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The Btrowett People, John W. Holmes, «ixro\ and PAOPAirron. UH^P OOUlifT CIRCULATION * rui'Ki;uY.3*arcAinr». im The Y\ir 1“»H !few4 A ITortU •( ye** %^r4*y ««k« wky the prl«MMr« ta tte W>fr—U ]•« aot m 41- r*H»4 ^y i>» MiAarcf Jn4f» Aeoiuw, «#4^flR\N« OmmKj CooinM—Uwur* re- fuOT4 * fay Mm 9M« «f Mrtn^ ga«r4i. Tb« MMwer U Uut tb« j*U wa^g^iard- %<i m loaf •• their wm any Apprehen* »hhi of dahje^r. fbeCamaiUiilononiAnd tli# pooplo of Boro well County fenor- oity did oot droftta of e\co a prob«btllty •f vIoleAoe at the Uma when the f HATda wore poM op tod Ul»oh»rf.Ml. _ tk* fatar* u.r*lr. The oldeot lolmhluot m/i that Mod- d.«y'i fethorlnf oh» tht UrfOAt that Lm trer crowd,*! thr etreuo AaU «torM of S*r«**il. Cllbiooa orore hrrr from the utter* «.*oet ionf)nee of the ooontt, tod troOfiit happy rrpom of peaceful I lentv 1mm all thoir homee. # ■ J .41 . . I,anti« were eold at advanced prlwe i «'<d Um trade Ia her •lock wa« w**ll , t nttnai by many dealera. Oar farmer : 1 .lend* cotuldercd the outlook for bet tor time* brighter than ll bxa been for y»ara. Labor U plentiful and farm h«ni« are contracting more readily titan usual, ludoed the colored atton- tiaitce «r*a remarkable for lu lire and I'm uni versa! cheerfulness Uitl marked »ii« brethren In blade._ Hie eager read- ktees a ith nhlcb they bought land and 1 re stock was sn undeniable lusuranee t 'At then is no trace uhaUrer of Kx<*- u<ufe\er in all the borders of Darn- v ell. Uu the contrary there has been an acoesdon through - immigration from other coun* ice. c 2>retaod in hla ^Ofiday best M ^ 'TV ^Itraronoo Tn ’fAyof hf^t^a eon- raotlon was so oMfhed that tma la rr v minded l»f (ho »xprfMlon, ortdhed by a oulArod CharlostoA preacher tc the lata iletry Vf. Orady. rThaMCA l aee of the whits nan the nioro t thiuk of the nog^o. ,, CsletfS fewresHea la Celewkia. - fursuaht to a call in tha daily papers o4 tha .'Hate oolorod ropra^ntalives from tvaancy-aia couaHos nit In Co- tnsnMa am the night ol tha aooond Inst., !• tAAeldAf tha reeeut lynching in Bara well ^ . I After aavaral speeches had been made tha ooArentlon adopted- the following: APPAAAS- To TAK rAOri.K Of SOUTH CAN- j OLtTA. ^Ihrioa Is he sm,«>i who hath LU > qnarnsl juae^ ** We, n portion of the re’presontettva ! class of the colored people of South { Carolina, in meeting s*sumble<l f bare,. In the name of all our peopl*, a very aorlous complaint against many of the : White representative element of this BlAte. The grounds of our complslut are these, ril: UecaUHe of covoted a«t- rsauf cs lotsnded to be ualned, Influnn- tlal leaders among th/whites of tha dtate hare aither dlrocUy or indirectly advised or allowed to Iv* taught that say treatment of iho negro that won tend to I on tress him with the white m*n ! v-superior power in con Mot of force Is Justldable. From this lire- t . «b» ^WyTWj ^Ti. A1M„« Htrt.wu *t 0«aTW* , ^ ^ ^ _ __ _ _ _ J. fi: M. C*rt»r, vr r ^«rHwsft» were! llvad, but wa* hAti4 , ~hy 1 among ths strongtfi asserting that the poorest kind of white people there, colored oeepN of BarawoU County were The speaker did net bettere In geos lag spoii«ible white'ipcn have obtsluod the notion that (here are no rights for the , 4lku , b , ark blr , 1( , ,» negro which a while inmi, whctlicr! worthy or unworthy. Is bound to re- i spect, when the observance of these | right. I. Jmlgetl b T » wUIW liwn in | tin mf; airy -war contrary lo hU psrsoiud views or prejudices dosirows of peace. ...j. ausiaiAsr of arvoAaa. j- Delegatea now or forwierly from Barnwell made meat of the speeches. T mm tho Register of Friday wre take the following sumtuary of their state- menu and sentimewte: Fred^lx,Jr M of Barnwall aroea In his plaoe and pro sanded to maka a-- hsr- ranguo, which, while professedly reas suring aa to the present and future malotonsncB of quiet on tha part of thd ; colored people of Itarnwell, was in Its mst'er and nisnuar of delivery calcula ted to excite feelings of no npiet nature In th^ bosom of hla lUteuers. lie said he was sick and ten miles from Barnwell the night the lynching oc curred, but on Sunday went to Barn well. Qe went there, he said, for tho uibe purpose uf advising pesos and cyiletucM among the people of his race. There had been much talk about the negroes wanting to kill the w hitc people and wanting to burn up thn town. Aa a fad, (he colored peoph* were’ quiet and said nothing about killing or burn- Ing. flc alluded to the telegrams. tent. by •rnor for troopa. I»eoplc had rather Home troopa from elsewhere had been neiit instead of those that were sent. Why, some of them threatened tho colored people and said that they had come |tn That wiu the kind of guard* they stut to preserve order and peace. In