The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, May 31, 1877, Image 2

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THE NTEL 1,. F.o 86 01,:dlr P'IO(ENG O. H.S. C. Thutday, Kay 81, 1877. Editorial Correspondenoe. COL.UMBA, S. C., May 24, 1877. Dear Sentinel: The session of the Logislaturo is gradually growing to a olose, and business is being disposed of rapidly. The "new" members are just getting thqir hands. in; they have ]eariied the rules of the House and the parliamentary usages governing it. . Hence they are not so frequently on tho floor asking for information and *raising points of order, thereby delaying the progress of business. The body ; now in first rate working or'der, ai(<' bt'ilto Zen noro the appropriation bill on its calendar without reference to its finance con mittoo. This, I considor, throws us at loast five days noarer an adjourn.. mont'.'it was rumored thnt Nash, vho is chairman of that committeo, had expressed the detormination to retain the bill in his possession at least fivo days beforo consenting to a re. port. This course had boon determined upol by him for the purpose of (as ho hopod) influencing the Democrats to consont to an increaso of the appro priation for pay of moinbors, and also to pay the Profo#4sors of tho Univor, sity back rations, otc. Tie action of the Senato was a flank movement on the old sinncr, and his littlo schemo was "knocked higher than a kito." The salary question is creating a good deal of discussion amongst the mom bers, and thoro seems to be a diversity of opinion amongst them as to what tho amount should be. The Senators now have pay certificatos to the amount of $800 in their p)ockets, and a majority of them (the Republicans) claim that they are entitled to six hundred dollars and mileage for oeh Sand equitable. The members of the Wallace Nouse last winter received one hundred dollars each, while those of the Mackisy House received two hundred dollars each, which it is said was paid them by C)orbin, out of the phosphato royalty for thoir votes for him to the United States Senate. Of course the amount received by each member of either .house will be deducted from the amount finally fixed upon. Gleaves as President of the Senate, before Simpson was sworn in, and when his title was unquestioned, issued pay cortificatLes to the .Sonators to the amount of $600 each. Some of the Do mocratie members, however, refused to rceive them, but a majority did receive them, and they have become a vested right, which can not be taken from them. Lieut. Gov. S'mpson has issued pay certificates for this session to the amount of two hundred dollars to each Senator, making an aggregate of $800 in certificates held by each of them. The members of the House have received rno pay certificates for the present session, nor will they bei Wvnnount is fixed by the two The condition in whuich we on the this salary question e be seen. The Republican '1 * the Senate w ill dou btless tn-nd f r the full pay for both ses sions, and wvill wrangle over the ap, propriation bill a long time before they give it up. But the Democrats, will never consent to allow them iblI pay for both sessions. They may agree to $600 for both BSionls, but will not consont to anything above that amount. I have on a little tedious, perhaps, in giving the status of the salary question, but have done so simply in order that the readers of the SENTINEL may understand how the question stands. No amount has positively been fixed upon yet, and all the hue and cry raised by the News and ($urier, and re-echoed by some of tih oprntry press against the salary grabbers, is anjust and uncalled for. TWq are certainly running be. *re the pounds, for there is not a member wrho knows at this time how mnob he will receive. AkIl -requiring Circuit Judgesi to rot$.t' or exchbange -Circit has pr.seed bg$h Houses, and will go into effect g~ring the fail term of the courtsa. The4pn1is, wh 'pa"ssd thP SenatabS 6unilre in the It seems that in .engkodaing the bill, tto or three soaions wero oriitted, a9d when it reacted thd House thro wIas n6t more 14half90theeriginal bill: A copy of *the bill