Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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VOL. X.?New Series. , UNION C. H., SOUTlf CAROLINA, OCTOBER 24, 1879. NUMBER 43. ' -J 1 J u 11 I I L i | i_ I 1 I ? 1 1 I 1 _ x _ /M TV A AT TV * ? ? - ? JttJtAJND FAI Jk P. M. CM ^>oods "' 0h6ftp " ' : Ladies' Corsets at 25c. Ladies Cuffs' and Collars, in Qreat Varieties, at 25o., worth 76c. A large assortment of Ladies' Neck Ties, at from 60. upwards. TOWELS AT 6 CENTS. Ladles' S BnMoii Illd Gloves, but slightly damaged, 23c, Ladies' Shoes and Gaiters, at 75c. and upwards. A Full Line of Children's Shoes and Hose. Ladies' Dress Goods, Merinos, Alpacas, &c. 12. W . P15RCIY AL, EAST END OF COLUMBUS STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. DOORS, SASHES AND BLINDS, FRAMES, MOULDINGS, BRACKETS, ' MANTELS, Ac. COMPETITION DEFIED A8 TO WORKMAN. SHIP, MATERIAL AND PRICE. AGENT FOR Wolf's Magic Blind Hine-e and fastener, BV WHICH outside Window Blinds or Shut " tors can be opened or closed from the inside ol the room without raising the Sag!}, thus avoid' ing oold draughts or exposure to rain. Th< Shutters are not only opened, but aro fastened back by the same motion", and they are unfast <encd, closed aud fastened in by the same method W. A. NICHOLSON, Agent, at Union, C. II. Aug 22 34 8m Marble Work! I HAVE A LARGE STOCK OP PLAIN MARBLE WORE ON HAND, WHICH I WILL SELL AT YERY LOW PRICES, Banging from OO to Albt Aniu>? LETTERING $3 PER 100 LETTERS. I am prepared at all timet to Make On. Short Notice, .'<arge (Iranito and Marble Monument? A FULL COLLECTION OF DESIGNS ON HAND. ) W. A. NICH0L80M. Vug 22^70 34 ly_ ano Cotton! Onano Cotton ! LL persons owing us Cotton for Guano, ai notified that we are prepared to receive tli at any time, until Nov. 1st, after whio ton option doses, when Money only wi ved in payment of tho debt. P. M. PARR k CO. 40 41 ? a> ^ 1 i.. iL OPENING, c T 3 H E N ' S ! er - Than -Ever. ( X :o: GENT'S'.B00T8 AND SHOES. Gent's Furnishing Goods, Shirts, Drawers, Socks, Suspenders, Men and Boys' Hats. A FINE STOCK OF READY MADE CLOTHING, CnHHliucrcH, Joans, CALL AND EXAMINE MY GOODS AND PRICES. I i P. M. COHEN. Sep 19 88 tf The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF UNION. In the Court of Common Pleas. Nancy Brown, Adeline Mc-"1 Abee, Elizabeth Cro6ker, J. Calvin Bryant, Jereminh Briant, Lucinda Carter, Alfred Bryant, Catharine Crocker, Mary A. Bryant, Missouri Vaughau, Nancy Bryant, John Bryant, Ilannah Harvey, Regina Mulli- Summon8 gan, Willinm K. Bryant, Altemina Crocker, Elroira Crocker, John Sloan, Ale- p . tha Sloan, Newton Kirby, *?r reuei. Susan Kirby, (widow of Hi . c-twby, John Kirby, Judson Kirby, Joseph SVhithers, . T Sarah Whithere, Hamlet I Ooudclnck- Am.niln flnnrJn- I ! lock, Thomas Ooudclock, , I Martha Jane Ooudclock, Ja van Kirby. Plaintiffs. t>s Adolplius D. Kirby, Jnnc Lowery Kirby, Susan Kirby, Emily Kirby, Joel Kir[by and John Kirby. Defendants. | To the Defendants above named : YOU arc hereby summoned and required to to answer the complaint in this action, which is filed in tho office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the said County, ' and to serve a copy of your answer to the said ^ complaint on the subscribers, at their offico, No. '2 Law Range, Union, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service of this summons on you, exclusive of the day of such service ; and if you fail to answer the said complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated, Union, S. C., September 1, 1879. MUNRO & MUNtlO, D. JOHNSON, JR., Plaintiffs' Attorneys. f /->>?> 1 James Mnsno, i seal V Clerk. To the Defendant', Susan Kirby, Emily Kirby, u Joel Kirby and John Kirby : i uko nouoe inai me summons in this action, of which tha foregoing is a copy, was filed in the office of the Court of Common Picas, at Union Court. House, in tho State of South Carolina, on tho firat day of Soptember, 1879. MUNRO & MUNRO, DAVID JOHNSON, JR. Plaintiffs' Attorneys. p? No. 2 Law Range. > Sep 19 88 0t it i0,0001bs. Dry Hides Wanted, FOR which tho highest market price will be paid, bj J. II. RODOKK. July ?5 30 If ^"tecs. DEFERRED NEWS ITEMS. A Practical Lesson.?A young'man stood listlessly watching some anglers on a bridge.? He was poor nnd dejected. At li st, approaching a basket tilled with wholesome looking fish, he sighed: 'If now I had these I would be happy. I could sell them at a fair prico and buy mo food and lodging.' '1 will give you just as many aud just as good fish,' said the owner, who had chanced to overhear his words, 'if you will do me a trWiu'g favor.' ' "?