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16 ,. r E. BLSa 1865. N EWBERRY. S. C. WEIDNESDAY, JANUAR ,84 . RC 15 ? e : :es and as Reply I _ _ = *Wat Is Deioerstfe. q ' aYde: SEmpton, Washingtoi ,Your letter addressed t An The State 'a ,19th instant has ha "at to~asd candor ow . t Srely tothe que ~~p,peodedItia agreatih rove a disai re organznation < ~s~et; wbom_ you a ed ot oftBe Democrati 'totbgreat mass oftor ,wobonestiy beileve.that:t "' underling he O l pla the Democr lert;y he foupded oee:f pat assc : were wil ~"tl' :50' oiOitteY .i abe' they had trusted.IL ; V~eEit I t eaoaf e n *mincation hBaib .L . - ne.tb6cats d~ecfn. to;answer th ly plain qiee ecerg ri Lhaer eea snEered in mad n iagaictallused tmentall.aroand am na'aremarks ar t5 et secusftomes asdcourtesy. 4> "' be ofethit lem tedhonoredyon fof -~purpsl i ~~guq,~geabot whih moreoi er' ha_caeetedand asked B hiSgrS prneipleslhat I S iage. Yoadecline ti ''y ortojbrn g ii d3s d@ W[Qfroa tie broad plane a nyab laos itapparent"Pot narrow f ~~ .io i l ewhy perforce w .._, ae=terit try topIlsy tis then yon dia b Dfyemetcrat :Ih agFist e? .mthe funnedi ',a tina banks beeuforliootb,hthen ..the way it isandemo (tat iat o were.t0 s ahow), however rigteons t. ~~ Is tbat.Ae idositioc, Gen hieltYoO woutd coommit your as izd Wh akI5VO enomabk w3riepeiolved ? .But afe ouure ueea that no such de - s I ulied by the Democrati4 ?2i4iiile or own choie~phrase 4itoard~~aB whleb The State as an s8pe your-maery if yon~ ~ 185i contains the fol 1es~gphak~ Congreshas no pow enynharter a.iationai bank We be l6e ucnuiistitutio,n one of deadly bsltyto the best interests' of the Ocestry dangerous to our Republican mEintioans an&the liberties of the peo p*ujandcalculatend to place the business cAthaecountry within the control of.a ocotrated money power and above salew and the will of the people.' M&over, "tS may have escaped yow fyonu aver kinew the fact,' that this plank Nee reaffirmed in thei plthn 80, coupNdI with the decla em that "Democratic principles are unpaIein their nature when appBed~to the saisubject'matters.' "I mys have escaped your memory,' too,' "If you ever knew the fact," thai every Democratic platform ever uttered :y t$e party (save the lirst) down tc 18 contained precisely that same stening-langaage against national banks. I,- then, as the party has more than -once declared its "principles are un .changeable," ft Is a little difficult to find justification for your charge o: - political hd!! gtaseof usawh( In 89mbeld-te-thls ristile that~fromi 1810 to 1884 was the height of Demo ecrstic virtua. 2. You say the mub-treasury idea is unconstitutionaL. Well, really, hon ored air, we t tiiather beneath your dlgnityM tgo cracking political chestnuts like ,that. Your reading se ha:been exceegngly.ix.ited i you did noitkabw that as prominent.a Democratie lawyer as Judge Norwood of WrgmanN;pthers of equal prom inance had expressed coontrary opin ion. But suppose. we admit that th.e scheme Is unconstitutional, does that det i..s from agitating it? If itbe a good, thing f -r the masses under the changed eonditions and progress of the nineteenth century, why shouldi the Constiation~ forever stand between the people, and its enjoyment? Are you serious,' eneral, when you teach by Implication that it is undemocratic to seek.auy change in the Constitution however righteous and desirable that change may be? And mark you, it waadhte Democracy of this demand you were to discuss. 3. You dismiss our demand for freE coinage of silver with thesimple ques timet: "Is this demand in accorelance with the Democratic platform?" And msark:you, It was the Democracy of tia emandAo wer , todiscu. . uou dismiss our demand for free coinage of silver with the simple ques tion "Is 'this demand in accordance with .the Democratic platform?" And is this the best that can be done? You set out to show that it did- not conform to the Democratic platform. You only ask us if. it does. Assuming that you d ask"in good.faith, we, at least, will not evade a direct question, so we answer unhesitatingly, yes, it does; and was so held by the brainiest and best Demo. eratain the United States Senmuch men as Morgan and Daniel, l'frby and Butler and a host of others. To borrow.another choice phrase di. neted to us-(and which we are assured isstudidusly courteous), "you have, we r suppose read the Democratic platform, audit you compared it" withth4 Ocala ou'll-see that both oidemn the Sher man aet. Thus far they are identical. The:Ocala then d'emands "in lieu thereohe- free and-unlimited coinage siiver The Democratic goes on to say: "We bold to the use of both gold And silver as the standard money of rthe cocutry and to the coinage of both gold and silver.without discrimination against either metal or charge for min tage." The meaning is- precisely the same. The reading public will note how signally you have failed not only to-ustiy your charge that "no man who upholds the Ocala platform can properly claim to be a Demoerat," but .:even to how that the platforms are wholly antagonistic. 