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- BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 18S6. VOLUME XXXI. NO. 24.
- "ACUTE SENSITIVENESS." |
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DEMOCRATIC
WASTE AND RADICAL EXTRAVAGANCE.
The State and County Otliccrs Discuss,
ed?An Instance of tl?e I?>s;>crioiisness
of the School System Ventilated?A
Column which is Full of
the Most Vigorous English and the
Most Eiitcrtaiiiin;* Reading, with
Plenty or Rich Food for the Re-1
Ilective and Discriminating Mind.
Editor Press and Banner:
Throughout the entire state there seems to j
be au euldemlc, a strange iu lection, "'a planue
that wa'ketli in darkness"; for there appears j
to he no linut to its far-spreading, yet subtle
Influence. This wh*rd affection attacks the]
* high and the low, the famous and those ofj
110 importance whatever, to speak of. Itsj
queer freaks bring to mind the Convulsionsiriesof
France and ttic Dancing Mania of the
Seventeenth Century in Germany, when the
the whole populations ?>t towns would he|
seized with tliis ludicrous mania, and con-1
tluue dancing in wild deliriutn, till they foil j
In extreme exhaustion, and groaned as In the (
ngnuiesof death; some actually dashed out!
their brains against walls. The mania spread
over many towns. The country ?. c. Ger-1
many was generally in a miserable cointi- I
Jtion. Hijjh taxes, corruption of morals, ins<euri
y of property, low statesmanship, are |
given as the causes of the Wretched people j
thus seeking relict in the intoxication of artificial
delirium. The grevious malady that is
now afflicting our Slate has however touched ;
with lis palsying, yet electric current, only
one ela*s of our people, and that class is our |
office-holders.
The epidemic first showed its appearnncae j
In tlie office of thi* Commissioner o| Agriculture.
He and hi* clerk had it badly especially
while one Dr. Moses Tillman was prcscri!>
for them. Then it s;?re?d to the nominees
for the State officers. The same physician
(Tillman)cave them some good medicine;
but they, like the Commissioner of Agriculture,
only deve.oped more symptoms of the'
complaint. At I he present writing the coun-l
ly otlieers and the public school teachers have
developed this mania in a surprising degree. I
Well now, anybody with one eye oi en can j
giii-m vrlust this d rend fill epidemic is. It is
simply Sensitiveness, acute ua<l abiding sensitiveness
to anything approaching dicussion
or investigation. They seem to torget lhat a
public office is a public trust; they lose their
jumpers nnil call the investigators u?ny
names and dispute facts and try to prove l>y
ligures Mint there is some miihty difference
between tweedledum and tweedlcde', ami
that any way you fix it, there's a long ways
more propriety in Dcinociats wasting than
in Italic:ilsstealing.
When the people are fairly groaniup: under
the bardensof taxation; when it has been
proved beyond a douht tliat our State and
County taxes and expenditures actually and
r u'y exceed those of the Itadlcat plunde'ers. i
it is, to say the least, startling to read a para-j
g-aph like the following: "We believe that
our State officers should be men of undoubted |
cuUure and refinement, and we also believe
thai they should be paid such a salary as
would put them above and beyond temptu- |
lion."
I believe that our State officers should lie J
men of undoubted h? nesty and ability, and I!
know that they should be paid a living sala-1
ry; but this talk about "euMiur" is out of!
date- Canada is full of American citizens ofj
undo ilited "culture and refinement.'* a-.d although
their salaries in most instances were
higher than tlio.-e of our State officials, il
seeuis that this did not place them "above
rind beyond temptation.' This lust expression
is brimful of d irk significance, comins
as it dots from a paper owned and ed|:?d by
? state oliijial. "Above temptation" shone!
**Tell It not in Oath, publish it not in Askclon
lest the daughters ?f iho Philistines reJoice
over us." Ah! the shades of Slieol are
dense with the spirits of men of "undoubted
culture ami refinement." whom, if barriers
as high as the eternal snows of ilie Himalaya's
highest peak had interposed would i
yet. have yielded to tfinptntion.
When I read such sentiment coming from i
*Hoh a source I wonder if there is I lie faintest !
wini?:ance<>{ pure patriotism within our Imr- ]
tiers. The almighty dollar stents to lie the
most potent influence in j-oliticul life. As ex-1
p isure after exposure suee<*eds development I
?iIt-*-r development., I led as if 1 could exclaim j
with the t;age iian "Oh ! Heavens, my bleed- i
i :ig country yet rem.tins
1 hope, Mr. ISditor, llvit you will pro on and j
jive ns further lisrht on tlio c.unity oillcs in j
<lcta'l; particularly reuardimj the fee system. |
To cleanse these Augean stabics will doubt-j
les.< be an Herculean task; but ft ta^k tint J
when accomplished will wiu you the thanks J
<U thousands.
To slve an instance of the fee system, (15.it |
?previous to saying in^re, I hail better ?o
k'X >re a Notary Public and tiike oat hi
that I do not mean anytliinz personal).]
On Sale Day in November a citizen bought aj
jsm ill tract of land for tive hundred dollars, |
mid the papers drawn up by an otlieer ol" tiie,
Court and County co<t the buyer eight dollars
and a half Query: If the purchase
money had been S2,50t> would the c? st have
l>een $12 5U? If so, is not this an exorbitant
fee? if it is not so,does ibis make the other
fee (*S">0) any less pioportionately ?
Another Just ilice; Ail individual was enmpclled,
by the enrol exigency of circumstance,
(? cotton factor) lo release a dower?the otlieer
who witnessed for the signer charged a fee
til S2..30 for simply writing his name i:i his
office. 11c did dot see the signer. That per-1
*?o!i was miles away.
Legalized extortion, wasn't it?
i iimva ..rten hei.nl :.n okl eentlemnn. who
In-Ill a county office before the war, say tl:at |
lie never chuiged but Imlf Tecs in soil hut; up
estates, "For, saiti lie, "the fees were s<? Jib-J
crul t lint I always l'elt fully compensated in,
charging but half of the fee allowed by law." i
A lady who was executrix of an estate,
amounting to seventy-five thousand dollars j
iilso told me that this otlicer would never;
?h-'irirc Ids fall jVe.
It is sabl that official fees have berm stwulily
increased since ante-bellum days, ti'l now it |
casts one hundred dollar^ to close a forty dol- j
lar mortg'iiic.
Yes, there is patriotism, pure and plentiful!
In -South Carolina. If this were not the ease,
would our government stand tirin asa rock today.
It was just such taxes and let's, ami fees '
mid taxes In-aped hiah on a long>ul!cring poo. |
pie that eulmiiiated in the French Involution
whieli was. as that grand moralist Thomsis;
C'arlyle, termed it, "a truth elml in hell tire"!
That there is patriotism in South Carolina j
us pure as that which animated the bosoms of i
our Revolutionary sires, is evinced by the fact I
tnatour people have been unshrinking, true,
and unflinchingly faithful to the Democratic
party, even though that party has given them '
for bread a stone; has in ten years, in one
bniiw): <1 ( iii<> conntv irovcrnmcnt. as it were.;
spent (if ceil thousand lour hundred and sev ' j
rnt.v dollars more than our Kadi en I plunder- !
era in the same length of lime, oli, tell it not.
in Maine, publl-h il not in ISo?ton, lesl tliej
daughters of "culshur" laugh at us and re-'
juice over us.
As I s iid a ho vp : thisstraiigc malady thai In '
its festive eccentricities and electric vagaries ,
resembles so amusingly ilie ConvtiMonaries
of Franco, (whom hy the way Voltaire liclp<d
lo kill liy his terrific satire) and tIn* Dancing j
Mania in (iorniany wliieii spread over the
length and breadth of the kingdom, had attacked
our county officers and public school
teachers;I will proeccd togive the latter my 1
attention, by first solemnly laying my hand ,
over my heart and affirming by all the gods
of l?recce arid Homo that I do not mean any- j
Milng personal. This disclaimer ought to
please those that "teaeh the young idea how
to shoot" very much, it is .so very classical
you know.
