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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-12-16
COTTON BANDITS IN YORK.
Forty Negroes Swear TO Kill +iny one
Catching them Stealth. Cotton.

YORK. December 8.-The News and
Conrier has already published in dis
patch from Chester the fact that a
Young white boy was found near his
home. in York county, SO badly beaten
and mangled that he soon died. The
following arc the facts us far as can he
learned: About sundowu on the eVcll-
inc of the 3Oth ult., cries Of distress
were heard in the field of Wm. Z. Good,
who lives near Broad River. in the
western part Of this county. 4 negro
in the lot hastened in the direction of
the crv. followed BY Mrs. Good and her
little daughter. Proceeding they found
The son Of Mr.. Good, lad II years old,
named John Lee, lying in water fur
row in a senselesS condition. his skull
crushed. his mouth knocked in and his
body bruised. He was carried to the
house and died at 9 o'clock, never re-
covering consciousness. Trial Justice
Blair. in the neighborhood. was notified
and on Wednesday, acting rs coroner,
he summoned a jury and proceeded
with the inquest. After examining |.
large number of witnesses the inquest
was adjourned and met again Oh Fri
dav. wheu, after taking much testi-
mony. none of q conclusive character.
the Jury again adjourned till next Fri
dav. In the meantime circumstances
pointed to Nose Lipscomb, Dan Ro-
berts. Bailey Dowdle and Print
Thompson, all colOred, as the guilty
parties. and they were committed to
Jail. The theory of the investigation
was that some of these negroes had
been detected by the murdered boy i'll
the act of stealing Il basket OF cotton
from his fathers field, and to prevent
detection they killed him, intending
to throw his body into Broad river,
ONLY two hundred yards distant; but
they were thwartell in this Ivy the APP
proach of the people from the house.
The theory proved correct, for this
morning Print and Dan made a con1es-
sion to the above effect, and also lmpll-
Gated Nose and Bailey as accessories.
They also say that there is combina-
ton of about forty negroes IN That
neighborhood pledged that If either
one is caught in the act of stealing they
are to kill the person so detecting them.
This admission may lead to a large
number of arrests. There is much ex.
citement in the Broad river section, and
now that confession has been made,
your correspondent does not pretend to
know what may happen next, though
at this time all is quiet.
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COLOSSAL COWARDICE.
STARTLING INCIDENT OF RAILROAD
TRAVEL IN TEXAS.

a Train Full Of Passengers, Including
Forty Men. Among Them :, United States
army Officer and Ifirc Negro Soldiers
Robbed b. Two Highwaymen.
ST. LOUIS, December 12.-The par
ticularS of Il train robbery yesterday
near Bellevue Station, Texas, are that
three robbers, who were unmaSked and
made no effort ut concealment, arrived
at Il water tank Il few moments before
the train. When the train arrived one of
the robbers with a drawn pistol order
ed Engineer Ayers and his fireman and
O. G. Miller, another engineer who was
riding in the cab, to alight, which they
did. He then marched them some
thirty feet from the train and went
through them, taking what valuables
they had. While this was going on
the other man went through the train.
1t appears that one of the passengers,
who was looking out of the window
and saw the operation with the train
men, discering the situation, went into
the forward cars, notifying the other
passengers of what was going OF and
told them to secretc their money. This
they did in various ways, giving most
of it and their diamonds to several
ladies aboard. Miss Kate Haas of Fort
Worth took charge of $4,000 and other
yalllablcS. Mrs. Chambers OF Potts
dam, y. J., secured $1,000 and some
diamonds, and Mrs. Wittick of Garth
age, Mo-, took her husbands gold watch
and several hundred dollars. Mrs.
W'ittick Was greatly incensed ut the
proceedings and stood up in the car and
asked if forty men were going to sub
init to such an outrage ut the hands of
two highwaymen. About $4,000 in
money and $4,000 worth Of diamonds
and other valuableS were left by the
robbers in their haste to get through
the train and because they did not
search the ladies. They were evidently
novices III the business and went away
with the paltry sum of Sl0J, three gold
Watches ten silver watches, live revOlv-
ers and one gold ring. The robbers left
the train ut the rear OF the sleeper,
mounted horses standing near by and
rode rapidly away The train was then
hurried on to Bellevue. where tele-
grams were sent to Superintendent
Frost, at Fort Worth, who Immediate
ly replied, Offering $3.50 for each rob-
Der. and in less than an hour five posses
Of officers and citizens were ir pursuit.
Captain Conners was on the train, hav-
ing in charge two deserters with q
guard of five negro soldiers of the
Twenty-Fourth United States infantry.
Conners ordered the soldiers to draw
their revolvers and fight the robbers,
but several passengers opposed so
strongly and pleaded so earnestly in
behalf of the women passengers on
board, THAT the captain reluctantly
yielded. i:iit! when the robbers reached
the soldiers and demanded their
weapons they quietly gave them up.
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I: AcoNGRESSMAN IN DISGRACE.
Fearful Fall OF Representative james w
Reid, of North Carolina.


