The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, May 10, 1877, Image 2
K B. MURRAY, Editor.
THURSDAY MORNING, HAY 10, 1877.
r Ex-GoY. Chamberlain, like the Arab,
is silently folding his tent and preparing
to leave as forever, if he has not indeed
already taken his flight for Northern
climes.
The President and his Cabinet have
decided to call no extra session of Con?
gress before the 15th of October, as they
profess to be able to get along without
any appropriation during the meantime.
The real cause, however, is that Mr.
Hayes" was expecting to receive enough
Southern Democratic votes to elect a
Republican Speaker of the National
House, but finds that he will at present
surely fail. He has postponed the extra
session to endeavor'by bis Southern
policy to secure the needed votes. In
this, however; we predict that he will
'signally fail, and :that when Congress
meets in October the Democratic phalanx
will be more solid than it is even now.
THE PROPOSED TAX.
The committee on Ways and Means
have reported a tax bill of five mills for
State purposes and three for county,
making a total of eight mills. From
this amount the ten per cent already
paid in is to be deducted, so that the
burden of the tax will be considerably
lightened. The .hill will in. all probabil?
ity become a law, and our people will
have to pay in this amount, which is
necessary to run the government until
next year.
? ' THE ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
Among all the candidates who are
seekers for, or mentioned in connection
with this position, there is no man who
sands higher in his professional character,
or who is more universally respected and
admired for the many virtues which mark
him as a gentleman and patriot of the
highest onier, than General Samuel Mc
Gowan, of Abbeville. No man has led a
more gallant 'and unselfish career than he
has in "every public trial, whether it be
in military or civic life. His rare and
brilliant attainments at the bar eminent?
ly qualify him for the highest judicial
honors, and there is no man in this State
in whose elevation the people would feel
more just pride. He was decidedly the
popular candidate of this section for the
United States Senate, and'nothing but
the force of extraordinary and unusual
circumstances could at this time have
prevented his election as Chief Justice.
From the very moment that he withdrew
as a candidate for Chief Justice, there
should have been no hesitation, ho doubt,
no halting by the members of the Gen?
eral Assembly in reaching a conclusion
to elect him to the Associate position.
No man in the State deserves more of
the Democratic party, and no man has so
many friends among all parties. We do
not beliova that we exaggerate in saying
that General McGowan could carry three
votes to where any other man mentioned
for the position would get one before the
people of South Carolina.' He is a large
hearted, noble and intellectual 'giant,
upon whom the highest honors of his
State or nation would sit with grace and
honor. We sincerely hope he may be
added to the Supreme Court, where he
would do himself high honor and our
people lasting good. ?
THE USURY LAW.
The General Assembly is now consid?
ering the propriety of re-enacting the
old Usury Law of South Carolina, where?
by the charge for loaning money was
limited to seven per cent per annum.
This is a very important measure, and we
think its agitation should haveJjeen de?
ferred to the next regular session of the
Legislature, but as the matter is squarely
before the present session we think it
should be permanently disposed of, for
its continual agitation is injurious to the
country by producing a feeling of unrest
among capitalists, which, instead of re?
ducing the rate of interest, tends to keep
it high. Therefore,. although in some
respects we think the season for enacting
a Usury Law inopportune, yet as the Leg?
islature is called upon to adopt or reject
it, we hope it will become a law without
further delay. To defeat the Bill at this
time would be to prejudice its passage
next Fall, and therefore, every effort
should now be brought to bear to secure
its success. That a Usury Law would
benefit the material,, and industrial in- j
terests of the State, cannot, successfully be
controverted. The use of money to be
of public benefit must be upon such
terms as to secure advantage both to
borrower and lender, for if interest is too
low the capitalist is injured and money
is withdrawn from circulation, while if
interest is too high labor is overburdened
and its fruits, instead of being diffused
between capital and labor, are concen?
trated into the hands of money lenders,
thereby doing the country comparatively
little good. When interest on money is
too high it tends to withdraw capital
from permanent investment and let it
out on short loans, for when capitalists
can lend money at fifteen per cent, they
have a sure income of fifteen dollars on
every hundred, and of course they are
unwilling to invest in factories, railroads,
canals, &c., even if there is a prospect of
making a larger dividend. They prefer
the certainty of a large per cent rather
than the risk of greater gains by invest?
ment. The result is that since the aboli?
tion of the Usury Law a serious check
has been placed upon the material pros?
perity of the State. To prove that this
principle is recognized by the best sys?
tems of laws in the United States, we
need only mention the fact that the great
States of New York, Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia,
North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Lou?
isiana, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois and
indeed all the most reliable and prospe?
rous States except Massachusetts have I
strict Usury Laws. We believe it is ab?
solutely necessary, in order to restore
South Carolina to prosperity, that the
rate of interest should be lightened, for
it rests as an incubus upon labor and is a
lever in the hands of a few men. This
should not be the case, and the only
means of correcting this abuse is the
Te-cnacting of the old Usury Law.
COLUMBIA CORRESPONDENCE.
Columbia, S. C, May 7.
Mb. Editob : The past week has been
one of great moment to the people of
South Carolina, as it has settled beyond
doubt the policy of the new administra?
tion, and its power to carry out that poli?
cy. When we first assembled here, and
it was known that Willard would be
brought prominently forward for the
position of Chief Justice, there were
many and various opinions expressed on
the Bubject. From a purely personal
standpoint it was natural to support some
one of Carolina's own sons who had
proven by their devotion to the State in
time of dire distress and trouble their
fealty. But if service and true patriot?
ism was to be made the test of fitness,
who stood higher than Judge Willard?
Surrounded by party ties, friendship, as?
sociations and gratitude to the Republi?
can party, he cut loose from all these for
the sake of right and justice, and per?
formed his duty on the bench in as noble
a manner as history presents an example
of, and to Willard may the people of
South Carolina render their heartfelt
gratitude for Governor Hampton's undis?
puted control of the State. Not that the
people did not elect him, but that Judge
Willard sustained the voice of the peo?
ple against the force, fraud and chicane?
ry, of the Radical party. Some parties
expressed fears tfcat some of the Demo?
crats might bolt the nomination, but
there is no probability of that. If the
love of justice and patriotism did not
prevent it, the certain knowledge, that
the finger of scorn would point forever
to the apostate who, while pretending to
represent the interest of South Carolina,
would plunge the dagger in. her heart.
