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Ee Wein pDITON. a__. TELWEKYEITION,] WINNSBORO, S, C., TUJ ESD-Y MORNENG, AUGUST 7, 1.877 [VOL. 1. NO. 75 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. FANOY CAUDS all nlow styles with name, 10ct post paid. J. ]I. ILUsPI, Nassau 2 ]ns Cou1it,y, New York. 6101#18 181l])111 80a4 thoroughly cures' discases of the skin. 215C. per cake; box (f cakes 70c.) Seit by muall, P'rejmiud on receipt of lice. 0. N. ClUrRNTON, Prop r, 7 Sixth Avenue, N.Y. Revolver and Cartridges for $3. A flne nickel plated, seven shot, pocket re volvor ,; a lrst-olass article. Hent C. 0. )., or on recClpt or prce. G. W. WILLIS. P. o. Box 2,718, New York. N. F. B3UfRN1AM'S "1874" Water-Wheel Itideclared the "STANDAI) 'jT1TINE,,"-by over 650 x'roNs who use it. Pices reduced .New pamph1et, fruo. N. F. BUlNuAM, York, Pa. LADIEUElogaut Inm, ItAtion ItoaC Coral Set, BreatPi aut Pendant Drops, Dont Tostpaidto any roador I this Papor fo 25 cets. Th:., Bots for 60 conic. In Cur rcncy or Stanpo. Mton co.Now zork. TRIFLING With a Cold is Always Dangerous. USE W ELLS' Carbolie Tablets, a sure renedy for Coughs, and all Din.. elasos of tihe Throat, Lungs, Chest and Mucous M enbrano. PUT UP ONLY IN BLUE BOXEs. Sold by all Druggists. C. N. CurrTENTON, '7 Sixth Avenne, N. Y. 110ANOKE COLLEGE, SALF.3f, VIROINTA. Next.se,(son begins J4eptenier 5, 1877. (!ol legate, elctve and l preprtor 3 couUrses. 111 surpassed locatlonl. Aloilntain clilnate. Moral comntmuniity. Five churche.is in town. Moderiate exIien-ses : from $160 to $2411 f or 9,; 1110111 h, in cluding Lutil lon, board, etc., et.c. Students from fifteen States, Indian Territory, and Mexico. Tweilty Students frotu West Virginla. F-oj Catalogues, etc., address. SECjIETAY OF FACULTY. ERR Ao W wIlI P. d urin 1 A GRAT OFFE]v r n A RAJ" these har(I times (ltipose of 10 aio.s & Organs iew a - d second-hand of iirstchoass mnkers including WATM8' at lowest,prIce%; for cash or Install ments or to lett-il 1)ad for t.inA ever before Offered. WATERIS, grandt square and hlp right-q,anosand Organs (inh4dinlg their new Souvenir and Boudoir) are the best. mnde. 7 Octave Plianos $150. 7y. do,$I6o not, used-a year. 12'' Stop )rgans $-50. 4 Stops $58. 7 Sto)s $.8, 5 Stops $75. 10 Stops $8. 12 Stops $100 Cash, not used a year, In perfect order anud warranted. Local and traveling agents want.ed. illustratedI Catalogues M1alled. A liberal discouit to Taolj ers, Ministers, .Churches, ete. Sheet, music at half p11c. liOnAcY WATFH8 & BONS, Ilanufac turers and doaorti, 40 L?4t, 14th St., Union liquare, Nory York. TO OUR CUSTOMERS aOo indcbted to ijs for PROVIS TONS or PITOSPHTATES, we would respect fully call attention, that your bills a duo on or b)eforo Lihe first of Novembher. We are depending on you for payment AT ONCE, to enablo us to ieeo, obligation~ masdo to assist you, andc which a duo at that imo. In order for us, as well as you, to nain, Lain our credit, it is niociessary to nicot an pIromises promptly. Beaty,, Bro4 Son. 996 12 FLOU1I i FLOUJRI? JUST lWlE EIED, A lot of igny,, to .AOU ncm iso whlbh we eofrngvrlw 7fly 23.4 KMC 3. wr cvrcl THOS. R. ROBERTSON, Attorney at Law AND TRIAL JUSTICE. f All business entrusted to him in either calpeity will recive prompt atten. Lion Offie on WashtIngton stroet, one door cast of Winnsboro Ilotol II. A G.AILLI.M. JNO. S. li:vNoWn. GAILLARD & REYNOLDS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW NO. 3 hA W RANCE. A. M. MACKEY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Ko. I, L w IA'NGC, Winnsboro, . 0. .i Special attention paid to thsp Cdy ollet o of claims. Will practice in all the rt. of this Stato and the United JUST RECEIVED, One car load seed Potatoos, One " " " Oats. --ALSO, A full line of Plantation Hard ware consisting of Lay iron, Plow Steel, Steel Plows, Plow Moulds, Spades, 61.ovels, Traces, Hames Clevices, Hices, Ueel Aerews kc.&I?c which will be sold low for -CASH. I keep constantly on hand a full supply of PLANTATION and FAMILY CA-- O CI X!'