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THE SENTINEL. D. F. BRADLEY, Editor. PICKENS C. 11., S. C.: THU8SDAY, MARCH 10, 1881. 'TER~MS: or subseription, $1.50 per annum, for six ths, 75 cents; strictly in advance. dvertisements inserted at one dollar per are of one inch or less for the first inser, and fifty cents for each subsequent. in ion. Liberal discount made to merchants others advertising for six months or by year. bitnary Notices and Tributes of Respect .red for as advertisements. nnouncing Candidates five dollars, in nfce. * e Gary-Kelley Affair in Congress. During the proceedings of Congress tho 26th ult., Mr. Horr, of Michi n, a vengeful fanatical anti South, i hypocrito, offered an amendment the sundry civil appropriation bill, - pay W. F. Gary, of this County, i~o sum of one bundred dollars per month during the timo he remained sabled from the wound inflicted upon in by W. J. Kelley, provided said Syment should not continue for a 'iger period thian twolvo months. It )pCars from the proceedings which o publitsl olsewhere, tlmt "a leading emocratic lawyer" of this place had ritten to a Republican oflicial for o -puIposO of securing, if possible, on the Government, the payment of o medical bill incurred by Gary ring his recovery. This official, it >pears, instead of giving the infor ation sought., placed the letter in ie hands of Mr. Horr, one of the lest fanatics on the floor of the ouso, for the purposo, not of bone ting Gary or his family, but of rais ig the "bloody Blirt" and giving a rtcxt for th abuse and slander of 1c Southern pollO. Mr. Ilorr in his wvild and vehement onunciations of the people of this ~ction, asserted that thero had been ghteon Revenue officials killed in us district; but ho failed to stato how any citizens had been murdered by evenuo oflicials, lie tailed to state tat Amos Ladd, a quiet and inoffen ye youth of this County, had been tot down and murdered in cold blood vHugh P. Kane and his gang of ifilans, and that they were after-, arda forceably taken fr'om the Green lIe jail by Governmen t officials an d * pt upon the pay roll by Mr. .Raum; us setting a premium upon the urder of citizens by Revenue officials. o, it did not suit their purposes to tow tho other side of the picturo. (ow if the real pur1pose of all this fuss bout the shooting of Gary is to keep want and starvation from his door," s asserted by some one in the dos ate, we will unidertake to say that if ~ary and his family are actually in rant of the necessaries of lifo, that beoy can, and will be supplied by De nocratio citizens of this County when svcr th3 fact is properly made known .o them. But it will be observed that ieither Mr. Gary nor any one else has *ippealed to Congress for aseistanco for him. This makes it plain that it was not the purpose of Mr. Llorr or the Bepublican official to whom the letter was wtitten, to secure aid for Gary through Congress, but that it was their purpose to flaunt the bloody shirt and make political capital for the Radical party. We take it for granted that if this "leading Demos cratic lawvyer," or any other Demos crat had desired to secure from Con gress an appropriation for Gary's benefit, they would not have reported the case to the vilest Radical fanatic in that body, but would have asked it through Col. Aiken, a Democrat, whose duty as well as plea- -.re it al ways is to help themn. Senator Butler's Blue Ridge Canal Scheme. Tho amendment to the river and harborbill, proposed by Senator But ler in the Senate, approp~riates $15,000 to ascertain, first, the cost of improv Ing the Hiawasseo, Little Tennessee and Savannah Rivers, up to the head of practica~ble slackwater navigation; second, the exact profiles of routes through Hightower and Rabun Gaps, with cross sectiom t suitablo points from whidh it may be determined to what extent the inctined plane system can be utdilised, and the estimates of the cost of building the necessary ca, Dal can be made; third, a comparison of cost, distances, lockage, &o., of the 2iawassee and Little Tennessee routes with each other, and WIth correspond log elements of the -route via the Ten-. nese Coosa and Gemulgee Rivers uurveyod in 1874. The Illustrated Selenifto News. One of the handsomest -of publica tions is the Illustrated Scienti Be Nows, publishod by Munn & Co., Now lork. Every number contains thirty two pages, fall of engravings of novelties in iscience and the useful arts. Orna, mental wood work, pottery, vases and objects of modern and ancient art aropfinely shown. The March number contains, among various other subjects illustrated, a full description of the manufacture of paper hangings, with engravings; how the deceptive curvo is produced in casting the ball by the baseball pitch or, his attitude, how