The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, June 29, 1883, Image 2
A Scuooi. iob Gikls.?Charlotte, NJune
15).?The Commencement exercises of
the Chart. ttc female Institute camo off Inst week,
ns the musical Commencement had iloue the
week before, most successfully. There were
only three regular graduates out of 144 pupils
in the literary department. The standard of
graduation is high and rigidly adhered to. One
of these, Miss Wilherepooti, is from Hunitir
County, and, as was mentioned last week, was
also graduated in music. The Rev. Dr. Latimer,
of Davidson College, delivered the an.'ual address.
llis subject was t ie "Higher Education
of Women," and in au ahlo nud characteristically
scholarly a Idrcss lie showed how the Iruo
civilization of a people, its moral and social
elevatiou, depended upon the position it assigned
to woman. The gradutcs also read their
graduating essays, which sir wed a high culture
of thought and language.
An interesting part of the exercises was i'.e
recitation of Miss Dennett, of Georgia, who
was graduated iu the special course iu elocution
under the accomplished Miss Mat toon. In the
.Pull ..fll.n Mill " ?I
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Fifth's V>'ooing," she hail opportunities of displaying
her marked histrionic talents which she
came to cultivate; in the former piece her power
of pnthos made itself conspicuously felt by
the audience , in the hitter she sustained three
characters with wonderful versatility, and expressed
their humor and naivette to the delight
of all who heard her.
During Monday and Tuesday, and 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. Home idea of how extensive the
exhibit was, and of how high order were the
taste and talent displayed, from the surprise of
the visitors, many of whom had come front the
art exhibit of the schools in Baltimore and New
York, and could hardly be made to believe that
tlie work was wholly that of the pupils of the
Institute.
Many wi.l probably remember the cxhioit
made by thcCharlotlc Instituteat the State Fair
in Columbia last fall. The present exhibit was
superior, being in many instances the work of
pupils who had received one year tnnre of instruction
and pi notice. The 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. Fleming who,though
in her first year in the studio, devoted herself
to art with so much zeal and industry that sinie
of the handsomest paintings, drawings and dc
corations were her work. Miss Marjotie
McQu en, of Cheraw, had a very extensive
sive exhibit of oil paintings, water colors, crayons
and (iCCOI-Hlive l??vlf tin. ,ur>,.b ??~l.
admired for its exquisite Instc and careful finish
Miss Carrie Mcllwaine, of Lancaster, exhibited
the finest phuto-crnyou portrait ever seen in a
like exhibit of amateur artists ; a slate ti hie top,
several slate panels of beautiful design and work,
and several large oil paintings made her name
deservedly conspicuous in the art ca'alogue ot
the year. There were some pretty little landscapes
in pencil and 'crayon by Miss. Lidie
v Fountain, of Darlington, which were also admired
as giving promise of decided talent in the
study of die tine arts which she hud just begun.
Miss Anna C'. osland, of Dcniicttsvillc had five
beautiful landscapes in crayon, and a crayon
skcich called "A Tempting Morsel," nil of which
showed the good taste and careful training charcctcristic
of the pupils in art ofthis Institute.
On Tuesday night Dr. Itidcz gave his annual
concert. Though this programme contained us a
rule pieces of a lighter character than his coin,
menccment concertos, yet all were by acknowledged
masters. 1 saw a catalogue of the institute
in which the programmes of both the musical
commencement and annual concert were
printed, giving musical connoisseurs an opportunity
ofjudging of the standard of taste and
culture aimed at, as the success of the concerts
showed (lie audience how successful the accomplished
professor was in bringing his pupils up
to his stnndnrd, The Tuesday night concert
closed the most , interesting Commencement
season the City of Chariotte has ever enjoyed.?
x. in A'ewa mid Courier. ___
.nt.K f U.svmill'?XL1" i.dbW.Tnii^JTT?Fish
" " Lake levee, which protects about fifteen square
miles of rich farming land in the American hot
torn, on Die Illinois side of the river, below Las*
Ccrondolct, broke at 11 o'clock Inat night and
about ten the usand acres of fine farms arc now
under water. The damage in crops and other
prope. ty is estimated at $100,000. What i<
Known as Isabella Itridgc, on the Missouri Pacific,
l'aiiway, over Shanuiug ("reck, about ten
miles this side of Jcilersou Pity, wav carried
away to day.
Ht. Louis, June 22.?The Madison Dyke,
between here and Alton, on the Illinois side ol
the river, broke about N o'clock this morning in
ten places. One broke near Mitchell about
twelve miles from Last St Louis, and another
further north, nenr the head of the dyke, not far
front Alton. 1 he crevasses atc not very wide
yet. but arc growing rapidly, and the water is
rustling through litem at a fearful rate. It is
expected that the entire bottom North of Last
St Louis embracing fifty to sixty square miles
will bo flooded. Farmers are leaving their
homes as rapidly as possible, many of tlicm
going to Alton and others to different points
of the bluffs, five or six miles back of I lie
river. The destruction of the crops and the
damage to faun property will be very great.
A l'ost-Dirpotch Alton, lll.,spe;ial scys : The
panic among the people when the levee broke
was very great and universal. They fled towards
the bluffs, carrying with them whatever
live stock and household goods I hey could save.
