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????? ? - - E. B. MURRAY, Editor. THTJESDA.Y, JULY 16, 188S. ONE TRA &?..?..?.-,.~.:_........?1.50. SU MONTHS.......75c. Two Dollar a If not paid In advance. A GRAVE CHARGE ANSWERED. The Greenville Neios, Bpeaking of the reports of cruelty to convicts worked on the Savannah Valley Railroad, j says: j ; The Ifewa and Courier argues from this that the whole system of leasing convicts is wrong, cruel and a blot on civilization. Our esteemed cotemporary draws, as is its usual habit, the wrong conclusion from a correct statement offsets.- The truth is, .'there is nothing wrong about the existing convict system or laws. The fault is with bur executive, judicial and legislative offl .'. cera, If the law should be enforced and the: neck of some one influential brute should he legally cracked there would be no more trouble with convicts for many jeers. The able, statesmen who in 1879 engineered the whitewashing of the mur-1 ders on the Augusta and Greenwood road are responsible for every murder and out? rage committed on convicts since. 1 We agree with our contemporary that -the punishment by the Courts of one or J two of the brutes who mistreat prisoners] would stop the trouble, and so expressed ourselves a few weeks since. It is cow gardly, cruel and mean to abuse a poor j creature while in the clutches of the law, and the men who do it should be pun? ished criminally in proportion to the crimes- they commit against these poor .creatures. The News, however, makes an unfounded and unsustainable charge of> graye import when it declares that | the men who engineered the whitewash? ing of the murders on the Greenwood & I Augusta Road are responsible for every] murder and outrage committed on con -yicts since. As one member of the Com inittee who made this investigation,- we ?are snrprised at this assertion. We were not aware that any whitewashing had, been done. On the contrary, the Com? mittee took the .testimony of every ^witness whose name was furnished by either party to the matter, and of every man that we had' any intimation might know anything about the matter, even to the convicts themselves. The testimony was fujly. taken and the witnesses ex? haustively examined. Upon this testi? mony the Committee submitted the fol? lowing report, which is incontestably sustained by the sworn statements of the ?witnesses: ^'v'Tft the- Honorabh ?ic Saude and House of - of ih&StaU of South Carolina : The Joint Committee ap by Concurrent Resolution of the feral Assembly to investigate char- j me?y,-neglect or inhumanity to . tbrtheSouth Carolina Penitentiary y?fcupon the Greenwood and Au Railroad, and directed to report to pitesent -9eneral Assembly, beg leave ftMSpectfuBy to"report, that they have per formed tho duty assigned them to the best .of their ability, and herewith-submit the ?: ?estimcny taken by them upon the subject indicated.: The inquiry was a tedious and difficult one. : The witnesses were scattered ^B^Colurubia, and from Greenwood to the city of Augusta, and the testimony taken is [ quite vOlumninous, much of it being cu? mulative, and a great deal of it of a nega ttve character. In conducting the exami? nation the Committee went to Greenwood, aud other points "along the route where the, ' witnesses reside, in order to save the ex? penses of bringing them to Columbia, and j ^Ty'.tho further purpose of inspecting the erockades and .viewing the. convicts in the -employ of the company. . The Committee will not undertake to re? peat tho testimony in this report, but will ] only state some, conclusions to which it j points, and recommend to the General As? sembly sush changes in the law as willen our judgment, afford security and health among the convicts who may be worked outside; Of the-walls of the Penitentiary. To begin with, your Committee regret to report that: the mortality upon this road was unuswdly- great, resulting, as your Committee beliive, from a lack of acquain? tance With the diseases, which affected the convicts oh the part of the parties who had them in; charge and from improper diet, . and a-lack of cleanliness which contributed to induce these diseases. The food given 'the convicts was. as: testified by convicts and all others, wholesome in quality and - abundantin quantity, but consisted almost entirely of bread and bacon, the continuous w? of which, probably contributed greatly to the development of the scorbutic disea? ses which followed and proved so fatal at 'Stockades Kos. 3, 4 and .5. Vegetables, fruits, milk and fresh meats were given the convicts when they could be obtained, but ?they were: working far from any railroad communication, and tho year was an unu? sually dry -<me, which- circumstances pre? vented the use of these articles of food in ' sufficient quantities to preserve health, " At all the stockades sufficient bathing . arrangements were made, but, in many in? stances, the convicts were not required to bathe their bodies sufficiently often to keep the skin clean and the pores open. They -were afforded the opportunity generally of bathing once a week, but were not required to do so, and;many. of them neglected this necessary safe-guard to health. Then, again, the stockades were not sufficiently '-large to accommodate adequately the num? ber, of convicts kept in them, and this over crowding, no doubt, added to the other disease-producing causes. It is but justice to the company, here, to state that these stockades were built after the style of North Carolina stockades, which one of the Directors visited for information. They wereapproved by CoL T. W. Parmele, the