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"ELBE T I. A ULL, EDTrn. ELBERT H. AULL, Proprietors. WM. P. HOUSEAL. jNEWBERRY. S. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1889. THE COUNTY SHOULD PAY CASH. e took occasion last week to say that it was poor economy for the Legislature w to make the levy of tax so small that enough funds were not forthcoming for the County Commisioners to pay cash for work when they had it done: - ut the condition of the school fund in the county is stillworse. Out of $8,803.79 paid toteachers,only $2944 34 is paid when the work is done and the teachers have to wait from one year and less for their money, or sell their claims at a heavy dis count. One township, No. 5, we believe, bas funds to run the schools on a cash basis. This was done by running the schools for a less time and accumulating some money so as to go on a cash basis. This should be done in all the townships. or an additional tax should be levied to catch up and get on a cash basis. A tax of one-half mill each year, for four years, it is said, will place the schools where the teachers can be paid promptly for their services. We are inclined to the latter plan, for the school term is short enough, but we think either preferable to the present credit system. The public should pay cash for what it has done. SUMM3ER EXCURSION TICKETS. Ticket Agent, A. M. Moseley, charges The Herald and News with making erroneous statements in regard to summer excursion tickets in its issue of July 25th. The Herald and News has do desire to do the railroad, or Ticket Agent Moseley, any injustice, and his correction would have been published in this paper if it had been offered us. We were in error n stating that these tickets were not yet on sale, for as matter of fact, they were on sale on July 25th, but as to the exact date upon which they were put on sale we have been unable to learn; although we pid-to "the official authority" of which Mr. Moseley speaks. And we might state that we talked this statement of ours of July 25th over with Mr. Moseley. and tried to find out from him when tickets were put on sale here, and told him who the party was that wanted the ticket to Spartanburg, and who was told by Mr. Moseley they were not or sale. We -desired'to find out the exact ate upon which tickets were .put on zale so that if an ;uujustice had been done any one, we might make proper amends, but --we could not find o.it and hence we made no statement. But as Mr. Moseley has rushed inte print himself, we will tell him exactly why we wrote our article of July 25thi.. Th a gentleman. whose name Mr. Moseley hasa andwho is atruthful man, told uson July 24th that he was going to Greenwood to buy his tickets to Spartanburg. That ex cursion tickets had been advertised to1 on sale at Newberry, b p. plied for them here . told by the ticket agent that he hdi no such tickets, ths.t he could sell him'a round trip ticket to Spartanburg, but it would cost him gedammrmiin gular fare. This was on July 9th or 16th, we have since learned. The gentleman cannot fix 'definitely which date. These --- era 'advertised to be on sale June Stekets "have been on sale" as Mr. Mose ~ley would try to make the public believe - for so long a time, even from the 1st of June, if he had the tickets and refused to 'sell this gentleman, then the fault is. Mr. ~Moseley's and not the railroads. It seems that Mr. Moseley gave this gentleman no epatinnor intimation as to when he In our statement of July 25th we did -not suppose there was any fault in the t, but that the fault was with the' What we wanted to know was should put tickets on nwood before they were put u1se rry. This Mr. Moseley does flo depe oseley, the fare to Spartan d return, good to October $4.55, but at the time this gentle man applied for the ticket, and some six Sor seven weeks after these tickets were .advertised to beon sale, you told him you co-uld sell him a return ticket, but it -would cost him $6.30, and at that time, as he understood it. tickets were on sale ~Greenwood, good for the round trip We are done with this question now. We would have made the correction in so. far as we were in error, on August 1st, ~of: our own accord, if we could have learned from this "official authority"' when these , tickets were first put on sale here. That we don't know yet. Now we have endeavored~ to give Mr. Moseley the facts upon which our first article was based, and we hope the expla nation Mr. Moseley