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t ~ ~ ~ ~ . a3. . - "'. ,n sea itafa rise; ;,z, Home, where, e h oeWssained, go th . place ,of: dear perhsps a hundred and bank of Crim reek k Laae, asong the lth,biie w-o re>ords pA- ar4 i :dsoondlvldes into two ways, towards Raf's Mountain, =re to the eft to en st ne, the. Stone Hillis, of the Pioneer's -wmeed to Lexngton Wise's ferry amos -- 40s tint hundred yards taes road, the division -if's Mountain passed; aear an old house -of wbich crae. but with which I was i dm tlaghe space of time in 'mfweftadtwentydous b x, eai res1a clitupasd bid .it 4cpta.It- was a, li 'log - sodealed,so that no -g was visible. Two lag MAd two,cdrsoaul : as:twetre years old, I rd re ioths,to thisold house, q v~opR n[ four pupils meeting Cr~ patrpose of reeiving, iastrac - atbank grammar-teacher, - " maec:in tj DutchForkand annonc bli: tomable ay young man, . at '-' ed faif1beU hre glou4n t1 speak'with -?~gIa~g providedl he wasuotan wf these- premises, for which : e-ily Juast, as the ieader Dg: and by. A piaz=a ran ?een -length of the log-straetme westwarith -soad (imaginary Ber Swhle tb back doers looked east upoa-tben.mar Stone HIls. In the ;. , the pupls of tis double .r of rammer received their - e tweve o'lock mark scor -- bath oor, wih for a haJE century -toned; y the shadow- of i- liwtatca a blast frot born to speed westward along the f (of the $hiae? and to reverberate among the iopes (of the Oden Tie ewere the various ont-build to a thrWnybomestead; and - 1 hose cle theroad was fra>tthe midst. wbieh the fam ----pme pea r-tee stil Main notn4 long ago. more than aB other - emoEy O g. A. a umer, Esq., 'Septembe~A. D.174i, Getober ta. D.1I09. myeas ant-one day. 1yhoestnpeace. Sacred tothe Meamry of -Mary Aumer, thewifeof Col. John A. Summer, was born Anno Domii -174 Ded August Srd,1SfS, d 4 as, m's., Be,iesamotherfond and dear, a May echidre drop saient tear. r Y ie are the graves of Cot. John Adam (or Smrneeand his with. He, as Sualready been mentioned, was the oldest -afhim, who, tirst'ofall other white men, 3into the original wilds of the Dutch Sy grandmother, Eve Margaret Mayer Steward), the oldest daughter of Abdam Snsmner, has often describ lisosme; and tohier amlI ndebted for of the material out of which I attempt toevtaehis appearance and mannerL Ee'wask matof huge -body, .Imperious - ~ empr ~lrgebut Tugged generosity. I ~vininty posession his last hat, (now y earspeat themercyfthmo) '~eto s own"; and,. that ~shtaD and square-est like brothers - .1 "~George-the latter having been '~fyokhis fiagers under the ends of a -~ ~.*r-breland raise It frorm the floor'to the --- top ea counter,-he must have been a man &. veary ham appaannce. "If he gave am midak my grandmother, "and ths person receiving the command, no mat lier who it was, ehild, or hireling, or slave, Sddt set about obeying right off, whatever was in the Colonel's hand, whether broad ~axeebhl, lan, or handsaw, was hurled hi might at the head of the m~haaexeplieation pf his- kindness of 'and his proinptness of effort to relieve I wmil mention *hat -my' jrand er related about the first slave that was t bibo the Dutch Fork. -Her father, Colonel, 'went to Charleston to sell some Sednof his~rop. He had not been long ~'uthe city, before he. learned that a slave ship waslying et one of the wharves. His enrfosity foreed hima to visit the ship.' As soon af he stepped upon the deck. sapectacle S.et'hsvew that shocked him to t melting k.x-q his-heart. Probably, he had never before seen a black man; nor had he ever seen a tbllow-.being in manaces.r-- There upon the ~ eto the sunshine set groups of beings S htaithehuman shape.- Their- eyes and .ashwere in glittering contrast 'with their ~bkskin. One of thenm, a young raan, was manacles. He fixed his peering eyes MrSammer. (he 'was not yet acolonel). C'1moets ~wassnmdlint to determine Mfrican -In bis course. He forward and threw himasclf, with his fltupon the deck, at the white man's -"( bAwIch be grasped and placed upon his eejok, in his willingness to be a slave ~ theb pledging of his life forbhis fidelity, man who would deliver him from his .Gazing up at the white man's , sdseeing teara In his eyes, the young 2Iaeleapt to his feet, and commenced skip a dance, and chattering asong of wild t.Then, to show the man, whose ~ he had touched, what he himself S-m&oin the way of work, ho went through ~jpaoime of chopping, digging, and . Summer at once purchased the and bough himto the D)utch s ~he. He must have died long before I ~~boru. Ido ndt think that many slaves were in S*Duitch For:k until within the fast century. ,ig he white people were largely itl the mLtjorl t.yj up to the time when I left the corndield A~1rlhe college. Few of these white men ever drew on their coats, winter or ruammer, be "-fore the sunrise breakfast. In their shirt aleeves.did they go forth from their beds to e attend to the preliminary work of the farm nek as feeding the cattle and the horses; and their shouts and their songs,- mingling '~wth the lowing of cows, the bleating of sheep, and the roaring of the Cohee shoals, form a natural harmony which has never been disturbed in its hold upon my memory or delight by any of the artificial combina ions oftsound. through which I have passed It was not long after Summer's purchase of -a slave, before some of his neighbors looked deeper into the matter than ho did,-in fact looked beyond philanthropy asan unbusiness like weakness, and one here and another ~.thers, and perhans Summter himself took to .