The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, July 31, 1877, Image 2
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WINN.ADMIO ,. C.
Tuesday, July 31, 177.
R. MEANS DAVIS, Ediltr,
JNO. S. Rhy NOLDS, Auisouito E ditor.
-DEMOCRATIC TICK E'T.
Fon CL,ERiW O F COURT,
W. 11. 1KERR.
FOJI R)UN'Y COM MssION Elt.,
R. E. ELLI,60N, SR.,
JOHN A. HINNANT,
CORNELIUS R. MEANS.
vo havo icvdr bIId it satisfacto
rily 0Xplalilsd how Ia defeat of the
Emilocratie tickect now ,is ggf)- to
lead to a Radienl deaft-in 1878.
Tho foloWi.g is tho /atis at
present of the ox leaders-of tih lite
Radical party:
IN JAII.
F.J. -Moses, Jr., S. ;J". Lve,
C. WV. Monitgomery,F A. 0. Jonici
'111,I"D THE S'T.A'I.,
'I F. Whitiemore, Niles e. Parlwr,
. P. Leslie, G. . Gleavo',
11. E. Ilaynle.
AWAITING TRIA.
1. cass carpenter.
.11-13PPIPAJI lL.
10. L. Calozo.
MAl'lmTlJ:,) IN Il l ILA DEl'.:I i,
Josephlu; Woodruff.
-CONVE.N IEN'iLY All -.NT.
D). H. Ch1 amllain,)
.T. Corbin.
- . Trii ANXITS BENCil,
All Ohe rvsf..
Let the band play.
Come to Grief.
'The0 MRIStid the p-o(di are griinding
it 1ii, Lay; h, imd nlot lHo slowly
oither. The investigating coimimlit
teu has not delved amoig the odif
0rou1s archives in the Stato .1Iouse
for naught. A respectable batch of
scoluldrels ai in jail now, or on t.ho
way there, while the rest aroseeking
coolor Climes north of jr-ason )ixon's
li. F. J. Mofos and S. J. Lee, as
spaker1a3f the House of Reprson'.
tatives, and C. W. Muntgomery, as
presideit pro tMi, of the Honate are
chlarged with isngframidulenlt
legishlive pay--eertifice to-a largo
amunut. A. 0. JOnes, -clerk of the
H ouse, has abl o beenil)f omi tted to
jail, and WoodrnfifT,' -clerk -of the
*Sinate, who fled from (rha/lest.on by
b)oarding' at T hi9delph.ia hound
*steamer in the harbor, has been ar
- rested, at the terminial p)oint of his
voyage, an d by tis time, we r
sume, has joined his villainous cou
frere in jadl. The two clerks appear
to have *bCeon the .greaItest thieves
un the whalo gtwg. They occupied
*a dual position, as5 elerks of the Leg.
- islature, and' as meimbersn of the Re
publicaIn Pi'inting Coinpanly. As
clerks thn.y -gavo oMT contracts for
p)rinlting to themseh'es, as. piinters,
and then cortified to'Vhe correctness
*of their own bills. In this way they
*stole, in 'all ab6ut a million -dollars.
The particular noet whIoli has causecd
them to swelter in theu Richland
jail during thle- present heated term
was coIImitted in 1872. Thy a
p)rinted 350 cop)ies of the Ku--Klnx
tri dl-, for whI ioh they charged $22,.
894, an enormous fraud to begin
* with. Thon,01 under p)rotonse that
they wold be'paid in Blue Ridge
Soript at fifty cents on tihe dollar,
their claim was doubled. 'They then
pro~sen~ted t.heir el im to tho State
- treasur-y, and received this dloublo
sum, not in script at' flYty cents on
the dlollar, but in groo'nbaoks at par.
This was a clean steal of $22,894.
