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THE SNNTINEL. D. F. BRADLEY, Editor. PIOKENS 0. H., S. C.: TiIU ODAY, MAICH 3, 188. CTER1MS: For rubseription, $1.50 per annum, for six months, 75 cents; strictly in adyance. Advvrtisements inserted at one dollanr per *quate of one inch or less for the first 1nser ion and fifty cents for each subsequent in sertion. Liberal discount made to merchants and others advertising for six months or by the year. Obituary Notices and Tributes of Respect harged for as adver-tisements. Announcing Candidates five dollars, in advance. Murder in Abbeville. Caroline Farrow colcrod, was shot illo on the night ->1.)m the testimony 1,' - oronor's inquest, 011nVv laiham Butee Martin was impli cated as the nitirderer. Martini's broth or, 3. Cam phell, protests tl.o innoconco of his brother, and says tha t ho (Wm. Boo) w as in hii bed asIcop at the Gimo ofthe shooting. Could Not Agree. Col. 11. B. C. Catih, who killed Col. Shannon in a duel in Darlington County Iast f1ll, vas tried at Darling toui Court last week for murder. The Solicitor of the Circuit, Mr. Dargan, was assisted in tho proseution by Attorney General Youmans. The defenso was conducted by Cols. Spain atnd Watts and Gen. Prince. Judge Prosslcy , presided. The jury failed to agreo and woro discharged by the Judge. This, it is said, was a great ditfappointment to the friends of Col. Cash, who hoped for an acquital. Lynched. Five negroos woro lynched by a mob at Winchester, Ten n., on the 19th ult. They had murdered a man by the name of La Prado. They wore on trial, the Judge had delivered his charge to the jury anid the Sheriff was returning to the jail with the prison or's, when the mob, about two hun dred strong, rushed upon him, took the prisoners from him, carried them into the court room and hung them from the socond story windows. Two others, wvho had turned state's Ovi doenco and had boon released and had returned to their old stamping ground, were found hanging to a tree noar Gultrie the same morning. The Toinniessoo Legislature has passed a resolution condemning the Jynching, declaring that such mnobs must be suppressed if it takes the whole power of the State to do it. The resolut ion calls upon the Govern or to use all means (or Lhe arrest and punishment of the perpetrators of the crime, and promises the active co-ope ration of the Legislature. A Fearful Crime. The Groonville News soveral months ago, p~ublished an account of the com, mittal of rape upon a colored woman in Greenville County by one Roev, Uurriss, colored, of this County. A negro preacher by the same name, Burriss (or Borroughs) preached for -the colored peolo at this place lust year arnd appeared to be very popular amongst thorm. A year or so ago this same "Revt rond" gen tleman was com mitted to jail on the charge of im proper attempts on a white woman. ieo was tried, but the woman was of bad chaiottor, and there being no other evidenceo but hors against him, he was aoquitted. T1ho News of the 26th ult., refering to the incendiary case in Greenville refers also to this ense and says: "Again many wooeks ago a brute, in human shape, blasphoemonsly termed the "Roevercnd," committed upon a sick and helpless woman a crime of fearful enormity and walked nway in to Pickons county. Whore is ho? Justice in these cases seems to be un-. accountably halting." We ourselves should like to know 'why this "Reoverend" Mr. Burrisa has not been arrested. We think he could be casily arrested, for we have never board of his leaving tilae county, Let some one in Greenville swear oul a warrant, have it sent over boere and have him arrested, Then if he Is prov ed guilty let him pull hemp. T$he bloody slirters of the Nortt are making a terrible outory beoaue somo of the ex-Confederates hav< been invited, and -accepted the invi, ~tions, to partidipate in the inaugur d meemones o Qrflold, Butler and Aiken. Tbese distinguish* representatives of"odth Carolin* in the Nation von gressreontly made speeches, which have attracted considerable attentiob throughout the entiro oountry. IThe most of our exchanges In the State have published these speobces, and we regret that the want of space pre - vents us from doing likewise. Gen. Butler spoke in reference to thocen susof this State. During the cam. paign of last year, Lord Rosede Conk ling, Senator From New York, made a stump speech, in which he assailed South Carolina, and bitterly denouno, ed her citizens in the most approved stalwart style. He charged that the census in the .State was a fraud; that the Democrats had manipulated thom so as to secure additional