~. roiling now and then a hogshead of tobacco a$ oCharleston. and rolling an African back to the Dutch Fork. I remember no less than tenaative African slaves in the Dutch Fork, when I was twelve years old,-that is, in SSL. They were remarkable for their biibeminess. Three of them belonged to my mamother, Jim, Silly and Maria. The ht(ahe never could tell what her name waslinCongo) was held in high esteem by her old paistress, who, I well remember, shmed many tears when her servant died. Maria -undertook to teach 'ne some sentences in her ~sLcr-onge;but I have forgotten all, tenmerals as far as twenty. She 'a nutwenty was as far as the good m~Cnohad any need to count. Hap - ~96pleihope that I will not be consider ogto extraordinary lorela the opedialects, if I trasmit to posterity whtMrawas at so much pains -- to tuach me. I wm ventre: KILI..n, "gJu,.T & awnT, Nomr,w, Woaow. Woxnow-'wn.Lau, Smeor,. - KayoNTT, Tomo.TOGKELLING, ToxGe-awa.ToirG BAwDY, Toxo-nomir, ToNG-LUL;P ToMO woaxow, ToxG-woRRow-wsT.T.an, ToanG. Bneer. TovG-KAKOrn, TO'IG-TOKG. -The manners and customs of the first set liirs in-the Dutch Fork, and their near de senrdants, 'were extremely uncouth. It is T rendeftlstrange5that, in the midst of this primitive social ruggednesa,a grand honesty industry and love of fellow-nan should every where be conspicuous. What a pily, thal knowledge, refinement,e- compacency couk not be ingrafted upon sach a aigowiis wi stock without engendering the prLdebg Fifty years ago, the visitoriwto DutchFo used to bang his hat uponhe_aub,oa sp a ning-wheel: now he hangs itton anelegan hat-rack in he the passage the had no existence ~ i. years ago, ever; chamber in a Dutch Fork house contained s bed: what is now the parlor in the farmer' bese, with a center-table loaded with gill edged books, was, then, the sleeping apart ment of the honored father and mother FifWy-years ago, nevertheless, these people o the Dutch Fork had keei eyes for the aecume nlation of pro:erty;-if a Macksmith, b hammering out every dollar upon the anvil -ifatifler of the soil, by% watching ever dollar in the circulation of the sap,-if carpenter, by listening to the declarations his rights by the hoarse language of the san Foremo't among snoh men- was John A Summer. I will notice him first as a snrveyor an millwright. The sise of his head, from th evidence of "the hat," indicates a brain c mathematical turn. I am unable to discove who taught him the elements ofTrl'onometry no necessary to practical surveying. I mus believe that a man might have come. to th Dutch Fork in 1760 proposing to teach th art of surveying in three months, just a there did come one in 1830 to teach gram mar in the same space of time. But I an half-inclined to think that the descendant c him whom St. Hubert followed with his dog from the Odenwalds in Germany to ti+ Stone Hills in Lexington, needed for the put pose of surveying, little more knowledge o Trigonometry than what enables every car penter to square every corner of a house, nc no better compass than- the north star an the pointers, nor better Gunter's chali than a muscadine vine dragged down frot the tallest tree in the swamps of Crimm creek. Whatever may have been the sourc of his attainments in that glorious- branch < science which gave him. a right to be interes ed in the transit of Venus, the result w that whenever there happened to be a vacar mill.seat, John A. Summer "rar round it, and. it became his property. Well-marke traces of his work can bejseen this day. Th foundation of the mill on Broad river, bil by him of rounded black hornblende stones has withstoodmore than a century of freshet: and a doses superstructures have bee washed from it. How long yet shall it stand and what convulsion Is to remove it? A the Cohee Shoals can be plainly seen, at th day, the mill-race which he began and di not live to complete. His fame as a millwright extended beyou the boundaries of the Dutch Fork. He bul mills on the Saluda. One, somewhere nes Dreher's Shoals, has a very ludicrous inc 'dent connected with its building. Aithoag he threw hatchets, mallets, cisels, an handsaws at people's heads, yet John Adam nummer bad a keen appreciation of the hun orous. The with of the man fbr whom 1 built this mill, Mrs. Y- , was a ver large woman. In fact, she mast have bee enormous. The mill had been completed and Summer was gathering