnight Pme broke] oj)en the door, and came in, and I waken up, I fel some one in the bed and thought it was my little boy So I gets a light and sees it was I'rne. 1 threatenei him with Joe, but he said he didn't care. At last got him out. I)orse had a bad character too." Leaving the couple I proceeded toward Hopewell On the way a negro man called from a cabin by tin road.thut Col. GillTin bid told him I wUhed to speal to him about him and his boys. "Tin their father sir, and when you comeback, stop." I promised, om going forward, reached the meeting about tniddayiwhei the services were in pi ogress. Tue prove around tin church sheltered many comfortable looking equipage and groups of young men were strolling about the tent while the church was tilled with the Ladlosand mem dersofthe congregation. Going to n bush arbor ti await the outcoinlng of the people to begin my attack 1 met Mr J. A. Wallace whose name was on my mem orand-<m. Mr, Wallace was reticent, but said: *1 wa on thejury of inquest, and hearil that Mr?. Jobnsot aborted that the boys came to her room on the Saturday night before the killing and attempted to break in jthe recognised both anil Mid that she could sweai to their Identity, The geneial reputation of the no grotb was very bad. It has Ik-cu & very qt'tar xstoiinonnooD, and this was tno first affair oftbe kind which has ever occured here." After the close of the services, Col Grltlln took great pains to find the gentlemen I wish ed to see and I spoke to all I had proposed with thi exception of one who was sick. Mr. John w anace.sr said that Dorsey Grier broke Into the Workmao bond eight or ten yean ago when he was quite a lad, lor tin purpose of robbery. He and o confederate were cangh! on a ladder taking clothes from a room in the uppei story ?t the house. Old Mr. Workman thrashed hirr soundly for it at the time. Mary Glenn, the cook o the Workman's, said that the whs CLAD TIIBY W*K* DEAD. Mr. Vance, a {rial jusiice of Laurens Connty, sale! that Abe Holmes, a colored man, had stated that he rejoiced at their death, They bad gone to Holmes'i house ononeoccasion, taken him out tied htm, and attempted to boat hiin for some imagined affront, un< he wasonly raved from a drubbin by the oflorts ol some colored men. Mr. Boyd told me that Mr. Tom Bonham said that or occason they had grossly insulted bis wife, ami hoc: proposed to carry out tbler iavorite plan of indignity Mr Boyd said; -The father is worthless and liny, tin sons were insolent, and the family are generally consul ered good for nothing. 1 hired I'rne lust year, but In wouldn't work. I employed bim on another plscc which I had rented, adjoining mine, and 1 frequently CAVGAT mil STEALING from my farm and orchard. This, was hi# first year'! work that 1 know of; ho had merely been loafing around before. I buve their brother I'ink now em ploj ed on tny place. 11' hasout spoken to mo aboui thekilling'. A gentleman wM&ta<ty>revlously knowi hs responsible, but whose if!8Mb for various reason: I am notpermitted to give, spoke as follows; "It is thi impression generally among the neighbors of tin Workman's that the negroes not only tried to breai into but really succeeded In entering their house, aui attempted to commit or committed an outrage upon Mis, Johnson, a widowed sister of the young men This fact Is be'ieved to have been concealed froti motives ol delicacy of consleration lor tbo 'vict.m It is understood tnat J. Hugh Workman took tin negroes to Clinton as witnesses against another negn in a ease of of obtaining goods under false pretence merely to show that be was not concerned In thei disappearance afUr their return that nieht. Mar Gicnn, the colored cook of thejamily, said, previou to the inquest, that she bad been )6cut'home on th supposed night of the kllline sometime earlier thai usual. The Grier boys always ate their meals In i ...Kin<n v?rd. Mare said that she Saw horses hitchei In yai'd tliut night, undas she was gulng ulf thongli she heard boc5db ok stklt.gliko In the cabin where she had left the negroes eating snp per. It Is generally believed In tne neigbborhooi that the Workman boys with two or mote relative! or friends of tlio family committed the act. The org rues were probably gagged in the house. taken r.bou three and a half miles to Littlo IMver, there shot ntu sank In tho pool. A portion of the jiartv (the Work man) went to the river next day, ostensibly for Soininj fish, but probably for the purpose of ascertaining if ill bodies were well concealed by the water. Some negme were on the bank, so they utd not do anything. Th |ieople of tho neighbolhood do not think that the; would have done such an act except for the crime o outrage or an attempt at it. Tho Workman brother Hugh a'td Asa, have been wild, but are of good chafric ter,~ Two young men( named Young and Smith are believed by the negroes to have been eoncereei In the killing. Mary Glenn sayB that the Grier| boyi bad oxlt kjtes jui.r their Burrra on the night of their disappearance, and this glvei ilse to the impression thut they must have been take] prisoners while iu act of eating. The negroes at in quest seemed demoralized, and would Qot give tes tlmony which they had before furnslhed responslbli parties Mr. Vance, before alluded to said that Charley Woll colored, had siatedtbat one of the Grlerbnys had en tered his honso some monthsago and attempted in outrage on his daughter. She screamod and pave th alarm, and the negro ran out leaving a part of blsclotl ing behind htm, which was fully Identified, and thi attempt'proved on him. Wolf is a prominent Kadlca politician. Mr. Vance was tho writer of the acconnt which up peared in the Laurensville Herald, and he requei-tei tne to state, that in It be hadt used no snch word a ' honorable.'* In a private letter to ihe editor he ha< mentioned the discovery of the bodies, ami bnd stetec that no cause for the murder could be assigned be cvuse the negroes were harmless'' or '-inoffensive.' IV a political sf..nse. lie knew nothing of their personal character, am could not have said that they were "honorably." A the time of his writing nothing was bruited about thi attempt on Mrs. Johnson, and ho like his neighbor! could not account for the crime. From bis inforuiatioi since then he considered that they hud been lufatnou scoundrels. Shortly after 4 o'clock I lelt the meeting John Sprairgins and Allen Andrews*, servants of (Jol Griilin, who had been on'tbe coroner's Jury at the in quest, and whose Btnillng tenacity In offering cake a the luncheon after service had attracted onr invombli attention, came UJ> on 1 DM uiuuoiizig. i csmyeo u pump them. John octcd as spokesman and aaid;"Wi aro both with Col. Kriftin, air. (proudly.) He ralsei us both, sir, from boys, and we've been with him ere Ulrica. are both Kepublicanc; those are our prin clples and we have stuck