The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-01-03
sIMON'S' OUTRAGE.
hess in Trying to
me Of the State.
Democratic F,
Ruin the a.


We are clad that Judge SImonton
has rubbed or ked down from three.
fourtba Of thd which he committed
on the Charies ables In requiring ball
Of each OF the sum OF $o,VOO. ne az 10y ono
for ali four $4,000 for each. The
col.stables in -se Of their duty had
raided some ia tigers OF Cner!eston.
and among O which was kept by q
foreigner or allied citizen. Great
stress is MAJ the unnaturalized citi-
zen being I'M ith, presumably for the
purpose Of leI people 10 believe that
such foreign u amenable to our laws.
The fact IN. nvict them Of a capital
offence they haI ged without leave or
license from on.
The inioni % justice OF Judge Simon.
ton's excessi bay be better understood
when a. ia hat the constables were
charged witt bmeanor in entering the
sacred precI blind tiger. and disturb
ing the sera the aforesaid quadruped.
The avers 3 In South Carolina for
the last ter} ty years has been reouir-
inc hail ol rers, even those whose
hands were with their victims heart
blood. in sr, ing usually from 81 900 to
IS. 600, and n Slmonton required $1,000
bail OF me we're earning TWO dollars,
and who WI he discharge OF their off1-
ciaI duty. a ked with the grave offence
of dislurbi1 ors Of the liquor law.
The annl ke Courts in this country
could mar nish parallel for such
exercise Iial cruelty and official
spite. Il outrageous that the Judge
himself I'd from three-fourths Of the
cri,ne. and the bond at 81 500 for each:
II there hI no politics In. this, and II
the case In carried before Judge
whose serN kht was allowed to prevail,
the bond ZEN would have been from
5000 to S8Od rtainly not over $500.
The cor n provides that excessive
bail shall required. Judge S,mopton.
in a nort 9 OF affairs, We think has
Justly ma self liable to impeachment.
No man hid punish q poor constable
in reouir bsslve bail merely because he
hates thd nor OF the State IL worthy OF
the high Of United States District
Judge.
AS M TACT ~ looks as II tue anus,
with a q unanimity, have determined
TO fasten 10 and his crowd on the State
forever. &age Simontop ID acting 10 full
keeping hose who seek to exasperate
the publ and TO turn public sentiment
Even be a day In three years that
the stat lis have not been attacked In
some vi feel quite sure that there has
not bed bek in which spiteful things
have nd said.
Even be State officials were trying TO
refund To debt at q much lower rate OF
in terest bapers were full OF talk which
did nod D strengthen the credit OF the
State, bugh the financial crisis was
pepdin| The country was ready for o d.
nancia tho continual fault-duding and
bespat bf our credit was kept up un I'll
the las WAS taken.
Now legislature 10 being abused. as II
they VI aggregation OF the worst mon In
the ST.
II a a paper, or any other paper be
yopd nits Of this State wants little
free a sing in this part OF the Lords
yipey It has 10 do Is to say something
mean South Carolina, and 1t will be
sure 10 6Ppied.
Insadf defending the good name Of
there are q number OF persons
who's crf aim IL is to defame the State and
10 blskdler character, for no other known
reaso. In that Tillman Is Governor and
that le S'ying TO enforce her laws.