has .been procured from the Senate and ordered printed for the use f the House. It provides when fifty taxpayers of any township shall make application to the County Commissioner*, they ehall, after sixty days advertisement In the County papers, submit the question, of "fence or no fence"' to the votets, and if a majority tshall vote in favor .of no fence, then the law is to go into offect in such township; the citi zens of the township to provide against the invasion of stock from adjoining townebips by creoting a fence on the line separating the townships. There is also similar provisions made for sub but if a majority of townships vote in favor of "fence", then the "no fence" la w is to take effect only in such town. ship as vote for it. There will doubt less be important amendments made to the bill in the Houso, but I thiuk it is safe to say it will pass, and the question will be submitted directly to the people. An act repealing the act authorizing school districts to vote a school dis trict tax, has passed tho House and has been sont to the Senato. Also a bill to repoal what is known as the Ku-Klux tax, imposed on certain counties in the Stato, has passed both houses and received tho approval of the Governoi. Also a bill to abolish the University scholarship, has passed the House and gone to the Senate. This University scholarship is one of thograndest impositionsover known in a civilized State. It gives the "stu donts' $20 per month to go to the Unlivers3ity, so called. The whole machine is a swindle, of the first wvater, and will, I trust, never be re vived again. .&Lucu one Peter Papin, for offering them a bribe to make a favorable ros port on a bill to incorporato a cortain shipping company, or something of that character, in Bonufort, in which ho was interested, lie now has sov oral charters, by me!ans of which, it is said, he has become quito a nuisance and post to the good peCople of that section. But h's charters did not suit his purp)osCs exactly and he came to Columbia to have them amended, and, after making one or two failures, had his bill introduced again, under a new title, and went to those gentlemen and offered to pay them to make a favoraLble report on the bill, Hie, it is said, procured all his other charters by bribery, and evidently forgetting that the present Legislature is comn p)osed of quite different material to that of former' Legislatures of South Carolina, attemp)ted to succod by his old programme, lie was ar'rested and brought before t,be bar of t,ho house and offered an opportunity to be hea: d in his own defonoo. Instead of get ting himself cut of the diffieulty, he only.got himself further in, lgy say ing that the assertion of "ze gentleo men was a slander and a lie." At this juncture the gavel of Speaker Wallace brought the would be briber to order, and rommnded him of the po, sition ho occupied. T he privilege of exp)lain)ing himself was wit,hdrawn, and the House unanimously voted to send him to jail for t,bo balance of the session. He was at once committed, where lie will remain the balance of the session. Then a criminal pr'ose cution should be brought against him and lie should go to the Penitentiary for at least one year. The davs of bribery in the South Carolina Logis, lature has passed, and it would be nothinig but right that he should be made a shining example of this fact, so that all bribers in the future may take warning by the fate of Peter Papin. Another ripple was created in the House yesterday, on a resolution to pay the witnesses who testified before the Wright Committee, Miller, of Beaufo-'t, asserted that ho could prove that a member of the Committee had attempted to suborn witnesses to ten, tify against Wright, by promising to pay them. Being a member of t,he committee, I at once ar'se and do, manded the name of the meb.. o the commi4Ke, to whom he,re1erredj Messrs. Blue and Verner, 'a6 maned bore of the committee, made a similay demand, and the whole tnter WA referred to a committee for investigd: tion. Tle committee will report t* morrow, and if heshould fail to sue, tain his charges, he may be placed iin an onenvmbld position. Snob