The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, September 30, 1891, Image 2
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WEDNESDAY. SEP. 30. I8S1. 1
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9 *. H ARM AN ... - Editor. J
The war cloud is thickening and 1
growing more omnious in Europe. 1
I
Mrs. D. H. Chamberlain, wife of ex- 1
Governor Chamberlain, died last
week in the State of New York.
A bill is before the Georgia Legislature
providing for the regulation of
National Building and Loan Associations.
Attempts to commit the nameless
crime by negroes are becoming unusually
common all over the State.
A resort to the plough line and the
A A :_VA
XietU fSl; U CC LUlgUl U.a > C a nuwcauiuc
effect in checking brutes in their ;
devilish work.
Everett Moore, editor of the Alliance
Vindicator published from Sul- <
phur Springs, Texas, was shot and
killed by E. M. Tate, editor of the ,
Hopkins County Echo, published
from the same place, September 17th. ;
Differences of opinion on Alliance
matters caused the tragedy. i
The indications now are that the
cotton crop of this year will be at 1
least one million bales short of last 3
years crop. In this State re- ]
ikrt pAtVimiOOlA?nV 1
i waycu uj tuc vA/uiuiiooivuci
of Agriculture from the different ,
counties, the crop is at least 30 per
cent, short of what was first expected.
E. P. Waring, acting General J
Freight and Passenger Agent of the |
3C,s K. K., has been appointed Gen- .
eral Freight and Passenger Agent of
the South Carolina Bailway and its
allied lines, vice Col. S. B. Pickens {
deceased. The promotion is said to :
be deserved, as he' is a first class rail- j
road man. i
Mrs. Elizabeth Frances Perry,
widow of the late Governor B. F. 1
Perry, died at her home in Green- ]
ville, September 24th, from blood
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poison causeu dy a caruuucie on ,
her neck. She was born in Charleston
October 28th, 1818, and was a
daughter of Mr. S. B. McCall, of that ,
place. She was a woman of bril- j
liant attainments and noble Christian
character.
"J. W. S.," in his communication
on the first page, is mistaken when 1
he says that the Alliance was a Radical
invention to decoy the Democratic
party. As originally organized,
it was a Southern institution, originating
in Texas and with a different
purpose, viz: that of protecting its
iutiiiyeiaiiUiu uusi,?, iiiuuupunea, eiu. ^
The opening of the Colored depart- (
menc of the Inter-State Exposition '
at Raleigh, has been postponed from ]
October 1st to the 14th. Charleston (
county is in the lead in the way of 1
contributions, having contributed $90 <
for this department of the Exposition.
We hope the colored people will re- i
ceive a liberal response to the appeal 1
^ ^Jfor aid to enable them to make sudto d
?'; cre(ii^bl|m^k
Hnodfl MWto thems^H
HKliams. Williams was beating his
?gs|^B wife, and Major Henneman entered
the premises to command the peace. >
A scuffle ensued between him and i
m Williams during which the Mayor J
W was shot. Williams has been ar- 1
v rested and is now in jail. There is '
H|H|^n| some talk of organizing a rope dancing
exhibition. 1
Since writing the above Williams
has been taken to Columbia and 1
lodged in Richland jail for safe '
keeping. !
The Recorder of Charleston has
rendered an important decision aifecting
the right of a saloon keeper .
to collect a debt for whisky sold by
the drink across the counter. Apris- 1
oner was up before him for ordering ]
drinks and refusing to pay for them. ?
The Recorder informed the com- ?
plaintant that-there was no remedy
for him and dismissed the case. The ]
law upon which he based his finding
is an old one and reads as follows: ;
"The books of account of tavern
keepers, shop keepers or retailers of '
spiritous liquors, shall not be admit- 1
ted, allowed or received as evidence
in any court having a right to try the '
same, of any debt contracted or J
moneys due for spirituous liquors 1
sold in less quantity than a quart."
L It behooves those of our citizens
inside of the proposed lines of the .
^ new counties Calhoun and -ferry,
and who are opposed to being cut off
from Lexington county, to sign up
petitions protesting against such
schemes and be sure to place them '
in the hands of our Senator and
Representatives, as those in favor of
the proposed counties across our line
are working and using every effort
to make a good showing at the next
Legislature to accomplish their objects.
They are having meetings
^ - over in Aiken and Orangeburg in the
interest of these new counties and
we, therefore, give our citizens of
Sandy Run, Bull Swamp, Black
Creek, &c., timely notice so that they
may not be surprised at any move
made m this direction at next session
of the Legislature, and to have their
protest there, backed with representatives
from the townships mentioned.
? It will be a permanent change if
made, and may prove very unsatisfactory
and expensive. So look out.
An Effort for Honest Primaries.
Some three weeks since, a statement
of facts was made in the Dispatch
as to the frauds which have
been perpetrated in the primary in this
county. Since then there has been
not denial of these facts by any one;
the plaininference to every one must
be that the charges were true.
Is this disgraceful condition of affairs
to be allowed to go on without
any effort on the part of the Executive
Committee to prevent a recurrence
of the same frauds'? For the <
credit of the county it may, perhaps,
be advisable not to wash dirty political
linen in public and for this reason
it may be best not to have an investigation.
