Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, December 15, 1886, Image 2
THE BROAD RIVER HORROR. Tl
PROOF LEADING. TO THE MURDERERS. ! J
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A Secret Band of Bobbers. b
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BOUYD BY OATHS. ?
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- Startling-Developments.
ambushing a horseman. j
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One Murderer Confesses. t
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six prisoners spirited away and a s
IjYNCHING prevented. i
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YY III I WO Itttli ui mo uuiiiuic auu uuuaiu- j
ral murder of little John L. Good, on the f
evening of the 30th ultimo, our readers are a
already familiar. On the following morn- t
ing Trial Justice J. P. Blair, of that neigh- a
borhood, having been notified of the affair, {
promptly repaired to the scene and organ- r
ized a jury of inquest composed of the fol- n
lowing persons: D. W. Fowler, foreman, t
A. W. Osborne, James C. Ashe, James E. e
Bankhead, J. M. McCullough, S. B. Dow- s
die. S. M. Feemster, K. F. Smith, W. ?
McCaw Dowdle, Wm. N. Nelson, R. W. \
Hamilton and R. L. Sherer. f(
This jury, composed of good men of the
vicinity, immediately applied themselves to
the task of attempting to ascertain the per- ,
petrators of the brutal deed and fixing the h
responsibility of the death of the innocent, i{
unoffending child where it might properly a
belong. Three sessions have Ibeen held? k
one on the 1st of this month, the day im- 1
mediately following the murder; one on f
1 the 8d and one on the 10th; and although ^
nothing was developed at either of these t|
. sessions pointing directly to the guilty per- t<
sons, sufficient facts were ascertainea to ii
warrant the arrest of four, and much tes- f
fcimony, startling in its character, was elicit- J:
ed, which led to the unearthing of a band of J l
negro desperadoes whose object was plun- j
derincr ana robblnsr. and which ends were i]
to be successfully accomplished even by h
murder. n
A large number of witnesses were exam- e
ined, the testimony of some being immate- *
rial, and which we omit; but as leading up Jj
to the astounding revelations of a band or- a
ganized for rapine and robbery and the com- a
mitment to jail of four, one of whom confess- 11
es to having committed this murder, impli- o
cati ng as aiders and abettors the other th ree, 1:
we print the testimony of the following *
witnesses, examined by the Coroner's jury: g
THE INQUEST.
W. E. Good, father of the murdered boy?I had '
gone to mill on that evening." The rauraer hap- v
pened between sundown and dark. I know of *
no one having any personal enmity towards me
exoept W. D. Parks. I know of no cause why "t
the murder was committed. My son, John Lee c
Good, was a quietand well-behaved boy. Ho was c
aged 12 years 8 months and 12 days. I do not ^
know whether there was any one hunting about t
there on that day or not. r
Ell Roberta, colored?I live at W. E. Wylies' ?
and work at W; E. Good's. I was sitting in the t
'house talking with Mr. Ed. Good. I then went t.
out to put in feed for Mr. W. E. Good, who had J
Ene to mifl. While out I heard the cry of John c
e Good, the murdered boy, and I ran in the F
direction of the boy's cry. I Ibund the boy ly- f3
ing in a wash with his head down the bill. He
was breathing when I got to him. I lifted him c
out of the gully and brought him to the house. v
The reason I went to him so straight was that v
I heard him making a noise. I could see nor 0
hear no one about the place. The boy was pick- t]
ing cotton yesterday evening. It was about a
dark. From the time I left the spring, watering t(
the mare, it was about fifteen minutes. I can- v
not say how long it was he lived after he was n
brought to the bouse, as I went for the Doctor. 8
Mrs. Maty J. Good, mother of John L. Good? "
The deed was committed between sundown and t<
dark. My son was not accustomed to staying
out after the others came to the house, when he
knew he had his night's work to do. I did not $
hear his cries. When I went out I could hear ri
EU call me as he ran. Before I got to my son ft
my daughter Lula came and met me ana said a'
Lee was killed. When I got up to him I saw ?
the fUrrow he was lying in. I cannot tell how G
far I was from Eli when he got to him. I do not g
know of any cause or reason why this deed was $]
committed. My son was down in the cotton
, patch when I last saw him in the evening. He n
' was picking cotton with the* two other children, h
They came to the bouse and left my son throw- oi
ing up into a hickory nut tree. The distance ft!
from where they were picking cotton to where n
he was found, is about tbree hundred yards. fci
Dr. J. B. Good?When I reached the wounded y
boy I found him in a dying .condition. His w
&'v jaw-bone was broken and he was injured in- T
RfcW . ternally. Two large cuts were bleeding freely? .G
rtnoin thfl front gnrl thfl other in the UDDer law. G
The Jaw" was broken it two places and probably I cl
more. The upper ja.w was mashed and the teeth N
were knock out. The face seemed to be mashed >:
into a.jelly and bloOd was running from it. lc
There is no doubt that he died from the wounds ti
that he received. It seems that there was * con- p
test with the boy. There were other marks of e<
violence on his body, but none serious. The I
wounds in the face were sufficient to causedeath. it
He was beaten with two stones, weighing from *A
six to eight pounds each. S
SECOND DAY. |
After taking some further testimony, the q.
inquest was adjourned over for a .day, and s
on the 3rd the following testimony was s<
taken:
Eli Roberts, re-examined?I was in Mr. Good's
house eating a potato. I was in the bouse about *
ten minutes before I went out, when I heard
Lee hallooing for his father or mother, I don't
know which. I was going to put In feed for the *
stock. I called Lula, sister of Lee. I asked her ~
if she heard Lee. Then she came on with me to ~
the wagon in the field. I ran to the edge of the ?.
pines and stopped. I beard a groan ana went to "
the other edge of the pines, and stopped again ~
and heard another groan. I then went on to Av
where Lee was, took him out of the ditch and J*
put him on the lower side. I do not know wheth- "
er any strangers were on the place or not. Dan
Roberts went that evening to cut some wood ?
for Mr. Rainey. The evening before he asked *
to plow for Mr. Good. Mr. Good gave him the ,
plow and he plowed about half an hour. Mr.
Good was present all the time. I hitched out "
and went t<r water and Dan came to mo at -the "
spring. I stayed no longer than the horse got "
through drinking. Both left together. Dan ^
went in the direction of Mr. Latham's. We K
take out before sundown every evening. I do Jl
not recollect whether Lee hadon a coat or not. I 8<
changed coats with Dan.
Jack Dowdle, colored, testified that he heard ?J
' the noise at Mr. Good's. Soon after Mose and w
Bailey went up the road, but returned directly 9*
after. When Mose Lipscomb came home he ~
changed bis pants, ana at about dark,' Prind V
Thompson came up to his house. Jl
Mary Roberts, colored, testified that a right 81
smart while before night she met Bailey Dowdle ^
ana wose i^ipscomo going up me roau.
Ella Good, colored, testified that he met Mose w
and Bailey coming up the road, half an hour w
before sundown, and they went on home with *
him. He did not see Dan, but after dark Dan a'
and his wife came to our house. Mose and ?]
Bailey were at his house when Dan came in and y
told of the murder. J"
Leland Purcell, colored, testified?I saw Prind lTc
Thompson about a half an hour after dark. He ri
did not look natural at Jack Dowdle, who met
Mose and Bailey going down towards Jack Dow- '
die's, about 8 o'clock in the evening. I ask- _
v ed Jack to go over to Mr. Good's with me, but ct
he refused. He said he had just come from
there, and he said the child had fell out of a tree. .
