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^•jfcTtnic^5 ■siafcjifrtoa Special Rexj«rtst»» 1. In writing kfi this o®co oft tuioinw <0- V»jr* gire your name and Post Office address. , 2. Ituaipess latters add cortmunicationsto be published should be written on eepamte •beets, and the object of each clearly indi cated by necesAtry note when required. 3. Articles fqi publitiitidn should be OrFU- ten in a clear, legible hind, and on only one tide of the page. 4. All changes in hdrertisemenU must reach us on Friday. -- w€ - -•' V OneinOh.oM i« It <« mgm -fl •Ml I irterty.o VOL. II. BARNWELL C. H.. S. C-, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26. 1878. NO. Qiiarterijr.i made on liberal i CfiOMSfit _ ter first insertion t No communication will bt less accom panied b 'he writer, ndt necessarily to' but as a guarahty of f h AdtCaa^ Barnwell C. H., Travelers' Guide* Bitii aup’» su^day c*«at. Bouth Carolina itailroad. CHANGE CP SCHEDULE. V . CnAM/KSToltj March l, 1878. . On apd after Sutlday, next, the Sduth Carolina Railroad Wilt be run as fdllcwi t ron Auocsi'A, (Sunday riornitig etcepled), t-eave Charleston . . 9 00 ft. ni. T SQp. ri. Arrire Augusta . . S 00 p. hi. C 65 a. m. * r'oft CfttUMBtA, (Sunday ihorning excepted), Leave Charleston . . b 00 a. m. S 30 p m. Arrire at Columbia. 10 60 p. m. 7 45 a. m. FUR CHARLESTON, (Sunday Burning etchptbd). Leave Augusta ... 8 30 a. ed. 7 40 p. ifi. Arrive at Charlestott 4 20 p.m 7 45 a. m. Leave Columbia .'. 6.00 p. lit. 8 (Hip. ni. Ar. Charleston, 12 15 night and 6 45 ft. th. Sumrtt'crville triin, (Sundays eitfepled) »» *v.. . ..'r 5 t.citvo SVtmtnerville , Arrive at Charleston Leave Charlesltin Arrive at SiiutmervilVo HreakfAst, Dinner and Supper at Dronohville Citmden Ttain 7 40 a m 8 40 a m 3 15pm 4 26 p m Connects at Kingsville daily (Sundays cicep- led) with day passenger train to and fTotn Charleston. Passengers from Camden to Co lumbia can go through without detention on Mondays, lYednesdays and Fridays, and from Columbia to Camden 8n Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays by connection with day passenger traih. Day and night trains cofinect at Augusta with Georgia Jtailroail and Central Railroad. This route is the quickest and most direct to Atlanta, Nashville, Lduigville, Citicinnftti, Chicago, SI Louis and other points in the Northwest. Night traiiis fdr Augusta connect closely with the fHst mail train via Macon (tnd Au gusta Railroad tor Macon, Columbus, Mont gomery. Mobile, New Orleans and points in the SOflthweSt. (Thirty~eix hours to New Orleans: Day trains fdr Columbia connect closely ■With Charlotte Railroad for all prims North, making quick time and no delays. (Forty hours to New York.) The trains on the Greenville and Columbia (Did Spartanburg and Union Railroads oon-1 nect closely with the train which leaves 1 Charleston at 500 a m, and returning Giey connect in same manner with the train which leaves Columbia for Charleston at 5 80 p m Laurens Kail road tniiil connectsat Newberry dn Tuesdays, Thursday^ and Saturdays. lilue Ridge Railroad train runs daily, bon* bcctingwith up and down trains oh Grcen- Vllle and Columbia Railroad, S. S SOLOMONS, Superintendent. S. B. Pickk^, General Ticket Agent. Ravannah and Charleston Railroad Co. • CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Charleston, S. C., -Tati. .5, 187ft. On anil after Monday, January 7,1878, *hc rains on this Road will leave Depot of Ortheasteru Railroad as follows : Fatt If ail Vailrf. Leave Charleston - • - - Arrive at Savannah - - - Leave Savannah - * * - Arrive Charlestdii - - * 3 15 a. m. 9 00 a. m. 5 (HI p. m. 11 00 p. m. AceommoJation Train, Sunday» Excepttd. Leave Charleston Arrive at Augusta Arrive Port Royal Arrive Savannah - Leave Savannah Leave Augusta Leave Port Royal Arrive Charleston - * - 8 00 a. m. i - - 6 J5 p. m. • i 1 50 p. in. - - - 8 50 p. m. - - 9 00 a. m. » - 7 30 a. m. - 10 20 a. m. » - 6 30 p. m. Fight Patimgcr, Sunday! Excepted. Leave Charleston Arrive Port Royal Arrive Savannah Leave Savannah Leave Augusta Arrive Charleston - 8 50 p. m. 5 4f» a. m. 7 25 a. m. 10 00 p. m. 9 00 p. m. 8 45 a. m. Fast mail train will dnly stop at Adams Bun, Temassee, Grahamville and Montei'h. Accommodation train will stop at all 6tfi* lions on tnis road and makes close connoctiou for Augusta and Port Royal and all stations On the Port Royal Railroad, Fast mail makes connection for points in Florida»nd Georgia, v C. S. GADSDEN, Engr. and Supt. 8. C. Botlston, G. F. andT. Agent. »WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AM) AUGUSTA RAILROAD; General PLuenokr Department,- Columbia, 8. C., August 6, 1877. The following Schbditle will be operated on find after this date.