Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, April 11, 1894, Image 2
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YOKKVILLE, S. C.:
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11,1894.
? pencil, Governor Tillmar
tliC-Jist of all of the miltarv
Companies in the State, marking all with
which he intends to deal. lie says he ha:
kept a record of the telegraphic" answers tc
his orders, and intimates that in most OH?es
of refusal, there will be an investigation bj
a court martial. This is in cases where
the disobedience to orders was clear and em
phatic. In some cases, however, courts o
inquiry will be necessary. The governoi
says that he intends to re-organize the entire
militia service.
? Speaking to an Alabama representative
recently, President Cleveland said: "Mj
God, Oates; the money power has the country
by the leg, and can drain the treasury
in forty-eight hours!" Oh, for auothei
Ti.rtl.pAn Fliifinfr hie mntpst, with
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the Uniled States bank, he once said : "By
the Eternal, we will see which is to rule?
the money power or the people!" With
that he took the money power by the throat
and after a long and desperate struggle, succeeded
in chokiug it under the feet of the
people. Such wishy-washy proceedings as
vetoing the acts of a Democratic congress, is
not calculated to keep the money power from
draining the treasury.
? The York county grand jury has expressed
a determination to secure a rigid
enforcement of the road law. The Enquirer
heartily endorses the position that the
grand jury has taken on this subject. On
the statute books there are laws sufficient
to secure for this county the best of good
roads; but, unfortunately, the enforcement
of those laws are two often a holiday matter?a
ridiculous farce. There is no power
in the county better fitted to bring about a
reform in this matter than the grand jury,
and we are satisfied that if the members oi
that body persist in following the course indicated
in their presentment?and we believe
they will?the next term of the court
will find our public highways in better condition
than they have been for years.
? The Columbia newspapers?The State
and Register?deserve especial credit for
their complete and compreheusivc reports of
the events arising out of the recent disturbances
at Darlington. Though directly opposed
to each other editorially, the reports
of both were fair and impartial. They tried
to give the facts, and so far as was possible,
succeeded. Their work was admirable, and
proved that however partisan these papers
may be in politics, when it comes to news,
they can be relied upon for the unvarnished
facts. We are aware that neither paper
will esteeni this as a compliment, for neither
likes the idea of being mentioned the same
day with the other. This statement is made
altogether for the benefit of the outside
public.
? In the house, on Tuesday of last week,
Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, introduced a resolution
directing the committee on inter-State
and foreign commerce, to inquire into the recent
action of Governor Tillman in seizing
the railroad and telegraph lines in this State,
and suppressing news dispatches. The resolution
was agreed to, and, on motion, its consideration
was postponed until today, when
Mr. Grosvenor will appear before the committee
on the subject. Governor Tillman
was asked the other day what he thought
about the resolution. He replied : "I don't
care to notice every crank who offers a little
resolution in congress. When congress takes
some action, if it does, then there will be
plenty of time for me to talk, and I will have
something to say."
? Congressman Meyer, of Louisiana, has
introduced in the house a bill which is generally
conceded to represent the views of
President Cleveland on the silver question.
The bill authorizes the secretary of the treasury,
at his convenience, to coin the silver
seigniorage that is in the treasury, and cause
the same to be paid in monthly as miscellaneous
receipts. The secretary of the treasury
is also authorized to issue and sell 3 per cent,
bonds with which to redeem 5 per cent, tenyear
bonds now outstanding. The Meyer
bill differs from the Bland bill in that it
makes no provision for the coinage of any
bullion in the treasury except the seigniorage,
and will in no way contribute to the
disturbance of values as fixed on the present
gold basis. Its principal effect is merely to
increase the circulation of the country by
about :? "> "),000,000.
? The house voted on the question of passing
the Bland seigniorage bill over the
president's veto last Thursday afternoon.
The proposition was sustained by a majority,
but to secure its passage, required 172 votes,
or two-thirds of the whole house. The vote
stood : Ayes, 144: noes, 114 : or 28 less than
the required number. An analysis of the
vote is interesting. Among the ayes then
were 118 Democrats, 18 Republicans and >
Populists. Among the noes, there were 1
Democrats from the South, 48 from the
Northeast, and "?!) Republicans. The numhci
of Democrats alone who voted to pass the
bill over the president's veto, exceeded tlit
whole number of Democrats and Republicans
who voted against the proposition
From this it would appear that the opposition
to the Democratic party is composed ol
the president, the Republicans, and the
Northeastern ' Democrats."'
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? Under authority of an act of the lasl
legislature, (iovernor Tillman, on last Wed
liesday, issued a proclamation by which hi
takes charge of all the municipal police ol
the various incorporated towns and cities ir
the State, lie has also ordered the police
to enforce all municipal ordinances, togethci
with all laws on the statute books. "A>
soon as the emergency which now exists,'
says the governor,''is no longer upon us. 1
will restore the former status.'' This proe
tarnation applies with equal force to all in
corpora ted towns and cities, but is especially
significant to Charleston. Speaking of thai
city, the governor recently said to the Col
umbia Register: ''I reuuested Mayor Dicker
to consult with his chief. I tohl him that I
did not want to disorganize the present force
in Charleston or other places. I do not wis}
to do anything more than to give the moral
inilucnce of such an order, so that there will
no longer he dodging and hesitation to en
force the law. We have had an understanding
which will likely prevent any further friction.
I may have to use more than moral
pressure in some places. I do not wish ti
interfere anywhere. There are places where
I will ask for removals and the substitution
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OI OlIU'l' 111 I' II. fOIllC HI nil- jnnnr, i r\uu??
arc unlit for carrying out the laws."
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-?Whether or not it will ever amount ti
anything it is impossible to say. but an important
movement is now on loot to force the
silver issue to a crisis all over the world,
With the exception of the I'nited States, all
of the South and Central American republics
have a silver standard. All of these countries
also have large external debts, and t licit
obligations are held for the most part in
England. When the debts were created
I silver, at a ratio of 10 to 1, was nearly 011 a :
* par with gold. Since then, however, the
price of silver has gone down nearly ">0 per
cent. All of the countries charge Kngland ]
with direct responsibility for this state of
i affairs, Oautemala has about decided to repudiate
her debts to Kngland unless Kng- i .
land consents to accept payment in the same i
i priced money in which the debt was con-.-j
tracted, and the other countries arc seriously i
| considering the advisability of following (?au-j
! temala's lead. Of course Kngland is powerful
enough to conquer all the smaller South
American republics and make them pay
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' Monroe doctrine, however, the United States
r j is committed to the policy of helping any
1 j American country against a foreign invader.
5 It is practically impossible for England to
) j coerce Guatemala without giving the United
} j States a slap in the face, and there is pretty
J good reason to believe that if Guatemala adk
I ricres to her intention to resist the imposi!
tionNifllight to be inflicted upon her by EngJ
land, slftf will not only save lots of money,
. I bat will not rilujuiy serious risk of panish- t
ment. That is, provided, of coarse, that Mr. t
Cleveland does not put the gold bags above 1
the principles of the Monroe doeti ine. /,
r! LET THE PRESS ALONE.^^^W- *
Whatever may have been the exigencies
, which required the recent seizure of the r
. railroads in this State, The Enquirer be- J
( lieves that when Governor Tillman attempt- 8
, ed to suppress the news by seizing the telegraph
offices, he made a most dangerous mis- j
i take. \
Of course it is all right to argue that irre- c
| sponsible newspaper correspondents might v
i have sent out sensational stories that were 1
. calculated to precipitate bloodshed, etc.; bat j1
( that is a remote contingency?so remote that c
it is hardly worth a moment's serious consid- v
| cration. Newspaper men, it i3 true, are fond t
of sensational news; but when the facts t
. themselves are sensational beyond the wild- *
est imagination of the most fertile corres- ^
. pondent, there is little danger that any (
, newspaper man will attempt very considers- n
, ble embellishments. They will conline them- v
, selves strictly to facts, and in nine cases out r
of ten they will get at these facts with as 11
; much precision as even a jury composed of 11
circuit judges.
