The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, December 21, 1883, Image 4
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A "Most Danable Conspiraey."
COLUMIA, December 14.-Now
that thc coisp)i racy to conviet
Democratic citizons in the United
States COirt by means of juries
packed with Republicans and
(Greenbackers has failed, it is a
iatter of justice to those who
stood l) for right against oppres
sion that the public should be
given their names, and on the
other hand it is a matter of justice
to the public to know the iames of
the miserable gang who, under
oath to well and truly try and
true deliverance make, voted ev
ery time in the jury-room to con
vict ihniocent imell oil al)SolutelyN, nto
proof, and who w ould have done
so equally as speedily if the Gov
ernment had not even gone through
the farce of' a trial. The three
men to whom the people of South,
Carolina owe the deliverance of
the defendants in the cases are
AMessrs. Cullen Lark of Laurens,
J. C. Long of Union, andl Ileze
kiah Ellis ot Kershaw. These
gentlemen were as umed by Mel
lon and Speer, because of their
Greenback and llepihlican sym
ptathics, to be like the rest of their
cringing millions of the panel, but
they were mistaken. And to
prove that the ef1ort was to con
viet, 'estimlonly, MNeltonl eliminatedi
t hese gentlemten from his select
crowd just as fast as lie fouid
they were niot, like the others, his
slaves, willing and ready to (10 his
dir-ty Work. Theli nams f, thle
white jurors whlo in every cae in~
which they were usedl voted for
convict ion, were iMidldlton Ray of~
Si artanhl urg, Ful11er Priekett of~
(O rangebu rg, C. C. Turnier of Spar
t anburg, J. II. Johnlson of (Claren
dlon., W. 11. GAranlt of Chesterfiel .:
1). C. Wolfe of Lancaster, E. R.
iRolger' of ( hiarlestonE'. L. Arther
of Oranigeburg, anid John) Agniew~
of (Cohlumbia. Tlhe negroes are
not mfenltioneJid. iNothuingr better
(could( be exp ected from them, but
the niames abi ove giveni are whiiteC
men. Thley have east their lot
with the lowest elements of the
1Had ical party. ILt lhe people
compesing the (commulnities in
which they live see to it that they
henceforth find (t1heir associates
there and1 for'eever shut out as un
ele'an thing2s fromn the threshioldl of'
dlecent andi( respectale society.
There can be no claim from these
juror1s that they acted fromeconsci
enltious~ reasons and founded their
action upon the testimony. It is
p)ositively known, and1 it dare not
be deniedl, that these jurors, with
the Republican neg-oes on the
panle1, actuanly held caucuses and
bound each other to vote for
conviction before the cases were
brought to trial. Was there ever
such a travesty of justice in a free
country ?
Mr. Long, by whose manly ad
herience to his oath as a juror the
Marion defenIldants weIre saved
0rom conviction, is from a green
hack famil v, and attended these
Caucuses al'hough having no Qym
pathy in their nefarious object.
Melton thought lie luid Long all
right, ) helause his henchmen re
por-ted that Long had attended the
caucuses(I'l was Ira<.'(-hIot for con
Vict ion. But Long was play ing a
gane that. \Ielton didn't under
stand, and Melton got left.
METHIo)IsM iN SotHru CA o1NA
-There are %%it hinl the hol)Ilsd1- of t i's
Conference #91 I houses of wors1it 1) oe.
enlpied by, Methodistcnrgtos
:ii average of 15 for each coillt inl tlh
State ; onle for e veYry 260 fainilies. or
one for every 1. 100 of th elit're pop
iII It ion) of the Conmnon we-wilth. 1h1e
vale(i of ihIese 591 (hu1r1ch ediilees is es
tiinated at $92.99. There are 10
P:Ir]-o)ageV-:. vahled at $131,1k,31.
The conferncew owns t wo collegeCS
11udnivlee school houlses, vadlued in
$9 1,583.
ThIere 4LU' within the Chonferece 26
eni11) 0,roun11ds, valuiIed at $1 G,37.
There was collee-d inl 188-2,for Sip
)oIt of pastors" $8 1.5 i 19; prehsidinlg
v hlr, 10. G 12 53 ; t ot aI, I 120t3) 78.
('hilinats on Goferenceid, 3,
2 8 52; foreign ini-siins. $7,491 28: d0
ljj1ui) S i5 ni io , 52 11 0 7; for )I (.dIIea
tion. *2,' 73 5~: bishops, *$9)09 31; Sun
h h4' , 07; pi.-h g6e1
nilt-, $1) 7%; Iihi i ng du nI relairs
$29,7-18 82: 01 1her i nevoleint eterpri
Mies, $9. I1128; I ol ali for.:~ a1)purp.0e.s;
$157,201 28.
D)uingi t he laSt <'Cend--1870) t o 1870
ferenice for iiniseri-d(fal supp1ort, $7 ,
9-12 22: ( 'oiferenice cla1inants, $ 1, 829)
25; bishi js, $8,258 52; inis~ionis; 055,
11 67; ediucat ion, $21,388 96. Tot a),
$847,537 62.
SAni I)EATHI OIF Tiwo L)veJns.--.
Sandyui~ . ial dIied t woV( hnr jlat~Ier. On.i
ly one w eek ago Miss Mary Leinon, to
uniiried,1 wa~s s1irickenm wVi~1 parahyr i ,
adi live lon bg (enoughi to have MIr. Ar*
nol phice 1upon1 h1r finger the wed'(
(ing ring, a 11(1.-1he said to himn; I will
take thau~t with in te to myi gralve, ad (
youI will follow inie s(on.'' II( r w~ords
wvere verihiedh ini less thant oneI( week af
ter' :-h' dlied. The( a ll'air' has east a
glom over tile entire coiniunn'ity.