If Gov. Hampton had had the appoint?
ment, he would have given it to Judge
Willard, and the Legislature, with all
their assembled wisdom, cannot improve
on his judgment So Willard will be
Chief Justice of South Carolina in less
than one week.
That will create a vacancy in the posi?
tion of Associate Justice, and who is to
fill that vacancy is the question. Many
and worthy are the aspirants, but the
Justice will be selected from these four?
McGowan, Haskell, Mclver and Kershaw
?any one of whom will adorn the bench
and honor the State.
In the House the Democrats have a
large majority; in the Senate the vote
stands 15 to 17, the Republicans having
the majority, but if one votes with the
Democrats that makes a tie vote, and
Lieut-Gov. Simpson decides it Coch
ran has been talking all the time like an
Independent and voting like a Republican
on all questions of a party .nature.; but
most fortunately for the State the balance
of power which he now holds will in a
few days pass into more worthy hands.
They have refused so far to enter into an
election for Chief Justice, but their ob?
stinacy will end like the rage of a caged
lion, and they will only loose by it, be?
cause it has to come sometime or other,
and the Democrats will win when it does
come. In this connection Gen. Gary has
hardly proved true to his colors, and it is
probable that he will have to explain
some things to his constituents when he
returns home. The people endorse
Hampton and every line and letter of
his policy, so it is but just that they
should expect their representatives to do.
the same.
The House has admitted most of the
Mackeyitea, having kicked out Thomas,
of Newberry, and Straker, of Orangeburg
?both of them carpet-bag negroes, whose
characters would render them more fit
for cells in the Penitentiary than seats in
the House of Representatives?on ac?
count of their revolutionary,, incendiary
and contumacious conduct It is proba?
ble that Mackey will follow their course,
and if the plot which they had planned
for the murder of the Democrats can be
proven on them, they will be handed
down to posterity as the arch fiendB of
all the scoundrels who have disgraced
civilization in the past decade. This is
the plot as told by one of the leading
Republicans of the Mackey House: The
Democrats and Republicans were both
in the Hall, and had not the former
withdrawn when they did, their fate was
sealed. Chamberlain was to issue a
proclamation that the Hall of the House
of Representatives should be cleared.
The Mackeyitea were to withdraw to the
room of the Adjutant General, which
was thoroughly armed and barricaded;
the Democrats would have remained;
two hundred roughs under Whipper and
Hubbard were to attack them; the ?. S.
troops were under Chamberlain's orders,
and would have come to their assistance;
the approaches to the State House were
to be guarded so that no assistance from
the town could be rendered the Demo?
crats, and there they were to be murdered
in cold blood by these brutes, and thus
the trouble of a double House ended.
Notwithstanding these facts the Dem?
ocrats have extended the olive branch of
peace, and ask only that the post be for?
gotten, and that all shall join hands and
strive for the elevation and prosperity of
the State.
Reformatory legislation has not been
forgotten. Salaries and officers have
been reduced, and every means used to
lighten the load of taxation. A bill has
passed the House to hire out the convicts
in the Penitentiary; to prevent the buy ?
ing, selling or receiving for trade seed
cotton between the retting and rising of
the sun; the County Treasurers' pay cut
down to $800, and the Auditors' to $700;
the Sup't. of Education to $1,875, and
the School Commissioners to $300. The
Senate has also passed several bills re?
ducing pay.
Economy is pervading the whole at?
mosphere of legislation, and is rendering
offices desirable for the honor in them
and not the profit. The public debt
worries the Legislature beyond expres?
sion, and the bills of the Bank or the
State are worse than nightmares. Not
one cent of. either, however, will be paid
until its validity is established beyond the
shadow of a doubt
Judge Wright, the colored Associate
Justice, is in hot water. It was declared
in a resolution introduced in the House
that he was a drunkard and unfit for a
Judge. A committee was appointed to
examine into it, and they nave ascer?
tained that he has frequently been picked
up out of the gutters utterly drunk and
carried home by policemen; that he has
been very drunk fifteen minutes before
and fifteen minutes after court, and that
he has occupied his position on the bench
very drunk. They will report in a few
days, and it is probable that he will re?
tire to private life. J. L. O.
USURY.
From eighteen to twonty per cent.
National Banks must surely take.
When .to a poor farmer is lent j
Honey his bread and meat, to make.
i The merchant, and mechanic, too,
Are all treated in the same way,
And pay they must be sure to do
? - On the future appoinUd day.
And if any should fail to pay,
His note they promptly do proteot;
" His credit is ruined, they say,
And then deal closer with the rest.
Industry can make no profit
On money at twenty per cent.,
And yet the banks will not stop it,
While on oppression they are bent.
When'the banks the country shall own
Man, wife, little, big, old and young
Then the misery will be known
That they have by oppression done.
Then more like "T. H. E." will think
And clamor for a usury law,
And our law makers will not shrink
From doing what they should do now.
When money no longer is king,
But the interest of all shall unite,
Property will supplant "this king,"
And in its good all will delight.
Then lot all continue to cry
Against banks that take such per cent.
Till our law makers can't deny
The law on which labor is bent.
Me. Editor : The communication of
"T. H. R." in the issue of your paper of
the 26th ultimo, advocating the old usury
law, your editorial on the subject, and
the notice that "eight shares of the An?
derson National Bank sold this week for
$1,000, which is $1.25 for $1.00," has
caused me to produce the above almost
spontaneously. I am no poet, but send
you these lines with the hope that this
little effusion of mine may not have been
in vain. I have made use of the words
"national banks" instead of "capitalists,"
not because the sentiments will not as well
apply to them, if they exact such rates
of interest, but . because the National
Banks could afford to lend money at a
much lower rate of interest and still
make money and their stock valuable.
