The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, April 18, 1889, Image 2

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ELBERT H. AULL, EDITOR. ELBERT H. AULL, t proprietors. WM. P. HOUSEAL, NEWBE RRY. S. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 1S. 1889. LET THE RAILROADS BE BUILT. The Supreme Court has filed the long looked for decision on the Act passed by the last Legislature declaring valid the township bonds which had been de clared invalid by the Court. The Court declares the validating Act constitu tional which makes the township bonds good. The Act provides- that no tax shall be paid on these, either interest or prin cipal, until the roads shall have been built in the townships that have voted the tax in aid of railroads. That will bE satisfactory to the majority of the peo ple, for very few will object to paying the tax, provided they could feel as sured that they would get the railroad! built. The Act does not provide frorx what date the interest on the bond shall begin, whether from the date o the in or when the road is built, bu WO' we are not to begin to pay tax until w get road. It may take another Act o the Legislature to determine from wha date interest shall be calculated. Thi is important, but can be discussed her after. Now that the great trouble that ha been made an excuse for delay in worl on the roads has been removed, we ea pect to see a large force of hands put t work on these roads leading to Nea berry, and trains running at an earl; date. If this is done the interest que. tion will not be such abig one. We were told by the managers of th Three C's Railroad Company durin the sitting of the last Legislature tha if the validating Act was passed, wor would be commenced on the August division within thirty days. It we passed and ninety days have elapse and no work has been commenced yel But the excuse was made that thez must be a dicision of the Suprem Court on the validating Act of th Legislature, and then work would 1 immediately commenced. Now we have the decision on th; question, and in favor of the constitt tionality of the Act, and we desire I see the railroads carry out the promises to go to work and comple the roads touching at our towns-tI Augusta division of the Three C's an the Columbia, New berry & Laurens. The Governor has granted a pardc to the two negros convicted in Picker of the lynching of a white man wi had committed an outrageous assau on the person of a little negro girl frol thbe effects of which she died. We thin the Governor has done the prop. thing in this case. We do not mean i justify lynching. It is wrong. For th one crinme, however, it has been ti consensus of public opinion that lync law should prevail, and we beliei there has never been a conviction b< To:reThfthis State for this offense. The assault on the negro girl in th case is said to have been an aggravate one. If lynchers are allowed to go fri in other cases, we do not think thei ignorant negroes ~should have bee made an example of, because they wei following in the footsteps of their mo: enlightened white neighbors. The verdict of the jury in this cat may have a salutary effect and have tendency to put a check to lynch lav We hope that it will. The election recently held in the ne State of Montana we suspect is a su prise and set back to- our Republica friends. It was generally believed tha all the new States would go Repubi can, but Montana has gone Democrati and elected two Democratic Congres men and two United States Senators. Maj. J. C. Hemphill, of the Neil and Courier, has been elected unan mnously editor in chief, to succeed Capi F. W. Dawsou. This is a high compl inent worthily bestowed. Mr. Hems hill will make a worthy successorC Capt. Dawson. It is thought now that Presideil Harrison's Southern policy will be t induce all Democrats that he can t join the ranks of the Republicans b: giving them as a reward for this sonm appointment to a Federal positiot That will not work, for the man wh would leave his party for the sake c a little money is worth very little t either party. Robert Smalls has been appoinfe< collector of customs at Beaufort, S. C The President does not seem to be in; hurry about making his South Car: lina appointments. President Harrison has been mor lavish in his recognition of the editor in his appointments to office of ho~no and money than any of his predeces sors. The following list will give somi idea of how the brethren have been re muembered: Whitelaw Reid, editor New Yorl Tribune, Mission to France. Allen Thborndike Rice, editor Norti American Review, Mission to Russia Murat Halstead, editor Cincinnat Commiercial Gazette, Mission to Ger many. J. S. Clarkson, editor Iowa Stat< Register, Fas5t Assistant Postmnastei General. John Hicks, editor Oshkosh North western, Mission to Peru. John C. New, editor Indianapolie Journal, Consul-General at London. Ellis H. Roberts, editor Utica Herald Assistant United States Treasurer al New York. Elijah Halfond, of Indianapolis Jour nal, Private Secretary. The Charleston World adds to thlu list the following who are probably tc be appointed: Colonel Elliott F. She d, editor os the New York Mail and Epress; Johr M. Francis, editor of the Troy Times Charles E. Fitch, editor of the Roches ten Democrat and Chronicle, and WV. J, Morgan, editor of the Buffalo Commrer cial-Advertiser. Mr. Harrison knows a good think when he sees it. We observe, however that the Southern editors are rathei fre from the list. IDEAL POLITICS. The News and Courier urges that no Democrats should sign petitions mak ing recommendations to President Har rison in the matter of filling Federal appointments, in order to make the