Many head of live stock were drowned. There
is a fast rise coming down the .ivcr, and this
w.ll no doubt augment the flood until the water
reaches the bluffs, seven miles from the river.
All the country between Mitchell and Venice is
or soon will bo overflowed, nnd lite destruction
to crops will cause ft loss of hundreds of thousands
of dollars. i\*ot only are the crops ruined
but the force of the overflow has torn the soil to
pieces, nnd in many places sand piles will take
the place of fertile ground. The Kansas express
on Chicago and Alton Railroad did not
reach here to-day, the track being overflowed
South of Mitchell.
SiiKi.r St.u (-.tiTK.Rtin isv Dors.? One of the
most striking illustrations of the want ot a dog
law in this State is brought forward by Mr.
Philip SchilT, of this city, who recently cnibaiked
in the sheep raising industry, lie slocked
his farm near the city with a fine flock rf sheep
and was calculating on making a fine thing of
the venture, but lie reckoned without his host.
The dogs enme in the night lime and played
havoc with his wool and mutton, killing in all
thirty-live sheep. The dogs made (wo raids on
the sheep fold, the last time attacking the sheep
in tlio barn yard enclosure, whither they had
heen driven for protection.
Messrs N. and J. 15. Drown, whose farm
adjoins that of Mr. Schiflf, lost twelve sheep by
the same set of blood thirsty dogs. ? C'/i'ir/ottcJourtial
O/jterver.
Macon Tki-eohapu : Some of the papers are
discussing the question* "Mow to keep the
negro." ' Isn't i* hard question to answer.?
liaise Imfrs and chickens, melons and vegetables.
Let liim go to town ou Saturdays, run a big
store acuir.t and go home drunk. Don't make
bim w?vk. bard during the other five days; and
let himbave a mule to ride tn death on 8uu Jays
in going to, and r<turning front, "big funeral
meetings." Then he'll be nncliored, so that
only death can remove him.
Am kmc an II on s rs Win.?Tho race for the
Hlockhridgc cup was won yesterday by I.orrillard's
Iroquois, nominated by the l'rince of
Wales, Scobell second. The race for the Johnston
plate, handicap, was won by I*. Lorrillord',
Arama, Duke second, Wellington third. Tlis
Ilenuforl handicap race was won by Senhorsee
1'* I,orrillnrd's Sachem second, I'ieracns third.
Light starters,
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Torn and cotton crops in Barn well are growing
bravely, and with fair acajous will be fully
on good as they were lost year.
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3Thr SQiultln tflnion Simtft.
It. M. STOKES. Editor.
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f inr y ou can get tha best kin<l ot* Ice Cream
at Owens'8 Icc Cream saloon. Go and try a
saucer.
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?S3T Gen-J nmesConttor of Charleston,died !
nt the residence of his futlier-in-laiv, iu Richmond
Va., last Tuesday, the 20 th, nged 54 years.
IauT For prudential reasons wc liavo been |
i requested not to publish the testimony in the
citse of lite State against Levi Gist and Nick
Mayes, for burning Mr. Briggs' house which
resulted iu a mistrial and will he tried at the
October term.
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The Little Green Front is receiving the
nicest assort incut of fancy groceries, fresh t.nd
delightful fancy enkes, candies, canned goods,
fruits, &c. Wc have tried their and know what
we nre talking about. Advertisement will appear
next week.
| Mr J. A. Wren's pictures arc as fine as
any we ever saw, and we advise those wish
ing to secure good likenesses of themselvos,
relatives and friends to call on him at once, as
there is no knowing whon he will fly away.
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Great complaints have lately been
made, not only to us, but to the town authorities,
that a number of young men aro iu the
habit of making "night hideous" by shouting,
singing, profanity and firing olF pistols. If
these young mcu suppose that they arc not
known and their conduct is not becoming a
subject of "lea table talk" in almost every
liouso, we can assure them th?y arc mistaken.
Coming.
Mr. E. J. Gage, representing Francis II.
i Leggette & Co., importing and jobbing Grocers,
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be in Union aboutthc 30th of this month. Hold
your orders for him.
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To Matilda.
Vou are right. The nuisance should be suppressed.
A few arrests would not only make
the parties you allude to witnesses, but break
up the foul dens. Such a course is now about
,, to be taken by parties who will push it through,
"let the chips fall where they may."
Free School Pionic.
The pupils of the Free School will give a
delightful picnic to day in Mr. C. Gage's beautiful
grove. There will be lots of fun and good
[ eating, and everybody, their wives, duuglii
ters and sweethearts arc iuvitcd, and it is expected
that all those folks will be there.
[ The Female Academy Exeroises.
The closing exercises of the Female Academy
last Thursday night was most satisfactory to
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attendance. The young ladies did themselves
and their teacher great credit by their modest
deportment and very correct stylo of reciting
the pieces selected for them. Migs Fuller, it is
evident, appreciates the importance of leaching
her pupils that elegant accomplishment so often
neglected in all our schools, the art of reading
' correctly nnd fluently. The exhibition of Calisj
thcnics was a novelty in this community, but
the grace and dignity of the movements of the
j young ladies made them very interesting to all.