The stockowners of a National Bank, by
depositing with the United States Treas?
urer their bond for $100,000, obtain from
him $90,000 in United States bills, which
it uses and which constitutes its capital
stock. For merely depositing the bond
of the stockowners to secure the United
States against loss in case it should break,
it has given to it $90,000. For this gift
the bank is only required to pay a yearly
tax, which does not exceed one and a
half per cent If interest*' was at the
rate of seven per cent., a bank with this
capital stock could pay said tax and then
make yearly $4,950. Would this not pay
any bank sufficiency for lending money
that costs it so little ? I leave this ques?
tion for each one to answer for himself.
But I do not design now to give reasons
why I do not believe in National Banks,
but merely to say that I agree with "T.
H. R." that the necessity of the country
demands a strict usury law. If we had
such a law the capitalists would invest
their money in permanent improvements,
and consequently build up the interests
of the country. Labor would have em?
ployment, more money would be in cir?
culation, merchant? and mechanics would
flourish. Under- the present state of af?
fairs all industrial enterprises are lan?
guishing, and will continue to languish
until the progress of capitalists in sub?
jecting all enterprises to their interest is
checked. Can a farmer buy a little tract
of land On a credit and ever pay for it by
paying eighteen or twenty per cent in?
terest ? Can a merchant afford to borrow
money at such high rates of interest and
make any profit after paying store rent
and clerk hire? Can mechanics make
anything by their trades on borrowed
money, on which they have to pay such
enormous rates of interest? No. None
but capitalists can flourish under such
circumstances. They reap all the pre?te
made by those who are so unfortunate as
to have to borrow money; and this cre?
ates a want of confidence in the success
of all industrial enterprises, and works a
detriment to the prosperity of the coun?
try. The high rate of interest makes the
rich richer, the poor poorer. To check
this and protect the industrial enterprises
something must be done, and done quick?
ly. A strict usury law will effect more
permanent good to the country than any
other matter that at this time can engage
the attention of our legislators. Capi?
talists will not suffer by it They are
able to take care of themselves, and if
they should determine not to lend their
money at a rate of interest to be fixed by
the law, they would invest it in factories
or some other local improvements that
wonld, while building up the country
and making them an income, give em?
ployment to honest labor. The country
would be improved thereby materially.
But enough, for the many reasons why a
usury law should be enacted must be ob?
vious to almost all who have ever given
it any attention. B.
? Amid all the talk of the terrible at?
tack Mr. Blaine proposes to make on the
Administration and its Southern policy
when the extra session begins, it has not
seemed to occur to :?.ny one that, instead
of Mr. Elaine's making the attack, the
Administration might make an attack on
Mr. Blaine. It is refreshing to see that
this idea has at last occurred to some one,
and it is even announced that such an
attack will be made, and by no less a
person than Mr. Stanley Matthews. It
will be recollected that this Mr. Blaine is
the same Mr. Blaine who was formerly
Speaker of the House, and whose corres?
pondence attracted so much attention a
year or so ago, particularly a letter in
which he called the attention of some of
his friends in the lobby to a railroad rul?
ing of his, and intimated that he did not
make such rulings for nothing. He is
the same corrupt man and tricky politi?
cian that he was then. He shielded his
reputation for a long while under the
cover of ferocious attacks on the Demo?
crats, and now that that poor line of de?
fence is taken away from him, he is in a
position in which the first bold attack
will put him to rout in all his nakedness.
? The impression prevails in commer?
cial circles that the speculators for a rise
in breads tuffs have overdone the busi?
ness, and will quite likely come out
losers. Very little of the grain purchased
to meet the expected foreign demand has
been shipped. Should the war prove a
brief one of a Bingle campaign, and in?
volve no other European powers than the
present contestants, there will not be
sufficient demand for American grain to
iuatify a natural advance in prices.
There is a prospect, however, of a short
crop in this country, which will, of
course, Wrve to keep up war prices.
THE CHIEF JUSTICESHIP.
Editor Anderson Intelligencer:
Why is it that Go v. Hampton declares
for Judge Willard for the office of Chief
Justice? What is it that Mr. Willard
has done for Gov. Hampton, and the
party that elected Gov. Hampton, that
now induces him to support this carpet?
bagger in preference to all the native-born
eitizens of the State? What act was it
of Judge Willard's in the late campaign
that assisted the Democratic party to
elect Mr. Hampton? What act has
Judge Willard ever performed in this
State that can properly claim for him
elevation over the head of Gen. Samuel
McGowan, and a hundred other citizens
of the State, whose characters stand un
impeached and unimpeachable, and whose
legal attainments are equal, and in many
instances far superior, to his? Then, in
the name of the struggle through which
we have passed, what, does it all mean?
We had hoped that Gov. Hampton
would have been contented in the dis?
charge of the duties of Governor, and
that he would have left the matter of
Chief Justice to the Legislature, where
it belonged, but we are humiliated to see
his name in public print, and as we un?
derstand by his consent, vindicating one
who, in the true sense of the word, is a
carpet-bagger, and who no doubt is as
responsible to-day as any of his co-adven?
turers for the ruined condition of our
own beloved State. If we understand
the principles upon which the late cam?
paign was made, it was to relieve the
State of these miserable creatures called
carpet-baggers. Then, to deny to the
people the victory won through along
and hard fought campaign by electing to
office that class against whom the cam?
paign was made, is to bring upon the
party at this late hour disgraceful defeat.
But it is said that Judge Willard has
behaved well since the election in his
decisions pertaining to the election, &c.
His duty performed in this particular
was plain and of easy solution, and he
performed it, and is entitled to that con?
sideration only that other officials are en?
titled to who perform their dnties. If it
was desired to elect Judge Cooke it
could be said for him that he is a Judge,
and as good a one as Willard; and more,
that he is a native born of the State; and
more, infinitely more, he helped to elect
Tilden to the Pesidency of the United
States and Hampton to the office of Gov?
ernor of this State; but none of these
things can be said for Willard, save he is
Judge.
We in the upper part of the State, by
large and overwhelming majorities, would
be glad to see Gen. 8. McGowan elected
Chief Justice. That he is profound in
the law, and the equal of any man in the
State, cannot and will not be questioned.
