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M. B. MXJIUIAY, Editor. THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1888. TBRMS: OW ?? Y IC AU. .O1.B0. SIX MONTHS. 78 c. Two Dollar? If not ?al? In nd vance. y----mmmammm^IM?-? A ORA VE GHARGK AN8WEIti:i>. Tho Greenvillo Newt, speaking of tho reporta of cruelty to convicts worked on thc Savannah Valley Railroad, says: Tho Meut and Courier orgues from this that thc whole system of leasing convicts ia wrong, cruel and a blot on civilization. Dur esteemed cotenipornry draws, na is its usual habit, the wrong conclusion from a correct statement Of meta. Tho truth is, TiCre is nothing wrong about the existing convict system or lawe. The fm Ut is with our executive, judicial and legislative ora eera. If the law should he enforced and tho neck of some one influential brute should be legally cracked there would be no more trouble with convicts for muny years. Tho able statesmen who in 137U engineered tho whitewashing of thc mur ders on the Augusta and Greenwood road ore responsible for every murder and out rage committed on convicts since. We agree with our contemporary that the punishment by the Courts of one or two of tho brutes who mistreat prisoners would stop the trouble, and so expressed ourselves a few weeks since. It is cow ardly, cruel and mean to abuse a poor 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 Neics, however, makes ai unfounded and unsustainable charge of gravo import when it declares that the men who engineered tho whitewash lug of tho murder?, on tho Greenwood & Augusta Road arc responsible for every murder and ou trago committed on con victs since. As one member of the Com mittee who made this investigation, we aro surprised at thin assertion. We were not aware that any whitewashing fcpd been done. On the contrary, tho Com mittee .took tho testimony of every witness whose name was furnished by either party to the matter, and of every man that wo had any intimation might know anything about the mnttor, oven to the convicts themselves. The testimony wes fully taken and tho witnesses ex haustively' examined. Upon this testi mony tho Committee submitted the fol lowing report,- which in incontestably . sustained by the ?worn statements of the witnesses: ?b the Honorable the Senate and Home of liepreitnlattoa of the State of South Carolina -GBKTLKMKH : Tho Joint Committco op f>oiutcd by Concurrent Resolution of thc ast General Assembly to investigate char ges of cruelty, neglect or inhumanity to . convicts of thoSouth Carolina Penitentiary employed upon thc Greenwood and Au Sisla Railroad, and directed to report to e present General A&awiubly, beg leave respectfully to report, th nt they hnvo per . formed tho duty assigned them to tho heit of their ability, and herewith submit tho teetimon? taken by. them upon the subject indicated. Tho inquiry wu.? a tedious and difllcult ono. - Tho witnesses were scattered in Columbia, and from Greenwood to tbs cltv of Augusta, and tho testimony taken is quite volmnninous, much of it being cu mulative, and a great deal of it of n nega -Uve character. In conducting thocxnml i nation tho Committee went to Greenwood, and other points along tho route where the witnesses reside, In order to save the ex ; nm -s'A af bringing them to Columbia, and for. tho further purpose of inspecting the stockades end j viewing the convicts in the employ of tho company. I Tho Committee will not undertake to re peat tho testimony in this report, but will only state some conclusions to which it points, and recommend to tho General As -Bombly such changes in the low as will,-in our judgment, afford security and health among tho convicts who maybe worked outside of tho' walla of tho Penitentiary. To begin with, your Committee regret to report that tho mortality upon this road was unusually great, remiting, aa your Committco believe, from a lack of acquain tance with tho discasoJ which aflbcted the : convicta on tho part of tho parties who had them in churre and from improper diet, and a lack of cleanliness which contributed td Induce these diseases. Tho food given tho convicts waa. ns testified by convicts nnd all others, wholesome in quality and abundant in quantity, but consisted nlinost entirely of bread end bacon, the continuous <'-.use of-Which probably contrlbutod greatly to tho development of the scorbutic dines < ses which followed und proved so fatal nt Stockades Nos. 8.. 