Miss Fuller is one of the most accomplished
i nnd successful female touchers we have ever
j had in Union, and it is gratifying to us to learn
I that she will continue in charge of tlie Academy
: next year. Site is also a lady of superior social
| nnd moral character, and posses the hap; y fncul!
ty of imparting those characteristics to her puI
pils.
I The Cotton Factory Coming.
A bright gleam of sunshine is breaking through
j ho clouds which have been so long hovering
] over this good old town cf Union. The building
| of a cotton Factory is assuming something of a
definite shape,and men arc at last found willing
to take an active part in pushing the matter int0
public notice. It is becoming very evident to
the others as well as ourself that something, must
be done for the business of the town if we would
prevent it from getting dried up and blown off.
The complaint so often made that there was
no money here to invest in any enterprise has
been fully refuted by the fact that in lesa than
a week about $35,000 has been subscribed to the
capital slock of a Cotton Factory to be built in
this town, and that before the names of many of
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our wealthiest citizens arc placed upon the list.
It is a glorious beginning, and if persistently an?l vigorously
followed lip, will end in a glorious triumph. Keep
the good work moving. ]>on't make it a side show?lots
of side shows, in the way of smaller industries, always
have followed an iin|x>rtutit intorpri.se, and they wil|
spring up around this?lmt lot ai.i, make it their most
important business to seen re subcriptions to it. It won't
do to leave the work to bo done by one or two persons
hut let us all unite in a spirited determination to secure
lionte eapital enough to enlist foreign capital in the enterprise.
Subscription lists should he taken to every
part of the County and every man should i>o approachis!
and appealed to for a subscription, if you can't get
?1,0U0, get iM'tO, l?il lot it be reliable.
With a cotton Factory will come a largo incrcass of
population; with an increase of population will corneal)
| increase of trade, a greater demand for the products of
the farms anil the skill of the mechanic, while every
oilier industry in the County would feel its stimulating
influenco.
Many will no doubt think they are not aide to sub*
scribe; hut asit will not be called forfo some months and
limn in installments, when it will lie easier t?pay, out of
the increase of business after the work lias commenced ,
than it will be shortly to pay current expenses, without
the Factofy
In Darlington and Newberry they raised 812.',00 towar
building a 1200,000 Factory, and now they hare enough
foreign capital offered them to put in operation a ?(00,00,
Factory at each place. It la only necessary for our people
to subscribe literally and show that they mean bnsl. <
ncss, tobe able to get all tho capital they require'.
Gentlemen, you must make a business of this matter
from licginning to ending, If you wish It to succeed ; and
according to the spirit and energy you throw into it will
you enlist tho cooperation and help of others. Keep tho
ball moving.
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The nobbiest line of Spring ami Summer
idothing in town. We c ill particular attention
to this department, and can fit nny one. Suits
varying from $3 to $20. Also a ftno slock ol
Spring Hals and fine hand aewe? Shoes. Coll
i MlJ SCO list.
1 J. C. IIUNTKI! & CO. 4 '
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The Union GaffJoj and Rutherford RoadThe
election in Uoudeyifllle Township Inst Saturday
resulted, as everyinxiy expected, ia * batulsonic majority
Tor a township subscription of fti3,000 to the proposed
lull road through this county.
It Uow only remains for Pioo^ney, Union and Goshen
Illll townships to follow suit, In'order to make snre of
the road.
Pinckney has called for an election and the county
Commissioners have appointed/Tuesday, 31st of July, for
that purpose. Ooehcn l(IlTa\7WMbe action of Union
and is asking why \Tnion doi .^pBtiove.
In our last wo were mistaken in supposing that it would
be tiaio fur this towns lUp to act after the meeting of the
corporators at GafThey City on the list of July.
The meeting to bo held at Ituthcrford on the fifteenth
of August will Dually decide U|>oii the route to be adopted
?whctheijto Shelby, Spartanburg ?r Union. Shilby and
Spnrtauburg are nnxiwus to secure the road and are pre.
pared to make definite proposition* to the meeting.
Goudcysville and Pinckney townships in this couuty,
will bo there with a combined subscription of ?4.5,000
whilo Union, unless it acts promptly will stand aloof
and bo "left out !u the cold," by her Inaction virtually
saying to the citizens of those sections of thn County
who are willing to tax themselves to sdcuro railroad fa-'
cllitles, we neither want the road ourselves nor will we
help you to get It.
The law requires tha>a majority of the qualified voters
of the township shall petition the Board of County CommssMoncr*
to submit tlu decision of "suliscriptiaii or no
subscription" to tbo voter* at'n nulilln i-ln Him nn.l ?Vn?
lorty days notice of said election shall bo Riven. There
Is now hut littlo more than tliue to comply with the law
la-fore the meeting at Rutherford, and If anything Is done
toward it In this township It must las done during next
week. Nothing will be accepted at that tncoting but a
dcctsivo subscription. Who will toko tho matter in
hand ?
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"Wt^^Vor the Imea.