chargei in the -ays of Radikal Legiflauref were common, but always passed ofi without notice. But the times havc changed, whether some people rocog nizo the fact or not. BRADLEY. Revenue Ofiteers. In regard to the above, Lieutenant Miller, of the United States Army, in forms us that when Sheriff Mauldin attempted LO arrest Mr. John B. Hub bard on the warrant issued by a Trial Justice of Pickens county, that lie (Lieut. Miller) informed the Sherifi that the troops were r.ot there for the purpose of resisting him in the exe It 1k b ilAthe - tb. "udgel" of defense, has stated the truth in the abovo paragrtph; but le either intentionally or unintentionally forgot to say, when "Ilubbard refused to submit to an arrest, alleging that he was not subject to an arrest m hile in the service of the United Statoe," that bo (Licut. Miller) supported Hubbard in this, as the News thinks, "pro)ostorous" opinion. Both Sheriff Mauldin and his deputy, E. E. Mason, boar evidenco to the trutb of' this as, tsrtion; and, furthernorc, Sherifl Mauldin mot Lieut. Miller the nqyt day at Mr. Kirksev's store, and Liut. Miller there again repoaled to the Shoriff the same apinicn, adding that he was surprised that, the Shcriff, and indeed everybody. (lid nut know that Hubbard could not be arrested while on duty. HIeiice, it, is manifest that Lieut. Miller was doing everything he dr*re do to scroon Hubbard from the arrest. No other legitimato construc tion can be placed upon it, If' U.a Miller wais PInn 1 do -. 11.1 :: .ut~~~,and of' a do' tachment of' troops that visited Mr Kelly's," we will state for his infor mation, that United States soldieri passed through the town of' Pickon in the dirction of Mr. Kelly's. a.ccom panied by Hubbard, Springs, Chni'ei Ferguson ard Moore, on the morning of the same day that the above Rove, nue officers wont to Mr. Kelly's; ani that Mr. Kelly states that soldiqri were along with these Revonne offi, cers. We do not know, nor does Mr Kelly, that Loeut. Miller was witl them or in eommand of them. Regarding Lieut. Miller's denial'q his being at Mrs. Hinckle's, wehg never said that ho or any of hids6a diers were there. The Revenue offi. cers, Hubbard, Springs, Moore, Gary and Barton are the party who visitet Mrs. Hinckie's and destreyed her gunt and acted as has been stated. W e have no desire to mis-state any facts in this or any other matter o: public interest. We deem it, however our duty to comment freely and un sparingly upon any public officer whc haR transended his duty in infring ing upon the private rights of individ uals, however humble. Law must be respected by the officer as well as by the privato citizen, the opinion ol Mr. Hubbard and Lioat. Miller to the oontrary notwithstanding. It is a significant fact that the Radical party, with all their vindiu% tiveness towards Judge Willard, did not unearth a single charge of dishon, asty against him, which they most rssuredly wonld have dlone, had he aver bee.n guilty of the ha Wb>,..t ransaction in South Carolina. But we have heard not a word against him in any way. Jlis character and ibility stands unimpoached, oven by his bitterest enemies. Packard has now made the discov-. ary that five out of the eight Tildon electors in I.ouisiana wero legally el acted. It took Packard a long time. to make this discovery, and he spent many wearisomne days and nights of. study over it, but it has ended in his conversion to the idea that honesty would have been his best policy after all. Sewing machines have been to, duced in prico by some companies just one half; by othbers less. They will still be cheaper. The cost of manufacture ia not .or- tha 61 woaka*a PSQ Ra santasa 0Eo: A on, q y oY your reoders can defin OmmissIoners, then d*N rt4ko the: more diffcu of baving those duties pr'perly 'brre * by thelmen invested with the powers, we would feel uhil4r "ait6g obliga.. tios.