. !E: MZ .B I have on liandt soveral brands of first class ERTILIZEMS which I am prepared to sell for Cash or- on time with wvell approved securities on a money basis, or with a cotton option if parties desire. All parties in want of Fertilizers will do well to call Qon me before purchasing. feb 20 D. RI. FLENNIKEN IEEPS constantly ora hand a full sup ply of Ohoico FAMILY GROCF)IES an4 PLANTATION SUPPLIES. is stock has recently boon replenished, ald hb' Is now ready to supply the wania of all, oct12 Shirts I Shirts I Shirts I \V^*MSVTTA*M"sln and 20 **1'i $~ 8,00 per lialt dozen. Pero le and Calico at$8,00 and *9,00 o half doaen~ , inar29 I. MalfASR'ER & r0tt Fence Law Elections, WOR the purpose of submitting to tho 12qualified electors of the follqwing namued towuships in Vairtleld county, 8. C.. A PROPOSITION TO ALTER 'I'lE FENOB LAW, it acoordanoe with the provisions of the Act of the Legislature of this Stato, approyvd Juno 7th, 1877, it is heroby orderod that an elotion be held in the several townships, at tho places dosignated b(,low, on VED)NESDAY, TH'E 15TH DAY OF AUGUST next, and that the pollH be kept open from 0 o'clock, n. m., until 6 o'clock, p, I., tle form of the ballot to be as follows, viz: Those in favor of altering the Fenee Law will lse a ballot, either written or printed ---"1la favor of altering the Fence Law." Those oppiosod will use a ballot either written or p rinted-"lAgainist altering the Fence Law." 'The voting precincts and managers are designated as follows: TowNsni No. 1-Voting precinct, Fan ett's Store; 'Managers, 1). P. Crosby, V. P. CLayton ani(t Peter Feaster. TowNsHIP No. 2-Voting preci net., Wood. ward's Depot.; Managers, W. W. KetThin, It. W. Lum1pkin and J. Y. Brice. ToWNsIir No. 3--Voting precinct, reli dence of J. A. McCroroy, Sr.; Managers, J. A. McCrorey, Sr., Strother Ford and J'E. McCullough. TowNsHIP No. 4--Voting precinct Winnsboro; Managers, G. H. Mealaister, J. W. .leCreight and Benjamin Tidwell. ToWNsinp No. 5-Voting precinct, La mar's Dutc iman Creek Quarter-; Man gers, A. F, Peny, John Hollis and Nathan harrison ToWNSnI1 No. 7---Voting preci, resi denve of T. M. Rembert; Mlanagers, T, M. Remibe.rt, Preston Ition and W. 11. Jones. TOWNSi1p No. 9- --Voting precinct, 4 ur lee's School House; Managers T. W. Wooilward, J. It. Delaney and Zlracchus Barber, Tow,,snuw- No. 12--V%rotinjg lCoinet, I.au1l's Bprinig; Ma nag "ers, J1. W. Bolick, Jos. 11. Kennedy aid Alex. Hopkins. TowN-sm No. 13 -Yotiig precinct, residence of James 'McGi ill Mlanagers, James5 McGill, Thomas Blair and Isaac Miller. The lanagers above designated to hiol( the said election vt the seveal precincts amed, shall, iimodlatcly upon the close of the election, count the votes and make veturix of the result and the ballots, to the undersigned, County Cotuimissioners of Fairfield county. HENLY JACOB County J It. HARVEY, CARTER BEATY, I Commissioners. July i 2-tx I au rw Publishers and Printers Can buy direct of the Manufacturer on favorable terms. "TiE ANSON HARDY CUTTING MArnNEs are the bese ILaIl chenqo,ist 14w l)rICej machipe Made, and havo a national reptu tation for utility aid durability."-The Jlecrotyper, Chicago. THiEl. ANsoN HAIDY PAPER CUTTE is I)sy far the best machine whieh can h ob, tained for a less price thia one hundred dollars.. It is of great strength. These PnachiDes h%vo always taken the highest stand. It is the only machine to which is applied the Patent llovable Cutting Board. This device has a reputation of itself: by it, the cutting board can he in stantly and accurately wovod, so that a perfect cut is insired, This is a very im portant point ill the irli e, and one that is possessed by 1)o other'. It greatly 3Vduces the labor of preOparation in work ing the paper backward and loviward. We cannot too strongly recommena tih advantages of this patent movable board. It is worth the price of this machine, and purchasers should fililly understand how highly it is to be value'd."-Geo. P, Ralml, SLb. 