*Similar c,hums were doubled and
- at par, so -that tho whole bonanza
* r(4fghla( $55,000, outside of tihe
swind1d in the original charges. T'his
is but a singlo-spoeimon thf- the way
t,hies thieves wvorked. Jones, it is
-. saidl, used to eat out of a servicec of
-solid gold. His pampered stomachl
w ~ill doubtless revolt at the sighit of
. Shoriff ,l)n's in platos.
The othor fug.it.ivos (vill 'be locked
up, rnd boforo long,-wiHi also-bo on'.
joying the pastime of bronking stone
in the Hotel Parmelo. Our readors
shall be advised of further develope
- .nanta. -
If indpenntO action nad pior.
vailed over straightoutism last fall,
vould Moses, JoneH, ice, ct ad, be
wi% jai!, or in olice ?
Some Pertinent Questions.
-.The issuo in Fairfield has passed
beyond personal considerations. It
is i question now whether a legal,
binding Dlemocratic nomiiiiation for
clerk of court and counity cois -
sioier 'i! to b supported by
tegularly enrolled Dohiocrets who
participated inl th township Cleo
tions and in the c6nvelltion
m hether. 1,ho -whites ol Fail.Mbbl
proposc,i in tho future to b)e )emo
oratie, or to -1lapseinto tho 'c"C6;
servative," indepoident rut in wvlich
'they jogged along sogi1tienltly, ial
8o l41wly from, 1868 to 1876;
whether a Radical ticket, shall be
elcct-d ii 78, or whether Radicals
shall (lic'tate 'to the iielligeno aiid
and t rperLy c ~ the coin ty who
shall hold olivo. These i serious
queStionls, anld wo(, ask every3 one0
iinterc.s,d ill tho* fuiturt, of the( pomo
p)e to lay asidt all pres'ont coiid
erations aad aiuswer them. Wo
hIam faithfully lldefavor-ed to con
line ourllv~s strictly to arginont
and porsusiol, avoiding -dJunicia
tion, for the issue is -so qravo that
we do not wish to add in the least
degie to any prejudico or irrtCtitu
lhat might becloud the reason of
any one, or blind him to a - just
appreciation of the im)erative (uty
denlul1ded of him inl this crisis.
Toovauch passion and bitterness
has already been displayed in this
m1attor. So wo awbk cvery on() who
hais any ubilt abl.ut his' foalty toI
the party, to get off to.-I"vool place,
if lie can -find one, fa himself
.q;.ietly for a quarter of in hor:r iid
then soberly ask himself, "What
Nwill I gain by casting a vote in op
position to the Democratic nomina
tion ? Is it, the mass of DemocraAs
or the nui rs of Radicals that dr'
sirtos the 'efeat --of the Iemocatic
ticket ? What cor.se(luelces Would
Dem,ocratic defeat entail ill thc
fnture-? Vlat future Democratic
nonittia-tio .:ill be - binding - on any'
one who may hereafter ha defeated
kn the Democrafic Convention, bu.t.-I
c:ml fall back on anl "iniDpeiditt.
ticket ? If m1y1. choice is noiilate.1
next timo, why wvill not my (op
ponenits play the samiO gamo ne me 11
thiat I am1 no0w trying on thienm ? In
that cnnge, whtat -will be tho
-usrecf working for a I)onocratic.
nom11inaiitiont ? Whly not disb'and the
Democratic .party at onee, 'and( in.
the future: knock at the doors of
ther R adical convention ''with a re
quest thiu~.hey make ou4r Momfhii
lions for us? WVhat will be the
result of - adhical - suprema.cy in)
future upon my buins i Even if
I should aid the'Radicals 'now in
electing the plurest and bet me~n to
ofliec, in) opposition to the Demo
crats, what guarantea hamvo I that
the Radicals, once revived, will hiave
anything more to deI with good
men)? Whien I charge the opposite
wing -of the>~ part y with 'wire pulling,
anm I certain that I and nmn are
niot amenable to the same charge?