4* and .0. Vegetables, ; fruits, milk and ireoli meats wero given the convicts when they could ho obtained, but they wero working fur from any railroad communication, and.tho year was an unu : anally dry -oho, which- circumstances pro - vented tho uso of these articles of food in enfilaient 'quantities- to preservo health. At all tho stockades enfllcicnt bathing arrangements wero made, but, in many in stances, the convicts were not required to , bathe their bodies sufficiently often to keep iib* Skin denn and the porca.opcii. They i^WereiifrbWsd the opportunity generally of bathing one* aWeehiTtatwereBot required to do ?o, and many of them neglected this necessary safe-guard to health. Thon, ; again* tSs>; stockades wero not sufficiently : 3sr^ to accommodate adequately tho num ber of convicts kept in them, and this over crowding, no doubt, added to tho other ;"dt?ess??prc4u*t??g cavts-w* It is but justice to tho company, hera, to stato thai these tjtocknd?j :wcro built. after the style of : North. <J?w>iina stockade, which ono of the ? ..Director.! visited for information. They >weraanwi??Ve? by Col. T. W. Parmele, tho thi?h'eoperinttndcnt of tho Penitentiary, aa was ?iso the diet abd general manage ment of tho convicts, even after tho mor tality which began'et Stockade No. 3. This ' Was the first attempt at working tba con vict labor outside the walla of thc Peniten tiary. atid'Oils company bad no experiences of osiers to golds them in the Utatineritbf -theibomicls'^woflB^^tiiem. It waa but natural Ihr them to moke mistaktw, and I tho Committee hB5lhUod to find anything ot a erim?nBl'natur?ln.' the eondu?rjsfcthe : or Directors of tho Greenwood , and Ang?sta Ratlread. They fed the con icntly, though not judiciously; "ojeS ihe ieadiaK-phyelclans of .-.orhooda In .which the' confeti- r .?worked, -an?;when im naottaUty began at 5.8t?ckftur> 8, ihiy informed.the then : Bupe?lntpnd?nt cf tho Penitentiary, Ooh Parmcl?. of the, facts, nnd ha vatted and ttbd the convicta end expressed him ?tWithi their treatment. Aftcr , 1870, they, informed the Boar*! of JWrerlors of tho Penitentiary of 1 ; ' irilUy,hnd Invited and urged, r i&???. !.>-. uperinteitdenv to nee tho 'A; uv : ti o; epeatedseveralt?nies', -until about' tho middle orlat? or:Augnst, r ; ul? vialied ?rie?? tamps nt NO. 5, ' i^newltAtion ot phj-sieinns bl' ulted iri ascertaining Kkij^re or th? tihosMfifgbtbBg tba COR ; vieta, ?; . : v ? he Pro??!* treatment those ha >v\t ?? ir. health -'began tp .i . r-?uhrj6b?* fromsickness:hail ;.- them beyond '.thi$ '?...: .-he.Tottedeverywhere. Tho > ?jorbutioalftc ? 'anees wei? . - . -:<v\! .by ..their,- pr?viens conflue-.- . 1 -sitoUti?ry, sphere their gen inij>^?f.?.. conditicn' .vi-.l n;- : ci?^Vflth V?JU!5ll .-: S HY a" Eatum Tim idly ?h-.>?? f;.ri>i?--ii chi eo?ntr?, and it-is Wringe tr.at it *ho>ld-havo rcurawjh * . r.-/r.?--ti???*--J:?i?i^-- Aa A.-joslterof '^l^??!)^^vi:o were ce.n?nWlnih| ; : . ; - s ;? u\v,f%Xi>?? penlesfc^inoc-1 :-??iVi??n Nv-:?r.v':U'v ?:S5?&I; W-h'/frobi? ; ,?y??,i;itli??:?' rnijV^-?i? tc?dAb?> abd j IHBraHM^HHs^H^IHK^''r * typij&vpfyWl&x'i' . TV- <'>'t:fiji^'f-etf-'i-econ?'; j : quire any inore positivo action on tbo part of tho flencral Assemblj' than thal recom mended. . In conclusion, thc Committee have care fully considered the question as to what legislation is necessary to secure tbs proper treatment of such convicto as are leased out of the Penitentiary, and bayo arrived at the conclusion that existing laws aro am ple to secure the ends desired. The Committee therefore recommend that the Board of Directors of the Peniten tiary, in making contracts for hiring out convicts, prescribe such definite conditions as to diet, clothing nod general rules of hygiene as may bc necessary for proper care and treatment of such convicts, and, also; provide for competent medical Inspec tion at such intervals OB may bo required. All convicts taken out of thc Penitentiary Bhould be worked under tho charge and discipline of tx Superintendent, appointed by the Superintendent of tho Penitentiary, and responsible to him, thus keeping the convicts under tho care of an ofllcer of tho State. All contracts fbr the hire of con victs Bhould also be revocable by thc Gov ernor whenever it appears to bis ?atisfoc tion that any of such convicts ure cruelly or inhumanly used. Tho *'om m it U-e think that those sugges tions, if put into practico, will prevent the recurrence of further trouble in tho man agement of our convict system. All of which 1? respectfully submitted. It will be seen from this report that the Committee found a certain state of affair.