Abbeville County ScArchives News.....Newspaper abstracts for APRIL, MAY, JUNE 1870 1870 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/sc/scfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: C Gravelle tealtree@comcast.net August 22, 2007, 1:09 pm The Abbeville Press And Banner 1870 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE ABBEVILLE PRESS & BANNER", Abbeville, South Carolina, for APRIL 1870, MAY 1870, JUNE 1870 NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, APRIL 1, 1870 BURGLARY We have to annouce two more attempts at burglary in our village, of the unsuccessful attempts of prowling felons, who do their work when all honest people are in their beds. On Wednesday last, an entrance was effected through a window into the chamber of the residence of Mrs. James M. PERRIN, in which she and some of the children were sleeping. She was awakened by the noise between 12 o'clock and 1 o'clock at night, and putting out her hand, touched the whiskers of the burglar, but failed to recognize him in the darkness. This discovery, together with the cries of the children, alarmed him and he made off without getting the plunder which he was seeking. His muddy tracks were visible in different parts of the room, as well as the bench upon which he mounted to effect his entrance. On the same night and about the same hour, Mr. Andrew SMALL was aroused from his sleep by the breaking of some of the slats which protected a window of the hall room of his residence. Upon going to the room he found that an entrances had been made by a burglar through the window, and his sudden appearance forced him to decamp without his being able to effect his purpose. These repeated attempts will impress our citizens with the necessity of increasing their vigilance. A few ounces of prevention in the shape of lead may be worth a pound of cure in the way of legal punishment. Forewarned is forearmed. --------- INCENDIARISM We regret to annouce an act of incendiarism which resulted in the destruction of the barn and stables of Mr. Henry TENENT of this vicinity, in Lowndesville on Saturady the 19th of March. Together with the barn and stables a quantity of corn and fodder were consumed. A negro woman, Agnes YOUNG has been arrested and lodged in jail. She confessed the crime and charges that she was put up to it by Andrew SPEED, a colored man, who promised to divide his crop for this year with her, as an inducement. ----------- General R.E. LEE passed through Columbia on Wednesday last, on his way to Florida to recruit his health. He was introduced to the people by Col. HASKELL and received a warm reception. ------- NOTICE Bill and Harry WINESTOCK, my step-sons, have left me. Any one feeding, clothing or hiring them or either of them, will be held responsible. Cyrus WINESTOCK, Colored. April 1, 1870 --------- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, APRIL 8, 1870 The Associate Reformed Presbterian news announces the death of Mrs. J.P. KENNEDY, the wife of Prof. Kennedy of Due West, an estimable lady, on the 25th ult., from disease of the heart. ----- An affray occurred in this village on Monday last, between Mr. ROGERS, a white man of this vicinity, and David JACKSON, colored, in which the latter was badly stabbed. ------- We learn from the Greenville Mountaineer news, the death of Maj. Henry R. WILLIAMS, formerly of Greenville, more recently of Ninety-Six. He and his wife died within four days of each other. -------- OBITUARY OF THOS. F.M. BOWIE Thos. F.M. BOWIE, son of Asa and Arabella BOWIE, was born June 27th, 1846 and died the 31st of March 1870. The deceased was the son of pious parents and a Sunday School scholar from childhood, and it is not strange that being reared under such influences, he would have become a member of the M.E. Church to which his parents before him, had long been exemplary and leading members. This he did in August 1864, whilst far from home in the Army aiding in the defense of his county. After his return home he remained a consistent member of his church as well as a member of the Circle of Prayer, in which, young as he was, he would at times lead in prayer. In view of these facts we are not surprized to find him shortly before his death, taking the hand of his beloved father and thanking him for the pious manner in which he had raised nim, nor when in the very article of death, that his last words