to them, but you can aol Mm about our characters "We were on the |ury, but wi couldn't get the colored people to tell what w< thought they knew. We think they ought to be PUT IN JAIL UNTIL TUKY TILL. It couldn't have been r political murder, as the boy hud nothing to do with politics." I proceeded ti Henry Grier's cabin by the roadside. It was a plant building, with some bright-hiied flowers In tho yar< before It. Henry Grier, the father of tlio rourderet men camc out. 1 bad been moved by hi3 rather pl'l ful strry of the dltcoverv of bis son's bodies, an< prepared to take his evidence in full. We sat on i broken down fence togother, and 'made a note of hi appearance. He was black and approrcliing old auc Ills cheek bones were high, and be had a stralgh licard on his chin. I can't ea? that I was lavora&ij impressed with his manner or looks. During hi: recital he envinced the uennl African tendency ti stray from his text, and thereby cost me a good dea of time and trouble. He said:: 'Tm about forty-si: years old. On tho Saturday after my boys wen killed I returned home and found Susan (his wife botberlliL' ubout their being away, the spoke to mi about it nil the tiuie, I told her such able-bodiet nice boys as those coold't be hm t; that NOUOir? WOULD KILL TIIKH. (nero I inqulre<l why he bad thought of their belnj killed, and ho replica that bo "Couldn.t tell.") I wen! Ashing to the Little. liiver. I goes often and cntche a great chance ir fish, and I caught a great deal tba evening. That evening occasionally at times 1 fisbei alone the bank for muy be baif a mile. I was flshlni on the bluff, when 1 saw something: swimming on th< water. It looked likt?well, I couldn.t toll what It dl< look like. (I ln<vulred particularly what he thought 1 was, and be Anally explained as follows;) I though IT LCOKEli j LIKE A nOOOAH Mo and my brother Ned saw a boognh thero oncc before, whutis a b?togar? Why it is a kind of sperrlt Well I was so ssared 1 went off at once. 1 went U Little Kiver Zion Church^ There was a meeting then that day, and 1 told my brother Ned. Tho next morn' inc my folks said if my boys hadn't come home then mai millg HI lUt> Hint uiuoi. uo Ji.ui U.I.U.VU, ku 1 went to see wl th hatf a dozen men. That was Sunday, We found Dong's body, dnt didn,t find hrue,9 til] Monday. I belrive the Workmans killed my bojR John Spragglns and Mart Andrews, up at Col. Grilling told- mo tbey saw two bhek boys B6COBTED ?T A LINE OF MF.!? two deep, forty or fifty yards long, p?M Col. GrlfUn'e bouse golne towards the river Tuesday night. Tliey spoke to the in*n. and llit-y answered they were going fox-hunting. John and Mart said tbey saw Charley and John Workman (brother and cousin of the next named) In the crowd. I think thry wild Iiughey and iVsy were there too, but I can't swear they did. If tb? 3oys were In a fuss this year I don't know It. I never knew of th?lr trying to rape any one. Ten or twelve rears ago tbey said Dorse tried to rob old Mr. Work-* nan, but he said It was not so. I don't know of any ll-f?eling toward the boys by the W'orkmans. On innday, before 1 found Dorse, I met Alice ltay in tbe oad,and sbo said she beard they were going to kill ny boys. I'm sorry I didn't ask her more. I works it making bankets." r>oi?eing nine to g.ti more oui if the old man or his daughter Kmmellne, 1 started i?r the Workman's house, ahout a mils across the lelds from Grler's cabin. After proceedingsomehunIreil yards f heard a shout, aud Henry and KmnicIne came running up. They statt-d that Tom Grier, plio worked?for the Workuians, said that on the night, if the murdi-r Asa Workman cnme home at 1 o'clock n the morning, and that Tom's wife asserted that JllB CI.UTI1K3 WERK All. III.OODT. The Orlers seemed to think, as did the negroes conrally, that court was to c-mvenu in Nowlierry t. - lay hd that Uw trial- would begin, aud i had troublu in j , / s * c - ?^tmm??? convincing thorn that there could bo no trial without an arrest for tlie crime. Henry Qrler vehc mently averred Ills determination not to rent until justice was done, but still did not> propose to have the persons he suspected apprehended for the killing. lie complained bitterly that the colored people who know of It would not tell who.had done the oeed; lie recornmenned me to see Lein. Suber, one of the witnesses at the inquest, who live* oil the Workman place. I may state here that Suber is suspected by the negroes o't participation lti the killing. Crossing aravlne mid passing througe a long stretch of cotton frcld I approached a snbtantlal and prosperous looking settlement. Just before reaching it the J road passed by a shady wilderness of straight young I pines. This was the wood alluded to in tfee evidence as containing a troop of horsemen on the nleht the | negroes dlsapiM-ared* The Workman house Is as neat J a one as I have found In the section. It Is shaded by ; a handsome grove of oaks, and looks out upon the ' omnipresent cotton fields. The yaid Is large, and c -Mains a nouioer of outbuildings. I rode'to the gate and A LADY IX WHITE APPKAH^D i at thedoor. Upon inquiry I fonnd that Mr. Hugh Workman, the manager of the place, was absent, and i that this was his wife. It was naturally an awkward i subject to broa<'h to a lady, but 1 sent In a card, and j i as she expressed a willingness to speak upon It, 1 j ! alighted ar.d went to thedoor. Mrs. Workman prov-j cd on nearer sight to be a remarkable pretty and ' delicate looking young matron. She said that she read the yews mill Courier, and fully appreciated i the fact that without explanation the affair might work injury to the State and section by the exaggeration and misrepresentation of the Republican press. 1 had probably heard what had been said about the ; the attempt upon Mrs. Johnson; It was all true. Her hileband, she was glad to say, had been at homo dur! ing the entire fdeht of the killing. Sim had been ill, < und a little child of Mts. Johnson's had died that J night, so that her husband had not left thein. This | coil Id be proved. It could be proved, also, that these ' negroes had previously thretened what they had oteuipted that Saturday night, She knew nothing of ' the parties concerned In the killing, bat she thought ' there was not a man In South Carolina who would not j 5 A~r..~A .?I ...-.I:?.- .v.. i L>. i .1.1 I - i unu .niuibuli! IUO minor UI uio imiiwnuni. | I Tlio uecil touthi-r of the Workm.ms also spoke to the | ' j sin nt* effect. 