Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-07-14
An Important Order,

Ii We are permitted to hope for the rigid
enforcement Of the following Order, says the
+" Charleston Courier" rendered absolutely
requisite, as our citizens will concur wth tho
powers that be" in opinion, by the disgrace.
ful scenes that have recently occurred, and
the, general apprehension occasioned by the
.indispostion Of the freedmen in this vicinity
to work, it will be read with unfeigncd pleas.
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H'po'RTERs STATE OF South CAnoL1SA, ! :.
Charleston, S. c., June 20, 1866
q fi''.'-..'.I..- Q :, RIO.
[. The Brcvet Major General Commanding
has noticed, with deep regret, the disposition
on the part of freedmen in the vicinity oil
Charleston and along the coast to disregard
their agreements on plantations, to the neg.
lect Of the crops, and to either lay dling about
their houses, roam at large over the country,
or congregatc in Charleston and other towns.
This total disregard of all obligations to keep
their contracts in good faith will cause an en-
tire failure of crops in the State and the result
must be 6cstitution and starvation The in.
crcasing amount Of theft, drunkenness and va
grancy demands that the most prompt and
severe measures be taken by all officers to
check the evil
II. It is ordered that the men or women
who leave the plantation on which they aro
employed 10 labor, either by the month"; for
share OF the crops or us renters Of land, and
thereby neglect their growing crops, be at once
arrested rs vagrants and put to work on the
public roads, rs provided by Paragraph XII,
General Order No. j. Headquarters Depart.
mcnt of South Carolina.
All planters who have freedmen employed
on their plantations who do not, at this i'm.
portant season Of the year, give their entire
time to the growing crops, are authorized, if
after reading this order TO them and they neg
lcct or refuse to obey it, to report them at once
to the officer in command of the district, who
will cause them to be taken from the planta.
tion as vagrants and put to work on the public
roads Their children, if any, will be bound
to such persons as will take care of them and
learn them habits Of industry
ILL., a prison will be established for all
persons of color convicted of such crimes as
are not punishable by death on one of the
islands, where employment can be furnished.
and all convicts will be compelled to labor
from sunrise until sunset, under the control of
such guards MS will insure thoir safety. ANY
person convicted of selling spirituous LIQUORS
to a freedman without permit from somo
officer having control, will be fined in any sum
not less than twenty five (S25) nor more than
one hundred (si00) for every offence Of which
he may be convicted,
~. Commanding officers will have this or
der. read in che several colored churches in
their vicinity, in order that it may become
generally understood.
BY com. of Br'v't. Maj.Gcn. r. X. Scorr.
S'S$H. w. SMITH,
Brc, 1t Lieut.. Col. and A. A. General.
Official: II. w. SMITH, a. A. G..
GIVE Thank THEE, JEW, FOR THAT"
= The :" Atlanta New Fra" says: "The new
Army Bill, passed the House of Representa-.
tiycs few days, since, prohibits anybody
who served in tho civil or military Of the
Confedcracy, from entering the United States
army, Let Southern men remember this
The United Statcs can fight its own battles |
Iaet it do so. Southern men everywhere say
amen. Let us an remember that should the
United States become involved ih q foreign
war, it is unlawful for any Southern man to
enter the army Of the United States"