Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-06-08
speak of the houses which employ them as if
they fthe merchants in the citiesl were mere

speak of the houses which employ them as if
they (the merchants in the cites) were mere
subordinates, or agents, employed by the
drummers to put up and forward the goods
sold on the road. 1 heard many discussing
among these travelling statesmen of the various
methods by which they could so conduct busi-
ness as to bring the principal profits to their
own pockets. They speak Of the trade as
theirs, and not that of the houses they repre-
sent, and often talk of the amount of business
which they control, frequently threatening to
'carry the trade over to another house. "
They always have the best rooms, and the best
of everything at the hotels, and when several
of them meet at the same house they are apt
to have ''little suppers'' together. They are
usually extremely hospitable on such Occa-
sions, and often invited me to join them, but
always begged to be excused. A good deal
of wine is consumed at these suppers. 1t is
part of 1.-THE necessary travelling expenses, - as
they explained to me. At Jackson, Miss, ar
irving late at night at the hotel, found my
self in merry company Of drummerss, who
greeted me with effusive cOrdiality and offers
of unlimited hospitality. The leader explain
ed that they were ''all as drunk as the devil,
but g-g-goo- -good-natured. An we're JUS as
glad to see you g if you were sober 20 The
travelling salesman method of doing business
seemed to me clumsy and costly, and the older
men on the road say they do not believe
the system will be maintained for many years
in its present proportions. June Atlantic.
JUDGE LYNCH IN FAIRFIELD.-A few days
since shocking account was published set
ting forth the attempted outrage OF young
married lady, Mrs. Martha Raines, on May
oath. i'm the neighborhood of Doko by negro
fiend. The wretch was defeated in his purpose
by the desperate resistance of the lady, who
suffered painful injuries in the encounter.
She bit the hands of the negro so severely that
when, shortly afterward, she made known the
facts to the neighbors and pursuit was made,
he was readily identified, and proved to be a
negro named Caleb Campbell, Of bad reputa-
tion in the neighborhood.
Campbell was carried before Trial Justice
Hogan at Doko, who committed him to Jail at
Winnsboro to await his trial at the next term
of the Court of General Sessions.
On Friday Judge Lynch's Court assembled
somewhere, and the evidence was heard, which
left no doubt that the negro Campbell had at
tempted the foul outrage, and it was decreed
that he should be hanged. On Friday night at
about - Sheriff McCarley was summoned to
thedoor of the jail by two or three men, who sta
ted that they had prisoner from the country
whom they wished to lodge in the Jail. The
Sheriff dressed himself and came out of the
door to receive the prisoner, when he was con-
fronted by a large force of men, whom he
could not recognize, and the keys Of the Jail
were demanded at the muzzle of their revol-
vers. Upon his attempting to raise his Ian
tern to endeavor to see if he could recognize
any of the party they warned him that his life
would be forfeited on any attempt at recogni-
ton or alarm. The party then entered the
jail, forced the cell in which Campbell was
lodged and brought him out He was carried
by the party, who were mounted, about three
and half miles below the town to the neigh
borhood of the derrick at Woodward's and
there hung to tree until he was dead, when
he was cut down and left under the tree,
where he was found by sheriff McCarley and
his deputy, who followed in pursuit.
The whole proceeding was so quietly and
promptly executed that few persons in Winns-
boro knew anything of the occurrence until
yesterday morning, when, of course, it pro-
duced intense excitement. Large numbers
visited the spot and viewed the dead body, and
at about o'clock the Coroner held an inquest
and found that Campbell came to his death at
the hands of some persons to the jury un-
known. The body was buried yesterday after
noon on the spot where it was found.-Cohm-
bia Register, Sunday.