President solely responsible for his ap pointments, to which the Greenville News replies: "We do not think this indicates a liberal or American spirit. We ought to remember that while before the elec tion we are Democrats and Republicansi the day after we are American citizens. We accept the will of the majority as our's and the government chosen by the majority as our's. That is the foundation idea of the Republican form of government. The Federal admiiuis tration is as much the property of the Democrats as of the Republicans; it as bound to protect the members of one party as of the other and its transactions are for the common good of all. The bad custom of our politics has made the rule that the offices at the disposal of the government are given to the members of the successful party; but that does not change the fact that members of all parties are interested in having the administration successful and honorable and the business of the government so conducted as to be for the good of all. If those persons placed at the head of the government prove by their acts that they are only moved by a partisan spirit, reckless of the public welfare and intent only on punishing their enemies and paying their friends, good citizens ought to refuse to take part with them or to help in the decisions of quarrels over the division of the f plunder. But if the administration should show thatit intends to be honest and to give the people dedent manage ment in the local Federal offices, if - there is an evident purpose to find the best and cleanest and least offensive Republicans, we think the people should meet the administration half : way and co-operate with it in the work - of hilling the Federal offices with good men or building up a Republican party of clean and strong material. If Presi dent Harrison should consult any Democrat regarding the best and most - acceptable of the applicants for any office we would think it the duty of that Democrat to give his opinion e promptly, honostly and freely; if a purpose is showed to seek and use ,t the best men of the President's party we think every Democrat should du what he can to help make that purpose a successful; if, in despair of finding fit 6 men in his own party the President d should offer an appointnment to- ary Democrat we think it would be the duty of that Democrat to accept if he could e ,onscientiously do so, with the under. e standing that his party allegiance wa, e not changed and with the determina tion to make a good officer. e It will be long, we fear, before thi: country has ideal politics-before met s will differ honestly on questions of . principle, vote fairly the results of theiL o thought and know no difference of par ties in the times between campaigns, rt But each citizen can hasten and heil :e the coming of that time by keepint ie steadily in his mind the real principles d purposes and meaning of our govern ment and living by and to them as far as he can. Democrats and Republicans are no1 n hostile forces with the interest of eacl in the destruction of the other. W4 s5 are all paris of the same body of citizens o0 banded together for our mutual protec t tion and our common good, with the same interests. hope and fate. Oui .differences are regarding the policie kbest for all of us. r We agree with the Greenville News 0 and publish this view of the News ir 's full because it expresses what ought tc e be in a government like ours, but wi h fear that it will be a long time befori e we reach this ideal. We have gotten ii - the habit of regarding each other a: enem1es and many of each party wil s5 rejoice at the errors and mistakes of th< dmembers of opposing parties, even if 11 e e.Tects the welfare of the country. e So far as recomniendations go, how n ever, we do not believe petitions anmouul e to much, for nearly every body wvil e sign a peiition, it niabters littie what i is or who it is. e While Democrats can make recoin a mendations they should remain Demo. Scrats, but whether Democrats or Re publicans, we are all interested in good government, whether the DemocratE or Bepublicans are in power. We art ' still citizens of the same country anc should feel an interest in its welfare. SWe invite attentiion to an article by e "Mack" on another proposed railroac for Newberry. Tbe State Press Association will meet in Charleston April 24th. Henry W. Grady has been invited to deliver at - address before the association. THE TOWNSH IP BON Ds. The Supreme Court Declares Constitotion al the Validating Act of the Last Ses slon of the Legislature. [Special to the News and Courier.) CoLUMBIA, April 15.-The decision in the now famous township bond cases was to-day rendered by the Su preme Court declaring constitutiona] *the Act of 1888, (the Validating Act > passed at the last session of the Legis. 'f lature.) . The bonds have been declared y, to be valid, and thc case wasjpractically decided in favor of the petitioners. The bonds are now in the harnds -of the Boston Trust and Safe Depositcom pny under a contract between the harleston,' Cincinnati~ and Chicago Railroad Company and the county Lcommissioners of York and Lancaster counties, and the Supreme Court de cides that it is unable to grant the re lif demanded through mandamus, but as the bonds have been decided valid, the county commissioners will doubtless cause the bonds to be de rlivered, and no further litigation is an ticipated, this decision practically put -ting an end to the entire township bond question. A LIFT FOR COL. BROWN. The Distinguished Barnweli Financier E!ected Vice President of a Two Mii lon Dol'ar SyndIcate. [Special to the News Courier.) BARNWELL, April ll.