then Superintendent of the Penitentiary, as ws3 also the diet and general manage? ment of the convicts, even after the mor? tality which began at Stockade "No. 3. This was the first attempt at working the con? vict labor outside the walls of the Peniten? tiary, and this: company had ho experience yOt others to guide them in the treatment of the convicts worked by them. It was but natural far them to make mistakes, and the Committee has failed to find anything oi a criminal nature in the conduct of the President or Directors of the Greenwood and Augusta Rai broad. They fed the con? victs sufficiently, though not judiciously. They employed the leading physicians of the neighborhoods in which the convicts worked, and when the mortality began at Stockade .Kb. 3,. they informed the then Superintendent of the Penitentiary, CoL Parmele, of the facts, and he visited and inspected the convicts and expressed him? self satisfied with their treatment. After? wards, in Sfay,- 1879, they informed the Board of Directors of the Penitentiary of the-fearful mortality, and invited and urged them to send the Superintendent to sec tho Convicts. These letters were repeated several times, .until about the middle or last of August, Gen .-Lipscomb visited their camps at No. 5. :'Imr-tdiately a consultation of physicians . was begun, which 'resulted in ascertaining ' thenature of the disease affecting the con? victs, and under tho proper treatment those who were not,too low in health began to improve, and no trouble from sickness has been since experienced by ttiem beyond that which may be found every where. The . convicts suffered most from scorbutic aflec ? tions, and these in many instances were superinduced by their previous confine? ment in the Penitentiary, whoro their gen? eral health, was impaired. The condition of the convicts and the disease with which - thoy were affected was not of a nature usu? ally, found through the country, and it is . not strange that it should have remained, uiidetected for some time.. As a matter of fact, the convicts who were confined in the | ."Penitentiary during the winter of 1877-78 i appear to have been very-much affected in J their health, and among them greatest mor? tality prevailed. The testimony as to acts I of violence or improper treatment of the conyiots has been -fully taken, both from convicts and from the Superintendent and guards." In some instances the two. ver? sions are different. The Committee-recom rcend that it be referred to the Attorney Gerleral "Jor< such action as he may deem properen behalf of theState. Aiiy citizen of file State wiltalso have the right to in 'ute atpfosecutioh in any cuse jn which tthjaV"thp law baa been violated*. quire any more positive action on the part of the General Assembly than that recom? mended. In conclusion, the Committee have care? fully considered the question as to what legislation is necessary to secure the proper treatment of such convicts as are leased out of the Penitentiary, and have arrived at the conclusion that existing laws are atn I pie to secure the ends desired. The Committee therefore recommend that the Board of Directors of the Peniten? tiary, in making contracts for hiring oat convicts, prescribe such definite conditions as to diet, clothing and general rules of hygiene as may bo necessary for proper care and treatment of such convicts, and, also, provide for competent medical inspec? tion at such intervals as may be required. All convicts taken out of the Penitentiary should be worked under the charge and discipline of a Superintendent, appointed ; .by the Superintendent of the Penitentiary, and responsible to him, thus keeping the 'convicts under the care of an officer of the State. All contracts for the hire of con . victs should also be revocable by the Gov? ernor whenever it appears to his satisfac t tion that any of such convicts are cruelly or inhumanly used. The Committee think that these sugges? tions, if put Into practice, will prevent the recurrence of further trouble in the man-, agement of onr convict system. All of which is respectfully submitted. ' It will be seen from this report that the Committee found a certain state of affairs, which was horrible, but they fonnd from the testimony that it pro? ceeded from ignorance of the proper care of convicts worked outside of - the Penitentiary, which was. shared in not only by the contractors, but by the then officers oT the Penitentiary as well. There were certain specific charges of cruelty and crime upon which the testi? mony was fully taken, and the Committee asked that it be referred to the Attorney General for such action as he deemed proper to vindicate the law. The Com? mittee had neither authority to hang any person nor to even try them, but they asked that the law officer of the State be charged with a proper disposition of the offences. The whole testimony was reported, and the Committee made no effort to shield any person nor to suppress j any fact that could he obtained, and the i charge that any whitewashing was done cannot apply to the Committee. Neither do we know of any other persons to whom it is applicable. THE TREATMENT OF CONVICTS. The treatment of convicts upon the Savannah Valley Railroad has justly aroused the indignation of the people of the whole State, and the voice goes up from every part of the State that such iniquities shall cease. It is a disgrace to any civilization for helpless prisoners to be maltreated by their keepers, and we .fully concur with all that can be said to induce the public mind to entertain a proper view of the enormities of such conduct. The