Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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' S? I ;? i ?a. -. ;> raSC WATCHMAN. ?v*t:tlt?:?hed ;? , IS)!?. ; Just and Fear not-Let al! the Ends thou Aims't at. eo thy Country's, thy God's and Trutr. SUMTER, S. C, WEDNESDAY, .JULY 27. 1887. :::: ;: ;?: s< \ ? ? * i V tl-'i'v VL-VM vtU ij Kit til ? : i t? ^ UUtJMlWU Pu elisi cd er cry "i?^?r:cs?s.y, H Y . Cr. OSTEEN, ?OITK??, S. C. Two Dollars per auuuei?in advance. a D V E S i S .-: M E NTS. One Square, rirs: raser:ion.S? Oit Every subacquea: insertion. Co:ura.-;.~ :\:r :??. ??<? uioiuhs. i>r ?ortijer will be made at reduce?, rates. Ail communications 'vh:eh ^:;,;"rv^ private interests will beehar^ed :or as adveriisetnenis. Obituaries and :r?buies o?' respect v.-ill be charged for. one Absolutely Pure. This now der never varies. A raarvei of purity, sirenstii r?<: w aoiesotaeness. More economical ':: : the ordinary kinds, and can not be sold in corn-petition with tbc multitude of io'v :est. weight, aiunj or phosphate powders. Sold oiib: in cans. ?iuYAL i?AK ?XG POWDER Co.. : rO . . ELY'S Cream Balmi?^ ^, cols i CATA RRH. ZS ' * *? # A par'lele of the rPt?rn is applied into'each TXStrii. is > ^ ?. v.ii-.r > <;?*?: ? :?. :> _ y :t-- - SOrbC-J, rff?CXUalfv c:-:tr:-i.i^ ?::c n:;S:-ti puSSa fres of catarrh::! xirus, ea;:s:::? healthy secre tions. It al?ays pain and i?5:?nmai>?h, protects tbe mernem:;*i linings of the ' ??:?: fr >ra a l-ii tioak: colds, completely htais the ?vtor? and restore? the se::se of :??.?*;.? and >:;..?!! ? he i llffllff HIS _ A SPECIFIC FOR WOMAN'S I?ISEASES aixiful is {?[?re.ssctl rofusc ^? < .t:iT y nini rresrnlar M ENSTRTJATION or ON?HLY SICKNESS. Ir ?ik-. . der?ri?: ..?:? <" A '?: ;-F ! . rr?at StrCTe?S?r ar/? dang'-r ?*!" :? : ??...?. r-^-nd :?; . 6ook'*5iJBS*.v;s ? .'? ::>.*? : .??-. : free. Bitk?irrjccD I?sgu^at-.-:: Ce, Atlanta, Ga. INSURANCE LICENSE. State of South Carolina. exfxtt: OffjCce <>v GO LU '. ICKP.TIr'V TJ S<?X. o: S . STAUNTON U NY, inc<-r:>t.r:: ha3 corr: '.:? : ?? Ac: of "the H ' An A<-t lore^.' Gomr?a:;ies '''>! South ("*r dina, said M? ' C Said, ?.> " :?? : -'? of I ra::-- '- ' Oiaren'w-; .t-i : ? Sai-! Cornear; ;. Kxp:r? : Marcii June i "? Messrsi .1. V. > ARi^">. Jr. ?'? for Sr.'tTjnton ?. Countv. '?:i'.\?:tm knt. ;;??;. .?.;; ?;?:nki:.vL, S. ":.:.<? C'. 1 >r?T. i'. (i?vK?N l .^.ft.,;.- ar ??}. '?";'. V/i '. o." ? ? ?? \"? : ? > ! *.* ;? \. SlloNKV S?MTER PALACE ICECREAM SALOON! Cake ?c C:~fo:;::nerT Z::acli:hn:or::, U Ut .?>'/:; . 6?' /?.<, /;. (J'tk' S. ' '?< -'>f.> .< ' "r?,f. ne pa-- -; pe?pie -?f we exiend : Wh?-:? thev : No Tr'-ii?!v paid tu aM ? . \ K<>! ssi;i?! i.*: : c o. .1 ?. f? BIBLES AND TESTAMENTS. X '?ii?ndf luhm Before S:???:n<r. L^.sh closer, daritnsr. !??: thy tender heart I:??.?.! :?-~t;* >f ::.!::?.? that u?a.-> ? ?:?? heavy ? ; !>: :* ;!:> i;U?Ok ^< man's tears i'.- So?tUo thy ? Sia A 5; MK-. u :i* e uM ' ?.<?? n:y s--rr??ws so! Ili:: :t*. :: 7:>?:>r vv< tk. >? . ? : ::??: : t. :i?: i vv? moi: Weep; > ?- s the 5>-i!lt. ?" :t:??> :t:>- wcr.-i s beb? st; j ??: ::::?? ^ i ; :>:t^-.?: .; ;.?:;.!??:??? :::*'?*rr creep-. W'i'ii 1:<?:>?? i ? (.?? ? ?:;.: ; > .': ?'.:.> breast. ; Now. ? -.? \\ .? |.a;?:."\ 1::. ? yet ?? ?:;? und f.V.rk Ci' so kiss- < ?r.ir. r. ei?'Vnr?ur, passi-entre. ! To :??? i- a t.?vvv-,. w r>i :? ?ve t::::: Wi?uM ?; ? ak. A b ii'U-r-?i?oi?irh: ioyo iab??rs to translate In earn*s; tvoriiS;"w.h'o&? mei?ery through ?ay yours $n??l:"c.iim tby <>? and dry thy dropping ?eiirs if ir: xhy garden when :'.?? r< S' ? b>tr. pr by ?Ire Shelter o? mua- Vening ?rc-, In h:iv ? ?????:? u:<-- a:->r :?::::.:::? :? ir?;-'v. i Tby S"U. ti- : s.- : ?: v. :?li a f<?nU desire ? (F?nder ad stroncar then thy tender us?-) I Th:::k ih?<?: "One ioags-f?r i?* across the rVrfttu;" j A: d i?. sweet falling like the evening dews, ? A special peace enfolds tby h?-ari and bcinci Tiifi say ;h"U, dvar, with softly bated breath, ! "I?: soste ione ?v?dVrn> ss beyond the sea, : IV'netber in : i irti or ??. in srlo?m or death. My ioVerS spint Speak to ( -.1 for rael" j Kiss me. belov- -.viihou: a doubt or dread; i We arc not sundered though far-weli be said. : ?Ail the Year lieund. IN AFTEtt YEARS. **A dreaming visionary, who will I make your life miserable.'' Mr. Daiston i sa:d earnestly, not angrily, when his daughter pleaded for a lover her lather ? bad s?nt away. "See, child!'' be add ; ed. suiting his arm around her slender ! agttre, and drawing her close to h ira, "you and 1 must not quarrel about this. i>ut George Clayton is full of nn practicable schemes thai will never j develop into usefulness. Iiis inven 1 lions are worthless. his studies bave no : dehaite result. ile will sink into a ; mere dreamer. Olive, and you will be ; in that uiteriy false position, a woman : supporting .ber husband. "But,"' the giri faltered, lifting her shy blue eyes to the grave, loving face above her own. "we ?ove each other." "And i: is upon that iove 1 build my hopes of rousing George to a more act ive, practical life. I have told him tbat when he can come to me with any position that gives him a fair, honesily earaed income, 1 will withdraw my op position. Olive's face brightened. Her lover i was not. then, fin ally dismissed. For lier sake he surely would exert biniseli; and accept her father's reasonable con dition. Ho did. and so they parted, true Lovers, ehiiddike in ti:eir hope and fai:;;: George Cita loa to carry ins . sememes into the world, io win a fortune in o::o success. Olive to wu-t. Week-* slipped by, months melted away, and then years dragged heavily aloni*, and no news o? George Clayton came back to ins frit;:;'is. Mr. ]>:d:>;o:i died. leaving his daugh ter tea years older than she had buon when George lofi her. ami the heiress of large wealth. The blow fell without warning, desolating her! Strong in health, she had no refuge in weakness to excuse total retirement, no physical pain to cause her to forget mental uii- ry. Day after day site rose, vigor ous and active, to a dreary bui::;: of idleness. Her very beauty was changed; not .?;.