he holds and handles tho ball, all fully illustrated. The number before us also contains engravings of Capt. Ead's prcposed mhip railway across the Isthmus, and a novel hydraulic railw:ay locomotive. In addition to all this it contains many valuable recipesfor artisans and housekeepers. Thi publication will LO found in structivo and entertaining to all classos, but will be best appreciated by the most intelligent. Publisbe(l by Munn &,Co.. 37 Park Row, New York, at $1.50 a year, and sold by a'll news dealers. The BatesvillelFactory Burned. The Batesvillo Factory in Green, villo County was entirely consumed by fire last week. The total valua Lion of' the property, including the mill site, is $20,000. The fire caught in the roof by sparks from the engine, consuming the building with its con tents, in a very short time. The fac tory was a two and a half story wood en building. 1,200 pounds of raw cot ton were consumed per day, yielding over 1,000 pounds of yarns, No. 7 to 12. Tho factory was insured for 69,000. Information for Sheriff Gilreath of Greenville County. CENTRAL, S. C.(, March 4, 188 1.. Enrron SENTINEL-Sir: in TimE SENTINEL for the current week I see an article copied from the G reenvilleI News, setting forth that ono Rev. Burries of Picke~ns County had comn mitted an outrage on a sick, helpless woman in Groonuvillo County, and that the same crime had heen por'petraited by the same Rev, on a ditferent per* son several months previous. Now, as I am the only Rev. Burriss in Pickons Cou nty (that 1 k nowv c) I supp~oso I am the man charged with this enormous crime, and I now~ take the liberty to say the whole affair is a malicious falsehood, and a low cow, ardly attempt to injure me in the es,~ timation of tho colored people :amuong whom I labor as at minister; anud I will further say for tio inlormuationm of all concerned-especially the E hitmt of THE SENT'INELr, as he seems deepjly interested, that I am at home two miles from Central, w~hero I may be found almost any time, and al ways ready to meet all suc-h inufamous anid malicious charges. R1ev. DANIEL BURRass. We do not know that this "Rov' Daniel Burriss is the man charged with the "enormous" erimoe referred to by the News, but as he appeared, from the statement to be a citizen of Pickens County, and there being no other colored "Roev" Burries in thie Coun ty, as ho himselfstates, and know, ing that lhe had been arrested and tri ed for an attempted offence of similar character on a white woman in this County a year or so ago, we thought it probable thiat ho might be the mani referred to. We will also state that wo have been informed that a colored man by the same narno was confined in the llartwell, Ga., County jail about the year 1876, with the negro who re cen tly brained deputy sheriff Skelton, of that cou1n ty, charged with the crime of stealing corn. and that there is now a reward of $50 for him on that side of the river. But as he has given his pla1ce of residencoe and expressed a willingness to "meet all such in famous and malicious chargos.," it will be an easy matter for the shioritff of Green villo County to give him an~ opp~or, tunity to prove hsis innocence, which we trust he wil do without delay. A ILLuIIANr WVEDDINO.-The Bun,. combo 8treet Methbodist Church was throngod last night to witnous the marriage of' Mr. M. A. Morgan to Miss Mamie Westfield, dlaughter of Mrs. Emma Westfield. The )popularity of the bridegroom, and the loveliness of the bride weore quite sufficient cause for the lar'go attendance of obsorvor-. Mr. anid Mrs. Morgan Look the eastern bound train last nigh t for' Washington, pur'posing to visit Baltimore and New York before thier return home A statue of .John Brown is the ohoice of Kansas to represent the 8tateo in the National Statuo Gallery in the Capitol, at WVashington. The Gary-Kelley Shooting Affair in Congress-Mr. Horr Hoists the Bloody Shirt an6 Tries to have io0 Appropriated to Keep Gary from Starvation and Pay His Medi cal Bill-He Reads a Letter from a ", Leading Democratic Lawyer" of Pickens. The llouse was in Committee of the Whole, with Mr. Harris, of Vir ginia in the Chair, for the purpose ol considering tho sundry civil appro priation bill. Mr. iorr. I offer the amendment which 1 send to the desk. The Cleik road asfollows: Striko out lines 1141, 1142, and 11, 43- the entire paragraph-and insert in its place the following: "For payment of the fees and ex porimse of United States'marshals and deputies, $598,700; Provided, That out of said sum shall be paid to Do-. puty Marshal William F. Gary, of Pickens County, in the State of South Carolina, the sum of $100 per month from and after February 14, 1881, so long as he remains disabled by wounds recently received in the dischargo of hit duty while