The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, June 29, 1883, Image 2
A Modkl Scuooi. ton Gikls. -Charlotte, N.
C., June 10.?The Commencement exercises of
the Chart, tie Female Institute came off Inst week,
ns the musical Commencement had itouc the
week before, most successfully. There were
only three regular graduates out of 1 1 1 pupils
in the litoraiy department. The standard of
gruduntion is high and rigidly adhered to. One
of these, Miss Willierspoon, is from Kunitir
County, and, ns was mentioned last week, was
also graduated in music. The llcv. l>r. Latimer,
of iJavidsou College, delivered the nn.ual address.
Ilis subject was t le "Higher Ivluration
of Women," nud in an ablo and characteristically
scholarly a Idrcss he showed how the truo
civilisation of a people, its moral and social
ulov.llittll llltnotliioil ntinli I lin < n
cil to woman. Tho gradulcs also riaJ their j
graduating essays, which sh wed a high culturo ;
of llioughl and language.
An interesting part of tho exercises was f.e
recitation of Mies Dennett, of Georgia, who
was graduated in tlie special course in elocution
under the accomplished Miss Mottoon. In the;
Full oflhc l'cmherion Mill," and "Henry the j
Fifth's Wooing," she had opportunities of displaying
Iter marked histrionic talents which she
came to cultivate: in I lie former piece her power
of pathos made itself conspicuously felt hy
the audience, in the latter she sustained three :
characters with wonderful versatility, and expressed
their humor and nnivelte to the delight !
of all who heard her.
During Monday and Tuesday, nud at night
after the Commencements and Concerts in the
chapel, the studio was thrown open for the exhibit
of the paintings, pencil and crayon drawings,
and decorative work of the pupils during
the session. Some idea of how extensive the
exhibit was, and of how high order were the
taste and talent displayed, fioui tho surprise of
the visitors, many of whom had conic from iho
art exhibit of the schools in llaltimorc and New
York, and could hardly he made to believe that
the work was wholly that of the pupils of the
Institute.
Many wi.l probably remember the cxhioil
made by the Charlotte Institute at the State Fair !
in Columbia last fall. 'I he present exhibit was
superior, being in many instances the work of
pupils who hud received one year nmre of instruction
and piacticc. T..c beautiful mantel
with its decorated panels, so conspicuous at last
year's Fair, was replaced in this exhibit by one
of more magnificent dimension, and of richer '
decorations by Mrs. \V. \V. Fit miug wlio, though
in Iter lirsl year in lite studio, devoted herself J
to art ".villi so much zeal and industry lli.il s >tno |
of the handsomest paintings, drawings ami de :
corations were her woik. Miss Mnrjoiic ,
McQu e:i, of < ltcrtiw, lmd a very extensive '
si v i ex hi hit of oil paintings, water colors, cray- j
< 118 and decorative work. Iler work was ttiucli 1
admired for its exquisite taste and careful finish ;
Miss t'arrie Mellwaine, of l.aueaster, exhibited
the finest ph?.to-crnyon portrait ever seen in a
like exhilnt of amateur nrtis's ; a slate t: hie top,
several shite panels of beautiful design and work,
ami several large oil paint tuff- made her name
deservedly conspicuous in the art catalogue of,
the year. There were some pretty little land- I
scapes in pencil and crayon by Mis:;, hidie
v Fountain, of Darlington, which were also ad
mired ns giving promise of decided talent in the
study of the line arts which she had just begun.
Miss Anna I' o-dund, of Kciiuct tsvitlc had five
beautiful landscapes in crayon, and a crayon j
sketch called "A Tempting Mm sol,' all of which 1
showed the good taste and careful training char- j
ncteristie of the pupils in art of this Institute.
<>n Tuesday night Dr. Hide/, gave his annual
concert. Tin.ugh this programme contained as a
rule pieces of a lighter character than his commencement
concertos, yet all were by nekuowl
edged masters, i saw a catalogue id'the iostilute
in which the programmes <>f hoili the u ti.-tcal
commencement and annual concert were
printed, giving musical connoisseurs an opportunity
of judging of ilie standard of taste and
cultuie aimed at, as the success of the concert.. (
showed the audience how successful the ace.on- j
plished professor was in bringing his pupils up i
to his standard. The Tuesday night concert j
closed lite most illtcrcslinir I'uinnn m-ion lit
season tlie City of ('hariollc lias over ci j ycd.? I
x. in S'cws tnul Cviiriir.
o
oitr.ii i.h??"u moiis, jiiim""--'!.? I'isli |
bake lover, which protects about lil'iveii sipiaro
miles of rich farming Ian 1 in llio Aiiiorican hut- !
loin, i>n the Illinois .-Mo ol the river, below Kits', j
Ceroiidolet, broke at 11 o'clock la.a night ami
about ten tin u.-aml acres of line farms are now
under water. The iliiiuage in crn| s and oilier
propei ly is estimated at ^l?c,0i)0. W hat i< :
known as Isabella bridge, on the .Missouri I'acil- I
io, llaiiw.iy, over Sin-tuning t'reels, ah.nit ten
miles litis side of Jcll'er-'oti t'ity, w a cartied
uuay to day.
St. hurts, .Tune 12'J.--The Ma lison l>yke. !
between here and Alton, on tho Illinois side of
tlie liver, hroke nhoiit S o'clock litis morning in
ten places. One hrnke near Mitehell about
twelve miles from Kast St bonis, and another I
further north, near the head o! the dyke, not fir
from Alton, 'ihetftvrs <s ate net very wide,
yet. but are growing rapidly, and the water is
rushing through iIn in at a fearful late. It is
expected that the entire bottom North of Kast i
St bonis embracing fifty to sixty sijiiare miles
will he II Hided. Farmers are leaving their
hollies as rapidly as possible, many of them
going to Alton and others to different points'
of the b!ulis, five or six miles hark of the,
river. The destruction of the crops an I the
damage to faiui property will be very giant.
