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?!u Xfxiugton ?ispat(U.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1877.
E. W. RICE, .... Editor.
6. 31. HARM AN, - - Assistant Editor.
THE LEGISLATURE.
Governor Hampton has summoned the
Legislature to meet in extra session on
next Tuesday, the 24th inst. The House
1 of Representatives will have a Democratic
majority, the Senate a Republican majority,
and, after the determination of
contested cases, the Democrats will have
a majority .on joint ballot. We do not
anticipate any factious opposition to Gov
eraor Hampton's administration, from
the Republicans in the Legislature.?
They might give, in the Senate, a great
of trouble, if they should think such a
-course good policy. But they could not
hope to accomplish more than to erabarris*
the Democrat^ administration, and j
such action would sink their party still j
lower ia public estimation here, and at >
the North. Party measures will not
-arise in the Legislature. It will not be
possible for corrupt Republicans to eon-;
tinue the reckless extravagance of for
mer legislation of that party, in this
State, and we do not look to see strict
party divisions, unless, perhaps upon the
election of Jndges and United States
Senator. Elections in the Legislature are :
held in joint assembly of both Houses,:
v and upon joint ballot the Democrats can
elect.
The only necessary legislation will be j
the passage of the Tax Act. We suppose!
there will be no forced collection of taxes
Before fall. We think that the Legisla-,
i,ure will-probably, also, at this extra session
proceed to weed out unnecessary;
offices, and to cut down the nav of some'
- , - * of
those that are left. If necessary, proper
legislation will also be directed towards
setting the Circuit Conrts in motion.
We do not look for a long session.1
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We would, however, be glad to see the
Legislature, at once, without waiting for
a regular session, take hold of all the
principal important measures. We have i
no doubt, but that everything proper for'
the inauguration of desirable rt forms
can be passed through the Legislature;
without difficulty or delay.
^ THE STATE OFFICES. [
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not proposing to surrender with him,
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vroventor uu umuiuuj mow
dressed them a letter requesting them to
turn over the records aud papers, of the
respective offices,"to the Democratic State
officers. On Monday he received their
replies declining so to do. Cardozo. in
his reply, in substance charged, though
in respectful language, that Governor
Hampton's letter indicated a purpose to ;
violate his pledges to President Hayes,
thfct the question should be left to the i
Court* for settlement under the forms of |
law. Moreover, that the Governor had
voluntarily stated to him, Cardozo, that
the question should be decided by the;
Courts, and that he could either occupy j
his office, or seal it up, to remain undis- j
turbed until such decision should be!
reached.
The Governor replied to this letter of i
Cardozo as follows:
State of South Carolina, ,
Eyecutive Chamber,
Columbia, April 16, 1877.
F. L. Cardozo, Esq.
Sib:?As you have misapprehended the
purport of my communication ofSatur- i
day and a portion of my conversation j
with you, it is due to you, as well as to!
myself, that my correct position should
l>e understood. I have entertained no
idea of passing judgment as to any claim j
you may have to the office of Treasurer, j
"This question belongs to another tribunal:
* where it must be settled. In using the !
word "office," I merely meant to desig- j
nate the room now used by you, until J
the .courts decide wheats the proper cus-1
todiau of this room, aud the State prop-1
erty in it. I proposed that it should be
locked and sealed. There will be no
violation of any rights in pursuing this
course. The present occupants of these
rooms can lock them, a seal can be at-.
tachod, and no one shall have access to;
them until it is decided to whose custody
they should be committed.
My communication conveyed a suggestion
as to the coarse you should pur-!
sue, but as vou decline to follow it, I j
? must take such action as will protect me
\in guarding the property of the State.?
This can be done by the plan indicated.
I am, respectfully yours,
Wii>r Hiwrnx.
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^tiou tbe Governor ^'ill take
hn.sJ!W^L ^ bUc He will pro-,
ceed only ]aw. But
;he Governor ^iU^vS^lLin ;vav to
prevent tbe property of the^^o from
being stolen, cr tbe records fion^kj;ng
mutilated and destroyed. Evidence ifiyy
exist in those records to send some ot
those very scamps to the Peuitentiarv.
Latei??Governor Hampton has instructed
tbe keeper of the State House
to seal up the rooms occupied by the
Radical State officials, and to allow access
to no one until the legal issues arc decided.
