Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, November 27, 1879, Image 2
VOLUME XLIV.
EDGEFIELD, S. C
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NOVEMBER 27, 1879.
NUMBER 51.
?n ? i ".,."?rtn or ?nnarin- ' Our company got its first hundred
For the Advertiser.
BUOOKS AGAINST BKOOKS.
MKSSRS EDITORS,-The following
extract from the decree of tire Su
preme Court in this case is the entire
d cree in regard to the subject mat
ter of this communication :-" It ap
pears by the report of the referee
that Whitfield Brooks purchased ne
groes at the sale of the estate of Mrs.
Carroll, deceased, part ot which were
originally purchased by J. B. L-i
Borde. Mrs. Brooks paid for such
purchases ouc of a legacy coming to
hter from the estate of Mrs. Carroll.
foe presumption is that, these ne- ?
JlUeViuu?pnrtl?lied lorr^eTTp.?t C?'
the estate of W. Brooks at his death,
and therefore passed under the clause?
of his Will. Tr.is, however, is not |
important. It is not disputed that
the debt was a legal demand against
the estate of W. Brooks, and was
paid by Mrs. Brooks out of her indi
vidual estate. She is accordingly
entitled to a credit theref-r. She i's
not entitled to interest on such pav
ment, as she had the use of the prop
erty of the estate under tire life-ten
ancy, which was subjected to the dis
charge of such debt. The referee i
clearly in error in holding those ne
groes to be the property <>f Mrs.
Brooks on the ground that they were
not included in the inventory of the
estate-. Tney must be assumed .to
have formed part of the estate tha
went under the residuary claude tu
Mrs. Brooks as tenant for life. She
was not bound to return an inventor)/
of 2-roperty held by her as life tenant.,
and not m the character of executrix
If such an inventory wa? in fact
made, it was unnecessary. The rights
of the remainder men to demand an
i ive dory depeuded on allegations of
waste or the like. The inventory
spoken of in Devlin vs Palteri-cn
(McMullan's E. 459) is clearly a spe
cial inventory distinct fr?m that re
quired of an executor as to property
of his estate held in that character.
In Robertson vs Collier (1 Hill eh.
540) the inventory that may be re
quired of a life-tenant of an est?t*
masa is spoken of a
edi.? for the protei
?kr?? mi
. iiowiug */ns :
First, "ii is not disputed that the
debt was a legal demand against the
estate of W. Brooks, and was paid
bv Mrs. Brooks out of her individual
estate; she is accordingly entitled to
a credit therefor.
Second. There is no evidence that
Mrs. Brooks treated the slaves in
question cs her individual property,
or in any way denied the rights ol
remaindermen in respect thereof.
She is entitled to the credit claimed."
Much argument is not necessary to
refute these bold assertions. In my
effort to show error io the decree in
this matter I shall rely chiefly upor
the evidence taken by the referees
the reports of the referees, the ad
missions of the executor of Co!
Boooks aa set forth in bis various e>
c ;ptions, and upon the decree of th
Circuit Judge. It is also worthy <
note that the executor did not, in b
complaint, set up this claim as a 1
gal demand against the estate of h
testator, but on the contrary assure
the Court and the legatees, that tl
life-estate survived the war and i
consequences, free from debt or i
cumbrance. I will trace this matt
step by step, from the beginning.
September 1875, testimony, in t
matter was taken before Griffin, B
eree, who filed his report in Octo
of ,*bat yeal-, and in 1S75 he mad
set JSf report, in neither of wh
did he allow this claim as a legal
mand against the estate of W. Broc
To this report the executer ?rran
as follows:
?' G. The Fwefcree errs in omit
to credit the life-tenant with the j
ment of the amount of the purcb
of the negro shares (in the aggre
sum of $L750,) by the testate
the sale of the estate of Mary
roll, deceased; thc amount of
purchases having been paid as a
against testator's estate by the
tenant, hu executrix, after his di
In December 1875 this cause
aroued bet?rtew*4;idge Carp
who referred 'back to the Befe
many Faints in issue, and ami
.them as follows :
4 That the Eeferee inquire and
^ort as to thc slaves mentioned in
executor's sixth exception, whe
eaid slaves were the property of
Itfe-tenant or of the testator,
er thev ?.re on the invento
tJtat^s"estate made by the life
ant in 1852, and whether they
' paid for by the life-tenant out o
funds of testator's esUU. Ther
in April 187G, filed his vepc
Which we find the following:
o ?? I find that the slaves^
toto the sixth exception of t]
cation were not a part of the
of Col. Whitfield Brooks,
the executor excepts as follow
. Jat That by the leith cl
the testator's will, the interest of
Af. P. Brooks (the life-tenant) given,
to her for life by Mrs. Mary Carroll's
Will, is given and bequeathed to her
absolutely. That according to the
testimony, the said negroes referred
to in paragraph 2 of the report, were
bought by test??-.or at the sale of Mrs.
