The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, March 13, 1884, Image 2
E. B. MURRAY, Editor.
THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1884.
TERMS :
ONE YEAR..?.81.50.
SIX MONTHS. 75c.
Two Dollars if not paid in advance.
Ex Senator McDonald has tendered
his resignation as chairman of the Indi?
ana Democratic Executive Committee.
Being a candidate for President he could
not well continue to serve. If nominat?
ed it would be improper, and if defeated
his continuance would subject him to
unpleasant criticism, if things did not
turn out right.
As both National Conventions meet in
Chicago this year, Senator Edmunds has
ventured to predict that the next Presi?
dent will be nominated in that city,
unless Ben Butler runs. He would have
been safe in the prediction without the
proviso. Ben Butler may again be
elected Governor of Massachusetts, but
he cannot be elected President.
The friends of the Carolina, Cumber?
land Gap & Chicago Railroad in this
section were greatly enconraged recently
by the report that arrangements had been
made with the Louisville & Nashville
Eailroad Company to complete the build?
ing of their road. Unfortunately, how?
ever, the rumor turns out to be incorrect,
and the road will have to arrange other?
wise for its building. This is a great
enterprise, and if successful would be of
incalculable benefit to onr State.
Senator Hampton is reported as sajing
that Senator Bayard, if nominated for
President by the Democrats, could carry
all of tbe doubtful States in the coming
election. We believe he is right. Sen?
ator Bayard is a splendid man, and we
think would make tbe best nominee
possible for the Democrats. It is not
probable, however, that the Democratic
'politicians will nominate him. His
nomination would be almost the equiva?
lent of victory, but then it would be a
victory on principle, and the administra?
tion would be conducted in tbe interest
of the whole country, and not as a ma?
chine to reward his personal followers,
It is hard to nominate such a man in
these or any other times.
The Augusta Clironiclc and Constitu?
tionalist says that only about $15,000,000
has been asked of the present Congress
by one hundred and fifty ambitious vil?
lages for public buildings. In addition
there is a bill before tbe House and
Senate asking for the erection of post
office buildings at every town which is
now or which shall hereafter become an
office appointed by the President. This
bill will not pass at this lime, though a
system of public buildings for the gov^
ernment offices in the largerJoy^a>^<Jf~
M^^SS^(v^^ g?v
. ^^SSr^Trom heiog. in many instances,
^jJrtsSly^cueaTed in the price of rents.
The trouble about public buildings has
always been that they are erected not
only for use, but also for show, and heDce
cost immensely. It is proper for the
government to have handsome buildings
in the larger cities, but in towns the
buildings should be erected in a durable
manner, and sufficiently spacious for the
needs of tbe government, but without
the extravagant expenditure for show
which is the present custom.
The sentiment favoring the renomioa
tion of the "old ticket" of Tilden and
Headricks is on the increase just now, and
probabilities point more strongly to it
than to any other action by tbe Demo?
cratic Convention. Next to the nomi?
nation of Mr. Bayard we think this
would be tbe best policy the party can
pursue, and would give a reasonable as?
surance of victory in the coming election.
The old ticket would carry every South?
ern State, with New Jersey, Connecticut,
Delaware, Indiana and New York reason?
ably safe, and would stand a good pros?
pect of carrying Ohio, with Pennsylva?
nia and Illinois close in a fight. This
nomination would arouse a sense of jus?
tice in the mind of the American people,
and the enthusiasm which the determi?
nation to right the wrongs of 1876 would
create, would, we believe, be akin to the
political tempest which swept the country
in 1840. It would have the confidence of
the business men of tbe United States,
and would raise a larger campaign fund
than any ticket the party can name.
Owing to Mr. Tilden's age we do not be?
lieve the administration would equal one
over which Mr. Bayard would preside,
but there is no doubt it would be wise,
cautions, economical and efficient. Mr.
Tilden's administration as Governor of
New York guarantees that. The selec?
tion of this ticket would unite all fac?
tions of the Democratic party, and still
the storm which the extreme tariff revis?
ionists are trying to raise; and which
will, in our judgment, sink tbe Demo?
cratic party if it is not harmonized. Tbe
tariff revision is an issue which ought to
win, and which will eventually win, but
it will not be until after the Republican
party has been beaten upon other issues,
or until political parties are reformed
upon different lines. It has now been
twenty-four years since tbe Democrats
have had a President, and another defeat
will in all probability disband the party,
as the old whig party was disbanded', by
constant defeats. No party can survive
a quarter of a century of disaster, and
we fear that a failure to elect the Presi?
dent this year may seriously disintegrate
the South. It is better policy, therefore,
to leave out all matters which will seri?
ously divide democrats, and make the
coming canvass to win. After we get
possession of the government we can
discuss the important questions of gov?
ernment, about which there are differ?
ences, to better advantage. For these
reasons we favor a canvass to carry the
Eastern States, which gives promise of
success, rather than a hopeless, though
plucky, ficht for the West.
? A resident of the upper part of
Bichland County who was in the city
yesterday reported that the skeleton of a
white man bad been found about eight
miles from the city, and near by was also
discovered the skeleton of a monkey.
It is not known who the man was, but
he is supposed to have been an organ
grinder.?Columbia Register,
The action of Governor Thompson in
.ttempting to have W. B. Cash, the
jffianly murderer, arrested and brought
o justice is commended on all sides.
There has never before in our recollection
jeen an incident in times of peace that
aas so gravely reflected upon the efficien?
cy of our laws in South Carolina, us the
silling of the town marshal of Cheraw
by this desperado in the presence of
?orae seventy man, and his escape with?
out an effort to detain him, and the sub?
sequent apathy of the County officers in
not trying to arrest the murderer. It
was, therefore, the duty of the Governor
to interfere, to the end that it might be
established that criminals cannot go free
in South Carolina because a County
government is too cowardly or too apa?
thetic to do its duty. If the reports
about the Sheriff of Chesterfield, in con?
nection with the failure to arrest W. B.
