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The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-03-07
THE ANDERSON SCANDAL.
Ii Abuses Exist the Guilty Per
sons Will be Punished

The Charleston News and Courier
has interviewed Govern or M. b. Nc.
sweeney in regard to the stockade scan.
dal IN Anderson County, and he replied
as follows:
The matter was first brought to
my attention by an anonymous letter
from Anderson County. The letter
was evidently written by some iqno-
rant person. 1t detailed horrors among
so.called slaves. l sent the letter TO
Solicitor Bogys, with instructions that
he take the matter up at once and make
thorough investigation. This he is
doing. a few days after this the
editorial III the Anderson, Mail appear
cd. Now am not in a position to say
whether the editorial or the letter
caused the investigation. But fur
ther investigation Is going to be made
and believe the proper parties viii
be punished. l do not know whether
the crimes SAID to exist should really
be charged against the stockadc owners
OF Anderson County. We must re-
member that there are always two sides
to question and this undoubtedly has
two sides. Our opinions must now
therefore, be drawn from cx paltc
statements. When the trial comes IN
those men accused of imprisoning
negroes under warrants of false arrest
will employ the best attorneys in the
State, and the complexion of the case
may be entirely changed. l have every
reason to believe that S0licitor RouGo
is gong to do his duty, and all the
other officers, for that matter. If the
investigation, however, is not what it
should be shall conduct an invcsti.
cation myself, paying for il out of tho
contingent fund. The matter is q
serious one and cannot bo cried down,
| look upon it pretty much as | dc
lynchng. | have always used every
power to protect man fr m a moi
and will continue to do tbs. Tho
Legislature just closed appropriated
$4,000 for expenses incurred in pro
tccting negroes from mobs, or more
politely, harm. | am ready to give
twice that amount TO protect a mans
life. If the men in Anderson Count,
are guilty of doing what is charged
against them they should be hunted
down and punished. I believe tha
some white men work negroes pretty
much as railroad contractors work thei
mules or horses. In Anderson TN,
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-03-07
S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH :,

negroes have been imprisoned anG
beat not because they were negroes
put because they were ignorant. / be.
hcve that if the thing is not stopped
white men will also be imprisoned.
| No more convicts, however, will
DC leased to private parties after De
ccmber 81, 1901. In cases of this
KIND where person would lease a
convict or convicts a contract would be
drawn up between the lessc and the
State. The lessee would bind himself
TO treat the convict or convicts hu.
namely. But l have known these con-
tracts TO be broken. About two years
ago Superintendent Neal, of the Pcni-
tentlary, reported to me that Il convict,
who had been leased to someone in the
upper part of the State, had returned
TO Columbia on account of bad treat
ment. The convict was badly bruised
and manned.
81 believe in exposing crime, but
there is such thing as giving too
much publicity to matters of this kind.
If the conditions are aired too much
before the investigation begins, pre-.
Judice may enter and the situation re.
solve itself, in the eyes of many, to
the view of white man against n
negro. Too often in such cases Justice
is not DONE"
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-03-07

Mrs. NATION ON SOCIAL EQUALIIY.
The Wichita CTeXas) Herald says:
- There is something real ironical III
the career of Mrs. Carrie Nation, who
IS just now playing a star engagement
IN blessed Kansas. While III Texas
during reconstruction days, she and
her husband published paper in kich-
mond, in which they advocated the
pious New England doctrine of social
and political equality. They were no,
destined TO sec the fruition of their
dear hopes for Texas, as the people OF
ltlchmond, whose minds were probably
too dense and whose souls were too
narrow 10 see the real beauties of This
advanced doctrine. served some strange
notlce on these apostles, and they
folded their tents like the Arabs and
silently stole off to Kansas. Here
Mrs. Nation is realizing the dream of
her younger days for the equality OF
the whites and the blacks. Since she
began her role Of saloon smashing, she
has twice been prosecuted by IL negro
assistant county attorney and once has
bccn compelled to accept negro saloon
Keeper as her bondsman, or remain in
Jail. Well, it does seem that one car
pretty near get what he wants ir
Kansas"
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-03-07