-Col Mike Brown has just received a telegram from Philadelphia informing him of his election, at a meeting held there yester day, to the vice presidency and director ship of the United Cotton Seed Oil Company of the United States, with E. H. Rowley, of Philadelphia, president. This is the company which has agreed in writing to locate a fifty thousand dollar mill at Barnwell and one at Sel ma. This company is composed of a syndicate of capitalists with two million dollars capital, for the purpose of organ izing oil mills, fertilizer factories and similiar enterprises throughout the South. A Familly Burned Alive. ATLANTA, April 11.-The house of W. P. Ward, a house carpenter and millwright, living in Robin county, was burned to the ground last night. The entire family, consisting of his wife and five small children, perished in the flames. The house was a small one, with a chimney in one end, and escapme whobrred for this reasnn. 'HIE \ENB-DER Y _&1 SAVED FIOM TIlE GALLOW S. The Black Lynchers of I'ickens are Par doned by Governor Riclardthon. [Special to the News and Courier.] COLUMIA, April 15.-As far as the weather was coneerned the general rnn of urmanity found thisapretty glooiy day, but to the majority of criminal! in the State who were under sent-nee of death it mu-;t hav. appeared to be, particularly bri-bt a'i pileasa't. ( er nor Richardson will leave the city to morrow on business and will absent for several days. He has had for some time a number of petitions asking for E:.:e cutive elemeny in several cases where the condemned rnen were to be hata-ngid in a few days, and this morning he took action on all of these cases. T'ie most important case acted on bV Governor Richardson lo-day was that of William C. Williams and Harrison Heyward, who were convicted at the last term of Court for Pickens County of the murder (by ly.ching; of Manse Waldrop, a white man, who criminally assaulted and thereby caused the death of Lula Sherman, a thirteen-year-old negro girl. These men were sentenced by Judge Norton to be haui:-ed on April 5, and were subsequently respited by the Governor until April 19. From the day after the conviction the Governor determined not to allow these men to be hanged, but to within f.ve minutes of final action he was undecid ed as to whether he would giant a full pardon, but he finally decided to do so. The petition asking for the pardon of these men is probably the largest ever presented to a Governor of this State. There were fifty-two separate petitions, signed by between 3,J00 and 4,000 per sons, the majority of whom are white. The Governor also received ove: a dozen personal letters from very prom inent gentlemen, asking himt to exer cise the executive power in behaif of these lynchers. When asked by the News and Cou rier representative to give a sta-ement of the reasons whien guided him in his action, the Governor said that no one could suppose for a moment that he app-oved of lynching after his action a few days ago, in giving prisoners, whose lives were in danger, a military guard, and instructing that guard to tire into any mob which might attempt to lynch those prisoners- but that he could not, in justice to the other race, allow these men to be made the first example of. - Many men had been lynched in South Carolina before these negroes lynched Waldrop, but in not a single instance had any one been punished. These negroes had broken the law, but they were .ignorant colored men and had seen lynchers go unpunished time and again. They were the first who had ever been convicted for this cl inie that was one step gained-but he could not allow them to be the example. If it had been the .econd time there had been a convict'on for this e' ime or i white men, who knew the law so much better, had oeen convicted, such elem ency would not have been shown. This was a warning to all white and colored, and in the future tho e convicted of lynching need not look to Iliim for help. He pardoned these men because of their ignorance, and because no white man bad been convicted of the crime. Died at the A;e of 110. [Correspondence G reenv ille News] - LcaUsss, April 15.-John Fielder, a very respected citizen of this county, died Inst Friday at the advancedI age of one hundred add ten years. A SKETCH OF H-S .lIFE. [Laurens Advertiser 17th.] On May 11th 1779, John Fielder was born, near the Natural Bridge, Vi -gi o'a. He died in this county April 11th 18S9. IHis parents were highly resp)ected and well educated Viigit:a people, an d be longed to the strict Scotch Presbyterian church. When John was 8 years of age in .787, the family moved from Va. to South Carolina, and settled on the Ty. ger River, near the present station known as Moore, on the P. R. & WV. C. railroad. A t the bireakinrg out of the war 1812, and entered the army as a volua teer. Soon after the wa r of 1812 his wife died leaving several children, three of whom, Mrs. Adehine WVest of Spartan. burg, Mrs. Elvira Jackson of Anderson county, and Mrs. Mary A. Parks of -Mississippi, still survive. In 18-52 he was again married to Mrs. Charlotte Fulton of Laurenis C'ounty and moved to her plantation, 122. miles f-om this place, where he died. His second wife died in about 12 years after the marriage, and two years later he wedded Miss Mary Anderson, . who survives him. He had always followed the avoca tion of farming and was successful. Despite the war and his extreme age he managed to gain a competency, and leaves bis widow in good circumstances. Until about three years ago, he was re markably active and su perintended his farm and transacted all his business with remarkable accuracy. In ISS4he walked four miles to vote the regular democratic ticket, at the age of 103. YOUNG MEN'S CHEISTIAN ASSOCIA TION. The State Convention in Session at Greenr vilie-Organization and Election of Offcers. GREENVILLE, April 13.