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? / - k VHflHHk 1 1-., ' - . ii . I VOL.1. ~ 1= " mi""' *~'~~~~ ' ? ? 1 ^ 1 The Abbeville Messenger. / M. L. BONHAM, Jr.,) 4kn 1, T* P. COTHRAN, V LD10B8,> ? JAS. S. PERRIN, ) 1 ROriUETOR s ? li WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1885. C ti The Edgefield Lynching. ! Another act in the terrible tragedy, n which began with young Hammond's n assassination in Edgefield a few days f since, has been enacted in Edgefield, 1 and the town is in a atato of wildest ex- * citement over tho murder of Mr. O T. I Culbrcttth by a masked mob, who charg- c cd him with the killing of Hammond. Whether guilty or nnt, the manner in ywhieh punishment was mctod out is n greatly to be deplored, and cannot bo a ' too heartily condemned. Tholaw-abid- 0 ing citizens of old Edgefield cannot too ^ plainly make known their'horror and j disapproval of this red handed outrage j upon law and order. Our dispatchcs t bring word that indignation meetings <] will be held, and the fullest efforts made c to aDnrehend the euiltv nartics. We ? furnish below full particulars of the t bloody tragedy. ^ s Cmntonwaiid, S. C? September 22? f [Special.]?The town' of Kdgefield is j intensely excited over tho last act in the tragedy which was inaugurated lost week by the assassina- 0 tion of young W. H. Hammond, in the j yard of Mrs. Culbreath. Suspicion set- 0 tied upon Mr. O. T. Culbreath, husband ^ of Mrs. Culbreath, as the murderer of ^ Hammond, and last night this suspicion j culminated in tho murder of Mr. Cul- t breath, right in the heart of the .village, v 'Y\xr A Kiinrl t\f tnocl/nd innn Early Monday morning a warrant was g sworn out before Trial Justice Glover j, for the arrest of.O. T. Culbrealh, charg- j, ing him as the assassin of young Ham- ], lAond. The warrant was placed in tho p hands of Constable Robert llatncay, ? who found no difficulty in executing the ? same. Returning to Edgefield village, c it was agreed that JJr. Oulbreatli should a not be placed in jail, as no fear was entertainod of his fleeing from justice, so lie was left at the hotel. After tea la1-. \\ night he repaired to the office of hi<- nt_ , ' "" | u torneys, Messrs. Gary & Evans, to'con.! suit with them reference to hij' iJOnd c and petition* ..Jt i^d been rfcfong aIl u S day ; and at about ten mia^a before M eight o'clock the village yfs ^ qujot ttS I such an occasion couIc^^qu^^^ when llConstablj Ilamsay rijjffca int6 the office l^^ofSfcSSSR^arjfWiivans and informed them that a body of men wero coming "J :'np the road. Humors of a lynching P party had been heard in the village, and ? Mr. Culbreatli had been advised to " /. . leave by friends, but he said nobody uj >. i ?. i ? -i :? ? ?1 - " wiiiiiuu tu uuit uiiii, uuu il was prouu* biy an attempt to extort informn 11 "tion from some negroes on his C tl place who were thought to know Roraething about young Hammond's death. 11 " ' - When the constable entered the office 11 /with the" announcement that a body of ^ men wero approaching, it couid no lpn- ^ # ger bo doubted that ^ TIIET WEUE AFTER CUJ.BREATH, ' II and ho was told to enter the back room c of tho office and make. his escape through a door opening into a small ^ yard. He had no sooner left the room a and closed the door than tho mob knockf' od aC the front door, and asked if Mr. v Culbreath was in. They were inform- j, ed that he was not, but, not satisfied tl with this answer, they entered, and two 8, or the men, covoring Mr. Gary . with i, cocked pistols, two threatening Mr. j, Evans in the same manner, and two 8, others propeedud to open the back room j, door. Messrs. Gary & EvanE wore un- v armed, but protested vehemently against ^ / the invading of their private office, y upon opening or the back room Mr. I j, Culbrcuth fired, his shot taking. effect! i. ?$>?*? th> door. His firo was immqfff.fj ^Mfeiy'utiirnod, ono ball striking C&ljj Imj^jlS'.tho right shoulder and anotag^fS !>?