Carroll's e?tat?, and were paid for.
after his death by the lift-tenant with
a portion cf the very f hare coming j
to her from that es!ute (Mrs. Car
roll s) g;v^^fe?ier as aforesaid by
che tenth? Kpf testator's will,
and t/icrejBA Kg/" course regarded
'hem 6JMRHH|HHMF never returned
'hem o^H n^'al?t?jtes?x?eJ.'
e ?feree, the De
i-ndan^H Kain tiff all Con
- r mg uM^B^on that ti.eye ne
groes wei SB Hf property of Col.
Brooks, th^Wf were not returned
as a part?u his estateafter his death,
.tndtha^they were Mrs. Brooka's own
property. The Supreme Court, how
ever, decrees that the presumption is
that they formed part of the estate
cf Col. Brooks, and that it must be
assumed that they passed into the
life estate. The Court deals largely
in presumption, as&umptions and as
sertions.
This cause was argued elaborately
before ex-Judge Townsend, who, how
ever, went out of office soon after
leaving the case undecided. Judge
Shaw subsequently appointed him
referee of all the issues. Townsend,
Referee, filed his report 15th July
1S7S, and reports in regard to this
matter:
" I am of the opinion that these
slaves, after being paid for, were nev
intended by Mrs. Brooks to consti
tute a part of ker life estate, but
were considered her own property,
and her executor should not have
credit for the purchase money of
them."
This finding of the Referee goes
certainly to the extent that if there
tver was a legal demand again?t the
estate of Col. Brooks in regard to
these negroes, it has long since been
removal Kv Mr? n 3, who reim
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. debt
life
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was
amount of his purchases of negro
slaves at the sale of the estate ai
Mrs. Mary P. Carroll. Whitfield
Brooks, by the-clause of his will,
gives to Mrs. M. P. Brooks, his wife
(and afterwards his widow and ex
ecutrix) absolutely all of her interest
in her mother's, the eaid Mrs. Car
roll's, estate ; and if she, Mrs. Brooks,
i$ to account for the amount paid by
ber for Mr. Brooks's purchases at
M.s. Carroll's sale, then she will
clearly lose that amount, and as t<
the slaves purchased not being in th
inventory of Mr. Brooks's estate, a
?tated in the report, the evidence c
J. P. Carroll 6hows that the*- wer
paid tor after the said inv .tory W?
made, by dedu " .^e amount <
their nfrchase money from the shai
of MtAi. P. Brooks in the sstate
Mrs. Mary Carroll (her mothe
which her husband Whitfield Brou
gave her by his will.
Tb^executor, in this exceptio
disputes the reaeoning of the Refer
but does not deny his conclus?
Hence the execator, I submit, stat
exac --here he did in his first >
-ort of Griffin, F.
;s were
individ
i not t
nor Ju
this c
ie clos
Ulow
iok3. 1
the (
cepi
ere
gare-: . :
prope
into tL
Pr?sele
and fi lee
1878. E
claim as a
following !.
cniorlo 41 .
ia; That. '
decided th j ~- the ex
tor in tba l?t t ?ion to the re
01 C. P. Townsend, Referee.
From the foregoing, I deduce
following:
1. That Griffin Referee, Town*
Referee, Judge Tresslej, the Di
danta, and the Paintiff concurr?
the opinion tbatis a natter of
these slaves wen the individual j
) wuBjerty of Mrs. Mry P. Brooks,
?ent?rin?t she so regaled them, and
ree ! *hc " never remaned them as a
ong of testator's estatle."
2 That if TNERJ was at any
, re- for any reason, &r egal demand af
the the estate of Col Brooks on ac?
ther of these negroes,' ,uat it was can
; the by Mrs. Brooks \ paying- the de
and with the money | fol. Brooks ga\
ry of under the tenth i ?lause of his
!-ten- and then taking j he negroes a
were individual proper ;y.
,f the 3 That the defendants di
eferee t^at the debt (so called) was e
rt, in demand against; the estate (
Brooks, from th* beginning.
Supreme Court hovever, in its \
and in its power, has decide?
these negroes did ass into the
of W. Brooks, andthat Mrs. B?
?tate is entitled 0 credit fi
anse if ar?ouut of thc pnr?a8e money
The Court in the decree says :
" There ia no evidence that MrB.
Brook? treated the staves in question
ss her individual property." Let us
Fee if* the Court ii correct. Read.
