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THOS. F. GRENEKER, EDITORS. W. H. WALLACE, NEWBERRY. S. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1878. A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. The Herald is in the highest respect a Fam ily Newspaper, devote(i to the material i ii terests of the people of this County and the State. It circulates extensively, and as an Advertisino medium offers unrivalled ad vantages. 'or Terms, see first page. FOR GO'VERNOR: WADE HAMPTON. MISS MEETING MNDAY! V11BS URCHA18, EVERYBODY, 00 E! A Mass Meeting will be held in the Court House Monday, August 5th, for the purpose of organizing a County Agricultural and Mechan ical Society. Let every citizen at tend. Liberia. The Azor returned to Charleston the 24th, making the trip from Li beria in thirty-six days. Mr. A. B. Williams, the correspondent sent out by the lVews and Courier, re turned with the vessel. He charges the managers of the Exodus Asso ciation with gross mismanagement in not sending a capable physician with the Azor, and in not notifying the Liberian Government of the coming of the emigrants. Of the 274 emigrants that left Charleston 24 died-two were born on the voyage. The emigrants found themselves on their arrival almost penniless, and with only food enough, includ ing the ship's stores, which Captain Holmes turned over to them, to last three weeks. Mr. Williams thinks the Association has fleeced thie emigrants. The people of Li beria received the emigrants very kindly, giving them food and shel ter. Monrovia, the Capital, is a tum ble-down, thriftless looking place, the houses dilapidated and the streets grown up in grass and weeds. In the interior the land is fertile. Sugar cans grows very large and yields from 3,000 to 3,500 pounds of sugar per acre; the cane has to be planted only once in sev eral years. Coffee is the chief pro duction. About 400 stalks grow to the acre, each .stalk bearing from three to five pounds, which sells in Monrovia at twenty cents per pound. Cotton grows there luxu riantly, though it is little cultivated. It needs replanting only once in twelve or fifteen years. Mr. Wil liams mentions seeing a stalk that had been growing for nine years, bearing every year, and sometimes twice a year, from 2,000 to 3,000 bolls. The cotton is long, staple .resembling sea island, though not so fine. The Azor is expected to sail again next month*with another load of emigrants. Private and special legislation is the bane of this country. We see it stated that of the four hundred acts passed by Congress at the last session three are on the subject of finance, about twelve each are on the subjects of Commerce, Judicia ry and the Revised Statutes, about twenty each on the Army and Navy, a few in regard to elections, reve nue, &c., while the great mass of the Acts passed relate to private and individual cases. State News. Mr. J. B. Humbert, of Laurens, declines to be a candidate for re election to the Legislature. Governor Hampton has recalled his proclamation offering $500 re ward for the capture of Redmond. The reward was offered under the impression that Redmond led the gang that .broke into Pickens jail and liberated the prisoners ; but the Sheriff of Pickens makes affida vit that Redmond was not in the party. . The following gentlemen, we have no doubt, will be the five Congres- ~ sional nominees: J. S. Richardson, KI P. O'Connor, Jno. H. Evins, D. Wyatt Aiken and G. D. Tiliman. - The State ticket will remain as it is, and the platform of 1876 will be re-alcbpted. The delegates to -- - ~ The Charleston Journal of om- I nerce suspended the 24th instant. 3ubscribers who had paid in ad vance had their money for the un )xpired time refunded to them. Editorial Correspondence. f Eendersonville Again-The Reader Advised- 6 Never Mind the Roughness-Fishing Near Flat Rock and on French Broad-A Big Catch of Red Bugs-Tom Lane's Baby Famous-Save Half a Dol lar by Riding with Britton HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., July 23d, 1878. Ere this letter reaches the eye of the reader we will have bidden adieu to the pleasant town of Henderson, with its varied scenery of vale, moun tain and river, invigorating breezes, ice cold water, good fare, clever peo ple, etc., and if fortunate enough to escape the dangers of the mountain ride back, wille be safe at home, and alas hard at work. Our experiences for the past few days, with one excep tion which will be mentioned further on, have been of the most agreeable character, and we cannot resist the inclination this morning-more like one in the fall than in mid-summer of concluding in a brief way an ac count of a trip which has given us such unlimited satisfaction. And right here we say to all who contem plate an exodus from the heat of the low country, that there is . no more healthful and charming retreat than Henderson, Ashville, Warm Springs, etc., not excepted. Here we have beautiful wide.streets delightfully. sha ded, splendid scenery, fine roads, water which needs no ice, oodles of fat chick ens, oceans of milk, good beef and mutton, daily mails, and everything else that heart can wish for, except 'mountain dew' which is not allowed within three miles of the town. All of the above, even the 'dew' on the sly we are informed, are to be had for a very small amount in cash, board at hotel being only $1 per day, and $20 per month. What more can be de sired ? If you conclude to try it, reader, take no other route than by the Spartanbtirg & Asheville R. R., as that ride with all its bewilderingly magnificent scenery is one you cannot afford to miss. Turn that old stocking of yours inside out, and empty its hoard of gold and silver into your pocket and start right away, and when at the head of the road or Pace's