-:. but (?!??:;.ied by the expression of discontent au i peevishness never absent from her i'aee. ' 'r,yr y--ars old t< '-day." she ihwiffjit; sitting belehre a mirror and studying her own f?ee. "It w;;s oh u.y birt::dav George went a?vay. Twenty year- arr?. \Y;.:!.i became of i::;;;? Hither was ' -.::-y m :i;.- hssi t.uat i;e did riot help him and k-ep aim re. He h::te.v i,t>w .t.aeiv ? fh.;lLd be M'hai is lile worth? Sue rose- ::npaticn?iy. for *here was a uoi>e in the :?>wer part of the house, j and s-he Opjerled lo -UUSr-. "j'uis wus ui'-re * han :i uo.U'-stie j it :i w::s a <??? - mot?on. IL-avy feet were trampling aeross-iii? bail, a e.-rv f?ubei <.f vph-es w:?s rising up, aiVd ih/ors sianiined, people shouted. Unt;: ::er ?jup't le^i tiettce was :?.-> uo:>y a.s a town had at a ma>> up ??::?:;*. S:.?? r::;rV? :: e bui: .-i.arply?twice be fore it wusls unswVered; Then hei maid appear- i, :iushed, brea;;de>s. < xcite'.h "What i- all iid^ no:5e?*'> Mi>s Dai stor? :i-ked sha'rt-dv. "1- the house on ilr.-?" "Oh. nus>: but liic-re's been an aeeid ut. Oui" and the girl gasped, *a mati run over, and t. '?>"??e brought hiuu u?-rc. r "*vv"ho l'ave permission for s;;-.-b liber ties In my house?" Ai:>^ i,>;ii^i-*u cried angrily. "It wns the nearest, miss."1 "Are there rio hospitals?" was the sharp rejoinder. "1 will go down ai once and have him remov? ?.'' Going down was easily a'-comnl:>hed: bul to ??or indignant auia/.ement. Mis; l>a:s;on found :t t>oii(--mari rjaiT.intr Luc doors of the library, a;: i autitik-r o.rVr cicarin?! the itail. "I am Miss l?;:?cpej.** sli? said te the man who refusr-d ;:..r ?d'R?Xt::nVe te? ber owr: library. "'! !;:< is ?iv ::>r:<>\" ?*>'.':?;?'.. muni. We're sent ?> a'eil. ar: ! riKtllres-rCs. ruuuu hu? the doe?ors in ii:?-re now. mutru and n:v orders vva: to 1 t nobodv* ::.>. :i:uu:." As he sp?dhv. dpor u..,.n.:.h "S--e if von ?".".u :*??: so;?;e vvarui watet and :ov.<?,?.." a \??1?? e said. " * ; get them." Mb:- Dalston said, hurr- lair a'.vay. her :rrjgV-r :: ? ? an odd. new -? csation of pity riu-l ir:t? rest. 'i :e d"- .r was o: ??::<-i for. her on h.ci return-, t ?e: ri u?- a basin rad pitcher and an armfu- ' ! r<>wels. Sue w.*t:? in soft or nvi\ .??;?! the mva'id was alone, until the: door opened sofl?y, anda woman came woman whoSeemed lo ??ave dropped :??: years frolli her age in the last wo inorili:?. Sue crossed the room quickly, timi her lips touched tbc in valid's paio cheek, softly, tenderly. You look .so weil to-day, George,11 she said; a temici' joy in eveicy word. Yes. 1 sha i i soon be well," lit: an swered, regretfully, "und must leave you.*' You shall never leave me again." was l'ho quick reply. **I have found yuu. and yen are mine.*' *Itot. Olivo, 1 have failed in every thing, liow can I li\'o on vour bouu That we shall soon lind out.''' sho ; answered, cheerily: "but I shall never let you tro, George.'' And *he Kept her word. Tomatoes. i The tomato has a curious history, j Native of Sentii America, like the pota to, it is said to have been introduced ' into England as early as 15%. Many ! years elapsed before it was used as forai, ; and the botanical name given to it was ; significant of the estimation in which it ; was hold by our forefathers. It was called Ly;:opt r?ic?im -a compound term meaning wolf and peach, indicating that, notwithstanding its beauty, it was regarded as a sort of "Dead Sea fruit."' : The italiana first dared to use it freely, 1 the French: followed, and afier eying it . askance as a novelty for unknown years, John Dull ventured to taste, and : having survived, began to eat with in creasing gusto. To our grandmothers in this land the ruby fruit was given as ' "love-apples," and adorning quaint old bureaus, were devoured by dreamy eyes j long before canning factories were ; within the ken of even a Yankee's : vision. Now. tomatoes vie with the I potato as a general article of food, and one eau scarcely visit a quarter of ihc j globe so remote but he will lind that the tomato can has been there before j him. Its culture is so easy that one \ year I had bushels of tiie iinest fruit ! from plants that grew here and there by chance. Skill is required only in pro : ducing an early crop, and to secure this end the earlier the plants are started in ; spring the better. Those who have glass will experience no ditliculty what ever. The seed may be sown in a greenhouse as early as January, and th? plants potted when three inches high, transferred to larger pots from lime to time as they grow, und by the middle of May put into the open ground, . fui; of blossoms and immature fruii. Indeed, plants starle;', early in the fail will give in a greenhouse a good supply ail winter. They also grow readily in hot-beds, coid frames, and sunny wiu ; d'jws. U'e usually can