Mr. Editor :?Please givoin your next paper
the law in relation to employing teachors in
tho freo schools. It is tlilougkt by soiro that
the School Cnuimissioner has the right to appoint
and the Trustees to employ any one not
holding a certificate, whenever in their opinion
the necessity for a school exists. I understand
this has been done in several instances and to
tho injury, it is said, of teachers holding
certificates from the Examining board.
bi a conversation recently with n gentleman
living in Snntuc Township he told me that his
wife had n good school las^ year, holding a
certificate from the Examining board and employed
by the Trustees, that at tho second
session a lady not having a certificate set up a
school near his wife, without the consent of the
trustees, and got her pay from Maj. TownscnJ,
notwithstanding the trustees refused to endorse
her illegal claim?. ITh required, however, that
her papers should be cndorsijAtnd the teacher
got tho trustees in' another Township to sign
her pay certificate. ?
My informant said there Aras money enough
to run one school eight or t^n months, but the
funds were divided between the two, to the
injury of the entire school, bid in violation, as
lie thought, of the law. HO said the nuiltor
was brought before the Grand jury in March,
but that the foreman said they had no jurisdiction
in sueli violations of the lfcw.
1 have heard of several instances of persons
teaching without certificates, or getting a certificate
without an examination?an undoubted
piece of favoritism on tho pa^t of Mnj. Townsend,
and one that is very unjijst and unfair to
other teachers. We know bf two persons
teaching at this time in one township without
any certificate. In a conversation with one of
them he informed nie that Maj. Towuscnd told
him to go ahead, if the trustees were willing,
and come up iu July to the examination, get a
certificate, and he \v4uld get hispivy all the.
but one in which both kh'e commissioner and
trustees have consented to squander the free
school fund.
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There is a regular school within three miles
witli an average attendance of, perhaps, ten
scholars, with a teacher, at $20 a month. The
other has an nvcrage attendance of about two
and one-half (2?) scholars, the teacher of which
expects to get a first grade certificate, with cor"
responding pay, no doubt, while one of thctrus
fees will require ?10, at least, for the use of
the nigger cabin in which the lessons are heard.
We do not believe Mnj. Towsend has 1ho
authority, nor the trustees the right, to employ
any one not holding a certificate from the proper
Examining board, or from the superintendent
of education. If he has such power he
ought to use the proper discrimination in.the
selection of his trustees and teachers, otherwise
many unworthy persons will be employed as
teachers and the free school furid squandered.
The whole thing is a farce, any way, and
ought to be abolished, orThc commissioners and
trustees made to conform to th^TaW governing
them. A. B. .C.
Sunday School Convention of Bogansville Township.
The committee appointed to arrange pro
gramme nnd appoint time and placb of meeting,
met at West Springs Saturday, June 23d, and
adopted the following:
Convention to be held witli Union (Put man's)
church on the third Saturday in July.
PROGRAMME :
First subject for discussion: Wbnt is the
duly of the .Sunday Shool Superintendent to his
school ? Opened by J. R. Sumner.
2d. Should teachers he employed in Sunday
Schools, who arc not members of the church ?
First speakor, L. P. Bogan.
3d. What would bo tho best method to increase)
the attendance of udults? Opened by
J. II. I'nckct.
The following nro appointed to write essays,
viz: Miss Addic Gibbs, Miss Mollie E. Foster,
and Miss Brannou Rodgers.
W. ?! FOSTER Ch'n.
For iho Times.
From Skull Shoals.
June 20, 1883.
Mb. Editor.?Please aceept rospec.s, with
the accompanying cotton bloom, first seen Saturday,
23d, inst., and pulled by one of my sons
yesterday. It is from one tzlrd stalk.
Crops arc as backward and /Unpromising as I
ever saw mem, > noai ana ian bo wd oats, on
good land, arc a full crop, spfiug ?j(/a oats, od
poor land, a perfect failure.
Cora in loamy bottom lind is making a nice
start, but on stiff, cloddy lind baa never come
up. and now that we hi?n rain wtntifceve to b?
planted over. The most favorably seasons
hence may relieve us, otherwise we mfcy prepare
for a hard year in 1884. Crops jtre clean ;
many pens are bring planted on ont Stubble and
in corn fields, which may be * relief to us.
Nursery Fruit is ve;y defeotivo; the native
varieties withstood the cold spring better.
Slock and provision raising on the increase.
Wo are now having rain in abundance, which
cheers ns up. * t
W. ff FOWM5R.
The Stat) vs. Ferry Jeter?Arson.
Mr. Solicitor Duucau for the State.
Mr. J. C. Wallace for tho Defense.
Tiik Puosecution.
Mrs. Driggs, sworn. House wnsburut on the
night of the 13th April, 1883. House was set
ou firo. 1 was sleeping in the seooud floor.?
Retired about half past eight o'clock. Loft iny
two eldest daughters down stairs in the sitting
room. My daughter, Ophelia, aroused me, saying
the hAise was on tire, I then nroused the
other children, and attempted to go down stairs.
The smoke smothered me so, that I had to go
buck ; 1 went to an end window, raised it, got
out oq the shed and threw my little son off. 1
then jumped. I was injured in my hip and
ankle. I could not get up. The childien dragged
me into the garden. I smelt kerosene when.