*" 4 V V Whijt iadl'?' asked the otlipr. ^*)nly to tend this lino till I come back; I wish to go on a short errand.' " The proposal was gladly accepted. The old man was gone so long that the young man began to get impatient. 'MeAnwHTle the V" ngryfftnh snapped greedily at the baited hook, ana tW young man lost nil his depression in the excitement of pulling them in ; nnd when tho owner of the lino returned he had caught a largo number. Counting out from them as many as were in the basket, nnd presenting them to the young man, the old fisherman said : 'I fulfill my promise from the fish you have caught, to teach you whenever you see others earning what you need," to waste no timo in fruitless wishing, but to cast a lino for yourself.' Dreadful Accident on a Western Road.? Detriot, October 10.?The Pacific express, which left here 011 the Michigan Central Railroad forty minutes late, collided with a switch engine on the main track at Jackson at 1 o'clock this morning, telescoping the baggage and express cars and piling cloven conches on the top of each other. The first coach was filled with emigrants, most of whom were killed or seriously injured. Many occupants of the other coaches were also killed or injured. It is supposed that iwemy-nve were killed and thirty wounded, the ranjority being emigrants. Physicians and others arc doing everything possible to alleviato the suiTcrings of the wounded. The engineer and fireman of the express train were literally torn to pieces, but the engineer and fireman of the switch engine escaped injury by jumping from their engine.' As near as can bo ascertained, the accident was caused by the switchman having charge of making up freight trains at Jackson Junction, occupying the main track with a switch engine and caboose, he understanding the express train was considerably behind time. The express train, however, had made up nearly all lost time. No Southern people among the names of the killed and injured. Wool and Cotton Factories at the SoutK. ?It is stated that the woolen factory at New 13raunfcls,.Texas, netted ?81,000 profit to its owners last year. When manufacturing enterprises in the South are spoken of as opening a bright prospect for ?* ? fli|? ollr lirt.lla.l .vision to cotton factories. But JlfBlTil Sllieiy as the South begius to compete with New England in eotten manufactories, just so surely will woolen factories follow suit. One of the latgesl wool growers in Pennsylvania says that th? red hills of the Carolinns and Georgia are vastly better for raising sheep than any part of Pennsylvania. Just as cotton mill-owners find it profitable to come to the cotton fields, so it will be necessary to bring the-woolen mills South,?where the sheep are raised, and it will not be m any years before it is demonstrated that wool can he made as cheaply in South Caroliua as it can be in Texas.? Greenville News. Lawlessness in Georiiia.?The Macon Telegraph chonicles a scries of outrages in lialdwin County five miles from Milledgcville. The acts of lawlessness have been directed principally ngninst a Dr. J. A. P. llobson. A few days since his gin house was burned. His attention was called to the burning building, and he went toward the spot, and was fired on several times by persons ambuscaded in a field of tnll cotton.? In the gin-house was a large amount of seed cotton, gins and other articles. A few nights after other houses on his place, fodder-stacks, jt,~ .... w 1 r\ | vuvvoi av., nciv uuiucu. v/U OrtUirullJf Ilium* | ing last, a negro who lives 011 Dr. Robson's place, while riding along the road to Milledgeville in company with two others, was shot by several parties in the hushes which skirted the road. Five halls penetrated the body of the darkey, and ho died immediately. The two negroes who were with the dead colored man were so frightened that they were at'riad to tell what they saw and knew. The sheriff has gone out to tho scene of the murder, but no arrests have been made. .?. Petticoats in Politics.?The New York society of women, known as "Tho Sorosis," whoso chief amusement heretofore has been to dine at Delmonico's and dabble in literature, ^as taken