TlLLMAN is HAppY.-The Washing
ton Post says that Senator Tilman is
happy. The pension bill in which he
was interested has been signed by the
President.
a few days ago Mr.. Tilman sworc
before Almighty God that he would
not let any pension bills pass the Sen
ate until his own particular measure
had been acted upon. He had a con-
stitucnt down IN South Carolina.
named jim Thomas, who fought in the
mexican wal. He was Il brave man ,
beyond doubt, for he climbed the hili
OF Chapultcpec and helped TO null
down the Mexican colors and raise the
American flag. In another battle he
had his arm shot shot off. He got his
pension, but, having in 1861 given his
AID and comfort 10 the Confederate
cause, his allowance was cut off. The
Senate agreed 10 rc.pension him, but
the llouse held up the bill. That is,
me holding up process lasted until Mr..
Tillman delivered his ultimatum, and
then the bill was passed. Now pen
sion bills go through the Senate us if
theY were creased.
1t sometimes pays, says Mr.. TIL
man, TO show your teeth. But the end
is not yet, for the passage of the bill is
virtually repeal Of the law which dis
bars Mexican veteran from recciv-
ing pension because he sympathized
with the Confederate cause. And there
are thousands of these old veterans in
the South.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-03-07

One hundred and sixty miles an
hour is the speed aimed at by new
electric railway company III Germany
under the direct patronage of the
Emperor. Cars with accommodations
Tor fifty PERSONS each arc now being
built and will be lrcd on thirtv
kllomettr track. 1t IS intended to use
electricity only for the express pas.
scngcr service, as for freight and local
tralhc steam is expected to remain the
power for IL long time.
Selling grain and hay from the farm
IN bulk reduces the profit in two ways.
! 1T IS expensive to handle and haul. and
1t takes away clements Of fertility that
should be saved and returned to the
soil. Feed hogs, sheep aud cat
tic, and so market your product in the
most condensed form and in The easiest
way, on the hoof, and keep up the
land while you arc cropping it.
The Virginia. Carolina Chemical Co.
virtually has control Of the fertilizer
| situation in the South. 1t has bought
the 200 acres Of land belonging to the
Charleston Mining and Manufacturing
Co. This land is said to be the finest
phosphate land in the world.
Palms never live more than 25O
years. Ivy has been known to live
$50, chestnut $50, oak 500 and ycw
2, $50 years.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-03-07

young Newell that he was going I
leave. The negro slaves on the plau
tallon, convict and free, who witnessc
inc shooting say that Newell replied I
lhls statement on the negro's part b.
promptly drawing gun and shootir
down the colorcd man.
There was a brief trial in the cour
That took two hours to get the iury
near all the evidence and reach a yer
dict. Newell testified that the negro
liull, picked up stone, was in the ac
OF throwing il and at the same time
opening knife with his teeth whel
he was shot. Precisely similar testl
m"ny was given by the armed guard
Gray. The jury was out ten minutes
and acquitted Newell on th, grounC
that he shot IN sclf-defcnsc.
This W. S. Newell, who escaped q
murder charge so easily, was seen and
questioned by the correspondent fo,
The North American. He is a well
spoken young man, and perfectly can.
dld IN talking about his slaves, both
convict and free. AS might be SUP
posed, Mr.. Newell is of the opinion
that the negro ought to be slave, and
that he is better so.
When Mr.. Newell was asked if the
shooting of the free negro had not
moved the Judge to charge the gram,
jury and investigate the modern slave
system, and was not really responsible
Tor the public outcry and the excite.
ment among the planters, the farmer
answered
" No; don't think tho shooting had
anything to do with it. l don't mind
telling you what think started all this
fuss. | had here on my farm niprer
woman for a cook. She was a nice,
ilkcly young woman, and had hus-
band and boy about s years old.
one day the husband and the boy were
picked up by Quint Hammond and
thrown into his stockade. Of course,
L don't know why QuiDt took them.
put suppose he ,.Iight not have been
feeling well that day, and perhaps was
just little mad about something.
Anyway, Hammond locked up the
man aud the boy in his stockade, and
kept them there. The woman was
naturally good deal excited about il.
one wantcl her boy. | would have
liked to have got the family together,
but she was thinking about the boy so
much she really couldn't work well
so thought I'd try and get the father
and The boy from Hammond. would
have done it, too, but that I learned
Hammond asked 500 for them.
wasn't ready to pay any such price. 1t
was too much. SO just dropped the
" When the woman found that she
couldn't get her boy, and that
wouldn't pay 80 much for him, she
began TO take Oh at a great rate.
understand that she wrote to the Gov
crnor. If she did l have no doubt
that the Governor may have referred
the letter to Judge Banet. This, I
take 1t, is really what started the ex-
cltcment over this thing, and what
caused all the trouble to US planters.n
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-03-07

