The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-08-04
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christianity two or three of the old
Second Cavalry boys .srrang to their
! feet and sworc that They had been on
| the ground and seen General Lee hung,
one of them rcmarking, with swag-
ger, tl,ft # anybody questioned the
, statement ho. would have to chow on
the barrel Of Il siX-shoOter.
+ "tWlat did they DO with JEFF Davis
after he had suvrrntlcrcd% continued
o'd Woltord. Wht, they tied 1900
!: :pounls Of iron 10 his legs, threw him
into Il dungeon and starved him for
eight months and then took him out
ana EnHg him. That's what they did
with hims a HI of Il inagnaniGous
government that
81 interrupted TO say that jeff Davis
was alive now and healthy, but two or
three Second Cavalry liars stood up
and Sworc t!:cy had seen him hung.
! and that IL any man disputed il they
would make him cat his words or six
Inches of cold steel. And there the
nld scoumdrcl stood, hanging. Alex.
Stephens, I"ngslrcct, Joe Johnston,
Hampton aud every Confederate Of
prominence he could think of and
proving what hc said by 'cyc-witncsscs
from the second Kentucky Cavalry,
" nat show did | have talking to such
crowd Of Ananiascs us that? quit
then and there. " You ever get nc
up there in those mountains again vCu
may shoot me-"
a COLOE.n Caucus IN GEEENyIILE.
--Thc c"lorch voters are much ayitatctl
III regard TO the municipal contest and
have recently cviicCa Il strong diSpnsi-
ton to come together and discuss the
merits of AlcsSrs. Townrs and Briggs.
yesterday the hall known as Wards
i'ail was engaged for the purpose of
holding II meeting. 1t was quite well
filled last night, and number OF
white men were present. Edward
s'mrcd called the mrcling to order, and
announced That the object Of The gath
erin" Yves to discnSS the municipal
election Hnl endorse one Of the raudi-
,'aIr:. Tom lriar WAS clccicl chair
man. Allan Thompson spoke in be-
half of Air.. TnwnrS. Tom Briar be-
4nn speaking for MIR. Briggs. Some
one cl.crrcd Mr.. Townrs. Tom Briar
I :Ad something abnni :'TowncS scoun-
drrl~," aud s,l"grStch that voters of
these rr"ciiviicS be circied. Porter
was III favor OF Mr. ToWncS, and start
cu out. llr was followed hv Il larnG
portion Of those present. The meeting
continued, Il few Of those tNvuring .Mr.
T"wnrS returning. Tcm Briar was
r>prrialiy hard on Can't. Greer, and
said that at on" Slime "lhc Captain was
oil IN the SWanpS hunting for the in-
r'EdlaiicS instead of attending to his
d"tN.' The meeting finally adopted Il
resolution rndnrSiug Mr.. Rr;m"s--
about oHc hundred ard twenty-five
V"i> sons being present, including white
aud c"Irrrd. Tom Briar said the
meeting would divide time with MIR.
I"Wnc>'S : friends, but rs most OF them
had retired this did not meet with i
Sir"n" response. One Of the speakers
distinctly stated t!.ct The hall was hired
by Mr.. Bri@gS'.> friends and paid for
with their money. Many Of Mr..
THwEr>'S adhrrrnts took this for an
invitation I" I"Hvr, which they forth
with did. Th" mrrii." was nrcompa-
ned unfortunately by considerable cX-
citcmcnt and disorder, but luckily
ti"'Ir were no scr;uuS rows. There
was great deal of promsc,lous vcll-
III" which Is one Of the diSa@rcc;tblC
attributes O. All election 49, NeNS.
TN: NEGRO IN THE CiIuHCII On
" "''''"'''"~ "t t:,> "'or, Y~"n., nt n
nlrrtinG OF convention Of the Eps-
c"pal thurch, consisting Of bishops.
ministers and lavmrn from thirteen