buy well-for warded plants from those who raise : them for sale. If these are set out early in .May un a sunny slope, they mature rapidly, ami give an early yield. The tomai*; is very sensitive to frost, and should nut ?.? in the open ground be : j/e danger from it is over. Through ou; May we may tiiiA plants for sale every where! If we desire lo try dis lui:: kinds with the least trouble, we can sow ti. ; S'-ed about May 1. and in our limate e.nj >y an abundant yield in >.?:?!??!!::???:? -;? :\;i<-:-: ];: she C??l. hUr mi : climate < f Kivglami the tomato is usually grown c/< ter. Ulte the peach, along sunny walls and fences; recele:;,g ;;> careful a summer pinning as tiie grape-vine. Vviih us they ritte usually icf: to sprawl over the ground at wiih J)v training the vines over various kinds of supports, however, they can he ?mole :.s ornamental as they are useful, 'l'ite ground on which they ?ow should ile: '-nijw hioMexatcI} feiine, or el.-*:; liiere is too great a growth of vine at lue ? :.p?-ese ci fruii. This is especially true if we wish an early yield, an 1 I.: this case i;:e warmest, ?Irles: soil is necessary. I?ut comparatively a few rears airo the tomaio consiste'.: o? liti.e more than a rind with seeds in the hollow center. Xow, the onlv varieties worth raising cut as soidd as a mellow pear, li ne fol lowing is Gregory's list of varieties: Living-lull's i?eaut , Aipita,.'Acme. Ta? ada Victor. Arlington, Geherai Grant, i will add Trophy and ??.kado. i: a yellow variety i.- dolrcd, try Golden Trophy. ? . '. 1 "Tin- U'ttuc .tc.-c,'1 If there are any. says tie: Savannah ?Yetes, who think timi the leasing svs teiu is not a criminal one let them look a* tiie tigure-. When it was inn-ugurated in Georgia a few vears ago there were ?? 0 Convict-'. There are now \Jyj.~. There has been suine increase in the population tu' ?he .-late since the system was authorized-, bui tiie percentage of that inctear?e .-mall compara} to liie i h cren se in the number ot convicts. If the -ys'Om with' ad hs abuses i.- con tinued ti;.; number oil eoMvicis within a generation wk. ne ?oj..el:.?..g icari ut to Contemplate. Aucifiit Viii.-ijt's io Arizona. Mr. Sp-ve: son's researches this season resulted in '-he disoovot'vof several an cien! village-, one of which i< located on ?!:'? ]'.!:;?? ('-dorado. This ciliare extends over an area of three miles. Many of :!:?? houses sfaud two an ! throe stories high, built of square, tlat stones laid in moria r. Several of the larger building-, forming one group, are situ ated along the banks of a small canon. This canon presented many evidences of the ha-ndi-work of tiie aborigines who mhabittdi ti.- d wed li ngs aio ngdu banks. !.. the w::il> of this canon are many n:eh?;s airti enviti.-s which had ???; vva'ltfd ';??. leaving f?niv a .-mail aperture through which io place small articles. I lie idaster, some of Whiieh tie- poly dug out, still plain- the lm ger-inains asid impressions of tiie ma ms who bud! liten:. Th- >e little bins must liar?) b< en for lie- purpose <>f storing wl:v! ^.?'? !^ ami grain; ? ?r-imh '.ve:> :!?'??, (.;outa'if".e?l. Agraul: u?e :?: the s< :. ?? as a?>..v ?<!?*:>: . was tin ?at ? ? in igpgaa mi ? ??w mim i. j The Attack on Mr. Davis. Cu!. II. Darn w-d! Illicit, of Spath j Carolina, for a) an y years editor of the j Mercury and for a time editor of the ; New Orleans l'lcayuvc, has an article j in the Ccid??'/?;/ that will stir up a hor j nets" nest. In his paper on 'the Con i federate Government of Montgomery,' j he slates that the failure of the South j was not due to the superior numbers of ! the Northern soldiers?a common be ! lief which the writer says, may be an j agreeable sop Southern pride" ? but to the mismanagement of 'third rate and incompetent men.' Colonel Rbeit says that his father regarded Mr. Davis as an accomplished man, but ego tistical, arrogant and vindictive, without depth or statesmanship.' As illustrating the incompctency of Mr. Davis, Mr. Rhett states: That early in 1861 an offer was made by a responsible shipping house of j Liverpool to furnish the Confederacy with ten ?rst-class East Indi?m?n, suit I ably armed, at a cori ?10,000,0?U or 40,000 bales of eoi ton. Thev would have kept open the Southern ports, : which was of vastly greater importance ! to the rebel cause than destrovir.g the I commercial marine of the North, but the olTer was at once rejected by Mr. j Davis. AgaiD, when early in 1SG1 an ; agent.was sent to England to purchase arms for the Confederate soldiers, he was authorized to purchase ."imply 10,000 Eufield rifles to arm 250,000 men. As another illustration of the un?tness of Mr. Davis, the story is told of Air. Yancey's trip to Europe to se cure recognition for the Confederacy If he had been allowed to negotiate commercial treaties advantageous to England and France he would have o been much more likely to have secured the desired recognition. But the prop osition to this effect was defeated by Mr. Davis'.influence, and Mr. Yancey, as he afterward expressed it, went on a fool's errand. Col. Ithett says that within six weeks after Mr. Davis election as President of the Confederacy, the Provisional Congress found that they had made a j mistake, and that there was danger of j serious divisions, which would paralyze the Confederate Government. "To avoid this and to confer all power ou Lue President, they resorted to secret ses sions/ Col. Rhett intimates that these mis