up his tools. H could not, however, find the bag in which h usually carried them. Seeing, not far off, -clothes-We whereon were hanging man articlesof wearing apparel, he snatched one for a practical joke, and thrust into it th tools..; When he -reached home, his wife Mary, and his four daughters, and some < his neighbors, pointed out to him that he ha put two chisels, a good sized dogwood ma let, three augers, one handsaw, a hammer < two and a hatchet, LL In ons -or Ma Y- 's sTocKIGs I Surveying and mil building were probably the earliest of hi regular occupations, and he, no-doubt, cot tinned them throughout his active life. Merchandizing-was also a profitable bus ness in those ,days; and John Adam Sun mer engaged in it quite successfully. If grandmother remembered when her fathe in 1781, as Tarleton's foragers were passin through the Dutch Fork, saved his goods b packing them between the logs of the house andsaved himself (why not!) by packing o into the hollows of the near Stone Hill Judge O'Neall, in his Annals of Newberry narrates the following of Col. Summer: " have been often told -that, on the field < Steno, Col. John A. Summer. then a private was one of the men, who, under the cou mand of Philemon Waters (then, perhapa only a captain) brought oF an America field piece, after It had been abandoned b its ceesand men."- He then did not, i all probability, beeome a colonel until afte the war of "de Intepentency"; and he we only a miitia colonel. ithink I can givt very nearly, a correct representation of tb spirit that animated the militia of those days by depicting a niuster day anterior to th "Nullification Days." To "go to muster was far from being an arduous duty. If "ol Pricy', was present with her wagon-load c gingereakes and barrel of persimmon beei and there was a sufficiency of playing card (some of those old time cross-log whist pla3 ers could have put Hoyle himself in a pc1 plexity), the people cared little for the tronbi of answering to their names at roll-call, goin through the march and counter-march, an breaking up with the DEMORALIZING whee lng by platoons. The colonel, I suppose, gc through with a regiment very much as captain did with a company. I will atteml: to narrate what took place at a certai muster ground, on a certain Saturday, ma be, ffty years ago,-blieving that this di seript'on will be suffcient to enlighten thos raers who take an interest in the histor of the Dutch Fork as to the state of the mit tia In that part of the country during th sway of Col. John A. Summer. Priey was on hand with "ber man," Prinex earlj in the day. T'he people assemble briskly; and a: eleven o'clock the word Panans! PAnADz! were uttered loudly, a tire same time that Gen. Greene's march wa shrilly played upon the fife, and a brillian aUB-a-DUD was rattled upon the head of th dram, to warn all concerned that the tim for action had atnived. A line was formed and the eaptain, with difficulty extricatinj his sword-blade from the flabby leather1 sCabbard. made a serious flourish with it ove his head, and ordered the men to ascertal their respective numbers. They were the: formed into double ranks by No. 1 steppinj behind No. 2. and then the orderly was comn mandled to call the roll. Now, this was: very solemn duty. This offier was required to call every man's name loudly and distinct ly three times. He was forbibidden to pa: any attention to any answer from any othe person than the one called. There belonget to that company two men by the name o Kukel-Andrew Kunkel and Christian Kun kel. They were brothers. Andrew was no present, on the Saturday in question, ant Christian dreaded lest his brother would b~ fined: The orderly began: Attum Punterick. Adam Punterick.-Here. Orden .-Attum Coon. Adam Con.-Here. Orderly.-Awn-ter-rew Kunkel. Christian Kunkel (PROM REAR RANIK, IN J SMALL PLAINTIVE voIcE),-An-ter-rew is: not beer, to tay. Orderly.-A wn-ter-rew Kunkel. Christian Knnkel.-An-ter-rew iss not hee to tay, ant he viii not pe beer to tay. Orderly.-Awn-ter-rew Kunkel. Christiain Knnkcl.-An-ter-rew iss not hee to tay, ant he vill not pe beer to tay, he is pit of a schnake. Then the captain places himself at oan extremity of the line, and gives the corn mand: "'Fowwurds, march !" Biuebeard' march is substituted for Gen. Greene's, bu the RUB-A-DUD is as unchangeable as a decret of the Modes and Persians. Thus, "I ree them on their winding way," moving to wards an old field at an easy distance away In pawing Pricy many an undisciplined ex clamation is shouted to her, such as "Howdty, olt gal !"-"Shoost wait ontel wi gits pack!fro'm do wars !"