1 could a?t make in ore particular In-1 J) qulry of thfc ladles, and, bearing tliut Hugh Workman * j was at the store in ar by, I went to see hint. Turning | p | a corner of the feuce, I saw It the dusk Jihrec figures j leaning against it One of tlicm hailed me, ami In' Tiled me to "light," and In ft minute or more 1 was vtjt9 a-cti with 5 two or tub susrrcrm. F ITngh and Asa Workman were side by side. They i" were both handsome young men, well dressed and ini telllgent. Hugh had a rather hard and wild look f about the eyes? in fact his eyes seemed engaged in * [boring Into tnv inner consciousm-as. It was taid ut J the camp meeting, not altogether without plansihllity r i that 1 wus a private detective, and peihaps the broth? | ers thought at first that thoy were dealing with such a * j one. I explained mv mission, pointing out tho odium s | likely to h? attached to the State and people if the 1 I deed should be found to have been committed without cause. i uuu LiiL'ru oi me irumors i una ueara, inai ' Ibo negroes had pone beyond Intention in their attempt, and although it was n hard question to ask, I thought that if that were I he case the fact should be ? admitted. It might avert ncriminal trial, when the truth wonld have to comeout and I'. would havo to t come out and it would Justify the act, even though 1 committed In t a secret ann devious wat. : Hugh pondered a tnlnute, and then replied slowly J that ho could say nothing beyond the lact that ho 1 bad attempted to enter his sister'* room for a vll'nnotis purpose. He gave me the details of the effort, u and proved by the measurement of thlr feet, and by p the'-thorough Identification by Mrs. Johnson, that ' they were the parties. He reconnted the attempt at ! buaglury mad? by Dorsey Grler a number of j aarfl 020, and stated* that he had lately forced the door of 1 tbe cabin his cook (Mary Glenn) lived In, and had 8 r>? irlv succeeded In Retting at her daughter when he 9 (Hugh) heard ihc noise and came out and stopped a him. He averred that he had nothing to do with the " kllilngof the negroes and was not aware of the cause. ' He was at home that night. He knew of something 1 more against the murdered men, but did not feel at " liberty to state what It was. Ho said these things slowly and thoughtfully r a# If be was weighing his words. Upon his assur nee j that the negroes bad Informed Lent fuller (who lives r | on the place) jf their intention of assaulting Mrs. I .Johnson. 1 Innuired the wav to Sober'* tin directed mo fully, and, bidding bim good night, I left after dark in sewcn of this witness, who had been , recommended to me by both fides. Tim road circled a field HKo ahorse shoe, 50 that whih Suber's house was only s few hundred yards across tho field It was [ over half a mile distant by the road. In leaving I thonebt I beard some one call "Suber," J very plainly. I followed the directions and reached * the house. A woman sat in the door and a vicious : eur bowled under the house. It wus quite dark, /The ' I following colloquy ensued : : "Does tern Suber live hero ?" f (Pause ) '-No-no, sir." ' Whose bouse is this then ?" (Pause.) "lt'e?It's Tom Byrd'e, sir." ' Whose plaee Isltf"1 I "Don't know, sir." 'Do you live here f i "Yes, sir." I "Well, don't yon know whose p'ace It Is?" 1 "It'sfpause)??'place." (A wrong name.) f "Don t tou know it's Workman's place?" "No?oh yes 1 it 1# Workman's place;" i Whereupon I reprehended tbe fei.alo for teiilnc 1 stories, while she answereil me that she "wouldn't tell r one for the-world." She sturk to her text, however, j aDd although I knew she was deceiving me, I li..d to OCOI-B MT WAT BACK ! in the darkness. I con Id do no more thnt flight, and , about 9 o'clock reached Col. Griffin's residence, where I was kindly entertained. Th# next morning Col. Gilflin sent for John Spragglns, his trusty hnnchs man, whom 1 had been unable to pump the day be.tore ; j and told him to tell his story truly. John said: "1 live in a honse in tbe Colonel's field, about six hnut dr?d vards from tbe main road and his house. On i Tuesday ntght, tbel?th of August, men passed my i ljouse going towards tbe river, (two mites distant.) j My hmiso is directly between the Colonel's house nml : the river. I took two of tho men to bo colored boys. ; This was about 10 or 11 o'clock. I thought that there ] were about eight men in tbe party. They were all i on horseback. One of tbem was wbooplne to the . doss they liad along; I couldn't isee hlni, but heard i bim. &o many had tieen fox-hunting around thnt 1 i. never thought anvthinc about It. I said 'goml event ing, to the gentlemen as I was standing in" my door. > Otily one spoke; bo said : 'llow ye.' 9 It to'AS A M* ONLtnllT NIGHT. r but a little cloudy, and I didn't recognize any of them. [ : They passed about six feet from my door in single b file. About an hour before day the same nlirht two . men catne back from the direction the rest bad taken. i They rode by the house and stopped In the cotton j fiold, turned round and rode back to my door, calling , "ileum i rouscu u|i aim sum, ituu is inai oui there?' They satd^-'Who is that in there!" They called me out und I weDt out to tbetn. I recognized them by voice and faco as John an?i Charlie Workman - (one the brother tho other tho cousin of Hugh mid 1 A6&.) They said. 'John, old fellow, we'didn't know 9 yon were here.' I told them yes. that I lived on this part ?f the plantation. They said they on'y called to ' net me to show them tho way to tbe big road. 'J hey i said they had been out fox-hunting, hud got drunk, lost tneir companions, and didn't know the way Imck 'i | to the road. I pave them directions. John WorkB rnuri said in leaving, 'Now John, we don't want you " to mention anything about seelug us here to night, c We are on ** fOJirsniNT. ok a oi'itrk s and don't want It known.' I toldthom they needn't . fear any thine for ine, but I never inspected that any i, tragedy had occnred. They thanked nie, and I said i 'Good night, gents,' und goes to bed. The next tnorns in? Ad. and Ed. Iioyd, Asa Thomas and Corn, litis Workman, and one or two more pusswd my house with a seine, and said they were goini; to i*liie tho river.? Col. Griffin's cook l!o6c said that at tJic Inquest 1 Lena Suber had abowed a roll of monoy to the women 1 and had told them that bo had got it from Mnrse Hugh, lie also had whiskey which he said cume from the same source, lie dio| ped;-i tlask or It going home. 1 John, resumed that some of bis relatives had gone to Lewis's house and his wlte told them that Letn could ' get anything he wanted from tho Worknians. Col. - Griflin said that at the Inquest LemJSuber flew In a i passion with any ol tho Jurors wh? would ask him a ? question. He denied all knowledge ol the allialr, but i seeiio d o know mucli more than bo told ; the negroes 15 on the Jury seemed to think 60. I From this evidence perhaps a reason Is now shown for the denial of his wife that he lived on Workman's - place. Leaving Col. Griflin yesterday morning I reI turned to Dr. Patterson's where my buggy had been left. On the way, as I stopped to get some water. I 1 talked to two negroes. One of them, Fred Wyutt, said that he was a Republican, and that toihls certain knowledge Dorse Griir had been a /V>v ' years. He had been in Liitlo lliver seining on the day Dorse Grler's boily was found but had never seen , it. He thought It strange that Henry Grler should j huve gone three miles to fUh there, lie believed that some one bad piven him a bint where he could 8 And his tons. He had not seen much of boys, but heard that their reputation was bad. Fred Grler. 