Early Good, colored?I returned to my house
on that evening from Mr. Horton's, where I had p
been cutting wood. It was good dark when I ,
got to my house. Mose Lipscomb, Dan Roberts cl
and Dave Wilkes were there, and in a short time
. Bailey came. Bailey said Mr. Good's little boy
was sick, that Eli told him so while be was on the
way for the doctor. * Bailey Dowdle came 01
down the road with Bob Parks. I never saw a*
them any more after they got into the hollow. w
This was about sundown, when both stopped "
and were standing in the hollow. When I went
to the field where the children were picking cotton,
the dogs barked, as if at some one. The J,
pines were so thick that I could not see any one. . ,
Bailey and Mose had time and could have pass- '
ed, when the murder was committed, without r.
being seen. J
Linda Roberts, colored, testified, that between
sundown and dark on that evening Bailey and *1
Mose, with several others, came to her house on
Henry Thompson's land.
Dave Wilkes, colored, testified : After I heard "
the alarm, Sam Roberts was goingabout moan- T
inc. I asked him what was the matter and he /
said, "Trouble?I am troubled." I said to Sam, ~
Why are you so troubled about the child ? You ,!
act as if you might have done it. The white (,
people would not take on so about a negro, and ^
he replied, "Ah, but I know more about it than "
you. u
Celey Lipscomb, colored, testified that she met '{
Prind Thompson on the road after dark on that ,,
evening. *
Prind Thompson testified: My home is at Mr. *
Inman's. f>ate Tuesday evening I was at Mr. ?
Plexico's. I crossed the creek at Bankhead's ,
forcL' The sun was nearly doNvn when I crossed. *
I kept on down the road and stopped at Ella
Gootfs. The sun was good down when I cot
there. I then went down past Mr. W. E. Good's.
It was dusk dark when I got there. I met Dan
Roberts opposite Thomas Latham's. I talked a
with him. He was in a hurry and said he now h
wished he had never married; I kept on straight v
down the road and met Mr. Parks and spoke to t
him. The first noise I heard was a little child, d
I am acquainted with Bailey Dowdle and Mose a
Lipscomb. t
Catherine Good, colored?I met Prind at Thomas
Latham's. The sun was about a quarter of a
an hour high when I met him. e
Mrs. Thomas Latham testified that Prind r
v ^"n
hotnpsoti passed her house on that evening '
bout fifteen minutes before sundown.
Dan Roberts, colored?I stay at Mr. John '
Vhitesides'. I just came down here where my j
rother lives. I went and got some wood for Mr. I
rood's sister. I plowed a little for Mr. Good, |
ut did not see or hear any one around here j
esterday evening. The sun was up a good
iece when I left here. I saw no one 4*0 out in i
he road when I left. I got to my mother's be- i
ore sundown.
Mr. W. E. Wylie, Lizzie Roberts, Mary
loberts, l)ave Wilkes, Lillie Roberts,
Varon Roberts, Theophilus Good and Robirt
Parks, were also examined, their
estimony being of the same tenor as
hat above. The evidence and eircumtances
pointed to Mose Lipscomb, Dan
loberts and Bailey Dowdle as being conlected
with the murder, arfU on Wednesday
hey were lodged in jail, and on Saturday
ollowing Prindley Thompson, colored, was
,lso lodged in jail for reasons satisfactory to
he acting Coroner and the jury. The jury
djctrned the inquest until Friday the 10th,
>ut in the meantime stories were rife in the
leighborhood of a clan or" gang, among the
legtoes of that section banded together for
he purpose of robbery. Names of suspect
d persons were procured and they were
ummoned to appear before the jury. The
irst one examined at this meeting was
Villiam Roberts, colored, who told the
allowing story :
A SECRET CLAN.
I am a member of this clan. I was received
iy Jack McCluney, in August, 188(5. I know who
e said belonged to the clan?Allen Good, Walice
Reid, Pnndley Thompson, Bailey Dowdle
nd Mose Lipscomb. Jack said he had very
ood men as members and he wanted me to join,
le said that thoclan was a good thing. I f a man
aught a member stealing they would make him
the catcher) suffer. He did not say put to death,
>ut just make him suffer. I did not get there at
heir meetings, and when asked why I did not atend
their meetings in August, I said I was worktig.
Jack McCluney cannot write, but his boy,
5ud, can. I was never notified of a meeting after
his Wednesday night in August. I never saw a.
ist of the names. I am certain he gave me no othr
names. The conversation took place first at
ack's house, between me and Eli. I asked him
f he saw anybody. He said no. I then told. ,
im to keep his mouth shut and-say nothing. I
net no other members of the clan. I never talkd
with any of the members but Jack McCluney.
Vhen I joined, I did not know they would kill
nen. I told Bailey they ought to get the right
nan, because I knew Dan is a mean man. Me
nd Bill Craig and Bailey and Eli were talking
bout the club". I think Bill is a member but they
iever named him. We were standing by the
Id oak tree below Mr. Good's gate. He asked
ne why I did not go to the meetings. I said
hat at the time I promised to go I could not get
way. I told them : "Boys, ive must swear to;ether.
Though I have never been with you,
on have got my name and I will stick to you.
Ve will all stick" together. If it is proyed they
fill be hung." I did not take the oath. Me and
Lllen Good, Dave Wilkes, Wallace Reid and
ack McCluney met. I know they were memters.
The move was made that if any man was
aught stealing we would make the man that
aught him suffer. We will go, two' or three
ogether, to a man's house, and if he catches (de
ects) us, we will mob him right there, rue
nestings were to be all at Jack McCIuney's, and
n Wednesday nights. They said they wanted
o make a rai'd pretty soon. Dave Wilkes said
bat one Sunday morning about a month ago.
do not know of any other club. I would not
;ave told about that meeting if it had not been
mlled out of me. If I had have told, they would
iave mobbed me. I was afraid. The understating
was that they would form clubs all over the
ountrv. He said they were good things and he
/antea to get them up all over the cou ntry. They
/ere good, he skid, because we would have plenty
f good things?whisky, <fcc. This was said on
hat Sunday morning. Dan said they wanted to
aake a raid soon. If a man was tell it they were
5 mob him and make him suffer. When articles
/ere stolen, everything was to go to the head
lan, Jack McClunev. Meat was to be hid in.
ullies and caves. When we met since the killag
we talked only about it and let other matjrs
go.
OTHER CONFESSIONS. ,
John Cole?I was at my step father's house on
rovember 30th. My membership is over the
Tver. The nature of the order is called a strike.
Ir. Marcus Broome said we could take or steal
11 the provisions we. might .need. Marcus
iroometold me they were going to club Charley
iarner to death for drawing out. They were
oing to demand 75 cents per day and board, or
L to 81.25 per day-and board themselves.
Adam Thompson testified: I live at Mr. Sololon
Moore's. I work for Clinton Good?with
is gin. On last Tuesday I was at home. I have
nly one home, at my mother's, at Mr. Solomon
[oore's. I was there all day and night. I am
ot a member in the club?not of the lower soiety.