-"Keep your sassi frack peer vell-shtopped!" But the sic:! command, to "geep silush in de ranks pact pehindt dare !" arrests the flow of humxour, not, however, before Christian Kunkel': petionary voice is heard : "An-ter-rew want: one, Bricy." "O~h, yes," the whole compn3 yells, "save one chinger-cake for Andrew an: one for de olt schnake dat has losht al of Its teet tir ty years ago." Now the edge of the old field is reached and, after a short halt, the regular march according to the book,ls undertaken Wher the head, that is the captain, arrives a: the opposite edge, the counter-march is the next ruovement. After various manouvres tot numerous (and difficult?) to mention, th< 31ut s THE WHoLs coxranty termin ates the exercises of the day,-throwing th< line into a physical demoralization. Every attempt to rally brings the men nearer anel nearer to Pricy's c.art, until at last tbey carry It by storm,-the captain heading the charge. This Is a tree delineation of a muster-day inring the happy years just preceeding the Nullification nUEoa; and the reader cat easily fancy how it was whes, Col. dummei momimanded a regiment, forty years preceed sg -hose times. .To aid the fancy in itt ..i~ttkI can say this: Thar, among meffeohilitary sayings, while Cesai maid V3WV1rIr Vicr. Havelock, I'M 15 ruczzo, Nanloan at Anstitm, runs SEX LA. CAYPONE AVEC UN CO=P DZ TO -ERE (WnIsh the campaign with a clap of thepder), Col. John Adam Summer was f equa effective la addressing his regiment I with theseWoad: Hor,r ur TOUxhADTs! i LooKsw GHToKvA R LOTa OK BOLDT! Loox LIEN DE TmZJrr,! Looz IHE I SDOES! . t .Need I.ssy more of his military :eareer ? tNay I bave done. r I do not know,-nor have I at band the t means of ascertaining-when Col. Summer was a member of the Legislature. I have - anecdote, the truth of which cannot be - doubted, that brings out certain points of his character, as varnish does the dimmed f traits of an oil patnting upon canvass. He - had no patience with attempts to convince r him by reasoning with him. Speeches were, therefore, lost upon him; and, when r ever there was no escape from them, he t quietly settled himself into a deep sleep. In f his mercantile dealing he became well ac quainted will General Casey, of Granby. A mutual attachment was gradually establish ed between Col. Summer and 'Chineral Cas 1 ey." Summer admired his friend as a man s whose opinion "would do to follow;" and f Casey saw in the "gentleman from Dutch r Fork" a rough diamond of great value, , which it would be a pity to cut into facets. t They were always together; and talked less e about taxes and appropriations, than about e mill-seats and meadows. His neighbors s would gather around him upon his return - home and ask him: "Well Summers wat i has de Letchislater done? Will we all pe al f lowted to hang a man for shtealin,' afder s dis?" Whereupon the great man would e hook his thumbs in the arm-holes of h:s vest, and say: "Chineral Casey is willin' to wote f for it." The anecdote of which I spoke is this: r One day, a long discussion began and the I question was ready for vote only towards the a close of the day. Col. Summersoon sank into o a profound slumber. The eloquence of the s- speaker, then upon the floor. becamu more e and more to his drowsy senses like the roar f lug of the Cohee shoals, and visions of mill - seats and the dragging of muscadine vines s controlled his dreams. Suddenly, a rode t slap upon his shoulder awaked him, and he heard a voice saying: "They have just call I ed your name, Colonel, for your vote." e "How didt Chineral Casey wote?" was t the Colonel's enquiry, as he aroused himsel , from sleep. , I will again bring Colonel Summer into a notice in connection with other charpters ? which I shall attempt to portray; and con ,t elude this number, already too long, by s stating, that' at his burial, the people fired d guns over his grave, which they intended for military honors, in the best way they d knew how. It is true, that the reports of It their guns were not according to rules, it r books: but they had heard that somehow It I- this way was respect shown to the belove. li of the people, and they paid it, if not ele d gantly, according to German feeling, and tc a German understanding, "vom Hertzens Grunde." 0. B. M. e The 1erald. e T. F. GRENEKER,tF,RS a GEO. B. CROMER. f f NEWBERRY, S. C. - THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1883 A PAPER FOR THE BEOPLE. The Herald Is in thehighestrespect aFam - n ewy r, devoted to the material in , terestso th people of this County and the I State. It circulates extensively, and as at f Advertising medium offers unrivalled ad vantages. ForTerms. see frst page. Cotton Seed Meal. rThe increased sale of cominer r cial fertilizers shows that the far s mers are looking forward to larger crops than those of last year, and ii Spoints unerringly to the fact that the cotton crop will receive more Sthan its due share of attention. SThe faith that the farmer has in commercial fertilizers is surprising, Sand it causes him to leave drouth Sand unfavorable weather out of his calculations. He is disposed tc "try a little of every thing that comes along," without due regard to cost. This is clearly seen ii the kapidly growing sales of cotton Sseed meal as a fertilizer. The B