The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, October 29, 1884, Image 1
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VOL. I. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1884. NO. 5
WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA and
a co cat a railroad.
Ooinfj Sou h No 48 No 40
Leave Wilmington S 30 p in II 10 p m
Arrive at Florence 1 50 a m 2 20 a di
Arrive at Columbia ...... .(J 40 a in
Going North no 43 no 47
Leave Columbia 10 00 p m
Leave Florence 4 60 p m 1 62 a m
Arrive at Wilmington 7 40 p m 6 10 a ni
Train no. 43 stops at all stations; nob. 48
aad 47 atop only at Brinklej's, Whiteville,
Plemington, Fair Bluft', Marion, Florence,
Timmoiiuville, Suaiter, enmden junction ard
KuMtover. Passengers for Columbia and all
poiuts on c * o r r, C, c a a k r, Aiken Junction
and all points beyond, should take no. 48,
night express. Separate l'ullman sleepers
fer Charleston and Augusta on trains 48 and
47. All trains run solid between Charleston
and Wilminrton.
QPABTAXBUBO ASI)
O ASIIKVILLE RAILROAD
Oo and after Mar 12, 1884, paHBcnger
trains will be run dally, oxcept Sunday, between
Spartanburg and Hcndersonvillc as
follows:
UP TRAIN.
Leave K. A D* Depot at Spartanburg 0 00 p di
Leave Spartanburg, A. L, depot 6 10pm
Leav* Saluda 8 59 i> m
Leave Flat Rock 9 15 p jn
A rriTe Hendersonvilio 9 SO p .n
DOWN MR.4IX.
Leave llenderxonville 8 00 aru
Leave FlHt Ruck 8 15 a m
Leave Saluda 9 08 am
Learr .4 ir Lino Juuction 11 25 am
Arrive R. A I) Depot Spartanburg.il 30 a m
Trains on ibis road run by Air-Line time,
lfoth trains make connections for Columbia
'and Charleston via Siiartanburg, Union and
Columbia: Atlanta and Charlotte by Air Line.
JAMKS ANDERSON, Superintendent.
?10N'I>KNSKI) TIME OA HI)
Magnolia Passenger Ronte.
lit TTect September M, INH4.
ooixa Borm.
I/tare (irtinwond *3 30 am 14 00 pin
Arrive Augusta ,..)1 SO iiui 8 60 pm
I.eave Augusta. 10 80 am 6 00 pm
Arrive Atlanta * 45 pin A 40 aui
Leave AuguBta II 40 am
Arrive Beaufort ..... 5 50 pm
" Pnrt Royal S 05 j?ni
Ohnlraton ...6 50 pm
Savannah 6 42 pm
" Jacksonville 9 00 am
OJN? NORTH.
l.e*ve .lacksoaville. 6 .10 pm
'! Savannah 6 15 am
" Charleston OlHuni
l.rfave Port Keval 7 2.1 am
" Beanfnrt. .. 7 37 am
" Augnatt 1 An pm
J.eave Atlaata +8 50 pin
Arrive Augusta fl 10 am
I.eave Augusta 4 W jiiu 5 40 am
Arrive (Ireeawned 9 60 jmi 11 30 am
Tickets on sale at Greenwood to all points
at through rates?baggage checked to <lestiaatieo.
Dailv. fDailv, e*ceut Sunday.
W F. Ahki.i.max, Traffic Manager.
.1 X. IIasb, Ruperiuteiulcul.
antic coast link,
- 7 PASSENGER DKI'AUMMHXT, I
Wilmintj/on. JV\ ////// H/(h, ISN^.
NEW LINE between Charleston and
Columbia and Upper South Carolina.
- fnNnr.NftKn fii'HKitri.K.
??ISS KOI NO
WEST. KAST.
7 () aiu I.t .. .Charleston . Ar. 9 45 pm
8 JO " ' ....Lanes " 8 05 " ?i
*48 " '' ... Sumter " 6 55 "
31 Oil pn Ar... Columbia I.v. 5 30 "
2 >1 " " .... Winnsburo .. " 3 48 " '
1 45 ' 't . Chester " J 44 ' I
? ii " '* .... Yorkrille ' 1 00 " j
25 " " ....Lancaster " 9 00 " j
* 60 ? " ....llock Hill 2 00 ?
*15 " " ....Charlotte " 1 00 "
I IB pa Ar... . Newberry . . . l.t % 02 pin
HOtt " " .... Greenwood.... . " 1248 " j
0 50 " " l.anrens " 7 40 nm
5 18" ? Andemon " 10 33 "
1 " " (ireeurilie '* 9 5ft "
7 #3 " " ... .VTalhalls ? 8 50 ?
4 45 " ' ....Abbeville *' 11 00 "
1 50 " .... Spartanburg.... " 1050 "
9 St f" " J. .. Hendersonrille . " 8 00 "
T i,-. m.?i? " -
. -nil ucinccn i utnoinn ana Columbia,
H. C.
V. DIVINE, T. M. KMRRSON.
Gen'l Sup'l. Gon'l Pas. Apont.
<COLUMBIA A KD
j GREENVILLE RAILROAD.
Ob and after Oclnber 5, 1BS4, Papkknokb
Tiiiss will run ax herewith itidienieil upon
.ihit road and it9 branches.