4. Yen think i a' sufficient answer to our demand for the ownership of railroad and telegraph lines, in certain contingencies, that it;{would cost sev eral ti as much as:the civil ware udpposing this weretrue-that does not prove it is undemocratic-and that is What you set out to show, mark you. You were to prove thatvno man who upholds" this can prcperly 4laim to be a' Democrat," and you simpiy argue that it.is costly! :Again we-ask-what have honorable and spirited men to do with cash where principle is involved? r Away with such sordid standards of expediency! Let us probe these ques -ions to the core, and if the' principle h erorect and best for the massesof the Spe'illetausmaintaiun them though they cast-ayri ds of money and men. That 'isheapirit that animated the Demo .c tc ty. in1860. Theydid notsep to ;-nup costg when the rights of the -I p were_threatened. be;rightsof -he , 4le whether the: ;> Qmr shaft r ow t adore owibf m roads refuse to pa tasa3d bodly: bid defaneto thg eople But are we shutinto buying these roads already b,iit at the fraudulentlyinflated valua tion of watered stock? -If the fraudu lent water were squetz-d out of them, the actual cost wou "robably not ex ceed a fourth of the amount elaimed. What isa tahinder-the government from biits ownlines? Certainly such anteNgrl Iwould be a God send to the thr'ee-million men who'are to-day fanneyless and homeless, with starving Swives and ildrea.ar.ound them, sim -pl 'ea enational hanker's panic ba' stopped the wheels of industry and dammed up- misery upob the people. A Democratic administration is spending millions a year in permanent structures for the safety and distribution of the mails. Wlyat would be the difference' in principle between doing this and constructing lines for the transmission on-hose malls? A measure~ that at the -same tluetprotects the invaded rights of the paojle and furnishes a general relief from an wvershadowing menace, looks very distinctly .Democratic to us; and it.will take something more, Gen eral, than an exaggerated estimate of cost to frighhten the people from it. 5. You say in regard- to our demand fir the election of United States Sena tors,by the people, that it will require, a change of the Constitution to effect this., There is no news in that. "You have, we suppose, read the demand" as printed in the body of your article, and you must have seen that it is dis tinctly, a demaud to change the Con stitution. You fail utterly in this, as in previous insta'nces, to adddbe a single argument. why it is undemocratic to propose a needed change in the Consti tution. You say you "hardly think that the cbange will be mad'e in time to allow any of the present yount as pirants of the Alliance to test their strength before the people." Just what bearing this lhttle fing at the "young aap*eants of the Alliance" has upon the undemocracy of the demand (that is what you were to prove,)is not apparent. You say you "have ger denounced tehe Alliance." Perhaps not; but covert flings at its leaders has beep a favorite wa o trying to injure it among people who for political reasons dare not de nounce it openly. 6. Yes, as a rule we as individuals oppose the State bank proposition of the Deniocratic platform. But what -has that to do with the Ocala platform which you set out to prove inconsistent with the Democratic? "You have, we suppose, read" the Oeala platform, and If you did you must have seen that It makes no reference whatever to State banks. What bearing then has our individual opinions upon your proposi tion that "no man who upholds (the Ocala platform), can properly claim to be a Democrat?" Butif weare to be kicked out-of the Demdcratic party because weasindivid uals oppose one plank in the party platform, we will have a goodly con tigogent in our company. We will have a majority of the Democrats in the United States Senate, who