Cash be true, he should be indicted for
failure to discharge his duties in so grave
an occurrence. The Cash family have
influence, wealth and intelligence, which
has given them a prominent position in
their section of the State, but they are
not entitled to violate the laws any more
than the humblest citizen, and instead of
being granted immunity, they should be
more severely held to account for their
atrocious conduct. They know better,
and their association with gentlemen de?
prives them of the slightest excuse or
paliation for their brutality. It is high
time that their blustering insolence and
their reckless disregard for human life
were stopped by the strong hand of the
law just as such crimes in the poorest
and most ignorant would be stopped, and
Governor Thompson has done worthily
in putting the power of the State to bear
to suppress these defiant violators of the
law. This action of the Governor has
to day made W. B. Cash a fugitive and
an outlaw, with a price set upon bis head,
just as all other red handed murderers
are in South Carolina, where they elude
arrest. It has put him upon the crimi?
nal level where he belongs, and which he
has deserted the association of gentle?
men to assume. It is not probable that
he can long escape arrest, and then be
will certainly be tried for the murder
with which he is charged. The arrest
of Col. E. B. C. Cash was also eminent?
ly proper. There is every reason to be?
lieve him at least an accessory after the
fact of the murder, and his violence was
a menace to the peace and order of the
community. Indeed his threats to kill
and bnrn, mark him as a public enemy.
He is old enough to know better than
pursue the course he has seen fit to take
of late years. He has but recently killed
a gentleman of high character in defiance
of all law, but through the inexplicable
mercy of a Darlington jury was given
immunity. Since this time he has been
more vindictive and violent than ever,
his highest ambition seeming?toJj&-*"'
appear before thejvr>i^^,^'tf^Pera^0,
I In inj?! i i TTi Hi ii i Ui Carolinare
, ^0ireSiaat these things should be stopped,
and it is to the credit of our Governor
that he baa the pluck to perform his
duty and use the power of the Slate to
stop it. The Courts will doubtless prop?
erly finish the good work which the
Governor has begun.
A Walk over for Smalls.
Sumter, March 10.?The Congression?
al Convention convened promptly at 12
M. to-day. A temporary organization
was formed by the election of S. J.
Bampfield as chairman and George E.
Herriott as secretary. The following
committee on credentials was appointed:
R. K. Washington of Berkely chairmau,
Louis Jacobs of Williamsburg, .lames
Wigg of Beaufort, F. S. Richardson of
Charleston, John P. Boyce of Beaufort
at large. Smalls entered tbe Convention
with the Berkeley delegation of tea, the
Charleston delegation of one, the Beau?
fort delegation of six and possibly tbe
Williamsburg delegation of three pledged
to him. The delegations from the other
counties, viz: Colleton, Georgetown,
Orangeburg, Richland and Sumter, were
all contested. Gen. Robert Smalls was
put in nomination by James Wigg, of
Beaufort, in an appropriate and telling
speech. This nomination was seconded
by R. H. Washington, W. H. Thompson
and R. K. Richardson. Swails was put
in nomination by Louis Jacobs and sec?
onded by H. H. Mouzon. On the first
ballot Smalls received thirty-five votes,
Swails three, Strakef one. Small's nom?
ination was then made unanimous.
An Outlaw's Rnse.
Mobgajnton, N. 0., March 6.?Lucky
Joe Wilson, the chief of a baud of horse
thieves and outlaws, escaped from the
jail of Watauga County to day by a sharp
ruse. Wilson was sentenced to the State
prison for ten years for his outlawry. He
took an appeal and was a waiting a decis?
ion of the Supreme Court in his case.
For some weeks past he has pretended to
be quite ill. Last night he feigned dead,
was laid out by the prison officials and
prepared for burial. The coffin was or?
dered and all other preparations made
for the interment of the dead outlaw.
The body was placed in an outbuilding,
where it was viewed by many of the pris?
oners aud officers of the jail. The eyes
were wide open and seemingly glazed in
death. Blood had spurted from the
mouth and ran down on the bed covering.
A minister was sent for to preach the fu?
neral of the notorious robber. The body
was left alone until the time arrived for
burial. When everything became quiet
about the prison Wilson suddenly resus-,
citated himself, sprang up and dashed/
out of the room and made bis escape/
Before any one was aware of what had
occurred be dashed down the mountain
and fled towards Tennessee. The discov?
ery of the ruse played upon theny by
Wilson so paralyzed the officers ihat
they permitted the prisoner to eef two
hours the start of them before thfy fol?
lowed him. It is hardly probabfe that
be will be captured.?Dispatch' to the
News and Courier.
? The greatest known depth of the
Atlantic Ocean is five miles.
? It is thought that the decision of
the Supreme Court that greenbacks are
redeemable in coin only at the pleasure
of the Government will shake public
confidence, cause the withdrawal of
much gold from circulation and revive
the Greenback party.
? About 60,000 Northerners have
wintered in Florida during the past
season, and will soon begin to went
their way home. Tbe great begira begin
on March 15 and lasts for a month '
more.
V'Little thanks are due to him v*0
only gives away what is of no use*0
himself." The thanks of invalid?'.0?
world over are being showered on tb.lQ"
ventor of Kidney-Wort, for it is
health to all. Kidney-Wort mot' tna
bowels regularly, cleanses the b!oo> a?d
radically cures kidney disease, .ra*e'.
piles, bilious headache and paim-jhich
are caused by disordered liver J" kid?
neys. Thousands have been cur^~w?y
Bhould you not try it.
BLOODY BOGAS'S CASTLE.
1 Pen-Picture of dish's Home nml its j
Surroundings.
Correspondence Neves and Courier.
Cheraw, March 7.?Henry Berry
Lowery iu the palmy days of his out?
lawry scarcely attained more notoriety
than the persons who rejoice in the name
of Cash have managed to secure for
themselves within the past fortnight.