Daily, SuoJavr.
> f ; So. 63. UP PASSENOER'
^ Laare Columbia 8. C. .lunc'n 10 45 p ni
" INmimbia C. & (I. I) "11 10* p in
Arrive AlHtan 12 10 p 111
jKT ,* f* Newberry 1 13 pm
' I A / Ninety-Six 2 47 p in
,*<. JSEi / Greenwood 3 09pm
f / Hodjfwrt 3 33 p in
jgHjgSB Helton 4 40 p in
'* at (ireenvilte #05 p m
^^5J No. 52. DOWN PASSENOER.
' Leave tireenrilUat 0 50 a in
J>.JyFvIraSL A rriv^Helton U 13 a 111
W^VS!w,v Hodges 12 23 p 111
(irrenwnod 12 48 pm
Y^B>t Ninety-Six 132pm
'' Vv' r Newberry S 02 p in
,5c >f"t - Aluton 4 10 p in 1
'O Owlombia C, t (1.1) 5 15 pin
volntubia SC. Junc'n 5 30 p m 1
a^ilTi.savBu, rxtOK * coixmuia kam. ho ad.
!?: -% I ** ' N?* t'P PAHMKNIiKK.
1 < l,*a?e Aliiton 12 52 p m
[ $ " Union . *
1 Jl t* " Spartanburg, H.r.AC!d?put 5
NO. 5*2. DOWN l'AHMKXUKIt.
J.? re S]iirt'K K. A D. Wepot .... 10 36am
I " tfpart'g 8. I". A V. l>uj?ot .10 60 am
' \ " Lnion 12 50 p in
i Arrirtat Alatoa..- S 40 p in
\ ? LXI BEN3 Hi.IJ.UOAD.
' ],??? Nawber?v 8 SO p m
vArrit* at Laurens C. II 8 40 pm
l.e?ri J,aureus C. II 7 40 a in
Arri?? at Newberry 11 10 p id
t- ABBETILI.lt BRANCH.
" I<uii Hodgen 3 45 pm
- i" , V Arritaal A?ber?ll? 4 45 p m
' Lest* Abbeville 1100am
f . Arm# at Hadgea 12 06 pm
I.VOIDGK a AI l.KO A It ANU A N ON KK A NCH .
J.rara Reltou 4 45 p in
ArriT0 Anderrtun A 18pm
" 1'endletou ft 50 p in
" Seneca e t40um
Arrive at Walballa 7 0.1 p in
Leave Walhallu 8 50 a in
Arrive Seneca 9 15 a in
" Pendleton ?. 1) 52 a in
" Anderson 10 2Wa m
An ire at Bclton 11 OH a to
COXXKCTJOX.S.
A. With South Carolina railroad to andfmm
Charlestan; witL Wilmington, Columbia and
Aujgasta railroad from Wilmington and all
yuiata nortli thereof; with Charlotte, Columbia
and Auguata railroad from Charlotte and
all point* north thereof. 11. With Aahevilla
aid Spartanburg railroad frotn and for pointn
ia Weatern N. Carolina. V. With Atlanta and
Charlotte dir Kiohmond and Danvillo railway
for Atlanta and all points south and went,
v StandirJ h'atttr* Tiuif.
' I*. K. TALCOTT, Superintendent.
X. Ri, avmrtbh, iien'l l'asseujrer Afrt.
1>. CaaawKLk, Aaa'l Uen'l Pa?*. Agl.
AM. the naw abapea in Hata and Bonnets,
with Ribbons, Birds, Flowers, Satin*
and Velvets to match.
H. M. HADDON & CO.
t'.
SOUTH CAROLINA n
RAILWAY COMPANY. VI
Commencing Sunday, Sept. 7th, 1884, at
2 35 a tn, 1'aisengur Trains will run as follows
until further notice, "Eastern time:"
Columbia 11 it it ion?Daily.
Leave Columbia 7 48 a m 6 27 p rr>
I)uc at Charleston 12 20 p m 9 38 p m [>a
Leave Charleston 7 00 a m 4 30 p m
Due at Columbia ........11 00 p in 9 22 a m |
Camden Dititi?n?Daily except Sundays.
Leave Columbia 7 48 a tu 5 27 p in
Due Camden 12 55 p in 8 25 p in
Leave Camden 7 15 a m 4 Oil p hi a'
Due Columbia 11 00 p m 9 22 p m w?
Auyurla Division ? Daily.
Leave Columbia 5 27 p m ?
Due Augusta 7 41 am
Leave Aucusta 3 50 > m ?
Dut Columbia P 12 p in
Connection*
Made at Columbia with Columbia and Orcenvillu
railroad by train arriving at 11 00 a. m.
aud departing at 5 27 p. ni.; at Columbia
Junction with Charlotte, Columbia and Au- qpj
gusta railroad by name train to aud from all
points on both roads.
At Charleston with steamers for New York
on Saturday; and on Tuesday and Saturday
with steamer for Jacksonville and points on
St. John's river; also, with Charleston and
Savannah Itailroad to and from Savaunah
and all points in Florida.
