The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, June 20, 1878, Image 2
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3Alk3e. Editor.
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SJune 20,1878
pricefor announcing a can
AO, cask in advance. Posi-.
nnouncement will be inserted
he cash accompanies the 8ame.
dates and their friends will take
tce and govern themselves accor
f Our Greenville correspondent is
ery much mistaken when he says we
'vor olq'ies and rings. We never,
1il1 favor or support thew, and out
" . pord is clear on that point. What
: objected to in his former commu
14tion was his advocacy of "Inde
pOndent . candidates from President
down to constable." Once adopt this
plan, disband Democratic organiza
:.tion, and we' go back under Radical
TJmnegro rule the instant it is done.
We favor Primary Elections for mom
be of the General Assembly and
pounty officers, and Conventions for
Governor, State officers, members of
Congress and Solicitors. This is the
Ssettled policy of the Democracy of
this section, and why disturb it by
''injecting your independent doctrine,
hidh means nothing less than Rad
1oalism in disguise, (though we know
our correspondent does not mean this)
and is the very means by which that
party is now endeavoring to regain
controll of the State. But our oor,
respondent is "getting a little more
levol headed." He says we "must
tolerate primary elections and nom.
Inating conventions." This is a good
start on the right track from inde.
pendentism, and if he will only per.
severe will soon be cured and per%
~ fectly level headed. .He belongs to
the club and talks horse sense about
the coming election, and as we know
, im to be a gentleman of good sense
k and, patriotic impulses, we will not
quarrel any more with him about his
independent: ideas, so long as he
* .sticjcs to primary elections and the
2.Demooratic party. We think that we
Yare, after all, standing pretty nearly
upon the same platform.
The Electoral Frauds.
\e did intend to publish the testi,.
non' taken by the Congressional
Oomr ttee now investigating the
Elect'oi 1 Fraud, or such of it as in
our opi ion, would prove most in ter
esting t our readers, but it is so vo.
Iumnio thttwo or three papers like
tii's woi ld not begin to hold the
ainunt tl t comes out in the course
of the weel4, and we have abandoned
h,6dea i /dispair. We will, however,
at the cqiclusion of the investigation,
*'1ll givy the results in as intelligent a
form A possible. Already enough
~asfeen developed to prove conclu%
~.~ely that Mr. Hayes holds an office
0t' which he was never elected by the
peoleand that the most glaring
~tauds were practiced by the Repub,
ipi managers to prevent the carrys
j ag out of the will of the people as
( pressed at the ballot box. The
> )publican statesmen sent to Louisi
ana and Florida by Grant, have been
a< bown up in their true colors, and
~ here is no doubt but what they,
Sthrough bargains with ,the corrupt
retrning boards in these States, con
~mmated the greatest fraud ever
o-' nlivn American or any other po
e)ls. Itiuplain that the fact that
~f~es was never elected will bo most
o'1@loiey proved. Then the ques,
iiwill be, "what shall we do." Let
W6l and see.
SHouse comimittee on military
batisv reported favorably on a
n~a to investigate the Caster
to Majof' Renno, commanding
*vnth United States Cavjlry,
bd In command at the battle
~&Ig Horn,'is charged with
+onthat occasion, and that
mvch Oowardlco the orders of
esUcter were not obeyed,
tfwhich was the massacre
~4his entire command. It
i 1se ono will be cash
*~Kdfromu the, army.
~p~paAdvertier.
4A DUmber of the
iSp Greenvil
Two Hupdred Thiousand Dollars for
Charleston.
We are glad to-see that the United
States Senate, by a very large vote,
has agreed to. appropriate 0200,000 for
th Improvement of the Charleston
bar. This is the fest government aid
extended us since the war, and results
from having a gentleman, and one of
our own people in the Senate. If D.
T. Corbin had been there in place of
General Butler, Charleston would not
have received a cent. We now get
this handsome amount to' commence
the process of deepening the channel,
and as the work progresses, other
amounts will be added, until our men
tropolis is made what it should have
boon years ago, one of the finest sea
ports in the South. This is a meas,
u-e in 'which every citizen of the
State Is interested, and we hope ero
long to see the "old city by the sea"
take position in the front rank of the
business ports In the United States.
