The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-09-23
OCONEE'S PROUD RECORD
A SISTER COUNTY WHICH IS AT PEACE
WITH HERSELF AND ALL MANKIND.

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Editor IN L0b0r.
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The hHoettHe PRESS ana Hammer, IN its last issue
disagrees WIN us MS 10 ihr prevalence al crime IN I'M.
state ami especially al lom'ciurs. lt SAYS 'rn y That
crime Is more %ftequcnt In other States, nor did we use
the comparison fnr sGcha pun pose, but merely to show
that from the dclrnvrd nature OF man crime would
lieVHii anu inst we were Wore exempt from L 'hah
many "I our s'st'r Statrs. w a.,
me T'itrr says tnat IN !" ntt,e over r,Sn1 years ..
h"m'cilrs nave i'crh enl'''Nl,,'o IN Anoe'''s county
aan "hly WY !"lsHns NUM- 'nn u ~" w: !" II ~.
trntihrs, anu EAU u u II" ~ nemIre tmm' IT
RECORD ,, 'c"nee Mo"'' "c o't'Vl WI .A"'h'nn'"n' ~,
For the sntlsl"c'lon "t our con'sIll"Ia a We w
state that the rreor"s OF our COURT ir",i is"' 10 30
siA.tem !e"Fh !, S, ,hs s"au q & Gji"ws. Mn ".' ,yi',,.1
S"'"'l.s" ."u ne ""n :. ,,"m 49, S h.,o h,an
mu nHe prs" N;n,oms. ~ m.u h,~, hs,., silII.I hv
nane" =! mmtvS, M%, 'n S,' hos % i.,s, .iu..i h v NJ: NJ.
',n In aJ,i,inn +" ,hrse. ,hen. WINS one suS,N,srd
c,"o - inf,niiriJ, rthn nar,,ns nccr,.sl but the nroof
u,trrly failed 10 show Il, In this rcriod Of time, one
ncrrn b,, hran hung CoDrland. for the murder and
rnbhcrv rr Vim. ,Jnhn uunnnicult. or the cases Of two
wIifrs killing nrcrors. one WIS a killing by IN officer
ottan,r,inr ,n orrcst n negro hnrc,d with felony when
m. negro mad. Mt the officer with an IKE aud as shot
'rbe ntfic.r uos hniI.1 on IA, own r,roruisunce AMI
ornu,,t.d wi,bnut ,r,u,urnt In the other Gaze the
sIay.r rr,ar.J and has never been tried.
In the cas- = Of negroes Killed BY negroes. oil fnur
.i, her mi In n ,ica of guilty of mai,Ia,. hitter or were
M h,nnd hv n ;nrv and ,b.v were sentenced from iva
~ 0,a r,o,. In ,bn ,rni,.nt,orv or ihrsn casrs one
~. :, ~. nr mar. ,rci meal cuilt. resulting from a
sho, hv n hnr nj another by the lntlct's request, Mt q
distance of ninety wards with small shot, II happen.
ed Their, wus one buckshut In The gun, which stiuck
the low In the head. ,,uduciny death. tie was sent IL
w.. ,.y,trntm,v far tw, yanrs I'm, Mt the cxpilauon OF
an. wear ,yas hardened UPON the recommendation OF
,InJs. Orr. In another Of these cnscs death resulted
from erysipclas. SURRENDERED BY u stab in the arm, in
A sudden atrray.
in III. cases of Mint whites being killed by whites
six W, re found not guilty; In one case, because the
killing was accidental, in nnuthpr, because the perpc-
traitors of the murder. irnr this cuse was n,uraer) could
mn, he n~osi,iyp,y and sa,isfacturjly proved, and in the
r,nr n,h,r cas,s hecnuse th.. nnTtics acted clearly in
seIf.drr.ncr or the rrmnininr three. twn we're found
enil,v of ma,.'nurhtcr. and sent To the penitentiary
frr two and three wears. and the Remaining one has
never bcrn arrested.
vi.winn ol ,h,s,. csscs without nossion or feeling
we can see no failure of the Judge md juri.s In doing
their duty. These cases comprise every case of humi'
eide on our sessions docket since 1869. 1t shows thai
negiocs In this county arc not oppressed or wantonly