At Augusta with Georgia and Central rail M
roads to and from all points West and South:
at Blackville to aud from all points on Barnwell
railroad. Through tickets can be purchased
to ull points South and West by applying
t? ?
1). McQueen. Agent, Columbia, 8. C. -p
Jobs B. Peck, General Manager.
D. C. Allkk, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Ar't
The Georgia Pacific _
RAILWAY. 0
New Short Line, via., Atlanta. (Ja., and
Birmingham, Ala., to I'oints in
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
Arkansas, Texas a/id the JVest and --SS'orth
treat. r
The favorite ronto TO THE WORLD'S
FAIR, NKW ORLEANS, LA.
COMMENCING December lxL 18R4 ~
^ Double Daily Trains, with elegant
Sleeping Cars attached, for which the
low rate of $1 for each section is A
charged?the lowest sleeping car rateR in Xthe
United States. Berths secured ten
days in advance. to
tdr SKIS that your Tickets <r*
{Jsg-Read FROM,?* Jt,
ATLANTA, V,A 'rBE >
GEORGIA PACIFIC RA.LWAY and
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
For further information write to or
call on ]
L. S. BROWX, Gen. Pass. Agent,
It i km i no i! a m, Al.a.
A. S. TIIWKATT, Trav. Pass. Agt., ^
Atlanta, It a. TIi
1. Y. SAG K, Gen. Superintendent, f?s
HlltMINGIIAM. Ar.a.
Richmond am> daxvillk
RAILROAD
I'atrtnyer lUpurtmmt.?On and after Aug. ft
3*1, 1884, passenger train .service on the A. fl
nnd C. Division will be as follows: JLi
Xorthtrard. No. 51* Xo. 53 f
Leave Atlanta 4 40 p ni 8 41) h m
arrive Gainesville 6 57 p in 10 35 a m
l.uln a 7 25 p in 11 01 a in
Rabun Gap jtinc A 8 12 p m 11 .10 a in
Toecoa v 8 54 p in 12 04 p m
Seneca City </ .... 9 59 p in 1 00 p in niii
Central 10 32 p in 1 52 p in on
Liberty 10 53 p m 2 13 p m Soi
Kasley 11 10 p m 2 27 p m kin
Greenville t 11 42 p m 2 47 p m bel
Spartanburg/' ... 1 HI a m 3 56 p ni rni:
Gastonia j 3 20 a m 5 54 p m the
charlotte A 4 10 n in 6 40 p ni nut
Southward. Xo. 50* No. 52f H0
I.ravw charlotte 1 45 a ni 1 00 p in go
arrivsGustonia 2 30 a ni 1 45 p in be
Spartauburg 4 28 a in 3 45 p m
Greenville 5 43 a ui 4 55 p ni 1
Kasley C 17 a ni 5 20 p ni vJ
Liberty G 34 a in 5 12 p m
Central G 55 m in 0 l.fl p in
Seneca city 7 33 a in 7 36 p in c
Toccoa 8 40 a in 7 35 p in
Uabuti Gap jnnc 0 34 am 8 30 p ni
Lula 10 09 a in 8 59 p in
Gainesville 1U 3f> a m 9 25 p iu A]
Atlanta 1 00 p m 11 30 a m
Kxpreas. t.Mail.
Freight trains an this road all carry passen|
trers; passenger trains run through to Danville
and connect with Virginia Midland railway
to all eastern cities, and at Atlanta with
all lines diverging. No. 50 leaves Richmond
at 1 p in and No. 51 arrives there at 4 p m; 52
leaves Richmond at 2 28 a in, 53 arrives there
at 7 41 a ni
lluffct Sleep ivy Cars without
change: On trains Nos. 50 nnd 51, New *
York and Atlanta, via Wnshii.gton and
Dftnvillo, Gredbisboro nnd Axheville; on the
trains Nos. at and 53, Richmond nnd toy
Danville, Washington, Augusta und New 8?'
Orleans. Through tickets on sale at J*"
Charlotte, Greenville, Seneca, Spartan- for
burg and Gainesville to all points south, lee
southwest, north and east. A connects eio
with N. K. railroad to and from Athens; ,'
6 with N. E. to and from Tallulah Kails;
c with Kl. Air Line to and fiom Elberton th\
and Bowersville; d with Blue Ridge to boi
and from Walhalla; t with C. and G. to
*nd from Greenwood. Newberry, Alston
and Columbia; f with A. & S. and 8., c;e
U. Se C. to and from Hendcrsonville, tbe
Alston, &c.; q with Chester and Lenoir S
to and from Chester, Yorkville and Dallas;
h with N. 0. division and C.. C. & ?ol
A. to and from Greensboro, ltaleigh, See tui
Edmund Bkrki.kt, Supt. ttl
M. Slaughter, Gen. Pass. Agt.
A. Ij Rives, 2d V. P. ud Geu. Man. thJ
col
CARPETS.
CARPETS and House Furnishing
Goods, tho Lnrgest Stock South of Balti- Jo
more, Moquet, Brussels, 3-Ply and In- of
ap
grain Carpets. Rugs, Mitts and Crumb or<
Cloths. Window Shades, Wall Papers,
Borders, Lace Curtains, Cornices and "j
Poles, Cocoa and Canton Mattings, Upholstery.