should be, "I am dying, I am dying, farewell, farewell, meet me in Heaven, all of you." The deceased leaves many friends and relatives besides a father, mother, brother and sisters to sorrow, but not "as those who have no hope". (poem in included but not legible for transcription, page is blurred in that section.) --------- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, APRIL 15, 1870 INQUEST We are indebted to Robert Jones, our Coroner, for the facts elicited by an inquest held by him on Sunday the 10th inst. over the dead body of George MITCHELL, colored. The body was found on the Friday previous, near the edge of a lagoon, in the low grounds of Mr. B.Z. HERNDON on Coronaca creek, up to the waist in mud and water, with the upper portion of the body leaning toward the bank. Being that of an old man about eighty years of age, it is supposed that in attempting to wade through the water, he became stuck in the mud, and being unable to extricate himself, he died of cold and exhaustion. The Jury of Inquest found a verdict in accordance with the above stated facts. ---------- HOMICIDE We are indebted to our townsman capt. W.R. WHITE for the particulars of a recent homocide committed upon the person of a colored woman, the wife of Nathaniel HEARD, colored, and lately in the employ of Mrs. Franklin MILLER of the upper part of the district. The woman was missed on Wednesday the 6th inst. and her body was found in a creek nearby on the Saturday following, after having been much mutilitated by dogs. It appearing that she had been drowned and suspicion falling upon the husband, a warrant was issued by W.A. Giles, Esq. for his arrest. He made his escape however and this together with previous threats, seems to furnish proof of his guilt. ------------ The Associate Reformed Presbyterian news announces the death of Capt. Addison CLINKSCALES, a worthy citizen and highly esteemed merchant of Due West, during the past week. ---------- SHERIFF'S SALE By virtue of sundry writs of fieri facias to me directed, I will sell before the Abbeville court house door, within the legal hours of the Sheriff's Sale on the first Monday in May next, the following property to wit: Two hundred acres of land more or less, adjoining lands of Wm. RICHEY, W.E. BARMORE, E.B. RASOR, and others, levied upon as the property of Nancy ROBERTSON, deceased. A.M. Dodson for James Taylor. Henry Cason, Sheriff of Abbeville County, April 11, 1870 --------- MARRIAGES Married on Wednesday the 6th of April, at the residence of Dr. S.A. Brewton of Spartanburg by Rev. W.R. Hemphill, Robert R. HEMPHILL of Abbeville and Miss Eugenia C. BREWTON of Spartanburg. -------- OBITUARY OF MISS ISABELLA E. JORDAN The last fluttering spark of vitality has left its tenement of clay and another fair flower has faded and fallen from the family vine. Miss Isabella E., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan JORDAN, had long been in delicate health but her disease did not assume alarming symptoms until last November when medical skill could alleviate its pain, but was powerless to arrest its progress. And on the night of the 19th of January the golden cord was broken and she gently passed from earth to the dreamless night of long repose. Her sufferings were intense at times, but by the grace of God, and the untiring effort of all her years to win His approving smile, that it might be a beauteous rainbow to gild the horizon of her destiny, and scatter the mists that shroud eternity in darkness. The close of her life was calm as the rippling of a quiet stream, and gentle as the sinking breeze that lingers but a moment 'ere it is forever gone. To her, death had no terrors, for it was the brightness of the Savior's smile coming over the hills of eternity to guide her ransomed spirit on to God. This is the eighth link that has been broken in the golden chain of family love and she will be missed at home. But, oh, how much more she will be missed from that house dedicated to God, Asbury, the church of her adoption and of which she was one of the strongest pillars. But we would not have her here again, for while earth has lost an ornament and the church a treasure, Heaven has gained a jewel and another angel shouts hosannahs around Jehovah's throne. Fully conscious of the near and rapid approach of death, her dying counsel to the dear ones standing around, was to be more zealous as watchmen