strong language, walking up and and gesticulating lira- open and ready for bum!ness uuderrbe mtaAfement of Col. M. }.. Doanldson. The Oaanty Alliance meeting on Fri- to Afriea. or anywhere else. He be lieved U the catered people eteytug*) day was waH wUended, l^presentativee right hevA and werklng out their own salvation. J. S. M. Taru-r, a negro from Barn well, said it had been reported that bo ’ condition, had been lynched, but he wa« there" to speak, to them, lie had been charged with advising inearreeilovi. There was not a word of truthTn it. He Bad- ad- riaod hla people U tho oontrary. Ka of Hern well. .U1 that had been doua had been done by wJilte men. lie hop^) no such thing would, ever occur in Barnwell or anywhere due In Uie Uni ted Htatrs, INTRftVIKWIXU TIIA UpMKRNoJU from every sub-AUiauoe being present. The meeting w as “strictly business,*' and the order i* In the Ikit working 1 At the uveting of tlu: Cowuly Alli ance on Friday the following rcsolu- tloua, reported by a aproUl cummittec, wore nusnimouslv adopted: La- We, thn Karmers* Allianoe an«l Sx.vfB or Soptu Caromns, ^ KxCCUTIVE ^>KVAKTMtXT4 SCHOOL NOTIEE A meeting of sll the legal vf tefv ?ng within the lUrnwell tiraded Scf £>(*( rict nod returning real or perwoi proper!v thcrelu is hereby called l.ouit linuse, on .Snturdsv l^h January, 1890. at 12 o’clock m. oiilc what addWcwAl tax, If any. ►I»h1 be lev icd to Rupoleiuent the general t»i for tlie »»up|H>rt of the (Iraded S«*h(H>li G. MJNCAN BKI.LINGER, Gltelrman Itoard Trasteei. GKO. H UATKS,*Stecrotary. . 8Ut Dec., I8M-It harm would be done the white peopte • * n7T,, * t, TaI tTnlim of Barnwell I TIMIERKAS Information has been it had been done Onmty, do UiU day In Convention as-; ft cblved atMhis lie pertinent tha re- - - . partnieut tha! an seinbled, most heartily endorse. In Its Rtro<’ious murder was committed in iho entirely, action of the recent Con- Countv of Barnwell on orahout the lUih ventlou held lr\ .'H. Louis, and we d«» dav of !H>,>eniber <A i>., I«s9, ut>ou the urge upon every Couuty In the State to j | M ,d v of J. S. Brown i*v Edmuud'Stew- rally at earUsKt moment to the battle cry of “liberty" to free the farmer ami n-,* M,d from Justice : lalmrer fromtUn*pjvressive monopolises, y 0 w, therefore. 1, J. 1*. Rlohardson. wait | trusts and couildues which well nfgh J (Jovernor of the State of South Cardli- The Committee appointed to upon the Governor dlachargvd.that duty , threaten us with Huatietal ruin ' j na, In order that justice maybe done on Frldayv Gen. S. J. Lee, of Charles- I He fully •yjdorse ft „ t j the inaj^sty yl the l.iw vindicated, ton, was tbeir spokesman, lie stated the object of their vlalt and kasured the Governor of the hearty support of the committee ami of tht people the^ r*p» the Sub-Treasury plan suggested l»y the said ConvantIon and we do now most solemnly demand of onr Representa tives in Congress their immediate and most serious consideration of the de- ii!AM(U made u|>on them by joint com- Dissolution Notice. The partnership heretofore existing het'VH^n WIIU* J. Martin and Charlie J. Martin and doing business under tho firm name of \V. J. Martin & Son at . , -- Blackvill^, S. C , U this day dissolved art and.that the said Kdtuund Mew ait by mutual conaent. The buaineas will Ikj hereafter conducted hy Me. W. J. Martin at the old Ktutid^aud all obliga tions of the linn will bo met, and amount* due the firm collected by >V, J. Martiu. W. J. MARTIN, j. martin.. ^ December 23d, 18*9. J*2 3t resanted in upholding tha Uw and pre- udu<v appobited to bring such demands serving order. # \ Ufurc Congress. * ^ ' ’ tic Aiitiuea to in* tcie the Sheriff to Uie < - tr. hi : ^ 'I’ha colored t*eoplc ha oi.Ttlcally In hi* excitement, Nix said „ .... i thare l*.vl iu*ver been auy danger in . . . i BarawoU of the white people being armed by the negroes; ErcnT w IiITT man there could leave JiW wife and children in the hands of those negroes and they would be safe, lie would A .*«t»w*rtby < «avraO««. Trtr. I'xorLa gives to-day as part of the history of the timet a full account s i the prwwcdlngs of the recent Colored t on ventlou In Colutabia. Therouclus L*«s rear bed there wee* else and.j er and If the leaven of good pur|N>se imai 4>ut fr**oi the capital shall go Into the schools and churches of the towns and the cabins of the backwoods there v. ill bo better times In every nook and « •rner of the state. In bringing about k consummation to devoutly to be visited the wide, unqurstloiiwd suprv- i tacy of the law—Ih® whiles w ill ro- *>i»ergae, ae one niati, with the colored Use pr-'oeedlAg* at reported to day make a signlhcaut chapter In the cur rent of eveuu. In meAsuring its work v.c hud evidence* in the progress made and rwtult* reached that it w as JViapcii ' and guided by aome m ister Influence, ! which had nomplete oheilleiic«‘. The resolution* adopted were calcu lated to pre«e»r the colored |H«oplo in inelr beet appearance as patient aud l.iw abiding under many and repeated wrong*.and injuries, while a part of : discreet shooting ciipsl^ta of — [daily newspapers publislusd in this j State. The untimely and HI advised ! agitation of the separation of the races | has no* only created general unrest Among onr people, but nWo rather em boldened the criminal clashes of whites in their alroady thoroughly formed prejudice* against u*. 