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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-12-12

CRIMINAL STATIsTICs.-F. r. San
born has been collecting facts regarding
crime and criminals in the United States.
The number of convicts is now twice as
great as in 1871, the relative figures being
81, 900 and 10000. The greatest increase
is in Georgia, Tennessee, and several
Western States. The number of per-
sons in prison as convicts, or waiting
trial, is 10000, of whom less than one
sixth are women. About 10000 of the
whole number are in New York and
1900 in Massachusetts,, where the pro-
portion of prisoners to population is
greater than in any other part of the
country. In the South the higher pris-
ons are generally made self-supporting
by the labor of the convicts, who are
leased to contractors, who may employ
them anywhere in the State In Arkan'
sas the contractor pays nothing, but
meets all expenses. In Tennessee, Geor-
gia and Mississippi stated sums in money
besides expenses, are paid by the contrac'
tors. Mr.. Sanborn figures as follows:
The general result of the labor of con-
victs in the State prisons of thirty-seven
States for Delaware has no central prison.
falls 81 $780, 900 short of the earnings re-
quisite to support the 10000 convicts in
those prisons last year. The sum divided
among an average of 10000 State pris
oners, gives an average cost of something
more than s44 a year for each convict
If we add the sum paid for the support
of short.sentenced prisoners in jails, tht
total cost of the 10000 persons in prison
throughout the year 1877 would probably
exceed S5,000,000, or something more
than $50 year for each prisoner.-Au
gusta Evcniag Sentinel.
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A COUNTRY WHERE LABOR IS FREE

A COUNTRY WHERE LABOR IS FREE.
At indianapolis there is newspaper
whose mission is the emancipation of
labor. If labor is so much enslarcd in
this country, it is little singular that so
many poor men became rich here. There
is nothing that will emancipatc labor so
soon rs good morals and the habit of
saving. The mechanic who has learned
his trade we'll; who has no pet vice to
feed, and who marries at % or 30 4 young
woman so skilled in household economy
that she can make every cent OF his
wages bring to him its full value, is very
certain of becoming Il we'll 10 do if not a
rich man. No young man can accumn-
late property honestly without great self
denial in the beginning. He needs more
discipline than 81 soldier, for he has a
bigger fight to make. One of the first
things he has to learn is the Importance
of keeping out of the society of fools and
spendthriils. His most dangerous enc
mics are his companions.-Lo"isriM
C1urier-JOWWdi.
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WHO ARE RICH.-The man with good
firm health is rich.
So is the man with good clear con-
science.
So is the parent of vigorous, happy
children.
So is the clergyman whose coat the lit
tie children of his parish pluck, as he
passes them in their play.
So is that wife who has the whole
heart of good husband.
So is the maiden whose horizon is not
bounded by the coming man." but who
has purpose in life whether she ever
met him or not.
So is the young man who, laying his
hand on his heart, can say, II have
treated every woman ever saw us
should wish my sister treated by other
men,"
So is the little child who goes to sleep
with kiss on its lips, and for whose
waking blessing waits.
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COMPRESSION OF TIE FEET.--A prac-
tice so common that it may be safely said
that there is scarcely normal-shaped
foot to be found among civilized beings.
Although this compression is not in
Europe and America carried TO the en-
tent of stopping all growth Of the feet
at a very tender age, as among some
classes of the Chinese, yet the natural
growth is so much impedcd by the idiot
ic fancy of most parents to encase their
childrcn's feet in snug boots, that gener-
ally before a child is six years old the
toes are more or less delormed. Usu-
ally the growth of the little toes is en-
tirely suspended as early rs twelve or
thirteen years of age, while all are press
ed together and overlappcd, and the great
toe, instead of continuing on a line with
the side of the foot, turns to the center
at an angle Of from thirty to thirty-five
degrees. To whatever extent the COM
preston is carried, just to that degree is
The circulation intcrlered with, causing
the blood to flow less and less freely, and
in decreasing quantity, causing not only
discomfort from cold feet, but strong
tendency to consumption is induced
The interference with the capillary cir,
culation of the feet is also one of the
most common causes of catarrh-a fact
not generally known.
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AN ORGAN WITH A WILL OF ITS
OwN.-The good people of certain
country village in Indiana hungered
and thirsted for an organ to assist in the
church services; but as they could not
afford to hire an organist, they bought a
sclf.operating instrument warranted to
grind out forty tunes of religious cast.
The musical instrument was placed in
position for the next Sunday. The SEX
ton was instructed how to set it going
and how to stop it, but unfortunately
forgot the latter part Of his business ;
and after singing the first four verses of
hymn before the sermon, tile organ
could not be stopped, but continued
playing two verses more; then just as
the clergyman completed the words,
"Let us pray" the organ clicked and
started another tune. The sexton and
others continued their exertions to find
the spring, but no one could put a stop
10 it so they got four of the stoutest
men in the church to shoulder the per-
verse instrument, and they carried it
down the aisle into the churchyard,
where it continued clicking and playing
until the whole forty tunes were finished.
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GENIUS AND STRONG DRINK d.
voICED.--The remark is frequently
heard that it is the most gifted, the
generous, fellows who are most apt to
fall into intempcrance. The saying is
neither true nor useful. However it may
have been formerly, it has come to pass
now that, as Prof. Swing suggests, the
temperance reform has reached first the
minds that arc more gifted. "Many
years ago." he says, "it was my good
fortune to serve my country by being
Secretary of a temperance society, and in
that official dignity addressed letters of
inquiry to Presidents Of colleges and Pro-
fessors, to ask what was the quality OF
the young men who, in those days,
marred their college course by the use OF
ardent drinks. Long letters came from
President Noolsey, of Yale, and from
Horace Mann, then of Boston, and from
Prof. MoiIatt, of Princeton, and they all
bore testimony that genius in their COL
lcges and schools drank less than stupidi-
ty; that whiskey was passing away from
the higher order of mind, and was to be
found only in possession of the more
sensual and less bright" Chicago Id
Cdncc,
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our pa wonll notice you" But pa was