on the walls of Zion. --------- UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE Deputy Collector's Office March 29, 1870 Notice is hereby given to all persons claiming an interest in the following described property seized on March 4, 1870 for violation of Internal Revenue Laws to wit: One Copper Still and Fixtures, One Funnel, Three Jugs, and one Keg, seized from James M. GILLIAM, to appear and show cause why the aforesaid property should not be forfeited, on or before the 28th day of April next. James H. Dennis, Deputy Collector, April 1, 1870 ---------- UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE Deputy Collector's Office April 5, 1870 Notice is given that I will sell to the highest bidder at Abbeville courthouse on Saturday the 16th of April, the following described property forfeited by due process of law, to wit: 63 gallons of whiskey, more or less; seized from Samuel CARTER; also at the same time and place, 15 gallons of whiskey, more or less, seized from Frank MORRISON. The above described whiskey was seized on Feb. 28,. 1870 for violation of the Internal Revenue Laws. J.H. Dennis, Deputy Collector, April 8, 1870 ---------- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, APRIL 22, 1870 STABBING AFFRAY On Thursday night last, an unfortnate occurrence took place on the public square, which resulted in a serious wound being inflicted upon the person of our worthy Town Marshall, Mr. Newton SCOTT. It seems that a young man named Jess SMITH who is regarded by all of his acquaintances as remarkably quiet and unoffensive, had become intoxicated early in the evening and about midnight met up with Mr. Scott, who recognized him as a friend and sought to take care of him. But the maddening infuence of liquor prevailed and the young Smith threatened the Marshall and brandished a knife about him. At this, Mr. Scott for the first time appreciating his intentions, endeavored to arrest the young man and in the struggle which ensued, received a severe wound in the left side. His condition has not been dangerous and we are gratified to state that there is every prospect of a speedy recovery. Mr. Smith surrendered himself to the authorities and has given bail in the required amount. The Anderson Intelligencer news --------- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, APRIL 29, 1870 MARRIAGES Married on Tuesday the 19th inst. at the residence of Dr. R.A. Archer of this village by Rev. J.O. Lindsay, Mr. Jno. A. THOMSON and Miss Lucy CALVERT. -------- STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Abbeville County Probate Court Whereas, Mrs. C.D. SADLER has made application for Letters of Administration on the estate of John SADLER, dec'd, late of said county. This is therefore to cite all kindred and creditors of said dec'd to appear in the Court of Probate to be held at Abbeville courthouse at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why said Administration should not be granted. This 18th day of April 1870. Wm. Hill, Judge of Probate --------- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, MAY 6, 1870 We are pained to announce the death of Mr. Elijah ALEXANDER Sr. of Pickens county, in the ninety-eighth year of his age. The deceased was one of the oldest and most highly respected citizens who lived to see his country achieve independence and through the passage of time, witnessed the demoralization, degradation and loss of liberty. ------- The Edgefield Advertiser says that during the last week, Capt. Wm. KENNEDY and is constabulary forces arrested Messrs. John and Nathan GREGORY, living in the neighborhood of Red Bank Church in that county, charged with firing some ten or twelve times on the night of the 6th of April, into the dwelling of Mr. S.P. STREET, dangerously wounding Mr. Street and also severely wounding his wife. At last accounts the wounded parties were in a fair way of recovery. The Gregory's gave bond in the sum of $1000. each for their appearance at the next term of court. It is said that there was an old difficulty existing between the parties, but we have no particulars in regard to the origin of this ugly affair. --------- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, MAY 13, 1870 BOYS LOST On Sunday morning last, my sons, Neddie C. POWER age ten years and Joe ALEXANDER age 14 or 15 years, disappeared from my premises near Monterey, Abbeville