opposed the administration view of the silver plank of that platform, and we will have with us the great masses of the American people. What constitutes the test of a Demo crat any way in this degenerate day? Is it unquestioning adhesio: to every plank of the Democratic platform? Is it fidelity to principle.? Certainly not, if we are to judge by the practice of the party. We have gold-bug Democrats and free silver Democrats and national bank Democrats and greenback Demo crats, free trade Democrats and protec. tion Democrats and tariff for revenue Democrats. The party of free trade elected more than once a high protectionist'to the highest position in the gift of a Demo cratic'Congress;and even.nowa former Republican candidate for the Presiden cy occupies the highest place in the cabinet by appointment of a Demo cratic President who had behind him a Democratic Congress and the whole machinery of government. If adher ence to every plank of the platform were necessary to constitute a man a Democrat, then Samuel J. Randall, a pronounced protectionist, could never have been speaker. of a Democratic CO6ngres;and Walter(Q. Gresham, for mer Republican candidate for the Presidency, could never be chief ad viser of a Democratic President. What then is the sole test of a man's Democ racy under the practice of the party? Evidently it is his support of the nomi nee in- the general election. Finally, after all your somewhat lengthf discussion, you find only'lve out of twelge points upon which you take issae with the Ocala platform. You. "distinctly agreed with two, as does "every Democrat," you say. To that. extent you yourself uphold the Ocala platform, and .iuder your own ruling you cannot; :prperly claim to be a Democrat." The most casual reiding of our letter will show thst we,made no objection to your orgahizinR what in the last analysis, would be Democ-atic clubs independent of our State Democratic organization. But we bad no concern about that. We simply--asked you to explain your statement that "no-man who upholds the-Ocala platform can properly claim to be a Democrat. You refused point.blknk to answer the ques tions we asked, and proceeded to com pare plktforns, with the result shown above that not even on that ground could you defend your charge gainst us. - This effort to make ft:appe.:thati objected to yourorganig oemratie "plobs iaentirelyapart.irempaeajestio yoa. yourself raised, a 6o ars ranted by anything we srOte.. It peaaQs ' bet ilne with .ourother efforts to read Alliancemen o6"1td' Democratic party and dfilreit the "young Alliance" leaders, while pro feasing great respect for'the organiza tion. W. D EVANs, President :South Carolina State Alli ance. J. W.8TIOKES, Lecturer South -Carolina -State Alli ance. - ASedentary Occupation, plenty of sitting down -and not much exercise, ought to have- Dr. Pierce's Pleaant Pellets. to:go with it. They absolu(ely andt permanantly cure Con stipation. .One tiny, sugar-doated Pel let 1e a corrective, -a regulator, a gentle laxative. They're the smallest, the easiest to take, and mostaatardi reme dy-no reactison afterward. Sick Head ache, - Bilious Headache, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks, and all stomach and. bowel derangements are prevented, re lieved and cured. A "COLD IN THE -H EAD'" Is ~quickl cured by Dr. Sage'sCatarrh Remedy, iso is Catarrhal Headache, and'ever trouble caused by Catarrh. Sois Catarii itself. The proprietors offer $500 for any case which they cannot cure. Fesbion Notes for Holiday Toilettes. Elegant tailor made garments or those for the promenade are of plain cloth. They are often beautifully braided or trimmed with a soutache of another.shade. A. novel way of-usinpg fur is in. perpendicular bands on the seams, starting from a fur head at about the height of the knee. Odd combina tions are encouraged, and black and white, thoagh not new, still continde in high favor. The mingling of lace, embroidery and fur form the rich fash ions of the present moment. The 19ton Jecket, ttie Figaro and-nuaverseem likely to remain fashionable forlsome time to come. Afeature-of.thlasseason's fashions is the richness of-the materials used in gowns. The new dahlia tint, myrtle and brown are.