The Executive Committee is the
body which is entrusted by the
county, with its elections, it is the political
grand jury of the county. If
plain statements of facts as to frauds ;
ire made to tlie grand jury and they \
cake no notice of them, and no steps j
to prevent the recurrence of the J
3ame, then the county will know who j
to blame when the same thing takes j
place again.
The majority of the Executive j
Committee are members of the Alii- j
ance and for this reason the Alliance i
controls and is responsible for a fair j
election in the county. All that we, j
who are not members of the Alliance, !
....
ask is tiiat the primaries are so mar- i
aged as to absolutely prevent fraud,
and that all may feel certain of the
fairness of the results.
The rules that govern the primaries
in this county are very loose, in
fact there are no rules to prevent
fraud at all.
The election next year is apt to be
a hotly contested one, as the question
will be tested whether we are to cut
loose from the old Democratic landmarks
and try new lights, or remain
with the National Democratic party.
As there will be an election for Senator
in the county, the whole vote is
apt to be brought out, steps ought to
hn fol'or* T>nw VipfnTA the eftnYftSS he- !
gins to prevent more than the actual
vote being counted. The present
Executive Committee is the one which
will have to bear the blame if no
stops are taken to ensure an honest
election.
The only notice which has been
taken in the newspaper of the charges .
made by myself has been a few line?
by Dr. Shuler to the effect that, perhaps,
my fingers would be burnt in
&n investigation. This is not worth
replying to, as every fair minded man
knows that it is probable that the
party who tries to prevent an investigation
is more likely to have his fingers
burned than the one who asks
For it. At the time of the primary
in 1888, I had no idea that any mem
berof the Committee had any knowledge
of the frauds that were committed;
but from the Doctor s close
affiliation in 1890 with the avowed
agent of the frauds of 1888 some
doubts have arisen in my mind.
The condition of this county, as
bo encouragements given to frauds in
the primaries, is such as calls for the
action of the whole county to present
a repitition of this sort of thing.
Hoping that what I have written
m this subject will result in some
steps being taken to ensure fair elections,
I remain
Yours respectfully,
J. N. Fowles.
Lewiedale, S. C., Sept. 28, 1891.
P. S. What has the Alliance editor
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to say on tins subject, as lie is aiso
in the County Executive Committee?
F.
La Grippe Again.
During the epidemic of La Grippe
.ast season Dr. King's New Discovjry
for Consumption, Coughs and
Holds, proved to be the best remedy.
Reports from the many who used it
confirm this statement. They were
lot only quickly relieved, but the
lisease left no bad after results.
We ask you to give this remedy a
rial and we guarantee that you will
le satisfied with results, or the purjjiase
price will be refunded. It has
J^^^atfrippe, or anyXiiroat j
H 5- -rial hot- j
Mr. Editor: Is your head line
'Here's Our Hand" meant for a
iriendly shake and quit or only as a
show?a defining of your position?
[f the former please allow me a few
parting words. Thank you for your
considerate words of "welcome." I
certainly did not "labor to make it
ippear that the Dispatch is fighting
the Alliance;" it was too apparent
that it was not fighting ybr the Alli ance.
"The Dispatch of 1891 stands
axactly where it did in 1890." May
be so:
With folded hands
It mutely "stands"?
On the other side.
llTl oo l/%n/3 ltr "frvr* fK a
"JLl> 11UHOU3 C*0 JUUUij A vjk ?.._w
Farmers Movement now as it did
then." Well, we on this side of the
river are a little hard of hearing, so
vou will have to "holler" louder if
von wish to come over.
"Third party" does not apply to
us. (see Talbert in News and Courier.)
There was a third party in S. C. last
jrear and there may be a National
Third Party next year from like
oause and in like manner. "We will
see what we will see." "There is a
wide difference between Dr. Shuler
of 1890 and 1891." Phew! What a
heavy draft that was upon your imagination.
Shut the door to this
department of your cranium and
placard it: "Closed for Kepairs."
Furlough the fellow in charge for
rest and recuperation. "In the
former vear he was red hot, boiling:
over and intensely enthusiastic over
the Farmers' Movement. Now?
well, he has learned that silence is
golden." Je-mi-ny! worse and worse.
Look here man! shut up shop and
go home, send for the doctor?an
expert in'nervous disorders. You
are badly off. "What! after all of
my writing and talking in the farmers'
interest, do you suppose I am
going to submit to have it all collected,
bagged and labelled "Golden
Silence'' and hung up in back porch,
without "a protest?" No, I most
solemnly "protest" against this huge
joke at my expence. We give "both
sides of the question." Equally?
Tote fair. J. L. Shuler.
Selwood, S. C.
P. S.?Mr. Editor: Now that we
have buried our hatchets and shaken
hands over them. I cannot longer use
you as proxy to speak to those who
are hiding behind a stone fence (a
nom de plume) and engaged in the
questionable pastime of shooting j
poisoned arrows at uncovered manhood.
In conclusion, I indulge a I
few innocent reveries. Scripture !
should be practiced, not simply '
quoted. Proverbs xxvi chap. 12 and
1G ver., properly applied will cure
that loathsome disease commonly
called The Big-head. Book learning
untempered by common sense becomes
a dangerous thing.
Certain authors are readable only i
when they are quoting from other j
authors. "When they become original !
j-well, they are original.
[Dr. Shuler in his reply seems to j
feel good, and while we might put j
in rejoinder we will leave him in a j
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pleasant rnoou. uurpositionnas ueen :
fully defined and we trust fully un- j
derstood.?Editor Dispatch.]