TIE SnEEr.---A writer III The Conn.
tV Gc"tlcnd', comparing English and
American mutton, says:
"No country has mutton like that of
Great Britain, in whose breeds there
are heavy, llcshy and excessively fat
lhncoln, the tender Leicester, the solid
Shropshire and .hc high Favored
Southdown. We Americans are rapid
y b"coming mutton eaters, especial,
IN the North; but in the South il viii
be sometime before the slab. sided ra,
zor-hack will he ouslcd from its first
position by any sheep whatsoever
The reason Of tins condition i'm the
South is farmers cannot afford to keen
respectable breeds of sheep on account
OF the cvCrprcScnt dog. Tennessee
can grow as fine quality Of sheep a>
was ever reared IN England, both fol
mutton and wool. Practical men
know this to be a fact, but a fact whicl
Will not cventuatc SO long rs the dog i
mastcr.-NnShrillc Imcricu,.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-03-07

In 1879 ID. Tcnnyson, a Marshall
County, Kansas, farmer, built barn
and to add to its weight 80 that it
would not be blown away by cyclone,
as the old one was, he stored twenty
tons Of clover hay in the loft, where il
remained untouched until recently.
He is now feeding it to his stock, and
it is as bright and wholesome as if it
were out Of this years crop.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-03-07

ACGERATED STORIES IN A NORTHERN NEWSoAPE
What Correspondent Has SAID About the Stockades in
derson County.
An Attempt to Revive Sectional Hareds and Preudce<

lrhe Philadelphia North American sent
of
correspondent faithfully will be seen v tc
following his the
there careful reading of this facts arc
efty woven with sectional the
may kn"" to what extent this section being
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-03-07
w ANTED TO LEA SE

A FURNISHED HOTEL In q town
or ty OF South Carolina. State num-.
ter OF rooms, location OF hotel In rels-
ton to business section, the length andt
terms OF lease. References given II
required. Address, !
MRS. e. G. p, Reidsyille. NJ q .
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-03-07

A well known Bible reader saws the
fifteenth Psalm has been called the
gcntlcman's Psalm, because it is an
accurate description Of what gentle
man 1871. e., one who lcadcth an in
corrupt life, spcakcth truth from his
heart, docth no evil to his nolghbor, is
lowly IN his own eyes, kccpcth his word
even .ough it be to his own hindrance
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-03-07

.",.,. Ao"","'p, 1. -. iiniit. IT.
Clayton and James NJ. Law
Ice.
Hurricano Township, D. +. Gar
it, ). 3. Boldng and +. G.. Par
ns.
Plckens Township, J. w. 3arlc,
Is. Al]good and Reese Bowen.
Ecusvillo Township, Joseph IT,
roper, }. p. Robinson and ". j.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-03-07

The South Carolina Press Associa-
ton will take a trip TO the r-Amcr-
can Exposition this summer.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-03-07

Nothing except The in,nL can make
money Yilhoul advertising.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-06
HOW MANY ARE THERE I?