your pa would notice you" But pa was
listening to the sermon with closed eyes.
How earnestly John Wesley wished his
mother would keep that thrcat-not to
bring him any more-but lie knew she
didn't mean ii, else he would have moved
several times more.
All this time Sister Toogood sits lis
tening to the preacher, save when adj
monishing her children; her face is
clothed in pious primness. She is an
exemplary member, never misses Sun
day, Or allows her children to do so.
She gives TO the pastor, and has him to
dinner and to supper with her, and tries
to bring up her children in the way they
should go and in the fear of the Lord.
The fear of the Lord that is what Bro.
Doleman breaches about, and of that
everlasting lake of fire, where all who
arc not good, and not church members
not members of his church Bro. Doleman
means-will go to and burn forever and
forever! Not cf the great mercy, the
tender-lovc, and infinite goodness of our
Saviour did little Jim and John Wesley
hear, but of his awful wrath; not of the
sweet promises to the good, but of the
terrible punishment to the wicked. The
beautiful story of Jesus, that children
love to hear, wasn't told by Brother
Doleman; the happy home in heaven,
its eternal joys and beauty, were left out
of his sermons, but he told of the horrors
of the bad place and its everlasting pun
ishment. How many Brother Dolemans
we have, how many such mothers as Mrs.
Toogood, and how many little children
are taught to fear God rather than to
love Him. Little innocent hearts afraid
in the darkness, having no faith, no trust
in the love and protection Of dear
Father above. Afraid to get sick, afraid
to die; hearing not, knowing not that
He has said; "Suflcr little children to
come unto me, and forbid them not, for
of such is the kingdom of caven."-AN-
ME ENGLISH ANDERSON, IN Louisville
Couricr-Jomnal.
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THE INAUGURATION CEREMONIES.
Second Inauguration of Governor Hamp-
ton and Lieutenant Governor Simpson.

