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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-02
Press Opinions ON the Lynch
ing at Prosperity.
News and Courier.

For a crime such as that which
was committed near Prosperity on
Monday night, there must be the
speediest and severest punishment
that civilization will allow. Burning
at the stake or chopping the offender
into mince-meat we're not too much.
But death, unaccompanied BY torture,
is the extreme penalty that the re,
straints of custom allow.
The most that can be done is to
make vengeance sure, and execute
the guilty brutes on the spot where
the horrible deed was done. This is
the justification Of the lynching of the
two negroes who killed Miss Werts.
The action Of the citizens needs no
apology. In what they did they rep
resented society at large, and were the
exponents of a law that is older thsn
governments, and more venerable than
the constitutions of States.
We grant that even lynchipg may
not prevent the commission Of the
worst offences in State where the
lowest class is large, and is easily
made uncomfortable. But if lynch
ing will not cure the evil, it will miti
gate it. Nothing less than lyuchiOg
is Of any avail at all. And if simple
shooting or hanging will not do, some
still harder death will be found.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-02
Anderson Intelligencer.

The InteUiqencer has always con-
demned lynch law as dangerous and
not to be countenauced in civilized
country. It is very great calamity
for any community to resort to it.
But in such case ssas the outrage
upon Miss Werts at Prosperity, we
cannot do otherwise than comGend
the motives and the men that meted
out swift, sure and awful vengeance
upon the human 6ends who had COM
mitted the blackest of crimes. None
of the dignity or consideration De
slowed by the law upon those accused
should have been shown these guilty
wretches; and it is a tribute to the
moderation and law abiding disposi-
tion of the people of NeWberry that
DO worse OF more torturing form OF
death was resorted to. Such crini-
nails as those at Prosperity should
never be permitted to see the inside
of Court House.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-02
The VyiElIaznStoEl Cotton Fac
tory

Was chartered by the presen t
Legislature under the name Of the
Pelzer Manufacturing Company.
The factory is to be located on Sd
luda River, two or three miles be-
low the Piedmont. The success
that has attended the Piedmont
makes the stock of the new enter
prise much sought after it is con,
sidered a desirable investment.
The books were opened in Charles
ton Tuesday, and the whole
amount required-S40O,0 ,0O0-was
subscribed in three days. A few
men in Ncwberry subscribed one
day last week, without any can
vassing, $4,000 to the stock.
This with the $40, 900 in the Pied
mont makes nearly 100000 Of New
berry capital invested in cotton
fac,ories-nearly half enough to
start a factory at home. But our
capitalists are rather afraid of steam
power: if it be ascertained that
steam power is as cheap as water
then they will put their capital IN a
factory at home.
The Williamson factory viii lie
in operation by the Spring OF 1882,
and will be built on the latest i'm
proved plans. 1Ir Lockwood, the
engineer VINO superintendent the
building of the Piedmont, has
charge Of the Williamson.
The reason the factory was char
tered as the Pelzer Manufacturing
Company was that Mr. T. J. Pei
zer, Of Pelzer, Rogers & Co., Of
Charleston, is the leading spirit of
TIE enterprise: he alone takes one
fourth of the stock.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-02
Ehc EIectiOla Gases.

Two o. three cases for violation
of the election laws we're tried in
the United States Court recently
held in Charleston. ". L. Webb,
white, of Georgetown, was convict
ed Of voting more than one ticket
and was sentenced to two months
imprisonment and a fine of $40 and
costs-the costs amount to $242.
The other election cases will come
up at the April term. Between
three and four hundred persons
have been bound over to appear at
this Court for violation of the elec-
tion laws.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-02
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF NEWBERRX.-
IN PROBATE COURT.

Nancy c. Harris, as Adm'x., &C., Plaintiff.
against William Il. Harris, ct al, De.
ftndantS
Complaint to Sell Land TO Aid in Payment
of Debts, &c.
b: virtue Of an Order in The above stated
cas- y III sell, at Newberry Coari House,
South Carolina, on Monday, the seven h day
of February, 1851, within the Legal hours Of
sale, to the highest bidder, the two Houses
and Lots belonging to the estate Of G. u.
Harris, deceased, sitUated in the Town Of
New berry, in said County and State. aud
bounded by lands o! ". 4. Ciac, iirs Fan
uie Jackson, BY the New Cut Road and by
the g. l. c. R. r.
TERMS OF SALG-0nc. third cash, and tue
balance on credit Of twelve months with
interest from the day OF sale, to be secured
bv I. bond Of the purchaser with mort
gage of tie premises scId-,he purchaser
or purchasers will be required 70 procure
policies Of insurance at two thirds Of the
value thereof, and have the same assigned
to tue Probate Judge for Newberry County.
Purchasers to pay Tor all papers, with leave
10 pay their entire bids in cash If they &C.
sire so 10 do. Plats to be exhibited on
Jay Of sale. j. 3. FELLERS,
Jan. =, iSSl-2-tt J. P. y. C.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-02
For THE HERALD
From Smokey Town.