sentiment which demands humane- treatment even of criminals cannot be too strong, and we trust that it will be so clear and unmistakable that there will be no contractor in the future who will dare be either careless or cruel in the treatment of convicts leased to him. The vigorous prosecution of Jack? son for his treatment of these convicts is right and salutary, and if this course had been pursued from the first, there would have been no trouble now. Prosecution of the brutes who abuse prisoners will, in our judgment, render the lease system far less objectionable than the overcrowding of the penitentiary. We are not in favor of taxing the law-abiding portion of the community to support criminals in unprofitable confinement, if they can be advantageously worked without inhu? manity. Under the new law, no con? tracts will be made, except where they are ander the charge of a Deputy Super? intendent and guards from the State. With these restrictions, it seems to us that a proper enforcement of the crimi? nal laws will in future prevent the treat? ment complained of. . A STATE TICKET PROPOSED. The Abbeville Medium s&ys i Some of oar young politicians have been arranging for the next State cam? paign and have settled upon the follow? ing ticket: For Governor, John P. Richardson; Lt. Governor, D. S. Henderson; Sec. of State, E. H. Bobo; Attorney-General, Joseph H. Earle; Treasurer, H. A. Gail lard ; Comptroller-General, E. B. Mur? ray ; Superintendent of Education, F. W. McMaster; Adjutant General, M. L. Bonhamjr. We could moke some alterations which might add to the strength of the ticket. We appreciate the compliment paid the Editor of the Intelligencer by the young gentlemen who arranged this ticket but it may be proper for us at once to 8t?te that we have no aspiration for a position on the State ticket, and cannot consent to become a candidate for Comp? troller-General. This statement may I prove a solace to those gentlemen who.j would like to be Comptroller-General, by assuring them that they will have one candidate less to run against for the office | . indicated. The gentlemen named for 1 the other positions on this ticket would I make excellent officers, and doubtless some of them will be selected for the positions indicated; but we think it is rather early to begin the work of con? structing slates, except as a pastime for the present hot weather. Slates are not likely to be more popular, anyway, next time than.they have been in recent years. The Seneca Free Frese makes the fol? lowing . comments on the convict ques? tion : Why is it that the contractor has not been compelled to comply with the law, and why is it that tbo Superintendent has not done bis duty in appointing guards as the law requires ? The Leg? islature knowing the cruelty and barbar? ity to which the State convicts have been subjected heretofore by contractors, pass? ed a law requiring the Superintendent of j the Penitentiary to supervise the convicts I wherever employed by guards of his own [.selection, for protection against just such treatment as is here reported. Now when we look for the guilty party we find him not?he has fled the State?the contractor and his manager step forward when public sentiment cries aloud against them, and places all blame on an irre? sponsible man, who for his murderous conduct receives a polite discharge in? stead of the chains he more justly de? serves than the poor convict whom he has murdered. We ask why was not Mr. A.' J. Jackson arrested at the in otanco of Mr. Carroll and placed in the hands of the law ? No, Mr. Jackson was hired for the purpose and when humanity cried out against him he was paid his wages and permitted to go his way unmolested. The Superintendent is, wc think, im? properly censured by our friend in this article. As soon as he ascertained that the" convicts were worked for a longer time than tbo*law permits, he notified the contractor that }t would not be per? mitted,' He'tW no"? moHsA JHljMr under this contract because it was made before the new law went into effect, and therefore under the law itself the contract was exempted fi'om the operation of the new law. The Superintendent had no control over the matter which he has not diligently exercised, even to prosecuting most vigorously the criminal Jackson. The Pall Mall Gazelle has thrown all England into a blaze of excitement by exposing the horrible crimes and deprav? ity of some of the leading men of the nation. At first the police attempted to suppress the circulation of the paper, but its course was so thoroughly endorsed by the leading clergymen and Christian people of England that the paper defies the police, and proceeds with the revela? tions. Already the new government promises to rigidly enforce the criminal law, and so to amend it that the prepe tration of the abominations which the Gazette has exposed shall cease. The Gazette has done good work for England, and we expect its example might be imitated with profit to the public morals by some of the leading papers in the large cities of our own country. A Battle of the Giants. Columbus, Ga., July 9.?The people of Middle Georgia are worked up into a perfect fever heat over the question of the building of a new railroad across the State. Some time ago the citizens of Co? lumbus conceived the idea of building a through line from that city to Atlanta. The project met with considerable encouragement, and the new line was called the "Georgia Midland." Just at the lime when the Atlanta people were congratulating themselves on having secured the line several very influential citizens of Athens, Georgia, backed by the