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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-03-20
JEFF DATID N0TA MURDERER.


Hampton's Clemenoy Justified by Re-
cent Developemente--Ar Of the
Realm urderers Of Of the Franklins.
Correspondence Of the Columbia Register.]
DoNALDsvlLLE, March 18.-I sup
pose that most of your readers have
heardof the cold-booded murder
which took place in this county on
the Goth of December, 1877, and
which is we'll known in the up
country as the Franklin murder
JEFF David WAS convicted at Abbe-
vile as the perpetrator of this hor-
rible crime, and sentenced to be
hanged. Tho Governor gave him
several respites, and he was finally
sent to the Penitentiary for safe
keeping, and perhaps the result was
a commutation of his sentence to
imprisonment for life.
From report brought to this
town this morning, it appears that
Joe Arnold is the murderer, and not
Jeff David. A Mr.. Pleasant Sulli~
van, of Laurens, has been working
patiently ut the case for some time.
Sullivan suspected that Joe Arnold
was guilty of the murder, and SO
directed special attention to devel-
opingevede nceto coufrm his susbi-
picions. Some time after the murder,
perhaps after the conviction of jeff
David, he hired the woman who was
living Joe Arnold as his wife, ut the
time of the murder, to cook for him.
He, by various means, succeeded in
gaining her confidence, and few
days ago she came out and told the
whole story, duplicating herself, Joe
Arnold and another negro man,
named Fisher.
A warrant was obtained for Ar
mold AID Fisher, who were in Ander-
son. They were digging q we'll
when the posse came to arrest them
Fisher WIS drawing out the dirt and
Arnold was down in tho we'll the
former made his escape after being
pursued for milo or so. The we'll
proved safe prison for the latter
whence he was taken and lodged in
the jnil at Anderson @. Fl.
Mr. Sullivan went home, informed
the woman of tue arrest of Arnold
and secured her by giving her lodg
ing in the same house with he,
former husband.
Every one must certainly com,
mend the wisdom of the Governor
in this case. Had jeff David been
hanged all would have regretted it
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-03-20
Il REMARKABLE MIN.

York comfy contains within her
borders many elderly persons, noted
not only for the longevity they have
attained, but also for remarkable
characteristics. Not the least nota-
BILE of the long list we might
enumerate, is Mr.. Abraham Hardin,
who lives at Whitaker station, on
the Airline Railroad.
Mr.. Hardin was born on the 22nd
of June, 1889, on the line between
Lincoln and Rutherford counties,
near Patterson's Springs, in what
is now Cleveland county, N. @.
Descended from Revolutionary
stock, md born soon after the close
of the war, while youth he was
contemporaneous with many of the
actors in the struggle for American
Independence, and from their own
lips heard the narrative of the thrill
ling events of that memorable time
These stories as handed down to
him by the participants in the evsnts
which eliminated in giving birth to
~ 1iSOiOb, ul . SOllJ IL CSll III ulS 10 '
markably retentive memory and his
recitals of them are entertaining and
instructive, not only to the younger
people, who are frequently his de.
lighted listeners, but alike interest,"
ing are they to the students of
history. His description of the
manners and customs of the re ,ple,
and the prevailing fashions Of male
and female attire in his youthful
days, are heard by many an incipient
belle and beau of the present time
with wonder and astonlsnment. 10
MIR. Hardin, DR.. Hunter, of Lincoln
county, N. O., is indebted for much
of the valuable information contain
ed in his history of the Heroes of
Kings Mountain.- TorkOiUe -Eas-
qui''er.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-03-20

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take but he should 40 on Nand say
and do what he conscientiouly thinks
right without regard to frowns and
smiles.l Wdterloo Observer.
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Anumber of enterprising persons
have been engaged in collecting the
bones Of the horses that fell in the
late battleas between Russia and
Turkey, and have sold them to
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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-03-20

There is q pocket telephone
stretched across from the hoIse of
a young man in this town to the
window Of his sweetheart just op-
posite.aaThey are to be married
soon, and it is a touching sigh to
watch the little sparrows perch on
the string and peck at the taffy as
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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-03-20

AT Santa Cruz. CAL, there is q
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was married at the age of fifteen
years, and is not yet twenty~sevcn
years of age, but during the eleven
years of her welded life has borne
fourteen children, all of whom are
dead, except one.
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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-03-06

when cur Bill of Rights declares that
all political power is inherent in the
people" it refers to the whole power of
public opinion that governs voters,
and thus the State, and while "all free
men have equal rights they have not,
and should not have, equal 'privi-
leges." II is the exercise of ''privi-
lege" conferred by the State when
one votes and not of god-given or
constitutional "right." Our George
town neighbor's chop logic is adroit
enough, but the little chain is not
linked together in all its parts. Free
men and free women in free countries
have equal "rights" but not equal
privileges. Since the laws of all
States concede the privilege of voting
to defined few and deny it to an in
finitely greater number OF free men and
free women, ane yet all State Constitu-
tlons concede equal rights to
all citizens, it follows as sure
ly as night follows day, that all
these States did not intend to include
"voting" among the universal rights
or among the ''equal rights" which
they guarantee to all. All makers of
organic law deem suffrage "privi-
lege" and not ''right," and the Suns
argument signifies nothing and means
nothing
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-03-06