desires is satisfactory. If Mr. Moseley desires the name of the gentleman who applied for the tickets, and the names of the other gentlemen who heard Mr. Moseley say he could only sell -him a round trip ticket for 8'6.30, he can get them by calling on the editor of this paper. YEL'DELL iS ACQUITTED. John Yeldell alias the Rev. E. F. Flemon has been acquitted. Nothing strange in this. He was tried in Edge- t fid by a white jury on the charge of ~ murdering a white man, and he a negro Tid yet hie is acquitted. He had a bufSosed of good men. Wa .giysiC degeihee..or tnat comes to ti dwellers in cities may yet be takt away from us. And it gives a go< - solid basis for life's work, in wha ever sphere it may be. Evei man, whatever his work may b is the better for a knowledge of ti principles of mechanics and ti -possession of some mechaical ski: The hammer and the saw hal their place in every life. And -pecially should this industri -training be'made an integral pa of all the efforts for the educati< of the freedmen. They sadly ne it. If we would solve the gre problem that grows out of thi presence and condition, we mi bring them into the manliness tb himself famons and the Ke:aessor of a national reputat ri in a'in't day. If is aafe b1yev '1"i be ho. im1t; or outh Carolina in the bosa:of hsis ;riends in Pittsburg, ar.d we hope ho vill remain there the baan-e of hif days. And we ca-n aj'ame theso I'ittghnrg fellows a few more if they want them. A STANDDiG SHAME. Newberry has many things of which she should be justly proud. Her college over looking the town, is an institution in which her boys may be educated and in whose success she should feel a lively in terest. Her Cotton Mill is an institution which bespeaks the wisdom of its pro jectors and to which she may point the stranger with just pride as an evidence of her enterprise. Her Opera House is a magnificent building and an ornament to the town. Her merchants are good busi ness men. The smallest boy in the town could easily point out these objects to the stranger in our midst. But, alas ! there is a place, whithei we are all hastening, the condition of which,. and the manner in which it is kept, does seem to us to be a standing shame to the people of this comn munity. The cities of the silent dead, the last resting places of friends and loved ones, should receive some care and atten tion from the living. The old cemetery where lie the remains of the great and lamented O'Neall, is turned over to deso lation and ruin, almost. Then what shal we say of Rosemont. A beautiful name But what is there in it that shows the car( and attention of loving hands. The soughing of the pines and the wrankle of weeds mark the spot. We havc long thought that some arrangemeni should be made by the town to keep thi: cemetery in such condition as is becoming a town of this size. Now we feel a per sonal interest in this place. Just sii months ago we buried here an onl} daughter, a bright and sweet little girl o1 seven summers, and we feel more interesi in the place than ever before. And whai family in Newberry that has not a similai interest in it. There are very few hearth stones that have not a vacant chair. There should be a house built in the corner of the cemetery towards town ani a keeper employed whose business ii should be to keep the whole place in good condition. If it is not the proper thing for the town to do this, then let the trus tees of the cemetery, or the parties wh< have lo' 3 there, go to work and do i themselves. We hope some one will movE in this matter. We lhave no plan to offei now. We simply desire to direct atten tion to the necessity and importance o doing sometbing. We do think that the public spirit o the citizens of Newberry, to put it on tha ground, should see to it, that Rosemon1 Cemetery be kept :u a more attractivc condition than it is at present. THE SOUTH'S COTTON MI.LS. The Manufacturer's Record of recen1 date has an article on this subject iz which it publishes statistics from all the mils in the othomflpiled up to Jul: 31st, l8~There are according to, thes' sacs355'mills in the South running ~3,68 spindles and-'45,000 looms, being twice as many mills and three times ai many spindles and looms as were in oper ation in 1880. The tendency seems to b< to build mills of greater capacity. Ther4 are many new mifls now throughout th< South in process of erection not includei in this list. The South which produces the cotton is destined at an early date