The traveller who journeys by rail over
any portion of Eastern South Carolina
and the Southern portion of North Caro?
lina hears little else on the way of talk
and gossip except anent Cash, father
and son. As the train leaves Florence,
the thriving town at the junction of the
several roads which connect there and
strikes out in the direction of the fertile
fields of the Pee-Dee section, the talk
becomes intensified, and pretty soon the
entire company in the coach is engaged
in it. Tbe conversation is invariably
carried on in a subdued tone of voice,
and very much in the style iu which a
nurse relates a ghost or goblin story to
her appalled and frightened child. If
an unusually large stranger enters the
coach at any of the stations along the
line the talk is hushed altogether and
there is a general feeling of uneasiness
until it leaks out that the stranger is not
a Cash. Those who live within the
reach of the nimble pistol and deadly
rifle of Cash Castle are fond of relating
anecdotes illustrative of the desperate
deeds of the Cashes. Most of them pre?
face their stories and incidents with the
remark: "I'm a friend of Col. Cash,
although I don't uphold him and Bogan
in this thing," referring of course to Mr.
Bogan Cash's latest bloody exploit at
Cheraw and his subsequent defiance of
arrest.
At Cash's Depot, the abiding place of
Col. Cash and his son, there is a general
throwing up of windows and a craning
of necks with anxious inquiries from
the straugcrs on the train: "Is that
where they live ?" "Is either of them
thprp?" "Where's the depot ?" &c.
THE CASH CASTLE.
Cash's Depot viewed from the railroad
is a dreary enough place. A low, half
decayed platform constitutes the "Depot."
About a hundred yards to the South of
this is an old rickety one-story building
in an oak thicket near the railroad track.
This is the store known as "Larkins."
The Cash mansion stands on a knoll
about 500 yards to the right of the rail
road track. It is a substantial two aud
I a half story frame residence with a
double piazza, and surrounded by a grove
of majestic pines. Few outbuildings arc
near it, and the usual enclosure of park
partially hides the noble proportions of
the mansion. The place has a peculiarly
dreary look. It is a fine residence set
down in the midst of a barren pine for?
est. This is where Col. E. B. C. Cash is
residing at present. It used to be bis
own property, I am told, but now be?
longs to Dr. Larkins, of Lancaster, to
whom Col. Cash has sold it, together
with the demesne, which consists of
nearly 5,000 acres of the richest cotton
land of this rich and fertile section.
The price paid for it is said to have been
I SfiO.000.
'"'Does W. B. Cash live there 7" The
inquiry came- from the correspondent of
The. News and Courier, and was directed
to a gentleman who was "a friend of Col.
Cash" and with whom he had formed a
speaking acquaintance on the journey,
. -antf-whose name for obvious reasons it
might perhaps be injudicious to publish.
"No, he doesn't," replied the friend of
the Cashes. "He lives below there."
And then my informant went on to tell
what he knew about the movements and
dyings of the Cashes. He said that
since the shooting in Cberaw W. B. Cash
had been staying at a bouse which be
pointed out to me and which is about
800 or 900 yards South of the Cash man?
sion, on the line of the railroad, and is
in sight of the track. It is a plain log
house, strongly and evidently recently
built in a clearing, and enclosed with thj
characteristic worm fence of pine rail/
Inside the enclosure are two stout ban'
built close together, and in one of thg>
he informed me, W. B. Cash takes Pm
ugn when anyone approaches the dM
THE OUTLAW'S ATTITUDE. /
My informant said that he hacPon
versed with both Col. Cash and J* son
since tbe Cheraw affair. Col. C/h, he
said, had told him that ueithenne "or
his son Bogan would fire upon fa offi?
cer of the law who attempted/* arrest
him. The persons for whose f?d Col.
Cash is reported to be tbirsti/ flre the
posse who, it is alleged, vojn'eered to
capture Bogan immedi?.tel7Rfter the
murder. My informant ntS, nud his
infoxmation is substantial/ by the re?
ports of eye-witnesses, tha/Bogan Cash
was badly beaten in the)ght with the
town marshal BichardsAich preceded
the shooting. He adde/hat Col. Cash
had told him that he/du't intend to
have his son lynched, /t that he would
see to it that he ga/ himself up and
stood his trial like a/an- He said, too,
that while he won/ not submit to an
arrest by a posse of/olunteers, he would
not resist tbe attempt of any officer to
arrest him. I ml as well state right
here that in the/vent of Cash's arrest
there is not the/ightest probability of
his*being lynche/ Such is my impres?
sion after convening with a number of
the leading citjeos of Cheraw who have
most cause to h outraged it the lawless?
ness of the CaOes. My informant also told
me that BogaBash has s following and
that his hfing place is thoroughly
picketed byicouts, who carefully watch
the surroumiog country, and by others
who live if Cheraw aid who promptly
bring hinrtntelligence of anything that
transpire/in the village.
I VILLAGE GOSSIP.
On tie streets of tfueraw, in the.sitting
room hi the hot haud in the public
place/ the subje-t of conversation is
stilliasb. To sa- that the Cashes have
terarized the entfe surrounding country
wo/ld perhaps bt an exaggeration, but it
is/ainfully app/ent that they are looked
u/on with drerf by all who do not
afiliate with tfru. In the sitting room
7f the hotel a knot of a half dozen or
/(nore persons fere seated around a fire
discussing Cad- One man was reading
from The Net* and Courier of Wednes?
day the spec-al telegram from Washing?
ton in wbic'Bollin H. Kirk is reported
to have givD the substance of a letter
from Col. "'ash, and in which Col. Cash
is reported3 threatening to oiler a re?
ward of ?>??0 for the head of the inteu
dant of-'beraw if that official offers a
reward F tbe arrest of his son. The
opinion expressed were various.
