The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-03-25

prominent men in the community set
The example ani give tone and charac-
;er to the practice. An effort was
m:..!n Il vc:tI a~o to establish = Lodge OF
G,,ni TrmDlarS. but it failed Religions
men with few exceptions either :ook 4
strong. active p:irt against or gay" it the
cold shoulder. and the ladies failed 10
nivc it favor. 1t survived bat 4 short
time and the community were happy
in its death. The l!rtlc time II lived 1t
was Il standing rcbur:c against the dis
sipations oil the place. An active,
working lodge would do more good to
tie youn9 men Of til" community than
any series uf sermons. however clo-
Guent and well timed. and i prohibition
law would be the means q! saving not
:, few, who in tell wears from this ';ate
will fill drAnkar,l> graves. no;wlth-
standing Ill the ah.r preaching from
the pulpitS.
We tried to SEQ Banks. ih.- white con
vict. now in Jail for nInrirE. but !:!!!eI-
Tlis is his second olleLcc Of the Kind.
AMI learn there is hut little chancellor
his escape FROM the penalty Of the law.
Liquor was the exciting cause in both
c;lscS. Like others WHOM! We know, a
few drinks make him Il desperate and
ne is in trim for any deed Of death.
The poor of the County have met
with severe !pSS in th, burning Of tie
Poo House with all the oUtbuildin@>.
except 1ist stable. We visited the spot
and counted ten stacks Of chimncys,
which in sullen gloom looked oyer the
wreck. The inmates occupy the chapel,
numbering :.boHt thirty. half cololed.
We found :icm sqnltti;:y around i few
cnlbrr> at tllc back Of the church. There
was no supply OF wood, the fire was
small, tic day Very cold ami ! hcterO-
@rninu> mass OF >4u:,lid poverty, im-
bcciliiy. idiotcy, and extreme age, in
the form Of white and colorcd men and
women wer. aroHnd in such wrctchcd
condition rs n:l.ic Is sick IT heart
Onr colurcd boy. about twenty-five
ve:r< of a@c, without hands. tile $tumls
booking aS though the hands We're hlan-
g.! oil at some former period. He wore
no garment bit t;lttercl coat-sliver
: ir@ with cold. We could not but en-
! cl:lin. l. this the Christian civilization
Of the nineteenth century? Is this old
! .Abbcvil!c. the home Of the McDutlics,
; Waullaw'S, Pe!wiu'>. CaIhouns. and
others Of noble bluou? Are these Gods
poor whom he has placed in the hands
: oi charity 10 % supplied with lood and
luimcnt: \ colorrd woman in the
! chulcll told us size was the wife Of Tol-
! bert. the nero who mas charge of the
Poor House. There lay scattered over
the floor Il quantity of rags which had
been quilts, and straw beds 50 filthy
thlt an persualcd there is not = GEN
tlcm"n il the County who would be
willing ior Il free negro in his service
to rse them single night. How the
poor wrc,chcs endured the cold rainy
! days and nights immediately after the
! fire is har,i To divine. Two days after
we SAW Tollcrt, the negro keeper, IN
town with Il wagon loaded with stores,
meat. &c. The people of Abbeville
excuse the c;lse with the defence that
the place is il charge Of 4 negro: that
thry are heavily taxed 10 support the
poor. and that between five and SIX
thousand dollars have been drawn from
The treasury for their support the pres
rnt wear. Let the rNcuse cover the
dark picture to its iuil extent, and then
there is enough Of filthy wrclchcctneSs
! icf r\lns.G ,U make. humanity blush.