t< manufacture the greater propoidion North Carolina leads the list in the num of mills, having 111. Georgia eadsi 55,998.So at on mlls, but 417,730 spindles, and has more oms than any other State, 10,687. Georgia is next with 10,246 looms. The Record says the total consumption fcotton in the world is from 10,000,000Oto 1,000,000 bales, of which the south pro uces 7,000,000 bales. It is estimated that here is a total of 77,110,000 spindles in e world. Great Britiau having over ne-half or 42,000,000, and the United tates having only about 13,000,000. In 880 all the American mills consumed ~)ly 1,570,342 bales of cotton, not quite ne-fomt1h of an average crop. It would iem from these figures that the South aising over one-half the entire cotton rop of the world would have plenty om for more cotton mills and that cot n manufacture here ought to be profit ble, having the cotton right at home and il the other facilities as convenient and lentiful for the manufacture as any ther section of the country. There has been considerable excite nent-and stir in Atlanta about the Atlan postoffice. A Republican has been ap ointed postmaster. The postmaster ap ,oinfed a colored clerk in the office, and mdertook to formally introduce him to a young lady and her father as their fellow ,lrk. Both these have resigned, and the eople of Atlanta are indignant at tkFs at empt at social equality. First Assistant >'stmaster General Clarkson, says the rouble was caused by the appointment fa negro clerk under the civil service aw, who stood the best examination. Mr. larkson seems to be unable or unwilling otell the truth about the matter. It is stated that Capt. B. iR. Tillman 1l be a candidate for Governor next ear. That the ia rangements were made tPendleton lest w. sk. Hon. J. C. heppard is also said to be a candidate. Ye hardly be1ieve Edgefield 5 :11 put out wo men for the same place on the State ket. Edgefield people arenphd hat way.- ., -~ -turned loose"1 the Great Spirit should punish th< alfor "any harm done the foolish esimpleminded." ~He was daring, fearless, and rec less in danger; a most distinguish scientific man, and much belov Sby the young men of his surv< 'His death during the past y ear v egreatly mourned. Reassuring His Honor. [From the Irish Times] alrcastic lawyer, during the trial c rtcase made use of the expression "O nnot your pearls before swine."' Si sequently, as he rose to make the ari tment, the Judge facetiously remark< "Be careful, Mr. S., not to cast y< pearls before swine.'' "Don't t alarmed, your Honor, I am about at adde the jury not the Court." THE LAW TAKEs-ITS COURSE. ( Teldell Tried at E:dgeftld anid Acegqaittled :hickwell'% Friea4 Make Vilent Threats and' Yeidcli is Carried Away Safely on a Special Train. [Speti.l to the Augusta Chronicle.] a IEn:im: li, S. C., Aug. ]0.--The prisonerappeared without any absorb- i ing interest in the trial, but watched the proceedings closely. After the coiml-, pletion of the jury the State began ex anining its witnesses. The history of the crime was not a startling one, and the crowds that packed the court room were well acquainted with all its do tails as below. The most startling thing in the trial was the announcement of the defence that they would offer no testimony; yet this was most natural owing to the contradictory statemeuts of the wit nesses, which were direct ly opposite in most cases. Then they contradicted their testimony at former trials, all of which was carefully noted by the de i fence and weaved into a strong case. It was very evident that the State's side was very weak and it was the gene ral opinion that when the jury went out that the result would be a mistrial or a verdict of not guilty. NOT (:rlLTY. It was no surprise then when, at half , past nine, the jury announced that they had agreed, and JohnYeldell was found not guilty. There was a disposition to cheer on the part of the colored popula tion, but it was smothered in its in cipiency. There are ominous looks on the faces of the Dark Corner crowd, who.have been awaiting the verdict. 1 They feel despondent too that a jury of twelve white men should have ac quitted John Yeld-ll of the murder of James S. Blackwell. Mr. J. Warnock Echols will return to Pittsburg. His reception can be im agnied. The result to him, as be ex pressed it before the trial, will be an in creased practice that will be worth thousands. Yeldell is still confined in jail for safe keeping. He would not be molest ed by the people of Edgefield, but it is feared that there are some here at whose ! hands he would meet violence. DISGUST OF THE DARK CORNER. [Special to the News and Courier.] COLUMBIA, August 11.