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REPORT OF THE GRAND JURY.
SFebruary Term of the Court of Genera)
Sessions for Newberry County.
To His Honor, J. H. Hudson, Judge
residing: The Grand Jury would re
r ethat they have given. attention tc
,t 'an& rep6rted all bills handed them by
S t e Tonorable Solicitor, 0. L. Schum
t pt, We have also examined the
ou1iy Jail. We find the jail in neat
proper order, appearing in the
n to be well and carefully attended
Everything about the jail loks tc
Iiesite andentirely secure. The prison
srssay they are furnished good food.
-QIbe cells in the third story require
clea.sing, using bountifully scaiding
= water followed with a free use of the
Iime and whitewash brush. This
cleausing should be attended to at
ouce. The plastering is off in a few
does about the jail.
W would recommend that the jury
ioorms be supplied with new and com
;; ,table chairs, and that the old ones
moved from the rooms, also thai
be a stove placed in each room.
K=Ie closets in the jury rooms are in a
Bithy condition, requiring immediat
-<-Ueiein; they render the entire roomr
ery offensive. The Sheriff's office is
in aeed of some new lights.
". These matters have been reported
again and again by other Grand Jurie!
ithout ay effbect. The other parts o
Sthe building seem to be in good order.
We think there should be a supply o,
ioons furnished for the court and
4 ry-rooms.
The Poor House was visited by s
ommiittee, who report that they-find
therm 16 paupers, 13 blacks and
hites. The floors in two out-side
;ouses occupied by paupers is ver3
open and should be re-laid, and celled
Stomake them more comfortable. Then
should be steps placed to the back dooi
fthe kitchen. A number of doors re
quir new hinges. There should bE
new ioors laid in the main or brici
buitiing. There is great need of a barr
.-"-ziand stables, which should be erected
S-Ts a house in which to store pro
isreas, we also recommend that a good
and substantial fence be erected around
;y the buildings for the purpose of en
closing the yard. The bedding al
seened of good quality, clean and suf
feieut to make the inmates comforta
ble. Our committee found an inmat(
there who has been drawing a pensioi
-'frora the tae.
a &e had the Clerkof the Board
Commssioners before us
-ho has explained and.shown to us the
pvapersand reports, showing the ac
us on which claims. have been al
Yuwed and paid. We believe. every
g in this office to be in good_ordei
adc vorrect. The books are neatl3
.- kej t, and all the papers are properl3
..arranged. But we believe that it
2seveal enses the commissioners hav<
~:lowed too much pay for lumber fur
nised to make and repair bridges. .W<
~nd-that 61.50) has been paid for luimbe)
~ear the mill, while the same price has
~~~en paid for the same description o:
- mber hauled 1.5 and 20 miles.
3 find the offices of Clerk and Pro
s ate Judge in good condition, books
we - kept and the arrangement of th<
paae:s all convenient and complete
cideverything in both of thes<
Only three of the Trial Justices havy
submitted their book:s for inspection
- H i. Blease, B. B. Hair and G. M
-Gh. deau. All the books of these Tria
Justices are well a'nd properly kept
The Trial Justices do not make th<
morihly reports to the County Audito
- as. required by law. The followini
Triail Justices have reported and pai<
fines collected: H. H. Blease $77.50, B
B. Hair $40.25, C. P. Dickert $5.00, W
G. Peterson $20.40. J. B- Camnpbel
Ve have examined the official Bond:
of c..unty officers. We regard all thi
- bho ds good and sufficient, except th<
anty Treasurer's Bond, that w<
ink should be strengthened.
We would call 'the attention of th<
v Board of Equalization to thi
al value placed on the same pro
in different Townships. In on:
ship we find mules valued a
per head, less than the samt
ber of mules are valued at ii
jutherfownship.
ibad conditionl. We believe howevcr
that so soon as the commiflssionlers ca
get the lately enacted road law i
-operation, our roadb wvili soon be we]
w'~orked and placed in good condition
The commissioners n~ ill need the coun~
tenance and support of a generous pub
lie sentiment to sustain them in carry
ing into effeect the receutly enacte<
road law. We wouhl specify certal
po-ions of roads that are reported a
almoest impassable and require immedi
ate attention. Begioming about on
half a mile below Prosperity, on th
Halley's Ferry road, the road is almos
-ir passable. Then frem Spebl's Shop t
the two mile post, on the Ashfor
Fe :ry road immediate work is required
Ag.in the bz idge, known as Harmon
B -i ge on Bush River, is withou t bac
ist--:.s and is otherwise in a bad condi
tion. Also near the fofn?ile post.
the road to Longshore's tihe roatis 1
su~ -b bad cordition -as to require in
mwliate work. It is hoped the con
nm:ssioners wvill use e'.ery effort to har
the roads, at once, placed in gooc
order.
We have been. handed the reportc
the School Comiisioner, and als
of thle County Treasurer. Both report
ara full and comnplete and correct so fa
as we were able to' judge, not havin
before us the items oin which the claim
w...e paid.