The upper counties, who wore as many
red and blue shirts as anv other portion
of the State, hold no offices, or at least
but few, in the State, and it was their
votes that gave the majorities that won
the election. Then" give us McGowan, if
you please; but if you will not, give it
to a native and not to a carpet-bagger.
He was one of the first to preju?
dice the minds of the negro against the
native whites for office, which he obtained
and now holds; and he and his co-adven?
turers are responsible to-day for the
ruined condition of the State, .and we
say, finding him as we do in the high and
exalted position of Associate Justice, let
him stay where we find him. M.
A Black Brute.?On Friday after?
noon last, Jim Houston, a stalwart negro,
some 25 or 30 years of age, living on the
plantation of Mr. Samuel Barron, in the
vicinity of Tirzah Church in this county,
whipped a child of his own color so un?
mercifully that his life is despaired of.
The victim of the fiend's brutality is the
son of Ed. Witherspoon, a neighbor, and
over whom Houston has no legal right of
control. The little boy was at Houston's
house, however, by invitation, and on
the evening in question Houston sent
him on some errand to Mr. Barron's
house. Not making the haste that Hous?
ton desired, when the little boy, only
seven or eight years old, returned.to the
field where Houston was at work, the
latter tied the child's arms around a tree
and proceeded to whip him, first, as the
brute himself admits, using cedar limbs,
and afterwards hickory withes, continu?
ing the flogelation until the child was
literally flayed from the crown of his
head to the soles of his feet The child
was then made to walk to the house,
where he remained uncared for until the
next evening, when word reached his
father of the cruel treatment be had re?
ceived and he was taken home, and bis
body, a mass of sores, was dressed. On
Monday the child was brought to town
for medical treatment, and placed under
care of Dr. Alexander, who expresses
doubt as to its recovery. On application
of the father, Trial Justice Lewis issued
a warrant for the arrest of the fiend, and
he was promptly brought before that offi?
cial on Monday afternoon, and by him
committed to fail to await the result of
the injuries inflicted upon the child.
Houston appears to have no regrets for
his barbarous act, speaking of it as though
he had performed a meritorious deed.
While on his way from the courtyard to
the jail, he received the execrations of
men and women of his own color, some
of whom thought "Governor Hampton
would'nt make much fuss about it if they
were to take the wretch out and give him
a similar flogging to that which he inflic?
ted upon the child;" while a colored wo?
man remarked, "Yes," and if a white
man had whipped a negro that way, a
regiment of soldiers would have been
sent here right off!"-? Yorkville Enquirer.
? Silas M. Patterson, of South Caroli?
na Supreme Court notoriety, a son of
Honest John, who represents South Car?
olina in the Senate, has left Columbia,
where he has been in the interest of the
Congressional Executive Committee of
this city. He declares that Hayes has
sent the Radical party to the devil, and
that a Republican convention will never
be held in the State again. He says the
South Carolina negroes are very .bitter
against Hayes, and that if the President
were to undertake a tour of that State,
they would pelt him with rotten eggs.
Patterson says he is mortified to think
that his father is obliged to mingle with
such men as Hayes and Evarts, hoth of
whom think Returning Boards are good
enough to make Presidents, but not de?
cent enough to make Governors.
? There seems to be a general agree?
ment in Europe that the Turk ought to
leave that continent, but the great diffi?
culty of the Eastern question is as to who
shall take his place. The various nations
of the old world are like the greedy rela?
tives of a rich invalid, who are unanimous
in the opinion that he cannot die too
soon, but are at swords points as to the
person who ought to be his heir. The
shoes ought to be vacated, but who is to
step into the shoes ? This is the problem
which amazes and distracts Europe, and
is the only hope of Turkey. But for tbat
the Moslem power would perish more
rapidly than it arose.
THE LOWNDESVILLE MURDERERS.
Three of them Executed, and the others
Imprisoned for Life.
[From the Abbeville Medium.]
On last Friday Jenkins "Whitner, John
Allen and Wightman Allen paid the
fearful forfeit of their lives for the mur?
der of Clayton Allen at Lowndesville on
Monday night, fourth of December last.
The public are already so familiar with
the story of this awful crime and the
speedy punishment that has pursued and
overtaken its brutal perpetrators that we
need not go into any extended rehearsal
of the facts of the case.
In March, 1876, Osborne Rhodes, a
copper-colored negro, came to Lowndes?
ville from Georgia and after "knocking
about" in that community for some time,
at length succeeded in hiring himself to
Dr. Speer, with whom he lived for eight
or nine months. He was a loud-mouthed,
turbulent, pestilent fellow and soon ac
Suired a sort of controlling influence over
le conduct and actions of the Radical
negroes in that community. On the day
before the murder he had a difficulty with
his employer about the payment of his
wages, and became so violent in beha?
viour and made such serious threats that
Dr. Speer prayed the peace against him
in Trial Justice Beckham's court. A
warrant was issued upon which he was
arrested, and in default of bail he was
confined in the calaboose at Lowndes?
ville preparatory to his removal to the
jail at this place on the following day.
During his confinement in the calaboose
he was visited by several prominent col?
ored men to whom he expressed the fear
that the white people intended to take
him out and kill him that night. He
asked them to collect a crowd for his
rescue from such a fate and said that he
would give the alarm by a cry of murder.
Among those who were especially active
in raising this crowd were Peter and Wil?
liam Cozby and Wightman Allen. After
perfecting this arrangement Rhodes made
a proposition to Mr.Pritchard, a-member
of the Lowndesville town council, that if
he was released from the calaboose and
conveyed across the river into Georgia he
would never come back to Lowndesville
again. To this Pritchard assented tell?
ing him that he would come to the cala?
boose that night with such an escort as
would insure his safe conduct across the
border. According to agreement Pritch?
ard, accompanied by Clayton Allen and
Theodore Baker, repaired to the calaboose
at about ten o'clock that night. On the
door being opened Rhodes set up a fear?
ful cry of murder, but upon being assured
by Pritchard that no harm was intended
he became quiet and agreed to go with
Allen and Baker. As the party ap
Eroached the Presbyterian church,*some
undred yards distant from the calaboose,
they were halted by a large band of ne?
groes and fired into, Allen fell from his
horse with eight bullet holes through his.
body, and Baker was seriously wounded
in the neck but effected his escape. The
firing party instantly dispersed and the
community was thrown into the wildest
state of excitement by the news of this
horrid crime. The most vigilant and
active measures were at once taken for
the discovery of those engaged in the
murder, and seventeen negroes were ar?
rested for complicity in the crime. They
confessed their guilt and were commit?
ted to jail to await their trial for murder.