$&trittfng the door. Culbreath cried n * o&^Ddb'ij shoot mo any more, f, BEmSI2B??i4Wit*eized and dragged out of the ? w,1'le protesting his in- " {jfifflMro^ftCtfiaa'd the great wrong that wus ? a. ne was ajaggca oe- u n, about a mile back of the s out of town, to a small C en the " Creighton and places. He called the v ral members of the'party, to let him ride, saying A 'ing from his wound and 0 walk ; also asking certain C 0 names he called, if they i nod to treat an old friend r 1 alleging his innouonco * ??.UL i- < . I I. f.v? wniuii ne Wjw DCing 11 Vhon thoy arrivod\U the 1 cod to l?o allowed to pjay, uestcd that ho bo shot in D 9e was then shot three 9 ill striking hint in the small H one fa the hip, and one & Inr t!he leg, neither of wjiich i] l^rbnhds. ' He aunkiojhe ^ - * 1 ly. By this time a * d PARTY OF CITIZENS ^ lad been organized and set out in puruit of the lynching mob. 'Near the 1 louse of Mr. Crcighton they met Mr. a Julbronlh walking back to town. He ^ tad stopped at the house of Mr. Creigh- c on, he said, asking admission and say- p ng that he had been shot all to pieces. r i j..: it. i * fl tut was uymg. xiu gavu his name ana sked for a glass of water, but it was rc- 0 used, and he was turned away, lie J1 lad set out to walk to town when he ' vus met by the party of citizens, who, ^ laving hoard the shots, and beloiving tiin dead at first, thought it r was his g08t, ' a >ut soon saw it was Culbeeath in flesh 0 nd blood. He was taken in a vehiclc ? ,nd carried back to town, and placed upin a bod in the jail > for safety. The r loctors suppose that he fainted from ^ oss of blood and exhaustion just about v he time he was shot the last times, and j bus it was that the mob thought him g lead. He was unable to lie down, and omplained of cxcrueiating pain in his g ide. He was propped up in bed, but ^ he attending physicians did not con- 0 idcr his wounds fatal. He was per- p ectly conscious, and the account of the a earful outrage upon him, which has ust been related, is AS TOLD BY HIMSELF. j He protested his -innocence throughout, and prayed for his murderers, caling the names of several whom ho rcc- v gnized. He lingered until 5 o'clock tl his morning, when he died. An in- ii ucst inaugurated, and has been ad- s f iU.. * - * e * uumcii mi iuu pruunrunieiit oi iuriner u estimony. Taylor, one of the posse t* rho guarded Culbreath in jail, in his g estiinony before the Coroner to-day, ? avo tho names of several parties tty? d io says Culbreath affirmed, ^ith fi is dying his breathy w&0 among tl is murderers. It is porlfcps not wise to d ublish these until/Yurther develop- tl icnts are inaJtf. It is due to Mr. A Jreighton J^'say ije explains-his 01 onduc^^hon Culbreath sought shelter ai 11'/s house, by the statement that ho oloivod him an imposter and the whole Ii lie made up. The coroner's inquest ol ill be -resumed Thursday, and a ver. ict will be rendered. An indignation looting will bo held to-morrow by the ti mzens. ureat--excitement prevails, o; t was an diitrifgf */Jf the dye "# vct perpetrated in tike State. it RKSITHUAM. 01 A FAMILY AFFAIR. Y The circumstances sorrounding the p1 jrrible tragedy are peculiar, and the artics are all connected l>y marriage or f tlw>r rolntiniiR. niAkinir if <> >nJnf llintn " ?. - - ? ""'O " WJ vov, s< nfortunate family affairs which are so ^ isastrous in their consequences and so eeply to be deplored. From a gentlelan acquainted with all the parties, and a lie circumstances of both 'chapters in tie bloody tragedy, wo get the followig facts which have bearing upon the latter: The parties are all respectalc, well-connected people, and stand igh in the county. Mrs. Culbreath is tie daughter of the late Captain Win. 'rescott, one the most respected names i South Carolina. J)r. William Pres- C ott, a brother*of Mrs. Culbreath, mart _ _ . CJ iea a sister of Mr. Culbreath. The rother of young Humtndnd. who was ssassinated, was engaged to bo married ^ ? a daughter of Culbreath. Culbreath ras a man past forty years of age and ad grown ohildren. Owing to his ciuel rcatmcnt of his wife, she was forced to ^ eparate from him about two years ago. t is said that on the separation she gave ^ iin $5,000, expecting him to go away to omc other place, and leave her alone. c nstead of this, however, he settled rithin a mile of her, and has since then tl ept jealous vigilance over her, making treats against any one who went to see er, and constantly importuning her to 0 itjnm come back- He is said to have kireiteddi'yaqng Hammond's life more " fiuBn onco, nod bin i>Wn -daughter testifiAkt inquest ovag-Jfem- T' that sii*. h?d heard