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ELBERT IL AULL, EDITor. ELBERT H. AULL, Pp WM.P. HOUSEAL, Propnetors. NEWBERRY. S. C. IYED. ESDIY, AUGUS :3. 1S9.. LET US REASON TOGETHER. There are some persoms who say that the people will hot listen to reason. The Herald and News will not believe any such thing. We believe that our people are open to reason. We believe that it is their purpose to do right. We have no quarrel with any man who does not think just as we do. We do not believe that any man or any set of men can fool any great portion of the people for any great length of time. We do not believe that appeals to passion and prejudice can hold sway very long. Our people will see that such appeals can accomplish nothing but harm to them and injury to the welfare of our common country. It was nota great time since that aprominent leader in the Tillman faction in this county said to us that it was necessary to the success of the cause he represented to keep the people aroused and stirred up. That is bad. No cause that depends on the excitement of the hour and the arous ing of passions and prejudices deserves to succeed. Now by "cause'" here was meant the re-election of the present State administration and a Legislature in sympathy with Mr. Tillman. wr that appears to be the plan of Carn paign in this county and elsewhere. The "lines" are to be drawn. A man must say whether he is for Til Tillman. And yet we same leaders w e. peoplk and the men of their 9consisteney! WVill thc p 'aubmit? Now The Herald and News has nc intention to and will not-espouse the cause of any candidate for a county of flee. Now listen! Wbat good can it do to arouse the passions and appeal to the p . rejudiees of the people? Gov. Tillman and his ticket are before the people for re-election. It is right and proper tc discuss the record they made and tc compare it with the things the people were promised if they were elected. Let these be discussed and analyzed and if the people are satisfied let them vote for Mr. Tillman and his ticket, but let it be done without bitterness and without personality. The people were promised a great saving of money and a great deal was said about reduction of salaries. Hau any money been saved? And if so, where? A reduction of the levy doeu much money was collected and how much spent. Look at these figures and see where the saving has been made. They give the assessed value of all property in South Carolina, and the levy in mills and the yield in taxes for the years named. The figures are from the Comptroller-General's reports: Assessed |Levy Total Year Valueof 1868-69 $168,400,000 73 $1,335,000 1869--70 184,000,000 5 1,014,000 1870-71 113,900,000 9 1,108,000 1871-72 145,300,000 7 1,019,300 1872-73 167,00,0 10 2,091,000 1873-74 168,000,000 12 2,085,000 145,00,00 101 1,555,000 6.......... 91 ...... 7138,857,000 7 " 972,000 135,000,000 441 629,000 187- -.129,000,000 2j) 368,000 18798 I2~0,000 4% 58,0 1880-81 133, 00 5 b 41,000 1881-82 136,019, 4% 646,110 1882-83 145,438,649 4i 691,989 1883-8 150,511,889 1884-85 151,495,050 .5_ 833,6: * 1885-8 144,472, 131 5I6 758,478 1886-87 141,074.347 441 .599,566 1887-88 141,94c,979 5 * 709,734 1889 150,602,451 .51| 790,663 1890-91 168,262,6691 41I 799,247 tatIncludes school tax, levied by the "The above shows that the taxes levied-by the Tillman administration larger than those of any year during the rule of the ~tic party since 1876, except -884-85, when an extra levy was made to p seacumulated interest on the pub lic deb. "Let ne make another comparison. "The totals of taxes, State, county and school, levied under Tillman's ad ministration for 1890-91, were 81,969, 986.32, while under Richardson's ad ministration, for 1889-90, they were $1, 857,046.64, a difference in favor of Rich ardson's administration and against Tillman's of $112,908.68." The above extract and table are taken from The State. As tosalaries there was a bill on the Senate calendar, as a special order look ing to a reduction, brought cver from the last session and it remained there until the close, despite several efforts to have it come up until it was finally in definitely postponed. Now The Herald a.nd News has never believed there was much room for reduction of salaries, but it was one of the hobbies upon which the campaign was run, and it is only mentioned as an evidence of how the promises of the campaign were kept. There was one promise, however, that seems to have been kept. The basis and ground work of the movement was the plea for an agricultural college. The people