representa tion in Congress, and by this means secure controll of the Government, create a now rebellion and "turn up jaok" generally. His speech had the desired effect; it frightened the timid Northern votor, and doubtless caused many of them to vote the Ropublican ticket, who otherwise would not have done so. The clamor, in the North, in con-. sequence of those charges made by Conking and reiterated from every stump in the North by the Radical orators, caused Gonoral Walker, him solfa stalwart Ropublican, to have a now enumeration made in soveral townships in the State where the per oent of Increase in population was greatest. The result was that the correctness of the June, or first cen sus, against which the outcry was made, was verified. But this was not 8atistactory to the stalwarts, and the President had the third enumer. ation made which furthnr confirmed the correctness of the first enumera tion. Gen. Butler introduced a resolution which passed the Senato,calling upon Gen. Valkcr for a report in reference to the census cf South Carolina. Tf he report was submitted in conformity to tho resolution. It gave Con kling the point blank lie and vindicated the Dcmocrats of the State. Gen. Butler had the report read and thon "skinn ed" Conkling from head to foot. lie plainly told Conkling that lbe had lied about South Carolina, had done her citizens a great wrong, atnd dIid not have the manliness to correct it. Butler"N speech completely vindicatedl South Carolina and eXposed Conklingc to the contempt of all fair minfdod men in the Union. Tho stalwaurtsi at once p~roClaiimed from the houso tops that Conkling would reply and crush Butler, but ho has failed to do so. Col. Aiken spoke in the House upon the same subject (the censusu) and said many good things. He plainly told the stalwarts that they might altuse and traduce and lie about the Sout h as much as they pleased, but there was one thing certain, the South nev, er intended to again submit to negro domination and Radical carpet-bag plunder. We wish space would per mit us to summarize both speeches, but it does not, and we must content ourselt by a brief reference to them. We feel gratified at the manly de fense these noble sons of Carolina have made of her good citizens. We hope that the time has passed when our Representatives in Congress or anywhere else will quietly listen to the slanderous denunciation of our peoplo without opening their mouths in our defense. Four at a birth A negro woman near' Piedmont in Greenville county recently gave birth to four chrildron. Three are alive and apparently in good health. Greenville can go head, Henry S. Kerr died at his residence in A bbevillo last Friday, at the ago of 58. He wont to bed at night in his usual health, and never awoke. He was a native of North Carolina, went to Abbeville in early life, and from the printer's case rose to be one of the first mon of the place. His prop orby increased untill in 1858 be was considered quito rich. Then reverses came in 1859 and the war followed, and he came home in 1865 poor in, deed. Since that time ho has been working ar'ound at the case, lHe spent soveral woeks in Spar tanburg in 1879. His last work was in Columbia oni Stato printing. ____ A young man named Charles Rich-' ardson, aged about 25 years, commit,. ted suicide by shooting hiimselt with a double barreled shot gun, in ClarN endon county, on the 16th uIt. lie was to have boen married the next day. No causo assigned for tho .. Breaking Dirt. ,0N,8 U., ech. NI. A la.g) btmber of our citizens from town and uounty gathered this aFtor noon on the place of Rev. W. A. King, two mlves below town to witness the brealcing of the first dirt on the Savan nah Valley Railroad. Maj. 1B. F. Whitner, one of the directors, opened the meeting with i few appi-opriato re, marks, in which he spoke of the bright prospests of the road, espeoially since capitullets were looking to the Blue Ridge Road for ansentlet to the sea. He ooncluded by introduoing Mr. Stophen MoCully, our oldest tcitizen and a veteran iond of railroad enter prises, who though quite feeble from old ago took hold of the shovel and throw the firtst dirt. President Lat imer was next called for nnd stepped forward and made at short address and throw the second shovel. Gen. W. W. Humphroys the third shovel after a short speech, A geoat many of the spotators took hold of the shovel and threw dirt, ofter which the contractors put their hands to work in earnest. rho friends ot the road are very much anouuraged at the auspicious begin, iing. The NewtBible-Quick Work. The novg version of the Now Tosta mont, which