takes of the ex-President would have been shown up before, except for his arrest and imprisonment, which made him a martyr and silenced the voice of impartial criticism in the South. Coi. Rhett is mistaken if he thinks the time i has arrived, or will ever arrive in the i South, when the character and conduct ; of ex-Prcsideiil Davis will be consid i ered proper subjects for adverse cri:i I cism. Another generation than the present may review with complacency i the mistakes of ex-President Davis, but ? to the eternal h^;;or of the Southern I people Mr. l'avis stands to-day en j shrined in their hearts as the grandest ; living representative of the Confode ! rate caute. \\ halever may have been he causes t hat produced defeat and ! disaster, the Southern people will e ver j accent or end.?reo C-d. Khctt's criticism of ox-President Davis. ' C It I'OH I Cl ' . Prohibition in Georgia. I There is no doubt about the couta ! gion arel spread of prohibition in Geor gia. Under the local option law, it ! prevails in one hundred and eighteen ! out of the one hundred and thirty-seven counties in the State. Tile people who are in favor of pro j bibition will be satisiied with the local ! option law, or al least they should be. : The leading advocates of prohibition i are not disposed to pass any general j law, making prohibition compulsory all j over the State. This is a wise conclu jsion. If the majority of voters in a ' county or city do not want prohibition j it should not be forced upou them by j the Legislature. j Where the people of a city or county vote for prohibition, the law should j be carried out in good faith, and those ! who evade the :?"" should suffer tin: ' penalties. Dr. Fckmv's bill, for a lax lof ?10.000 on e ver 'dealer i:i do mes j tie wines and other intoxicants m coun I ti-'S that have voted prohibition, is not jan unjust measure. It simply means j that prohibition shall prohibit in cities and counties that have voted prohibi tion. Wc believe in a literal compliance ! wirii the law and the way to do this is to make the penalty so severe that it will not be violated. Prohibition has taken a deep hold upr-n the people, and whatever wr may ' think of its saving grace and efficacy j as a means of permanent prevention j against the evils of intemperance, wc ! must open our eyes to the logic of j events and recognize the stern fact that I the great mass of our people are deeply I imbued with the spirit f'f temperance, j The sentiment in favor of prohibition is j strong and the people look upon it as a 1 preventive of the sale of intoxicating liquors and as a cure for intemperance. The prohibition movement in Geor gia h?!S no political significance, arid fh'M-e is ru> pr<"d>ab;litv of :'s beir.? used :?- a <;;.- ? ? ler:-; element t-i divide the J.-?,.;,.oeraiie r ?rf The movement is P_ure.lv moral and ecnomiea!. and s<< !<u?L' as its <?:? rations ar? e ru ned with ;ii the honi- ??! the :? s< o> l??eal opt bui law, prohibition should ??? made to pro hibit ;:.? every eieinry .tr: 1 eitv that have adopted it J ?/?.?">'./ ( 'nronirlr. Hurrah for Primus. Primus dones, "f Georgia, the lii^i bale mari, lia-- iii trod need the b'llowii>g ? I ?ti the .? -'? ?, ? which !.?? i- a m- ?!ib( :. I; is a pmp ihh loa! ..t : !? u.-i i?f eummeieia! f.-rtiiizer-. i! is u< ?< i !??--!?? .-a . vva-g:- \> >? vMlii e;roa? . lUgh n i and apj.;a.?i>e : 'P. lure a ioio- .-Il h - S: at e shall h ? :. lu vv (I to buy e??f?t rner?" ra I fe 11 tiiTei - h ? shall ?i ; pi ?, t ?: tlie ! fi di ai y ? ': > ( ??titi'y. who, pun su?'h a .?. ? ?? . fdirill sin ott';.- .?! guardianship V" bOnb d?Se're.e' ? ><? , n-rt. a lai.na r. by eh rnnr.s'd ami ad .aar. m ! > ? ni , : U'"ii ' ? ine? :d?al? ;??* pei m;:l;-<i !.. .?;;.'?.! ?t e U!?!y '! i micie >nv"a?"l'; Our State Contemporaries. A Simple Question of Pact. F.iirjkJ'l Vera -.ind lierait. i The Baruwci! J'cqle defends Judge ! Aldrich in Lis recent anim ady er?io; ns : on the State press; und after pointing j out the way in which its misguided contemporaries have gone astray, con ! eludes tbat 'all this miscellaneous ; denunciation of lawlessness <r::S started ; by the malicious braius < felaadcrous \ aukec ?ditons.' We are pleased at all times to adopt the most cheerful view of an annro pito us situation, but we do not wisn j to be numbered among those who ? 'having eyes see not and ears hear not- the things that most concern them. We bad supposed that all intelligent observers perceive the fact that the law of homicide is rapidly becoming a dead letter in South Carolina, and we still I suppose that those who have failed to j perceive it have been curiously obliv ious to the nets and doing of the Courts ; of Sessions of this State during the last ' few years. The color of the shin has ? come to carry with it astonishing privi j leges and immunities. To convict, a I white man of murder is now next to j impossible. A few zealous frien?s with ' a few dollars to spend is all that he needs to pull through. Judge Ahlrich and the editor of the Burn well PcojAt to the contrary notwithstanding. It would be sad indeed in this con dition of things if a disioterested press could be estopped by the corrupt ver dict of a jury. Courts Jo not sit iu secret. The facts on which juries base their conclusions are published to the world, and to the facts the public have a right to appeal. The legitimate office of the newspaper is right here. The press owes a duty to the people which it will discharge, regardies of the idiosyncrasies of any man. It will spare neither judge nor jury. In tbh great free country nothing is beyooc the reach of just criticism. Orawje'AiTy Times and Democrat. There has been no fewer than * murders in South Carolina in the pas mouth. This is a terrible record, an', causes thoughtful people to tremble (?