were told it would not cost them anything, and when it was seen neces sary to have $05,000 to finish the college and put it in operation, it was not given because some campaign orator had told the people it would not cos them anything. Work was stopped - professors were out of a job, and you: college stands to-day unfinished and it such condition as will lose you money it matters not what action is taken it the future. Why should the people be told tha the towns, and the banks and the fac tories are all against the country? W can scarcely get our consent to believi that any sensible man believes an: such thing. Why should they b against the people who live in th country? Why not ask youself som reason for any such position? Has an; stump speaker who preaches any suc doctrine given you any good reason fo ~ ~.: .~ - -' - declaring such doctrines? You are sensible man, wfby will you rush to sue conclusious witiout any reasons fo them? Our interests in this countr; are common, and any man who tries t divide our people into warring classe and factions and does it by appealin to prejudices and arousing the passion is an enemy of the State. The law says all property must bere turned for taxation at itsniarket value The idea is to have equalization in th assessments of all classes of property Is it right to make war on one class c property because it is not returned a its market value and to let other prop erty go when it is not returned at it market value. There is land in thi county that will uring any day on th market $10 to $15 an acre and possibl, more, that is assessed for taxation a $4.75 an acre. There is no war mad on that and we are making none, an we only mention it to show the injus tice of this clap trap argument. But the point we started out to mak was this: Whatever diferences we ma have on this question of politics no% disturbing our peace, there is no sens and no earthly reason in our falling oc with our neighbor, who does not thin just as we do. Because a man gets u on the stump and uses big words an ugly epithets and calls people names is no reason he is smart, intelligent, c fit for oflice. The men he is talkin about may be a thousand times bette than he is. Because a speaker makes big appeal to your prejudice and tries t arouse your passion and to make yo believe everybody is against you bu himself, is no reason he is telling th truth, but it is a pretty sureevidenceo the fact that he wants thin1ks thlat is th The eo, o get i se. --inking for ther know a thing c see it, and we are gla -ey are not tied to any man tail nor are they in any man breeches pocket. Let the light b thr :n on and when voting time come th' ill be able to make the prope s: cand all will be will. i.c 't:s rerernber that only in unite e:". e ac.we makg.. -State prosper ous and eru .p1e happy. Let us re member that if we stir up bad bloo we will be in no condition to brin about this united effort. Let us remem ber that so far as we are individuall concerned neither the election < Mr. Tillman or Mr. Sheppard i going to put money in our pockel or happiness in our homes. Le us each one, remembering the respons bility that rests upon us as voters, vies thesituation calmly,deliberatelyandir telligently and make up our own mind according to the dictates of our own con sciences, and vote for the best men with out dictation or inference from any one Let us, one ---d all, spurn as an insul to our. intelligence, any effort at dicts tion from whatever source it comet Let us, one and all, as free white mer capable of exercising the right to vote hear the men who are asking for on votes, and read the arguments on boti sides, and having done this, reach ou owjn conclusions as to men and meas ures. If we do less than this we ar not worthy the name of free man. The man who advises you not to hea the men who do not think as you dc or who advises you not to read thos papers that differ from you, is not you friend, and further, offers an insult t your intelligence. Such advice is mean to keep you from reasoning the situa tion out in your own way. Let us reason together and look a all-sides of the situation and the tru position will be reached. "Voter," writing to the Edgefieli Chronicle from Poverty Hill, Edge field County says: "Ii any one in Meriwether Townshi] or Edgefield County thinks Ex-Gov Jno. C. Sheppard cannot carry Gov Tillman's ho'me club, let him com< along with the money. The Conserva tives have been trying to get up a be ifnhsfor the last six weeks, bul have faileif so far. The Conservativ< money is ready for the stakeholders.' Here is an opportunity for som'e ar dent admirer of Gov. Tillman. N<~ doubt there are good reasons why the Governor cannot carry his own clul right among his neighbors. Dr. 