??en. R. G. M. Dunovant sworn, saysi
as to slaves ment'oned in this section
of the order, that he has examined
both the sale bills of the estale of
Mrs. M. P. Carroll and the inventory
of 1852. That he knows the negro
slaves referred to in this section of
the urder as charged against Whit
field BrookB on the sale bill of Mary
P. Carroll. They are not on the in
ventory of 1852, Ile Iruows it of hip
QWn J?nfX?dtuL^>-Ti- . . .o
inventory by the same name as some
of these are not the ones charged to
Whitfield Brooke at. the .-ale of Mis.
M. P. Carroll, deceased. Said slaves
were taken by the life tenant and wa?
held by her as her own, and they were
not the properly of the t state of Whit
field Brooks."
This evidei - Slivered in the
presence of
counsel; and
nied or in an
troverted. Ic
point in issue,
printed points
Court. The at ?
Court, upon wi
that there i J no
to the matter, ii
going, to say th
But there is otb
point. J. II. I
the estate of Co
tifying as his ow
on th? direct exa
" Mrs. Mary P. Bi
ily at the sale of .
Brooks-Judy anc
had two other n
obtained from he.
said negrcc3 were
Brooks on the ola
her for Hie."
" Mrs. Brooks e
buildings upon tb
her carpenters."
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cuss the full mean
^nd his
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thi3
The
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ecu
port
the
lend,
afen
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fact
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and
that
part
time,
jainst
;ount
celed
mand
re her
will,
s her
spitted
i legal
>f W.
The
might,
1 that
estate
rooks's
ar the
whom ever comp
of sale. I think
my purpose, to
two proposition*
which the Snpn
lied to support
terly without foi
sion I will say ti
able thing in tl
case, is that th '
tate of Col. AV.
obtained a deere'
tor's estate, to t
over his own ev
own exception.
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COUNTY COMM
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TO COMPTROi.
Lier
Annual Report ol' the Cou
missioners ol Edgefleld
the Comptroller General
Year 1878-0, Heglnniug 1
ber, 1878 and Eudlug 3<)t
18T9.
To the Honorable JohnsoA
C omplrolUr General of tte Stak
South Carolina :
The following is a statement of
proceedings of the Board bf C ?ui
Commissioners of Edgefield Cou
in relation to the finances of E
County for the fiscal year,1878-?
1. The total amount of. claims
lowed aud approved by tfte Cou
Commissioners of EdgefieU Coui
for the fiscal year, 1878-0, as sh
by the accomponyiug printed
which was published in th> Edge
Advertiser, is $10,714.00. ,jAdd I
pensation to the County :' .'?amia
?re, ?puvzu. Add Jury and
ness certificates reported by
County Treasurer aa received by
in payment of taxes during the
1878-9, $ 2,2<
Total expenses of the
years.1878-9, $13,7:
The to'al am unt of the 3i
tax levied for County purr oses f<
year 1S7S-9, as shown by the .
tor's books, is $12,569.02.
There are Borne extra assess:
and collections to be added t
above, amount, not yet report
tho County Commissioners.
Add also for Licenses issued 1
Commissioners during the fisca
1878-9- p
Add amount receied by the C
Treasurer for fines reporte
him, $
$13,
Deduct Treasurers Conumssiom
?00
$1'2
Probablo deficiency for th
i 1878 9 will be, $1,095,50.
The County Treasurer has rt
? the following amount collec
j him on the 3? mill tax for year
upon to date, \o wit, $9
I Add Lifelines. ?j
Add Finee.
$9,613,20.
Add Jury ticket?paid by Treasuer.
2,269,99
$11 883.19.
2. The County Commissioners by
their last year's repoit showed the
dtficienoency existing for the years,
1877-8, to he $3,048.02.
Since that report, other ch?ms came
in for that year and were passed,
amounting to $1,655.75
Total def]'cv for .187.7=78-.$4,705.77
r&e Le^??Tature at its last session
authorized the levy levy of one mill
to pay this deficiency, said levy
amounted to $3,591.15,
If this is all collected and applied,
there will remain a deficiency for the
I years, 1877-8 of $1,112.62.
3. The Couuty Commissioners by
their last year'd report showed a de
deficiency existing for the years,
1876-7, of $525.12, and requested
i that a tax be levied to pay it, but no
tax was authorized and that deficien
I cy remains still unpaid.
The following deficiencies there
fore remain to be provided for by
future legislation, to wit:
Duficioncy for 1876-7, $ 525.12
Deficiency for 1877-8 $1,112 i?i
Deficiency for 1878-9, $|,09fj,60
Total deficiencies to be
provided for, $3,788,24
4. The following are the estimates
of the expenses of Edgefield County
for the fiscal year commencing No-'
vember 1, 1879.