General Butler, thus early in his
Senatorial career, is giving the' people
practical evidence of his usefulness to
them in that body. We expect good
things of him, and know we shall not
be. disippointed.
The Ladd Murderers.
Hugh P. Kano, Wm. Durham, Geo.
W. Moose and Robt. P, Scruggs, at%
rested for the killing of Amos Ladd,
were carried before Judge Kershaw,
at Walhalla, on last Monday, on a
writ of habeas corpus. After a full
hearing of the case, the Judge refused
to admit to bail Kane, Durham and
Moose, and ordered that they be rem
manded to the Greenville jail until
further orders. Scruggs was admitted
to ball in a bond of $1,000, with two
good sureties. All papers in the case
was ordered to be turned over to the
Clerk of Pickens County.
The Revenue Difficulties.
Capt. 'W. E. Earle, in a letter pub'
lished in the Greenville News of the
18th instant, undertakes to defend the
conduct of'- the Revenue officials, in
the killing of Ladd in this County.
Capt. Ear'le is the attorney for these
parties, and of course, is only in pos
session of their side of the case. As a
lawyer, lhe will do everything he can
to clear them, and in his letter ho
states very clearly the defense they
exlpect to make. He says. "these
defendants expect to show that they
wore in the discharge of their duty as
officers of the law, serving a lawful
warrant, and that the killing was done
in self defense."
in the telegrams sent off to the
Charleston News and Courier, and
to Collector Brayton, they represent
Ladd as being "armed to the teeth,"
standing in the door and resisting
their enterance, and that ho snapped
a pistol at Kane as he entered the
door. The evidence taken before
Trial Justice Taylor disproves these
statements entirely, but as the partics
are under arrest, and the whole af
fair is to undergo judicial investiga.
tion, we refrain from saying Irnything
more about it.
We must heartily concur, however,
in the latter part of CJapt, Earle's let
ter, and trust that the proposition for
a general amnesty will meet with fa
vorable action in Washington. If
those peoplo who have violated the
revenue laws were pardoned'IL would
create in tehem a kindlier feeling to,
wards the Government, and they
would cease all violations and obey
and respect the laws in the future.
Capt. Earle says:
"It would be well, in my humble
judgment, both for the good order and
prosperity of the people, and would be
best for the revenue service, If' all vio,
lations of revenue were forgiven up to
a rccent date to the present, provided
the person is not hereafter guilty of a
new offence.
"I advised the Commissioner to this
course a year ago, and the proposition
Is- now under consideration of the
Secretary of the Treasury upon a re-.
cent letter to the President. It is to
the interest of the whole community
that the law should be observed, and
the sentiment of the people should be
against Its violation. Then violence
and lawlessness will be more readily
repressed on both sides. Then the
service of the Governtnent will be re
garded honorable as it should be in
overy branob. Then there will be
~ore good mnen willing to serve the
Ogqvernient, and fewer bad ones will
hae ska onaomnnaan1
Letter Prom Liberty.
'bere was a man in Kentuoky once
it i said, who made a fortune b
minding his own business. It would
be well no doubt for the human'fami
ly, and particularly that unfortunate
portion of it who are addicted. to the
common vices of gossipping and tat
tling, if that man's example was more
generally followed. .
But the question is, what is 'one's
own business? We find ourselves in
a civilized condition, so bound up in a
community of interests, and the line
of our several duties and obligations,
as individuals, members of society,
and citizens of the State, running
thiough and interlacing with the re
spective lines of each other man's du,
ties and obligation to such an extent,
that it would be very hard to tell ex
actly what each individual's business
is, apart from that of every other in
dividual in the neignborbood or comb
munity. In other words; my private
business or interest, (and the words
are synonymous as understood here,)
is so blended with and merged into
that of the public, the one is so depon,
dent upon the other, that it would be
excedingly difficult, if not an absolute
impossibility, to draw a preciso line of
demarkation between- them, The okd
adage, that "what's everybody's bus,
iness is nobody's business," is as false
in theory, as it is untrue in fact.