'Pope in his speech at the factory on Saturday night among other things said, after paying a high tribute te Col. Orr as an honest, upright man, that his only objection to him was that he was president of a factory. Is it possi ble that because a man has so lived th't his neighbors have confidence in his uprightness of character and his ability as to put him at the head of a large business-that for this reason he must be ostracized politically ? Do the people want to put in charge of the affairs of the government men who have failed at their own business? We thought it was to a man's credit that he could obtain and retain the confidence of his neighbors. These are strange times truly. Did you know that the .National Bank of New berry loans annually tc the farmers of this county about $.375, '00 Did you know that that wat about 80 per cent. of the total loans il made? Suppose you were to abolist this bank as some of your speakers ani leaders tell you it should be abolished where would you get your money ti make the crop? From the sub-treas ury or that "something better"? Witl the sub-treasury you would have t, have your crop to put in there befor you could get the money. You hai better get the "something better" be fore you pull down what you havt We do not pretend to say that nations banks is the best financial scheme the could be devised, but whether it good or bad, when we get that "somi thing better" we can use and adopt and the bank will *go. Miss Alice Mitchell, who killed- hi friend Miss Freda Ward some tin ago by cutting her throat with a mazo was tried last week in Memphis, Tenn and adjudged insane. It will be r r membered that Miss Mitchell claime a that she was In love with Miss WVat a and wanted to marry her, and becau I she could not killed her. The-insa, i murderess was conveyed the first i i sta-it to the insane asylum at, Boliva rIe nnn_ THE POLL TAX. The Tillmanites say the Antis are making a great blow against the $3 poll m tax, all to no purpose-that Tillwani . cannot pass it. Is not that a brave answer? If Tillman cannot have it the 3 passed why is he advocating it to pro- 'I cure votes? He is either ignorant of his own ability or he is advocating it for mere political purposes. We are obliged to bust his bubbles as he blows I - them up.-Pickens Sentinel. yot And every one who wants to, knows ter that to pass it requires an amendment 'I to the constitution, but is it not one of Ne f the planks or demands of the Tillman Do t faction to have a constitutional conven- nar - tion and the $3 poll tax and many The s other things can be done if such con- hai s vention is ordered. Why does Mr. " Tillman advocate his $3 poll tax if he wl knows he cannot enforce it? Is he I t only "blowing"? cat Te to i The State Alliance did well in the wh - selection of its President. Mr. Don- clu aldson we believe to be a good man, and '] e we do not believe he will try to make me y out of the Alliance a political machine. v _ I e One of the speakers at Ridli Road tin t said that the responsibility f, r the of 1 K failure of Clemson College to open tra p rested upon the Board of Trustees, the I and that they were also responsible the , for the ele -tion of a faculty. This we r is a bran new idea. How they pe< s could finish it without money was not sci< r explained. Gov. Tillman who is also all % a member of the Board should take a as note of this. The speaker also gave as the 2 an excuse for the failure of the Legis- th: t lature to make the appropriation that e it was advecated by Jao. C. Haskell. E f Legislature was too smart to be for caught in any such trap as that. If cot the appropriation had been made, issi - those opposed to Tillman would have bar r used it in the campaign. Another tor bright idea, and an excellent exc'2se s for not doing what ought to have been I s done. There is entirely too much pol- car e icy and what is meant to be prac'ical in, s politics mixed up with what passes in eig r this day for statesmanship. But the mi people seemed to be satisfied, and if are I they are we can assure them we are. aln If Clemson College is needed it is needed now and ought to have been T. finished or never undertaken. bz we - "The most natural beauty in the afM , world is honesty and moral truth." Le , Very true, and yet we almost con s elude that it is a very rare thing to pa s find the two combined. So t afm THE VALUE OF GOOD ROADS. Three years ago Union County New an< Jersey, bonded itself to the -amount of Mr $300,000 for improving the roads. They - s have been completed, and are as ob - ject lesson to the entire country. As a tht result, building and farming estates an< have advanced in value from 25 to 100 the per cent. along the line of tl2e improved He t roads. Might we not learn a valuable . lesson from this in South Carolina det where our roads are kept in such a de- Sty plorable condition?