I- would have joined it, but I was too
oung. I asked Prina Thompson, but he said I
as too young. I gave my name to Prind
hompson to give to the head man, old Giles
ood, at Unity Church. The clerk is little
eorge Jamieson. The society meets at the
[lurch every Wednesday night. I know Wash
[cLeod. He belongs in the club. Uncle Jack
IcCluney belongs to it.- Squire Thompson bemgod
to it, but he told something and they
lrned him out. He told that he had bought
owder and shot to hunt negroes and they turn3
him out. That was before I sent my name up.
know old man Giles Good and his son are in
. The treasurer is Evans Darby. Owens Moore,
.lbert Robbins, old man Sam" Sanders, young
am Sanders, Coleman Robbins, Bob Bovd,
am Bobbins, Gabriel Elmore, Davy Crosby,
iichard Goore, Taylor English, John McCaw,
alvin Boyd, Harry King, Joe Mace and Henry
trodder all belong*to it. Little George Jamie
>n takes the names or tne memDers.
On a second examination before the coroner's
iry, Adam made the following statement:
rind Thompson came to me and asked me if I
anted to join the club. I gave him my name
ad he came back to me and said I was received,
went up to Unity Church and found Giles
ood, John Good, .Laws McCaw and Alexander
ood. The object of the club was to take whatrer
we wanted. If detected, we were to kill
le person who detected us. Whatever Giles
ooa said to do, was to be done. If not the man
ho failed to do it was to be executed. They
ere going to kill white men. Giles Good was
ie head man. They were going to .kill Elias
man and Clinton Good. They were going to
ill Bill Good for having once'arrestea Squire
hompson. Sampson Moore, Lee Sanders, Sam 1
[bore and Lawrence McCaw are members of the 1
lub. They have guns and pistols and ammunion,
and they were kept by the head man, Giles
ood, in his cellar. I got*my pistol there one
ight. We waylaid the road to kill Elias Inman. 1
aws McCaw, Sampson Moore, Giles Good,
rind Thompson, Alexander Good, D. Sanders, ,
abn Moore, Henry Jeter, Tim Worthy and my- 1
>lf were the ones to do the execution.*
Henry Bailey testified : I was brought into the
rder unknowingly. It was not agreeable to my
ish. I went down to uncle Giles Good's. Giles
ime up to his son John's while I was at his
ouse. Giles and I got up and went out,
hich was our first talk alone. He said George 1
imieson and Squire Thompson, Owens Moore
id little George Jamieson killed Wash Mceod's
hogs. I heard Giles say what would he
ie consequence if any one told the secret. It ]
ould be death. I was made a member two '
eeks ago. The object of the club was to make
living by misdemeanors?to take that which
on't belong to you. If we were caught by any 1
ie we were to do away with him. Giles 'Good
as captain of the order and carried his gun. J
jjuire Thompson, Owens Moore, Bill Washing- '
>n, George Jamieson, Sen., George Jamieson,
r., Jim Crocker, John Good, Taylor English, '
enry Jeter, Brown Bobbins, Amos Smarr, Ike
ater, James Franklin and Sam Good are mem- '
ars of the club. I was told that there was a '
;rtain man to be killed. Giles Good, Jim Crock
% Squire Thompson, Owens Moore, George
imieson, his son George and Taylor English 5
ere the ones to do the killing. All that was 1
olen was to go to the boss man, Giles Good, !
i he distributed among the members of the !
ub. 1
Amos Smarr testified: I am a member of this j
iciety. I have been a member about two years. 1
; met several times. I was passing Giles Good's !
npftu'ith h ImaL-ot of onttnn TTn hnilpfl mo nnri
iked me where Mr. Inman was. I told him he
as at home I reckoned. He said, "Never 1
liiul: I'll see the grand rascal. He brave now j
> the lodges." If we were cat ^ht stealing we '
ere to be defended by the lodge. Hob Smarr, !
rown Robbins, Henry Jeter, Tom Worthy, Jell'
fotthy, Amos Tigler, Isaac Tigler, Reuben
aston, Step Thompson, Ben Thompson, Tom .?
might. Minor Robison, l)ick Moore, Frank |
iles, John Cranford, Alexander Pendergrass, |
aul Hardwieke, Foster Good, Loom Jeter, Jess .
[ardin, Rev. Silas Thompson, Giles Good, John '
ood, Lewis Tigler and West Tigler are mem- J
ers of this club. The officers go into close leeting.
They do not let floor members know
hat is to be done. The officers in the lodge are: <
om Worthy, president; Ned Thompson, Chap- ,
lin ; Hob Smarr, Secrotarv; Brown Robbins,
'reasurer; Lewis Tigler, Vice-President; Amos 1
'igler, High Officer; Tom Knight, Outside 5
luard ; John Thompson, Inside Guard; Stepey
Thompson, Assistant Secretary, Saul Hardrieke,
Assistant chaplain. They met at my
ouse to get up new members to meet on Thnrs- 1
ay night at Hopewell. Bob Smarr and Tom <
forthy keep the books. We wore blindfolded j
rhen taken into the order. They take a board
nd paddle and roll us about rough. The order '
. as formed for a support to the sick and to de- 1
2nd each other. Nothing was told out of the '
rder. !
A JURY OF INVESTIGATION.
With this testimony the coroner's inquest
djourned until the 14th; but from the starting
developments of the four last-named
witnesses it was the unanimous opinion of 1
hose who heard it that the subject was one
iemanding a thorough investigation, and
s it appeared that a conspiracy or combinaion,
dangerous to the peace, good order
nd safety of the community was in existnce,
it was deemed advisable to issue warants
for those most prominently named in
connection therewith and lodge them in i
jail until the true facta could be ascertained. j i
Accordingly on Thursday the following ' s
were committed to jail: Giles Good, John !'
Good, Levi Wood, Dick Thompson, Wm. i
Craig, George Jamieson, Scott Thompson, ! i
Wadis Bankhead, David Wilkes, Moses;,
Roberts, Will McCluney, Wa.lace Reid, ; (
Sam Thompson. j
And on the next day the following were ]
lodged in jail: Owens Moore, Allen Good,
Bob Smarr, Squire Thompson, Brown Rob- ;
bins, Jack McCluney, Sam Good, Wm.
Washington.
The disclosures immediately following
the murder, it having been learned from 1
the confession of Prind Thompson and Dan
Roberts, though not formally before the
jury, that the reason for killing the Ittle boy
whs to nrevent him from exposing their at- 1
tempted theft of three baskets of cotton,
gave coloring to the statements of the witnesses;
and besides, it was known that a '
secret society of colored men was in the i
neighborhood, and though the meetings
were held in secret, several of the members i
were known. I
The following jury of investigation was ,
constituted: J. Ed. Leech, foreman, J. T.
Whitesides, Elijah McSwain, J. R. Jenkins,
J. A. Graves and Albert Robertson. On
last Saturday they met where the previous
investigations had been conducted?in a ,
small log house near Dowdle's Creek, on
the Pinckneyville road, about 15 miles west
of town. Trial Justice J. P. Blair presided
at the investigation. 1
ANOTHER SECRET SOCIETY.
Names of some of the officers were obtained
and they were summoned to appear, and
produce the books and papers of their society.