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ALLIANCE DEPAR13FNT.
EDITOR
P I. RAWL, LEXINGTON. S. C.
ASSOCIATE EDITOR:
GEORGE M. ADAMS. BATESBURG. 8. C.
ALLIANCE NOTICE.
Lexington County Alliance will
meet on October the 2d, at 10 a. m.
A full attendance is very essential, as
business of great importance will be
before the body. Send dues to Columbia,
or leave with P. H. Haltiwanger.
The Secretary will be at
Lexington the night' previous, and
would be glad to go over the secret
work that night, if the Secretaries
will meet him.
G. Leaphart, President.
Isaiah Haltiwaxger, Sec.
Now since the Missouri State Alliance
has "set down"' on U. S. Hall it
is hoped that he will "haul" down his
anti sub-treasury colors.
"the alliance yard stick."
But the Mississippi State Alliance
did not measure up by their Ed
Montgomery and McAllister anti subtreasury
yard sticks. Alliancemen,
through their chosen delegates, don't
elect State Presidents for bosses,
they elect them for servants.
The sixteen States that have held
their annual Alliance meetings have,
every one of them, endorsed the
Ocala demands, including the subtreasury
plan, and all were unanimous
with the exception of two, Arkansas
cast one vote and Virginia
cast two votes against the sub treasury,
and, yet, "the Alliance has split all
to pieces over the sub-treasury bill."
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO SUB-LECTURERS.
Brethren: Dr. Price writes that he
Ml 1 1,1 i / il /"I I
win De at tne meeting 01 tne county
Alliance October 2d, and requests
to the Sub-Lecturers to meet him
there. This is very important. Without
proper and correct understanding
we need not expect to succeed.
As every day brings us nearer the
"general roll call" and every quarterly
County meeting will be fraught with
more and more importance than any
of the past, it behooves every Sub
to send a full representation of their
best and most zealous delegates.
Come early, brethren, and come prepared
to do effectual, determined
work, and, don't forget the day, Friday,
October 2d.
On Saturday afternoon, September
26th, our County Lecturer and
Secretary each made an interesting
and instructive address at Mr. Wm.
C. Lorick's, to Tabor, Lower Fork
and other Alliances. It is the intention
of our Lecturer to visit and address
every community where three
or more Sub-Alliances can meet together
It will be the dutv of everv
member to turn out and hear him, as
it will be an afternoon well spent.
Twenty years ago Brother Smith
bought a tract of land for a home
for $1,500, paying $500 down and
gave his note for $1,000, at 10 per
cent, per annum interest; he also
gave a mortgage for security.
Owing to the fact that Smith had to
open up and improve the land and
put up buildings, hecouh^nlvj^:
^^h^rsWegj^^feKS||i^sp^
stor^nefound it impossible to pay
more than $90; and every year thereafter,
on account of some mishap or
other cause, he found it all that he
could do to pay on an average $90
per year. Well, in twenty years
Brother Smith has paid $1,800; $800
more than the original amount of the
note. Now, let's figure and see how he
stands; An accurate calculation makes
him still owe ?1,-572.73.5.
Our laws, are claimed by some, to
be based on equity and justice. The
Bible says usury is a crime, and since
the Alliance has turned on the light
so that everybody can see, will an enlightened
people send Brother Smith
and his aged companion to the pool
house and turn their children out into
the public road as tramps by turning
over their homes to shylock after they
have, by honest toil and frugality,
paid $800 more than the home wa9
originally worth? I wonder if some
Christian hearted souls will not lose,
a part at least, of their religion after
they discover that the people are being
educated along this line. Would
not simple, practical reason and justice,
outside of God's command, cry
out that Smith's mortgage should be
? - i - - "1 v _ i :J I :i v.
cancelled, ana ne oepaiu ubcji enough
at least of that $800 to bury him
decently? Is it any wonder that the
sub-treasury is meeting with such
hot resistance, for upon it hangs the
destiny of the nation.
"festus*' asked to explain.
Mr. Editor: I have noticed a series
of letters in your columns over
the nom de plume of "Festus.'
Having neither the time, taste
or inclination to indulge in newspaper
controversies and regarding
the letters as brilliant productions oi
a blantantly ignorant, on the objects,
aims and demands of the Alliance,
brain, I have refrained from taking
any notice of them, notwithstanding
some of the names of our most
trusted and honored leaders have
been used and their objects im
peached. But for even that I have
consoled myself with this good old
maxim "slanderous tongues have
lofty marks." Every little partisan
county paper and cross road correspondent
if same who is, through
his want of information, honestly
opposed to our order or used as a
tool by those who would rejoice tc
see its downfall, seem to think it his
bounden duty to abuse and vilify our
peerless Stokes, who stands as fax
above the average politician as the
noonday sun stands above the earth.
Not only our free institutions, but
our very liberties would seem to be
in danger in a time when it is impos
sible for one of our chosen leaders
to advocate the interest of the masses
of our people without being subject
to the taunts, epithets and insults oi
those who are at the helm or theii
tools.