Gap, provided you have not been enticed by the genial McAboy to visit the Thermal belt, and view the sunrise from Tryon's lofty summit, call for S. P. Britton of the independent line, and tell him you wish to be convey ed swiftly and safely to the sheltering arms of the McDowell family at Hien dersonville, and if he fails to put you through the ups and downs charge the same to us. You will find the ride up and down the mountains rough, and may lose a few pounds of flesh, or find some of your joints loose when you reach the end, but never mind that, there is exhileration and excitement enough in it to compensate even for a broken rib or two. A word of advice, when the lively Britton raises his arms, usual just before starting down grade, shakes out his ribbons, and with a sharp whistle and a sharper crack of his whip, which reverberates from crag to crag, and wakes echoes through the glen, you have only to take a fresh grip of the sides of the hack, rise slightly, compress your teeth, beingi sure that your tongue is on the inside, 1 shut your eyes, and place confidence in Britton. Should you strike against a projecting angle and be smashed, or go down a precipice a hundred or two eet, you will have the consolation that will never know what hurt you. It's very exhilerating. There are choice spirits here-no al usion to 'mountain dew'-in the per sons of Col. W. T. J. 0. Woodward, pleasantly known by every business man in S. C., and Capt. J. H. Van Buren of Augusta, who if Dot should be equally well and favorable known. 'hey are fond of fishing and so are we, it is not strange then, that we three ormed an immediate alliance. Satur lay last we drove to Rhett's mill pond, lovely sheet of water near Flat Rock iotel, and though a faithful effort was maade only seven trout and one perch wvere brought in out of the wet; cause, bigh wind and wrong period of the noon. If many fish were not caught j we did catch red bugs or chiggers in ~ reatest abundance, and that Saturday e ight and Sabbath following will long5, e remembered for the amount of eratching done. Language is inade uate to tell how much scratching was lone. If there was a square inch of leshi in which a red bug had not hid r ts head we knew nothing about it. rhis was not the only piscatorial ad enture, for on Monday after an ele ;ant breakfast in which fried chier~en ntered of course-a North Carolina D eal is incomplete without chicken in is ome shape or form-our party in- ~. ft 'reased by J. A. Mills, of Spartan. B urg, who was not much of a fisher, hi leoel u ot h a,ad a rcoeall bast, of lunc, afyng a an ao,ma,ec,doet h retbgbsebflnh r ingt anh Bo,mad, rie, sirovie dtant th L eihfldy n oso ih!r reach Broad rive lr x ile distnt- to delightful day, and lots of fish ! rh ilockade lay mellowing in the shade rent to the house described and found oly a handsome young lady of sweet ixteen, a niece of our friend Tom .ane. No blockade was seen. and it lense disappointment was felt. It vas there learned that*Tom was the ather of the handsomest baby in all ;ewberry county. le must have ent that word up. But all things must come to an end, ishing, driving, naps such as are iever enjoyed in lower latitude, cool vater, beautiful scenery, all must be eft behind, for we are now at our ow's end and iust make preparations or departure. Again do we iterate hat if our readers want to spend a 'ew days or weeks in a mountain re ,ion, no better place than this can be ound. And now with one little hint re leave the subject with you. The raveller who comes this. way and who vould make the trip with the least )utlay in money will not purchase a ;tage ticket on the cars, but will wait intil Pace's Gap is reached, and there ie will find Mr. S. P. Britton with >pen backs, pleasanter to ride in than ,he close stages of the regular line, a -ide in which can be had at a saving )f fifty cents each head, and a more ienial and accommodating or skillful Iriver cannot be found on that whole mountain ridge. FOR THE HERALD. Our Washington Letter. WASINGTON, D. C., - July 24, 1878. It is one of the amazing facts of .urrent political history that Mr. Ilayes goes on with complacency in is work of rewarding men connected vith the counting of Louisiana and Florida against Tilden. The list of -avored rascals was long enough before the Potter Committee enlarged our knowledge of their names and acts, but it grows with our increasing knowledge. This is perhaps the most remarkable instance ever known of ,dherence with "amiable stubborn aess" to a plan of "civil service re Form." Kellogg, who had no stand [ng at the White House unail the Potter Committee commenced to show ap the inside of Louisiana politics, now controls the patronage of the itate. The dismissal of Government clerks here who refuse to give money for Republican campaign purposes has -omnmenced. There is unbounded rejoicing among the friends of Dan Voorhees over the apparent certainty of his election to the Senate for a six years term. Ex eept upon one question this distia guishe d man holds to ideas accepted by Demnocrats all over the country, and his eloquence, his liberality, and his entire 'honesty, will miake him a valuable member of the Senate. Some thing of thie warm spirit of such men is wanted to temper the chilly atmios phere that too often fills the Senate. A. very able and eloquent lawyer, lhe has made many fortunes and is poor. He has oftener beenhbeard at the bar in iefence of an outcast than as the chamn pion of rich and soulless corporations. lhere is the same difference betweea uim and the typical Senator-Ed. 3lunds, for instance-as between the uzuriant foliage of a Southern sum ner and the ice covered roel;s of La arador in mid-winter. There is room *n the frigid Senate for more like him -for Bion Bradbury or