In order to prevent threatened violence,
the prisoners were taken to Anderson and
confined in jail at that place, and as a
further precaution were thence conveyed
to Walhalla and there kept until the Jan?
uary term of court for this county when
they were put upon trial for their lives.
A iury. composed of four white and eight
colored men was entrusted with the case,
and, after a protracted trial continuing
through two days, on Sunday morning,
January 14th, Judge Cooke sentenced the
prisoners to be hung on April 20th. Af?
ter the excitement of the late political
campaign had somewhat died away there
was a marked revulsion of public senti?
ment as to the execution of the whole
number of the condemned. Petitions,
numerously signed, were forwarded to
Governor Hampton and the most active
agencies were set to work in behalf of
the prisoners. Acting upon the sugges?
tions contained in these petitions, the
recommendations of Judge Cooke and the
earnest solicitations of the jury that tried
the case, the Governor respited the sen?
tence of the whole number of the con?
demned until last Friday. A further ex?
amination of the case influenced the Gov?
ernor to commute the sentences of seven
of the condemned to a life time impris?
onment in the State penitentiary. These
seven, William Johnson, Hutson Cozby,
Gilbert Barton, Edward Prince, Capers
Allen, Eli Hunter and Asbury Allen,
were taken to Columbia on last Thursday
under guard and placed in the peniten?
tiary?the death sentence as to the re?
maining three was allowed to stand aqd
on Friday they suffered the extreme pen?
alty of the law.
The parting between these men on
Thursday morning was full of emotion.
Tears streamed down the swarthy cheeks
of the confederates in crime as they bade
each other an eternal farewell. During
the day and on Thursday night the wives
and children of two of the doomed men.
(the other, John Allen was unmarried,)
were allowed to remain with them in
their cells and the time was passed in al?
ternate tossing and prayer. Far into the
night the voices of the unhappy captives
floated out upon the soft spring air, and
now and then a spasmodic shout of
"Glory, hallelujah 1" would relieve the
monotonous petitions for mercy and par?
don. John Allen alone, of all the three,
slept, He passed the night as if no crime
rested upon his head?slept right under
the shadow of the gallows as if his soul
was not stained with the blood of a fellow
human being. Not so with Jenkins
Whitner and Wightman Allen?the gray
dawn found them on their knees sending
up the most pitiful petitions to their
Master that if it were possible he would
let this cup pass from them.
On Friday morning there was the bus?
tle of preparation on every hand. The
condemned were attended in their cells
by Revs. Wightman and Pratt and
Maxcy, colored, who prayed with the un?
fortunate wretches and administered the
communion to them. They spent the
entire morning with the prisoners and
did what they could to reconcile them to
their horrid fate. The two Aliens were
calm and self-possessed but Jenkins
Whitner was so much unnerved that the
Sheriff had to dress him for the gallows.
At nine o'clock the "Abbeville Rifles"
assembled at the jail and acted as the
guard around the gallows. Two rows of
sentinels were stationed in the jail yard
and armed guards placed at all the en?
trances of the enclosure. Only such per?
sons as hod been summoned to act as
guards were allowed to enter the yard
and the greatest good order was preserved
through the entire day. At 11 o'clock
the SnerifF, accompanied by a squad of
five men from the rifle club, proceeded to
the cells of the condemned and marched
the unhappy wretches out to the place of
execution. The prisoners were neatly
dressed in black, walked in their stock?
ing feet and wore white gloves. They
had been shaved on the previous evening
and presented a very pleasant appearance.
Each wore the fatal black cap. They
were accompanied by the three clergy?
men before named who bade them fare?
well at the foot of the gallows. They
then took their places on the trap door
on the right of the scaffold on chairs
which had been put in position by the
Sheriff and his assistants. Whitner was
considerably agitated and aa he ascended
the scaffold cried out "Glory! thank
God! I feel that Jesus is in my soul"
After the prisoners had taken their posi?
tions on the gallows the Sheriff stepped
to the front and said: "My friends, I do
not think it is necessary tor me to ask
you to give these poor unfortunate men
I a quiet and respect ml hearing. They we
here to suffer the extreme penalty of the
law and desire to make some-statements.
I will first introduce Wight man Allen."
Amidst a silence that was almost pain?
ful, Wightmau Allen, with, blanched
face and tremulous voice, arose and said s
"God has said, whosoever cometh unto
me I will in no wise cast out. I want all
my friends to take warning from my
presence here to-day. Get ready to meet
Christ. Keep your- foot in-the path from
earth to heaven. My friends, do not
think too much of your friends; this .is
what brought me here. I am here to be
crucified luce my Saviour. Ldont know
what I am put here for. This thing will
stare you in the face when you don't ex?
pect it. May God have mercy on me."
Jenkins Whitner next arose and said:
"I thank God that I am able through
His mercy to stand before yon. I thank
God He has enabled me to flee from the
wratn to Come. You may rejoice at the
death of one poor servant, but all have to
come to this. The tall, the wise, the
rev'rent head must lie as low as ours.
Here's me; see me holding on to this
last solemn words. I am innocent of this
?this very object. ? I ain't got the blood
of any man on my hands. Thank God
when I lie down I will have no blood on
my hands. Lord bless us all, my friends
that they may be able to realize their
true condition. God bless you all. God
loves all of you; He loves your souls.
God is the ruler on high; He is able to
save sinners. I can smile at my coffin
down there. God bless you all, white
and colored. May God bless you. May
God save you all. I give my respects to
Mr. Jones and family. They have been
kind to us?kind to us all; and I say
here upon my last solemn tomb I believe
my Redeemer won't charge it to him.