A !'< Alton, III., special soys : The
panic among the | cople when the levee broke
was very great and universal. They fled low- i
nrds the blull's, carrying with lliein whatever
live stock and household goods they could save, j
Many head of live stock were drowned. There
is a fast rise coming down tlie .ivcr, ami i his
w.ll ij.. doubt augment Ilio tlou<l until (lie water j
reaches (lie btutls, seven miles from the river. ;
All the country between Mitchell ami Venice is '
or Soon will he overflowed, ami the deslrnc'ion '
to croj s will cause a less of hundreds of IIi.mi j
samls of dollars .Vol only are the crops mine'
hut the force of the overflow has torn the soil to 1
pieces, and iu many places valid piles will take
the jdaee of fertile ground. The K it - as express
on t hicago and .\i! u l!;;iii-nd 1 not |
reach here to-day, the Iraek being oveilb.wel
Sent h of Miiebvll.
o
Stir.tr St. u tin i i.tt! n i-.v Doi.s.. One of the |
most striking illiisiratiotis t the want < t a d g
law in this State is brought forward by Mr.
1'hilip Schill', of ibis city, who recently e-ubatkcd
in the sheep i n-ing industry, lie -ticked
his fan., near the city with a fine d ok f sheep
and was calculating on ?11- kin_r a tine thing of
the venture but be |vo\.>ui iwiihoiit bit host
The dog* came in the night lie and played
liavi c with his wool ami moii-ii, hilling in all
thirty live sheep. flic d .g- net le I wo i.iil- on
the s'iccp fold, the last tlao-aiiai-king the h cp
in tin- barn yard c-nei >?urc, wliiilo i* t'. \ i . 1
been driven for pr Ueeti hi.
Mi -is t'. N. ami .1. !!. I'.fowr, wliu.-c firm
a-ljoins that of Mr. Sell ill", I t twelve -dice by
tin* same s(-i t f bloo l thirsty d
/? ' /'/.<// 'H.rcrt' r.
M Tt.M'.cP.M'ii : S<>ti:f nf t)io 'tapers re
<!'. ciiv. in/ lite f|Ur-li<>i lluiv I ? ] > I hi1,
J1 ? Uf *" >. * !l i?'l I a ii .11*1 l|ltWI i.)D I < I all- Wl'l*
In " alt'l thicVtn , mi-!< n> im ! \ e/eia'iles
l.Cl hint pi 111 lunii on Sill unlayI till :i l?i;?
Hii ro no' in.I itit?l go Imiuu ilriink. i'mi i make
hint wovk Inir'l during llio oilier live days ; ami
lot hint have a mule to rule to death on Sim lays i
in going to, and rt I tu ning from, "hig funeral!
meetings." Then lie'II he aucliere i, ho tli.tl
only ileal Ii can remove hint.
?
j\ v Mi km \ 11 < t is s i:s \\ ix.- -The race |Vr I hit
.Slock bridge ouj) was won yesterday 1 >y l.orrillard's
I r(ti|iii.is, tti'ioiliait'l hy I he I'rhu-o of
Vi alt J, Sot.hell st'coi. I. I i e race I u* t . .Inluirloii
plate. It .in lieap. v as won ly 1'. I. rr.linr 1'.
Arun/i. I hike ?c uiol, Wcllim/i n t hir*l I'is '
I>er.iir??i l hnnli;- ii r-ten u v. ii hv tIt ? - -e
1*- karril'mia's .i.ieli in c. a. . - tl.ii I
Might sltirlcri,
Corn ami onll ii rr-.ps i.i I'.artr.- 1! .v "r e
leg In ivr'y, iiiol noli lair s? i i.?- Ini .
uii ?! mil <y were' ? \>
(Thr ioiuhln Uluion
It. M. STOJillS, Kilitor.
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our columns.
C ver V ou can jj?;t tlio best I;in I of Ice Cream
ut Owcus's lee Cream saloon. Co ami try a
saucer.
. c V^if'
Cen* Jamest onnor of Charleston,died
nt tHe residence of bis father-in-law*, in Richmond
Va., last Tuesday, tbe Jlitli, aged 01 years.
tO" l i'f prudential reasons we have been
requested not to piitilivli tlie testimony in the i
case of I lie .Stale against l.cvi Cist and Nick1
Mayes, for burning Mr. ISriggs' house which j
resulted in a mistrial and will lie tried at the ,
October term.
<>
riPU- The Little Crcen Front is receiving the
nicest assortment of fancy groceries, fresh and
deligh'ful fancy cakes, candies, canned goods,
fruits, Ac. V c have tried their and know what
we are talking about. Advertisement will appear
next week.
CPU- Mr.LA. Wren's pictures are as fine as
any we ever saw, and we advise those wish
ing to secure good likenesses of themselves, j
i iiiii i ? t * ?i ii*4 ii h'irin iu villi i?ii 111 in in uiivv, u? 1
there is no knowing when he will tly away.
(Jrj)'" Grout. complaints have lately been
made, net only tons, hill to the town authorities,
that a number of young men ate in the
habit of making "night hideous" by shouting,
singing, profanity and Hriug oil" pistols. If
tho.-o young men suppose that they are not
known and their conduct is not becoming a
subject of "tea table talk" in almost every
house, we can assure tlioni th-y are mistaken.
r? - ? Coming.
Mr. is. J. Gage, representing Francis II.
I.eggette ,N Co., importing and jobbing Grocers,
of New York, informs us by card that be will
be in Union about the dOth of this month. Hold
your orders for him.
- o To
Matilda.
You are right. The nuisance should he suppressed.
A few arrests would not only make
tiic parties you allude to witnesses, but break
up the foul ileus. Such a course is now about
to be taken by parties who will push it through,
"let the chips fall where they may."
??
Freo School Pionic.
The pupils of the Free School will give a
delightful picnic to tiny in M ? . (Inge's licnulit'nl
grove. There will lie lets of Tun :in< 1 good
eating, :iit 1 everybody, their wives, daughters
and sweethearts arc invited, ami it is exjiectC'l
that all those folks will he there.
- ?The
Female Academy Exercises.
