The Abbeville Messenger, 1884-12-17

SOUTH CAROLINA ItAll.WAY COMPANY, ('ommeneiujr Sunday, Sept. 7th, 1H8I, at 2 35 a in( Pa&senjrcr Trains will run us follows until further notice. "Kaslcrn time:" Col vtn hi a 1 >/visiou?Daily. Leave Columbia 7 4S a in 5 27 p ir? Due at Charleston 12 20 p in tt 38 p in Leave Charleston 7 00 a in 4 30 p ni Due u( Columbia .......11 00 p in 22 a in ('<i >i>i/cii ]>icitiun?Daily except Sundays. Leave Columbia 7 48 a in 5 27 p m Due Cani<lcn 12 55 pin S 25 |> m Leave Camden 7 15 a in 4 HO p in Due Columbia 11 00 p in 0 22 p in .4 iii/untn I>irixion? Daily. Leave Columbia 5 27 p in Due Augusta 7 41 n in Leave Augusta 3 50 p in Due Columbia 9 22 p ill Cov Miction* Made at Columbia with Columbia and Greenville railroad by train arrivine at 11 00 a. in. and departing at 5 27 p. in.: at Columbia .1 linetion with Charlotte, Columbia and Aujrusta railroad by same train to and from nil points on both roads. At Charleston with steamers for New York on Saturday: ami on Tuesday and Saturday with steamer for Jacksonville and points on St. .John's river; also, with Charleston and Savannah Railroad to and from Savannah and all points in Florida. At Augusta with Georgia and Central rail roads to ami from all points West and South: at Rlaekvillc to and from all points on Hamwell railroad. Through tickets can be purchased to all points South and West by applying to I). MrQrr.rcs". Agent, Columbia, S. C. Jons H. Peck, General Manager. D. C. Am.rn, Gen. Pass, and Tickot Ajr't The Georgia Pacific New Short Line, via., Atlanta. Cia.. anil llirininghain, Ala., to Points in Ahthnnut, Mississippi, Loitisittmt, A rktinsas, Texas aiift the West and yorfhwc.it. The favorite route TO THE WOHLD'S FA IK, MOW OKLKANS, LA. ClOMMKNCI NO December 1st, 1S84. J Double Daily Trains, with elegant Sleeping Cars attached, for which tho low rate of $1 fur each section is charged?tho lowest sleeping; car rates in the United States. Hertlis socured ten drive in *<lvanei?

of such convicts, and shall bo paid and supplied bj the person hiring tliein ; the amount of pay of such officer and guards to be paid by the person hiring convicts monthly in advance to the superintendent of tho Penitentiary, to bo by hiin paid to such officer and guards, such officer and guards to be responsible to the superintendent of tho Penitentiary and to hold their offices subject to removal by the superintendent. That the directors of tho Penitentiary shall rescind all contracts now* in existenco at the earliest day they can, and in every new contract enforce tho provisions of this section ; nnd shall hire no convict to ho employed at any work or at any place, until the physicians of the Penitentiary shall have declared in writing that such work and place is reasonably safe and healthy, Tho superintendent nnd directors of tho Penitentiary shall proscribe the rules and regulations to Wo observed by said officer and gunr<?s in all chs-'F. The committee on the judiciary reported unfavorably Mr. Grayd< n's bill to require insurance companies doing business in this State to obtain a charter under the laws of the State. The bill was placed on the Calendar at the requestor the author. The committee also submitted a bill which is intended to reach the point so oft<yi argued in inKurano law suits, about tho value of nron^rtv

with a forcible Bpeoch. The a:-""v.Iinent was accepted by Mr. Haskell. Mr. Keuneey, of Charleston, moved to pospone the whole bill, and the yeas and nays were called. The motion was lost, 30 ayes to 7G nays, and the discussion was then resumed. Mr. Mc Jrady said we could not shut our eyes to the dangers to which these poor people (the convicts) were subjected. lie trusted the whole system would be stopped. Every consideration of civilization protested against this system, which was one of the things which is held up against the South. After a number of amendments the bill passed its second reading in the following form : ' Section 2732. Xo convicts shall be hired out as provided in the foregoing sections, unless such convicts shall be and remain under the supervision of a sworn oflieer ami guards appointed by the superintendent of the Penitentiary, and every contract shall specify the hours of labor, and thu time occupied in going to and returning from work, and no convict so hired out shall ho punished except by such ofllcer. The pay allowance and rations of such officer and guards shall be included in the hire