* Sight Exprett JYain—Daily. GOING NOfcTlj. Leave Columbia , Leave Florence Arrive at Wilmington il 15 p, m. 2 40 a. m. ■ 6 82 A, in. GOING SOUTEt. Leave Wilmington Le i . 6 00 p. m. Leave Florence - • '• 10 02 p. m. Arrive at Columbia * . 1 25 a. m This Train is Fast Express, making through bonnections, all rail, North and South, and tyater line connection via Portsmouth. Stop J ‘nly at Eastover, Siiinter, Timmonsville, 'lorence, Marion, Fair Bluff, Whiteville ahd Flemington. Through Tickets sold and baggage check ed to all principal points. Pullman Sleepers bn night trains. Through freight Train—Daily, txcepi Sun day t.) GOING NORTH. Leave Columbia 5 00 p. m. Leave FJcrence. .. . . * . 4 30 a. m. Arrive at Wilmington. . * , 12 00 m. , GOING SOUTH. Leave Wilmington, . • • • 2 30 p. nt. Leave Florence . . * . i . 2 85 a. m. Arrive at Columbia . ., / 10 10 a. m. Local Freight Train leaves Columbia Tues day, Thursday and Saturday only, at 6 a. m Arrives at Florence at 3 30 p. ra. A. POPE, G. F. &T. A. J F, DEVlNE, Superintendent. HkiromlDK <1*° Utllk «f Unman Hlndnbsi. [Atlanta Oonatttution.] Solomon gays it is better to go to the house of mourning than the house of feasliug. I used to think that a strange specimen of wisdom, but as I get older I boginJto see how it is. It purifies a man’s thoughts to go about where there is death and Suffering; and- makes him toore grateful for his owii good health, and more coutented with his circum- *tni|ces. I’ve been reading so much lately about the awful pestilence and the multitude of sorrows that came along with it, I feel like we people in this blessed region don’t deserve moie than hfilf we hfive got—maybe not so much, for Wo arc Always a hankcriti after every good thing we hear of, and comparin oiirselves with folk» that are better off than we are. Then again, it makes a man have a better opinion of his race when he sees bow they staud by the suf fering and the dying and risk their own lived with as much heroism as the, sob diers do in battle. Mankind is a cu- ridus animal, anyhow; In ordinary times he seems as selfish and greedy as my hogs when I go to feed ’em, but in times of groat trouble and danger he seems to forget all about himself and tikes on a different nature. That is; most of ’em do, and generally the very ones you thought dident have no soul at fill show as much feclin’ for human sun ferin’ as any body. One time I saw u boy about to drown, and a poor bar keeper was the first to jump in and save him. Some other clever people were gettin’ ready to jump in, but he was ready before he got there. The fact is you esn’t tell much about a man until you put yourself in his place, and that is right hard to do. I noticed in the lust war that the fellows who made the most noise about secession and fighting dident do much of it. and the quiet un- pretendin’ boys made the best soldirrb There was a feller about town who just went about buldozin’ the Northern people who lived there, and swore they should either join the army or go back to Yan • kcodom. Well most of ’em did join, but he dident, and I never hcarl of his doing anything but running down escar ped prisoners with a pack of doga. But most everybody has a streak of human kimlntiss in ’em; though it nifty lie smothered or asleep until some big thing comes along and wakes it up. A man may impose on you and cheat you in a trade when you are on an equal foot ing with him, but if you get low down in trouble he’ll help you up as quick as anybody—maybe—you can’t tell much about a man until you try him-^tnd there is nothing that tries him like war and pestilence. Heading