Engravings. Cromos, Picture ??i
inj
Frames. Write for samples and prices, wi
BAILIE & COSKKRY, "J
Augusta, tin. i>e
eli
rei
W. C. ?KNF.T, J A1. II. n ICR. L W. KM1TII, f"'
Abbeville. Ninety-Six, Abbeville, ,
|^ENET, RICE A SMITH, J'
Attorney* at I.aw.
Will practice in all the Court* of tbo
State, and give prompt attention to all
legal business entrusted to them.
UKEXWOOD HOTEL,
Thos. K. Hilrt, Proprietor,
Greenwood, S. C.
Dinner house of the A. K., road,
issengers on the down train of the C.
G., road, going East, have ample time
secure a good dinner before the derture
of the train for Augusta.
Transient board $2 per day. A liberdiscount
from above rates to parties
in tine board bv the week or month,
teg" I iivery, Feed and Sale Stable*
nnected with this hotel.
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
J
Grrknviu.e. S. C.
IE ONLY TWO-CLASS HOTEL IN
THE WORLD.
W. R. White, Proprietor.
l. w. i'krrin. t. p. cothhan.
ERRIN Jk COTIIRAN,
Attorneys at Law,
Abbeville S. C.
UGENE B.GARY,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Abbeville, S. C.
EXTRAL HOTEL,
Mrs. M. W. Thomas, Proprietress.
Broad street, Auguata, Ga.
? C. WILLIAMS,
Sukokon Dentist,
Greenwood, 8. C.,
Notice.
i J'PLICATION will be made to the GonL
cral Assembly of South Carolina at it*
(I session for a charter far a R?ilrcad*from
eenwuud br Phoenix and Kdgefield C. H.,
Aiken on the 8. C., R. K. sep ll-3m.
rench Candies,Fresh!
CM ON CRACKERS, FRESH!
SODA CRACKERS, FRESH!
GINGER SNAPS, FRESH!
ASSORTED JUMBLES, FRESH!
Just Received.
-If QUARLG8 A THOMAS.
TOTWITnSTAXniNU the hard times tv
have spared neither pains nor expense
the (selection of our stock for this spring,
e ladies can rely upon getting the latent
Uions and lowest prices at
It. M. HADDON & CO.
Lnnual Meeting.
TOTIt'K is herebr given that th* annnal
^ meeting of the Hoard of County Comssioners
for Abbeville County, will b? held
Tuesday, Niivcinber 4th, lf>84. All peris
holding bills, accounts or demands of any
id against saidCountv which hare not been
ore presented to the ftoaraof County Coindsioners
at special meetings held during
? year, are hereby required to deposit the
ne, duly sworn to, with the Clerk of the
ard, on or before the first day of November,
that they may be examined and ordered to
paid at the annual meeting.
(USES C. KLUGH,
r? rt rt
OieiK D. \j. b.
>cl 1 -5t
i Ordinance Creating the Office
of Clerk of Council,
Itegnlaiing his Election, De fining
his Dalies and Providing
for his compensation.
!kction I. II* it ordained by thu town
incil of the town of Abbeville in the state
South Carolina, and by the authority of
i name, that at tho organization of each
rn council now or hereafter elected or at
ne succeeding meeting it shall be their duto
elect some suitable person cither in or
t of the council, clerk of council to serve
the full terin of the council bv which he is
ted, unless removed for good and suflint
cause to be deterjiined by tlu* council.
^KCTIOV II. Tho* it fthdll 1>? Mm r.t
! said clerk of council within ten days after
itten nntice of liis appointment to filo with
> intendant of the town of Abbeville a
ad signed by two sureties in the penal lum
on* thousand dollars, conditioned upon the
tbful discharge of all duties that are or
y hereafter be required of him. The sufllncy
of the said bond to be determined by
> town council in meeting assembled.
Section III. That it shall bo the duly of
said clerk of council to keep n full Record
all the proceedings of tho council bp a
ik of minutea to be preserved by bim and
ned over to bis successor in office. T*
ce all returns made by citizens liable lo
cation in the town of Abbeville, transfer
:m alphabetically upon the tax book and to
leet all taxes that may be due thereon. To
led all fines, license* aritl penalties imposby
the council. To pay out the funds so
:eived only upon the order of the town
jncil and retain vouchers for the aaiuc.
provide a book in which he shall make regir
entries of all cases containing the names
all offenders who shall bo summoned to
i>ear before c-uncil for the violation of anv
iinance now in force or which may hereaf
be ordained by the authority aforesaid
Ih the specifications of the offence charged
d the time and result of tho trial. To subt
to the Intendant by him to be laid before
?town council on tho fourth Tuesday in Au
si oi eacn year a lull exhibit or tho rciptH
and expenditure* of the rear precedr.
To torn orer to the succeeding council
thin thirty days after the expiration of his*
ice all money'* in his hnndx belonging to
e corporation and deliver up nil books para
and other record* incident to hi* office.
I^kctioS IV. That for such services the
'rk of couucit ahull receive per cunt, for
:eiving and 2}^ per cent, for paring out the
od* that orar come to hia hands aa said
rk.
That all ordinances and parts of ordincea
ineonsistunt with this ordinance be
d the time are hereby repealed.