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The European dispatches ucrvr declare
i that Russia will attack Turkey within a
I week. Austria and Russia have long
i been looking with covetous cjes to tbe
^ Dominions of the Turk, while England
; will watch, with a jealous oye, any ad!
vance of the Russians towards the British
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{ Empire of the East. The Czar solemnly
j protests that he does not want Constan;
tinonle, which means that he fears the
;
other European powers would not per
init him to retain it. Germany will not
like to see accessions of territory gained
by Austria or Russia. Behind the gov:
ernmcnt8 are tbe people of Europe, who
hate and detest the Turks for their oppression
of the Christian subjects of the
Porte. Altogether it bids fair to become
; "a very pretty quarrel.''
President Hayes, in conversation at,
Washington, declares that he did not;
know whether he would succeed in his \
Southern 'policy of reconciliation and;
local self-government apart from military :
support, but that he intended honestly to
try to carry it out. It is noteworthy that
not .1 single Southerner, including Gov- >
ernor Hampton, has conferred with the
President, who does not express himself
satisfied of his good intentions and hon-;
est purposes.
The President's Louisiana Commission
seem, after all, about to relieve him :
of the necessity of deciding between Nich-!
ol8 and Packard. The compromise pro- j
posed, is to reorganize the Legislature,
upon prima facie seats, upon the returns
of the County Commissioners, disregard- j
ing the actions of the fraudulent Wells'
returning boavd. The Nichols Legisla- j
ture bare accepted this proposition.
The end is near, and it will be the tri- (
umph of the Democratic State Govern- j
meut, and the rule of the carpet-bagger ;
and scalawag will be kuown no more for-1
ever.
^Last week, resolutions were proposed!
iu the New England Methodist Confer-1
ence, denouncing the Southern policy of
President Hayes, reviving the lying slan-1
ders against Gen. M. C. Butler, in regard I
to the Hamburg massacre, and declaring
that Governor Hampton was a traitor.!
and finally they announced on Monday '
last, that they had bean informed that,]
"Wm. H. Scott, an aged and higblyjjrespected
member of the South Carolina'!
/ v ,i i t n i f i
out provocation, \vbile peacefully leaving :
his church on the close of an evening^
service."
The Keics and Courier is informed by :
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telegraph from Marion, that Scott is alive ;
and well, and per^rmiDg without moles- \
tulion, his pastoral duties in the neighboring
County of Marlboro.
Heavy rains and stormy during sev- j
eral days last week throughout this;
county, stopping Saturday morning.!
Some five dajs were lost by the farmers,'
and a bad stand of corn1 will result,!
except on the highest lands, and the'
planting of cotton Trill be considerably
delaved. The rivers and creeks were
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higher than they have been for sometime.
Bridges, roads and fields were
greatly washed up and injured, and early j
vegetables much damaged. Our farmers
are hard at work again and will soon i
recover the time lost.
The Methodist Conference at Marion
adjourned on the 1-ith instant, after an
important and interesting session. Reso-!
lotions were adopted stroDgly recom- \
mending tho claims of the Columbia:
Female College and of Wofford College j
to the support of the public.
The storm of Friday last prevailed
generally throughout this State, Georgia
and North Caroliua. Loss at Charleston 1
to city property $50,000 dollars. Great i
damage reported to shipping near that
^9ort, Wilmington, Beaufort and Savannah.
Highest velocity of the wind at
Charleston, 55 miles per hour. Total j
rain fall 9.16 inches. In the storm of Sept.
*28tb, 187-4, the highest velocity of
the wind at the same point, was 51 miles
per hour, and total rain fall 3.89 inches.
Warning was given by the United States
signal service at Charleston, of the ap- j
proach of both these storms ten hours in .
advance.
Ex-Probat? Judge B. I. Boone, of Kich-!
land, surrendered his office yesterday to
D. B. Miller, Esq, Clerk of the Circuit
Court for that county. Mr. Boone wasj
elected in 1S74, on the county fusion
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ticket. He was not renominated by
either party last fall. The Eepublican
nominee for Eichland, was elected in
November, bnt died before assuming the
duties of his office, and Mr. Boone has
Hjeen holdiug over. .Mr. Boone adminigf
te^d the oath of < ffiee to Chamberlain,
i upon ng latter's pretended Inauguration,
before theS^gus Legislature, in December
last.