Married, on the llth inst, by Rev.
J. D. Bowles, Mr.. J. G. Brooks to
Miss Henrietta Dom;nick. So says
the Smokey Town Chronicles john
ME, as We familiarly call him, deter.
mined to fiji the vacancy which most
affected him. By so doing he has
brought lovely creature among US,
who truly deserves the name Of wo-
man. Mrs. Brooks, the mother Of
the young groom, "called her friends
and neighbo together to rejoice"
with her. We were of the favored
number, and pleasant occasion it was.
We, by a special invitation, attend
ed the close Of Capt. Banks school.
It was a very congenial meeting be-
tween the teacher, patrons aud pupils.
Capt Banks gave a treat, which he
said was an old fashioned custom yet
we thought it afforded as much real
Joy as many novelties do now. A
very pleasan, feature to US was the
promptness with which the patrous
paid their tuition ; but these are an
uuassuming people, aud do not wish
to be praised for only doing their
duty.
The youngest child of AIr. Rauber
died New Years eve. Death is al
ways repulsive, but when
"All the air solemn stiffness holds"
and the earth is begirt with ice, !s is
peculiarly y sad to commit the nursing
infant to the gloomy tomb. 'Tis then,
from the far of, lone Bethany home,
come the cheering words: ''Thy bro
ther shall rise again" They come
like balm to the wounded soul.
You know what irrepressible work
ers the Methodists are. They think,
then talk and then ACT. We had
heard them speaking Of rebuilding Mt.
Zion Church. To cur surprise the
other day We found it erected as 1e
passed. 1t will soon he ready fo: SER
vice All of their words were full Of
meaning.
Our school opened the Sd Of Jauu-
ary. We have more pupils than we
can instruct as we wish, but We will
keep busy all the time. When We
look around on the interesting faces,
indexes Of brilliant minds, we feel that
the spot on which we stand "is holy
ground" aud that We should SOW sin
the morning. and sin the evening"
not withhold our hand, hoping that
"this or that vii! prosper and at the
great gathering yield fruit an hun.
dred fold. j. A. L.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-02
E'I,e Charleston Factories.

Books Of subscription were open
ed in Charleston Thursday for a
steam cotton factory to be built in
that city. The first day S12O,O0O
were subscribed. It is proposed to
raise nearly million.
The German citizens Of Charles
ton held a meeting Monday night
to take steps towards building 8
cotton factory exclusively out Of
German capital.
Charleston is in q fair way to
have two large cotton factories in q
short while.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-02
The New Cotton Factories.

It is a settled fact that Cotton Fac
tories pay handsomely in the South
Where the management is keen and
economical and the situation is fav-
orable, cotton mills pay better than
any other permanent investment in
this part of the United States. They
make money when the New England
mills barely pay expenses. When the
Lowell mills earn much, the South
Carolina and Georgia factories earn
still more. This is the effect of the
saving in expenses, and the cost Of
materials. 1t is cheaper to bring the
mills to the cotton than to send the
cotton to the mills. Moreover, the
whole of the capital invested in mau-
ufactories 10 this State is exempted
from State, county and municipal tax
alton for ten years.
The money benefit is not all. Cot
ton mills give employment to women
and girls, for whom there is little
other profitable occupation in South
ern cities. This, in itself, is Of vast
value, as large body Of persons who
now are constrained to live in idle
ness, become, at once, producers, who
swell the aggregate earnings Of the
community. The city is made stronger
as more individuals become self-sup.
porters.
These views We have advocated for
many years, and it is with no ordi
nary satisfaction that We find that
two large cotton factories are now
projected, one Of them to be situated
in Charleston. The mill which is to
be established at Williamson will be
run BY wat,i-power and the Charles
ton mill b. steam. The common idea
is that cotton mills cannot be run with
sufficient cheapness, except by water
power. This is an error. Water-power
has it's disadvantages in the irregularity
and uncertainty ofthe supply of water.
Stesm-poWer does not vary, and work
can go on night aud day without
change or stoppage. The United
States census of 1870 is conclusive
on this point. At that time there
were 956 Cotton mills in the United
States, anI more than half of the
looms were run BY steam the steam
power of the mills was II, III horses,
and the vatar-pouer only 99,l9l. In
Great Britain and Ireland in 1871
there were ? ,4S3 Cotton factories, and
the stean-power was 300,4S0, and
the water-power only $500. No
more need be said on that branch Of
the subject.
There is not the slightest doubt
that the projected Cotton factories will
earn liberal dividends. They will be
in the hands Of active and sagacious
men who have no sentiment IN bust
ness, and will not make the factories
either eatacombs or hospitals. This
will ensure success.
1NeWS and Courier.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-02
Barnwell People.