TLastly, I fad I noQt .n.much hettr stick
to tho>party in the present emo)r
gency. and thon, after ensuring
Democratic' supremacy by a D)emo
eratic vietery,, co- operatn wKith alli
(Ilets in matin g;an more por~
feet system- of nominating ?" Let
any one0 ask theso questions 'with
unibiase~d mind)(, atid we wager .a
round sum that lie will agree to
"abide by the nomination."
IPhe Citilzens' Tickot.
The presenit "Citizon iT(eo
now in the field for county officers
is certainly an anomaly or at misno.
mer, one or the other, and it would
make two Philadelphiia lAwyers quar.
rel to tell wvhich. The idea of a dish
of Republican hiash,-simply sprinkled
over with a-little Demnocratie peppar,
merely to give 'it a'slight savor, "boie=
ing-souIvod up .for .good ,old..Demo-,
cratic Fairtleld to Bswallowiseert,ain.
ly lndicrous and must prove a little
"to.) thin" for any
-STnAOnrouT DEMoCRAT.
L
OUR COUNTY POLITICS.
Major Woodwnrd's R-jointor to t,ho
RIplY tO M0136r-d; Fitlt and " arley.
.3le88)"r. J.ditors :
A earvfl 1f perlsa'1l of 1 luftcer
from11 Mussrs. FanIt and Me I A,
Carley, in ~ reply to a letter
from me, deolopus tho fact that
I had boonl guilty of a 1ii'sstateloont,
Iwhenl I intimated thAt they 'ere the
fathers of the "Citizom TiAket"
movement. -1 had liard at . g -
tema1 say that he had seen thmln
preparing the ticket i) a cert<in.
sto>re, ai-d I had soon what pirported
to) be tho original raper, whiich I
kinl had been hai:dcd in to the
R3adical convention, atid which was
said to h) il the haid-writing of
ijor Fiant.. Those cilcumlistallenes,
I tholght, warrainted the assertion.
But wvith hat inl had. T m1akce thlo
(IIld, bon)or61b'e. and m-ceyt., of
colr-se, their owvn .0b i!i ent. Th I Iey
informed mo that, -Itatr l'aving de
Kpaired of tho Republ'o, anld ju."i P.
their patiiotie. palting souls were
sinikitig wearily wN'ithinl themll at (h.)
aWt ion 0-T "a nn(eidd, sell.;h nwb."
wh"I they were "about Luo give "
--he ghost, I suippose. t'mLlll could
hope for "nothing beCtAPr tha n1 tO SOU
a itadical clerk for the lirst ' titno inl
Fii-feld," "this 11<1py thou(/ht
Smulestcd it(.11, to)> !: ethrirwmn
/h' RIjmt bi(en pit/y." Well, -e :
I s1spectcd till alonlg, fliat a good
deal of wool hiad"l bcen valled -over
p.ople eyes in this; inlo1v011ent, 1hat11
I was realily o imprepared to hear this
lb1 106. Vdlissionl 'onI 011u, 11S.
Julst as you prefer. 4f vouirsv, buit(
would sutgest that- 11i futire0 you
had het.(er not sp k sI 'liniIy. Md
not puL youtrselve so sIly 1-cl N. - po14
paper (it isa dancgerous .ra-tic) but
indulge Moo freelyv in mindy, 1i'li
give ai hvt,ter chmwtc f'or dodging. ,
Nono but r<tw rewri/s ever cmmitit
iuclh inl"iseret i0ls. 0ne m tore bl
der like this will kiok the bottoImI
out of prllw party. It is, theln to
the "mu11chly ilarel'icd, noble Prince"
and not to you, that om- gratitide
is duo for iving, ill this vinier
geney of the old Doimrcratic sip,
cutclunly d thl helnl, an)d
broug1.i her safely in to 1)1rt If
this be 1o, would it not h1e aipro
priate, in fact doo. not gratiti(le de
mnd, that rowognition of his ser
vice bo 'made ? I sigget thal, inl
honor of tho 0 .'nt1 . y $1 clIh.-.c the10
xw.im of your parly.. Ah heiice
forth it Imay bCnowI s the ;c.ol
ored citizens' ticket party," siime
y )II aICknW1ledge that it c )lo-61 Ir. ml
is the origin.Ator of it.. L-t us hea.