has been so many years in course of translation and which is unquestionably the most important literary enturprise this contury has son, is being waitod for with curios, ity and anxiety by hundreds of thousands. It is not generally known that a first edition of 500,000 copies has already been manufactured in England, and 100,000 copios are said to be already in Now York City; not eno of them pormitted to be sold. They are awaiting a telogram from tho authorities in England author izing their issue. The first copies can only be had at the extravigant priceo of $10 per copy. The Literary Rlev olution proposes fully to neet the de mandsl~l w hi ih its army of friends are making up~on it by doing probaly the quickest work ini book- mak inrg w hich has ever yet been ncomp jl ished. Ari rangemonts have been made topu the entire book in to ty pe inside of 24 hours from the time a printied copy of the Engh sh editLion en n be preeniired, andl with in thre.e days at least 10,000 copi&'s will bo0 boundm rea'dy for' deliv, cry to waiting pu rchasers, nnJ at least 5,000 copies will bo ma&nufactu:red every day thiereatfter, unitill tho de mandI is met. It will bo printod in large, beautiful type, neatly and stronigly bonund in cloth, naslm of' about 500 pages, and sold at the ne minal prieo of 80 cents. A fine edi tion in halt Russia, gilt top, will be 8sold tor 60 eents, and one in tull Turkey morocoo, gilt edges, for $1.25. Of course, tho popular demand will be enormous. Orders will be flilled in the order in which they arc received, w ith remittance. American Book Ex change, New York. Seven American prisoners in jail at, El .Paso del Norte, Mexico, became convinced that they were to be shot, and made a desperate break for the A merican shore and liberty on Friday. Three of them were killed, and the others recnptured. Six of the guard wore wounded Other Americans who aided tho prisoners are being arrested. A claim for one cent was recently allowed the Union Pacific Railroad by the trcasury department, and its set tlement involved as much labor and red tape as if it had been for a million dollars. There is a legend to the effect that "Forty- rod w hiskoy" received its name booanso the drinker could stag ger that distance from the place where he drank before his drink overcame him. This was some time ago, how., ever, and modern improvements have boon made in whiskey since then. A man in Noew York took a drink at a bar and instantly dropped dead. This, as far as eXecution is concer ned, is far ahead of the old style of liquor. A JAr~on's BRAINs KNOCKED OT A brutal murder was committed in, the jail at Hartwell, Georgin, on the night of tho28rd ult. Whoni Thos. V. Skelton, the jailer, wont to the jail in performance of his duties his brains wero knocked out by a prisoner, who made his escapo, and it is thought, crossed into South Caroli na. The murderer is a very tall black negro with distinct smallpox marks and with a double thumb on his right hand, by which marks he way be easile idon ti fled. State Laws. An Act to amend Bootlg 118 Code of Procedure relailng to th time of commencing Aotos 1er than for the rebovelryof Real p erty. Be it onacted by the Sonate and House of Representativeb of the State of South Carolina, now met and sit ting in General Assembly, and by the authority ot the sameI Sootioh 1. That Section 118, Chap ter IIL, Title II. of the Code of Pro%, oodure be, rnd the samno Is hereby amoided by adding to the subdivision 2 of said section the following: "An ao. tion upon a bond or other contrnot in writing ~ secured by a mortgage Vf real property," so that said subsdl vision with the amendment thot'eto, approved 25th November, 1818, shall read as follows, "sub-division 2, an action upon a bond or other contract in writing secured by a mortgago of real property; an action upon a soalod Instrumenat, other than a sealed note and a porsonni bond, for the payment of money only, whoreof the period of limitation shall bo the same as pro scribod in the following scotion. Approved December 24, 1880. An Act to provide for the approval of Bonds of Publio Omocr&, it1 the matter of form and execution. -Bo it enacted by the Setinato and House of Ropresentatives of the State of South Carolina, now mot and sit tirg in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: That every bond to be hereaftet' given, by tiny public officor, for the faithful performarnco of his dutios, shall previously to its being nocepted or recorded, bo examined ty the At torney General, or by ono of the seli citors, who shau, if he approvo thero-, of, crtify in wtiting thereon