's .1eespaper Reporter and Prinlor's Gazelle. Tim LATI)6T Imi-novin IARDY CAInn CUT TEM i pronounced the most desirable Card Cutter in the market, for the general uses of a printing ofilce. The well known RUOW1s CAn CUTTER, vith I latest improvements, is still pro ferred byinamny printe's, and holds its favoritism over other macl(hines. None genuine but these having my full address letteredl in tIhe casting. pm Newspapers in want of advertising from first parties should send for my circular. Fi. A.IAInY, Aubhiridale, M~ass, I will buy of those that buy of me. dee 14 SOlYETHINQ NE The Automatic Fly Brush. AN ORNAMENT. A COMFORT. A NECESSITY. L ON G S OU GH T,: FOUND AT LAST Everybody Sihould I[ave it, COMLE AND GET ONE~ COtNQVIR CHANDLERL THE STOCK LAW. o0 TVE THEOR Y ol T Hif KO PhNC 0I'l A ALY R, USTRA Tj7). The Views of One Who has Triod Both Plans. b+om the Anderson (S. . ) Iddligne'. Wo publish by permission the following lettor from Rev. A. Ran son, of North Carolina, formerly of this county, which gives at length the benefits derived from the Mhange of the fence system in parts of North Carolina. The letter is well worth reading, and we hope the friends and opponents of tho proposed change will give it their Pahn and candid perusal: IUNTElIsvILLE, N. C., July 9, 1877. B. F. Crayton, Esq. : Dear Sir-Your request through my brother, William Ranson, for my "observations and experience in the miatter of fencing up the stock," has been duly received. Feeling a deep interest in the welfare of South Carolina, my native State, I hasten to reply. This is the fifth year that 1 [ have had the opportunity to ob serve the working of the system, ind the third that I have been cx periencing its benefits. They are, I am fully persuaded, as follows: 1st. It save s a heavy expense. 2d. It brings valuablo land into cultivation. 3d. It improves land and on h1ances its commercial value. 4th. It is favorable to renters. fth. It enables men to retain small untimbered farms, and others to obtain farms for the first tine. Gth. It promotes the cultivation f the grasses. 7th. It facilitates the improve inent of stock. Now, each of those points I pro pose to illustrate: (1.) My interest in land com prises one hundred and fifty acres. [ had thought it a long lane and a short one. While wo wore canvass ng for the stock law, I often said [ would rather have it than a pres nt of five hundred dollars. But 1ow I go up upon that. Were it p)ossible for no ono to be affected ,y it but myself, I would not go ack to the old system for one I Ahousand dollars! That will sound I nxtravagant to many, no doubt. 1 But conaider this: besides my pres- I 3iit pasturo lot fencing, two thou- I sand panels of now fence would be < ecquired. But would one thousand j r1ollars build that and loavo a tun whose interest would be sufilciont j o kep it in repair from year tol year? I reckon not. Then, why < should I be willing to go back for ihe consideration of one thonsand lollars? Thus, in a financial point >f view, I regard the chag as be ng practically worth to me and my] 3hildren at least seven dollars per cere on our land. In a fewv weeks we will have lin, shed a neat, substantial and conven cnt barn, forty foot square. Bo-. 1 an it a year ago. Did most of the~ I wvork ourselves, and worked at it ynly when farm work was not need- 2 3d, or could not be done. Fifty ilollars~ will cover the wvhole amount paid out for hired labor, nails and sawing of plank. But uinder the S >ld system wve could not have touch'.. ud it at all; we would have beenf Lept -in a continued strain to renew ur fences. And thus, it gives all ~armers a bottQIr /opportunity to nako improvements-to drain land,. o make compost heaps, and to give heir 80ons a better eclucation. (2.) On this point I need only re nlark that the best land in your1 stato is under your fonces. Now, ' vere they all removed mud the ground ihey occnpy planted in wheat and iorn, would it not broad all the peoN e )lo of your State ? All through the I . 1ld fields, too, are many rich spots 3nr people have hunted up all those, t.d are letting the poorest of the i and they had been cultivating lie ' mud rest, Besides, it is a nice thingt ~o be rid of the briars and brush in I eonco corners, and to drive out in ho clean road to turn. (8.) Our most observing peoople y mro now eonvinced that the injury a ,hoy did their fields. by pasturing, Shem was fargreater. t4i a~ll the ,enefit to their stock. If tturstd in )nly for' a few days to 'lea the vheamt, oats and corli loft, t hdiot uffered to 11!l'~. w1 n thQ crp is wet'>ty 4 puild ive years ago I heard men discuss the question, Why is it that a fiold cleared now will not produco