The Fairfield herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, February 23, 1876, Image 2
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ne$C a 1o n February ti. .i:I
. exjoyopth digial circuit anm
aboub toje oreft of two ,very ,ja.
portaut adtjun eta. 8olicitor leuimig
was, on tho'15th indt1oiii thedcort
of generil wesehe for" RikliIad
count , 'coniged of .c enxCeut.ops
whil' si 41; d4isplirgo pry hie oficial
";ties. This offende is punishable
with fue : ad imprisot3ni iet, aftid
w rks a frfoittrO b 6 'ff49& Ju e
(1ypntgorppr o Qi i ip a.
bad way,- All the. proiminavyl ar
rangeanents have been made for his
impdhahmd1itland If hht w' hA is
true, his charia nrp co .ticdly - oi.
His doffing of -the judicial gown
would causo no re rot w4itoypr
except, poriahh to cir
co of thq o9ses fan#ily.
The MN0o a o'ourer, Iopi
than .tlhe : i }peach mnqt ;J udge,
Montgomery. Mosbs pis without a
parallel' in- south CArohna. -The
only ' ge efer iubd U 'a 6deit,of
whQ vas tried. aP 4$ We A4
temperance. ,{ ? oe raa: a arUTof
ability fand' itogrity, and wAsdis
placed solely from the factiTiot'
was punable to control '.iis desire.
for strong drink. "XIis ; [mpopph
nont," says our contetaporary, "in
volved rio charge of fraud ot corrnp
tion, and into hisrotiromont ho car
riod the sympathy of the people for
his physical weakness." Other
judges have boeoi threatened with
impeachment, but it'has nover been
resorted to. It'was left for audgo
Mon tgomery Moses to set the ox
aniple of such gross misconduct as
to call for his trial by thd- sonhto.
Ho had best make it viretto of neces
sity and resign. It would savo nuclh
timo.
A Lucky 'IEscape.
Some mon are really lucky. James
A. 3owley, n'nogro from the North,
but now a resident of Goorgotown
county, was chairman of the hcuso
committee on ways and means
during Moses' adunistration Jno.
it. Donnie (a genuino carpet bagger.
if over there was one) was then si
p'rintendont of the state peni
tontiary, and wishing to secure an
in creased appropriaition for that in
stitution, ho very generously of'cred
to give .Bowloy one sixteonth of all
the moneys thatt might -bq appro
priatea for~ the puY-pose, iflio'ould
soonri tli4 increase desirpd.Th
trade was. made. During the-camn
paign of 1874, the charge of having
received ta bribe *'as Oxtensivrely cir
ciulated against '3rnwley, and be was
duly indichod. He w~as triod last
week in the circuit court at Oolmnbia,
And acquitted on a flaw in the indict
mont. That i1stritjndnt oharged
that ho had boon eeced ciairman
of the ways and moans committee,
whereas the ovidence went to show
that lhe wans dpp'ofnted. -The counsel
foi- thdS seused Me i the point
weoll, qn<th9 jidge ,locted the jury
to bi'ing in~ averdict of not, guilty,
"which',"' says an 0eyo-witne, -"they
did with cheer ful aldedty." gol{citor
Rtunklo, who: ~wted the prosecu
tion, has reason-to congratulate him
selhipoh hisnkila ii lawyer, and
to }im. Iowlo'y o'we's An immenso
dobf o~f gratitude.. Snch. "flaws" as
that by which ho esaped make a
perfoot maekoty' 6fall pdceo~Ings in
a court of ju o e 5* 'ofar to
prove il o dgnger fikely at any time
to aris0 from the Ig'aomsoe of publie
ui4o en NA8M $%# !aps as jat*ro1
duced~ a bill to-redune'islarisonaldr
would bring down tli' 6gregate
amonilt : 60* okpended irr t'he
pay of puilo Qfilcors ,froun $i9(fA)0
to $108,00 Xt$ proposes a genieral:
reduciion. beginning with the -gov
ernor and ending- with the county
seh~tol eomkcissigners. The nidst
noficeable fpetrq of the ptioposod,
bill relate *a thi.emies. of onty
oflicers- andr ch'cuit solinitors. The
county trenauror 'Is to leceivo coin
missignag not eocoedin~g $15ib0r and
not loss thana $800, except in
Oba~irleston~ Qouty,. where the salary'
is to .-be $2500.. - The- s~laries- of
county altidit6rs, are iVdd khi as
varying~ frotai $1200O to $60O;, accord
ing to the services requirsd. The'
auditorship of Fairfield. it'put
down att S6000' I~ohool Oommision.