about things that’s afur off won’t try a man much— we must gee it with our eyes and hear it with our ears and then if we show no sympathy we belong to the devil shore. I’vo been thinking over these things lately and the way our calculatin brethren up North have been sendin money down to Mississippi makes me ffeel ashamed that I ever abused them. I shant do it any more for I perceive theVe are big hearts up there. The mouey dident have to be dragged out of them by the newspapers and the preach ers, but it comes just gushing along and it keeps a coming all the time, and the Lord only knows how mufch good they have done to those poor sufferin’ crea* tures whom He has afflicted so dread fully- Gov. Colquitt said that the Yankees were a noble people, but I thought may, be he had jined a mutual admiration so ciety up north, but 1 see I was mistaken and I am glad he went to see ’em for it will soften down both sides and by and by when we get a good Demoqrnt in the Presidential office we will have a love ffeastand we’ll divide the eighty thousand offices with’em and give Mr. Hayes a f*ood place for his good intentions. When John Tyler retired from Washington they made him overseer of a public road because ho put some Democrats in offis, and I reckon them Ohio Radicals will do Mr. Hayes the same way. It’s about time for a change any how, and no pa triot ought tb object to it—for you know the Radicals have stole enough and they won’t stop, atid the Democrat* have been abusin' them so long about it they would be ashamed to go at it r away among themselves, I don’t think they would get at it to any unreasonable degree for four years, and by that time I reckon these independents would get or* ganized and capture the whole concern. Then little Aleck will be on hand, shore. You see that I don’t think that be cause ft man is a Democrat lie is alto gether a saint, by no means. He’s just human after all, and most all offis hohL In three or four years let the law be amended, bo a2 td bring the grade ov 4S, »c6km, „»d I'm biund *V* r f '? tb 1 rM !ou i)|;* ’or full blood. Ass simple a law az this will give us In a few years az fine a stock oz any peepU need want, with out much trouble or etpensc. And now, Mr. Editor, In konolushlon, az the parson sez, I will say that every ers were say that ns a class they love comfort more and labor less than most any other class of oleter people, audit aint one in a bun* dred that will vote to reduce salaries wil lingly, and if they can’t rube ’em ft little nod echo, and echo again, mere popu lar fallacies. . On such rocks we split, and wo must beware of them, or the State of South Carolina will find her star hidden forevermore from the gaze of man. Maltravkiw. Northeast, September 14,1878. one way somd of’em will do it another, man of my neighbors heartily endorse I remember that when Boss T ffeed and company were firstxaught a steal in’, a lamb-liko prunchcr of our town dident believe it, and said to Judge Underwood it was oblegcd to be a slander, for they were all Democrats, find the Judge re plied, “well, my dear friend, I know thoy are Democrats, but a critical ob servation of men and things for the past forty years has satisfied me that it is within the range of possibility for a Dem ocrat to steal.” Jesso! Yours, Bill Arp. the Idea. All wo want 12 sum go-a hed parties to take hold and push the matter to success. I would be glad to see ftumbody have suibtblng to say on the subgick. Ef enny b^y kin offer any Improvement or suggestion “don’t be backward; but come to the pint,” az the gal sed to the feller what had been bobbing around for ftix months and didn’t talk “blzzluess.” What does you think oy the proposishun t My private noshun iz that hit will help enny man what wants to go to the Legislatur. Who second* my moshun ? Buckskin. IluckiilHa Annin. ttlven—The llonr. Required — The Nlcn. Wo I* It It Out. I a • Bnaik Branch, Sept, 21st, 1578. Mr. Editur: Az a general rule, bleeve hit Iz the safest plan, when feller alnt got nothing to say, to say nothing. This refleckshun don’t apply to politicks, for my observasbun leads me to konclude that ia this branch ov Dizziness the