-! which was horrible, but they found from the testimony that it pro ceeded from ignorauco of tho proper care of convicts worked outsidt of the Penitentiary, which was. shared in not only by tho contractors, but by the thon officers of tho Penitentiary ns well. There were certain specific charges of cruelty and crime upon which the testi mony was fully taken, and tho Committee asked that it be referred to tho Attorney ' General for such action us ho deemed proper to vindicate tho law. The Com mittee had neither authority to hang any person nor to even try them, but they asked that the law officer of tho State be charged with a proper disposition of the offences. The wholo testimony was reported, and tho Committee made no effort to shield any person nor to suppress any fact that could be obtained, and tho charge that any whitewashing waB done cannot apply to the Committee. Neither do we know of auy otho persons to whom it is applicable. THE TBK ATM KN T OF CONVICTS. Tho treatment of convicts upon the Havannah Valley Railroad has justly aroused the indignation of the people of tho wholo Stato, and tho voice goes up from every part of the Stato that such iniquities shall cease. It is a disgrace to any civilization for helpless prisoners to bo maltreated by their keepers, and wo fully concur with all that can be said to induce the public mind to entertain a proper view of tho enormities of such conduct. The sentiment which demands humano treatment even of criminals cannot be too strong, and we trust that it wilt be so clear and unmistakable that thcro will be no contractor in thc future who will daro bo either careless or cruel in the treatment of convicts leased to him. Tba vigorous prosecution of Jack son for his treatment of these convicts is right and salutary, and if this course had boen pursued from the first, there would have been no trouble now. Proat cution of the brutes who abuse prisoners will, in our judgment, render the lease system far le? objectionable than tho overcrowding of the penitentiary. Wo are not in favor of taxing the law-abiding portion of the community to support crim?nala in unprofitable confinement, if they can bo advantageously worked without inhu manity. Under tho new law, no con UT.ctn will bo made, except where they aro under tho cbargo of a Deputy Super intendent and guards from the State. With these restrictions, it cecilio to us that a proper enforcement of the crimi nal lawa will in futuro prevent the treat ment complained of. A HT AV li TICKET PBOF08KIK The Abbeville Medium says : Some of our young politicians have beon arranging for the next State cam {ialgn and have settled upon the follow up ticket : For Governor, John P. lttchardsou ; Lt. Governor, D. S. Honderaon ; Sec. of Stato, E. H. Bobo; Attorney-General, Joseph H. Earle; Treasurer, H. A. Gell lard ; Comptroller-General, E. B. Mur ray ; Superintendent of Education, F. W. MoMaater; Adjutant General, M. L. Bonham, ir. We could make some alterations which might add to tho atrength of the ticket, We appreciate the compliment paid the Editor of the INTEI-LIOKNCER by the young gentlemen who arranged this ticket hut it may be proper for us at once to stato that we have po aspiration for a position on thc State ticket, find cannot consent tu. bc corn or. candidate for Comp troller-General. ThU ?talement may prove a solace to those gentlemen who would like to be Comptroller-General, by assuring them that they will have one candidate less to run against for the office indicated, i The gentlemen named for tho other positions on thin ticket would moko excellent officers., ana doubtless some of them will bo selected for the positions indicated ; but we think it is ?rather carly to begin tho work of con structing slates, except as a pastime for the present hot weather. Slates aro not likely to bo.moro popular,-anyway, next time than they have been in recent years. The Seneca J^ee.JVeu makes tho fol lowing .comments on tho convict ques tion: Why is it that tho contractor bas not Seen compelled to comply with theMirf and why Is it that tho Superintendent has:1 ?ot dono his duty In appointing guarda rvs tho law requires? Tho Leg hilatura knowing the cruelty and barbar* tty to', which tho State convicts have been subjected heretofore by contractors, pass ed slaw requiring the Superintendent of iWf'cnHentiftry to supervise the convicta wherever employed by guaros of bis own ?selection, for protection against jost euch treatment as is here reported. Now when wo look for the guilty nari* we find him not-ho has fled ?ho State-leo contractor and hi? marker step forward wh?ri pnb?to ?tsit?ieiit erica aloud against tbern; and places all ' blame on an Irre aportaible mat*? who for his murderous Conduct iccoUv* a polite-discharge In stead of'the-ch?lnfe he mofe justly de serv?S than the poor convict whom ho has : murdered. We ask why iras riot Mr. A/< J.-Jackson arrested at wfifti stance of Mr. Carroll and placed in tho hand* of the law '?'-. No, Mr.. Jactson was hired for the purposo and when humanity cried' out against bim ho Wis paid his wage? sud '.permuted to go kb ?ay unmoi/>?f?\r.. .v-:\...-. >>Y?-: " Tho Qujjf?r?hie^?ebt li, wo think, im P^1fi'^-^W*,.rr?![:,.O"? Morid:'itt?tt?|. ?ut?cle.; A^.:so^as.