The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-12-21

The Post Office in this city was turn
ed over to MIR. John II. Cochran. .Jr..
last Thursday morning by Col. NJ. p.
Tribble, tine outgoing Postmaster. This
change is the result of the recent ap-
pointmcnt of Mr.. Cochran by the Re-
publican administration and WIS no
f: surprise because OF the change in the
: national government, except that it
came fully year before the friends
and indOrsers OF Col. 'rribble expected
it. MIR. Cochran has the confidence Of the
people, is worthy and competent, and
will doubtless make an efficient Post
master; bnt his appointment, coming
at this timc-One year before the eX
pirati0n of the commission given Col.
Iribblc by Democratic administr-
tiOn, and in the absence Of any charge
upon which to ground q removal, is
not relisIled by Col. 1'libble's friends,
as it smaclSs too much OF the Republic
can maxim that "tO the victors belong
the spOils.' The Republicans were not
blind to this partisan injustice and in
casting about for a sufficient excuse
brought forward the service rendered
by Mr. w. +. Barr, deceased, and pro-
ceeded to slice from Col. 1'ribbles
commission the time served by this
dead Democratic Postmaster.
Thieves entered the store of C. +.
Jones & Co. Sunday morning, and
were leisurely making selections to suit
their tastes, when they were discovered
by Mr.. Roark, about o'clock, who was
on the sidewalk in front OF the store.
His attention was attracted by some
one pulling down the shades OF the
front door, and he noticed that the
hand was black. He moved up to the
door to get better view, and the
negro, seeing that he was discovered,
retreated hastily, going up the steps to
the second story. A policeman was
called, but, upon entering the store,
found the thieves had escaped. 1t was
discovered that they made their escape
through q window situated just above
the roof of the old POstOiice and reach
cd the ground from the Postotfice
building by ladder, which they had
placed there. Tracks and signs were
everywhere evident. and one suit of
clothes was found hidden in Il little
nearby Outbuilding, but the thieves
were gone. A runner was sent to the
farm Of w. Q. Hammond for blood
hounds, and while most of the citizens
were in attendance on divine services,
lively chase was started at the Square;
swept through the streets south and
west, through the brick yard and up
the Savannah Valley Railroad, and
after circling round and round back to
the city again. but no thief. Shortly
after the chase, circumstances pointed
to the guilt of George Rice, negro
employed at the stables of j. j. Dob
bins. He was arrested and confessed
and implicated John G. Newell, an
other negro, who was shortly after
wards arrested st the Blue Ridge yard.
c. +. Jones g. Co. cannot tell what was
stolen. and it thought the suit OF
clothes recovered was the extent OF
loss, unless similar raids have been
made before. The police deserve con-
siderable credit for securing these
burglars with such promptness and
dispatch. They had no facts to go
upon. Mr.. Roark could not identify
the negro he saw, and with only few
suspicious circumstances to work upon,
in less than six hours both negroes
were behind the bars and one had con
feSSed.