3. Thu hue and cry uu<le~ by surti 1 forfeit hla life if those negroes Were not aa true as hi* (the speaker’s) father was w hen th>'Si? same white people were In the trials of war. (Applau»<^. He said tli4*rc was no • earthly need for troop*, especially siiel* troopa aa were scut. white men after they have c tmmiued mui' <i[ wwtr~ t i 1 ^ rectlo:i against w litie* of such commu nities, is sn sdditlnml outrage on us/!., •' . .. . , , and so iuluuded b> those who make 1 them. The unprecedented forbearance of our people during the four year* of I civil war, when they had no reason to ! fear resistance on th * part of white men, is a standi Mg' monument to their lie said wer** Innocent of anv know ledge or complicity In tlm butciiory; but there w h» amd st(nets of the beast, and they- had |«ar- tUdpaled In the bloody work. lie said )te w a» a South C aroliniau j who could not be scared by anyb<»dy in i l*ew York. He thought there was too h ; great a disposition for colored mm to glory and an everlasting contradiction . /., .* . ^ think in a diniuulty between a white to tnc charge that the race * insurrec- I . , .u . .u . ,, . H , { man and a negro that the white man nonary or aims at conspiracy against the while race even under the most aggrav ating eircutnstAnoaa. This denial Is not intended to con- rluc* those who staud convicted of Uu‘*u slanders against u* t for we arc sure they arc conscious of the wrong they do us and the gravity of in atro Gov. Richardson replied tn atrong aiul feeling tenms'kakttriTTjrihJ'i^i* tnittee and the uolored people that the outbreak in Barnwell was the result of the passions olaTfew aud was uo Ao any hostility of the whites generally. LU asAsi red ttoeni that aa Govarnnr he would leave no legal means unused to bring to juAtlco the persons guilty of th«L_crluie, exproaacil the belief that their determination to do everything to uphold- the law, maintain | order and preserve peaco w as the w isest step which had been taken hy^the uul- ered people since Emancipation and - promised th»m the hearty co-operation of the w hite jejoplc of the State. J. G. Miller, W. G. Simms, L. B. toole^ J. K. Snelliug, x imnuin ie®. ’otiOn PlantpTcass copy. A ucw tillage. “Gripp** or iudueuzi i Kuroi>ean origin, 1*-'epidemic upj an unusual death j people. The I North and has ca rate among uaheal Southern climate will pr^iUTykill it if | THE S'LiZEM S*)L i II I AKOUlNA it should conic In this direction. do hereby otler a'peward of One 11 tin dred and Fifty Dollars for the appre hension and delivery to the Hhertlf of Barn w ell County of the said Edmund Stew art. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, 1 - have sot my hand and ruused the Gnat Seal of v.; ■/. '- T--thuStAU^^^ «»«1V»ed. at Coin in Ma^ thieTlind dnv of .1 inuary A. !>., . IS'.Ki, nml iti theone him- r • dred aud 1 fill yesr' of the I iiuepciiden*** of the I'tiiLeU .States of America. , J. I*. RICH A UPSON. Uv tha Governor. • MARSH.U.L. •e» re ary of State.. m Senator Warh* Hampton entered the **ta*m, expressed his heartvcoocurrence with the^Governor’s view»and congrat* ulated the colored i>eople upon tlielr sensible aud conservative course in this matter. * ^ “Z" ’J'he Committee, tbrougii K«v. K.. U. Coit, thanked the Governor for his warm and courteous reception, pledged Tkt Bit* «f IsUft-kt. The !«egudatur« at it« roccut Sessh pasted an Art amending Section 1 (if the General Matutes ao that jt reads BARNWKI.l. COCXTY. IN Til K COUNT OK PHOUATK, Bv as follows ; “No greater rate of Interest than *ev- en par acutuni per ivnnutu "hall Ik? charged taken,.agreed up<*n or allowed upon any ooiUraot ari-ing in this State f«*r the hiring, hHidiug or use **f tuoory or other com mod il v. except upon w rit- tencontract* w herein, by expr» ** agree ment, a rate of intere>t not cxctHding eight per cent may b« charged. Vo pci - i son or corporation lending or advancing the w bite pcoplt vnd pres* are arraigned a* rva|*ou*ihie for the grave troubles that have rceently visited the State. _ The after wor» of the sperchc* w as thereof. 