The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, June 16, 1877, Image 2
WINN3BORO, -8. C.
'aturday, Jurre 16, : 1877.
R. MEANS DAVIS, Editor,
JNO. S. RDYNOLDS, Associate Eitor.
'Beast Butler says ho issued that
fAmous otaldr agaihst the ladics of
Now' Orleans, becaiso ho knew it
would pleasO tho Massachusetts
school marmus.
North Carolina towns have been
v tiig on th~o liquor liCenolHC(uOHtion.
Raloi'gi topers wei'o in a majority of
sdvon hundred and sixty-eight, while
throo Imndrod majority in Oroens
hero agreed to go dry.
- At an auction halo in Now York
tho other (lay, the A~ntograpls of Bono
dict Arnold and Jefl. Davis sold for
ovor a dollar each, while Blaino's
soil for fivo c'nts. It was not at
tached to tho Mulligan letter, how
.ovr, ur' it might have brought more.
The act of the Legislature extond
ing the time for certain olicers ok. et
ed in November to gnalify, gives
such officors till the 25th inst. to
'file thoir bonds and take possession.
Wore the ]Radical officers a're to
got honds we cannot tell. There
are certainly few in their party ablo to
becomo sureties, and the day is past
'for )oinocrats to give aid to those
who have dono all in their power to
degrade and ruin the State. As to
Fairfield wo havO already exprOssed
our judgment of the persons voted
for on the Radical ticket last fall. If
our opillion has undergone any
change, it is in the fact that we are
more than over convinced of tho iun
worthiness of the Radical claimanzuts.
Tho man, whether Democrat or not.
who gives any of thein any aid
whatever in getting into office, it an
" enemy to good governmceint and to .the
comamunity.
Of all frau'ds of Grantism, Pierre
p Pont, the minister to England, ap
pears to be 'the worst. Divers an
ecdotes are related of his ihumkevism
and snobbery. Ho once wrote to a
spirituaistic medium to discover
whether he was related to Itdy Mary
Wortley Montague, who was a
Pierrepont, and since ho has been
in .lsngland he has asked amul ob
Staeind from Earl Milers permission
to nac the Pierrepont~ arms on his
coach and pocket hand-korchiefs.
His last announcement is that public
business will provent him from ac
copting An~1y prlivato invitations. A
few years 'ago lheo gave a private
dinner, the'bill of fare of which con,
tained an elabiorato desription of
the wines served with' the price paid
per bottle kr each kind. Grant
Iremovedl Motley, the. historian,-with
'out anly -protext, atnd appoin'lfted1
- Schonek to suceed hire at the court
'of St. -Jam-es. 'Schienck was com,
pollo'd to len've, and uow P'iotropont
disgraces Our 'people. No wonder
America stftuds badly .with .the
b larsted'Britishers.
The Fence Law.
v 'ITho act j'ust :passed1 relating to
the abolition of fences is of such
impor.tanco that we. present a syr op
I iS, Oniblracing tits --principal points.
It will, be seon that' it has beoon care
fully drawn up) so as to) suit almiost
'OVory o. It provides:
1st. ,That upon01 the written alppli-.
cation - of fifty taxp~ayers of any
township, it shall be the duty of the
county (conunissioners to order an
o lection in that township b)etwoon
the 10th and 20th of August, or
the 10th and 20th of December in
- any year, sixty days ,notice be~ing
given in one or more of the news
papers p~ublishled in the county.
The con1issioners aro to appoint
oeetion manaIgemrs and regunlate all
details~Of thoiroto. If-the township
votes for the abolition of fences, the
sw shall takenofleet ini the towrnship)
.n the Jst of AJInuary following the
lootion. After this it shall be
1?' :mlawfulefor ietek to rian at .large in
ho townshJp.
.2d. pfpon~ierapplication of fifty
axp)ayors in ocachi towunship of a
sounty', an eOtionl.shall be ordored
limlultanously for tho whole county,
dolls being opened in each townnsi1) I
If a majority of the townships veto
aye, the fenco law sha11ll he abolished
throughout the county. If not,
then it shall be abolished only inl
those township., that vott.d for its
abolition.
l3d. After the abolition of the law
in any township, owners of stock
will be liable for damages caused to
crops of other parties, and the case
will he tried before a trial justice on
warrant for trespass.