county. When last heard from they were on the same day about twelve o'clock near the Bridge across Little River on Judge Wardlaw's plantation. Any information in regard to these boys will be greatly received by their distressed parents, who have not the slightest idea of their whereabouts or their intentions. E.F. POWER, May 1, 1870 ---------- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, MAY 20, 1870 Mr. John L. HUMPHREYS of Anderson died in Richmond on Sunday last. ------- MARRIAGES Married in Greenville, S .C. on Tuesday, May 17th, 1870 by Rev. G.F. Rounds, Mr. W.T. McDONALD of Abbeville and MIss V.E. RUTLEDGE of Greenville. Married at Shady Grove church on the evening of April 7th by Rev. Francis Brown, Mr. Robert PATTERSON and Miss Mary GRAY. ------- STATE OF ABBEVILLE, South Carolina Court of Common Pleas Charles W. MARTIN, Jacob B. MARTIN and Martha Peyton Martin his wife, Plaintiffs against, James M. MARTIN, Wm. N. MARTIN, John L. MARTIN, as Executors of Jacob MARTIN, dec'd, Wm. A. GILES, Jas. T. BASKIN as Executors of Andrew GILES, dec'd, Mary A. MARTIN as surviving administrator of John C. MARTIN, dec'd. You are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which is filed in the office of the Clerk of Common Pleas for said county, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber of the office, at Abbeville court house, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to asnwer the complaint within the time frame aforesaid, the Plantiffs in this action will apply for the Court for relief demanded in the Complaint. Dated, April 2, 1870. McGowan and Parker, Plaintiffs Attorneys. --------- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, MAY 27, 1870 PAT CLEBURNE Memphis, Tennessee, with her various civic departments, her Irish societies, her ex-soldiers, her distinguished citizens, has done honor to the remains of the brave Irish Confederate General, Pat Cleburne. He fell in the front of the "lost cause" doing what he believed to be his duty, defending with his life that side of the final appeal to Heaven, which no tribunal on earth was left to decide. It matters not to a brave man, upon which line of battle he leveled his bayonet; he knows how to honor the gallant dead when the victory has been won. The crimson fields of this war are sacred places in the memory of every true, honest soldier, and however sharp the agony, however natural the preference and emotion, he can stand by the side of the common graves of the struggle and mingle the tear of pride or regret with the dews of Heaven that fall on all alike. In the heart of every true man, and particularly in the bosom of those who fought in the desperate field, the heroic dead on both sides sleep quietly and well, under the laurel of blue, under the willow of gray. Native and adopted, right or wrong, lost or saved, Americans all. There let them rest. Let no voice of detraction insult their reputation, nor rude hand disturb the repose of their ashes. They tried for us before the last High Court the desperate issues of a common country. They placed confidently at the mercy of the Supreme Judge, their lives and fortunes, and they do not murmur because He has chosen them and washed in their best blood, from the royal robes of our Republic, the errors and troubles of the past. Why should we, who were not called upon from either side for the sacrifice? Let the flowers of peace decorate the graves of all alike, for the rose of eternity has opened alike a golden crown over the tomb of the past. In that sarcophagus there sleeps no nobler spirit, no braver man, or better Irishman than Pat Cleburne. With Corcoran and Meagher and hundreds of Irish sons who fell fighting on both sides of the civil war, he has gone to the silent shore. With almost Christian imagination, we can see them walking hand in hand in the Elysian fields and wondering perhaps, if there should be anything in their memories to keep alive the issues of the past. We think not, we hope not. The Southern Celt ----------- SICKNESS AND MORTALITY There has been an unusual amount of sickness during the present season in our village with an unprecendented mortality among the colored people. During the past week some eight have died and among them, we regret to announce some of the best and most respectable of the race. One of the most prominent of these was Dennis SYFAN, long known to many of