"Cas can be taken easily enough,"
said oe of the group, "but there arc
some ,en 'n office here who are afraid
??yu want a regiment of lexas Cow
D0V/ suggested another.
r. know one man in Darlington who
w0.d arrest him in fifteen minutes,"
8a; a gentleman who had arrived on the
t'rn that evening.
'Well, didn't he go down to Darling
fU and clean out the town once," said a
nail boy who was banging on the out
kirts of the crowd. "I seed him once
)n a bender at Society Hill. He shot at
a nigger?not to Kill bim, you know,
only jest to scare him a leetle. The nig?
ger bolted, I tell you, in a hurry. Bogan
was on a "bender," and I tell you when
he gits on a "bender" be makes things
howl"
"The killing of Richards seems to me,
from all I've heard of it," said an old
gentleman, "to have been a cool, delib?
erate murder."
"I heard a man say that he did it in
self defence," said another one of the
crowd. To which answered etill another,
"I don't doubt that you could get a dozen
to say so. They are afraid of him."
THE CONDITION OF COAVAItD.
Tiie small boy here volunteered the in
formation that Col. Cash had sent word I
to Coward, the bystauder who was shot
by W. 15. Cash,'that he would pay all
his debts and the expenses of his sick?
ness and $1 a day during the time of his
sickness. Coward, it may be stated, in
the opinion of his physicians, will never
recover. He is said to be hopelessly and
fatally wounded. In a conversation,
which I subsequently had with a promi?
nent citizen ho said "to me that it was not
true that Cash had the whole place in a
state of terror. Fifty men, he said,
could be obtained to undertake the exe?
cution of the warrant for Cash's arrest
if the sheriff called upon them and au?
thorized them to do it. But without the
sheriff's order they could do nothing.
Cash, he admitted, was nut a pleasant
man to deal with. If any man attempt?
ed to injure him in any way be would
probably shout him in the back, and no
man wanted to render himself liable to
this kind of thing.
Everybody seems to unite in the opin?
ion that anybody can go peacably to Col.
Cash's house and that the Colonel will
receive them and entertain them in the
old-fashioned style of the old-fashioned
Southern gentleman, of wbon' Col. Cash
is supposed to be a represen: ive. But
I have not heard of anyboiiy who has
ventured to go to look lor W. B. Cash,
although it seems to be pretty well known
that he is at home.
A CHANGE OF TACTICS.
Mr. Timmons, the deputy sheriff who
went down to Col. Cash's on Wednesday
to serve the warrant, is reported to be a
brave man, and to be one who is willing
to make the arrest. The result of hin
visit I have already telegraphed. Since
his return to Chcraw the impressio1
seems to have got abroad that the Cash*
have changed their tactics; that tby
will not resist the service of a warr?lti
provided the officer who has it can "c^ie
up" with Bogan, or, in the words of1."6
Colonel, can "outruu him and bring"101
in." I am told by a friend who iLaJa0
"a friend of the Cashes," that theC?'?
nel has directed Bogan tolook'ufc'or
himself, not to fire upon any ofl?er> hut
to outrun him and get away fro1 him it
he can. The swamp lauds o/1"6 ree
Dee, where Bogan Cash, it if^'d, .has
spent the best part of his life' hunting,
afford him a safe retreat?a ffer retreat
probably than he could securV leaving
the State. If he pursues *la Policy H
would be a difficult thingto effect his
arrest. He is provided wP the fleetest
of blood horses, knows ev7 foot of the
vast swamp, and is said t^6 surrounded
by staunch adherents w>> w?' g?ve him
auy assistance he needs;
TUE STORY OF T? MURDER.
The inquest over/ne hody of the
murdered marshal f held as already
published in the tel?TaPhic columns of
the New? and Courf on the 29th ult.
The testimony ha/?cen forwarded to
Chesterfield Court,use and is not acces?
sible. From wb* 1 can gather here
from eye-witnes* of the affair there
doe3 not seem / he much doubt as to
the character </tlie homicide. If what
these witnessed id to be relied upon
it was a cruel/wanton murder. Cash it
seems had b?* in town 30rae days pre?
vious to thf*ooting, and had a fight
with the to/ marshal. One of Cash'H
friends tol#e that he had said that he
was drun$D that occasion and that
Richards/1?1 Kenten him pretty badly;
at any /e the matter was thought to
have be1 settled. Cash promised Mr.
McNai/the inteudant of Cheraw that
he woi/ not molest Richards, and Mr.
McNa/had told Richards that Cash had
pledg* his "word of honor" not to take
aDy jffair advantage of him (Richards)
and/*iat h? (the intendant) had every
cot2eucc in his keeping his word. It
i3 Sieved by some here that W. 13. Cash
fuf intended to keep his word. Col.
rjlh was in Columbia at the time of the
jut between Richards and his son, and
Aly returned home on the Saturday of
Jbe shooting. It is said ahnt upon find?
ing that W. B. Cash had been beaten he
started to clean up his gun and announc?
ed his intention of coming to Cheraw to
kill Richards, and it is believed that in
order to prevent his father from carrying
out his threat Bogan Cash then took" the
job into his own bands. He reached
Cheraw about 4 o'clock on the fatal after?
noon, and anuouueed bis intention to a
gentleman, whose name for obvious rea?
sons is suppressed. He brought three
horses with him and had them hitched
conveniently for use. Then he went out
gunning. Richards was standing near
the corner of Front street leaning against
a tree, Coward near him. Cash passed
him twice, went to the telegraph office
on Market street, sent off a dispatch aocK
then returned. Upon passing his victim
the third time he accosted him, band in
pocket. "Hello! Richards," said be,
"are you watching me t" To this Rich?
ards replied that he was only on duty,
Turning to Coward Cash said: "Damn it.
are you watching me, too !" to which no
answer was returned. Cash thereupon
started to walk off and Richards, in his
anle-mortem statement, says he thought
he was going away. Not so. Quickly
pulling out a self cocking Smith & Wes?
son pistol, Cash fired, the ball hitting
Richards in the arm and giving Coward
his death wound. A second shot gave
Richards his death wound and a third
missed both men. Cash then ran off,
mounted one of his three horses and
started for the castle of his family. In
the meantime lie lugged out a fresh pis?
tol which he probably had on his person.