more than half of what the same kind of land in an adjoining field' produced when the country was first settled ? Sonmo young mon wero disposed to deny tho fact, and hlint thiat the old men had forgotten, or had fallen into the habit of telling big stories. But Mr. James Hamilton Toowry, of Laurons District, who was then an old man and a cloo observer, ox plained it thus : "When I was a boy the untranpled earth was almost overywhero so looso that a walking stick could easily be run down twelve or eighteen inches. Perhaps for hundreds of years growing roots had boen raising tho ground, and as they died and rotted they left it very open. It hold the most of the rain, and slowly supplied the crops as needed. But by the time the cattle men had destroyed all the pea vines and canes, the ground was trampled hard, and ceased to pro Iuco as I know it hiad dono before." I believe he was right. And if you could soo the cr01) of vegetation on ilr 01(l flelds, which were formerly clipped bare by everybody's stock, you would think so too; for vegota tion growing and decaying-the tops above and the roots beneath the surface-is w)hat enriches land. B3ut when it is cropped off, just when starting to grow, and the vround trampled hard, thoro is no 3liance for the land's inprovement, Now, that which hinders the re 3uperation of old fields can not be D'ood for tilled land. Let no hoof 1o on it, only to haul out manure, till the land and gather in the crop, then far less subsoiling w%vill be aecessary to maintain the primeval looseness of the soil. (4.) While canvassing for the stock aw some asserted that the enclosed .ogion would soon be without labor ,rs ; that renters would havo no place for their stock and would move :)ut. But, as some of us believed, Lho thing works just the other way. With us, and I suppose with you, rontors had to repair fencos to pro beet their crops. But they soon saw that it was much onsier to move old rilu and fence a pasture than to repair fences around all their fiolds. .obody has over thought of refusing Iem a pasturo any more than a .ouso. Nor are the rents any high r than when they had fences to :opair. Tako a easo illustrative of unity : Mr. ., renter, was much op., )osod to the proposed chango. He mud his son went to an election and elped to defeat it for a tine in our -ownship. He boastod that ho and us son could kill tho vote of the and owner and another tenant as >fton as they wished to try that Ohing. But tio law provided for it, mid it was convenient to take that md a fow other farms, where owners vero willing, within the enclosuro >f nother township. Mr. C. was uriously mad, and threatonod to cave, though it Was the first of pril. By moving about sixty >anels of old fence he got ani excel cnt and convenient pasture, much >Qtter than the land'.own,er had. Still, ho grumbled ; lie (did not like o be beat in that way. Towvards he close of the year it wvas signified o him that he mightgo out to where me could find things as he liked hem. But lio made a contract to ent over in the township which had ~oted for the stock law. However, oefore he moved ho and his man dis.. groed, but not about a pasture. L'hon lie had to move out on a large ila place, where lie could repair ences to his heart's content, Now, uess what lie did I lie and an ad oining land-owner, who had also I3en opposed to the change, resolved n lkaum&g a little fence law between /Aem8el,es. Accordingly they put Lp gates, threw an outside fence round both places, and made a >asture. A mighty revolution of houghts and feelings in one short ear was that. But this year they re happy in having the great on losures extonded far beyond them, Lnd many such cases have we. (5.) When moving for the change, eany of us held it as a theory tha6 helstock lawv would enable not a" ew to hold on to farms froin which he old fence law was about to drive hem, Now, we are happy to know hat we were not mistaken. Almost very neighborhood furnishes one or noro cases to the point. Talie one .a a fair sample. Mtr. H. owiabont tity acros. He had cu' a last 'ni1 tree to rotinir b Ris~ reighbors, the bFi ~ ~ hat alked .the miatte O 4O*j I yet VOa recently, that hoeou4 hQI he fort' rmash l66~ ~atWe )14e Wol4 o 9t6 us1 Q