Preparations are ij&po for a
grand Hampton Inaugun?kon
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Detaiis of a Fearful Conflagration.
St. Locis, Apt# 11.
; The Southern Hotel was burned at 2
o'clock this morning. Appalling loss of
: life, which was at first ^supposed to be
200, but is now reduced to 50. Many
! were killed jumping from the_iiiird,
fourth and fifth story windows. Kate
Claxtcn. the actress, who so narrowly escaped
from the Brooklyn horror,ibroke
both legs jumping from the thir4**tory.
' The fire originated in the upper stories.
lhe windows m tiie upper stones. were
' crowded with shriking men and wpmen,
whom it seemed impossible to save. A
few were rescued by ladders placed on
the Fourth street portico, but ojg. the
other three sides of the building, bounded
by Fifth, Walnut and Elm street*, the
I longest ladders fell far short of reaching
the windows. Mr. Peter Blow, esn of,
the former Minister to Brazil, was Sfeep-1
in^ in his room on the sixth floor, and i
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succeeded, after strenuous exerting, in j
escaping with his life and a broken aim. j
The building was six stories in MigK
and Mr. Blow thinks that the majority j
of iifmates of the two upper sfaSffGT
the building must have perished, TTwo
men uurecoguized were killed by jumping
from the third story windows, jfnd a
third one was badly mangled. ^Pive
women were rescued from the sixth |tory
on the Fourth street side by the heroic
efforts of firemen, who, after asceiiliDg
the patent ladders, succeeded in gdHing 1
a rope to the half suffocated creatgrfs..
The fire originated in the store rootys.
It is supposed from forty to fifty were j
burned to death directly, or first snffo- j
cated. The fire originated in the gore
room in the basement. It first came
through the ground floor, north of^the
office, had ascended the elevators pnd ;
rotunda and spread over the sixth stbry,
occupied by employees, mostly wo^en.
The smoke was so dense in some of the
balls that the gas jets were extingni^ed,
which rendered egress, even to those
most familiar with the building, a matter ;
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smoke in the kails drove man? guests i
and boarders back in their roowsj'fnd :
they rushed to windows as a mean* of
escape. Ladders were raised as soo^as ,
possible, and the women and children, ]
with nothing but their night clothesjon,;
were thus taken from the burning btjld
ing. .Some fainted from fright, npd
others sank exhausted to the grofnd i
from nervous prostration. The. ladders;
generally too short to reach to the ftfth ;
and sixth stories, but by hoisting SQuie j
of them on the one-story bolcony oaiUre]
east side to the two-story balcony ostie !
north side of the building, these flowsj
were reached, and all those at the
dows were rescued. The Skinner fire
escape was also brought promptly iito j
service, and was the means of sayfag.
many lives. While this work was going
on, sofftejrigktful scenes occurred.^^Jie i
on Walnut street] in front oT theiWel, j
becoming desperate at seeing the de<ay ,
in effecting his escape, with nervous;
Lands he tore sheets from hie bed into j
bii^e. tied theqi together,* fastened t|iis |
improvised rope to the window sill, and !
disregarding the fact that it did iot;
reach more than twenty teet, he let h#n- j
self clown hand over hand. Those oe- j
low, who saw his position, turned away
their faces to avoid witnessing the sick-!
ening event that was inevitable. Finely j
he reached the end of the rope, wad j
ft.*... for tlift first time, ho seemed to
realize his position. He stopped, threw j
his head back, revealing a ghastly face,!
and swung slowly to and fro, swayed, by
the breeze which the roaring flames above j
created. His limbs swung around cpn- j
vulsivelv, as though to catch upon sofce-:
thing; th.cn he let go, and groans went |
up from hundreds as he whirled roD'ud j
and round and finally struck on the stone i
{lagging with a sickening thnd. He was :
carried to a saloon across the street and :
died in a few minutes. Two other men j
jumped from the fourth story winded? j
one of whom seemed not to be dangerously
hurt.