- Anterior to the war, when this country ;enjoyed the- blessings.of peace and prosperity, and had the benefit of a wise, just, and economi-. cal government, this -offce was filled by men selected, becauere of real merit, and by reason of their peduliar fitness for the position. They served without compensation, and served to the sa tisfacUon of the people generally. Such is not the case at this day and time, if we are permitted to judge from the wide spread dissatisfaction that eKiRt in some qutrters touchinc ht- 7 ug m n of pAblic i-tad a n1111d bridge For tei months thoro has hex 1' bridgo acr.OS3 Saltida, and scarcel O ne %vorthy tho name11w, across George's Creek. It seems bard for these men to realize the truth that thin belt of country have any wants, or should receive any attention at : their hands. If they wilt in the ex ercise of their arbitra'ry power relieve us from the payment of taxes to sup, port the improvomonts, and Railroads 1 of the County, we will propose to form an ollianco either with Anderson or Greenville. The latter stands with open arms to receive us, and will I guarantee us our conceded rights, and i more fully recognize our claims to i ci tizenshl)i p.4 Much has bon said about our ox,. treme poverty, and consequent inaw I bility to indnigo in the luxury of I bridges? What has broughf about this state of things? and who is res ponsiblo for our financial embarrass mont? Do we have within the limits of the County public improvements of* a nature to warrant a lavish expen, diture of' money? or can we boast of a single enterprise which will demon ~trate to the peopie where our re o~urces have gone? The Air Line 'Road I asses through the County at an-I property advance in value. Much Ssuperfluous gas was expended, and many extravagant statements wefee - made util its passage was secured and your money subscribed to aid in its construction, and now behold the result, and. tell me farmers of' Pickens, Iyou whose hard earned money helps to build cities, railroads, schools, (and in a word) contributes to the general prosperity of the nation-are you benefitted? Have your expectations been realized? Have their represen.. tations been carried out? and do you this day rejoice in the delightful vi sions of wealth, and in that perfect freedom from taxation, its advantages enriched to your minds? Property sold and sacrificed to advance private corporations, and to enrich Yankee capitalists. Homes endeared to you by the most sacred and glorious asso ciations, levied upon and advertised to meet this unjust demand, jnd most unrighteous claim said Lo be held by te'.s road of fair promises and unfaith, ful performances. The voice of Pick ens was in opposition to this measure, and tWesentiment of her pecople should outweigh every other consideration.-. even though the courts decide ad% versely upon the question of liability.I And right hero, Mr. Editor, let us say that if the County proposes to be governed by one man, instead of the three Commissioners, elected for the purpose of superintending tho affairs< of the County, then we are in favor of ] abolishing the office of' County Corn- ( missioners, thereby Raving mutch c expense, and put the whole matter in t. is one man's hands and let him run it, "ithout going thr'ough the miser--r able farco of paying three men so y much per day for their so,called servi ( cos. . One word in conclusion, to the Commissioners of Pickens County, and that is in the form of an invitation] for you to take a tour of observation 1 to tho lower end of this County, ad joining the Anderson and Greenville ~ lines, and ascertain the wants of the e people, the condition of the roads and the absolute necessity for a bridge at - somne point between Cox's and Dur- ] ham's. There is another tribunal to , which we can appeal, in the eent of 1 your failure to give this section of the County scome attention, and her peo- C ple that justice they expect and de.. mand at your hands. CITIZEN. Ohamberlain's last Word. Mr. hamberlain, in the conversa ait with a kj)ortor for the Herald 1*klisdmits that the dowifall, of ti ~ RRblican pa' in South Car6li- D r1a is do to the Tlity of the Res pbi lo fteIgnoranee of the RipubtIto msses; and surely he Dan 1 'oibiba he fell with the par, E y, becaus" he olung to it, knowing its rott#nneeB, and because he accept~ )d a nomination at the hands of men whose charater and purposes he 0 knew to be corrupt. There is no ex, . Vggeration in Mr. Chambeiai10t warm ( :escriptioh of the natural *ealth of South Carolina, ,tnd, "with good gov. Drnment, self reliance and the disap& i, pearance of political dissensions," she d will and must becomo as plosperous I %s "Massachusetts, Alabama and Iowa t rolled itou oii." P 'mc.vo, MtAy 21.