4. Wc Interpret the recent instance of violence upon onr poople in this .State as Indicating the supremacy of the uu>b element of the Common wealth a difficulty between a man and a negro that the w hit was wrong because he was* w hite man, and for the white* to think the negro to blame because he was a negro. Ho ilescribed very graphically thenp- praranoc of the bodiea of the victims i j w hen he saw them, and his hearers be- j 1 cani4 «o worked up at the recital that ' w *' * | groan* and erica of ‘Shame! Slmiue!’’ were heard on all sides. In conclusion, he said the colored people of itarnwell County were demor alized; they wanted to move away. They meant to go, for they -couldn't stay there. The better c^paa^X colored people, If they have got th live amid stu’b dangers and be iinnlted a* they had been by the kind of fr«K>p* sent, over the law-abiding claaa. . > The indescribable and Inhuman butcl fry of eight men of our r.tce, taken from the prison cell* of KnrnwclK'ouii- ingesshms and cffoclivc. Tin* facts of ty In the t*rracnce of the agents of law,. , ,. . . tnc 1>neking were word painted with Ms an unprecedented instance of bar- • . , , J lt strong draiuatlc force, and th’> addresses | barity unbecoming a civilized counnu- "f the preachers rounded the cone I us- j nlty. Therefore wo deem It proper Cor , ions of the convention Impressively. | our people to abandon such sections M | The prerentatlon of the case as made . the State wherein lAw leasneM prevails will be most Influential away from [ and life Is unsafe,'and go to section*, home, where little is known of ami less < where life aud property arc safe, is cared for the causes that have pro-j We offer tills a* information to the !' duced the late unhappy disturbaitocs. f friends of humsuity and justic *, North oil and aud hoiillt, and appeal to the Chief 1 Executive and all officers of the State and to all citizens, regardless of race ! or color, to unite in one common effort t ^ in uphbldiug tha majesty of thn' law and the fair name of South Carolina. ' I The convention also adopted a pre- amble (reciting the fact* of the Barnwell i lynching, but docinring the men) lynched to have been innocent) aud the ! follow ing set of resolutions: Kesolxcd, That the taking of human Hie under nuy circumstance* other than ' the satisfaction of the uwmaud* of Ihe t , , . .j , presumed-inmwent until proven guilty, law and the vindication of life honor ! * - ■— , ' , , ,, but the assumption w a* the men In jail xxere there justly. Mr. Williams also thought the Ineeting should a»k the .. , ,, , . , . . • . . . . . Govomor U» tncrenae tlu rew ard he had No white man bus said so much so fur . Nhich always-eimm.uesfrotn the booms .. . » , , . # T offered to an amount w hich should bet- * ter expresK the enormity of the airo- liu hearty oeoldc in upholding the laxv and pro- tertingthrmrTafQeTT the common- w ealth and. retired, very much plnasoj w ith their interview. Alliance Department. Adopu-d as l)>e Coiinty Orgwu by the Cwtin- ty Alilnnce Jitlx ith, test#. M. J. FATE,*Aaaocivvk Emtor, To whom ail C<anmanl(*ntiiruA on AlllaacT Maitea* should be uddrvttwd. OBrrrs sf tbs Cssstf iOisscs. D. P. Sojourni r, Preuldent. A. K. Kre**. Vie** PwwMont. TV. 8. ItamWir. rVcreturj. • N. K. Kirkland, Treasurer. TT . (♦ Briil«»n, Uhuplsin. L ft. T«aib*. la* lur*r. J. C. ^px. Assistant l^'-turer. J. H. Ijmca-ter, l>*jr Kxsrper. K. .f Pes<*«ak, AMsUtant l>«a»r Keeper. H TV. Hoffitord, Nenfenut at Arms. M. W. l*1iU!i|w. U'lxilteM.* Agent. KxtrwiUe C'oninikten—C. B. Free. TV. Putrick, \V. A. Faint. Tra<ir C'oinniUtee—G Mx Hunter., E. Dowliuif. J. M. rimer, TV. A. AH. < mn mu tee on 4 .o wf o< th** Gr.ter—J. 4' Mc- MIlian, C. '!. I th ifleUI, TV. T. Cave, J. K. Shelling, E. B. .Cited*. pieiigot ■ money or o(h»i:_i:om mod j i v cvtnnMlT4i r *^ l, ‘ r nf iiit*r»^t sh ot' i<e James Q, I'robale in Barnwell County.# MMn*rra* Mr*. Su-aii M Broxx u applic^ for 1 .errors of Adniintatruttoii «)ii the e*- tat'' of S. Brown, derea-vd, TIi-ho :ir»*NJu rofo;v. t.» x*iie ajut a !- monish nil ami *in£ular*_t!te kindred ami ernditor* *>i rHesaid xlec- a^ d, to he and app ar before iiHeut a Conn oi l*ro- baie f«»r fli** said counry. lo 1m; Imtiien nt Barnwell C. H. oh iaturday, t!)e Isth day pf Jaminry, lsi)o,‘at nsc»'clork a. in., to xhoxv cause, if any.* xx bvNf've ^.idl Lands For Rent , . _2_i' •. - I OFFER for rent for the n«xt vearoi* - a tongrr Terrrr'Oir'ibH^inabTc' fertn' tiic follow iujv tratxU of land acrosa tho J.ow er Run* : The Berk Place containing ISO acre* of i nlll'able land*. - *, ■ -y Tlie John Henry Anderson place con taining 300 acres of cultivable land. B«»th plnces ®r® strictly healthy anil have dwellings, tenant houses mid ne- ce.