Th Gr.and Jur is atisfAed thn
there are many and gross violations o
law that cannot be reached because o
the want of evidence, arising from thi
indisposition of persons to report and
testify in such cases. We allude to th<
prevailing and we fear, Increasing
crimes of adultery and fornication
While we are unable to atthis term tc
present cases,, we would 'ask you
Honor to permit us through the medi
um of this report., to call upon all good
people all Chi;stian people, of thi;
county to aid us in fereting out
this crime against decency. an<
good society, so we may be able to pre
sent at subsequent terms, all viola
tions oflaw in this particular. We d<
hope that every good citizen will fur
nish some member of this jury, witi
the names of all offenders, with the
witnesses, and all such cases will be
properly presented and the prosecutior
urged. The law in regard to bastardy
shhuld be more vigorously enforced, s<
as to protect the county. Here wE
would say that complaints are made ti
us of the great numbers of idle, dirt3
vagrants that continually crowd the
streets of the city of Newberry, block
ing the corner and side-walke to th<
great annoyance of all passers. Jame
Dunba. is reported to us for carryinp
and exhibiting concealed weapons
witnesses G. B. Cromer and D. W. T
Kibler. Mack Rutherford is also re
ported to us for carrying conceale<
weapons, witnesses J. H. Chappel lan<
Geo. B. Cromer.
We would advise that more car
should be taken in regard to the safe it
the office of the County Commissioners
where valuable and important paper
are deposited. The instructions fo
opening the safe are left out exposed t
the view of any one, thus placing it it
the power of any one to open the saf
and abstract valuable papers tha
would work -a loss to the county.
The Grand Jury has had as much rc
gard to economy in their report as pos
sible. No expenses should be impose(
on the county that can in any way b
avoided without injury to the county
But we find that matters and thing
have been recommended in the report
of former Grand Juries, but the pre
sentments have beea entirely ignored
no attention whatever given to the re
port. We would.respectfully ask tha
the report of this jury, and the recom
mendations therein made receive th
attention of the ,proper officials, o
cause be shown.
It 'comes to the knowledge of thi
jury 'that there is a vacancy i
the Board of County Commissioners
and it is - important, at this tim
especially, that the board shouli
be full, we therefore recommend tha
the proper persons whose duty it is re
commend a suitable person to be a:
pointed, doso at'once. Just at this tim
there is really more work before th
board than can be properly attended t
by two commisioners.
The jury has been called upoin by
Qommttee of the Bar and upon hearin
them, have recommended that th
court room be refurnished with fun
ture that will comport more with th
honor of our county, the cost not to es
ceed two hu.ndred dollars. This w
deem necessary foxothe comfort an<
convenience of the judge, officers c
court, solicitor, jurors and attorneys, a
well as for the despatch of4usiness. 2
plan has been submitted which woul
probably necessitate' a smaller expend.
ture, but as the purchase of some chair
not contemplated in said plan, may b
necessary we conclude to make thi
-recommendation as to expense. A roug
draft of the plan is herewith submittec
-which can be modified as circumstance
Smay require. We advise the followin
Sgentlemen of the Bar to consult wit'
the Commissioners: Geo. S. Mowe:
Geo. Johnstone and 0. L. Schumperl
We have also appointed J. S. Russel
D). M. Langford and T. M. Neel a coir
mittee from our body for the same pui
pose.
Th'e Grand Jury is of the opinio
that there should be some'4:bange i:
the law in regard to Petit Jurors. WV
think the law, as nowy requiring
unanimons consent of a jury to rende
a verdict, is objectionable because itj
in the power of one man from somr
cause, ignorance, stubbornness or
mere whim to defeat the ends of jui
tice by causing a mistrial, not to mer
tion the extra expense thereby et
t:iled upon the county. We are of th
oinion that the ends of justice woul
be more fully met if the law was s
amended as to require the vote of thre
fourths of a Petit Jury to render
verdict. This we believe would exp<
-dite the business of the courts, while:
-would in no way work an injury to an
Sperson placed upon trial either in
criminal or in a civil cause.
We would ask that our clerk, J.
Reid, be allowed the sum of five dollai
~ for services rendered.
SHaving considered of all matters b
& fore us, we most respectfully submi
tthe foregoing as our report.
W. C. SLIGH, Foremai
JOHs WATKIYs,
.C. W. BUFORD,
H. S. N. CRossos,
I ~ A. W. OJXNER,
D. M. LANG*FORD,
J. D. RrcHainDsos,
~~ M. Q. CHAPPELL,
J. LEONARD SEASE,
J. S. R USSELL,
W, PMJOHN~STON
f G. C. CoUNTs.
B. L. DoMIX1ie
5: JAS. F. EPTING,
r JA COE C. COOK,
J. W. SINGLY.
s ~ SPEcIAL ORDER.
On hearing the presentment of ti
i Granw ury and on motin 0.