--Gi n. Ord nrriv. d boro from Tuxiv l:it night, and a ias passed mllot of to-Jay in cosulta :Jon with Geteral Shridan upon tho iffairs of the Me'txi .an bordr. La ' riew of the unsettled condition of ;hings resulting from repeated revo, ol utione and raids and the anticipated bord expedition, General Ord urged Jho preparation and adoption of a iew policy on the part of the United 3ta(os authorities. He says that 8 ,hose marauders should be punished xhonever found, and dealt with just is Sioux are treated in the North. LIe wants General Sheridan to give in power to follow lawless Mexicans a icross the border, and not appeal to 0 0o.e central government, to which they , )wo no allegiance. It is assorted in nilitar- circles that this is to be the uture olicy of our government and ,he r1 Is must cease. The United 3tates troops are to be rlightly aug, nent9d upon the Rio Grande. Gen. Jird remarked yesterday that the 3onservative people of northern Mex, Co favored the Lord movement. Ma:ny of this class are anxious for an i iexation to the United States. We have rceiived the first number ra >f the Ninety Six Guardian, edited and published by Mr. M B3. McSweeney, lib ( ju n~~ n iri am l op he mayt'~ prove eminently suc-cessful in his new enterpr)Iise. Wmn Springs, oe of the Revenue :>ficers, who committed an nssuult andl battery on Mr. Porter, has been ar rested in Greenville upon a warrant ssued.by Trial Justice Taylor, through a Trial Justice Croft. lie gave bond ~ or his appearance. WVilson Cook, a Bill Smith, and E.. R. Barton were Pai bondsmen. Dunn has refused the appointment d >f Internal Revenue Collectag, made vacant by Carpenter's resignation. e lie, too, wants a "bigger" thing. Mr. [Iayes will find it difficut to satisfy the vaulting ambition and execssivo ava rico of a carpet bagger who has ever ' BIgured in South Carolina polics. The Law School of Columbia Col loge, Now York, graduated 260 laiw. C stu,dents. This is the largest class the yollege ever turned out. They were iddressed by Prof. Dwight and Chas. 3'Conor. This is another "fresh >atch of newly fledged lawyers." CArO, IL~L., May 22.-Disguised nen took a negro, named Levi Pile, who attemp)ted to assault and murder Pis employer's wife, from Blandville iy., jail. IIis body was found in the voods hanging to a tree. S-r. Lours, May 22.-Jno C Simpson >f Oregon County, who had -been a laptist preacher for twenty years and Jounty Judge was convicted on five ounts for illicit distilling. WASHINGTON, May 25.-Thomas C. )unn having declined the appoint men.t of Internal Revenue Collector ,r the district of South Carolina, vice )arpenter, resigned, Ellery M. Bray. on was to day appointed to fill the acancy. OTICE OF FINAL BETTLEMENg Notice is hereby given to all persons iterested in the Estate of Elias Hollings, orth, deceased, that I will apply to W. 0. 'jeld, Judge of Probate for Pickens County, >r a Final Settlement and discharge as udministrator of saidl Estate, on Saturday, e 25th of August, 1877. R. E. HOLCOMBIE, Adm'r. SMay 24, 1877 87 10 INAL DISCHARGE. .We herety Live notice to all whom It BI ay concern, thton the 20th day oftJune, mn $77, we wilapply to the Judge of Probate N( ir the County of Piekens, for a Final Die-. It ~arge as the Administrators of the Estate of up alvin O'12ell, deceased. GE SMARY A. O'DELL. Adm'x, . PERRY LOOPER, Adm'r. P. Ma) 17, 1877 80 4 PUBLISHBD &LY, TI-Wx2XLY.Wj51N" --AT I COL UMBIA, S. C. 40 -BY [OYT, EMLYN & MoDANI3L JAMES A. HOYT, Editor. The Daily Register ogntalts the lates A*s r the day, all commercial, political and other atter sent by telegraph, full local uPepore, litorials upon all current topics 4ad range and Agricultural .Depat*e** The Daily has a circulation oxtendin to il paris oi the State, is circulated in -neaml very State in the Union, and consequent