*»ary ourbuiMings, w ith go<»d water. For further iufonoation apffiy to .V; It. Ft'ACOCK, , rxet 24-tfJ Harnwcll C. II., S. C. — 4 ^Usessment Notice. iLpuu _ »t mlniim-t r,'4tJUii >?F.t.T<fs»«>t *»/• ArniTOJLS OFFIiT, » Bxhmxki.l Covntx. b. C., I»cc. ith, Pvxb. i No'K Kim hert-l.y ^ixin t;iat pursuant ta th* 1 Act of the (ieniml Am*, mbly in lefrrriire llteisto. Hr- Auditor nr 111* tbplltx will altrtui ut Hie foiiowina hwij.sj pi.ioo on the daxs In-, du atisl for Hit- takingTsx Kt turns f>>r tlrv y*-ar .tuiiDixAi'tujr No'. l‘t. Inx#^ __ T , i»* hi'b renirr.** iliut #11 i** rsonal aixf -jmrprr+y 'Uif.l br r* turned ume-r «mth. Keturu* MNit bx mail tnu>t be pworn tl f>»r? soim • the. r qu.difnd lo adih.uir>Ur an oat b. . Persons mu.-t r»lum l a11y Court iif 11»TT ?*Tn»• • so urTTavyfoi ly charged; aud the principal sum, 1 amount or value *> Unit or advanced. : j w ithout any interest, shaTl he di-emed and taken by th** Court* of thi* to | ! i»e the true legal debt or uma-ure of 1 damage* to all intent* and pi^tose- j J w hateoever, to bo recMverud xvlth coxim.’’ i ' Provided that the provisMins of ih!-Act shall not apply to contracts or agree ment* entered into, or di-count* or nr- I rangnuwut* made prior to the Hist of March, ist«0. dnift 1 ysiWa- ■ 1 r.u, t.v...: .r.d the ^ A.nf " 'n.-M-a-uedc between t lie 1aiJ4Mi- »i- .ith .K. o, J tar. A J M « r > M : - s " h M';™) a penalty of oO per nt W ill lie *l'l<ie*l. TV. H. Ih® speech®* of Revs. Carroll and Daniels were calculated to convey the impression away from th® State that Mr. Martin wa* murdered by “p< K>r \» hlte*“ w ho .ware his “only enemies’.* __ As th® former expressed his willlng- it«*a to stake hi* Ilf® that all *!x were innocent, it is lu order to say that it is th® opinloo of th® oolorod people lu that section that «u:h aud ®ver> on® of them was guilty of partlcipr.tlou in the c *(isplracy to remove Mr. Martin. For further enilghiemuent in this di rection Rev. Carroll D referred to hi* former host James Rhode*, a well to do sectlou where they could havp security ind peace. The Rev. F. T*. tratson of Barnwell s’Miky of t!i> reputation the colored j people of that place for qulctuea-, and < said tlmy w ere quint now. In spite of i thU great trouble. He said: “We { Um® friend* at the North aud friend* 1 in the South, but all 1 a*k them tn do i* ! to have faith and call uu God. We are | waiting upon the righteous execution j of the laws of the laud. • Tbr 4 lergj UtMtaassS It. * Malaria is notliing more than a blood poison and when it* att.i.-ks are h it something must In* taken t«» euinpletely eradlcste til® |Mii*..n from »be »yst‘*iu Dr. U e*truoreland's Cirli*axa Tonic is th® most « ffi.dwit blood medicine In ex istence, and all di«nrders of tlic xi^sl fluid readily sn®cumb Vo its iiidueuc®. A minister write*: N tsnvn.LK, Tkn x. Gentlemen—1 find 1 need *ome tonic a* an apiwtixer, and also to fortlly tuy system against malarial inlliumees; from having tried it myself, and from the testimony of others xx bo had tried it, in whom I can rely. I know of ila thing m» good a* Dr. W estmtirelatid’s Cali say a Tonic. Fleas,* exf»ress me tiirve or four Uxttle* n> the alnive ad- _ dies*, ami oblige. Yours sincerely, ^ j ’ W M HkMRY Si MIl'CLAND, .A PUsssat (V.stma* ®« r | Fa*t.«r KdgefleM H.iptDt 1 huieb. Oh Tuead.tr, L*eemh®r 24th. w c were For sale by J. A. Tobin, lUmxxeil; , , n «« ,. » . L, A.Thomson. Klkopttra. n. K BrlggTk w.iurj irpon by Brother M. B. r>yehe., B l». l.ville; h. Ur J. Secretary of llerc.il®* Alliam.e No.601,; m. Hmith a C *., Wllli-tou; K. F. ?>e:ir- wbo tuaik* the following declaration:- son, AHendal®. . “By res<dutioii Hercules Aliianc® will! — 1 i;.«.t at their club hottw »■» Cl.rl.tm.. | Npw ADVERTISEMENTS. Day, to s|,cnd a pleasant, sober Christ- ! mai Day, and 1 am here to extend tn you a cordial invitation to be with us.” We had heard much, of Here’ll**, of j - i Tht hwainess of money le.mfltyj iipn*-, MONEY TO LEND, (. i xi*n/tjn? tiv Court ib D. J Mini, and in t!:# 1 Nth x ear of Ameri can lude;i' r ndmi«- *. JAMES O. FATTKu'sDN, Ju Ige uf I'robate. School Election. Xnti,H» i* hereby gi'i*:t tlin:.iu aeror- ; <!an«*e xx itii the pro\i*iun* of an Act of the General A««vniS!y of the State an electi«>ii xx ij| !r* at TT iltisUm, on . Fridsy. ITtb d.tv of January, I sn:), t.» (iixeid** w liether the Town oi W ill* ton ; *ba!l issue ImmhIs in tii# sum of three thou sand dollars f.>r Die purpose ,»f ereef ing pviblic school bniiditig in said low n The Fid!* will b.* rjM-n fr mi nine o'clock In tin* morning until .our oVloek •ii iinj afternoon. Hv order of tb** Town Council of i WIRDtnn. . T, F. \N K.\ l HERsitEK, L i lUeli J:;ot.-—, i Melon Seed For Sale. • On® Hundred Foun 1* of gnnuinc Kolb Gcfli .