After Mir School Commissioner published!
is notice that the scliools.should open in No-j
vembcr. which notiee was according to a law, I
which had, very properly, fallen Into inimcu-'
ous desuetude, said law being revived solely
because the sceptre was about to depart from
Israel or under the principle that "blessings
(that is. power in office,) brighten us they take
tlieir lii^ht." The patrons of the public
school in our neighborhood conferred one1
with another, ami it was very generally and
emphatically declared that li was inadvisable
t > open the school !n November. I beimr inten-sied
(in the capacity of elder brother;
drew up a protest to our nearest trustee aiui
obtained the signatures of a majority of the
patrons to the paper. The protest alluded to
was non-partisan, gentlemanly and generous,
giving Its reasons fully and freely. The word
teacher did not once occur in the protest. After
obtaining the signatures, the protest bein^
already made as public as possible, it was
banded to the editor of the leading county paper
for publication. This editor, who seems J
to grasp "Ithuriel's Spear," in.-'crted the protest
with some telling headlines. i'he neighborhood
was sorpilscd to see In the next issue
of the paper, a card from some of the signers
to the protect, Buying, ''they meant no reflection
on the teacher." Who disputes it?
That protest which they call a petition, could
not be tortrred into a reflection <>n the teacher.
'I'hey might as well have added that we
furthermore declare that we meant no reflection
on the civil service reform hobby of his
excellency, Grover Cleveland.
This latter statement would not have exceeded
the other in absurdity, but to some of
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onr citizens there seems to ho no appreciable
dilt'ercnee between the snhlimeand tin* ridicn-j
lous. Also, ii may Ise informrlion to some to
know that editors reserve the right to coinpose
:il I headlines to articles.
Of course this card didn't walk around of its '
own accord and persuade its half dox.cn varl-j
able and eccentric signers Unit this was April j
Insti jul of December,and the fact that this is
not the fact only carries us hack to the days
when Charles Dickens set lance in rest against I
many a social monster, and in "Nicholas
Xieklcby" exposed the cruellies of the cheap
school masters of Yorkshire and the unhappy
existence of their wretched pupils. It may
?>.. int?rr>?tincr 111 relate tiiat our nedaiiomies
are not alone in their sensitiveness, for it islrecorded
that Mr. Dickens received no less
than thirteen threatening letters from thirteen
irate school musters, each thinking that
Dickens had veiled his fictitious school master
so thinly that all tho world recognized
him as the original. Of a truth, "a guilty conscience
needs 110accuser." And if is furthermore
recorded that some several of themae-;
tuall.v went down to London to thrash Mr,
Dickens, hut they all happened to meet al,<
the railroad station or inn. and their In ten-1)
tions accidentally leaked out. They were all!
veiy crest fallen indeed and went home sadder I
but wi-er men. lint one Dominie was so ter-!
libly chagrined that he became ill and fright- L
ened his gentle landlady almost into hysterics.
she had to send a! I over London f.?rphy L
sicinns, and they bled and physicked the poor
fellow almost ludeath. All tiiis for being so i
uncalled for, and abnormally sensitive.
Hut 1 had almost lorgotteh to tell you, Mr. |
Editor, that in the face of our protest, thnji
school was opened and is running with h few !
pupils in attendance?when (he weather permits.
A small minority are now taking up
the fund that legitimately belongs to thirtysix
children. It was just such imbecile mis- .
management as this t i i a I curtailed the writer's |
opportunity lor an education, and scores ofj
boys heslde made "bread-winners" in child- ;
hood, by providence, have tints been cheated
of the ble.?*sed privilege of an ediica'ion.
The ]>oet (Jrey must have looked with prophetic
eye down through the rolling centuries
on the fate of many a boy In .South Carolina, ,
when he wrote tiiese thrilling lines:
'Thill nennrv repressed their noble rage 11
And froze the xenial current of ihc soul."
W. K It.
_A?b- ? ,
2ND OF TEE WOODROW CONTROVERSY.
The Directors or (ho Sentinar.v Esc- |
onto Ihc Drmniuifi of Ihc Synods?
I?r. M'()i)(!rou' 2i^nosl;><l lo |
?Declines lu .!? ?!? ami is !Ce- i
moved From (lie I'erltins 1'rofos-1
s?rslti;>?Tlte Hoard rnanimous i:c |
Their Aclioji?Dr. Birnrdpan Ke-j
elected a Professor. and the Semi- ,
uary to I?e Opciinl Xext Year.
Coliiuil/i't Itryixlcr.
The prolonged theological controversy I
which lias agitated tlie Presbyterian Church <
for tlie past tliree years a-id iieen so disastrous j I
in its flfoclK upon llit- Columbia Theological i
Seminary, was broiu-hl lo its lin.-il siaae. s.i far <
as l)r. Wood row's connection Willi the 8cm I- <
miry is concerned, by the action of t!;e Hoard
of Directorsycterday.
There-ult will be bailed with satisfaction
by the ureal body of tlie church. wlileb has in |
its highest councils through all I he stages of .
this unfortunatecontroversy maintained that (
the theory of evolution helil by Dr. Woodrow i (
was contrary to the teachings of Scrii'ture as I
Interpreted iu the mandarus ot the l'roabytei
tn i < 'i | (
l>r. \\*niid;o'.v, on his part, has a.-sovera!cd I
and m dnt:dnc:i tiiathts teachings won* mil',
tmscri plural or hcrctlcal. and Ins therefore I
declined to roi;*n his connection with the;,
Seminary under midi a.ebar:?e, and lias insistI'd
that tIn* ;ssivo raised hy Ids aceuseis should
he met and adjudicated hy ttie proper trihuua>K
of tie church, whose judgment alone
could vindicate or condemn him.
The lour Synods which control (he Seminary
Have successively piom.iniecd against Dr.
\Voodrovv mid formally instructed tin; Hoard
of Directors to reijucsi hi< n situation, and in
ease of his failure to acquiesce, then tod'-elare
vacant the chair held by iiini in the Seminary.
Yesferdiy morning the Directors met in the
chapel of the Seminary, of the thirteen
mem hers coin pi isinjc the Hoard, nine were
i<resent, to wit: Rev. James Stacy, 1?. D., Hev.
\V. Adams, D. 1)., llev. John <i. L iw, llev. \\\
T. Thompson. D. D., Hev. J. \V. kolmh, Prof.
Henry K. Slic; lieru, W. C. Sibley, (ieo. \V. <
srott, J. 0. McMahen. The absent members 1
were M< ssrs. McKee, \Vel>'??, Henderson and '
Morris, nil of whom were unavoidably prevented
ironi atteiidim; the tneetiiv/.
Hev. .hums Stacy ivas e!ci ted President o!
tin; Hoard and Hev. John tJ. Law Secretary.
A Her organization, the 13ourd adopted tlic'
following minute:
"Whereas t!u- four Synods eontruHinsr this
Seminary have instructed this I> >ar<l to rc<luk*t
lii'* Kvv. Wooiir'nv, i>. 1). for Jiis <
1vsiiMi.1t ion a* Professor of XaUinii Sscieneo in
connection willi Kevctiition ;
"Jiexiilrrd, Thai committee, consisting of |
Rev. J. W. Rojr n, and Rev. \V. T. Thompson,
1). I>., tic n|>|Milnti*?l i? wiilt on l>r. WowI'mw i
and make the said request,und that tiio said ]
coiumitH'C present j>r. Wuodrow Willi a copy
of this resolution."
Tlic Hoard then took a recess. until :> I\ M.,
mid in ll:e meantime tin* commlttcc called on {
i)r. \Vootlro>v and discharged the delicate j
duty assigned t licm.
Hit. WOODKOW WH.h NOT It K.SIGN.
]"): . Woodrow verbally dcclinctl to accede to
th?* mi'.tolto rc? i?n. and subsequently t-enl
the following eommnnie..ition:
I'oi.r.M nt.\. s. t'.. ]J ceinberS, ISStJ.
Totiu'Kov. .). \\'. Hawaii, Rev. Dr. W. T.
Thompson, t 'oinmsttec.
< if.NTt.KNKN: In reply to the request which I
y..u havejust handed me for my resignation |
:is rru!c<Mif of N.itnral Seicnce in connection i
with Revelation. I bca leave to say that 1 ie.Sj.cctlully
decline aeecdinjr to it.
Yours nsj eetfuliy,
Jamiw Woonitmv,
Perkins Profe- sor of Natural Science in connection
with Revelation.
UK I.S ltKMOVKD.
On renssosiiliHiiij at .'J P. M. the committor"
report f<l the result of their Interview* with'
I'r. Woodfow, ami I lie iioard adopted the followin^:
"Ihsutr-il, in accordance with inslruciinns
received from tile four controlling Synods (if;
tiii> .Seminary. t!ia! Is he. an<! i< h.*rel.y, re-j
moveu from the chair of Natural Science i;i
connection wish 1 { vel.ition, ami that the Secretary
l?e instructed to comiiiuuicu'.c this action
to ]>r. Wood row."'
rn,:.i.\-r; tjik <*maths.