If there really had been no danger in the
recent Darlington incident, no doubt some c
of the newspaper men would have sought to a
embellish the facts sufficiently to make them (.
more readable. But there was danger? ^
grave danger?and now it is a matter of rec- ''
ord, that in their first accounts, every daily ?
in the State published the exact facts of the
tragedy just as they have since been dcvcl- p
oped by the legal jury of inquest. t
But now take the other side of the ques- ii
tion. Up to the time that the governor took t:
charge of the telegraph offices, the excitemcnt
throughout the State was no greater
than was warranted by the actual circumstances
as they existed at Darlington and
Columbia. But within an hour after the p
seizure of the telegraph, the excitement be- s
came tenfold greater. Wild rumors, based h
on not a semblance of truth, began to fly I1
thick and fast, and at times it looked as if s
o
bloody outbreaks were imminent elsewhere. y
' All this was caused by the inability to get c
authentic news. Unable to get the news c
from really authentic sources, excited peo- e
pie, prompted by their own fears, manufactured
bugaboos for themselves, and were
near the point of allowing those bugaboos to
drive them into a panic.
Under the circumstances, the governor a
was no doubt justified in seizing the railroads. a
If it was necessary to transport troops to si
Darlington and Columbia at all, it was neccs- o
sarv to transport them quickly. In time of r
war it is always "means to an end," and f1
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even if there had been no laws to sustain c
the seizure, that seizure, under the circum- p
stances, would have been justifiable all the e
same. But not so with the telegraph. Noth- t
ing is so well calculated to allay a general v
public excitement as full and correct information
of tbe situation, and when the governor
sought to cut off all means of information, ^
| he made a mistake that came near being ^
! attended with consequences most terrible. p
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Tiie People Were not Kerellious.? j
Maior Joseph (J. Ward law, who is well j
known in this county, was one of the mititia- j.
men who recently went to Darlington under
j orders from Governor Tillman. He was in- j:
terviewed on last Friday by a staff correspondent
of The News and Courier as to the j
I state of affairs in Darlington and Florence, u
| at the time of the arrival and during j
i the occupancy of the troops. He expressed |
! himself as follows: ^
"It having been asserted that the people
of Darlington and Florence were in a state L
| of violent rebellion, and as the troops lire J ^
j now about to withdraw from these counties, I.
I think it but just that they should receive j
justice at the hands of the militiamen whom ,j
they have treated with such marked court-1 ^
esy, and whose labors they havy faciliated in j j
} every way. The opinion which I have to; t
| express is, I am convinced, that of every j j
principal officer of the troops stationed in:v
the Pee-Dec country. Since I have been in i
Darlington and Florence, I have seen noth-j
ing which would justify the assertion that j,
i the citizens of either place were in a state of' g
. i insurrection. The people were not only!
, | perfectly peaceable when the troops got here, i j,
j but they have remained so under a condition i
' of affairs which severely taxed their good
I i temper.
II "I feel that I cannot too highly commend ^
s I the conduct of these citizens. To say that il
i they have been actuated by any sentiment of. J
, fear, would be a most contemptible falsehood, i J
[ The handful of troops here could hardly j
have been expected to hold their own 1'
' against the population of two towns, had ^
these towns been inclined to oppose them, i *
: That these people should have received the Jl
soldiers with any. great demonstration of s
. welcome or pleasure, could not be expected 1
under the circumstances. They have ac- ,
' cepted their presence here in a spirit of good 11
citizenship. They did everything in their.c
power to facilitate the officers in performing 1
| the duty assigned to them, and they extend- 1
f ed endless courtesies to the militia both in '
. public and private. 1
"1 have seen nothing since my arrival (
here which would justify the declaration j4
that Darlington and Florence were in a state |x
L of insurrection, or that the presence of the (
militia was necessary in either place." 1
'j
i Cost of the W Alt.?'1 he troopssummoncd
i to Columbia and Darlington on account of
, the recent disturbances at those places, were y
dismissed at Columbia last Friday. It is
estimated that the total cost of mobilizing
' the troops was somewhere between SIS.ooo 1
$2">,0()0. The pay roll of the various com-;
[ panics was as follows:
Dibble Light Dragoons, .n.'1M <is '
Sally Rifles, *>!?.'! 4* r
(iroonvillo iinards, lias 7-!
Duller (tuards, 2.72 17 s
. Maxwell (Inards :>7I 4*
1 Hampton Courtis. :igti gl
. i Palmetto Rilles 2U7 27 (
Morgan ltilles M74 4S ^
1 Kdgetield Hussars 274 17
[ Abbeville ltilles .111117 .
Fort Mottc (Inards, 11H) 17 1
Cordon Light Infantry, 2.7.7 !>s t
i Darlington (Inards, .71."5 12 j
. Santce ltilles .'Mil .7.7 v
Fdgclield Dragoons, 17D (?7
I Of the above amounts, officers and men 1
share alike, $1."?0 for each day of service. (
. Tmnsnortation. hotel bills and other itici- 1
dental expenses, of course, come in as ex-!1
I tras. and are paid for by the Stale.
^
?! Kndokski) isv Waitk.- -(lovernor Waite, :l
' of Colorado, expresses great admiration for :
governor Tillman, says a dispatch from Den- f
1 ver. Speaking of Governor Tillman last ,
' Thursday, Governor Waite said : 1
i "I met him at the hi-inetallie convention in :I
(' St. Louis and was very much impressed with <
his st length of character. It is my impression x
that if anybody can enforce the law down I
1 there, which is all the governor is trying to '
.ido. Tillman is just the man to do it. Von
| see, he is placed in much the same position 1
. that I am. The aristocracy of South Caro- j
lina is against him and the people art; with 1 :i
him. There is this difference. His soldiers \
have refused to obey him and ours have not. r
|i Hut I think he will enforce the law, if it can t:
, j be done by anybody." j i
THE EXCITEMENT SUBSIDES.
Darlington and Florence Occupied
by State Militia.
I Nip'EST OVER THE BODIES OF THE SLAIN.
flic Colislulilcs I{?'lili*il to Darlington to Dire in
Their Kvldcnce?fJorcrnor Tillman Taken
Charge of the Municipal Poll re--1The Jury
Iti-turnn a Verdict and Kvcrytliing Oiilet* '
Down?Kcvlew of the Week.
'ondcnscd from the Daily IVits.
When Tiik KvoriiiKit went to nress last!
veek, the trouble in Darlington had quiet- :
d down, and the town was full of State mil- j
itia, tinder command of General liichbourg.!
The militiamen spent Tuesday in making
hemselves comfortable, and 011 Wednesday
hey began to make arrangements for the in[uest.
Sl'l'l'HKSSlNli TIIK NKWS.
