The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-20
.(Greenville News, January 3.)

PreS'uehS OF the state college for
colored students at Orangeburg,
made q speech at the Emancipation
DWy celebrated at Spartanburg yes.
terday, and it was a good speech.
1t is the utterance Of very clear
and cool headed and loyal colol cd
man.
Reading the speech over, we. are
moved to marvel over the changes
the years bring. Here is Tom Mil
Ter advising his people to policy of
Cancellation and submission. He
WAS member of the Republican
Legislature Of 1875.
Lord bless us, that was twenty two
years ago, and men who were not
born then are voters now, and wo.
men who were not thought of are
mothers of growing families, and the
universities and colleges are full of
boys and girls who did not arrive in
this world until years after that.
Tom Miller wore in those days II
light woolcn suit, with Il sack cout,.
rn;the pockets of which no carried
his hands most OF the time. ., Very:
likely he had u revolver in each of
them. The editor OF tlfe : Gfeeniviille
News sat for two days and a night
with pistol trained on T9m> Miller
and learned to know him we'll. 1t
was probably the most enormous pis.
tol ever made-the barrel of Rem.
ington rifle sawed off and it's lock fit
ted to pistol butt. 1t carried but
one ball, and the editor of the Green
vile News, then reporter for % Char
lesion newspaper, which died long
ago, adjusted it in tho drawer of his
desk, at the head of the main aisle,
and by mathematical diagram and
calculation and an improvlsed range
finder fastened it.with pins and cock
ed it, 80 that on opening the drawer
to certain pencil mark and turning
it loose 1T would inevitably "fetch"
the Hon. Thomas e. Miller, then a
member from Beaufort, who all un-
conscious Of what was waiting for
him, was up and down every minute
or so, apparently doing his best to
bring on n row.
During those ,narve-trying thirty
six hours the editor of the Green
Vile News studied ond contemplated
the member. from Beaufort, and
speculated as to how he would look
and feel as the Remington bullet
took him in the space beneath his
wish bone, and surmised that he
would smile a kind Of sickly smile
and curl up Oh the floor, and that
the subsequent proceedings would
interest him no more; which the
same editor of the Grccnville News
after very few of tho long seconds
which drag their slow length along
while fighting is in progress, and &
gent is in momentary expectation ol
being plugged; for he saS immediate
ly beneath Ed Mackey and Judge
Wallace, tho rival speakers, and knew
we'll that the shots Of the enthusiasts
on both sides would be concentrated
in that direction and that somebod,
would shoot him.
But it ali pass sd off and nobody
was hurt; and now the rantankerou
cavorting, red hot and. no compro
mise member from Beaufort ride
abont in frock coat with. high sill
hat in carriages and speaks Of concili
alton and submission. The Ring
tailed Roarer, from the Snntee, VIII,
threatened a row every minute, i
dead, we believe; Oliver p. Morton
the great wielder of tho bloody shir
in the United States, whom we al
used to hate 80 bitterly, is dead an
almost forgottoh; the black ,ncen
diary from Orangeburg, whose nam
we forgot has passed out of sight
Ed Mackey is dead, Dan Chamber
lain is our very good friend, tn
Hon. John Sam Werner. who was
wild man from tie mountains an
used to jump on his desk and wave hi
arms about, is a peaceful and dt
'.s0Ts ~.