I started down stairs. E^ias Dawkius and somo
of the other b-?ys helped me over the fenoo. I
saw the defendant, Perry Jeter. Ho came up tho
road running. 1 kept my eye on him, as I
wanted him to assist me. He never looked
towards me, but said he was tired. I wanted,
him to get the carriage. He came from tho held
earlier than usual that afternoA. He cat at the
h >usc but left that night without meulioninp i
to me. Mr. llriggs kept keroccuo oil. Two or
three days before the fiim, Perry came for kerosene
with an oil can, I did not let him have it. I
remarked about his wanting kerosene oil. Mr.
Briggs was iu Frorida at the time. Twoortliree
days before the fire, Perry came to me to chauge
some money for him. I went into the room
whore my money was and left him standing at
tho dining room door. lie followed me into
the room where the bureau was. I handed him
Jtlie change. Had a gun iu the house. That
afternoou Perry fired the gun off. I heard it
fire and saw him briug it back. 1 was aroused
by the young ladies coming up stairs. Thore
was no fire in the house that day, except in the
stove; the fire was not in the part of lite house
whero the stdve was.
Miss Ophcbin llriggs sworn I. was at home
the night of the fire, also the same afternoon of
the. fire Saw Perry iu tho yard. I saw that the
well bucket was oft", and told Perry to pull it out:
lie said it was no use, to let it nlonc until morning.
1 then sent Perry to the cellar for the
grabs and told him to put them on. He had
such a scowling look on his ftcc, that I went to
the house, as I was going up to tho steps 1 looked
back and ho pulled the grabs apart. 1 went
to the house; and was walking about and saw
Pcrry coming olf of the store piazza with store
key in his hand. He took the gun from behind
tlie door and ran out. I heard the gun fire twice,
lie brought the gun back to the house and never
loaded it. He then went towards the well, camo
back and said lie could not get the bucket out.
Ho only had the key in his hand, lie used
the expres lion. "You will not get the bucket
out of the well." The fire took place about 9.1
o'clock at nigh. Wc had a large lamp in tlie
room but but lit a small one to carry up stairs
\Yc had been keeping tbe dogs in the holisc at
nigiit while fat Iter was away, hut this night we
had trouble in getting them iu; they were smelling
around and wc hud to force thoin in. Fastened
(he door with iron bar. Negro woman,
Tantar, and myself were '.lie last ones in the stave
room i to?k otf the top and put out Hie fire by
pouring water on it. Hoard the ilog growl. Saw
house on tire, and woke up mother nud tho children.
Carried the baby down ; thought the others
.-*?*>? vj.intry. oistor ?itid myself ran around tho
house; saw mother standing at the window,
knocking on the window panes and calling to us,
for god sake help, me. Wo told hear to raise
the window and jump ; she threw off tho little
boy and sister and myself caught him mother,
then jumped.
X hy Mr. Wallace.?It was after Mr. Uuncau
came that I first saw the defendant, lie appeared
frightcud. Never looked towards mother
or myself.
Redirect ty Mr. Duncan.?I had just cotnc
into 'lie dining room whore mothor changed the
money. 1 was standing in the little room
whea lie asked for the change.
Mrs. Briggs, recalled. It was unusual for
Perry to have the store house key, without
asking for it.
Lafayette Briggs. ? I was in Spartanburg the
night of the tire. I returned much earlier
than I expected. I left Perry on the premises.
lie was not allowed to go to the store house by
himself. I told Mr. Feldcr, in the presonce of
ligrry, about having collected $1,000. I examined
the well for the bucket; found a bucket
that had falleu in the well before Christmas;
found n new iron bucket bale iu the well.
When 1 was starting to Florida I took Perry to
Hie Santuo depot with me. Just about a mile
from Sutituc it commenced clouding tin. I told
Perry he could go back and 1 would w.i !; to the
depot, lie asked me for money, 1 told hiui I
had none, except enough to go nwuy with, lie
said O, yes! you have some money. I did not
like his looks at the time ; thought cno time of
going bjick, but thought I may be wrong in my
suspicions. I put Alex, in charge of affairs
when I left, as I did not like Perry's movements.
Kept money in drawer down stairs; had $15 or
$20. My daughter kept money up stairs in
drawer. After the fire I searched for money
where drawer stood down stairs ; found none.
It was silver money ; found $2 50 in center of
I the houst^ where drawer stood up stairs. The
I msney was in silver change.
X by Mr. Wallace. Kept (lie gear house
locked. I told Folder in the prcscuco of Perry
nbout having collected $1,000. I saw Perry in
about twelve feet of me. I'm not in the habit
of telling servants of having money. I remember
seeing Perry very well at the time. "I gave
Perry $1.00 on the toad going to Snnlue. I
thought it was foolishness in me to think that
something was wrong. Dont recollect saying
in the prcseuco of Perry that 1 had $15 or $20,
at the house.
Mrs. Iiriggs recalled. My money was in the
other part of the house. 1 had $8 or $10.
Klijah Jones. Lived with Mr. Hriggs at the
time of the fire. 1 saw Psrry the week before
the fire. Had a talk with him at my hmRfe.
He said something about wearing fine clothes,
lie.said. "If ws would burnout Mr. Briggs or
Mr. Dunoan, we oonld wear fine clothes too."