A$Reidville correspondent of the
North Carolina State Chronicle tells
tbs.19Jllowing story of.Mr. Reid, present
MI III oe"C Congress- fEom the .Jfifth
DiSEficSwho WIS defeated for re-clec-
ton: The air at Reidville is thick with
rumurs auent Mr.. james ". Reid who
was defeated for Congress. His friends
are reticent. They arc dumbfounded.
They know little about the charges
against him, and he is not at home,
they are not prepared to make any
denial The terrible truth, his friends
fear, is that he is Il ruined man. 1t is
charged openly and everywhere that he
has gotten money under false pre-
lenses; that he has given mortgages
aggregating over $2O,OOO--Some say
$3O,000-on property not worth over
$4,000; that he has hypothecated his
salary due to March 18th. at two or
more places; That his o Us are in the
hands Of MANY people who had implicit
faith in him: that he Owls several
newspapers in the district and that he
hired others; that he is in debt for
whisky bills at sllndry places; that he
lived q terribly fast life in Washing
ton; that many Of his best friends VIII
suffer. and some of them will be ruined;
that his whereabouts are unknown and
that he is afraid to come home for fear
of arrest. 1t IS hardly probable that
the report that his whereabouts are un-
known is true. Congress is in session,
and it is supposed that he is at his post
in Washington. These are undlgested
rumors that arc floating about in the
country round about Rcidville. That
they are all true is not probable, but
that enough Of them are true to stain
his name and bring loss to his friends
there appears to be no doubt. ] have
never been more stunned in my life at
SucE revelations.
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Back Again to Their Old Homes.

During the past few months num-
Der Of negroes from the upper portion
of our county emigrltcd to Florida,
declaring that they never would come
back again, but within few weeks
past nearly all of them have returned
to this county--lt least, all those who
could get back-and they now declare
that they will never leave it again, no
matter what representations are made
to them about the beautiful lands and
prosperity prevailing in those (to theln)
new fields. This ID what we may eN-
pect from those of our citizens who are
so anxious to go to Texas. 1t is posi-
bic that they may iindit us represented.
but we doubt it, and Il few months may
suffice to show them that they were too
hasty in moving. The same depression
in business prevails all over our land
that we experience here, and it is use
less to wander off among strangers to
look foI better times. Stay at home
among yorr friends and be happy
Camden Journal.
An earthquake was felt in Columbia
last week.
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Two I'cdtllcrS' Crime.

ST. LOUIS. Dee. S.-Yestertiav after
noon Mrs. John W. Cutting. of 't6IS
PENNSYLVANIA Avenue. while alone iii
her house admitted two peddlerS, who
asked to offer their wares. They seized
ana carried her of bodily in their
wagon, enforcing silence by threats of
death. Thcy carried her to q secluded
place i'll the suburb OF the city: both
outraged her and then permitted; her TO
20. She informed the first policeman
she found and was taken home. The
men were captured later. both hring
very drunk. One Was able to under
stand his perdicament. He was fright
ened and said his comrade had COM
nttcd the act and he had witnessed it.
but took no part in it. The woman's
husband is a clerk in the Probate Court.
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FLORIDA MYSTERY.
4 Lake ut FORESTER Point, Near Pnlatkn,
Covered with Dead Bodies.