By the time the militia arrived, the town
>f Darlington was full of special correspondents
of all the more prominent Northern
laily papers. These correspondents had
?een ordered to the scene at the first outireak
of the trouble. Some arrived before
he militia, and many were witttenseSfof the
lursuit of the constaWfjr^iito the woods,
rhey got at tlie facts in the case pretty tliortughly
and had the story of the trouble tele;raphed
over a great part of the United
itates, even before it was known in detail in
nany of the larger towns of South Carolina,
iidge Watts's injunction against the tele;raph
companies was issued 011 Monday,
ieneral Kichbourg tried to enforce the order
t Darlington. He succeeded as far as that
ndividual office was concerned, but othervise
his efforts were a dismal failure. The
orrespoudents immediately arranged to
vork together, and collecting the facts as
UnfAimlilir 00 tmcuilvlo thov fnmnnroil nnto?
ilUiVllfjlllJ UO vv?|-?> '
nd then struck out across the country to
elegraph offices that were not under the
ontrol of the militia. Some of the reporters
rent to Florence, ten miles distant, and sent
heir news from there. Some went to Sumer,
and some even to Charlotte. The Atlanta
^institution of Monday morning contained
, full and free report of all the developments
f Sunday. This was all telegraphed from
"harlotle by a special correspondent, who
node his way to that city by private coneyance
and by rail. Some few of the corespondents
slipped up in their efforts to get
n their special reports, hut, all the same, the
lewspapers got the news.
ARRESTED FOR SEIZIN*; RIFLES.
After the fight at the Darlington depot
nd the flight of the constables to the woods,
itizens of Florence broke open the armory
nd seized the guns of the Florence rifles,
ieneral Farley went over to Florence on
Vednesday, and at 10 o'clock called a pubic
meeting in the court house. About
wenty-five citizens were present, and of
hese, five admitted participation in the raid
n the armory. They explained that they
ook the guns for the purpose of assisting in
he arrest of the men who had been engaged
11 committing murder. The live men were
aken in custody by Major Joseph G. Wnrdiw
and released on parole. The matter
;*ill probably be investigated by the court
f general session.
THE CONSTABLES CO BACK.
All of the State constables who took part
n the difficulty at Darlington, and who were
eattered about through the country, assemled
in Columbia on Wednesday afternoon
ursuant to the orders of the governor, and
hortly. afterward went back to Darlington
n a special train. A large number of citiens
collected in Columbia from motives, of
uriosity to see the constables. Hut very few
itizens met the train on its arrival in Flornce.
THE INQUEST.
1 UC jury 01 inquest cuiuiueiiccu us uiveo- j
Rations on Wednesday morning. The jury
( as composed of citizens of Darlington withut
regard to politics. Under instructions
rom the governor, General Richbourg also
ppointed a military court of inquiry, conisting
of live militiamen from different parts
f the.State. There was no connection or
elation, however, between the two juries,
irtber than that both listened to theproceedngs.
The proceedings of the inquest were |
onducted with absolute privacy. No newsaper
men or private citizens, except witnesss,
were admitted. The evidence was taken
lown, however, by court stenographers, and
ias subsequently made pulic in full.
THE VERDICT.
The coroner's jury finished its work on
'hursday afternoon, and rendered a verdict
o the effect that Constable McLendon killed
Ir. Norment; that Constable Pepper wus
illed by Mr. Redmond ; and that Mr. Redlond
was killed by Constable Cain.
M'LKNDON WAS NOT HA 1)1.V HURT.
It develops that Constable McLendon, who
; generally conceded to be the originator of !
he row, and who was at lirst thought to]
ave been mortally wounded, was not seriusly
hurt. When the fight began he was
lightly wounded. To save himself lie fell j
o the ground and "played 'possum." He j
/as stepped on once or twice, but continu-1
ng to feign death, no one troubled him any j
urther. When the crowd got away from the !
epot, McLendon managed to make his way j
o the jail. He remained there about twen-j
y four hours, and then lie began to fear that
ic would be lynched. Friends brought him ;
nother suit of clothes which he put on.
'hen he cut off his moustache with a pocket
:nife, and went down to the street. Here
ie was met by several more friends, and, with
he party, he went through the streets of
)arlington in broad daylight to a place of;
afety in the county, several miles distant.'
IcLendon went back to Darlington to be'
resent at the inquest, and after the inquest'
ic was taken to Columbia where, under in-!
tructions of the governor, he was placed in
harge of Dr. Pope for treatment in the pententiary
hospital.
THE TROOI'S CO MARCHIXO HOME.
The soldiers at Darlington and Florence
roke camp on Friday morning and went
o Columbia. Here they were drawn up in
inc and addressed as follows by Governor
rillinan :
"Soldiers : Two trains are waiting to bear
bur companies to their homes, immediately, i
Yhat I have to say will therefore lie brief, j
feel that it is important and necessary, i
mil indeed due, before dismissing you, that I I
liotild return, in the name of South Carolina, i
hanks for your valuable services.
"Without a moment's notice, without a]
noment's hesitation, you responded to the j
all. When you departed for Darlington'
he idea prevailed in the minds of some |
hat you were going there to shoot your
ellow citizens. No such thought ever en-'
ered the mind of a sane man. You were j
rdered there for the purpose of suppressing
lisorder and restoring law: to let those
vho had done wrong he dealt with by the
ivil court and to prevent a mob from doing
nore, and see that the laws must he obeyed,
fou have been away from your families, and
am glad to send you homeward with the!
tenison and blessing of every lover of order
md peace.
"1 thank you fellow-citizens and soldiers,
or the valuable services you have rendered
o South Carolina, and, in conclusion, let me '
ay it is time for tlic bitterness and animosity
ielween brethren to cease and let us heneeorth
and forever he one?all united for the
;lory and honor of South Carolina."
There was only one cheer at the condition
of the governor's spOceb, and this was
(gainst orders, for Ceneral Kichhourg had
-ominanded the men to make no demon- {
tration whatever.
After the governor concluded his remarks, !
'avniasler-(Jeneral Neal nrocceded to (lis-,
ribiite checks uinon^ the various companies, j
11 accordance with the vouchers already
ligued by the respective captains. The!
noney was distributed pro rata among ofli-1
ers and men. This, at first, caused some;
lissatisfactiou among the oflieers, as they
laiined that they were entitled to pay in the !
nine proportion as oflieers of the I'liited j
hates army, (iovernor Tillman, however, I
irgued differently, and tin* oflieers finally i
lequiesecd in the views expressed by the1
governor.
After the troops had been paid, they were
lotificd that they could go to the penitcnti-j
iry and get dinner. One of the Spartanburg
ompanies, however, declined the oiler and
vent to a hotel. During the afternoon all;
lie troops left the city for their respective j
ionics, and the I hirlington war was at an end.
MKRK MKNTION. j
Sum l'hillips, a Winston, N. Negro, I
ittempled to rob a house one night last i
veck. He was discovered and attempted to]
uu away, but was caught in a wire fence
icar by and promptly arrested. Colo-i
ltd \V. T. ('. llreckenridge has been stis-j
ponded from his Masonic lodge for five
years, on account of his failure to pay his
dues. An election riot in Kansas City,
Mo., on Tuesday of last week, resulted in
the killing of one man and the wounding of <
about nine others. In Chicago, last
week, the Democrats elected eleven aldermen
and the Republicans elected twenty-h
three. Returns from the municipal i
election throughout Ohio, last Wednesday,! <
indicate large Republican gains. Cineinnti
has elected a Republican mayor by a t
plurality of (?,7K4 votes. President
Cleveland has appointed Thomas K. Rene-1;
diet, of Xew York, to be public printer.