**♦■• <1 f.»r -'a c, per-on.illy *e- |ej*te<l l»y in • from x\e|i an i well I striped in don* w eighing from t’.iirty i pound* apiece upward. For prices aJ- ’ dre»* .. C. II. MATHIS. . libtekx il!e, >. C. F. •». Pn\ jc; Jon 9 t/ A. HOWARD PATTERSON. j w ATTOltNI- V-.A'IM- v \V. BARN \\ KI.L C. ll., S. C. * r‘ Will ’give prompt attentiirti tn all bus# • lue<s entrusted l..’hi.-rare, i January Ptii, I “ * ’ w Estate of John J.^Heffernan. u* uv-. <m.i w:l] att» n.i as follows: Ba^vix-ll C. II , T\,tln.*.isy a.i.r4Jiur--.lnx Jamiicy lit,"5rT7 v, i« Trwlwy. *“ :i>L Blanfon Most. Saturday.... r “ ’ 4th. Haruw, ii C. lixSloflilay ... “ 6ib, <tn. Mn «mi bii. xn’il'or m- Na^cd wuU Jury v»»imnu- ~ *»..n- r. - . N. lusxrcr'* (.'•#♦ k. Fridex/X.. . “ | Dr. Kt utm-'s Mi*n. Nitur.isy, *' b*»X l:t U;>. 1*00.4*x 'X'* l’i h-I. r’s M-.r* l • s:.u« , l * Nnwr. TVr»|ne*»;uy. •* | KT' h?*1 More, Tbuibuay “ j FJ-rl ardt*. I nrt.x) “ II.Uxt» i * 4 hapel, Njltli.lin .. ** Fsircil >t.*w , Monduy J .\5 oiway, Tnesiia) ** tlat.ilar^ TV. ,.n, .-dii) l i.i'tMlsy............ (irs’ieni-, Frtd; x. Jan. c’i.1 Kt*ui*i.ty l oVks k. I.'.ukxdir, Mondux Tll. -ds) . . . ‘ . .. Udt urx * U rdnextay l lkn. 'fkiir.-ilay \S illoli.n, FrsU;- llsl, l-t. until 1 oVWtrk i)md.arti*'*, utitil^Monfley.. .February 8*1. •* 4, ‘til 1 o'e. - “ Sth. snd V4lh Itt.Ml and Feb. Ilth l.hli. 1UL, v 14U*. frtth. H'b. Dfk. .2“4h x iki. 23d, ITth, yrh. 2Ws. JUtii. Jit) . •> , llranek, 'tuesosj' A shier Store, TVt*lne-<lay... < .xclirtiXi. Mor,, Tliur*>us> .. iAir.-,* .* tore. Fruttiy li.il<t«>. k. ®«turusy. .F.rulnt«»n.' M .iuisx * niiul., TiUMtiiy sod \1 eritnsidey.... . .s.. . A]>pk*o«, 1 Inir^iinx Fiddle Pond, F-n»i:r. - Uari'.xxru U . II , frorulptl ’til P.’o'o — fth. Kali. . . “ nib. 12tb. I i... “ lUh, i in t il F» b. ‘Jfab. S U. TKOJTI. Au 4nu , 'Batm»eU Countr. FOR SALE. The pMqdeof B.triiwril need have no ,tN |'"»'. v . Lannotiy and -brotherly condin ted In’Cfd'. W.'ll-Diinesn t, 1 lili HfT*tt*4»ih*Pur iJakui■ ngsinsteU. J' jjj.1'lju ■Zs’ISTT Miprehc.nio.i/of xx lut (he o^nT^o."^ *> »* ^l'f ^-1m1--^V^n^^^,nwnDbv W ttTr^trtrr,^ f \ ®^|7Vr do/eu. * ' - * mjjm * lUnkof Barn-• ce»*ed, are re»,nr-ted t>. pre-ent them *i;, , )t *r hundred. 1 will makv special pie w ould do r_. Rev. K. 8 Williams of the Sidney FarkvCIinreli, of this city, expressed ,, sympathy In the resolutions, 4iiit ] w ® found thought there xva* a question almut the . statement in the resolutions about the ! negroe* killed being “Innocent" men. j 11c knew of course, he said, i man w as , colored oltUru, who has- exprrswed the ; and integrity of tlnx State Is odious to - opinion Mm® aud again that thevs men deserved the death that they received. all just mid upright men and should meet that universal condemnation ns we know. It it bad enough ol best, hnt locks the added horror tbat Rev. Carroll would throw around it. There D another chapter that, it seema u> us, should b* better under- ►tood by the outsi4|P(orld,butsouiiich space has already been taken up in this of all. ' Resolved, T1»«t the taking <*f human life is not right and Justifiable, only when don® for the preservation of Un man life and the sanctity of home. We resjH*ctfully advise the members ofourraceto remain quiet and allow the proper authorities to vindicate the | tstion. Leaving th® confusion of fire- j • crackers aud town noise al>oMt 9 a in. ; wc reached Hercules about 1J o’clock. : a goodly number of la- i dies and geutlemen assembled, and a 1 sly glance at th® vehicle* convinced u* that lb® iuner man would b® bountiful ly supplied w ith Clirialtnas eomforts. At 13 o'clock the committee of ar rangements made their report aud thu follow ing pleasing exercises began : Prayer by Brother J. S. Huxley, after which Rev. W. G. Britton, County Chaplain of the Alliance, was Intro duced in a very happy manner by Itro. M. K. Dyches, wlio delivered an elo quent address on the object* and 'pur poses of the Allisnc®, impressing ujK»n his hearers the importance of being temperate in all things—and especially J. J. BROWN. January Kth, I^IH). PENS/ON NOTICE. i**ue that we hesitate to begin it lo- I 1aw\ We wish Jiot to add fuel to the oious crime. j Th® Rev. R Carroll, who formerly 1 lived In Barnwell, twit had moved to Orangeburg because he lo*t confidence : i in Baruxvell County, aald he knexv all ! . I'Ult pcoolf M.r.ln-. ndl. t ln £l "' U ‘•' , 01 l ‘ r<J ' Ut ‘» ,lrU ''- ni ** ,Jdre “ ; ! He wouM be wlllln* to «uke Ui. Mfe , »««-»u.>d. loglo.) »oU eoterwlnlng— otthe six uieu .hot r ra „ ; Other memh.r. of the order g»v. ,hort; at the same place over the . - • • L* ■ — duly artc'-tert, and all |k i>oh* in l.-btetl .Term* made easv, srd hootis elfected | l( ‘ fh** e*tstc arc r.