Schumpert, Solicitor, it is ordered tha1
so much of said presentment as refers
to the necessary repair of the Jail, Poor
House, Roads and Bridges of said Coun
ty, as well as the refurnishi ug of the
Court room and Jury rooms of said
Court House, and the matter of th<
County Treasurer strengthening his
bond be referred to the County Com
missioners of said County.
That sa much as refers ti the ine
quality in the assessment of persona
property be ~referred to the Counta
Board of Equalization.
That so much as refers to idlers and
vagrants in the town of Newberry b<
referred to the Mayor and Trial Justice
residing in said town.
That so much as refers to the chaogc
in the system of trial' by Jury be re
ferred to theSenator and members o
the House of Representatives of said
County, and that so much as refers t<
a vacancy in the Board of CounQ
Commissioners for said County be re
ferred to the Senator and members o
the House of Repiesentatives of said
County. J. H. HUDSON,
Feb. 8, 1889. Presiding Judge.
Woman's Work.
The Century publishes an Open Let
ter in December from which the follow
- ing is quoted : "As I have said before
man has the advantage of possession
I life is the survival of the fittest ; and
since man has the vantage ground, onl
those women who are armed with th
same weapons, have the same determi
nation to succeed and the same stak
to lose, will gain the same footing.
r do not mean to accuse man of an
> more injustice than comes of thi
i struggle for life ; as I have said, busi
e ness is business. No man pays fo
t anything more than he is compelled t<
pay. Let our girls become reall:
- thorough saleswomen, both wholesalE
- and retail, even if it comes to traveling
I let them practically learn printing, en
a graving, designing, light cabinet-work
. stenography, book-keeping,watch-mak
s ing, goldsmithing, dressmaking (a
s which the practical woman sometime
- makes a fortune)-any of the hundrec
of things for which their nimble an<
- delicate fingers, native wit and taste
t quick -perceptions and faithful perse
- verance, fit them, and let them learn
a .as a businless, thoroughly, honorably
r with the determination to be firstrclas
workwomen, and soon they will shar
s the pay as well as the work of men
SAnd belies;e me, our girl will no les
fitted to be a good, -loving wife an(
e mother, if she sees fit to mary ;An(
I she will not be driven into a thought
t less marriage to escape the drudgery c
- earning the pittance 'which will ne
- support her, -nor of making a sacrific
a which is generally considered to b
e .even more disgraceful than thai
Think of this, you who bemoan th
thousands of unhappy marriages an'
r the frequency of divorce. And if sh
be left, as so many women are left, wit]
a children depending on her for support
- she is in no worse condition than th
e widower who is left with themi to car
-for. Think of this, you who may b
a widows.
I "I will say here that men have ol
f jected to this idea, saying that if womie:
s are self-supporting they will not car
t to marry. Surely, I reply, if a ma.
I depends upon his money alone to at
- tract and keep, the time has arrive
, when woman should compel him t
e make himself worthy of her love an
s her possession.
- "There are many bright instance
,where women have met and undei
s stood this condition of aflairs, and hav
gone to avork lIke men and made ther
i selves valuable. They have somnethin
, which they can do better than othe
.women and as well ifa man. And
,am glad to say that my experience he
- been that such women are admired, aj
-preciated, and valued. As one old bus
ness man said to me, 'If you want
faithful, trustworthy employee, have
1 woman who understands her business
e Woman has every element of succes
in her ; teach her to bring it to bear o
r the situation."
s
Old Clothest.
- It is a mystery to many people boa
_scourers of old clothes can make the;
e stanst a s good as new. Take, for it
3 tneashiny old coat, vest, or pair<
a pants of broadcloth, cassimere or dia;
e onal. The scourer makes a strorg
a warma soapsuds and plunges the gal
mient into it, souse.s it up and do'wr
trubs the dirty places, if necessary put
. it through a second suds, then rinses
a through several waters and hangs it t
dry on the line. WXhen nearly dry h
takes it in, rolls it up) for an hour c
s~ two, and then presses it. An o1(d col
ton cloth is laid on the outside of th
coat and the iron passed over that ui
ttil all the wrinkles are out ; but- th
iron is removed be'ore the steam ceast
to rise from the goods, else they will ii
shiny. Wrinkles that are obstinal
are removed by laying a wet cloth ov<
them and passing the iron over tha
If any shiny places are seen they am
treated as the wrinkles are ; the iron
lifted while the full cloud of steam risE
and brings the nap up with it.
First American JBia Cas't stellOln.
Aro' PL, D,Feburary 7.-Tl:
'Thurlow steel gun was tested this a
troo at the naval provinggrouuc
oppgsite Annapolis, and stood the Gol
.4ernmient test. .T1#p is the first hig
power east steel guiz made in this cour
try that has stood the Government te.
e of 481- pounds of powder and te
~rounds.
THE ISLES OF SAMOA.
De.4cript'o i o' the Count.y a ?d Inhabitant
-Pro;es : o: Ch -'a.t and Ed acat'j.