-When this dispatch is published in The News and Courier, John Yeldell will be "over the hills and far away" in North Carolina. bound for Pittsburg, whole in body and happy in niind. The story of his de parture will interest the public. I My report to the News and Courier closed at 10 o'clock last night with the statement that Yeldell was protected in jail by twenty rifles, but that although there was indignation among visitors from the Darke Corner of Edgefield, no disorderly conduct. bad followed the verdict. It was not proposed to exag gerate the danger of a iynching or to, construct a sensation out of the rumors. It would not do to take it for granted that citizens of Edgerield intended to fdisgrace this county by killing a man just acquitted byoneof the best juries. Mr. Walsh, the special correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle, and the writer determined not to anticipate any lwlessness in our dispatches, but to await the eveuts of the night. We ac cordiugly remained 4bout the jail until after 4 a. m., when our papers had gone to press, having ade in advance rrangements to send immediate .ad vices of any attack on the jail or prison er. No attack was made, and no fur ther dispatches were sent. Thbe situation wisinteresting in Edge field last night. The verdict had reatly aggravated the intense feeling of Bla~ckwell's friends in the Dark Cor ner. Some . were outspoken, others whispered. There was plenty of rumor, but little fact. It was discovered after midnight that sentinels had beed posted on the road leading out of town and placed in a corn field back of the jail in order to intercept Yeldell in case he should leave shelter. An oriX of the prisoner's release had been signed by the Judge, but not pre sented tg the sheriff', as it was intended that he should remain in jail until morning. There was no crowd on the square, but groups of . men were gathered in the tal' earnes"""56ie of the ark er men Ad been drinking, but were not at. Press Blackwell, the prosecu- f tor in thbe case and cousin of the Black- 1,4 well who had been slain, was very em-t; hatic in his declarations. He told a i p arty of a dozen men, including Sheriff rj Ouzts, that while he would not inter- f tfere with Yeldell in the Sheriff's hands' e would kill him as soon as he left h is custody. John Black well, a brother of the deceased, made equal threats. c These men should have been at once11 placed under peace bonds, but they r were not, and their example told on c thaose of their neighdors who were on he grounds. There could not have i been more than a score of Dark Corner t men, however. Twenty members of si he Edgefield Rifles were in the jail tb guarding it all night-.s TH E WEL( 031E DAW.N. p The hours passed, the moon declined PU nd the hundred people in the square at iwidled to a score. Daylight ap- h proached, and it became evident that ,h the jail would not be attacked. At b daylight a few men Were still about .t b the jail, but these were chiefly citizens glc of the town wvho wished to defeat the tb3 purpose of the discontented few. P:E Messrs Benet and Echols had made ar-. rangements to leave for Trenton at&830 if . ., taking Yeldell "and a small hI posse with them, intending to board be the0:20 train for Columbia, but they pt ould not secure transportation.. FEARS OF A ROADSIDE A iTACK. The Blackweils and these friends *of were still about, and Sheriff Ouizts de- de dared that an attack on the road was a f ertain if they attempted to move Yel- wI dell from the jail to -Trenton. Then Tl Mr. Benet and the sheriff visited Judge Bi Pressley, the writer accompanying, w( and laid the facts before him, a f A DETERMIfNED) JUDGE. The Judge's ideas on the subject in were,positive, and he expressed them emphatically. He thought that peace varrnts ought to be sworn out against the lackwells and every man associ- fie ted with them; that they should be H rrested and searched for concealed co: eaos, and he pledged himself to wl put them in jail, even to the number of w'i fifty. until they gave good, heavy he surety that they would keep the peace.. ll ho hadl coneeWeil3afCI coections~ iould be p)roseeu.tr.h hu alf la r of 1$04 gedos inNRddTjiytr equally riofound Teewere .vr150,000 of these coined, but not one was9 ist ever k'nown to.be .1 iriculation. m On the other hand. bnt 7,000 quar' or ter dollars were-coided in.tatty year, and specimens of those are m every -collection and.rnmimatist's shop. d Wh*.Pay rtie Iiaggna AnTis d [Fromthe Phailadelpbia Riecord.] -Y lt is-something: oft a suprise, to a*find in thne coib'ins~ of the carefuil Tomi)nefrcial Blet in. oft Boston)1, the assertion that the N orthern cot ton mills . p;t, o the h.eavy jumt( -baggii~naTi4 tal~ tie.s '.itli wlich >tton is ineagedl., . Th..:.phintel pais for bagg'iu'g and 1iit-U ad oet St of h is cotton~ is- fixedi in a mre b- where the :tar'e is deducted from - dry bale; and.