I?ov. ,T I., ( 'harili-au wai thfn cloftod to thei
Professorship of 1 ilil.ieiie ami Polemic Theoio j
cy, formerly held i?y him, and the Koatd in a j
hotly wait-don liini ami eirne.-tly urged hi:!
acceptance <jf ;Jie jrisitinn.
Dr. (iiranlenu expr. s?eil his deep senee of:
the honor put upon him, ami Mild thai he
would give the subject lii.s prayerful consider- j
at inn.
It is und: rsiood that I> *. fiirardeau will suhlisit
tlie matter to tlie coii^reLii'ion of t he Sec-!
ond l'resSy ieriaii Church, of which l:c is the;
foiind< r and pasfor,unit if it is not found in |
emiltiet willi lii:- relations io tle-ni lie will re
enter lijutu tlu-dutics i>f i ho i>rofe.K?i>i>hii? loj
wllii'li In- lia< In I'll i-:?. (I.
Three other oh; irs are Mil vacant in t!?o j
Seminary?Uiliiic.tl Liteiatnro anil Kxegisisj
of Si-rl|iiur?'. l'lis^crsti '1 and I hr i'erklus
I'rniess irsliiii, irmn which I?r. Wood row |
lias lioen tvinovcd. At the. nitthl session ni'|
I lie I Jut I'd, which wa- held at \V right's lintel,
it was determined thai ilie i lociiull III fill ;
these va'-anci. s should lie postponed until the
next i'imoi iir.r of the Ituard in Augusta on tin;
liist Wednesday in l-'obiuarv.
THE SKMINAKY TO liM OI'KXKl).
The tnoinii"rs of the Hoard regard tiioir ac-!
lion (iiuiiiy disji?i?ini: ? !' the Woodrow mat- i
lor. and express the in Jill the chairs [
ami he prepared to oprii the Seminary next I
Octohi-r nnder cotulilioiis lavoialdo to a rc-|
iiuwal ol' iis usefulness and micccss.
!>i!. WOOIIKOW WJJ-J.. .HV.M t inr. Kia.tiKu |
In ennvcrsation with ii sen! Ionian who !' !t
nut l:oi ixi-d lo ai'C il< for I >r. Woo.irow, ilio r?- j
porter h-arm-d that h?* would doubtless aceept
11n? neliou of I ho Hoard as tlio voi.-c of tlicj
dominant party of his ee.ureh in t!iis matb-r, I
and. however mucli he may leei tii ?t lie iris [
been uiisiiii li-rs'ond, inisri'i ps'-nted and misjudged,
lie will tn;i!(< no ivseaanee to the will
of the church now for the tirs;. tinieauthoiita-l
lively expressed.
t\C?Ki Zi'iVt'K*
| A lii!l It a* boon introduced into tin* Alabama
I.oai.-lature to remove the legal disabilities of '
I women, and it. will probably ho passed at the i
pie-ont session. It puis?a married woman on
precise^- the same tooting with a man as to;
her projHTiy riubt Another Ml! has lor its j
oliject the protection of Hie wi\cs and cltil-J
| droil ??>' hard-labor convicts. It gives half
I tiio price of the hire received by the county
| to Hie wife and children.
I The tax returns of North ?*arolina pliow the
taxable uropert y of the state to bo
a ^ain of iJ/W.iA'O over last year. I
RAILROAD MY IN ATHENS. |
THE PENNSYLVANIA CENTRAL SYSTEM!
COMING SOUTH.
i'lrpp Enthusiastic Meetings and EncournsiBK
Prospects for Abl>c*
vIIIo'h (ircnt Outlet?Speeches and
Speakers-" Plenty of Subscriptions
and Ilopcfiil Worils-Odiccrin^ the
Proposed Eine?Abbeville Draws
an Honor.
Augusta Chronicle.
Atiikxs. (Ja., Dee. 9.?'This lins been a railroad
(lay in Alliens and unless all the sis:ns
melt this "section of Georgia will be hooked
into the Pennsylvania Central system in u
short time. The day was wet and slushy, but
n crowd of people was in the city. This
morning the incorporators met at the Commni'oini
lutif'l. (ieneral It. K. Hoke, of North
l'<irolin:i. presided. 'J'lio charter was accepted
us signed by the Governor 011 the 7tn inst.
Atlanta sent in $bi,7?0 subscription ami Alliens
jlM.UOO. (Jen. llokc p:it in irlO.OUO cash, and
Hoke Sniill) K.\>>. l'ive subscriptions of
SI,owl each, in Athens, were made by Messrs,
11 till, Heaves, Cohen, O'Farrell, it llhdgson,
[ '. l'hini/.y wnd l>r. Cainak. There arc seven J
in Sin ?Messrs. Hodgson, Jlimnicut, Thomas, I
Harris, White, Chllds, and .Moss,
THE MEETING AT COUNCIL CHAMREIt.
The charier requires 525,000 to be paid in.;
There was nearly forty. 'J tie counties of K1 j
lici t, Clarke, Wilkes, Walton, Oglethorpe and '
I'll I ton were represented. At batf-past two!
this afternoon a meeting of the friends and I
incorporators was held in the Council Chain- j
tier. Mayor pro teiii. Kd.Smith presided, and
Augustus L. 11 til I was secretary.
A large crowd was present, Dr. Carlton welcomed
the delegates to Athens. Speeches
were made by HokeSmith, l'rince Hodgson,
lien. Iioke, John shaiinuii. of K.berl, James i
M. Siniill. of Oglethorpe, K. S. V. liryant, ofi
Walton, K. J. Jtrown, of Alliens, C. 10. Smith, I
[if Washing on, K. L. Mo-s, of Athens, and I
others.
Iloke Smith mr.kc a strong and Ir.cid stakinent
of ttieXorlti Carolina system seeking
Southern connection via Athens and Atlanta,
ile believed I lie road would tie built at half
i!ie cost of the Air Line, and that it passed
Mi rough a better section than the Georgia i
road. There would be ; .(> construction company
to steal the stock, and lie believed the
load would pay live or ten percent. All Mint j
was wanted was that the people show interest !
by making subsci iptions and giving right of!
way.
The meeting was full of enthusiasm. Gen.
Hoke assured to the road hearty support all
iloim the line. Mr. Shannon, of K hert, offered
deeds to right of way utid to build depot"
nut Hoii-leied rielit of the old Petersburg aild
Klbert I'iiiiroatl. He said ilio road would pass
through Atlanta, Athens and Kit'orton and
the pettiest of these is Klberton. Mr. Mryant,
>t'Walton, said his dciouation hail been sitling
up with this railroad enterprise ever
<inee they heard of it. They had borrowed
toMies to come to Alliens to advocate its
iN>m:ng by I.ogansville.
OFFICERS AND I>IHECTOUS-EI.ECT.
This afternoon the stockholders met after
the meeting adj mined, and three hundred
iiv! eijil?Sy-Ilve shares were represented. The
charter was accepted iind a Hoard of Mireetors
hosen by ballot, as follows: It. T. Hoke,
No:th Carolina : /,. \\\ Periin, Abbeville; A.
[..llllll, A. M. lledjison, Athens; li. J. Lowry,
l". A. c'ol iier,-II nke .Smith, A Man! a.
The Iioard of Directors then met and elected
Gen. Hoke, as President and Mr. A. It.
Mull, as Secretary and Treasurer. The PresiJen!
was authorized to put one or more surveying
parties out at once in licorgia between
Atlanta and t!ie Savannah river.
MORE TALS ABOUT OUR RAILROAD.
a'Jteir Victory in Gcorgin-Thc Jfonry (
in ?2;i:id lo Knilil the StoaiJ?Sur-;
voyors Already on iiic I.inc.
Ati.avta. (i \ Nov. 22. I
Allanlii's railroads ti'c becoming more mi- j
men .us all t lie time. .slie now is certain of a I
road to Mil 11 roc, X. C.. and what is more, tIk* |
road will not cost her one cent. Jtisan open!
secret lliat the road above referred to is hack- i
[>d by the Pennsylvania Central. The road is
milled Th'- North Carolina & Georgia load. It |
will pass through Athensaii'l Kli?erton, Georgia,
and M'ilJ form a direct line to New York,
seventy miles shorter than the Jtiehmond A* j
!>.i!iville. The truer statu* of the c.ue Is this.