The prominence which recent event
have given to the Isles of Samoa ha
led me to think that a brief descriptio1
of these islands might not be undesir
able by some of the readers of Th
Herald and News, those especially whc
may Itot have access to books 'of refei
enee upon the subject. This group c
islands of which nine are inhabited wa
for a long time called Navigators' Is1
aids, so named by Bongainville,
Frenchman, who visited them in 1768
They lie in the south Pacific Ocean, be
tween 13* and 140 South latitude an(
between 169* and 172* west longitude
Their area is about 1,200 square miles
and the population 40,000.- They ar
of volca nic origin, and some parts o
thern rise ,o the . height of 5,000 fee
above the sea. The largest island c
the group is Savaii, which contain
about 700 square miles, and has a popu
lation of 14,000. Upolu has heretofor
been looked upon as the most impor1
ant island of the group. Its area is 35
square miles with a population of 17,00(
On it is the town of Apia with 375 pec
ple. This town is the residence of th
consuls of .the various government
that have representatives in this local
ty. The Roman Caiholic Bishop <
Oceania also lives here. The littl
island of Tutuila is the one in whic
the government of the United States i
most interested at present. Its area i
placed at 50 square miles and its popt
lation at 3,500. It is situated directl
in the steamship route from San Frar
cisco to Australia. Its value cons<
quently to the commercial interests <
the United States can. be widely appr(
ciated. In 1872 Corunmodore Meade, vi:
iting the Samoan Islands, effected a
arrangement with the native chiefs b
which the port of Pago Pago wa
taken under the protection of th
United States. During the followin
year the President sent a special age&
- to these island. This agent reporte
t that the Chiefs were anxious for th
United States to assume the protectio
of the entire group.' This was not don<
however, for in 1875 a native king wa
elected, whose powers, it seems, hav
not been question-d unidl recentl
when Bismarcky &'to busy himse
about the rir ?; kings in tl:
Pacific. " ;'of Pago Pago alon
mienti i t the southern end of th
is.T merl'iutuila. It has, it is.said, th
SfiV narbor in the Pacific, completel
land-locked, no rocks in the channel b
which it is .approached-and havin
sufficient water to float the largest ve
sel in the world.
t The soil of these islands is very gooi
a Cotton,.(sea island), sugar cane, toba
a co, oranges, cocoanuts, bananas, an
many other tropical and semi-tropic
e plants and fruits, are easily grow
1 with commercial fertilizers.
The natives arc well formed, actis
and intelligent. They are of a dar
brown color, hair black and straigh
lips thick. The nose is less flat tha
among other members of the Mala
race. They are all nominally Chri
tians, and every little village has i
- church and school-house. What seen
I remarkable, is the fact that not a seve
a year old child can be found, in the
. islands, that cannot read his ow
- language, and nearly all the adults ca
Sread and, write. Altogether, tl
3 Sam oanitanis possess no small degree
interest which is at present greatly ei
hanccd by the fact that two gre;
s powers have focussed their eyes upc
-them-and the added fact that mar
e persons think they see a dark wa
cloud hanging over the sunny lands
i the South Pacific..
r It is, perhaps, needless to state th
I this article is mainly a compllatio
s The greater part om my information c
the snbject was obtained from Appi
ton's Cyclopedia. A. P. P.
~ E wBERR Y, S. C., Feb. 6th, 1888.
The Survival or Ancient Superstitions.
S
[ Frances A. Humphrey, in Wi<
Awake.]
In old times much which is now e:
plained to be the result of natur
cau:ces wa's atibuted to evil spirit
If the dairy-maid's cream refused
conic into butter it wvas "bewitched
SIf the chimney refused to draw, tl
- ldught was choked by the presence
som mOICnalign influence whbich cou
.(only be exercised by the presentati(
of the Cr.oss. Before that holy sis
.every bad spirit was supposed to fie
,as "Mephistopheles" cringes and tIe
sbefore the Crosses upon the swords
tthe chorus in the play of "Faust."
o I saw a curious illustration of ti
e survival of this superstition among ti
r cut tagers in England. I had frequen
-- ly noticed oui coming into my sitting
e room in the morning that the poki
- was5 leaning perp)endicularly again
e the upper bar of the grate. I nevi
found it there except when the fire w:
e sulky and refused to burn. I at fir
e supposed the leaving it in that pos
*r tion an oversight on the part of n
.lanla~dy. But after finding it sever
times, I saw it was intentionl and ask<
sher why she left it there. "To nmal
' the fire burn," was her reply. "
makes a draught." I failed to si
how the sim'ple poluting-up of ti
end of the poker could create a draugi
and 1 finally egneluded that the pu
ting it there was really thbai~urvival
e the old superstition of the efficacy
RK the Cross, though amy landlady
s good Protestant-would have been hc
-ror-stricken had I told hLgorig
bi of her action. The perpendicular pok
t- and the horizontal bar of the gra
t made together a~ pe rfect sign of ti
n Cross.
A nmoawhat stnrtinG proof of tI
lingering belief in the Evil Eye was
told me by the janitor of the Memorial
Building ' at- Stratford-on-Avon. A
farmer in a neghboring parish had be
come convinced that a certain woman
possessed the power of the Evil Eye.