4th. When a townislip or county
adopts the change, the county comn
missioelrs mtiust bluihld i legal fence
around Cho entire township or coun
ty, erecting propor gates on the
highways. The townshi:p or county
will be taxed to maintain the fence.
luh. All laws now existing regard.
ing fences will apply to the public
fence.
6th. Parties driving stock along
the highways will be responsible for
damage inflicted on crops.
7th. The last section of tho act is of
great importance. It is intended {o
disarm the opposition of imr'hesk
owning stock without lanud. It, pro
vidles that after the abolition of
fences, it shall be the duty of every
em1ployer to pasture the etock be-i
longing to his employees. not ex
eceding two head of stock for every
(ield hind. This compromise is ex
poeted to sat isfy all parties. The
planter is3 niow olpelled to pasture
his employee's Stook by foreO of the
present law, in addition to which lhe
has to redress for dauages done by
the s tock. It is but natural thatI
aly plianter will suffer his laborer's
cattle to browse on a few acres of
land with his own stock, considering
it a cheap price for the privilego of
not being compelled to keep up all
his liue anud cross fencing. W bilo
the laborer, having his own wants
thus provided for, will not ebject to
the abolition of a law which has
c~ompollledl him to perform extra
labor on fences during the inelement
winter months. Judge Mackey
estimates thatt the land now occupi
ed by cross fences and brier patches
in fence corners covers a larger area
than tile amount required by the
stock for pasture.
It will be seen that the cleetior
can ho held only in August or
December, so as not to interfere
with farm labor. Townships wish
ing to vote in August must have an
electioni (enled before the 20th of
June. It will be hardly possib le t~o
have a vote in Fairlield before
D)ecember. In our opinion the
friends of the chlange wvill lose
nothia'g by a little delay, in order
to have the question thor oughly
nanvassed.
IcoIM UNIcArrED.]
P"or Clerk of Court.
At the solicitation of many friends
[ have consoulted to allow myWsell to
be miado a candideto f'r the ollico of
Clerk of Court for Fairlield county.
So lhere I doff my hat, make my bow,
throw my baniner to tho l'reezo, and
fromi the high pinnaele of famno prto.
3baimn myself a candidate. Yes--live
>r die, sink or swim, survive or
poerish, I am bound to run. If
)lected, I ple~hgo myself not to put
>n airs, or par't my hair in the urid
lie, .01r allow .Jny .wau to drink by
Lhimself. I will cheerfully recom
mend all patent medicines, and .sig'n1
dll petitions. and lend moneyC when
I haive it. I claimf thait the untiring
z~eal I show~ed in the last campaign
should not be ovrlooked. I fought
lay anud night for the cause. Yes,
[olow-citizenis, I was goine
fr'om one bar.-room to another
and I never' during the wholo of
that tr'ylug time allowed any man to
:lrink by himself. Often have I en
langered mny life for the glorious
sause, while lying ini exposed places;I
where I might have been cr'ushed by
my p)assing wagon. Fellow-citizens;,<
aan you forget such services ?
NIethinks I hear the sound of many
voices exclaim, No ! No ! ! Fellow.
ditizons, I havo manuuy claims for the
)flico; for I am very poor and I7
wevo. very largo family-ini fact,
so oxtensivo that I sometimes .fear
mn aetion for bigamy. Besides, fel
ow-citizons, I have 'bconi near the,
hashing of thensm a.1 hav ,.-lt
)owdor-for 1 have beon Hl1o't at
soveral times forgotting i few wator
iiolons5.
With all the atbovo claimiS, I hop,
x1h0n thei time coles to pult the
hing in the box, that it will contain
ho nano of
Your's very truly
and respectfully,
JOS 1 P.1[ JUNIPER.
Cc ncorning School Glaims.
The fo'llowing act, passed at the
ree sessioii of the .Legislatlure',
will be of iiterest to the teachlers in
tlie public Schools :
A1n act Io retpiiro all School
Caims aind clain,; for Tenielcrs' paty
to be sworni to.