our readers as a fireman on our Branch Railroad, and who both as a slave and a freedman was industrious, efficient and entirely trustworthy. The cases of disease have been chiefly pneumonia, dysentery and fever. ------- MARRIAGES Married on the evening of the 18th inst. at the residence of Mr. Robt. H. WINN, the bride's father, by the Rev. W.F. Pearson, Mr. R.W. CRAWFORD and Miss Eugenia WINN, all of Abbeville. --------- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, JUNE 3, 1870 On the 26th ult., Wm. THOMSON, colored, was arrested, charged with shooting Eliza MORAGNE, colored, and brought before Trial Justice Hemphill. The affair occurred in the neighborhood of Wilson's Mills. It clearly appearing that the shooting was from an accidental discharge of a pistol, the party was discharged. The wound inflicted was very severe, but not fatal. --------- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, JUNE 10, 1870 FIFTY DOLLAR REWARD The above reward will be paid for the apprehension of Wade PRESSLY, colored, who escaped from the Abbeville jail on the night of Saturday the 4th inst. He is six feet high, about thirty years old, weights 165 or 170 pounds, is of fine appearance and quite sociable in his manners. H.S. Cason, Sheriff of Abbeville county, June 10, 1870 ----------- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, JUNE 17, 1870 GENERAL CLEBURNE; SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT HIM When General CLEBURNE was killed at Franklin, Tenn. in 1864, he was in his thirty-fifth year. By education he was a druggist and in early life he was as thoroughly accomplished as one could be at his age in that profession. When about twenty-one years of age, he abandoned the monotony of bottles and labels and the filling of prescriptions, and joined the British Army as a private. The extent of his service, I know not, but it seems probable that he did not remain in the Army many months. He landed at New York poor and friendless and some years before the war, was found at Cincinatti by a gentleman of Helena, Arkansas who induced him to go to that place and accept, under him, a situation in his drug store. The young Irishman soon made friends, who recognized his merits and talents and persuaded him to study law. He was soon admitted to the bar and became the partner of Colonel Mangam, an eminent lawyer of Arkansas, who was afterward one of Cleburne's staff officers and who is still practicing law at Helena. When the war broke out, Cleburne went out from Philips county as Captain of a company. His subsequent career is part of the known history of the war, and his fame belongs alike to the South and his native Ireland. Strange and unnatural as it may seem, he had a brother in the Federal Army. Of this fact he never spoke even to his most intimate friends and few of them ever ventured to broach the subject. Passing over this circumstance, which has many painful parallels, we come to the saddest romance of his great life which involved another who was as gentle and pure, and patriotic in her sphere, as he was brave and knighly and fierce in war. She, too, has gone to the spirit land, and we violate no sacred confidence now in writing thus briefly a tender episode in the warrior's life. It will be remembered by hundreds and thousands of the surviving members of the Grand Old Army of Tennessee that while the army was in winter quaters at Dalton, General Cleburne had a leave of absence and went to Mobile, as it was impossible for him to get through the lines to home. When he returned to the Army, it was overserved by all who knew General Cleburne that he was dressed up as he never had been before. He wore a new uniform, with the buff trimmings and insignia of a Confederate Major General, also a new felt hat, adorned with a sweeping black plume. The soldiers grew curious over the change in "old Pat's" appearance for previously he had generally worn the garb of a common soldier, and they explained the transformation in many witty remarks. It subsequently transpired that during the General's absence, he had addressed an accomplished and lovely young lady of Mobile, was accepted by her, and they became formally betrothed. A time was appointed for the celebration of their nuptials, but fate decided that they should never meet again. General Cleburne carried with him into Tennessee his wedding suit; and expected at the