Bichmond and Danville Railroad Company, suddenly came forward and made a proposition to the Columbus capitalists to build the new road to Ath ens instead of to Atlanta. It was claimed that by so doing the line to Griffin, thence to Covington, and from there to Athens, would open up a rich ; cotton country in the interior of Georgia, and that the Bichmond and Danville would offer better inducements than the city of Atlanta would do. Immediately upon learning that the "Gate City" was about to be circumvented by the Rich? mond and Danville people, a committee of several prominent Atlanta capitalists was appointed, and they have gone to Columbus to straighten matters out. The Richmond and Danville people will, therefore, probably be left in the lurch. . Behind this apparently innocent move? ment on the part of the Bichmond and Danville, the railroad men of the South see a deep motive. Columbus is in the territory of the Georgia Central Bail road, which company very recently j acquired control of the Greenville ana Laurens Railroad in South Carolina, thus entering the heart of the country heretofore exclusively the territory of the Richmond and Danville. The Cen? tral Company only obtained the lease of this South Carolina road after a bitter fight against the men and the money of the Bichmond and Danville syndicate. Now the Bicbmond and Danville will retaliate by striking jnto one of the most valuable portions of the Central's system of roads. The movements will be watched with the deepest interest as millions of dollars, not alone of Georgia capital, but of Northern money, are invested in the roads which are most interested. A good deal of Northern capital, too, has been subscribed to the new proposed lino from Columbus to Atlanta, most of the investors being New Yorkers and Fhiladelphians.?Dispatch to the Neios and Courier. A Wonderful Bobbe&l Early on yesterday morning one of the most daring, ingenious and wonderful criminal enterprises in the records of crime was engaged in by thieves at Atlanta. The pay car of the Bicbmond & Dan? ville Railroad Company attached to the supply car, was on the track near the Markham House. Thieves took posses? sion of a switch engine, backed it to the two cars and attached them and then ran out on the Georgia Pacific track, going through the yard and over forty or fifty switches. A. S. Grocer, paymaster, was asleep in his car and woke to find himself moving at full speed. He thought at first that he was only being shifted, but on looking at his watch and finding it to be 3 o'clock he immediately suspected that something was wrong. A look at the surroundings and the train further alarmed him, and he immediately pro? ceeded to slip out the coupling attaching his car to that in front ana put on brakes. As soon as the Bupply car and engine got away he leaped out, found himself near the chemical works, four miles from the city, and ran to some houses near the track for help. While he was gone the thieves evidently discovered the loss of the pay car, for they reversed their engine and returned very rapidly look? ing for it. They ran into it, smashing one end and wounding the negro porter, who was fast asleep, severely. They then attempted to break in and called on the porter to open the door. While thoy were at work Mr. Grocer returned to bis car and the thieves fled. Meanwhile the loss of the engine and cars had been delected at the round house and a party had been sent in pursuit, They came up with the train soon after the would-be robbers bad fled. I The sheriff was after the bold maraud? ers yesterday, and being on their trail with hounds expected to capture them. The pay car contained about $18,000 or $20,000 in currency.?Greenville News. David Dickson's Money, Si'akta, Ga., July 5.?The greatest interest is exhibited in the will of the j late David Dickson, the farmer million? aire, who died leaving all his property except a small pittance to a negress named Amanda Eubanks. As Dickson gave liberal fees to several lawyers and his administrators to see that his will was enforced, thoy are making a strong fight. The white heirs of Dickson, who are scattered through Georgia, New York and Texas, havo also employed able counsel and hope to attack the dead man's sanity. The will is to be probated on Tuesday, when the great fight will open. An intimato friend of Mr. Dickson has just told the inside story of the will. Amanda Eubanks. the beneficiary, is the result of an early indiscretion of Mr. Dickson with one of his slaves. It is claimed that after the birth of this child Dickson took to reading his Bible and to prayer, and declared that it took a man of grit to take care of his offspring when faced by society and prejudice. Hence his will whb intended to secure to his own child, negro though she was, all that his money could accomplish. lu tbe will the lawyers arc directed not only to see that its provisions a.s to bis property are carried out, but to see that the woman is protected in all ol ber rights as a citizen, wherever she may choose to live. The woman is overrun wilh letters from ne groes and whiles all over the country. ? Dr. Leonard, tbe Prohibition can? didate for Governor of Ohio, thinks tho Prohibition party will at an .early date cauap tbe disintegration of the Republi? can party aud place the Democrats in s hopeleprf miuor.ity. --? Henry Gaddy, colored, died in Chesterfield County last week. 1 leaving A LYNCHING IN LAUREN'S. Quick und Deadly Revenge for an Assault oh a White Woman. A gentleman who returned here on Monday night from a ride into Laurens in pursuit of Bob Griffin, a white man accused of