<; the good name of the Staio. We ari afraid we are too sentimental about tin exeeutiou of the laws. A few hanging of white murderers in South Carolin; wouid have a most wholesome effect. Tho Custom of Crying for th Blood of a White Man. AttiTiUc i??d?uiu;. In his valedictory address before th Kuphradian Society at the recent com meucement of the South Carolina Coi lege, a young man is represented I have said : 'It is now very difficult to hang ; white man in South Carolina for kill in; I another white man. But it was i m pos j si ble to hang one fur killing a negro This was justified by saying that he wa only a negro.' I The young gentleman starts ou ; wrong if he expects tu build up th j State, lie has things too much mixe? j and seems tu entirely misapprehend th ? true purpose of courts of justice. Thei ! object is not to hang a man whet he j guilty or not. The accused i- to hay ! a fair trial and must be acquitted unies ! a verdict of guilty is found. 'It is no\ very difficult to hang a white man ii South Carohua for killing auuthcr whir man,' says the young man. It shouh j be utterly impossible to hang an yon ! for killing another tinlecs the dream ! stances make it murder, j It appears that some persons an: l newspapers thirst for the blood of ! white man who may have killed a ne j gre. The negro is getting to be pow J erful precious, but he is nut so sacre ! yet that it is a crime for a white ma: to defend himself and property. On would judge from tiie talk now that it i a peculiarly atrocious offence to kill negro at ail. Some time back a negro was reporte killed in A der? ou county. Those how lers set op a lamentation and berate, our laws and our courts. The er fe blood went up tu the heavens. A eon stable was reported tibe gui'ry. il was painted as a bruta!, o ver bear in; officer and ?lio negro was said to l-e r. peaceable :e:d harmless :?.:* a lamb. Tin: enough elapsed fev this exaggera* ?. s . or of lawlessness fu t"d?c:i the mind of tiie people at a di.-tance. g">. campaign incident was fan.de h ed th Radicals by our.'own newspaper-. W h e; the actual truth was ascertained, ' negro was not killed at ali but die from disease. He was a m-turimi scoundrel and refugee from justice; I'll slandered constable was nowhere abeu the negro at lus death and the wind. Story tras without foundation. Another case was where an enginee killed a ricgr-? at Hranehviiie. Th newspapers called it murder but :t v;a nothing of the kind. The negro iva an employee of the railroad, was druu! and creating a disturbance on ih street. The engineer requested him t< keep omet, lie Mew into a passion am sou ih t the life of the engineer F" two hours tin* engineer tried to get tin town council or a trial justice tu civ* him protection wit!) out avail. At la whcii the infuriated tie-gro anpreaehe? the engine armed : 1 ha-?t-nifig t ici!! th-- mgineor he u - shot down I ? i e ne/vvr was a eiea-?-r e i?: of .. def-i:*^ Th.' <'-,M,.M,.,\ :.jrv ... f It would hav be, u au -mi.-ge tu h-m: e- punish the engineer. Stil! the ro'yvs lei pe r* (ei lied !i un a mnrdei < r Tl.i- voirnr ?? - u, .?.-. al i b !! ! r Ifu- laet- 1?.?!?!?? he puts th tate before th:- j.ubile in any sud ;^'!it II? i> vi'Utig, 'e>w. ver. and ha uTd b.id cxainj b-s' s- ? 1-1'??-.? Inni b ic; ."O?s w ir..' might i ?? ?. r. \\\ ; : ti Joremmli A t ir r o ti s. We :? re vei IO neh a aid tint en r.,..d friend :d. i erigi.e-. ; Kr.-ph. dui in.-. " he (r't a !t g- bur g . ?< .? ? > '). ,?,..?. '!. ??::.- grea'iy ? . ha!-d i .? "."(ri; uhei? he ir-adc tee {? d-??voig lain nial i o: : Tie- ma-:- ??! ih- f- ---pb- bave ab-u Tilt l\ Ut? e.'i.?;d< u-e? m ?.? .' ' !s. aio ?tu . ' : ? - il i a 11 I ! 1 , ? . I Itesi! :.* e : y r : ? * : law will ui-:?; | .;,r fro tu the bor aers; o? Sjouth Carolina/ : While siucerilv jjad that our o;v? j , Je i county is free from the. troubles of which ' our contemporary com plains, we arc in ' earnest sympathy with his sorrows ami '. h<- r. to assure him that, in our opinion, ! . the situation is not so gruesome as ho has drawn it. I And the best way to help matters ! seems to be through the education of i the people so that they can have i u tei li - : gence enough to pul confidence in their ! courts, for ignorance of what justice 1 I really is must be the parent of the un- ? ', rest in Orangeburg and elsewhere, i And in that needed work of enlighten- j ment the Thuns and Democrat should ! be a chief educator and missionary. We beg him to ?juk generalities and ; ! to present a bill of particulars specify- ' j in? instances in which the ends of jus ! ! tice have not been secured by the lind- ? j ings of the courts. And we would like for him to teli us . , which of the two, tini courts or the mass ' ' . ..... : : of the people, can best l-.l! when justice ; . is administered. Such utterances as , ; trie above quotation are calculated to j increase whatever discontent wirb the : courts is existing, and to provoke those ; very exercises of lynch law with which j : our co-temporary ?uds fault. People ! i must, accept the verdicts of twelve men i as right or resort to the red vengeance j of excited m?bs. Under which king, Bezonian ? The ! : i fact that so few men are convicted is j I rather cause for congratulation than ex- j : cuse for lamentation, for it shows that i ? i the real crimin?is generally come to : ! i grief and the innocent survive, j Carried to its logical result the tbeo ! ry of the Times and Democrat would j result in the adoption of some rule by ) j which an acceptable per centage of peo j pie charged wirb crime would be cou 1 i victed, regardless of guilt or innocence. ? ! If aDy betrer plan cau be figured out the People will be glad to examine and report upon its merits and demerits. s a i Justice in New York vs. Justice in South Carolina. TvaviOiwxiik /?'