Later.?The fire engines are fitill 1
playing on the fire. A force has been j
organized to search for the dead bodies, !
and several bodies have already been
taked from the ruins in a more or less |
I urned condition, but have not yet been
identified. Also, several dead bodies are i
at the morgue awaiting identification.!
Mrs. Moran, a servant, was killed while'
jumping from a window. George Frank :
Gouldv, Grand Secretary of the Grind
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Lodge of Free Masons of Missouri, is,
supposed to have perished. Sis persons,
whose names are unknown, were killed, !
either bv jumping from the windows or
were suffocated by smoke, and draped1
out of the burning building. It is diffi- j
cult to procure the names of the dead,
but it is hoped a complete, or nearly j
complete, list will be obtained this afternoon.
Sidmore Harden, superintendent!
of the American Express stables, is!
among the killed; also Henry Hazen,
deputy auditor of the Missouri Pacific
Railroad Company. An Englishman
named Adams, said to be a commissioner j
of education, was identified at the morgue.;
A woman at a fifth story window on ;
on Fifth street front became panicj
stricken, jumped out, alighted on her'
feet, was carried to St. James Hotel^Jind
is stili alive. Iler husband, who,had
been standing bv her side, then descend-;
ed by a rope made of bedding. A man
i named J. E. Wilson jumped frcp a
fourth story window and was "levied.
Andrew Ensman and Mrs. Scott met
their deaths the same way. "The i
mortality among the female help of
the hotel was great. There were 200 of
them, all of whom were fodged in the
upper stery of the building. The panic
among them was perfectly terrible, a
number jumped from the windovt on
! Elm street, on the rear side of the house.Kate
Cl^xton, the actress, had another
escape, but was uninjured. Among the
known saved was H. Kretz. of Texas,
Dr. Gorleat, the German Consul, jumped
from a window and broke a leg. His
. wife was unhurt. Charles Teenan lost
his rife while attempting to save others.
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Philip Gerald, a boadcr at the hotel, was
brought out alive, but entirely bereft of ,
i reason. At quarter-past 2, or about .
| half an hour after the fire was discovered,
the entire roof was ablaze, and the flames
j were rapidly descending to the lower ]
j storie3. A half hour later the floors and j
: iuterior walls began to fall. The roof
; fell in. There is now nothing left of one
of the finest hotels in the country, except .
, the Walnut street front and parts of ;
Fourth and.Fifth street faces. Loss on ;]
tue building and contents from $10,000 i
! to $100,000; insurance unknown. (
[Columbia Register.. j
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Local and Special.
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ZVotice to Subscribers.
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I SUBSCRIBERs receiving their paper with a j
RED CROSS mark vpov it, are therety 'notified , J
that icith the next number their Subscription expires, j f
and unless renewed, their names will be erased from j
our Subscription list. All finding their papers ?
thus marked Kill do well to renew forthwith in j
order that theg mag get every number. 1
AV? are? having pleasant weather aid ;
the martins chat cheerfully.
Farmers are a little behind time with ' 1
their crops. j c
The grasshoppers hare appeared in
Omaha. * j
Fresh bread, cakes, fruits and confec-|
tioneries always at Mrs Harman's. s
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Triaf Justice business is dull, with the {
exception of a little civil bnsiness. Col-: y
lections slow. : i
Trial Justices can be supplied with the, 1
necessary blanks by applying at this j r
office.
Our jail is again without an inmate, ig
So much for home rule and <rood irovern- c
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ment. a
Invalid.--, Lexington is the place tfl:*
recuperate and regain health. Board! F
cheap, accommodations good. r
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It is said that General M. C. Butler is' ^
sure of being admitted to his seat i:i the j g
United States Senate. . Lj
Corn has been brought here for sale for j
the past month, in preference to the Col- q
mnbia market, prices being better. ! ft
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Chamber'ain has formed a partnership
New York City, and will there prac-j "
tice law.
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The creek suckers and red-horse will; fcj
suffer shortly. Our gigists are preparing ft
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Let all join the Governor in fululling j
all of the pledges made bv the Demo-1 a
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eratic party during the campaign. -
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. "Dou't you hear the turtle dove" and j
"Listen to the Mocking Bird," are appro-; ^
priate songs for the present month
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The health of Lexington is unsur- '?
passed. A summer resort equal to any n
in the State. -j fi
Crazy Horse, with his band, makes w
propositions-for a council with the United ^
States officers. He keeps at a safe dis- [s
tance. ie
Oranges, Lemons, Apples, Cocomnts,; ,
Raisins, Candies of all kinds at Mrs. Har-;.