grate secret Iz to talk everlastingly, particularly when you aint got nuthing perticular to Say. The average pol'tticloner knows that three-fourths ov h!z hearers aint no hearers at all, so far as reason and log- Ick go, and the other fourth don’t care a straw which end ov the loaf is cut fust, so long az you butter both sides ov the bread. Give them a plenty ov jokes to laugh over, and talk tell your throat Iz az dry as a powder house, and you’ll hate the reputashun ov ma king the best speach. A bat full ov anecdotes and a ten gallon keg ov mean whiskey iz the best qualifica- shuns for tbe Legislatur or any other offis. Up to this present riling neigh bor Kain, who Iz allers posted on such matters, sez az how the Convenshun will straiten out these fellers what loves licker wusser nor a baby loves hits muthor’s milk, and who kiu shuffle cards slicker’n a munkey kin shell pin- dars. I’ve heard a good deal ov sech talk myself, but am ov the convicshtln that hit would be about as well to try the experiment ov “morul purity,” fust In religion and then in politicks. Ef hits wrong to have immoral men in offis, such uz drinks to excess and gambles and so forth, and ef, az sum folks say, the christuns of the country put th m thare by their votes, which iz wuss iu a morul pint ov view. Az high authority az Judge Mackey sez, "the fear of punishment acts az a grate restraint towards the cotumlahun ov crime,” and ef he wuz on this subgick, I have no doubt ho would say, “the el- evashun ov men ov Iramorul charack- ter to offis acts az a powerful premium to all mauner ov rantankerous mean ness.” Howsumever, my main point at this time aint politicks, but sumthing ov more practical Importance. I have an idea, and hits a big idea to my no shun. Hit iz neither more mar less than to git a bill put through the Leg islatur for the improvement of stock In theState of South Carolina. I don’t mean bank stock, bekase since the Badikils stole all that wuz on band thare haint been no chance az yet to do much in the way ov improvement in that line ; nor I don’t mean railroad stock nuther, for things will have to change mighty ef it marks a Agger above zero in this generation. What I mean by stock 12 cattle and hogs. We have sum of this sort, but az a general thing hit iz awful poor stock; and hits my opinion that our Legisla* tur mought profitably spend an hour or two a trying to do sumthing for the people in this perticular. I aint exactly posted In drawing up bills, being az how I aint no lawyer, but I will give my hoshun as to how hit ought to be did. Let the Legislatur pass a law making hit unlawful for enny mail ov the cattle or hog breed, over sit months old for the hog and twelve months for the cattle, to run at large unless hit iz at least a half blood animal. This will be no tax nor hard ship bekase every farmer aims to im prove thfi young ov his stock, only he don’t do hit soon enough, and the country Iz flooded with little runts ov mall hogs and bull yearlings, which iz az grate a cuss to the country as llghtening-rod and calendar clock ped dlers. Whatlz the good ov a man gitti^g a good breed of cattle or hogs when ef he turns them out, in less than no time he’s got half way back to where he started ? Let hit be law ful for any one who shall find eech an animal kavortlng around to take him up, pen him, and then carry the marks and descripshun of the animal to the nearest trial Justice, who shall advertise hit,'say for one or two weeks. Ef claimed the owner pays a fine and takes hiz animal,, ef not claimed hit shall be sold, one half ov proceeds to go to the county or school fund and the other to the party taking hit up. Mr. Editor : At no period of the his tory of this Commonwealth has a dark er future presented itself than the present. The campaign of 1870 be held us aft a storming party, rushing, In solid phalanx, upon the frowning turrets of the enemy’s stronghold ; victory perched upon our standards ; the citadel capitulated, and we entered in and took possession. Wo are bow a garrison, anxiously beholding from our watch-towers the mustering forces of the ouemy, whose wary leaders, hoping for mutiny, dis content or