manufacture of cotton seed oil ,must prove a paying branch of in dustry so long as the meal finds a t ready market; indeed it seem to us tthat there must be greater profit in the meal than in the oil itself. But we cannot understand why the far mer invests in cotton seed meal, unless he wants a commercial fer tilizer of some kind, and has the greatest faith in what he knows least about. We do not deny that this meal is a very good fertilizer; but the man who buys it, pays a great deal more than it is worth. Examine the fig. uses. The farmer sells his cotton seed at fifteen cents a .bushel, or exactly fifty cents per hundred pounds; cotton seed meal sells at one dollar and fifty cents a hundred pounds. Or, to go farther, the farmer sells his cotton seed at ten dollars a ton, and pays thirty dollars a ton for cotton seed meal ! In other -words he pays the mill twenty diol lars a ton, for removing the sub. stance from the seed. And the man who s'avs that cotton seed meal is a better fertilizer than cot ton seed, takes the extreme and unreasonable ground that vegetable matter is improved as a fertilizer by being deprived of its sub stance. We do not find fault with cotton seed meal, or with those who sell it; we simply feel that our far mers cannot afford to pay anybody twenty a ton for grinding cotton seed into meal. We think our farmers should look ahead, and count costs. We should like to see them raise their farm supplies, and make at least the greater part of their fertilizers at home. This would be infinitely better than the system they are now working upon. And in any event they, should not pay more than ten dollars for a ton of cotton seed meal. Is your wife's health poor ? Are your children sickly ? 'Give them Brown's Iron Bitters. It will revive them. The following extract is taken from the Register's account of the. proceedings in the Fairfield election cases : Judge Willard launched oat into the sea of eloquence and oratory at this point, and was winding up in good style when he suddenly came from a lofty height to make a per sonal remark. He said : "Mr. Com missioner, that man right at your left distracts me very much by his constant grinning." The "man at the left" who had given vent to his risibles was Mr. Gonzales, reporter for the News and Courier, to whom all eyes were now turned. . He cast his eyes on Judge Willard and said : "What ao you mean, sir ? You have no right to speak that way to me, sir." - The Commissioner tried to hold her cool, and suggested to Mr. Gonzales to move his chair, but he declined, saying hewould keep that seat or go out. Col. Haskell, who keeps cool un der the most exasperating circum stances, said; "Come here, Gonza les; take my chair; I'll take yours; but I may come under the* rebuke of counsel for I expect I will have to laugh. You take my place, and he won't see you laugh." Mr. Gonzales, during his move ment to Cclonel Haskell's chair, said "I will laugh whenever he says any thing susceptible of ridicule." A difficrity occurred in Colum bia, on the night of the 21st, be tween W. B. Cash, son of the duelist. and Mr. Herron, one of the defend ants in the Fairfield election cases. In a dispute as to the fairness of the last elect: on, Herron, who is an old man, call. d Cash a liar. Both were under the influence of liquor, and Cash struck the old man several severe blows. Both were arrested, and a search revealed the fact that Cash carried -two pistols concealed upon his person. On the following morning Mayor Rhett fined th two brawlers $20 each for fighting, and fined Cash $10 for carrying a concealed weapon in violation of a city ordinance. Cash has been bound over to the next term of court for carrying conceal ed deadly weapons. He was re presented by Willard and Snyder. Snyder was insolent and imperti nent, and protested that Cash, as a Deputy United States Marshal, had the right to carry arms. The Mayor said he would see if the United Statea Government could give its employes power to violate the city ordinances. The grand jury of Spartanburg County call upon their members of the legislature to urge the repeal of the law exempting manufactures from taxation, and say: "In this county there is about one million of dollars invested in manufactur ig property owned by wealthy citizens, in and out of this county. This is about one fifth of the taxa ble property of the county. We think the law unjust, partial and odious, and cannot urge its repeal in language too strong to express our convictions." The grand jury is right. The :New England manu facturer demands a protective tar iff for the encouragement of infant industries; the South Carolina man ufacturer must have an exemption from taxation, for the same pur pose. The principle is the same. In each case it is protection for capital, at the expense of the labor er. The preliminary examination in the Clarendon County election cases was held in Charleston before Com missioner Gayer. The Govern