Si:(rION 1. /Be it eirced by 1he
ontote and hbouse of 1)epresCnta
Lives of the State of South Carolina,
now mot inl sitting inl
G-'eneral Asemnbly, and by the
uttlhority of the same : That from
ind after the passago of this act,
thie correctness andt legality of all
Aaimns for service rendered iin teach
ng ill any of the schooi.b of this
,tilto which are uippoted wholly,
>r ill part, by the State, and all
'1aitois of every (lesriptiion what
soever, which aic c:a ro.ble aga inii Ist.
tle fiJiml raised for the sulpport of
'he free schools of the State, shall
>e t:w1orn to by- thle person present
ng saidl ciiin, beforc it Shall be
typroveI by the person or inrsons
tuthorized by law to give such
tpproval.
:ox 2. That all: chool trustC( H
tre hereby invested- with the power
md are required, free of clatrge,
o hiiliniister oaths to persons pro -
ieiiting the claims contemiplated in
his act, as fully, to all intents and
u1:rposes, as are all other
wrisOl5 who, by the laws of this
tate, aro (ualiled to adninister
at lis.
Approved May 21, 1877.
IENDIen)lciKS' 'AaV::.: . S.i'IlE:( iN
[NDJ.\N.\1PoJs.-A farewell recepion.
ondered to ex-Governor IIlldficks
)reviolus to his departure for ], t
ope, was held in Indianapolis last.
Friday night. Senator MictDonald
>resided. Hon. D. W. Voorhoes
nlade i short speech,after which he
11 troduced Governor Hendricks,
lto Said that after the close contest
)f last year, and of his licial term
>f service as governor, he found
limself worn in physical strength,
nlmd thought to take a rest of six
nioniths to visit another part of the
world. Son ttor Mc ionald had
dated in hi:; remiarks that had the
)opllar will olbtained, he (the speak
r) would noW be Vice-'resident of
le United States. He was cert-iin
hat lie had i majority of the popu
ar vote, and in defeating the will of
hoe p111 a blow had,11 been struck
it Amiiericani innf iutions which
thousaiids ot genitlemenu who did
mot vote for' G'overnior Tilden or
aimeself regrett ('d. Hiereafter, a man
who1 is o)leeted P .residenj t by~ t lhe
voicjte and will of I le pcople must
mdi will be iniangurated ; but it
levolves ulpon thc pe0ople of-Indina,
stand by the constitution.
T .: Cmureu'i CJoUa-rs.--At its re
.mouit sessioni theI Legniltumre 1)ss,
Al an act establihig imiifoc:nity ini
hie s.essionms of the circuit courts,
naking several changes from ihe
ime~s at which the courts have here
ofore been held.
For York county, the circuit court
siil .hI heln at York villhe on Ithe first
\fonday ja February, JIuni and
IF..r Latncasmr county, alI Laneas
:er, thio third aloniday in February,
.he second Monday in Jnne, and thie
:hiird Monday in Septourpher.
For Chester county, at Choster,
)i the first Mon~day in M~arch, the
hird Monday in Juno and the first
\Ionday in Octob er.
1'or iairfield 'ouinty, at WVinnss.
>oro, on the third Monday in March,
he fourth M[onday in June. and the
biird Monday ini October.
For Union county at Union, on
lie first M[ondauy mn March, thec third
d1ondayut in June, and the Iirust M[on
lay in October.
There is ino chango in the circuits,
hoy being compilosed of the saunte
ounties as hecretof ore.
C4oTr-oN IN GirnoamuA.--Tlhe Juniie
'porit of the Augusta Cotton E'
~haunge has bc on publisi1. i es.
os from eighteon countien in
oeorgia show a~n average acrenge
>lan ted. Eahrly plan tinIg produiced
foodl stands ; late pilanting wvas ual
niost a fatilure. Thlo average standi
a below thait of last year, and the
rop is from ten to fifteen days later.
Gabor has iimproved. There has
>onl an increase of oiglit por cent.I
ni fertilizers, and a greator incronase
f home mannuros. Drought lastedl -
romi three to six woeoks. Tho 20-.
ont rains have beon general.~
When a father discOors thatt bis
>oy has been using 4ms razor .to I
harpen a slato pon.eil, his -faith that 2
ie is to be the father of a 'President <
s temporarily eolipsed by his anxio
v to fl tan boy amd a ilaA
POLITICAL NOTES.