The Pennsylvania (Central wauled a line inioj
the Soil ill, and knowing the opposition that
they would meet from the It. ?.V ])., people
whose territory they proj t?ed to invade, they
moved very qi'.ietiy in the matter and did not
k t it pet into the mw^pepcrs until n I. w days
r.g.y, when it was ncci s.- ary, under the laws of
(ieorgisi, to pul>ii*h their application for eharter.
In the meantime, they had already se-j
cured a charier from the North Carolina I.eg-j
isla lire, and had surveyors in the Held. There j
waseonsideratilc trouble over the charter in
the tact that a clause in tint charter gave the
new road the right to condemn enough of (lie j
(?a. It. It. side lrack for two ml es from th".de- j
pot Jo enter th<? city, and gave them the riirht :
to enter the Puiou Passenger Depot. The
t'eiilral road, which leases tli?; U.i. It. It.,
fought the charter on account of this clause.
Hen. Hoke, who is representing certain capitalists
interested jointly in the projected road :
si si d l lie Pennsylvania Central, nml Mr. Iloltc !
Smith, attorney for tlic new road. held that it i
r road roiiltl condemn private properly they
eertaisly ought to bo allowed to condemn the
property ?f a corporation. especially when
tli:it propel ty was not essential to the sucee?st'ul
operation of the road owning ti. as was
the ease of t!ie Georgia railroad's side track.
A lively fight before I he Railroad Committee
of the limine win; the result when a comproinise
w?s proposed t>y tlic Georgia railroad
and accepted by Gen. Ilokeas representative ;
of the men interested in the new line. The
compromise permits tha new road t > condemn
two miles of the Georgia railroad's sidej
track in order ti>get inlo the city, hut pro-!
viiles that the new road shall not he permit- [
led loenter the I'nioti Passenger Depot, Mr. |
Moke Smith, attorney lor tlic- road, says this j
is all his people want, and that two surveying |
parties will start from Klhertoa 0:1 to-morrow, |
one coming towards Atlanta and the otheri
going towards the Savannah river. The iu-j
stanl the river is reach.-d a suitable place forj
crossing will be Joc.it <*d and the surveying;
continued. The charter, (Sen Hoke "ays, will
be granted by I>cccmber !itb, on which day I
the Georgia incorporators will meet ill Alliens 1
and perfect llio-orgaiiistalion. The road will
lie com men veil from hi>0fet-nds, viz: Atlanta,
(Ja.. and Munroe, N. and will be iinished to |
(lie center. The rails will be made at the J
Koane Iroti.Works, at Clint lanooga.
'i'his road gives the Pennsylvania Central an
millet that i;. has long sought. It is a valuable
line to AI Inula in I bat. it wl.l give her a
direct line to Norfnrk, which 1< bound to be a |
iwii-i i,i* <-.:ii<ii!cr:iiilc imiiorbinee. This line
direct In such :i |H?rl will is):tke Atlanta a ilist!ibiitir.;;point
for both imp->rt and export
roods. (ifii. Iio!?osays (hat tli<* J'oad is need? <.!.
the money Is.ready ami waiting iiinl all'
that is needed is the crantin;; of the charter |
liy tlie tieoriria Legislature, after which the
road wi'l he built i.s last as money and men'
can build it,
a*
Tlit* Mcctiuu of .! ndy ;-.
Senator Mtirry in A itdcrvni Intel! igcnncr. j
Tlie election forjudge of the Ki^lilli C.reult
is the moil absorbing election helore 111 l.cj{isiatuie.
The candidates have, milil la?tKaiunlay,
been in Columbia the {jreater poriionj
of the time, and mosl of themad ol' Ihii lime, ]
since t!?it Legislature met Tlie friends ol Col.
Norton elaim tiiiil lie is considerably in tlie1
lead, while tlie friends of Maj. Whiuier and
Col. 1'arUer do ims. concede tills elaim. The
I'.et is, we think that each <-f these gentlemen
have a number of'.stro:u friends, and theeonlest.
ise!o.-ea:nl tinee:i;:in eiiou.uh to make it
ilevidediy inleiv-tinjr. We tiiink Maj. Whilner
lias;raiat d steadily on Hie Legislature,
and would as soon, or perhaps M;oi:er, take
his ehaiiees than that ol any oilier candidate.
Mr. tiraydon, of Abbeville, will also make a
wry creditable race for a .Voting man. and
Col. l>oiia!dsoii will Ket wine vnte-. Juiljre'
Ciitbran will n<>! icsisrn nefoiv the lifieeiith or,
twentieth of this month, and henee the e!ectioii
is ;it least, icn days oil', in that period
very many chants may occur, and hence
i... iI_ ,,r i, , 11.li.1.11 . will lie lvn ilil'ed
to give no ii!tie licit1 in K ! i11i up their
i'eucet*us well iis to securing acquisitions.
Alittst'cfliPr I.ovpiy.
As a result ??l" the recent Kh-hmor.d I?mhvillc
I. a Uiehtiioiu' spread says: It is understood
that the relations t.elueeu the Jticliniond
1 tanvil!e and Il;c t ieornia t 'entral M
lie changed. Ileietoi'ore they have hecn great
rivals, mid they arc now oil good terms and
will work together.
Mil. Xkwt. Xicicoi.s hroimlit a drove of
Jiogs to town last Saturday evening, and put
them in Seal .t Mellwaine's lot.
It really looks as if the Legislature hail no
time to attend to the business of reducing
public expenses.
A COLD-WATER WAVE STRIKES THE SEN-!
ATE.
Ky a Vote of 23 to II T!in( Rraiicli of
the General Assembly I'nsscs a J.o*
ral Option IJiSl tor Anderson and
I.aureus Counties. in Which Abbeville
Should be Included --- IT it
I'asses the House the Whiskey Klemcnt
Will Hare no ICeason to
Complain That the I. a v. Will Sot
be Enforced ? It is Suaicleutly
Strin;;cnt to Satisfy the Whiskey
Men That the Temperance J'eople
are i;> JKarncst.
?
If the House Doe3 its Duty to This Part of
the Devil's Domain, There Will be Few- j
er Death-Dealing Depots Through Which'
to Draw Drunkard:? and Dram Drinkers j
Down to Destruction and Death.
j\'ews and Courier.
("oj.u.mw.\, uccenioer i?, icon, i
Prohibition won an easy victory in the Senate
to day. In the abnence of any general
staiciiKitaUonontlicnit.jeet.it Is remarkable
that nearly ail of the new Senators should
prove to tie out-and-out Triple X Piohibitionisls
If the House docs not defeat the bill
passed to-day by the Senate, 1 lie counties ot
Anderson and Laurens, -.vilI have an opportunity
ot securing prohibition of the most
stringent kind, riveted by enactments of an
extraordinary character.
The original title of the measure was, "A
bill to submit the question of license for the
sale of spirituous, mall, or In toxica ting liquors
in Anderson County to the qualitled electors
thereof, and providing penalties for tlie violation,
evasion or attempted evasion of the prohibition
law, if a majority of said electors
vote in la\or thereof.'' .
This bill has been reported unfavorably. It
provided in Its tlrst three sections for an election
on the second Tuesday in August, 1-87
In case of the success of the prohibition cause
'.!tc issue ol
I.ICKN'SKS WAS FORBIDDEX.
Section i! made it a misdemeanor to sell any
intoxicating liquors, except domestic wines.
Penalty, imprisonment from thirty days to
twelvemonths. Section 7 made it a misdemeanor
to give away, barter or exchangesucli
liquors in coiincctior< with any business conducted
without a mnnicip il license. Penalty,
imprisonment from thirty days to twelve
months and lino at I lie discretion of the
Court. Section 8 made It. a misdemeanor to
keep any sttcli liquors in any room or house
in which a United S'.ates license is posted,
without a state license also. Penalty, imprisonment
from thirty days to twelve months.
Section i) made it a misdemeanor for any
pers.on without a St ?te license to keep any
sucli liquors about liis or her place of business
or near thereto and pernii'. another to take
any portion thereof. Penalty, imprisonment,
from thirty days to twelve months. Section
ill required railroad agents to Keep a public
record <.I all liquor packages received, Willi
the addresses of consignees, ?!fcc. Penalty ftSJO
tine or two months' imprisonment, or both.
Section li makes it a misdemeanor for any
person to have :in.v sucii minors Muppcu u?
iii 111 iir her marked hi a way calculated lo deceive
as to its nm I en's. Penally, imprisonincnt
from tliiriy days to twelve inonttis, and
lino in tlic discretion of tlic Court.