that he approves of the form und execution of the said bond, without whioh cer tifionto no such bond shitll hereafter be Loeptod. A proved December 24, 1880. An Act to extend the opera.tion of annAct entitlod "An Act respecting the F'illing of VnetoiosIQ in County Ofliees," appruod D)ogember 20, 1878. B.a it coinetod by ilhe Senate andi IHouso of Rlopresenitativos of the Stato Iof Soath Cu roli n,, now met and sit ling in Gr:aoral Assembly, and by the, authority of hte samre: Thnt tho opperation of thme Act en titled "A n Act respectong thme fillng of Vaen':noiosi in coun ty offleecs," ap. proved December' 20, 1878, be ox, tende~d by striking out the last, clausO of Secotion, 1 thereof, to wit, "And in 0.0 of porsons nppointed, until the adjournment of t.he General Assembly at the reguular sou'ion in 1880, and by inserting in lieu thereof the words "And in onses of porsone appointed, until the adjournment of the General Assembly at the regular session next after the dato of such appointment.'' A pproved Deemu'ber 24, 1880. The Govenors of Maryland, Vir ginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia and Tonnessee united in nom inating Gen.~ Wado Hampton as a suitable orautor for t he Sou thorn States of the "Old Thirteen" anid Tennessee at the celobration of the Cowpens cen tennial. The information was con, voyed to Gen. Hampton by General DeSaussure, of the Cincinnati Society, who had the matter in charge. Gen. Hamrqton accepts the appointmneut with peculiar gratification, apprecia ting the honor conferred npon him most highly. The dlead lock in the Pennsylvania senatorial con test has at last been bro ken by the election of H-onrmy I. Mitch, eli, at present Reprasentative in Cons' gross from the 16th Pennsy'lvania District, a Radical R~epublioai, a folb lower of Blaine, but not identined wi &lh cithor Cameron or Anti--Xamerod. Senator Matt CJarper.ter, of Wis,. consini is dead. He was one of the ablest lawyers in the United States Senate. He was a Republican and will be succoodelU by a Republican. Seventy--ive Italian immigrants re. *ently arrived at Castle Gar don and woro shipped for the phosphato works near Charleston. A now town hats sprung up at flo,e. el Land, Abbovillo county. Two storea, a saw mill, a Sunday sooo, a church anid a rigid "dry" ordinance are its toundations. Gon. Hancock has advi-sed the inau guration committee that he will be in Wasusingtonm and at the %ommiLtoe's sorvico on the 4th of Marnh. Puiapkintown Items. Mr. J. R. Jones Is seriously , by horse trading. . Also, 0!V ~and W. R. Jones are il ba exl h, caused by work In the ,e Deparinent. Liberi ltems--X ing Charles.. has assutaed command of the Liberians, the battle will comnenco next Tues dayb his line of battle from Carl Tal ley's to Pumpkintown. Pleaso state that Mr. Jones has been excladed from the Bar of Trial Justice Gillospie's Court. Cause, non compus mniotus. HoG OUT# &C. There is a man in our town, And he is wondrous wise Whenever he hath -goods to sell Ho straight doth advortise: And when ho finds hila goods are gone, WiLh all his might and main He hurries in another lot To advortise aghlh. Dr. B. A. Bozemnn, the colored Postmaster of Charleston Is dead. A Galveston widow is about to marry her fifth husband. Her pastor robuked her for contemplating matri mony so soon again. "Well, I just want you to nnderstand, if the Lord keeps on taking them I will too," was the spirited reply. Vennor predicts mild, "apring-like wonther," until the middle of the month. Itis good a thing for Ven nor that he is a good many miles away from this part of tho world. 1Notice. A NOTE given to E. S. Griffin by T. N, Hunter and Job Smith, for Two Hun dred Dollars, dated February the 6th, 1880, has9 )een misplaced or lost. All persons are hereby forewarned not to trade for said Note. E. S. 0GRIFFIN. marcl 8, 1881 34 a TEXAS LANDS. 0ACRES OF GOOD LANDS FOR 420U0U UU Sae, fromn $1 00, $2.00, an d $8.1)0 pr acre. Apply tk Pn'csine, A ndersoni County, Texas. march :3, 1881 24 4 Notice to Tneachers. 1'OR the convenienlce of all concernel, I .' . ereby give notice that 1 will lhe in my Oftice at. l'iekens Coirt' line on each 8A il DA Y and 3d SATURD.\Y in every mnth. T1he short. time remaining ini whiIch to visit the schools during the Spring Sessin, pre. vents my being t here miore t'requentrly. 0. T1. .JON ES, School Commissionier. feb 24, 1881 23 2mi TIhe State of Seutlu Carolinan I (oUNTY OF PCEs BY 0. [L. Donii'r, JUDG(M OF PUOJIATE. W lhereas, .John TI. Caintrell hais made eu't to mue to grant, him Let I era of Admhziatrt iona on the Estate and Etfects8 of Wmn. M. Can trell, deceased. These are thierefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindredl and creditors of . lhe suid Vn mI. M. Canirecll, deceas~ed, that they be anud appear before me, ini the Couir of Probate, to be held at Pickens 0. 