J. K. HAMMOND, Intendant.
H. P. McIMVAlN.
JONES F. MILLER,
T. P. COTHRAN,
O. A. DOUOLASS,
Warden*.
Joxia F. Miller, Clerk of Cavucil.
/
THE TORCH IH EDGEFIELD.
DIKE TENGEANci OF NEGRO I>ESPEKADOES.
Nearly the Enllra lliiNlnctii I'nrt of
the Town Ijnld in Ashes?two Men
Narrowly Escape With Their Lives
?No Provisions left for the People
?Trailing ltobbers with Bloodhounds?The
Exciting Cause of
the Outrage.
[Special Dispatch to the News and Courier.]
Tiiemtoh, Octobcr 18.? In a fire this
morning the village of Edgefield lost
four-fifths of its stores. All the buildings
on the central and most closely
built square of the town, and in addition
four buildings on an adjoining
square wen; blotted out. I came here
from Columbia to-night, intending to
proceed to the village and obtain full
particulars of the disaster, but the hour
of arrival was so late that it was found
impracticablc to visit Edgefield in time
to secur# the requisite news aivl telegraph
it to-night. I am, however, able
to give from this point all the information
needed. The Hdgefield Advertiser,
with much enterprise, issued to-day an
extra which gives reliable information,
and which I quote almost entire. The
Advertiser's extra sayg :
On Saturday morning at daybreak, on
the 30th October, 1881. the business
part of Kdgefrcld was laid in ashes.
This morning at daybreak?three years,
lacking twelve doys, having elapsed?
the same territory ia again laid in ashes.
Kvery one of th^natr buildings erected
after the fir# of 1881 is consumed with
one solitary exception. Mr. Alvin Hart's.
The Arc waH discovered cbout five
o'clock, bursting from the roof of the
storehouse occupied by Oapt. C. L. B.
Marsh. This was the middle one of the
three wooden stores in one building,
reeled by Mr. A. A. Clisby soon after
the hie or 1881. Diagonally opposite
where the four stores, one belongtng to
Mr. W. 15. Peon, the other three to Dr.
D. C. Tompkin*. Next west of the
Clisby building wm the new one erected
by Mr. A. J. Norris and occupied bv
Mr. W. N. Burnett. Next was the large
building erected by Mr. W. E. Lynch,
after ihe tiro of 1881, two storoa, ono occupied
by Mr. Lynch, the othor by McCollough
Sc Son. Next and last was the
new building erected by Mr. James M.
Cobb, after the fire of 1881, and occupied
by himself. In the roar of Lynch's
stood the new four-room law office of
John L. Addison, Esq. In the rear of
Cobb's stood the newly erected Chronicle
office.
In less than one hour all ih?iu
ings wore swept by the Humes from the
the Tace of the earth. Mr. Hurt's new
building, being of brick, withstood the
fury of thr Haines, althongh standing so
near the large Clisby building. The
.Jones Hotel and the Shcppard law office
were saved.
The opposite side of the square,
where stands the Advertiser building,
was in great peril all the while, but escaped
intact. At one time the roofs of
the wooden offices on each side the Advertiser
building, were burning briskly.
The flames were extinguished by
bravo and persistent efforts, thug sarin*
tin. South side of the square, including
the huge old Ryan Hotel, l'ark Hoir,
it will bo reuibered, has never been
built up since the (ire of 1881.
Upon the Clisby, the Norris, the
Lynch and the Cobb buildings, there
was not a penny of insurance, the late
high rates of insuranco upon wooden
buildings amounting a)most to prohibition
Upon the Penn ami the Tompkins
buildings, and th* Addison law office
there was some insurance. Mr. Wiley
Turner and Capt. C. L. B. Marsh,
occupying the Clisby building, lost their
entire stocks, saving not even their
books. When Capt. Marsh, who lives
upon the outskirts, reached the scone,
the store he occupied was no longer
standing. Mr. Burnett lost his entire
stock. MoCullough & Son lost their entire
stock. Mr. Lynch saved so little as
scarcely to bo worth mentioning. Mr.
Cobb saved about one-fifth of his stock.
Mr. Brunaon, occupying one of the
Tompkins buildings, saved about half
his stock. Mr. W. B. Penn's loss is
fearfully heavy. His stock was uninsured.
and he saved but a couple of
showcases.
Wo write within less then five hours
after the breaking out of the fire, hut
even thus early we sea many sigits of
pluck and bravery. Mr. James M.
Cohh, already. with hi? odd* and ends,
in the old Bryan brick store, where he
will replenish his stock and push for
warn, no win remind, in Uriel;, upon
his old site before New Year. Mr.
Lynch with his odds and ends, in already
in the old Penn brick store neat
to the jail. He is now on his way to
Augusta for a i>ew stock. IIo will also
rebuild immediately. Mr. W. B. Penn
* "
ia also already in Aoguata buying new
goods. He will open immediately in
the corner building just below the old
Bryan brick store. He will aliio rebuild
without loss of time. Mr. Brunson will
reopen his business immediately in one
of (he lower front rooms of the Ryan
Hotel.
