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- WIN NSBO0. S. C. Thursday, May 31, 1877. R. MEANS DAVIS, Editor, JNO. 8. REYNOLDS, Associate Editor. A Relic of Barbarism. The fence law having passed the House is now in the hauds of the Senato. We trust it will pass that body. The bill as reported has no objectionable feature. It dees not lay down any rule, but simply per. mite the people of the respective counties of the State, except a few speially exempted, to decide by an electiun whether the present law shall be abolished or retained. The sentiment of the peopl can thus be taken, and if the opponents of the change are in the in.jority no harm will be done. If, however, as we believe, a large majority, in the upper counties especially, do desire the abolition of the present absurd law, they should be granted an opportunity of proving this. The lLw providing that stock shall be fenced out. I a1 its origin ages ago when there was but com paratively a small area of arable land in the State. In those days it 'Was cboaper to make the farmers build fences Utan to requir he stock men to fence in their im' menso grzing ranges. Since the State has become thickly settled, the conditions are all change(d, and as agriculture is almost the exclusive pur'snit of the people, all other minor interests should be subordi iated to it. To make a farmer fence a thousand acres of landi in order to escape the ravages of some half starved cow is an absurdity. Worse than that, in the present iipover ished condition of the State the entailing of such an expense is a eime. - Thousands of acres are now uncultivated in Fairfield, simply because they have no fences around thm. Renovo the necessity for fences anN these lands will be rc claimed. The abolition of fenco laws ha: been tried in other settled States vith great success. Let it be tried here. Done From Our Gaze. Whiuttemnorc has resigned. From the fastaeises of his Massachusetts home, whither, under protonso of illness in his family, lie had fled to escape the avenging Nemesis, lie has addressed a letter to the Presi (lent of the Senate notifying him ao A mnan so completely covered over with fraud could not be expeted to Larry long in the face of dleceney. .Uut we were unprepared for this lsuddonl disappearance. For two years more at least we thought ho would linger to disgrace the people of Darlington. But their day of deliverance was near at hand. Thkoo weeks ago Wh:ttioore stood in the Sentato, and, with his han~fd upon his heart, protested his innocence of all the charges preferred against him, and averred that he was an honest ionn. In less than a fort night the print of his fingers was incontestibly proven inl a numbel)r of ~stealjs of various magnitudes, from the fraudulent purchase of baskets of champagno up to the embezzle tri a ohtta jtmrmeot of thousands of dollars. The found it convenient to leave on a day's notico. That lie was thus suffere 1 to escape is a mark of great eleonoy on thle part of the Senate. The lawv oflicers shlouldi be more stern. Whitemore should lbe comn polled to jabuw in the penitentiary, the funds appropriated for which he his helped so often to steal. Whittomnore's carfer was eventful. He wvent into the Feleral army as a chaplain and stole postage stamps)E. He settled in South~ Carolina and~ swindled his bjack followers by marrying $hemn all over 4M a dollar a head. - H~r wnt t6 Congr.s. sol a cadetship and was kicked - out. Thanking God that his ,constitueney could not read, he again offered himself as a candidato for Congress, was re-elected, and again kicked out. Then he entered State politics as a Senator from Darlington, and be came chairman of the most import ant Senate comnnitte. Hero he stole money for liquors and cigars ; stole the appropriation made for the purchase of portraits of Lincoln and Sumner ; stole three thoussnd dollars on a raised claim for print ing by the Darlington Southerner; stole thousands of dollars in con, junction with the Republican Print., ing Company; and, in a word, stole everything he could lay his hands on. It was wise in him to leave ; and still wiser to stay away. Woe to himis if the people ever lay hands on him. The Senate