Thereare crimes Of too grievous a
character to wait the tardy punishment
provided by legal methods. In the
swift execution of Spearman and Fair
the citizens of Newberry county obeyed
the mandates of that higher divine law
which recognizes the purity of woman
as infinitely sacred. Death by rope
and pistol was too merciful for such
creatures.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-02

ELECTION ARREsTs.-Messrs. John
Ratterree, W. 9. Hutchinson, j. L..
Walker, G. A. Anderson, +. 0. Lou
don, G +. Cobb and DR.. I. c. Rob
ertsou, Of Rock Hill, were arrested on
last Tuesday by Deputy Marshal
Hobbs, charged with violation of elec-
tion laws, and taken before United
States Commissioner Stoeber. The
principal charge against the accused
was that of intimidation. The wit
nesscs in behalf Of the Government
were colorea entirely. Their testlmo-
ny was so weak that the accused were
at once discharged by the Commis
and Courier.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-02
KerShaW Gazette.

The crime was punished, as it
should have been, ~ the immediate
execution of the perpetrators Of the
crime. Training the life out Of the
two bruses, by the easy modes Of
shooting and hanging, seems small
retributiou for the ruin they had
caused.
Renew, if necessary, the fire and
faggot, the Rack and wheel of
Damiens and hang such brutes upon
the scene of their crime, to teach the
penalty of such an act.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-02

Frank Magrath, colored, was
hanged at Georgetown the 2Sth ul-
timo for murder.
And Nose Twiggs, colored, was
hanged at Waynesboro, Ca, the
same day for similar crime.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-02
Camden Journal.

From our whole hearts We endorse
it, and We cpIy wonder that the de-
mons in human form were honored
even with bullet or rope, but they
should have been nailed to the stake
and burned alive. Let them live !?
Of course not j.! Let them appear in
our courts? Surely not! Wouan's
virtue and honor is more TO a man
than life with all It's surroundings.
We only regret that the citizens Of
Prosperity had not burned these devils
in human form.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-02

!ON IIulSOCS lA '2i iS7S. AASo wa
people watch the evidence that may
DC furnished by the enemies IN our
awn community. Whatever these
witnesses may swear will be sure to
come to light, and our people should
not rest until every man who swears
falsely is punished. Should deputy
marshals come to arrest our cltlzeus,
they should endeavor to avoid being
left alone with any one Of them, for
there is no telling to what they may
swear. In cases of this kind, the gov
ernment usually furnishes the evil
dence, and then does the puuishing.
The wonder is that jury should
convict anybody upon the evidence of
paid witnesses
WASHINGTON, D. c Jan. %, 1881.
Co.. .SToLBRAND, Esq: Columbia, S. G.
Sir Your notice Of contest sin the
matter of the election of Representa-
tive to the Forty-Seventh Congress, "
served upon me by your Attorney j..
F. Hobbs, was duly received, and in
reply thereto | have to say, that l
object and except to each and all the
grounds of contest as therein set
forth.
First, Because the allegations are
so vague and general that they be-
come inmaterial and no evidence
would be competent ia their behalf.
Second, No precincts being named,
nor frauds specified, nor names Of par
tics to the alleged general frauds be-
ing mentioned, the grounds fall from
want of sufficient particularly.
Third, Were it possible to prove
and establish the general allegations
made, there is neither evidence nor
claim that the contestant was candi-
date for election to the Forty-Seventh
Congress of the United States.
And not waving my exceptions to
your said notice Of contest, hereby
expressly deny each and all the
charges and allegations therein con-
tanned and set forth, and do require
you to prove the same.
Prepared, as am, to viDdicate my
right to q seat in the Forty-Seventh
Congress of the United States as q
member from the Third District Of
the State of South Carolina, | allege
and charge as a matter pertinent to the
issue raised by you, that at various
precincts in the District persons OF
color desiring to vote the. Democratic
ticket, upon which was a candidate,
were debarred the privilege of so do
ing unless in secresy, or under the
protection of their employers; that
having voted the Democratic ticket
they were prescribed and maltreated
by parties, both male and female, OF
their own race that Republican 70.
ters on the day Of election, took pos
session Of the polls and held them as
long as they were able to the exclu-
sion of Democratic voters and that
general intimidation occurred at va
rious precincts in the District.
All these several aud various alle-
cations will be proven, and it will
be shown that these acts occurred
notably at Columbia, Ricbland Coun-
ty, Pomaria, Newberry County, Green
sood and Cokesbury, Abbeville Coun-
to, and Lexington Court House.
l further charge and shall offer to
prove that at every precinct IN the
District colored voters desiring to
vote the Democratic ticket were COM
PEELED under duress to vote ticket
other than that Of their choice.
Respectfully, &C.,
D. WYATT AIKEN.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-02
Hampton Guardian.