treachery within the walls, do not propose, a present geneial on slaught, but content themselves, while keeping ua aroused and busy by feint and artifice, with preparations for, a final and general attack In 1880, when they fully anticipate to reduce us to unconditional surrender and to place us at once and forever hors-de-combat. United we stand : divided we fall.” This motto for us must presage defeat and disgrace and a slavery worse than death, or it must stand a finger-post to mark a perfect victory. Are we in a state of preparation for tbo-attack ? I fear not. Our worst enemies and most Insidious foes are selfishness and unhallowed ambition. Other evils we, indeed, have to con tend against, such as pc y^rty, debt, and the like; but these pale into in significance by the side of those dis sensions which spring from a greed, a lust for place nnd power, and the grasping, sickening avarice that would build up individual trade through the medium of political influence. We are divided, and it is selfishness that is segregating us. The very basest of all human passions, love of self, is threatening to convert our State into a perfect hell of discord and con fusion. Section cries out against sec tion ; settlement against settlement; neighbor against neighbor. And what is the invariable bone of codtentiftn? The fear, the terrible fear, that some body will gain a little brief advantage that wo shall not share. We have gene down into the depths of vice and apathy. The call of honor is unheeded. The towns say to the country, we will have our way or sink all in a Common ruin. The country responds, we will fight you to the last. We quarrel about representation until very soon there will be nothing to rep resent but a population of squalid bankrupts, and a land overspread with ruined homesteads. There Is but one hope for us, and it Is a slender one'. It consists in our going to the approaching Convention with an eye single for the common weal, knowing neither friend nor foe ; neither town nor country, section or township. Local rivalries must be for gotten ; local contentious hushed ; per sonal animosltiefi buried ; friendships held in abeyance. We must think of nothing but the State, her condition, her requirements, the dangers threat ening her, the enemy fighting her within and without; and, having well weighed all this maturely, earnestly, calmly, dispassionately, bravely, we must, then, in the spirit of pure and enlightened citizens, castabcnt for the men most likely to be fitted for the demands of the hour. Gall them to the front; set the seal of selection on them, and stand by them as a unit un til the doors of their respective offices close upon them. There are good men, remember, in every calling. There is neither pro fession, calling, nor trade—no position In life in which all are good or all bad. Only very ignorant or very bad men will condescend to universal denuncia tion. I always suspect, very strongly too, those who practice it. There are good lawyers, good doctors, good preachers, good farmers, good mer chants, and there are plenty of men the very reverse of good In every de pattment It is the merest trifling to write thus, but prejudice is abroad In the land. Men obey their passions rather than their judgment, and too often, for the sake of a meretricious and Hooting popularity will take up Auukc;i;i/rtJRAL. The Field, The Farm, The War den. , MANURES. Our readers all know that whatever promotes the growth of plants Is a man ure. This manure assists their growth by entering into their composition, and aid to Absorb and retain moisture from the atmosphere, and at the same time the plants absorbs from the man ure nutritive gases. Manure does more than this—it helps to kill insects and weeds, wile decomposing la the soil. It protects plants from the changes of weather, and Improves the texture of the soil. Farmers should study these things, learn the Composition of manures, find how and when to use the various kinds. The manure of a cow Is cold, therefore it suits a light soli; that of horses, hogs and poultry is hot, and is best suited to cold heavy soils. Fresh manures causes heat while