The dosing exercises of the Female Academy
last Tluirs lay night was most satisfactory lo
the Itirt*" mi I hitfi'ty iuc|.uoi^v,ta v-tvl'iciicc la
atteiulaiiec. The young ladies tli-1 themselves
and their teacher great credit hy their modest
deportment and very correct style of reciting
the pieces selected for them. AIi#s Fuller, it is
evident, appreciates the importance of teaching
her pupils ta.it eh gnnt accomplishment so often
neglected in all our schools, the art of reading
crreetiy and lluctilly. Tlte exhibition of t'alistheuics
was a novelty in this community, hut
the grace and dignity of the movements of the
young la lies made them very interesting to all.
.Miss Fuller is one of the most accomplished
and successful Ictualc teachers wc have ever
had in I'nion, and it is gratifying to us to learn
that she will continue in charge of the Academy
n< .\ t year. She is also a lady of superior social
and moral character, and posses the hap; y faculty
of imparting those characteristics to her pupils.
o
Tho Cotton Factory Coming.
A bright gleam of sunshine is breaking through
ho chut Is which have been > ? long hovering
over this good old town ; f I'liiou. The building
of a cotton Factory i< a rsirning something of a
definite shape,and men arc al Inst found willing
to lake an active part in pushing the mailer inla
public notice, it is becoming very ivideut to
I l.o other.-) as well as oursclf I hat s^ine/hiiiy must
Li 'lui- for I lie business of the town if we would
prevent it from getting dried up auil blown off.
The couiplaint so often made that there was
n.i numey h re to invest in any enterprise has
been fully refuted !>. the fact thit in less than
a week about '?" ">,<MMt has been subscribed to the
eupitul .-ti ek of a tut ton i'aclory to be built in
this town, and that before the 11 lines of many of
our wen*!h'.e.-t citizens are placed upon the Hot.
It i * a i i .i11'i .i mi I if |? Tsist ee ly an ! > i.;oio|i
! . I |! . ,( u|?, u ill . in) in a ,'loii ,u> ; i i.nii|>ti. K-ep
111" t v. .rl, in,iv in I,|i I make it a-sideshow?lot*
el Iie.iv in the wai el mailer hi la-tri.s, always
l.ave f ,|l..w. ,| an iiii|i<>r:..nl inI>T|?ri-< . and lliey *vil |
sjiiim; i.p around ibi> l-m I-t h i. in ike it their most
M|i>i:a:.tl iiii--lo- ire >ul,n* toil. Iiiiou'j
do to leav. ihe M.irli lot, doii l,\ miourtlVo persons
I>i.i I ( nt nil iiit:i ' in .1 tj.lrii -I 'I 'iiTiiiiu.iiion In uvuri*
li .ni.' . .11 {I: t ii.mi 'i . . ii! I i : -i ii i -i * il in lit"' iiI
. Snli-<Ti|illiiii !i i- !i 11M talsvlt In rtory
|... I i lli" I"...1111 y . ! i ii . ii ?li...i! I . IJ J I l !l
*l 111 I ?l | *| m "I |i*. i !> I"I ,i Milm I i 1*1 II. If} ml i.ili't >J.'l
I'I. "I II' I. !> I |. I .1 II.- I " i.ii'l
Willi.I i||ii|I l.i iv.il r *|||?* II lar illi Tim*. * of
|'..;.||:il i.ii: villi .ill in i .? i".i. .I.ilinn ?!!l i'..ill* a a
in.-; i- ..I I riiil.*, .i r> :il. r >1 in in I I'-*r I In* |ir<*|ii"l? nf
ll'.f.irin- an I lli" .'.ill..!' ili" in ii mi.-, wliil" i\ ry
.lli . iinlii liv in lli.- i ini\ iv.i'iM l-. I il- >liiiiiil..iin><
iiiIIiii in ...
Many iiiil u 1 r.lit llniik lln-y sir** in?l siM" ! * ii
*. rili" . I ill a . il ? il! n I I ' rall.il for f* > snin iii* nil In tun I
I Ii- ii .ii i ii -t it in ail 1, u Ii- n i' v. ill I a i-.i-.ii r I * pay, mil (
III" ill I .1 "I "1-in all". Ilia work 11.1- '. nil I ill III "il .
t Ii It 11 i I w ill Ii" ?li '. I v I |* IV riirr nl i \ |i liti", willmiil
lli" I'll"! irv
In li.arlin.'l'iti an-1 N"?vl>crry lliry rsiii.il -1 Invar
Imiiilin.'a'.'im.iiIi i I'.k lory, ami nmv lliry liavr fiiniiytli
fnrviijn capital nlfiTctl llirm In |nil ill upiT.it i ni a SsSiMl.lN),
Kai tni y al rarli |ila. ". Il is only in .'.'--ary fur our |iro|il"
to -nl"- rili lil> rally ami ..lum ili.it lli \ mean lui*i.
iii'ii.ini" a',.1 in all ih" .yiial ili y r.'i|iiiri'.
Hi lit I--1 in ii, y.iii i. in ili,- a l..i-lii. *s nf tlii- inatl.r
f.i.nt Ii"^inniii In. inlin .. il' ynii wi?li ii t>> mi mill ; ami
aimi.liii. in ili-.j :ii .mil rinT.:y ymi lliri'f intn it will
ymi i "(j. rati n siis.l In ij- :. .* Ii ijiiliiliall
in ?\ >
. r>.
'i'ii" i ilili'i -T lino nf Sjii'in!; mi I Siinnanr
? 1 -iii i I i a. \Vi> v til ' mien! .r iti'onlt ii
to f! - ! *. '.vi .! -at. mi ! c hi li* <y niii*. :':> is ,
Vi-.r ii.^ from i. \'- i line il. c's nl
. - jit-i ij- i I a f :t -in 1 lino Ii .a 1 i S!; t'a'.l
( 11 |*i; i o '
, Ths Uuioa Ca4f.i?y aad Butierfori RoulTlic
election in liuiHlt'jmillo low nshil> last Hat unlay
, resulted, as cvcrylioly ex|xs*tcd, |i a handsome majority
j for a township subscription of f'l'I.WW to tlic projiosed
i Railroad through this county.