1 their uncle, had said that Dorse was a bad boy and 8 that he would not trust bis wife with him. * This closes the result of my actual Interview, but 1 - can add sotno additional Information obtained In " general conversation The Workman young men were generally conceded wild, but were said to be I gentlemanly and good neighbor*. Vhen Intoxicated, one or two of them arc represented to be Jbeyond eon\ trol. No liquor is sold nearer to the section than 3 Newberry, Several attempts to establish barrooms | r in the vicinity have failed, the citizens defending * themselves from the encroachments of tho traffic by ! ' petitions, nnd by the employment of counsel to insure B the non-issuance of licences. The negroes,arc doing ' well, and arc in general quiet nnd orderly, planting on sharos with tho whites and employing much consideration at thair bunds. B Public opinion is divided on tho snbjeqt of the a tragedy. I have found It generally believed that the i cause of the killing was the attempted assault on J Mrs. Johnson, and that if, as is suspected, more was J done than was told, tho Workman# were justified in . aveuging themselves. To all It Is a cause of regret ] that It should have been done secretly, and In such a j manner as to raise the suspicion that it was uiijustili- j 9 able. Kvery one thinks that if the understanding of i, the assault be true the lynching should have been t open. It Is thought that the young men probably j concerned are averse to acknowledging the Indignity a to their relative until forced to do so In self-defence, i prefering meanwhile to brave it out. The murder I may have been committed in Laurens or in Newberry e County, but the bodies were found In Newberry. Col. [* Grltliln's house Is only a few hundred yards on the ) N< wberry Bide of the line, and the Workmans reside j ? in Lanrens. j The bodies were found In ono of the deepest pools of the river, where a turn of the bank has swirled tho narrow tide against a bluff and hollowed out the channel to the depth of seven op eight leet. Tho ne* groes have very little feeling about the killing, or if I they have, do not express It. It Is possible that u > ftarofthe Workmans may Inspire a silence other-j t wise attributable to the dk-iike thoy had to the Grlers. 1 In returning to Newberry yesterday evening I passed : numbersof negroes in buggies, wagons and on horse a and mule back" returning from church. They were 1 well dressed, civil, sleek and grinning. The evidence t of their prosperity and that of the whole people ijn- J t prewed me more than anything else I saw on tho, trip. When people acknowledge that they are doing well, I take it that they certainly must be, and so1 1 Judge of the condition of the people of upper New-1 ' lierrv. I tnuet acknowledge my indebtedness to Dr.: ' D. \V. Piitton and Col. B. F. GriUin for Invnlnablol assistance in my "still hunt'' ahd tor manv kindness.! ') In conelnsion, I think 1 have established from i j I what has been writton above ("nothing extenuated j nor aught set down in malice,") the following facts : j First. That the double murder was not a political, one, fcocond. That the victims wore of such character 1 that they are not regretted by their racc. Third. That the Immediate causo was an attempt.' to outrage an estimable lady, aud i Fourth. The whether the deed was just or not, it j wan committed only by a few members ol tiio lady's i family, and was not connternanced by or known to' the citizens of the section. a N. 0. 0. ^ * For several days It has been rumored that pgentx of the Census Bureau were In the cliy ; t-ngaged in Investigating the returns from this county. Unlike most rumors, these are true. | Two census experts are quartered at thelix-j change Hotel, where they have been at work, i and they have been in the country?exactly' where Is unknown. We hope that all possible assistance will be rendered them, and that if I I possible means will be taken lo insure their | obtaining the truth. Wo have nothing to con-' ceal, and can show now a larger population 1 I liun even the last census gave us. But let the Investigation be full and lair, with as little secrecy and concealment by the ofllctalsas pos- 1 Bible In Lhe proper prcformance of their duties.? Greenville New*. > ? |j Persons holding agricultural liens should i deposit them with the Clerk of Hie Court, i '1 heir liens are worthless as against Judgment k creditors, unless lodged Willi thoClerk. j Tabernacle Sermons. BY REV. T. BcWITT TALMAGE. The Rain. Ifath the rain a father??Job xxxvlll, '29k This book of Job Iirs Leen the subject of unbound e<l theological wrangle. Men have made It the rin In which to display their ecclesiastical pugllisn Some say that this book of Job is a true history otVre, that it Is an allegory: others, that It Is an epi poem : others, that it is a drama. Some say '.hn Job lived 1S0!I years before Christ; others a; tlist bu never lived at all. Some say thn the author of this book was Job : others. Solomon The discussion bus lundcd soo.e in blank InH'.eli j Now, 1 have no trouble with the books of Job o Hevelatlon?tile two most mysterious looks in th ltilde?because of a rule I adopted some years ago. wade down into h scripture passage as long as I ca touch bottom, and when I cannot, the I wwlo out I used to wado until it wo over my head, and then I got drowned, study a passage of scripture so long as It is a coinfor and help to my soul; but when it becomes a perplex Itfaud a spiritual upturning, I <juit. In other word wo ought to wado In uti to our heart, but never wad In until it is over head. No man should ever espet to wade across this great ocean of divine truth. 