-much seen in: woolen goQds combined sWith moire silk. These items of interest give only a faint idea of the many instructive points contained in the.. McDowell Illustrated Magazines from-which they have been selseted. These journals are 'the standa.rd authorities in either Paris, London or Amderiea on everything per taining to fashion. Besides their useful inforiiation they give valuable lessons to.dressmakers and offer unusual in ducements in the form of Patterns and. Coupons. "La Mode do Pafi" and "Album of Fashion" cost only-$3.50 a year each, or 35 cents a copy. "The French Dressmaker," an exceedingy practical magazine, 1s33 00 per annum. "La Mode," a family journal, which Is Intended to enter into every home, costs only $1.50 a' year, or 15 cents a copy.' If you are unable to procure any of these magazines at your newudealers do not accept any substitute from him, but apply by mail to Mesers A.'Mc Dowell & Co., 4 West 14th Street, New York. "I suppose now that your will be going home to your mother in the morning?" "I just won't. I have tried that and it doesn't seem to do me any good. 1 am going to bring mother here this time."-Indianapolis Journal. Gudder-"Why don't youjact always as your conscience tolls you you should?" Cynicus-"I make enough enemies as it is."-Chicago Record. The :great value of Hood's Sarsa parilla as a remedy for catarrh is vouched for by thousands of people whom it ha cured. For The Herald and News. THE CHEIST CHEILD. A Christmas Story. Francis, I have told you agreat mar stories, some true, and some that we stories and nothing else, like those D1 Radle used to tell when he made aho for your grand-pa when he was a boy real Monehausen stories, just made t things. Some stories are good, and s though they are stories in one sens yet they are true stories, because ti spirit of them is true, whether the le ter is or not. Agnes wants me to tell her stori too, now, since she has grown lari enough and old enough to open h eyes wide in wonder when she hea any new and strange tale. So this stoi is for both of you. The story grandpa tells you to-da: is a Christmas Story; an old-time Ge man tale of the Christ child. The Ge mans are a great people; liberty lovini wise and energetie;. fond of deep stud and thought, dreamy and practica 'They are solid' and substantial, ye fond of excursions to cloudland an dreamland. Their clouds have a soli basis to rest upon and their dreams at not all vapory clouds, but are mue more solid than the smoke out of whis they emanate. They are great smoker and when enveloped and seeminigl -lostin the dense vaporsthat rise frot their pipes, they are revolving som great problem In metaphysical philo. ophy or religion, and will emerge afte awhile with their thoughts as clear an, cloudless as the skies of Ilaly eve are. T'iey are a curious people, these Gei mans are. Their folk-lore abounds Ii stories of gnomes and kobclds, an dwarfs and giants, and all sorts of c rions and uncouth creatures, that liv in mountain caves and minies. The; tell of many curious things done ai tricks played by these people, mostl: friepdly, seldom mischievous. Thee are old time stories, come down -fron the days when the people were heathei -before they knew and loved th+ Christ child. They still love to tel those -old time heathen stories, thougl they no longer believe them just so: love to tell you of the harmless wayso th.gentle little birds and of their talk to:me. The ChristChild! You know ou Lord-was .boruL $n Christmas Day th 25th of December. -He appeared asi little boy, a be&,y iniis mother'sarms 1nst as yoa;did,nst as we a did- =Bu grandpa wilt venture to say that H, looked brighter and wiser and muel inore wide awake and beautiful that any of us did when we were babies though he was very sad and sorrowful and so remained all His days to th sad. and sorrowful close of his ]if here. The Germans tell us that on .evera Christmas night as a little-child he comes to earth ohele more. He comes not in royal.robes, not as the Son of king, or of a great noble; not as the king of heaven, as He is and always has been; but He comes as a child o the people, as a poor man's son; as al 'outcast, in poor and tattered garments homeless and a beggar.'We eomes thus that He may see and learn by a direct personal observation and experienee how they, who call theiriseives His people live and -behave themsel.ves Clothed in' ragged and worn appare HE goes from house to house, and knoicks at the door of every one wh< ealls himaelf a Christian. Some do noi open at all, but, peering through th4 window and seeing a beggar boy, he is ordered away or thre'atened with thi police. Some send him grudgingly a small piece of bread and cold meat r'ho