In accordance with an indication from
Governor Hampton that he was prepared
to be inaugurated as Governor OF South
Carolina under the late election, the
President of the Senate, the Speaker of
the House Of Representatives, the clerks
of the two houses and the committees
appointed to visit Governor Hampton
repaired to his residence on yesterday, at
2 o'clock p. M, in company with the
Chief Justice, Lieutenant Governor
Simpson and Col. Wade Fl. Manning,
the Governors private secretary, for the
purpose of witnessing the Inauguration
which had been authorized by the con.
current resolution of the two houses OF
the Legislature.
The party left the State House in car
riages, and after short drive were soon
at the Governors residence where they
were met and invited in by Col. Wade
Hampton, Jr. The Governor was lying
in bed with an .e1pres,snn .ef pam @upoif
his countenance, but otherwise appear
ing to be getting on well-indeed his
friends were agreeably disappointed, for
he appeared stronger and much more
cheerful than they expected to find hin..
As the members of the party went TO
his bedside he shook hands with them
aud had some pleasant remark for. each.
The object of the visit being made known,
Chief Justice Willard, sitting by his bed
side, held small Bible upon which the
Governor held his hand while the oath
was being read. At the conclusion of
which, taking the book into his own
hand, he raised it to his lips and then
signed the oath in steady and legible
hand, although lying upon his back.
Lieutenant. Governor Simpson then took
and subscribed the oath OF Office as Lieu
tenant-Goyernor After which Governor
Hampton expressed to the Legislature,
through the committees, his appreciation
of the sympathy intended him by that
body, and said that the greatest regret he
feels in consequence of his painful acci-
dent is that he is deprived Of the privilege
of comforting with and consulting the
General Assembly about the matters of
Importance to the people of South Caro-
lima which they are considering. -.
The committees feeling that it would
be tax upon the Governors strength
for them to remain longer, wished him a
speedy restoration to health and retired,
not having remained in the room for more
than fifteen minutes, and reached the cap
itol in less than one hour from the time
they left it. Members Of the committee
say that Governor never appeared nobler
than during the Inauguration ceremony.
Throughout the entire visit he was calm,
resoute and self. possessed, showing a
cheerfulness which is believed to be the
indication of rapid improvement.-Co-
iumbia Register.
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- There ought to be some way to put
up good advice in tin cans to be kept
until used. y great deal Of it is thrown
about loose and wasted.
A Waterbury woman who weighed
something over three hundred pounds
got some anti-iat and took double doses
of it, until the first thing she knew her
skin was so loose that her nose hung of
the end of her chin, and her eyes were
at each corner of her mouth.
A story is going the rounds that
Miss Mollic Fanchcr, of Brooklyn, has
lived fourteen years without food, and
doctors certify to the story. That wo'
man should marry country editor
What this country needs is to have a
race of people raised up that can live
fourteen years without food, and Mollic
and an editor is the best cross we Car
think of.
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- "Gct right out of this" shouted an
irritatcd merchant to Il mendacious clerk,
"this is the third lie ! have caught you
in since 10 o'clock this morning" ooh,
we'll" said the new man, don't be too
hard on me. Give fellow time to learn
the rules of the house."
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PERsoNAL.-Should this meet the eye
of the individual who created disturb
ance in church last Sunday by his con-
tinucd coughing, he will confer favor
ON the congregation by procuring bot
tie of DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup, which
will cure him.
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DELIGHTFUL PERFUMEs.-Dr. Price
has prepared rich variety of perfumes,
from which the most fastidious can Sc
lect an odor with agreeable satisfaction.
DR.. Prices Pet Rose, Alista Bouquet, and
other perfumes, are great favorites, as
their sweetness ami freshness are so de-
cidcd.
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= The indefnable joy which fills 4
Young mans bosom when he carvcs his
first fowl, is more than couaterbalanccd
hy the modification which ensucs when
he involuntarily pulls it over into his
Ian.
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JrDGE BURNETT KILLED.

Excitement ran high Immediately,
shouts and yclls rent the air, and sud-
denly the deadly revolvers were brought
into play, and a volley was poured in
upon the guard, who, taken by surprise,
sought shelter wherever they could find
it. When the smoke cleared off it was
seen that Judge Burnett WAS down. He
was dead, with bullet through his heart.
The firing was maintained in Il desultory
way the whole evening, the mob yelling
like very devils ut every indication of Il
slight advantage over the faction that for
the present were champions Of the law.
Allen and his men, being in the court
house yard, sought shelter behind the
clerks office and in the court room, while
the guard retreated up the street to the
point where Strong and his clan were
barricaded. The forces now numbered
some thirty or forty on each side. The
men were all well armed with the latest
improved Colts navy repeaters, Spencer
and Ballard rifles, and being good shot:
could kill their man from TWO hundred
to three hundred yards whenever he
might appear.
ATTEMPT TO BREAK THE JAIL.
During the picket shooting posse oI
Aliens clan, with axes, attempted tc
burst open the Jail door and rescue the
prisoner. His brother, Tom Little, o.
Compton, appeared at this moment and
begged the rioters to desist. A shot
through the body stretched him lileles.
upon the ground. This caused the jan
breakers to retire, which they did, breath
ing vengeance for the death of Tom Lit
tie. The Allen party deserted the court
house last night and the sheriff and posse
tnok possession, TINS commanding tho
door TO the iail. Oicourse no court has
been held, and the Circuit Court Judge
suddenly disappeared this morning be-
ftre 7 o'clock, leaving no orders ls To the {
disposition of the prisoner Little. TT
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THE MURDERER IN JAIL.