T h lew p~a rty begs to be e xcust'dlrt e pr s n .
Ior tie Pr('Mt'ile . an f i
m:fu'y twit rc0it had1: hait une lie h(
;ol11e zishainled of hit.
It w4ould ho ra:ther fiu if 'ran.
Jioild 1)o nioinattl for g' crnr ii
5l~iiild h o beatenl.
A nep~hew of ien 1Wadeo is of the
)p111011 that the iDeumocrat iajoirity'
J1 Ohio this year will h.o twenty
Llioiisitd.
l(Tst.ili(Is that M[ortont hais backed~
it j ust, fi' citotighi to enable 1ti'i to
;el out wai if it don't pay.
(lol-ge ]~it tier says it, was a (111,10
if miistakeni lduiitity. I~t was niot lie
hat the iilissioiiiry mot ill the car,
)iit somew othe~r dr'uinkard.
The Oh1io Republllicans1 at their
leit Stntte Cohivenlli(4u1 N1'i1I (leela'( in
'avor of the silver dollar anid tints
cave' tlici l)oum0ra1ts only the, gire(1'ii
Amn A1il;iuy i epuhiieat pial)2r is
.1ie two paries. I' it Ia 1.1 04114 tt'
his, then I ic .1' esidi It 1h:1 in1deet
sustti1s t het .'r'iieint. says the
olore vol 015 thtan 0 er bea.fte and C
.115 it glorIious uliuiSkil b eforet it.
Slieriisiii is di.-''"usIed to iinl1 that.
,lie iii visible t(IcgV:1h 1i (:1 I O t iji
lepiart~iiieit and( td w hlijskey rin:.; is
11 order :lg7iin, and lw is busily
cuireding; for the operators.
it is ttndersto t 11 that T1amn1:u~v
11a11 wvill Sl 401, af' Cohx fori
%I,". '.1'il(Ien.
'.Ih(; 11tm). W\ill iaim .Crehe
iini I na V44 si(Itt/21 that "r Iiit~
1tve ::1'110 kid o f .tit l 0i)1 oil th e
'Tlh (Ilderiao f/J',e. s.13,; it ni~iitF;
.)0 :tiotlto .1 ui. not Johni A., Nh
laxS (lU(:hi1104. thle Brazi I mui Sionl. 11e
0O111(1 nott lecliuc aiiy tiling withot.
ioing 1 ioilcilCt toi a long e<t ihislhed
rcnain o vni re10111 or at live dollar bill.
A p)Y'niti!nt (h ruiitii oh Chitago)
unformis the lj' ri u n that so fari as
lIet isi itlo t. learn 1n0 (em n paper'
inl the Unlited States opposes0 thle
L~ohiey of th P1rsident~~it nn. 1.1'e matter
Scnuat 41' Joll(. , of IN \~ adla, i
lioel( 11 prof u~ ane Il hi:, i tii at
)t the }'Ve ()yt"1h
Flie says ' :'l'iaii is 1raisin-g lt'!,
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
'News ,items are rsearco all over
the State-that is, the new1spapUrs5
are iliusiailly short of locals.
Therm arc no less than eight pera
sons awaiting trial for mimurder, in
Charleston conuty-.two white and
six colored.
Actions for divorce are getting
somewhat frequent in Charleston.
There have been several cases beforo
the Court of Comninie Pleas within
the past week or ten days.
Rev. Wim. IH. Elliott, D.D., a dis,
tinguished clergyman of the Episco
pal church, and for somio yoara past
rector of St. Paul's church, Charles
ton, died last Tuesday.
Wheat Harvesting has begt( in
A.bbeville county. The yield will be
larger than for years anid the grain
free fromt smut atnd rust.
The Catholics of Charleston sent
Seven hundred dollars to Pope Pius
IX., on the recent occasion of the
tiftieth anniversary of his elevation
to the papacy.
Mlr. C. . Vereemn, well known as a
eonnmaercial traveller, died last week
in Chestertiold. Ho lad a large
cirelo of frioin ts in this State, who
will deepy o111r11n his death. Ho
wa a :rat ive of Cheosterliold county.