Passing the railroad station, which is on
the outskirts of the town, he shouted to
the agent: "I've got two of them, and
um ready for as many more as may
come." I am informed that thero were
from fifty to seventy-five persons in the
vicinity of the place when the shooting
occurred.
It is also said that when W. B. Cash
reached his home Cash senior was stand?
ing upon the platform armed with his
gun, and that, upon the arrival of his
son, he embraced him and told him that
it was the best deed he had ever done.
It is said that the Colonel was ready to
start for Cheraw himself on the next
train, in order to take a hand in the hunt.
OFFICIAL LUKEWARMNESS.
These are the details of the crime, as
far as I have been able to gather them.
As to Cash's subsequent movements
nothing can be learned, except by report.
It is conceded here that he might have
been arrested if prompt measures had
been taken at the outset by the sheriff.
There are a good many rumors out con?
cerning the sheriff, Mr. Spofford. Peo?
ple s?em here to admit very readily that
he is a brave man?a very brave man ;
but the admission is accompanied by an
intangible and indescribable qualification
best expressed in type by the word hut
?followed by a dash. It is intimated
that Col. Cash is one of the sureties on
bis official bond, and that this may ac?
count for his reluctance to proceed to
extremities. While I meet on every side
the assurance that the sheriff could easi?
ly organize a posse in the village of Che?
raw, I gather at the same time the im?
pression that the posse will never be
formed, and that Bogan Cash will never
be arrested by the local authorities here.
The real fact of the matter is that the
people up here are, to a certain extent,
demorali/.ed, and the demoralization is
bound to continue and eventually to end
in terrorism or lynching unlesssomething
is done to vindicate the authority of the
State. (Jash might end the difficulty by
giving himself up, but up to this time it
has not suited his pleasure to do so. He
might have ended the matter by leaving
the Stale, for he has had abundant time
to do so, hut I scarcely think that ho will
attempt this now that a price has been
set upon his head. 1 am told that reared
as he has been in the lap of rude luxury
und used to carrying his life in his hand,
he would be entirely unfit for the practi?
cal duties of civilized life. His retreat
is said to be an island in the Pee Dee
swamp, where he breeds race horses and
game chickens, and where he occasional?
ly gathers his friends and treats them iu
royal style. On the day on which he
killed Richards he had come up to Che?
raw to get up a horso race. His capture
will doubtless be a difficult undertaking
even supposing he adopts the policy said
to be recommended by the "Colonel"
and takes to the swamp. That he is des?
perate and mat he cau gather a handful
of desper/ite men around bim is not to
be doubted, and even if he should be
cornered the opinion seems to prevail
that he will make a desperate fight. If
he takes to the s^amp he will be able to
evade pursuit and will lead his pursuers
a long and by u-? means a pleasant chase.
All these are rierely surmises, however,
based upon th? supposition that an effort
will be made to capture him. At this
writing I hsve not seen the evidence of
any earnest effort looking in that direc?
tion. Nor lo I think that there is any?
body in tb3 section who is anxious to
earn the -;500 reward offered by the
Governorfor his arrest.
ac<?s80ry after the fact.
Chef^'. March 9?12.30 p. m.?State
constate R. N. Richhourg, with twelve
pickec7nen armed with improved Spring?
field rifles, left Columbia at midnight
last ?'gh*. and arrived at Florence at
3 30 a. m. They were met there by
She'A* Co]e, of Darlington, and took a
spfjial train for Cash's Depot, no regular
tpin leaving on Sundays. Tbe force
r<iched a point a mile below Cash's De
^t at 5 a. tn. Here the train stopped
?nd the force disembarked and proceeded
up the track on foot to Cash's house.
Before daylight the house was surroun?
ded, and the force waited for light.
About G o'clock Cash the elder rose,
found that the pickets were about, armed
himself with a Winchester repeating
rifle aud pistols and tried to escape from
the premises. He ran against John H.
Pearson, one of the sentinels, who pre
sented his rifle, demanding his suirender.
Cash hesitated, and Pearson said : "Drop
your gun, or I'll shoot you in two sec?
onds." Cash dropped bis gun quickly.
He admitted having been taken com?
pletely by surprise. When captured he
was endeavoring to make his way to the
log-house across the railroad, where
young Cash has been sleeping every night
since the murder. The force closed in
and searched old Cash's house thorough?
ly, but could find nothiug of Bogan
Cash. A party started for the log house
before mentioned. When they were half
way there, Cash, getting alarmed for bis
son's safety, made a proposition to go to
the log-house, if allowed to do so, alone,
and pledged his sacred honor that he
would have his son surrender within two
hours. The proposition was acceded to
and the force was recalled. Cash went
and soon returned, saying that bis son
had left the house an hour before and
that he did not know where he was. He
offered, however, if the force would with?
draw that bis son would surrender before
Wednesday. He frankly stated that he
only wanted to come off with flying col?
ors, that neither he nor his son desired
to be considered outlaws, but that he de?
sired to effect a capitulation on his own
terms. Bearing in mind the desire of
Governor Thompson that Ca-?h should be
captured before he had a chance to sur?
render, Chief Constable Richbourg de?
clined these terms. Cash then made
other propositions and finally offered to
let Richbourg go with him to hunt his
son, promisiug that he would aurreuder
within tweuty-four hours if the posse
were dispersed. This showed weakening
and was finally refused by Richbourg,
who immediately proceeded to give Cash
a taste of the rigor of the law. His
premises were surrounded by a guard
with instructions to allow no departure
or arrival. Cash's pistols and ri?e were
taken from him. Cash protested bitterly
against this, but said that he yielded to
force. Capt Richbourg, having deter?
mined to let nothing prevent the most
thorough search for young Cash, left
most of his men at the house and at 9
o'clock proceeded to Cheraw to summon
a larger posse of horsemen with which
to enter the swamp and track the fugitive
to his hiding place. He is supposed to
be near Cash's Depot on an island in the
swamp.
