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AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 10,1892.
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line of Ooen and Top Buggies, Phietons, Surries, Road Carts, Harness,
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Agents for the celebrated Farrand & Votey Organs. Machines and
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Our motto is to keep the best goods and meet any competition. Call
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Street, Aiken, S. C.
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I N S U RA N C E
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Particulars of the Tragic Taking
of Dave Shaw.
Correspondence of The State.
Laurens, June I.—From all I can
hear and see there seems to have been
a lyuchii g in this County on the
night of Friday, May 27th, that has
been kept very quiet, and I will try
to give you the facts in the case.
On Friday afternoon. May 27,‘John
M. Abercrombie, constable for John
R. Hellens, Trial Justice, arrested a
negro, Dave Shaw, on suspicion that
he had broken, into the store of Wil
liam Hopkins on Itie night of May
21. The evidence on which the war
rant was issued was very slight, as
follows: one negro said that Dave
Shaw staid all night at one place and
another negro said he staid at another
place on the night when William
Hopkins’ store was robbed.
After arresting Dave Shaw, Aber
crombie carried him to William Hop
kins’ residence, arriving theie at or
about 4 o’clock in the afternoou, and
locked him up in a crib. Abercrom
bie then went off, as he said, to hunt
up evidence against the negro. When
Abercrombie arrived at Hopkins’ with
the negro a considerable number of
men had gathered there, and they
continued to arrive until forty or more
had collected.
These men sat around and talked
until nearly sundown, and then left.
Abercrombie returned to Hopkins be
tween sundown and dark, ate his
supper, and then, in company with
William Abercrombie and John Hop
kins, started with the prisoner for the
home of Trial Justice Hellens, about
five miles away. Half a mile from
William Hopkins’ they had to cross
Rabun Creek. John M. Abercrom
bie dismounted from his horse and
went with tiie prisoner across the foot
log, the others leading his horse across
the creek. When they all had crbss-
ed, John M. Abercrombie continued
to walk witli the prisouer.
Two hundred and thirty yards from
the creek, when John M. Abercrom
bie and the prisoner were about
twenty-five or thirty yards ahead of
the other officers, a party of men ran
into the road, fired ten or twelve
shots, demanded the prisoner, took
him from the officers and carried him
into the pine thicket. The officers
ran back towards.tbe creek, and when
they got tog£f'V went hack to the
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'otton Production.
One of the latest bulletins issued by
the census bureau coutains prelimi
nary statistics of cotton produced in
the States of North and South Caro
lina, Georgia and Florida for the
year ending May 31, 1890. In South
Carolina the total area devoted to
the cultivation of cotton in 1889 was
1,987,651 acres, and the production of
cotton 746,798.
The yield was at the rate of 0 38 of
a bale to the acre, or 2.66 acre to the
bale. Every cottou-proaucing couu-
*y in the State, with the exception of
Charleston County, out of which
Berkeley County was formed in 1882,
Shows an increase in area devoted to
cotton, and all but tour show an in
crease in production. Barnwell
County had the largest acreage in
cotton in 1889 and Abbeville County
the largest production.
1889.
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AIKEN, C.
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house of Wi«a~BcSPhM». - -
The mob cJr^ied the prisoner about
100 yards froui where they took him
from the officers, and hung him to a
uree. The limb was too low, so they
carried him to another tree, about
fifteen feet away, and there found a
imb ten feet high, to which they
swung him.
They beat the prisoner with a pine
stick and a cedar stick until threads
of his clothing adhered to ihe stick.
Neighbors who knew Dave Shaw’s
voice heard him cry out: ‘‘You have
shot me!” There was a considerable
pool of blood on the ground, and
there was biood on the pine tree and
on the leaves of a cowitch vine that
ran up the tree. There was a plain
mark where they had dragged the
body from the tree to tiie road; and
now comes a mystery. The body bus
uevei been found. Scores of negroes,
assisted by a few whites, have search
ed rivers, lakes, creeks and woods for
four days without any success.
Tiie good people of this community
are outspoken in their condemnation
of the deed. The consensus of opin
ion is tiiat the mob did not intend to
take the negro’s life, but only wanted
to frighten him into a confession,
when, by some mischance the poor
fellow’s life was forfeited. The con
stable did not report tiie matter to
the Trial Justice until Saturday
nigbt, when the Trial Justice went to
his home and asked him obout it.