Perhaps One in Fifty in an Entire .oii
nifty. A Very Serious state OF hihs'
How many really healthy persons a ne
there in any community? Sound ana , az
light from top to toe, inside and outsl'i t,i
Hardly one in fifty. What ails nearly w ~
aus. We eat and yet lack strength; we
age easily tired-mind and body. we arc
xagrfsa weather without knowing WY;
"ou.a are easily "''not at all wen,
lsr'ol-iy depressed, and have Worfl ins
SYMPTOMS that keep them ringing the uo -
"rs laor bell. Men complain OF "an' - =,
t1a5gy and grip in business. Chances W
PAX money Slip through their hngeis.
lis sad that heart failure is so common a'
o b. almost epidemic. Is it truef o-
aiuiy, the papers publish alarming cas-
lee-rly every day. What are the pol,o oIt
i4.t,y They are: DigestiDe failure dha e &C
&or'4gf # genuine n0urtshment. foou isl
aeptsand generates deadly gases ana ac ius.
llese bite like venomous snakes and AT i,.s
tod, cl4mmy death comes of 1t, preceu:eS'
Perhaps by rheumatism, govt, liver anu NJ
ley complaints, etc. The successful Iel
edy Is td'curd Solpent, discovered WIZ
he past two or three years by DIR. Dav ~
Kennedy, ofKennedy Row, Kingston, n. l.
i Is Esl7. powerful and safe. IL GU
Stere 10 other treatment has any enc,
EState5er. You have heard of Dr. DaN.u
ihNeanedy and know his high characeel.
he medicine matches the man. helneiH-
9sI the name alcurd lS0luent.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-06
DUMMERsTON CENTRE.

Rev. Mr.. Sparhawk of Putney ex
changed pulpits with our pastor, Rev.
Mr. Jackson, Sunday.
The Friday Evening club had a
chickenpie supper Friday evening,
which was we'll attended and proved a
very enjoyable occasion. Rev. Mr..
Jackson and Fred Spaulding, who was
spending Thanksgiving week at his
home here, made addresses; f. II.
Miller gave some fine selections in sing
ing and Miss Lilly Gates recitation.
School opened in district No. | Mon
day with 90 pupils, Miss Ethel r.
Maynard of Darlington, n. H., teach
err. Miss Blodgett of Massachusetts
commenced her school in the North
district Monday, Miss Clement OF
Massachusetts, teaches in Slab Hol-
low, Mr.. Kenisto of Maine in district
No l, West Dummerston, and Miss
Adams in No 6, West.
Miss Minnie Laughton returned from
a visit to friends in Massachusetts
and Brattleboro, last week. Master
John Boyle has gone to Brattleboro in
care of Rev. Father Cunningham. -
Arthur Miller is in the employ of A.
F. Roberts & Co. of Brattleboro. e.
Stark returned to Durham Bros. Mon
day after vacation of two weeks. =
f. H. Miller spent Thanksgiving with
friends in Massachusetts,. F Downs
and wife went to Claremont, N, H.,
for their Thanksgiving.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-06
GUILFORD CENTRE.