ors are likewisAtp be Paid'ecor'ding
to tho work, likcely to JM reqd~ired
in) each p)ar9tir coun~f. b
mipuFio'oft of" Oi b~tof' 'bnty
would receive 8800, pot4e'raa.
ariesvaiw ng fromi$6004Lo$500dach-..
elve te t naed amount. The
f nit solicitors are to be
ed, he eta e rter
s or ho b-o
sa duo n thejy of
in and
1ounty, and, as abovo shown, would
vork an annual saving of $88,000,
to see this bill bee a ., ik
IXCessive salarie d l u il-.h
atussent-eyes inhavre-: let:-beest::p
just. tPt of :ibinylaidt,' d it-is
about tuie thatthey be reduced to
dguroa commenmurate with tho labor
required. Publio officors ehoild not
be expected to *ork for nothitw, but
it~i impy'a n~gof ju tce to
boso who pay thle, money into the
coffers of the , stato that it be made
to goas far as. posbible. Ono great
6cate of the present grjed for 14b
lig plece is ;that t i labor is in many
ipancos ineonsidorablq, and the
pay very hanadomto. iAll the roduc
lion proposed in the bill dari bo rmade;
and thorg will yet bo numbers of
40uo4t anr fficient jngn to fill the'
4evolgal st a and county ofices. Tio
correspondent of the Notes and
'ourier thinks there is no chance
for the pas aeo of the bill. We
triet ,1 'is mistaken, and shall watch
with interest the further proood
inga of ,the house updn the tuijoet,
Nothing,*otild be iore eloarly "in
di ate of a flirb oin. ft '1;of
g t for al re.9Z nl
"4N 9 aetznent of a measuro ro-.
duce the.pay of all officers. Tho
'awving to tb taxpayers -Would be
very considerable, 'and the longing
for public place, which is now a
chief cause of oorruption, would
naturally be much diminished.
The bill passed by the houso,provi
ding for a vote of the people in cer
tsin eounties on the subject of the
fenc' law has boon before tho senate,
and was returned to the house with
sundryamendments which, it is said,
are so imiizerotta as to have the
6ffoct of inaking the amended bill an
entiy(ly difroront one from thM
adopted by the house. The speaker
returned -it to the sonate with the
suggestion that it was too rntchi
changed for the honso io pass upon
it, Oxcept as t new measure fromt the
sonato. This may work a delay in
its passage, and.porhaps postpono it
till the noct session of the tegisla
turo. In this connection, wo should
be glad to soo the .provisions of tihe
Huln u.4andod toh '.niLa 1.nol county.
Whato'or may be the wishes of thu
peoplo upon this voxed qnstioln,they
can be easily and linally aitalined
by the method suggested--a popular
vote.
The Text--Dook Scanidal.
The report of the house oom
mnittoeo on priviloges and oluetions.
on tihe charges made against J.
D. Rlobertson, a rep~resentativo from
Bleaufort county, shows that indi -
vidual utp in a most disagrooamble
light. Being a moember of the stati,
commrission 0on textrbooks in the
p)ubli schools, his keen eye for
business soon saw a good charoe
to turn his position to advantige. B~y
authority of tihe 00omm11ission lhe
placed himusolf in commnunicationi wtlh
several leading publishing houses ant
the North, with a view to obtain
from thoem proposals for furnislaing
the public schools of tihe state with
books, charts etc. Robertson won t
about the task with tihe manner of
a man that knows a goodl thing
when he sees it, and. one deternined
to receive bountfiul pay for sor*
vices to the stato ostensibly
gratuitous. The gist of his pro
posals to the several p~arties wijth
whom he corresponded is embodied
in the following extract from the'
committee's report to tihe hous118
"rho gravity of Mr. Rtobertsons
bffonco lies ithfac o f his havijgg
offered .to several publiehors his
official intience to segura the
adoptit of theft booka iscn
Ridleratioun of their Mepanoo
Nien oi kin man ~ r Ja ipb
cdrorard,' solp agent I'i the iiirt.
etuction of their books into tho free
schools of the State, with the 1igual
r'eduction allowed to booksellers
of bry, orcent. from retail prices
adadsounmt of tent por cent, ad
ditional, tium securing to Mr,
Rlobortson or the agernt whom lie
lnanied the handsome porcenitago of
forty-six per cent."