first opportunity to return to Mobile to be married. The rest is quickly told. He fell at Franklin and was buried in his bridal suit, as one of his staff who interred him recently informed me. The young lady, some time after the war, was married, but last year she too passed away from earth, and the betrothed spirits have doubtless met before the Great White Throne of Heaven, where all believers in Divine Revelation must admit "there is no marriage or giving in marriage." General Cleburne joined the Episcopal church before the war and was buried at Franklin with the full rites of that church, which were performed on the occasion by Bishop Quintard. The Memphis Ledger -------------- Mrs. Mary CREWS, after a short illness, died at the residence of her son T.B. CREWS, in Laurensville on Friday the 3rd inst. ------- MARRIAGES Married on the 7th of June at the residence of Mr. R.M. White of Greenwood by Rev. W.H. Lawton, Mr. W.T. BRANCH and Miss Annie C. WILSON, all of Abbeville. ------ NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, JUNE 24, 1870 COURT News The Regular June Term of Court commenced on Monday last, his Honor Judge ORR presiding. The following Jurors were organized: GRAND JURY D.O. HAWTHORNE, Foreman J.A. McCORD Thos. ROBINSON Zack WIDEMAN (colored) W.H. SHIVES (colored) Jonathan JORDAN Wm. MADDOX G.W. DONNALD (colored) Lee SMITH (colored) Robt. GRIFFIN (colored) Wash GREEN (colored) B.F. ROBERTS A.W. BOWEN Wade HAMPTON (colored) W.C. MOORE W.H. PENNY Gordon McWILLIAMS Wm. POPE (colored) PETIT JURY No. 1 B.D. KAY, Foreman James H. BRITT S.S. BAKER John DAVIS B.H. AIKEN N.A. EDWARDS Jno. FISHER J.D. GUILLARD John GOULSBY (colored) Ben HUGHES (colored) Vachel HUGHEY T.J. HEARST PETIT Jury No. 2 J.M. LATIMER Geo. LOVEGREEN (colored) Wm. LATIMER (colored) Sharpe McCASLIN (colored) Davis MORRAH Wade PUCKETT (colored) Henry PRESSLY (colored) Daniel PROFITT (colored) Larkin REYNOLDS R.M. WHITE Chas. WATSON (colored) J.L. YOUNG The following true Bills were found: State vs. Lewis TRUWITT and Williams TRUWITT, assault and battery State vs. Jeanette HODGE and William FRANKLIN, assault and battery State vs. Virgil MADDEN, assault and battery State vs. Newlin MERCER, assault and battery State vs. Jerry HOLLOWAY, Griffin WRIGHT, Nathan WATSON, Jack WRIGHT, grand larceny State vs. Manuel McKELLER, assault and battery State vs. Thomas HIGDON, assault and battery State vs. Wade PRESSLY, grand larceny State vs. Wade PRESSLY, retailing without license State vs. Louisa BARR, assault and battery State vs. R.J. CHEATHAM, assault and battery with intent to kill State vs. Agnes YOUNG, arson State vs. Edwin BROWN, petit larceny State vs. Waller W. DOUGLAS, larceny State vs. Virgil MADDEN, assault and battery State vs. Ch. W. SMITH, grand larceny State vs. Jerry HOLLOWAY and Jack WRIGHT, assault and battery with intent to kill State vs. Henry BURRIS, David CRAFT and Byrd HALL, riot and assault and battery The following case verdicts were rendered: State vs. Laura ARCHER, larceny, Guilty State vs. Frank WIDEMAN, assault and battery, Guilty State vs. Lark REDDIN, assault and battery, Not Guilty State vs. Sam'l H. ERWIN, F.P. TOMLINSON and J.H. BENNETT, riot, Not Guilty --------- DIED, in this village, at the advanced age of over eighty years, Mr. Josias CASON, at the residence of his son Mr. H.S. CASON the Sheriff of the district. He was one of a long lived family, his brother Mr. James CASON of our district, being still surviving, a hale and hearty man of over ninety winters. The deceased was a good citizen, a man of estimable character and highly respected by all who knew him. He leaves many friends and relatives to deplore his loss. --------- DEATH OF ESTEEMED CITIZEN, Capt. James TAGGART Sr. We regret to annouce the death of Captain James Taggart Sr., a well known citizen, at his residence near Calhoun's Mills, from paralysis on Tuesday last. He was well advanced in years and this being the second attack, soon terminated fatally. Capt. Taggart was a public spirited citizen, a man of large heart and generous impulses, a popular companion, a good neighbor and a useful member of society. He leaves a large circle of friends and relatives to mourn his loss. -------- File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/sc/abbeville/newspapers/newspape55nw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/scfiles/ File size: 26.7 Kb