--The State Convention of the Young Men's Chris tian Association met at 9:30 o'clock yesterday morning, 13.5 delegates be ing present from the various associa tions in the State. The convention was called to order by the ret.iring presi dent, D. B. Johnson, of Columbia, and was permanenty. organized by the elec tion of the following officers : WV. H. Day, Florence, President, WV. WV. Gil reath, Greenville, and J. M. McBride, Jr., Columbia, Vice Presidents; Warren DuAre, Spartanburg, Secretary ; J. R. Edwards, Prosperity, assistant Secre tary ; A. Crane Jones, Columbia, press Secretary. A LOSS TO SOUTH CAROLINA.. Charleston's Ex-Mayor to Quit His Old Home and Live In Alabarna. A. Courtenay, ex-Mayor of Charleston, and one of South Carolina's most dis tinguished citizens, has been elected piesident of the Bessemer Land Comn pany, -and will in future reside at Bes semer, Ala. Mr. Courtenay is one (If the trustees of the Peabody fund, and was Mayor of Charleston for eight years, including te memorable ear thquake period, when, he became known to the whole country. He is a valuable acquisition to the rapidly developing miineral dis tricts of Alabama. A Long Cotton R~ow. CHESTER, April 13.-WV. 0. Guy, living near Lowrysville, this county, is an active, pushing farmer. He has entered the contest for the prize of $1,03) offered by the' State Agri cultural Department and the Amenican Agriculturist for the largest y'eld of corn per acre, and will, with favorable seasons, either win or make somebody ustle. He says he has, perhaps, the longest cotton row in the State. It is laid off in spiral form, and is from end to end four and half miles in length. Six Babes at a Birth. NEW YoBK MIILS, Min-, April 11. -Mrs. Andrew Bubero, a Finnish woman living here, recently gave biath to six children ; three were born dead, the oterar-e still H1 iving. P iT P IHI T( OIlt PLACES. Tm,enty-two Thou-and Applications for Post Ottic<-1:u-h for Sulb-In"pectors' Place;. WASFINGTON, I). C., April 12.-The olice of the Fist Assistant Postmaster Gceral is being toverrnu with applica tins for the appointmnnts of fourth class postmasters and presidential posna-ter. Thius~ far during the month of A pr' thitre have been received at the lice of the Fir-t .\s-i--tant alone ovel 22,00 let ters containing applications o1 h - kind'. The P .nmaKtr General to-day ap ll ;ltCl -:-t- (i. 1iathii1one, of Hamil ton, Ohio, ciief post otlice inspector -Mr. flathbone is at preseut a menibei of the Legislature of Ohio. At one tilll he tilled the olice of chief pelsior examiner and previous to that timlt was chief of the Cincinnati division o the secret service division of the Trea sury Department. There are about 0 applicants for thi pcsitions of the 117 post office inspector emi,ployed by the Department. Fou hundred of these applieations are o! 1ile in the Pst Otliece )epartienit, al( .390 were lodged with the Civil Servic Coniissionl. THE AXE BEGINS TO FALL. Democratic Pn tal Clerk-4 Removed t Make 1Room for Republican Successors. [Register, 1th.] Though it is but a little over a mont since a Republican President was ir augu rated, the official a-.e for the do capitation o officeholders is beginnin to get in its work in the railway ma service. 1r. R. C. Clardy, who has proved a ellicient postal clerk on the route b< , ween Columbia and Laurens has rc ceved official notice that his place wi be filled at an early date, and his se: vices required no longer. The name< his successor is not yet known, ho' (Genial postal clerk Webb, who h: the run between liacksburg and thi city over the Three C's, has been not lied of his doom to retirement to pr vate life, and his successor, F. Loga by name, who is from Rutherfordtoi N. C., is now running with him 1 learn the ropes. On the 'occ Royal Railroad t? clerks, Messrs. Jones and Cleckle; have been removed, and clerk Rice u the rou hetween ('ha leston and Ai lgusta has also been notified of his in pendirg retirement. A LIVELY ROW IN CHURCH. A Liquor Seller Objects t> Some of Sa Small's Ltterances. P rrsT1SLla, Pa., April ln.-The io exciting episode of the Penosylvan prohibi tion calmpagii in Pittsburg o curred to-night at the Smithfield Stre Methodist Epi>copal Church. The Re Sam Snall wac aanounced to lectu and a fair-sized audience had assemble In one of the front seats Jacob Kelk who has a wine house .adjoining t1 chureb, had a place. In his usual vi orous sile Siall was paying his i spects to the saloon keeper, and Al Keller g -ew restive. He finally jumpi to his feet to protest against the app. cation of the tern "iaw-breakers" the men whao'.ell liquor. Mr. Small w not iociiined to listeni to Mr. Keller, b thie latter persisted. Then camec a voice from the back he chu rch crying, ''(Give it to hit he's one of them.z" Keller turned arout and threw is head back that he nmig look over his gold-rimmed glass< "You're a liar, you're a liar," he shot ed illreply, waving his hands. Thi camne crites of '"Put him out!,' 'Put hi out:" from the audience. "Oh, no," respoudelt Mr. Small; have ridden more obstreperous cte tures than that over the plains many time." The excitement ternporari ly su sided, but soon Keiler wvas on his fe nain. He waated to atsk a questi< in regard to cominensation. M .m aswered that thie United Stases S pemec Court had decided that prohil tioni w~as constitutional and did ni carry a compensation with it. Aga a mian in the rear of the church can in to help the lectt''rer, but Keller aski somei oither questons and took his sel Mr. Small ctonttied, Keller