.'.r-.,rr Friend. ] \ When Judge Parrott sentenced r j Jacob Sharp, of New York to tour ! years at hard labor and to pay a fine of ?. i .000, a valuable lesson was taught. The lobbyist then learned that no lon ger could he, without fear of punish men:, use unlawful means to carry his purpose. The m I lion ai re learnt that his money does not give him immunity : that in New York, at least, justice is wide awake, and shows DO fa er to a man because he can give a check with - ! six ciphers attached. That sentence - ! set its seal of disapprobation on bribery. j j What had Jacob Sharp dene? Why he I had only bought up enough aldermen ' at ?20,000 a head to vote him the ; ' most valuable street railroad franchise in America. And for this, in spit:;- of j ail that money and influence could do, s j in spite of the most learned and elo ? qiient talent at the New York Par, in t j spite of the traeos of seventy years e ' upon his countenance, and certincatcs : ; from his physicians" that ho was sutfer ? : i tig from diabetes and a variety of other r ; diseases, and could not possibly live r ; four years?in spite of there facts to his c : advantage, he goes to Sing Sing for s ' four Years to reflect unon the error of ; u:s way. a ' This is no more than right, and all e ! right-minded citizens applaud the ver il diet of the jury that convicted him. c ' Put could Jacob Sharp, with his mii . ! lions at his back, have been convicted . in South Carolina? The man who would J j expect to obtain a verdict against the a j owner of a million foi> buying the votes - : of a few paltry legislators, would be . . hooted at. Indeed, tilings have come j j to a lamentable pass in our State. It j i i> a byword among the people that jus tice is a farce. The Sharp trial, and other.- o? a similar nature cud o? recent occurrence in New York, furnish tin example which every Southern State, and especially South Carolina, should - ' emulate. If is time fora change. Pet j ; it come. The voie.: of justice cries r ! out for ir. Ail good people want it. . j Let the law be r.i.eily and evenly ad ,? ; ministered ?> all, and ali wii! be better f for it. V?. itti the assurance that the s ' rod of ju-ticc wiii fall alike upon ai! ,_? '. wr-?::i'-di-?:rs. frhm the bKnre.i iniiiieu i are '.? the puiiv beggar, and from ih: , ?ti?best rhnctivinarv to the street n"?v ? eiiiter, the people would, in all eases. .? be r?. ti.-tied to !c! the law ta ko its ? . course. The uncertain and h-o.-e ad ,. ' tu it; ist ration of r!:e law is th.e direct \ , cause of the rapidly increasing pre-a s ? lenre of ?y be h law in some of the e : Southern S:.~tes to day. h is a stim t niant to erime in cenerai, and the ?> ; bane of civilisation and virine. A j jury or a pi due who wo'u-ld weich out :? justice by i to- financial or social stand ,j : ?ng of the prisoner at the bar, or an j. : party tarne? med in the cause at tria!, is s ; more dangerous than a viper Are j j there any such judges or junes in South .. \ Carolina ? ] i The Danger of Personal Security r I Bonds. ! L;i,<;,ri.r frei*..; ! Instances are constant' occurring all r over the Slate, el estates suttering j throne; h the la ili: re ol othcers charged . rb?ir administration ? ? account ??v i-?- fund.- ? :- ::?j into rh, ir hands. : lei \> o? l ' ::! s, Sh/i illsi Tii ?suieis o,o Pr< d?a -?.?? .??'.'.?:if- s soumU::nes co oaf r.; .thee wii h-Mtt turni re .ver t .-- t r?rr r suc?es ?:?> nbeieys ::? . i by them belong ine. t o sunti! v ? statt s. ??ri.-ru ? has :i'-i!-n laut! pi ov?:u !??.:? ?? r ' ? ? e.ir.' <?\; ??! a o ?/.?':: u e. if reiv to -!!:??? m::? oi ofhciai b"i>> ? : !: times ;>eef it;? ?'?.??? :.?; e::? e sor ' i o s to niak ". g ? -d the >h ?; icomii::;- of (heir piii,r.|.-,U ^S'he whet is of ia-'ua . v..ivo -a:y ai b 'St. ri iol U eu ! re.; UtU-. t i are ' !; ?rt !? :\:;\? : ,\, he ; . ? .:,?:{ tv. ;r? i. j..^rt"e:o .?! a e : .. ' ? " ' er ?. -';? ' s!; i. 'e ; ..:: tin :: \ >W: \ >. ? ' :! e- to rally by t!- to-r :, : ;o p!> a ' . u I -.jb-t! a::.:i:i.-t ?- :. .- iV.rvrh.^ di ?? ? '. .'fUi?l t le ir ]? . ?:' le "* !;;? <>? ?1 r.'ia ; he -' > '. en ? ! ? !t: u ! b. iid w::^ di.a; ? ?? its so'vv b-n "fii : *?.:!?' ::? .-:?:'..?. ? i ! \ nal !. loan vu . : u n : ?: 'ri' r ?-? uh . ; :' ?. DOlida eXecmcd !:?:;, :;;? cVeP (?Ve years stgo are g'j-.-i 'o-duy. oven where ::.-? ?; Las been lio ??'