The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-09-13
7tNE11ATE CAPITAL.

he'sfetsPenitentiary. A Nice Question
OF Co1or-;A Very Sud Death. -,-.
| lCoRREsPoNDENCE OF THE NEWS AND uERALD.]
COLUMBIA, Septcmber 12.-A si,rgu-
lar feeling crceps over me as IcohtGm-
plate tile work ofWriting'a letter for
Winnsboro' paper. Thereare many
men.fi and from that old burg who are
dear to me. l could name them, too,
but there is no occasion for'it. In the
memorable days OF rs met the men
Of Fairfield everywhere--in the rooms
Of the Executive Committee of tho
l. Democratic party-on the hustinge,
where they demanded that there
should be "division OF time" in taik-
ing to the s6receigns-in the "rrtl
shirt" PROFESSIONS, with gallant Major
Tom Woodward lit their head. Every
where they were wanted and could 10
of service to the State, the men Of Fair
field have been like Napoeons' old
guard, ''ever ready. But if l coli
tinue talking about the men Of Fair
field. 50 many OF whom Il have met,
although have Never set foot upon
the soil OF the grand old county, |
shan't find space to:givc YOU tile news
from Columbia-wliich / believe is all
SOU desire. Well, to commence with
the local news OF the capitol, General
John Bmtton, who, by the way, is to
be tho next GoverilU: Of South CurOli-
na, has entirely recovered from lis
lhdlspositlon, and is now at his post
in tho acomplrollcr-yencruls office,
hard at work.
There was an examination for five
Scholarships in the Nashville Normal
School held here last week. and uniung
the number, ranking among the first,
too, in his examination, Wus Mr.. X.
W. Caldwell OF Winns6oro. i regret
to he called upon to announce in con-
nection with this examination Il bit Of
trickery which was unworthy of the
old-time South Carolina youth, and
presents but Il poor example for the
coming men who arc to rule the IeSti-
nies Of this once proud common
wealth. A young trlNh who had a year
or 81 ago passed u very Crctlituble cX-
animation and had secured his Scholar
ship III the Same University, came to
Columbia, armed with letter written
by himself, endorsing younger broth
er, and represented himself to be that
younger brother, and stood his cxumi-
nat1onr at the close one of the pro-
tcssors recognized the impos;or rs q
former applicant for examination, and
approached him and offered him lis
hand, viii, h was r.f.s .d-the young
gentleman leigning uon-acquuintuuce
with tho professor WHO had examined
hlm a year or two ago. Such men
have no right to represent South Caro-
lima anywhere, let aloue at an institu-
ton OF learning which is to turn out
the future teachers Of the rising genera
ton.
The board Of directors Of the South
Carolina Penitentiary were in session
here for several days last week and
among other conclusions it arrived at
was ono to the effect that no more
scrip from Wildcat railroads which
were working and killing col,victs
should be rec lived for convict
labor hereafter. 1t must be
'molfcy DOWN, or no manacled
convicts to be placed in Stock
AIDES and kept like catllcin pen, and
the convicts arc to bc treated humane
" then. Your correspondent insisted
upon this two years ago, and if you
Will agree not to to- accuse me Of cgol-
ISM and Will excuse ire for saving it.,
he was The first man wi,o "ktrkr,I up
the dust" which brought Ab,.ut tic
"crucity investigation" in the Lcuis:a-
turc OF 1879. 1t has been Il burning
shame for several years past that a
pa Gel of men who are in crested ia rail
road schemes should have cont, oiled
large cohv;ct forces 10 bui d thriy
rf1nfiS OnH t,nS bn tnto 81,
third OF the vnlue OF That M6ui. Tho
worthy superintendent, notwithstund-
ing all these drawbacks upon him.
makes fine showing, and the pcni.
tehtlary Is at present Il Srlf-sustainil,g,
ana Will soon be a momcy-Inaking in
stitutiom for the State. But thunk
jcnovah that nleh who insist uTon
hiring "worthlcss convict labor" will
hereafter have to pay South Carolina a
reasonable price for it.
There has been tempest in q teapot
about the Columbia post-utlirc within
the past two OF thee duvs, about the
discharge Ola colo,c ed Delivering clerk.
There has been an effort upon the part
OF some Of the 'dram-shop politicians"
and the newspapers to make scnsn-
ton out of the affair, bnt thus far il
has proven a dead failure. Nobody
takes any interest in the affair, outside
ofa very polite and accommodating
black man who piides hlnscfupo the
tact that "his family were once the
property Of the laic Hon. John $.
Preston, MI old school Virginia gentle
men who spent the hest lwo-thiuls of
his life in South Carolina", and sninc
OF his friends, and the worthy colorrd
postmaster {. NJ. Wilder. The post
master saws the clerk was incompetent,
and the clerk declares that Wilder call
ed his friends "niggcrs"- and that's
all there is about it. ...
In closing my letter to THE News
AND Her ND, have to announce to
your readers the death Of one of the
lovclicst women it has ever been nv
fortune to meet. Mrs. W.. S Rcamcr,
the eldest dnughtca Of Attorney-G Cen
eral Younans. died OH Eriday night.
Ten months and one day ago / stood
near the fair bride in old Trinity
Church. She was then and alwavs
has been acknowledged by her friends
and acquaimtancGs to be one Of the
lovliest characters in the city. A no.