J. C. Madi an, of Maine, for Wade Hampton, of south Carolina, for Randall, of Penn ylvania, for Sayler, of Ohio, or for a core of other genial and able gentle. nen-in place of the stiff figures that ow stand in too many places in the pper House. There is a proposition to elect Hen -y M. Watterson, of the Louisville C'uirJunl to an important of ice when the Senate shall be re-or ~anized in March next. There ought o be great caution in selecting all odi ~ers for that regenerated body. No ~ne should be put in a place of real or magined influence who represents or s believed to represent or assumes to -epresent a faction of the Democratic arty. Quarrels which originated in 876, or which grew out of the Presi lential election in that year, ought to >e put out of sight. Mr. Tilden or dr. Hendricks, Mr. Thurman, Mr. landalI, Mr. Gordon "or any other an." or the friends of any of them, ught not to be allowed to interfere in ny way with a popular re-organization f the Senate. That re-organization, ad the conduct of officers of the louse may have much to do with s>ur rospects in 1880. We should not, o far ahead of election, give promi enece to the pronounced friends of any andidate. When Capt. Eads can use the fol awing language in relation to his imn ,rvement of the Mississippi River he rrites hinmself down as a great bene ictor of those who will hereafter oc upy that future seat of empire the ississippi Valley : "The jetty channel is now almost as ood as the entrance to New York arbor. Larger ships and steamers isit the port of New Orleans than ver before Ocean freight has been >greatly lowered in consequence thati de saving on cotton alone from the ort of New Otleans the past seasont as over $1,600,000. Every intelli et man in Missouri knows that a2 ~volution has been wrought in the rain trade as a result of this deep ater." SOLON. WVhenever and Wherever iseases of a choleratic type prevail,or there a cause to apprehend a visit from them, the stem should be toned, regulated and rein- I red by a course of Hostetter's Stomach I tters. Perfect digestion and a regular ~ ibto oyaetebs aeursa ais chit ofabodiey andth boestr saecuaredsb against emablades tncand boterarie secued Byithi sable aloni exreel sleratice.aThe Bint-em yrgsucre disordexremely seromplyeabkein inm i colc disorders and romplytake mins t edsaesusalfrsre4 nla ciou cses, iarrh ecara choestorbs,ht ne ofieela usualsta, ad tiar-on ma cases, it is only necessary to restore the i na a tha ohnod howels. and this is one | FOR THE HERALD. A Few Suggestions to the Demo crats of the County. (CONTINUED.) In my last article I endeavored to suggest objections to nominations of candidates for office founded upon merely sectional preferences. I would now direct attention to the notion of determining nominations according to the profession of the person whose name may be put forward. Undoubtedly no one branch of busi ness or profession should have exclu sive control of a government, so long as it is practicable to have all occupa tions represented by fit men ; for it is obvious that that principle of human nature (whether a vice or only a weak ness is immaterial to this argument) which causes a man to understand and provide for the interest of himself and his family and people and to be more or less blind to the rights and wants of strangers, will most times lead theip supreme class not only to neglect others but to further its own interests at the expense of others. And we have too striking an illustration of this doctrine in the tyranny exercised by the manufacturers of the North over us of the South, to require any argument or any further statement of the case. We all know that a nation is laid under tribute to support North ern manufacturers, while from the very nature of things, we can receive no assistance to our agricultural indus tries. And the long continuance of such a state of affairs must almost in evitably end in establishing the ruling class as an aristocracy whose subordi nates, dependents and positive menials every other class will become; thus in reality extinguishing not only the substance, but the very spirit of liber ty. Democratic principles require that all men of the age and intelligence de fined by the law as constituting a free male citizen should enjoy all the privi leges of other citizens. And the har mony and well being of a Democratic community demands that public offices and public honors should be open to all citizens who are sufficiently upright and intelligent to exercise them pro. perly. Obviously, therefore, there is no ground for saying that the mem bers of one occupation should hold all public offices, to the exclusion of all members of any other legitimate occu pation-provided, of course, there be capable men in the latter. Again, as a matter of policy, a divi sion of offices amongst different occu pations is most important ; for by that means-we may secure the benefit of the intelligence and experience of men in all departments of business, and we shall secure the friendship and co-operation of all departments. Ev ery citizen ought, certainly, to be eager to serve his country and County, even though suffering persecution at the hands of the country or the County. But so long as human nature remains as weak and as resentful as it now is, so long must we expect at least a de gree of indifference from those whom we denounce and refuse to recognize. If there is no capable and honest man to be found in a certain trade or pro fession, it is not to be expected that any one in that particular trade or pro fession shall be placed in office. But even then, it would be both foolish and brutal-and as much the one as the other--to incessantly malign and insult that whole trade or procfession. And where such is known not to be the case, then