We clip the following from the Pa
latka. Fla, Herald, of last week: For
rester's Point is four miles down the
.rirer, on the East sida 1t is enc Of thg
handsomest spots in the State, and
noted for its beautiful scenery. Sports
men always make this their hunting
ground, whenever permitted to do so,
by the proprietor of the property. Yes
ter(lay Messrs. L. w. Booth and j. II.
Stoker, made q discovery while OH Il
hunt, that has proven very mysterious.
They were in the swamp On the lower
end of the Point, when Mr.. Booth
sighted deer, and leyeling his gun on
the object, pulled the trigger to his gun
and the animal dropped. The two then
went in search for their game, and on
going about two hundred rods came to
Il sheet of water about 1900 rods in cir
cumference, covered with blood. They
stood gazing at their discovery with
anazement, and in about fifteen mlnu-
tcs the disturbed waters had cleared
away. running out of the little brook
that leads to the river. The sight be-
fore their eyes perfectly paralyZed them,
as on the bottom Of this little lake were
several human and animal bones, moth
ing else being left. The deer that had
been shot was ut the bottom, and Was
clearly visible, the water being clear as
crystal. Mr.. StOker took from his
pocket three hundred yard fishing line
with Il hook Oh it and letting it down
in the water to pull out the animal:
failed, us the line lacked good deal o!
reaching the bottom The two, failing
in their attempt with the tackle at
hand, returned to the city for assistance
and will go down to-day on the Sylvrs-
ter with the necessary articles. The
news spread over the city like prairie
fire. and, comment was loud. This
lake is about three hundred rods from
dry land, on the swamp, and up to this
time had never been heard Of. Fish Of
large size can be seen swimming about,
and the banks are perpendicular. On
either side Of the lake are large cypress
trees, and is Il very picturesque spot.
Photographs will lrc taken Of il and pnt
on sale 1t is to be hoped chat some
thing will come to light to tell how the
him;M bodies came to he there. We
await the return OF the explorers to tell
the tales Of TIE Dead Mans Lake.
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Forced Him 20 Live.

ClIIcAGu. December S.-~IIclry Jan
scv. wife murderer, who VAS trying to
starvc himself [" death, has hcen fed
hy force. He WIS pinionrd, Il clasp put
on his nnsc. his teeth pried open, and
his mouth filled with 4 mixture Of milk,
sugar, brandy and egg. He rndravor-
ed to reject it, but in his gasps for
breath he swallowed considerable OF it.
This was repeated three times during
the day, and consequently his strength
rapidly grew, although the improve
mtnt put him in all ugly frame Of mind.
and he denounced his s;iviorS in most
niraticll trlulS
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s;,u,.l;iur Death OF Il child.

The Darlngtun News SAYS that on
"Wednesday morning. December |. liam
nah. the ir:, vc;i, "!i daughter OF Mr..
John VI. l!nririEgtni. Of IlArtSvillc. WAS
running il tir y#r:t with I OAR ol Scls-
surs in her hand. when falling accident
Iy over Il whcclbarrow, tie scissors Ell
tered irr alriulmrM and broke against
the vrrtrlru. The portions of the scls-
surS which rcin;iu''l in her body was
broken iii two parts, only one of which
the doctor succeeded in abstractlng.
The Door little sufferer fingered in in
TENSE agony until , o'clock Sunday
morning VIXEN she died.
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Didn't Know il Was Loaded.

The Sumter Watchman says that on
Saturday evening last. AShby and
George. sons Of Mrs. Booth. were play
ing with Erwin. Il son OF Mr.. Sam
Brown. in Il room ut Mrs. Booth $.
There WAS a loaded pistol on the
mantelpiece and III some way Erwin
got hold Of it, thinking it was unload
ed. and snapped it at Ashhy. sending
the bullet into his brain. -Ashhy linGer-
ed in an unconscious condition until
the following afternoon. when he died.
Mrs. Booth is almost craZed with grief
and is in Tcry critical condition.
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TORTURED TO DEATH.
Brutal Treatment of IL Colored Workman
by Men of His Own Race.

SAVANNAH, December 9.-The report
of the fendish murder of Sam Hub
bard, negro, in Tattnall County, three
weeks ago, has just been received here.
Hubbard was employed by r. ~.
Hanewacker. Il large Shingle manu-
facturer on the Altanala River, twen-
ty miles north of Johnston'S Station.
on the Savannah, Florida and Western
Railway. Hanewackcr bad twenty
negroes employed, one of whom, Henry
Weaver, was foreman. Weaver, who
was reliable, was made banker Of the
workmen, and they deposited their sav-
ings with him. On November Is
Weaver told his employer that $3.50
had been taken from his trunk. Hub
bard was suspected. because he was the
only one who had a key to Viewers
room. All the negroes who had their
money deposited with Weaver arrested
Sam Hubbard and threatened to whip
him if he did not tell where the money
was hid. He took the negroes from
place to place, but they could not find
it anywhere that he said. After heing
fooled repeatedly they carried him into
the swamp and whipped him with Il
leather trace. Then he accused two
others, saying they were accomplices.
One was not caught. and the other de-
MED it. After that Hubbard was whip
ped several times during the day, and
at night was taken to a church and
whipped. beat and kicked to death. His
body was buried in the swamp. The
country is Sparsely settled, and it was II
good Will" before the authorities heard
of the murder. \ few days ago ilane-
wacEcr. who bears Il good reputation,
stated that !.c tried to induce the
negroes tn *'::n! Hubbard TO jail. but
could DO: influence them. He was dis
charged. ~ also tWO of his workmen.
Seven others. for whom warrants were
isslictl. escaped it is nn:; believed that
Tom Crawford. who, Hubbard said,
was 0un Ol his HrrGuiniic"S. got the
money ami He'd. News and Courier.
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Snnt form Niiirl..