As to the origin of this terrible fire,
we can as jet?in the midst of so much
confusion and excitement?hazard no
Tery decided opinion. The signs, how- *
fTer, would seem to he those of diabol- r
ical incendiarism. In regard to this
matter, though, we deem it wiser not to
say any thing rcry decided until our reg- s
ular issue next week.
The business part of our town is a '
smoking, desolate, barren, horrible ?
waste. And there are literally and an- 8
solutely no proriaions for man within '
our corporate limits. '
The Advertiser'* estimate of the i
losses as completed by my inquiries 1
here are as follows : *
W. K. Lynch, drugs and groceries, 8
owned the building occupied, loss '
j #8,000 ; no insurance. \V. X. Burnett, ^
j general merchandise, occupied Norris' I
building, loss if">,000 ; insurance $2,000. (
James M. Cobb, general merchandise, (
owned the btiiloing occupied, loss
$6,000 ; no insurance, but one-fifth of '
stock saved, as the store was the last to *
be reached by the flames. Wiley Turn- e
er, ynernl merchandise, occupied Clis- '
hyjhuibling, loss $2,000 ; insurance $500. 1
\V. B. Penn, drugs and groceries, own- ^
e?l the building occupied, loss $5,000 ; 1
insurance not ascertained, but very 1
slight. A. J. Norris lost the building s
owned by him and occupied by Burnet!, 1
loss $3,000 ; no insurance. I>. C. Tomp- *
kins, lost four stores, one occupied by '
W. II. Brunson, the others unoccupied. :1
loss $4,000; no insurance. \V. II. 1
Brunson, groceries, occupied Tompkin's s
building, loss $2,000 ; no insurance. '
McCullough & Sons, general morohan- J '
nine, occupied one 01 j^ynrn s ouililmgs, *
I lo?? $3,000: insurance $1,000. C. h. B. 1
IClinby, |groceries, occupied Marsh's 11
building, loss .$2,000; no insurance. 1
John li. Addison lost his fine new r
building occupied by him as a law office '
and containing valuable furniture and
library, loss about $4,000; no insurance. r
The Kdgefitkl Chronicle., published '
by Outzs ?fe Daley, occupied Mr. Out/.s' 51
building, loss $1,<XR); insurance $u(!0. '
Three Wooden stores erected by A. A.
Cli.sby in 1881, were burned. Loss ws- 1
timated at *2,000 ; no insurance. Total ,
losses $17,000. Total insurance u little I '
over $4,000. The buildings and stocks
were total losses, except that a small t
nortion of llrunsoii's mid llnlili's itti->r>L-c (
w^re saved. There are but three occu- l
pied stores left in Edgefield?one dry ?
roods store and two small groceries.
There is a hook and ladder company in
the town, but the conflagration was so
sudden ami so wide spread that nothing
could be don* to save any of the building*
on the square in which the fire
originated. The wooden buildings
were as dry as tinder after the long
drought, and were well massed together
so that 'hey"burned like lightwood.
The only brick buildidg destroyed
was the Chronicle office. This had a
shingle roof. The proprietors of the
(.'hronicle announced that they will occupy
the Sheriff,s office for the present,
and will rebuild as soon as possible.
The Atlverfiw does not give the reasons
which induced the belief that the
| fire was incendiary. These reasons I i
! am informed are as follows : McCullough
& Son were robbed night before
| last of a quantity of groceries. Yester
day the goods were found hidden mi- |
der a*bri?lgo near the town. Watch
was kept,near the plunder last night
and two mounted negroes rode up and
: began to remove the articles in the
i sight of th(u?<mt,chers, who came out of
ambush and attempted to capture th?m.
The negroes lied, leaving their animals.
One negro was captured, and a hloodI
hound whs put on the track of the otli r
who, however, was not captured.
This was about 1 o'clock this morning.
Tho negroes who heard the dog trailing
through the village were very indignant
at the idea of having bloodhounds used.
Messrs. C. L. B. Marsh and W. A. McCullough,
Jr., were the principal persons
connected with the captura and
pursuit. The tire broke out four hours
later in Capt. Marsh's store, where Mr.
McCullough was known to sleep. Ho
and Mr. Turner barely escaped with
their lives. There can be no doubt that
the fire was incendiary. An investigation
will probadly prove it so.
Kdgefiold will soon rebuild her waste
pluces, it i* hoped. It will be well for
her to use more space, more brick, Rnd
carry more insurance.
White Krnthnc liavn nnw iti j'm " i '
more than one hundred cases of Roots '
and Shoes. They sell Zeigler's Ladies' i
Shoes, which art: unsurpassed for fit, i
style and durability. They also have
a large lot of Men's and Boy's Shoes,
made by the Hay State Shoe and Loathor
Company. Their ?oods have been I
tested for several years and have given i
universal satisfaction. Any one who
buys a pair of this make of Hoots or
shoes, always gets the worth of his '
money. oct 1-tf J
A few dollars invested in Window .
Class and Prepared Putty will make
your house comfortable for winter, any- '
thing in this line can be furnished 1
cheap, for the cash by Speod & Lowry. <
Cobbltrt sad Toddies at Bailey's.