^ ork aud Atlanta, via Washii.gton and Danvillf, Greensboro and Asheville; on trains Nos. 52 and 53. Richmond and < Danville, Washington, Augusta and New Orleans. Through tickets on sale at Charlotte, Greenville, Seneca, Spartanburg and Gainesville to all points south, southwest, north and oast. A connects > with N. E. railroad to and from Athens; I) with X. E. to and from Tallulah Kalis; c with El. Air Line to and fi 0111 Elberton and Bowersville; rl with Blue llidgo to and from Walhalla; e. with* 0. and (.J. to i and from Greenwood, Newberry, Alston and Columbia; f with A. & S. and S.. I'. & C. to and (rom llendcrsonville, Alston, Arc.; </ with Chester and Lenoir to and from Chester, Vorkville and Dal- i las; h with N. C. division and C., (5. & i A. to and from Greensboro, ltalcigh, &c Ehmuso Bkuki.ky, Supt. 3/. Sf any/if tu\ (Jen. l'ass. Agt. A. Ii Itfvoh, 2d V. I', and CJeu. Man. CARPETS. CARPETS and House Furnishing Goods, the Largest Stock South of Haitimore, Moqnot, Brussels, 3-IMv and In -

ry. No reference to them is necessary except to show the striking contrast which tlio changed condition of affairs presents. Amid dificulties which seemed nlinost insuperable, and in the face of obstacles apparently insurmountable, the people of South Carolina began the work of renovating the Government, and reforming the systems and policies of the State. The result is seen to-day in the complete restoration of the public crcdit, in the revival of our institutions of learning, in the enlarging and strengthening of our public'School system, in the increasing harmony between the races, in the just and impartial administration of equal laws, in the perfect security of person and of property, in the rapid expansion of our industrial pursuits, in the steady development of our material resources, in the revived hopes and the reawakened energies of our people. Under conditions such as th ese, with hearts filled with gratitude for the blessings of the present, we may Well liinlc Wtlfi hnnn nrwl /mnfidnnno

Greenville r 11 42 p in 2 47 p m Spartanburg/ .... 1 01 n in 3 5(i n m (iastoniu tj 3 10 ? m 5 SI p lit charlotte h 4 10 n m 6 40 p m , tinuth ward. No. 50* No. 521 Leave charlotte 1 45 n in 1 00 p ni arriveGastonia 2 30 a ni 1 45 p rn Spartanburg 4 2S a m 3 45 p in (Srernvillo i 4:t t m 4 55 p ni Easier ft 17 a m 6 20 p in j Liberty . .. ft .'<4 a m 5 12 p ni central 6 65 n in CO p in Seneca city 7 3.1 a in 7 36 p in Tnccna 8 40 a m 7 35 p in Rabun (?np junc . It 34 a in 8 30 p in Lula 10 00 a hi R 511 p in , Gainesville . 10 30 a ni 9 25 p m Atlanta . 1 00 p m 11 30 n in *Kxpress, -f Mail. Freight trains on this road nil carry passen<r?r*; passenger trains run through to Danville aud connect with Virginia Midland railnay to all eastern cities, and at Atlanta with all lines diverging. No. 50 leaves Richmond at 1 p m and No. 51 arrive* there at 4 p in; 52 ( leaves Richmond at 2 2S a ni, 53 arrives there at 7 41 a in Hit/fet Sleeping Cars without r/i(tiitfc: On trains Xos. 50 nn?l 51, Now

, .u ??ivnu mi: tun III riMillllHl LO IIIC leasing out of convicts. Mr. Haskell's bill came up as a special order on the Calendar. lis object is to place the convicts leased outside the Penitentiary on the same footing as those who remain in the institution, viz., under the control and supervision of State officers. Mr. Hemphill, who stands in loco parentis to the new members, moved to strike out the enacting words of the bill for the purpose of opening up the discussion. The purpose was effected. Mr. Haskell, who opened the discussion, said that tho deaths and escapes under the leasing system wero about onethird of all the convicts who went outside of the Penitentiary walls.* Ho recognized the fact that there was not prison room enough in the Penitentiary for all the convicts now, and the hill was not intended to stop the hiring out of convicts, but only to make the proper officer responsible for them. Mr. Kennedy thought it better to leave tho matter as it was, as the passage of