a new departure. At the meeting on Tuesday it was proposed that "The Sorosis" should take part in politic, and the members were invited to assemble yesterday (Friday,) to "take, measures "to defeat Governor Robinson, on the ground "that he vetoed a bill allowing women to become members of school boards." It was announced that Mr. Thurbcr had placed printing presses and monoy at tho disposal of Miss Thomas, tho leader of the new movement; that circulars wei?? nronarinor which a hnmlrnil wn. men had been engaged to distribute through the State, and that Mr. Cornell and Mr. Kelly were warmly in favor of women taking part in tho campaign. If the Mr. Thurber above named is the great Grocery man who lias done such an extensive Southern business, it shows where ho Btaods, politically, and should be remembered by South crn Merchants. The Moores, old man and three sons, who ari charged with the killing of Alexander IJryoc jr., in Deo nee county, were arraignod in \Val kaila court this week, but upon motion of tin counsel for the defense, Messrs. McGowan A Thompson, the case was continued until nox term. The prisoners claim that they can pro* an alibi by witnesses in Georgia, who ^ey wen unnblo to hove in attendance upon oourt at thi: time.?Anderson Journal. m Lai'rf.ns-Raiskh Rice.?Mr. J. R. Fowler ha placed a sheaf of Laurons-raised rice upon ou table, which is a healthy looking specimen.? Mr. Fowler planted less than an acre, by wa, i of experimenting, and thinks he will realize til s ty bushels, which at $11.00 per bushel will prov far more profitable than cotton, and requires great deal loss labor.?Luurentrille Utritd. Crime in New Ksui.and.?Now Haven, October 5.?Mrs. Martha Baldwin poisoned her imbecile and widowed sister, Mrs. Dickerinan, ami thou poisoned herself, llolh will probably die. Mrs. Baldwin was pnid for years by Iicr sisters' conservator for her care. The sister was to be removed to a hospital, and Mrs. Baldwin dreaded the loss of the weekly stipend from the conservator, and probably was laboring unicr the influence of liquor. When a great crime is committed at the South' the Northern press charge it against the whole community in which the crime is committed, and boldly present it as "another cvidcnco" of the awful condition of Southern morals and Southern Society. Surely it would not be fair to asor even imy mrg^pafror lf, nrS bloody-minded people because Mrs. Baldwin, of New Haven, poisoned her imbecile and widowed sister. If, however, wo may judge from the numerous shocking crimes daily reported of late from that self-styled model section of our country wo Bhould say society there is in an nwful condition, and we don't believe Henry >Vard Beechcr himself will be ablo to purify it. A Specimen P. O. Detective.?Redmond, the postoftice department detective, accompanied by another big whiskered official, was in Black vi'de on Monday investigating thcNix-Williamsshooting scrape. He interviewed tlie intendant and trial justice. He is the same official whose lies to the post mast cr-gcncrnl concrtiing t he conduct of Miss Maher caused her removal from office ?uu me appointment or (ho present incumbent ?(incumbrance.)?liarmeell Sentinel. A Texas Tragedy.?Galveston, October 11. ?A Ntwt special from Sulphur Springs, Texas, says that Thursday night while city marshal John Norris was taking a drink with a friend omooncoutsideof thcsuloon shot Norris through the heart, killing him instantly and cscnping in the darkness. The assassin is supposed to be a friend of a man shot by Norris while resisting arrest. . m - Desirable English Immigrants.?London, October 10.?The 207 farmers and wives who sailed from Liverpool yesterday, in the Tcutonia, for New Orleans, on the way to Texas, arc for the most part well provided with money.? They arc from Durham, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cumberland, Lincolnshire and Gloucestershire. ? . DEPREDATIONS BY THE REDSKINS. Severe Fighting and Heavy Loss of Volunteers? Women and Children Killed? General Indian liar I'robablc. San Francisco, October 10.?A dispatch froui Tucson, Arizona, says :* "A h-y-frt?