The; evidene adlduced in the
matter goes to show that Robertson
expooted to realfze a hanrdsomie' in
coomo from hfs~ project, and halid
aspirafdons to the position of state
superintendent, of olhciation. If ho
could have reached' thait- point, his
plauds to rob the state for his onu
bonentt 'would no donbt rEnve boon
much better matured, and lie inafght
have extended his operations; Blut
his schemes have been ef~etually
nipped in the bud by the action, of
tile eomnmittoo. The rep~ort oon
chides as follows:
"From the-ovidence before us 'we
are compelled to the conclusion'
that, Mo Ronertsn ,di ..u .hl
the co seio n text-books, make
to ? e tionodl book pu
liehe on. distredi I
and that his c
yded as a be
at y creed trust. V
~or r mmeud that
., tuber of the
iis o text- oks a lid cape eel
fro iea ti memnbor of this
reublizm~- :~'
The dottme'of ' R1it Aofi"t In bit
Rnatagcnuontl of t t r )posck
i Iaijp by, theo fOt -JQ(,o44i*pift)
goes to shlowv the. skill with'i *ith
tt)r AitM of t1l tintite1 ' 4V' or~ I
Ut& into aJ1,) i ,,.f"4l iw ly of
some ; ;"'lp3'c4JiOUS".ap Mfo i-Iisllder.
Wpotiat thenfCtuhelii'?zi_
Thoishud andi sale of ,state' bsoitihk
at the pth nsu &,fd Srdtj 'impt Q4
anoturiouaily %wortlilods 1, tiI ;'lhuge
prices- -eoinds t fthe n't(tib~ t&'g6'to'
ohso; 'thq: ;v'iu x1PA 1513.V
ba4:;l ou ,coptr flmfto4 l;o'N aglc
onui Parker~- id rotirocl'fromn..pffiqo,'
to live in elegant Aec~tI i f' 'th.'
great~ s~al~f the stata: toy, NOW 100'.
to ac00nodiLto the fhlii*.ial board
ttdfadill ato the, is~rtioF 'boiaThj-'
lllo ti0ttfl' lh ' ;,j' 6opl i oe
thole sufi'o~aug iniost fr~om the e~tb:
of these and 'other v'illainies,, :yN~t
there was " ome -gtotitl " to hioer:
that thec rh ulo eh~w of tlhfavos had
exhi1Luttt oor4' incalls which'
roguish ingenuity, could doviso to
plunlor the tauxpayers; and would
therefore take a re6t. fromi their
long labors. 'But it Aobnim iiduf.
The proaQut adnzhzistiantion. eras
but we~ll unt1pr .way-. whoi4 . fsrdy
Solomon's Bank "failed," and the
ht1)1LyersV8r fmY Sinidled Out of
more th tie AN() h1ufl(rO thiousatuid
dollars. '.Chou the '";ljLtle buujAA'Xza"
gave Mr. C2av ndor 'a good chance
to turn a hw'kty eoruot' vin his
affairs, which, but for a' tnely~cx.