modes in which he receives cold treatment are as varied as the selfisi emotions and pasidns of the bumar beart. To none of these does He reveal Eimself. He cannot-they would not understand the revealment. . Sometimes he receives a welcome, and ,uch a welcome that the vera beavens.above rejoice with an added splendor of happiness. One time, rot such a: great- many years ago, the Germans tell us;-whai [ am now.going to relate occurred ii the good old city of Nuremburg. It-wai a bitter cold night, but inside many ionses.of the -city, gay scenes were transpiring, and many green Christ mass trees bore fruit of various kinds tc be distributed amongst the wearers of the happy faces around. They expected a visit from Santa Claus. Outside, noi far from one of these houses whieli seemed so happy within, a little child ragged and footsore, with a tattered esp on his head, was observed by a pa iceman, walking apparently sad and wreary, along the almost<deserted street Necessity only compelled persons to be uat such a cold night. The child dres near to the house and as he set his fool upon the first step the policeman sp proached as if to arrest him and send bim somewhere to a safe shelter, feel. ing well assured that in that houe there was no welcome for the forlori and desolate child. He was about t< take the child by the arm, but the child raised His eyes, looked at thi policeman and~smiled and passed or up the steps The policeman saw Hirr when He knocked -at the door, ther walked away, speaking low to himself "the Christ Child!.I have seen thi Christ Child." The door was opened and the chili went in. Inside all looked bright ani bappy. 8anta Claus was there, or somi one playing the part of Sazita Claus distributing gifts from the Christina tree. Suddenly his eye fell upon thi ragged intruder, and in a harsh voieo he called out, "What is this begg brat doing here? akre himn and gim him to the policeman who stands near the door." A servant approached him to take him ,out, but he - touched Him not. There was something in the child's y look and manner that caused a great re awe to fall upon him and he gently led r. the way out, motioning to the child to es follow. As they passed out the servant - said: "Is there anything that I can do lp for you?" and his voice was very kind. ,. "Nay," replied the child, "I need noth e, ing, you have done what you could," 10 but there were great tears in His eyes t. when He'spoke. The servant, with a dazed but very bright look on his face, said in a scarcely articulate voice, as ;e the child walked away, "The Christ ar Child! that is the Christ Child, the rs stories of the Christ Child are true, for y I have seen Him." And so the child passed from house to house in that great city, knocking at r. every door. Sometimes he was very r. coldly received and turned away with no att ntion showed Him. Sometimes 'He was sent into the kitchen and fed, i; but without that- heartfelt charity and t good will that makes a little kindness d into a great one. Sometimes He was d jested with but still fed and warmed. e At last He came to a house-in the far h northern suburb of the city, a good b house, but not a fine one; a house that seemed as though the people who lived in it were not distinguished nor great a people in the world-not rich nor very e poor. The lamp light shone clear and . bright through a glass window whose r blinds were not closed. He looked in and the father and mother, with their r little children, were just taking their seats at the table to partake. of their evening meal. The hour was some what late for that, but the father had beea away,was engaged and something detained him later than usual. 'The child knocked, the father at once rose from his place at the table, went to the doorand opened it. 0, the pitiful sight that met his eyes! A little, forlorn look - ing child, with garments all draggled and wet, for it had rained some, with a flush upon Hie face and a slight, backing cough, when he essayed to speak, as though the fever of consump tion was upon him, stood on the steps. The father said not a woid but "my f poor child," and lifting him from.his feet and taking him in his arms be bire' him- into the house, and placed lin in a.seat not far from the fire.. S;The motber chafed his cold hiands, ,tooYbff his garments which were wet, pdf otbers -clean aDd dry upon him, and-then when.he felt comfortable she wheeled his chair round to the tableso thatche mightpartake of the Christmas