This was partially complied with
by the production of a small pamphlet en- 1
titled "The General Laws, Rules and Regu- ]
lations of the Supreme Grand Lodge for the 1
Government of all Subordinate Lodges of
the Grand United Order of the National 1
Laborers' Aid Protective Society of North J
America." The headquarters of the order 1
seem to be at Biddleville, near Char- i
lotte, N. C., and its objects, so far as revealed
by the pamphlet, are of a benevolent
character: "To create a fund to be applied ?
to sick members in a good standing, and in
case of the death of a member in good stand- (
ing to appropriate a sufficient amount to
defray his funeral expenses." This is all
that is revealed by the pamphlet as to the
objects of the Society, the remainder of it
being devoted to laws for governing the
meetings, the rules modeled after the usual
style of secret societies. Thero is also a
ritual for initiation ceremonies, but this ,
was not produced. The lodge investigated
is known as Rising Star Lodge, No. 24, and 1
the charter, dated December, 1884, is granted
to Amos Tigler, R. D. Moore, Lewis
Tieler. R. G. Smarr, T. M. Worthy, Rich
ard Pendergrass, Ned Thompson, James
Fonzer, John Thompson and Brown Bobbins;
signed by S. M. Pharr,S. Scribe; 0.
S. McMoore, S. H. P.; J. N. White, Supreme
Grand Approver, and countersigned
by a "Grand Manager," whose name is so
covered by the frame that it could not be
read.
The pamphlet and charter were examined
and the following testimony was taken:
Ben Thompson?We have bee^ meeting every
Friday night, each member paying as weekly
dues ten cents. I joinned it because I was told
it was a good thing.
Jeff Worthy testified that he joined it because
he thought it was a kind of co-operative insti- ,
tution, and the officers promised to send off for
some Salem jeans for nim, but they gate him
some very poor cotten goods for his money and
he withdrew his membership. 1
John Ned Thompson said he belonged to the
societv and understood its object to be to secure ,
provisions nnd attend to burials. ,
Rube Robison said he belonged to the society.
He understood its object to be to procure pro- 1
visions. i
Tom Worthy said he is a worthy officer in the |
society, the object of which is to secure provisions,
ke^b up morality and bury the dead. ,
Frank Giles said he had been a member of the '
society, but quit it, or rather was turned out on 1
account of a speech he had made. <
Silas Thompson, a colored preacher, said he is ]
a member of the society but has not attended its ,
meetings lately. Its object, he said, is to keep
up morality and sobriety.
Some other witnesses were examined,
their statements tending to about the same /
purport as the above.
Adam Thompson, who had been examyn- J
ed on the inquest, was the last witness'examined.
Adam is 1G or 17 years old, of medium
intelligence, and without any preliminary
remarks, on the subject of secret socie- <
ties, having told on Friday what he knew I
about them, he proceeded with the follow- ing
. !
STARTLING STORY.
Examined by Trial Justice Blair.?Prind 1
Thompson had made arrangements to Waylay
Mr. Elias Inman, which was to take place after <
dark?about 8 o'clock on Friday night. I think i
it wa9 Friday night becauso there was-butone j
day between "the time and Sunday. Those who
waylaid him were Print Thompson, myself,
Giles Good, John Good, Wallace Reid and Bailey
Dowdle. The reason for waylaying him was !
because they did not like him, and because they
thought he had money. I do not know when i
Prina first spoke to me about waylaying Mr. ;
Inman. The last time he spoke to me about it, j
he said if I did not go with him they would kill
me. Giles had a club or organization formed of .
men whom he controlled and who were to go !
when he gave the word. (Witness again re- '
peated the names of the members as given
above.) They did not* say what they would do ]
with Mr. Inman after killing him. *1 was post- |
ed nearest the road, and the others were secret- (
ed in the woods at different places about thirty ,
steps from the road. It was not long from the '
time we were posted until Mr. Inman- came
along. I was lying down on the side of the <
1 3 L: ? ?1^ Tim Yur\r\r\ wnq 1
roau aim saw uun nuo uj. ?.. ..? .
shining, hut I did not see him until he had passed
by. I was placed near the road to watch for j
him,'and was to whistle as a signal of his ap- |
proacb. "When Mr. Inman rode up near to .
where I was his horse suddenly gave a jump
and started off in a trot. He soon came to a 1
bend in the road and was out of sight. They
were a great mind to kill me for not giving the 1
signal when Mr. Inman came up. They told |
me to go along?that they did not want to see s
me any more. J
By Mr. Sims: I belonged to the organization. '
Prind notified me to go that night. I was tlien '
living at John Moore's. I do not know the <
month, but it was about three months ago. The (
object of waylaying Mr. Inman was to get
money. The place was between Mr. Inman's {
house and McNeel's store, on the big road lead- (
ing from McNeel's to Inman's house. The horse
trotted off' from where we were. Nothing was
said about what they would do with him alter
killing him. (
By Mr. Rush : I joined the club at Hopewell t
Church. It was appointed to meetatthecburch. j
We did not go inside the house. On the night I (
joined, Giles Good, John Good, Prindley Thomp- .
son, Win. Thomson, Bailey Dowdle, Wallace {
Reid and John Good were there. I went by '
myself. I went for the purpose of joining <
the club. I took no oath, and they did not ?
tell me anything I was to do before'I joined,
mlv that'it was a good thing. They also ^
ipoke of killing Glenn Good and Hill (Win. j
E.) Good, but did not set any time, nor did not
?\v that those men should be killed before Christinas.
On the night Mr. Inman passed I stood by
i big hickory tree up the road. Prind Thompson
said that he had seen Mr. Inman changing J
money at the store on Fridav, the same day of 1
he night we waylaid him. He was riding a red ?
looking horse. About the time Mr. Inman {
rode up Prind jumped and broke a stick. ,
Prind was about twenty steps from the road. c
rhoy saw him and ran towards the road. I was '
notseared Thereweresix pistols in the crowd? t
no other arms. Giles Good brought the pistols t
here. GilcsGoodand tiieyall metattheehureh. s
1 furnished my own pistol. Giles Good was }
Captain of the company. f
After this remarkable and blood-curdling s
story, the facts of which are corroborated j
ay Mr. Inman himself, so far as to the ac- o
(ions of his horse at the spot indicated, r
~ A* 11 4- +Un
though he fixes ine rime as me uigm, m mc t
1st of November, it was decided to send ^
Adam to jail. f
In regard to the secret society investi- t
*ate<l, the jury found, from the testimony, t
ao conspiracy in it, nor nothing criminal in j
its laws; but regard the society as a nui- n
sance. c
CONFESSION OF I'HINDY THOMPSON.
On Monday last, Primly Thompson, one of the
first committed to jail, and to whom circumstances
strongly pointed from the beginning, made *
;he following statement in the jail to Mr. J. C. '
Ashe and Mr. C. S. Good, in presence of theSher- C
iff: lie first denied any knowledge of the facts in C
connection with the murder of John Lee Good. }
Said he did not belong to any club, nor did not g
know anything about a club. Finally, ho said f
that the other members of the club had told him j
in the jail that if he told anything about the
murder, they were going to kill him. He then s
continued : I went with them after the cotton in
Mr. Good's field, and left them there. Bailey
had the boy's waist; I had his legs; Moso was
choking him; Dan carried the rocks. We all f
went away by the pasture field. Bailey hit him 1
first with the rock when we first got hold of the I
boy. Dan saw the boy first. Dan said, "Boys, I
yonder is Lee." Bailey hit him first, and Dan t
/
lext. Moso jumped on his bowels. Tho boys
n jail told me I had broke my own neck. I
mid, "Boys,' I am going to tell the truth."
They said, "You and Dan done told every:hing."