It now only remains for Pinc'ati -y, I'nion atnl (ioslicn
i Mill townships to follow suit, In'oricr to make sure of
| tin* road.
l'iuckncy has called for an election and the county
Commissioners have a|i|ioiiited Tuesday, 3!?t of July, for
i that purpose, (ioslicu Hilla^wMbe action of Union
j and is asking wliy tJnlon doeg^piv>ove.
In our last wo were mistaken in s-.t|>|K>sing that it would
be lime for this towns hip io act after the meeting of the
corporators at tJafl'ney City on the 21st of July.
The meeting to he held at Rutherford on the fifteenth
of August will finally decide upon lite route to be adopted
] ?whcthci|toMhelby,Spartanburg or Union. Shelby and
, Spartanburg are anxious to secure the road and are pre.
pur-d to make definite propositions to tlic meting,
tioud-ysville and l'inekney townships in this comity,
; will there with a combined siiIkk riptiou of $43,000
while I'nion, unless it acts promptly will stand aloof |
1 ami bit "Icfl out in the cold," ?>y her inaction virtually
-.aying to the citizens of those sections of the t'ounty
who arc willing to tax themselves to s<\ are railroad fa'
ciliti >, we neither w ant the road ourselves nor w ill we
j help yon to get it.
I The law re<|iiires lha>a majority of the qualified voters
of the town'hip shall p til ion the Hoard of County fouiuiessioners
to siiluuit Hi decision of "Miilmcriptiau or no
suliscriptiou" to the voters at'a public etc lion,and that
i lorty days notice of said election shall lie given. There
's now hut little more than time to comply with the law
before the meeting at Rutherford, ami If anything la done
I toward it in (Ids township it must he done during next
I week. Nothing will lie accepted at that meeting hut a
I decisive subscription. Who will take the matter in
hand !
"fl^^T'or
the hue*.
Mu. Kiiitok :?I'lcase give in your next paper
the law in relation to employing teachers in
(lie free schools. It is thought by sou<c that
tlie School t'nmmissioner has the right to appoint
aii'l tlie Trustees to employ any one not
holding a certificate, whenever in their opinion
the necessity for a school exists. I understand
tliis lias been done in several instances and to
the injury, it is said, of teachers holding
certificates from the Kxauiiuing board.
In a conversation recently with a gentleman
living in .Saiituc Township ho told me that his
wife had a good school last year, holding a
, certificate from the Examining board and cm(
ployed by the Trustees, that at the second
session a lady not having a certificate set up a
school near his wife, without the consent of the
trustees, and gut her pay from Maj. Towttscn 1,
notwithstanding the trustees refused lo endorse
her illegal claims. 1Tb require 1, however, that
; her papers should lie cinlnrsc^^nel the teacher
got the trustees in another Township to sign
| Iter pay certificate.
My informant said there was money enough
to run one school eight or ten months, but tlie
I funds were divided between the two, to the
j injury of the entire school, ami in violation, us
he thought, of the law. He said the inattor
was brought before the Grand jury in March,
but that the foreman said they had uo jurisdiction
in such violations of the law.
I have heard of several instances of persons
teaching without certificates, or getting a certificate
without an examination?an undoubted
piece of favoritism on the part of Maj. Town!
semi, and one that is very unjust and unfair to ! .
other (etchers. We know of two pet sons ,
i . , * I I
teaching at this time in one township without |
i any certificate. In a conversation with otto of 1
I them he informed tne that Maj. Townsend told ;
l hint to go ahead, if the trustees were willing,
I and contQ up in duly to the examination, get a {
j certificate, and ho would get his pay all the j
Tl>u .UcL ii i# X ivorltlsm
but (>!:.- in which both the commissioner and
trustees have consent eel to squander the free I
school fund.
There is a regular school within three miles ,
with an average attendance of, perhaps, ten '
scholars, with a teacher, at $20 a month. The |
I other has au average attendance of about two J
and one half (2.1) scholars, the teacher of which
i expects to get a first grade certificate, with cor"
I responding pay, no doubt, while me of llictrus
i 'ces will require ? 10. at least, for tlie use o'
the nigger cabin in which lite lessons arc hc<tr>I.
: We do not believe Maj. Towsend has the
j authority, nor the trustees flic right, to employ
any one not holding a certificate from I lie proper
llxuuiiniug hoard. or from the superiiileii'
dent of education. If lie lias such power lie
{ on-.lit to use (lie proper discrimination in tlie
I select ion of his trustees ami teachers, otherwise
many unworthy persons will he employed as j
I teachers ami the free school fund squandered, j
The whole thing is a farce, any way, and
j ought to he abolished, or the conunissioncrs and
I trustees made to conform to t hemw governing
I tlivm. A. I?. C.
i
Sunday School Convention of Bogansville iowuship.
The committee appointed to arrange pro
I gianr.'.e and appoint time and place of meeting, i
i met at West Springs Saturday, June lidd, an 1 j
adopted the following :
I Convention to he held with Union (Put tnau's)
. church on the third Saturday in July.
1*110(111AMME :
first subject for discussion: What is Ihe
duty of the Sunday Shu d Superintendent toiiis
school? Opened l>y J. It. Sumner.
-d. Should teachers he employed in Sunday
! Sclio lis, wlio are not nictnhers of the church ?
j first spcakor, I.. P. Ilogau.
:;.l. What would ho (ho l>e-d method to iuerc
-o the altcudaneo of adults? Opened by j
| J. ii. Packet.
The following are appointed to write essays,
viz: Miss Addic OtV.is, Miss Moliie K. foster,
.hi 1 \ 1 i--s I'ranii' u lludgers.
W. .M. Ft 1ST Kit Clin.
i? I'.?r
the Thin s.
From Skull Shoals.
June 'JC., 188:1.
Mil. Kniioii. ? Please accent respects, with
llii! accompanying cotton bloom, first seen Saturday,'Jlld,
in~t., an 1 pulled by one of my sons
yesterday. 't is fro.n one extm rttlk.
t ro; s arc as backward ami unpromising as 1
( over saw tliem. \V heat ami tall sown oats, on
good lain), arc a lull crop, spring SoS'n oats, on
p >r>r latul, a perfect failure,
j Corn in loamy bottom laud is making a nice
i start, but on stiff, cloddy land lias never come
tip. and now that we have rain <"ill^tnvo to be
planted over. The most i'tvorabio seasons
hence may relieve us, otherwise we may prepare
for a hard year in iSSl. Crops are clean;
. many peat ar i ing planted on oat stubble and
in corn fields, whieit may he a relief to us.
