The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-08-30

/ N. ME4NS DATTS. ED1rss.
SNO. 3. REYE0L.pS. AssuursTI EDITOR.
AND now they say tllat Art1tar vii
make a good President. We eftal
soon learn that even tho devil is.a dia
mond of thciiirst water.
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'GEoRSIA has appropriated $4,000
for accommodation Tor six hundred
additional patients at tho Lunatic Asy.
aam. docs thcLogislature propose to
aUournthere IN body2
TUE Barnwell Sentinel thinks it is
much better to revive the whipping
post than to burden the county with
the support Of worthless xssabonds
*Rho have been convicted Of chicken
stealing and othet' petit larcenies. The
Sentimelis about right.
'ON AND after tho first Of September
the conductors on the Ass0ciatee Lines
of the Carolinas will be compelled to
obey an order which has been issued
to the following effect. No conductor
shall smoke or chew tobacco while ON
duty, or drink any spirits, or indulge
i'll conversation with any passenger OK
>eept GU business. If.he accepts = .segar
from a passenger he must forfeit
twenty-five cents to the COM
pany. Lastly he shalt wcar "A ,u,i-
form without pockets, and shall
'carry.a snchel suspended from the
shoulder in which to place all tickets
or moneys collected. Under the oper-
alton of this law the efficient conduc-
tor will be able to rival the circus as
:a"great moral exhibition.
.kREsIpEST GARFlELD, years ago, is
snid to have remarked to friend, cit
is always the unexpected that happens
TO me". If by any chance hc should
rally from the horrible condition in
which hc now languishes, his remark
will be more wonderful than ever
before. At deaths door for the past
week at least, he has been dcspaircd
of by all save a few sanguine friends for
several days. Vet, on Saturday, he
partook Of solid food for the first time
in many days, ard his mind appeared
70 have gained Some of its usual vigor.
Sunday showed little further i'm
provemcnt. 1t Is but one chance in II
thousand, however, that this physical
giant now reduced by suffering to
mere skeleton Of scventy-tive poMnds
In weight, can recover. While there
is life there is hope; but when there is
40 little life, hope is fnint indeed.
While we see nothing but death staring
him IN the face, we will watch with in
tcrest his brave battle for life. Ifsym-
pathy can avail anything, he will live,
for never before has the public heart
80 turned towards any man.
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THE colored people Of the South arc
Indeed unfortunate. The politicians
when they arc elevated to Office have
with few exceptions outraged public
decency and provoked clamor
against colored suffrage, on the ground
that the colored man Is too ignorant or
too bcsotted to discriminate between
virtue and vice. In another role. two
,colored men have disgraced their raco.
Whitaker, Mt West Point, might have
done something for the benefit of his
race; but Inc set tho country by the ears
by his own ear clipping scrapc; and
the government aflcr weeks OF patient
and costly investigation has decided.
1t Is said that he is guilty and per-
jured criminal. Flipper, who did
graduate with flourish of t,Nu,pets
and beco ne a leader Of his race, has
taken advantage OF the trust reposcd in
him, and how languishcs in Jail on the
charge Of stealing five thousand dol
lars IN tho quartermastcr's department
of the United States Army. This is n
severe blow to the negro lovers Of the
North; and is a bad thing for the black
race. 1t is hardly credible that one
who will probably enjoy the rcputa-
tion of being tho only colorcd officer
inAhe United States Army should sell
himself for so small price. lie must be
wholly wanting in moral character.
And as he has fallen, after receiving
such opportunities, tho question arises
will any colorcd man do better. This
lisa point for the colored people to
consider. AS long as any colorcd
man who gets position, proves him.
self thief or scoundrcl, tho chances
for the rest of his race to receive benc.
fits vii! he poor indeed.
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