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man's Confectionery.
There will be communion services in :
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the Lutheran Church at this place next
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Sunday evening at 3 o'clock. Prepara-;
tory service Saturday night at 7 o'clock
Severn! wells caved in here last week fi
from the heavy rains, and were filled up t
with water and dirt even with the ground.! y
Five chimneys fell, one of which had i c
been standing for forty years. ^ i I
Wo met in the Court House on Mon-j.
day last, Dr. J. W. Lowman, who was
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neve on uuHints.-, iuu i/wiw ?
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fas if be prescribed for himself) bale and
hearty. !.
Honest John Patterson says that c
Chamberlain ought not io have snrrenO
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dered. He further says that, the Repub-; 4
licans will carry the State at the next!.
election bv twenty thousand maioritv.
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County Commissioners met on Mon- c
day. Accounts for Poor house, outside (
paupers and a few bridges paid. Quart *
license granted Capt. D. J. Griffith, at
Summit. Meet again 1st May.
The Second Quarterly Conference of
the Methodists of Lexington and the
Fork Circuits, will be bold at this place,
on the first Sunday in June next, ser-j
rices commencing on the Friday previous.
Even if we are not smart w6 know
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what to do when troubled with a cough
or cold. No doctor bills for us. We,
take a 25 cent note; go to the nearest
drug store and buy a bottle of Dr. Bull's
Cough Syrup. One dose relieves us and
one bottle cures us entirely.
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Governor Hampton and Col. A. C.'j
Haskell visit Charleston to-day as the
guests of tho Washington Light Infantry.
The volunteer organizations of the militia 1
will parade, and be reviewed by the (
Governor, and all Charleston will be out.' ]
No mail from Piue Ridge and Counts-:
ville, last Friday, owing to the flat chains
having been broken by the freshet in
Saluda, cutting the communications of
Mr. Eargle, our energetis mail carrier,
much to his disgnst.
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Seven paupers in the County Poor,
House, five'white and two colored. This :
institution is conducted at an expense of
nbont t\yelve or fifteen dollars per month, |
:xclusive of the Stewardship, which is
twelve dollars and fifty cents more. This
we think very economical.
We learn from the Columbia Register,
that much damage was done in the |
Dutch Fork, by the recent wind and rain
storm, blowing down fences, &c. The;
shed over our friend, Mr. I. Haltiwanger's
steam mill, was blown down on the
machinery, damaging it materially.
Wn Friday
ode into the apron of the bridge on the
VugUBta Road, over twelve mile creek.
Lhc apron was floating in consequence j
if the high water. He was thrown into
vater over waist deep, and bis fine mare
sscaped unhurt almost miraculously.
The citizens of Columbia, a few days
igo, preseuted a handsome gold watch to;
dr. Eccles Cuthbert, the correspondent,
or the last eight months, of the New
fork Herald from Columbia. Mr. Cuth-1
;ert through the columns of the Ilercdd i
aid bare to the North, the true inwardless
of carpet-bag rule in South Carolina.
The place to purchase your boots and
boos is at Messrs. Jacob & Hoeffer's,;
Columbia. They have a large stock of;
11 styles of the very best make, at prices
o suit buyers. Those of our Lexington
eople who have not learned the place,
ronld do well to inform themselves of
he fact. Call and let Ihetn show you
rhat they have and at the prices they !.
ell. It is astonishing to find" how low ;
bev are.
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We have on our books the names of;1
uite a number of subscribers who have J
liled to pay up their subscriptions, ,
ccordihg to promise, some whom we' <
ere compelled to stop on, not being;,
ble to continue longer. We must have
ash to pay for paper. We kuow the
mos are lifrd, and it is dot easy fur our j
inn/li- ivoieo mnnai' Unf fliow mnct ' 3
re not able to" carry the heilvy load (
irougb the summer. Let all com? up : ]
romptly and pay what they owe.
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Howes Great London Circus lost a
10,000 Walrus in Charleston last week, i J
t the North Eastern Rail Road Depot.;
'ho water was up to the waists of the '1
len unloading the cars. The open vat
lied with water in which the walrus ?