TILLMAN TA^KS POPULIST. I,
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lie Wants tlio Democrats of the South ami West
to I'nltc Against the Northeast. 1 ,
Governor Tillman gave the press a remarkable
interview last Sunday. The occasion
of it was a letter which lie had just j
received, in which a Northern Populist said j
he admired the governor except that he did !
not have the moral courage to come out and !
acknowledge himself a Populist.
After reading the letter, Governor Tillman j
rose and walked up and down. His eye | <
Hashed fire, and in the most determined |
manner he said : "Yes, they call me a Popu- j
list. I will tell them that I am the truest "
representative of Jeflersoniau Democracy in |
the lead in American politics today. Let ]
me tell you, I don't sec anything ahead now ]
but for the Southern Democrats to combine 1
their forces with the Western Populists, and <
go into the national campaign on new party ]
lines. The Northeastern Democrats and Re- <
publicans are now together. It is a combina- |
tion of moneyed interest. ,
The governor then, turning suddenly and
in a somewhat excited and very forcible mat*
ner, said: "I despise Cleveland and libs
mugwumps. He is no better than the rankest
Republican. He has destroyed the Dem- 1
ocratic party. The South and West will be
forced to unite and have a complete reorgantion
of party lines. The people who are (
afraid of the Negro and other questions will
have to cast aside their fears on those scores '
and come together on the one line of fighting ?
the money combination. Cleveland has f
been working under the dictation of the New '<
York bankers and bargaining with them on
the manner of the issuing of the bonds. He ]
promised the banks if they would take them
there would be no more legislation on the '
silver question by this congress. Congress '
passed the seigniorage act and he vetoed the j
bill, indicating plainly the nature of his bar- i1
gain with the bankers. The whole thing is J <
such a scheme of robbery that he ought to be 1
impeached. It is a shame and disgrace. '
"The idea of this great government hav- 1
ing to beg a lot of Shylocks' assistance is so '
outrageous that there is not any language 1
too strong in which to characterize it. Cleveland
is owned, body and soul, by these 1
scoundrels. He secured his nomination at '
Chicago through the influence of a subsi- !
dized press, and what votes he lacked there- s
after, after exhausting such means, he <
bought with promises of patronage, which <
promises have been since redeemed?the '
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gUUU3 liiivt UCC11 UVll?giVU. jAia ui/ivu>|'% VW
browbeat anil debauch the senators and
representatives was outrageous in the extreme.
If those cowardly congressmen up
there had any appreciation of their duty to
their constituency at home, they would impreach
him, *
"Consider the farce and treason to the
interests of the masses of issuing bonds
under the pretense of increasing the gold
reserve, when the same gold is paid in atone
window and drawn out at another with
silver certificates. And the same process
can go on till the silver certificates are exhausted,
and the people have to pay the
interest."
"Well, governor, what is your idea of
what ought to be done?" was asked.
The governor thought for an instant and
then said: "Well, I'll tell you. I think that
the silver men of this country ought to meet;
in convention at Memphis or St. Louis and !
organize a fight to control the next congress, j
Let the West and the South cast aside all j
questions upon which they now have any
differences and get together. It is a fight '
between gold and silver or poverty and prosperity.
One more word as to Mr. Cleveland. I
think that it is most damnable and out- ?
ragcous, his being dictated to and bought up '
by thor>c boiultiotllers. II Is HeliasKlg his h
high office. He is abusing his power to! \
dicker with such people and barter away the
people's blood even upon the pretext of (
financial relief. J
"The newspapers which are snarling and (
snapping at my heels as being a Populist are 1
the paid hirelings of his bosses. I am a 1
Populist in the sense that I am for the pco- 1
pie's rights, but there are many planks in the J
Populist platform which I do not endorse. '
If the silver congressmen will issue a call for (
a silver convention and carry the war into
Africa, we will teach those blood-sucking 1
gold thieves a lesson in politics such as they {
have not had since Jackson's campaign 1
against the banks. The farmers of the South {
and West will move on Washington in a !1
solid body and demand legislation that will j'
,1 y...P C. ?1._ nnuavh- I (
glVC IHCHI 1'CllCI IIUIU II1U JJ,I liming jiumij I
produced by six cents cotton and thirty!
cents wheat." j'
PROHIBITIONISTS TOO! j!
They Have Culled u State Convention to he Held |
on dune 7.
The executive committee of the Prohibi-!"
tion party in this State, met in Columbia last j.
Thursday afternoon to consider the prohibi- .
tion sentiment. Mr. L. I). Childs, the State j j
chairman, presided over the deliberations of j j
the committee. After remaining in session j ]
until nearly 2 o'clock Friday morning, the 1
committee decided upon the publication of',
the following address:
To the citizens of South Carolina:
Whereas, the people of the State, at the (
last election, did, with the consent and approval
of both political factions, vote upon ;
the question of prohibition ; that the under- \
standing of agreement to abide the result of!
that vote was generally accepted by most,,
of our people, and that in said election pro-,
hibition received a large majority of the'j
votes cust, thereby showing that prohibition :
of the liquor trallic plain aud simple was the i (
demand of the people of South Carolina. 11
And, whereas the legislators of our State, j.
chosen at the same election with the under-j
standing as above set forth, did, contrary to j (
the demand of the people, enact a law which, j
while it prohibited the citizen from selling j
liquor, made a monopoly of the business for,, (
in and by the State.
Now, therefore, in order to carry out the),
wishes of our people as expressed at the |
election two years ago, and in order to j (
heal the terrible dissension and strife in our j j
State, in order that peace and prosperity (
may spring up under the benign inllucnce of j (
prohibition, and in order that our people may ;,
once again become a happy and united peo-ij
pie, we, the Stale Prohibition executive com- i (
inittce, do hereby request all Democratic!
voters of the State who will sustain prohibi- j
tion in the coining election, to assemble at
their respective county seats on the first i!
Monday in June next, and elect as delegates j
double the number of representatives in
the general assembly from said county, to i
a State convention to be held in Columbia |
on Thursday, June 7th.
Said convention to take into consideration ]
the best means to remove the liquor trallie
from our State, and if deemed advisable, to;
nominate a full State ticket to he placed before
the Democracy of the State for election, i.
Juki. K. Hitt'N.snN,
J. P. (tlHSON, (
Tims. J. Lamotti:.
Committee.
MKKTINti OF UETIIKL I'KKSBYTKUV. ,:
lt?'|Nii'ti'?l lor The Kn<i'iiivr. |j
llethel presbytery met in Rock Hill, March I
1SS)4. Twenty-four ministers and lbrty-!'
three elders were present. The opening ser-' i
moil was preached by Rev. S. 11. Hay, of !
Clover. H
Rev. W. S. Hamiter, of Rlacksburg, was i
elected moderator, and Rev. J. L. Mel,in, of <
Chester, temporary Clerk. j]
Visitors.? Revs. A. S. Leslie, (1. T. liar- ]
tnon, \Y. P. Meadows, of M. K. church, South : 1
\'. I. Masters and T. II. Pritchard, I). 1)., of j
Raptist church : <1. L. Sweeny, of Kpiscopul 1'
church; and Dr. J. R. Sherer, president of '
Davidson college, were present. ]
Rev. M. R. Kirkpatrick was received by ' I
letter from Mecklenburg presbytery. j I
Calls.?Retiicsda called Rev. J. K. Hall,
of King's Mountain ; Lebanon called Kvan-:
geli.st \V. K. Hoggs; Concord called Kev. 31.;'
K. Kirkpatrick. I
Candidates.?W. Hope Whvte, of Hock !'
Hill, was examined with a view to being ji
received at the next meeting. Licentiate,!