her J ither had vowed ho would ktil hi*. roung Hammond was about 21 yean of * ge, near neighbor of Mrs. Cuibreara,- J, nd had been employed as a sort of verseer at the Culbreath dIscb. Hi? c ?' f lother testified at the inquest that her . on had told her a few days before that 11 'ulbreath had threatened his lifo and he old her so she umight know, in case he , ras killed who was his murderer." ' Said our informant in view of these 1 icts, there is little doubt on tho minds w f tho peoplo of tho neighborhood that 'ulbreath is responsible for young a lammond's death. There is a fence unning along by tho Culbreath house ? nd (liam ia ? Anr.m at -.r ? *MV?W ?? w WVV4 ?W VilVUCI CUU VI *IIU 0U80. There waff a beaten path along ho outside of this fenco running the " angth of the house, showing thnt Hammond's murderer had been waiting the pportunity to kill him for some time, b nd had paced backward and forward k door to door in the attempt to see c Aio house or secure an opportunity to I When Hammond came into the ti ^Mththe child the desired oppor- * pRy was afforded, and he was shot fi own like a dog. Said our informant : Vhilo I was not in Edgefield at tlie iino of the killing of Culbreuth, I know lie fueling which existed towards him, nd the reasons which lead to his being ealt with by the mob, viz: the firmest onviction of his guilt, the inability to rove it, and the knowledge that his ar-) aignment and trial would be a mere arcc, resulting in his acquital. It is not ertain that Culbrcath did the killing; iO was perhaps too smart for that, and 1 earn ho wrote a letter to l)r. Prescott ssuring him that he could prove an ali>i. It-was firmly beleired, however, iy the inon who killed him that ho was csponsiblo for the murder, if not the ctual slayer, and that if a negro 01 thcr person did the shooting it was rierely as a tool in Culbreath's hands. The report that there wore improper elations existing between Mrs. Culireath and young Hammond is utterly rithout foundation, and receives no creence from the people who knew her. he is one of tho most estimable ladies n South Carolina and is abovo suspicion, laid our informant:' I do ?not give you hese facts in justification of the action f the mob that killod Culbrcath. I dc >rccaic ioc saa occurence as mucn as nybody, and heartily disapprove of heir course.?Augusta Chronicle. dr. Chas. Creighton Explains A Mr. Charles Creighton, of Edgjtftjtd, i ras in the city yesterday ?nd asks ( hat the following oxplanaJi\ft{ be made 1 n reference to the Ed^afold lyching, in I o far as his name. connected with the t nfortunate affoV. He says the Chron- < cle's aor. lint aT vnotnf/1 n" 1 - rayyinjusticc, and crcates the impresYrrt' that he had tui'nod from his door a ying man whom ho knew and had.reised him a glass of water. He says lat Mr. Culbrcath did not come to his oor, nor did he see him at all and gives ?e following account of the affair : bout nine o'clock Monday night some ne passed along the road, by my gate, id called out in a very hurried way : Charlie Creighton, Charlie Creighton !" i i a moment the buggy had passed out. < t Hearing ana remarked to my wne, rhat-is some drunken fellow." In then retired, leaving my wife sitng up. In about half an hour some no called rapidly . "Mr.^Creighton, hvOretBtihrni*'" fansWerod. .thinking my servant.^ The party then called upn me to ''come out." I asked "who are ou ?" and he replied: "A friend.'' 1 nid to Mrs. Crcighton : "Thatdruniccn illow has come back to annoy us gain.?' He continued to call me, sayig, "Gome out, I won't hurt you. I am juatting down hero by the fence." I id not answer again, and told my wife > blow out the lamp and he would go way. When tho lump was blown out he 'alked down tho lane. onDosite mv win ow, and said : "Come out, I want to 2C you ; my name is Towlcs Culbrcath, nd I have been lynched ; give me some 'ater." ] I got up then to investigate matters, j nd Mrs. Greighton being so very much larmed caught hold of me and entreatd me not tq go out I told her it was , nly some drunken fellow who had reorted to this ruse to get me to come ( ut. 1 looked through tho blinds and ( ould seo no one. 1 had not beon to )wn during the day, and knew nothing , f the warrant for Culbrcath or his arist. I knew, however, that he lived Dine fifteen