Dcon un mi pighlead ish1nelts with
"tirmness'Ht,"I prany you. Shioul I the
mnatter' comubn..011 itself to youriI plyi;;
yourselves to be infletnced t/h onceW
by intn, and1( ma2ke the chanmge.
It is ai gr'eat mistake to say the
Repubi-cans are Tmitedl anin1 2a coin
dition 4.0 do i's harmn. They still
dlesiro to do so. I kn-ow. But I ha2lI)
ponl to 1no. Vsomlethling as wel
as you, and I speauk but the truth
whe1in I say~ t hait they wore exeed,tl
inigly aniouiis to makelc a nomfinaItion,
hut (cotrdd fimid nlo 0one able to mai:ke
a b)ond who would or coiPdd accept.
There wa';s scarcely at man in town
or' inl the country, w[-o could ha.ve
raset hunidro~d dollars', and a
thtree gallon jug, who would have
failed Lo secure this inominmation had
1h1 tried I honmestly believe that I
coultd have gotten -it myself, rnot
withlstandl(ingL uy "speech iln fr'ont
of the market." When the County
CJhairmnan said that he wan ted
Captain CJlowvney for tis office, lhe
simpirly sta1ted.. 'V Lnt. was nmot so ;and1
lie said tius muiich to other' parties
before he left town. W~i~hi of
these statements is true? I bewlievo
tihe latter, for' I happen to knw
thlat there is strong personrl
antipathy between them, and you
are ertaLinly' not p)reparlIe to urge
p)oliticad aiftiiation. Ho)w then
could this chiai)nlan seenlrC that
thel colored 1)eop)1 inl my sootion,
and( inl other sections that I know
of, not only say that they will not
vote y'ourl ticket but assert thamt tihe
1tepublican chairman haus .pledged
himself to carry seven hiundr'ed
votes atgainst you. Hfow un1fotustf"
niate, then), that. you shlouldl hav'e
supplied the Repulblicani party w*ith
at candidate and a p)rogrammlne, just
whIen thmey woro floundlering abiomt
an) the stoa of ignoriance with no0
to' fur'ansh the sintows of warl for
them. Whaieu -too they have beeni
instructed tha&t 'Bs a. p:ty they no0
longer exist, but mutst -watch for
the movemnents of bolters beifore
they cani accomnplisth any morei' of
their hellihdesigns. :'Che -Ipub.
lican chairmanr could 'have informed
you of. this, for' I' know -whan nnd
where he got. his - directions. i He
and I have conversed -more than
once upon this subject, and he ad -
mitted to me in Columbia that tihe
Republican am.y wa. dad, a
thatt this was .their progranme for
tho future.
Hadi You lfA Itheml al'one,
tint. thi., wouldlu( v hcclut thet Nst
conven1tionl of thlis killd which e,Ve"
-0o1b, have assoimba d inl ihe ..mil
ty. Tihe greater tihe iniaake, I here
fore, viieh yoult have Iml:le, tal cn -
Heyuently. the s tricter th1e Itcoliltal
bility to which you will be held for
your mistirke.
14 what the of voiint,y coimlis
Sioners? )di "II, rince" advise
the chanoge here Ialso ? or is
this patrioti project the
cmalin of vonr o n wt 1 Irtilv
brin1" ? [k< i, uot e u h tihat to
slynd---by the giau of thi-; long
stilloiri pcople- -ovelupy it swat ill
our1 . L;slaturo, that ww of Ihis
fathers-in law dhi ld have sue.
ec(eded tho other in Cho '-"Sini(,
where ie propows to dl violf-Onmoe to
civilization, ma to outaigo deceit
prol.riety for four yu.irs ? D6 ot ihe
R-puiblicanl p.-tty chitim that they
havo ele(t(,l 11ve oil of eight oliciahs
And yet you would appens t tle;.'