now stands sixteen Republicans and sixteen Democrats with one vacancy. As Vhittem ore's resignation takes effect at the end of the session, the people of Darl ingtoin cannot be representedl before next-session. Col. J. A. Law, the county chairman of that county, will probably succeeCl Whittemore. lie will be a great acquisition to the Senate. LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS. MosnAr, May 28. SArE. The President laid before the Sen ate the following commnnication Iloni WJ. J). Sb)imson, .President of the Senate, State f _Soutt care lina ; I)EAn Sii-I respectfully tender my resignation as State Senator from Darlington ; the same to take elleot on and after the close of the extra session of the General Assem bly. I have the honor to be, yours respectfully, B. F. W~'HITTEMoRE. Several bills were received from the louse, received their first read ing and were laid over under the rules. The following received a third reading : Bill (with House amnen(dinents) to provide for the filling of vacancies in county offices, and to regulate the ho'ding of electiors therefor ; bi 1 to establish uniformity in the sessior,s of the c rc tit courts ; bill to amend sections 5i and 56, chapter 120, of the revised statutes, relative to liens onl crops. Bill (with House amendments) to redluce and fix the salaries of certain oilicers wa~s read, some amendments concurred in and oth ers rejected, mand a message sent to the House accordinigly. Senate bill (with House amend ments) to reduce and iix the peri (iem and1 mileage of memblers of the General Assembly. The Senate refused to concur, and the bill and message informing the H-ouse of the action of the Senato retli ued accordingly. Tihme reply of M~r. John Me Kay to the charge of contempt was read, aind Mr. McKay dischar-ged. Thme appui opiiation bill was dis cussed at sonim length, withiout final action. Ad journedl HousE OF REPRIEsENTATIVEs. After so me business of no general interest a joint reso lution relative to the State U~niversity and Normal School was read a second time. T1he following is a synopsis of its provisions :1. That the governor shall assume im - mediate control of t he buildings used for the Norm:d Sch ool and the Uni versity, and shall rent out said b~uildlings to responsible parties-tho b)uilings to he put in charge of a compej)tent personi anid the rentals to be appliedl, as far as the governor may deomproper, to such pur pose. 2. That the ti us tees of the University, together with the committee on cdu-. cation of the House and of thme Son ate, shall constitute a commission to devise plans for the organization and maintenance of one university for the whites and one for thme blacks which shall forever be distinct and separato, b~ut shall be endowed with equal ad(vantages in all respects. 3. Tnat the commission shall devise and suggest a more economical method of managing said institu.. tions than now exists. A number of bills were read a second time-among them the fol Sowing : To authorize the governor to appoint the regents of the lunatic asylum from Rlichland county ; to disper s a with the recording of deeds in~ the office of the Secretary of State ; to declare and punish fraud in the sale of produce ; to prohibit the unauthorized absence of certain ofihoers from duty ; to autorie and require the attorney-general to in quire into the mattor of the p11os phate Companies of tho Stato, with a view to define and protect the interest of the State therein. The Senato joint resolution to ap point a conumssion to inlvcstigat the sale of the Columbia canal was read a second time. Resolution to appoint aconiinitteo to report a. plan for the employment of the penitentiary convicts was adopted. Concurrent resolution to raise a Commission to investigato the man agemnent of tihe charitable and penal institutions of the State, was read a second time. The bill to submit to the voters of the various counties a proposition to change the fence law received i third readiig. Adjourned. TuEsDAY, May 28. SENAr. Sevoral hills, of local importance only, were read a second time. House bill to amend sections 55 and 56, chmaptor 120, of the revised statutes, relative to liens on crops, was