So, kind reader, when as a public
journalist, or newspaper scribler, if
you pref'r the humble title, I call your
attention 'to matters of public interest
-the importance of having good gov,
ernment and honest men in office,
both in the County and State-the
necessity of maintaining and perfect,
ing our system of public schools, and
extending their usefulness and eflis
ciency, by permitting none to exer
ciso the arduous and responsible du
ties of teachers in our public schools
except those wvho are found, af'ter due
examination had, to possess the re
quisite men tal and moral qualifications
for the office of instructor of the youth
of the country-and the importance of
carefully abstaining from any act of
lawvlessness~our'selves, or encouraging
such acts in others, thoug~h wve may
be sensible of the fact that unjust and
opp~ressive laws are enforced among
us in an offensive ar.d illegal manner
by officials, so'.cled, of the United
States-when I call attention to mat
ters of this kind, I say, I feel that 1
ami strictly minding my own busi~ness.
To say nothing now of the groat
importance of fostering and preserv
ing a sound arnd healthy public muo,
r'ality, and of maintaining the good
name and reputation of our country
abroad, let every good citizen rememn..
ber that disregard of the law in one
particular invites disobedionce to and
disrespect for it in another, weakens
those restrsaints which are the only
sure protection of his life, liberty, and
property from the assaults and en
croachments the wicked and unscru,
pulous, and breeds a spirit that is
dangerous in the highest degree to
the public peace and good order, and
the safety of the State. Let upg res
member that there is an identity of
public and private interests-that we
are all-embarked on the same boat,
and that if there is a leak in the boat,
overy man on board is interested in
stopping it. It is a grand error to
suppose that we can hibitually violate
and disregard any law of the United
States, and at the same time continue
to maintain a proper respect for and
obedience to the laws of our own
State, Acts of lawlessness never fail
to demoralize and deprave the indi,
vidual that commits them, and they
soon prepare him to despise courts of
justice, to feel resentment towards
those whose business it is to enforce
and administer tho law, and to tram'.
pie under his feet all laws both human
and divine.
It is, therefore, the duty of every good
citizen, nay of every map who has any
regard for hisown true interests, to
frown upon every illieit dietiller, and
every peddler of contraband whiskey,
that may be -In the County. But
while we should do this, it is equally
our duty to'see to,it that the revenue
officers discharge their duties in a
proper and lawful manney. Dragoon
ing individuals and subjecting them to
Insults and'indignities by persons act
Ing under the authority of the United
States government, are as much and
as flagrant violations of the laws of
the United States and the cbatred
suaauos for the goose must also be
sauce-for the gander." It is always
Tight and safe to do right.
PIUMONT.
Items from the City.
EASLEY, June 17, 1878.
Business is as usual-non est.
Loafing per force, is the bardest
work imaginable.
Thus far. this bas been an abundant
fruit year, and if we don't have any
more hail stor ms breadstuffs will be at
a discount.
We hear nothing of the closing ex.
ercises of the Easley High school.
What say you, Professor H.? When
is your commencement to be? ,
The Light Guards have a parade
"every 'casionally." They are pro,
grebsing finely, considering. Regular
meetings on Friday night of every
week.
Be calm and easy about the street
working, worthy councilmen. Just
work a day or two now and then.
Our young friend and brag shoe.
maker, Mr. J. R. S,, is said to be the
laziest man in town.
Querry-Who are tho most popular
young ladies? Answer-Those who
take a lively interest, in the choir, and
don't eat onions.
Mr. Elias Mauldin claims the brag
cow now. He says she will give
twelve gallons of milk per day, and
this is not a good time for milking
either.
As the season for commencements
approaches the young ladies, unusual
ly, grow very social and clever. * A
little more attention at that time, if
you please.
Better painters than Mr. W. E. Al
vord are still up North, or somewhere
else. He is doing some nice work
now for W. M. Hagood & Co., and
when completed will enhance the val.
'ue of their property considerably.
Th~ere is so much singing and
preaching, and so many Sunday
school1s in Easley of late, that a man
with bad teeth hasn't time to eat
enough on Sundays. Lct 'e roll.
