Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-06-11
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Murder Will ant.

State many years ego. ~ Rsn ny the name
of j., of WoJnc County, NC Soda free
negro (whom he had cheated hto the belief
that he was but hiring) to gonthpan whom
VT will call Brown, in ono Of
| Districts of South C>-ar the adjacent !,
wards Brown = ollIa. Somctime.af ter.SS
mcair1hpEG discovered the Graud, and IN
l'Qsatcy wrote to j. from whom he had
purchased hin in Wayne county, that if ho
had paid bAk the money he had paid him
tox the free negro, he would not prosecute
him, and besides keep it a y profound secret !
10 this, Mr.. J-rcplicd he would gladly do
so,'aad urged Mr.. Brown to como for it i'm
mcdlatcly and closed hy0ssuring him of his
gratitude that he had sWrcd his family the
humiliation of Il public disclosure.
Mr., Brown, thcrcSr&s left his home Or
horseback for Wayne County, and upon rcacH.
ing the residence Of Mr.. j, he was kindl-
received and sumptuously entertained. rh
money was paid over to him, and
vailed on to spend several days wi,
y and enjoy the sportsybf the country. u.
ter a very pleasant seG5SSuirn of a week, he star.
ted for his home in South Carolina. with tl,c
pest wishes OF his host and family that he
might have a safe journey, and return to On.
Joy their inequalities. Several weeks after.
his departure letters were rcceiyd from Mr.
Browns family, making enquiry for him, and
stating that he had not returned to his home
Search and inquiry, however, proved ~fruitlcss.
Mfr. Brown never returned. Mr.. j, VIII,
had sold the free negro, never appeared at his
case afterwards but it was thought to be
owing to the nnaccountablc and mysterious
disappearance of Mr.. Brown, who had been
his guest.
Years afterwards, and not long ago, Mr..
on his death bed, urged his family and friends
not to bury him in tie family graveyard
lie was very vehement in this request, but it
Was presumed to be but a vagary ofhis dis
cascd brain, and his dying wishes were. there
fore, disrcgardcd. His remains were carried
70 the family burying ground, and the grave
digger commenced his work but when hc,.
mad reached a certain depth, his spade struck
a solid Observation-Disclosures which, upon their
removal, proved to be the skclatons of a man
and horse, with the irons of a saddle the iron
buttons, too, upon the skeleton were found to
be the same that Mr.. Brown had worn.
Thus, even at the grave, before the clods
of the valley had shut him out forever from
the light of day, surrounded by those who
had met to do honor to his memory. witbon.
judge orjury, these silent witnesses, his own
dread of the spot, the ghastly skeleton, with
srinning teeth and sightless eyes, the buttons,
the saddle irons, pronounced him, to the iude.
ment of all present, q heartlcss, fendish muir.
derer. There was no appeal from this dccis
Ion. Or a truth, "murdcr will out p
WaacsJoro 4agus.
UNDERpAID LABoR.-"Underpaid labor
always revcngcs itself upon the employer in
negligence and waste. The man cares little
for the interest of the master who oheapens
the sweat OF his brow to tho lowest possible
farthing, and the work he docs IA never ner.
formed with chcerfulncss or a~laority. Get.
ting the greatest amount for tie least OUTLAY.
never yet paid in The long run. You NAV [
feed your horse on thistles, and drive linn at
the top Of his speed for a timc-but for a timo
only. With enough of remuneration to m,s-.~r
him defy the wolf at the door--to kcc,
in clothing and a chance to lay I'D a
"against a rainy day" one will sing che
while he labors faithfully-take an interc,,
what no does, and strive to gain a still higher
rccompcnsc by making himself moro useful.
And there is still another strong point ID, thee
case. Poor pay is great temptation to theft.
You have plenty and to sparc--tho ono YOU
employ plenty of nothing but poverty. It is
hard for him to reason that such a state az,
affairs is r%ight--that you should roc in al
coach, while he cannot spare Is ~sixpenoo to-
patronizc a car aftor hours of hard work.
These contrasts are ever before him. Hs
secs Thorn by day, dreams OF them by night i
and whom tho week or month is ondcd tho
little pittanco he receives is instantly swallow.
ed up in keeping body and soul together--in
making and recruiting strength to do yous4
work.
is it strange tl,on that SO many should fail
to keep in tho straight forward path! NO
,opinc not, and the sooner thero is more libcr,aleess
ity on tho part Of employors-tho sooneF&5
something of q cooperative systomis iinangusa.