1 g down into that ocean as I co down into the Atlanti Ocean at East llauipton, Long Island, ju<t larenoiig to bathe; then I come out. 1 never had any Me thai with my weak hand and foot I could strike m wav clear over W) Liverpool. I suppose you understand your family gencalog; You know something about your parents, you grandparents, your great-grandparents, I'erha| yon know where they were born, or where they die' Have ynu ever studied the parentage of the showers "Hath the rain a father ?" Thl? question Is not uske by a poetaster, or a scientist, but by the bead of tii universe. To humble uml to save Joh, Ood asks hli t arto.'n questions a lout the world's irchttectura,ubot the retraction of the aim's rays. about the tides, hImm the snow-crystal, about the lightnings, ami thou II arraigns him with the intetrogation of the text "Hath the ram a father?" With the scientific womlei of the rain I have nothing to do. A minister gel through with that kind of sermons within the rtri tliree years, and if he has piety enough he gets throat with it In tho ilrst three month*. A sermon hss con to mo to mean one word of four letters: -Help I You nil know that the rain Is not an orphan. Yd know It is noi cast out of the gates ol heaven a founi Ing. You would answer tho question of my text i the otlirninliye. Safely boused during the stori you hear the rain beating against the window-pal und you tind it searching all the crevices of the wli (low-sill. It Ilrst coflcs down In solitary drops, pa tering the dust, and tin n It deluges the fields, at angers the mountain torrems. anil makes tho travel implore shelter. You know that the rain Is not an n cidentof the worid'? economy. You know it w born of tho clond. You know It waj rocked In tl cradlc of the wind. Yon know It was snug to slei by tho storm. You know that It Is a flying evang from heaven to earth. You know it Is the gospel the weather. You know thnt God is Its father. If this be true, then how wicked Is our uiurmurli about climatic change* The Ilrst eleven Sabbat after I entered tho ministry It stormed. Throuirh t week ii was clear weather, bat on the Sabbaths 11 uM country meeting-hi use looked like Noah's A before It landed. A few drenched people But befurt drenched pastor; but most of the Jnrraers stayed Uomr, and llmnked God that what was bad for t1 church was good for the crops. I commlttced a poi deal of sin in those days in denonnelr.g the weatb< Ministers of the gospel sometimes fret about storu Sabbaths, or hot Sabbaths, or inclement Sablmtl They forget the fact that the damn Ood who ordain the Sabbath and sent forth his ministers to nnnoun salvation. al?o ordained the weatfur. "Hath the ra a father Merchants, also, with their stores filled with nt poods nnd their clerks hanging Idly around the cou ters, coniinlt tho s:une 'transgression. There ha been seasons when the whole spring and fall trade h been ruined by protracted 'wot weather. The nu chants then examined the "weather probability with more interest than they read the'.r Bible. Tin watched for a patch of blue sky. They went coi plalring to the store, anil came coinpla'ning hut again. In all that season of wrt leet, and drtppli garments, and ImpnssaMu streets, they never on asked the question, "llath the rnln a father ?" bo agriculturists commit this sin. There is nothl more annoying than to have planted corn rot in t ground because of too much moisture, or bay i ready for the mow da/bed of a shower, or wheat itluu heady for tbe sickle spoiled with the rust. How ha it Is to bear the ncrlcuitural disappointments! G has intlnltc resources, but 1 do not think He has c paclty to make weather to please all the farntei dome times it is too hot, or It is too cnld; or it is t dry : it is too early, or it is too late. Tliey forget th tho God who promised seed-time ami harvest, suiliin nnd winter, cold and heat, also ordained nil tbe c mantic changes. There Is one qnestlon thut ought be written on every barn, on every fence, on every hi stack, on every iarm-bousc : "Hath the rain a father If we only lliiew what a vast enterprise It Is to pi vido appropriate weather for this world, we would n be so critical of the Lord. Isaa; Watts, at ten yea of age, complained that he did not like the liymi that were sung in the E iglisb chapel. "Well," sa bis father, "Isaac, Instead of your complaining abo tho hyuins, go and tin.ke fc) inns that are belt* Now, L sav to you, if, you do not like tbe weather, a up a weather company, and a treasurer, und aboard directors, and ten titilih n dollars of stock, and tin provide weather that will suit all of us. There is man who had a weak head, and he cann?t stand li glare of the sun. You must have a cloud atwa, hovrinc over him 1 like tho sunshine; I cann live without plenty of sun-light, 8" you must aiwa have enough light for uns. Two ships meet oiid-A lantlc. The one is going to Southampton, the nth Is going to New York. Provide weather that, while is 'abaft for one ship, is not ahead wind fur the olht Tnere tsa farm that is dried up for lack ?f rain,?ai here is a pleasure party point' out for a liehl e.vcursiu Provide weft'her that will suit the dry farm and tl plea-tire excursion. No, sirs, I will not take oiio <U lar of Mock in your weather company. There Is on one Being.ln tne universe who kliowa enough to pr vide the right kind of weather for tne world, "lin the lain a father ?" My text al=o suggests God's minute snpervis.il. Y< see the divine Sooship In every drop i.f rain. Tl jewels of the showtrs are n?T tlungauay by a spell tnrilt who know* not how many lie throws or tvlie they (all. They arc all shining princes of heaven. The all have an eternal lineage. They are all the cbildn n ting. "Ilath the rain a father ?" Well, tlwn, I say 0"d takes notice of every ininuio raindrop, lie w take notice of the inost hulgniilcant affair <>f hit 111 It is the astronomical view of things that bothers m We look lip into the night heavens and we sav,'*Wori worlds!" and how insignificant we fei 11 We stand :he foot of Mount Washington or Mount itlanc. at we feel that we are only insects, aud then we s iy ourselves : ''Though the world Is so large, the sun 1,400,UOOtimes larger." "Oh!" we s:y, "lt is nous If Uod wheels that great machinery through lininc sity he will not take the tioub e to look down at nit Inildel conclusion. Saturn and Mccury and Jupit are no more founded and weighed and swung by tl hand ol God than are the globules on a Hlac-.-ush tl morning after a shower. God Is no morn In magi tudes than in inliiutiiL*. If lie has scales to weigh tl mountains He lias b dunces dellcute'cni-ngh to well the infinitesimal. You can no more see Him throiu the tolcscopc than you can s;-h him through the inlcr scopu ; no more when yon look up than when yi look down. Are not tliu hairs of your head all niiu bered? And if Himalaya has a God, "hath not tl rain a father?" 