-<;uirct| to mako with promptness atnl dispatch. I payment to my atl».rimv*. M«**>m*. Bates W|ELI*4 J DUNCAN, A SiiumK. Barn.weil IU X. C ANNIE M. HKFFEKNAN, Adpiinistrati ix. Hflh D**c iNNi) 4w ESI’AXE OF Mrs. Hannah Patterson. All person* having claim* against the estate of Mrs. Hannah Patterson, de ceased, will please present Diem duly attested, nml those indehted t i said ' e*- tate are retpiestml to make prompt |)ay-’ mnnt to MRS. ISABEL C. ALDRICH. - Exccttlor^ dec .VJw J . Barnwell C. If , S. C. Tbi* will Inform the public that I haxc a lino lot of l.r.iDN TK PEAK TKKF.S f-.r sale,-froni' three Pi four y«*ars old, and am prcixared to fi'.l all or- de * 11 Lou - p*lv for the saiiie, at tne fol- P»xx ing pri •« ► : Tin* I)-*.*! trc«> k* shape and »i/v. or No. 1, 41V. rack/ per dozen, fcji hundretf or si* same rate fortitty tiec» and over. Nau. Th® Board of Pension* for Barnwell i County w ill meet itt the court House i on thu third Monday in this month to revise the pension )i*f and report to th** ! State Board the nailius- ot ttio.su Fen. • siotier* w ho ar® found to be in actual ; need of support. I All concerned will govern theraHclv®.* ! accordingly. A. B. PATTERSON, M. D. . J. SPELLING, G. A. HAGOOD, Committee. jan O-tf f. jirlce. fot larger order*. Panic* onleilng-wM please rncl.^e F._0 money order or the money in reg istered tetter, or I xx ill ship C O. D. as directed if preferred. I would advise parties to get and transplant Die tree* *t once, but any time untij the first of March will an swer - My tree* are very fine and Ivantiful- ly branched.* .and I am sure no Him would regret planting out a few trrea of tdii* delicioua fruit. Address me at Allendale, S. 0., and your order* shall have pr nupt aiti u- lion. W V.01LL. nov ‘2's-tf Notice to Creditors. .... . * , , , , , . that not one , day. The cause* that led to these trou-,rtam®a of the already devouring Hres, I lbere WBr * Kumv of the IMnr j er ^ ; But pleasing talks.. blcs seoui to bate breu lost sight of In but to use such paclflc measure* a* will | j| ar ,j t| ^ negro®* there* Tb* Secretary then stated that Mr*.'; the couaidc ration of the consequences | commend themselves to* the favorable; Ur in- |M. K. Dychca. Mrs. Rebecca Hutto and Mr*. Eliza Baxley would now 'take I Notice. I • • . * i 4 LI. Hunting r»iid THqrping isproJiib- i il ited on tin* bind* of the undersign- that have so ab(H*kcd tb® country. ■ consideration of *11 thoughtful men. They ahoulil be told at Jangth, not in! Resolved, That the fair uame of South jH-rfect justlflcatlon, but that the world Carolina ha* been besmirched and dl* may understand the hurOeut that have i graced, and to-day thrown from it* been imposed on humari 0 nature. It is 1 endnemK) from among the galaxy of iuipoMlblc to overtake the injury that 1 States by these midnight marauders in has been done by reckless tongues und ' their hellish work of taking human life pens that have heaped equal oMoqay regardless of l.*v ami social influence; upon Ut® good and the guilty, but from that from the mountains to tin* seaboard s tall and truthful statement there may ! all true Caroliidaus should join with com® a knowledge tl»at will be a better the proper authorises to ferret out and guhle 4 h future probloms of Ilk® char- bring to justice these law-breaker* aud aeter. _ redeeru the fair name of South Carolina Th® conveutiou la c«i>eclally Cornm4l1d*d Tor T€3blvT(»x To”7>re*err wer® guilty of the : Mr. Martin. All th® negroes ; xver® Mr. Martin's friend*. His only cnetnie* were the jvoor whites. Mr. Martin ivas an aristocrat and looked down, upon the poor whites. He thought more of the . colored people than h® d\jl of them. Some one had tol(j him he would b® held responsible for the conduct of the colored people lu his section. They had uo business to talk that way to colored preachers. They all told (heir young men not tu (mrry pUtol*. aud that was one thing that had kept the colored people dow n. _ If the white preachers would tell the; ' * Kwolvyd, fh.^. a*>L**H«H» ■■QtKrain; pHUill, If lUgy 1 * ’W" xppollilea; of wBiah the cl..lro..n of | would d# (roIil th , |>u|pU wllM Th« i - ™ 13 * " th. .od mxiuuiu the .upr»u.»«.».j thl.eo n f»«ij«,.h»l|Uox<«cloch.lr. had tha pH , t ..^W-onoe Of the l»«. In exprowin* rooU-nl-1 Bum, to wilt upon hU Kx.