Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1875-07-08
E.KEEsE, BUSINESS MANAGER.
Blooming of Another Gorgeous Flower
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E.KEESE, BUSINESS MANAGER.
Blooming of Another Gorgeous Flower
of Radical Reconstruction
II in the course of ourIate very dull
sals-day there was an event worthy OF
notice, it was the debut of Coroner Car
roll as Sheriff ofEdgefield County. Tbs
official made his appearancei our midst
aweek ago, and, as provided by law, en-
tered upon the duties lately discharged
by byEx-Sheriff Wall, resigned. He comes,
we believe, from the mountain Businesses
of Saluda. He is negro, quite black,
apparently about 80 years OF age, is de-
: cidedly rustic in gait and raiiaent,. and
has good countenance- 1t is said that
ho is rs unlottcred Us any Hottentot that
ever bought glass beads in Capo Town
AS Sheriff, of.courso hcmust conduct tue
Sheriff,s sales. At II NJ, therefore, he
mounts the Court House steps, and, III
strange tone and parlance, summons an
audience. The audience is not slow to
gather, for .faa is scented upon the taint-'
ell breeze. Yes, God knows that tainted
is the word! Whites and negroes rush TO
the spot And now Sheriff Carroll waves
an .4dccrtisc, with graceful senlicircu-
larflcur 81 ani,S Says: "Gentlemuns, how
much is offered fur dis fifty acres OBJ
land?o Hero Mr.. John l.. Addison mod
estiy explains from the foot Of the steps
that the defendant wishes further time,
and that he, as plaintiffs attorney, i
willirs-and requests that tue sale be
discontinued. or this, the acting High
? Sheriff understands Eota single syllable;
,-~,1, T::ss1rgy, -rrs y01co higher, again says
Gentlemuns, how muchiS offered fur
/dis fifty acres Oh laud2" Tile crowd
smiles. \ voice says: Twenty livo cents.
The High Sheriff again says: "Gentle-
nuns, how much is offered fur dis if
" acres oh land?" y voice says: Fifty
cents. The crowd sniggers and wags its
head The yellow boy from Ohio, who
stands behind the Sheriff, on the topmost
step, with an open account book and Il
pencil, reminds one Of the.ambitious but
unfortunate youth of Longfellow's Eek
celsior." Again the High Sheriff says: ::
''Gentlemuns, how much IS ] offered fun
DIS fifty acres % land? Ho,cmuc!tf Ho'r
liuie!" Tie crowd cxplodes, with loud
report, right and 'e:t The High Sheriff S
ewes become two saucers, and his good
natured face assumes the expression oil
n scared rabbit. lie casts an expiring
look upon Jesse Joucs, the little yellow
boy who is Clerk of the Court, his pre-
ceptor, and wrinss the Adccrtiser into a
lean wisp. We feel deeply humiliatcd
to see what lean and dirty wisp it can
be wr,lng intoi Jesse has taught him ac-
cording to his lishts-Jesse's lights J
and of course the tt i;ion is feeble and un
availing. The crowd shrieks, screams,
kicks! Nothing so ludicrous has been
seen in Edsefcld within the memory of
man, And now stage fright seizes upon
the High Sheriff, and he plrnges madly
down the lofty stone steps and is quick
l. hid III the lower bowels of the Court
House Oh those lower bowelsI What
do they not hide in these days? oh, that
dirty and inexorable nav of Radical re-
construction. The yellow boy from Ohio
plunges after the High Sheriff, and is
also received into those screening and
plying bowels. Jesse enters into the
NAV and is swallowed UP. The my1n,i-
dons all enter into the NAV and play
with corruption. And the crowd contin
ues TO shrieks, cream and kick.
But under this irresistible hilarity-
among the white people-tnerc is deep
feeling of indignation and disgust-of
unspeakablc humiliation-of intense
shame-Mat arc haze ccnae to this, and
must pa;t up 'cith IL! Scott, Moses, Cham
berIain, Carpenter, RunlSlc, ct al, CT al,
ct al, I'D tnJi'atNm-high and low-small
and great-in the past andin the present!
o"t atpo's the lclole set Of dirty and alien
SSSthiegcs! ous apon the disgusting and
g7sas -11''a57 o5sffs 7Ees7 q sstsn Giro:
linz! O@t upon ereryJOdy and crcTy-
thing az tic rcmotest dcyrcc coanectcd
nth such an Internal state Of dccGi.J :