-Ex- ber "How would it do to talk about good by roads awhile anyway? Here is one In< r county that spent $800,000 to irnprove Sthe public roads. As a result of the \ rwork the farming lands have greatly|ger increased in valne, and no doubt the lext Speople are satisfied and pleased that or they spent the money as they did. wil rHow would the people of Newberry the County like to spend some money on mo making good roads? At this season of say the year our roads are generally very to good, but in the winter when we need if I good roads, in some cases they become it almost impassable. It is really a very WI important question and one that ought mo to receive more attention than it really rep does. It would be economy for the for farmers to spend money or to be taxed along with other people in order to se I eure good roads. The farmers use the roads more than any other people, andJo the saving to them in horse power, wear and tear of vehicles, to say noth ing of the time and inconvenience, i% would be very great indeed. knt Let our states:nen devise some plan "io to give us better roads. wat tha Congressman Tom Watson of Geor. tur gia has written a book. We have not sO seen it, but it seems to be a bitter ar- mia raignment of the two old parties and for of Congressmen . in particular. He T says members of Congress have been fo seen reeling in drunkenness on the son floor of the House and while discussing Ha; the gravest issues affecting the welfare Jon hn of the country. This caused quite a .,OC ripple of excitement last week in Con- b'on gress and a committee was appointed eve: to investigate the charges. far The Augusta Chronicle says that dou Mfr. Watson is happy it matters not the what the committee may find. He has gained a little notoriety which M highly delights him. Lat' We suppose men should not drink cati whiskey. Certainly they should not Jong get drunk. At the same time the fact of a remains that it has been a failing or goti weakness of some of the greatest men bot the world has ever known, at times to ker' take a stimulant and sometimes to maj take more than they should. We have The no apology or excuse to offer for them, teern but our politics is entirely too per-no sonal-.e But if Mr. WVatson is happy we sup- stra pose the country is safe and maybe the the.Third party will take on a boonm. mur lihIn i WVe understand that Rev. Mr. Sihera in his speech at Slighs told the people the that they must not vote for Messrs. a Wilson and Johinstone. We suppose t of course that the people will obey the aliz orders emanating from such a source. Go Of course G'ov. Tillman has not yet tha liberated the people; they are still in Sbondage, and like good, obedient little Schildren, must do as they are told by i their (not bcosses, of course not,) but visi their leaders. The people themselves Sli must decide whether they are "free, ' white and twenty-one." cot At Newberry, yesterday, in his. ere s speech. we are informed Mr. Sligh said ' that every tub must stand on its own abi tbottom. That is right and we are glad w Mr. Sligh sees it that way now. ~r Attorney-General McLaurin has been b e endorsed by the Alliance for Congress. Iba r, Of course he will make the race, but TI ., still hangs on to the State canvass and Ti a- if he does not receive the nomination ~ d for Congress wve presume he will be tr d before the State Convention for his ie present position. There is nothing like 'at te holding on to what you have. Butw 1- after the August priigary he will not r, have much hold on that which he now' has. N E\ROLL YOUR NAME. No person shall vote at any piri ry election unless he has eirolle4 L club list at least live days befor said primary election " hat is the rule or regulation adoptei the State~ Executive Comniittee a h eeting in Columbia last week. F you want to vote and have not pu name on a club roll you had bel do so pretty s:xni. 'here i. a question The herald ani ws would like to have answered ?s the voter have to sign his ow ne or can the secretary enroll him County Executive Committee ha I better settle that p)int. Is a Democrat entitled to vote els( ere than where he is enrolled?" 