The recent lyncbing Of two negroes
in Newberry County cannot be consid-
cred crime in our humble judgment.
1t was righteous retribution for most
hellish deeds, and every man who par
ticipated il the melting out Of justice
should be looked upon as a public
benefactor.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-02
Aiken Objects and EXcepts.
Reply to stolbrand's Notice Of Contest-Proof
of Fraud Demanded.
Abbeviile Press and Banner, 26th

Colonel E. B. Gary, attorney fer
Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken, in the con-
tested election for member to Con-
gress from the Third Congressional
District, left Abbeyille yesterday, and
has served the following answer upon
J. G. Stolbrand, or his attorney J. F.
Hobbs. We presume the fight will
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-02
NewDerry News.

Their punishment would not have
been too severe if they had been roasted
By slow degrees. Shooting and hang
ing are too good for the internal devils
who think nothing Of cruelty out
raging and numbering the young and
most beautiful girls of the land.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-02
Laurensville Herald.

The lynchipg Of the perpetrators of
the dannable outrage upon Miss
Werts, near Prosperity,was not only full
ly justified by the circumstances, but
those who inflicted the summary pun
ishment deserve commentator. The
death those feuds died was even too
mild to atone for their hellish deed.
They deserved the severest forms of
torture.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-02
Work the Roads.
Li1acoIntO1l. N. &.

Nc:;ce is hereby given that the following
named persons have been appointed High
Way Superin tendents Of the severa! Town
ships OF this County, viz:
Township No. l--Robert T. Reagin.
Township No. Is. Edward Kenneriy.
Township No. 3-John T. Bynum.
Township No. 4-WalIace 6. C1omer.
Township No. @ Yallace ". Riser.
Township No. { Joseph F. Burton.
Township No. Andrew X. TribbIe.
Township No. S-Thomas Il. Adams.
Township No. 9-samuel A. Hunter.
Township No. lU-Wi!liam WertS.
Township No. ll-Fc!ix D. Graham.
They will therefore ce respected and
obeyed accordingly; and all matters rela-
ting 10 ROADS and BRIDGES will be laid be-
fore the Superintendent Of the appropriate
Townships.
All OverSeers now in charge Of roads are
hereby required to FORTHWITH repair the
sane and 70 keep them in good repair until
other Over>esrs my be appointed BY the
Super!:ici.deAis.
F. WERBER, JR.,
Clerk Co. Commissioners,
Feb. ,, 5-3t Newherry County.
Newbsrry News copy twice.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-02

The trial of Charles Stuart Par
nell and other prominent Land
Leaguers in Dublin for sedition and
conspiracy resulted the 25th ulti-
mo in a mistrial, the jury finding
it impossible to agree upon a YER
dict.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-02
Greenyille News.

There will be q verdict of unami-
NOUS approval of the act of the
citizens Of Nevberry, who so prompt
ly and justly put the two brutes who
so foully dishonored and so cooily slew
a pure young woman. 4 blacker
crime than theirs has never been re-
corded, and no horror of death could
have been too great for them.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-02

The Senate has rejected the nom
ination Of R. N. Wallace, reappoint-
ed by the President Z. S. Marshal
of South Carolina.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-02
aHE6as's'&SG.