Tne constable went fishing on Satur
day.
the solicitoh’s hepokt.
Solicitor Schumpert was promptly
sent by tiie Governor to investigate
tiie matter, and on last Saturday
made his report, confirming in all es
sential particulars tiie statement pub
lished above. The facts force the
awful conclusion that on a suspicion
of larceny a man “was most brutally
murdered.” The report tells a graph
ic story and gives a fair idea of wheae
some valuable evidence might be
had. Governor Tillman lias decided,
in view of tiie enormity of the crime,
he will give a maximum reward. In
the event of the arrest and convic
tion of murder of the parties impli
cated in the Shaw lynching, he otters
a reward of $oOO for each person so
convicted, provided that such amount
does not exceed two thousand dollars.
He hopes by this reward to have tiie
guilty parties brought to trial aud
convicted.
First Car of Gonr"1a Melons.
Counties.
Acres.
Bales.
Abbeyille
128,748
50,241
Aiken
54,437
20,677
Anderson
100,950
41,527
Barnwell
134,931
50,131
Beaufort
13,323
4,343
Berkeley
33,757
12,557
Charleston
2,294
1,135
Chester
66,020
19,925
Chesterfield
25,811
7,166
Clarendon
41,136
15,251
Colleton
21,201
8,866
Darlington
. . . 69,353
25,204
Edgefield
116,615
42,752
Fairfield
79,703
22,080
Florence
43,536
14.182
Georgetown
1,129
315
Greenville
66,120
28,530
Hampton
31,077
10,304
Horry
9,139
2,805
Kershaw
42,163
11,986
Lancaster
45,591
11,165
Laurens
.... 78,674
34,112
Lexington
32,718
12,746
Marion
.... 57,450
25,987
Marlboro
.... 58,827
32,303
Newberry
.... 72,226
27,371
Oconee ;.
19,358
7,884
Orangeburg
113,012
47,159
Pickens
24,120
9,587
Richland
.... 41,672
13,915
Spartanburg..
86,538
35,404
Sumter
33,882
Union
65,228
23,703
Williamsburg ...
.... 34,011
32,268
York
32,268
Total
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... 1,987,658
746,798
Our Statu Credit.
South Carolina State bonds are now
on a steady advance, and are quoted
in New York at 94. Since our own
home papers have stopped slandering
the credit of their State, our securi
ties are being appreciated by capital
ists. We knew that they would turn
out all right in the end.—Columbia
Register.
It is true that our State bonds are
steadily advancing, as the reports
continue to indicate the success of
Sheppard and Orr and the triumph of
the common sense and conservatism
of the people. By the first of Au
gust, if the news now being received
continues to come, our bonds will be
at par. By the first of September,
when a united Democracy will be
hurrahing over tiie nomination of
Sheppard and Orr, they will be at a
premium.
Remember voters, that every vote
for Sheppard and Orr means a gain
for the State’s credit, that every vote
won for them means an advance to
ward the funding of our bonds at 4
per cent., and a saving of $130,000 a
year to the tax-payers.
In two years of the Tillman admin
istration our bonds declined fourteen
per cent. The Tillman backers
blamed it on tlio newspapers. The
newspapers are pegging away as hard
as ever, but the prospect of a new
deal aud a free aud conservative gov
ernment has increased tiie confidence
of men who have money to lend.
Stand to Sheppard and Orr and see
the quotations of State bonds go up
and the good name of South Carolina
vindicated.—Greenville News.
tomary advances from the merchants,
are preparing to produce as much of
their own supplies as possible. More
corn and grain of other kinds will,
therefore, be planted in the South
than ever before, aud hog aud cattle
raising will receive greater attention.
This is practically laying tiie founda
tion of future prosperity, and we ven
ture to predict that if this policy is
kept up for a few years, the recent
depression which has driven South
ern farmers to remodel their methods
will be remembered rather as a bless
ing than as an evil.
About Pistols.
From The Greenville News.
