Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-04-30
"Ob Squire It ain't tbat-It aiS,t what
yog think It is, its worse than that Squire,

Eyou thfnk it is, its worse than that Squire
we're gons5up now sasg;' 2 saIl where.
J. .o,e so7 hpd why tbaba They asfefully
responder Been sfaalWg ridea' Wh5
labeen stealing rice asEsd, 'swe Squire,
three bushels Of rice" The devil you
have, you are well to do in this world,
what could have induced you to steal
three bushels of rice2 and from did you
steal it. "'Twas from nigger Squire;
but you see VIC din't steal, il. at all. Only
e trial jus.ics says weNdiass and he u aa Gent
ffoRuas and. -boand=toage, zaRssme
|iwaRtnyoutoigo along toe anal help rs
toat." "ysAn5ttheRthey,howled in concernt
again.ruSe youadidnit steal it afeerlall {?
IhNe sisgwe didn't" aAh, are you quite
fspre Inow? Sizes osirsi sureoi, We never
fstolee Fint1ef rice Yet.nlj thought they
Imastbe, mistakene rItsaidsoia but they
ilsthck faithfully to the denial of eyen g
half pintli i said omentallg. ss'there is a
imystesyfherenthis thing,is curious, this is
,somewhatiincredible, yehL reflected and
tIsaid, afteyi allq why shouldisitseemi 30
hard to, lbelieve, these, people apes in
sYesring," stheyiappertaino notsinto the
spekes of asXeiripganss they know nothing;
ofitsAnb, neither belong they into the
outag irepmfesenee iaYe ripg.Y,; Why
then should they steal 2 and whatehances
Ecould1they possibly have of steahng2 and
why should they lie2 seing that!they fol,
loMnst 'ye ring business2 Then / said
aloud call right, 1 believe iieyerY word
you saS.n I believe ifanybody stole rice
it,yas the nigger rhimself, apd, I I,farther
more believe you are jushas good as any
fniggsr 1.-the State; n. should say more
my friend; ;ebut am, prohibited bya special
act of Congress from using any higher
degrees efcompromise. $50 now proceed
robustness. Did you igiyeIbond2 mo sir
Areiyou in custody of any gons in partic,
ular2l "Npt as 40 kpows.""s Anysprocess
served on,you2, ts t"sYes Squire a sort of a
Epaper, b1t /! nobody could tread it. We
showed tito the neighbors. each trod n
shot at it, but each missed and gave it up.
Serve don't know one word that's in it,
Maybe I. can makerit out, "'rBpt you see
ESSqpire the Trial Justice said he must
have that back, couldn't get on without
it, and Jas,w didn't know what is was for
,Yegayen it to him. How the, devil DO
y4oHrl know you're accused Of stealing rice2
All as to that the Trial Justice told us
So" This is altogether correct and lovely,
remarked. Now name your time, place
and distance. "Time next Saturday,
place Trial Justices house, in the clear
ing."a In the what2 ''''In tue clearing
Squire, you see Squire it amt much set
tied round there and this Trial Justice
bas squatted OH q bit of ground in the
lpine woods, not close enough to other
folks to make it uncomfortable in warm
weather" Produce distance? About "a
miles from your town III stra yht line"
AL rigt, III be there. On Friday Schoem
sent 70: mel took the So. Gu. II. r., for
distance to astation whcreI got off and
Schoem. and took seats in the horse car,
intWhich we rocked along, until near even
ing when we reached Schoem house.
tarlried for the night" Schoem's children
Che, had from 15 to 19 arounI were in
great distress, they had never seen any
one before with . stove pipe ha' on, and
under the excitement naturally took me
for the hangman. Itseemed just filed
the bill according to their ideas Of that
functionary. / asked what they were
looking down the road so nnxiously
about. Schoem acting as interpreter, told
me their views as to my own character,
and said they were looking for my corps
of carpenters to heave in sight. These
were to erect q first class gallows ON which
schoem was to be hanged by the break Of
day without fail. No reserved seats for
spectators. When they learned I was
not that eminent individual, their tenrs
changed to smiles at once. They fed me
hugely and drank me in proportion. CThe
corn in that section is evidently prime
seed. I Judge so from what examined
o,,I H., 49, . 4 \