It is rumored that Fred Thompson
has sold his house in this village to
parties in Massachusetts, possession to
be given soon.
Misses Lucy and Lizzie Barney have
gone to Vernon to spend the winter
with their niece, Mrs. E. H. Akley'
Some of J. A. Clark's children are
i'll with the chickenpox. Quite a
number from this vicinity attended
the funeral of Mrs. Clarence Thomp-
son.-Ervin Holden has entered the
employ of F. f. Thayer for the winter.
William Bartlett is boarding in the
family of F. E. Chase. Schools com
menced throughout the town Monday.
j. A. Clark and family spent Thanks
giving with her brother, Charles
Thurber, in Halifax, H. f. Thayer
and wife ate their Thanksgiving din
ner with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F.
p. Thayer. Leon j. Thayer of Brock
ton, Mass, spent Thanksgiving with
his parents His little son, Clarence,
returned with him Saturday, after
spending four months with his grand
parents. Mrs. S. NJ. Bullock and son
Lowell. returned Saturday. They have
been spending Thanksgiving with her
parents in Springfield, Mass. Mrs. 5.
M. Bullock is spending her vacation
of two weeks from her labors In
Mortified with her son, S. M. Bullock.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-06
SOUTH VERNON.

Fifteen inches of snow fell Tuesday
and strong wind piled it up as fast
as it came.
Mrs. J. G. Weatherhead entertained
her children Saturday, her eighty first
birthday, and was taken suddenly i'll
while they were there with la grippe,
but is now improving.
+. H. Newton returned Monday
after five months vacation, to his
work at Smith & NELSON'S in Spring
field, Mass Mr.. and Mrs. George
Alice spent Sunday at F. W. John
son $. Mr.. and Mrs. S. W; Bailey
have closed their house and Will spend
the winter at John Frost's. L. W.
Brown has sold out his business IN
Boston and has returned to South Yer
non with his son. Eugene Tyler has
finished work for George Hubbard and
Ed Marshall for f. W. johnson -
JAMS Christensen visited IN town
Saturday. His family are living IN
Guiford, and he is employed in
Boston, Mass.
Charles B. Cove, who came here last
week as telegraph operator at the sta
ton, was taken sick with pneumonia
after working one night, and went TO
the hospital at Greenfield where he
died Sunday night. So far as could
be learned he leaves no immediate
friends. He had worked on the New
York Central road and claimed to
have s25 or $50 due him from the
company. He told a story of having
been robbed of so in money and a
gold watch in Albany recently by
some chance acquaintance, He claimed
a membership in Sopunlcar lodge
Royal Arcanum, council lo6l, of New
York city. In his pockets was found
letter from a young woman signed
Lou" Efforts were made to locate
his friends from what information he
could supply and from the addresses, OF
certain persons found among MS
effects.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-06
sTRATT0N.

But few towns can boast of man
over 30 wears of age who is able to
break colts, but we have such a man
in the person of J. Babcock, a veteran
of the civil war.
Mrs. A. B. Sheldon has. returned
from her visit among relatives at
Hinsdale and East Northfield--Her-
bert Stewart has moved from ia
maica to the small house by Taft's
mill lately vacated by George A, viii
liams and A. r. Styles. Miss Maude
r. Landman has finished her fifth
term of school at Grout mills having
given excellent satisfaction and re-
turned to her home in Rawsonyllie;
Leo, Edith and Ina Circuit ana EIhel
Eddy are home for the vacation from
Leland & Gray seminary at Townshend.
Warren Drury is sick with aPpendI-
citis. DIR. Cole is attending him
Mr.. and Mrs. William R. Bridges OF
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-06
TOWNSEND.

HAYNES Sanders has sold the Ford
place to Fred Livermore.
J. C. Taft has begun on the founda-
ton for new house on the old Z. u
Taft site.
A Thanksgiving service was held at
the Congregational church Thursday
evening of last week.
The winter term of Leland u Gray
seminary begins December II. A very
large attendance is expected out
Russell Blood and Nellie Stoddard
were home to spend Thanksgiving. :.
prof F. U. Landman and wife left
for their home in Maine, TUESDAY
morning.
The village school reopened Monday
Rbetta Fletcher of Essex has been Sc
cured to teach in the higher depart.
ment, made vacant by the death OF
Mr.. Call.
A memorial service was held for
PROT. A. B. Call Sunday evening at
the Baptist church. Very touching hg
and fitting remarks were made py
prof. Edgecomb, Prof; +. n; La6a-
man. Rev. NJ. f. Hardy and Dr. Us,
good. There was special music n ana
also the singing of two OF froi'
Calls favorite hymns.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-06
NEWFANE.