1 take this doctrine of a particiil Providence, and 1 thirust It Into the tiililst o| vol every day life. If Ood fathers a rain-drop, Is the! an> thing soiiisigiilticantiii your affairs that Ood w] not lather thai? When I >enyse, the gunsmith. in von (d the needle-gun, which decided the battle of Sndow was ita tnere accident? When a farmer's boy thowi Bluncher a short cut by which be could firing h army up soon enough to decide Waterloo for Knglan was ita mere accident ? When Lord IS}'run took piece of money and tossed It up to ili-clile whi ther < nothc should be alHanceil to Miss Mill bank, wui It ! mere accident which side of the money was up ar which was down 1 When the Prof-stunts were bi sieged at Bcxors, and n drunken drummer came in i midnight and rangjthe alarm-bell, nut knowing whi he was doing, but waking tip the host in time to fid their enemies that moment arriving, was it an act.' dent ? When in the Irish rebellion,it starving inotin flying with her starving child, sank down anil fa'ntt onjthe roeks in the night, nnd her hand fell ou u wan bottle of milk, dill thatjnst happen so ? God Is eithi In the affairs of men or our religion is worth nothii at all, and you had better tnke it away Irom us an Instead of this Bible, which teaches the doctrine, gl\ us a secular book, and let us, as the famous Mr. Fo: the member of Parliament, in his last hour, try oul "Head me the last book of Virgil."1 Oh ! my Iriend let us rouse np to an appreciation of the fact that n the uff.iirs of our lito are under a fatW's watel Alexondoi's war horse Buccephalus, would alio anybody to mount him when he wits unharnessed, bi as soon as they put ou that war-torse, Bucephalu fie Buddie ami the trappings of the conqueror, li would allow no one else touch him. And if u sotillci horse could have bo much pride in his owner, shall in we immortals exult in the fact that wo are owned by king ? "Hath the rain a father 1" Again, my subject tenches mc thnt God's deallnj with usare inexplicable. That was the original lori of my text. The rain was a great mystery to li ancients. They could not understand how the wati should get into the cloud, and. getting there, how should be suspended ; or failing, why it should com down In drops. Modern science comes along and saj there are two portions of air of ditfercnt u-mperatur and tht y are charged with moisture, and toe on* po tion of air decreases in temperature so the water inn uolonger be held in vapor, and it falls. And tell u that some of the clouds that look to be no larger tha n man*6 hand and to he almost qnlet in the heavei are great mountains of mist tour thousand feet froi base to top, and that they rush miles a minute. Bi after all these brilliant experiment* of Dr. Jaini Hutton, and Lausurre, and oiner scientists, there Is a infinite mystery about the rain. There is an ocean < the unfathomable In every rainurop anu uon nays n day. a* be ?i?ul in the limn of-Job: "If you cuini understand one drop ot rain, do not bo AU|>riai'?l if m dealings with you are inexplicable." Why does tht I acid man, decrepit, beggared, vicious, sick of tli wor'd, and the world sick of him, live on, while her is a man in mid-life, consecrated to God, bard-wort Ing, useful in every respect, who dies ? Why doc that old gossip, g.ddlng along the street about everv body's bo.?iness but her own, have such good healt'l while the Christain mother, with n Hock of little one abont her whom she is prepcriuj; for usefulness an for heaven?the mother who, you think, could not b spared an hour from that household?why does sh lie down and die v. ith a canccr ? Why does that Dm selfl?h to the core, go on adding fortune to fortuni consuming every thing on himself, continue to pruspc while that man, who has been pivinir ten per cent, i all his income to (jod and the church, goes int , bankruptcy ? Jlrforc we make stark fools of oui [selves, let lis stop pressing this everlasting "why. I Let lis worship, where we cannot understand. Le [ a man take that one question, "why" and pursue 1 t far enough, and push it, and he will land in wretched nessand [>erdition. We want, In our theology, fewe interrogation marks and more explanation poi'itf Heaven Is the place for explanation. Earth is tht place for trust. If you cannot understand so mlniit n thins as a raindrop, how can you expect to under stand God's dealings ? "Hath the rain a father ?" Again, my text makes me think that the rain n tears Is of divine 0'lgin. Great clouds of troutil soiuetlnios horcr over us. They are black an J the are gorged, and they are thunderous. They are mor portentous tlmn tfalvator or I'aludo ever paintedclouds of poverty, of prosecution, or bereavement They hover over us. and they get darker au Murker and after a while a tear starts, and We thin by a heavy presuro "f the eyilW to stop tlmt tear, bu wo can't stop it. Others tollow, and alter a whil there Is a shower of tearful emotion. Yes, there Is rain of tears. '"Hath that rula a father ?" "Oh, you, say "a tear is nothing but a drop of limpid Huh secreted by the lachrymal eland?It is only a sign n weak eyes." Great mistake. It Is one of the Lord' richest bencdlctiomt to the world. There are peoplIn lilackwell's Island Insane Asylum, and at L'tic/ and at all the asylums oi tHfa land, who are demoutei by the fact that they could not cry at the right time Said a maniac in one of your public instiutimis, untie; a gospel sermon that started the tears: "I>o you sei that tear ? That is the llrittear that I have wept foi twolveycars. 1 think it will help my brain." Then are a great many in the grave whocould not stand an3 longer under the glacier of trouble. If the glacier hat only melted into weeping, they could have endurct It. There have been times in your life when yoi would have given the world, if you had posefssrd" It forone tear. You could shriek, you could bla.'phetni bnt vou could not cry. Have you ever seen a tuar holding the band of a tleoil wile, who had been all the world to him ? The temples lived with excitement, the eye dry and frantic, no moisture on tht upper or lon er lid. You saw there were bolts ol anger in the cloud, but no rain. To your Christaln comfort lie said: "l'on'ttalk toine about (tod ; there is 110 Gotl.nr if there is I hate Him. Don't tulk to me about Otitl; woultl-IIe have left me anil these motherl..?o ?l.ll.l...,,. ?" lt?| ? f..?. |,?,,Ka .... ,1.? ........ ing across Seine letters which die wrote when lie was iway from home, with an outcry that appalis there Inir.-t I ho fountain of tears, ami us the sun light of Ond's consolation *trikes that fountain of tears you llnil lit that It is u tender-hearted, metciful, pitiful, anil al!:oin|>a?slonate God why is the father i.f that ra:fl. Oh P you cay, "it is alsuvd to tjjinl? that Gvd h - going to watch over tears." Ho, my friend?, there a- o three or four kinds of tlicm thui Hod counts, bottle , and enternb.es. First, there ore all parental I oars, and there are more of these than of any other kind, because the most of tho nice die In Infancy, and that keeps parents mourning ull around the world. They 4 never get over It. They may live to ehout and sing I nfierwards, hut there Is ulwnys a corridor In tho soul H that Is silent, thont'h It once resounded. My parents never mentionrd tho death of n child who died tlfty u years before without a tremor In the voleejacd a s!gh V |. oh ! how deep fet< hed. It was better she should die. ^ | It was a m"rcy she should die. Slw would have been i, | a lifelong Invalid. Hut you cannot argoe away a . ;! parent's grief. How olton you hear the moan: "Oh, & KI my child ! my child 1" Tiien there are