X by Mr, Wallaos. Remembers telling Mr,
Wallaoe in his ofiioo Shal I din not know any
thing ?bout it. I Mid the itnt in Mr. Wallace's
oflice.
Redirect by Mr. Dunenn. 1 told Mess. Johnson
and Dunenn that I saw Terry that night a1
my house. Said he nnd Nick were going to
New Hopo. Terry cauie to my house that night,
sal near the door , we went to meeting ; while
I was singing, he said, "hush, somebody's
house is on fire." lie got up and ran. Did not
say in Mr. Wallace'i office that 1 know nothing
. - I
of it. Mr. Wulinco was silting at tho tablo and
1 was standing at the w.vll anfl Mr. Wallace was "
writing. I was waiting for my supper when ?|
Perry came in. I told Mr. Duncan about it the n
day I was arrested. I t
11. T. Gee. 1 was at the Jail after the parties '
accused were lodged in Jail. I spoke to Perry. t
lie appeared anxious about my business there, t
I read a ,news pnperaooount of the burning and *
asked him if that was true. He said it was, ?
\
"we burnt the house. Alex., Levi, Niok and (
myself. Alex, poured the oil on tho floor, I c
took care of the dogs, Niok struck the match }
and Levi committed the robbery."
Mary Manual Gist. Prayer meeting was c
held at my house. Saw Perry there. Told hint i
to take a churn nlf of the bench and sit down,
lie took it to the door. Ho told Jessie Coleman (
to look and see what was it that made the skies j
look so red. Perry said somebody's house was \
on fire. Ho got up nud ran. 1
William Gilliam sworn. Saw Perry at the fire! J
saw him coining up to the storo. He appeared
tirod. Told him to assist: said ho was tired.
Tftd hi in'to go nud get some water ; He saidthere 5
was no bucket on the well.
r Miss Ophelia llriggs recalled. When 1 left ,
ilio well in the afternoon, tliore was one bu^cet ,
on the well. Did not see the dogs when I came
down. '
X by Mr. Wa'ace. I saw ono bucket on th e (
well. '
Here tlio Slalo closed. >
Tkstimonky for thk Dkfknck. i
D. 1*. Duncan. I was one of the party tl|>t
brought the defendant to town, had his hands ,
tied nnd rope around his neck, lie was between j
Dr Hamilton ni<d myself. Dr Hamilton said to |
him "Perry, you know all about this, and you (
must puke it up." 1 said, "if you will tell I
will make a states witness out of you." U?
then acknowledged it. Said he wcut to meeting i
at Jones.
Dr. J. II. Hamilton. I did tee! him that he
knew all about it. He was auxious to confess.
Silas Gist ? Remembers tl". .night of the fire, i
Perry came to my house and stiad about half an J
hour, came back hollowing.
Cansady Jones. Remembers the tire. Perry
came to my honsc and staid 5 or 0 minutes I.
gate him a letter.
Here the Defence closed.
The State replied^by recalling Win. Gilliam ?
Perry told mo tho night of the fire, that ho went
by Mrs. Jones and Harris, to the meeting.
After short arguments from Mr. Walacc and Solicitor
Duncan, Judge Kershaw charged tho Jury,
briefly on the law, also instructed the Jury not
to consider the confession in made to Col. Duncan
and Dr. Hamilton, ns it wns niado under cir/
cumstauccs thai :lie law did not warrant. Ilo
also instructed tho Jury that it may bring in
a verdict rccommen Hug the prisoner to mercy,
| in which event thn sentence would he imprison,
ineut in the Penitentiary for life.
After an absccnce of about ten minutes the
Juriy returned with a verdict of Guilty.
The Prisoner was then arraigned for sentence.
When the Clerk asked him the formal question :
If he had anything t> say, why the sentence
of death should not bo passed on him, he, for
tho first.time since lie was arrested, denied
having done it : by saying in a smothered
voice, "I did not do it" wherupon Judge Kershaw
gave the condemned man a serious lecture
as to his impending fato and passed tho,
following j.?Knco "The
seuleuce of the Court is; that- you,
Perry Jeter, be taken back to the place from
whence yon last came and there he confined
un.il Friday the third day of August in tho
present year, and there between tho hours of
ten o'cloek 111 tho forenoon and tiiree o'clock
in the afternoon, you be linngcd by your neck
until your body is dead, dead dead; and tnay
God have mercy 011 your soul. During tho
sentence the prisoner appeal d very much
frightened; but he did not show nny emotion
until he was returned to his cell, and there
shed tonrs.
The above is in substance an accurate report
ot the trial of one of the most diabolical crimes
that ever was committed against helpless Wom1
an and children, and tlie fate of Perry Jeter
I nil,>1,1,1 l.ft ? <- -n ?- *- ?
w n<?> IV an OUUI1 men UI II19
character, that when they apply the torch to
the dwelling of any man, let it be at night or
day, the law r.ill revenge the wrong, not to
punish the criminal so muoh as to deter others
from commlltiug similar offences.