Rev. Mr.. Danforth is spending the
last of the week in New York. Rev.
Mr.. Wiswall will occupy the pulpit
Sunday morning.
The next meeting of Burchard post
G. A. r. and the Woman's Relief
Corps for the election of officers and
other business will be held in Towns
hend- December 16 at 2 p. m.
The grist mill at A. II. Farnum s
wheelwright shop is being moved to F.
E. Wellman' s mill where it will be
run by steam power. This will be APP
preciated by the farmers for the low
water in the streams has considerably
lessened the grinding at the water
mill ~
Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey Rand were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ r. Pratt
Thanksgiving. H. N. Gum of Brat
tleboro was in town several days last
week. George Clifford has moved
homestead. Mr.. and Mrs. d. A. Ben
son are expected home from their
western trip the first of next week. -
Frank A. Dewitt, who has been west
for a few weeks on business for the
Savings bank, is expected home Sat
urday. Clifton Pratt is head clerk at
the Hill Side hotel in Worcester,
Mass. DIR. Osgood and family and
Miss Kenyon of Townshend spent
Thanksgiving with Miss Davidson.
Mrs. s. G. Brown, Jr., attended the
teachers examinations at Brattleboro
Friday and Saturday. Mr.. and Mrs,
W. H. Newton of Wallingford, Conn,
spent Thanksgiving with friends in
Williamsville and Friday made brief
visit with his sisters, the Misses New,
ton of this village. Miles Howard
from Wardsboro is working for 4. b.
Hawkins and Mr.. Fessenden for F. },
johnson. Wilson Winchester began
work this week in Whites mill at
Williamsville Station. Miss lizzie
Mather began her school in East DUN
merston Monday. Mr.. and Mrs. K. W,
Rand have returned from their visit
in Orange, Mass. 1t is understood
that they will stay in town through
the winter. Charles Hawkins was
home over Sunday from his work IN
Brattleboro. L. NJ. Randall of Mari
boro visited friends in town Sunday
Mr.. and Miss Rutter of Townshend
we're guests Thanksgiving day OF MI
and Mrs. w. R. Rand.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-06
JAMAICA.

Rev. Mr.. Christie of Amesbury,
Mass, preached as candidate in the
congregational church Sunday morn
ing and evening.
Miss Olive Shumway spent a few
days at her home here recently. MIR.
and Mrs. James Muzzy spent Thanks
giving day among friends in Westfeld,
Mass. Miss Mary Cheney spent Sun
day at her home here. Mrs. Wolcott
has returned to her school in Bond
vile. H, ]. Sage and family spent
Thanksgiving day with their daugh
ter, Mrs. j. Taft of Townshend. Mr..
and Mrs. Abbot of Springfield, Mass. =,
are visiting at Milton Aliens.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-06
SOUTH LONDONDERRY.

Schools in town commenced MONDAY.
Good Literature day was observed
Of the Methodist church Sunday.
Merchant E. S. Randall has sold his
business to knights & Willis OF ia
maica. .s.u
The dramatic club are rehearslng Tor
a play which will be presented al 'he
town hall this evening. 49,
bome in Somerville, Mass, last week *
She was born in this town April d. 1910
Mrs. Taylor. who is spending dir z f tine
inter in Florida, is in town for few
days Frank 4 I MslsndGy b be5te Sssn
Postal pos Clerk Davis and wife have been cen
sn US the past week with their son \
II Newton. Mass. George DAVIS ana
Seth Randall p are oEegP sto4s the t MFs
GILMAN Thompson is on the SICK list s,
II Her tlt' daughter from Brattleboro is car
ing for her.