He noticed that whenever he met her
some misfortune was sure to quickly
overtake him ; his crop of wheat would
feil-a valuable animal would die-his
ricks would take fire-or some member
of his family fall sick. So strongly at
last did this idea take possession of him
that he deliberately killed the woman,
sure, doubtless, that he was commit
ting a meritorious deed. At the time I
heard the story (1888) he was in jail
awaiting his trial for murder.
Of a somewhat different nature are
two other superstitions which also
came under my observation. One
f landlady of mine-a Yorkshire woman
t -asked me if I had ever observed the
little marks on the legs of defunct pigs
as they hung'in the butchers' shops.
I had not and she begged me to do so,
and said that there were the marks
made by the devils when they entered
into the swine of Scripture. Before
that time, I understood her to say, no
_ such marks were discernible, but since
e then they are to be found oi all pigs
s a continuous testiigony to .the truth of
the Bible narrative ! This was told me
in perfect good faith and I did not
e even look my astonishment ; for the
only way to allure such delightful and
curious bits from the true believers in
them is to meet their confidence with
sympathetic interest.
It was under the shadow of Sterling
Castle, Scotland, that the other was
told me. We were awaiting a tram at
a street corner, amusing ourselves
meanwhile by the inspection of the
neighboring windows. Among them
n was that of a fish-monger.
"Did you ever see the finger-marks
s of St. Peter on the haddock ?" asked
e my friend,
g No, I never had, and she pointed
t them out-two on each shoulder of the
d small Scotch haddock ; and very dis
e tinct "finger-marks" they are. This
a fish, if I remember aright, was the one
supposed to have been used in the mi
raculous feeding of the five thousand.
e At any rate, these are the marks of St.
Peter's fingers, perpetually re-produced
[f upon the haddock. So said my:friend.
e The fee for entrance to the ruined
e castle of Caerphilly in Wales, is three
e pence. My friend and I were the
e first morning visitors.to arrive.one day.
As the doorkeeper took our coin, with a
dexterity simply nmarvelrous;-"he man=
g aged to spit on each of the six pieces in
an instant. This dexterity could have
.come only from constant practice. It
is. done as "good luck" for the day. An
English gentleman told me that he
d had often seen the London cabmen
Ll spit on the first coin they took for the
n day. This is very ancient superstiti
tion and comes from the belief that
*ethere is some special virtue in spittle.
Needless Noises.
n [London Invention.]
y One of the injurious influences of a
s- city life is the nervous derangement
:s often caused by the incessant noises
's that a larc or cowardly municipal gov
ni ernent tolerates, through ignorance
le of the effect or fear of offence to cer
n tain voters. It is a mischief operating
n so subtly and imperceptibly that it is
.e not commonly suspected till its wo:st
>f efiects have become immovably fixed.
1- It is doubtful if any nervous system
tt ever becomes so used to this incessant
n strain upon it as to feel no harm
y though it is a rare case that the vie
r- tim of some undefined disorder, noth
>f ing serious, nothing certainly traceable
to any specific cause, nothing to re
it quire medical treatment, and yet with
1. al a condition different from that ofa
n hearty country life, recognizes -it as the
eeffect of~ the never-ending, constantly
changing uproar of a city. The yelling
of steam whistles,-the hiss of steam
pipes, the rattle and clash of wheels o>n
stone covered streets, the rumble of
street cars, the clangor of bells, the
le howling of hucksters, keep up a con
dition in which a healthful nervous
system of natural strength and sensi
.tiveness is impossible. And there is
:not suppressed more or less completely
in most of the great cities of the world.
eIn Berlin heavy wvagonms are not allowed
on certain streets. In Paris any cart
d load of rattling material must be fas
tened until it cannot rattle. Munich
allows no bells on street cars. In Phil
adelphia, church bells have been held
Sa nuisance in certain neighborhoods by
judicial ruling. Steani whistles are
forbidden in nearly all the larger
cities in this country and Europe.
e Milkmen and bakers are not allowed
eto use bells or horns in some cities. In
tothers abominable yelling and howling
Sof hucksters, for which there is no ex
rcuse at all, are prohibited. We might
atmake a trial or one ot two cases as an
~r experiment.
st A man who has practiced medicine
i- for forty years, ought to know salt from
,-sug-ar; read what he says:
TOLE DO, 0., .Jan. 10. 1887.
Messrs. F. J. Cheney & Co.-Gentle
~imen:-I have beeni in the general prac
:e tice of medicine for most forty years,
[t and would say that in all my practice
and experience, have never seen a pre
paration that I could prescribe with as
ie much confidence of success as I can
t, Hall's tarrh Cure, ijhanufactured by
t- vo ave prescribed it a great many
times and its effect is wonderful, and
afwould say in conclusion that I have yet
af to find a ease of Catarrh that it would
-a not cure, if they wvould take it accord
r- ing to directions. Yours truly,
n WeL. L. GORSUCH, M.D.
r ewill give $100 for any case of
te Catarrh that cannot be cured with
me Hall's Catarrh Cure. Taken mnternally.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props.,
-Toledo, 0.