???i effort mude t?' escape ?iaLi??tj thereon S?y any <d the Umds men ' What assurance nas a man dviag to-day leaving property to min ? chii ri re ri that it will b" safely turned '.vo to them on gaining tindr majority ' Any one at ail familiar with the busi ness of the courts knows what wo state {? > be true. But i- lhare no remedy ? is there no way ?;f preventing estates from being f-pandered V We think that there is. Why won id it not do for the Sta'? to do nway with such obligati >:js as "per sonal bonds*' and r< onire ail publie - cers to give responsible guarantee com panies as security for the faithful per formance of their duties. Such a clan is being worked successfully all over the land by railroad corporations and c-z pre^s companies. The ilichmond and Danvillle Svndicato. re- the S;omhoru Ks press company for example, will .; accept a band witit personal security from any of their agents or cturd"v-, s who are bos/led 1 ilicers, but each one is ' 'paired to got a guarantee cvmpr.ny to rott-ch for him and become responsible for all moneys thai pass itilo hie hand-. If these mammoth corporations, which tire managed strictly cm business princi ples, Gnd se much merit in the pian suggested, why would it not be a good idea to malte Siate and county cdl?cers, a? well as administrators, trustees and receivers, give similar security before entering upon the discbarge of their re spective duties instead of allowing them to get a few ''friends'' to endorse for them, whoso solvency is of uncertain duration. The officers themselves, if mad:: of the right kind of materia!, would no doubt prefer to pay a trioing sum an nually or semi-annually or quarterly, to some good guarantee company to 'stand*'* for them rather than ask friends to whom they would naturally feel un der obligations, to become responsible for their o?f?cia! actions and doings. Better Than Tigho*s Letters. j IXrnivdl TWe. ; T>r. W. ]>. Kiee, who travelled" cz ! tensivciy through the Guif States last ! year, says that the farmers of South i Carolina are in much better condition than the farmers of Mississippi. And ! yet Mississippi has a first class Agrieui 1 turai College. A Very ?'oo?ish Sale. ! Dtrntcell P?o? U. Tiie Sinking Fund Commission sold j last week to rim Berkeley C"uuty Land and Stock Company 1-3.680 acres of land in Berkeley eounty for 85 cents an acre. There lands were beug!:: by the fil mons 'and e ?mn:is-::o!t :r of radical ti:.ter, ; C T>. 1 - o ^ I :.. for high price. They are said to be admirably adapted to stock i raisiag, 10 which its their new owners j will d ;vote them. It would hare boon better 1er the State to have held these lands always j than to have parted with rbem for such i a pittance. This sale will be coo.clu ! -ive evidence to the ootsidc world that i th.--e who know, piace a very low value on the saeret? soil cf the Paline t to State."5 "evu use to pray for itnialgra ; tion when that news is published. The ; S. Y. C- is appropriately namvd. - ! Agricultural Cud ?r?cch?.iical Ccd iege. ; Or -njr:.>irj 77 ... - ri l 1 h: \ocr ti. The greatest objection one hears ic the establishment of _ an agricultural ami mechanical college in S.mth Caro lina \\: that it would net educate farin ; .-rs and mechanics. This as i::e i Kaleigh A" ?.?'?.< a i-A C'l^rrcr noint? out, ? has been too true in many instances. ! Too often these institutions have fallen ? into the hands of old-fashioned literary i teachers, instead of scientific farmers ! and industrialists, atol invariably in j sgeli cases, they have been cheap lite j rary collegi s. They then me th^ir free tuition to attract boys who want a I Idle rar diploma simply, and tiie repu ! tali.01 of having a e.-ii- ge education. lit there are s.;::ie tu ta Ide e Scorti us lo this. Wheiaver agriculture and in dustrial teaching are :.:aue ine 'lea lt.;g tea tu res. ' as the landscript act reouires. the tcMtbs appear in tin; protessi -us adopted i'V the graduates. W e havo before us the Sgare.*, from three last: tutious wii ?ch i i! Usi rato bis''. Tiie supeiits?enueu: of publie rnstruc li?D of Michigan gives the folle-win g statistics with regard to the occupa lions actuaiiv followed by the gradu ates et tili; Michigan AgrieeTrurai C-d iegc for ten years : Out of iv,: gradu ates, there were: 1 veterinary sdrgcop. 4 apiarists, *? agriea.;u:a. cuilors. 1 tuotesSv fs and teachers ol agncui: ure. 5 fruit culna :?^. . landscape gar 1 euer, il students o? agrieulture. '*?'.*' farmers, wi:tot; is a total of one hun.ir- i and "tre f"!ipw::'g agriculture or re lated i-r"!essi-."..s. '"'here were .? ?. * a mechanics, engineers at.d a:c..:t ? ??>. making a total el It'S, -er. ci :i;' IS'i. who te iew industrial pursuits. ' . ? other 7S were business nice, teacm rs iawvers. doctors. Sr. The I'resideut >d the Mississippi Ag ricultural C.d.cge. il ;.. S?eidmn IV 1'Oe. in id- bivtiniai roper: for ISSA, savs : "Ine lain ei pa: ?Ci-ilnical du C itte::, a- .. \;:d\ can ied >'ttt lo the ii: teres: ed a^i .? :; ? -?. :?.?. 1: m>w :> :n tdie educati"!: - th.- s.de.;-. s:- e', u ?-'-e*, rewv er. .?t.;--.. r rv.td ? ct..it.: e. ? i ; *! er- .ne- i Lai' te-alt- ta prepa; tng \ cung ?i:< u 'er ?he i-:.'t.-ssien et a ?aitmcr. L: i:..de:ng it tu'ints .-.di. g e o;' iiv rng g! .eluate.-. i ate engaged : ti ItiniOig -e in kuob'. d ;-ur?ut;s. 1 * ? ? -1 l.-imyT et the -atoe \vdege frV?'fi s rdrat a "n..!??.:::; ??! ti e students who h::ve -pe? r a.e. -v... ..ad three er !.:,:.? : io ne_'e et farrnihg as a profes sion in ai i their schools'; Is iL fail- tc oor educated b-'-ys to offer them no al ternative outlaw or medicine, or the ministry, or teaching, &c, or other of the : :-.