reasclnabl, p1e-ople by allowlilg thei
to select thr-ev in for of tlie o!lices
i still vacant I aM 11not lvelse to) t
policy of conciliation, I have < vcr
-!e re it-s I n eStand it,
tmward mlur c-lored c.i4ies n
11i1d )m"n Who will say Ihat I broght
ovr mo-re olred vilizenn to I famip
.m f,han b,oh i yvit ; ev finid
m:uy colmred ien wio consider me
a fIwl of their r;ce, as 1 1111. But
if ii be the priv, --tig -- :ti -ovs'
Tichoct"- flhen I preferstaihtut
Is.
Tou; ~L t< < ( n it evil conlse -
Ilellcus attindig st r:i tot pill
(-iple!, 11nder suich leadlcrs. as I un"il
if Ko- it, -was only as M1oswes viewed
tlh promisd laind, at a r'-pect:hlo
dist:icw. f1. nuit".hwrof you Alowed
anyunu".a alavvilyv inl your. mlove
Ilwnits hts,; Near. wholn ,%o sadly
Me0 14d V I '1 _'ViCs. (~.In1ed it. is
said tht the writer of your ar-Octl
wavts oily Iladt. i ll beir of tile
Dlmrantiv plkIrtv 11hr-ce days before
oWrri chib nvule its slection of delk'
(Vate t,fo thI e r-funt, coluntyv lb
Anld wve thlin. it tinlfortunmato that
you shil-il.t have kivkeA oult of [thec
tvaices so sooll for as it ol Ilave
playod so nive a pr-actical.jik cem usw
i rfr< e to (1mr nOInalltion,!
ithere will be those--lo there 11
alwa 11ys n:o - n.i d( in--'r1 11louzs
mnen inl everyN par-ty-who wvIll bo
aftaiI to risk yu inl tle fiiture.
You are dIi.isposed 1 to give tle
t.hinking people of tle county Credit
"or havit more ( ensq1180 thanl to sm>
i)0oe we ennli "Jh' " anyt.linlg yet by
"kstraighilt-ut. policy." lot ennk di"
pose o: 1h- nuitter as you lease.
I am inlJined to ..ive the people of
Fnilieh ld Iht, ilwh mher they
he thkinl men ( > - of o..,y "ing g
1to1 erly/tof/ism 4/on i. dte t.he
Itsplseiol iN wh1'ii h amvl bleen
11l(1eve I I ~'iJ tre ~ione peint in
what0 thir 8o diee ie1 heretof, Wit
wel is ha th sti htou nmven-t
-ou it which' younr h aod mo.1( the
wthe o nle (oly wlie 1th'ing that
t-hasiihbeen don lince .teu war.
and1~i (un and Ca3rdozo til nd11 Les)i'
anold Wli'im, imp( 118risgee osest(i
tillajc ;ad ifri th oe noi morteilt
thardoso the0.Iose v\ie ost s, ituuas
(well oth toheistrem, idn efforits
hmdo fore oft. 1 1utCil tdo Hamp
eon,iBuler, yonnor, Ia(lid andt allmi
tht ouereo mfer o 1)11einti1 olico
thri *o/uhou1 t 1 t he Sta t co us
Gaillar anoO~id Bric, helLi nllOtrepro
senfltaof' woltatI have d inc 18IVC8,
reduced 11 ttaes'an hoia tegenerate
thpemwhley Stte m t mountiains
to the seoal bofrd. Why gontlemen1,
bth of you. Arount yu sel.
havo sme of our poitica lieh firoito
enlihton for.I I didmot hItin'k
-ta o wre afouter pertrating an
- thedok ttUioius, IwouldI sy vrthat
mere1~ nor leissll thaadliea t:an
donenallt(' fa that wse 1av1(1h ined,
andJj/ Cf a voluntary(0i,i rturn etom negroI
supremst)ley,lo was1(4 the oslt (1aran
to the eop its pthoismn county. hy,i
all parts of the coun,ta fres from
the peopiled (the/l/i, n Cofl new dnoli,.