Jus. Husscll, of the 31. 10. church, presented i I
a letter from Presiding Elder (!. T. Harmon, 11
and he was received under care of presbytc-1 ]
ry and assigned membership in Rock Hill
Presbyterian church.
The pastoral relations between Rev. 1). S.
Todd and Horeb and t'nion churches was
dissolved.
Home Missions.?The assembly's proposed
plan was adopted, involving a change in the
names and order of the collections, bet none
in the amount of the apportionments asked
of the churches.
Foreign Missions.?Rev. 1). >\ McAllister
and Rev. I). X. McLauchlin made addresses.
Executive committee has encouraging reports
from all missionaries, and especially
from the work of I)r. II. I'?. Pratt in Mexico.
Education.?I)r. Shercr addressed presbytery
for Davidson college. Presbytery endorsed
Davidson and Rock Hill High school.
Both institutions arc growing. A conference
on the education of the ministry was held.
Dr. McPheetcrs and Dr. Thortnvell spoke.
Assembly.?The assembly meets May 17.
in Nashville. The commissioners of Bethel
presbytery are Dr. W. M. McPheeters, Dr. J.
H. Thorn well, .1. F. Lindsay and A. P.
Brown.
An adjourqed meeting will be held in
Vorkville, May !). The regular fall meeting
will be held at Salem church, Fairfield county,
September 11, 181)4.
This presbytery covers four counties?
Vork, Lancaster, Chester and Fairfield. It
iias thirty-two ministers and fifty churches,
ft has five laborers in the foreign field : Revs.
H. B. Pratt and J. (1. Hall in Mexico; Rev.
\Y. B. White and Miss Kiln Davidson in
uhina; and W. B. Mcllwain in Japan. Miss
Mattie Ingold is taking a course in Baltimore
with a view of going as a medical missionary
;o the foreign field. We have fifty-eight
ihurch buildings and eighteen manses.
B. P. ItKID, Stated Clerk.
BLACKSBIIIUTS BUDGET.
Ilalu at I.ast?Sir. John Lucas Married -The Carolina
Reduction Company?Death of Mrs. fJault
?tiraded School Closed?Other Matters.
Correspondence of the Yorkvillc Knquirer.
Blacksbuuo, April 10.?The promised
rain came in a gentle, steady full last night,
ind was a happy relief to our farmers and
gardeners, and will prove a great benefit to
ill vegetation. ?
Mr. John Lucas, a well-known and genial
young man of our town, was married on
Wednesday of last week to Miss Lillic Fortune,
a charming and popular voting lady of
Shelby, N. C.
Mrs. James Lucas was called upon a sad
Mission to Charlotte last week by the death
if her mother, Mrs. Lockhart, which occurred
on Monday, the 2d instant. Mrs. Lockhart
has made several visits to Blacksburg,
ind is kindly remembered by our citizens,
ivho sympathize with Mrs. Lucas in her bereavement.
The graded school closed 011 Thursday
ast, the teachers have departed to their
homes, and the daily tramp of the happy
school children is no longer heard upon our
streets. Their parents now have the care of
them, and their world is limited to a narrower
sphere. The picnic, which was to have
leen at Cherokee Falls, in honor of the occasion,
was given up 011 account of the show,
ivhich exhibited hereon Friday. Seldom
has our town witnessed so large a gathering
ts that seen here 011 that day, and rarely
have so many instances occurred at the same
iccasion where children needed the protection
and guidance of their parents, to carry
:hein safely into and out of the big tents, and
;o tell them the names and histories of the
xnimals And it was well, I think, that such
a-as the case, as the little ones enjoyed the
fun with a heartier relish when they felt the
ipproving smiles of their father and mother
tpon them. No doubt but that some of the
parents would have returned to their homes
>vith a lighter mind and a heavier pocket,
f they had been guided too in their search
'or amusement, by a person more discreet
than themselves.
Mr. Joseph A. Vincent, treasurer of the
Caloric Reduction company of this place,
cturned to his home in Philadelphia 011
Sunday night. He has been here for several
.veeks, and is highly pleased with the progress
of the immense plant the company is
milding.
Mrs. Nancy L. Gault, wife of Mr. Henry
M. Gault, died at her home in this place,
Sunday afternoon, at 3.30 o'clock, and was
mried yesterday at the cemetery by ltcv. L.
A. Joinwnn ?>auU>n nnnw Mnbry,
ind she was born in Spartanburg county,
March 14th, 1829. She joined the M. E.
ihurch fifty years ago, and has lived a consistent
Christian life, embellished with good
leeds. For several years she has suffered
nuch from lung trouble, but bore the afllicion
with a becoming resignation, and when
.he hour of departure came, she rejoiced that
soon to be free from earthly suffering, she
>vould go to her heavenly home, and be forjver
with her Lord.
Mrs. Edward Thomas, of our town, who
s not only a model housekeeper, but who is
juite successful in raising poultry, and furnishes
her table with an abundant supply of
diickens and eggs, recently killed a fine
rooster, which weighed seven pounds and
thirteen ounces after being killed and dressed
ready for cooking. Who can beat it V
Mr. J. M. Norcross, of Springfield, Mass.,
a'ho has been a resident of our town for
more than a year, has purchased the two
handsome building lots on Carolina street,
idjoining each other; one from Mr. W. A.
VVhisonant, and the other, with a comfortable
dwelling, from Mrs. Martha Gofortb.
Mr. Norcross will at once build upon the
vacant lot and proceed to add to the build
ings upon tlie oilier, .nr. i>orcross cumc
here for the benefit of his health. His
health has been so mueii improved, that he
has decided to remain, and he and his estimable
wife expect to soon he joined by his
wife's mother, Mrs. Juliet Gibson, also of
Springfield.
The Philadelphia Times, of the 31st ultimo,
states that a party of gentlemen, under
he leadership of General Roy Stone, chief
if the bureau of road inquiry of the department
of agriculture at Washington, and composed
of members of the legislature and
jther prominent citizens of that State, who
were interested in the question of good
roads, recently visited Moorestown, N. J.,
for the purpose of inspecting the splendid
rock and dirt roads in that vicinity. The
ibjeet of the visit, of course, was to try to
have better roads in their own State, and
their action strongly commends itself, not
inly to all State officials and legislators, but
:o all citizens. Especially do our own people
need to take a more active interest
in adopting some practical method of bettering
the condition of their highways, and
making them durable and permanent. There
has been considerable improvement made, I
know, in that respect, in our own immediate
section during the last ten years, but we are
inly at the beginning of a much needed reform,
and the question of how to make, and
then making, all of our roads good ones,
should engage the serious attention and earnest
thought of all people, from the governor
to the humblest citizen. We need them for
jur comfort, pleasure and safety : but we
1 - ? i-:- - -< -
llCCtl UlClll more as II llllllg Ul annumj 111
saving our vehicles and horses from so much
wear and tear, enabling the latter to draw
heavier loads with much less ellbrt and with
more ease to both driver and beast. We
could not show a better evidence of our
boasted civilization and intelligence, and
L'oidd not leave to the coming generation a
richer legacy than good public roads both in
town and country. \v. a.
Floyd's Stoky.? Hilly Floyd, the young
man whose recent dilliculty with young
Rogers at Darlington precipitated so much
trouble in South Carolina, was in Charlotte
last Friday and told Ids story to The Observer.
Floyd is a brother of the dispenser at
Darlington, and his father is a trial justice.
Vo.ung Rogers is a clerk at the Enterprise
hotel. The Enterprise hotel refused to entertain
some of the State constables, and it
iiwit/lnnt tli.lt t lw?