I'm innocent of it Remember these
words. Pray all of you. Pray that God
may save your souls; that you may be
able to flee from the wrath to come.
May God bless you all and save you in
His Kingdom."
John Allen' then spoke as follows:
"I'm here in the hands of My God. I'm
going to 11 the truth. Pve got to stand
before Gou's judgment bar. I was with
the party that killed Mr. Allen. I fired;
I run; jut I don't know whether I hit or
not I thank God I feel that I am clear
of that Try to meet me in heaven.
I've tried to make my calling and elec?
tion sure."
The Sheriff, assisted by Mr. Hughes,
then adjusted the ropes about the necks
of the unhappy convicts, bade them good?
bye and descended from the gallows.
There was a moment of awful suspense,
and at 27 minutes past 11 the drop fell
with a dead thud, ana the majesty of the
law was fearfully vindicated. The
Sheriff had taken the precaution to tack
bagging around the lower part of the
gallows frame, so that the contortions of
the banged men could not be seen by the
multitude. Drs. Edwin Parker, of this
place, 0. P. Hawthorn, of Due West,
and J. G. Johnson, of Lowndesville,
acted as medical experts, and at S min?
utes to 12 o'clock pronounced the three
men dead, when they were cut down and
deposited in neatly stained coffins that
were in waiting by the scaffold. The
necks of the two Aliens were completely
broken, and they died almost without a
struggle. Whitner lived for: seventeen
minutes after the drop fell, and
died from asphykia, or strangulation.
Wightman Allen was 31 years old, about
5 feet in height, with small body and
good looking face! He was formerly the
slave of James Allen/ and was named
for Bishop Wightman of the Methodist
Church. He was married and had three
living children. He had always lived
in Lowndesville. He had no education;
could neither read nor write, but pos?
sessed the average intelligence of his
race. He claimed to the last that he was
not present at the shooting of Allen;
that he was a quarter of a mile distant
from the scene of the murder at the time
the shooting took place. It was at his
house that the conspirators assembled
both before and after the shooting, and
this, together with the fact that he had
taken an active pan in raising the crowd,
led to his execution.
John Allen was a brother to Wight
man, and was twenty-one years old. He
could sad a little, went to school to a
colored man, Tom Heard. He had a
forbidding front and an evil eye. He
was a little over five feet in height, and
weighed perhaps one hundred and sixty
pounds. He confessed o; his trial ana
from the gallows that he was present at
the murder of Allen and that he fired
upon him.
Jenkins Whitner was about twenty
four years old, and a large, stout, heavily
built black fellow, with a pretty fair
countenance and rather pleasant man?
ners. He could read and write, and was
more intelligent than the masses of his
Seople. He was born and raised in An
erson County, and,was once owned by
Maxy Moorehead, who lived three miles
from Anderson village. He came to
Lowndesville year before last, and lived
there until last December. He went
to school to Mary Hicks at Anderson.
He was a lieutenant of the squad that
murdered Allen.
The Sheriff's conduct at the execution
was most admirable?he behaved like a
man, and deserves the highest praise.
The best order prevailed throughout the
entire day, ana by four o'clock in the
afternoon the town was deserted. What
effect this execution will have the future
alone can determine.
? A large establishment has been*
opened in St. Louis for drying eggs. It
is in full operation, and hundreds of
thousands of dozens are going into its in?
satiable maw. The eggs are carefully
"candled" by hand?that is, examined by
light to ascertain whether good or not?1
and are then thrown into an immense re?
ceptacle, where they are broken, and by
a centrifugal operation the white and
yolk are separated from the shell very
much as liquid honey is separated from
the comb. The liquid is then dried by
heat, by patent process, and the dried
article is left, resembling sugar, and is
put in barrels and Is ready for transporta?
tion anywhere.
?- Of the $258,000 that Cardozo's re?
port showed to be in the Treasury, only
$40,000 in money was turned over to
Treasurer Leaphart, it appearing that the
$218,000 difference was locked up in Sol?
omon's bank. General Moise found in
his office 750,000 copper capped ball car?
tridges, a sufficient amount to last the
State twenty years in time of peace.
Only one hundred guns, including disa?
bled weapons, were found. Large num?
bers of bayonet scabbards and cartridge
boxes were found, and nothing else of
value. - _
? Chicago Tribunt, (Republican):
The colored men have nothing more to
ask; there is nothing which national
politics can give them as a class. They
are fairly starred and established in the
race of life. They are as free and secure
in their freedom as all other, men, and,
like all other men, must take their
chances. The color line in politics hav?
ing been obliterated, the colored race,
politically, is henceforth merged in ana
lost in the general mass of the people.
? Some women are certainly very un?
reasonable; There's Mrs. Miller, of New
York, for instance, who had her husband
arrested the other day upon a charge of
"habitual drunkenness and refusing to
provide any support for her," just as if
any husband could bo expected to make
.money enough at this dull season
to keep habitually drunk and support his
wife at the same time.
? In Wiunsboro a rifle compxny has
been organized, which is to be attached
to the South Carolina militia, and has
been named the Gordon Rifles, in honor
of Georgia's distinguished son, and South
Carolina's devoted friend, the Hon. John
B. Gordon, J
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
[ ? Kellog* remains in Washington, and
says he wiu contest the seat of Senator
Spofford.; .
?Why are untried murderers like bells
on the ground ? Because they want noth?
ing but hanging.
? One of the last utterances of Parson
Brownlow was a declaration in favor of
Hampton for President in preference to
any Northern Democrat
? According to the Graphic a well
trained legislator is never bribed, but
adroitly sells his jack knife for $10,000,
and calls it a business transaction.
? A widow in Iowa, whose husband
was burned to death while under impris- j
onment for drunkenness, has obtained a
judgment for $6,000 against the man who'
sold him liquor.
? A facetious editor calls Austin,
Texas, the city of dead Issues, because,
as it rem arks, no less than fifteen papers
have died within the past ten years.