attempting to enforce tho laws of the United States; said payment to be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, monthly, upon prop er proof of his disability, but to censo in any event aftter twelve months from February 14, 1881." Mr. Blount. I make the point of order on that amendment that it is not germane, and that it doce not retrench expenditures. Te Chairman. The gentleman must confine himself' to what appears on the fice of the amendment in dis cussing the point of order. Mr. H1orr. Mi. Chairman, that is wthat I am trying to do. I offer this amcndment in no spirit of striie, but Himply that justice may be done a brave and efficient officer v1o huas inst. been str'uck down wh'1ilo in the dis charge of' hiis duty. M r. Gary is onue of the deputy mar'shials of the Uni ited States court, who lives in Pickens~ Coun ty, South Carolina. Only a1 few days ag~o, on the 1 1th~ of this month, w~hile attemptinog to) serve pres upon a man c'har'ged with v'iobiting the law of t he land, he was shiot do wn anid niow lies su1iirin a nid disamble~d oni accoun lt of hik wou nds. To sho0w the llouse thatu this isi no fancy picturo'( of my own, I will road a shlort, le'tterjust received by ani ofht'eer of' !bo Giovern men.t now in this city. This letter' i witten, as~ I haveo stated, by onie of thle ab Ilest demifocratic la wyers in the Cioniity of' P.ickers, South Car'olina. Mir. Bloun t. This bill maukes up prop~iaitioni for thle une x fi scal year anid has nothing to do with the ex penditLures of' thIiis year'. Mr. Reed. 1lowv enn we understand w hether' this amendCl~lmenit is in or'der without having n statement of' the facts-? Mr'. lIorr. If there is anytising ] pride myself on, it is that I under. stand fully every question of ordeu that is presented to this 11ouse. [Laughter.] This letter says: On last Monday night William F Gary, wvhile on duty as deputy Unitei states nmrshal, was dangerousl~ wounded by a gunshot in this county lie is now at home in a ver'y critical condition, sun'ering much and requirei good medical attention. I have just seen the physician who has been at tending him, who seems to be vera much interested in his case. I hav< enceouriaged him to go ahead and givt this man careful attention, with the expectation that he will be paid foi his services by the Government it whose employ lie wvas at the time h< was shot. WVill you be so kind as to inform m< wvhat pr'ovisions have been made b~ the Government for such purposes and what course must be pursued tha! this unfortunate man may havo prlop or and humane attention? lie is ver'y poor man with a large family t< support, and in my judgment th< Government should see that he hai proper medical treatmen t. Mr. Aiken. I ask the gentlemar from Michigan to give us the name o the writer of that lettor. Mr. hiorr. I would cheerfully giv< it. lBut up to this timo they hav< been in tho habit of shooting onl~ republicn down th'ere. This man ii a democr'at and I uo not want to b< responsible for their commencing t< kill democrats hereafter. Mr. Aikon. Lot me sany that, the infermation I have received is differ ene. from what the gentleman has road. Mr. Hlorr. I assert that this lettei is from a lending democratic lawym In the County of Pickensin the State of South Carolina. Mr. Aiken. The County of Pick, ens is In my District, and I know all the lawyers in it. This man is not it prominent lawyer, or the gentleman would mention his name. I assert that threo-fourths of what is written in that letter is untre. Mr. florr. Now, Mr. Chairman, when men are disabled in this way who are on the rolls of the Internal Revenue Department, they oan get some relief by being on those pay.-rolls and being paid their wages during their recovery. But this man is one of the deputies of the United States court and dependent upon the fees of his office for the support of himself and his family, and he can receive those fees only when able to discharge his duties as such officer, and in that, earn them. He has a wife and four children dependent upon him for sup port; and he is poor. I. does seem to me that if our Government sends these mon to perform such perilous duties in enforcing its laws, that the timo has certainly come when the Government should care for their per sonal wants and should see to it that they and their families do not lack the necessities of life in case they are shot down while in the faithful perform ance of their duties. That is all I seek to do in this case. I know the objection is raised that the precedent is a bad one, and the question may be asked if there are not other cases equa!!y meritorious. My answer would be that there are. I do not forget that there are to-day living in the South twenty-four widows whose husbands were killed precisely in the same way, while in the discharge of' their sworn duty in endeavoring to enforco the laws of their counr.try, and that thoso women were all mado wid, ows during the conciliatory policy ol the presenit Administration. Mr. Ihonk. One word on the point of order'. Tho C'hairman. Does th3 gzentlc man wiant to speak in his own behlalf? M r. Iloouk. 