County Auditors Assessments, $ 400 00
Coanty Commissioners, 1000 00
Jury, Witnesses, Constables
aod Clerk of Cou -1, 8,o00 Ot
?herilTg account, Court expen
' se* ?nd Jail feen, 2,500 00
Trial Justices "and Constable?, 1000 00
Coroner, 200 00
??or bouse and Poor, 1000 00
fridges, fl.000 00
Repairs on "public buildings, 150 00
Post mortem examinations
and Lunatics, 200 00
Contingent expanses, 300 00
Office Rent, 100 00
$16,350 00
We (he County Commissioners of
Edgefield County do hereby certify
thu? the foregoing is a true and cor
$2,733.24.
Respectfully submitted,
W. L. STEVENS,
W. N. MARTIN,
, JOS. W.WYSE,
County Commissioners.
\V. F. ROATH, C. B. C. C.
CALUMNIATION.
And now comes the Orangebur
Democrat and opposes the nomine
don of old Mart Gary on high mor*
grounds. Ordinary people will o
no account house with a man of ce
tain and inflexible character the
they will with a lion. A lap dc
who wags his tail and licks the hat
and cringes to every nod is mm
more acceptable to them. LaRoch
foucauld says: "No man deserv
to be praised for his goodness unl<
he has strength of character to,
wicked. Where there is no lik<j
hood of an enemy's approach j
garrison slumber on their post. Vp
ever heard of Mart Gary doing et
er a rash, a foolish, a cruel or ana
generous thing? Has he any t
that is not more than counterbja
ced by more sterling virtues? 1
not sincere ? Do we not need h<
just 6uch qualities to combat thje
of the times that seeks for thitt
follow fawning?-beaufort Gre
TH fe ?AR Y BOOM.
The Gary boom ?9 being tc de
nursed by three or four tun
newspapers. We have nothing rAj
Gen. Gary specially-we hon . 1
for the part he took in^ the ntnc
ble campaign of '76-but we lo
say this because he had the lldr
i/? differ with the policy poul?'
known as the Hampton polly,
because we do not think hj fa
represents the political vteiof
masses of the Democratic 4ter
the State, and consequetly
election would place our pehle
false position before the cohtrj
large. We could name a hflf-d
or more men, any one of iiom
would rather see Governor lian
M. W. Gary.
?Orangeburg hmo
5"
WILL BE CLOSE
We are very sorry to ham
the Columbia Theological Bern
will close next May for waa of ?
There is a monthly deficiejcy c
tween $350 and $400, ajd: i
something extraordinary hlppei
institution will have to U p
nently closed np. The Rev.
PlUmer sent a communication
Board last night statingithat
count of advancing age, U cou
undertake the arduous libera i
nection with a tour tjiroug
State soliciting aid for tie Ser
from the various churchf. It
known whether any othfr pers<
be appointed to fulfill this imj
mission. We trust tait son:
will turn up to aid thisvener?
stitution, and lift it oujof the
of adversity in which if is now
gling for existence.-Pulmclt
man.
The annual session of/South
Oonfflrenc* will bo hold ju Charit
tho 17th of December.
C?IHILKOAD CONVICTS.
ne Defence ofihe Greenwood and An
gosta Railroad Direct? rs-How the
Convicts Have" Been Cured For.
Hie True IiiwardneHs ol the Peiiltcn
Uarjr Investigation.
STOCKADE NO. 5,
? GREENWOOD & AUGUSTA H. R, \
J|GEFIEIJ> Co., S. C , Oct., 22, 79 J
lo thc. Pallie;-So many horrible
gea of cruelty and brutality to
la the convicts at work on the
?enwood and Augusta railroad,
re lately been published in the news
es, that the undersigned Board of
i?7aj?-road jgeXJt due to
to fliemselves te?TT'asr-fcfe^
Noy?es of the roid, to nuke TV
fl^rng^iain statement of lads:
I is sadly true that during the lif
tie^ vcr.lwo years that thc convicts
ha* been at work on our road,
abut half of those we h id in charge
ha?jfer?.?out it is also true, that
abotnalf ox*heir deaths occurredtht
riv next succeeding months of the
prient year, dating from 20 April,
189, when we received cur last
bash of con vieta from the Penitentiary
an; we are sony to have to add that
winow believe most of them died of,
.scjrvy, although undoubtedly vc*y
may'of the dead eon ids likewise
h?i syphilis and other chronic QT
&as. . ^
At each of the stockades establish
edon our road every? reasonable el
fos has been made by* the board to
I {irised e for the comfort aud health of
th- convicts consistent with their
dab-keeping. Every stockade has had
a pod spring or well of pure water. A
large yard has been enclose for exeroise
oltne nick.; commodious prison pena
h/?re been erected, another s^.artate
siucture for a hospital has been
blilt, btill another cabin for corarnis
airy stores put up, another house for
aguard house, yet soother 'for the
siper.ntendent, besides large
t*nta for various uses. :rfj53puntiiul
supply of bacon, corn ^??d, pea.?
and such other vegtables a? could be
bad in the neigh borhoodha-.ebeen the
usual diet ot the well convicts, but
they have als'* h .id potatoes, ouiona
sagar, molasses, turnip*, collards, etc.
by the barrel or wagon load, anti
lemons by the box, while flour, rice
chickens, milk and other deliaciei
have been furnished thcfejr^m larg(
quantities, both by the company ant
ttie neighboring citizens. Many ant
I njiany a box of tobacco has been eerv
I : . sred io -hesid
toi the sick at each stockade. Clear
linces of person, quarters, night-tub
etje., has been studiously observe?