MOEMONISM IN THE SOUTH. ea(
I
The Insidious Work of the Elders in Geor
gia anpthe Carolinas.i.
[From the New York Times] ha'
has
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., February 1.- dis
The elders laboring for Mormonism in hai
the South are, as a rule, so gentleman
ly and so amiable that, however hateful wi
they may seem in the eyes of Metho
dists and Cong' egationalisis and Bap- an
tist, no fault can be found with them cit
except as to their advocacy of a per- irr
nicious dogma. They are quiet, una- are
suming men, and do their work so in
sidiously that they break into a home ful
and conquer a weak one almost before let
their presence is known. But, while
they antagonize society, they come in- thi
to conflict with the civil law only in the i
polygamy countenanced by their relig
ion. Nevertheless, forbearance has in
a few instances ceased to be a virtue, wi
and a number of the elders have been evv
put to death, while others have been Te
subjected to painfui indignities. th4
Elders W. S. Berry and Henry
Thompson, who were laboring as mis- U:
sionaries in Tennessee, and particularly
in Lewis County, made an engagement
to preach at 10 o'clock on August 11, ph
1884, at the house of James :Condor, on brc
Cane Creek, in the county named. an
Shortly prior to the service Elders John
H. Gibbs and William H. Jones unex
pectedly arrived, and three of then- a
Elder,Jones having an errand at the a
house of Mr. Garrett, in the neighbor- ig
hood-assembled at Condor's and be- Sa:
gan the services. Elder Jones preached be(
a short sermon to a few people congre- th
gated at Garrett's, and at its conclusion the
started to join his brethren. On the on
he
fantastic garbs, with masked faces and an
equipped with fire-arms, who made an
him a prisoner. By the consent of the do
guard left over him he escaped and de
returned to Utah.
The mob, after leaving Elder Jones, an
proceeded to the house of Mr. Condor. Ti
Condor was standi g at the gate. They fea
made him a prisoner. Knowing the tie
mob was really after the elders, Condor sti
called his son and stepson, who were wi
in the garden, to defend the lives of the ve
men who were his guests. By this an
time Dave Hinson, who appeared to be ru
the leader of the mob, had approached an
the house. He entered, and finding of
Elder Gibbs there, he took a gun from sid
its place on the wall and without a. Ti
word of warning emptied its contents .pl
into the body of Gibbs, who fell to the to
floor dead.- Next the weapon. .was< .oi
turned on Henry Thompson, but Elder th
Berry, a powerful man, wrenched it to
from Hinson. By this time others of ta
the mob had entered the house, and th
seeing Berry had overpowered Hinson th
they shot four .bullets into his body.
Thompson, during the scuffle between op
Berry and Hinson, made good his es- ht
cape. sti
Martin Condor here engaged in a H
hand-to-?iand struggle with Hinson, wi
and he, too, was sho -down by the mob. qt
In the nieantime .' R. Hudson, the fr<
stepson of Condor, had made his way St
to the left of the house, where he pro- ra
cured a .gun and, returning, shot and ex
killed Hinson, but before he could fur- bc
ther avenge the wrongs done by the tb
mob he was himself slain. Thus, in -ni
one conflict, five lives went out.
:Not satisfied with their bloody work, fa
the mob, as an afterpiece, fired a volley si<
through the windows of the house, one of
of the bullets seriously wounding Mrs. tr
Condor. Governor Bates offeredIa re- t
ward of $100 for the arrest and convic- w
tion of any or all of the mob, the at
amount to be divided pr. rata, iccord.. ar
ing to the number- convicted.
In July, 187% Elders Joseph Stand- pc
ing and Rudger Clawson started from be
Union County, Ga., to attend the fo
State conference of elders in Chatta- fo
neoga County, in the Haywood Val- ei
ley. At Varnell Station they stoppe'd II
to visit a few Mormnor.s, becoming S<
guests of Mr. Holster. On the follow- ti
ing day, July 21, which was Monday, si
they started to go to the home of a is
family named Hogan, about a mile dis
tant, and wvere arrested by Joseph N. tt
Nations, Dave Nations, Hugh Blair, vi
Mack McCleer, Andrew Bradley, B:
Joseph Nations, James Fawcett, Berry wv
Clark, David Clark, Jeff Hunt, Wil- le
liam Nations and A. L. Smith. Most as
of these men we-re church members, hi
Berry Clark being a Baptist deacon. pi
The two elders were turned from the It
roadway into the woods, and as soon as be
the cover of the trees was gamned Stand- tl:
ing was shot in the face, dying instant- ly
ly. Next the gun wa po)inted at Claw- h<
son, who coolly falded his arms and to
commanded the mob to shoot. His it
bravery saved him, and he was let go, B
though he was refused the privilege nof t-r
taking care of his brother's body.