Grur,:E'% DecrinHcr lo.N Ni!Son earn.
Il respectable rolorrd man. lives in the
Turkey Pond nc;ghborhooi, /" negro
settlement about fo"T mites from
Georges. Last night, after eating an
early supper. Carils wife, with her TWO
children. lett hone to attend church
near h;. She had pncrcdc" but Il
short distHncr from the house when
she WAS SHOT und killed IL Til" nigh road
hy Snmnc unknown party or parties.
The children who were with her say
That after the gun fired they saw Il blg
hlacIi man RAINING of. It is reported
that Mrs. Carn was looked upon by her
ignorant nei@hbor3 IL dangerous per
son. being able t. use You npp!It th!hgS,
on you. work spells, &c. NcWS ahA
Courier.
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Crushed To- Death.

:~rAErA%HuEG. December 1l.-W. +.
Cantwr!l. formerly telegraph operator
1T the Union depot 1T this place, but
recently running on tn" .:Sh"ville anu
Spart;lnhurg Road As freight conductor
was ruin over by .h!ia engine 1t Campo
hrllu to-day. Ills right ley was crushed
at tn" knee. ami the fingers o! ms le1t
hand We're rIt of. He Vas brought 10
Spartlnburr this afternoon. hut owing
20 his condition anrutati"n was con,
sidcred inaIv;Sailc Mr. Cantwel! dl"t
ut o'clock this evening. He was born
in Columbia, and has resided here sew
eral years.
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IN :it.mircr OF lIr. Davis.

The philadelphia Times states that
while hunting in the mountains North
Of Altoona last week, Governor Patti
son made the acquaintance Of al ecccn-
trio old character named .Jackcr talnp-
bell. The latter looked the Governor
over critically and said well, you're
Il purity fine lOohin' man, an you make
Il purity good GoT'nor. but you havn
cot half tire brains that jefferson Davis
had" Campbell Is an uid-time Demo
crat. and during the var canle near
getting a rope around his neck in Hun
tingd0n County for his Iorcihly rN-
pressed admiration lUr Davis ami his
clliSr.
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4 Mites Crime.

SAVANNAH. GA., Dec. lO.-.]. ). It'll
comb. the first mate Of the schooner NJ
B. NIillcn, of this port. WAS arrested to-
day for the murder of the former mas
ter. Capt. W. z. Young. OF Maine
Young Gi";' on Il Eoyagr to Rio dt
Janrirr. :nh the crew charge that the
mat" poisoned iiilu. An examination
will IN, ind tn-lnurruW.
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Another Foreign. Earthquake.

rON>TANTINupLE Drcrlnhcr ll.-An
cay.lllllake to-day was ;clt III Smyrna
ami throughout the Island Of ChiOs.
The disturbance made tSSurcS in the
walls and in the fronts of houses III all
parts of the territory affected.
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defeated The bill then passed with
out division, with notice OF general
amendments on the third read
ing--News and Courier
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Blown Through the Roof.