Ata abundance of medicine, ahoe
clothing, blankets, etc. have bee
kept on hand, except once or twi<
in summer when we have been a li
tie short of clothing and shoes, b
during the present year each of oi
convicts has had three suits of clothe
The convicts may have been pre
ec somewhat hard at times to fini
particular jobs of work, but ordina:
ly they have not been overwork
acd have oftener worked less than t
hours a day than they have worked t
full ten hours. As a rule they ha
never had less than an hour for di
nar and rest in winter, and from t
, to four hours in the summer accoi
ing to the Iwngth of the day, or t
heat of the weather. The super
tendent, overseers and guards hi
never abused the convicts habitua
or even in particular instances to c
Collective or individual knowled
and some one or more of the din
ors, who reside at short intervals
a'.ong the line of the road have
mist daily and frequently seve
times a day, either visited the ste
ade where the convicts were kept
the time or the railroad where t
were at work. No one but the 8
erinteudent or head overseer
been permitted to inflict punishn
and they only with a strap, at
aoard are to be found un the head!
persons of any of the convicts
have had in charge (as is al leget
aotne of the Dews papers,) we unqi
fiedly deny they have been inlli
by our employees, except, pert
ia one or two instances for an
tempt to revolt or escape. Yd
though euch has been our ger
treatmeut, the sickness and moi
ty as before stated, has been
great, especially during lust aun
and spring. That scurvy was
most latal disease hardly admi
doubt and although wo had the
i medical attention in the neigl
I hood of each stockade and al th
numerous country physicians vi
each of the srockades No. 3, 4 a
where nearly all the deaths h&\
curred, yet we were not in lorin
the presence ofthe scurvy unti
18th August last, when it was di
ered in most of the convicts
medical committee consisting ol
J. C. Maxwell, C. M. Burk!
and S. G. Merri wether. That :
scurvy which produced most
mortality is proven by the fad
as soon as the prisoners were ti
anddietedforscurvy there was ?
aa instantaneous change for the
and only oue death has occurre;
the disease at thia stockade dun
last month and only two other
as we are informed have ha]
among the twenty-five con vi.
turned by us to the penitent.!
the 20th September, nearly all
twenty-five were rapidly couva
at the time of their departure
! umbia.
The scurvy of course was
aggravated during the past i
by almost universal ami ?rn
drought in this part o the?tj
venting us from supplying I
Ivicts with fresh vegetables the
have otherwise received. On
day of April last our comp
ecived seventy-five convicts
?enitetiliary wUltout any mc
\ ari?mi oabymirswrgc,m and
?y of those convicts aswe are inform
}' were afflicted with nypLi ia, drop
?y generally debility orother constitu
tional disease, which rendered them
unfit for grading a rail-oad and made
them easy victims fer the ravages of
disease. Although ocr written con
t;act called tor seventy-five " ubi'rhod
ted" convi-.-ts, jet we receive I seven
under, fifteen yevs of nge au 1 others
having py?>liilis, epile sy, etc. We
do not cWg- that those convicts
were the picked invalids of the peni
tentiary, out it is r.ot reasonftbl* th*:
the most able-bodied or healthy were
seleeted by-'theovcr .t i?. tuc peni
tentiary, TO he x-nt u?, particularly
when we wt-ro r-o glad t .* ;*t any,
thit " ? o jil* ali vho wei , .1 &
?
-\njjr :
eral who bad rag
Pen;..outi?'.ry ?
lessees. If we
been gni?y -. - |
trust w ; h i\ ?? ,.?..:
exhib;Li:iv ii.
wnic'h ];.>..: ' sei,!?
auth?iiti<?? ?ui<
tality aiao'jg ui-V.- \ "
was ?et on toa! by ..
P. H Bradh
pense. This
Penit-;" uar ..
ad m i
. : . i
by. .o."i -i
.*. W:?}??fts !. /c
o: cur
: v.-1 y i,-;'
:'".JiV.-: ; i ion
wp?niitQiiary
~ 7tyce mor
jur road
S ..'ja*',-Gen.