W hen you get a little too w~arm,
call on Nelson Jiolcombo. Hie has
just put into operation a nmachie,
from which is furnished the vecry best,
ice-cold soda water. I nevcr drink
much.
Mr. HI. supports the prettiest turn,
out in the city. His friend Mr. B.
says' it is becus~e "he drives a Geor
gia horse," and, although Ilam a Car
olinian, 1 am inclined to agree with
Mr. B.
It is seldom our marshal has any
fun, but when he does he enjoys it
hugely. Business with him is busi-t
ness, and so it is with the cobucil.
TCo the family'and friends of Mr. J.
T. A. (the cleverest man in Eaeley)
would we tender our symnpathics. lie
is in rather a critical condition-very
low with the Texas fever. We wish
him a speedy recovery.
The new church is about completed.
Three cheers for the committee,.Foro
acre & Co. Now, when the choir gets
in there with that pretty organ, Won't
then sing! Only $95-we know that
times-are hard and money scarce, but
everybody must help a little.
Human life is comparatively cheap
just now-it only costs a little excite.
mont for a time. We trust, however,
that the killing of one Mr. Ladd may
be thoroughly mnvestigatdid the
accused parties receive justice from
the law, in the strictest sense of th~e
term.
Ourlunatic has returned. His trip
didn't demoralize him by any means.
He was unusually attentive to busi,
ness the day after his return, and
could be found 4at his post of duty at
any time.
The .District Conference is to be
hold at this placo, embracing the 2nd
Sabbath in August. Make ready with
your chickens, turkeys, &c,, as a large
attendance is expected, and you know
these "delicates' are heavy on such
eatables. Now is the time tor .Easley
to, manifest her'genuine spirit of 1hoe
pitality, and we believe the citizens
will appreciate and and improve the
opportunity.
It is rumored that Redmond wants
to make a treaty of peace with the
lEasley .Light Gudards. We would ad
vise Red mond to leave the country at
once.
Wresting and checks, are the prin'.
ciple amusements of the day. Too
early in the season for a champIon~
check player, but Uncle Mart, is the
boss wrestler,
Says our familiar friend, when an
Easley ite gets off a joke on you, you
mnust expect to bear It repeated every
hour in the day, got a'lotterooncern%
lng it by overy mail and, besides, see
it published. In every papsr, In the
State. 'Still we retnind hb 6 of that
stomp, Such is k;1o, Don't mis~
~~*~~4 qMfij ~_
The followint bltiflar hap been sont T
)y the Coinptftller General to eaOh
)f the County Auditors in the State,
rid Is important inifdrmation to the a
larpayerst
"The attention of Auditors is espe 1
)ially called to Paragtaph -158, 201,
and 202. Abstract tax'laws. 9
"In takIng returns, of both real and b
personal estate, they will require e
avery taxpayer under oath to answer
,he following quostions:
"Has your wife property in her I
Dwn right? I
"Has your child? e
"Have you property in any fidu.
Diary capacity?
"Unless these questions are ans. s
wered in the negative, see that proper c
returns are made. r
"The oath required by the la* must 0
be asbually administered"
JoHNsoN ~ooD, J
Comptroller General.
The article of Capt. W. E. Earle, in
:lfense of his clients against remarks.
which .we made about the murder of
Ladd, of Pickens County, much to our
regret, appeared in our last issue with,
Dut comment; and more especially do
we regret it, because the article in
THE PICKENS SENTINEL, which we
publish in this moi ning's paper, was
in our possession, and hung upon the t
hook, but by some oversight, we must
imagino, failed to appear in our paper,
ats intended. Capt. Earle may save
all his regrets about what we write in
this paper, and.especially about prc%
judging cases in the courts. We dis
tinctly stated in the article to which
he refers, that "we will not, if we
know it, prejudge the case of any
person charged with crime, especially
a crime involving the penalty of
death!" We then made comments
upon the outrago, based on the tele
gram sent to this city by the Sheriff
of Pickens County. .This is all we 1
did. Whler, we havo a statement from
an officer, who is specially entrusted
by virtue of his eflice, with the presor
vation of the pecace, wo will certainly
rely uplonl it as truth, in proference to
tho statements of a lawyer derived
from his clients, who are charged wit~h
the commission of the crime. We
publish, in another column, the war
rant, un deil which it is claimed this
Revenue posse was authorized to ar
rest Mr. Laidd. When the warr'ant
wa laced in the hands of the p~osse,
who now seek protection under it, wo
know not. -Greenville Daily Newvs.