grew u easy again, however. and walked acre to the front of the church uotil lie w directly in front of the lectu--er. M< jumpled up all over the building cryii "Put hiniout!" "Send for the l.olEce and "Don't bother with him!" "Good ni'rt." said Keller, "I'll lea ou" and t~ur?xing he started down tl eentdal aisle. His retieat was t] si.mal for aa outbucst of hisses ar cheers. The noise seemed to e:;ci him. for he tui.zed aaid walked back few feet toward the pulpit, shaking 1: finger at Smzall. Thbis broug:it strong cheers and harder hisses, but, still sba ing his finger, Keller adva-iced to ti pulpit until he sLood in front of tI lecturer. Just as he reached this poi a dozen men swooped down on hir As niany men as could get a grip got and Kelier wvas pushed down the aisi Without delay the doors were thr-ov open and Mr. Keller went down stii There a woman. neatlty dressed, wl apeared to be about 50 years of as pushed through the crowd until si was directly in front of Mr. Kelil Looing him in the face, she said: am disgusted with you, sir; if no o else will atteod to you, I will." Wi that she drew back and hit him squal ly in the jaw, and wvent up staihs ai tok a seat in the audience. M1r. Small fii shed his lecture wit out further interrtuptiou, and thi Elder Crafts made a motion that t) audience ask Judge white to refu Mr. Keller a license. The motion w put andl adopted by a rising vote. TI church is one oi' the miost fashionat in the city.. TRAGEDY IN A NEGRO CHC URCH. An Aged Church Ofticial Fatally Shot by Young 1roth:er. LANCAsTER, April 13.-A Shockit tragedy occurred Tfhursday nigbt; Mount Meriah (negro) Church abol six miles from iown, in which A nde son McIlwain, an old church officih aged seventy -years, was seriously ar perhaps fatally shot by Calvin C. Cl; burn was charged, some time ago, wil being too intimate with Mc.Iwain daughter, and Thursday night'he wi brough t before the oWicials of the churC for trial. During the trial Ciyburn, wl is a young man, manifested much ba feeling, and McIlwain said to hmn "Calvin. You need not get mad, f< you know you are guilty." Clybur replied "you are a liar!" Mellwai then struck Civ burn with his cane, an Clyburn drew~his pistol and emptie every chamber at the old man, tw shots entering his bowels and one b left shoulder. The attending physicia ays the wounded nut will die. Cl: birn~f has surrendered to the Sheri an( been logdin. the County jail. Homicide in Lancaster. LANCASTER, Apr'{ 14.-There wel two homicides ~in Lancaster Count this week. Calvin Clvburn shot and killed Atr deon Mchlwaine on Thursday nigh The parties were both colored and t1L trouble arose about a woman. Abram Ferguson; white, shot an killed one of his tenants or laborers ta la about noon. The scene of bot homicides was in the country. The Georgia Confederate Home. AUGSTA, Ga., April 13.-In ta day's canvass of the business portion < Augusta citizens subscribed $1,800 i the Geoargia Confederate oTme. A GENEROUS DEED Mr. McCafferty Offers to Pay Williains' Debt and Save H im from Crison. [Special to the News and Courier.] COLCMBIa, April 11.-Through the kind heart of 31r. Charles McCatferty, the well-known Texas horse dealer who makes Coluimbia his headquarters half the year, it is probable that R. F. Vil lianis, otherwise known as "Cap," will escape trial iii Texas oi the charge of Sw'dliug. The News and Courier several days ago noted his arrest on this charge at the instance of the au thorites of San Antonio, Texas. Mr. McCaie:ty explains the circumstances as follows: Last year young Williams, who is a horse dealer in New Brook land, in Lexington County, opposite Columibia, killed a negro and ran away to Texas. Mr. McUafirty believed him inioceit and wrote to Mr. J. E. Price of San Antonio, one of the largest stock dealers in Texas, recommending the young man to his consideiation. \1 hen Williams was arrested in Texas for the killing Mr. Price was verv i kind to him and sent him mneals froi his table while he was in jail. Wit lams, when tried in Lexington, was acquitted. He returned to Texas and induced Mr. Price to let him have r carload of stock to sell here, promising payment in a given 6iime. That perio; expired and Mr. Price did not get f dollar of the money. At last he pul the matter in the hands of the lav officers of San Antonio with the resull aunounced. Out of consideration fo: William's family McCafferty has tele graphed to Mr. Price that he will be responsible for the debt, which amount 1 to 437.50, and for his -security ha takei a mortgage on the new Brook lands house and lots belonging to Wil nliam's father. If Mr. Price can get th< papers ,withdrawn, therefore, youitl Williams will escape. FEARFUL FOREST FIRES. Great Destrnction Wrought in Chesterfiel, and Darington. - [Darlington News.] SocIETY HILL, April 10.-The wood n in Chesterfield County up on Junipe , ('reek took fire on Saturday, the it] 0 inst. and drove furiously through th pine forest, which had been previousl worked for turpentine. A high win continuously prevailing, the who] country was soon swept by fire. Fence, stacks of forage, houses, cornwoot cross-ties and ever.thing was consun ed in its course. Many of the peop] buried their clothing and other effect in the earth to save them. On Saturda night the fire reached within a fei ' miles of this place, and the flames an smoke p:esented an awful spectacli driven to fury as they were by tb it continuous and terrible winds. 