They said to me and Bailey, "Don't
:ell anything." If any one belonged to tho club
md was to tell anything, he was to be murdered,
sr run out of the country. When we got caught
in a stealing scrape, the balance was to swear
him out. We were to take the cotton we stole to
Levi Wood and ho was to bale it and sell it, and
we would divide the money. They put mo
through a preliminary trial and told me that I
would never coine out except to be hung. I am
nineteen years old. "I was persuaded into this
thing. Mose Lipscomb had spots of blood on
his face. Ho said ho got it otf the quilt. The
following belonged to the Lower Club: Giles
Good, head man; John Good, Sam Good, Bud
Darby, Owens Moore, George Jamieson. The
following belonged to the Upper Club: Prindy
Thompson, Wallace Reid, Dick Thompson, little
Gn rv? Afn/Mimntr Wntlfi RnnL'
OL'iJH iuuilipnuii, uaiii iuuviwuvj , ?.......
head, Levi \V00d9, John Cole, Bill Craig, Dan
Craig, Dave Wilkes, head man; Mose Roberts,
Sam Thompson, Mose Lipscomb, Bailey Dowrlle,
Dan Roberts and Will Roberts.
Dan Roberts was interrogated and denied all
knowledge of the affair. He said I10 did not
belong to any club.
Wade Bankhead also denied all knowfedge of
the club.
Bill Craig, also in jail, was interrogated. Ho
said : I did not join the club, but they tried to
get :ne to join. I am talking about this side of
the river. Old man .Tafck Dowdle tried to get
me to join. He asked me if I would join this
society. We were to work for a dollar a day.
[f one man did not hire liira and another did
not hire him, ho was just to take it. Bailey came
along and said the same thing. This thing was
just in their.heads,. There, wasno writing. One
Df them got old man Jack Pal man on it. That
is all I know about it. If we could not get
Dur wages we were just to take it. They were
going to have a meeting on the other side of
the river. I did not join .and I fold Mr. Sarratt
about it.
The jury of inquest was in session yesterdu}'.
A LYNCHING FRUSTRATED.
Late yesterday evening the Sheriff received information
which ho regarded as perfectly reliaable,
that a party of men would visit the jail before
this morning for the purpose of taking out
at least four of the prisoners?those charged as
principals in the murder.
He therefore applied to Judge Witherspoon
for an order transferring them to another
county, and accordingly, about dark, Mose
Lipscomb, Dan Roberts,. Bailey Dowdle, i'rind
Thompson, Giles Good and John Good, were
started, under proper officers, to Columbia, via.
Gastonia, N. C.
This action was known only to those immediately
engaged in it, and us the talk of lynching
had been renewed in the evening, a demonstration
was confidently expected some time last
night. But it was deferred until about 7 o'clock
this morning, at which hour a party numbering
porhaps 75 undisguised white men, having an axe
and sledge hammer, and a few armed with shot
guns, approached the jail. About a dozen of the
men secured an entrance to the corridor and
proceeding to the third floor commenced battering
the wooden shutter opening to the irongrated
door,
Sheriff Glenn having been up nearly all night
had retired and was asleep. He was aroused by
information that there was a large mounted
crowd approaching the jail. He jumped up, but
before he could reach the head of the stairs, one
panel of the wooden shutter had been knocked
out. The Sheriff addressed his unceremonious
visitors and asked them what they wished. The
answer was. "We want the four murderers."
The Sheriff replied, "They are not here; they
have been sent to Columbia." Ho then proposed
to open the doors and let the men examine for
themselves.
Four of the number,; accompanied by the
Sheriff, entered, and after a thorough examination
returned, fully satisfied that the men wanted
wore not in the jail. The whole party, which
had been quiet and orderly, then rode out -of
town.
TcfoJXTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
A meeting of the York County Democratic
Executive Committee was held in the
Court House on Thursday last, nine precincts
being represented as follows: Black's, by W.
A. Jackins. representative of Joseph Black;
Blairsville, R. T. Riggins; Clark's Fork, R.
J. Love; McConnellsville, Dr. W. G. Campbell;
Bethel, W. E. Campbell; Bethany,
J. L. McGill, representing T. P. Whitesides;
Fort Mill, W. B. McCaw, representing
J. R. Haile; Hickory Grove, J. C.
Chambers; Yorkville, John A. Latta.
Chairman R. H. Glenn explained the
object of the meeting to be to determine
upon the propriety of the Executive Committee
ordering a primary election for the
purpose of filling the vacancy in the office
of Judge of Probate, caused by the
death of the late incumbent, J. Beatty Williams;
and also at the same time to hold an
election for persons to recommend for the
appointment of trial justices for the respective
juidcial districts of the county as provided
in a bill for the regulation of the trial
justice system in York county, now pending
in the Legislature.
Mr. Latta, Secretary of the Committee,
read a communication from the Senator
and Representatives in the Legislature, addressed
to the Chairman, recommending
such a course.
After a full discussion of the subject it was
decided by a vote of 7 to 2 to order a primary
election for Judge of Probate.
It was then moved and unanimously carried
that 011 the same day of the election
Tor Probate Judge, and election be held for
trial justices, in accordance with the recommendation
above stated.
It was moved and carried that the Executive
Committee memorialize the Legislature
to so alter the bill from its original
shape as to give a trial justice to each township;
and also in the event of not making
;hat change, not to restrict the place of residence
of a trial justice whose district may
comprise two townships.
Thursday, 30th December, instant, was
ippointed as the day for the election, to be
;onducted, under the same rules that governed
the last county primary election.
It was moved and carried that each canlidate
for Probate Judge be assessed $5 for
he purpose of defraying the necessary exlenses
of the election ; that the Executive
Committee will supply tickets, properly
irinted for candidates for Probate Judge;
hat these candidates comply with theconlitions
by the 23rd- instant, and that all
sign the pledge by that date.
Mr. John L. Starr-w^s elected to fill the
,'acaricy in McElwee^sJvIiH precinct caused
).v the death of'Mr.'W^S. Wilson.
The meeting then adjourned.
U+
Death of Cot.. J; H. Rion.?Col. James
PI. Rion died at his home in Winnsboro
ast Sunday morning of heart disease in the
>9th year of his age. His death was unixpected,
and the announcement of the sad
svent was a shock to the community. On
Saturday he was as wen as usuai auenuiug
0 his professional work. He had some
ompany at dinner celebrating the anniverary
of his marriage. It was observed that
le was in most excellent spirits, conversing
reel.v. About G o'clock he was seized with
1 severe pain, which proved to be due to
mralysis of the heart. His physician was
imong the guests, and all means for his
elief were used, but death ensued Sunlay
morning. In the interval he conversed
freely, giving directions as to his
uneral, and stating certain dispositions
hat he wished made of his estate. At
imes he suffered greatly, but the end was
>eaceful. The funeral took place yesterday,
ind by request of Mr. Ilion, Dr. Woodrow
>fficiated.
SENATOR BLACK'S ABSENCE.
We made the statement in our last issue
hat Senator Black returned to his home
ast week on a leave of absence. This was
irroneous as to the Senator having asked
>r obtained leave of absence. The Senate
lad taken a recess for a few days and he
tvailed himself of the opportunity thusaforded
to make a hasty visit to his home at
Black's, returning in time for the first sesiion
of the Senate after adjournment.
/ ?
DEATH AT FORT MILL.
On Wednesday last, Mr. Seth Hotchkiss,
i citizen of Fort Mill, died at his residence
n that town in the 69th year of his age.
le was the oldest citizen of the place, and
intil a year or two ago had held the posiion
of postmaster for a number of years.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
OUR COLUMBIA LETTER.