-the.K orthernl cottor d, mills buy and pay accordingly e Don't disgust everybody by hawkinig to blowing and spitting, but use Dr. Sage'm . C.>tarrwh Uemndy arid bn c.urrd. 'arolina Road, would allow the engine 1 lien lying at tbe Edgefield station to ake Yeldell to Aiken. Mr. Whaley was .n his Sunday's best. but he was willing o don his overalls and give up his lay's rest to prevent any disgraceful Lttack on Yeldell. This was just the thing. Mr. Benet umped at the suggestion. Hastening o the station, he succeeded at last in 1 stablishing communication with Mr. 1 averill at Sunimerville, asking the uestion and stating the. situation. AIDED BY AVERILL. He speedily received the following nswer, which does honor to the otlicer vho sent it: SrMMIERVILLE, August 11.-W. C. enet, Edgefield: Let me know what on want in way of train and I will urnish it promptly and. take party blrough to Columbia, if necessary. lad i better send engine quietly from Oiken, or do you think it safe to fire up he one at Edgefield? I am in office ,nd will help you all I can. J. H. AVERILL, Superintendent. Mr. Benet chose the engine at Edge ield, and wiren that he would prefer to o to Columbia. The rollowing dis atches were then received : SUMMERVI LLE, August 1l.-Conduc or Boatright and Engineer Whaley : )bey only orders given you by W. C. 3enet, and bring him and any parties ie may order to Aiken. Stick to your )osts and hold yourselves independent f all outside influenee. J. H. AVERILL. SUMMERVILLE, August 11.-Aug. 1. Taylor, Agent, Edgefield. Notify :onduc~tor and engineer that they will ;o through to Columbia, and will get heir orders at Aiken. J. H. AVERILL. The conductor being in the country, :.he superintendent instructed the en ;ineer to "come-right along without :onductor Boatright." GETTING READY TO GO. The preparations for leaving were lade quickly and quietly. The engine was fired up and a posse organzed of volunteers. Most of them were young nen of the town, a majority members )f the Edgefield, or as they were after ,ards dubbed, the Yeldell Rifles. Their Iames were R. S. Anderson, R. P. Covar, A. T. Covar, Joe Ouzts, H. Kearsey, James Paul, Hugh Anderson, John E. Paul, St Julien Bland, 1). A. rompkins, N. G. Gonzales, M. P. Walsh, H. R. Hill, T. B. Lanhan, T. W. Dean, H. C. Bee, J. ). Holston, . J. E. Hart, Wm. H. Ouzt.s. Most of their were armed with rifles, the remainder with pistols. It was only few minutes before the start that I )utsiders knew of the purpose to remove Yeldell. Tie .sher:tt in com mand of the posse entered the jail and escorted - Yeldell out at 2.45 p. nI. Headed by Messrs Benet and Echols the body marched half a mile to the station, where they embarked in a 3ombination car attached to the engine. OFF FROM EDGEFIELD. In a few moments the train was fly ng at full speed towards Trenton. rhere were no hostiles at Trenton. The patrollers on the broad road were ircumvented at this point. The sheriff d Solicitor Nelson, who had accom panied the party, got off to return to Edgefield. A TALK WITH VELDELL. When the train crossed the Edgefield line I tried to pump Yeldell. He had issued from the jail wearing a very ober face and did not smile until lie bad passed Treniton. He wore a flannel shirt and had taken off his coat. No utsider would have taken him for the listinguished fugitive. His only bag gage consisted of two pairs of handcuffs which he had been loaned in Pittsburg md had worn on his trip South. Yel detl was a bad subject. He evaded a direct answer to almost every question His concessions of fair treatment were niggardly. and he seemed to be holding himself free to abuse the State as harsh ly as he did before he was forced back lere.He was not scared much last night e said. It wa too soon to teli what he would say to the Pittsburg people about his treatment here. He had not yet t out