Section 12 makes It a misdemeanor for druggists
to sell siscii lli|iiiirs without a written
prescripii-m l?y a regular practicing physician
In attendance upon a patient, which shall certify
that Mich physician is attending the patient,
the amount prescribed, and that the
sllmulnnt is needed, and that the certificate
is notirivrn to enable the stimulant to l?e j<r;>
cured as a beverage- All such prescriptions
shall be tiled lo IliQinselvcs and open to inspection
hy tiie police or city or town council,
or any oilier p -rson Inteicsteil. Penalty, imprisonment
from thirty days to twelve
inon tins mii lino ill t iie discretion of the
Court.
Section 13 makes it a misdemeanor for any
physician to evade these provisions. Penally,
hN name shall he siik-kcn from the roll ol
phisieiansunci he shall not be allowed to
practice medicine in the state.
The hill had been diseu-sed yesterday in
general terms. The unfavorable report of the I
committee had been rejected by a vote of '?> loj
U
Tt was now open to amendment. Senator!
Crews, without opposition, had t'ne bill so
changed as to apply to Laurens C'otiniyas well
as to A iiilcrson.
Sena lo:* Youmans moved to strike out Section
1:5. He considered the punishment en tirely
too severe to lit the crime.
Senator Jlurtay moved to lublo. Carried.
Yeas 2J, nays 10.
Senator Smyth?, "ft* a. matter of princip'e.
and not to waste time.*' moved to strike out!
the provision in Section 1, that if no prohibiten
Is the result of the election existing provisions
of law as to lioensc In cities and town*
of the county shall bo maintained. lie
i iimii'iii that the advantage was u I veil alto
gHher t? the 1 'r?>l. i s-i I ion i<ls. They could
make thp whole e-ninty "dry" if they had a
majority in this election, whi'e t!ie ".mlis," if
if I bey suct-ccdcd, could not make siny town
or city "wi't."
Senator Murray made his regular motion to
tabic. Carried?yens 22. nays I.;.
.Senator MeMast-r moved to amend Section
II by mnking it apply to ' any citizen," in-{
stend of "auy person." If a visitor to the
county sliould gel an incorrectly marked
package of liquor he would be liable to imprisonment.
This whs not fair.
Senator Murray moved to table. Carried?
yeas 2:). nays II.
Senator Youmnns moved to strike out that
pari of Section 1! punishing physicians by
prohibiting the practice of their profession.
Scnetor Murray moved to table. Carried?
yens 22, nays 12.
Senator Nmytlie moved to strike out Section
II. "I.ook at the law you are passing!" said
he. "suppose a man in Charleston lias a
grudge against a citizen of Anderson and
sends him a fa!s< ly marked package of liquor,
what is the result ? The Anderson man, who
is innocent, will be punished for an olience he
did not coin mil."
Senator Mm ray <lhl not think the section
In >rn this construction, and moved to table.
Carried?yeas 21, na> s 12.
Senator Sm.vthe, undaunted by repeated
failures, moved to strike out Sect.oii ii. According
to thatscciiou a man bad only to keep
a hot I!; iii liis iof business, or " near
thereto," and allow ii friend visiting liliu lo
tako u -.It ink from it lit subject himself to a
heavy >enilty. Jiesidcs, this was a heavy
provision which, in the hill, was made itulcjii'iuh
r t of the result of the election.
S.-iis.i or Murray said that lit- would change
it so as to make it so dependent, lint lie must
insist on tahlim; Ilia amendment. On the motion
t;i 1111ilt* (lie vote stood :
Yeas?Senators Hell, Crews, Kd wards, Krwin,
iield, Jiempliiil, Met'a 1, Moody, .Murray,
V'aiterson, sinkler, su^h, Smith, Talhert,
Williams and Woodward-Hi.
Nays?Senators Alexander, Austin, l!iemann,
J'laek, l.'uist, I'.yrd, Howell. Izlar, Kmiied.v,
McMasler. Molse, Moore. Munro,
Ilha'me, Smylhe, Wingard, Wollord and Youmans?is.
su the* nation was lost.
The <|lies!ion reclined on Senator Smytlie's
ntueiKiiu-'ii!.
Senntor Murray said that to strike out this
sic.' ion won lil make a serious cap In the law
and Injure the hill. He maintained that tills
section was necessary to pi event ttie practice
of "throw imr in drinks" In trade.
Senator smylhe rejoined lint Section 7 covered
that hy ptoliibitin:; I he l<a t'-ring, givimj
away or exchanging of lhjuor in connection
with hiisimss.
Senator Murray wauled I lie section retained
because it prevented a customer from helping
hitii*< II' lo the Ikjuor of a dealer hy '*a iaeit
understanding." In spite of this defence,
hi'Wevor, t'u* section was stricken out without
a division. The hill pie-sed its second
read imr without a division, general notice of
ameiiilineiilson the third reading being ttivcn.
The only Senalors who voted against it
Bt..!ul:lv itiroiiifhoiit the tiiflit were Messrs.
Illaels, llni-t, ityrd, 17.I.-1 r. MeMaster, Moise,
Moore, Monro, Khaiue, .Sniythe and YouIlliiltS?J1.
Sensible to l!io
fioiithrrii Chrhtniii AiU'uca!t\
Some rvanjiellsls and preacher* s'poni to
t: kl* Kpeeial I'll.'I..lire ill leltilli: till.' public
knov* what MVtul sinners liic-y were before
conversion. They talk so irlihiy about their
lives ol' profanity, intemperanceand impuiily,
and willi sti little evidence of sli-iiii'', thai,
instead of iiiairr.ilyinsj the jjrace of (!od dis|>l:iyi'd
in their silvaliou, we sire almost,
tempted to dolibl whether they have been
1 caved at aM. The truly converted man caunol.
think of the dark reeord of hU ungodly
and sinful life without experleneinif deep .?<?rn.w
and cor I ri lion. Any reference to it i* in.
tensely inortifyiiij.', and illls him with shame*
Cross tif s on the A. 10. & N. It. II., have been
l.iid to Hojras" h>11 nine or ten miles t'nis side
, of Iliiinlnirjx. President Mitel-.ell lias gone
' North to buy rails for tiie roail.
| Mm. J. H. Wir.toN ol Bradley was in town
I last Saluidaj*.
TIE TELL-TALE FILE MARKS.
TEE OPENING OF A WATCH KEY SEALS
THE FATE OF CLUVEP.IUS'S
The Prisoner is<RcH|)ltcil lo .January
14, IS87, with No Hope for Pardon
or it Commutation of Sentence?
A Talented Yomijf J.nwyer of Virginia
is to be Handed on Circnm*
hi initial Evidence for Killing iiis
Consist.
The dead body of Lillian Madison was
found In the reservoir early <*i Saturday
morning, March 14, l?8j. Sunday following
Isaac Williams, a boy of eleven years, with a
companion named Willie Tlnn>toii, went
around the outer tence 01 me reservoir
grounds, Uud Willie "milled n plunk of the
fence open and Isaac put his head In there
and saw a watch-key close lieside the fence,
and picked it lip. It looked like a gold key.
Had a little ring whe^p the chain went in,
and It was sprung out. There were some
planks off at one place, but not where Isaac
put his head through; it was close besides
that. A plank there was just loose at I lie bottom.
Willie pulled it aside and Isaac poked
his head. in. The key was lying up by I he
fence on the right hand of the ditch, in some
wiregrass, right against the fence. There was
no pathway there, and II was arightgood way
from where the pluuk had been pulled off the
fence."
So the watch key came into the Ciuverlus
case.
When officers C. II. Epps and Logan 8.
Robins arrested CIuversus down the country,
one of the first thing* tney did was to give a
glance at the prisoner's watch chain. There
wax a charm, >?r key chain attached to it, but
no key was on it.
The ofllcets winked at oncli other in recog-|
nit,ion of this fact, but made no remark. Afterwards,
when they had arrived at the Third
street station house here, it was found that
the charm-chain was cone. Afterwards it
was delivered up by Willie Ciuverius, with
an explanation that could not be accepted.
Jlr. Jo?! a;iil Ihc Key.
A c n-idrrablc time elapsed, and no pro
gress was made in proving that the key bc^
longed to C'luvirius. Hunter Hunt, one of
the colored witnoses at the American Hotel,
had told the the coroner's Jufy that lie saw a
key of that description in Lillian's room at
the hotel, but. later on the ascertained that
wlii.t he thought was a key was the projcctinir
part of a brass hinge of trie bureau.