Wm. Durham, one of the Rovenue
party who killed Amos Ladd, in this
County, killed a man by the name of
Ballou, in Greenville County, at a
shooting match, and was sentenced to
~ho penitentiary for ten years. lie
wvas pardoned by Scott or Moses, Scott
we believe. Tfhe killihg of ballou is
said to have been a bad case. This
Durham's brother was with another (
nan, one Johnson, in the same County,
who shot at one Jack Ward, who had
i.cbild upon his back, and missinig]
Ward, killed the chi. Johnusga broke
ail afterwards and made his escape.
['his occurred a year or so'ago. We
~et these facts from a responsible
ontlemau of Greenville.
THE SToRM-From our exchan~ges
we learn that a very heavy hail and
wind storm passed over varions sec.,
ions of this Stato last Sunday week,
loing. serious damage to the growing
3rops wherever the hail fell. In some
3ections the farmers have ploughed
ip their cotton and planted the ground
n corn.
The Port Royal Railroad was sold
cimder a decree of the United States
Dourt at Beauftort, on the 6th instant,
and was purch~ased by the Union
rrust Company of Now York, for
1500,000.
The Abbevile Press and Banner*
has commenced the publication of its
26th volume. We sometimes diffor
with the Press and Banner as to cor
tain measures, but have always re,
garded it as one of the best county
papers published in the State, and it]
Is al ways a welcome visitor to this
office.
CONsux~ ION CUann-An old physician,
retired from praotice, having had placed in
his hands by an East India missionary the
formula of a simple vegetable remedy, fqr, the
speedy and permanenfocure for consumpt ion,
bronohitis, catarrh, asthma, and all thr'oat
and lung sfeetions, also a positive and ra4Iqal'
oure for nervouzs debit~y and !ll aetvoos a
comnplaints, Aefter having( Ieted itidqul
outative powers in~ thousanids of ca*., ha,
fe4t It bis'd4oty to make itk (4Wit ti '
as 1
t
T, I Y'
Lilp q AT HOM -O don
eeon called to some new' .ab labo
aving cooking untensllarecent
nvented. One ot which, dhe Univ
al Weight and bl.easurig Itensil,f r
reigbing flor,, sugar, . tr, a
Measuring molasses, milk and all
:inds of liquids used in cooking, ed4
irely superseding - ex enbive scales.
.he Patent Centennial 10e Pan, the
est and most oonvenient Cake Pan
ver matie, and which e ry house..
'eeper will have when hoy see Its
dvantages over all others Also, the
(itchen Gem, a plated wire boiler to
ang inside of an ordinajy pot, for
oling all kinds of vegetibles, eggs,
to., which, when done, 4n. be re
noved at once perfectly dry withont
ifting the heavy sooty po, off of the
tove. These goods are iSold exclu
ively through agents to ihmilies, and
a sp lendid opportunity to some
e able lady or' gentlemaj canvasser
f this county to secure tbr agency for
very profitable businesso For terme, 40
erritory, etc., write to 14 E. Brown
SCo., No. 242 Elm St., (olnnati, 0.
liw stor! Newi hiI
NEW 4.'ERKS AND A
Good News!
--o-W6-f
[HAVE A FIRST CLA f 5ft]K 01?