of the State, and a gentleman er day told him th try, beginning next month. His.con ctionery business in Pittsburg hada en broken up and he could not re rn to it at this time of the year. He ~ d been treated very nicely in jail. t e prosecution he thought had beeng ir. Shown a Pittsburg Republican a Iper, containing a report of an inter-a ew with him in which he abused the gefield people and lied about his se, he would not affirm or deny thatt Shad said these things. He had not ad it all. Yet he admitted taking two, pies of the paper with him to Edge dd. There may have been things in , which he had not said. That was e reason he had refused to be inter- 0 ewed in this State. He complained Ii at when he refused to let the official 8 mographer interview him for a news-t ,per the stenographer had said in the per he was unquestionably guilty, d had told him (Yeldell) that if he Id taken the stand to testify he would ,ve revealed his guilt and would haveh en hanged. He professed not to knowh e reason for the presence of this ard about him. and would not admit0 at it was creditable to the Edgeflelda ople. l )n this line Col. Echols declares that " Yeldell does not acknowledge the ndsome manner in which he has en treated he, Col. Echols, will uj blicly denounce him. rE ARRIVAL AT AIKEN. ti, Aiiken wvas reached at 3,54. A swarm se colored people gathered to see Yel- sa l. One of his visitors.was Dickinson, ormer colored candidate for Congress, 01 io warmly complimented Mr. Benet. te trip over the Old Reliable to w anchville was very quick. Few stops cI re had. The Edgefield young-men, fo e set of fellows, enjoyed the trip Tl atly. They joked and sang. Mr. M net and Col Echols at times leading spirituals. YELD)ELL THAWS. Iec i.s he got farther awvay from Edge- C( d Yeldell thawed into good humor. " Sshowed all of his white teeth ini nstant smiles. His treatment wass olly pleasant. At 6 o'clock the turn . ;o Yeldell from any one is Edgefield, xcept the few visitors from the Dark 2orner. The townspeople approved he verdict and wished to send the man iafely away to the North, and it peace warrants had been isssued promptly, he Blackwell .party would have nelted away at once. Uncertain where tii attack w4nld be iale upon Yeldell,. he young men of the town took arms :o defend him, and would have shot lown their own friends of the county in his defence if an assault had been tnade. This they did for a negro who had reviled them,, not that they loved him, but because they did not intend Lo let their community and State be dis 4raeed by the murder of one who had been judicially adjuded to be innocent. It is a wholesone picture, which well repays contenplation. DUEL BETWEEN GEORGIANS. The Participants Were Brave and It Was Bloodless-The "Affair of Honor" Amicably Arranged. [Special to the News and Courier.] ATl.AxrA, August 9-Pat Calhoun, general counsel for the \Vest Point Ter ninal System, and Col J. D). William son, president of the Chattanooga. Romie and Carrollton Road, left the city secretly to-night to ight a duel. Capt. Henry Jackson is Calhoun's second, whiie Mr. Jack King holds the same relation to Williamson. The trouble grew out of a statement made by Mr Calhoun before a legisla tive comittee that Wiliamson had tried to sell out to the Central Road. This Williamson denounced as a false hood. The demand for a reaction was refused, and to-night both parties left for some point outside the State to carry on their correspondence. Gen. E. P. Alexander, president of the Ccii tral Railroad, sustains Calhoun's state ment DETAILS OF THE DLEL. ATLANTA, GA., August 10.-At 5 o'clock this evening the dueling party which left Atlanta last night came to gather on the selected ground at Hoke's Isluff on the Coosa River, near Atalla Ala. There were present the principals, Mr. Pat Calhoun with his second, Capt. Henry R. Jackson, of Atlanta, and President Wilhiamson with his second, Capt. Jack King, of Rome. Ga. As negotiations had been exhausted before the party lelt Atlanta, the work of laying off the ground was at once entered upon, and the parties were brought facing each other. The signal -one, two, three-was given, and a simultaneous exchange of shots took place. It was noticed that President Williamson's arm fell limp by his side while Mr. Calhoun stood erect, waiting for- a repetition of the second order. Williamson had been wounded in the left arm, but Mr. Calhoun was un touched. The combatants at once returned to their