tereasing; therefore, as an advertising me. lunm IL cannot be aurpassed. The Tri-Weekly Registers is Issued every Uesday, Thursday and Saturday mornnrg, nd .0ontains all the news of the days in one 'sue. The Weekly Register is an EIGHT A0AGI aper,oontainlng FORTY-EIG HT COLUMN, mhracing the,ream -of news of oach week. bis jlatper is Withinl Lie reach of every family, nd VjarepleodIL .to ataj,e the fitet dhat 1.0 rge circulation is tapidly extending. The Ii-M4ter is now the Organ of the Schto ran -Mll I'll lilatters of iWtoreut to the t1-onls of I inshandry will be i rented In I heir ppropriate department. The i qkl"@& ad Grange articles will appear in ewh,O ir publications-Daily, Tri-Weekly and eekly. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, DAILEY tXGIsTIR-One Year, $7 00; Sit lonthas, $3 50; Three Months, $1 76. TRI-WEEKLv REGiSTER-One Year, $5 00; ix Months, $2 60; Thf'ee Months, $1 25. WEEKLY REGISTER-One Year, $2 00; 18i lonths, $1 00; Three Months, 50. JOB PRINTING, The best and cheapest BOOK and JOB RINTINT, of every descriFtion, protqptly ad satisfactoriHy executed at the Register flice. All kinds of Law Blanks on hand, which e will sell at the lowest prices. JAMES A. HOYT, H. N. EMLYN, W. B. McDANIEL, Proprietors and Publibhers. May 31, 1877 lade any day in PUTs and CALLS. Invest ecording to y our means. $-10, $60 or $100, I STOcK PI~RviLEGEs, has brought a small irtune to t he careful investor. We advise hen and how to operate safely. Book with all information sent free. Address orders by ail and telegraph to B.&IA~T & CO., Bankers and Brokers, 17 Wall at., N. Y. May 17, 1877 861 ly 'he State of South Carolina, Cuty of P '; ns.. N (Uli IZT CO M MM3 P.EAS. rank IIammurond. Plaintiff, against W. S Williams, Defendant. iummons for Money .Demand. ( Com, plaint not &crved ). 0 W. S. Williams, Defendant ir. this action. 7OU are herch)y summoned and required Ito answer the complaint in this ston, hlich is filed in the office of thie Clerk f(the Court of Common Pleas for said county, nd to serve a copy of your answer on -the ubscribers at. their office, at Pickenas C, H., rithin twenity days after the service of this umnmoss on you, exclusive of thie day of ervice. Ii you fail to answor this complaint within, he~ time aforesaid, the plaintiff will take ,judg ient against you for the sum of Six Hln-, red and T weft.y four 94-100 Dollars, with riterest at the rate of 7 per egnt per annums, rom the 15th day of May, one thousand ighit hundred and seventy Seven and costs. Dat ed P'ickens, Mlay 15t h, 1877. -. OTIILAN, IIOLCOMBRE & CHILD. SIMPSON & MOORE, Plaintiff's Attorneys. 0 W. S. Williams, Defendant: Take notice, that the summons and com lainit in this action was filed in (lie office of he Clerk ofthe Court for Pickens County, n the 10th (lay of May 1877. OTHIIAN, lIOLCOMBJE & CHILD. SIMPSON & MOORE, Plaintiff's A ttorneys. May 24, 1877 87 8 roTroz-s Horse and Cattle Powd broken down and le.pvted *by strengthening and canl . - stomach and Intestiaes. It is a suerevendrveefa11 diseas WATE HEAVES ooeOGS DIS TEMPEli,FEVR FOUNISER - LOSS OF APPETI' 'E AND VITAe E~NERGY, &o. Its use Improves the wind, increases the apptt.... nsformis the miserable skeleton [ntoa fine-looking and spirited horse. tion Is Inaluable.t sasr ventive against RinderetHlv Horn, etc. *It has be rv actual experiment to Iees qjuantity of milk and cream tm~ ..- per cent. and make the butter n nyes them an appetie,sloosens tel Ie and ake Jeomthrive much faster. .~. In afl diseaser, of Swine, such as Coughs, Ule e, he Lungs Liver,&o., this article acts is a spcic By putting from one alf apaper to a paper ina barrel of * Iwill thie above diseases will be eradi atiedoeni nd, ren~gi,e DAVID E.SUTZ, Propriese DALTZMORms X4d. mt thnUnitd States, (.eaan -CRISTAD)ORO'S HAIR DYE. DIvistadoro's Hair Dye Is the SAFEST and ST; it acts instantaneously, produciug the. at naturl shades of Black or Brown; does T STAIN the SKIN, and is easily applied. is a standard preparation, and a favorit.e on every well appointed Toilet for Lady op ntleman. Sold by Druggists. J. CRIST ADORO, 0. Box, 1688. Ney Yorb. Dec 21. 1886 160