A willing leader was found in justice
of the peace named ]. G. B. Allen, sup
ported by the Littles, Crawfords and
others, numbering about forty, who lott
cred abont the streets impatiently wait
ing for the guard to appear. Judge Ran
dali, to defeat the aim of the mob, had
the deputy sheriff and county judge to
detail an extra guard of fifteen men, who
went under the leadership of the county
Judge, John w. Burnett, to the assistance
OF the sheriff. About 8 o'clock p. IN.
they returned with the prisoner, and
safely confined him in Jail, the guard
numbering about twenty-five we'll armed
men. No effort at release was made |;
bat Immediately after the guard returned
from the Jail to the street and began to
disperse, thinking the danger was over,
Crawford and Little began an attack on
Judge Burnett, threatening to take his
Ea
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DREAD OF THE CITIZENS.

The court was puzzled, the officers of
the law dambfounded. The citizens
watched from a distance, and not single
effort was made to quell the bloody riot.
At last with light came hope, and all was
quiet save the bedlam hoop of the
drunken rabble. There was no sleep or
rest, everybody living in dread expectan-
cy of the morrow, and slowly next morn
ing Tuesday, as light was thrown upon
the scene it was discovered that Aikman
and party had withdrawn from the court
house and quartered themselves near the
river bank, while Strong and his clan
held their fort still. One by one the
citizens made their appearance in the
street, congratulating themselves that the
war was over. About 10 o'clock Strong
retired, and soon thereafter struggling
drunken men, well armed, began to pa
rade the streets in defiance of all law and
order. 1t was whispered that the guard
which had been sent 20 Lexington under
charge of the sheriff to bring back Jason
Little would soon return, and an effort
would be made to release the prisoner.
Deputy Little and guard had returned,
and to the credit, however, of John Ak
man, be it said, he refused to participate
in this crime, and lett for home.
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FIGHTING IN THE STREETS.

Strong and his followers received no
injuries, but barricaded themselves in a
little log cabin about one hundred yards
from the court house, where they had
previously stacked their arms. Aikman
and his party sought shelter in the court
house, and regular interchange of shots
was kept up during the afternoon. One
of the Freemans, who fell in the middle
of the street when shot, was forced to lie
there for two hours, his friends fearing
to attempt his removal during this strife.
Hideous yells and shouts Of defiance
could be heard from both parties.
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LAWLEssNEss IN KENTUCKY.
A Continuous Riot for Week in Breath
EFT County-Many Killed and Wounded.
LEXINGTON, Ky, Nov. 80.

LEXINGTON, KY, Nov. 30.
A series of riots occurred at Jackson,
Breathett County, KY, go miles from
Mount Sterling, this week, which result
ed in the fatal shooting of County Judge
John w. Burnett, Thomas Little and
VIM. Freeman, negro. Danl. Free
man, a brother of William, was also dam
gerously wounded. These were friends
of a prisoner whom the sheriff's posse
was conducting to Jail and endeavored
to rescue him. Fighting has been going
on since last Monday, and the Governor
has been called on to quell the disturb
ance. A special to the Lexington Press,
dated Mount Sterling to day, says :
Jackson is still in possession of the mob,
but the sherif's party are in possession
of the court house and Jail. Picket
firing is kept up and many persons have
been killed and wounded. No action
has yet been taken by the Governor
A letter written from Jackson on
Wednesday says:
The town is under control of a mob.
Good citizens are fleeing for their lives.
Women and children are seeking shelter
from any who will protect them. The
officers of the law are defied, and havoc
and desolation prevail. Men, drunk and
wild with frenzy, armed to the teeth with
pistols and guns, are walking the streets,
yelling at the top of their voices, pro-
claiming who they intend to kill. In
fact it is as much as your life is worth to
appear upon the streets, for you are lia-
bic to be attacked by either or both par
ties at any moment. This is the third
day of this terrible condition of affairs.
This people have been sorely afflicted in
the past, but the outrages and lawless-
ness then are not to be compared with
the terrible crimes of this week.
BATTLE OF THE CLANS.
Judge William Randall convened the
Breathett Circuit Court on Monday
morning, instructed the grand jury, and
adjourned till afternoon. During the
afternoon John Aikman, leading about q
dozen men, dashed into town on horse
back, armed with pistols and guns, dis
mounted and furiously attacked Capt.
Bill Strong's clan, who were standing on
the street in front of Breeding's store.
Thirty or forty shots were discharged,
two taking effect on William and Daniel
Freeman, the former shot through the
body, the latter through the head. They
Swere removed late in the evening to
their homes several miles up the river,
and it is reported to-day that Daniel
freeman is recovering but William is
dead.