ment, put up seven witnesses, all white, who proved without excep tion that Attorney-General Brew ster is making an ass of himself. They testified that there had been no violation of the law at their precinct; that the polls were con structed accordinig to law; that they had not been hindered from voting; and that they had not voted be cause they "did not feel disposed to vote, and did not like the way the - polls were fired up." These were Government witnesses, ansWer ing the leadinig questions of tools employed by "my lord." Brewster. Senator Logan advocates the ap propriation by the general govern ment, of at least $40,000,000 to aid the free schools of the country; he would not object to $60,000,000. He thinks that the distribution of the funds among the States should be made "in proportion to popu lation." He rejects illiteracy as a basis of dlistribution, on the ground that it would throw too large a percentage of the funds into the Southern States. And the plan which he advocates would of course give the lion's share to the North. If any appropriation is ever made, illiteracy should be adopted as the only fair. basis. Colds yield to onions like magic, but Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup is a still better and by far more agree able means of curing a Cold or Cough. You can buy a bottle for 25 cents at any drug store, and we are sure it will do the work every time. The Columbia correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle and Contitu tionalist, spe*?-ing of the political prosecutions as Columbia, says: This relentless persecution of a free people is without a parallel in the history of the world, and ex hibits the vindictive spirit that in spires the' representatives of the Government in South Carolina. Can such things continue always without rebuke? Are these prose cutions intituted to provoke the people to open resistance for the purpose o'f furnishing political capi tal for the Republican party? If so, these efforts will be fruitless, for, while some of the unscrupulous scoundrels who are instigating their ignorant dupes to such action, may feel the weight of outraged public opinion, there will be no re sistance to Federal authority, and no obstacle will be thrown in the 'way of the execution of the laws. Our people know that they can prove their innocence of any crime, and feeling that they have done .nothing to merit such treatment they are justly indignant. The latest. story of Vincent the absconding 'treasurer of Alabama is that, at the time of his departure, he handed $15,000 to his wife, for her use. Upon opening the pack age she found the first bill to be one of the denomination of $5,000. This led her to conclude that it was public money; hence she went to the Capitol and turned it over to the State officials. Nobody seems to know Vincent's whereabouts. Mr. Chas. 0. LaMotte, ship news reporter of the Savannah Morrsing News, was accidentally drowned in the Savannah river, on the 20th, while in the discharge of his duty. Mr. LaMotte was formerly a prac ticing lawyer and resided at one time in Laurens, and was a brother of Mr. T. J. LaMotte of Columbia. He leaves a wife and eight children. Queen Victoria fell, a few days ago, and sprained her knee. The injury was severe and painful, but not very serious. Yet certain news papers have been wailing as if the "times were out of joint." The Democratic Convention which met in Providence, R. I., nominated William Sprague for Governor, by a rising vote, only seven delegates voting against him. The work done at the late session of the United States Court, at Greenville, seems to have had no effect on the moonshiners. -The revenue raiders are kept busy. On the 22nd, a warehouse, at Columbus, Ga., was destroyed by fire, and three thousand four hun. dred bales of cotton burned. Jefferson Davis says he was born in Kentucky. The Richmond Dis patch says that Davis and Toombs were born in Georgia. Mayor John McPherson DeSaus sure, of Camden, died on the 24th, He was 76 years of age, and was a lawyer by profession. Postmaster General Howe is dead. Compulsory education has been successfully tried in Wisconsin. Nom in! DR. JOHN F. HACOCK, late President of the National Phar maceutical Association of the United States, says: "Brown's Iron Bitters has a heavy sale, is conceded to be a Sne tomec; the'character of the mnn facturers Is a voucher for its purity and medicinal excellence." DR. JOSEPH ROBERTS, President Baltimore Pharmaceutical Cpllege, says: "I indorse It as a Sne 'mcn, fre frmalcohc pisons DR. J. FARIS MOORE, PH. D., Professor of Pharmacy, Bahti more Pharmaceutical College, says: "Brown's Iron Bitters Is a safe be recomended as a toni'c for use among those who oppose alcoho." DR.EDWARD EARICKSON, SecretaryBaltimore Collegeof Phar macy, says "I Indorse It as an exeBent ada nonltaica fth oil Dr. RIcHARD SAPINGTON, one 'of Baltmore's oldest and most reliable physicians, says: "AU who havensedit ' itts sanard virtues, ad tweU knowncharacterofthehousewhich makes It Is a sufficient gara-me of Its being all that Is dsmed,fer thyare men whoecould not belin d tedofe anyin eis beta 'Diggist Cured. Gentlemea rw' Iro Bit ters cured me of a bad attack of Indiestioandf santges Ask yorDruggist for BowN's IaoN Bixa,and take no other. One trial will convince you that it The yr l priority of DR. EU.:.' COU: i SYRUP crei all otle: cough remedies is attesed by the immene po; ular demand for that old established remedy. S For the Cure of Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Croup, Asthma, Bron chitis,Whooping Cough,Incipient Consumption and for the relief of con:sumn r: ive persons in ad:(d .; rf thie Disease - G1RD YOUR INTRESTS! This can be done by examining our large and elegant stock of Spring Goods before you make your purchases. Our Department of White Goods, Contains everything that is new and attractive, and it will ever be our am bition to maintain it at its present high standard of excellence. Ask for our lOc bleaching. This bleeching was for merly sold for 12 1-2c. Truly There's Mitlions in It. Wamsutta and Mew York Mills at 12je. Hav'nt you been paying 15e for it? Do so no longer. Grand Display! Of- Parasols, Fans, Ladies and Misses Collars, which are "just lovely." La ces, Lace Curtains. Ribbons, Buttons, and all the Novelties of the Season. The finest line of HAMBURG EM BROIDERIES ever brought to New berry, at -our well known low prices. As we never carry over any of our old stock, these goods are therefore entire ly new, and are unsurpassed in beauty of design and finish. Our stock of RICH, FANCY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS, Has been selected with great care, and we feel confident that we can please you both in price and fabric. Ladies come quickly and inspect our Bargain Basket of Misses Extra fiae Rose. If you neglect this opportunity of sup plying your little ones at a less price than inferior ones will cost you, it will always be-a source of much regret. We make a specialty of Ladies', Gen tlemens, Misses and Infants FINE SHOES, Zeiler's Slhoes are the best ! These goods we have made to order; and each hoe bearing our name is guaranteed to be first class, and to give satisfaction in every instance. Our Gentlemens' Fnrnishing Goods Department, Contains a choice selection of Collars, Cuffs, Ties and Scarfs in the latest Sprig styles and colors. OU 55c SHIRT IS ONE Or OUE GREAT LOW PRICED SPECIALTIES. The "Diamond' Shist" is still, and always will be the leader of the Shirt world. All goods 'warranted. Goods ex changed with pleasure, anid anything that we can do to oblige yoq, will be cheerfully done. B. H. CLINE & Co. Mar 28 tf STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA NEWBEREY coUNTY. By Jacob B. Fellers, Probate Judge. WHEREAS.; John W. Opppock hath made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration of the estate and effects of Mack Coppock, deceased.e These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Mack Coppock, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in. the Court of Probate,,to be held at Newberry Court House on the 12th day of April next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said Administra tion should not be granted. Given under my Hand this 28th day of March Anno Domini, 1883. J. B. FELLERS, J. P. N. 0. Mar. 28, 13-2t NOTICE. All persons are hereby warned not to employ a colored man named "Bill Werts," as hie is under contract with me for the year 1883. The law will be enforced against any person giving em ployment to said Werts. mar 13 2t* E. P. MIATHEWES. Notice of Election For. Mayor and Four Aldermen for Town of Newberry, S. C. Notice is hereby given that In accor dance with the laws, there will be held an election on Tuesday April 10, 1883, for a Mayor and fouir Aldermen, to serve as a Town Council for'the ensu ing year. Polls will be opened at Coun cil chambers from 8 o'clock, a.n., to 8 p.m., with the following managers, J. E. Chapman, R. T. Caldwell and J. W. Gary, with H. H. Evans, as Clerk. L. M. SPEERS, Mayor pro. tem. John S. Fair. C.T.T.T.C. mar 28 2t THE BLATCHLEY PUMP! EBUT THE BESTs BLATCH LEY'S TRIPLE ENAMEL PORCELAIN-LINED SEAMLESS TUBE COPPER-LINED PUM P Dontbe nt C.0. LATOCNLEY,Manfuf''r, 3MARKET ST., PIIaa. Mar.8 91.3-Gm. .HEADQUA3 1. A. SQHUIY are Agents and have for sale the follov Threshers, Steam Engi Saw ME Grist Harvester and Bi Table Rak Dr i G2-1obe Cott SULKY AND W. CULTI CHICAGO SCREW PO.LYERI AND OTER IARO M If you want anything of this kind gi Warehouse for Machineryin the nei rington streets, below Chr7stian & Smi Mar. 5, 10-tf. 1883, SPRINO 1883. AND SUMMER STOCK OF NEW AND ELEGANT CLOTHING AND GENTS' AND YOUTS' FURNGNG 0 all of which were bought at lowe t prices for Cash, and therefore can be sold at ROCK BOTTOM PRICES. wnliii & J, wE c0I1'ti Will Not Be Undersld, and they therefore cordially invite an) and every man who needs