j)osili~O andl the governlor'8 prompt
action, might haitve (ost the st4Lt(
soiuo thiug, and claims-holders it
very considerable sunm. And 'flow
C'omtts out the whole jtut about
1(otbertsion, showing that his mmdite
saw it': on, o a clies, for making ni
row thioiiaind dollars ou of nu
bheyp oet of dram lg li ttn
tio way from the crin of radical
Phi1 ore of 11i Cl .Uwe
5~x t epiolmcin. # issi tI
ha ,f1K :fl o oL11pf
oodf o i tu1
lativeo propensities. "Thoro are live
ears of good stoalin" ofin South
o nn; NAni 10ac rig t
thezortrof-",good Rtefting""be3 e>,itiro
ly pnlst"'?i &huit liii'will te disapr
p Ltq( in, Qv~er;y 1lartictwhu'r: ,M we
4 qrclbvfore1 it isi tbouL ,timne for
j~1, on ,llern1 "+iibites 01lbe. placed
PI~p11n. quial fou iing ' jth' the
I~utha tmL e.t to "bte oxtLn t of. " :b
~ig pur I14ittod to .inaigo theM'3 " joiii
afl'aizrs without . the ". pieatic" of
t&toranl' haybniotso. There'is io, mote
i;: !}istW c.in ciliaitoritvg, 'lhim
iW'koutl# Carolina or Georgia or
MA!i e~stppitbr,'indmod,; any other of
Dissaclliiiotts or Cahiturlii 1'110
aUOUnp al) ,tho Mhulci44Ft:tuI. C~r~4
frtjra the South ,or,' "if t atly6. reniniti,
tho~eooue}" tlioy'iiio p)6rx"61btod to be
trio etob 0- will . thuoro be genuine
au4 106li~l g ,pe co trpOng,aU., olai3Scs
'of.thb~poopile, .
ti~t.nmt 14aotutrQ ahl4 Oalo of .spirl th
ous liquors 'has al ways ;been attended
"i'ib h ttYuil trouble. ' Tboro" iir so
.uiny ways of tlIefraii dinig the govei'n
ni1nt 1t1.af. it has reiquired tdo most
iti inut r(3gllatits~iandi the ut most
vigilnce to ioh3loct 'tanything liko a
*lootI lptoportiol of the t:1xecs levied.
Dcespitu jlhe iguou~L 1)rouC~L~e.iF)1 of
,offopdeuys, nauid the Cuitarint raids of
revonue-ofliictis, illicit (listillilg eon
tiiflics to lbc engange(1 in it no mnafl
ditont. THitt Within the pa.- t few?
iuolths. tliero, htas detveloped. a. coIU
picions of the ;~ov(!111inet, and eon
tihQt to mace Money for it~s LlrtUAi
p)alitH. Tile cyst "m of rev'enue-collect
ing at St:.. Lo~ui$ and other leadinig
cities wvas thought to be 15s near abs~o
lute peorfeetion as any humann device
cull be. Thle ofhieia1; woere men of
stilu~ling tiled, to all tI)ppmIU)CO.
great " iei'sonal 'integity.3. With
such men1 an Ihori 7ed OIandl directed
,to collect thbe publlic revenue, detect
Evn.ud i1 id bring olkiidera to justio
there would ,.~OCU to havc been 11o
ground to fear that the iitorestH of
thanoat etartliuiw ature of all is
tho fact, stated ia4io tetimony of
lll*J W 'Ddugla , coxumis
pr n,.,t soet~y of the
I1~~ sionor
wao all a'trcb as to the ' C.toineo
of extensivo fraiid4, but thio upon
U.0 L..
as to what aictioni should be taken,
j4f I~det tz cff p idcc iOS~
tl" titer tiee ';teufl Were over.
'This Yookui 'deeldodry baicf 2flMiock
W Wnow~ in U10 toflvs. Whait Will 1be
rho resuldt of li i ritil canniot yet bej
settled. The cliahutes scornl at lpr08
o~1t 'decidedly for his cotiviction.
Whatz otherse nini' yet be blit.
into thA il:fated MAu ill ci?i.rvino
ring cLaalo ~ow, 40. ,d.tpriiod.
Thes profteciitiou is con duv cd with
vigor id nhility, And the lepro
retiohl(l lIto (ztr y ot to thec lettei
Gi'xint' ixjttlv.ti w exprcssod1 whoa
the ino.hstigationzi began-:"Lut no
Fresh 61(0 See tds.
A Intl rxtx ppiy 0i' frsth (bird rui ;loous
,( 1 wui Unit1fl SeLijuisi its.