Iauualv %, 1851, by Rev. Vim. Pre<>lv, Of
Due West Mr.. NJ. NJ. SATTEEWEirE. Of
Nuwncrry Comfy, 20 Miss MAMIE NJ. CLA-
HY, of EIsetield County.
.!anuary 81, 1851, b. Rev. L. n, Wells, as
sis ed " Rrr J. ". Dickson, Mr. THos B.
AUGRTIY to Miss LUNA JONES, daughter Of
Prof. }. Jones, Of the Columbia Female
College-all Of Columbia.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-02

The following Z. S. Senators
were elected last week: J. n. Cam
den, Democrat, West Virginia;
Saml R. ATaxey, Democrat, re elect,
ed from Texas; H. E. Jackson,
Democrat, Tennessee.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-02
POST OFFICE
NEwBBRRY, S. c., Jan. 30, 1881.

NEwBBRRY, S. c., Jan. 30, 1881.
List of advertised letters for week ending
Jan. 80, 1881:
Clark, Chancry Radcliffe, John E.
Christie Joseph (2} Simpson, JOHN
Davis. Alice c. Sasterwhite, Mrs. E. ~
Duncan. lzora Stewart, R.
Hear, Levi Sem, Wm.
Johnstonc, Geo. (col.) ):Tucner, John
Jones, Asa Ward, Mrs. Jane
Jones, OScer Willh!tc, N. L.
Lee, Waiter Washington, Hannah
Long, Polly L. Weaver, Airs. Laven-
McDiCe, James nca
Parkcion, &. W. White, Mrs. TWanncy
Pinson, William
Parties calling ior letters will! please say
If advertised. t. ~. BOONE. P. y.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-02
Administrators Sale.

BY order Of the Hon. J. B. Feilrrs, Pro-
bate judge ! will sell, at NewberTg q. d.,
At the Court House Steps, on MoaIay, the
7.h day OF February, 1881, for cash, the
following personal property OF jacob S.
Bowers, deceased, TO wit
One Picture, One Piano and Stool, One
Silver Watch.
The property can be seen at Capt R. h.
Wrights residence.
II. S. WINGARO,
AT Administrator.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-02
STATE OF SOUvH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF NEWBERRY.

Louisa u. \. Spber vs.. ThoS. II. Crooks.
By virtue of All Execution to me d.
rec,cd in the above stated case. | will
sell. ut Ncwberry Court House, on the
7th dAv Of February next, (Sale-day)
4. D. 1881, within the legal hours Of sale,
at public outcry, to the highest bidder, the
following Real Estate, to wit: One tract of
land situated in the County and State afore-
said, containing Two Hundred and Fifty
Eve Acres, more or less, bounded by lands
o1 John F G!ymph, David Suber, Columbia
Road, other lands OF ThoS. Fl. Crooks, and
others. Also, one other tract, situated in
Sa;,: County ami State, containing Que
Hundred and Thirty-Nine Acres, more or
less, bounded BY lands OF john T. G!ymph,
VIM A Hcntz ard by the Columbia Road.
Levied on Us the property Of Thos. Il.
Crooks.
TERMS or SALE--All cash Purchaser TO
pay for papers.
D. B. WHEELER, S. NC.
Cb.r;ec'. Hf4i.a Ion * 1891 3-Sf
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-02

The business men of New York
are making preparations for q
"World's Fair" to be held in that
city in 1883, which is intended to
surpass the Centennial Exposition
at Philadelphia in 1876, and all
other expositions yet held in any
part of the world.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-02

Books of subscription for q cot
ton factory have been opened in
Charleston.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-02
Gard OF l'1a:alll1S.

AlrSsHs. EpITOEs: Please return my
warmc>i thanks, through the columns
Of yonr paper, to tn" kind donor Cor .
ten dollar bill in grc"nhackS since my
cin-houSe was burned down.
+. u. GRAHAM.
Also, Mrs. +. D. Graham returns her
thanks and best wishes TO the unknown
friend who sent her those lliree little
uoll dollars Oh account Of oar mi>tor-
innr. /. d. G..
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-02

.ame and noHn other than for similar
proceedings in the Court Of Probate.
Approved December ~. 1890.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-02

The City Council Of Columbia
have granted twenty-five liquor
licenses.
AS this is an off year in politics,
aad there will be no State Conven-
tions, these twenty two barkeepers
will find it right hard to get along.
The State Fair will help them out
in the fall.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-02-02

The Office of the Lancaster Re-
uieu was burned by an incendiary
the 25th ultimo.