A ROM ANTE IN REAL LIFE.
rile Ticlibornc Claimant, Aga
The cablo announces the release
ho Tichborne cUimnnt from penal ser
u<Ie, and thus a new phaso of the ra<
:?lebrated case that has occupied t
English criminal and civil courts duri
ho past century is entered upon,
ilight retrospect will enable every o
o recall the general outline of the oa
*ogorTichborne, heir to tho Tichboi
states and title, when 26 years of a;
let sail from Ttio In tho Bella, whi
oundered at sea. An odd yoong mi
jaekward in education and Botnowl
iccentric in oharacter, ho had b??n eti
:afed in France, and in 1845 entei
Jtonyhurst College. In 1849 a comm
;ion was purchased for him in the Sii
dragoons. In 1853 he sold out and 1
England with a purpos* of making
>rotractcd tour abroad. After the foi
lering of the licll<t and the auppos
loath of all on board, a year or t
(lapsed, and no sign having come fr<
toger Tichborne, the family were fore
o Ihe conclusion that he too had peril
id. His mother, however, refused
jeliove that h?r son was dead, and i
rerlised again and again for news of hi
In answer to these appeals a coinmu
:ution was received in 180q from 1
nun now known as the Ticjiborne clai
mt, declaring his identy with the lo
nissing heir to tlio Tichbornc estates a
itle. Cnbitt, tlie man through whi
he correspondence was carried on, hi
mti intorvicw with iiiin, and so intini;
rras the knowledge shown by t\o clai
int of the history of the Tichbot
ainily that Cubitt was convinced tl
ic was the righful heir. Bogle, a p
lonal attendant of the undoubted Tit
)orne, instantly recognized tho clai
mt as his old master. In July, 18
ho chiiraant, accompanied by his w
lihI child, sot sail for England, win
jo arrived 011 tlie 25tli of Decemb
PI net.1 days later he waa seen and rcct
lized by a number of old residents
lie Tiehborne estate, and, a few di
tftur. he went to I'aris where the dov
;or Lady Tichborno was rcsidii
Without iho slightest hesitation Jie n
eeognir.ed by that lady as hor son, a
,vas declared to be such by tho Briti
Embassy.
Returning to England the claimi
ook up his residence at Essex Lod
Jroydon, where his mother, who w<
0 reside with him, made him an am]
ill own nee up to the day of her death
he 12th of March following. The r
>f the family then refusing to ackno^
;dge him as the heir, and treating him
1 rank impostor, several wealthy frier
idvanced the necessary funds to enal
liin to enter ?uit for tho recovery
he Tichborno estates, worth some $ It
XX) a year. The caH? camo on for tr
n me lauer enu ot tuo year 1871, a
he result was that the plaintiff was <
lercd into custody for perjury. Doze
>f persons who had known the undoul
;d Roger Tichborne awore at the tr
hat the present claimant was none ol
;r than he : but, on the other hand,
>ow?rful array of witnesses denied 1
dentity and were equally positive tl
he claimant was none other than J
bur Orton, the son of a Wappingbutc
>r, who was known to have emigral
o Australia about the time that t
rlaimant stated that he had sailed
hat country. The plaintiff was jrelei
;il from Xewgate prison, on very l}e?
jail, after a short time, and in the f
owing ygar was put on trial on 4 di
barge of forgery and perjury. Tl
rial lasted 100 days and ended in t
:laiinant's conviction, which was folio
id by a sentence of fourteen vears i
nil servitude, seven years for perju
iinl seven years for forgery. Theclai
mt has now served out his full term, h
he three months in each twolve whi
s granted to all convicts whose condi
s good while in confinement. 1
vhole expense of tho proscution v
mid by the Government, and it is i
lerstood that the whole affair cost I
rountry no less than $1,600,0U0. '1'
nachinery of the Hume office and t
letective department at Scotland Yi
vaa pushed to its fullest extent to cc
rict the accused. Tho theory of t
iroxecution was that the claimant v
?ot Sir Roger Tichborne, but that he m
\rthur Oiton. Seventy-five witnesi
,vcre eallad who had known Arthur (
on. The entire seventy-five kw<
l...< I 1 i:-l. -!
1<11 v/1 ivii linn nguv iimr, mxiy SWt
hat he had large hands, fifty-two sw<
:hat ho had large feet, fifty-one sw<
hat he hnd high cheek bones, tw?n
?ight swore that lie hnd marks of ami
pox, and seven mvore that ho had lij
:>luo eyes. Klevcn witnesses called
:hu Government also swore thai Artl
tnd light hair. One hundred and thtr
wo witnesses ?worc distinctly that I
prisoner was nono other than Roj
l'ichhomo. Of those, one hnndred a
ten swore that TichhornevaM they kn
turn before he left Kngfand* had di
brown hair, thirty-seven swe*o that
had small hands, thirty-five swore tl
lie had small feet, seventy-nine *w
that he nad an inturned knee, eigl
?\vor? that he had a twitching of
?y?brows, thirty-four swore that hei
J
not tattooed. As matter of fact, the
claimant had dark hair, small hands,
small feet, and inturned knee, a twitch*
ingof the eyebrows and ho Ig not tatVI"
tooed.
ost In spito of tho apparently Strang
points of his case, ho was, as wo ham
said, sentenced to fourteen years pe^
nal servitude. Though now practically
ne dead to thp world, he was not, however,
se* forgotton hy a few friends who had be*
no lieved in him from the first. Prominent
*e' among these were tho late Lord Rivers,
the lato Guilford Onslow, member of
in' Parliament for Guilford, and Mr Quateria*
inaine East, who has since been elected
'u" Sheriff for London. It wa3 resolved by
e(* these gentlemen that tho first step to ba
taken was to produce the real Arthur
Orton, or authentic proofs of his death.