^'as^^tns4 t?i?? bhiTwrnvicf*;'wore worked for a b J me? tb an thatfaw permits, he'$jp ih.6*on'TAeip('rR that |t would noL bs per under this contract because it was made before the now law wont into effect, and therefore under the law itself tbe contract was exempted fruin the operation of the new law. The Superintendent had no control over the matter which he bas not diligently exercised, even to prosecuting most vigorously the criminal Jackson. The Pall Mall Gazelle has thrown nil England into a blaze of excitement by exposing the horrible crimes and deprav ity of ?OHIO of the leading men of the nation. At first the police attempted to suppress the circulation of thc paper, but its courso was so thoroughly endorsed by the Icuding clergymen and christian people of England that thc paper def?? tho police, and proceeds with tho revels lions. Already thc new government promises to rigidly enforce the criminal law, and so to amend it that thc prepe tration of tho abominations which the Gazelle bas exposed shall cease. The Gazelle lin? done good work fur England, and we expect its cxamplo might bo imitated with profit to the public morals by somo of tho leading papers in the largo cities of our own country. A Hattie of tbe Giants. COLUMBUS, GA., July 0.-Thc people of Middle Georgia are worked up into a perfect fever heat over the question of | the buildiug of a new railroad across the State. Some time ago the citizens of Co lumbus conceived tho idea of building a through lino from that city to Atlanta. I The project met with considerable encouragement, and the cow lino was called the "Georgia Midland." Just at tho time when the Atlanta people were congratulating themselves on having secured the lino several very influential citizens of Athens, Georgia, hacked by tho Richmond and Danville Railroad Company, suddenly carno forward and mado a proposition to tho Columbus capitalists to build tho new road to Athens instead of to Atlanta, lt was claimed that by so doing the line to Griffin, tbenco to Covington, and from there to A theiiM, would open un a rich cottou country in the interior of Georgia, and that tho Richmond and Danville would offer better inducements thau the city of Atlanta would do. Immediately upon learning that tho "Gato City" was about to be circumvented by the Rich mond and Danville people, a committee of several prominent Atlanta capitalists was appointed, and they bavo gone to Columbus to straighten matters out. The Richmond and Danville people will, therefore, probably bo loft in tho lurch. liehiud this apparently innocont move ment on the part of the Richmond and Danville, tho railroad men of tho South ase a deep motive. Columbus is in tho territory of the Georgia Central Rail road, which company very recently acquired control or tbe Greenville and Laurens Railroad in South Carolina, thuB entering the heart of the country heretofore exclusively the territory of the Richmond and Danville. The Cen tral Company only obtained tho lease of ? h South Carolina road after a bitter ..gilt ngelunt the men and the money of the Richmond and Danville syndicate. Now the Richmond and Danville will retaliate by striking .into ono of tho moat valuable portions of thc Centrals svBtem of roadB. The movements will be watched with tbe deepest interest as millions of dollars, not alone of Georgia capital, but of Northern money, are iuvoated in tho roads which aro 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 h j New Yorkers and Philadelphians.-Dupalch to the Newe and Courier. . ? ??Lila -- ? A Wonderful Robbed* Early on yesterday morning ono of the most daring, ingenious ana wonderful criminal enterprises in the records of I criino was engaged in by thieves at Atlanta. Tho pay car of the Richmond & Dan ville Railroad Company attached lo the supply car, was on tue track near the March am House. Thieves took posses sion of a switch engine, baoked it to the two cars and attached them and then ran out ou tho Georgia Pacific track, going through tbe yaraand over forty or fifty switches. A. S. Grocer, paymaster, was asleep in bis car and woke to find himself moving at full speed. Ho thought at first that bo was only being shifted, but ou looking at bis watch ana boding it to bo 8 o'clock ho immediately suspected that uomethiug waa wrong. A look at tho surroundings and the. train further alarmed him, and he immediately pro coeded to slip out tho coupling attaching bis car to that in front ana put on brakes. As soon es the supply car and engine got away he leaped out, found himself near the chemical works, four miles from the city, and ran to somo houses near the track for help. . Whilo he. WOB gone the thieves evidently discovered the loss of tho pay car, for they reversed their engine and returned very rapidly look ing for it. They ran into it, smashing one end and wounding ihe negro porter, who was fast asleep, severely. They then attempted to break lo ind called on the porter to open tbe. f -or. While they wore at work Mr. Grocer returned to his car and tho thieves fled. Meanwhile the loss of the engine and cars had been detected at the round house and a party had been sent, in pursuit. They came up with the train soon after tho would-be robbers bad fled. . The sheriff was after tbe bold maraud ers yesterday, and being on their trail with hounds expected to capture them. The nay car contained about $18,000 or $20,000 in currency.