The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-01-30

l. liz "lGtiCSS it'tiul0ViIa tiitlo lic licfoI
had received an actual commission
for any rank in the robel service,
and that it was only after tho war
closed he was known as Colonel,
having been, as Mr.. Choate phrascd
it, 50 Captain in war and u Colonel
in peace" Mr. Kcitt said he did
not think it was q very common
thing for persons at the South to
call each other "Colonel' OF MA OF"
whom they had not been in the
military. The name Keitt belonged
to Tom, the colorod man, only by
adoption.
From this point Mr.. Choato lod
tho witness to admit squarely that
he was well known wherever he was
known at all, and that among those
who knew him no was still as we'll
tho .ght of as ever. Ho had been
widower since May, 1862, and that
fact also was generally known to all
his personal friends. "Thon" rcjoin-
cd Mr.. Choate, "no one would havo
supposed that you could commit the
crime of bigamy?' Tho witness
rcniiod in effect that somo Of his
friends, who had not heard from
him for somo time, and did not
know whether he was married or
not, wrote to him, and as times
wero very corrupt in South Carolina
then, thero was no telling what %
man might do. His friend Gen.
Darlington wrote asking if it was
true, and Offering to defend him on
trial if it was y fact that he had
been SO charged.
For the defense it was shown, by
dcpositions Of numerous residents
Of Newberry, that the negro Tom
Koitt WIS reputed by local gossip ill
the county to be tho natural son Of
somo mcmbor Of tho Keitt family
by Il slave mother, among the afli-
ants being many county officials and
old settlers in Newbcrry that he
had held various public positions,
and was ultimately convicted of
bigamy. Witnesses were examined
orally also, showing that the writer's
and the publisher of the dispatch
had never heard of The plaintiff, nor
that he was known as Col. Koitt
that tho dispatch containing the
alleged libol was published as ordi-
nary current news, and was i'll
tended by the correspondent who
wrote and sent it to refer to n negro,
there boing q political contest at
the time for the possession of his
scat as u member Of the Legislature,
and it was thought this arrest was q
means resorted to to get rid of him
politically. Con. Carlos j. Stolbrand,
now resident of Columbia, S. c.,
but who had been chiof Of artillery
Of the fifteenth and seventeenth
army corps, under Generals Nc
Pherson and Sherman, during tho
war, testified, also, that he knew
Tom Keitt as member Of tho
Legisla ture and that no had at first
been pointed out to him as Colonel
Kcitt, member Of the Legislature
from Ncwberry county, Keitt being
at tho time Il momber Of q commit
tuo before which tho witness had
official business pending.
Able argument was heard on both
sides, tho judge delivered his charge
and tho jury, aftor three hours,
brought in verdict Of six cents
for tho plaintiff, throwing the Times
in the costs.
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The following anecdote, which is
related of Governor Garcelon, of
Maine, is said to havo added greatly
to the popular esteem in which he is
held. During the spring of 1870,
in Augusta, an Irish woman had
fallen, holplessly intoxicated, and
was foundering about in the mud
and mire. Surrounding her was q