The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-07-19
A CARD.

Messs. Editors I'm justice to L. D. Bowie,
clerk of the court, I wish to correct an impress
sion that was put out ut the radical powWow
The other Day by mn ss
"arson." The charge made by Pressly was
"that they the negroes, had put Bowie In office
and that he had engaged the most extreme
Tor him that the negroes who went into bis
office on business were not treated right that
they went in with fear and trembling and got
out as quick as possible" Men 90 not act with;
commissioner made these false statements was
at the last term Of the court three negroes were
ordered from the court room and PreSsly was
peremptory ordering of the three negroes from
the court room at the May term were as ioi-
lows:
to one of his school boys. The Judge had 1usI
passed the sentences. was recording the SEN
tence of Coleman; told him to call late IN the
evening as could not stop recording sentences
to fill out tickets unless the party lived out OF
town. He remarked II want to know why the
devil you can't walt on me; you Wait on Whlte
people" told him to shut up and thet would
give him TWO minutes 20 get out 2f the room
and he went out. The next morning he came
up and ciyilly asked for the ticket and got It;
oce hSs and Injured the amount the ticket that
three reed dollars he said "my boy only received
iy Iy p paid him the other dollar. Continent is un-
No. 2, ex-member of the legislature, E: Cain,
who was Indicted Il few months ago for rape
and assault and battery with intent to kill. The
question was raised by us as to whether per
son could receive pay as witness ana Juror tne
same day. I referred the matter to Judge Car
penter and he decided that the State PAID the
purity 81 so q day to act as Juror, and II she
wished to put him on the stand OF send him
before the grand Jury she had right 70 do SO
without paying him extra. About the time tne
party who was contending that ne had 5igh! !!
10 double pay the Judge came In. remarked
Here Judge Is the man who complains OF In
Justice The Judge deliberately walked up TO
him and said "you can take your choice; YOU
can have 81 90 per day as witness or you can
have 81 so per day Us juror, but you can't have
both, J" and looking at him in his peculiar way
remarked: "My friend, judging by your looks
tent Juror" This brought down the house;
Cain heard of these questions being raised and
came up rs champion for his race, giving us
to understand we had no right TO Ventilate any
suon mones wet. We told him, although Ne had acted
in tho capacity ofa law maker, he did not Know
anything about the law In regard to the CLERK
paying out money and that he had our pernls-
No. 3, Virgil Madden, who was sentenced 70
the penitentiary for ten years BY Judge Orr for
highway robbery and pardoned by our young
native robber Governor r. j. Moses IT, ~ouid
act as guardian TO the green horn jurors ano
witnesses from the country; he would snow
them where to get their tickets; he would show
them Mr.. Blythe TO approve IT.; he would show
show them Mr.. Toibert to get 1t cashed he
would show them the best place to trade. Wha'
they paid him for his trouble neither know OF
Ony kno% Shr G to chea
her out of her ticket, and he was given to un:
derstand that court could be carried on without @
his help and to leave: J. L. JoNtso..