Nu'sery ITuit is vc.v defective; the native
varolii < wi'listood the cobt -bring heller.
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Mi r i and proY;si..n ; tftng on t tie increase.
We are imiv lr?\ing vain in abundance, which
I ll'VI - II ' li |l
w n runien
I
Tho Stati vs. Perry Jctar?Arson. i
Mr. Solicitor Duncan fur (he Stale.
Mr. J. C. Wallace for (lie Defense.
Tiik I'koskovtion.
Mrs. Uriggs, sworn. House was burnt on the 1
night of tlie loth April, ISS'J. House was set I
on fire. 1 was sleeping in the second floor.? 1 1
UetlreJ about half past eight o'clock. Left my '
two eldest daughters down stairs in the sitting
room. My daughter, Ophelia, aroused me, say- 1
ing the hAisc was on tiro, 1 then aroused the
other children, nud attempted to go down stairs. 1
The smoke smothered ine so, that I had to go '
hack ; 1 went to an end window, raised it, got 1
out on the shed and threw my little sou off. I
then jumped. I was injured in my hip and '
ankle. I could nut get up. Thachildicn dragg. | 1
ed mo into the garden. I smelt kerosene when- I
I started down stairs. Klias Dawkiusand sotne ! 1
of the other b >ys helped me over the fence. I '
!
saw the defendant, I'crry Jeter, lie caute up the j '
road running. I kept my eye on him, as I |
wanted him to assist me. Me never looked | !
towards lue, but said lie was tired. I wanted i 1
him to get tlie carriage. Me came from the field
earlier than usual that afternoon. Me cat at the
h iu.se but left that night without mcutiotiiu^; i^
to me. Mr llriggs kept kerosene oil. Two or '
three days before the fiM, Perry uainc for kcro- 1
sene with an oil can, I did not let him have it. I
remarked about his wanting kerosene oil. Mr.
Briggs was in Krorida at the time. Twoor three
days before the lire, Perry came to 1110 to change
some money for him. I went into the room
where my money was and left him standing at
the dining room door. Me followed me into
the room where the bureau was. I handed him '
the change. Mad a gun in the house. That
afternoon Perry fired the gun oil'. I heard it '
lire and saw him bring it back. 1 was aroused 1
by the young Indies coming up stairs. There
was no fire in the house that day, except in the 1
stove; the fire was not iu the part of the house 1
where the stdvc was.
Miss Ophebia Briggs sworn I. was at home '
the niglii of the lire, also the same nficrtiupii of '
the. fire Saw Perr" iu the yard. I saw that the j
well bucket was ?>'f, and told Perry to pull it out : '
Me said it was no use, to let it alone until morning.
1 then sent Perry to the collar for the j '
grabs and told him to put them on. lie had J i
such a scowling look on his ftea, that 1 went to j
the house, as I was going u;?to the steps I look- j
ed hack and he pulled the grabs apart, I went {
to the house; and was walking about and saw 1 '
Perry coming oif of the store piazza with store j
key in his ban 1. lie took the gun from behind 1
t lie door and ran out. I heard the gun fire twice.
Me brought the gun back to the house and never '
loaded it. Me then went towards the well, came j 1
back and said he could not get the bucket out. j
lie only ha I the key iu his ban 1. lie used 1
the exprcssiott. "Von will not get the bucket i1
out of the well." The tire took place about if] j
o'clock at nigh. Wo had a large lamp in the j
room but but lit a small one to carry up stairs .
We had been keeping the di gs in the Intiise at ' '
night while father was away, hut this night we ;
lind trouble in gutting them iu; they were smell- j
ing around an I we had to force t'nein iu. Fas- j
totted the door with iron bar. Negro woman. ' '
faitiar.au ! myself were the last ones in thcslnvc j
room I took oil* the top and put out the fire by ,
pouring water on it. Heard the dog growl. Saw
house oil tire, and woke no inofliei- and tlm eliil
dreu. Carried the buhydown ; thought the others
wi i o coining. I'mter and inyself r.iti orouti 1 the
house; saw mother stun ling at the win .low,
knocking on the win low panes and calling to its,
' fur g nl sake help, inc. We toM lie ir to raise 1
the window and jump ; she threw oil' the little
boy and sister and myself caught him mother, 1
then jumpc 1.
X by Mr. Wallace. ? It was after Mr. Duncan
came litat 1 first saw the defendant, lie np- ,
pe ire I frighten I. .Sever 1 > ike I towor Is in >iher
I
or myself.
Ucdircct ly Mr. Ittincnn.? I had just come j
into t he (lining room whore mother changed the J
money. I was si Hiding in the little room
when he a?d;e I f.r the change.
Mrs. llriggs, recalled. It was unusual for
Perry to have the store house key, without ,
asking for it.
Lafayette Driggs.? I was in Spartanburg the
night of the lire. I returned much earlier
than 1 expected. 1 left Perry on the premises, i
lie was not allowed to go to the store house by j
himself. I told Mr. ['elder, in the presence of ;
Uprry, about having collected SI,000. 1 examined
the well for the bucket; found a bucket
that had fallen in the well before Christinas;
found a new iron bucket bale iu the wcli. .
When 1 v.as starting to Florida 1 took l'erry to j
Hie Saiituc depot with mc. dust about a mile >
from S-intuc it commenced chut ling tin. I told ,
Ferry he could go back and I w >..! I t > the
depot, lie a '.\c I :i;o l r im-nty, I ;u. 1 i.i:.i 1
ha l none, except enough to go nwoy with, lie
said <), yes! y. u have xo> ic money, i did not
like his looks at the li.i-.e : li. night :to time of '
going back, but thought I in ly be wr . g i:t my j
suspicions. 1 put \'ex. in c'i trgj of alfuirs i
when 1 left, a? i did n >t like F.-rry's to >veMi"iils.