~-Greenville .Newt. Ravid Dickson's Honey, ? . vj Si'AiiTA, Ga.. July G.-The greatest 1 Interest ls exhibited in the will of tho late David Dickson, the farmer million- 1 sire, Who died leaving all his property 1 except a small pittance ta a negress 1 named Amanda kubanks. As Dickson 1 gare liberal fees to several lawyers and ' his administrators to seo that his will was j enforced, they are making a strong fight. The white heirs of Dickson, who are \ scattered through Georgia, Now York j sud Texas, have also employed abln ' counsel and bono-to attack the dead man's sanity. The will ls to. bo probated on Tuesday, when the great fight will 1 open. . J An intimate friend of Mr. Dickson has inst told the Inside story of the will. < Amanda Kubanks, the beneficiary, ls the .> result of au early Indfacretloa of Mr. * Dickson with one of his. slaves.. It is < Maimed that after the birth of this child I Dickson took t6 reading his Bible and to < prayer, and declared that it took s man ii grit to take, cara of bis offspring when Steed by society and prejudice. .^s??a ; ib will was intended io secure tobie own ihlld, negro though sba ww?, atfthat bl?. .? noney could aceonspllab* lu th? will he lawyers are directed ?ot only to, se? hat it? provisions a? to his property >?as ?rrled output io seatha>i4ha' wb?au is irolected itt all ol her rights as a citlaep, } ?hercvcv Bho may choose lo I ITO. Tho t roman is overrun with letters from ?Mrj, A {roos abd whites all over.the .^?^6?& | :^&h!iftffi the Proli?blUon can- .1 ?dato for Govetwrof-Ohh>, thinks tbs Prohibition pavty will al jatt-;catjy.date; ?usp lUe.disViigratlou of tb? Ropubll :<m party and pince the Demounts in a ? lop?^iS piloor^tjv' r;*#k?W- G?a^y,.;oolorisd? ;?jHad'?ta i A LYNLHINU IN LAURENS. OnltU xml l>*ft<lljr ItfiVciigo for un As?ault ob a Whit? Woman. A gerv.leman who returned here on Monday night from a ride into Lauren? in pursuit of Bob Griffin, a white man accused of stealing a watcb, brought a strange aud horrifying story. He stated that while ridiog in the road in Laurens County on v/?nday morning be came suddenly on tbe dead body of a negro mau, which on examination ho found to bo perforated with bullet holes. Enquiry in the neighborhood elicited the infor mation that the man had been killed in consequence of au attempted outrage on a white woman. A representativo of the Keir? investi fated the matter yesterday afternoon and earned the following : The negro's name was Charles Wil liams. Ile appeared in the Highland Home section of Laurens two or three weeks ago and has been working about lhere ever Rince. He baa caused some anxiety among tho people, especially the ladies, by frequently parading the public roads with a pistol in bis band. 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. Sbn enquired who it WSH 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 belo fled, leaving the house by a door he bau broken open to enter. Tho lady's brother, who was away from homo with a threshing machine, was Bent for carly n oxt morning and hastened home. He and others examined the tracko of the invader and found them to fit shoes worn by Williams, who waa arrested in the neighborhood, in size, shape and other respects. Williams was much con fused when arrested and told two Btories of where bo had spent the previous night, both of which were found to be false. When taken beforo tho young lady who.<e room had been entered, Williams was positively idcotified by her as her assail ant. A magistrate was sent for and the evi dence was beard. It was decided to commit tho prisoner to jail to await trial and bo WAS put in charge of two deputies to bo taken to Laurens. As they were on their way they were suddenly baited at a branch between Yergin's and Crisp's by fifteen or twenty unmasked men wno opened fire on Williams with various firearms, riddling hts body and head and killing him almost instantly. His body was loft in the road to await the arrival of the coroner. When Williams' valise waa examined four h;cks of hair from the beads of white women were found in it. What they meant could, of course, only bo conjectured.