In private letter to citizen of
Austin, Gen. Levi W. Lawler expresses
the following views upon the subject
of the State issuing bonds in small de-
nominations, bearing low rate of in
terest, to take up bonds bearing a
greater rate. Gen. Lawler, in Ala
bama, is regarded as among the
best fnanciers in the State, and was
one of the three commissioners, ap-
pointed by the Governor of that State
two or three years ago to adjust the
Indebtedness of Alabama. Here IL
what he says:
The experiment in this STATE of Is
suing small bonds or State obliga-
tione has not worked well. 1t was re-
sorted to for the purpose of funding
troublesome floating debt, composed
In part of warrants on the treasury
which the State could not then pay.
After the State suspended payment of
interest on its bonded debt, these Oh
legations declined materially In value
and did not answer tie purposes
of a circulating medium. When
the public debt was adjusted and
the credit of the State began to i'm
prove, the obligations gradually in
creased In value, and now they are
above par, and are held as an invest
ment and do not circulate.
The obligations" having been made
receivable in payment of taxes, the
State was obliged to use them as
money-having nothing elss-and all
the public officers and other creditors
were forced to receive them at par and
use them at the current discount,
which was a hardship. Now, the State
finds itself in the dilemma of having
out 1000, 900 of these small bonds
bearing eight per cent. Interest," rate
of interest too high for any State to
pay which has large resources and
good credit like Texas, or even Ala
bama.
II the State of Texas is under the
necessity of raising money ON it's credit,
1 would advise the issuance of bonds
bearing not over five per cent.
Our General Assembly has au-
thorized the issuance of bonds
bearing six per cent, to be placed on
the market for the purpose of raising
money to retire the State ''obliga-
tlons." The rate of interest ought to
have been fixed at five per cent, for
in less than two years an Alabama five
per cent bond can be sold at par.
Georgia is floating small bonds at
four per cent. Her own people have
taken them at par, and they are so
quoted in New York. The resources
of Texas are much greater than those
of Georgia, and your bonds ought to
rank high. l. is great mistake for a
State to engage to pay a high rate OF
interest"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-03-06
THE cost of advertising can be cal

THE cost of advertising can be CAL
culaied with proximate extctness.
The value and rumber Of sheets print
ed, the cost of type setting and space oc-
cupied are known n every advertising
merchant. II one newspaper print 1000
and another 1000 copies the latter
reaches twice as many readers as the
former and should be paid accordingly.
The quantity of paper and press work
in the latter case cost twice as much IS
in the first, and yet the Houston Age
says public advertising should be done
by the paper that will serve the court
or clerk or sheriff for the least money.
Nothing could BE- more absurd.
Courts and clerks AID sheriffs should
pay regular commercial rates aud these
are easily ascertained. Ask any shrewd
merchant. He knows the price and
value of an sad" in any named news
paper as we'll as the value and price of
yard of domestic. 1'Conmercial rates.
should be the laws standard of prices.
The State does not propose to rob
or to be robbed.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-03-06

THE greater the number of pupils
registered and entering the public
schools, the sum paid teach
ers for each remaining the same,
the shorter the term through
which they are taught. Three
months tuition, when the pe1agogue
is only employed through three months
and cares nothing for his own reputa-
tion and only for the money coming
from the State, is of no service to the
children OF Texas, and yet the Free
Press says:
Hon. John Styles, OF Red River
county, has introduced bill in the
House to extend the scholastic age
from six to eighteen years. This is q
decided Improvement on the sugges-
ton to decrease it TO ten to fourteen
years.
II only those children between ten
and fourteen years were admitted to
the schools, the number of pupils
would be so reduced that they could
be taught by the State nine months
each year. Schools would be perma-
nent and continued by the same teach
ers, at the same place, year
after year. The children would
be we'll instructed and not for
get faster than they learn. The
Free Press is at fault, and the represen-
tative from Red River, to the extent
that he would bless the people of
Texas by his proposition to multiply
pupils in the public schools, has taken
a step good sense will soon prove to
him to be an improper one.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-03-06
SUNDAY LAWS.

