Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-04-05
Tho Old Time News.

Walballa, April 3.-Editors Courier:
We have before us copy of the Pen
dleton Messenger, dated October 10TH
1882. DIR. +. w. Symmes was the editor
and proprietor-being No. SO, Volume
| XIV, of the famous old journal. The
subject then of paramount Importance
was Union or Modification, tho nullifiers
being in a large majority. On October
9th, 1882, unde, the proclamation of
Governor Hamilton, an election was
held for members OF the Senate and
House of Representatives, PeDdleton
District was entitled to seven Represen-
tatives, her Senator holding over. At
this election, X. b. Benson received 2,494
votes, John Maxwell received 2,474, L.
Goode received 2,474, T. M. Sloan re-
ceived 2,427, Samuel Cherry received
2,4lS, Benz. Hagood received 2,4O3, Rev.
A. Rice received 2,402. These gentle
men were Nulliflers. Joseph Grisham
received 1885 votes, S. A. Maverick re.
ceived 1,169, III. Cobb received 1904,
John Sitton received 1,O26. These
gentlemen were Union men. The editor
says other persons were voted for, but
their votes were scattering. Gov. James
Hamilton, Jr., issued his proclamation,
dated at Pendleton, October 8, 1882,
calling an extra session of tho Legisla-
ture, to convene in Columbia on the
fourth Monday in October of the same
year "to deliberate on such matters of
high public concernmcnt as shall then
and there be presented for their con-
sideration." The Legislature convened
at the time and place designated and
called constitutional convention, which,
being elected and assembled on the oath
day of November ensuing, assed, with
great unanimity, an ordinance multiplying
the high unconstitutional tariff law
passed by Congress.
The Messenger had five columns to the
page. indifferently printed. The issue
before us is full of politics. An article
OF unusual length gave a very full ac-
count of barbecue dinner given to Hon.
Warren r. Davis, Congressman, at
Pumpkintown, on the 9th Of October,
1892. Mr.. Davis made speech that
pleased his constituents. A committee,
consisting of Col. Bonhan, VIM. Suth-
erland, Richard Goodlett, Col. NJ. c..
Hammond and DR.. j. Robinson, reported
a preamble and resolutions, denounoing
a protective tariff and thanking Con-
gressman Davis for the able manner in
which he represented them, were unani-
mously adopted. The secretary reported
hot
and eight hundred voters present. We
have always heard that this meeting was
held on Table Rock and that the Pump
kintown artillery company, with their
cannon, doomed forth a fine salute to the
occasion.
The Messenger was literally filled with
advertisements. James Mckinney was
Sheriff of Anderson, and W. d. Sloan,
Sheriff of Pckens. w. l.. Keith was
Clerk of the Court for Pickens, and also
Commissioner in Equity. John T. Lewis
was Clerk of the Court for Anderson
Tho Jockey Club was preparing for the
usual fall races. Temperance House
The Carolina Hotcl-was advertised at
Hamburg, S. G.. A quarterly meeting
of the Temperance Society was adver-
tised to meet last Saturday in October,
1882, at Pendleton. On the 9th of Sep
tember, 1882, Rev. b. ID. DuPre married
VIM. ii. Stribling to Miss Jane Mckinley,
all of Pickens. A piece of poetry is in
serted among the advertisements, but
the print is SO bad that we cannot copy
it. We give the last line: ''In one long
sweet and lingering kiss" We leave the
reader to divine the balance. RAT.