11 , on the 3d day of March 1881, atter publica tioan hereot, at i11 o'clock in the forenmuon, to shiew cause, if any they have, why the said admiin ist ration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal this, the 14thI day of February, A. D., 1881. OL IN L. DUR A NT, .r.r.c. feb 17, 1881 22 3 LAND FOR SAAE. IWILL sell at public outcry to the highest .. bidder, on Monday, the 7th of March next, at IVickens Conrt House, That VA LUABLE TRACT OF LAND, be longing to the est at~e of John 8. Walker, de. cenoed; situate on the Eighteen Mile Creek, and known as the "Walker Plantation," con taIning 287 Acres; a large proportIon of which is fine Cotton Land in oultivation, 60 acres of Bottom Land in cultivation, a good port'on of fine Timbered Land, a fine Orch ard, and a good Dwelling House, contiatiing 6 Rooms. Any one wishing to see the place will call on Mr. W. WV. KNIOHT. 'TERMS CASH!. F. M. GLENN, Aoting Att'y. feb 17, 1881 22 8 NTOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. iNot ice is hereby given, that I will ap. ply to 0. L. Durant, Probate Judge for Pick ens County, on 12th March 1881, for leave to make a final settlement of the Estate of JOHN FINDLEY, deceased, and ask to be discharg ed therefrom as Administrator. T. P. LOOPER, Adm'r. feb 10, 18S1 21 6 HUGH SISSONS & SONS, Importers, Dealers and Mannfacturers of Marble Statuary, Honanents, Mantels~, Fu' iltue Siabss Altars, Tile. tomnbs. 140 West Barltimore Ssreet, ANDl coRNER NoRlTH AND) MONUMENT STREFETs. Drawings and Est imates Furnished Free. Baltimore, MD. feb 17. 1881 22 1 Notice to Debtors & Creditors. Lpersons having demands against the I.estato of STEPIRN D. KEITil, deceas to the undersigned, or be forever herred of all claim against the said estate; Rrnd all per.. soniS indelbtedl to said~ estate will please come forward andi setiio rhe same. J. C. U IlIFFIN. Adm'r. feb 10. 1881 mI g The balance of our stock WINtER CLOTHiNG will be closed out at ex actly NEW YORK COST, to make room for our' immense stock of Spring and Summer Goods TO ARRIFVE SOON! Just roccived and rondy for inispec., tion, ai largo aind attractivo ~FINE SUITS, TO BR NIA1DE TO 0171IDEIL. t FIT G UARANTE El). I?. wV. LCo) coIX. d003, I8N) 1L 1o Sheriff's Sales. STATE OF SOUTil C~llOLINA. CouNrrr oF Pto4xbNs. B)Yvitne of an execution to mie diwected,. IF hbave levied uo and will sell at l'ick - ens Courat ilouse, sent~h Carolina, on the first. Alonday in Marcha, 1$8U, to thie highest bad der for cash, All of that Tract or Parcel of [rend, 0n. which A bel T1. Stephens:. now live s, knowi as the Baljenger 'luce, cont: aininig t' i n I alre4 and Eight.s One A cres., more or lent, at Ice, suit of -lames A. Ballenigerv n1gninst A,bel T., Sbephens, for the piurch~ase money t hero'. ,JOAB3 AAULDIN, s.P.U. feb 10, 1881 ___ 21, 4 GET THE BET Ifyou Intenid mome day to get WEBSTER'S UNABRIDGED, "DO IT NOW." THE NEW EDITION Contains over 118,000 Words, 1928 Page., 3000 Engraving., Four Pages Colored Plates, 4600 NEW WORDS and Meanings, Biographical Dictionary of over 97~00 Waznes. rnos Dbtoeatiful and complete Eng-.T HE e?" n y asna nyhr '"' y.''" - GET THE STANDARD. aale of ebste 's ia over ime e h deflition."C 'e Justice Waie.ursi A fal most universal authority in decid-A ngthe moaning of words. ho other Dictione hbeen bught by Titionaary on which nine-tenths of the LFSchool Books of the country are based. Auhoiy t hh Government PrintingA R~ecommended by State Supts Schools izn 26Saeand 50) Col ogo Pres'ts. D sy tat has ben plae in more - IS IT NOT THE STANDARDIf ?nblishod by 0. & C. MER RIAM, Springfield, Mass. Atso Webster's National Plotorial Dictionary. .q 1040 Page Octavo. 600 Engravings. The State of South Carolina County of Pickens. Bly 0. L. DURLANT, JUDOE OF PRnATL. W~7hereas, Francis M. Farr and Henry W. V'Farr, have made suit to me, to grant them Letters of Administration of the Estate and effects of James M. Farr, deceased--L. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said James M. Farr, deceased, that, they be and appear before me, i the Court ' of Probate, to be held at Pickens A2. 'H., on the 10th day of March, 1881, after publi, oation hereof, at, 11 o'clock Irn the,. forenoon,+ to show cause. if any they have, why the saidt administration should not be granted. Given under my hand an ue'l thIs, the 19th (lay of February, A. 'd., 1881. fed a4 1880 2