? Mrs. Mary J. Willard, wife of Ma?
rion Willard, and daughter of John S.
Martin, of Laurensville,. died at the resi?
dence of her husband, in the same coun?
ty, on the 2nd instant
? This remarkable statement appears
among the personals of our exchanges:
"The widow of Daniel Webster, who died I
nearly twenty-five years ago, is still liv?
ing in New York city."
? An inebriate on being kindly ques?
tioned in a very narrow lane, across which
he was reeling, as to the length of the
road he had travelled, replied, "Faith it j
is not so much the length of it as the
breadth of it that tired me."
? Mrs. Martha Burkett, wife of Mr.
Willis Burkett, of Oconee County, died
on the 22nd of April. She was the
mother of seventeen children, most of |
whom are married and have families.
? A hunter in Lexington boasts that I
he caught a red fox a few days ago meas?
uring from tip to tip four feet and one
inch, and from toe to toe three feet and
one inch. The race lasted four hours |
with seven dogs.
? Among the inmates of the Nashville j
Lunatic Asylum is a negro woman who
lives almost entirely upon grass, which i
she obtains from the lawn in front of. the
building. She has a great antipathy to
weeds, and suffers none to grow within j
the enclosure.
? The Turkish minister at Washing- j
ton has received a -great number of ap?
plications from young physicians, who
wish to go to the seat of war as surgeons
in the Turkish army. He has been com?
pelled to reply that he has neither au- j
thority to commission nor funds to trans?
port them.
? "Will our exchanges in the old j
States," says, a Dallas (Texas) paper,
"warn their young men not to come to
Texas in search of employment?unless
they want employment on the farm.
There is plenty of work on Texas farms
tobe hau, but unless a man desires, to
labor on a farm, be had better give Texas
a wide berth."
? The Franklin -Cotton Mill at Sau
fuoit, N. Y., bnflt in 1812. and owned by
[. D. Browell < j Co., was burned on Fri?
day night The fire originated in the
explosion of the watchman's lantern.
Loss $77,000. Insurance $10,000. One
hundred persons were thrown out of em?
ployment.
? Mr. Jennings, the London ^corres
pondent of the World, looks for a general
war in Europe, and thinks it will result
in a general revival in American securi?
ties, particularly in railroad securities,
which are now "so much depreciated.
European capital will be compelled to
seek investment in America,
? Gen. and Mrs. Grant, with their son
Jesse, sailed for Liverpool from Philadel?
phia on May 7 in the Indiana. Presi?
dent Hayes and Cabinet offered him
passage on a government vessel, but the
General preferred going as a private citi?
zen, and probably thought he could make
the voyage in a much snorter time.
? The Legislature is pruning the offi?
cial fruit trees close to the stem: and the
people begin to feel the days of prosper?
ity are in sight If the salary of Auditor
is pruned down to $800?which is a fair
living salary these hard times?we have
a saving alone in that office of $54,400.
We wait the result of this good begin?
ning.
? The Massachusetts State Board of
Health issues a circular descriptive of
hydrophobia. The disease is divided in?
to three stages?the first is marked by
restlessness, the second by spasms and
frothing, and the third by paralysis. An
attack of the disease, it says, may be
avoided in a vast majority of cases, after
a person has been bitten by a rabid ani?
mal, by at once washing and cauterizing
the wounds with a white-hot iron or ni?
trate of silver.
False Impression.
It is generally supposed by a certain class
of citizens, who are not practical or expe?
rienced, that Dyspepsia can not invariably
be cured, but we are pleased to say that
Grkzn's August Fbowkb has never, to our
knowledge, ? failed to cure Dyspepsia and
Livei Complaint in all its forms, such as
Sour Stomach, Costiveness, Sick Headache,
palpitation of the Heart, low spirits, Ac., &c.
Out of 30,000 dozen bottles sold last year,
not a single failure was reported, but thou?
sands of complimentary letters received
from Druggists of wonderful cures. Three
doses will relieve any case. Try it Sample
Bottles 10 cents. Regular Size 75 cents.
For sole by Wilhite & Williams.
DISSOLUTION.
THE Firm of GILREATH & PEOPLES
" is this day dissolved by mutual con?
sent All indebted to us will please settle j
immediately, as we are determined to close ]
up the old business.
W. W. GILREATH,
J. E. PEOPLES.
May 3,1877.
HAVING bought Mr. W. W. Gilreath's
interest in the firm of Gilreath &
Peoples, the business will be carried on at
the old stand, under the name and style of |
J. E. Peoples. Call and get bargains.
? J. E. PEOPLES.
May 10,1877 _43
DENTAL NOTICE.
THE undersigned would respectfully in?
form the citizens of Anderson and vi
cinity that he is prepared to do all work, both
in Mechanical and Operative Dentistry.
Has all the late appliances for Filling, Piv?
oting and Treating Teeth, as well as for Ar?
tificial Dentures. Prices to suit the times.
All work warranted, and satisfaction guar
an teed. Administers Liquid Nitrous Oxide
Gas for the painless extraction of teeth when
desired. Printers, Clergymen of all denom?
inations, Physicians, School Teachers, des?
titute widows and orphans, work done at
half usual rates. <
Will remain in Anderson a short while.
Booms over:Mr. A.' B. Towers' store,
Granite Row.
E. G. MURRAH, D. D. 8.
May 3, 1877 42 8
DR. J. W. GURLEY,
Of Atlanta, Georgia,
"TT7ILL be in Anderson on the 16th, 17th,
YV and 18th of May, where he may be
consulted by those suffering with the fol?
lowing diseases:
Diseases of the Eye and Ear, of every de?
scription.
Cancer and Tumors cured without the
loss of blood, and with very little or no pain.
Ulcers of the leg.
Piles and Fistula, without using the knife.
Deformities of the 8pine, Crooked Feet
Diseases of the Joints, Contracted Cords,
Stiff Knees, Rupture, radically cured by
mechanical means.
Dr. Gurley is well known to the best citi?
zens of Anderson, and refers by permission
to Doctors P. A. Wilhite/ O. R. Broylee,
J. T. McFall and W. H. Nardin, at Ander?
son C. H., S. C.