But to the point. In your issue
of September the 9th, "Festus"
oversteps the bounds and forces
some of us to take some notice oi
his letter. The obligation which we
all have taken, requires us all to take
issue with him even if the love oi
our order and its leaders did not. In
that issue appears these words in
his letter: "The rotten planks of the
Ocala platform formed by Radical
hands." I wonder if "Festus" knowe
what the planks of the Ocala platform
are? or is he like some of our
would be Dictators, old political
hacks and partisan newspapers, either
abusing and ridiculing something he
knows nothing about, has never seen?
or willfully trying to* mislead? He
has left no loop hole to crawl
away from either horn of the dilemma,
and I don't think that "artful dodging"
will serve to unravel the self
imposed web that encircles him.
\Ye find embodied in one of those
"rotten planks'' the principles that
were fought for by Jefferson, "Old
Hiekorv" fAndrew .TaeksmiV .TnVm P
Calhoun and others of like renown.
We are not ashamed of such company.
Does "Festus" doubt then
Democracy? In another one of those
"rotten planks" we find a demand
which the Democratic party fought
strenuously for during the last session
of Congress, but then, perhaps,
"Festus" endorses the letter which
consigned Grover Cleveland to a premature
political grave. Embodied
in another one of those "rotten
planks" we find a demand for that reform
which has been the great Dem
ocratic rallying issue almost ever
since its incipiency, not as proposed
Tvr~ J?t:? ?1_
UJ 1TJL1. JJULLL13?CL ICUUtUUU Ui
6 per centum?but more Democratic,
more in behalf of the Southern people
and less to the taste of the Re
publican party, and yet these "rotten
planks" were formed by "Radical
hands," if "Festus" is correct. Explain,
"Festus!" Here we find three
, out of the seven planks of the Ocala
platform which contain direct principles
of true Democracy. This is
the "Pandora's box" of evils which
your brilliant correspondent alludes
to. Come to the front and show the
Radical platform alluded to. They
must exist in your imagination.
The exponents of true Democracy
and the Alliace demands are very
near together, so he must constitute
o r\n vl T' q 1 o av r^ovl'jorvfl V? n
a jjux vj cnwixc, vjx, xxc tjuujixwB
he will join the clamorand help write
us out of the party so as to be rid of
our power, but, my friend, "when the
general roll is called we will be
there" with votes for those who stand
up like men for our demands.
Now, Mr. Editor, I make this proposition,
I don't like to take up your
valuable space without your consent,
but if you will indulge u=-, and "Feskis"
wishes and will agree to descend
from his elevated pinnacle of criticism
and ridicule to the common
level of an ordinary seeker after
light, and confine himself to theaminities
of debate, I will endeavor to dis
cuss any or all of the demands. If
they are all "rotten planks1', as he
has stated, he should be able to sub
stantiate the fact and it would certainly
be a walk over for him; but, if
they are solid enough for me to stand
on, I shall defend them as long as I
have foot hold.
Respectfully, Alliasceman.
September 19th, 1891.
[We will cheerfully give the brother
all our space, if necessary, to defend
our demands.?Ed. Alliance Depart
ment.]
On the Eight Track.
"Farmers Plant Less and Mauure
^More."
JL used tine present seasc^^v mj
crop of Cotton 400 pounds ^Br acre
of your Alkaline Guano. T* pros
pect is for an increased yield of 20C
per cent. I regard your fei tilizer
superior to any other ever used, and
I have used eight different kinds. II
excels any thing around. As to the
intensive system of farming, lest
acres and higher manuring. I have
, eight acres for experiment that wil1
convince any one.
E. "W. Turner.
Chapin Items.
Rev. H. T. Smith, assisted by Rev
. W. J. Langston, has just closed ar
interesting protracted meeting al
. Chapin.
We admire the untiring efforts thai
are being made to build a Lutherar
. church at Chapin. Mr. S. J. Clark
generously donated a very desirable
; lot, and much of the lumber is al
ready upon the ground and we hope
ere long we will hear the bell ring a1
. the new Lutheran church at this
place.
A new enterprise Las just been
started here. Messrs. George Cum
alander & Co. have purchased a por
, table sorghum outfit. They have beer
here for several days, and will visil
other points.where their services ar(
, desired.
Our school will open on Monday
, morning in the new academy build
ing under the supervision of Mr
John W. Hook, whose reputation as
a teacher is sufficient to warrant us
in predicting a successful session o1
' this school.
, Farmers are generally througl
pulling fodder. The corn crop is
generally very good, better than has
been raised for several years. Mor<
; sorghum cane has been planted thai
any previous year and plenty o:
' "sweetning" will be manufactured
' for future consumption.
v* att* a /va or^r
*_/UlLUU piCiV-LU^ iO JUUV? IXiC auv
it is opening rapidly. If the price
' of the staple would be better all whc
till the soil would have some spon
dulix. But, alas! it is so low.~S\e
were recently struck with sur
| prise at the improvement put upoi
the historic building of Pine Ridg<
Academy. The house has beer
neatly papered within, a belfrey anc
bell has been erected. Mr. S. C.
Ballentine, a late graduate of Boa
noke College, has been elected princi
pal of the school and is teaching
very successfully to the satisfactioi
of his patrons. Many of us have
pleasant memories of this old schoo
years ago, and are pleased to see iin
. provements being put upon the build
ing. Occasional.
September 19th, 1891.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
The best Salve in the world foi
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Sal
' Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chappet
Hands, Chilblains Corns, and al
t SL-in F.mr*finns. find nositivelv cure!