HI 111 proof was wanting that the key had
ever been in t luverius's hands.
Detective Wren and Mr. Frank Nolan,
whi e working in the country, by some means
ascertained that Mr. Herman Joel, of Richmond,
while at Centrcvilli; on one occasion,
had repaired a key for Cluverius. Mr. Wren
visited Mr Joel and ascertained that he was
a valuable witness.
On the trial Joel said that lo the best of his
knowledge the key there produced was the
key left at his store ami that he had mended
for I'luveiius; hut he would not be positive
unless pet'mitled to open the key. He was
sure that If the key were opened ho would
recognize his work. Defense objected to open
l..o I'ommmiur.uilllt (lid not
Ktr.?n?ly ln-l?t.
Ciuvcrius's relatives produced another key.
wliirli they said was the prisoner's; but it did
no lit his watch ami tlicy failed to show that
the prisoner had worn if of late.
TSie itr.v and Hie Governor.
When the trial was over the key was placed,
| with other such evidence, in I he hands of ihe
City Ser;eiint. It was certified with therecord
to i In- Supreme Court, and was examined
hy Judgo ilinion. After that the case
went u> the Govt i^ior, to whom tliccoiidemn:
ed man appealed lor clemeney.
Governor Ia'C considered this key n pivotal
[ point In the case. After mature deliberation,
ac'.irgsolely upon Ills own Judgment and
responsibility, he rcolved to have It opened.
On tlie evening of Tuesday, November 2:lrd,
he sent for Mr. Joel to come to his house. Mr.
[ Joel, not- knowing what was wanted for him,
came with the messenger. The Governor told
him that he had been reading: his (Joel's)
te-tiuuiny, and proceeded to ask Joel a score
or more of questions, testing his sense and
accuracy. All were answered satisfactorily.
! IIi! then asked:
I And you are positive you mended a key of
II his character?
"I am,'' answered Mr. Joel.
And you are positive that Cluvetius was the
man for whom jon mended the key?
Joel said that he was absolutely certain that
CI live: ills was. that he distinctly remembered
Clnveriiw, whom lie had seen several limes
before the murder. .
I "Now can you with equal positireness idenI
llfy tliislcey ?" I he Governor asked.
Jnci said no; that lie could not. lie thought
III il..-. I-.11r ir:i>; not, sure. Had he
I been ill lowed to open It, tie cuulii have satlsI
(I'.'d him.vc'.l beyond all question. The Governor
then inquire ! how long a Mine it would
I take to open it. lie said "about two min]
tues." Tlie Governor then told him lie would
i have it opened. Here Joel began to show re!
luc.taneo. He earnestly protested that lie did
| not wish 11 take any further action bearing
| upon the ease; said, also, that he was Opposed
to capital punishment. and that, ho came
I from h country (Polish-Austria) where there
was no capital punish men t except for crimes
against the government.
[ The Government answered that the responjsibiilty
was with him, not v ith Joel. With
this view strongly put before him, Joel said
he would open the key. Celrig asked, in the
presence of two wime.-BC?. what he expected
to find in the key, ho Paid if it was the key
Into which he had put a new barrel for t'lttvcrius,
two or three file marks would he
found on the upper end of the barrel, and
about it a small quantity of white solder.
T'ooN scut for.'
I Joel ennio to the Governor's house, not
j knowing for what purpose he was wanted.
! lie of course brought no tools.
j The Governor a?kcd* hint what tools he
needed, and he said a plow-pipe and pincners.
Ti.r> coventor held Joel in conversation
while I lies;1 wore sent for from a place of busii
ncs8 within easy reach.
Open.
j Tn a very short time the key was onencd.
> Joel had a lootc of deep anxiety as he viewed
11 lie two pieces. Then he handed them to the
(Governor, and told him to look. The Gov|
ernor looked and saw tin1 very marks and
solder Juel iiad predicted, l'eyond doubt it
I was the key into which Joel had inserted a
new barrel at (.Vntrevllle.
Joel, then.at the request of (lie Governor,
I replaced I lie barrel In the key, doing the wot k
' so nicely that it is next lo impossible to tell
| that the key was ever opened.
| ltesides the (iovernor, there were hut two
j witnesses lo the opening of the key. They
, and Joed were charged by the (iovernor not
I lo divulge the secret. The idea was to keep it
[quiet until after the (iovernor had acted on
I the petition for clemency ; but another coinI
plication arose requiring that 11 should be
! Kept secret a little longer.
j Joel Comes ISar't lo ihe Governor.
I Next morning ai'iTr tlie key was opened,
j .Mr. .loci eaniy lo see the < iovernor again. He
I said in sub>tuncc that he had that morning
i be.-n visited by Dpuring* that Denring had
I said: "You were to see the Govornor last
night?" Yes said Joel. "l>o.-s he want you
: to open the key ?" Joel led him to think thai
j Ihe Governor was talking about it. Then
; lieu ring approached hint with a bribe, the
i coiiditinii being Ilia! Joel should not be cur:
tain (hat it was liis(.loel's) work in Ihe key if
asked to open It. Dt'ttring otl'ered Joel ?100,
. if ti of which he paid and which Joel brought
to t lie < iovernor.
' * '* 1 l!*/i niunalnlt
Tiierc-uii 01 iiiiu ii-\i-iiiiI'm nv
render knows. Jiti'l vnuscil l>etiring to come
tosee liini again l(? iiiik over tin- mailer; a
i>nliceman was lilil under Joel's counter and
. Ilea til all of I'ciiriinr's con versa! Ion.
| Alicr llu* (Sovcrnnr had disposed of the
' ('Inverbis ease l>etirinir was arrested. Then
for Die first l ine the opening of the koy leaked
out, ami the following fioni tin; |ii?paleh
of Thuisdav morning la-l. was the very earil:
est int nii iM made in print of that cireuin'
stature. and set a dozen newspapers reportors
to work on ;i new trial:
The (iovci'iior, A v.
Governor I.eo was asked last nluht if he
couid jslvu flie liispateh any tuforiualioii coneerninji
the Hearing ease; out ho said: "J
can't teil yon now."
i The particular inquiry Hint i'f I>!spateh
wanted to mage of hun was whether, when
Joel visited him, the key was opened, or anything
was done in thai direction.
Itunmrcil concession.
A rumor was wide p;>-o:i'J in the cltv yesterday,
and was credited by many thai Clnverins
had made a confession to Uev. 1 ?r.
Hatcher, who was at the Jail to sec him. Il
may or nc t he true. Whatever l?r. Hatcher
receives from I 'III vcrilis and undoubtedly
v. ill he so kept.
! There were also contlicting reports a'< to
(Muverius's condition?<<ii(! representing him
I as sunken very lowly in spirits indeed.
Ciuverinswas as well as usual yesterday.
His brother, in reply tu a tiuu&liou, said the
prisoner "was as well as could be expected." '
The brother and Dr. Hatcher, Cluverlus's
spiritual adviser, were the only callers admit
ted yesterday.
The seafl'old has not been milde yet. It Is
probable. if It Is in good repair, that the ,
Henrico pillows on which Charles Lee and
Barbara Stiller were banged sonic time ago
will be pressed into service.
The Oirl'H Mother Wants the fntal
Day Hastened.
Governor Ire received a letter from Tiiieinc
T. Madison, the victim ol Chm-rins, in which
she beus the Governor to "let the law take Its
course with that wretch who hag caused the 1
father, mother and cUht brotbe. s and sisters ]
to see so much trouble. Only hasten as quick '
as possible for the sake of other poor mothers
and Innoccnt females. Please, for the sake of 1
the mother whose heart and mind have been ]
nearly crazed with grief and distress, let it '
(meaning the Judgment of the Court) stay as 1
it is." . I
A Roy Who Objected to the 10th.
The Governor received the following yester- I
day: ,
December the 10th.
Dear GovEKNon-Plea.se don't hang Mr.
Cluverlus on the loth, for that. Is my birthday.
Will be ten years old then,and I c an't be happy
for thinking of Mr. Cluverlus. Plea>e ilon t
hang him that day. You don't know how I
love you, General Lee. I hate blue because
you fought against It so well and hurd. My
papa fought, too; was with the Cadets, grandma
nays, at. the battle of New Market, and he
was only fourteen year*old. My papa is dead
now. Dear General, don't linng Mr. Cluverlus
on next Friday. Your llnli* friend,
Kichakd wood.
"Confesses" llic Murder.