'he Executive Committee says b not. Ilerieruber this. If you war vote you must go to the precin( ere your name is enrolled on th b list. 'hese are important things to be rc i bered. 'he Tillman cause is certainly gel weak in Newberry. The friend be Governor are maing such ei vagant claims and the false report t have been put out, all show tht y are getting desperate. All tht have to say is that we want tb ple to vote as their honest and cor mtious convictions may dictate an will be well. Weigh the situatio honest and intelligent men, an n vote, realir.ug -tlEe re?ponsibilit a rests upon you. oine time during the fifties, nearl ty years ago, there was a very hotl tested campaign in this county, ti ie being bank or no hank. Th k candidate, Gen. A. C. Carlin, , was elected. 'be Lexington Dispatch has tb ds of ten gentlemen who are wil to serve the people as Sherifl an hteeu who want to be County Corr sioner. And there are those wh willing to fill the other of ices i iost the same proportion. e big cock-and-bull-story publishe The State about two weeks sg irging that Dr. Pope and Mr. Slig re third partyites, and giving a davit to that effeer from one Mi ter, turns out to be false, and tb respondent who wrote it to Tb ,te has had to correct it in his owi er, the .Newberry Herald and New. nebody was imposed upon in tha davit.-Pee Dee Index. ou are entirely wrong. The Heral, I News published the affidavit c . Leste"r and all the other statement connection therewith, and state t it did not believe Messrs. Slig I Pope had any intention of join in Third Party. The editor of Th raid and News is not the ecirrespor it who sent the affidavit te Th te and it was not sent from New ry. The Herald and News stand what it said in the matter and th lex might as well tell the truth. Ve cannot understand why intelli Lt, sensible people should become s 'ited over the election of any ma: set of men, especially when the; I receive no practical benefit. Br y say it is not the men, but th vement. That is what the leadei and it is to their interest of cours nake the people believe it, becaus hey can keep the people believin ~hey can keep their good fat places 11 some one please tell us what th vement has done for the people, a resented by the State Administrt tbe past two years? THE ALABAMA ELECTION. es, the Regular Democratic Caudidat ror Governor, Beats Kolb, the Alli ance Nominee, Out of his Boots. rOBILE, A LA., August 1.-Se far a >wn at this hour, 8 p. mn., the elec throughout thbe State has been y quiet one, though great interes I manifested. A novel feature wa t in many places colored voter ied out and not only voted bu ked like beavers for Jones and th, ight Democratic ticket and aide< erially in piling up large majoritie the Democratic party. he Register has received bulletina a thirty-eight of the sixty-six coun in the S.ate, which show band e majorities for Jones, except ii I County. The indications are tha es has carried Montgomery (hi; me) County by 6,000, Bullock b: D), and Talladoga by 500. In Bar r County Jones received four out o: -y five votes polled. Evidences thu: tre that the straightout Democrae: carried the day, though there is n< bt that Kolb has carried a few a remote counties. THE GOOD NEwS CONFIRMED. ONTGOMERY, ALA., August 1. r returns carry out the first indi )fs. This city gives Governo> as 2,848 majority, and the counti give at least 6,000. The countie; [obile, Calhoun. Jefi'erson, Mont. ery, Dade. Dallas, Russell, Bar r, Sumter, Bullock, Talladega Wal. Lauderdale, Perry, Lowndes, Wil. and Marengo show nearly 35,00( irity for tihe Democratie ticket indications are that not over fif out of sixty-six counties in tbi e will give Kolb a majority, anc one of them will exceed 1,000. Th< islature will be overwhelminglj ight Democratic. egroes every where re fused t.o follov Kolb banner, and voted in grea abers the open Democra tic tickets nany cases they were active work at the polls. This was especiall; case in this city. 'rho expectatioi that the opposition vote would b largest in years, but the results d show that this expectation was re ed. A conservative est imate place rernor Jones's majority at not 1e5 n 50,000. Beth Eden Items. Er. Jim Lee, of Union, p)aid a bril *t last week to his sister, Mrs. A.( bh. 