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Piles, or no pay required. It is guar
| I anteed to give perfect satisfaction, oi
money refunded. Price 25 cents pei
1 box. For sale at the Bazaa]
| March 31.
l Those who use the weed will fine
l the following favorite brand of chew
i ing tobacco at the Bazaar. Bee
. Meat, Limited, First Step, Grove]
i Cleveland, U. <fc I.
I
The Interdenominational Sunday
School Convention.
j The Convention met according to
appointment at Bethel church on
September 10. A temparary organization
was effected by electing J. W.
Dreher, Esq., as President, and J. E.
Haltiwanger Secretary. After en11...
__.A . r _ a :i_l. A ,1
ronment 01 ministers, ueiegaies anu.
1 superintendents present, the convention
took a recess for dinner.
After recess Rev. S. J. Kiddle, and
Messrs. G. C. Haltiwanger and G.
Leaphart were appointed a committee
to nominate officers for permanent
organization.
The committee made the following
. report, which was unanimously
. adopted: President, J. W. Dreher;
Vice President, Rev. N. S. Younginer;
Secretary, J. E. Haltiwanger:
Treasurer, C. M. Etird; Statistical
Secretary, Joab Edwards; Executive
Committee, Prof. L. B. Havnes, Dr.
. J. L. Shuler, Hon. H. A. Meetze.
The delegates from the different
schools read reports and made statements
of the condition and manage.
ment of the schools.
The following topics were discussed:
"Who should be in the Sun
day school, and why?" "Difficulties
and demands of our country Sunday
schools!"
Convention then adjourned until
Friday morning.
Friday morning the Convention
was called to order by the Vice President.
Messrs. C. M. Efird, John R.
Shuler and Rev. Joab Edwards were
filpp.t.pd rJplprmfpQ tn tViP St.fl.tfi Snn
day school convention with power to
( each to choose his own alternate if
necessary.
The following motions were carried:
That the Executive Committee
. name the time, place and arrange
. fully for the next meeting of the
, Convention.
That raising funds for another
, year be left to the Treasurer.
; The Secretary notify each school
i in the county to raise all the money
, it can and forward it to the Treasurer.
That the Secretary publish a sketch
of the minutes in the county paper.
That the delegates be notified that
their expenses will be paid out of the
treasury.
That the Executive Committee beauthorized
to assist Bro. Fike in or- |
ganizing Township Conventions in
any way they see proper.
, That the Convention adjourn subject
to the call of the Executive Committee.
; J. W. Dbeheb, President.
, J. E. Haltiwangeb, Secretary.
A Remarkable Scene.
Charleston World,
Laurens, Sept. 25.?A remarkable ,
scene was enacted in the court house
today. Jim Young, Allen Young j
Munroe Young, Henderson Young,
John Adams, Perry Adams, Lige
Athkinson, Tom Athkinson, John.
. Athkinson, and Jack Williams were
tried for the murder of Thornton
Nance. The jury retired Thursday
evening, and in three hours
brought in a virdict of guilty, with
recommendation to mercy as to all
s ten.
Judge Hudson overruled the motion
for a new trial. Then the prisoners
stood up to receive the death
I L _ L ' jft f. I _ * J 1
bar J01^g,
hinSji^
' It was a remarkable scene. As a
body they appeared far above the
average negro laborer in intelligence.
" Lige Athkinson and the Adams
^ brothers are handsome mulattoes.
: Judge Hudson remarked that he
) had never before had such an experi5
ence. He commented on the habit
| of colored people to select religious
^ meetings as the time for deeds of
blood; then he pronounced sentence
that they each and all be hanged on
the 23rd day of October next.
The prisoners showed no emotion,
but as the Judge concluded, there
was a wail from the audience. It
[ came from the wife of Perry Adams.
c She was joined by another, and finally
they were taken out by consta.
11.^
' Dies.
1 The wives, children and parents
: were grouped together on the public
i square as the ten condemned men
passed back to jail in charge of depu1
ties. The whole quarter resounded
: with their cries and weeping. CerJ
tainly never in the streets of Laurens
was there such a scene of pitiaL
ble grief.
The prisoners' attorneys will prob"
ably appeal.
1 The circumstances of the murder
" are these: At religious services on
- Aug. 5 last, at Piedmont, the men
started a quarrel with old Edmund
: Nance and his wife and four sons,
' and swore they would kill him. Old
Edmund and his family were terri1
fied, and for a long time dared not
' venture into the darkness.
' Finally most of the Athkinson
crowd left, and Edmund, with a
1 lightwood torch, followed by his wife
i and sons set out for home. Before
} going many steps two crouching
3 figures to the side of the road passed
1 them at a rapid gait. Five hundred
J yards from the church, where the
* road is worn below the level there is a
thick growth of bushes and grape
' vines to the left. John Nance was
> there held up by two men. In
' another moment the road was full of
' armed negroes. Shot after shot was
fired, and for two minutes the flash
" of pistols lent brightness to old Ed1
munds torch; then the murderers
3 fled, leaving Thornton Nance dead
[ and Sam Nance dangerously shot
^ through the lungs. John Nance
escaped unhurt.
The defense undertook to nrove
that John Nance had a shot gun.
i One of the attacking party received
1 a slight wound, presumably at the
J hands of his friends. The defense
* also attempted to prove an alibi as
" to seven of the accused, and advanced
" the theory that Nance was killed by
Henry Suber, a negro who was certainly
at the killing, but has avoided
arrest.