Inspector Murray, of New York, yesterday
sent to Chief of Police Poe the following letler,
which was either written by a era ilk or by
some one who wishes to manufacture sympathy
for Cluverlus:
"December 8,1880.
"* Superintend ant Murray :
Dear Sik?I am sorry that the authorilies
ol Kichmond are making a great mistake
about Cluverius's case, he is the wrong man. |
Sorry liecould not prove an alibi. I had hoped
he could, and now there is nothing left for me
but to surrender my.-elf us the murderer of
Li'lian Madison.
"I will surrender on the morning of Cluverius's
execution al your headquarters. It
is unnecessary lo give you further partit-u ars,
as my case will show clearly about the murder
at my trial. I cannot wait any longer of
confessing my crime, us my conscience has
troubled me enough. I will prove all when I
surrender.and there is nothing left for me but
to surrender, get a trial, and probably hang.
"Lillian Madison's Murderer."
The Governor and Dr. Hotelier.
Yesterday evening about 4 o'clock Dr. Hatch[
er called on Governor Lee and presented the
following letter to his Excellency:
Richmond, Va., December 8, 1886.
J To Governor Fitzhugh Lee :
I hereby present to you my humble and last
petition, that you will grant to rne a reprieve
for a term of sixty days, that I may have a
suitable time to prepare for my Inevitable
end. This I solemnly feel is most- needful and .
; important for me in my present sad condition,
nil unrililv lump linilii? nn 11* flit ol?'
j Thomas J. (\luverics.
The Governor sent a message to the prisoner
by Dr. Hatcher telling him lie would respite
| htm until the llth of January next.
The news whs at once conveyed to Cluverlus
and considerably relieved bis anxiety.
When I)r. Hatchcr Was Sent Tor.
A tier tL*e Governor on day before yesterday,
refused either to pardon Cluverius or to com!
mute his seiitenee.eounsH a<ked for a respltp,
in order that the prisoner mlsfht have time to
| prepare fur death. The Governor said lhat he
[would like to see the prisoner's spiritual ad
j viscr on that point. This information being
i conveyed toCluverius, he asked that Rev. I)r.
! Ha teller t)e sent for. Accordingly Mr. He v.
; Crump not into a carriage and drove to Dr.
Hatcher's residence, and Dr. Hatcher got in
, the carriage and was driven to the Jail, where
he had quite a lengthy talk with Cluverlns,
, and questioned him as to his preparation lor
the fate thai awaited him. Through the Doc!
tor's representations to the Governor the Governor
yesterday agreed to order the reprieve
' above staled.
: SHOOTING STRAIGHT AT THE CENTRE.
I Wrong; on the Bank Question?.Right
in Fighting the Protective Tariff.
Editor Press and Banner :
j Sly enumeration of the causes for hard
times?scarcity of money?general depression
| was not. intended to be exhaustive. It is a
; catalogue of the principal, most powerful
1 agents in the catastrophe. Let us now examine
each of them separately, in order to deter'
minn ttmlr Dower. The nrcsent banking, sys
tern is entirely tun expensive, it has to malntuin
too many officers at exorbitant salaries.
Some of tlie bank presidents receive $23,000 a
year. And t here are about li'OO of these presidents.
In the large cities, some of them have
: a dozen or more clerics. They will average, at
; least, a half dozen. In round numbers about
25.001 men to be supported by the people In
princely style, for doing what the Treasury
| Department is paid to do, and could do just as
' well the hai.k nabobs. Hut a more serious
I charge, and a far greater item of useless
j expense, is the double profit the banks are al-1
! lowed to make. They deposit b'mds for the!
security of their circulation, and draw inter- j
est on both the bonds and the circulating
notes. Under the old banking system, the
basis of circulation was coin held in the
j vaults of the bank. The bank received no interest
(> ) this coin. Justice and equity de
mand that interest on these bonds should
J cease when deposited by a bank to secure Its
circulation. The amount Involved here is belt
ween thirty and fifty millions annually.
> Hence the National Hanks cost the.people in
expenses alone, ?10:1,000,000 rimually. Isitj
any wonder that We are poor?
| Hut of all abominations that ever cursed a
people, the. Protective Tariff is the greatest.!
Conceived in lulipily and brought lorth In!
sin, U is sustained in crime. It robs the .in any |
: for the benefit of the few. It Is class legisla-1
11ion of the vilest character. It fosters monop-j
loly, and destroys competition. It is wrong |
I in principal, and ruinous in practice. It com-1
! pels Hie poor to pay ns much for the support!
of the government as the rich. Many a poor i
tenant, with rive or six children, pays more
than Jay Gould to the United States Gove: 11-)
.?..i i:/...Mil* khuu' 1111* iniouit v ol'the!
Illl'lll. i'Wvau >. ? ? a
.system ?
I Property, or its represcntntivn money, Is
| the tiiicl of t he world. Government is chiefly
! concerned in devising ways and means to
| nrolcet and increase property. Ninety-nine
hundreds of all I lie legislation of tiie country,
I nutional, state Pud munieipal, is dlree'lyor
| Indirectly devoted to finance. Hence property
ought to pay ttie expenses of the governiinenf.
The almighty dollar is at the root of
!"iill legislation. Kdueation and religion arc
encouraged hy law. because their intlncnce
j tends to lessen the expense of present In erinng
and punishing criminals. Mate and intini
clp.il uovei ninents are supported by a tax upon
property. Why. in the name of common
sense and common honesty, is not the national
government supported in the same way?
I l.iu we are told that our infant industries re-1
Tiiire protection and encouragement. In the'
litst place, we li ivc no infant industries ; and
In the sec;.nd place, if we had, the claim is;
lalse, as shown by the history of the times. I
AcconlinvMo the historians, phiiosphcrs, and i
StntcMiii ii of our times. we are not surpassed
hy any nation on ih<s cartli in anything that j
goes to make up national greatness, besides, j
1 we are separated from all the great pmveis by I
; water. The protectionists would havens lie
lieve, that Knjjlish mill owners can send vesI
sels across the Atlantic, load them with cot- j
ion, tveross the ocean, transport thfic-dton by
rail to the mills, change it lot:) cloth, send the ;
i cloth back to America, ami successfully coin-!
i ;>ete with American mills in the sale of such [
j cloth ! An M. i'. recently sai.l, "any sort of a I
I Tiiri!!' Is better than a direct tax, levied, asj
the Constitution pri scribes, according to pop-,
j ulal ion.'' I bit the Constitution can be altered,;
j or amended, and will be, if the people ever j
i gel lulu power again.
j A diiect lax, levied in proportion Id proper-'
ly, lor Ilit> support of tiic <{e?eral Govern-j
limn I wouldn't cost the common peope Kutof
what they i.ow | uy, under the operation of|
tin- ihievintr Tiiril!'. Tim present Male ma-j
i-hincry conlil collect tlu? national lax Willi!
i very l.flc additional expense. Th''h?.rdc of
revenue and Custom Ilou-ieot'lelaN, coding !
j many millions annually, woulil lie driven
j until Hie putdh-crik V?"e*!, v?r. Kdilor, I shall
i have In dose. wi:l:o:it coiieludinjr the stil?Jecl, 1
1 and murk il, continued in our m-xi.
Itespeetliilly, <11.L> FOC V. j
The via I wiiiie postal cars now in me on j
the I'ii'dmont Air-I.ir.e. between WaMiinvitnu i
and Atlanta, arc to he sidolracked ami their
i placi s are to lie taken hy new and larger cars.
I The old ears tiiat a h w years auo were retraid(<'d
as modi-Is of eon vciiiciice arc now found i
! to lieentireiy inadequate to the demamls of
II in* times, Hie mail business having titviitly 1
increased.
Tiif. Ahhevillo I.itemry ('uli met. last Friday
nigi. tut- Hie home of SI. 1'. lieHruhl, Ksij
i'rof. tleor^e C. Hodge* read an essay on Kiiticai.cn.
i
MR. IKE AS A PHILOSOPHER.
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rwo AXIOMS IK ma.RELIGIOUS GREEDi
Man !Knst Itclp Himself?Providence.
tVill Do For LTS What We
?3ioufil l>o For Ourselves.