or twenty miles away, andfait satisfied that it was some drunken tan, so I did not go out to him. Had Ir. Culbrcath couic to iny door, informd me of his condition and asked for wa ;I U1 (K) iUU \J ft! UfllULG9 Ut* ount implies, I would have been less :>an human to have turned him away. My houso being on the road leading ut from town, my family has more tian once been subjected to great anoyance from drunkon men, and not aving the least suspicion that it was in sality Mr. Culbreath, or that ho had, in j?t, been shot, I declined to go out. "(Bay ^easily imagine my feelings y to the lynching or In ' , when, in fact, I regard it asthV' trtif astardly 'outrago ever perpetrated in* , Idgefield county. My friends in Edge- , eld know, tho circumstances which 1, ave related above, and the explanation , rould not bo necessary to acquit me in lieir sight, but I have acquaintances nd business men in Augusta, and I liink the foregoing account is due to lyself and them, Tor a man who would nowingly turn a dying man from his oor, and refuse fyim * drink of water, is rorae than the man who fthot.hira. ' . Mr. Jason Simpson sells some of the est machines ever brought to this'maret Ho recently sold us a White .Mahine, that.gives Complete satisfaction, t is light funning, simple of construcon, and durable. We can with aafety ssuro thiso wanting a maehi.te. of th* ne qualttios of the White, 17-tf-71 Fitz Lee and John "Wsejf ? [Special Correspondence New York ,Y'j?ld.l ^ Riohmohd, Va., September 15.-.'ijfloro t are a good ftiany points of resoi^ftnce 1 between the two opposing candi??t<jl for 1 the Virginia Governorship, Ge^ Vitz- ' hugh Leo and John S. "Wise. Gnj Lee i has fifteen years the start of lih Ippo- < nent, but both are comparativeljjloung ' men. Both belong to the sang Ji/r of Virginia social life, and are born Brahmins of tho Brahmins. Bcjth ar^openair men, whose code is simple?U fight, to ride and to speak tho truth.1 {Both fought gallantly on the sam!l bide through a long and bloody str&glo; Lee, a dashing young cavalry offifr at tho head of his column ; Wise,? a'endcr blue-eyod cadet, who with 200/of his boy comrades was marched unjer tho Re* Gen. Pendleton frdm the Virginia MUlUrr Institute^ U?? kMtleVf New Market, iOtfL firomtUt day renafir at Apporiinttox followed the tlag of the Confederacy. Gen. Lec, accoutred and caparisoned all the glory of a gray Confederate uniform, a black plume in his widft-brimmed hat and curbing a fiery stood, inspires a crowd, as at the last inauguration, with great enthusiasm. Added to this, the very whisper of his magic namn is as tho sound of the battle-cry to an old warhorse, and no crowd of Virginia soliVeVsT^rt^jnust break out in loud huzzas when it is spokenT ^ItTtnT^TWll^Jdress? ind ho is not fastidious as to hi^-unftn^s but, as on the occasion of Gen. Grant's funeral, frequently appears in garments )f strange fashion and the worse for (rear?Gen. Lee is a homely, stout Virginia farmer, plain in speech, fond of anjedoto and with a loud and jovial laugh that fills the town with a breath of plantation life and tells the club men two squares off that uFitz Leo" has come, [t is in his courtly and deferential manner to women, whom ho treats with a reverent courtesy ' that is particularly winning and engaging, that he appears socially at his best. Gen. Lee is not an arator, but even Virginia pooplc, who are of all people roost given over to the traditions, are beginning to realizo that this is a lost art, and one that does hot properly belong to a highly civilized conimunitV wllicli line ntKor "-111TO in J J ? ?? .."JO v.^a[orming itself than through the silver lcconts of-a popular speaker. His rough clothcs, his rough-amj?rcffdy speech his unaffected interest in County nffairs, in stock breeding, and even a country tournament, where the pretty girls in the neighborhood all assemble, give him a popularity with the masses which a more eloquent and even a more nble man would fail to excite. "The truth is,'' said a Virginia gentleman, sitting on the unpainted veranda attached Lo the house of his eighth great-grandfather, uFitz Leo's a gentleman ; wo all know him and his stock ; be married a Virginia girl, a beautiful creatnre, Nelly Fowle ; we all know her stock ; nice plantation ; knows a good horse when he