All of the prisoners were positively
p identified by several witnesses as
j. having assisted in the assassination,
j The tenor of the proof was that Jim
j Young fired the fatal shot. The State
3 maintained that Thornton Nance
was killed in an effort to execute a
r j carefully prepared plot to murder
I TaVv Y~* In'o Krnfhnr
COTTON MARKET.
[ Charleston, Middling 8?@
Augusta, Middling 8^@
j Columbia, Middling 8 @
, Lexington Middling 7?@ 8?
Market steady
SHOES. SHOES.:
No house in the State can show a more
complete stock of SHOES. Our prices are
always the lowest; with capital sufficient !
and every advantage, we are now doing the !
business in this line. 1<H) pairs of Ladies' j
SHOES on bargain Counter at 75c. a pair, j
200 pairs Men's Congress and Bals. worth ;
Si.75 and $2.00, on Bargain Counter at j
$1.25. The best stock of tine goods in the !
city. Give us a call.
MILLINER?.
Our Millinery Opening Tuesday, Wed- I
nesday and Thursday will be interesting. !
The pretty Hats and beautiful Bonnets this j
season are so entirely different in style that j
there is a surprise in store for the ladies'.
While in the room don't fail to examine our
line of Ladies' Goods in Cambric Underwear.
Zepyrs, Shawls, etc., etc. Our prices
are always the lowest.
Mil
Jan 1?ly
For Sale.
An eight and a half horse!
power upright engine, Leflfel make. I
Price $125. Also for rent or lease a saw!
and grist mill and gih on Ball Swamp, 1$
miles from the South Bound Railroad.
Water and timber abundant. Apply to
D. J. KNOTTS,
4w48. Pine Plains, S. C.
i;<UT<l\ BUYERS.
v vr jjl m. v ?*. ? ?
B. B. FOB.D & CO.,
Opposite Post Office,
COLUMBIA, s. c.
"Where you will always receive the high- j
est market prices lor your cotton, and
good, honest weights allowed. See them
before you sell. 45 tf
COLUMBIA, NEWBERRY AND LAURENS
RAILROAD.
SOUTH CAROLINA RAILWAY Cj.Lessee
D. H. CHAMBERLAIN, Receiver.
Taking Effect Sunday, August 9th, 1891.
WEST BOUND. STATIONS. BAST BOUND.
Numbers. Numbers.
151 155 154 150
p m am am p m
6 20 Charleston 12 50110 15
via S. C. R R.
3 52 8 50 Columbia 7 40111 03
4 00 0 00 Saluda 7 28 11 00
4 10| 9 15 . ..Leapbarts Spur.. 7 15 10 50
4 19 9 35 Irmo 7 00 10 41
4 29 9 50 Carlisle. ... 6 *5 10 31
4 37 10 23 .... White Rock.... 6 30 10 23
4 47 11 00 Chapin 6 15 10 13
5 01 11 25 ..Little Mountain.. 5 50 7 59
5 08 11 35 Slighs 5 35 9 52
5 19 11 55 Prosperity, 5 09 9 41
5 35 12 25 Newberry 4 35 ' 9 25
5 54 1 00 Jalapa 3 54 9 06
6 03 1 12 Gary's Lane 3 44 8 57
6 12 124| Kinard's 3 32 8 46
6 21' 140 Goldville 3 20 8 39
6 31 2 00'..Dover Junction.. 3 00 8 29
6 35 2 10 , Clintcn 2 50 8 25
p. m. p. m.j p. m. a. m.
Nos 150 and 151 are daily. Nos. 154 and
155 are mixed trains, daily except Sunday
and carry passengers.
makes close connection i
at Clin5^\^jflp8i C. AN. R. R. for Greenwood.Aliiwrjile
Elberton, Ga., and Athens.
Ga.t and all points south of Clinton.
Through tickets on sale at Prosperity and
" ^ n. n x* xr T? T?
txewDerry 10 pouui uu u, v, u< u. *?. .
C. M. Wabd, General Manager.
E. P. "Wabing, Gen. Pass. Agt.
RICHMOND & DANVILLE BAILBOAL
COMPANY.
SOUTH CABOLINA DIVISION.
PASSENGEB DEPABTMENT.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
In Effect August 5, 1891.
(Trains ran by 75th Meridian time.)
VESTIBULED?LIMITED.
S. Bound N. Bound
No. 37 No. 38
I Daily. Daily.