the filial tears. ,J Little children soon get over tho loss of parents. y Tluy are easily diverted with a now toy. But t where is tho man that bus come to thirty or forty or i. tifty years of ago, who can think of t .6 old people -. ?ithout having all Hit- fountains of his soul ftirrcd up? r You may have had to take care of her a good many 0 years hut you can never 'orget how she use to take 1 care of you. Have you never heard an old man In ii I tin; delirium of some slckners ou! 1 for his mother? li ] The fact is we get mi lined to calllbg for her til'. Ilrst .s ten years of our life we never get over It, and when 1 8lii' pics away irom us it makes on']) sorrow. iou t sometimes, perhaps, in days of tror.blo mul darkness when the world woulil sny. "You ought to be able to s take care of yourself"?yon wake up from your dream j finding yourself saying: "Ob, mother! mother?"' :t Have these tears no diyine origin ? Why, tako all o the wnrm hearts that ever heat In all lands, and In nil o ages. and put them together, and their united throb h would he weak compared with the throb of God's a eternal sympathy. \ es, Uod also is the father of nil y that rain of repentance. Did you ever see a man repent? I see people coins around trying to repent. :. They cannot repent. fro you know, no man can re- """ ir pent until God helps liiui to repent. How do 1 know is J!y the pas.?age : "Him hath God exalted to be a I. [prince and a savior to give repenlance." Oh ! It Is a ? tremendous hour when one wakes up and tays. "1 d am a bad man. I have not sinned "gainst the laws of c the land, but 1 havu wasted my llle ; God asked ine n fur my services but I haven't given those services, it (Mi! my sins, God forgive me." When that tear it starts It thrills all heavon. An angel cannot keep bis le eye oil'It, and the church of God assembles around and tliero is u commlngilng of (tei.rs?there is a rain rs of tents, and God is t.1e father of that rain. The ts Lord, long-suffering, mercilol, ?nd gracious. In a rest ligious assemblage a man arose and said : "I have :h been a very wicked tnan ; "I broke my mother's ie heart; I became an infidel, but I have seen my evil !" way and I have surrendered my heart to God but It is u a grief I can never get over that my parents should il- never have heard of my salvation; I don't know n whether tbey are living or dead." While yet he was n, standing in the audience a. v<dce from the gallery in said, "Oh, my son! my son 1" He looked up and ren cognised her. It was his mother. She hail been / ,t- praying for a great many years, and when at the foot I id of the cross the 'prodigal son and the praying mother 1 cr embraced each other, there was a rain, a tremendous c- ruin ol tears, and God was the father of those tears. I as Oh ! if God w. uld break us down with the sense of I ie our sin, and then lift us with the appreciation of bis ' sp mercy 1 Tears over our wasted life. Tears over a el grieved spirit. Tears over an injured father. Repent! <il He pent I The <king of Carthago was dethroned. II L nnniiln ru'nlnsthim. Ha WAS drlren intu ! banishment. His wifcandchlldron wore outrageously hs abused. Years went by, and the king of Carthage | lie made many friends. H? gathered np a great ?ruij. hp llo marched aifain toward Carthage, Keachlng the rk gates of Carthago, the best men of tlio place came jn out bareheaded and barefooted, with ropes aroulid , at their nccks, crying for mercy. They said, "We cbuslio ed your lamlly, but we cry fur inercy.'' 'i he king of I ud Can hage looked down noon the people from his char- I ?r. | rot and said: *1 came nerc to bless, I didn't come to iy j destroy ; you drove mo out, but this day I pronounce in. | pardon for all the people. Open the gates and let the ed army come in." 'i he king marched in and took the ce I throne, and the pcoule all shouted : "Long live the In I king!" My friends, you have driven thu Lord Jesus, I the king of tn? Church, away Troin yonr heart; you >w have fieen maltreating llim all these years; but he n- comes back to-day ; He stands In front ff the gates ve of your soul. If yu will only pray for his pardon, us He will meet"you wish bis gracious splrlr ard he r- will say : '-Thy ulna and thine iniquities I will res'' member no in-re. Open wide the gate : I will take ty the throne. Mv peace 1 give unto yoj." And then ii- from young and fmni the old there will be rata of j lie tears, and God will be the lather of t..e rain 1 * 45 Years Before the Public. | ?,i THE CENUIWE 3 DB. C. MeLANE'S s w- CELEBRATED w oo t LIVER PILLS. to ? * FOR THE CURE OF "i Hcnatitis. or Liver Complaint, . ... A- - - - X lis \ Il? DYSI'BFSIA AND SICK HEADACH*. Id lit ~ * *} Symptoms of a Diseased Liver : en ? DAIN in the right side, under the js I edge of the ribs, increases on presot ;ure; sometimes the pain is in the left t- side; the patient is rarely able to lie on the left side; sometimes the pain is ;r. felt under the shoulder blade, and it frequently extends to the top of the shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken iv for rheumatism in the arm. The ' stomach is affected with loss of apj>e! tice and sickness; the bowels in genJ" I eral are costive, sometimes alternative 'i-1 with lax; the head is troubled with vJ pain, accompanied with a dull, heavy ' fJ sensation in the back part. There is ? iii generally a considerable loss of mem * ory, accompanied with a painful senu jation of having left undone something which ought to have been done. A. slight, dry cough is sometimes ar. ? * attendant The patient complains of n~ weariness and debility; he is easily ? >rj startled, his feet are cold or burning. 1 and he complains of a prickly sensal|-| lion of the skin; his spirits are low; :hi and although he is satisfied that excr j cise would be beneficial to him, ye: .11 he can scarcely summon up fortitude [j enough to try it. In fact, he distrusts ?i* | every remedy. Several of the above a rJ | symptoms attend the disease, but cases 'J' have occurred where few of them ex- * n. I -sted, yet examination of the body, j'j i after death, has shown the liver to <i, J have been extensively deranged. i AGUE AND FEVER. s Dr. C. McLane's Liver Pills, in cases of Ague and Fever, when tit | taken with Quinine, are productive of i the most happy results. No better ( ( cathartic can be used, preparatory to, '." or after taking Quinine. We would" jsi advise all who are afflicted with this re! disease to give them a fair trial. *: | For all bilious derangements, and a*; ' a simple purgative, they are unequaled. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. \V >t The genuine are never sugar coated. ' Every box has a red wax seal on the lid, iji A' ith the impression Dr. McLane's I.ivek 't I'ii.ls. f a The genuine McLank's I,iver Pii.ls hear ,t :he signatures of c. McLane and fleming [iKos. on the wrappers. ] ie Insist upon having the genuine Dr. C ? McLane's Liver Pjli.S, prepared by Flem ? ip ing Bros., of I'ittsburgh, Pa., the market beirn a .ull of imitations of the name McLane, "< "iiclk'd diflTei^ntly but same pronuncialioi' ; ! I A Large \ H I! Stock of Fall e ; and Winter ' :! i I Clothing, 11 Just Received,: r A l e } at t y a " , L ' hra Tk i \r, liosencerg t e A f & Go's. & ! WANTED. ;; A Purchaser for my hotiwe and lot (70 acres): oc ill Uitvnwood. This is oie of the best ! pt I improved places In nppcr South Carolina, and i most desirably located. \y AT,W, , For sale on liberal terms : I Two stnre ho trees, each 21 x M foet, on fjronnd . flour, situated on Depot s<inare. Iu view of , the completion of the Greenwood and Auf1 Rusta. Kaiiroad these stores arc eligibly local* , i od for business. Apply to I rj A. M. Aiken, ! * f vn^vunuuu, *.? v> i | September 1, 2t. | J^Valuablt Books. a" IQ^EAL'S I5EXCU AND BAK. I *}{' Edwin Parker, so1 Sept. 8,1880. j J ? ?? ^ FALL GOODS. ire now opening their large WINTER GOODS. THEY H.4 PRINTS, in all styles, C CTHING, in great va: DRESS GOODS, BOOTS and SHOI CLOAKS and' GROCERI *9-GIVE THEM A CALL'S* Sept. 8.18SQ tf White Bi T^O"W O A MAGNIFIC OI SHIN IB I Complete in On Exh A COMPLE' ?OT mm Zou have but to look, t Large and W Prices always gnaraii your wants W. JOEL SH Mnrch 31. 1 TRY HOME FIRST, I. COIsra^REE Ill WORKS, i 7 1 t Co i!h:nbia. S. C. PROPRIETOR. REDUCED PRICES: j VERTICAL CANE MILLS, List of Prices2 Rollers. 10 inchesdiameter, ?3fi00 2 ' 12 " " ...... 4o 00 2 " 14 ' " oo 00 3 " 10 ?* " 60 00 3 " 12 " 70 ()0 *5 " 11 " " HO 00 | boveprlcpscomplctewltb Frnmo Withon Frame, 210 lesson each Mill IORIZONTAL?3 Roller Mil for Steam or Water Power, $150. M Yoif Orto for Jane Mills AND Syrup Kettles I TO D. B. SMITH, Agent. t JVW^SIGN ; ABBEVILLE, S. C, I 'rEEPS on linnri a full assortment of COF- T V FINS?from the cheapest to the best, e learse will attend funerals, when desired, g le will also Contract for the p n Erection of Buildings- e fo Is agent for the sale of Sash, Doors tlinds, Mouldings, Stair-railings, Floorings nd everything pertaining to house building w April 7th ltirt), if & I. W. LAW SON & CO., 3 ai HAVE JUST MANUFACTURED A Large Lot of a Quart Fruit Tin Cans, j 1 T very low price. Tin Roofling done with \ best charcoal till at iti.7.5 per suuare, cash. July 1S80. itlanta & Charlotte Air-Line Railroad ~ CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. 1 Atlanta, Ga., July 28, 1880. passenger department. On and after July 20th, trains will run on lis i oad as follows: Buy PuMrnncr Train. (EASTWARD.) rrlveatGreenTille, , 11 19 n. m. cave 11 a. m. .rrlvcnt Greenville,- P> In* cave Greenville ? o 30 p. m. Night Passenger Thais. (EASTWARD.) .rrlvcnt Greenville, W 43 <* meaveGreenville W -lo a. m. (WESTWARD.) .rrlveat Greenville, 4:19 a.m. eave Greenville *- a* I Locai. Fkkicht Train. 4 (EASTWARD.) ,,l rrlveat Greenville, "JIS a. m. eave Greenville ...? S O0 a. m. . (WESTWARD.) "J rrlvent Greenville, j ? P- m ll( eave Greenville P- m nr TUHormi Kreioiit Train. ' (EASTWARD.) ni rrlvcnt Greenville J1 31 a* ni* gU cave Greenville I'- rt* 1D> (WESTWARD.) rri ve at (iroenvitie .....i" p. m. cave Greenville ID 45 p. 111. Connecting at Atlanta for all points West ? ul southwest. 1 Connecting at Charlotte for all Eastern II lints. II Through Tickets on sale at Gainesville,Sen- |[ a City, Greenville and Spartanburg to all II lints East and West. G. .J. FOREAcnE. General Manager. '. J. Houston, General Passenger and '1 Icket Agent. . ' A, B. C. LINDSAY, DENTIST, * radical and Operative, IAVIXG attended the Lectures of the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery j \I ors his professional services to the public ?1 a Dentist and Orai surgeon. Culls through we e country attended to. All work warrant- qui and charges reasonable. tesldencc 5 miles east of Calhoun Mills, uth Carolina. fuuelO, ltSSQ/ J I i I ' FALL GOODS. 1EU assortment of FALL and. lVE .v.: . riety, . ' : I 2S, all kinds and prices, DOLMANS, in varied styles, ES, CROCKERY, &c, &c. *' - ; Ma rotEers CPPEB If IT CTflf!F JUHA UlUVIl MNER GOODS All Lines. ibition! TE STOCK . '-Jfi Y" V r*] inn coflii! iiiumt UUUIIJ.. ===== o see that oar stock is, ell Selected. * s $?$ iteed. Call and get Supplied. ITH & SON. _ ^ i -p SWEET MASH Cora Whiskey L. S. RUSSELL OFFERS to the public anperlorSwectManh CORN WHISKEY, which he guarantees jo be the bent and purest whiskey that hnu >ver been offered In thin market. A most de^IiniKIa ai^lola fni> invallila nnH aIHam /Vrr ind sample iU March 34th 1880,8m. Riding Saw Machines. I^HE subscriber, acent for the sale of W. WtBostwtck & Co's RIDING SAW MA-JHINEHln Abbeville Couuty, will exhibitbe same In operation and furnish circular, to., on application to him at Abbeville Court' iouse. ' y.jjk J W. Lesly, _Aprll 21,1880. BRING YOUE WOOL ?TO? QUARLES <& CO.,. Highest Prc8 Paid n Cash. ? May luth 1880, tf NOW IS THE TIME 10 SECUREA FIRST CLASS COOKING STOVE. r HAVE only a limited number that I will [ trade for oats or sell on tlni* to good paf les by paying one-third cash. My stovefl ar? do well known where ever they have be?n utroduced to need an explanation; 1 Keep constantly on hand* lull supply <H bison's "V48 MPROVED FRUF' lie two quarts are only worth 82.50 per dox n. The one quarts, SI.7.5 per dozen. Also a nod supply or TIN CASH, that I sell at the stonlshfngly low price of seventy-five cents cr dozen. Any one can seal theua and war-' mted not to leak. Scud lu your orders urly. ' /r| I only charge twenty cents per gallon for A. 1 KEROSENE arranted 110 degrees fire test by W. M. Bird Co. No charge for stopping leaks In cans. ESTIMATES MADE nd bids given on rooflngand guttering in o utof the connty. Work In copper, zlno nd galvanized Iron a specialty. Thanking you for past favors and sol letting' share of your pntronaee In the future I am your obedient servant, K. J. SPROLES, Greenwood, So. Ca. JnTy >R, S. G. THOMSON, 1 DENTIST, ABBEVILLE, S. C. . 1 t?.OFFic over Emporium of Fashlon.-E* . ~ July 7,lsSO. lyr. BONESET | BOURBON TONIC. j -ilirs Tonic Is recommended for Ihdlgestioif . and its attendant ills, and as a preventives Malarial Diseases. The material used Is of e highest grade of excellence. Nothing out fine old Kentucky whisky can produce n ;hnessof flavor and a generous stimulant I'ect like this. Nothing but a blending of mtogeneous and wholesome tonics in Just oportion can produce so gratefula stomachas this, which is the Finest, the most whole me,and the best tonic In the world. For le by T TT?n xr Xr fln U UUVA w vwi \pril 20, 1S80. miiD&co 4 No. & Granite Hange, DEALER IN ENERAL MERCHANDISE. | IF. have in Store AT,WAYS n FULL and I well assorted stock of goods, to which Invito your attention. We guarantee* , ilUy of Goods also prices. Give us a Call. kpril7, IsSO/ ^