Philadelphia'sCii aknkl Houses.?Philadelphia
June '21.?The portions of human remains
found yesterday in the house formerly occupied
by Dr. Hathaway wero examined at the euro
ntrs office to-day by the coroner's physician,
and the entire collection was pronounced by him
to be foetal bones. He expressed the opinion
that tlicy were probably the remaius of (i dozen
babes. The authorities will ninko an examination
of auother dwelling on Sixth street which hns
been recently occupied by Dr. Hathaway, end
which is thought to be another chamal house*
Officers this afternoon made search of the
premises on Bristol avciiu'', near Fifth street,
occupied by Dr. Hathaway at the time of his
arrest two weeks ago. The search resulted in
the discovery of a small leather satchel filled
wkh vials contuii.iux liquids and powders.
A surgical instrument was tJso t\und, which
the doctor's wife, who lives in the house,
said he used in his nefarious paactice. An
account book was found which covered the
period extending from May 187(5, to July, 1882,
mid contained the names and addresses of
nliout two hundred females with the amount
charged for services written on the mnrgiu.
IIatiiawav's Ciiaknkl House.?Philadelphia
June 22.?The terrible details of the exposure
of L^r. Hathaway's illegitimate conduot that have
been reported were confirmed to day by tiio
wife ofthe malpractitionor. She made a full and
explicit statement to tho Chief of Police of her
knowledge of her husband's operations. The
Chief refused to make her stnleinent public, as
it would interfere with the \vork in the case.
He says he intends to verify it and if possible
obtaiu witnesses who have had relations with
the doctor.
? - <%? ?
Tribute of Respeot.
Cknthal National Bank.
Columbia, 8. C.
Whereat, This Board has recently been dcprlved
of the valued fellowship of one of its
members, by the death of Gov. Thomas B Jeter,
who was esteemed by us in every relation of
life wheroin he has been oonneoted with as
individually i
Resolved, That by the death of Gov. Jeter, the
Central National Bank baa sustained a sorions
lots ; a vacancy much to be lamented has bean
croated in thie Board ; and we individually
have bad inflicted a poignant grief.
Resolved, That the loss of this Institution and
of cur Board is small, compared with that sustained
by the fttatoat Inrge, of which Gov. Jeter
was a patriotic, high-toned and public-spirited
citizen; the various honors conferred .upUn
whom were always richly repaid by his eminent
services to the State.
Resolved, That *a copy of these resolutions be
transmitted to his nflliclod widow, as expressive
of bur condolence with her.
W. U. STANLEY, IWt. 1
- J. II. Sawtrr, feo'y. j
ft
j*
In.i work recently published by Chirle i Scrib- -4
or's Sous, Mew York (Campaigns of the Civil ,-wj
far,1 is a "statistical record of the armies of
Le United States." From this record is now
nado known definitely the actual lugs of life 7t|
roiu various causes on the Federal side, during
he late war. Of thoso killed in battle, died of . 'V '
rounds and injuries, suicide, homicide, exeouion,
died of disease aid from unknown oausee,
here were 5,724 regulars, 2u0,205 while
olunteers, and 3d,880 colored troops. m*kin|>ft|[ -| .A,
;raud total of 304,809. There were 280,04(N^ '
voundod, a d 184,791 missing or captured.
>ut of evory 65 one was killed in action ; out
>f every 50 one died of wounds; out ot every
18 one died of disease ; out of every 9 one died
n service* out of every 10 one was wounded in
iction. And as a great many of the men never .
:auio near the front or whore subjected to the '
isk'j of battle, the proportion of casualties to
hose who were actually in the field was of
sourse much greater. It is assumed that of
svery 1,000,002 were at the front and took pari
n the operations. 01 these one of every 42.7
was killed in battle, one in every 38.1 died at
wounds, ouc in every 13.5 died of disense. ?5
hut of every 9.2 men at the front, one lost his
ife from some cause or another.
Yellow Fkvkh in Havana.?Galveston, June
23. ? Private advices from Vura Cruz state that
i. r.,.,..r..i
?v.v? .i. IvnilU! ?"'>(<
imong Europeans and Americano. Ten death*
were reported from the hgspit.il yesterday, and
<nc thousand deaths during the past two months.
Fifty-two deaths from yellow fever have <
occurred in Havana during the post week.
TniciitNosis in Illinois.?Jolict. 111., Janv
21.?Thrichtnosis hns uiado its appearance
igaiu horc. Several families were recently
poisoned near Plain field, this County, from eating
pork. A German named Louis Kron, in
l'roy Township, after three days' sickness, in
which lie suffered horrible agony, diod in conrulsions
to-day. This is the only fatality resuitng
from eating diseased pork. Others are expected.
This, added to the epidemic among the
;ows, whioh docs not abate, causes considorablw
sxcitemeut.
?
Travelers Kobiieo uv HoAt> Agents.? Heleaa,
Montana, Juno 21.?The Butte City coachr
w tb eight passengers, was slopped by road
igonts on this side of the liouldcr Mountainsut ,
1 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The passengers*
were searched and jobbed of all their money
mid valuable.. The rohbers took the trcasum
box. The amouul of tho contents is not yefc
known. ? .
? .