12 50 a m Lv... .New York... Ar. 3 20 p m
3 50 a m Lv. ..Philadelphia.. Ar. 12 35 p m
6 50 am Lv... ,Baltimore....Ar. 10 03 a m
10 50 p m Lv.. .Washington.. Ar. 8 38 am
Richmond
7 00 a rnjLv., .Greensboro ..Lv. 12 03 a m
8 18 am|Lv Salisbury...Lv. 10 32 pm
9 35 a njjLv Charlotte.. .Lv. 9 20 p m
No 9 j No 11
T)TinlUt 1 i)niln
AJUtfrt/t JLJKJU.II. U-. . jLS-ww-y,
Lv. New York 12 15 p in 4 30 p m
Lv. Philadelphia, 3 50 a id 6 57 p m
Lv. Baltimore 6 50 a m 9 30 p m
Lv. Washington 11 15 a m,Tl 00 p m
Lv. Richmond. 3 00 p nil 2 55 a m
Lv. Greensboro 10 30 p m [10 28 a in
Lv Salisbury, 12 30am 1154pm
Lv. Charlotte 2 35 a m 1 55 p m
Lv. Rock Hill 3 23 a m 2 45 p m
Lv. Cheater 4 10 a m 3 25 p m
Lv. Winnsboro 5 08 a m 4 23 p m
Lv. Columbia 7 00 am 6 00pm
Lv. Johnston 8 57 a m 7 45 p m
Lv. Trenton 9 13am 7 59 p m
Lv. Graniteville 9 44 am 8 29 pm
Ar. Augusta 10 25 a m 9 10 p m
Macon
Ar. Charlston 111 08 a m 9 30 p m
Ar. Savannah I 6 20 p m 6 00 a m
No 12 No 10
Korlh Bound. Daily. Daily.
Savannah , 11 30 p m I ti 40 a m
Lv. Charleston 6 40 aml 5O0pm
Lv. Augusta 11 45 a m 7 CO p m
Lv. Graniteville 12 17 p m 7 52 p m
Lv. Trenton 12 45 p m 8 25 p m
Lv. Johnstons 12 59 p in 8 40 p m I
Lv. Colombia 3 00 p m 10 50 p m
Lv. Winnsboro 4 41 p m'12 26 a m
Lv. Chester 5 33pm 123 am
Lv. Rock Hill 6 15pm 2 03 a m
Ar. Charlotte 7 10 p m 3 05 a m 1
Lv. Salihury 9 20pm 7.32 am
Lv. Greensboro 11 10 p m 9 25 a ni
Ar. Richmond 7 00 a m 4 40 p n: ]
Ar. Washington 10 25 a m 7 50 p m
Ar. Baltimore 12 05 am 11 25 p m
Ar. Philadelphia 2 20 p m 3 00 a m
Ar. New York 4 50 p m 6 20 a m
^THROUGH CAR SERVICE.-?^
Pullman cars between Greensboro, N. !
I C., and Augusta on trams 9 and 10.
Train 12 connects at Charlotte with Wash- i
ington and South Western Yestibnled lim- j
[ ted train No. 38.
"CHARLESTON AND CINCINNATI.
Taking effect September 20th, 1891.
Leave Charleston 600am
Leave Columbia 10 00 a m
Leave Alston 10 55 a m ?
Leave Spartanburg 1 35 p m *
Leave Paint Rock (Central time.) 5 30 p m ]
Arrive Knoxville 8 00pm
Leave Knoxville 8 10 p m I
Leave Jellico 10 40 p m j
Leave Junction Cty 3 00am|
Arrive Cincinnati 7 00 a m j
.^"Through Pullman Sleeker without!
change. j (
W. H. Green, General Manager, I
J. A. Dodsojj, Superintendent,
J as. L. Taylor, Gen. Pass. Agt. j
TTT A m A T% A
n . A. X LUfa, A. jr. A.,
Columbia, 8. 0. ,
Sol. Haas, Traffic Manager.
INAU
LUMBIA, S.
CAS.PSTS.
In this room we are ottering Big Values
in Carpets, Art Squares, Hugs, Window
C Vf f Skl?ir%c? *_.??> A A 1?
OUOVAC.-I, i/iaiuu^o, viwav utviuo, . .in
we ask is an examination before you pur- j <
chase. This is a season that a dollar will
buy more Goods in Columbia than ever belore
in its history. No house in the South
is in better position to supply your wants.
Our Wholesale Department is daily growing
more popular. We are doing the busi
ness
DItESS GOODS. )
The beautiful line of fine Dress Go ds (
and fine Silks exhibited by us this season is 1
the admiration of everybody. I
CLOAKS.
We carry the most complete line of LadieT )
Wraps in all the New Shapes, as shown in v
the Delineator. Our fall opening in the different
lines will be one of the attractions of
rVia tv i
MNAUGt
W . 0. CRAIG I WE HANDLE CO?
W. 0. GRA
WHOLESALE A
GROCERS GRAI
170 MAIN ST., CC
Next to T. A. Mc<
We Have Knocked the I
TRY US AND Bl
3eptember 30? 3m.
nn mmmiimi iv
1 111J1J UUUl/U 1IULIJ111U 111
THE GRAND CENTRAL DRY
COLIJMB
The magnitude of the purchases for the Di
thing ever attempted in Columbia. The pret
ranged on the centre tables are lines of goods
tier rise from counters and shelves of cl
ored Silks. Plain and All Wool Fancy Mixtun
Velvets. Plushes, and Gimps to match, On t'
tion with the Dress Goods, we mention the en
newest designs in Prints, Cassimers, Kentuck
spun Checks. You will always touch bottom
Gloves, Underwear, Table Linens, &c. No la
bia should return without seeing the New Wri
Brother's. No trouble to get a perfect fitting
Shoes - In this department a complete assortn
opened, in fact the largest stock ever handled
any market. A big stock of Men's and Boy's
of this. We mean business, We will start a
conti jue it until all the lots are disposed of.
frnm wV>ir?li tViATA will } >#> nn rlACAvinHnn will f
afide sale. Come and see the destruction of t
prices bargains yon will never have an opport
house in the trade. Bespectfully,
j.?*. i? lv.