Kept money in dia.vor >1 ?w:i stair.; had S1 "> cr
My daughter kept nt ney up stairs in 1
drawer. After tie* lire ! varche 1 fur money
where drawer >! 1 down . tairs ; found mute.
It was stiver money : found -jU in center of
the holism where dr.awer stool up stairs, 'i'lte 1
in ney was in silver i image.
X by Mr. Wallace. Kant the gear house !
Ioeked. I told FeMrr iu llie presence of Ferry
, . ' . .
t*i*M11 II iM(i; f 'inrii'i ji.WII. I saw I CITJ' III
iklioiil twelve :' ! 1" ii' I'm not in tiic habit j
of telling servants .if uaving money. 1 rcineni- |
ber seeing I'erry \cry well ill the time. 1 gave
I'erry Sl.ott <?:? die load going to Saninc. I
thought it w.-s foolishness in mc to iliink that ,
something >\;t? \vi i g. I?ont rrc?ilect saying 1
in tlie presence of I'erry tlint 1 ha I Slo or $'20, I
at tiie house.
Mrs. Ih-iggs reejllcd. My money was in the I
other j art of the house. 1 let I or SI".
l'.l'jiili .tones. Live I with Mr. Driggs at the J
time of the litc. I saw I'erry the week before !
(lie tire. H i i a talk with him at my house,
lie said something nhoiit wearing line clothe*, i
lie said. "If we would burnout Mr. Driggs or j
Mr. Duncan, we could wear fino clothes too." :
X by Mr. Wallace. ileineinbcrs telling Mr. j
Wallace in bis "liiee Ni.it I did not know anything
about it. I said the same in Mr. Wallace's
oflice.
Kcdiivel by Mr. I1 mean. I 1?>M Mc ?. .D.lnis
>n and Duneaii lb it I -in I'erry that ni ;'it v
my house. S.ii 1 lie an 1 Nick wore . .ng to
No.v I! >|>e. I'erry c iioe t my Ii '.i-.1:<: it night, ,
v'ii near the <i > >i \\ e w -.it to meeting ; while
I was singing, lie -ill, "ha ii, . ly' s .
'iiou <tt is oil I'.i e.'' lie g >t uji all I imii. I'. I n it '
viy In Sir. V. til (11 CO flltl'. I a ' I'hitif I
_
of it. Mr. Wallace was sitting at Ilac tabic ami ;
1 was standing at (lie wall ami Mr. Wallace ?ns
writing. 1 wtui waiting fur my supper when i
Perry came in. I told Mr. Duncan abou' it the :
day I was arrested.
It. T. Gee. 1 was at the Jail after the parties
accused were lodged in Jail. I spoke to Perry,
lie appeared anxious about my business there.
1 read a .news pnpcrnccount of the burtiiug and
asked him if that was true. He said it was,
"we burnt the house. Alex., Levi, Nick and
myself. Alex, poured the oil on the floor, I
took care of the dogs, Nick struck the match
and Levi committed the robbery."
Mary Manual Gist, Prayer meeting was
I.eld at my house. Saw I'erry there. fold lnin
lo taken churn olf of tlie bench and sit down,
lie took it to the door, lie told Jessie Coleman
Lo look and see what was it that made the skies
look so red. I'erry said somebody's house was
on fire, lis got up and ran.
William Gilliam stvorn. Saw I'erry at the fire! ,
saw him coming up to the store, lie appeared !
lired. Told him to assist : said he was tired,
fflld him'to go and get soma wa.er ; lie said there
was no bucket on the well.
Miss Ophelia Griggs recalled. When I left
ihe well in the afternoon, there was one bucket '
on the well. Did not see the dogs when I cTme '
down.
X by Mr. Wa'ace. I saw one bucket on the
well.
Here the Suite closed.
Tkstimonkv run tub Defence.
1>. 1'. Duncan. I was one of the party tl^t
brought the defendant to town, had his hands
tied and rope around his neck, lie was between
Dr llaiu.lton and myself. Dr Hamilton said to
Itiin ' I'erry, you know ail about this, and you
must puke ii up." 1 said, "if yon will tell I
will make a states witness out of you." lie
then acknowledged it. Said lie went to meeting
nt Junes.
Dr. J. 11. Hamilton. I did tee' him th:r. he
knew all about it. He was anxious to confess.
Silas tiist?lte:nciub"rs ll". .night of the tire,
I'erry came to my house and stiad about half an
hour, came hack hollowing.
Cansady Jones. Ucmcmbcr.s the lire. I'erry
same to my house and staid ~j or 0 minutes I.
gave him a letter.
Here the Defence closed.
The Slate replied by recalling Win. Giiliain ?
I'erry told me the night of the lire, tiiat lie went
l?v M r?. .] ours ntul II:n*ri< lit llio mppf intr
v ? * " ?
After short arguments front Mr. Walaco and Solicitor
Duncan, Jutlgc Kershaw charged the Jury,
briefly on tlie law, also instructed the Jury not
lo consider the confession in made to Col. Duncan
and Dr. Hamilton, as it was made under circumstances
that :lie law <1 id not warrant, lie
also instructed the Jury that it may bring in
a verdict recotnmeti ling the prisoner to uiercy,
in which event the sentence would he imprison,
nieut in the Penitentiary for life.
After an absccice of about ten minutes the
.lurry returned with a verdict of Guilty.
The Prisoner was then arraigned for sentence.
When tlie Clerk asked him the formal question :
If l.e had anything t say, why the sentence
of death shoala not be passed on him, he, for
tlio tirat, time since he was arrested, denied
'having done it : by saving in a smothered
I
voice, "I did it'll do it" whorupon J u lgo Kershaw
gave the condemned man a serious lecture
as to his impending fate and passed the j
following sentence :
"The sentence of the Court is ; that you,
Perry .Jeter, be taken back to the place from
whence yon last came anfl there be confined
uti.il Friday the third day of August in the
present year, and there between tho hours of
ten o'clock in tlie forenoon and tlireo o'clock
in tlie afternoon, you be hanged by your neck
i.iii.i ji'Hr uu'iv 11 lu'iii, uu.i'i uc.i'i ; una may
!! ! have mercy 011 your soul, During ilie
sentence the prisoner appealil very much
frightened; hut he did not show any emotion
11111i 1 he was returned to his ceil, and there
shed tears.