1 do. Thc Chairman. Theo gentleman is reoglmi hd f'or that, 1)11rposO. Mr. Ilouk. It is rathier to make a suggesCtioln. it is that if the Chair shoulId ruleI out this amend mentI on the point of order, I want to offer an amendmIent to send a committee to thle State of Soth Carolina to kill this D~oator who is not willing to wait on this man. M r. llorri. I do not wish to take five minutes. I was about to state tht tithis is the cighteenthi mnan that buas bien stricken down in this way in the State of Sou th Carolina d urinig thae samel( time, and that five of them were killed outright, and that the men who committed these crimes have never' one of them, Ro f ar as I can learn, been arrested and tried by the State au thorities for' these crimes. But it wvould be of little relicf to this man to tell him of these things, and to go in, to theso sickening details would only stir up strit, which I would avoid. [Cries of' 'Order!" "Order!"| For one I care not for the precedent in this case; and let mue say to the gentlemen of the State of South Carolina that this is a peculiar case. This man has been for a decade a faithful officer; besides ho is no "earpet bagger"' nio "scalawag". lie is not an "alien" to your soil. No one can claim the right to shoot him on that account. I~e was born and reared in South Caroli na and his wvife and children also, all of them first saw light in the Pal met, to State. The only air he or his famn ily ever breat hed was the air of South Cairolina. Now, I submit to you all whether it is not the duty of the na, Lion to giant the relief I seek by this amendment. [Cries of "Order!" 'Or doe !"j The question before us now is shall we give aid to this stricken ofiicer. This great nation of' our's requires the hazardous duties of these men, and when misfortune overtakes them shall we not stand by them? For one I am ready here and now to say to the country that the Government of the United States is supremo in this land, and to further announce that the laws of thie country must and shall be obeyed, and further, that 'whenever any of her faithful officers are strick, en down while in the discharge of their duties that want and starvation will be kept from their doors at least during the time that their wounds are being healed. [Cries of "Order!" "Or. der!"J Mr. Bragg. I rise to a point of or, der. Trho Chairman. The goutleman will state it. Mr. Bragg. The gentleman from Michigan is not discussing the point of order. The Chairman. The gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Bragxr] raises the point of order that the gentleman from Miobigan [Mr. Horr] is not dise' cussing his appeal from the decision of the Chair, and the Chair sustains the point of order. The Chair hopes that the gentleman from Michigan will con fine himself to his appeal from the de cision of the Chair. Mr. Horr. I have been endeavor* ing to show that while I am aware this might open the door to further expenditure, and on that account be subject, perhaps without an examina tion, 'o a point of order, etill the Gov ernment ought to stand by these men. [Cries of "Vote!" and "Order!"] I know, and you men who aro shoutAng "Vote" ought to kInowC as I have stated, that this is the eighteenth man who has been stricken down in this same district during the last four years while attempting to enforce the laws of our land; and I desire to say to you, gentlemen of the South, that [Cries of "Vote!" "Vote!"] Mr. Chair man, I wish to sy Mr. Wilber. I think there has been disorder all around. Mr. llorr. I should have been done before this timo if I had not been in terrupted. I simply desire to add that this is not a question vhich ap peals to sectional strifo. This man who has beer) stricken down as I have already stated- [Cries of 'Ordor!'] 