stealing a watch, brought a strange and horrifying story. He stated that while riding in the road in Laurens County on Monday morning be came suddenly on the dead body of a negro man, which on examination he found to be perforated with bullet holes. Enquiry in the neighborhood elicited the infor? mation that the man had been killed in consequence of an attempted outrage on a white woman. A representative of the News invcsti 5;ated the matter yesterday afternoon and earned the following: The negro's name was Charles Wil? liams. He appeared in the Highland Home section of Laurens two or three weeks ago and has been working about there ever since. He has caused some anxiety among the people, especially the ladies,.by frequently parading the public roads with a pistol in bis hand. He was a large, burly man of unprepossessing appearance. On Friday morning at about three o'clock a young lady who lives near Highland Home was awakened by some one standing by her bed with a hand on her. She enquired who it was and then screamed, whereupon the in truder lay flat on the floor as if to hide, but finding that the lady continued to call for help fled, leaving the house by a door he had broken open to enter. The lady's brother, who was away from home with a threshing machine, was sent for early next morning and hastened home. He and others examined the tracks of the invader and found them to fit shoes worn by Williams, who was arrested in the neighborhood; in size, shape and other respects. Williams was much con? fused when arrested and told two stories of where he had spent tho previous night, both of which were found to be false. When taken before the young lady whose room had been entered, Williams was positively identified by her as her assail? ant. A magistrate was sent for and the evi? dence was beard. It was decided to commit the prisoner to jail to await trial and he was put in charge of two deputies to be taken to Laurens. As they were on their way they were suddenly halted at a branch between Yergin's and Crisp's by fifteen or twenty unmasked men who opened fire on Williams with various firearms, riddling bis body and head and killing him almost instantly. His body was left in the road to await the arrival of the coroner. When Williams' valise was examined four locks of hair from the beads of white women were, found in it. What they meant could, of course, only be conjectured.? Greenville News, ? A Washington City physician argues that the best way to advance the cause of temperance is to make and enforce very severe laws against pnblic drunkenness. In Washington two mur? ders a month occurred during the past sixteen months,' and five out of every six of the cases were due to drunkenness. Of all the sensual exercises' of modern communities, drunkenness is the most dangerous and destructive.* The habit is under tho ban of both human and divine law, but our laws are not enforced as they should be. It is worse than useless to make a practice of arresting poor men and vagabonds when they are drunk if congressmen, generals and millionaires are to be spared. Make a clean sweep of them all, urges the Washington doctor, and the evil will be greatly diminished. There is some force in all this, but it does not touch the cases of the large classes with whom the craving for liquor is a disease or a mania. If these men are the victims of a disease, perhaps inheri? ted, what sense or justice is there in punishing them ? They are not proper objects for the penal terrors of the law. ? The bark Monrovia, which arrived from Liberia on yesterday, had forty two colored men on board who return from that country after a residence of some years. The Rev. L. G. Jordan, a native of South Carolina, was in charge of the party and expressed himself as dissatisfied with the country as a place ' for permanent residence for the colored race. Among the returning colonists were Prof. H. M. Brown, N. A. Brown, a student, and representatives of various trades and professions. On the passage Willis F. Ford, aged fifty six years, died of apoplexy and was buried at sea. On board the bark was a collection of pets in the shape of forty parrots and four small monkeys, besides many birds of gaudy plumage, The Liberian colony is represented as being in a dissatisfied state and many more are expected to leave the promised land and return to this country.-iv". Y. World, 10<A. ? The Greenville Farmers' Club held a meeting on Saturday last. There was a discussion of "forage crops," which drifted into many other things. As a remarkable illustration of the value of top dressing, Capt. Mills said that in April his wheat looked alike, with no perceptible advantage for any part of it. He used twelve wagon loads of stable manure on four acres as a top dressing, three loads to the acre. The four acres yielded nineteen bushels to the acre, and the other thirteen eleven and a half bushels to the acre. Capt. Mills also stated that he bad put this year one hundred aud twenty-five acres in clover and orchard grass, his clover being now eight to ten inches high. A. M. Howell stated that he had sowed orchard grass on April 2. It is now eighteen inches high. r ? Laurensville Herald: "We learned for the first time last Sunday that a young nan by the name of Verden, residing in the neighborhood of Scuffle town, was severely whipped some teo days ago by a party of men of same vicinity. We have been unable to learn sufficient facts regarding the reported affair to enable us to give an intelligent account of it. Although we have made some inquiry, we were able to learn nothing further than that said young man was