0 i Sunday evening the residence of M C- .. W. Witherspoon was in imminer ?t danger, and several times outhuilding c. were on fire. All the fencing was burne< re Here as elsewhere gentle women, m< 1. thers and children tossed the rail, ca r, ried water and worked with a strengt ie and courage that was indeed sublime 1 - save theic homes from destructioi e- Sunday night the fire, after crossin r. Cedar Creek into Darlington,was checl d ed near L M. E. T. Coker's. On Monda .i- morning, however, it broke out agail to and crossed the Camden road and tL as Darlington road towards Col. W. I t Evan's, where it wvas arrested befoi reaching his place, the wind havir f subsided. The loss has been terrible L Li the poor people of Chesterfield. It ic said that great balls of fire were see t lyving through the air for a distance< . a~quarter of a mile, the wind taking u - the dry wood and driving it along b ai fore it. There wa so much smol ra etiveloping everything that you coul not tell when a house was on fire unt I vou saw the flames. - - . a WAR SHIPS AT sAMOA. An Understanding Beached by the Unite states, England and Germany. WAsHINGTON, ApI. 10.-It is author . tatively stated at the Department t State to day that the three treaty po~ ers5 concerned in Samoan affairs-Eni eland, Germany and the United States *have reached an understanding; by tl .termis of which they will each keep bi one war vessel at Samoa pending ti: termination of the Berlin conferenc The vessel to be sent there by the Unitt sn States will be the A lert, a 1 ,000-ton shi now at Honointhi. The German corvet 'Sophie, now on her way out from Zan zibar, wvill represent German interest Swhile England wiTll doubtless order ti e Calliope to return to damoa from Sy e ney, or will replace her if she was m d terially damaged by the hurricane. eC'.rgae.tes Prohibited in Michigan. r LANsiNa. MicHi, April 1.-TI - House this moruing passed the Jacks< e cigarett bi.ll, which prohibits the man e facture, sale, keeping for sale, or givit t as:ay of any c;garettes oraniy imicati . .hereof, compo:.ed in whole or in pa , of tobacco, or any substance in t] . foi m of a cigaret te containing na-cot a elements. or any rice paper design< . for cigarette wrappers. Not an OffHcc-Seekers. I' [News and Courier, 12th.1 . e Ex-Mayor Courteny said to a b porter for The News and Courier la e- night that he was not an applicant i d the office of collector of the port Charleston; that he had not only n [i made ap)plicationl for this or .for au u other Federal oftice, but that he wou e not accept the most lucrative of po! se tions in the gift of the Government. s - e Eillied at Kershaw. e - [Special to the News and. Courier.] KERSHAW, April 14.-A difficul occurred here this evening, in whi< Thos McCravenl lost-his life, and Bei SHilton, the town marshal, was bad: wounded. McCraven ;mnd a man nam< SHarrison were drunk and boisterous< it the street. and when remonstrated wil t by H ilton commenced firing at hit -The officer was shot in the neck thr times. McCraven was shot six tim dand died about an hour after the shoc - ing. Hilton's wounds at this time a not considered dangerous unless son s un favorable symptoms set in. Harris< s had his arm broken by a pistol ball, ax his in the lockup awaiting the arrival the sheriff. No Hanging on Good Friday. n [Register, 16th.] dThe Governor yesterday granted respite in the case of T. P. Alexande > who.was convicted of murder at ti 5March~ term of e<ourt for Pickens Cout ntv an'd senitenced by Judge Norton b'e hanged on Friday next, the 19t inst. As that-day will be Good Frida the Governor has potponed the ez cution until May ..4th, when the sei tece of the law will be executed b tween the howrs of 10 a. m. and 2 p. n T ao Mistake they Mad. .[From the Philadelphia Times.] Some of the fellows who were clain ing a little while ago to have discovere d arrison are now kicking themselvi )- because they didnit take him into ti> woods and lose him. - - Good for Richmond's Confederate Home RICHMONr>, April 11.-4. ten-acre < - belonging to the Confederate Soldieri ,f Home property, purchased five yeal ago at a cost of $3,000, sold to-day f $4,00 C.n non. :Another Railroad. To theEditor o:The Herald and News: Now that the Supreme Court has de clared:the railroad bonds constitution al, we may naturally look for a new impetus to be .given -o the const-ue tion 'of railroads We would in the. briefest manner possible, call the at tention of the citizens of Newberry to a projected road, which might be brought to our town and if once built, would be second to no roal coming or to come to our city in the material bene:lts it i would bring to our city and county. t It is well known that a company has, for some time, been organized to build a road from Monroe, N. C., to Camack, Ga., via Winnsboro, S. C. The route of this road as contemplated, is, after leaving Winnsboro, running west to cross Broad River at or near Alston, then through apart of No. 10 and along the southern portion of No. 9 and cross Saluda not far from the mouth of Bush River. If you will examine a map of the route you will see that to make New berry a point, would cause a very little divergence from a straight line between Winnsboro, S. C. and Camack, Ga. Again, we would call attention to another project. that is spoken of. We allude to the building of a spur road from the Spartanburg road, and a railroad bridge across Broad River - to Col. D. A. Diekert's granite quaries on this river. Then if that is done, it would be possible to induce the authori ties of the Monroe, Winnsboro and Camack railroad to so change their original plans as to run from Winns boro to Col. Dickert's quaries, then run up the Columbia dirt road to near A. J. Williagham's, then along or near the line of the Henderson ferry road to near Owen Turnipseed's place, then bear to the right and cross the old s Buncombe road near A. J. Gibson's, r