Columbia, December 13.?As the trial
! justice Bill for York county seems to have
j excited some interest and discussion in our
county, I think it proper to give a little
! more in detail some of the provisions ol
' the Bill. In the first place,as 1 said before,
i it was introduced to meet a generally ex|
pressed wish on the part of the people ol
York county that something should be done
to lessen our expenses, which means reducing
our taxes. While we may change the
Bill so as to allow one trial justice for each
township, and the same number of constables,
instead of six trial justices as provided
for in the Bill, and so fix their compensation
that it will not amount to a greatei
sum of money than the Bill provides thai
the six shall receive, it does not necessarily
^Vxl l/\i?? il-wv4- g\f f K a f qifa rvlnnu will
IUIIUVY mat U1C tust Wl llic tW \J piauo mil
be the same. One, if not the chief reasor
for reducing the number to six trial justices
is the well-known fact that many prosecutions
for petty criminal offences, are brought
by persons who do so on the impulse of the
moment, and perhaps from some personal
feeling, when, if a trial justice was not se
near at hand, they would have time to give
the matter more mature consideration, anc
in many cases never apply for a warrant
It is the experience of every one who is
familiar with the proceedings of our criminal
courts, that cases are tried every tern:
of court which should never have beer
placed on the docket, thus greatly adding tc
our county expenses and jail fees. I am in
formed by the representatives of one coun
ty in this State, that a system in opera
tion in their county, similar to that pro
posed in this Bill, has directly and indi
rectly saved to them not less than five
thousand dollars, and they think that re
ducing the number of trial justices anc
consequently increasing the extent of theii
territorial jurisdiction, an important factoi
in bringing about this reduction of ex
penses in the way I have stated. But I fee
somewhat bound to be governed in thi:
matter by the memorial of the Executive
Committee of York county on the subject
and to recognize them as reflecting the sen
timentof the people, and shall, with the
concurrence of the members of the House
from York, offer an amendment in the Sen
ate so as to give one trial justice to eacl
A. if tT?J 1 \ r*\ \rr\ fTAII If
lUWUSIJip, tlUU, 11 nuupicu, Will gMtjrwM A?
my next letter full details of the Bill a;
amended. The Bill, as introduced, gav*
to the trial justices jurisdiction in cases cog
nizable in the Court of General Session;
throughout the county, so the impressior
that seemed to prevail among some of ou
people that for an offence that was triabh
by the court, that the prosecutor would, un
der this Bill, have to go a distance for i
warrant, was unfounded.
A Bill has been introduced in the Hous<
to prohibit the county commissioners o
York county from granting aid to the out
side poor, except in cases of Confederal
soldiers, who may be unable to earn a liv
ing. A reference to the report of the boart
of county commissioners of York, last year
shows that over $2,200 was expended bj
them last year for this purpose, and I an
informed that for the year just past, it wil
probably reach $3,000. While I am not ir
favor of allowing any of our fellow citizen;
to suffer who are unable to earn a support
yet I see no way of preventing the presen
abuse except by requiring those who ar<
entitled to a support from the county, to g<
to the county alms house. Petitions are ob
tained with so much facility for any purpose
that they are a very unreliable and dan
gerous basis for obtaining money from th<
county treasury.
The levy for Cherokee township for th<
payment of the interest on township bonds
issued in aid of the C., C. & C. R. R., wil
be fixed at 2} mills in the tax bill.
Whilst there are several important meas
ures of general interest pending, none o
them have progressed sufficiently far tc
warrant us in saying that they will gei
through. This is the more difficult owing
to the large number of new members in the
House, who are apparently still investf
gating and have not yet made uj> theii
minds, or settled down on any policy b\
which they will be governed in th'eir actior
on these measures.
The bill to repeal the lien law has beer
postponed until (he next session, a yeai
hence.
The Bill to abolish free tuition in the
South Carolina University has passed the
Senate. The Bill provides that studentf
shall be charged $40 tuition fee and $10 matriculation
fee; but further provides thai
any young man who shall furnish an affidavit
from his parents or guardians, and ?
certificate from the sheriff, clerk of the
court and auditor that he is unable to paj
his tuition fee, shall be admitted free. The
Senate also passed a Bill to provide for the
election of the trustees of the University bj
the General Assembly except the Governor
justices of the Supreme Court and State Superintendent
of Education, who shall be ea
officio members of the board of trustees
The Bill increases the number to nineteen
members, fourteen of whom are elected b>
the General Assembly, and provides thai
two shall be from each of the Congressional
districts of the State.
The Joint Resolution submitting a Constitutional
amendment abolishing the office
of county commissioners, to the people
at the next general election, passed the Senate
by almost a unanimous vote.
A movement is on foot and has passed
the House, to reduce the salary of countj
school commissioner, but I cannot predicl
its fate.
The Bill to reduce the salary of toe Lieutenant
Governor, has passed both ^ranches
of the General Assembly. The Bill repeals
the law fixing the salary at one thousand
dollars. It gives the Lieutenant Governoi
double tho per diem of a member of the
Legislature, as his only compensation.
A Bill to authorize foremen of grand juries
to administer oaths to witnesses was
defeated.
The Bill to authorize Broad River and
T? 4-AiifnoKma ffrU nofoP thPlf
J3U11UUH d V^ICCXV lUYVUOlJlpO lu ti uuu<V4 v??v??
subscriptions from the C. C. & C. R. R. to
any other company that will build a railroad
through said townships, after a limited
period, if the freeholders choose to do so,
has passed to a third reading.
At an election held last Thursday, T. J.
Lipscomb was re-elected superintendent of
the penitentiary, and N. W. Brooker, of
Edgefield; J. S. Guignard, of Aiken; and
C. W. McFadden, of Chester, were elected
directors.
The canal question is being discussed, but
there are no indications as to what course
the Legislature will take in this very important
matter. I am satisfied that if they
are governed by the wishes of the people of
the State, this whole project will be abandoned.
It is a herculean task that will never
pay as an investment either in money or
otherwise.
Col. McKissick has introduced his perennial
Bill to limit the rate of interest to seven
percent. It is difficult to see the wisdom
of attempting to limit the rate of interest,
when farmers, by borrowing money
at ten per cent, and paying cash for supplies,
can save thereby perhaps 50 per cent, over
time prices.
The Bill to require the superintendent of
the penitentiary to send for prisoners sentenced
to the penitentiary from the different
counties, will pass.
The two Constitutional amendments
nrlonted at the last creneral election, one re
lating to the census, and the other to State
bonds, were ratified by the Seuate and will
go through the House.
The Bill to provide for re-assessment of
property in Charleston, Berkeley and Colleton
counties, has passed the Senate, and with
some modifications, will pass the House.
The property in the city having been greatly
damaged by the earthquake, it is but
just that it should be re-assessed in January
at its present value, and the people be not
compelled to pay on the former assessment
for four years. I was very strongly opposed
to Section 4 of the Bill, which provides
for a remission of taxes past due, in proportion
to the damage, by petition to the
County Board of Equalization. If the people
of Charleston enjoyed tho use and benefit
of this property for the year for which
these taxes are due, they can have no claim,
in equity to have any part of them remitted.
This section was carried through the
Senate by only one vote, and was stricken
out in the House by seven majority. The
vote in both Houses was a striking example
of how much we are governed in our
judgment in practical business matters by
sentiment, and our sense of justice and fairness
to the other portions of the State can
be blunted by our sympathies.