cheer with them. When seated at table he looked at the little boy, the young eat, on the opposite side,'and, oh, won derful! the .little fellow crowed and reached out his h%nds as though he would leap across the table and nestle into the bosom of the strange child,,for he:saw that the-stranger was very beau tiful. They all saw it soon. And when He took -up a loaf of: bread, looked up -to heaven and gave thanks, a great awre and feeling of love fell upop father and mother and all the house. He rose to His feet and giviLg the bread to each one at table, He sa d "Take, eat, th1i is my body." He then poured the wipe, -producing it from the very vin ',age of heaven which He carried with Him 'always. He gave to each one and -said, "Drink ye all of it,; this.is my 'blood, shed for the redemption of the world." And then his face shone as. the 'sun and His garments became white and glistening, and laying Bis hand gently upon the head of each He said, "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you, not as the world giveth give I unito you. -Let not youri heart be troubled, sneither let It be afraid." He then rose and pasing up wards to the far heavens,which opened to receive Him,.and whose glories they for a moment could see, He vanished from sight. Such, children, or something likeJ this, is the story 6f the Christ Child as< Ilearned i.t long ago. Some years ago grandpa versifled thei story for a l6vely:little girl,who is now a a young lad'y-and'has pas'ed on into the acti.ve, busy world'. We cannot be young always, but, if we will, wie can alw,ays retain the friendship of the Christ Child. The verses are reproduced here, slightly changed for Francis and Ag nes, Clara and Gil.bert, and all other good children: . An old time German story tells That on the eve before the bells Of Chi-istmas ring out clear and sweet, A little child with naked feet, In tattered garinents old and poor, Goes softly round from door to door, ' Low knocking, begging to be let Within from out tbe cold and wet. And if one opens, the tale tells, Before the ringing of the bells, That little child, all glorified, Becomes the holy Christ who died To save the world. And then he breaks The bread and gives, "and Then He takes The wine and pours it in the cup, And blesses ere they dritik it up; And then He vanishes from sight Apparelled in bright robes of light. That little child, 0, children, dear! That little child comes every year, Indeed, indeed, He's always here; And He is softly-knocking still, And you can open if you will, And say, come in, thou heavenly Child, And make us like thyself, holy and meek and mild. The AdvotSing _ Of Hood's SarsaparIlla is always with In the bounds of reason because it is true; it always appeals to the sober,com mon sense of thinking people because it is true and it is always fully sub stantiated by endorsement which, In the financial world would be accepted without a moment's hesitation. Hood's Pills cure liver ills, constipa tion, biliousness, jaundice, sick head ahe indigestin_ THE DISPENSARY WAR BEGUN. Spies Make a Bald on the Houssof s Negro and One of the Spies is Acci dentally Shot by Another -The Negro Shot to Death. [Special to News and Courier.] SPABTANBUEG, December 27.-Th( dispensary war has opened in earnesi in Spartanburg. Some of the Tillman spies secured warrants for the arrest of Henry Palmer for violating the dispen sary law. They also had a search war rant to examine his house. Last nighl about 8 o'clock they went to his house. When they asked for entrance thedoor was opened and John Blayton, a twc hundred pound whiskey spy, arrested Palmer. A scuffle ensued, and Spy Jackson says that a woman brought a shotgun and Palmer told her to shoot, but she did notfire. The gun was taken from her. During the scuffle Blayton was shot with a load of small shot. The charge entered the small of the back in the rear. The wound is not considered dangerous, unless the shot penetrated the abdominal cavity. Jackson says that Palmer shot Blay ton, but his shotgun -was still loaded after the. fray, and he never had his hands on it. Bt sides that he had no pistel about his person or house. He also had some silver in his hand when the spies arrested him. He held on to that until he was killed. After Blayton was shot he began to fire on Palmer with his pitol. The second shotcrushed through his temple. killing him instantly. A. spy by the name of Pearson was also In the crowd. Some of the woman in the