-ll.ncv,Gov- ; ( „ raH _,., wo , lld h , v0 nior , orjcr .od charge. J. tjd tlu* result w a® that in a short time this committee announiu'd/ dinner. So gathering around the 4mig table all hands went to work fu earnest and unity. The spread inclmleil tlu* plump, well cooked turkey, p*>rk am! all the usual Christmas goo Ilea, w® Hn- g» red for au hour arouml this pleasant scene and then retired to a seat on a friendly pi no log for rent aud pleasant conversation. The day w a* indued a sober on®. Not ~n*r- All persons having claims against the estate of Eliza 11. Browning, deceased, will present the same prpperly attested,-; and those Indebted to syfd estate will : make payment to Izlar At Glaze, Attor neys, Orangeburg, S. or to EDWARD K. MATER. Gualilied Atiutlnistrator, jan9-tf) . J 4-JFangcbnrg, K. C. cd and any and all porson* *o oMendiug xvill be dealt with according to law*: J. W. Sln-lt m, H. C. Cbitty, Mr*. J. M. Cave, Joseph Nevil*, Hair Bros , W. H nov 21-3m Edward .lowers, W. B. Whaley, J. B. O4om, Jc»s!e Ncvils. W (). McMillan, Nevil*. na. Such outrages ought to b® con deinned from the pulpit* of white* and noble example, one wor thy of imitation by every Alliance In lha County. Our old friend Mr. Fred Croft, who is 80 xxdd year* old, wit* there aud .re# marked to us, “Bud, i am .alwaya».oR Notice U hereby if4x t n that the un- Thirty days from date, I will tile my . derslyned will tile his tinal account u* llnal iptcount, with the Judge of Fro. ! Guardian <»i tli® estate-of Salli* K (’(*i»e- b*to for Jiarnw oil County, a* Adiniuis- | lami. wittr t!ie FnHiaie '.tuTTgc of tlie trauxr cf the estate-of Eliza H. Brown-! County of Barnwell on Mimdav, the ing, deceased, aud ask for Letters ol 20th day of January, IS'.K), at 12 o’clock Dismissal. j m. anu a*k fur fitter* I»i*mi»u4'«rv. YAWAMLLJiJtWUL- 1 IV . 4»' ,.44>rT. I: V^4t r - —ffled AdoffniStratoy j - Guardian. Jan.9-tf) Orangcour xS, C. NOTICE blacks. ' If th® nuxvspapere wpuld Luep h*nd to enjoy a good tlm® flke Cltla." wended A>ur way l>ack'T(j Horn well, TO ADMINISTRATOR*, GUARDI- A NS, KX EC UXORS, AND TRUS TEED. _ Leaving our friend* * bn tit Lp. tu^ wp ^ AH Ad g^jn j St rktora T E v rn 11 toss, • V y # . | {^1 1-^- r} V/M ICi 11(4 4 G UIU1V V/1 VI C l A 41VI m«nt with th« cour.. uf the Guv.rnor j cruor Kicliordjoi). uur grl.v-1 eufuroeuicttt of Ihu.Iu South Cun.h- it mated in bright and shining contrast I sue®*, assuring blm of our !!delily to iu tka 4l*lly papers that opened their ' th® State, and oak that such |>o\vurgivcii ImiterU* of ptiulaar suggestion upon ! him under the Constitution and lawaof “V- WO-hop^l th^ the re th. 8ut. ..ChW Ex-chU«. be AeO , „ , b h , d u wo „ l(1 ; >>q>t^y tort »d.. hUt«rtJ will brfn Cr tolU r.U .xt.D to hxt. ,ho perpetn.., ^ v ^ Wun( u# wguJd lulT .! ----- forth^tMindtiU fruit in kb® hatter be-1 tort of this foul, ba/bamus aud atro- . 1|>M ltl riPf i.,,. where our jdcasant thoughu were UU- 10 make th^ir antruai return* to tin* of- tariv ci the o«hor«MKl .B*cUlu,m.- clou, criiuu » !n ,relrtud«» xnd broufiu j ^ j i; , H>olei ; ndw u( ^ 1 turlurf by th. «n> CrtCkv. . od towu ^bru^ry a.‘ro'loire^y l.w Q ‘'‘‘ rJ '*" J intu who h*v* bwm at rtuhlu.. .ml; to ju.Ur.. I I.imbU, but who wiufnruiprlyuUllautHl ohf^hUon. • J j! O. t'—TTKRSOX, • Hercules will make Iter mark In the _ . ^ Judge of Frobate «liaus and Trustees urr hereby notified •a (be unhappy MoGinfy w bp ! Th® aitefeclie* reported w «re all decld-1 tn B.iniwcll, corroborated the ■•Utvuieu ij Uu. ’joU jut A the jy. tdlj pacitlc iu tone. Fred Nix, df uut Mr. Martin was Tuvcc! by the cul ';ood cause. January FOR SALE. M Y LARGE NEW DWELLING, containing 8 large coopts. Bath-room and Water-work* in the hoiiHC —nico Servant^ House, latgo Stables, and all neccsanry ontbuildinca. Ftn« K* 5 !rm water. J f '- h l.argf? vegetable garden. Handsome flower garden. Best locatixitt iu town. — Terms easy. Applv to A. J. LEVY, BUckvllla, S. C. dec 12-tf _ Jas. B. Burckha/ter. Al tORNEY AND (OUNSKI.LOK. > l .BARNWELL C. 11., S. CX Fractii^s in all the Courts of this State and United State* Courts. Conveyancing and inve*ttgation of title* a specialty. The collection of claima will receiv® careful oUentiou, FrotnptueMs Iu business always ob served. Office over Tobin’s Drug Store. ©ct3 SCItHTiriCAMCRICiN N tlie D.Uo*t .m»t newt popular sctvntWe *r® MnctUM).o«l p/n-er putilirfeaU uid *x*k l he Urve-t rirvul«:v*x t .f hmj paper uf lu rls— Hx Dm* hotM. f iiity lllcttr;\l«-«l. n^»t nf W«<® Rmut. P'c-. 4 wreklT. *«n4 f<»r I*rvr<- fi * ec«r. F >«r tn< nth*'trUt, >1. ml xx s« o., t’i uusnr.H*. art un«s«*y. k.T. A ri wC-Mirv:***. n*rl» l«i\ro c*'nt*lrv» enWvr*! llili.(#r«pTiic i-Inte* of oi>an*rvaa<l ci«r r**4*Wu- !'#!• or public trtiUUtn*#. Ncmcron* cnvurlnga • hI Tu i ■id •cc<*nc»tluti« fo# the ««c of •nctu. • <s nicmptMc hfiiidlnir. Tilt# m r#*r, V. ctr 4 a:p;. OILN.N a CO n rcmuaEMs. i »ti*t be *ec»»r. I-a by **Hp llMf u> Mcxv ,1 K Co , e h n •have Os*-tcc j 1 ' ' t s**® kocc rnttmnr w^r l ev'* 1 .ti/piO-jiUi «» fo- Awxcriran a*<1 V<*r. ‘ f..V PanObopk. Uxt«*. ( jnJcw « •Ttctiy c-«tldci)0»l. TRADE MARKS. I* T*+ yr*at mftrlt ic n<« rcg<»tcnp«t in Ik# r«t. Mp-.'r !•* Ml KM a 4q., tu^ pr<M-ur« liuiiivUlaVu prutwe'.uMi. ssaJ for IJainUHV®. COt'YCII.IITS f<>r bool.*, cka/ls, supc. Mo-. •4«»« v;z pa^urci. AStlrcss •4t'NN CO.. Patrat ?sllctt®rs. iimuL onus. JU tkuabaaa. X. I. 0