accused of making an obscene inscription upon a black-board in aschool room, regarding a certain young lady of the neighborhood, and that he acknowl? edged having done ho ; but that he alleg? es be made the acknowledgment under threats of death." ? A Western evening paper recently announced that any man who had the misfortune to be injured with a copy of the paper in his pocket would be paid ten dollars a week until his recovery. Another paper offered in the event of a man's death to pay the family of the de? ceased a handsome sum of money upon presentation of receipts showing that the dead mau had been a subscriber for a certain number of years. Some of the papers are'offcring premiums to the vic? tims of elopements and fires, where the " parties are subscribers. The craze will soon flash out. ? Tho Camdcu Journal says: "A very sad accident happened in Mr. Jacob Knight's family a few days ago. He lives near Jefferson, just across the Ker abaw line. While his ten year old son was handling a gun it was accidentally fired, and the load entered the body of his thirteen vear old daughter, killing her." ? Mrs. liusbce, of Pickens County, was kindling a fire in her stovo last Friday evening, July 3, when the stove and kerosene can exploded, burning her so severely that she died on Saturday morning. Sho left a husbantl and five children, the youngest being a, mere in? font. " ' - Prison Birds Escape. Richmond, Va., July 12.?About 4 o'clock this afternoon, while religious services were being held at the State penitentiary, three white prisoners es? caped, but were soon after recaptured. It seems that the three men, not being required to attend service, remained in their cells, and took advantage of the absence of the guard* from the corridor to carry out a preconcerted plan of escape. Tbey forced a portion of an iron grating from a window, and then by means of a rope, made of blankets and bedticking, they lowered themselves to the inner yard. Then, with the aid of some rope and an iron hook, they pulled them? selves to the top of the wall, and gained their liberty. They were discovered by the guard, and the alarm was given and pursuit instituted. Tho escaping con? victs succeeded in reaching Hollywood cemetery, in the vicinity of the peniten? tiary, but were hotly pursued, a number of citizens joining in the cbase. Shot? guns and pistols were freely used, and to the surprise of the pursuers two of the convicts returned the fire with pistols whicb, by some as yet unknown means, they had secured. Before being taken, one uf the convicts, Edmund Green, was shot twice in the hip and leg, and another, Hugh Nixon, received a load of squirrel shot in the back. The third convict, Joseph Panley, was retaken without injury. Two of the citizens, Messrs. Priton Hundley and Wesley B. Smithe, were shot by the prisoners. Hundley's wound is in the groin, and is thought to be mortal. Green was serv? ing a term of twenty-four years for horse stealing, Nixon eighteen years for rape and Panley eight years for murder. ? Beck, the murderer of his wife ani sister-in-law, who was at first so anxious to be punished for his crime, is now just as anxious to live. It was said at the time that he was suffering with delirium tremens when be committed the act. It is now said upon good authority that he was not even drunk; that the arrival of his sister-in-law, who was to have been married the week following to A. J. Swafford, suggested to Beck his own utter worth lessn ess, and that his murder of the two women was prompted by jealousy and a malignant heart. ? Mrs. Julian, the sister of Beck's victims, whose remarkable letter to the murderer was so widely published, is a remarkably modest and retired little lady, of a bright mind, and had no idea of the fame which her letter would bring her. She has received hundreds of letters from all parts of the union, from people who profess to have been reformed from drink through its perusal. An Ohio lawyer, whose name is a household word, wrote her that he had abandoned the intoxicating cup, and every time he went to church with bis family he prayed for his kind deliverer. ? On Friday, July 3, in Florence, Mr. J. C. Bcvill, after starting his grist mill to work, was stooping down regulat? ing the feed, when a terrible explosion occurred, knocking him and Mr. F. K. Brand, who was stooping down by him, to one side. Sam Evans, a colored man, who was standing near at the time of the explosion, was killed by a fragment of bur rock which was hurled through the wall of tbe building. ? Mrs. J. Barrett, living near Water town, Dakota, on Sunday, gave birth to four lively babies, weighing twenty pounds, and nearly alike in weight and appearance. Tbe quartette is well divid? ed, two being boys and two girls. The mother and babies are reported as doing well. ? A Northern physician uses carrier pigeons in his country practice. He leaves one at a patient'8 house and if he is needed a note is lied to tbe leg of the pigeon and then he is released, and away he goes for the doctor. ? The Bev. H. L. Baggott, of Giddy Swamp, Aiken County, has a cat which has adopted a rabbit and is raising it along with the rest of her litter. Ayer's Sarsaparilla is the most effective blood-purifier ever devised. It is recom? mended by the best physicians. Hall's Vegetable Sicilian'Hair Benewor nover fails in restoring gray hair to its youthful color, lustro, and vitality. Dr. A A. Hayes, Stato Assayer of Massachu? setts, endorses it, and all who give it a fair trial unite in grateful testimony to its many virtues. ? Hote of Warning to Suffering Human? ity.. Wo feel that we