All the men named as participating el
in this violence were arrested, but none b<
wa convicted. In Ihis charge to the ti:
jury in the trial of Jasper N. .Nations of
Judge SIcC'utcheoni sa.id "If two or pi
more people combhine to commit an un- gi
lawful act, and while in the commis- y<
sion of said act, not having as its ob- w
ject the taking of life, one goes beyond ti:
the purpose and intention and homi- St<
cide is committed, he alone is guilty, ax
and the others are not guilty of, homi- fo
cide in any of its degrees as principal ar
or as accessories.'' Of course the prose- n<(
cution could not tell which individual M
of the company fired the fatal shot. eli
On the 2d1 day of September last four fe
young-elders--Eias S. Wright, James gr
H. Douglass, Thomas M. Hlolt and al
Asahel Fuller-p)reaching in West mn
Tennessee, were taken from their beds sb
at Jarnes T. Brook's by twenty-five ca
masked tren, "'ho carrl(d them in of
their nigh t clot!r.:s into the woods near to
by, and tying them to the' trunks of Iof
trees, lashed themz with bireh switches,. of
h elder receiving fifty stripes.
3esides these cases there have :b
rnorous mud baths and small w1
g bees, but, so far as is kno
y three elders, previously nan
e been killed, though two oti
,ppeared and no tidings of tb
Te ever been received.
ew people can be found, if any, 1
I say the coLduct of the Mort
ers is anything but upright, hot
i clean in the larger towns
es, and in no case has any finan
gularity ever been charged. T
scrupulously honest in money n
3, pay their debts promptly ani
1, and a promise made is kept to
er. But at this point the eul
ses and the speaker adds that
sis not the result of conscience,
he method of a shrewd hypoci
R. C. Hutchins, a travelling n
inected with an Atlanta .ho
ose trade calls him into -nef
,ry county of Alabama, Georgia
rnessee, says, the depredations
se wolves cannot be measured
ares. The numbers who go1
ah are but a tithe of their vict
to are found in ca%ins of the m<
ns by the hundreds and in la
ces by scores. Their trail is see:
ken familjes, estranged neigh1
i disgraced homes.
It all points where their meth
apt to attract attention the l
exceedingly circumspect; t
ore polygamy or freely denouno
little about the sacred plates,
ome largely immigrant agents
Utah Eldorado. Religion is pc
gallery,-and the harvests that ri
the plains of Utah, its fruits
rds, are put in the orchesfta ch:
d big apples, immense wheat yi
d the price of the grape are mad
service in recruiting the army of
uded. -
3ut in the mountainous coun
d the rural retreat it is differ
,e women are approached. T
rs, their little ambitions, weak v
s, and ever present and potentsu
tions are worked upon, and soon
fe, the mother, the sister, are
ts to Mormonism, and discon
d bickerings become frequent at
le fireplace where harmony, vi
d content ruled before. If thfJ
the family remains stubbornly
le the fold, then trickery comes
,e daughter is persuaded. to see
ce in a family at' some rail
cn. Soonshegoe to1tah. Je
sly handled, shepdshessngs
e mother follows; pesthx fa
, and the whole family felobic
ren from its ignorant- innocene
emountains is as deeply- burie
e hell whose other name is Utah.
[n not a few instances the Mort
enly urge the women to leave i
sbands and fathers, but inmost<
ategy prevails. "If,' continued
itchins, "a careful investigs
are made it would be found that t
arters of the girls who come d
>m the: hill counties of~these' t
ates to work in towns along
lrods soon leave, with little oc
planation, as Mormon cony
und for Utah. I have myself Wi
e last eighteen months been
tat of nearly fifty such cases."
'Tagedies." said Mr. Hutchins,
from Infrequent, though the
le world never hear of them bec
the paucity of news-gathering
insmitting facilities. Every
ere are suicides and homicide:
bich -Mormonismn must some
tswer.. Even now the avangeris I
Ld his growth will be swift
ighty. A secret otgnization,
sed almost wh6lly of young mel
ing rapily though cautic
red to fight Mormonism.
unded solely on moral grounds,
urches have nothing to do wit
oubt if a dozen editors in all
uthknow' of its existence. I li
at in several towns not a soul
i its membership'is aware that 1
such an organization.
"The Friends ofL Honor,. as they
emelves, do not propose to rese
olence, except in cases of great x
it whenever they find a Morm<
rk, that Mormon will be urge
we the obmmunity for his'own a
sisted to depart if he does not g
own tolition. This is simnply
eparatory word of the 'Frie
amediately the neighborhood
floded with information regar
e poisonous nature of,Utah phyi
,morally and eocially. The or
adquarters areat Guntersville, a:
wn in Marshall County, Ala., th<
originated in the hill countryba4
ookville, in Blount County,
igic affair, which is still a live t
"About two years ago a Mor
ir came into that neighborhood
gan his work. Among his first
us was Myra.Hutton, the daug
a small farmer. She was rs
'etty, unusually intelligent, ar
eat favorite. She was engaged
ung man named Huston, who lo
ith great displeasure on her belit
e Mormon doctrine. It was th4
yry over again. The girl left lb
Ld with a large party left Hunts
e Utah. The lover became mo
ed when some months later it bec
ised about in the neighborhood
is Hutson had married a Mor
ier, Huston committed suicide
v weeks later the girl, who
own disgusted with what she
rived home after a weary jour
ot of which had been on fOOt. E
e learned her lover's fate shd
me insa'ne and so remains. Brot
the dead lover and insane girl bai
gther .to fight Mormonism, an<
this compact has sprung the Fri
Honor.