sees one; good soldier, and besides, his name's Lee, and we'll all go to the II 1 ? ... puna nuu givu itiio n uanusome majority. No debt question or negro's place in equity there." Mr. Wise, is also a gentleman of birth and breeding, an excellent lawyer, a ?00(1 friend and the best raconteur of his day. His handsome, bull-dug, clean shaven face contrasts well with tlje fragile beaut}' of his golden-haired wife and his'tall young sons, by whom he is always surrounded. By a combination of circumstances which begun as far back as '75, when his personal enemy, Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, now of Balti more, then of Richmond, contested the Beat in the Virginia Senate with Mr. w..? n ~r u:.k. a h- w-? II >? U. ALingii^ UI Uikiimviiu, iUI'. ?Y ISVJ boiled from bis party and bccatue an itvdependent. Under that name the buttle was fought a long, long time. "For a hatred and an implacable hatred," says George Eliot, "commend ine to to tho hatred of tho blocd relation." When "Johny Wise," as every man and woman in Richmond dubbed him, went over to the Republican party through the ranks of ReadjustiBtn, with Mahone for p leader, a try went up all ovor tho Uod. And why, should it not have ed to the negr<r*vote, might overcofihF the rightful Democratic mojority, and conceived tho soheme of repudiation glossed over under tho sugary title of readjustment, was it to be for ono moment supposed that men of integrity and intelligence, such as John S. Wise was thought to be, would enlist under such a banner borne by such a leader ? The Westmorland Clulj, tho most exclusive and conservative rendezvous for gentlemen in Richmond, saw fit by blackballing to intimate that Mr Wise i was do longer welcomo in thqir society. Rightly, thon, did the pretty house on Main street, which.had boon Iho scone; of wan;,* gay .company, bocamo shijt and silent. The Richmond German Club issued its invitations, bnt the names of Hon. and Mrs. John 8. Wise rere absent from the lady and gentlenen patrons. It w-as all society could to lo, but there is .nothing so relentless. It rr abooed the Senator from the Richmond T district and his lovely young wife, a 3ut recently a reaction has taken place, p 'Let us havo peace" has a glimmer of if meaning even to that cnttghteued jury c jf American citizens we call society n who are for a verdict of guilty?to a woman, every county. h The papers rage, and here and there a v fiery politician or a strong partisan organ like" the Richmond Whig makes the c canvass a personal one, but it is renlly c lacking in bitterness. 1 Virginians remember Gen. Robert E. i Lee, their chieftain and hero, and will < vole the Democratic ticket and give, as the Planter prophesied, "Fitz Lee" a 1 * it .1.1 nanusomc majority. out uiuruuru uiu- i timers who wilt also recall the fiery element He;ry fM also a power in the land, and ther&T are the men who wore the cadet uniform at New market who - have not forgotten ( the 15-year-old boy in the ranks, whp*r! was a soldier oven then and of good stuff to the core. . S&?v) On one thing the Virginia people moyi ^ be congratulated. There will be, after an interregnum of ten years?for Gov. Cameron has never nnterlained?a mistress at the Government House, and, no matter who is elected, a charming and beautiful hostess who will open the 1 -t ?J ? * I lung ciusuu pnriors ana m&Ku a social [centre of the house which for so long has Bl'tf.r.lhe gloomiest and tho most forlorn in all VirgiiflWr Anecdotes of Justice. t The justice of tho peace is somewhat ] a pcculiafity, and if some ono does not ^ watch him ho will exceed his jurisdiction. It took a constable, prosecuting attorney and a club to convinco a Wyoming justice of tho peace that he had no right to send a man to the peniteniter.tiary for life. Another justice in i Utah sentenced a man to be hung on the following Friday between 12 and 1 ' o'clock of said day, but he couldn't enforce tho sentence. A Wisconsin jus- i tice of the peace granted a divorce, and in two weeks married the couple over 1 -again?ten dollars for the divorce and two dollars for the relapse. Another one, when his first case came up, jerked a candle box around behind the dining room table, put his hat on the back of bis head, borrowed a chew of tobacco from the prisoner and said: "Now, boys, the court's open. The first feller that says a word unless I speak to : him will get paralyzed. Now, tell your story." Theu each witness ahd the defendant reeled olf his yarn without being sworn. The justice fined the defendant $10, and made the complaining witness pay half'the costs. The justice i then took the fine and put it in his pocket > and adjourned the court, and in an hour was so full that it took six men to hold < his house still long enough for him to get into the door.. A North Park justice of the peace and under-sheriff" formed a partnership years ago for the purpose of supplping people with justice at New York prices; and by doing a strictly cash business they dispensed a good deal of justice, such as it wss. It was a misdemeanor to kill game and ship it out of tlio State, and as there was a good deal killed there? | consisting of elk, antelope, and black| tailed deer especially?and as it could not be hauled out of the Park at that I season without going across the Wyo| ining line and back again into the State of Colorado, the under-sheriff would load himself down with warrants, signed* in blank, and station himself at the foot of the pass to the North. He would thenarrest everybody indiscriminately who had any fraction of a deer, antelope or elk on his wagon, try the case then and there, put on a fine of $25 to $75, which, if paid, never reached the treasury, and then he would wait for another victim. The average man would rather pay the fine than BO kiob 10ft milna thrnnoli 1Kb mountains to stand trial, so tbo undersheriff and jostice thrived Tor some tiino. But one day the under-sheriff served hif patent automatic warrant on a young roan Instead of paying this fine the youth, who was quite'nimble, but unarmed knocked the bogus officer down witji the butt end of his whip, took his self-cock ing credentials away and lit ont. In less than a week the justice and his copper tfrere in the refrigerator. I was onco a justice of the peace, and a good many funny littlo incidents occurred while I hold that office. I do not allude to my-official life herein ordor to call attention to my glowing career. Tor thousands of others no doubt could have administered the affair! p?4J?* office to, troll as i did, but rather to apeak of one incident which psSk place whilo I was a J. P. :.v.- - # .. One night after I had retired and gone 1 i sleep a milkman, called Bill Dunning, ing the bell and got me out of bed., hen told me that a man who owed him r milk bill of $35 was loaded up and ' rcparcd to slip across the line overland ?to Colorado, there to grow up with th' ountry and acquire other indebtedn' o doubt. Bill desired an nttichr or the entire load of goods and p ad an officer at hand to ae* rrit. Mr"But," said I, as I #?i>r ome" husk door mat' arOr >us proportions,"how do * ve controverse tofcethc ng his way down thr lee ?? / : "Never ti^itid V iam, "Youjcse I'll tend 4o thr tlie do deUSnt. *?Y6u reckoTlect, _ "that the waggin vwbe^ Mile with a big nut. v)fo ? any length of limo without ?. nut onto the axle. Well, whftltTsa what's-hiR-nnme was packed up and . waggin loaded, I took the liberty to b<Wry one o' them nuts for a kind of momenta, as it were, and I kept that in mypocket till we served the writ and came to his milk, if you'll allow me that expression, and then I says to him, 4Tardner." says I, "you are going far, faraway ffriTn-ffsLniDjy $ff??irgv<s y o ?3>koj this here nut," says 1 "and put it onto | Ihe axle of tho oft hind wheel of your tvaggin, and whenever you look at it hereafter, think of poor old Bill l>unnings the milkman." Law in South Carolina. Wo publish elsewhere under the above caption an editorial from the Ab beville Press an<l Banner the object of which is to show that the law against murder is not enforced in this State, and that human lifo is hol<l ton oUnnn But the statistics of our esteemed contemporary arc alwayS too raguc and uncertain to prove anything. Beyond the facts that thirty-three homicides have occurred in County within the list eight ' yfktMf ?h? that two murderers have beel hanged within the same time, nothingH# except tho ''opinions" and "belief." Evidence of this kind is not admissible in determining so serious a question as tho one under consideration. As the Prdss <t)\cl Banner, with the exception of two facts, has given us nothing but ''surnrs s" and "'guesses'' it may bo allowable for us to indulge in a little speculation upon this matter, and see what effect it hati upon this fearful fact of thirty-three homicides in eight years. Homicide is a word of very broad signification, including killings which are jutsitlable and excusable as well as those which are felonious.