*iw" *31g.a*-a?lift vn-reports that the Indians have been committing terrible depredations in Itio Grande Valley and southwest of Fort Cuuiniings. The people of Colorado have been besieged nud fighting sineo Saturday and Sunday.? A volunteer company of thirty uien, under Captain C. Crouch, went from Mossilla and Cruccs to their aid. They met 1U0 Indians near Colorado, eighteen miles from Slocum's Rr nolle. After a severe fight, the volunteers wore compelled to full back.? They had to ran into Slocum's ltanchc. it.:, r...u. ?' *" T in iiii3 uj^iii wuro ?v . x. tiolios, County Clerk of Donohcn County, and four Mexicans." On receipt of the news at Mcssilln, two companies of eighty men were raised by Colonel llyncrson aud wont to j >in Crouch to day at Slocum's, and go to Colorado.? Two trains were captured yestorday on tho "west side of Slocum's. In one of them eleven men, one wouiun and one cliil i were killed. JJotli trains were scattered. Many corpses lie along the road. The number of people known to have been killed within the past fiur or five days reaches an aggregate of about forty. This is tho most persistent fighting the Indians have been known to do in this section. They are in large bands, and seem determined to stay in the country and bring on a general warfare. WTVi'TlTW ***??? ~ * wnuiuDn .ur..i .Iititnr.iit.il i:m UAK DAY. Washington, October 16.?Genera! Sheridan has forwarded to General Sherman a telegram from General Pope, enclosing one from a committee of citizens of Suntc Fe, stating that the murdering of settlers by Indians still continues in tho southern part of New Mexico. Nineteen men aro said to havo been killed during tho past twelve hours. The people of Santa Fc havo appointed a committee of safety for tho whole territory, aud have made a request i for rations for 500 men, who will be placed iu tho field forthwith. Distribution ok Gold Coin.?Wnshi ington, October (I.?Uudcr tho provisions of the circular of tho secretary of the treat sury of September 19th, touching the ship> mcnt of gold coin to parties desiring it, . there has been sent out from tho mint cold . to the amount of $171,050. In addition to this tho sub treasuries aro all supplied with gold, nnd aro paying it out freely on J current obligations, and treasurer's checks > for called bonds redeemed aro being paid * by the assistant treasurer in New York in t gold through tho Clearing House. t i ^n old fellow whose daughter had failed * to securo a position as teacher iu conscqucnco of not passing an examination, said : "They asked her lots of things sho didn't know.? s Look at tho history questions! They asked r her about things that happened beforo sho - was born ! How was sho going to kuow J about them ? Why, they asked about old g George Washington and other men she ? tnever knew. That was a pretty sortol examination!" I 9t BURIED ALIVE IN A WELL. Last Friday, at noon, says the Neilsvilh (Wis.) Republican, a well being dug al the fair grouuds caved in at tlic button after it had reached a depth of 110 feet burying William Selves, a workman, undti about thirteen feet of sand, measuring fron his head, while lie was in nearly au uprigli position. The well had reached a deptl of ono hundred feet, when a stratum o loose white sand was reach- d, which mndi curbing necessary. An upright curbing iu sections four feet long was used. Wliih putting in the fourth section the caving it of the well took place, first crashing in the lower jcctiou^wUjcJh way not liuished, nut armpits. It was iiistautTy followed by the three scctious above, which were crushed iu the centre. On seeing it start Selves had instantly raised a section of the curb ing over his head, bending backward, face up, with the arm supporting the piece ol curbing stretched above his head. In this position the sand settled about him, com pletely binding him except liis head and one arm, which he could move at that time. The section of curbing which he had raised above his head created a vacuum which for a short time communicated with the vacuum through the ceutrc of the wellmade by the coining together of the barrellike curbing. As soon as possible a gas pipe for the purpose of pumping air to him was inserted through tho opening. Selves, who then had one hind at liberty, placed it as near his mouth as the boards over him would permit. Soon after this was accomplished the sand settled solidly above him, leaving only the vacuum under the board, which soon filled so close as to imprison the arm that had been at liberty and also to render his head immovable. In this situation, plainly depicted by himself in sepulchral tones through the air tube