wholesale abuse and os tracism becomes little less than posi-< tive madness and crime. "B3ut," my opponent would urge, "I oppose all of a particular calling because I am satisfied that nearly all of the members are disbonest, &c.n To this I answer, if there remains one man honest in a host of thieves, that man especially deserves honor and re ward. Your doctrine would have burn- I ed LIot with the rest in Sodom as a punishment for being surrodnded by wickedness which he could not prevent. God saved him from destruction, es teeming his piety all the more highly I an account of his evil surroundings. | Turn the matter, then, as we will, every view brings to the conclusion I have woore than once announced, I which is, that the honesty, ability and industry of the individual himself i nust determine his claims to office. One's own personal fancies are alsoi to be carefully guarded against in such ~ S i grave matter as the selection of can-, lidates. The fact that Smith makes a imself r.greeable to me is no guaranty t ~hat Smith knows how to make laws t or me and my couantrymen ; nor does ~ ones' reserved manner prove that he ~ .s not fit for that duty. For Smith I ay be a shallow-pate and a scoundrel, e f he does know how to flatter and e ondle me ; while Jones may be a good i, an and a wise one, if he does not go b >ut of his way to lick my boots. I L im not disposed to quarrel with people who, like the publicans, love those a who love them-or even love those a who only seem to love them; but I do b ay that our people want something a lse in officers than mere agreeableness t >f manner, or even the most command- S g talents. We want the highest in- E egrity, the purest, most unselfish pa-4 riotism, the best capacity for and the ' U nost diligent application to business. i n a word, we want good officers and tot merely pleasant demlagogues. And o3 et every man bear this in mind, lie F' nay waste his property as he pleases, cit ie may choose whom he will for his a ssociates, he may live as unprofitably &i s suits him. But he has no right to fi iut into power over me and mine a* ad or incompetent man, and when- "M ver he allows his mere personal fond- H ess for a man to lead him so to do, w .e commits a crime for which he will ~ s ueyhv oasera o os-d sIueyhvat nwra frahre heft or a midnight robbery. i CITIZEN. N - - -~ FOR THB 1ERALD. lME OLD IACDEMY, AND rhe Agricultural Fair Grounds. -0 BY T. P. SLIDER. -0 Babylon h.Ad her hanging gardens, on ,hich grew stately trees and flowers and hrubs and plants of every description, laid >ut in the most artistic style, through which vandered for recreation, instruction and Lmusement thousands of her cit"zens, de ighting themselves with the beauty and oveliness of nature presented so skillfully, uaV'pulated by the ingenuity and the hand >f man. Athens her groves of Academus, vhere Plato. attended by a crowd of illus rious, noble and learned pupils, devoted ,is time to their instruction, and composed .hose dialogues which have beer. the admi -ation of every age and country. Newberry i8 years ago had her Agricultural Fair xrounds, just about one-half mile from the .ourt House, situated in the South-western >art o4c the town, where was celebrated rearly, by speeches and exhibition of a mul. itude of things, the progress of Agriculture Lnd the Domestic Arts. In the middle of these Fair Grounds (or rove which was styled Haleyon Grove,) night have been seen a low, extend d wooden building (nearly opposite Mrs' R. Lathrop's on the West,) known as n Academy. It was built, here, years be ore the grounds were devoted to agricultu al purposes. Inside of this building, for he doors and windows were always open when we knew it, the passer-by could have eadily .seen by looking in, benches and hairs, 'some with legs and some without egs ; small desks and stools, each one of hich bore the vaidal marks of boyish udeness in attempts at whittling and carv ng; while sticking up on the ceiling over iead could be seen a thousand curious look. ng spots or patches, looking as if the dirt laubers had been busy at labor, building heir dirt hovels. It presented the appear Lnce of stuccoed work ; but it was nothing nore than balls of chewed paper which had )een thrown up by the boys and flattened is they stuck. On the outside, the weather )oarding of this structure was defaced by .ives and prints of rocks and covered over with Runic looking letters, while chalk, Dencil and- coal marks hieroglyphically ;cratched, stood out in bold review to the ye of the curious and inquisitive. As a brief sketch of 'this building and its intecedents might prove interesting to many )f our readers, we will give it in as succinct i manner as time and space will allow. The Newberry Academy, says Judge YNeall in his Annals, page 80-81, was )uilt by voluntary subscriptions and went into operation at the village, now town of :ewberry, in 1806. Its mos palmy days vere when taught by the Rev. John Foster ind Gharles Strong. Many of the men of ewberry, among whom was Chancellor Job Johnstone, F. B. Higgins, John Belton DNeall, Drayton Nance, here secured their icademic education. Its value to the corn nunity was incalculable. By inquiry and research we see from the statutes at Large, it was incorporated in 1807. -We further observe, vol. 5, page i48,. that in the year 1809, a Lottery was uthorized by the Legislature to certain yetitioners for the purpose of raising funds io enlarge as well as improve its size, comn mdiousness and appearance. In the 6th rol., page 360, we find, "All escheated pro y ty to be vested in the trustees." In the th vol., page 250, we observe, it was re ncorporated in 1834, Trustees, Frederick fance, John Belton O'Neall, Job John tone, T. J. Warrington, James Fernandes, [hos. Pratt, W. Wilson, ifurr