>:esf-;;:tis. when experience shows that two-thirds of them mu:-t go to mother earth for a living in a few years : Our ianguic-hing agriculture de mands trainici, skilled followers. The pr?-it:c-iii?r, or industria.]. nr:? mast be studied h y us. They mo-t the-2 have luv... Lot 'che People Deeiae. La?firiiulU - .-'A. The ofi.-reper.tod and thread-tare as sertion, that *Prohibiti'/U don't pro hibit/ has been repeated!? contradicted by practica:1 and unquestionable proof. :ue of the best evidences of the irin?n-" eerily of \\:>^-? v;ho make this a??crtion is se: :: in t};?_? opposition they mauifis: wh ?/-ver a pro pe-iti en is made to sub mit ;i:e uestit;:? to the people. Ifpro hlbhory laws do not prohibit, because such laws :./e :.? I enforced, as the cpoo >?:::. claim, why is it thai these friends of the ii i'ior interest raise larga sut?s of cj o ne.y?am ousting in some instances to half a million of -.1 diars- to be er pe:::--d in a single contest? Seethe enormous sums contributed and being' us. d in an eifert to defeat prohibition at the election soon to take place in Texas. To bring the matter home, ; here ]:: our midst, neto the effort being ! made to obstruct the measure known as ; the 'Murray ]>iii,' and prevent it freni j bein-: subaiittod tc the voters of Lau reu? County. Legal talent has been retained to effect this purpose. Give tiro people an opportunity to express their wish at the polis. Many j of them have memorialised, the General I Assembly for that privilege. Let the quest toe be settled, and settled ?nally. ; if they don't want prohibition, 1st them so vote : if they do want it let them so decide. But it seems this is just what the opposition don't want? they don't want the people to have the opportunity of voting on the question. The liquor interest would stiSe the voice that .-peaks in thuoder-to'nes j through the b??lct- . They arc afraid i cf it. 1 Pec Dec ZndiZ At i:3 session in 1SS5 the Legisla ture enacted a law prohibiting the ioi portiug. printing, publishing, selling or distributing cf ar.y book, pamphlet, printed paper, or other thing containing obscene, indecent or improper picture, print, ligure or description tending to ! corrupt the morris of the youth, j Similar laws have been enacted ia ut any other States. ?n this State a - lation cf this law ?s punishable by im r"s:.:::;: :ut cot exceeding two years and 1 by a ??no not exceeding cric- thousand j dollars, or both, at the discretion of tbc j Court. Whoever has in his possession j such book, pamphlet, printed paper, or /picture, either for sale, exhibition or j circulation, comes within the purview of ! the law and is liable tc the Cne and im ! prison ment above mentioned. Kight j thinking people everywhere arc begin ning tc ceuiuud that this law be rigidly en forced. Photographs, lithographs, prints of all kinds, and of the most obscene na ture, are being scattered broadcast ever the land, to the intense disgust of all pure minded people and the utter indo* ing of il:e youth cf the country. i It b-s become common in the trade I of the tabaceonists more particularly, to : oive to each purchaser cue or more of i these foul pictures which no young man ! fer a would think of showing I !:is mother er si-er. They ere used as ; advertisements and distributed particu 1 larlr among the younger boys who j smoke the 'toney* cigarette. They arc : abroad in this town. VTe have seen [young boys with them in their posscs i sion. cherishing them with a care they . would never give the riuest painting of ! the world'.- most renowned master, i Charlotte and Raleigh. North Car ! oltna. the svi ? of 1 bike's cigarettes has : been prohibited by the laws of those mu 1 nichiaiiti. s for the reason that with each o?-uta j?sold a vdeiui e of an obscene char acter is irtvcvn :.?? ati i::.!ue< :;:< at to pur chase. The rale et'?he g v" Is et this and rv other nrm which ? rvrs si ni ila r m lue. nie:.:-. sh. ui? be f : bidden o very ?.?. here The law of eu: Suite cov<-rs thl? case at: i it should be err: h ?; out UT: e til er tic i aw is vi.dated or evavied here we d-j hot knew, but the erTeets ?C its vio lati u either iu re or in s ?::?< place near here may he see:: in the. community. The law is so nuiirs that :he mes: 'gnc" r:.;:t u.ev e:>stiv ar:.! err is nd it it is so br si a - to te?re r.c hv-ids.de tor evasion. It ir so c :;.-e;;er:t rud d-^tgne.i to des tro ah ; vu so great thai every purc rnt-d-d pet:: :: will desire to ?CC i? e et /lav. V-O eie;:?} a fact from the Or?r^n ? - a ? A- alitai ?i:<:bi to interest our Ure-.r readers. In bavette Coen tv here is a farnner who mr.::cs moro frota ???):..; :? of :.:: acre ; f ? warn than tie -lues from the r un:-::: ter ci his farrv lie ma :?? la-si ear fr m this ouarter of au ac* <\'Zi i. Thai bea?s an thing i n* a rich, i: 1 ? : ?:??? The cx*dnn.ntio:x i- given ir? the ? u.N ,,f the wr.erabie a- ? well-t- Jo J'artnor : \> : . t: I von.* sard he, *wher. li: -t !iio.vAd on this pi ?.?*:' :t w.js very ufh. :'-/hv : ::? .-???.?/ died rat 'dlv and ,.:?:.;;.. i.'.d r,: h.-hiu V.v wile' had be - :. ":u the ha: i: ,?!' koepiag cahunns in the !.. hsc tor !.. r o\vr- use. and siie u. . id .1 :u : oat a s:?.:::!: patc?! on the ..a>0 0? the swainv '? began to .-!. u : ; the the wi; ;0 !;...!';: a ti : . UV >U U: S r;* i? W;!S :n?h e. The cat tie drank the ;: ;.-?:?? ?he" 1*at:cil on wiiuu. it c"cw i c.uao berth!:y and ceased v. .i- : !; :; tliat '-'\ >> Lm gan he 0.uu.- :.> s.:ve and k. :. as ! ander b. thru/a! name for. ag?ng ? - : o. ?J?; t UUTst