Arriving at Cheraw at 10 o'clock Capt.
Richbourg called ou the intendant and
authorities for the force. He desired
some fifty men. He id carrying out the
desire of the Governor in making no
terms with the Cashes.
Florence, March 9.?The expedition
sent against the outlaw, Bogan Cash, was
most systematically managed and thor?
oughly carried out. So little was known
of the plans tbat your correspondent,
who had been skirmishing around the
Cash castle during ,ue latter portion of
the week, had almost despaired of seeing
any steps taken to arrest the murderer,
and in obedience to orders from the home
office was wending his way towards
Charleston. Leaving Cheraw in compa?
ny with Solicitor Newton, who bad re?
turned from Bennettsville the night
j previous, we reached Florence about noon
; on Saturday. From this point Solicitor
i Newton took the Charleston train, while
your correspondent remained here in the
hope of hearing something before tbe
departure of the 2 a. m. Sunday train for
Charleston. At 9 o'clock last night I
received a telegram from Columbia ad?
vising me to postpone my trip to Charles?
ton. At 2 a. m. to-day the train from
Columbia reached here,, and thirteen
quiet, but determined looking, men
stepped out on the platform, bringing
with them an oblong box, which the few
loiterers around the depot took to be a
casket. These men were a special posse
from Columbia appointed to arrest the
CasheB. They were under command of
Capt. Richbourg, who was met here by
Sheriff Cole, of Darlingtou County,
and were accompanied by Solicitor New?
ton who had goue to Columbia via Lanes
aud Sumter. in the meantime a locomo?
tive had been gotten in readiness and
attached to a passenger coach ready for
the posse. All the arrangements had
been perfected so quietly tbat outside the
railroad aud telegraph officials no one
here knew what was on the tapis. The
Columbia correspondent of The Nervs
and Courier accompanied the posse, hav
iug boarded the train at Columbia, and
the details of the expedition will be re?
lated by him. The wires here were put
into requisition about 10 o'clock this
morning, and news was received of the
capture of the elder Cash. Very few
people knew any of the details, although
it was suspected that something was up,
the report of the departure of the spe?
cial train having been circulated.
On tbe arrival of the train from
Charleston the depot was crowded and
the demand for The Sunday News was
so large that the newsboys had sold out
their supply and collected the money for
their papers before they arrived.
The Cashes had evidently the most
perfect arrangements for getting the news
of any movement directed against them.
They had an expert operator at Cash's
Depot who tapped the wires and read all
the messages sent to and from Cheraw.
The wire was not broken, but was low?
ered in the swamp near Bogau's hiding
place and the messages intercepted with?
out breaking the circuit. Knowledge of
this haviug been conveyed to Columbia
the base of the campaign was changed
and established at Florence. The Cashes,
therefore, had no intimation of the
movement of the State posse, and hence
the capturo of the elder Cash. Bogan
Cash must either have slept away from
his usual hiding place, or have received
warning early this morning of the pres?
ence of the officers of the law.
Old Cash has been arrested on a war?
rant charging him with being an acces?
sory after the fact in the murder of Rich?
ards and will be taken to Columbia, as it
would be farcical to incarcerate him in
the County jail at Chesterfield, It is
probable that the sheriff would be too ill
to guard the prisoner whom he could not
cap'.urc. It is thought that evidence
may be procured to indict old Cash for
being an accessory before the fact of the
murder, which is punishable with death.
He has not, however, been arrested on
this charge. The punishment for being
an accessory after the fact is imprison?
ment in the penitentiary, and the priso?
ner may be tried even should the mur?
derer escape, the State being called upon,
however, to prove the murder.
Awarded Damages and Sentenced to
Death by the Same Court.
In September 1S80, Andrew J. Thomas,
of Bartow county, Ga., a brakcman on the
Western, and Atlantic Railroad, was
struck and knocked from a box car by a
projection under a shed of a freight
depot. In 18S1 be brought suit against
the railroad for damages on accouut of
injury, which was a severe blow ou the
head. The first verdict was obtained in
1882, and was for $15,000. This was set
aside as excessive. The case was again
tried in 18S3, and a verdict was obtained
for $5,376.66. The verdict has just been
compromised by the company paying to
the attorneys of the injured man #3,000.
In January, 1881, Thomas had a fight
with a man named John Alford. Thom?
as shot Alford in the breast and forehead,
killing him almost instantly. Thus it
came to pass that Thomas had two cases
in the same court?one against a railroad
for damages and one in which he was
defendant on the charge of murder. He
was first convicted, and on recommenda?
tion to mercy was sentenced to life im?
prisonment. The caso went to the Su?
preme Court and a new trial was granted.
On that trial he was convicted without
any recommendation to mercy. That
verdict the Superior Court set aside and
by agreement Thomas pleaded guilty to
voluntary manslaughter and was sentenc?
ed to eighteen years in the penitentiary.
The same Court that gave him damages
in one case found him guilty of murder
in another. He had a wife and child
living and the trustees for them received
the money.
Guiteau nnd Garfleld,
New York, March 6.?Charles H.
Reed, who was counsel for the assassin
Guiteau during the latter part of bis
trial, was interviewed to day. He said
he bad read in the newspapers a state?
ment of ex-Postmaster-General James to
the committee in Washington, which
conveys the impression that the Star
route prosecutions were in some measure
the cause of the shooting of the late
President Garfield. He continued: "I
am therefore willing to have published
for the first time some conversations
which occurred between Guiteau and my?
self while I acted as his attorney. On
several occasions, when alone with
Guiteau, I asked him if he bad any
accomplice or if any person knew that
be thought of shooting the President.