thence along or near the old Calmes road on to Newberry. The railroad can be graded from Broad River to d Newberry without a bi idge or a trestle ten feet high or a cut five feet deep, and then would not be more than one or two trestles or cuts. The line can e be located almost on a level-a most beautiful and at the same time a re niarkably cheap route. From Winns d boro to Broad River a most favorable and cheap route could be obtained, much better than to Alston. Now u what would this road do for our city? t and why should we make any effort to s secure it? We would say first that no - live town or city can afford to let a road run around her, and it is not to the h interest of any line to pass a town with o any trade because towns aie the main 1. feede!s of railroads. Again, look at the granite quari-s at Broad River and v all along more than half the line from ', the river to Newberry. All this granite r has been pronounced of superior quality.. T rhis granite industry wvould bring 1great wealth to our county, and while ~developing this industry other and new ones wvould spring up, adding to our weaith and population. Newberry -should profit by past experience. She e let a road pass her by that would have i been a most important feeder, and which with reasonable effort could have been secured. The Board of Trade would de well to give this mat ,ter some attention. Now, Mr. Editor, this is only a rough draft, but it may turn the atten I- tidhi ofour citizens towhat might prove f to be the greatest enterprise of years. Think of the trade of all the Eastern portion of our county, that now goes to ie other markets. Think of the immense it quantities of granite that the world wants, and which, as it is, brings no Srevenue to the owners, and then say p if you can it is not a noble project. It e would be a good thing for us if the road was built from Col. Dickert's to New berry. Every township through which I- it would pass would give aid liberally. - The whole line would be graded by the citizens of those townships. MACK. A PRINCELY BRr'DAL PRESENT. in Mr. Rockfeller Said to Havd Given 81,000, ooo00 to His Daughter. CLEVE LA ND, A pril 10.-It has been learned from friends of the Rockefeller e family here that when Miss Bessie cRokefeller was married a short time d ago to Charles A. Strong,' son of the Rev. A.-H. Strong, D. D)., President of the Rociiester Theological Seminaryf her father made her a present of $1, 000,00. The money wili undoubtedly be in vested through Mr. Rockefeller, as the Stobject of his son-in-law in goingabroad tr -is to complete .his study of. theology, of and in any event his knowledge of business ls~limited. T ihe gift creates no surprise here. A 'ygentleman very elose to the family savs lithat at one time, no.t lodg.ago, John D. ~Rockefeller had $17,000,000 in money on deposit in New York bariks. This was not referred to, of -course, as repr. sentig his wealth. It was a fund kept on hand for immediate use in big schemes. 5 They Want Mr. Wanamaker's Salary. Ly [Philadelphia Times.) When the Times published last Sun Sday the incident .relating to the Post master General drawing his first salary - and his remark' that he didn't know e what to do with the $577.78, it wasread s all over the country, and the result is ~ that Mr. Wanamater has received about ee five hundred letters asking for the emoney. A fire company in a remote Ldow sggests that he give it the money to buy a tire engine.. A woman wrote asking for the money to start a building fund for a church. A mnan wants the money for a school,- and any quantity of families in "reduced circumstances" would like the Postmaster General to forward his first salary to them. aJackson Wet Again. SJACKSON, MISS., April 10.-Jackson, :oafter being dry nearly two and a half hyears, is again a wet town. The first rsaloon opened to-daty under the local opinlaw, to he followed to-morrow ~'by three others and later on by as many Smore. -Under special Act of the last SLegislature the City Council fixed' the license at $2,000, half of this amount be ing a city tax. This is perhaps as high aaliese as there isin the United States. While the County voted wet, it 'is not rot'able that there will be saloons any .. where else than here, owing to .the pro d vision of the law requiring tw'entf~-five i real estate owners to sign an~appUc-ent's p etition. Worth~ Nearly Ten'MHnlons. PHILADELPHIA, April 1.-The ap it praisers appointed to make a complete apapraisement of the personal effeetsof *a the late philanthropist, Isaiah V. Wil r liamson, have estimated hi~s effects at do 9 8n,639 DISEASED_BLOOD. tnmors. Blotches. Sores. Scalcs, Crusts, and Loss of Hair Cured errible Blood Poison. Suffered all a man could suffer and live. Face and body covered with awful sores. Used theCuticura Hemidies ten weeks an is practically cured. A rentarkable case. I contracted t terrible ti5od-poisonil is ls, neither of whom it e any I. utlered :iIl :a n:1n can sutlir and live. o lear ng of your ('t'rtrt it.1REIW I couclud O try tleni, ktioWiz if they did te nober' hey could inake tme no worse. I have beet isi, themu about ten weeks, aid :tn most - mppy to say that 1 n1u alinost rid ot i w u1 sores that covered my fate and hotly. 