IVilS Ull iU l UUIIl ill I iiin iiiv iviv n u nun v..v.
jiiarrel arose. They began lighting;, and
.MeLendon took the part of Floyd. When
I'hief of Police Durguii came up, savs Floyd,
Mr. Nonnent pointed to MeLendon as "the
1?11 thai interferred in the light."
MeLendon said he would not take that, and
[lulling his pistol, fired at Nonnent, killing
liim instantly. Then the shooting became
general. Floyd fell on the ground and lay
with bis face down, to make believe that he
was already shot, lie was tramped on and
ticked, but lie stood the punishment rather
than appear that lie was alive, for fear of
icing shot.
?
Tiikuk thk Roahs 1'okk.?Congressman
Talbert is quoted as saying with regard to
:he recent veto : "The Democrats of my .State
a ill still he Democrats, but they will not be I
upholders of the president. We must part i
from him on the silver question. He and
liis party are worshipping at the shrine of I
lie golden calf of Wall street and the money !
power." |
| LOCAL AFFAIRS.
IN'DF/X TO MOW ADVKHTISIOMKNTS.
] i
S. T. Frew A Co., Hock Hill?(Jive full inlbniin- j
tion with regard to the collins, caskets,
burial robes, slippers, etc., which thev |
have oil liancl suitable for adults and eliil-;
dren. In another advertisement they talk
about their cooking stoves at prices which !
are remarkably cheap, and which they !
propose to deliver at your nearest railroad
station with the freight prepaid,
j fieorge T. Scliorb? Is prepared to sell you a hi- {
cycle, a type writer, the celebrated Wilcox
A* White organ, and a high grade piano,!
and sis 10 prices ue says ne win mn ne
beaten.
L. M. < Jrist?Wants to employ a newspaper conipositor.
lie must be industrious and not
use intoxicating liipiors.
ii. Strauss?Tells you that he lias other things
besides "ladies' tixins." He don't want
you to wear nigged clothes, when can get
whole dries from him so cheap. He also!
tells you about having on hand shoes for 1
men and women, stniw hats for men and ,
boys, trunks, valises, tablecloths doilies,
etc.
1 T. M. Dobson, Manager of Dobson's Racket?
Claims that the "Old Chap" is on top
when it comes to selling new goods. He
also has something to say about millinery
and dress goods and the tasteful work
turned out by his new milliner, Miss
Palmer. He says he will not be undersold
in new goods.
1 Louis Roth?Lets you know that he has a complete
stock of fancy groceries, and calls j
special attention to* Pettijohn's breakfast j
food and a lot of .'5-pound cans of syrup
peaches at 1"? cents.
J. II. Riddle?Is still selling the best X. C. heart
pine shingles at 82 per M. He also tells
about a man who lost money by not readj
ing advertisements.
Lowry A Starr?Spectacles and eye-glasses, |
buggy paint, Ayer's medicines, etc,
church not I chs.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?YoitKvii.i.k?Sunday-school
at 4 o'clock p. in.
| Episcopal?Lay services on Sunday next
! at 11 a. in. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m.
I Presbyterian?Rev. \V. G. Neville, pastor.
Services next Sunday at 11 a. in. Sundayschool
at 4 p. in. Prayer-meeting tomor- j
afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Baptist?Rev. W. J. Langston, pastor, j
Union?Services next Sunday morning at j
11 o'clock, conducted by Rev. V. I. Masters.
Yokkvii.lk?Sunday-school at 3.30
o'clock p. ni. Services Sunday evening
at 7.4o. Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening
at 7.45 o'clock.
m TT>_.! 1 T>?.. C! I
injlliy iUCUlUUISl HiJIISUUJIUI ivc>.r?. .-v.
Weber, pastor. Prayer-meeting this evening
at 7.45 o'clock. Services next Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock, and evening at 7.45.
Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mrs. Robert Hand, of Bethel, visited relatives
in Yorkville last week.
Mrs. Alice Alvord, of Washington, I). C.,
is in Yorkville for a few days.
Judge Witherspoon returned to his home
in this place on Saturday hot.
Miss Bessie Witherspoon returned home
last week, after a short visit to friends in
Greenville.
Miss Sallic White, of Chester, is visiting
friends and relatives in this place, and is the
guest of I)r. W. G. White. *
Miss Fannie Jones, of Gaflhey City, is
visiting in Yorkville, the guest of Major J.
F. Hart.
Miss Essie Stewart returned to Yorkville
last Friday after an extended visit to friends
and relatives in Charlotte and Statesville,
North Carolina.
Mr. W. C. Hough, of Lancaster, has been
here during the past week assisting his father,
the solicitor, in representing the State.
I n the case of the State against Jeff Crawford,
charged with murder, Mr. Hough made a
speech that at once stamped him as a most
able young lawyer.
LOCAL LACONICS.
Kurly Potatoes.
? Mr. James Brimer, of the Point neighborhood,
has sent The Enquirer some
Irish potatoes grown this year, and informs
us that he had a mess for dinner on April 4.
Cluing*' of Schedule.
? By a change of schedule, which went
into effect on. the Three C's railroad last
Monday, the southbound train now leaves
Yorkville at 9.05 a. m., and the northbound
at G.30 p. m.
Next Friday Night.
? I)r. James H. Carlisle, president of Wofford
college, will deliver an address in the
court house in Yorkville next Friday night,
to the members and invited guests of the
White Rose Chautauqua circle.
I)r. Howard Kelly.
? The annual address before the State
Medical association, which holds its next
meeting in Rock Hill on April 25, is to be
delivered by Dr. Howard Kelly, the distin-1
jguished specialist of Baltimore, Md.
The First Strawberries.
? Mr. R. A. Krwin, of Guthriesville, re
i ports tlmt he had a mess of home raised j
strawberries at his home 011 last Saturday.
This is.the first ripe strawberries that we'
have heard of iu this section this year.
1 j
ItfNiih'iit Member* Invited to Assist.
? At a meeting of the special committee I
held in Bock llill yesterday, it was decided
to request all resident members of the County
Medical association to assist in the work
i of arranging for the entertainment of the j
! State association 011 the 25th instant.
: Of Interest to rhyslelnns.
? I)r. W. (L. White, of Yorkville, is to be
the essayist at the next meeting of the York I
I County Medical association. Members of j
the association will be informed of his subject1
| in ample time for thorough preparation on
; the matters to be discussed.
i No ltill.
? In the case of the State against Dock ;
j Lanier, charged with murder, the grand |
(jury, 011 last Thursday, returned 110 bill. |
i This case has been pending for several terms j
of court, during which pendency the prison- J
: cr has been in jail.
1 After Two Yearn.
? Price Holley, colored, was committed to
jail last Thursday by Trial Justice Sanders,
| 011 the charge of assault and battery with j
j intent to kill. The prosecutor is John
; Haynes, colored, and the alleged assault was
i committed about two years ago. Holley was
; arrested by Constable J. C. Hudson.
! Appointed Kegistrr of Deed*.
? President Cleveland lias appointed C. j
j II J. Taylor, colored, register of deeds for
the District of Columbia. This is the position
for which J. Henry Toole, the colored
, barber of Dock Hill, was an applicants
1 Toole's many white friends will be disap- j
pointed to know of bis failure to get the po-1
jsition. The ofiice is worth from j110,000 to
I $12,000 a year.
rrt-puring for IVitmoii.
? At the various churches last Sunday, it
was announced that a meeting of the dill'er- i
lent choirs of the town would be held in the j
Presbyterian church on Tuesday night fori
the purpose of perfecting arrangements to j
; practice for the Pearson meetings, to com-j
inenee here soon. This choir practice will
be under the supervision of Professor A. B.