would be wanting in the duty we owo to sufforing humanity if we did not sound a note of warning in regard to the use of Mercury and other EDiuonous minerals in the treatmet of lood and Skin Diseases. If the reader could see the horrible suffering, the awful wrecks of human health and happiness, shown by our correspondoneo with thoso who have beer, dosed with these mineral poisons, he would shudder with horror. Arsenic, Mercury, Antimony, aud Iodide of Potassium are some of the remedies most ordinarily used for these diseases, and they are all Poison. Do not take theso poisons. They might dry up your disease for a few days, and with it you will have Morcural Rheumatism, which may bring you years of torture. The Mercury seems to sink into the bones, and the Potash drives the Poison into the system, only to lurk there and attack the tender organs of the body, as the lungs, the throat, the nasal organs and stomach, Hundreds of people have been made deaf, and a great many blind, by the use of ! Mercury and Potash. Beware of Mer I cury and Potash Mixtures -gotten up in imitation of our Specific. A few grains of sugar of lead dropped into a gloss of these imitation will cause the poisonous drugs to fall to the bottom, and show the danger of using them. Swift's Specific is entirely vegetable, and is the best tonic for delicate ladies and children and old people in the world. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed freo. The Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. TRY US. For the Next Sixty Days WE WILL SELL DRY GOODS SO CHEAP I That You can't help but Buy. .ISB- We want to make room for our Fall stock. CORN, BACON, FJLGUR, SUGAR* MO LASSES, COFFEE, As CHEAP as can he bought in the upper part of South Carolina. Give us a call. We are willing to live and let live. W. S.LIGpN&CO. July l?; 18R1 I NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having demands against the Estate of Win. M. Archer, deceased, arc hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law, and those indebted to make payment. MARGARET E. ARCHER, Ex'x. July 16, 1835_1_3 Albemarle Female Institute, CHABLOTTESVILLE, VA. FULL corps of superior teachers; course of instruction thorough and exten? sive; location healthful and accessible; scenery beautiful; surroundings most at? tractive { terms very moderate; order cat? alogue. W. P. DICKINSON, July 1(3?1?4_Principal. IMPORTANT TO GIN OWNERS. THE undersigned desires to inform Gin owners that he is prepared to do any kind of repairing on a Gin. Shar? pening a specialty. Now is the time to get your work done. Don't wait until you are ready to use your Gin. I have had years of experience, and guarantee satisfac? tion in prices and work. During the sea sc. . can always be found at my residence in the Southern portion of the city. If your Gin needs repairing, bring it along witbont delay. B. F. WILSON. July 10, 1885 1 2m SPECIAL NOTICE. -o IN order to reduce my Stock of Goods by the 10th of July I will offer? INDUCEMENTS to CASH BUYERS - IN - DRY GOODS, Consisting of a full line of CALICO,; MUSLINS, PIQUES, WHITE GOODS, a full line, MARSEILLES QUILTS, CASS1MERES, COTTONADES. HATS. A good stock of Hats. SHOES, My stock of Shoes is just splendid. If you want a first-class Shoe at a low price I can accommodate yon. Special attention called to my LADIES* SHOES, Men's Low Cut Shoes, Kips, Brogans and Gaiters. My stock of GROCERIES And other Goods complete. I have a large sale in Roasted Arica and Golden Rio Coffee and fine Tea. Give me a call before buying. A. B. TOWERS. June 11,1885 48 READ. READ, READ! In what everybody says, there mnst he some truth. Where a preparation is guaranteed to please everybody, in every particular, and none complain, there must be virtue in the preparation, as it is human to grumble when you get a chance. Some of our friends say: Mokfattsvillk, S. C, April 7th, 1885. Messes Hill Bnos.?Gentlemen: I used the American Fruit Preserving Powder and Liquid last year, and it is with much satis? faction I add my testimony to its virtues. The fruit and vegetables I used it with are now in a perfect state of preservation with natural taste and smell. The advantage of this over canning fruit is that it keeps larger packages, is more reliable, and can be opened and used from time to time without damage. Respectfully, Mrs. Thomas A. Siterard. MESsns. IIii.i, Huns.? Gentlemen: The American Fruit Preaervin:.' Powder and Liquid I bought from you last year, is all that yO'i recommended it to be. We used it on peaches, apples and vegetables^ and they arc preserved perfectly without un pleasant taste or smell, and we have used them from the day they were put up with? out any damage. t heartily recommend it as a perfect preservative of .?II kinds of fruit and vegetables. Iteapevtfully, D. A. Ki.rod. Messrs Hill Bros.?Dear Sirs: The American Fruit Preserving Powder and Liquid has certainly been a .success with me. I have given it a fair trial on fruit, and do unhesitatingly and heartily recommend it. The fruit we put up with it is now in a perfect shite of preservation with no un? natural tasic or smell, and we used it out of the vessels constantly without daninge. RespectfnUy, W. A. Geek. Hill Bros, sole agents, Anderson S. C. For sale also by Jas. .Hunter tfc Son's, Peiidleton, S. C? and Finley it Shirley, Hutica Path. Valuable Lands for Sale. THE undersigned offers for sale on easy terms his valuable Home Place, situated H miles South of Williamston, consisting of an eight-room Dwelling with necessary outbuildings, three tenant hou? ses, gin house and fixtures run by water, with Tract of about 380 acres