Ho alwayB announced in the most em?
phatic manner, 'No, no one but God and
me knew anything about it.' On the
day before he was executed, when I saw
him fo. the last time, I said to him :
"Guiteau, all hope of saving you is gone
ana you must die to-morrow. Now, I
ask again, had you any accomplice or
did any person besides you know any?
thing about your intention to kill the
President?'* "With a wild light in his
eyes, which was impossible of simulation,
he replied : 'No, no I No one but God
and me knew anything about it, as I
have often told you. That is the truth
as I expect to meet my God to-morrow."
J6y* Faded articles of all kinds restor?
ed to their original beauty by Diamond
Dyes. Perfect and simple. 10 cents, at
all druggist.
? The Darlington Xcws says that a
curiosity of the cyclone can be seen at
the yard of Mr. Black, the Brown house,
at the depot in Darlington. A plank is
driven through a live oak tree, splitting
the oak just as a wedgo would.
? The Chester Bulletin reports the
capture in that county of a monster
which ha3 the head of a lion and the
body of a goat. It was captured by a
party of coon hunters in the canebrakes
of Sandy River, but not until it bad
killed five dogs. It has no name and it
is said that its "genus is unrecorded in
the. pages1of zoology."
? Fatal cases of trichinosis have just
occurred in Michigan and Indiana. In
both instances German families were the
sufferers, and the victims bad been eating
uncooked swine's flesh. The pernicious
habit of eating smoked or sailed pork,
without cooking it, retains its bold upon
the Germans, notwithstanding the warn?
ings of physicians and the frequent re?
ports of disease and death resulting from
the practice. It is to this habit to which
the great prevalence of trichinosis in
Germany is to.be.attributed.
? Here is the latest reference to Gen?
eral Toombs: Gen. Bob Toombs owob
some very valuable land in Texas. A
little while ago he refused $10 an acre
for a tract of 4,000 acres, and he owns
much more than this. It was to this
land the general referred when he an?
swered the inquiry of a Northern man
in Paris just alter the war. The latter
asked "bow that d?d rebel managed to
live." "Tell him," replied the General,
"that I am eating an acre of dirt a day."
He was selling Texas lands at $5 an
acre, which was about his daily expense?.
"Rough on Corns."
Ask for Wells' "Rough on Corns." 15c.
Quick, complete, permanent cure. Corns,
warts, bunions.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Sheriff.
The friends of JAMES II. McCONNELL ro
Bpectfullr announce him as a candidate for re?
election to the office of Sheriff of Anderson Coun?
ty?subject to the action of the Democratic party.
For Clerk of Court.
The many friends of JOHN W. DANIELS nom?
inate him as a candidate for re-election to the
office of Clerk of the Court for Anderson County
subject to tho action of the Democratic party.
For County Treasurer.
The many friends of WM. F. COX, of Belton,
respectfully nominate him as a candidate for
Treasurer of Anderson County?subject to the de?
cision of the Democratic primary election.
For Judge of Probate.
Tho friends of T. C. LIGON respect fully an?
nounce him as a candidate for re-election to the
office of Judge of Probate for Anderson County at
the next election?subject to the action of the
Democratic party.
Stockholders Meeting.
milERE will be a meeting of the Stock
X holders of the Anderson Building and
Loan Association in the Court House, at
Anderson, on Friday afternoon, the 14th
inst., at 4 o'clock, for the transaction of
important business. This meeting is called
by resolution of the Board of Directors.
P. K. McCULLY, President.
J. D. Maxwell, Secretary.
March 13, 1884 35 1
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
All persons having demands against
the Estate of Henry N. White, deceased, are
hereby notified to present them, properly
proven, to the undersigned within the time
prescribed by law, and those indebted to
make payment.
D. S. WHITE,) E ,
It. P. WHITE, j ^x rs*
March 13, 1884 35 3
HIGH BRED
HAMBLET0NIAN STALLION.
RED CHIEF will ho limited to forty
five Marcs in South Carolina. Will
stand at?
ANDERSON C. II.?March 17th, 18th.
April 2nd, 3rd, ]7th. 13th, 28th, 29th. May
14th, 15th, 29th, 30th. June 12th, 13th,
26th. 27th.
SLABTOWN?March 19th. April 4th,
19th, 30th. May Kith, 31st. June 14th,
28lh.
Terms, $15.00 nnd insure. Persons vio?
lating terms in Stud Book forfeit insurance.
POLAHD CHINA PIGS from the best
strains in Ohio, $1U.UD a piece.
J. EARLE LEWIS,
Pcndlcton, S. C.
March 13, 1884 35 2
Trees, Vines, Shubbery, &e.
THE undersigned offers his services tn
llic public for furnishing at short no?
tice any and all kinds of native and forest
TREES, SHRUBS and VINES for shade
and ornamental purposes. A large quanti?
ty of BOX on hand from 1$ to 24 inches
high. Also, a few choice FRUIT TREES.
W. R. EARLE,
Near Hollands Store.
March 13, 18S4 _ 35 1
Notice to Trespassers.
ALL persons are hereby warned not to
hunt, fish or otherwise trespass upon
our lands, or travel our private roads.
Any one disregarding this notice will posi?
tively be prosecuted to the full extent of
the law.
W. Q. HAMMOND,
JOSHUA PRLTTT,
JOHN CRUYSE,
S. BLECK LEY.
March 13, 18S4 35 1*
SHERIFF'S SALE.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Anderson County.
BY" virtue of an Execution to nie direct?
ed, I will expose to sale on the First
Monday in April next, A. D. 1S84, at An?
derson Court House, S. C, the following
Real Estate, to wit:
All of Defendant's interest in the Tract
of Land of which Tolliver Pruitt died
seized and possessed, containing ninety-five
(95) acres, more or less, hounded by lands
of R. B. A. Robinson, J. T. Ashley, Wm.