We did not believe the story, print
ed in the Augusta Chronicle, that
John C. Haskell stood in the State
Democratic Convention with iris one
hand on his revolver. Georgia news
papers are much given to introducing
fire-arms into South Carolina politi
cal gatherings. The Atlanta Consti
tution reported a body of mountain
eers attending the joint debate at
Greenville armed with rifles ready to
fight for Tillman, and we have never
found anybody here who saw them;
and our reports are that the moun
tain people are for Sheppard and Orr.
The Newberry Herald and News
says of the Chronicle story:’
“The editor of the Herald and News
was within a few feet of Colonel Has
kell during the delivery of that
speecli and saw no pistol aud no at
tempt oh Col. Haskell’s part to draw
a pistol. In fact there was no need
for him to have a pistol or to use one
on that occasion.”
John C. Haskell is not the kind of
man to go to conventions of white
Democrats with a revolver in his
pocket or to make a “bluff” at draw
ing a weapon. To stand in a public
meeting with his hand on his revolver
oinrTTe ecffi'frary fK all his habits
and the traditions and rules by which
he guides his personal conduct.
The Conservatives do not go armed.
They depend on appeals to reason,
and do not expect to bulldoze any
body or to provoke attacks and resent
them by taking the advantages which
hidden powder and ball suddenly pro
duced give.
We want an administration in this
State which will not only enforce the
laws, but give an example of obeying
them- Wade Hampton went through
all the campaign of 1876 without a
weapon. We do not understand why
any moderately brave man, with a
clear conscience, should not be willing
to follow his example.
The New York Journal of Finance
says that one of the notable fea
tures of the business world just
now is the extraordinary and
long continuing cheapness of money.
Funds are absolutely a drug in New
York aud at other centres. Banks
are glad to make loans from one to
two per cent. There are several theo
ries about the cause of this. One is
that business is dull, and business
men have not occasion to employ
their usual amount of capital, but a
review of the trade situation through
out the county does not bear out this
idea. As a matter of fact, there is
prosperity in practically every branch
of business^
Your Blood
Undoubtedly needs a thorough clean
ing this season <o expel impurities,
keep up the health-tone and prevent
disease. You should take Hood’s
Sarsaparilla, the best blood purifier
and system tonic. It is upequalled
in positive medicinal merit.
Hood’s Pills are purely vegetable,
perfectly harmless, effective, but do
not cause pain or gripe. Be sure to
get Hood’s.
MeELREE’S WINE OF CARPUI lor Wexlc Nerves.
It is understood on the very best of
authority that the Calhoun County
scheme, which agitated Orangeburg
so much last year, will not enter into
the campaign this year. The leaders
of the movement are inclined to
the matter rest for a while.
let
From Friend to Friend
Goes the story of the excellence of
Hood’s Sarsaparilla and what it has
accomplished, and this is the strong
est advertising which is done op be
half of this medicine. We endeavor
to tell honestly what Hood’s Sarsa
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what it has done is far more impor
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convince those who have never tried
Hood’s Sarsaparilla that it is an ex
cellent medicine.
Impress on
Till
the people that *Gover-
e peopl
nor Tillmhn Lis faMfmed none of his
promises and proved none of bis
charges, has been bold as a lion when
ever he had to do anything at the
cost of the tax payers and has flicker
ed whenever he was confronted with
the possible loss of a vote or a dollar.
Rheumatism was so bad that James
Irvin, of Savannah, could hardly walk
from pain in his shoulder and joints
of ins legs. P P P (Prickly Ash,
Poke Root and Potassium) was re
sorted to and Irvin is well and happy.
McElreeU WINE OF CARPUI for female diseases.
South Carolina is receiving copious
doses of J*. P. P. —People’s Party Pa
per—through the Register, by Gantt,
who is less notorious but none the less
a Democratic apostate than Thomas
Watson.
It is a fixed and immutable law
that to have good, sound health one
must have pure, rich and abundant
blood. There is no shorter nor surer
route than by a course of Dewitt’s
Sarsaparilla. W. J. Platt
Try BLACK-DRAUGHT tea for Dyspcpaia.
The Southern Outlook.
The first car of Georgia melons
was shipped on the 2d from Pelham
Station, on the Savannah, Florida
and Western Railway, destined for
Chicago, Ills. The line of railroad
over which this car will move will be
the Central of Georgia, Western and
Atlantic. Nashville, Chattanooga aud
St. Louis aud Illinois Central. So
great an interest attaches to this first
car of a movement of seven thousand
carloads of melons, that a special en
gine decofrated with banners and
brooms carried this single car to its
destination,
(From the New Orleans Picayune.]