- Greenville New*. - A Washington City physician argues that tbe best wuy to advance the cause of temperance is to make and enforce veiy severe laws against public drunkenness. In Washington two mur ders a mouth occurred during the past sixteen months, aud five out of every six of the cases were duo 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 divino law, bul our laws aro not enforced ns they whould be. It is worse than useless to make a pructico of arresting poor men and vagabonds when they are drunk if congressmen, general* and millionaires aro to be spared. Make n clean sweep of them all, urges tho Washington doctor, and the evil will bo greatly diminished. There is some force in all this, but it does not touch the cases of the Urge classes with whom the craving for liquor is a disease or a mania. If theso men are tho victims of a disease, perhaps inheri ted, what Bense or justice is tb^re in punishing them ? They are not proper object* tor the penal terrors of the law. - The bark Monrovia, which arrived from Liberia on yesterday, bad forty two colored men on board who return from that country after a residence of come 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 residonco for the colored race. Among the returning colonists wore Prof. H. M. Brown, N. A. Brown, a student, and representatives of various trades and professions. On tbe passage Willis F. Ford, aged fifty six years, died of apoplexy and was buried at sea. On board the nark was a collection of pets in the shape of forty parrots and four small monkeys, besides tnauy birds of gaudy plumage, The Liberian colony in represented as being in a disant in tied stato and many more frc expected to leave the promised land and return to this country.-AT. Y. World, HM, - 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 tbs value of top dressing. Capt. Milla said that in April his wheat looked alike, with no perceptible advantage for any part of it. He used twelve wagoo loads of stablo manure on four aores as a top dressing, three loads to the acre. The four acres yielded nineteen bushels to the nero, and tho other thirteen eleven aud a half bushels to the aero. Capt. Milla also, stated that he had nut thia year one hundred and twenty-five acres in clover and orchard grass, Bis clover being now eight to ten inches high, A. M. Howell stated that be had sowed orchard grass on April 2. It is now eighteen Inches high. r\ - Laureneville Herald: '?We learned for the first time last Sunday that a< young man - hy the name of Verden, residing in the neighborhood of Scuffle town, was severely whipped some ten days ago by a party or men of samo vicinity. We have been unable to learn sufficient facts regarding tho 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 a school roora, regarding a certain young lady, of the neighborhood, and that be acknowl edged having done so ; but that he alleg* :s bo made the acknowledgment under Ihrcats of death." - A Western evening paper recently knnonnced that any man who had the Misfortune to bo injured with a. .copy of I the'paper in his pocket would, bo paid :on dollars) a .week until his recovery, .mother paper offered in the event of a nan's death to pay tho famVy of the dc Mased a handsome ?um of money upon >reaentatloo of receipts showing that tho r lead man bsd been a subscriber for a itrtalo nuiuber of yearrv Some of the papers aro>Jering premiums to the Vio lins of .elopements and Ores, where the parties aro subscribers. The erasa will mon Hash ont. _, , ? - ThbOamdou Journal says: "A viery Frison 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 aervice, remained in their cells, and took advantage of the absence of the guards from the corridor to carry out a preconcerted plan of escape. They forced a portion of an iron grating from a window, and then by means of a rope, made of blankets and bedecking, they lowered themselves lo thc 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 vieta succeeded in reaching Hollywood cemetery, in the vicinity cfthe peniten tiary, but were hotly pursued, a number of citizens joining in the chase. Shot guns and pistols were freely used, and to the surprise of the pursuers two of the convicts returned tho fire with pistols which, by nome as yet unknown mean*, they bad i-ecured. Before being taken, one of tho convicts, Edmund Oreen, warf shot twice in the hip and leg, and another, Hugh Nixon, received a load of squirrel shot in the back. The third convict, Joseph Pauley, was retaken without injury. Two of the citize-is, Mes-srs. Triton Hundley and Wesley II. 8mithe, were shot by the prisoners. Hundley's wound is in the groin, and is thought to bo mortal. Green wa? serv ing a term of twenty-four years for horse stealing, Nixon eighteen years for rape and Pauley eight yearn for murder. - Beck, the murderer of his wife aul sister in law, who was at first so anxious to bo