74OJN, 'IQN i'siP'i
THEI1 exxtifi~scsof th1i itimshiLxil
t f .wil be' rusurud ont 1% oeixleusdl,xy
Jauxxxlry 12th. For circulaxrs
contiixitug terus a ti full a
* tiellra, &ttsl i'e~
W. M. DWlIGHT,
jan 4 -t( 1'rlip.x
wnllti' JicOe of town projieity on
which is i~itedI se oonurnorlio1tx
Mrs. J. P. Attalla. 'ox' 1Ixrtu, ail
CIA1IrAR~iI DA 1.Iis.
V' Inians"ar hi C
.t ts'VZ
ROAR1t]TS of Irian Po~tatos, elsi1
irnacing all thu kaiig vie'ties.
a laxrgo a xixlxxxcxxt. of Gardcxx tSoo1l1x anud
Onio", SMtta, tit ]). LAUl)IltD l''E5.
jan 11'
County Trellisurer's )ffice,
F~tx1xvRtLD) COUNT'Y
W~jinnslxro S. ('. .Tro. , 15i 1876.
r t ; ri; 'I'ce i nt ir of t*.is ( oi r arc ,1'iw
111)"111xx fr th c I'r)Leixtillxx of, Slates 111141
(%1,x111.y itxts ls'r thex Aixea1 year Ihi (
1.151 t1t)! 'V l s : Hit's I1ul oi 1 nx tais l
alto vitracuus 1)thue en x assrxloil blolw,
Ninety six, H. C Doce b r cudt, by
which four to 111o4 at wore
bnfngd.--+Th r Kpron th con
ilajrALio low I ' balle 1tc+ of
the who tow tic . loss o evorrqq Un
drod th )nc of wort prbI rty,
and lull nyl liv ro re "n " 1,' , tho
nrrival q a G t- bto xtiu
gui"ther, an Ago t J+apponni Conte in
town at the niojof limo. For full particu
lars, see the Al bovlllo Medinut and Now
,bertr er 4d totashe lolllowing"week i - -
Mr. P. P. Tonle of charhlcton, H. C., iK
tl pp Gpi% )lttl' fufhe t Ai;c+nt for the Grent
l tetriaoli" ttco ; ''>Rt> iguishor, and will
anawor all inquiries in regard to (Ito satuc.
M "A
Js as a . auR
I'ItI\IL'AL .i:.
A Frill (;ot"ps of "AUItt I't"oJ't Sorg. yy
Complete o+ilft of Arms. Ajpltraltly'
i:;tc., for thotnnl:h tn",n(,tl and rhyrt,,t* I
rnilliti . f.oontlrn nott"d for hc"altitftil.
eau. atld l'o++et"sring hnilroid acid TIu.
rnllhto f cilitio< For. lltetsiraatol Uit'
sun 11rply to Priucipttl.
dea 7-1 in
The Best ?!<;omho-A 0i1 the in World
I t.. W ST & s111.S'. AL.1vDIN ;I'1;aIT 1111;
AltRArcTEf, 1511 UEUItflEs FIR P. TOR'T'.
F;ndorsed by the Fire "Inshrane's Co$tpuriier.
li" Rind the ti.llotrll!g tcrtliittitc. Mtllilrinil
from n.nrrvuttlari :. !
Nt WARt YIISL' ftiti.(;O. fIlh17'1M0RE,
Ii '' tther 3i, It
.V'sspf. Cr. h ttiI j .Sturm'
ti zilk to n--11 'lu n.rd Ihn arlnn. 41114 sold in
'Lb rily Ii.r "Ilunri aiinl;
rrvulunrn.liug't'nttrr'AI utill rill .xr< I t".ku 1d"nhI"r'in
din$."rnr;ry" as the s..feml
+ted boat rver unc:11 in fmr hnurhnld.
V."ur.- Ti Illy.
Slgnrri) AND- "E11' REY.t1F.. Y*rs'i. t
NOT EXPLODE.
C. t r":.s; & SONS,
Aak vnnr ett.rrltrrt.,"r t'""r ii %V I".lrrnlo Depot I
11:1, 1 If,. W 1...rnbnrd otnlr1. 33:.Iti.Jre.