of Land, one third original forest, forty acres of bottom, and balance in high state of cultivation, adapted to small grain, cotton, corn, &c. Situated within easy access to excellent educational advantages. Also, a House with six rooms and two acres of Land, situate opposite the Spring Park in Williamston. For further particulars apply to Col. J N, Brown at Anderson, or Dr. John Wilson, or the undersigned at Williamston, S. C. WM. ?. COOLEY. July 2, 1885 _51_ Application for Charter. OTICE is hereby given that applica? tion will be made to the Clerk of Court for Anderson County, S. C, at 11 o'clock a. in. on Saturday, the 18th day of July next, for a Charter fo- "The Anderson Oil and Fertilizer Company." B. FRANK MAULDIN, Secretarv for Incorporators. June 18, 1885 49 5 For Sash, Blinds, Doors, Plastering Laths, Window Fixtures, Building Material, <fcc., CHEAP, call on W. 15. UK AC H AM, Depot Street, Anderson, S. V. April 30, 188f> 33 3n Look! Read this Big Offer. ?10 Bristol Cards, white or tinted, 12c ; 23 Album ChroiuoH, G designs, 12c; 25 Fancy Mixed, no two aliko, 12c; 25 Comic Unsli, 10c; 20 Traiibparont Cards, 10c; 50 Elegant Chromos, a handsomo lot, 15c ; 72 Beautiful Cnronio Cards, 15c; 25Sea Shell, 10c; 50, no two alike, including white and tinted brislol, snowflakc, comics, Ac, 12c; 25 Pet Chro niox, 10c. With name, jiost paid, to any address. Agents' Outfit, 0c. CENTRAL HOOK <t CARD CO., Cascndo, Wis._ W A ATTHTTl I INTELLIGENT, Ambitious, vv AIM IJjJJ I Energetic, to secure and fill A1\/r A AT I our orders in his section. Rc lVi?li i I sponsiblo House. References exchnnged. (Also in diflcront de- | Colonv partmoiit, LADY, ?15.) ?illill J GAY BROS., Box 1.983. N. V, I 5T5 to ?100 July 9, JB?l ' "12 4 AT COST! Clothing, Velvets, Undershirts, Collars, Cravats, Cloths, Shirts, Nightshirts, Cuffs. Ties, &c, FOR CASH! Stock of Goods and Fixtures at a liberal discount on New York cost, with refusal of Stand offered. Call at No. 3 Brick Range, Anderson, S.C. JOHN W. DANIELS. Remember, we are selling at COST for CASH. 1 1-2 Horse Wagon for sale. Also, Shafts, Pole, &e. July 9,1885 COLUMBUS BUGGIES. Just in and to arrive Car Load of the Famous COLUMBUS BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, PHAETONS, SURREYS' &c. rpHE BEST VEHICLE ON THE MARKET! None but the very beat grade of .1 work put up by these Shops. PRICES LOW, and ONE PRICE TO ALL. Come to see us, and we will fit you up with the BEST Vehicle you ever rode in. July 2,1885 CUNNINGHAM & FOWLER. 51 6m COME AND SEE THE COMMON SENSE WATER LIFTER, -TO BE SEEN AT L. H. SEEL'S TIN AND STOVE HOUSE. ALSO AT THE PUBLIC WELL, North of the Court House. Can be bought for one-hall' what others cost, and will last a life-time. Windlass ca:inot slip from the baud, as it has a Patent R?chet attached. A child can draw three gallons of water in half t he time it usual I v lakes in the old wav. June '25, 1885 50 6m JUST RECEIVED FOR THE HOT WEATHER. A JLOT OF WHITE LAWNS, Muslins., Ginghams, Slippers, Gloves, Mosquito Nets, Straw Hats, Gauze Underwear, Umbrellas. Tara^ols, Laces, Ail-Over Embroidery, Hamburg Edging, Handkerchiefs, Collars, Fans, Bleaching, Sea Islaud, Half Hose, Ladies' and Meu's Hose, all colors, Nun's Veiling at 15c, Fino Pearl Buttons 5c per dozen, Good Calico 4c, Ladies' Hats, Gout's Furnishing Goods, ALL LOW FOR CASH. July 2, 1885 51 A. LESSER. For More Hum Half a Century The Daniel Pratt Gin HAS Ween in successful operation, during which time over ?6,0OQ) Ciin.M have been made by them and distributed all over tlio face of tlio globe where Cotton is grown. We arc prepared to furnish the Improved Gins, Feeders and Condensers to parties wanting them, and from the large number sold by us in this and adjoining Counties in the past nine years, we feel confident of entire satisfaction on the part of the purchaser. The main features in the Pratt Gin are the Revolving Heads in the ends of the Cotton Box, thereby destroying the friction, and preventing the Roll from breaking. It gins the seed cleaner than any other Gin, and makes a splendid sample. The Feeder is the most perfect machine made for the purpose. The Condenser is so constructed that no dirt or dust can got into the Cotton, which improves the sample greatly. The whole outfit is more simple, less complicated, stronger and more durable than any Gin on the market. Parlies desiring to purchase will be furnished with any further information as re? gards terms, prices, &c, by writing or calling on us. We are Agents for the sale of the White Hickory ouc-horse Wagons?workmanship and material guaranteed. The Thomas Smoothing Harrow and Perfected Pulverizer, The Corbin Disk Harrow and Seeder, S. W. Vcnablc tt Co.'s Chewing Tobaccos, the following brands in stock, and for sale to Ihn trade or at retail : "Bine -leans," "Rapi dan." "True Blue" in caddies. "Florimel," and other makes and grades Our Stock of General Merchandise i- complete. A trial asked. Anderson, H. C, July 9, 1886 McCULLY, CATHCART & CO. iVOTICE. OTICE is hereby given that 1 have l.\ paid in full tlie Note given by me to M. C. Thompson for 52">0.0n, bearing date November, 1882, being the only Note given by rr.c to her, and all persona are hereby notified not to trade for the same, June 2, |8KI wm. M. GOOIiEy, ft] o NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having demands against Uic Estate of YV. J. Milford, deceased, are lien l>y notified In present them, prop? er!}* proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribed bv law, and those indebted to niake pavmont. ?? ; ? ?**".?; PENELOPE I. MILFOED, Ex*X, July 8,1881}, T$ ? ii - ? 3