Tiik Cradle or PrK?bytkrianism.?SnoW
Hill, Maryland, claims to have been the cradlo* |
of the Presbyterian Church in Ameriea. it is
claimed that Kcv, Yrancis Makcuiie founded the
first Presbyterian'; Church on the continent at
that place in 1G83 or 1G84. Snow Hill is one of
the oldest settlements in Maryland. It waa
laid out by Act of Assembly as early as 1686,forty-three
years before Baltimore was known asan
organized village. Parson \lakemie organized
Ave congregations in Somerset County, and
it seems to be well attested that snow Hill is1
the parent spot of Presbytcrianism in America..
The surviving congregation, that has au unbroken
history l'or two centuries, proposes tec
celebrate the two hundredth anniversary by the
erection of a Mnkcinio Memorial Church, and
the enterprise is not only eminently commendnblo
but it should receive the generous c courngoment
of Presbyterians throughout the
country. ?
A fypr.uu.r. RrcNto.v.?Oon. Thomas F. Drayton
has returned to tho city from Wost Point
where he attended a reunion of the associationof
graduates. Gen. Drayton graduated in tho
class of 1828, and there arc hut five of hi?> ,
fellow graduates living, and but one, Ivens T.
Austin, of llostori, bosides Gen. Drayton ntten,
ded the reunion. One is absent in Europe andone
is laid up by wounds received long ago iu
(ho battle of Sliiloh. Mr. Jefferson Davis isthe
fifth member of tho class. At (ho banquet
was a '.10 year old cadet. Joshua Daker, of
C*uir?vill?, U., who graduated in the olass
1810. Gen. Drayton says the reunion was a
magnificent 'atfair and was greatly enjoyed by
him, though there were few comrades present
whom he knew. Politics were not spoken of
and all seemed to forget that they had once been*
arrayed against each other, and they fnutid time'
to talk about or think of nothing else except
tho days when they were cadets together.?
Churl otic Observer, 23d inst.
[ffen. Drayton is father of Mrs. J. D. Pope,
jr., .now living in this town.? Ki>. Timks.1
W w J
Mr. Kkh Talks.?Mr. W.a. W. Kcr, who hM"
been assisting the government in the prosecu*
lion of tlie star route triuls, expressed himself
freely to Philadelphia reporters Sunday, with
regard to the cases, lie characterised the
verdict us the triumph of th?.very lowest order
of reason. "There were one or two men on
the jury who, it is said, did not believe in God.;
one of the counsel for the defendants, who
himself pretends not to nelieve in the Deity,has
been quoted as saying that he did not fear ,
the result of the trial, because there was one
man 011 the jury who was not afraid of Gotland
the defendant, Dorsey, who is a follower of
Iugersoll, was ready to take any formal oath at
at all. Added to this is the trouble that the
government will always have in obtaining 5
proper jury under the oxistiog laws of the
District of Columbia." .? ?
T?r. Judumknt or Newberry.?ft is a matter'
oi ueep regrei inai any ouo should ever feel'
called upon to avenge a wrong or wipe out an
insult by taking the law into his own hands ;
but there is an extreme case in which aooiely
will pardon tho man who appeals to the quick
bullet rather thnn to the slow machinery of the
courts. The man who, with honey on his lipfr
and a hell of lust in his heart, deliberately wins'
the confidence of a trusting woman, that hern
.y despoil her of her virtue, and steal away
"the immediate jewel of her soul," is an oneray'
to society and society should he speedily rid of bispresence.
lie at once violates the saored rites of
hospitality nnd tramples upon all law, social,
civil and moral ; anil the first and last resort of
the kinsmen of the wronged woman should b*
to powder nnd ball. The castle in which female
chastity dwells is sacred ; and no punishment
is too. suro, swift or severe for the
miscreant who dares to invade it.?Ucrald.
Tim Darmhoton Factory.?Writing fr6m
Darlington under date of June 22, "Minim**
says: The Darlington Manufacturing Company
met at the courthouse yesterday morning and . {
effected a permanent organisation. Eleven dlreotori
were elected, consisting of the most I
energetic, reliable nnd thorough business'niea *
of the place. The charter that had been ob- J
iniucu irum mo cktk was renu oTcr anu uaop* j
ltd. By-laws woro read over and adoptod. It /yj
was reported (hat : 1 .",0,000 bad been tteured. J
There is $160,000 more in sight and available, a
and a bright prospect of $100,000 more. The I
foundations hnvo been laid broad and doep, (ho I
first gnn fired, and Darlingtou, shaking herself I
free of her Hip Van Winkle sleep of many 1
years, joins hands with some of her staler coun* I
ties in the onward march to wealth and hap piHoTU
Principals I>ka Tallahassee, Fin., J
Jane 18.?Near Harmony Baptist Chureh the Vj
wives of Oeorge Anderson and Csto Wads qpafv,
reled about a oup of salt. The husbaQda look ^
the quarrel up aml&tUled it eith tstt-gtiblfrMs
both firing at The same time. Anderson was
shot dead instantly and Wado died a few hours iff
afterward. Both wera shot through their bod?V n
< ? .? ?. _",j.
Mr. J. A. Elgin, of Anderson County, mode
this year on one aoro and three quarters of
land hrty-thrte bushels of wheat, notuol meat*
iiremont, while his entire crop averaged twenty*
ftvo bushels per acre. JB
A. N. Wood, at OafTney City, Is prepared
to soil Braids on New York and to dli|*^^^|
'count g It eilgc notes.