The farmers, country merchants
aud business men at the distributing
centers haying recovered from the
worst eftects of the depression, have
made arrangements for the coming
season and are now going ahead with
a due regard to the economy aud con
servatism rendered necessary by the
lessons of the past year. The farmers
have curtailed their acreage and made
preparations to grow their crops with
less assistance than ever before from
the merchant, while the latter has
agreed to smaller advances than
usual aud is more careful as to cred
its. These conditions aie certainly
not conducive to trade expansion,
but they promise to restore confidence
and finally bring about a healthier
condition of things, commercially
speaking, in the South than now pre
vails.
The fact that business is now pro
ceeding on the new basis just des
cribed is a certain evidence that the
South has begun to recover from the
depression which prevailed, that the
worst has passed, and that the reme
dies needed to restore prosperity,
which has been but temporarily sus
pended, are actively at work. Far
mers, being unable to secure the cus-
After Delinqueni Taxpayers.
The Attorney General’s office has
branched out in a new field and prom
ises to have some lively work during
the next few months. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Townsend has been
busily engaged preparing papers in a
number of cases against parties who
iave not paid their State taxes for
several years.
It is the declared intention of the
office to clear up all of the outstaud-
ng accounts and to secure judg
ments, force the sales of property aud
settle up the accounts as much as pos
sible in tiie interest of the State.
The record shows that for years real
estate not paying taxes has not been
sold to collect the taxes due the State.
The amount due on such property is
said to be between $250,000 and $300,-
000. In many cases the taxes have
not been paid in from five to twenty
years. The non-payment appears to
be quite general, aud exists in cities
as well as in the country. The sink
ing fund have had its agents, Messrs.
Cartledge, Connor, Cooper, and Wil
liams, at work collecting testimony
in the cases and establishing the
ownership of non-paying property.
One of the first batches to be hand
ed in comes from Charleston. Agent
Cartledge reports that there is $2,380
due on ten pieces of property in Char
leston, and on these cases the fun will
be started.
Assistant District Attorney Town
send states that most of the cases
will be tried in the Court of Common
Pleas, so that there will be no ques
tion as to jurisdiction. As the laws
give the State the prior and preferred
lieu on property it is not thought
there will be much trouble in securing
the judgements.
The sinking fund commission is
ready and anxious to settle up all ac
counts before taking the cases into the
Courts.
The last report of the sinking fund
commission showed that there were
4384 forfeited pieces of property
on hand, aggregating 405,2.50 acres.
Quite a number of accounts have,
however, been settled since the above
report was prepared. It will very like
ly be found that a great many of the
cases will net very small, if any re
turns to the State.
When Cardinal Manning died, al
though he had ample opportunity of
acquiring riciies, he did not leave
enough to pay his funeral expenses,
which, for so eminent a dignitary,
were extremely modest.
Mrs. L. R. Patton, Rockford, III.,
writes: “From personal experience I
can recommend Dewitt’s Sarsaparilla,
a cure for impure blood and general
debility.” W. J. Platt.
Bi£‘BLACK-DRAUGHT tea cures Constipation,
“South Carolina Democrat” is now
a byword and a reproach from one
end of the land to the other. And
naturally so when one knows the
number of ex-republicans that were
in the late Columbia convention.
“Late to bed and early to rLe will
shorten the road to your home in the
skies,” But early to bed and a “Lit
tle Early Riser.” the pill that makes
life longer and better and wiser.
It is a truth in medicine that the
smallest dose that performs the cute
is tiie best. Dewitt’s Little Early Ri
sers are the smallest pills, will per
form the cure and are the best.
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The June number of the Review of
Reviews well merits the name of the
“busy man’s magazine,” covering as
it does the whole field of cunent
news. Among its notable articles are
“A Glance at Mr. Blaine’s Commer
cial Policy,” witli an interesting pic
ture of tiie distinguished Secretary.
A pertinent and instructive letter
from W. C. Edgar explaining tiie
conditions of the Russian famine is
published.
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