carriages, President Williamson being drived rapidly to Gadsden, where he could secure medical attention. Mr. Calhoun and party drove to Cather wood, a station on the Alabama and Chattanooga Road, to take the train for Anniston. At a meeting of the railroad coin miittee of the House of Representatives day before yesterday, Mr. Calhoun, of the Richmond Terminal Company, said that Mr. Williamson had to unload his Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus Road on the Central, that he (Mr. Cal houn) had prevented the unloading of the road on the Central, and that- any credit for the road being an indepen dent line was due to him, (Mr. Cal houni.) Mr. Williamson denounced Mr. Cahoun's statement as unqualifledly false. By 7 o'clock night before last the cor respondence- was started by Capt. Jack son, as second for Mr. Calhoun, c.arry-. ing a note to Mr. Williamson at the Kimball House. Mr. Williamson tele graphed to Rome for his friend, Mr. Jackson King. Arrangements were made for a nmeeting -in Alabama to day. Last night, Mr. Calhoun and his second(, Capt King, left for Ala bama, via the Georgia Pacific. Tis motning the other party left via the State road, and was as follows: J- 1). Williamson, Jack King, J B. Trompkinms and D)r. H .fienryi ~i .. ororGordon, j 35Ufr-eto 5,112,; f the Conistitution, whieh says: "TheJ overor shall take care that the laws re faithfully executed and shall be the nservator of the peace throughout thbe tate," sent out several telegramus to 1 'y to stop the duel. One of the tele- t rams went to Mon tgomery to Govern Sey, stating that Mr. Pat Calhoun I nd (Capt. Harry Jackson, andl Mr. I .1. Williamson with Mr. Jack King i 'ere preparing to fight a duel in Ala- t ama, and requesting him to instruct t ie sheriffs in the border counties to ' 'tch for them as soon as they arrived. he samte telegrani was sent to Govern- I Bob Taylor at Nashville, Tennessee. I he officers all along the route had ans >portunity to arrest Williamson, as travelled in daylight, but no one I emed inclined to do so, and the duelC >k place according to progranmme. HOw IT W As SE'lTLED. [A tlanta Constitution.] After the shots Mr. Calhoun pointed s is revolver at Williamson anid ordered s im not to niove 1 "Mr. Williamson, I have here four J my balls, which I am entitled to fireI you now. I do not wish to take your I le. I now ask you to retract your re- r1 arks mtade before the Legislature." a "I will do so," answered Williamson, I. rovided you withdraw the reflections e on nmy character in volved in your e marks." .t: Mr. Calhoun again asked an uncondi- I >nal withdrawal, which Mr. William- s5 *n again refused. Then Mr. Calhoun t< "Will yon withdraw your remarks, V shall I fire?" Mr. Williamson replied: "If you: f< ithdraw thte reflections upon my: I aracter. If tiot, no, and I am ready si r your bullets. Fire your four shots. s1 et we shall load and fire again," anid I r. Williamson folded his arms. tl "I don't want to take your life,"said rj' r. Cal houn . "In speaking before the Ia islative conimittee I intended to ;I ver a business p)oinlt, and Mr. William-| V n persotally did not occur to me." |v "Then I withdrawv my stalemrent.".4 id Mr. Williamison. ,.,.And my despor "The," soid Mmne'Wnat dispelledl. 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Tut's Pills possess these qualities il an eminent degree, arnd SSpeedily Restor~e to the bowels their natual peristalti noton,zeo essential te.rgulaity. 8o214 E 7dwhere. SHOOTING AFFRAY AT LANFORD. Barnett S. Langston Shot and Killed by .John W. Lanfordi. [Laurensville Herald, 9th.J A sad shooting affray occured at Lan ford's, a station on the G. L. & S. Rail road about ten miles distant from this place, lst Wednesday afternoon at half-past 4 o'clock, in which Mr. Bar nett S. Langston was shot and killed by Mr. John W. Lanford. Up to this ti'me, Thursday morning, there has been no iiniuest bel, and the meagre particulars which we are enabled to give are contilned to the statements of some of the eve-witnesses, given re luctantly, and coming to us second handed. It appears that Mr. Langston carried his niece to thestation for the purpose of taking the 5.10 afternoon train for this place. When Mr. Lang ston drove up to the station and had alighted from the buggy, Mr. Lanford, it is said, attacked N1r. Langston about some slanderous conversation which he was said to have had derogatory to the characted of Lanford's daughter. Upon being asked as to whether