^ It is therefore fair to presume that at least one half of these thirty-three homicides wero excusable or justifiable. This would reduce the number that could be classed as felonious to sixteen and a half, and a half, and make it seventeen. Now man-slayres do not usually give themselves up to.justice, nor do they stund still and wait for the officers of the law to come after them. It in highly probable then, that at least five of the seventeen escaped arrest. This reduces our number to twelve. But a, criminal often escapes justice by a failure of evidence, particularly a8 it is necessary according to law to prove his guilt 'beyond a reasonable doubt." Then we may allow four to escape through i loophole. We now have eight who are guilty of felonious homicide, which is either murder or man-slaughter. Two of these eight have been hangod for murder, according to the Press and Banner's statement while the remain* ing six if its "belief is correct, are sorving out their terms in the penitentiary for man-slaughter. s Now we do not hopo to vindicate tlio enforcement of the law by the.- above showing, but it is just about prf' fair 'as TTTU?wvy?m w uiuu HUIIHV newspapers Lirovo that the law is n^Hmforced. '"frlwyrai* -rf/uifj Banner's reference M^(i ?Ia?$?? fcalirib**.:** uj^p-slayers cau&'iTOi^ able?many justTnaoiV^HHt ?Ha(r tadri never allows any circumstances to j?@ cuse, much less justify the pig'BtflH?) Nor do we think the jury whichjmBf a man of murder on iho plea doferce, Virtually convictfeAHnp roan of being an out}aw vgHjUBp to be killed,'' If in the "onpleasantness" eithei^gg^y killed the other would/ cwfflHr trial hayo been acquitted, tm body woold overrate %\uM editor of the IfttelligtaoM tor from Andrfrvon a* deserv6d^<o b* gp?- \ 1 iii v" ,VJ- ' ' . " ' ' . . }j. iW . . . . !?m?u a yea) ap;o. and lias pushed it so ously that'70 miles of it has beofr pletcd and in operation to Saundersv^^^^H paying 20 per cent. on its capital Mr. Mitchell has recently become terostod with ex-Knmtnr f!*lliann Edgefield, and others in the scheme building a narrow gauge from AnpwtiBM to Newberry via Edgefield C. H? and^^fl the money for that is now in hand ready for the beginning of work as soop.?s~tlf3 survey settles a local ctespute about V what points tho line shall run to. This road is chartered to Newberry. X/ I Tho Ninety-Six people now propose 1 at a point fifteen miles below Ninety- I Six and ten or twelve miles above Edge- ] geld Court House and ^extending to I Greenville with a view to ultimate ex- j tension westward over the mountains* J An informal meeting was held at Nine- I ty-Six and Captain Kirk was requested M to visit Augusta and have an interview with President Mitchell. Broadly stated, Mr. Mitchell's Resign seems to bo to continue pushing tn&^H narrow gauge line south far down . intti^H| Florida and west over the Blu* Ridge'flH mountains until he has a continuous lino several hundred miles in length, onnectcing with Charleston bytheSouth^^H Carolina Railroad which has given ev-^^D ery indication of a purpose to work^^H with him. He heard the planM^ih^^^H Ninety-Six people as stated. Kirk, and, after a long" which all the ground was over, gave a endonM^^^H^^^^fl pledge to pie interested would do building it. He undertakes par bonds of the proposed amount one half its promises to furnish the rollil^HH^^H and run tho road as part of his although he advises those interwynftSfl u i..w.M u .?/)w^L/x uicir own control and believesitifteyu^EV do it. If thoy should decide on course he promises to buy^their.rollHft^l stock, ties, railing, et^at the same rl^^ St which ho boughV^them for his owb*/ road. That roajir'nas cost for oonstnflP^| tion and conipfato equipmohJt $4,600 mile, and/1tho proposedlj^Ba can*|j^^^ built mora cheaply, i|j^|gBift^MW|MB^ mujch easier than tha^Hftl^ ^#^ip^ ' r?<t uioson cc BtunaermH jBWVf?' sv - v ;,v?* ' i J I I M