fermenting, therefore It will lighten the soil, and old rotted manure will make the soil more compact and firm. There is no animal that pro duces a richer manure than the bird. Two hundred weight of guano mixed with one-half the usual quantity of some other manure, and put on an ndre of ground will toll on that land. In using guano, do not let il oomo in contact with seeds or the foots of plants. Hog manure or barn yard mandre turned under on gardens will enrich, warm, and lighten the ground. Horse manure Is of the moat value when fresh. Mix it with other man ures and cover with absorbents as soon as possible, before a loss of Its nitro gen. To make good, strong manure, give your stock rich food. Composted and fully fermented manure before used. Is best. For gardens, bone duet mixed with ashes or pulverized char coal is good. Charcoal makes a light friable soil, gives It a dark color and adds to its warmth. When compost ed with night soil It becomes poudretto, and Is a good fertilizer. Leaves, straw and rubbish thrown together, and moistened with a mix ture of lino and salt, If kept damp until | decomposed, is excellg*t for trees and shrubs. Swamp muck with salt, lime or leached ashes is a good fertilizer. | Broad leaved plants are benefited by applying plaster. Tanbark, decayed j chips, sawdust, shavings, hog hair, leaves covered with soil, are of great advantage to potatoes, WHEAT. Exercise judgment in selecting your seed, as well as what fertilizer to use. Learn what wheat is productive, as well as that which will make good flour. The best wheat growers study these things, as well as the quantity of wheat to be seeded per acre, at the same time the quality of the soil and the preparation of the laud. Many think that early seeding and small grain and poor land will require less seed than late seeding, largo grain man from any personal feeling they may entertain for him, but when a nomination fs made that, In their judg ments, Is the man for the plaoe, cast their votes for him. There are a great number of good men, mon who, In be ing nominated as candidates for office, wlll have a tendency to strengthen in stead of weaken our ranks, and It should be the duty of the Convention to bring these men out and elect them. Perhaps In the history of Barnwefi county there has never been a Conven tion held in whloh the people were more deeply conoCrned or interested. The whole Democratic party’s Interest Is In Its hands, and on the morning after this Convention la held, when friend meets friend, for God’s sake lot us hear well done, and we, the party which that Convention represents, should not be too hard to please. Let our delegates be assured of this be fore they leave their clubs, nnd, my word for It, all things will work for good. Mr. Editor, wo are truly a blessed people. Two years ftgo ®ur coufity was In a state of excitement such as to cause life to be unsafe upon the high ways nnd even In our own homee. Men two years ago were compelled to go armed even to the house of God, lest while there worshipping they should hear of their fellow men being mur dered In some part of our beloved State, and should need our assistance. To-day life and property are secure, and the weakest woman could travel from the mountains to the sen, without an escort, unmolested. What has brought about this change—unity, unity. United we stand, divided we fall. Let us remember this and give Hampton one of those grand recep tions which Barnwell can give, find after the Convention meets let every one say well done, and let us on to victory. Half Moon. ■ — »o i » We believe that the whole Influence of the holders of fraudulent bonds against the Stat£of South Carolina was brought to bear to secure the release of Kimpton, for fear that If he came Into this State his testimony would be secured In the bond cases, and thus Information received which would show tho frauds la the State debt so clearly as to warrant the Bond Court In de ciding against a largo number of these pretended bonds; and we believe that some of the parties who were thus solicitous and exerting their influence do not reside without tho limits of tho State. This course has succeeded