'here has been some sickness in or amunity. The exceeding h< sther for the last ten days has wil d the crops very much. ~he cotton is throwing off conside y. Last night wve hadi a showe ich cooled the atmiosphere for mile. fIr. D. L. Clamp will finish the ne dge on Gilder's'Creek this week. Che young men and boys have h: me ball on the brain for some tinm .ey meet once or twice every wee Le ladies, also, attend these plays ( mionally. We don't know wheth is to see the games or some other tction. Sir. L. A. H-awkins reports his cli Cannon's Creek getting along fi th a full attendance. LoL.A. A big lot of work Pants for 5- cent >rth 75i cents, at .TAMTESoN's ly _ - itA~ TO THE PCBLIC. 1 A Statetment or My Lumber Transaction with County Conimissioner John Smith. About the first of March, ;92, I met him at Newberry and asked him t to pay me for a bill of lumber, 2,1S4 feet, sawed by order of Jenk H. Smith t and then being delivered by Jack Sims. I also stated to him that J. C. Duncan wanted more lumber, amounting to 2,424 feet, and N. C. Duckett wanted sills and a few plattk, estimated rtM fret, with which to finish his bridges. As a question of "who should pay for a hauling?" had been raised on a pre vious occasion, I stated that these men, as heretofore, would do their own haul ing. I asked him if I should furnish the same? He authorized rue to do so. I asked him to pay me, then, as a mat ter of convenience, and I would have e the lumber ready when needed, and that both parties had expressed their tintention to work their roads again t when it rained. He authorized Mr. e Boyd, the treasurer, to pay me. . He'tring of his muisrepresentations, I sought a hearing before the County Board: After establishing the fact, which John Smith denied, that Mr. Jenk H. Smith had made an order of me, I then turned to John Smith and said: "If he remembered and would s recall half as readily what passed be tween us there would be no cause for s complaint." At this he, with temper, t declared he would remember nothing. Mr. Cromer, the clerk, promptly si t lenced him and I was allowed to make e my statement. The only answer made by John Smith was, "It looks like you d tried to confuse me." 'Tis more likely he bought his confucion. The only n other business I ever bad with him d was'at Whitm,ire, on a previous occa y sion, when I presented to him a peti tion. I found him then even worse confused. Should our public officers indulge in y this style of confusion while on duty? y Since John Smith claims he thought e the lumber delivered, let me ask: Is it reasonable to suppose one would de e liver lumber before being authorized? - No. He au.horized me to furnish to said parties, and paid me then for same. Did he expect me to deliver in stantly? Now since it is in order to re e member nothing when confused, I must I- say the idea is confusing and I remem d ber to have been taught nothing of that moue of instantaneous delivery. It is the duty of the County Commissioners 0 to see that the county loses nothing by n any man. I hear that one County Commissioner said that he feared no loss at my hands. 1 On the 6th of April I asked Jenk. H. o Smith, for my vindication and the sat t isfaction of the Board, to come and t measure all . the lumber I had sawed for roads. He oaime once in my ab sence from home. He promised to no-. e tify rue and come again, but never got back. At the last moment, on the eve of the campaign, I have been com t pelled to call on some good citizens to measure and give receipts for all lum ber in use furnished by me. The first bill of lumber, 2,023 feet, sold the f county is accounted for, in the receipts s of Anthony Griffin, N. C. Duckett, N. P. Abrams and a part of J. C. Dun can's. The Jenk. H. Smith order of 2,184 feet is covered by the Jack Sims, Ramage and Baker receipts. The e overplus goes to the John Smith or der. The remainder due is stacked in readiness by the roadside, and the par e ties for whom it was prepared still -need it and are ready to use the same s when the order of John Smith forbid e ding its use is withdrawn. JOHN T. DUNCAN. I eeycertify that I have received 1312 - t foklumber for the road, which I have mesrdin the presence of witnesses. T. D. RAM tGE. J. C. Hargrove. W. HI. S hannon. y July 3lth, 1862. t WVe, the undersigned, have this day mes-. ured the lumber on the road of which Jaa. C. e D)uncan is overseer, and1 und 1792 ft. J7. C. HAnGOYov 's W. H. SHANON. e Aug. 1st, 1832. J aMs e i hereby certity, that to the best of my ree er ollection, I hauled 260 ft. ox oak lumb>er and *put on a bridge in Gilder's Creek bottom. I. I can only find 5 plank of said lumber In a e drift pile blow the road. hisszs s Cornelia A. Sims. mark. J. L. Epp4. --Aug 1, 1892. I hereby certify that