Johnstone md F. B. Higgins. The first building,we are informed through r esteemed friend Silas Johnstone, Esq., iood opposite where W. T. Tarrant's resi lence now stands. It was a large two-story vooden structure. The first story or floor as devoted to school purposes. The up er one was used by the Masons as a Ma ionic Hall. The first floor also was used as SThespian Hall, for our informant says he ecollects well, though a little boy, of see ng in the rear of the old school room, a well itted up stage, with numerous raised seats or the audience. Ini 1830, a great revival ook place under Baptist influence in this >lace, when the Thespian Society became isorganized and was broken up. From he religious results produced was erected he present Baptist Church. From the best sources, we gather the in ormation, that the teachers succeding Fos er and Strong, was a Mr. McGuinnis or cGinney, then Rev. Jas. W. Alexander, hen a Mrs. Corbin. Col. Simeon Fair was ,pupil of Alexander's. Gen. Young Fair, former Minister to Berlin,) was also a pu tii at this Academy. In 1827, Parker aught here for awhile, then followed Sam'l ressley, assisted by Sol. Pope, John Press ey and Jeff. Fair. In 1828, James Dirver aught. He was succeeded by Henry Sum rer, a Lawyer afterwards at this Bar. Un ler the guidance of some of these men, ierhaps under all successively, Silas John tone, Dr. W. F. Pratt, Rob't Pratt, Simeon 'ratt, Robert and Andrew Jackson Max ell, John and Henry Fernandes, George, Lex. and C. P. Pope, James Henderson, eubin and John Lyles, J. and W. Cald ell, lUobert and David Holman, together ith many others, commenced their academ course here, This Academy was transferred from here 2 1834, to a building on the lot where now tands the jail. Silas Heller, brother to Jo eph eller, taught here in 1834. After rards George Parks, a most excellent schol r and christian gentleman, took charge of is school. He wvas from the North, and ough prejudice ran high at that time, he ron the respect and regar,d of all who new binm, being deeply imbued with true atriotic sentiment. After him followed r. -D. Dobson, a man every way qualified, entlemanly and urbane, but of an ungov rnable temper. The Academy which we have spoken of Sthe commencement of this article-was uit in 1834, under the same Trustees as e first, and was used as a female school. continued as such until 1839. The first ~aer was a Miss Boyd, sister to B. D. I oyd, now in Texas, President of the well managed institution, "The Bank of New- ~ erry." She was assisted by a Mrs. Satxon .? Smusic teacher. This Academy was af- ~ trwards moved to a house on Dr. Thomp- I mi's place on Pratt Street. ' In 1839, a Mr. Wiley, afterwards an piscopalian minister, took charge of this ~ cademy, in Halcyon Grove, and converted ~ into a male institution. After his con ction ceased, then followed Leonard Wil- S ms, at present County Auditor at Green lIe, assisted by Maj. Jas. M. Baxter, now J 1e of the leading and most prominent law- a: rs a.t the Newberry Ilar. He was follow I by Jamies M. Crossorn, once coeditor of ii te Newberry Sentinel and Sun, at present el Jude in the State of Texas, assisted by a ajor George James, who fell valiantly si gting for "The Lost Cause" at the battle i 'Sharpsburg. He was succeeded by Jo- it ph S. Reid, once- editor of the Newberry b; irror, who -was followed by Hon. W. T ood, now a Professor in Due West College, se 50 was the last of the Dominies that pre. sl led over this venerable institution in its gt ~clining years. Among the pupils of the hi st years of this~Institution, still living, are 11 e courteous and gentlemanly W. F. 1E ince, Sampson Pope, once Doctor, now a ai Lwyer in Texas, Y. J. Pope, a prominent b* formerly a District Judne 11~ 0 ti resolute R. C. Maffett, James Stewart and D. A. Rutherford, with others whom we have forgotten. Here and there in natural order all around this ancient Academy, in Halcyon Gr6ve, towered up stat--ly oaks, elms, pines and hickories, with long extended branch ing aims. Down at the edge of the slope from the Academy hubbled up within a luge gum a beautirul spring of water; the stream of which was clothed with water -resses, yellow lilly cups and coarse brake; apon whose marshy borders green coated frogs, with great staring eves, whirred dis mnally all through the evenings in summer, while it went rippling and brawling along now tangling itself like a silken skein in the snarled growth of a clump of brush wood-now creeping slyly along like a hining snake in the emerald grass, and now giving a leap and a laugh over a bed of pebbles and stones, and then hiding its smiling face under the fence away down at the foot of the hill. To-day the great majority of the noble old monarchs have disappeared; the old Academy building has long ago been num bered with the things that were, and its re mains either appropriated to vile purposes or destroyed. Within the walls of this building, now seen no more and scarcely remembered ex cept by the modern antiquary, many of our promising young men now living and work ing their way to higher fields of usefulness, fame and wealth; as well as the many who have pas.ed into the deep silence of that dreamless state-first learned To speak in public on the stage, And gather knowledge as they grew, For wisdom lingers and knowledge comes By earnest efforts, hard and true. Aye, well has it been said, and well do we know, that all things earthly pass away. Aye, The old school house is no more Beneath the old oak trees, The pine tree by the window's side No longer bows gently with the breeze; The scatter'd stones look desolate, The sod they rested on Has been plough'd up by strangers'hands, Tho' but forty years are gone. Here in this grove of woods was held the yearly Agricultural