. wu ex
it of tba
pscomb,
board of
admi s ;- his . $i , "' '
Directors o? th
an ace;un I c . * " -j
r taft."*
'?fl
G -ir/ ' ?
\r-, giving
to 0*r
ust .last.
stocka-!-, on tr ?>'?Ute 2nd
In th*i ,epor *tv": Ue Cam'
,* . . ;n come
. : . n\ a Utter
.. President
Lg j .at a gr ?at
-, . I >..> :<'S? exiated
?>? i lo the com.
deal '.. morl
amor - thf ,. . .. .
panj - nltent
of Sep
to ins
quen-:.
trom .
of G. i
Jr''"' '
Dr'L,
victs uh!
wh?i li
Sup*. J
thea.; o.-c
for rm;
order M
PenUjenjj
of Aug*1
camp io
perm iva
Pe-iitent
thia '<
nary,
1 our con
;, ... . August","
. r< I do so by
? fy. ? yet both ot
. ara { erectly in
command?d by au
Directora of the
b k 0 the 22nd
vifit ewery convict
'?'/hy did t.he Su
ourge?n of thc
: over diachargocc
1 T.L: y could no
' feariVd mortality
road, J
Gen. i mscl cotm>
tzm.-lr ?? . - 1-a
as'well as <
ii uiiu oeeu ID?pressed upon us as
has been stu . 1 all the prison
loni? " -isposed to sci
.-. : 3uperintenJ(
i Treze-ftint c
.meutofconv
. ' 1 such char?
... ? amm^nedtoi
Directors of I
: these char?
i September i
ent ami Sup
' cfore !be?o;
wing in writ
DUS certifie;!
near the ato
road that
^s without fi
substance
published
.. .pectfully s
t fair to p
charges s
all the
;. . he world
fetr being
mal guil1
treatmec
li -, J ia a j*
t o be de
. ligation
te Penitet
t was ag
Peniteul
. thioug
ay, thu
the pen
. ie. who
of rai
nake a
:he cor
u d well
to Colt
., becai
Me roa
?.he p
..in our
. ? affc
. twent
. i, anc
.t th
ongh
aker
bout
CS <> 1. ;.'
1
r
b. .
?
bi
F
ti
b.
St
ot; .'
or
or
as
bei
for
nen
por?: .
Tba
conv.
were
pense
al abl-'
work
plainii
al othfc
sick lis
and wi
1 ".i i roi?
o'heiygsWS
.ng i
for i
?..j j doon have been
for labor on tho road in the opin
number of phjsicians includii
of the undersigned, who saw
the day before they started f?
lumbia, were also included
twenty-five before mentioned,
four or five obviously feeble or
left on our hands. One of
twenty five convicts died on tl
and another oneshortly after ?
in Columbia, but if they were
ble to be removed thither, it
fault of our company, as D:
who represented the penit
when remonstrated with, sail
them, no matter if they shouh
the road, he would take the r
j b'.lity.
After carrying out the v
j fie Board ot Directors of th
[tentiary we hoped our troub
. o/er and that we should be
t;d to proceed with our road
j ously, especially as ap
treatment for scurvy had
improved the heall h and st
the remaining convicts but t
its also. Judge then of out
when on the Gth day of Oct
erintendent Lipscomb and
Taylor, of Columbia, tun
the stockade, inspected the
the convicto without.giving ;
to our rresiueut, ouiRwU ..._
tendent, or ?aying a vrord as to their
object. We never knew their purpose
mu\\ General Btalley received on
the 5 h ?lay of October last a copy ol*
a re oliuion of the penitentiary board
j>*s?-e 1 at, a special meeting of the .
board when only-members were '.
present, ordering us immediately re- '
turn all of the remaining convicts;
at work for us except eight in con- j
for mi ty wish the recommendation of j
Dr. Taylor, dnt?d 9th instant. From
ali thia it would seem that there was
? desire to break up our railroad
iire'y a'id have all the convicts
t turned to the Penitential
j be supported in idleness
*m$9 oj a>:p.iyer- 'v"
t 'is true rac Gr-eawc
/JflU lUi'rT.:.:' is Of
^tSuOrn Voiv.: di ih-i
:;: ii?porl^' . link ia >
..ioi of toe oCitu 03 it
,'c .1 extension of the
road especially whe
Spartantuirg and also
it will be in time t
greatest scapo.Port
g?p.t Northwest. Therefore \\?.'tb*'
ocorde irj western Carolina are der"
ly concerned in its early complet* ^
particularly the counties of Beau for-.-, ,
Colleton, Hampton, Barnwell, Aiken, j'
Edgefield, &c. Now that we have
no serious sickness among oar cou
victs and that they are all working^
splendidly except four or rive ;
ble ones unaccountably left us,
seems hard that we should
quit work at this junet
grading is nearly . c
wheo our"railroad tax
gun to be collected i
ship along the line f
^?U??e^?Mrto^be su"3J
will be thc case temporarily
if ali the onvicts are to
away except; eight, for it it
to offer to leave us only ei?
which to work, then our 't>?W
will also become demoralized^
probability and thereby great!
barrass us, bu*-, doubtless the tar
city medica! experts from the capi
tal and theJfalHes inteuded our wort
should be suspended and our rail
road taxes, too, if j os ible. Yet con
victs or no convicts our road shal
not prove a failure and, our 'stock
holders and friends may rest assure
of this..