Editor Press and Emitter:
The oltfect of thfe present meeting, Is to con*
>ider the question of help, and .without furLhi
r preliminary the ciub will proceed to bua?
l:ic*s. .. . ji , '
The first thins discovered after the creation
:>f man, was Ills need of help, and he has nev-er
be*n fully supplied yet, although he wan
In 6on!e uten<uhe supplied by the creation
Df woman. She was Intruded ns a help, batproved
to be a mother of necessity atid hbtp~">
lessness, a remedy worse than the ftiuludy?*
and man needs as much If not mare ass^t*1
mce now than lie did before her creation, and
the superlative question remains to discover
the headquarters of help; from whence?
when? and how, are we to expect help? who
lire to lie the helpers? and cun It be obtained
by nil? ure vitul questions, ana tlte member
jl'this club I>hs no Utopian vanity to gratify,
lint ureal desire first to help himself, and
then as many others as possible. If thero
sver was a time when help was needed. It Is
|ust about now, and here Is the place that a,
helping hand would be gratefully grasped,
and gladly received.
Theie Is no lack of advice, and advisers, for
obtaining help, but In genuine hard times
like these they all fall, and there seems to
i>e no balm of Gtlead to remove the anguish ' '
from aching hearts, or to hush the sighs, or
still moans, of hungry, cold and suflerlnjc;
homes of despairing families. The shadows
of coming woes, no hope of aid and no prospect
of success, is crushing the 6ouls ana be- ,
wilder'ug the faculties of prostrate rmn. Th'^future
prospects are^rlnomy, and we are teu>;Eest-tossed,
without sail or rudder among tbo
reakers ol distress and despair.
There has been no night so dark as to ol
scuretlie light of the succeeding day, and
therefore I hope our present tribulations will
be succeeded by a period of prosperity as
briuhtas the period of want is dark.
Experience is a good schoolmaster and a
dear one, but fools will learn under no other.
It is giving us some dear lessons at present,
and I hope after .the recitations are over wo
will be wls**r and better, and that wo may all
in the end rcceivc diplomas ol graduation in
business, social, nnimorc.1 tn.li.lng that will
enable us to pafs the remainder of our lives
In usefulness, full of profit to this club, andthe
rest of mankind to the end of time. Th&;
club wl'.l hall the time when the bright side of
events turns toward us, and will hold a nitM
fication meeting with open doors and a fu.rLhouse.
In the meantime let us consider,'
some of the ways an'd means of fastening
such ii glorloneconsummation. From whence
docs help come? It should cotnc from the
four corners of the universe. From all sides,
from above and below, it should meet In a
common center. It should proceed from every
power, good or evil, divine and human.
and so brace us on every Side thut we could
not fall, and It is our duty to try to obtain it
from every source, und every quarter, and
with proper exertion It can be done.
When is it to be expected? Forthwith, Immediately,
right no?, and lorevcr. Iniay be
obtained at all times by the proper use of our
faculties and energies. We should draw on it
all the time, If we u?o the proper mean*.
can neip Denniainen oy aur or i* me ?u|jply
limited ? There is an Inexhaustable supply,
and H iscomeatable by all. , '
IIow arc we to expect help? First, by helfi'i
ing ourselves, and then by forcing all eitsc^lci
help us. One of the greatest obstacle* in the,/
way of help Is laziness. Laziness Is as nbuh-.
dant as help, and tlirives better In the uncbl-'
livated state lhan any other pest, and will
smother and choke out any good habit that
comes In contact with it it left Alone. Why
iiml when It was invented are unknown to
this club, though it has been in existence so
long that it has common law. Idleness Is the
mother ot it, and trusting on Providence todo
everything is the father of it, and believ-ing
it to kc unnecessary to do anything ourselves
Is the best soil to plant It in. This dab
hag two ere<ds in religion, or rather has two
axioms in its religious creed. The first. Is
that God does nothing for man he can do fprhimself;
and the second Is, that Goa leavesnothing
essential undone for a loan that ne
can not do for himself.
Incessant labor conqucrs all things. Nothing
Is too difficult for mortals. The great
mistake is to expect help belore we help ourselves.
We innsthavo faith enouarh to go In
work under all circumstances, and do oar
partof the Job, knowing theotlu?r part wlllbOj
done. How to obtain this faith Is a question,
not fully known or understood by this <jlyh,.
that s, to know we will be helped by soyrb,
supernatural cause when we help ourselves,'though
It Is thoroughly understood by the
club that supernatural help never comes before
the natural help Is used. You might as
well try to begin building a chimney at the
top, or digging a well from the bottom, as to
npply for supernatural help before using your
r,u-n no Mini I nnu-ers of heln. If every man*.
woman, and cliild would only do their
distress, woe, and despair would soioc -go;
hence, and the country would bloom and
prosper. If Joshua of old hud possessed ehnnon
and war engines, the walls of Jcrlcho
could not have been levelled by shouting and
blowing rams' horns, and he had to use tho
means lie had or they would never have fallen 4
down; and although It looked like utter folly
to expect the wallsto fall by marching around.tliein
blowing rams'horns, yet he did so .forseven
days, and seven times on tho seventh
day, and down they came. The Lord never
would have made the wine fnr.-tM raofKiage.
feast, unless they first had drawn the'wawrtwK%filled
the Jars. The servants 1ld that. iUffiBfey /
did the rest. With faith you ?an move
tain?, but you cannot have fallh irnlestt
There Is enough profitable work nbotrt
household to employ every member all "Ihtf
t line. The pater familias of tills club can fin<t
Innumerabre things to be done around hi?;
lodgings. Tho great trouble with his suborn dinates,
is the fear of doing the dulr that belongs
to some other associate, and they are
too honorable and to high-minded to Intrude
on the province of each other in the way of
performing duties; and he is rather too cautious
of doing what should or ought to bo
doue by others, and as It is hard to decide who
should do sonic things, they are leu unaone,
and the most of the duties are neglected in
that way. Making, Mending, and Saving,
are essentials that cannot be neglected, and
each would require.".n entire meeting Hw
club to be expatiated on. Little Mls.s Ike,'
about oiL-ht years o!<l, remark?:' ' Papa, you
have enough of that"; sogOiid night.
Yours truly, MR. IKE,
FIFTY-TV^ MILES OF ROCK.
The Work of Mncndp.mizini; tho Public
Roads Ready to Commence*"
Convicts <lunrryliijr Rock?.-Tho
Day or R:ul Romh Ynni*hiug?
]lrcklciibiii's'H Enterprise.
Charlotte Observer.
Within the next twelve months, all the pubII
.......I., I...,.linn 1,11.1 Phmllltto will be mil
IIU llliiun iV-iiMuif, v.? ?
eadamizcd iroai the crossing of the township
lino to tho crossing of thu city corporation
line, outside the city limit* u:td insiuc, ttfS
township limits, there are .fifty-two io2) aiUe*
ot public road, all of which Is to bo thorough*
ly macadamized uiul made as sound and as
good in sill re* peels as the macadamized
streets of the city. Tho work is to be done by
the county convicts, under tile vorv ab:o supcrintendeney
of Ksquire.S. If. Hilton. For
the past eighteen months the convicU have
been employed in grudimr liie public miv^ls of.
the town.-hip, and now ilio roads are to1>e further
improved by macadamizing, 'i'his done.'
it will i>e many years before any additional
work will be m|Uir< d on tiic roads leading into
i;hnrS*>itc, and ten foot mud holes, wheel-,
wrecking ruts, and miry hills will be henceforth
unknown. The work is to be well done,
and then Mecklenburg county can boost of
titty-two miles of solidly macadamized roads,
a boast that no other county in the State can
make. When the work of macadamizing ihe.
roads of this township is completed, the convicts
will t>e rotated around the county, until
every mile of public road In Mecklenburg Is
leve.cd and coated with rock.
The convict* are now engaged in quarrying
rock, at. the en-tern terminus of Trade street,'
and will soon have it sullicient quantity quarried
t'? macadamize the I'rovidcnee road tjotn
the corporate limits of the city to ttfe town hip
I'm s." The whole cost of tftlK' road work
?i.1 be met l?y the taxpayers of t'harloito
towtu-hip. A fund of fl.OOU is already nvnilnbie
in I be county treasury, and the oulsiilo
townships of ihe comity will not be called upon
to pay a sinule cent.
.We l.;-ii?\e that this Is Ihe most important
step in the mad working lutcrcsis yet made
in I ii Is Still I*, and will insure tine reads fur
t'iiaiiollc township and evenltmlly for Mecklenburg
ouniy. Tho supervision of the work
i> In good hands, for Inquire Hilton iv a man
who is to be trusted, and who docs not need
wat-hiii!'.
Ma. Wii.i.iam I.. Mii.kek of this villupo
and every member ot liis family are ill bed
with measles.