JUST
You should visit our store and look through
before heard of in Columbia or any other city
difference between dealing with live and dead
tern, between the right and w rong way.
WE ARI
with the intention of doing all io our power to
for cash that the public will not want them on
system, with its merciless robbery of the peoj
vJA XGAWX'.
Men's and Boys' Hats, from 5c. np. Worth
500 Pairs Men's and Boys' Papts, from 25c.
Bon't fail to see our $10 Suits, once sold at
500 Suits to close out in Men's and Boys' fr<
HOW'S
COAT, PANTS & VEST $1, A
FIFTY CENTS SHIRTS, THI
Do not delay but see these bargains at once,
RESPECTFULLY.
COLUMBIA CLI
.X. II. ELEAZE
Jan 1?ly
THE IMPRQV1
NEWC
ARRIVING
Special Sales in every department. We will ol
per yard. Four-four Unbleached Shirtir
ing and inseitings. at and 10c., worth
inings, at o
Our entire Hue of Millinery must go, so that y
its former price, We are manufacturing a liiii
unequalled in the South. You can select from
guarantee satisfaction. We have ordered abou
partment has been a great success, so we will t
JUST REi
Five hundred White Spreads, at prices rangi
dies' Hemstitched Handkerchiefs, which we wi
Lace Pillow Shams, Apion Lawns, Checked N
intend to move them at once, and yon will find
plainly.
McCreery's Impnm
COLUMBIA
iW GOODS AT U.
rhe Bankrupt Store, Post Office Block, Columl
SPRING DRY GOOD!
til at prices less than can be bought at other st
>very day. Call and see for yourself when you
F. JACKSON, wiil be on hand to serve you.
FALL AND WI
AT LESS TH
CLOTHING AND CLOAKS AT LESS 1
BARGAIN COUNTER FULL
BAHZStTTPT
DOST OFFICE FLOCK,
Dec 17?ly
^ ^ "
f!T nmTTTiTM
ULUimnu. u
schlos Bro's advise us of a big shipment of ~
Clothing at prices that will move them with
11 ash. We will offer the entire lot at
I *
$12.-50 PER SUIT.
't has never before been our pleasure to exlibit
such values. These goods must be
dosed out in a week as we do not want them
.0 conflict with our regular line. This is
rour opportunity to buy a suit cheap.
>na nunc nn tuytc it an rn
)uu riuna ur riii\ 1^ ai az.w,
Come at once and get yonr size. ag
IS' 1
iSIGNMENTS. I E.H?-W^j
IG & CO.,
YD RETAIL
N MERCHANTS
)LUMBIA, S. C.,
Dreeiy & Co's.
Bottom Out of Prices.
2 CONVINCED.
AT irCREERY&BEO'S
' ' ,r GOODS
ESTABLISHMENT,
' $?
?
IA, S. C . ^
ress Goods Department far exceeds anytiest
and best effects of the season. Arranging
from 10 to 25 cents. Tier afttr
boicest imported fabrics Black and ool?s,
with an exquisite line of French Plaids
he other side of the store, but in connecormous
stock of Dress Ginghams, and the JPta*
y Jeans, Sheetings, Shirtings and Home- M
prices on these goods here. Hosiery, t A
idy in Lexington county when in Colom- |91
aps in the Cloak Boom at McCreery & jffl
garment here. Try it. A Word About
aent ot Ladies and Gent's Shoes are juat
by us. The prices we guarantee against
: Hats of the latest shapes. Take a note
special Clothing Sale this week and will
Every suit will be marked in plain figures
or cash only. This is an absolute and bon,-alues
and pick out from the shattered _ _ j
unity of securing again this seasoni^n^^^^^J^^^J
*
at once. We will qnote you prices never
by retail. Prices which will show you the
houses, between the cash and credit sysI
HERE
.1.1 iL A _ J _ - ^
? rigm lue wrong, io sen gooas so cneap
time. We believe that ere long the credit -fx.
)le, wiil be swept oat of existence.
ELESS PRICES.
twice the amount,
a pair to S5. All great bargains.
S15 and $17 50.
>m $3 00 to S12 00.
THIS? I
LL NEW SPRING GOODS 1
LEE FOR ONE DOLLAR. ||1
DTHING CO.. 1
IR, Mai ager.
CD RACKET.
2O0DS m
\ DAILY. I
Ter as leaders: Dress Ginghams at 8|o,
ig, at 5c. Lines ol Hamburg Edgdouble
the money. Torchon Trimon
can make your selection and pay h&lL .
iue of Ladies' Underwear and at prices J*
stock or leave order to be made, and we
t 5 0 new Stamping Patterns. This de,his
season make a specialty of it,
CEIVED. d
ng from 75c. to $1.98. Fifty dozen La- M
11 close out below cost, several cases of
ainsooks, Sateens and Cotton Laces. We AK
[ them on the center counter, marked
sd Racket Store.
L, S. C.
Jar 20?ly
mm prices. i
bia, S. CM is now receiving a fine stock of
5 AND NOTIONS,
ares. This is a chance not to be had
come to Columbia, your old friend, C, ^ ^
A? I
xttpr riftnns
1^ 1JUII UUV1/K; I
AX COST. I
THAN HALF THE OLD PRICES. J
OF GOOD BARGAINS.
STORE,
COLUMBIA. 8. G,
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