Banks.
Spring Millinery.
? Dobson's ltacket and Latimer's Bazaar
have both had their annual opening of spring
I millinery. The styles this year were 1111j
usually pretty, and equipped as they are!
u-iib -in nhmidaiu'c of new iroods and accom-:
plished mil liners who thoroughly understand
their business, both establishments are prepared
to give their respective customers as
efficient service as is to be had anywhere, j
under any circumstances.
The Witness Was Competent.
? Among the most important witness introduced
by the State in the case against
Jell'Crawford, charged with murder, was a
little pickaniny, aged about 7 or S years, ;
named Will Crawford. Defendant's counsel
objected to the testimony of the witness on
the ground of incompetency. By request,
his honor proceeded to examine the witness
and asked him as to the value of an oath, j
' I don't know," said the witness. J lis lion-1
or then turned the boy over to Senator Fin- j
ley. "Who made you ?" asked the senator, j
"Cod," replied the boy. "Do you know
what will become of you if you tell lies?"
was the next question. "Yes," answered the
| pieaniny, "dc Boogcr man will git me."|
His honor decided that the testimony of the
witness was entirely competent.
S. T. Fri'W & Cm.
? We beg to call especial attention to the
advertisements in another column of S. T.
Frew it Co., of Hock Hill. Messrs. Frew it
Co., arc undertakers and dealers in stoves,
furniture and sewing machines, etc. They
are gentlemen of character and means, and
will uc jniiiid mil oiny wining uiii iiuuihuiuily
able to back up any statement that lliey ,
may make in these columns. As straightforward,
energetic, enterprising and square
dealers, we commend tliem to our readers
everywhere.
Hunk* High School Honor Roll.
? During the month of March, the follow- (
ing students made an average of over-D"> in ;
the order of their, names: William Banks, I
E. B. McMillan, J. N. Gaston, K. M. Williams,
A. M. Kennedy, W. M. Kennedy, M.
J. Witherspoon, W. C. Stewart, S. A. Dunlap.
The average of the following were between
DO and Do: II. L. McAllister, Lalta
Parish, Lapsley Barron, B. M. Dobson, W.
T. Moore, J. A. Caldwell, II. A. Miller,
Washington Clark, J. K. Owens, W. I).
Simpson, M. J. Cunningham, Howard Caldwell.
Sonic Corrections. /
? It is hardly necessary to say that ouj:
statement last week that a picnic was held
in Bethel township on Sunday, was a mistake.
Nobody would believe such a slander
on the people of Bethel any way. Thepicnijc
was held on Saturday. A portion of our
last issue was printed before an error to tho
effect that the next meeting of the Sta(e
Medical association will be held in Yorkvillc
on the 2">th instant, was discovered. The
? ;ii i.? t.,.1.1 u.m.l- iiiii irwtoiui I
of Yorkville.
Tlipy ?rp UpKlHtprlnc.
? Supervisor of Registration Gordon had
the busiest day on Monday of last week that
he has had for several years. He registered a
great many colored voters, and also changed
the certificates of a large number of Thompson's
Mill and Clay Hill voters to Forest
Hill Academy. So far only a very few
voters have had their certificates changed
so as to entitle them to vote at Tirzah or
Sharon. It should he remembered that the
registration hooks will be finally closed in
July, and up to and including that month,
there are only three more first Mondays.
Publication Hour Changed.
? The change of schedule on the Three
C's makes necessary a change in The Enquirer's
publication hour. Heretofore we
have been sending a good portion of our
mail down on the Chester and Lenoir road
on Tuesday night, and The Enquirer was
read in Hock Hill and Fort Mill at daylight
next morning. Owing to the change of
schedule on the Three C's, however, we
will 110 longer be able to publish the paper,
with the latest news, in time to go off 011
the Narrow Gauge, and hereafter our Rock
Hill and Fort Mill papers must go down
on the Three C's on Wednesday morning.
Our subscribers along the Narrow Gauge
road and the C., C. and A., helow Chester,
will also have to wait one day later for their
papers. We regret the necessity for this
change, hut under the circumstances find it
impossible to do any better.
THE CIRCUIT COURT.
The motion for a change of venue in the
case of Ingraham Wilson, charged with the
murder of James T. Gladden, was not argued
in open court ou last Wednesday, as
was expected. His honor heard the motion
at chambers, on Tuesday night. Through
Major J. F. Hart and Mr. T. F. McDow, the
defendant submitted affidavits to the effect
that he could not get a fair and impartial
J ?1 * ? /"Minfti TKfioo nfTi^orifa tVOPA
II1U1 111 1 Ul IV. UUUUtJ 1 UtOV/ UtllUUTIM It V* V
met with a number of counter affidavits on
lio port nf tlio Sfnto Wic !?/% ?#> * ^?^1- V.o
matter under consideration, and subsequently
signed an order changing the venue to
Lancaster county, at the next terra" of the
court. The defendant's bond stands as at
present executed, and all recognizances are
continued so as to require all witnesses subpcanned
for the State to appear at Lancaster.
The case of J. R. Champion, charged with
the murder of Charles Harper, at Blucksburg,
last December, was taken up on Wednesday.
The defendant was represented by Senator
Finley and X. W. Hardin, Esq. All of the
evidence that was developed showed a i
clear case of self defense, and Champion was 1
acquitted.
In the ease of W. M. Erwin, charged with 1
obtaining money under false pretences, the j
jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
Aaron Smarr, colored, was convicted of
larceny of live stock and sentenced to the
State penitentiary at hard labor for the
term of two years.
Joseph Leech, colored, plead guilty oflar-j
ceny of live stock and was sentenced to the
State penitentiary at hard labor for the term
of two years.
James Burnett and Milus Borders, both
colored, charged in the same indictment
with grand larceny, both plead guilty. His
honor made some inquiries in the case and
reached the conclusion that Milus was the j
worst offender. He accordingly sentenced j
Milus to four years, and James to three
years at hard labor in the State penitentiary.
The case against Oliver Robinson, colored,
charged with assault and battery with intent
to kill, was no! prossed by the solicitor
upon the payment of costs by the defendant.j
The case of the State against Sam Mat- j
thews, alias Sam Armstrong, colored,
charged with the murder of Henry War-1
ren, in Bethel township, last fall, was;
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State was represented by Solicitor Hough, I
assisted by Major James F. Hart, and the
defendant was represented by Thos. F. Mcl)ow,
Esq. The facts in this case have already
been published. Henry Warren and J
several other Negroes had been to a distillery j
seven or eight miles distant, and were com-1
ing back during the night with some liquor.
On the road they were met by Armstrong,
who, alter a few words, without any provo- j
cation whatever, tired at the party with his
pistol. Warren thought his mule was shot,i
and got down to see about it. He had not;
yet realized the seriousness of the situation, j
and said to Armstrong: "You shot my j
mule!" With an oath, Armstrong replied,
"Yes; and I will shoot you." Armstrong]
tired again, and Warren received a mortal
wound from which he died in a few days. t
The jury went out on the ease at 4 o'clock j
Thursday afternoon, and remained out until j
after 10, when it returned a verdict of man-j
slaughter. It is understood that the jury ;
at first stood 7 for manslaughter and 5 fori
murder, and it was with extreme reluctance
that those who believed the case to he mur-;
der, finally consented to vote to make it1
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manslaughter rather than force a mistrial.