'Iho Chairman. The gentleman is limited to five minutes. M. Hlorr. I was simply going . to add that this is not a sectional cane. This marshal was born on the soil of South Carolina, and all I seek is to insist that ho shall be saved from star vation during his painful illness, Os, pecially since ho has fallen while in the dischargo of his duty and during an attempt to enforce the laws of our Common country. State Lawe. An Act to amend the Law in relation to the granting of Lettecrs Tfesta-I 13c it enneted by the Senati' and Ihouse ot RepreseCntatives of the State ot South Cariolina, now met and sit tire in Generail Assemibly, and by the a uthoity of t he s:amre: Section 1. T1hat Section 1-, Chapter LXXXVI I, T1itl I 1V, of the General Statu tes, be amended so as to road as follhows: Thai~t wheicnever' a deceased p)erson shall base left a will in writ ing~ without having appioinited an ex ceutor therein, or havinrg appointed o'e or more executors, all of themi shall have depaarted this lilo without having qualified thereon; or, being alive, sh allI have refused to qualify; or some or all of them having quahfied shall have departed this life, leaivin g the estate not fully adinjistered, it shall be the duty of the Judge of Probate in w hose court such will shall have been proved to grant letters of administration, with the will unnexod, to such persons as would have been entitled thereto if the deecased hazd died intestate. Provided, that such persons shall take an interest, present or expectant, under such will equal in Value to the distributive share to whinth they would have been entitled had the deceased died intestate. Sec. 2. That Section 4, Chapter LXXXV III, of the General Statutes, "of Administration," be stricken r'ut and the following Inserted in lieu therecof, "when an executor shall die," or when an administrator shall die, either not having fully admninistered the estate in his hands, it shall bo the duty of the Judge of Probate of the county in which letters testamentary, or of administrationi were first grant~ ed, to grant letters of' administration, (IC bonis non, with the will annexed, or of administration, do bonis non, of the estate so unadministered. Sec. 3. Thlat no executor shall have authority, as such, to administer the estate of the first testator; but on the death of the sole or surviving execu tor of any last will and testament, ad ministration of the estate of the first testator, not already ad ministered may be granted, with the .will annexed, to such person as would have been en titled thereto had the deceased died in testate. An Act to regulate the penalt3 of Bonds given by County Commis siOners in the Various counties in the State. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sit ting in. General Assembly, and by the authority or the ame: now~ ection L Tbat the penalty of 0l1 bonds hereafter given by c.unty coin. missioners, heretofore or hereafter elected, shall be ten thousand ($10,. 000) dollars, tLy euch commissioner of Charleston County, and two thousand ($2,000) dollars by enuh commissioner of every other county, except in the county of Horry, in which the bonds of tho county commissionere shall be one thousand (81,000) dollars, each, and in the county Colleton, in which the bonds of the county commission. era shall be two thousand ($,2000) dollars each. Sec. 2. That all acts "and parts of Acts Inconsistent with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved Decomber 11, 1880. TO CLOS OUT! The balance of our stock of WINTER CLOTHiNG will be closed out at ex actly NEW YORK COST, to mnakce room for our immen1Wfse stock of Spring and Summer Goods J ust receivedl and ready for insa~peC, tion, a harge atnd attraictivu nlsortmen~t of FI NE SU ITS, TO BE MJADE TO OIL)ElL. I7T GUARIIANTEEI). V. wV. Ivon & co. dJoe 23, 1880 14 S;n N<>tice. ANOTE given to E. S. Griflin by T. N. Ilunter and Job, Smiih, for Two Hlun dred lDoilars, dated February the 6tih, 1880, has been mlisplaced or lost. All persons are hereby forewarned not to trade for said Note. E. S. ORIFFIN. march 3, 1881 84 8 LANDJRETrHS' SEE ~DSEBEST 10 1 4U1 ~ O t. D O E E logue and Prosa Ta Oldes an mer xmetee Reed GIoti'e rn soesUnmrad .,aa. The State of South Carolina County of Pickens. Bv 0. L. DURANT, JUDGE~ OF PRonIATK. WIThereas, Francis M. Farr and Henry WV. IV Farr, have made suit to me, t~o grant them Letters of Administration of the Estato and effects of James M. Farr, deceased 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, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Izckens 0. 11., on the 10th day of March, 1881, after publi cation hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause. if any they have, why the said administration should not, be granted. Giveni under my hand and seal this, the 19th day of February, A. D., 1881. OLIN L. DURLANT, J.r.r.o. fed 4,1880 24 8 TEXAS LANDSs 00 ACRES OFOGOOD LANDS FOR .Sale, from $1.00, $2.00, andt $8.00 per acre. Apply to O). A. PICKLE, Palestine, Anderson County, Texas. march 8, 1881 24 4 Notice to Teachers~. OR the convenience of all concerned, I *. hereby give notice that I will he in m Offica at Piokens Court Hlouse on each 8A LE, DAY and 8d SATURDAY In every month. The abort time remaining in which to visit, the schools. during the Spring Session, pre. ve uts my being there more frequently. - 0. T. JONES, School Commissioner. feb 24. 1881 2n ni