"On a spiitual lin th rmo,i -
een never had marked- sucoess =
up- negro," continued Mr
wn, "This may havebeen- beesei
Led, Mormons did not relly e
ters negro in Utah and his-;oni
em their faith, and r:mainhnglbere'-w
militate against theh success
rho the whites. But withit pa e
Ion years a change has occurred_aicl
'est convinced the Mormons.are
md the bottom of-the present exWus
eial blacks that is causingso. ,n
hey sion in the South at ginsmoien
zat- guised as agents for contr i
in are iuietly at work m eal
the doctrines, yet making 'a-holae
ogy West' the mairtplea. Last>
all 200 negroes in -a lot left h
but for California. I have since
ite. that nearly every one is.n C
2an mon. Just-two weeks ag
2se, -Union, S. C., and. saw- sii
.rTy negroes start for Arkansas,'
nd sage paid in- advance. OiieM -
I of intelligent of the lottold m
by going to work on a=railroa&
to west, and they were -prmse,
ims homes at the end. of- the ..i '
Un- wa'-bout de Bocky-'Xiun
ger dosen't go for1muchrbt- :f
i in every fifth man had-a card.oa'
ors was-printed'the pretendedp
Joseph Smith, made in 1SY2
ods the war of the rebelhon s
iers I suspected something. - "
hey says a rebellion willbreako
it, Carolina and Spread-t6 al th
but ern States, who wili call
for Britian for aid; that the= slav
t in rise against their m iser a <
pen ciplinedfor war, and inth L;
and become free. The
s, wonderful.prophecy toid:
lds done gin it them.
e to "If I were- to go intogura '
the cluded Mr. Htchinsr.'.>r
there are to-day 10,000.
two Caroli~nas, Georgia
ent. Tennessee inoi
heir of Mormon; families ai
of society, from the rich ed
ani
ner- to the most iihterate:
the South knows. Bishop
charge of the Diocese-of
tent cently a pastor .ia as
the Mormonism. a; sp,cial su
rtue magnificent eloquence ha&
once been heard against
He declares-'it isa -lag +a
any.Egypt ever newa
k a dangerous than the.ya as .
more daring, -ecepti
i trigne thanny t
usly
-- inT
The number-aud; as:
ions StatesshortlyLto-be
heir Union,s the sbjett
ases- thoughtsk, and Aqs
Mr. "Our Wouldl-be Sta1Ii
tion lie's PopularK McntI$~-~
bree gives us mnuch viiabl
C)wn about Dakota; Montana?
bree ming, Washingtf5f r
the Mexico "The Prin2& oi,
Sno erland Edward~ s, fld
rts, dotes,~and portis
tinZ most celebrated. 3am '
cog- contributes a vaiuab
Chilian Capital," ... -
"r areVanishing" will b~~
out- interest "A.Decade I~
aus tory" isa page o
and .formerly but nologetk
year tion.; "Quinine adi~
for "HowEleiityi
day study for thi lover o~
or, -t of the number aeo
an -the utobeentif5 -
~om
1, is To b.Zeneted 2
usly --
Et is -That a .bag.of hots
and ragi.
a it- That warm borax waferw
the danruf
now That-salt shoudbean
out.- to aid digestion.
here- That milk which stand
mas bitter buttar
call That a hot, strong 1e n n&
rt to bedtime will break abd
ied. Thaf; it rests3u-hn~
gat chan'geyourpoioireea
i-to Thatrustyfatron
ood, over with beeswax dt
o of That a little soda~w
the sick headache caused by
ids.' That a cup of. strong
will move the odor of onii
ing breath.
ical- That tough mea s
ler's lying a few minutes in n
-iver That well ventilated-h
ugh prevent morninghedhe
~k of tude.
in a That a cup of hotwti
pc. meals will relieve naue
mon sia.
and .That a fever patient-ci
vic- cool and comfortabl
hter sponging. the body nightl
ther water. --
d a That one in afaint should
to a on his back, then loosen
>ked let him alone.
f in That cold tea should -
old your vinegar barreL t
ome easily and gives color and
vile That to beat the whitso
ody, ly, add a pinch of alt.
aine cold eggs froth rapidly,
that That the hair may bek
on ing outfterinessb
A cation to.thesealpotef
had That you can take -
saw, wash goods-by rubbpg -~
ney, yolkof an egg before
hien That 2white spotr
'be- furniture will disap
hers h paterom the
out Dr. Pierces PeUt
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