Fairs of the "NEWBERRY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, N hich was constituted, says Judge- O'Neall in his Annals, in 1838, as a District institu tion. Beginning with 184f, the annual meetings were numerously attended; 100 per sons belonged to it. "Here," says the Judge, "they meet together and impart to one ano ther the benefits of each year's observation ald experience, and with improved and strengthened friendship separate. New berry ha& improved under the influence of such a Society more than the most sanguine dared to hope." The officers of the Society, at first, were John Belton O'Neall, Presi dent; Dr George W. Glenn, 1st Vice-Presi dent; Simeon' Fair, 2d Vice-President; Lambert J. Jones, Recording Secretary; Gen. H. H. Kinard, Treasurer. Afterwards Silas Johnstone became Recording Secreta ry and W. B. D'Oyley, Treasurer. The grounds or grove extended from the present bridge across the Railroad cut, to the boundary of A. M. Bowers' lot, adjoin ing that of Dr. P. B. Ruff's, then circled and wound around by Mrs. Lathrop's, ex tending to a cross fence some three hun, dred yards or more belo'v. At present 1owers' house and lot, together with his groonds adjoining the bridge across the R. R. cut, which is under cultivation, comprises the principal portion of the ancient Agricul tural Fair Grounds. It was certainly an inviting and lovely spot, for here stood a hundred trees scat tered here and there, as so many mute sentinels with branching arms ; amid the leaves of which could be heard the scream of the jay, the plaintive notes of the cat bird, the rattle of the wood.pecker, the in imitable song of the mock-bird, with the hum .of innumerable insects, while in the umbrageous shade afforded, scores of lazy hogs grunted here and *there and sleepy cattle chewed their cods in lidtless silence. ere the hundreds of attendants at the fairs found a cool, delightful, cozy spot, shelter ing them from the summer's sun, while cool draughts of water brought from the sprine served to quench the appetite of the thirsty. Here was collected every year about July 14, arite bellum, dornestic animals of all kinds, stallions, geldings, jacks, mares, mules, Berkshire, Essex and Suffolk hogs, Durham, Devon, Ayrshire and native cattle, Southdowns, French merinos, Cotswold and broad-tailed Cashmeres of the sheep kind, Bremen, Hong Kong, A frican and Toulouse geese, bronze and white turkeys, Mexican nd fancy pigeons, Seabright bantams, Shanghais, Brahma-Pootras, Chittagongs, Bengals, Cochin China's, Sumatras, and other aborminable heathen Dames. - Then there was sorghum, wine, cotton, ats, wheat, rye, watermelons, peaches, grapes; apples, flowers, enormous squashes by Sol. Kinard, mammoth tomatoes by T. E. Greneker, and everything else of that kind; all on exhibition by numerous citi ens, to wit; Ueary Burton, Wash. Floyd, Dol. J. Duckett, George Chapman, A. K. 'ribble, Dennis Lark, Pompey Floyd, Maj. P'. Hair, Col. Jolhn Hair, John P. Kinard, en. Kinard, Col. Glenn, Dr. Glenn, Dan'l loggans, M. Barre, Wesley Folk, H. H. Folk, Frank Moon, John M. Floyd, J. S.i Birge, Dr. McKellar, E. S. Keitt, Chancellor. Johstone, A. C. Garlington, Gen. Wil-i ims. Joseph Caldwell, John A. Cannon, Win. Ray, Dr. Rutherford, Thos. Header ton, Col. B. and Jesse May bin, J. C. Hope, [)r. J. K. Gary, Phillip Shigh, Col. B. F. riffin, R. C. Chapman, Isaac Herbert, T. V. Wicker, Dr. l3obo, W. B. D'Oyley, P. W. Chick, R. S. Chick, Jas. Fair, J. .i. Kib er, Win. Boozer, Gen. C. B. Griffin, Gen. ames Rogers, W. W. Renwick, J. S. Ren vick, Maj. John Sims, G. S. Cannon, Rush ary, Dr. T. W. Thompson, Dr. R. P. Clark, 30. W. S. Lyles, solid and substantial Jas. auntt, J. Adam Eichelberger, B. F. Pay inger, D. L. Wicker, R. S. Phinney, Rev. . J. Brantley, J. R. Leavell, J. E. Guy, Dr. Ierndon, Dr. W. Hfarrington, W. R. Hentz, ela Mangum, Capt. Jas. Maffett, Win. hilson, John T. Peterson, Col. WV. S. Do an the laughing philosopher, Col. J. M. faffett, Matthew Hall, J. Wistar Simpsn, rohn Hopkins Williams, with numerous ~thers, Then there were blankets, quilts, osna urgs, knitting, netting, emnbroideries,work d under-clothes, crochet work, preserves, ickles, butter,paintings, to wit: by Miss ieCoy, Mrs. J. and Gen. Kinard, Mrs. rope, irs. Wmn. Satterwvhite, Mrs. Coate, Mrs. tewart, Miss Sallie Barre, Mrs. Col. Fair, [rs. John Elmnore, Mrs. Walter Ruff, Mrs. r. E. M. Bobo, Mrs. Lucinda Brown, Mrs. .*W. Holloway, Miss Charlotte Gordon, [iss Dallas Boyd, Mrs. C. McLeod, Mrs.' E. ~ .Hill, Misses Counts, Mrs. W. S. Sharpe, ~ irs. Win. Riser, Mrs. F. B. Higgins, Mrs. C .B. Pratt, Mrs. Tom Pope and Mrs. Lucy helton and others. Then there were fly brushes and fans by K. Schuinpert, chairs by . M. Harris, rd photographs by Wearn & Kingsmore. Then there was the assemblage, the youth me beauty, the manhood, the old age,the tal t of Newberry working in and through one 2ther, encouraging sociability and friend ip; exchanging views, gathiering informa on in relation to crops and other interest ig matter;, promoting and advancing there the interests and welfare of the County. ben the speech-after, the reports. We in looking through the old papers, a p tort latter from Col. J. F. Marshall, in re- a rd to the quantities of wheat raised by n mself on 2 acres of ground in the year 57, signed by Thos. Robinson and J. B.. rilson, to wit: 37} bushels on one acre II id 36+ on the other, which letter was sent af r the above named to the Secretary, at h e Fair held in July, 1857. Who raises all done up in the good old style, as rich as cream and as sweet as candied sugar. Then above all to see that great and good man, its founder, John Belton O'NealI, the earnest minded and honest hearted Drayton Nance, the talented, liberal souled. and ver satile