nako acionforuotye Demcatpar- o
dityo'itho 1con Teir.i action,i
marcdo sotanimos nd 'by writter
contrclutilw ase yihiing iupot
hsom tontop,intruwth ith
"Citizens ,,Ticot" nomination. Conio
back, wlyward brethrell, you havo
I illiply l1utdo. a mistake. I tm sutio
ymu initent-1 no harm. Wo cannot
spare at', good mun itas wo know you
lr-f ir oinr nIl) .
T. W. WoonwAnn.
A Pidtuvorr Otln ADVANCINO CIVIT.1
Z.mIOx.-A Boston correspondont if
the Worcemter Npy -Nirites as fol
lows : One proof of our advAnding
civilization must, bo fatisfactory to
1.he niu1rolus travolurs' who havo for
years ext,ilhI tho clriuti of streot
)Msie in foreign1 citio.s. 4Wo havolt
110>w froinl carly morning till lato
ein)', brass ba6s11 which will wvail
inu mnotirn maleii your -winddiws imnd
nako da.v Il,dv(;lt (to Roho ilul1sical
lovors f iit) ; muildorgans of evory
size, wi,h hablcs attlched in T'vagem1
tops, and1( with moiikeys hAs'ixuri..
antly provided ; fiddles undby-it
c ranlk ; accordeons tt shlrick in
(very known key ; harps and tain
boutrinlem : sing-ing. mlen anid singaing
WoMIlun, aid silging boys and girls,
wiVth; larsh, til cracked, and strain-.
cd voicVs : difefent ill' niationality
ad inl evorything else, excpting
the dipper o: paymlent. Tho br+ s I
had are Cxceptiols ; they dol't
I are, tinl dipperl't'., and apparently
laor fromt I)ulr' . ph1il2tfllhropy.
VIhien on11 Ihs b6i'ln hln involuntary
listner to all this, for a few days,
onC can. lardlly help romcinboring
tho "curso of a granted prayer," and
tinking '1mdly of Leipsic, tho only
ciy, Ih.lieve, where hand organs hind
st oet mui-sic aro )ot hilowed ;'proba
bly out of regard for the nurves and
t elrplrs of the itumerous students
iHampton
R 1 tND SPI1ING OPENIN'G,
D y Gonls., FluIcy Cloods, ntid
f ' F I 4I p I IM..0nhi )(d full fill o 'tebst
j"ulh ll uinig and1t -summellr
.\!71ilor rY 1111( F11n11y Goods, cons'.isting In
par ofLades' -\isses' a 'Cildren's
Irihu tred I Its,- Flovcr-4, .L-bbons, Silks,
Nets. &c.
A I'lgo lot '> (a divs' Co Ia.ettes, Fichlus
aid (t her fan ' Altie'es. .1 Ispectioll of
hu La.dies and publiC gerrerrilly solicited.
We will (,n deavor to pltelso the Ilno.t fis.
tilimis. All wo ask is that you aill, and
see J Or yourselvs, an1d give uts a trial.
Nr.W Si'ingPts. Cenitenniald Stripos,
erS. Corsets 'I lesiry,' Gloves,. Notions,
Clothiig, . l1at4, Shoes, A.
Age t fr llutercks r e t -paplr
pattvirn . Ladrlies', \(is l'n h ilrdi'CU'.4
.o1 CWli i P th ll h ocer i,Con
m irst il i s hous o. th id
A lo Io I-'n t'Y, Lah' Shoii s, &c
Lu .e low CLr U EY.
JAS.J..OHARVAY.
A. N.ECEOWNTY.
JON HINNANT,
Th Aom atic NI) ly Brush
CONORA CFORT.j~R
COME.AND0.T ON