May 3,1877 42 2
PENDLETON FACTORY,
FOR SALE.
By J. H. McConnell, Sheriff L Auctioneer.
State or South Caxoluta,
AffDXBSOH COCKTT.
In the Court Common Pico?.
Albert J. Clinkscoles, Plaintiff, against the
Pendleton Manufacturing1 Company, Wil?
liam Perry and others. Corporators, Wll.
liam Roniply and others, Creditors, De?
fendants.?Action Jpr. appointment o/.JU
ceiver. Sale of property, etc,
BY virtue of an order of the Court of
Common Pleas for the County of An?
derson, and State of Sooth Carolina, I will
expose to sale at PUBLIC OUTCRY, at
ANDERSON C. H., 8. C, on the TWEJf
TY THIRD DAT OP MAY next,
all that Valuable Property, known as the
Pendleton Factory,
Situate on the Blue Ridge Railroad, three
miles South of Pendleton. The Tract of
Land, 420 acres, more or less, will be deri?
ded into 'two tracts, and plats of each on
exhibition.
The Water-Power, on the Twenty-Three
Mile Creek, a large and never-failing stream,
propelling Letters Turbine Wote^ Wheels,
running all machinery in the main, one
and-a-half story brick building, 45 by. 160
feet, over 2000 spindles, 21 cards, 60 looms,
and a large quantity of other machinery
appurtenant.
Also, adjoining, a one-story Brick Build?
ing, 27 by 70 feet, for machine shop and
picker rooms, with lathes, tools, and every?
thing convenient.
Also, another Building, with cotton gin
and press, and two sets of wool cords, pick?
er, (fee.
Everything convenient for receiving cot?
ton; ana for shipping manufactured goods
to any. market
The President's house, store-house and
25 houses for operatives, comparatively new
and well arranged for business and comfort.
Many medals attest the superiority of
Yams made at this Factory.
Adjoining the Factory Tract is 150 acres
of land, known as the "Kessler Mill Tract"
with (arm, water-power, and a Grist Mill, in
a first-rate neighborhood for custom. This
Tract will be sold separately, .and a plat of
the same exhibited.
Twill also sell the following new and de?
tached machinery, that has not been in
use, made by.C. Dam forth A Co., Patterson,
N.J.; Two self-stripper Carding Machines,
two Drawing Heads, one Speeder, one Yarn
Press, one Grinder and ono Band Machine.
Come and look at the property before day
of sale. Mr. Wilson or myself wiQ be
there every day In the week, and will take
pleasure in showing it. '
My Poet Office is Pendleton, 8.. C. ? ...
TERMS OF -SL^E?One-third of the pur?
chase money cash: balance in.two equal
instalments, payable respectively on 1st
January, 1878, and 1st January, 1878, with
interest from day of sale at seven per cent,
per annum, to be secured by bond and
mortgage of the premises, and machine?
ry, and policies of insurance, equal to the
unpaid balance of purchase money, to be
assigned.
JOHN B. SITTON, ?
Receiver Pendleton Manufacturing Co.
April 28,1877 41 ,5
l. P. SMITH. T, R. AYBR.
NEW FIRM.
NEW GOODS.
WE woqld respectfully inform the citi?
zens of Anderson that we have
formed a copartnership in the Mercantile
Business, and would solicit a shore of pub?
lic patronage. We deal exclusively in
MEN'S WEAE,
And have just received a fresh lot of Goods
from New York, consisting of
BROADCLOTHS,
CA6SIMERES,
DRAB D'ETES, At,
HATS !
We also hove a choice selection of th? lo?
test style Hats , and Gents' Cravats of the
litest pattern. We will sell very eh cap for
CASH!
Call and examine our stock, 'and 'we can
make it to your interest to purchase from us.
j.J. R. SMYTH;;
Is in the opposite room, and will be glad to
see his old friends and customers. Hi Is
ready and prepared to Cut your clothes and
make them up in the lotest style. Came
and see us at McCuily 's Corner. .
l: P. SMITH & CO.
March 29,1877 37 8m
SPRING AND SUMMER
a-ooDS
AT THE i
Emporium of Fashion.
[" WISH to coll the attention of the Lo
L dies to my Spring Stock of Goods.
Hats of every style and quality?the
Cheapest ever sold in this market.
A beautiful lot Flswers, Ribbons,
Neckties, and other novelties.
The best lot of Shoes ever brought to
this place?hand-made in Winchester, Ya.,
and warranted to wear well.
Dress Goods in great variety.
Kid and Lyle Thread GLOVES.
BTew Prints as 8 1 -8e.-l2 yards
for one dollar.
The Man tu a-Maltin g and Milli?
nery Departments are in charge of
competent, and experienced Ladies, who
guarantee satisfaction.
I sell for Cash, and cannot be undersold.
Give rac a call and satisfy yourselves.
Z. D. CHAMBLEE,
Proprietor of Emporium of Fashion.
April 5,1877_26 . ly
Miss IdMe Williams & Go.
NEW GOODS,
NEW GOODS,
Arriving Daily at the
LADIES' STORE!
OVELTH38 of every kind.
HATS of every quality and style. We
are prepared to please the most fastidious.
Fishaes, Heek Ties and Trim?
mings, of the* very latest texture and
shade.'
Dress Goods of every variety.
Gloves, from the Lyle Thread to the
Alexander Kid, at prices that will please.
Shoes that will tempt the eye and. not
empty the purse. ? i
Mantua and Millinery Depart?
ments complete. Our corps of Ladies are
competent and are determined NOT TO
BE EXCELLED.
We propose selling for Cash and Short
Profits
Give us a coll before you buy your Spring
Goods.
March 29,1877_37_
?\T0TICE 0F FINAL SETTLEMENT.
Notice is hereby given that the under?
signed, Administratrix of Estate Edmona
McCrory, deceased, will apply to the Judge
of Probate for Anderson County, on Satur?
day, 9th day of June next f?r a Final Set?
tlement ana discharge from said Estate.
J. A. McCRARY, Adm'x.
May 8,1877 42 5