and perfectly audible at the top of the well, William Selves, then six hours without food and cramped and chilled by the cold sand, lie would hold ou to life if there were brave hearts cuough above him to uudcrtakc his release, knowing full well the dancer to those who mich*. ( ? ?O I'" it iu a hurry. Tho task was to remove from thirteen to eighteen feet of sand from the bottom of a well 11(J fcot deep, by putting in new curbing whilo taking out the sand aud debris of the old curbing, and to QO iv UJtSy vutuiu*?j?v ?.... ... tie vacuum above his face. Coupled with this task was the appalling danger to the workmen of a fresh caving of the well, now more immlucut than the first, for above tho ominous vacuum made by the caving of the sand, hung the hundred feet of claywall with no support but its owu adhesion, its natural foundation of sand being gone. The bore through the ch.j being but twentyseven inches in diameter, could not, lot lack of both time aud space, ba curbed. in the face of those discouragements were brave hearts enough found to work night and day, never slacking except foi a short time on Saturday morning, whet for a time further attempts seemed suicidal by reason of the caving in of a small por tion of the clay wall. But soon new pro cautious were devised, and the almos hopeless work went 011 to its practiced con elusion at 1 o'clock this (Sunday) morning when ft friendly hand raised the plank am brushed the sand from the now nearly 1111 conscious face, lie had retained his miu perfectly up to a few minutes before, who the tenderly cautious bauds above him, i spite of their care, bad so disturbed th sand as to cover his face, and interrupt ill supply ct air rrom tho tube. He returned to perfect consciousness i a few moments, and his head released, th work went rapidly ou, lie himself hclpiu materially after his arms were released. A 3.3D o'clock, nearly forty hours after hi incarceration, William Selves stepped firm ly from the mouth of his living grave, an< was received ia the arms of his young wit amid glad shouts of the throng who had s long shared his suspense. His exertions i assisting to free himself had given hiin tlii ure of his limbs again, and when lie reaehe the surface about all he seemed to nee was nourishment, which he had not ha since the Friday morning before, ncarl two days. A Career ok Dissipation Ended.A young man named Frank Heyward, 2 years of age, and with an income of 810 000 a year, committed suicide in his hous in New York on Monday night by shoot in himself through tho right temple. Shor ly before midnight he returned honn accompanied by two young men. lie wi very much under tho influence of liqno lie went up to his room, nud saying lbs ho was tired of life, picked up his revolv* and shot himself, and death speedily cnsuci For years, it i9 said, young Hey ward ha led a very dissipated life. 1 i is parcn wore Ilcnry Ilcyward, a gentleman of grc fortune, descended from Southerners, w< known in South Carolina and liultiunr Ilis mother was of equally good fuuiil Hey ward's father died in 1874. and le property valued at 8000,000, which \v devised In trust equally to his wife, daug tor aud Frank.?Baltimore Sun. yie like a man with lots of temper, 'is the man who gets cut of temper that \ don't like. TIIE IDEAL AND .REAL EDITOR. j The majority oi' people imagine that it is t the simplest thing in the world to edit a i newspaper. A man may have grave doubts , about his talent for public speaking; may r freely admit tliat he cannot turn a tune or i recognize one when turned by anybody else; t may confess that he is no poet, not much of i a scholar, and nothiug of au artist; but f there is no creature so poor-spirited as to j avow his incapacity to edit a newspaper.? ; On the contrary, this is a work to which 3 every man seems to have a manifest call.? i No matter what his actual business in life 3 may be?preacher, lawyer, physician, baker I or candle-stick maker?ho lies a secret fymi <ey that-if lie only bad a chance ; uiako a newspaper a little bit spicier and 1 livelier than anything in the shape of a i public journal that has ever come in his way. This is one of the most amusing and i universal weaknesses of u.oJern times.? The uuuibcr of people who aro infected by i it is known only to pulli.