EpGETIELD. December 12.-1nforlna-
ton has just reached town that Mr. +.
B. Thomas. postmaster at Cold Spring,
p0Stullict in this county some tel
miles west OF here. and il negro whose
name is unknown to your cOrrespon-
dent, met with Il horrible accident on
Yesterday that will in all probability
result in the death of both. Mr..
Thomas. after lighting lis pipe. care
leSSly threw the match upon il krT oI
powder that Mis- near by igniting and
exploding it, Both of Mr.. Thomas 5
legs wer" broken Just below the thigh,
one being almost entirely hlGwn off.
He received serious and, it is thought.
iucurable burns on other portions OF his
person. The negro WAS blown through.
the roof of the house. part Of which
WAS taken Off. and his injuries are OF Il
more serious nature, if possible, than
those OF Mr.. Thomas. Mr.. Thomas IS
Il prominent and highly respected cItl-
zen of this county, and has the sympa-
thy of our entire prOple.-NrwS and
Courier.
Died from the Effects of Chewing Gum.
y sad story of the sudden death Of Il
little girl comes from Clear Creek, at
tributed to chewing gum. Last Satur-
day number of children in the neigh
borhood of Mr.. Robt. Simpson sindulg-
ell in this practice. That evening the
eleven year old daughter of Mr.. S!mp-
son w&s taken sick and vomlted a great
deal. Mrs. Simpson. who WIS visiting
Il ucighbur. WAS sent for but before the
mother reached home the little girl
died. Her death occurred about =
o'clock II few hours after she was
taken sick. Mr.. p. {. Mungo and Mr..
John Wilson both lad children very
sick for While anI their sickness and
the death ui Mr.. Simpsons little daugh-
ter is attributed to the gum they had
been Observation-Disclosures Chronicle.
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tons as to the doings of the Mormon
lobby"
/ telegraphed The HERALD in refer
ence to the investigation which had
been ordered by the Postmaster Gener-
al, into the matter of the alleged miss
ing letters from the postoffices, of Salt
Lake and Ogden. Mr.. Game received
certain affidavits on the subject, which
he presented to the Postmaster -Gener-
al and an investigation was ordered
forthwith. Tampering with the mails
is serious charge, and those who in
dulge in IL. ought TO be punishad to the
utmost extent of the law.
The suit of Salt Lake vs.. HOLSTER for
the recovery of $I2 1000, (alseged to have
been illegally assessed upon whisky,
said to have been manufactured ny the
corporation of Salt Lake City, which
with about ten years interest, amounts
to about $20, 900, was argued during the
past week by HoI. F. 5. Richards tor
the city, and Soiicitor.General Goode
for the government. Mr.. Richards, al
though in very poor health. made a
very able argument-in fact, brought
out all that it was possible to argue in
the case.
The further hearing before the Judi
ciary Committee of the House upon the
Lumuuuo Ollls thAto HldCc lO-udN ~ =
O'Clock. Mr.. JEFF Chandler, on behalf
of the Mormon people, will have his
say, and il is needless to remark that il
will be an able argument. Mr.. Chan
dler is a lawyer of national reputation,
and his speec. is looked forward to.
both by the committee, the Mormon
lobby" and the Mormon people. with
considerable interest.
The Lorenzo Snow appeal cases will
be heard in the Supreme Court proba-
bly, on Tuesday next, when Mr.. George
Ticknor Curtis and Mr.. +. S. Richards
will do the battling for Utah on the
occasion. The telegraph will convey a
synopsis of the arguments.
Governor West has been in Washing
ton for over q week, and has been called
upon by great many people. I'M
derstand he leaves for New York to-
day, where he will spend two or three
days; then go to. South Bend, where
his son is. spend day or two
there, and then proceed direct to Utah
to assume his official duties.
/ omitted TO ailude TO the telegraphed
report in the Tribune OF Mr. Baskin's
speech before the Judiciary Committee.
In that report it was stated that Mr..
Baskin made a fierce attack upon the
Mormons, and turned to Mr.. Game.
who was present, and inquired if what
he had said was not absolutely true, to
which inquiry Mr.. Caine made no re-
ply. The fact of the matter is, Mr..
Baskin did make some such inquiry,
but Mr.. Chandler. who was also pres
ent during the hearing, watching the
interest OF his clients. Immediately
spoke up and said: Mr.. Game. don't
answer the questions;" hence Mr..
Gaines discreet" silence.
JOHN IRVINE.
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II. Il. GROW,

EIectropathist, liz ". South Tenn
pie Street, Opposite Valley House.
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Strangers from the rropIc.

Visiting this country. will find HALE's
HONEY OF HoREHoUSD AND Tar a supe
rior remedy for the coughs. colds
and bronchial difficulties which a change
from a torrid 10 temperate climate al
ways engenders- Cubans who have
trier il are loud in its praise. In fact,
il ha- no equal in the pharmacopnia or
among proprietary medicines as a cure
for Throat or Lung complaints. Pro-
durable OF all druggists at 50 cents and
81 Great saving by purchasing large
size. Pixies Toothache Drops cure in
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Spring Wraps, Jackets and Jerseys.


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