in preventing the use of Kimpton as a witness, and has also given him tem porary release from punishment for his crimes; but the result may be any thing else than a success for the holders of these questionable bonds, for if they force them upon the recognition of the Court by keeping off Important wit nesses, the decision will not be satis factory to the people of tho State, and the Legislature will be forced to take the subject in hand and protect*the rights of the people. The citizens of the State are willing to do what Is right about our debt, and If the whole facta can be submitted to the Court its de cision would receive respect and com mand obedience; but If there are ln- treagues to shut off testimony, as wo Itegiimliig ofTfcy | [LontorifW Just after sunset yesterday % facedlittle gtrl; attended by a black-and-tan pup, was At the at Seventh and Walnut street*, by, on the curbstone, ware two uptfr* rowu chirping merrily. The pup mede 4 a dash at one of them, and modi tq bis delight one of them was HnAfrfa to _ fly. It was a young one, ami tho other was the mother, fieetiig the danger of her young the old hied re sorted to the usual detfee# td attract the enemy to pursoe her, throwing « herself upon the ground In front of him fluttering almost An hie ttpeand crying in distress. Thoroughly ex* cited and somewhat coufueedthehtedc and-tan dashed first at one and then at the other. The little girl’s benrtwae * touched for the birds, and sailing At the pup she started in pursuit of him. Dog, birds and girl, for Awhile All greatly excited, were flying h«rt And thereabout the gutter, n?w on the pavement and again on the dtreet. Finally, just as the pup pounced qpoa the young bird, l^ls little mistMen—* seized him and drew him Into her arms. For an lustan It seemed the young bird was saved, but the poor thing was frightened nearljr to death, and mff- .1 log the sewer-opening in the curbing it, flew In, and nothing then OQjjldsay# li^- The little girl’s eyes streamed with - tears; she scolded and gave the pup an affectionate sort of beating, god, * ting -H:-- -y-r*—ftjjESy mkt F«P putting hts head near to the opening; said in most distressful tones: “See what you have done, you wicked, wicked little dog; you bare drowned th© poor little bird, you have drowned the poor little bird,” and when the mother bird fluttered around, looking and crying for her young, she bum Into fresh tears and cried as it her heart would break. A number of people witnessed the Incident and there were no dry eyes on the scene except those of the little pup. • mn* i. ■ -411 . WIPIU.JIE DOUBT lo.vq. »«cuu 4 compact land will require less than rough, loose land. Many try remedies or preventativos for rust. If any remedy has been discovered, wo do not know it. A very noted German agriculturiet, six hours before sowing his wheat, prepares a steep of three measures of powdered quick lime and ten measures of cow urine, and pours two quarts of this on each peck of wheat, stirring tho wheat until each grain is white with the preparation. He says that he has followed this plan for years with success. We have urged that early seeded and early cut wheat la less apt to rust. Prepare your land well, give It a sufficiency of suitable fertilizers, wheat then will grow up strong, vigorous and healthy, and will be In a condition to withstand rust. believe was the fact in the Kimpton and rich land, and that finely prepared tease, then the decision of tho Court Our Flko Lelter. T will not be recognized as a settlement, and the people will, through their Senators and Representatives, make such a settlement as will seem nearest right, under the circumstances. We want fair play on the debt question, and are willing to pay what Is justly due our creditors, after scaling to fifty cents on tho dollar, as has been here tofore agreed upon by the consolida tion act; but this is the limit of our liberality, and when the holders of claims believed to be fraudulent at tempt to secure judgments by sup pressing evidence, we think it is about time to repeal the act creating the Bond Court and proceed to an adjust ment by which a nearer approximate to right can be effected. It would, therefore, be better for all parties to seek a full and fair hearing of the bond cases in order that the question may be finally disposed of, so as to bind both the State and her creditors, which will not be done by anything but a plain, straight forward litigation. The people will submit to no juggling over their rights.