-hcrs, just as tlio extent to which opiuui eating is practiced is realized only by druggists and physicians. The drawers and waste-baskets of every leading newspaper office in the country overflow with evidences of the ambition and harmless vanity of the vast public who scribble by stealth and patiently toil over reams of composition which uobody can be induced to print. It must bo admitted that tbcro is something enticing and enviable in editorial life, as it appears to the outside world. The delight of getting iutj print for the first timo a uno oi* tl.o L-ponest enjoyments. What-, therefore, both men and women reason to themselves, must bo the pleasure of that happy man who daily feeds the public with his wisdom, and whoso smallest scribbling finds its way into type without criticism or delay ? But this reasoning is altc^ethcr unsound. The editor docs not took at things exactly in the same roscr-c light.? Tho bright colors seen by otlv:r eyes havo become to bis a little clouded. The freshness, the exquisite charm of seeing his reflections in print, has -V>ng since vanished, lie writes sometime? paiufully and under pressure, often harassed by a thousand petty vexations, and mt unfrcqucntly with aching bead aud wca-y hand. His work is, of all work, the nost wearing, the most akin to treadmill irudgcry, and the most exhausting, botk to body and brain. The call for i HoVittsf wrfto. lfc'nius?'nf?) cfitfflftTfrfo t niost contemptible and contiuual criticisms > ?must bear patiently "to be esteemed dull t when lie cannot be witty, and to be applauded for wit when lie knows that be lias been dull." Every blockhead who buys his pafunic #!*.*# lift V*oo rviirnline .A n i icv>iu viiiiw uv wmo |;ui vuuo u u i i^nu IU dictate the manner in which it shall Lc conducted, to criticise sharply everything that appears in it, and to "elevate its tone" with his own carping lucubrations, fairly written i out and enclosed in a note for immediate publication, signed "A Subscriber," "An Old Patron," or "An Earnest Wellwisher." k If you were to ask this modest friend to , I cut you a coat, or measure you for a pair of - boots, 17c would iudiguantly reply that that was not his trade, that he knew nothing t about it and would not attempt it. Buttho . diffidence which shrinks from the shears ;, and coyly draws back from the awl and lapJ stone, boldly ^grasps the pen and undertakes i- to illuminate and instruct the world.? d Breeches and shoes require art, experience, n reflection in their making?political essays n flow spontaneously from the most addled o pate, or can be pumped out of it by sheer c hand labor, without the vulgar appliances of study, thought and knowledge. Such n is life !?Jialthnore Gazette. Woman's Influence on Social Life. ^ ?Men, as a rule, arc easily attracted to a s beautiful face, but still it is an internal beauty of character by which a woman can j exert the greatest amount of influence.? c A true minded tnan, though at first enntn0 ored by the glare of personal beauty, will H soou feel the hollowness of its charms when c ho discovers the lack of beauty in the mind, j Inestimably great is the influence a sweet tj minded woman may wield over those around q her. It is to her that her friends would y coinc in seasons of sorrow or sickness for help and support?one soothing touch of her kindly hand would work wonders on - the feverish child; a few words let fall 7 from her lips in the car of a sorrowing sistcr would do much to raise the load of grief to which is bowing the victim down to tho g dust in anguish. The husband comes homo, t- worn out with the pressure of business and o, feeling irritable with the world in gcueral; is but when he enters tho effey sitting room r. and sees the blaze of the bright fire, his it slippers placed by loving hands in readier nesg, and meets his wife's smiling face, ho rl : .. .. nuwuuius iu U uloidcdl 10 tllC soothing 111id ilucnccs, which net as the balm of (iilcad ts on his wounded spirits, that arc wearied at with combating with the stern realities of sll life. The rough school boy flics in a rngo c. froui the taunts of his companions to find y. solace in his mother's smile ; the little one, 11 full of grief with its own large trouble, as finds a haven of rest on its mother's breast, h- and so one might go on with instances of the influence a sweet minded woman hns in _ the social lifo with which she is connected. ? St. James Mauazinc. ve . _ , The Fair commences next Tuesday.