I got of .J. T. Duncan 632 fr. of oak road lumber, which I have had in use for several months.sON GhIFF July 2th. 1892. mark. eTest: Rob'LS. Duncan. I hereby certify that I got of .T. Duncan * 58t'i ft oak road lumber which I have had in use bor several months. N. C. DL'cKETT. Aug't 1st, 1802. - J7. C. Hlargrove. s w. H Shannon. *I hereby certify that I have received of J. T. 3, Duncan $41 ft. of oak road lumber. t July 2, '93. C. K.BRAKE R. Witness: s J7. S. MCCARLEY. Trial Justice.4 S N. P. ABRA3Is, Overseer. t I hereby certify that I have receivedI of J. T. e Duncan :69 ft. of-oak road lumber. July 28,'92. N. P. AidRAXS. The said lumber has been on road since B February. N. P.ABaAMs. Notes from Excelsior. - Sei.ool has a full attendance of pu pils. A good season of rain would be en , joyed by the farmers. The earth is , getting dry and crops generally are on . the decline. EMr'. Wmx. Werts, of Saluda, spent 3Friday night in our little village and ,returned home on saturday. >Mrs. Caroline Cook is spending a I while with her daughter, Mrs. Wicker and family of St. Phillips neighbor hood. -: Mr. J.S. Werts and family accom -panied by Mrs. Kinard, spent Friday with friends in Gallman community. Mr. John F. Wheeler is preparing to build a new barn. Quite a number of us attended the Newberry Lutheran conference at Mt. Pilgrim church otn Sunday. The at tendauce was much larger than the church could accommodate, and the services very interesting. In the after noon Sunday-school.addresses were de livered by Revs. WV. A. Julian, Z. W. Bedenbaugh, Messrs. Jefferson Quiat tlebaum, H. P. Dominick and Monts after which conference closed.1 Rev, an d M rs. M. M. Kinardl and little son Albert, of Columbia, camne .up on Tuesday to spend several days in and around the parental roof here. 7v We are requested to State that the . survivors of Co. G., ihb Regiment of a South Carolina Veterans will hold I their annual reunion at Young's Grove ~near Prosperity on August 26th. s Speeches by distinguished veterans s and the public cordially invited to at tend. A barbecne will be served on that dayv. SIGM^' News from silver Sreet. f Our farmers have fininhd theirorP. .Old corn is all wade. We hr lse with a good rain on Monday night. rMr. W. W. Spe.armanl is home from t Georgia. ti-ghi b rothber, Mr.AJon nStalnaker, r- who is' quite sick with fever. r, Mr. Leonardl Reeder and. Bobbie a; Hendrix visited Harris' Springs and Waterloo last week. Mr. Walter Peterson and Miss Mary IPeterson have returned from WValhalia. d Miss Sallie Longshore left Monday e. to visit relatives in Alabama. kMr. J. H. Werts, of Florida, is visit cing his old home. We are glad to see er"Jack" looking so well... t-Mr. WV. E. Perry, of Columbia, is visiting relatives at Silver Street. sTrinity and Old Town played a 1e .tatch game of t>ase, ball on Saturday - -th a cr 53 to 13 in favor of Trinity. O-n Monday evening Trinity and Silver 'Street played. The game resulted in a s.ore of 37 to 16 in favor of Silver Street. LAWLESSNESS IN LEXINGTON. 'he Lynching Bee that was Made Ready for Kinard.-Sheriff Drafts had Spiritcd his Prisoner to the Penitentiary and Saved HUm. [Special to News and Courier.] t'OLLm.i3a, A ug. 1.-Sheriff Drafts, >f Lexington, deserves great credit for he manner in which lie saved the life >f George Kinard, the igro who is harged with assauli. on Mrs. Robert kddison at Irino last week. The Lex ugton Rifles, first as individuals and hen as a corps, have been guarding he jail. There has always been cousidez: ble doubt about Kinard's guilt, except n the minds of the people around Irmo. r'be determination to lynch Kinard was controlled until last night, when a ruitless attempt was nmade. The Evening Record sent a special 'epresentative to report the attempted ync' ing and gives this graphic story: "Sunday night was ehosen because it r as thought that no one at the Court 3ouse would suspect an attempt and hey would have no opposition. But in his they miscalculated, for the Rifle nd Sheriff Drafts were determiued.to )rotect George Kinard at the expense >f their lives if need be, and did not )esitate to say so. The lynchers were well or"auized and numbered over a iundre? and fifty men, gathered as ollows: Fifty from Hollow Creek see ion, fifty from Brookland and- vicinity mud sixty-five .or seventy from Irmo nd vicinity. They wer. determined to iave Kinard if it became necessary to ill the guard and blow the jail up to ,et him, and they carried the dynamite vith which to carry out their purpose. L'hey proposed, if they found the jail ,uarded, to pour hot shot into it from )oth ends and froiit with Winchester ifles and. to use their dynamite in the -ear, which they could approach with nore safety. "That they would have carried out his plan of action there is but little loubt from all that could be gathered, )ut Sheriff Drafts's discretion made it mnuecessary. Some of the would-be yncheis could not control their tongues md at a church near Lexington yester !ay they inadvertently gave a hint of heir purpose where a friend of the heriff beard it. He straightway hast ned to the village and notified the heriff, and without much hesitancy ie determined to assume the responsi ility of bringing Kinard to Columbia. le accordingly got him ready and sent iim by two trusted deputies on the 1 'clock train. "Governor Tillman was called from ts slumbers to advise what should be lone with him. He ordered him taken o the Penitentiary for safe keeping, Lnd he now rests in the same quarters with the boy Wade Haines. "About 2 o'clock Sherift Drafts was rwakend rom his slu_mbers and the teys demanded of Tim. Knowiiw' at was wanted, be told the committee bat waited on him that the prisoner tad been removed. They doubted and te told them that if they would select ix good men to act for them he would how them through the jail and let hem convince themselves of the truth f what he said. This was done and, oing through every cell and the cage, hey expressed themselves as satisfied nd left. This was only an advance uard of about twenty-five men, ac ording to the best of Sherift Drafts's udgment in the dark, for they had >t the lights out, but they had the nain body stationed in the suburbs of ,he town awaiting the result of their nvestigation. They went as quietly as ey came into the town, but after leava g the town, they gave wild vent t heir wrath and chargin by oaths ad ibout one hundred shots." First Bale of Georgia Cotton. SAVANNAH, GA., August 1.-The irst bale of the Georgia cotton crop vas received to-day from Sumter ounty. It was classed as low mid iing, and sold at 10 cents per pound. PICNrC AT PoMAnra. A DelJghtful and ErnjoyabIe Occasion. POMARIA, July 27.-For a loamg ave we anticipated this day. A >icnic at this place has been sch or weeks and to-day the most san ere most agreeably surprisedm naria has always been noted lospitality but to-day it sur elf. Out of the very large crowd that issebled a goodly per cent were [rangers to the.community-invited uests. For these it may be said that .hey never enjoyed a pienic better "in 1 their born days." The most conspicious of [lie wel ~omers was C.>1. Holloway. He saw very lady on the ground and parhaps ~very gentleman too. We did not meet in the grove down n the towvn but up at the school ouse (Bethel). But few people are ware that it is the grandest place for much occasion in the county. The nighty oaks and the picturesque sur oundigs makes it a lovely old place. Too, we can almost call this an his ;orical place. No school in the county als prepared more young men for col ege than has this one. Th1e good work s still carried on under t he direct su yervision of Mr. Robert Welch. Wile the day flew, the sun had al nost set and still the "concord of wet sounds" always accompanied by lainty feet never ceased. Many that they were, we dare say .bat there was not one soul that did tot enjoy the day. Every heart went tome with the regret that the 27th of ruly was so short. WV. A. S. - A CARD. -BATESBtRO, 5. C., July 2, '92. rHIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT I .have known T. S. Sease for the last bhree years. and that (luring that period e has been a strong "Farmers' ove nent man", and that he has been a onsistenlt and firm behiever in the iriueiples as set forth by 11. R. Till mIt aving been circulated1 that Mr. sense participated in what is known as he Tillmnan serenade by the S. C. Col ge studenits, I pronounce it as abso utely f-.lse, as I wspresnt ESEY AN FEMAL.E INSTITUTE, STAUNTON, VIRGINIA. PENS SEPrEMBER 2"1.ounEO Oals the S.atbtoru Twentiyive teachers Cadie in te he serator~y Conrse in Miusic. ne nrdand fifty-to ~oarfl $$pp e froml twenty States. rsonat dniscee. rSpea 5einuc te et chool for the lowest erfhose rte engr Cataloge of this time-hon re chol. to the Preide, aun,ton. a Vit. A. IKARII, D,. Health for the Baby, Pleasure for the Parents, New Life for the Old Folks. Hires' 00ot Beel. -THE GREAT TEMPERANC~E DU Sis a family afraira requibite / of the l.ome. A 23 cnt pnkage makes 5 galloni" of e.'mreseut b'everage. 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