The Senate has passed a Bill to provide
for a restoration in part of the summary
process jurisdiction to our courts, and I
think it will pass the House. This piece
! of news is given for the benefit of our lawyers.
I think it a good measure,
i. The Joint Resolution providing for a Constitutional
amendment making the term of
1 office of our judges a life fenure, has been
1 postponed to the next session with no chance
; of passing. I think this a bad measure
' unless you make their retirement from the
| bench compulsory when they arrive at the
' age of say seventy years. I can conceive of
| no greater nuisance in our judiciary system
than an old superanuated incapable
judge on the bench, retarding the business
| of the Court and making the administration
. of the law uucertain and ineffective.
; The weather is quite pleasant, the snow
, having disappeared several daj? ago. The
usual epidemic among the members of the
Legislature is prevailing. It is a well re[
cognized disease here, and has received the
l name of "State House cold." One of our
I Representatives, Dr. Walker, has been conI
fined to his room two days with this
disease, but is much better, and is now
; sitting by me meditating upon the mingled
[ pleasures and discomforts of a legislator,
chief among the latter being the approach
' of the mail carrier with sundry large envel5
opes, containing perhaps a petition asking
his influence for" an office, or asking for
some legislation which he knows he cannot
get for him. John G. Black.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester, December 13.?A considerable
amount of land was sold at this place on
last Monday by the Clerk of the Court and
the Sheriff. It brought tolerably fair prices,
considering the exceeding scarcity of money.
The DeBardelaben land in the vicinity
of Blackstocks, was sold in five tracts as
follows: One tract of 218 acres brought
$10.45 per acre; another tract of 212 acres
brought $10.45 per acre; another tract of
61 acres brought $9.45 per acre; another tract
of 113 acres, $7.75 per acre; another tract of
52 acres, $7.80 per acre. All of these tracts
were bought by L. S. Douglas & Co. The
McKilvey land was sold in two tracts, one
tract of 403 acres bringing $3 per acre, W.
A. Sanders, purchaser, and another tract of
110 acres bringing $8 per acre, J. D. Clack,
.purchaser. Land belonging to Nancy J.
Robinson was sold in two tracts; one tract
of 329 acres bringing $6.75 per acre, Nancy
J. Robinson, purchaser, and the other tract
of 329 acres bringing $5.75 per acre, ?W. B.
Wilson, Jr., purchaser. A tract of 190 acres,
belonging to Fannie and Lizzie Lathan was
sold at $5 per acre, Archie Owens, purchasi
er. A tract of land consisting of 774 acres,
and belonging to the estate* of John Mc3
Neel. deceased, was bought by W. Holmes
f Hardin at $10.25 per acre. The Gayden
- land, 297 acres, near Rocky Mount, brought
3 $8 per acre, James Gayden purchaser.
- The Worthy land, on Turkey Creek and
1 Broad River, was sold in five tracts as fol,
lows: one tract of 111 acres bringing $334,
r Wylie & Agurs, purchaser; another tract
i of 185 acres bringing $400, same purchas1
er; another tract of 757 acres bringing
i $1,805, same purchaser; another tract of
3 840 acres, bringing $2,000, National Bank
, of Chester, purchaser; another tract of 53
t acres, bringing $153, M. A. Worthy, pur3
chaser. Land belonging to R. G. Douglas,
) on the Western side of the county was sold
- in three tracts. One tract of 72 acres,
, bringing $5 per acre, another tract of 81
- acres bringing $5.25 per acre, and another
3 tract of 74 acres bringing $9.25 per acre.
The Chester oil mill was sold at the suit
3 of the National Bank of Chester to Messrs.
Joseph Wylie, J. II. Smith, E. C. Stahn
J and W. T. D. Cousar for $14,700. The
above sales were made by the Clerk of
. Court. The Sheriff sold the following two
f tracts of land: 325 acres belonging to James
} Starling for $850, R. N. Hemphill, purehast
er;and 350 acres belonging to James M.
r Bradford were sold to W. F. Buchanan
> for $350.
1 George Harrison, Nathan Crosby, Hay
r Boyd and David Featherstone, all colored,
r were put in jail at this place last week,
, charged with the murder of Eli Johnson,
colored. These parties had attended a ne,
gro frolic, and having left, the trouble oc
i curred on the way, which resulted as stated.
There is no direct proof of the guilt
> of the accused, but the circumstantial evij
dence is very strong against them. They
j were last seen in the company of the mur.
dered man.
t Mr. Brice McCaw, of this county, died on
. last Friday morning. His death resulted
t from measels. He married a few months
5 ago a daughter of the late Rev. R. W.
r Brice, who for so many years was Pastor
( of Hopewell Associate Reformed Presby?
terian Church. M.
Correspondence of the YortTille Enqnlrer.
! /^LETTER FROM ROCK HILL.
\ /Rock Hill, December 13.?Our town is
'"Soon to have another enterprise, Mr. J. W.
i Westerlund is building a shuttle-block fac'
tory, and will soon be at work. Besides
t making shuttle-blocks he will make rims,
I spokes and axe handles. In the manufacture
of the blocks, he will only use persim
mon and dog-wood. While the factory will
not give employment to a large number of
, hands, it will give the~-farmer9 an op
portunity of disposingof a quantity of useless
wood.
I ~Afessrs. Steele, DuBose&Co., have erectr
jfd a tall pole in front of their drug store, on
t Main street, on which to display the signal
service weather signals,1 which will be re
ported to them daily from Washington.
i The hunters had a fine time last week
i killing rabbits. Every person, black and
i white, little and big, that could borrow a
' gun, went hunting. One colored man kill>
ed forty-one rabbits in one day, and Mr.
Walter J. Moore killed sixteen partridges
? of Ano chnf.
i N<Our merchants are complaining of dull
/Cimes, and upon top of this, poor collections.
One of the oldest merchauts in our
town remarked a few days ago that he had
i never seen business so dull in Rock Hill as
it has been the past Fall. The commercial
travelers say that business is dull throughout
the entire State.
Rev. J. C. Kilgo, who has been in charge
of Rock Hill circuit the past year, leaves
' for Orangeburg this week to attend the an"
nual Conference of the M. E. Church. Under
his pastorate, the churches in the circuit
have prospered, and Mr. Kilgo has endeared
himself to the members, who earnestly
hope that the Conference will return
him to them.
Candidates are plentiful, and there is lots
of handshaking going on. It is a pity that
' all cannot be elected.
'>^Mr. Frel Mobley and Mrs. Anna Hope
Hall, were-married at the residence of Dr.
R. II. Hope-on Wednesday evening last,
Rev. W. B. Jennings officiating.
The office of the Rock Hill Herald has
been removed from the Holler building to
the upper story of the building formerly
occupied by Jones & Robertson.
In my last letter, I said that Maj. T. C.
Beckham is a candidate for the office of
trial justice, which was a mistake, I having j
been, misinformed, Hal.
"j-- ACCIDENTAL FIRE.
/On Monday evening last, about 8 o'clock,
a small barn on Mr. B. N. Moore's place,
near town, was burned by the result of accident.
The barn is used by a colored man
named Joe Franklin. At about the hour
named, his son, about 12 or 14 years old,
went to feed the mule, takingalamp, which'
| he set down in the door. It was either up
set or exploded, the ooyaon i Know wnicn,
igniting the roughness, which burned rapidly,
and soon the building was in flames.
