Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-10-19
Rev. I. D. Durham.
A SKETCH OF TIE CAREER or TIE
GREENDACK CANDIDATE FOR sUpERIN.
TENDENr OF EDUCATION

n SKETCH OF TIE CAREER OF TIE
dREENDAcK CANDIDATE FOR sUpERIN.
TENDENr OF EDUCATION.
Durham is a Baptist preacher, thor
oughly educated, Dentist aud farmer
end saw mill mau. When first heard of
by tho writer, in 1868, no was school
tcucher in Orangeburg, aud widower with
ono Kon, and was quite intimate with
leading Radicals in angcburg. lie suo-
cecded in marrying ono of the most ostima-
BILE, cultured aud amablo young ladies of
orangcburg, who was possessed of consider
ub'o real estate. 1Io gavo up teaching
and almost gave up plugging teeth, took
charge Of his wife's property and be-
gan to run through with all he could man.
age to get 10 his possession, in the mean
time not forgetting to stir up strife and
dissension in the Edisto Baptist Association,
which at that time was one Of the largest
and most harmonious in the State. He
preached some new doctrine before uuheard
of by the Baptists Of this section. He
caused division of several churches, and
at last divided the Association into three
called the Orangebutg, Lexington and Ed
isto, oil of which are now very weak and
much disturbed. lie was
AN EARNEST DIscIrLE OF "ARIEL,"
and boldly asserted that a negro has
no more soul than dog or a mule. In
1873 he turned his attention to politics and
began to abuse the Democracy for it's short.
oomings and m,dc several stump speeches,
which he calcd"talks." lie was dele.
gate to the nominating convention aud
candidate for the House Of Representatives
lie pledged himself as u true Democrat to
do all in his power for the Democracy, but
failing to receive the nomination he with
drew from tho Convention and said lie was
done with politics The next notice the
public had of tho Doctor was his appearace
in court for
REFUSAL TO PAY Ills POLL TAN
lie was tried before trial justices and at last
was brought up in the Circuit Court where
he defended himself. Holding up silver
dollar and exhibiting it to Judge Kershaw,
and making long horrangue 10 which he
entered into the history of tho poll tax, he
quoted hom tho New Testament. "Reu-
der unto Caesar the things that are Cnsars,"
&C., and said "here is the dollar which you
want but you cunt get it, When the
Judge rendered his decision he reminded
him that Christ was advising the Jews to
pay their taxes when he made that remark,
and told the Doctor that although the Court
could not get his mighty dollar he could
get him, aud that he would have to 20 to
Jail. The csso was rcmanded to trial
justice, who gave him the Iightest sentence,
ONE DAY IN THE COUNTY JAIL.
He went in ot a. NJ. and claimed that
twelve hours constituted day, and tried to
get out ut p. 81, but Sheriff NJ. II. Holly
kept him in the twcnty>four hours. In
his speech to-day he said he left his Dcmoo
racy in the Jail when he came out. lie
has been a strong advocate Of tho Stock
law, and both atproperty and voting quail
fication. lie has
DENOUNCED pURnC SCHOOLS,
and has been opposed to the entire system.
lie ownes distillcry, aud has been max.
ing peach brandy, but recently the rains
descended and the floods came and washed
away his distillury. Tho Doctor is about
six feet and two or three inches high, md
appears to weigh l80 or 100 pounds, is
very muscular, and has large bones. lie
has red lair, red beard now sprinkled with
grey, fcrid complexion, higa cheek bones,
dark brown eyes, powerful deop soft
voice, and Gno pulpit orator. Elc is 60
centric, has a strong desire to lead and
rule or ruin.
lie now gets around paying his pol-tax
by making oath that hcis physically un-
able to earn his living by manual labor.
This is the man the Grcenbnckers have
nominated against Col. Asbury Coward,
and this is the man to whom the Republic
cans Of Aiken County will give their sup
port.
Although the watch-Tom- word of that
party is "thc people are SO unreliable" aud
their motto ii "not honor, but money is
needed" we Of this county think the pco-
pie can be relied upon not to vote for |. d.
Durham, and We think that, although the
Doctor may need money, judging from his
personal appearance,
lie NEEDS HONOR
far moro than he needs money, and unless
lie manages to run faster than ho did when
Sheriff Holly caught him in regular foot
race ana brought him to Aiken, he will not
get half way to the Superincndent's oflioo
before COL Asbury Coward will DO COM
fortably cnsconoed in the Office of Super
iotendont Of Education as tho ohoioo of tho
reliable people of South Carolina Ncws
and Courier.
A New Mother Shipton.
When the lawyers fail to take q fec,
And jures never disagree;