Ihr. 0. Adair, the only Chinamiuin
in ]1Mehtl:f ci'o-mity, d(e)11'tC( this
life. at his residenee in Columlia on
W'edn( a 'y last. Mr. Adair had
been a resident of Columbia for
mamny yeais. whero be married a
whi11te wome~lam.
Ea t (ensive prp(l)aration14s are 11lkiig
in Charlestoi for the celebration of
tle 28tlh .f June, i he :nmiversary of
tho's batlle if Fort Moultrie. Tho
miiolnment erected last year, being
nMw o('Ompletel, vill be unveiled with
ap)prl)'iato er01Lemonies.
Rev. J. 1. Bonner, ).D., editor of
The! .lw.>eil:H 1t R'i/'-me Pre"s/>.
,, ita it Dim West, has gone to
Lonisville, Kentucky, as a (lelegato
to the fii oirnational Convention of
(he Young Men's Christian Associa.
ti,) in session inl that city.
U'nrry ('allhonn, a negro .o some
niotoriely m:it Abbeville, died on Sun.,
day. Jis friends claim that lhe was
poison1e(d or bewitched, arnd tell
Som)c frightful tales about the "var,
iiits" li, discharged from his
stomaw'?chl. On two sepua'ate occas
ions he vonitel ia couple of spring
lizards, and last week he threw up
ia veritable sea serpent, or somoting
of the sort. 'T'hese Specimens aro
preserved inl bottles a111 may b
seen by cnriios at the hoelc of the
M[r. XWn. IHard, in tho ser ee of
tihe Charleston iMIinling and :mi m -
fa cturing C'ompany, whoso wo(rks
are i; the \ieiniity of the Tens
Hil.: came near lo, in g his lif on
Saturday night when retuni:;:
Imrom thie work4. Mr. Hard w:. in
the road anid was suddenly sta: H I:
by [lhe r'eport of a gun near' tom ii:n,
the smioke of which showed thi~' it
I ad hJ(eni IUV(Nl l iy soilo 01n ecretceI
in a Cliinip of' blhs on the road
side- Mr. Ilarnd wais unhurt, and
lImo~ d iin i s way to the city. Hie
has o donh t bult that he was fired
at with 1fi1rderous intent by somo
villain, who had waylaid him to
r'ob and kill him.
Aw~iuvuo .A ANswi.u.-Throoe yeai s
ago when GAencral Thutler wvas mnak
inIg10 (th 1 capaign for' congress inl
which lie was defeated, lie was adl
drin~~ig his constituents in the
town halli~ of one of the v'illagos of
his district. WV bile lie was speaking
ani elnoos spoon1 was soon1 atppair-,
enitly lo descend from [lie ceiling
and swmng b> and' fro imimediattely in
frona t of the spea~ikerL. For prlobably
the first time in his life Ceneid
I ntleor was staggere:1, and it was
some moment r before lhe could
frame nn alp ropriate remark. Pri
vate Dalzell heard of this incidlent,
and rays hie throught it was time to
haii ~Iho sploon qjuestion definitely
settledl. lIe wr'ote the following :
"(Gen. Beunj. F. Butler :Are you a
[hiictf ? An early answer will obligo
Privato D~alzell."
The1 Geuerail end~orsod1 on tho haickc
of thuis : Yon are an impertinent
sicoundrduel," and returned it. Thio
fully retuned for a fuller answer."
lHe has never beard from it, but
s tys ho wvill b~e in Walshington~ again
when Conigre-s meets in the fall,
and that he thien expects to see
(1 enoral Etiiler persionally, when, if
he still has no0 written reply he will
request a verbal answer to his polite
miiterriogatory.
The WIashmim)gton corrcsp ond en t of
the Cienc a lti EngJ'ju ie reports[ cx
Senatoir Cameron as saying thmat "if
I~ nnsyl vauma doesiin't get .sopmithing
soon Ohio will Jayo robbed tIAe
roost." Th'le language is somewlhat
tec'hnwla~l, hbut neivertheless .,uaily
nnudorttood.
- .Congressman Nonry B. Payno,
of C loveland, is spoken of ini (con1.
nict ion w ith tihe Democratio inmi.
nation for governor of Ohio ; but it
.as a hittie too muclh to expoot 'the
Diemiocra1ts of that Stato to do sQ
sonisiblo a thing as to nominate M~r.
Pavnn.