house say that they saw two- men outsideand one of"them had a gun in his hand. It was evidently one of these that shot Blay ton. This is one of the results to- beex peeted. When the constables begin to invade private houses there will be trouble. Hundreds of. people i ths county are going to keep whiskey in their houses. Theyare not going to get labels to put on the.packages. They are also going to get whiskey from North Carolina in any quantity they desire. They declare that the first spy thatcossesthe threeholdtotheirhouses they will killhim. The coroner has beep investigating the dispensarykilling case alldayabd the jury are in- session to-night" He seems betryingtheeaseonItsm It is evidet that Henry, Palmer we unarmed and t_at.he,mae" na,reia tanee e cpt to break awayiroin'tie onastables. .He-was ten or: thir1 ifeet from his house. Blayton must bave been shot by one of his-own men,who' was-armed,with a shotgun. The load was intended for Palmer. but the greater portion of it entered Bfayton's ide. Some colored men went,-Afore Trai Justice Kirby and swore out warrants for Constables Blayton and Jackeon. Blayton's wound-prevents hisimprisoin nent. Jacksone 'isn jail Lo.nlght. .The negroes are not excited, but they are takingAthe mat?ter very seriously. They think they havelttl protection under the law as administered. - THE COBONEE'S I1VEirrI(ATIoN. LSpecial toNews and CYourier.J SPARTAhBURG, December 29.--The soroner's jury remained in session last' aight until about HI o'clock, when they tendered a.verdict that Hen'ry Palmer ~ame to hisdiath by agu~nshot wound afilcted by Constable Blayton osistig arrest. There wasi: division >f opinion among the juryg.en and3t was difficult for them to reacha verdigt. The facts of the case are about as ollows: Henry Palmer had been sell ng whiskey. Constable rearson in luced aman to go and purchase a pack ige from him. On that knowledge he lad two warrants taken out, one to ar -est Henry Palmer and his sister and be-other to search the house. Instead >f making the. arrest in the day time. :hree constables, Pearson, Jackson and Blayton, aecorppanied by two' or three )ther persons, one of whom said .be was a constable, went to make the ar est about 8 o'clock at night. Palmer was in the house. Two women and a mall boy were also there. A loaded hotgun was on the bed. The arrest ~as made. Palmer made an attempt *o escape. A scuffle ensued. The con tables swear that one of the women ried to use the shotgun, but Jackson ~aptured it. One witness swore that Blayton or one of the constables said Shoot him." Soon after that a gun vas fired from the outside or about the loor while Palmer and Blayton were cuffling. Some of the constables say hat the first .firing was done in the ouse. The testimony confiets. None if them saw any gun in the house ex ept Palmer's which was loaded when aptured. One man outside had agun. ['he impression prevals that he aimed o shoot Palmer when he was attempt og to rush from the door and by mis ake shot Blayton. That is the only >lausible theory. Then Blayton says se fired twice as Palmer was getting away. The second shot that brought aim down was some distance from the louse. These are the facts of the case. Four onstables with one or two others, went ~here fully armed to arrest a man who ~ad no arms. There was no evidence o show that he was using any violence except the force necessary to get away ~rom the armed force. He was using :he privilege that accused persons ave, that is, he was running out of the way of of ficers. Governor Tillhman telegraphed yes erday to see that Bl1ayton had medical ittention and legal defence. 5. DISPENSABY-SPY THEASHED BY NE GBOS. CoLUmBIA, S. C., -December 29.-A mpecial to the Register from Spartan. burg says: 4'Last night about 12 o'cloc as State Constable Davis was en roul to his boarding house he was attacke by a crowd of negroes and severeJ whipped to excess along the railroad distance of several-squares. Pieces 4 rubber hose were used to do the whip ping with. Davis was made to take off his ha and address these negroes as gentlE men and also swear that he would qui Tillman's service and go home. . number of white men witnessed th, assault but refused to interfere. Noon knew w here the police were. Tb farmers are- organizing all over th county to put down such lawlessness. Bachman Chapel and Union Academ Chip.. Chips extends his best wishes anc kindest regards to one and all as Christmas and New Year's