The above is in substance an accurate report
ot the trial of one of thu most diabolical crimes
that ever was committed against helpless Woman
and children, and the fate of l'crry Jeter
should he a warning to ail such men of his
character, that when they apply the torch to
the dwelling of any man, let it he at night or
day, tlie law t ill revenge the wrong, not to
punish the eriin-nnl much as to deter others
from committing similar offences.
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l'ui !.ai>i:i.fitt \'s Cu vr.XKi. Ilorsrs. ? I'hiladelpliia
June -1.?The porti >ns of lntui in remains
found yesterday in the house formerly occupied
by Dr. Hathaway were examined at the coro
ntrs ollicc to-day hy tiie coroner's physician,
and the en'ire collection was pronounced hy him
toheftvtal bones. lie expressed the opinion
that tliey were probably the remains of a dozen
hi has. The tut li'irit i(S wi'l mike an examination
d" an 'titer d welling u i Si.vih street which has
been recently occupied hy Dr. liat'.ianay, end
which is thought to he anlitr clia'tial house*
tMlieers tliis iifieriioiu male search of the
premises on llristol nvenn *, nea. l'ii'ih . trcel,
occupied hy Dr. ilathaway at tlie time of his
arrest two weeks ago. The search resulted in
thu discovery of a small leather satchel filled
with vin's Cviat ti'.iii;' liiptids and powders.
A surgical iiistramciit was t.lso 1 und, which
the d ictur's wife, who lives ill the house,
mild ho used iu his nefarious pnnclico. An
account hook was found which covered the
period extending Irom May 1S,??, to .Inly, l^'i,
: 111 1 contained the nanus and addresses of
about two hundred females with the amount
chai ned lor servites written on the margin.
i I \ l it a av \ v's ('it v it N it I, I lot.'sr.. ? Philadelphia
June "J'J.?The terrible details of the exposu.e
nl lh'. Ilaihawny's illegitimate conduct that have
heen reported were contiriiied today by the
wife oi l he inn! practitioner. She made a full and
explicit statement to the Chief of Police of her
knowledge of her husband's operations. The
Chief refuse! fo make her statement public, as
it would interfere with the work in the ease,
lie says he intends to verify it an 1 if possible
obtain witnesses who have had relations with
the doctor.
Tribute cf Kcspsct.
Ct XTltAt, Naiiosai. I'.vxk.
Cum min \, ,S. (!.
1)7. / < /?, This 1 toard has recently been deprived
( j" tiio value 1 fellowship of one of its
members, by the death of (lov. 't'li'iiaas 15 Jeter,
who was esteemed by us in every relation of
lite wherein lie his been connected with us
J
liis"!vril, That l>y the lent!) of (iov. Jeter, the
Central National IVink has :x;lit-1 a serious
loss ; a vacancy much to hp lamented has been
croa:cl in this Hoar! ; ami ue imlivhlually
have ha 1 intlictc 1 a poignant jfricf.
.?(?/? ? 7, That the loss of this I list it iM ion ami
of our Hoard is small. compared with that sust
line i by tiie .* at h:r.;c. of v liieli >v. Jeter
?v? t a ;tat riot t.'. hi.' i I - 1 an I | oMie-sjiiritcl
i.:/ ! ; the \ it ion h >n >rs e , in ;. I ii|?T':i
win in were ula i\ i .,-hly lej ai i hj hi- eluiiieiil
sc. vie. to the Si lie
I,' /. I'll .t *n e i y of these i. - lutioiis l.e
transmit ted to hi iiilieiel wid v, as expressive
of our e^mloli .. : o i.er.
W. It. - I' \M I > . I'ret t.
t. i! ' i'.vvi i', . i
In a work receutly publish J hy <"h irles 8crib- wj
tier's Soiis, New York (Campaigns of the Civil ^
War,) is a "statistical record of tue armies of 1
the United Stales." From this record is now
made known definitely the actual lugs of life
t'roiu various causes on the Federal side, during
the late war. Of those killed iu buttle, died of v
wounds aui injuries, suicide, homicide, excoutiou,
died of disease a id from unknown causes,
there were 6,7-1 regulars, 2uC,2G5 white
volunteers, und 33,880 colored troops, making a ,.J2,
grand totul of 301,309. There were
wounded, a d 181,791 missing or captured.
Out of every Go one was killed in action ; out
of every CO one died of wounds; out ot every
13 one died of disease ; out of every 9 one died
in service* out of every 10 one was wounded in
net mii. Airl as a great many 01 the men never
ctiinc near the front or where subjected to the
risk j of battle, the proportion of casualties to
those who were actually in the fiehl was ot*
course much greater. It is assumed that of
every 1.01M. Gt?2 were at the front an J look part
in the operations. Ol these one ol every 42.7
was killed in battle, one in every 08.I died uf
wounds, one in every 1 :{. } died of disease. So
that of every 'J.2 men at the front, one lost his
life from some cause or another.
1
Yki.lhw* IV.vr.tt in Iiavan \.?Galveston, June
2d.? Private advices from Vera t.'iui state that
th. yellow fever is making fearful ravages
among F.ur .peans and Americans. Ten deaths
were reporte I front the hospital yesterday, and
one thousand deaths during (he past two mouths.
Fifty-two deaths from yellow fever have .
occurred in llavaua during the past week.
Tmcmxosis in Illinois.?Jolict, 111., .Inner
21.?Thrichinosis has made its appearance
again here. Several families were recently
poisoned near I'laitifield, this County, from culing
pork. A German named Louis lvron, in
Troy Township, after three days' sickness, in
which he suffered horrible agony, died in convulsions
to-day. This is the only fatality resulting
from eating diseased porlf. Others are expected.
This, added to the epidemic among the
cows, which does not abate, causes considerable
excitement.
TuaVKi.r.its Kiiititmi ity Ho.ui Aubnts.?lleletia,
Montana, June 21.-?The Hutu* City coach,.
w:th eight passengers, was stopped by road
agents on I his side of the ISouldcr Mouutainsut
1 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The passengerswere
searched ami fobbed of all their money
and valuable',. The robbers took the treasure
box. The auiouut of the contents is not yet?
known.