read a third time. The Senate appointed Messrs Crittenden, Gary and Witherspoor a committee o f conference on the per diem bill, and Messrs. Bowen, Cochran and Taft a committee of conference on the bill to reduce and .ix the salaries of certain officers. The Senate then took up the ap propriation: bill, which was disdussed till adjournment. IoUSE OF REPnE.SENTATIvES. Mr. Simpson introduced the fol. lowing, which Was adopted and sent to the Senate: .Rl:solv(ed, by the House of Rop resentatives of the State of Soutl: Carolina, the Senate concurring. That the General Assembly do mee in joint convention at 12 o'cloclk meridian, on Thursday, the 31st daly of .May, 1877, for the purpose of electing a circuit judge for the fift: judicial circuit. This resolution rests upon the following facts : Carpenter wais elected on the 13th of December, 1'72, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Judge Melton. His full term of four years, thefore, expired on thu 13th of December, 1875, but on the princi ph that each judge holds his office for a full term of four years from th< day of election (the position taken by Chamberlain when he refused to commission hUoses a:d Whipper, and sustained by the decision of the Supreme Courton,a qu stion of pre cisely the same nature) Carpenter's term did not expire till ])ecember 13, 1876, and there was, at the time of the election in 1875, no vacancy in the fifth circuit Minort ([ep.) introduced the foi loving, wvhich wvas laid over under the rules: Res~olved. By the House of Rep resentaxtives of South' Carblina, thme the Senate concurring, That the Hion. J. J. Wright be, and lie is here by, requested to resign the o0fice of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court now hela by him-. Mr. Coit, fronm the committee on conference with the Senate commit tee on a bill fixing the per diem of the members of the General Assenm bly, reported that the joint coms nittee had agreed to sustain the House amomhauent fixing the per diem at five dollars per day ; also, agreed that tho House recede from its amendments provid!ing that no compensation be received for any session longer than sixty days. The House th~n proceeded to eon sider the case of ~ the Charleston delegation. T1he majority of the conunittee reportedl in favor of ex cluditng the centire delegation, on thte ground of frauds and irregulari ties in the electicon. The minority rep~ort was signed by only one Hamilton, Myers and *Westberry, coloredl Repu11blicans, advocated the majority rep~ot. Miniort offered a substitute to scat thirteen Rtepub licans and four Democrats, but this was tabled. Thte maj ority report was thten adoptedl by a vote of sixty six ayes to twenty- nine noes. Adjour ned. JUST RECEIVED. ----0 A fne Jot of Cabbages, which will be sold( low for eash. ALSO, 11annnas,~ of the fnest kind, which can not fail to be temp. ing C all and get soLs. ALSO, A new lot of groceries in great variety, which are ofiered at my uual low figures, Call -and Aco. may 22-tf JA sIEJS E. CATHCAR. Shirts I Shirts I Shirts I WAMSUTTA Muslin and 2200 Linen. Percale and Calico at$6.00 and $9,00 per half dlozen. ma' 2 1. .Asva& VEGETINE 1V7'EG1''lNE as nelHhver' filed to effect, V It care'4, g ivinjg tonil 111( st l'eztl to' the system dobititattud by diseaseI. SOUTH Po.AN 1), Mai"., Oct., 11 , 1871'. Ali. It. It. SrEVNvxS: 1)ear Sir~ I have1 b4en sick two years wvitha the l iver' comi nt1111, 1111( during Clint tie have11~'. takeni it gr'eat 1110111 di t1iaexat' good. I was re'stless at n ights and hadl n14 appjetite. Sinute( taiking the 'eget. i no I resat well anid el isti Oy fta)o. (Can r'ecoil I ixel the Vegetinu 1't whiat it lits (du1ne 141 11jouix resjaeelullv, MRS1(. ALBR ,irI' l RicA a. WVitness ofthe 1.11ve, Mr. (Geo. Al. Vatughian, M4'tjrdt~, .Mast;. V E: 'l'I NF. .iIollsilllil w~ill beatr test imulony (1111(d do it. volltiarilY) that V'etnit ill) is tifl best nijldictil COil) l jllil yet placed lbef ore thn' l)Uli41 for' ren~ovatiag, anl l)iityiiig the bloot, ericiatinag fit ll nlo.is, j1u(1 FIu lits~Q or pisooussecetins tnol iii t,4 systtan, systeul (tel li titd bi li I isease: Ini fact, it Is, Its Iaauiv havte" (lt el it, " The1 ( Teat SAIF'E .1\I) SURE, Mu. It. It. In Si2yiaV 1 eNX ewas1,OItlnl (ci to tike, and yieoiing to the)4 per." ailks4 (1t at friend, I "o)154j1t041 to t ivv it. At lihe tile w111 it11'11Hrii t '.it 14)1)5. 