punished for his crime, is now just os anxious to live. It was said nt the time that he was suffering with delirium tremens when he committed thu 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. S wa fiord, suggested to Beck disown utter porthlessnetuf, and that his murder of tho two women was prompted by jealousy and a malignant heart. - Mrs. Julian, the sister of Beck's victims, whose remarkable letter to tho murderer was so widely published, is n remarkably modest and retired little lady, of a bright mind, and had no idea of the fame which her letter would bring ber. Hbo 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 be went to church with his family he prayed for his kind deliverer. - On Friday, July 3, in Florence, Mr. J. C. Kevil!, after starting his grist mill to work, was stooping down regulat ing the feed, when a terrible explosion occurred, knocking bim and Mr. F. K. Brand, who was stooping down by bim, 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 the building. - Mrs. J. Barrett, living near Water town, Dakota, on Sunday, gavo birth to four lively babies, weighing twenty pound.?, and nearly alike in weight and appearance. The 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 IngconB in his couutry practice. He eaves one at a patient's house and if he la needed a note is tied to the leg of the pigeon and then he is released, and away ne goea foi the doctor. - The Rev. 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. A y er'H Sarsaparilla is the most offeotivo blood-purifier over devised, lt is recom mended by tho best physicians. Hull's Vegetable Sicilian-Hair Renewor novor fails in restoring gray hair to Its youthful color, lustro, aud vitality. Dr. A A. Hay ci, .Stat o Assayer or Massachu setts, endorses it, and all who giro it a fair trial unite in grateful testimony to itu ninny virtues. A Note of Warning to Buffering Human ity* . Wo fcol that we would be wanting in the duty wo owo to suffering humanity if wc did not sound a note of warning in regard to tho use of Mercury and other poisonous minerals in tho troatmet of Blood and Skin Diseases. If the reader could see the horrible suffering, tho awful wrecks of human health and happiness, shown by our correspondoneo with thoso who have beor, dosed with tho&e minoral poisons, ho would shudder with horror. Arsenic, Mercury, Antimony, and Iodide of Potassium are some of the remedies most ordinarily used for these disease?, and they are all PoL-on. Do not take these poisons. They might dry np your disease for a few day J, and with lt you will have Moreural Rheumatism, wbiob may bring you years of torturo. Tho Mercury seems tn sink into the bones, and the Potash drives the Poison into the nystom, only to lurk there and attack tho tender organs of the body, as the lungs, tho throat, tho nasal organs and stomach. Hundreds of people have been modo deaf, and a great many blind, by the use of Mercury and Potash. Beware or Mer cury and Potash Mixtures gotten np in Imitation of our Specific. ? few jrain3 of augur of lead dropped into a glass of thoso imitation will cause the poisonous drugs to fall to the bottom, and show tho danger or using them. Bwift's Specific is entirely vegetable, and Is the best tonio for delicate ladies and children and old people in the world. Treatiso en Blood and Skin Diseases malled freo. Tan SWIFT SEKOIFIO CO., Drawer 8, Atlanta, Qa. *RY US. I . --o- . For tho Next Sixty Days WE WILL SELL . I DEY GOODS SO CHEAP ?ii . That Yon can't help but Buy. We Want lo nuke room for our gall ?tock. DORN? - BACON, SUGAR, M^ffiASSKlSe1 . . ?.COFFER,' an CHEAP tfSs? bc bought in the tipper hau ot South''Carolina. Give u*''a ca?. , We ate willing to liv* and let live/' JBlyK.lt? 1 ? :.:? NOTICE TO CREDITORS. , , , All larsons ba vi OK demanda ngamal Hie Estate of Wm. M. Archer, deceased, ore hereby potlficd tu present them, properly j proven, to tlie undersigned within tho time I prescribed by law, and those indebted to make payment. ",~.r.,? >-. i MARGARET E. ARCHER. ?* *. July 16, 1885_1_3_ Albemarle Female Institute, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. JjlULL corps of suprior teachers ; course * of instruction thorough and exten sive; location healthful and accessible; scenery beautiful] surroundings most at tractive: terms very moderate; o ni cr cat alogue. W. P. DICKINSON July Vi-1-4 Principal^ IMPORTANT GIN OWNERS. rp I in undersigned desires to Inform Oin X owners thut he is prepared to ?lo any kind of repairing on a Gin. ?liar? ?cul Dg ? specialty. Now is the time to get your work done. Don't wait until vou aro ready to use your Oin. I have bad > ears of experience, and guarantee satisfac tion in prices and work. During thc sea son I <:an ulways b? found at my residence in the .Southern portion of thc city. If your Oin needs repairing, bring it along without delay. B. F. WILSON. July IO, 1885 I 2m_ SPECIAL NOTICE. N 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 Hue of CALICO,*, MUSLINS. PIQUES, WHITE GOODS, a full line, MARSEILLES QUILTS, CASSI ME RES, COTTONAUES. 