An agent was accordingly Bent to Aus*
> **" tralia to endeavor to trace Orton. Ho
ln* was distinctly identified with a man
who had taken tho name of Smith, and
wo who afterwards, u^der tho name of
3in Cress well, married a widow named Clark.
:ed With infinite trouble this woman was
^' found, and stated that though ahw bad
. married her second husband believing
l(*" his name to be C rein well, he had afterwards
confessed that hia real namo wa?
nl~ Arthur Orton. Ho had taken to drink,
and had been finally landed in the Parara"
t ..???1 ? ?*
u.?w uuimuu nnjiuni, wucrc ne would
'n*> be found under the nimo of CreMwelL
n CharlcH and Edmund Orton. brothers of
JI11 Arthur Orton, wore immediately ?ont
out to Paramatta, and recognized the
lunatic Cresswell as thoir brothor, and
m* wero recognized by him. Eighteon inne
dependent witnesses subsequently ideatifiod
him as Arthur Orton, and the two
** brothers made application to the authorities
to have him handed over to
their care, his wife agreeing to tho prop'
osition. Tho authorities, however, took
1 e time to considor their decision, and
"re threo months later, to the great astonishe
" raont of the claimant's frionds, refused
to deliver up the lunatiic. Another feafkf
*
turo of tho ca.se that haa appeared bidc*
l^s the conviction of tho claimant is that
before his trial the jurj who were to try
Iiiin wore severally interviewed by de?
ra^ tectiven from Scotland Yard, whose or,
ders were to ascertain whether they
thought the accused was indeed Sir
Roger Tichborno or believed him to be
int an impostor. Lottors from Kx-Inspec8??
tor Meiklejohn, and the notebooks kept
!nt at Scotland Yard, corroborate this fact.
and bIiow that previous to the trial of
on the claimant methods wore adopted to
ensure his oonviction which are utterly
" inconsistant with the puro administraas
tion of justice supposed to prevail in
'^8 England.
J'? In view of all these circumstances* it
is believed that the case will be reopened
in some way in spite of tho fact that*
'n' ns thera i# no Gfrurt of criminal appeal
.wl . . - .. -
in ungiand, mere i? no logal procoduro
Dr" by which this can bo dene. One-half
,ns of the country believe that an unfo&t
sentence has been inflicted upon an in?
al nocant and deaarving man. A&soeialions
all over the Kingdom have sever
* caaaed agitating and forwarding peti^'s
tiona to the Government in hit behalf,
one such petition being signed by 176,
^r" 359 persons, and it ia genorally evident
that the peoplo at large arc not inclined
to lot the matter rest where it stands.
1>0 Public opinion demands that Arthur
to Orion, the Paramatta Lunatic, shall be
Ks~ brought to England, and if this 1b done,
yJ it will be difficult, if not impossible,
?'" for the Government to refuse to further
*** investigate a case in which it is clearly
ahown that the claimant is not the man
'k* they have, as it were, convicted him of
w" being. In any event the case presents
Je" one of the most remarkable ina'ancea of
,ry doubtful or disputed identity that has
m" ever beon known, and its further course
S9B will T?ft watched with great interest,
ch ?
,ct A Queer Old Document!
he A valued friend sends us what ipurr*8
ports to be a petition addressed in 1738
m" to the Governor of South Carolina by JO
maidens of Charleston. It rati thus:
j*? The lIlTMIH.lt I'lCTITIOX OF Al.Ii TUBMains
Whohk Namm
ird Undkkwkittkn.
>u- Whereas we, tho humble petititioacrft
he aro at present in a melancholy disposiras
tion of mind, couaklerwg how all tbe
ras bachelors are blimllr ctfl?ml by
'es widows, and we are tfcoreky neglected;
)r- in consequeuco W thin, oar request ia
>re that your excellency, will .for the future*
aro order that ?? willow presarno to BMavvy
ire any yoaag aaan till the maids are ftexis
are do? for; or elac to pay each ot them. a
ly- due for satisfaction for iftTadfag a*r Tfb?
dl- erties ; and likewise a *ne la he levied
fht on all bachelors aa shall he stArried to
for widow*. Tho great disadvaBtage it ia
in, .... :.t. 1I..1 it. ?M ?? *? 1
.... IU u9 inaiu* in ! ? uic WIUUKI l? V I Mir
ty- forward earring? do &M]? up the yoon j
ike men and hare the vanity to think Ihoir
5?r m?rit beyond ours, which in a great
ind imposition io ?*, who oaght to hare the
cw preference. This is humbly recent*
?rk mended to your excellency'# coaaiderahe
tion and hope yoa will permit ao farther
K?t insults. And we poor maid* in doty
nre bound will over psy.
I*ty What reply hia exoclleney made we
the know not. It is a long time howerfr
rat since such petitions wcr* necessary.
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