Ito porter abtl I )i'nlor i It
J (>;Lk,11 tt1111 AM1' KI( 1%N
HAi ti)WAitE AND CUTLERY,
Iron; fit^cl, Nail:t, ('lnu titt;;4, .loll stollca.
.
Itultinll (h'too, Snlnt Zi 1nIliiir:;, (!irr.nlnr
ht rs, Mill ,Irons, a tgttt" ].'tins, <'ucria. t,
liuiIiiiiir tot ii ''riiiiiii r" \Ititc"riall:, I aiim
I00.1wr nit ii Leather hutting, carp ""nttr.' ,
1' Illfsk !!ttilt illltl '.iruiitt.ts' Tools, IIo11se
kr epiitl; and I'rirui:;hittq 1In l .nrr,
unltur: I Itnl"lun+t."utti, Lour I'< wt'nt, i'Lts
(rr, Paints, Oils, r'rellrii nail .\n rri.:ltn
\V iniii'a' (inna, ItItlrs. I'irt.,ls, shot
It,'lts, l'uwtic'r Finsks, Poll".I,"r, shot, .\.t .,
tt heir!::11c! nil ii Itutnil at the si;lt of the
Gelcieit Piul mark.
'()f.Ullili.l, S. ('.
nov 10. x31nos
--
1'. IU. well IftT$Ori
Trifli JEINItICC:
O~~FFICIO IN It) AUt 0OF COURT UOUi
WI .S1O.vI?'O, S. (7.
"All b~ieinee vnitited to him wit
Feoi'e pro %ipt ltentiml
O XILLAXD So DAVIS,
Wi NSIt~tI tT ty41OI1N4{
Woody ward'g (eb'i ~rted CotttOfi
I -i
_1 ton Seed con jIt(t thema at (IflO dollar por
bushel, ()r.( Will oxoettge, ore. fpti ton if
al~liet~l for~ Noon. ROCIIy tro warranted to
be better thani nay ssoiheretoforo oifortid.
j~tp a. .IA." /I') WOOPWARD3.
t1'1hS 1HATS ! 1
q UHT ~eceived: a fo* extra thin Ilitta at
feb 1l4 J F MIcM1. SL'I1t & (O'H3
EiAR l~r'r'Iltrts thet rticl.f trolrr~iiirtiI'..
i gcm aiit "t11aL .r Suititird to 416li'.4
atce miif,. to miltt*er i'':j. andi remmn 1"-tiii
Ult, well. pirovidle I t;I lm',nemv atrui ant 1%"
'1 pnrVeil by nitirleldtI pisonii or otiml1
ltltl'irtli, andit Jal organts wrasted boymmo.i
l.Jl t0 It.t'n hi n1h
lent, in~ the t alle'ys ofC ut" groat rii etA
filli Ui. 'lt'ia84t'(", (:1111 terland1 A rl.tn
A-28, Ii~ed, t'(enun . B111'08~, Rio (. ua. ln.
tutilO .i.1111m. midhtu n oI.I th Lers, with
their' vlu tiiht tuics. t itrougonit il1
otthe Cilitl" dVringil thle Suntnter al
!*t~lts (oC till itl iteat 8111 drvness8, utrO
iv v:riaudv utecui;vpiutied 1Jv e' tcltilio d.oi
rail 1 rtleutts of' t he atimintuielt 811( livor,
anid othler' abdoriiun i hugecrt. In 1-h '-'I
trl'ultn,'uit.. a pJitrgItiV(+, exettiig a oy
Willt ii Ifueieir tillot t tiese var'ious or
gatti, is casnontiniltV teen0a1nrr. 'Tlniteo
is Ino caititti f or th purpittjose equal to
DRu. .1: 11'tu;it'sm VINGA Iiu; tit Hui;t.
ia they wvill u~pj iocly removle the daik -
l)ow('18 are loaidedt. at the Sano tinme
Allmn itt;g the secretaions of the li ver.
fintd generally re~storinug the healthy
faluetioud of tlhe digestive orgtni.
bjy 1)ut'jv11t!r al iIM ti~jdMi wilth V!NrO
lit rt~us. Noi cpiliciutie can take hoi'i
of a a stinl ttua tre-armedt.