--Gen. W. S. Ilanucock says he~
does niot think that his renomina
tion for the presidency by Demo
crats is pr1oplel, blut that h~e rath
er thinks lhe wouldl decline it if' it
was offered him.
Il' WAS TIE Foo.-"I don't
understand why women dress that
way,'' said a man, pointing at a
lady who passed along the street.
"I don't either," replied a by
stander.
"That woman," continued the
first. speaker, "is dressed ridicu
lously. 11er husband must be a
f'ool."
"I know lie is said the bystand
"Do you know him ?'
"Oih, yes. I'm the blaned fool
myself."- Arkansaw Traveler.
IN TIE PAN ,On.-"Did you
come here to see my sis4er."
"Yes, my little nall."
"Well, you can't see her to
Iliglt."
"'Why not ?"
"'Cause she's sick."
"What's the ma"tter?"
"1O1r1 )ig dog ran off with hei
new teeth this afternoon and she
can't find 'em anywheI e."
11. 1'. .1(ollFNSON. .I. CLELAND.
S EEl SIXTEEN,
AN) UP TO
?Thc Olcdesi,
Shoul I 1bve their Pictires taken at
JOHNSON & CLELAND'S
GALLERY, GR EENVIIALE, S. C.
Wet:1- are prepredlt innikv FERRO16
TYPENs, PI0TOGRAPHS, Copy m11
ENLARGE PICTURES,
A T1'
Good Pictures made in cloudy
weather. Pay us nor no one else
for poor Pictures.
JIOHNSON & CL~ELAND),
G~ :llery ini t lhe Souit hi.
Nov 80-ly
.1 M1. RAMPEJY,
D)EAL~ER IN
(dRO(EIE~S, I)RY GOO~DS, NO
SHOES, HATS, &c.a
i wjil 'sel1 at Esl~ey,
I)EV:EMB3EEI 26tis, at A uctionr,
a, Iot oft Iloots and1 SI1l0oe,
Wooden and Tlin4 Waii ire, aI nice'
I ot of P'ic'tuEre Franacie , (Alauss
antd (:rockery WaUre, nad sev
cral 0? ieri valua~ble and( usefult
(:oune (nc, C:omne All, and14 get
Elargainas.
Itcspec~tfuly,
.J. M. lEA MPEY.
D~ec 14 2t
(GEO. WV. T1AYLOR. JAMEs P. CARY.
TAYLOR & CARY,
PICKEI~NS C. II., S. C.
Dcn 1i-lv
J. A.cooK,
DEALER IN
Stoves,
1ii mware,
FU RNISIIING
GOODS, AC., AC.,
GREENVILLE, S. C.
Call on me and examine the*
" Excelsior Cook Stove"
before you buy elsewhere.
YWnwrare and .Hou~se Fu'r
nishinQ Goods a .ort-crop
prIe.\
TIl\TW.A.~ETE
At Wholesale, Cheaper than the
CIllEAP'ES'g.
Nov 30-1y
A WORI)
TO THIE PUBLIU
FR IOM
C)WvTN-BE-y r1oS..
A visit to Ownhey Bro-. wil) con
vince you t llat we caln sell Voui (1001)
-s CIIE A l aS t Ie CiE A 'ST. Our
st ocI ()k is now comiplet e, cons.,4ing of
Flor, lacon, I.ard, (.ofVee, Sli'1gr
('a1lnl Goods of ( el <eseript on
Plain andl Fancy antlies Inll liless'
variety. ihanldwa re1, 'in ai Ild Hollow
\Vare. A full iine of
that compete with (reclnville price".
Our liine of Tobacco 111 S(gars is
large aI)E varied, annd will be sol at
prim's 01,hat, Will iln inee all to ouv. .1 f
VoM 1.It<. aniythillIg in the ShlUpe of
l':in ung iiull) IIeinnts, we kcep it. We
keep a full line of Clocks, aind will sell
heiln cheanp. Je welry to please all
bothb inl VIyCe and price.
Anti please to remem~iber t hat we pay
I hie highiest nutarket price for pl)neile.
WVe have no hou)tse rent iior clerk hire
o pa'y, amlI can sell you aniy thIin g we
keep at the I very l owest prices.
VTery respc~t fuilly,
OW NB EY BIi~S.
Oct 12--12m
For Sale or Renit,
My I louseC aII Lot, s.ituated at Pick
ensville. Dwevlling h')ise hais six
r'ooms), andI( und~er it a gooti cellar.
Onie large Store-house, Couniter :ntii
Shllving c!ompJlete. St a le, wiI 1h seven
-talls tInal large fodhler loft. As gootl
a wvell o.f wat er as in the State. Te~Lrms1
D). C. MOORE,
Nov :J0-3t
ADAM C. WELBORN,
ATTORNEY AND)
Counsellor at Law,
GREENVILLE, S. C.
Tr~acices in the State and
17. 8. Court..
Offlee in C leveland Block, over Isaac
WVeil's Clot hinig I loiue.
Nov 30e-ly.
i. T, 10 L..
ATTVORN EY ANI) COUTNSELORl ATI LAW,
GREENVILLE, S. C.
Practices in the State and United
States Couts.
Oif' Offlee in Mansio, Ihonse, Nij
Nov 9-lv