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ras kept, tilted to one side, while being j
iken from the box car, the monster was .
pilled iuto the water, aud making a rush ,
scaped, first into Ashley River, and i;
hence to the ocean. His mate however, j;
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ic} not escape, and she gave vent," every j
sn minutes to her grief in musical howls.::
Mr. A. H Aycock died at Batesburg
u Sunday morning last, about 4 o'clock,!
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fter a painful illness.
The deceased was a native of North
,'arolina. He came to this place some
ive years since, and engaged largely in
he turpentine business. About two
ears ago be moved to Edgefield, and
arried 011 the sarue business there,
iecentlv be went to Batesburg where be
tarted a hotel, being also interested in
urpentine in Georgia.
Mr. Aycock was a man of energy and j
nterprise. He leave* a large and inter-!
sting family, who have the sympathy of
he many friends of the deceased in this
:oituty.
^-In accordance with the notice of Hou. I
>. P. Wiugard, blaster of thef County
3range, a Pomona Grange was organ-:
zed at this place on Wednesday last, by
lelegutes from the various County
Granges, with the following officers for 1
his quarter:
Master.?J. W. Dreher.
Overseer.?3. P. Wingard.
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Lecturer.?W. T. Brooker.
Steward.?Dr J. W. Geiger.
Ast. Steward.?W. A. Leaphart.
Chaplain.?L. W. Rast.
Treasurer.?J. G. Able.
Secretary.?Mai. G. Leaphart. i
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Gate Keeper?Robert N. Senn.
Ceres.?Mrs M. A. M. M'ingard.
Pomona.?Mrs. S. F. Rust.
Flora.?Mrs. Edward Geigei.
L. A. Steward.?Mrs. J. H. Counts, Jr. i
Next meeting of Pomona Grange July
1, 1877. Col. J. N. Lipscomb, of Newberry,
came over and assisted in organzing
this Pomona Grange.
Use Cramptou's Imperial Soap, which
is said to be the best manufactured. For j
sale at Mr. P. A. Hendrix's store, where
everything of the best quality 13 always}
found.
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Chamberlain turned over the Executive
Chaoiber, and records iu the State House,
to Governor Hampton on Wednesday
last. Col. Parinele, Superintendent of
the Penitentiary, sent a squad of convicts,
and had the vermin and dirt
scrubbed and washed away, and on Friday,
Governor Hampton moved in, his
State officers temporarily taking possession
of the ante chamber to the Executive
office. In accordance with the request
of Governor Hampton, Dobody weut near
the State House, until Chamberlain
cleared out. On Friday and Saturday,
however, the Governor received his fellow-citizens
aud friends, Democrats and
Republiccus, in the State House. Among
the rest, several of the Republican con
testants for tbe State offices called, were
cordially received, and favorably impressed
with the Governor.
Despite the bare" times, or rather as a
result of tbe embarrassments an'dei which J
our people have been laboring, every- M
thing will be found "extremely low at tbe J pB
"jfin&C, Daws atinBoukuightk, Columbia )
They are alwaj^i receiving new goodrf
from which all can be suited, both in"
quality and price. The new styles of
Spring and Summer dress goods are
neat and pretty, adapted to old and
voung. Besides everything embraced in
tbe dry goods line, tbev have a tremendous
stock of boots, shoes, hats and
caps, which they are selling at the very
lowest figures. Mr. G. A. Meotzo is
always there and will take pleasure in
showing his Lexington friends around
Give them a call when in town and see
for yourselves. ^
He had not slept a wink for twentyfour
hours, coughing all the timet His 0
sister bought a 25 cent bottle of Dr.
Bull's Cough Syrup at. the nearest drug
store, gave him a dose, and the cough
was broken at ouce and be slept quietly
during the night. ,
, No m;iil this morning. Carrier asleep.
This is the third time, within a week,
that the morning mail lias riot reached
us. We are therefore deprived of the
latest news from the North and Columbia.
Body Found.?The both found on th"
Lexington side of the tiver. vesV: .?.,?
about ten miles Ixlow Coiunibra, whub
was supposed to be the remains of Mr*
Julia Webns' who drowned lierseif m
the Cougaree ?bout three weeks ago.
proved to be the body of :i white boy
ibout 16 years of age. The fleshy pur;
>f the liead was eaten away, the bowels
exposed, and the body terribly mutilaled.