Matthews was sentenced on Friday morn-;
ing. His honor said : "Samuel Matthews,;
you have been convicted of manslaughter.
I regard it as a very had case of manslaught- j
er, and I deem it my duty to sentence you
accordingly. Your sentence is that you be
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labor, for a term of tcp years."
The case of the State vs. Charley Davis, |
colored, charged with highway robbery and
larceny, was taken up on Thursday afternoon.
On Friday morning, Solicitor Hough
reported that be was unable to be at bis post
on account of illness, ami his honor appointed
N. W. Hardin, Fsq., to represent the
State. Mr. J. S. Bricc represented the defendant.
The prosecutor in this case was
Mr. Laban (Joss, of the vicinity of Bowling
(Jreen. He alleged that one evening in February
last, while riding along in the vicinity ,
of Davis's house, he was thrown from his
mule and badly bruised. He made his way
to the house of the defeudant and asked for j
help. While nt the house of the Negro, he |
became uncouscious. and just as lie was coming
to his senses, the Negro went through
his pockets and took his money. Several
witnesses testified to the good character of the
Negro, and except the statements of the
prosecutor, there was little or no evidence
against him. The jury remained out 011 the
case about one and one-half hours, and finally
reported a mistrial. . ^
The next case taken tip was that of th
Slate against Charles J. Miller, charged
wiiii iiw> murder of Callv Douglas. colored, ill .. *
Hock Hill, about last Christmas. His honor
appointed Thos. F. McDow, Esq., to
represent the State, and the defendant was
represented by Senator Finley. Miller,
through his counsel, put up a plea of self
defense. The plea was thoroughly sustained,
and the jury returned a verdict of not
guilty within six minutes after its retirement.
Miller, the defendant, seemed to be as little
concerned about the mutter as anyone in
the court room. As the jury retired, he
pulled out his watch and noted the time.
He did this again when the jury returned,
and when the verdict was announced, his
features failed to undergo even the slightest
change.
The next case was that of the State against
Jefl' Crawford, colored, charged, with the
murder of David P. Blackburn in Bethesda
township, on the night of the 23rd of last
December. The defendant was represented
by E. A. Trescott, Esq., of Blacksburg.
Senator Finley assisted in the prosecution.
At the request of the defendant's counsel,
the jurors were put on their voir dire, and
it was found that the following had expressed
opinions : I). G. Kimbrell, S. A. McElwee,
John Z. Allen, R. G. McCuw and J. J.
Miller, and were objected to. The jury, as
finally impaneled, was follows :
J. W. Thomson, foreman ; S. H. Itippey,
I). \V. McCarter, J. M. Seagle, L. B. Brown,
W. B. White, Jas. It. Kennedy, H. E. Jackson,
J. W. Y. Dickson, It. J. Caldwell, T. L.
Boyd, J. W. McKeown.
I)r. W. M. Love testified that he made a post
mortem examination of Blackburn's body.
He found l\vo bullet wounds, several knite
wounds and also wounds from a stick or
club, including a fracture of the skull. The
jugular vein had been severed, and either this
or the fracture of the skull would haw been ? '
sufficient to'produce death.
The remainder of the testimony was purely
circumstantial.
Blackburn's body was found near the cabin
of a Negro by the name of John Green
Lock. Lock testified that on the night of
Decern her 23, at about 8 o'clock, he heard a
commotion in the woods near his house. A
shot was fired, a voice said "O Lord,'* another
shot was fired, there were blows as if with
a club, and presently everything was quiet.
He was afraid to go out to see what was the
matter, but next morning he and others .
searched the woods and found the mutilated
body of D. P. Blackburn.
Other witnesses testified that there were
signs of two mules having been hitched near
by, and indications showing that one of the
mules had become restive and broken its
bridle. A 38 calibre revolver was found near
the body of Blackburn. All of the chambers
of the revolver were empty except two, and
these contained empty cartridge shells which,
from their blackened condition showed, that
they had been recently fired.
Blackburn's body was found in a clump of
woods, about three miles from his house, and
about eight miles from Rock Hill. A little
Negro boy, nephew of the defendant, testified
that the defendant and the deceased
rode off together*" about sundown on the
night of the killing, on two of Blackburn's
mules, "Bob" and "Kit." Other witnesses
testified to seeing two men going in the direction
in which Blackburn'sbody was afterdark.
The witnesses, however, were unable
to recognize the men on uccount of the
darkness. The little Negro boy recognized
the revolver as the property of Jeff Crawford,
and another witness testified that Crawford
had tried to sell the pistol a few days
before, and at the time had only two cartridges.
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Several witnesses testified to the finding of
tracks leading into the clump of woods in
which the killing occurred. The tracks
were peculiar in that they showed the impression
of a small piece of leather that had
broken loose and curled up under the sole.
These same witnesses testified that they
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ford's feet on the morning ufler the murder,
applied to these tracks, and they corresponded
exactly.
Another witness, who lived only a short
distance from Blackburn's house, testified
that on the night of the murder, ahout 9
o'clock, lie saw a man walking from Blackburn's
house, across a plowed field, in the direction
of Rock Hill. Next morning, ufter
learning of the murder, the witness looked
for trucks and saw a single line of them in
the direction he saw the man going. Examination
of these tracks showed that they
corresponded exactly with those found on the
edge of the woods near the scene of the
murder. In a window of Blackburn's house
was found an old bridle with the headstall
and bit broken, corresponding with the indications
at the place where the mule had
been hitched on the night before.
One ol the tracks made by the man who
was seen going from the direction of Blackburn's
house on the night of the murder, was
exhibited to the jury in a box, together with
the shoes worn by the defendant at the time*
of his arrest. The track and the shoe corresponded
exactly. At the time of his arrest,
Crawford had in his pocket-book a $5
bill and somethiug over $2 in change. He
said the change had been paid to him for
labor, but he was unable to satisfactorily account
for the $ "> bill.
Crawford's story was to the eflect that he
had left home about sundown and gone to
Rock Hill to sec a woman, and reached the ,
house of the woman at about 9 o'clock.
Another witness, however, testified that he
was at the house of the woman when Crawford
got there, and left about five minutes
later. As lie went out on the street, the town
clock struck eleven. Crawford's story was
badly mixed up throughout, and it was clear
to the jury that he was lying from start to
finish.
The theory of the prosecution was that
Crawford had enticed Blackburn oil'from his
home for some purpose, and murdered him in
the woods. Then Crawford returned to his
home, burned up his bloody clothes, and
went to Rock Hill. The jury remained out
on the ease only a short while and returned
with a verdict of guilty.
The sessions business not having been completed
ut the end of the lirst week, it was
continued on Monday. The lirst case taken
up on Monday was that of the State against
Ruftis A. Parish, charged with maintaining
a uuisunee?selling intoxicating liquor in violation
of the dispensary law. The defeuse
was represented by Senator Fin ley and T.
F. McDow, Ivsq. The evidence in the case
was about the same as adduced at the preliminary
examination some weeks ago and
already published in full. The defeuse set
up that the intoxicating liquor with which
he was charged with selling?orange cider?
had been purchased as a temperance beverage,
and he was not aware that it would intoxicate.
He did not believe that lie was
violating the law in selling the cider, had *
made every ell'ort to find out whether or
not the cider came under the ban of the law,
and stated that if he had known that he
was violating any law, he would not have
continued to sell it. The jury went out and "
returned in less than ten minutes with a ver
diet of not guilty.
The case of the State against Robert B.
Lowry, charged with the same oll'ense, was ^
nol prossed by the solicitor.
The next case taken up was that of the