If we or our agents have Louse
: ii
?rs
ir
ml
lid
ict
jes
ip
the
;ea.
sur
*r
ard
ten
.tey
ck
the
JUD
of
I in
tub
iub
ilso.
an
. to
; ac
t or
it of
?wel
ard.
by
ilia
reed
liary
h its
perno tuc act, granting QS the faber,
until the courts shall order us to st
render the convicts. .
We are the more resolved on tl
course, because a medical committ
consisting of three well-known a
skillful physicians of Edgefield,
wit: Hon. fl. A. Shaw, now a me
ber of the legislature, E. M. Bu
halter and G. S. Meriwether, hi
ibis day reported after careful inv
tigation, that the health of all i
convicts has much improved of lt
and that the whole of tin m are
pable of performing the ordinary
bor required of the ordinary iabo:
-except six who are resting in
yard-not one in the hospital !
only one death during the last moi
from heart disease, of a convict
merty injured on the Edgefield
Trenton railroad, whence he was
turned to the Penitentiary as wo
less, but was deemad good enj
be sent to our road. We
dent that the harrowing
we have acquired will f revet
haviug ?ny more scurvy amor
convicta.
In reference to the grave cha
which have been preferred agt
either us or our agents in the pi
priuts, we say boldly onceandfoi
that we invite impartial inves
tion, by the courts or by a comm
t Dr.. of the legislature. Our self-ref
1 as men, to say nothing of our j
of cbaract-.ras citiz-n-i, would
prevented us from nnentioi
wronging or permitting the con
to be wronged. Mo:???gr, we
had and still have a j5e\f& d
personal and pecuniar^/ihterei
treating the convicts
get our road comply,
reasons a just^p^rfev;
think the teiri^- . C
tality among tjj?,>&'.
distressed our;'
mased our. cr
tntkiug us the K
and undeserved aesS^^
More convicts died ?p|gSB'e
tiary last year thandie^?? the(
wood aud Augusta railroad, and
as many died in the Penitentiar
year ai have died on our road
have also been reliably informe
the general symptoms of the <
which has proven so fatal to tl
victs on both the railroad c:id
Penitentiary during the U
years have been identically tb
-general debility, eruptior
dropsies of the lower extremi
teruating with chronic di:
which are attendant sympl
scurvy, according to all the :
books,
Now, as the health of the t
in the penitentiary this yi
been exceptionally good and
health of our convicts h;
wretched, especially that of
lot of seventy-five we receiv<
out medic?il examination i:
last, the public can draw its
ference as to how the mortal
ed so suddenly in the Pen
and why it broke out so ah
on our road immediately .,f'
When so many convicts di
Penitentiary last year, no cit
raised in any quarter cona
but when only about the ta
ber have died this year on
and died too of diseases o
Dr. B. M. [ in all probability to a largo
ie-' up ;it tho Penitentiary, or in the
same ?un? lore sent to us, a great lui'
atty notice is heard ali over thc land.
iten
i ha<:
Iroad
thor
ivictt
, and
imbi
use ol
,d, or
erma
' ten
>rd*d
y-five
I they
e ex
sever
i from
com
Sever
311 the
scurvy
ready
ion of a
rig two
r them
>r Co
in the
whiid
lesv/ere
those
he road
irriving
too fee
was no
-, Pope,
en tiary,
I carry
1 die on
esponsi- j
dishes of :
e Peni
i!o8 were j
permit
prosper
propriate j
not only i
rengih of
heir spir-:
. surprise ;
oh >r Sup
convicto from th ^Penitentiary on t.h
24t'a of September, 1877, and as our
ova surgeons examined each one be
fore receiving him, chev were for the
most p.trt a very healthy lot of la
borers, HU? newborn only six ?eafcbs
?octfr'red, ov?? when counting scv?r-'
/il who were jfilled for trying to e*
^during the firac .eight months
we had them, say up to May,
Eut after we obtained a second lot
of- fifty conncts on the 2id of M*y,
1373, tne-^ickness and .mortality
a-no:;g tbtfej ' sosa developed ai ',
fr-jr?i:' ?v..l vi?a:. we jro? still a
/ .. v' ? - o- ?'