A. G. Summer, the impulsive Dr. Mc. Kellar, the profound, legal-minded Chan cellor Johnstone, the practical R. Stewart, with the steady, firm, untiring characters ] as Dr. P. Moon, Dr. G. Douglass, John D. Williams, Robert Moorman, the horticultu ral and floral loving Wm. Summer, George Brown, John R. Spearman, Thos. W. Hollo way, with the modest and unassuming Paul Johistone, aiders and abettors in the move; who stood like Saul among his brethren, on account of their zeal and honesty of pur pose and wholeness of soul in the agricul tural cause-head and shoulders above all ti e rest. They were men whose hearts burned within them for the advancement and progress of the welfare of their fellow man, without the hope of fee or reward. They kept alive the spirit of agricultural exhibitions in this County, and fanned it and fanned it,when the embers vere almost all burned out ; into a flame and kept it burning. Sometime in 1856, Judge O'Neall had concluded to resign, but.such was the feel ing manifested that he was not permitted to do so. From a written request by a large number of the citizens of this County, we copy the following: To HoN. JOHN BELTON O'NEALL, President N. A S.: DFAR Sia: With deep regret we have learned your intention of resigning the < Pres*dency of this Society. In all the full ness of our hearts we would most respect fully entreat you not to do so. Respectfully, Wx. E. HARDY, and others. Ju' 17, 1856. After due deliberation the Judge deter mined that he would remain faithful to the end. The last meeting of the "Agricultural Society," held at the "Ancient Agricultural Grounds," was on the 21st and 22nd of July, 1859. There was a great falling off in attendance and articles on exhibition. The display in the Ladies Department was uncommonly fine. On this occasion Col. J. N. Lipscoib delivered the anniversary ad. dress. It was a plain, practical, farmer. like speech, and well received by the audi ence. The President, John Belton O'Neall, manifested more than usual anxiety for the I welfare and prosperity of the Society. With this ceased the "Exhibitions of the Newberry Agricultural Society" at the "An. cient Agricultural Fair Grounds," after an honorable existence of some 20 yearg. Judge O'Neall was its first and last Presi dent, J. N. Lipscomb the last anniversary sary orator, Silas Johustone the last Secre tary, and W. B. D'Oyley the last Treasurer. On April 18, 1860, a meeting was held in the Court House at Newberry, Dr. G. W. Glenn presiding, Jas. D. Nance, Secretary, when measures were adopted for the par. i pose of raising subscriptions, indiscriminate- t ly throughout the District to purchise a Fair Ground, and erecting thereon all suit able and necessary buildings and other im provements. J. D. Nance and two others were app-inted as a committee to select some suitable spot and report at some con venient time. At a mieeting held May 16, 1860, the report of the committee w a5, that a suitable place, belonging to J. B. O'Neall, had been found, about t of a mile from tho Court House, on the Higgins' Ferry Road, which they respectfully recommended. They fur ther reported that the owner was willing to dis:pose of as many acres as was desired at $100 per acre, and would subscribe also $100. This they said was the most liberal offer proposed. The committee recommrend ed the purchase of eight acres. The report of the committee was adopted and some $1,300 subscribed. A new committee was appointed .to pur-. chase the lands for the Fair Grounds, name ly : Washington Floyd, Robert Spearman and J. D. Nance, and twenty-one others from various parts of the District to solicit subscriptions, and instructed to report on the first Monday in June, 1860. But amid the .'rild and intense political excitement pervading the country, this meeting was never convened. Alas, the changes of time have swept heavilpover these "Fair Grounds" as over other places, and left ineffaceable marks for The spring is choked with leaves, The brook is dried away,] I scarce believe a stranger'd know The dear old place to-day. The dew is in my heart, just.as it used to lie on the grass over these grounds, and around the Academy. Whenever I choose to call up on memory's mirror the distinct imasge of that ancient seat of learning and the surrounding grove, I see i-ts lowv and mossyroof-its defaced benches and desks -its hieroglyphicised weather-boarding is play-ground clean as a floor-the sha dow y oaks and -hickories, and the dense undergrowth in the ditance. I see the railway track. hear the shrill whistle of the engine, its ceaseless .clatter as it sped along, and the long train of dark, winding smoke,. ( while masses of human beings, animals' ~ specimens of fr uits, and the handiwork of man pass before me. They rise like a pic ture on my memory. The old light streams over them and- they stand out on the can vase anew. Before my eyes to-day, stand the woods away off in Langford's bottoms, the railway cut on the East, the cultivated grounmd where once I rambled in days gone by, the new houses of Dr. Ruff and Bowers, a.nd tell me in stern reality While system's change and sun's retire and worlds lumber and wake "time's ceaseless march proceeds." Rambling along, the spirits grow elevated is thoughts eluster around memory's altar. 