—(Anderson Intelli gencer.j [Hews xnd Courior.j Supreme Court, November, Term, 1877—S. T. Poloier, County Treasurer, vs. Alfred Tolleson—No. L This was an action on a bank check drawn by the defendant payable to M ‘ L P '& txommt, or * bearer.” The sole defence was a claim of set off on a debt due to the defend ant by J. P. F. C. Held. A set off can be pleaded only as against the actual holder, or the orignlal payee of a negotiable note; Wh en a negotiable instrument Is dmwii - payable to bearer, or to A. B. or beareri the person hearing or presenting it is the party whom tho maker promisee to pay; and so far as the negotiability or other legal properties of the note or bill Is concerned, the name Inserted preceding bearer is Immaterial, and, in • fact, is often fictitious. It Is aot a coun ter claim, because “a counter must be one existing In favor of a a defendant and against a plaintiff; be tween whom a several judgment might be had In the action”—General ’ Statutes, p. G06, See. 17a If the facta ' alleged by the defendant will not uaka out a cause of action against the plain tiff, they do not constitute a counter claim. Judgment affirmed. Opinion Haskell, A. J. N & Elko, S. C., September 14,1878. To the ^Editor of The People: We have had some very wet weather up here, and I suppose It has been pretty generally so all over the county. There has been some loss of cotton In consequence. Tne^>omocrats met in extra meet ing on yesterday evening, the object of the meeting being to prepare for Hampton’s reception. There were but few present, as it was not generally known that the meeting had been called. The Elko Club thinks that no nomi nations of candidates should be made before the meeting of the nominating Convention, and desires its delegates, when tho Convention meets, to be tb untrammelled, pledged to no man, but to be there to do that which, Iu their acres, valued at $19,200. Tho largest judgment, will best promote th© good tax payer on real estate pays $37,150; •of our common country, knowing no six others vary from $15^00 to $20,00a The Herald says there are 1,807 real estate owners In Newberry county, of whom 171 are negroes. One of these negrofis owns 672 acres, valued at 84,160; another owns 387, valued at 82,140. Theft© men were slaves before the war, and of course had nothing to start with after emancipation. They have made what they own by hard licks, entirely outside of politics. Neither one ever held a public office The largest number of acres owned by one man In the county la 4,986, valued . , at 824,355 ; the next highest 18 4,180 Tbe Jfos»ww says wc craps out Abbeville countj arc than tho since. ‘ Ur r ■ $ The Bowth 1'a.roliaa •hip. If the Democrats elect a majority of the members in the South Carolina Leg islature this Fall, the next United Stated Senator from that State will undoubtedly be Wade Hampton. All the indica tions point to this. Tho people would not have allowed him, two Winters ago, to accept a scat in the Senate because they wanted him for their Governor, but he has pulled the State through her darkest days and worst trials, and how they feel that they owe him higher hon ors and a greater pecuniary reward than the Governorship of the State, wbwfc, at best, is but an ill-paying ofBeo;. and so, indeed, they do. Butler and Hamp ton in the. Senate from South Carolraa will form a striking contrast to Fatter- , son and Robertaon.-pCAartote Ohttyver.. Richland Nominate** ftir*a«c Jlf Ticket. Senate, John IT Kinder. How*, John C.fieegers, Judge BaQBOjJolmd., Elkins, J. C. Haskell, Mack Clarkson. ■ A The ticket is a strong one, aad will ua«. doubtedly be elected. , ''. . The Kingstree Star y ot the llfli fa V slant, learns that Judge Shawls v4ry iH at bis home in SumtervOle front lapse of typhoid fever, od to recover. A * idMS&eT ’*“■ '■~nt