CENERAL M9RCINDISE on hand at.
his place, and-call the speciil attention of
he citizens of Pickenrs Courty and the sour
ounding counties to the same. I sell cheapt
sell for cash; I take no risk; I get house
ent cheap; I get board cheap; I am at a
mnall expense; I Oan sell Goods as low as
hey can at Greenvilk or any where in the
ip country; I will take Country Produce in
Exchango for Goods; I keep a full line of
loods. If I have not the Goods on hand you
vant, I will order them for you at a small
Advance. My stook consists in part of the
'ollowing Goods:
COFFEE, HAIR PINS, SUGA-A, COLOGNE
oda, Tuck Combs, Molasses, Boatner's
lagic Churn Dash Uum Camphor, Picque, 4
ladway's Saraaparilla, Calicoes Fonts Stock
Powders, Nails, Well Buckets, Ladies Trimmed
lats, Shoes, Gun 6by, -s t nit's Pills, Hagan's
agnolia Balm, a%4 in fact alost anythiag
hat is necessary for the comfort of any per.
iou living under the Hampton or Vance gov
~rnmnents. All I ask is a trial, and you will
>e made happy. If not I will sell you a pair
f CRY ME'S H~ome Made Shoes that will last
ou until you have got the worth~ of your
'wo Dollars. If you are not. satisfied then,
ome back and buy another pair at, th 'samo
rice, and I will fling you in a pair of ringa
nd a box of Bikby's Blacking, and y will
;o home rejioicing.
Call and examine my stock before urch
.sing elsewhere. I make- Tin-ware a speck 2
Ity. Respectfully.
T. B. CRYM ,
No. 2, Whitehall-street, Liberty, 8 ti,
1 door from Stausoll's Hotel
June 13, 1878 40 ly_
lo MIake Money pleaisanti and
ast, agentLs should address
'INL4EY, .IARVEY & Co., Aliant Git.
Md. R. BEE,
Greenville, 8.4 O,
'1 UPPLIES his customers with an EW
SING M AClIlNE they desire. Also edles -
nd attachments for any. Call nex oor toi
. W. Davis and see his last lot of n Sing,
r, H ows, Weed, Wheeler & Wilson, a other
laichines. He sells ail cheaper t w the
heapest.
He also cute suits' out of lesg~ h than
nybody. See list as foliows
Goods for Coat-8 to 8} yard
Goods for Pants-2} to 2j y .
Goodd for Vest-I yards.
'OAT-Body lining. 2j yards; ass,
.yard; Wadding, 1 sheeL;""81 DrIl
( yards; Si1k, 2 spools; tton,
spool; Buttons, etc.
'ANTS-Slate Drill, ( yard; Cartwas 4 ysrd~
Silk, I spool, Cotton, 1 a 01; But.
tons und Buckle.
FEST-Blate Drill, . 2 yards; W ing, J
yard; silk, 1 spool; ootto spool;
wadding and Buttons.
June 20, 1878 41 Sm
R7EW ADTERTISEMt TS
IGENTS! UEA 1531i
Ve will pay Agents a sal) $100 per
hionth, and expenses to e r New and
wonderful Inventions. A d a, SuN1AMa
a Co., Marshall, Mich.
i Beautiful Concert Or l-ARL
lIAW nos price $1600 on $2.VA
superb Grand 'Square Plan pie$,0
irily $255. Elegant Uprigh ins ro
5800 only $165. Now btyle rgtPao
p112.50. Organs $86. 0Ol 2 tp
p72.50. Church Organs 16 a.r~ 80
nly $116. 'Elegant $8765 t o r
tans, only $05. Buyiers oandseea
~omes If'I am not as represe ,B .Fr
afid both ways and Piano Oragie
ree. Large lijst. Newspp tmuh.
ormatlon abouit oat of ~zandOg
lent free. Please addresr D. LF ET?
jflor ASoCA i .08 an.
notlupentl, rtle ano sprily
& Bowen t. L 12estiopias
s n rats yn . rice $890,
Impovd nhaer .Sod seeryeat
vhe~. WEKS &POT~ , PR.oprieos
PA~soNS' ORGAWE P h m u ech
Iloadfiomltl hand. tebOgan
n theebtir a stm lat , rEah. BA~I TY
qalJhig, i . bJI1e.8ub
'n.o ntaty # ett adspeedily
oue.Rfeece, yWel, 9ag.
Wels, aro &Co. oora N.Y.
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