51)1)4* 4: 1111(((1edby ov'e1 work anti irregaue ~tal. its. Its Wi 4nlderfu t III si ~'ti bil h)L 111 li 1'rat i e ji1'pjectie.i Hea'ned to tliet myi (lliiljtiteii persisten i'ts(51 I lapi .1lv r'4co1'cis'a , giln fuelinlg. SinIce. tilen .1 have not lhesjtattcd dcd"'eiIieit as laring i suit', si) la' :l1It pttw t'ritil agent iin prI()ult ill.i htI ltiat 1 les toiring thae waa't svst cai to if, .\\ lit,, ani rnr 4 'c"'ljin' is the' oaily ila)'alia'j11 I to fid 4 1it tte'. Yoilrs 11-111Y, \\'. II. (T'LA It h, 1 21) Miontereyv St' "t, Al~iaiy 11 kiiial lot hiumor~l, atiat l'lst~al'e's thll 4.iatti1:) svst4 ii to it lillta' oalit ha)). I M[ii..;telcl. 'litiirlv j'itt)a' oa thii MLetr) (list Ej isC4)Ja 411 Clii ch I. llvde I 'al't, anic alt every' onea whou i'4'1141s t his lttel' o' the II ii1114't' e) Ci) Vt iv Ou (414litie Ic'S \'tt in'' 1[i;. II . I;. ;;r1:ll.ss: 1)4pe~,1)i;r taaa11vit iiye'4arl 1:111 rl "a ;iti allk{'al lix' t~Iphi'i.l t''avv' ini it \\a'1'St. tiaii., tsl'ti l4el ill ift.: a de an4t ti too t 1111. I1'O)e t f tjlti'leh iia''iatias ilk g"atlaea1iiig. L La01 t''.c 541 i'git;al ))l."aations, b)y t.t hait skill 111 the St:ate Lil0t r, 4ei Vei If() 1441iiili)t I11 wI'al conlstiantly~ weVe('ili b it IL 1.111 15 djiaa'Ire i'tl.'. l1 a4 14 lust iidI pi' 1t le~t of bon Wt 11l~rn t imes.14 I114,o ~,4' il. Ii et..livte: aili 1Ui Hudts a'(l: 'aahia ear; tl i tIHll 11 (714 110)i it' 1 iiit friend e 110c11e t'alie to \lgoI toYurale.an ol ith1l'4c )4 l lte titueo 'Vti4'1tt Ii'' il4 Si 0? h(' 1'l)CI. e vo. (1~n"s idt~e 114,1 e' i( ital 1(11il ll a t1:}' iiO tl'C th e 1ii r 't V l I'. i .ie ._L amnr c afr cL s! - THOS. R. IOBERtTSON, Attorney at Law AND TRIAL JUSTICE. Zx'' All bllsiness entrusted to him in either capacity will receive prompt atten.. tlofl Ofliee on Washington street, one door oast o' Wintishoro Ilotel. II. A (1.A4.,:..u:n. Jso. 8. R:YNo,)s. GAILLARD & REYNOLDS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW Y0. 3 1,:I 1W RANGE. A. M. MACWIKEY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, \'u. I , I A ii.' l.(x I-:, \inlnsboro, V. C. :7rt Special at tntio pail to the )speedy col-ection of chaints. Will practice in ill olf the courts of this Stat tnd the United States. Publishers and Printers Can luy direct of the Manufacturer on favorable termas. "TrIir ANs<1N IHARtY U'TTIN MAtIIINE4 alre tlt) besi mild cheapest low ptricetl inac1hinle taade, andl have a notional rep~u tat ion for tutility anll dutrability."-Theo I: r-ir.,ly19l l. f' % ! ;0 r. Ti l: A NSosI O -ll Y PA -n CUtErt is b1 y far tlte 1est nrtehine which can he nl tainerti fir 1 less price tin one hunilred . ":. It i oft great t lStrengtl. 'I'lTeso unat.chines have always taken the highetst stlil. It is the to1v inelhine to which is applliedl the P'aterit .lovable Culting Boardl. This <device hlas a r'epultation of itself: by it, the e1.ttilig boarl can be in stantly ti nratt-ly t i ove l, so that i, n-lrt'et t'ut is insu1 red. 'TIris is at very i1n portantt point inl thel. nieliino. na11 til f lint is possetse.i by no ot her. It greatly 1ret s the lnib r if prlepatration i ll work. ing- t'it palpe'r blackwar l ati ll. We ellnnot too stra1tigly reromint(en( l thE adrvaritage's of this pmtent uovalsle boardl. It is worththt-- price ti ' this nneh1inei , t al pu11rlast' shl " Flit114 1uty lunderstarll how lit h4ly i i s Ji he vait111l." - fire. /', x' lJ rell &tt I ".'s 30'trspapet' r Re-Inelr mu Pr'inter's ;, li'. til', I,.rEi:sT r nnv:t> I1bnnY C"Ait (-T nEn is pronottneedol the nmost tiesirahlo <'ar-t t'utter il rhe niarket, for the general Its vis of a pritoing0 olice. The well know1n l4uouras CAnn C-rnKn, with uty lattet iinprovemn t. is still pre ierretl biguneny pyiners, 1 n.1 holds its fatvorit ist ove r ofaet in-r uihrs. None geluine lint those having my f1l1 address lettrteill inithe an ting. ;":4- Newspr- per"s in want tof adlvert ising ro ot first pucttis shoul I samd for nily circulatr. '. 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