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 you. 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 tine Tea. Give me a call before buying. A. li. TOWERS. June ll. 1885 48_ BEAD. READ, READ ! In what everybody says there must bo some truth. Where a preparation is guaranteed to p?ense everybody, in every particular, and none complain, there must bc virtue in the preparation, as it is human to grumble when you got a chance. Some of our friends say": MOKFATTSVILLK, S. C., April 7th, 1885. ME>."RS HII.I. Bitos.- Gentlemen: I used the American Fruit Presorving 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 lt keeps larger packages, is more reliable, and can bo opened and used from time to time without damage. Respectfully, Mn?. THOMAS A. SHEUARD. MESSRS. HIM. UKO*.-Gentlemen: The American Frnit Preserving Powder and Liquid I bought fruin last year, is all that yo'i recommended it io bc. Wc used it on peaches, apples and vegt tables, and they are preserved perfectly without un pleasant taste or smell, and we huvo used them from the day they were put up with out any damage. I heartily reolminiend it as a perfect preservative ot kinds of fruit and vegetables. ItHspuCtfully, D. A. KI.ROD. ME*SRS HtLL Bitos.-Dear Sirs: Thc American Fruit Preserving Powder and Liquid has certainly been u success with mc. I have given it a fairtri.il on fruit, and do unhesitatingly and heartily recommend it. Thc fruit wc put up with it is now in a perfect state of preservation with no un natural tasto or smell, aud we used it out of the vessels constantly without damage. Respectfully, W. A. GKEB. Hill UTOS, sole agents, Anderson S, C. For aale also by Jas. .Hunter A Son's, Pendleton, 8. C" and Finley it Shirley, Kouea Path. VAIUIIDIG Lands for Sale. THE undersigned oil CM for salo on oasy terms his valuable Home Place, situated, li miles South of Williamston consisting or an eight-room Dwelling with necessary outbuildings, threo tenant hou sea, 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 Btato of cultivation, adapted to *niall grain, cotton, corn. Ac Situated within easy access to excellent educational advantages. Also, a HonBe with six rooms and two acres of Land, situate opposite tho Spring Park in Williamston. POT further particulars apply to Col. J N, Brown at Anderson, or Dr. John Wilson, or thc undersigned at Williamston. B.C. T?O 100- WM- COOLEY. July 2, 1885 61 Application for Charter. NOTICE is hereby given that spplica Mon will bc ninda to the Clerk of Court for Anderson County, 8. C., at Tl o'clock e.-st; Saturday, the 18th davor ~?.l7 Bf? fof ?Charter for ?'The Anderson \ and Fertilizer Company." . B. PBANKMAULDLN* June iX^^f^m^^M For Sash, Blinds, Boors, Plastering Laths, Window Fixtures, Building Material, ftc, CHEAP, caji on ' v _ W. B. BEACHAM, April 80.1885 - . AT COST ! Clothing, Cloths, Velvets, Shirts, Undershirts, Nightshirts, Collars, Cuffs. Cravats, Ties, &c, ; FOR CASH ! Stock of Goods and Fixtures at a liberal discount on Now York cost, with refusal of Stand offered. Cali at No. 3 Brick Rango, Anderson, S. C. JOHN W0 DANIELS, Remember, we are selling at COST for CASH. 1 1-2 Horse Wagon for sale. Also, Shafts, Polo, &o, Jii'y 0. 1885 _lg_I__ j n ' COLuTIBTOCTGGIffi Just in and to arrive Car Load of the Famous COLUMBUS BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, PHAETONS, SURREYS' &c. TIJK BEST VEHICLE ON THE MARKET! None but the very boat grade of work put up by these Shops. PRICES LOW. and ONE PRICE TO Alb. Come to sec us, and wo will fit you up with tho BEST Vehicle you over rods in. CUNNINGHAM & FOWLER, July 2, 1885 ^ 51 _____ ? 6m COME AND SEE THE COMMON SENSE WATER LIFTER, - TO 13E SEEN AT - L. H. SEEL S TIN AND STOVE HOUSE. A LSO AT THE PUBLIC WELL, North of tlic Court House. Can bo bought for JLJL one-half what ul hors cost, oud will last n lifo-timc. Windlass cannot ;lln from the hand, as it lins a Patent Rachi-t attached. A child ran draw throe gallons of irater in half the time it usually takes in the old way. June 85, 1885_50_A_fen JUST RECEIVED FOR THE HOT WM ATH?E. A LOT OF WHITE LAWNS, Muslins, Ginghams, Slippers, . v. Gloves, Mosquito Nets, Straw Hats, Gauze Underwear, . ' J. Umbrellas. Parasols, Laces, Ail-Over Embroidery, Hamburg Edging, Handkerchiefs,. Collars, Fans, Bleaching, '?ea Lil ami, Half Hose, \?M? Ladies' ami Men's Hose, all colors, Nun's Veiling at 15c, Fino Pearl Buttons 5e por doren, , Good Calico 4c, Ladies' Hats, Gent's Furnishing Goods, . . , - ALL LOW FOR CASH. July 2, 1885 51