or not he had made use of such language, Mr. Langston, it is said, replied that he had, in a general way, as it had got to be the general gossip of the neighbor hood. Mr. Lanford asked Langston to retract what he had said, which he re fused to do, when Mr. Lanford made the remark that no man should use such language against the character of his daughter and live. Mr. Lanford's friends claim that about this juncture Mr. Langston reached down and picked up a small piece of plank, whereupon Mr. Lanford tired two shots at Mr. Langston, both of which took effect in Mr. Laagston's abdomen, from which death soon resulted. The wounded man was taken into Mr. R. P. Milam's store and laid on the counter where he soon breathed his last. It is said that Mr. Langston, soon after being carried into the store, realized that death was near, and so expressed himself and then offered up a fervent prayer, after which he turned to Mr. W. H. Drummond and asked him to tell his children and brothers that he died an honorable death. As is is always the case in such sad affairs there are conflicting statements about some of the minor particulars of the shooting, but the main facts in the case are about as we have .given them, written from a disinterested and im partial standpoint. The affair is one of the saddest that has ever occurred in the county and is greatly regretted by all. The parties to the affair are both geitlemuen of high standing and each has a large circle of friends. An inquest will probably be held over the body this (Thursday) morn ing when further particulars will be our.reiLers next week. 31r. Lanford, accomup:uied by two friends, drove into towii last night and surrendered hiilself to the Sherifr and is now in jail. No(hiing is known as to what course his counsel will pursue in regard to hail. Ball & Watts and Ferguson & Featherstone are his at torneys. THE EVIDENCE AT THE INQUmST. [Special to the News and Courier..] LAURENS, August 9.-Four eye-wit nesses testified before the coroner in the Lanford-Langston homicide. It appears that the testimony is somewhat conflicting, as two of the witnesses agree in one account of the encounter and the other two agree in a different statement. One of the witnesses, a stranger in the community, tells the talc as follows: "I live in Augusta. I came here yes terday on the 1 p. mn. train; stayed at Lanford's station; met my brother about 3 o'clock. I was mortising a piece of timber when my attention was at tracted by the report of a pistol in front of me, or rather to the left. I raised my eye and saw two men at the corner of a store. I did not know either of the mern. One of them had a pistol in his hand. I have since found out that it was Mr. Lanfoi-d who had the pistol. He rg back about three feet and fired at ' other man, who seemed to bein position. He continued 0to - --Th*e ~ e went ~oward a ~ 'eo ord and hrew his rghad o ford's left houlder. At th.. En?fe they were with n eighteen -zches of each other and a nford firk is third shot. Langston el, but rather like sitting down. He emained in that position about thirty econdcs. Then he rose, to his feet and icked tip a board that was hying by, hat was three and a half feet long and le inches wide. He drew in astriking] osition anid started toward Mr. Lan >rd, who had retreated about twenty et at that time. Langston coutinued wards Lan fcrd about ten feet, and rned round and walked to the steps t the store and sat down. The steps ere about t wenty-five feet from where e turned his course. Mr. Langston aned back wards and fell over on the teps. Another witness, Drumnmon, a wvell nown and reliable gntleman, county 'missioner, testife as follows: I was there on business. I met with1 ohn Lanford and asked him if Barnett angston was there. He said he had I one down the road but would 'be back on. I met Langston near Milam's ore anid stated my business. He said e would go, but he ivanted to see ohn Lanford first. He called to John ~anford and said: "I want to see you.". anford answered, "All right. In a few inute' Soon he called Lanford ain, wanting to know how long efore he could come. "As soon as I et through loading this car I will >me," was the reply. After a little me Lanford came to Langston. ~anston said to Lanford, I want to e you privately. They walked round I the north side of Milamn's store house. ortly after I heard loud talking. I I alked round to see what it meant. 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