The remains were taken in charge l?y
fna! Justice Gnignard?
State News.
Beef sells in the Cainden market at 10 and /
leuce in Columbia,
Considerabln damage dono i.ie South Camilla
Railroad by the rains of last week.
United States Court is in session iu the city
if Charleston
It is said that the last colored man iu Cobimiia.
Chamberlain's carriage driver, has "give
in the ghost." and now accepts the sitaotiou. ^ .
Ohe day last week Mr. Iknrv Smock, ot /JM
Prangebnrg County, caught a cat tsh iu Euisto fl
river, weighing thirty-two pounds.
The Port Royal Railroad has reduced its force
>f hands. Cause decline in msmess and the
lull season. j 1
Mr. Willis, a farmer residing four miles from 1
Aiken, on Shaw's Creek, set a trap and caught
four wild turkeys, on Saturday night last.
One day last week a rattle-snake, was killed.'
near Lancaster Village, which n cntnred three
feet and ten inches and sported eight rattles
Mid a button. %
In 1S7G, South Carolina had 232 Granges and
ij,440 members; in 1875, 337 Granges and 10,
992 members ?a loss 01 125 Granges ana r
members. /
Last week the editor of the Georgetown
Cornel was presented with a mess of new Iri.-h
potatoes, the first of the season, grown by Mr. I
A. J. Smith, of that place.
Gordon has been suggested as the prope*
name for the new county to be formed Iron/
Beaufort and Colleton counties. This is a com/
plement to Senator Gordon for his untirin/
efforts in behalf of the redemption ol Sout/
Carolina. / t:
The storm of Friday night last, injured prof 1
erty in various parts of the city of Coluuibi:
blowing down several small houses, fencing
&c. No lives lost. The mail.-, were delayed 4
the various railroads leading into the city. >
Last week a colored woman in the Loj
Cane section of Abbeville County, gave birthj
three children, two girls and a boy. At last)
counts the mother and the children were do(
well.
Friday next 20th instant, the ten Lowndsim
murderers are to be hung at Abbeville, y
Hampton has been petitioned to have i*
sentences of foni or five of them commutes
th?"penitential7 for life. ]
The South Carolina Railroad President/d
I*i rectors mtheir recent report make ?*icouragiug
exhibit. The earnings- tir"'"4 ?
durinr the rear have been 51,126,437.05. The j^r
expenses o* operating and maintaining, $647,- f j
75'2.64. Balance of earnings, $178,754.90. I i
Mr. Samuel Lambeth, of Lancaster County, A 3
an old gcutlem.in, was called to his door one JI j
night last week, and shot down without warn- fa .
ing. Several buekshot entered his person,. *1%
though he was not considered latally wounded.
The store of Mike Watson, at Kidge Spring,. -i ,
was entered last week and robbed ot about S'iCO I
worth of goods, a part of which were recovered, If I
Three negroes concerned in the robbery have I
been arrested and lodged in Edgefield jail. / I
Charleston is to present Senator Gordon of I
Georgia, with a testimonial ol her gratitude fory, I
his services in behalf of South Carolina. J[ j I
State of South Carolina, \ I
LEXINGTON BOUNTY, K I
IN THE COUBT or'PEOIMTE. "y I
1>\ S. JP. wmgarj, jssq., <Muige ui riuwic. . ,, t _
TT^HEBEAS, John B. Kyzer. made applicrtf ^ | 9
\ \ tion to me, to grant him letters <y <? fl
administration on the estate oi Dr. S. L. Ky2er, - H
late of said county, deceased. H
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
and singular the kindred and creditors of the H
said Dr. S. L. Kyzer. deceased, that they ' H
appear, before me, in the Conrt of ProbatW H
be held at Lexington Court House, on tb({
day of May next, after publication hereof , HI
11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cans* 98
any they have, why the said administrd Hj
should not be granted. I ' ?
Given under my band and seal, this the .
day of April A. D. 1877.
S. P. WIN CARD, (l.S.) H
J. P. L. < B|
Apr. 18; 2w?o27