Those Sunday laws that are never
obeyed should never be enacted. The
worlds experience has taught us the
necessity for ga day of rest," to which
those who desire it may attach any
idea of sanctity they like. If Hebrews,
because of convictions of religious
duty, would hold Saturday sacred,
they should be left perfectly free to
sanctify the day and keep 1t holy,
while Christians, in like manner, may
dispose of Sunday. Others, regarding
the day one of ''rest," may find it
agreeable to amuse themselves in town
or country. If they interfere with no
body and derogate in nothing from
the equal rights of Others and violate
no code of public order or decency,
they should be as carefully protected
by just and wise government as the
reciter of psalms and prayers, or
counter of beads. The only business
of the State is to promote the observ-
ance of day of rest and to protect
the poor and rich alike in its perfect
enjoyment. The rich should not be
suffered to compel the poor to toll,
and contracts made or to be executed
on the ''dsy of rest," designated as
such by the State, are made voidable,
but beyond this the law-making pow
er cannot rightfully go. 1t cannot un-
dertake to bind peoples consciences
or legislate religiously, and therefore
the widespread approval by the press
of the speech of Senator Terrell. Cap
Itsl, if the law create the legal holiday,
cannot take advantage of poverty and
make it toll seven days each week.
Population is not dense enough or
poor enough, and will not be for q
century IN Texas, and if it were so
poor that it could be forced to toll
when no law prohibited it, the law
would only prevent unwisely and uD-
justly the acquisition of bread by hun
CRY industry, The Legislature cannot
go beyond that restriction upon popu-
lar freedom, which makes Sunday con-
tracts and business agreements voida-
BILE, and then the sale of msddening
intoxicating beverages on Sunday may
be prohibited in behalf of public peace
and order.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-03-06

THERE is bill pending in the Sem
ate to regulate the practice of medicine,
and modes of appointing local boards
of medical examiners. 1t may be well
for the Senate to have before it this
brief and incislve paragraph from the
State Constitution:
Article 16, section 81, page 5S, "The
Legislature may pass laws prescribing g
the qualifications of practitioners of
medicine in this State and to punish per-
sons for malpractice, but no preference
shall ever be given by law to any
schools of medicine"
The law now in force in Texas
gives the power to appoint local
boards of medical examiners TO district
Judges. The bill pending in the SEN
ate gives the appointing power to the
Governor. The purpose of the bill seems
to be to get rid of the present boards
of examiners, and the proposition is to
have the Governor appoint FIVE physi-
clans in each congressional district
to discharge their Office. Under
such claw" the Governor might fail
to recognize different schools of medi-
cine; but his exellency will not fail
to recollect the terms of the organic
code, as this bill surely does. The
constitutional question is, what is
a ''preference" of a ''school of medI-
cinef" Suppose the bill enacted and
the Governor appoint, in making up a
board, all honGopaths, will not the
allopaths have infinite reason to COM
plain, and will they not swear that the
Governor forgot the generosity of the
rutabaga constitution Fix it how
you will there is, while the Constitu-
ton subsists, an irrepressible conflict
between the wings of the medical
profession, and this bill will fail ut
terly, we greatly fear, while the Con-
stitution stands, to put an end to it.
viii not the Governors conscience
compel him, as 3 strict constructionist
of the Constitution, to put at least
one or two allopaths on every board,
and we don't see how the steamers
can be left out.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-03-06
THE CHAPLaINS.

Two preachers of confessed ability,
and of wonderful capacity to think &C
curately, said yesterday that Chris
tians, like the outside world, had
reached the conclusion that chap
laincies in legislative bodies should be
extirpated. At best, it is only casting
pearls before swine; at worst, it Is only
an empty, formal, meaningless corces-
sion TO popular prejudices or supposed
popular exsctioDs demanding this trib-
ute of pharisaism TO the Supreme power
of the church in government. The two
things should be wholly separated and
of all modes to which goodness ever
resorted to inject a share of itself into
legislation, none ever wrought such
unfortunate results. 1t were wiser
and better to beat a drum to announce
the opening of legislative session
than consume ten or twenty minutes,
worth $50 70 the State, in humdrGn
depreciation of Gods wrath or in or
igiual suggestions to divine wisdom as
to the proper course to be pursued in
national or State affairs. Would it
not be wiser for each preacher of the
State, while Congress and legislatures
sit in conclave, to pray for these
bodies? They do need heavenly guild
ance, but no official prayer ever won
it. Church and State have no other
proper relations to one another than
those suggested in Gods book, and it
is nowhere stated that an apostle or
saint ever became au official adjunct
of secular law-making body. His
kingdom is not of this world. If the
Legislature need prayers there are
preachers and churches enough to-
heving it to lift the lawmakers to
heaven or send them down to perdi-
ton. Chaplaius, while each lawgiYer
can pray for himself with all the
churches to help, are works of super
erogation.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-03-06

TEXAS had its share of attention
Saturday at Washington. The Presi-
dent sent into the Senate his nomina-
tions for the new district of Northern
Texas, Hon. E. 3. Turner, Judge
Alex. White, attorney, and A. 3. Nor
ton, marshal. The appropriation bill
provides for $50, 900 to be used in in
creasing the telegraph lines in Texas
that the frontier may be more elfectu-
ally protected. This action of Con-
gress makes less necessity than ever
for the expensive military machinery
of the State, which the people are un-
able to pay, especially since there Is 10
necessity for such extravaganza.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-03-06

LAWYERS throughout the State are
discussing Mr., Sirgietary's bill regu-
latlng jury trials. A paper on this
subject in the Teras Laao Journal of
February 10, page 391, gives valuable
facts to law reformers. One of the
ablest lawyers and judges of Texas
writes that he does not approve pend
ing propositions and that the L'gisla-
ture may commit grievOus blunder in
q most important matter. This juIist
concludes his letter with the apothe2m
that 1--WE should simplify machinery
of government if we would baYe an
effective oue."