present. -Mr. Editor, we have received a littli Christmaasgift about the size of guinea egg on the side of our-face,__ the form -of a boil; which wedo no appreciate very, much, So you need qot expect :very many ehips rom.s man who is "boil"-ing. There have been several esesii Lagrippe, but it seems'that it has been in a milder form. School closed on Friday, 22nd.alt., for a vacation of one week during the holidays. - For fear that we will ilghtrsoseone we wIl omit our Christmas=visitora.: A good sermon from a goopreacbhe is nothing morethin-we expect. -That was just the kind we-had at Bachimn Cbapel ,oi Ch stmas eve, from nour good old pastor, Rev. .J.D. Bowles His text was the latter partof the-ee bnd verse. of the. 5th ehapterof . Luke: "This man re cetveth siunaer and eateth with them." ..The e6mgra gation was -lrge, the eveing -was one of the lovelest, and we-hahvy right to believe that every one pre"t felt that It was good:to be there Rev James D. Kinsard, of the Newberry Seminary, was presentad assisted: a the services. Look here, Needle! Where ar you? Let us have some m ore of rea ' n aur e Necdle work. The are mi us.that always just:snb :you patup 'M F ^2 aT1. si. tie a ,r bult fa now on thue aind. Amongother little?:ChrlStma. ?1ack ete, there has bee- -dli' fd moat of 6atrimonial racket: eFdTueedSy, Deeember19th, at the7residence iof bride'i father-l -Eeiii n onkIE ir.iti Chapmanana Miss Konkle were made osen n Sunday, 24th, at the th' etaspa ; age, by.Rev. J. H ~ jM WiUan Livngstoie and -sSi~e wereal man andw ~ We have<lnved to seetIt-~ Christmas dayijs bout tfy?~ we.can-well recallt1 and o thUt the mote olc,qet one ta n beenrerded In neso rf -We lear: that h r ir has - day night, 19thi4Mr. (alvin Metta' corn erib-a d~oed together $ti all.ofhis(corslbtiir elssf flOUtr ninety gallo'ns of molassesltw bl of cotton, and-seed, and thepiic1 part of his -farming tols.,Whae not learned whetherhe's-nI surance on theproir. or,t e~ suppose the cause-o-te firews* dently, from the hants of andIncen diary. We learn from Mr. J. A. C. Klblerj one of the County Board of:Control, that-tlie Dispensary was closed on Christmas day. We must congratu late the Dispensary authorities, for this is a new leafito the old barroom sys tem.' Bpt we must admit "that the liquor'problem is a hard nut to. crack, and, we are not yet prepared to pass oiir opinion dn the new law. Dear Readers: We are taking the1 last oppo'tunity of presenting a few lines in this good old .year of 1893. Before another issue of The Herald and News this year will be cloed, and anotaier leaf will be turned down upon the pages of our lives, audi would dare say that there are many eyes per mitted to look upon.these lines to-day that ayear fience will beceIosed In the silent halls of darkness. The most of the young people, with a large per cent, of the older ones, look upon the Christmas-tide as a time for frolieking, -a time for all manner of sporting, and we are often caught par ticipating in various kinds of vice. The celebration of the birth of Christ is one of the grandest events on earth, and we do.not mean to say that we should go with our heads bowed down] as if we were mourning over some of our deceaed ones. -But we should re joice in thanksgiving to God for the blessed assurance of a Saviour, who took upon himself our sinful nature, suffered and died that we might be freed from our guilt and sin. Now, gentle reader, as we enter upon the arena of a new-year, let sus .turn a new leaf and strive to improve our time. Always make it a point to study for linprovement, rather than amuse ment. Many people lose a great deal of~ their valuable time by laziness. They 1lo1land yawn in a great chalr tell themselves that they have not-time to begin anything then, and that It- wills do as well another time(. !hlis% most unfortunate disposito an he greatest obstruction to both koldg and business. In our age we have noj k rigbt or claim to=laziness We e enlisted in the world,and i ive, diligent and -nd*tigb we propose.eomniandign a we must .serve up=to it wit of NeverputoffWl1o- orrow - can do to-day. -f - Many people m ,t have so much time before . they niay squander 'what t of It and yet baVeenoagl e - L great fortunee bavefr~eent e people to a ruinous i ma y e often thin1t that *ared a provided we arenehitb#a g a in busines . There sit b e this We may'fu lte we aren.'ry+t t t-u sgaan all e W"shouaa --wase inmpr. 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