Tiik Cit.tnt.k or Pke?uytbuianism.?SnoW
Hill, Maryland, claims to have been the cradle K
of the Presbyterian Church in America. It is
claimed that Kcv. Francis Makcuiie founded tho
first I'resbyterian Church on the continent nt
that place in 1083 or 1084. Snow llill is one of
the oldest settlements iu Maryland. It was
laid out by Act of Assembly as early as 1086,forty-three
years before Haiti more was known as
an organized village. Parson Hnkcmic organized
five congregations in Somerset County, and
it seems to be well attested that Snow Hill isthe
parent spot of Presbytcrianism in America.
The surviving congregation, that has an unbro-ken
history for two centuries, proposes to'
celebrate the two hundredth anniversary by the
croc'ion of a Makemic Memorial Church, and
the enterprise is not only eminently commendable
but it should receive the generous e couragement
of Presbyterians throughout lite
country.
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A Xatahi.k 11 t i'ntox.?Gen. Thomas P. Drayton
has returned to the city from West Point
where lie attended a reunion of the association
of graduates. Gen. Drayton graduated in thoclass
id' 18'JS, and there tire but live of his- ,
fellow graduates living, and but one, Ivctts T.
Austin, of It vstori, besides Gen. Drayton atten,
ded the reunion. One is absent in Kit rope nnd
one is laid up by w tinds received long ago in
the battle of Shiloh. Mr. Jefferson Davis isthe
fifth member of the class. At the banquet
was a !)() year old cadet. Joshua Itaker, of
Centrevillc, La., who graduated in the class of
ISI'.b Con. Drayton says the reunion was a
magnificent affair and was greatly enjoyed by
liittt, though there were few comrades present
i whom he knew. Politics were not spoken of
and all seemed to forget thai they had once been*
arrayed against each other, and they found time
to talk about or think of nothing else except
the days when they were cadets together.?
C/iiirhi!h Olmcrvrr, iiisl.
[( I'M. Drayton is father ol .Mrs. J. I>. l ope,
jr., now living in this town.? Ki>. Timks.]
. <D .
Mis. Kr.it Tai.ks. ?Mr. W n. \V, Ker, who has
j been assisting the government in tin; pmsccii*
I lion ot' the star route trials, expressed himself
ficely to I'hi'.adelphia reporters Sunday, with
i regard to the eases, lie characterized the
| verdict as tiie triumph of the very lowest order
J of reason. '"There were one or two men on
I thcjiiry who, it is said, did not helieve in God ;
j one of the counsel for the defendants, who
' himself pretends not to nelieve in the Deity,
i has heen quoted as saying that he did not fear
the result of the trial, because there was one
man on the jury who was not afraid of God,
and the defendant, Dorscy, who is a follower of
Iugcrsoll. was ready to take any formal oath at
at all. Added to this is the trouble that the
government will always have in obtaining a
proper jury under the existing laws of tho ~
District of Columbia.'"
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Thf. .It ixiMKNr or Nk\yiir.nity.?It is a ninltcr'
of deep regret that any one should ever feel
called upon to avenge a wrong or wipe out an ^
insult by taking the law into bis own hands ;
but there is sm extreme ease in which society
will pardon the man who appeals to the quick
bullet rather than to the slow machinery of the
courts. The man who, with honey on his lips
I ami a hell uf lust in his heart, deliberately wins
; the e'tili lenco of a trusting woman, thai lie
in y d.-poil her of her virtue, ami steal away
: "the i..i tie liale jewel of her soul," is nn enemy
i to society anil society shoal I lie speedily rid of his
t preser.ee. lie at once violate.* the sacred rites of
! hospitality and tramples upon till law, social,
civil and mural ; ami the lirst and lu-'l resort of
the kinsmen of the wronged woman should bo
j to powder and hall. The castle in which fema!
chastity dwells i< sacred ; and no punishment
is loo. sure, swift or severe for llio
miscreant who dares to invade it.? Hera! I.
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'I'llt: I)Altt.inuton F.wronv.?Writing from
Darlington tin ler ilate of .Inne *J'J, "Minim'*
says: The Darlington Manufacturingt.'oinpaiiy
met at the courthouse yestcriluy morning uud
ch'ectcd a permanent organization. F.leven directors
were elected, consisting of the most
energetic, reliable and thorough luisiness'iuoii
of the place. The charter that had heeu obtained
froin the clerk was read over and adop- i
tc.l. I'y-lav.s wore read ou r ami adopted. It '
was reported that $I..O,00<> had hern secured.
There is .$l*i0,000 more in sight and available,
and a bright prospect of $100,(1(11) more. The
foitti I aliens have hern laid broad and deep, t ho
lii-t gun fired, and Darlington, .shaking herself
free of her l!ip Van Winkle sleep of many
years, joins hands with some of her sister counties
in tl: ' onward march to wealth and happii
ncs.s.
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Ili.ni 1'r.iNcii ai.s Di.ai).?Tallahassee, Fla.,
June 18.?-Near Harmony Baptist Church tho
w ives of (icorgo Anderson and Cato Wade quar- v||
: riled aho'.it a cup of salt, 'i'lio husbands took
i the quarrel up and settled it with shot gum,
I i.... I. ... ti... i ...i?^u?? .....
?* ?? ? ill in;.: i? i hi; d'iiiii; mm;. .ni'ici own *> .?3
sli'il (1 en I instantly ami Wiulc tlic.l a few hours
J aficrwar.l. 15-jth were shot through their bjJ|
it>s
o Mr.
.1. A. iti. of Aiiilci uii County, mvlo
! this yen- >u one a ru mi 1 three quarter* of
hi i I I.I'ty ih:-,e ' u lieii of wheat, net nil m<*\snr
iiier.i, whih h:.< entire cr |> avir ige 1 twentylive
l.'i-lie!* per n-Te.
! i A. "\. \? i- '5, ;.t ; i a" ( t. ij r.rej
i re I t -ell l?rnft.- .. % \ k m l lo ?list
fount n !' ' / i. ii : It