anything it theirline from a pair of Shoes up to a Hat, including Socks, Drawers, Under and Overshirts, Collars, Pants, Vests, Coats, to call at their store in Mol1ohon Row to be convinced of what they-say. - Call early and call late All you may want relate, Ask for Clothing, Hats or Shohs, Or anything else you choon And you shall have It from WRIGhT & J. W. CGPPO0KI Mar. 28, 13-tf RIIO9ER 1)TTON PLSTB And Distributor. We have been manufacturing the Rhodes Cotton Planter, Guano, Pea and Corn Distributor for two years, and have sold over fifty which have given good satisfaction. STANDRB MACHINE, PRUCE AT UAXUFAC TORY S10G. We have the right for Laurens, New berry, Abbeville, and Anderson, for the Blacklidge C3otton Plaiter and Guano Distributor. It will open and drop cotton seed, dis. tribute ~no and corer at same time, and 'if drop corn and peas in hills. It has been thoroughly tested for several years and gives satisfaction. Is a standard machine; price $12.0.0. All orders should be sent to St.AWSON & Co., Silver Street, S. C. Mar. 20, 12-6t*. FANCY POULTRY I PURE SILVER SPANGLED IHambuirgs The prettiest of all! Proud carriage: Beau$iful rose combs! White ear lobes! Moonlike span le! Every one ad mires them. Non-Setters. Everlast ing Layers. Grown fowls, $6; eight weeks chicks,. $3 per pair. Eggs, $2 for 13. Delivered free. H. J. HARPER, Mar. 20,'12-2t* Stroth~er, S. C. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF .NEWBERRY. IN COMMON PLEAS. Lee H. Sims, vs.Fannie.Andrews,et.al. The creditors holdin demandi against the estates of Louisa Sims and John P. Sims are hereby required ti render.to the underagedh respee. tive claims, on or-befoe the sixth day of April, 1883. SILAS JOHNSTONE, Master. Master's Office, 1st March, 1883. Mar. 2, 9-St. NOTICE! In accordance with the custom that has obtained for years, a public meet ing of the citizens of the Town of New berry is called for Thursday, the 29th instant, at 5 o'clock,. to nominate a Mayor and Four Aldermen to serve for the ensuing year. The meeting will be held in -the Opera House. Respectfully, YOUNG JOHN POPE, Mayor. Newberry, S. C., 19th day of March, 1883, 12-2t. NOTICE. I will make a final settlement on the estate of Elisha K. Schampert deceas ed in the Probate Court for Nowberry County on the. 9th day of April, 1883, and immediately thereafter apply for my discharge as the Administrator thereof. OSBORNE L. SCHUMPERT, Administrator of E. K. SCHUMPERT. Mar. 7, 10-,5t. All subsci-ibers to the HRLD are invied to ask for and receive a copy of Kendall's Traie the Horse. A very valuable wihwe intend to tf. LTFMS-FR ing improvea Agin'ultur SMAf8Mi ader, Frans G.ea Lfoepn vs WLa sue an His o s 1883 Pa utery, truaeleor repuofcaig lse th's Livery Stables. - STATE OF. SOUTH UA: Frances G. Lyle,vs Willia m By virtue.4fan begu".e diirected in th~e aboer: sell, at Mewbe Court flrst onda 1ess, andto ierardof the intei William V. Lyles. is ad i anor pare of la d of L Lyle. -died, seiied ama situate, lying and being btbe. and State ~oeal Handred -a . less, and bounded b c 7o Jae Hardy, John F.4Oner;u of John V. Lyies. --Also.all;of terest and-estae of . in a to$lltht fasetofh John V. Lyles died; seizedan c : y estate of tJoha-' - Abram Gordon a'nd as te poperty of - TEBMS-Cash. papIs. Sherif's Office, ar. 9 8 STATE OF SOUT COUNTY. OF . \IN COMMON2P Elli A. Paynngier, Emma Paysinger,Cav al. at Newberry, S. C,- bh inte oun ~State tainag aldaut one hmin or less,-(bein a patof of Benj. F.Pysnr bonnded by, ad hardt, T. T.'St and by publier of Newberry - be sold by plat tobe e on~ of sale. TE.BMS.-The quired to pay one-half of tku money in-ea, and to secure ange payable ate twselve interest from the day of auie and mortgage of thep leave to pay ~the Jil 1 Purchaser t SILAS Master's officee, 9th Feb., STATE OF.SO0T' 0 NEWNERE 00UZ. 0 mieline Titus vs-D). LW~e *Sheriff; and Abra G I~ By virtue of an directed in-the above sae irtMonday(peday Il , 1883, at-pb onder, te bidder, al of the interestaa Abram G. Lyles, in&t~ ing Real Estate, toarity A~ of land of whchJohn L4e1 seized and possessed and beinglin the-Countyan aforesaid, containing Onie H and Eihyacres, more -o buddby-lands of Catherise John F. Oxner and estate of Jo6znj the County and taining One Hundreduwe acres, more or less, bounded .y of R. Renwick, estate'of J , don, and estate of John L. Levied on as the property of Abra Lyles. TEEns.-Cash. ParchasertO EUCLIDUTS C. LONGHR Coroner)~ ( Mar. 9, 1883, 11-3t. * STATE Oli SOUTH OAROLTRA, COUNTY OF NEWBER$ IN COMMON PLEAS. The State of South Carolina,1n1 vs. H. C. Moses and others, ee dants. All persons interested in3 the which came. to the hands of H. Moses, late clerk of this Cor hereby required torenderand before the undersigned theIr demands on or before the first e*. May, 1883. SILAS JOHNSTONE, Mse. Master's Office, Feb.20, 1883, -O 59 Cord.s~ DRY PIN1K Apply to March 19, 12-tf. A beautifairas~anegpT GILT 1F2 with enynpieitmatch,