Joe saved his mule, but lost his supply of
feed for it, and Mr. Moore lost a well-constructed
barn.
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^INSTALLATION AT AUGUSTA.?Dr. T. M.
/Lowry, a native of Yorkville, and son of
our townsman, Capt. J. T. Lowry, was installed
pastor of the Second Presbyterian
! Church of Augusta, Ga., on Sunday last.
| Dr. Adams, of the First Presbyterian
! Church, and Dr. Barnett, of Atlanta, con:
ducted the services. Dr. Barnett preached
a magnificent sermon to the large congrega!
tion present. Dr. Adams then went |
j through the installation exercises and
1 preached words of advice to the young pastor
afid his congregation. The services end- i
ed by Dr. Barnett charging the congrega- j
tion with their duty to their pastor.
On the same day, Itev. W. B. Jennings, '
i of Rock Hill, S. C., preached a most impres-1
sive sermon to the congregation of the First
Presbyterian Church of that city, on the
subject, "There they crucified Him." The
congregation were delighted with him and
are making efforts to get him to accept the
pastorate of the Reid Memorial Chapel, in
Summerville, and the Sibley Mill Church.
CHURCH NOTICES.
Episcopal?Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M., the
hell ringing at 3 o'clock.
Presbyterian?'itev. T. R. English, Pastor.
Services next Sunday at 11 A. M. and 7 P. M.
Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Prayer-meeting tomorrow
evening at 7 o'clock.
Methodist Episcopal.?Rev. W. W. Daniel,
Pastor. No services next Sunday. Sundayschool
at 3 o'clock P. M.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C.
Galloway, Pastor. Services next Sunday morning
at 11 o'clock. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M.
Baptist.?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. In
consequence of the absence of the Pastor there
will be no services at Union next Sunday. Sunday-school
at 3 P. M.
glarM ^epflris.
YORKVILLE, December 15.?Cotton, 81 to 9.
NEW YORK, December 13.?Cotton steady;
uplands, 91.
CHARLESTON, December 13.?Cotton quiet;
middling 91.
jijecial ^elites.
Church Meeting at Union Church.
A special business meeting will be held at
Union Baptist Church next Saturday, 18th instant,
at 11 p'clock, A. M. It is urged that every
member of the Church be present, as matters of
importance will come up for consideration in
which all are interested.
By order of the Deacons.
Tribute or Reapect.
At a regular meeting of Clover Council, Ameriiinn
T.offiftn nf TTrvnnr ViaIH tlaaamhar 2nd. 1886.
the death of our late Companion Joseph M.
Adams, having been appropriately announced,
the following was adopted:
1. That our deceased Companion was a worthy
member of this Council and in full sympathy
with the objects of our Order.
2. As a Council we bow to God in this divine
dispensation, acknowledging that His hand
which doeth all things for the best, hath wrought
this.
3. We hereby tender our sympathies to the
family of our firother and Companion, and pray
God to sustain the widow and orphan in their
trials, and sanctify the bereavement to their
eternal good.
4. That these resolutions be published in the
Yorkvillk Enquirer, and a copy of them be
sent to the family of our cherished Companion,
and that a page of our Record Book be set apart
for the insertion of the same.
M. R. Kirkpatrick, j
J. R. Barron, >Com.
L. K. Armstrong, J
A Private Letter Made Public.
New York, November 26th, 1886.
Jno. C. Kuykendal, Yorkville, S. C. Dear
Sir: YoQr conception in a late issue of the
Yorkvillk Enquirer headed "Our Civiliza|
tion" is so thoroughly excellent that we cannot ,
help complimenting you. We have shown it to
ouite a number of our customers telling them to
do likewise, but though the will is there it will
not be done for that other reason. How would
it do for you to call the attention of your community
to our church circular offering one gallon
in every 8 gallons of our paint that is used
upon churches? We have no doubt that our
paint has been applied to more churches than
any other paint manufactured in this country.
Yours truly, Lonoman <fe Martinez.
[We have taken the liberty of publishing the
foregoing letter,not for the reason that the writers
of it are pleased to compliment us on our efforts
to advertise their Paint, but to call attention to
the important fact of their liberal offer to the
churches. It will be seen,that they agree to
furnish without charge k of the Paint required to
paint every church in the country. If you
think of painting your church, write to the undersigned,
no matter what State or county you
liye in, and he will order your paint and see
that you get one gallon in eight without charge.
Jno. C. Kuykendal. /
The Reaper.
Pneumonia is a reaper whose monuments are
seen by the score in every Cemetery. A neg-^
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the disease. On first symptoms of a cold take
Campbell's Cough Cure. A few doses will break
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Saul Slew His Thousands.
But Consumption numbers its victims annually
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Arrest the disease in its incipiency by taking
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Here's Good Proof.
The annexed testimonial from a well-known
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merits of Calisaya Tonic as the great Southern
Remedy:
, Atlanta, Ga., September 1st.
Messrs. Westmoreland Bros., Gents.? I got
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and was very weak, and had no appetite. She
bad not used more than half the bottle before
she had an excellent appetite, and regained her
strength with astonishing rapidity. I believe it
to be an excellent tonic.
Yours truly, CHARLES F. HOKE.
Westmoreland's Calisa--a Tonic, the great
Southern Remedy, is now put up in square amber
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Sold by Druggists everywhere at ?1.00 a bottle.
Lowry <fc Starr, Wholesale Agents, Yorkville,
S. C.
October 0 40 6m
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D. A. Bradford, wholesale paper dealer of Chattanooga,
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induced to try Dr. King's New Discovery for
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with best results. This is the experience of thousands
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An End To Bone Scraping.
Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg, 111., says :
"Having received so much benefit from Electric '
Bitters, I feel it my duty to let suffering humanity
know it. Have had a running sore on my leg
for eight years; my doctors told me I would
have to have the bone scraped or leg amputated.
I used, instead, three bottles of Electric Bitters
and seven boxes Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and my
leg is now sound and well." Electric Bitters are
sold at 50 cents a bottle, and Bucklen's Arnica
Salve at 25c. per box by Lowry & Starr.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
The best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises,
Sores, Ulcere, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter,
Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin
Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay
required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price 25 cents per
[box. For sale by Lowry <fe Starr.
July 14 28 ly
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Price 50 cents. Nasal Injector free. Sold by
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5. For lame back, side or chest, use Shiloh's Porous
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G. SHILOH'S COUGH and Consumption Cure
is sold by us on guarantee. It cures Consumption.
Sold by May & May.
8. CROUP,"WHOOPING COUGH and Bronchitis
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September 29 39 ly
T HYMENEAL.
Married?At the residence of John M. Jackson,
Esq.. near Clover, S. C., on the 8th instant,
by Rev. R. A. Webb, Mr. ROBERT BRYSON
and Miss MINNIE H. JACKSON. Both of
l OTK county.
Near Clay Hill, at the residence of the bride's
parents, on Tuesday, December 14, 1886, by Rev.
Roger Martin, JAMES B. BELL, Esq., of Yorkville,
and Miss NANNIE H. WATSON, daughter
of Mr. D. A. A. Watson, of York county.
No cards.
At the residence of Mr. Joseph" Costner, near
Beaver Dam, on Tuesday December 7, 1886, by
Rev. M. R. Kirkpatrick, Mr. JAMES H. MoCARTERaud
Miss S. J. M. COSTNER. All of
York county.
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