'here is a quick bound to the pulse, a risker beating of the heart, the feelings low, the thoughts quicken and fancy pic ~ures, as we stand amid the few vestiges left n the little circle of shade remaining, that we hear the low, soft, musical lament of ~he Dryades and Hamadryades, who yet ir sadly linger around and amobg the waning a lories of the present, s:ghing over the e narchm of progress and civilization as it a weeps along regardless and careless of the reasured beauties and nmemjries of the ~ast. So it was in the shadowless past. No ,hing~ then was as abundant as happiness. iome will say it was an ideal Platonian iappine.s. Well what if it was? It is all he dearer to us for that. It was full of ruth, teality, action and life. But enough. This is. the memory of The Old Academy and th,e Ancient Agri- it ultural Fair Grounds." Would that tongue. el r pen could seize the rich colors that lothe these memories, as they rise again VI o the heart of him who loves so well to fe well on them. J I sit me on the fence sometimes,C Down in the woods as in old time, f Very near the spot and path. O'er which I used to climb, And think hpw o'er the bars of life Friend.s and foes have passed oP , And left-mec counting on this spot'8 The faces that are gone. Dr. Richard Holland, of Butler - o., Mo., writes : "I have been th racting medicine over twenty years gr ~dIms a ee ie ntig1.s dm s practI everl to e D Anything E mypActic equaE StoCDR.C IHARTER'S 'EVrBR iND aGU satohpECbFIC, thfatl ap adorSeifi'fr,ee and Aguehepblc iht a Sa noeual." For seer all Dg itb aftoeul" Frsaeb l rg FOR THE HERALD. NEWBERRY, S. C., July 24th, 1878. MR. EDITOR: On S.:turday, the !0th inst., I was invited to attend a neeting at Mt. Pleasant Church, not :nowing the object of the same until : had nearly reached the spot. On ny arrival there I found a large con ;regation assembled. After spending ome time in social-conversation -din ier was announced. I thinuk Mr. 4ditor, if you had been there you, too, vould have enjoyed the bountiful re )ast which was furnished us by that iospitable people. ]2iuner over the congregation- re sseNbled in the church, where I was equested to appear before Capt. Keitt. There before and around the Itar was found a variety of articles: Flour, hams, coffee, sugar, rice, soda, >epper, spice, ginger, soap, eggs, :lothing. corn and oats in abundance, naking fifty packages, including eight ine chickens and $11 in cash. As I tood before the Captain, he, in a hort, eloquent address, delivered to ne the articles named in behalf of the onimunity as an expression g,ftheir egard for myself and familj. You annot fully imagine my feelings of ;ratitude as I accepted :the same. Cears of emotion fell from my eyes ex ressive of what I felt for such -geneo Ius manifestations of theit Itidness s I briefly endeavored to a:eknbn-redge ny appreciation of the same. May the blessings of -Heaven de... cend in full measure upon each kind lonor. N. IM. BOYD. Lead, Bismuth and Zinc are T nensely usefat indheindutif arts; Lnd as immensely injurious when ap-. >lied to the skin 'to beautify it or we nove 'Pimples, Blotches, etc., from it. )r. Bull's Blood Mixture is the great urifying agent of the blood, giving learness of complexion aid removing ?iwples, etc. A LEETLE TOO NODEST.-Alady i the northside wishing to test the aerits of Dr. 13ull's Cough Sym hought it would neWrdot1 Iraggist in the nameof"Blt" Wo lear -6iei he couldn't" a "Bull t o ave her life, and called at last -.en eighbor *ronin' forisugaestions n he matter. Dr. Cow's, Dr. CaWNf )r. Baffalo's ar Dr. Oxen'sjyrup vere all mentioned. The latter .aited 'Yes, that wiill o-irxen--te rery thing, the druggist will under. tand that." A walk of two squares ound her at the counter of Dr. H-'e tore, when the following dialogue ~ eeurred: : "I wish a -bottle of Dr. Oxen's Jough Syrup." "Dlr.^ Oxen, Oxen, why main I lon't believe I keep that. You mesa - )ox's Hive Syrup, den tc yoi?" "Oh, no, I miean, mean Dr.Oe, nd then she seemed wrappedda sl ima thought foi a moment, when a >right idea 'seemed tirbarn fortkr 'Has'nt Dr. Oxen got a relatioar--' "Oh, yes, you mean 'Dr. BEat Jough Syrup, 'yes, fes." The lady at down a moment and all was over. \~1ndianaapoja Efr Departed this life on the night sof the22t nst., little AxA, infant daughter of E. D.' Lud P. C. Graham, in her ninth month. SEIO0RATW 00JNI!C N VENTION. A Convention of the Demoeratic party ,f Newberry County will be^ ield' at NEW. ERRY 0.- H., ON THURSDAY,THE 2znD DAY OF . AUGUST 3EXTA sAG 'dock A. Mf., for the puiisfe^of*omina. ng candidates'fortheioHowingfo6&e, t.e e filled at the general election in 1ovem er next, to wit: Three ($)membersof ie Legislature, one (1) .'otJe, ree (8) County Commisaioners, one B1) eool Commissioner, and one (i)Mo'moaer.. Where there are two-or more (lubsin ze same Township, its duoesi lubs- apportion, anongst -A~V he apreentation3 to which. At2 si s ntitled in. the Conventioi.. The Townships -will send- theoowIig umber of delegates, respectivaly Township .-22 Deleau " 8.- 6 "7 . lO-16 " " 11-12 " - By odrof the Executive Ooniistee. J. F. J. CALDWELL, China L. W. Snuaiis, Secretary. July 8o, 1878. -.14t% All interested in th ree aih Sebols Township No. 1, Newberry Counoy, will ke notice that the Schools wiltb oee c Thursday, 1st August,.and September, 1878. WI!. W. HU~L W. T. TARNT A. L. SNAD - July 31, 31-I - -~ila tianta 'K acl alege, ATLANTA, CA: The Twenty-First Annulioracof Lee res will commence Oct. 15th,- 1878, and se March 4th, 1879. FrcUr:r-J. G. Wetmorelind, W3 . estmoreland, W. A.~ Love, V. H. Tlia rro, Joo. Thad. Jokuson, A. W. Calhoon, H. Logan, J. T. Banks; Demonsrator, W. Nutting. Scnd for Announcement, giving full in. emation. JNO. THA D. JOHNSON, MD. July 31, 31-lw. Dean. [ATE OF SOUIiH CAROLINA, NEWBERRY COUNTY. By James C. Leahy, Probate Judge. Whereas, E. P. Chalmers, as Clerk of Circuit Court, hath made suit to me, to met him letters of Admnistration of -th tate and effects of A. R. Gauntt, deceased. - 'hese are therefore- to cite aind admonish and singular, the kindred and creditors the said deceased, that they be and pear, belore me, in the Court of Pro r,e, to be held at Newberry Court House, C., on the 21st day of August next, er publication hereof, at 11 o'cloclt in