"; -H. lae then ????er-.
, "rea.
indye.^i^^
?cd his couussl in our eagerness
9t labor , of .any-soil. They haye
ied^'ne^predicted they woaFd,t in
rreat Va^befs/ but.thejlatit lot of sev
?ty?W received from Superinten
dent ^pscpmb.on the 7th. of April,
1870, Jave-.Aed ac a far more appall
ing;, ifa> considering the time we
?&7e .-nd them, than any of the'other
ime
j?ci
rth
I
August, 1878, Superintendent
le visited our Stockade No. 3
-when' there was nearly as
ikness and as many deaths .
eT?onvicts as there were at
No. 5 in : August, 1S79,
SupV rvnteudent'Lipscomb visit
?t our request. Superinteu
'armele highly praised the genj__
,ila^_??.nrtr 8**>ckttdc dxy-^rcHTAH
vc management of^the prisoners,
! gif^JiijJ w cirf^Bayihg wc- were
etter part by the convicts in
: temporary country quarters than
could do for them in the penna
nt ^quarters of the Penitentiary,
ith?ngh onr Stockade. No.- 5 in its
^ointments, and discipline is al
most a.duplicate of Stockade Np. 3
whbh elicited the warm* enconiums
of Superintendent Parmele in 1878,
vet Superintendent Lipscomb ?as
"no? satisfied with anything he saw at
Stdckdade No. 5 in 1879.
In submitting this, statement of
facts to the public, we claim th it if
mistakes have been made, they were
ud\atentional.
.convicts have always been
.: md generally well clothed,
the secretary's* minces ..
. :?be- dir?;.tors hive issued
..-/?SBiwi Rifled all' duo vL'i
.'' '-. ~.rue!ty, hardship or
a*^^pS?| jg*
?revicirTcondition -rf con- "
To disease beyond the jwi?e
.. .. '.. ie. ". J -
5. That the convict? have h?en afc
tejided by physicians who are the
peers of any in the State.
6. That the hospital treatment
was as good as could be given to
manacled prisoners, and eqiul to that
received by the ordinary laborer' of
the country.
As a large number of newspapers..
found space to publish- severe attacks
on our management of convicts, we
hope their sense of justice will in
duce them to publish this response.
P. H. BRADLEY, President,
G. D. TILLMAN, Vice-Prend'/,
A. M. AIKEN, Secretan/,
R. W. LITES,
W. K. BRADLEY,
A. B. KENNEDY,
R. H. MIDDLETON,
JESSE STONE,
VV. L. PARKS,
Jcs. MERIWETHER,
E. M. BURKHALTER,
G. W. NIXON.
J. D. NEEL,
J. C. MAXWELL,
B. REYNOLDS, JR.,
J. N. DESDY,
B. HODGES,
T. PARKS,
L. PRESSLEY,
F. RILEY.
AGE OF ANIMALS.-The average a?e
of cats is fifteen years; of squirrels
and hares, seven or eight years; rab
bits, seven ; a bear rar^y exceeds
twenty years; a doives twenty yea-p;
a wolf, twe?*y ; a fox, fourteen to
sixteen; lions are long-lived-the
one known as Pompey living to the
age of seventy. Elephants have been
known to live to the age of 400 years.
When Alexander the Great ha4 con
quered Purus, King of India, he took
a great elephant which had fought
valiantly for the King, and named
^dedicated him to the sun,
is in8c'rip^HtoL,i_^>
ted Ajax to the sun. The elephant^
was found with this inscription S??r*"
years after. Pigs have been known N
to live to the age of twenty," and the nN
rhinoceros to twenty-nine; a horse
has been known to live to the age of
sixty-two, but average twenty-five or
thirty; camels sometimes live to the
age of iOO ; s'ags are very long liv
ed ; sheep seldom exceed the age of
ten; cows live about fifteen years.
Cuvier considers it probable that
whales sometimes live 1,000 years.
The dolphin and porpoise attain the age
of thirty ; an eagle died at Vienna
at the age of 104; ravens 4*yatjjre^
quently roached the age bf 100 ; "
swans have been known to live to the
ageof300. Malerton has the skeleton of
a s wan that attained the age of 200
years. Pelicans are bng-lived. A
tortoise has been known .to live to
the age of 107 years.
A correspondent of the Beaufort
Crescent, writing from Newberry,
iteitiaty j suggests Senator Lipscomb for Gov
ernor, Hon. George Johnstone for
Attorney-General, and Mr. J. S.
Hair for State Senator.
A young
Caurch Fair
mau at the Methodist
.vas walking around the
hall with the motto, " God bless Our
Home," pinned on his coat. Yet,
like the nun who wrote "Home,
Sweet Homo," he didn't have any.