Pruitt and others, the same being the Tract
of Land on which Sallie Pruitt lives.
Levied on as the property of Jefferson D.
Pruitt in favor of Wm. Pruitt.
Terms ok Sale?Cash. Purchaser to
pay extra for necessary papers
JAMES H. McCONNELL,
Sheriff of Anderson County.
March 13, 1S84 35 4"
REMOVAL.
DR. M. L. SHARPE has removed his
office to the former residence of Mr.
Stephen McCully, deceased, where he can
be found when not professionally engaged.
March G, 1S84 34 3
NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT.
The undersigned. Administrator of
the Estate of John C. Cherry, deceased,
hereby gives notice that ho will, on the
7th day of April, 1884, apply to the Judge
of Probate of Anderson County for a Final
Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge
from said Administration.
W. H. D. GAILLARD, Adm'r.
March 6, 1884 _ 34 5
FRESH GARDEN SEED.
LANDRETH'S and Ferry's fresh Gar?
den Seeds for sale by
A. B. TOWERS.
Feb 14,1884 31
STORE ROOM TO RENT.
HP HE Room no\, occupied by Julius
X Poppe, in Brick Range, next door to
the Anderson National .Bank. The host
stand in the City for Confectioneries, &c.
Anplv to
J. I). MAXWELL.
Jan 17, 1SX4 27
ER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ANDERSON, - - S. C.
OFFICE?In the Bboyles Building, up
stairs, over I>r. Jolinstono's Store.
Febgl, 1834_;52_
Executor's Sale.
AT Piercctovn, about 1 o'clock p. in.,
on Saturday, 15th March, 1S84, I will
sell the Choscs In Action, consisting of
Notes, Accounts and Judgments, belonging
to the Estate of James Long, deceased, ap?
praised doubtful and worthless.
Terms of sale cash.
JOSHUA JAMESON, Adm'r.
Feb 21.1884 32 _ 4
Money Neefled.
IRESPECTFULLY ask all who are in?
debted to ine by Note or Account, for
Merchandise or Guano, to make payments
as soon as possible, as I need the money.
A. B. TOWERS.
Sept 27, 1883_11 _ _
POTATOES.
ARLY ROSE, Goodrich, Peerless and
White Star Potatoes for sale by
A. B. TOWERS.
Feb 14. 1S84_31_
Wheat Bran, Corn, Flour,
FOR sale by?
A. B. TOWERS.
Feb 14. 1884 jjl_
SHOES AND BOOTS.
IHAVE a full line of Bay State Shoes
and Boots. Warranted "not to rip and
to have no wood or paste hoard. Also a
few Miles' Ladies' Shoes. All in want of
good Shoes and Boots will find it to their
interest to call on
A. B. TOWERS.
_Feb 14, 1884 31_
NEW GOODS.
IHAVE a full line of Dry Goods, Hats.
Hardware, N. O. Molasses, Groceries,
j Provisions, Crockery, Glassware, Carpets,
' Ac, <tc. I will not attempt to name all my
goods in an advertisement, but will ask my
friends and customers to call and see me
before buying. I keep good goods, and at
as low price as the same quality can be
bought. Give me a trial.
A. B. TOWERS.
Feb 14. 1883 31
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THE TRADING PUBLIC
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ANDERSON AND ADJOINING COUNTIES
Who contemplate coming here to Buy their Goods
will not do well but
POSITIVELY SAVE MONEY !
In Examining my Stock of?
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS,
HATS, BOOTS and SHOES,
TRUNKS and Valises,
CLOTHING, CLOTHING, CLOTHING,
Before purchasing elsewhere.
While I do not display any extraordinary skill in Printer's ink, yet I can assure
all who have heretofore giveu me their patronage, also those who expect to do so in
the future?
THAT I AIM TO DEAL FAIR WITH ALL,
And give you honest bargains. Having a competent and reliable corps of Salesmen
you will always find them pleasant and attentive, ready to wait on all with politeness
and care, never misrepresenting any article kept iu stock for sale.
I BOLDLY DEFY COMPETITION
In any of the departments usually kept iu this market, and will not suffer myself
to be undersold by any one iu my liue, maintaining my position as the?
Popular Leader of Low Prices and Regulator of the Dry Goods
Market in Anderson County.
My Stock is complete and attractive, haviug taken great pains to suit all, who are
aware that to secure good, honest goods they must buy from
JLt LESPEB,
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CLOTHING! CLOTHING!
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PRICES CF CLOTHING MARKED DOWN TO MAKE ROOM FOR OUR
NEW STOCK OF SPRING GOODS.
Now is the Time to Secure Bargains.
AFULL and CAREFULLY SELECTED Stock cjf SPUING CLOTHING to arrive.
Also, CENTS' UNDERWEAR, SHIRTS, COLLARS, CUFFS, CRAVATS.
IN OUR TAILORING DEPARTMENT
Our Mr. J. B. CLARK is fully prepared to give entire satisfaction.
SPECIAL NOTICE
Is hereby given to all parties indebted to us to come forward and settle at once,
Let this notice be sufficient warning.
CLARK & CO.
JOHN W. DANIELS, Proprietor.
Feb 21. 1884 32_
THE
ENTERPRISE MANUFACTURING CO.
Having erected Machinery, unequalled in the up-country, fur the
Manufacture of
SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, MANTLES,
Brackets, Balusters, Mouldings, Etc.,
WE earnestly call the attention of contractors and all who contemplate buildini? tn
our ability to furnish all such BUILDING MATERIAL, besides LUMBER
dressed and undressed, at prices lower than can be obtained elsewhere. Give us* a trial
and be convinced.
OSBORNE, McGUKIN & CO., Anderson, S. C
Jan 17,1SS1 27 ' iy