31y tsIe ws a- had, if not worse, th:itt that of tliss l 'oyntun. spoket of in your hook, :tid I 'lid say to ay oi in the satne coidition. o usd sa trt"ty and they will surely he t'e(l. tou may se this letter in the interests t >f sutteriug hutamityF. W. REY O0.o Ashlanld, 1)1h10 Covered with Running Sores 17 yesrs. I have been troubled with s kli11 at ties isease for seven teen years. - was one running sore, and my r. Iw:a "overed with them as large as a thalf dotlar. [ tried a great niany remedies without eiet ant ii I used the 6-Tta"1ttA 1:MIt lxtts, andl m thsnkful to state that after two nths f their use I am entirely cured I feel it miy luty to oti and the amblic to st,tte the tx ve Dug and Scratched 3$ years. [go Mr Denis Dowedin ten years better. I have dug atnd scratched for thirty-Plghlt rears. I had what is ternied prurit is, and have suffered everything, and tried a ntin ber of doctors but got no relict. Anybody - could have got ;5O0 had thev cured tie. The CUTICURA REMEDIEs curea me. (iod bless the man who iyti ed CT IC dg.tA! M CHEN~EY (iREEN, Cambridge.:Moss. Cuticura Remedies Are sold-everywhere. Price, CUTtICA. 0c.; SOAP. ItF_SLVFNT $1. Prepared the Po-TEaDaC A~ CH~1IALCOKPkORATIOE, Bostol. .Send for "How to Cure Skin Diseases," 6. pages, 50illustrat-on and lOt te.tinoniads. DIIPLES, black-heads, chapped and oily skin provented by CU-rictIA MEII CATEI) SOAP. ACHING SIDES AND BACK Hip, kidney, and uterine pairs and weaknesses relieved in one moment hv the Cnticura Anti-Pain Plaster. the fIrst and only instantaneous pain-kllng, strengthening plaster. New Advertisements. Look at This 1 HANDSOME Rosewood Piano, -finished back and front alike, including elegant stool and French embossed cover. Worth $150-will take $90 cash. Party obliged to sell. Apply at this office. SPRING SUITS RE ALL THE RtGE HIERE. THOSE who have seen the display of Spring CLOTHING Iamshowingthis season claim it to be not only the largest stock, but the best assort ment of styles and pattern sthat are shown in the city. For the beauty of get up and 'rim ming tnothing excels them. You will find only the correct styles and fashionable goods of the season, made in. Sack Suits, Cutaway Suits, Prince Arthur Suits and Pri"ce Albert Suits, in foreign and domestVc goods. I am showing a beautiful line of Simond's Patterns this season at low prices. in slims stou, fat and regular sIzes, in Cutaways and Sack Suits. I have the best line of Cheviots at $12.50 that has ever been shown in the city. Call and see them. Bear in mind I will not e undeold by any .one havin'g the. same clss of goods that Icarry. STRAW -HATS. This is the largest and most complete as sortment of Straw goods ever produced In this city, over 150 cases of Straw Hats, In every style, qgality, shape and price. - I have a special line in these Hats, with a patent lace band, which Is the latest novelty introduced this season, in aln the popular styles and qualities of Straw. I have control of this special Hat, and it can only be had at this store. This patent band, was patented on January 29th last, at the time these goods were ordered to be made. My line of Stiff and Soft Ha's. in all the Spring shades, are ready for your inspection, and I will be pleased to show them, in order that you may be posted in the correct styles before making your purchases. I am always willing that you should look through this entire stock, not in a hurry, but areilly, and make your selections accord ingly. I have every advantage for you to do this-he best lIgh~ted store and the best as sorted stock for yor critical inspection. Be sure to call and see what .1 hav e In store for M. L. KINARD. Columbia, S. C. tockholders' Meeting. - NEwBERRY COTTON MILLS, NEWBERRY, S. C., April 10th, 1889. T E Annual meeting of the Stock .holders of the Newberry Cotton Mills will be held, in Knights of Honor Hall at Newberry, S. C., on Wednes ay, May 1st, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, for the election of ~a Board of Directors fo-r the ensuing year and for the transaction of- all other -business which may properly come before said meeting. GEO. S. MOwER, - - Secretary. NOTICE. -COdNCIL CIIAMBERs, NEwBER RY, S. C., April 10, 1&S9. OTICE is hereby given that all ap plications for the offices of Clerk andTreasurer of the Town ofNewberry, Street Overseer, Lamp Lighter, and position on the Police force must be fled with the undersigned on .or before Thursday, A pril 18th, 1889. Each application for a position on the Police force must be in the hand witing of the-.applicant. 3y order : JOHN S. FAIR, C. T. & T. C. N. AVING madesettlementon the es tate of Benjamin F. Paysinger, de ceased, I will apply to the Judge of Probate for Newberry County, South Carolina, on Monday the 13th day of May 1889, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, for a final discharge as Administratrix of said estate. ELIZA A. PAYSINGER, .Administratrix. STAE 20ED0(1A A880IATIO0, '-CARLESTON, S. C., -.March16, 1889. 'T E next Annual Meeting of the .LSouth Carolina Medical Associa tion will be held in Charleston, S. C., oonWednday, April 24, 1889. An Address- will be delivered by Dr. Robert Battey, of Rome, Ga. - Ex.cursion rates will be obtainable on all roads leading to the city, as the Floral Fair will occur durizig that W.. TABER,.M. D., President. C PEYRE PORCHER, I. D., .. Secretary. E W FIRM. HAVING sold out Harmon's store to Messs. Durham & Mahon I re spectfully recommend them t.o my friends and former customers who for so maanyyears have Tiberally' patronized me. - . *THOS. F. HARMON. We have bought out .Harmon's store and are prepared to offer bargains.-. Come ne and all and see for yourselves, we promise fair and courteous -dealing and intend to do all we can to serve SEED CORN ANI) xerman Millet FOR SALE BY r,+, MAR TIN, NOTICE. E, the undersigned, positively re fuse to run acoulnts or credit par ies thmt ha1ve not paid their accounts 1full to date. E. CABAN ISS. .JAS. SING LETON\. T. G. WILLIAMS. J. B. DANIEL. al8H ThSEesrieo E0.A.SCOTtNew YorkCits HINDERCORNS. The nnly su' C'ure for Corn. 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