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WINNSBORO, S. 0.
nesday, August 28, - -1877..
S. MEANS DAVIS, hditor,
,JNO. B.'REYNOLDS, Associate Editor.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
FOR CLERK OF COURT,
W. H. KERR.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
,' E, ILLISON, Se
JOHN A. HINNANT,
T0 MNELUS n. MEANS.
HAiES WILL visit OhiO in a week
'or so. .Chis is-a -noat way of elecI,
tioneoritig. But tIro Republican ox
must bt dragl;od out-of the pit.
O.rvat P. MtwroNis vory ill from
the effecte .of -n stroke-of paralysis,
and atest advice3 idieate tfat -he
may not recover. Morton should (ie.
Heav6n is a -much befter plaeO for
him than the United States -Senate,
,just now.
-"The Goeiernor's Guard prpose
to give a hop at the *Opera House
in September. This will afford
Means Davis a long-,covted oppor
tunity to remark in the Winnsboro
NEws that the heavy armed Greek
soldiers, the finest in the workh.
were thomselves -known in their
generation i as 'hoplites.' "-[-C. .ie
dinley in News and Courier.]
,Et tu Brute!
SITTING 1ULL huts esconced him
self quietly in British territory.
The'Canadians don't want him, and
a commission between two govern
,ments has been agreed upon, to
decido upon some way of disposing
,of diini. But as no one wishes to
travel a thousand or two miles at
his own expense and then be
anassacred by the hostiles, Schurz
'findf it an up hill job to find a comn
anissioner. Isn't Patterson eligible?
Ti RADICALS hold a secret con
,lave on Saturday. It is report d
that they made no nomination,
-having failed utterly to induce any
docent man to run on their ticket.
Whether they will nominate any of
.their own <rowd, and will endeavor
to thrash the Democrats in order to
.secure a new election, cannot be
foretold. It is well to be on the
.alort. Let the Democrats vote
-solidly on th fourth.
TiHE iLACKs havo now an oppor -
tun.ity of showing that they do not
hate t'he white man. Instead of
voting against the Democratic ticket
,or staying away from the polls, let
thmcome ump and vote with the
whites. As long as they manifest
.antagonism they will have no voice
in the government, for the white
peop)le will never again go :to them
or 'make any ter,ms whatever with
.them. This is a white man's coun~
-try, and all other races must follow
salong after his lead. If the blacks
are wise they will break loose from
their Radical leadors and will come
along with the Democratic party.
We are not asking this -for ,our sake,
.because it matters little to us what
.they do. But for their own good
we advise this course.
The goveno lhoul direct his
attention to 'the almost daily occur
ring alttemnjits at escape from the
penitentiary, some of which are at-.
-tended -with success. A notable in.
stance om.nrred recently. Two
Darlin~gton .desperadoes, Stephen
Woods and .Scroffln Davis, both
-colored, were sentenced to.the penmi..
tentiary-ono for life. When he
heard his sentence, he cursed the
judge,mnost foully .in .open court,
insulted the sheriff, raved like a
.madman, and -swore that he would
escape from the penitentiary, as he
had done it before and knew all the.
ropes-and that he would murder
Judge Townsend. A strong guard
was sent to Columbia, and .the pris
'oners wor.e deliver.od to ,Col. Par
moe. WVarning ss given of the
threats to escape, and the sup)erin
tendent was'impilored to use extra
'caution. Yet, in two .weeks, Woods
manage to elude the guarda, and
made his.escape. He is:noWaat.laFge.
T.he aqperintendent of ,the peniean
tiary s'horild b held to a UtricL ac
countability. P'eople will resort to
lynching if noted desperadoes can
not be .kept confined after convic
ijnn
The Public- Schools.
Free education is acknowledged
-by most thinking minds to be the
paramount need of the State, and
how to seuro it has caused much
anxious thought. Maj. H. 8.
Thompson, our State Superintend
ent, and o'ne of the most accom
plished educators of the State is
devoting much attention to the taski
before lin, so that he may present
his views with force at the next
session of the Legislature. In order
to secure the advantages resulting
from the attrition of the ideas and
experiences of different persons
who have made the subject a study,
he proposed some weeks sinco a
conference, to be held on the 21st
of August. The gentlemen invited
wore Prof. Carlisle, of Wofford
College, R. W. Boyd, Esq., of
Darlington, Mr. Archer, of the public
schools of Charleston, Prof. Charlo3
Petty, of Limestone Springs Fomalo
College, and Chairman of the
House Educational Committee, Mr.
Hood, of Abbeville, a member of the
Hamo committee, and Mr. R. Means
Davii, of Mount Zion College,
Winnsboro. Mr. Archer could not
attend on account of illness, and
Mr. Hood was busily engaged in
the arduous duties of investigating
the public indebtedness. The other
gentlemen held a free and satisfacto
ry conference with Superintendent
Thompson for three days, during
which the whole subject of edtica
tion was ihoroughly discussed.
The result of the conforcuce will be
embodied in the report of tho
Superintendent to the LegisInture.
It seemed advisable to retain f.ho
present systom, with certain amend
inents and alterations to adapt it to
the peculiar conditiun of our State,
and with provisions requiring the
rigid enforcement of the duties nl0w
presclibed for school oflicials, and
to prevent the accumulation of
debt. It was also resolved tiat
efforts should be made to rouse the
people of tho State to the necessity
of incorporating public instruciion
into our system, and to persuade
them to give it a fair trial, such as
it never has yet had.
We trust that the Legislature will
manifest a spirit of liberality. The
amendment adopted by the people
should be ratified by the General
Assembly. Not only does Iblic
poliey demand it, but the Demo
cratic party is pledged to it. Be%
sides, tihe people of tihe North are
already casting the eye of adverse
criti smn towardm m, anid any
mistake we make will be unduly
magnified.
Thousands of children are grow -
mng up in worse than Cimmnerian
darkness. Unless they receive the
pur.e r:ays oI knowle'dge, the next
generation will mark~ a ret.rog.rada
tion in every .pursuit in .South
Carolina.
.[COMMUNICATED.]
FEAsTEILTLE, S. C.,
August 24, 1877.
.Editors NEWs AND HERIALD :
I desire through your'eolumns to
make a public disclaimer of any in
tention or design on the part of
Feasterville Democratic Club, or the
author of an article signed "Dark
Corner Club," to wound tihe feelings
or impugn the honor of any one,
and hope that gentlemen whlo con
sider themselves aggrieved will con
sider this~ a sufilcieut explanation.
As soon as the Club meets thoere will
be a resolution adopted, em bodying
the.above sentiment, for publication.
D. R. FEAsTERl,
.President .Foastorville 1). C.:
Signed for the Club.
[coMMUNICA&TED.J
.'EAsTEnRIAS, S. C.,
A ugust 24, 1877.
.Editors NEWS AND UFERALD :
As I hear thlrough a private source
that my old friend M. L. B1rowvn is
worried about a little squib over my
signature, I beg to say to him that
I never intended to wound his fe-1-.
ings. It was simply a joke which I
thought he .would .laugh at as hearti
yas any ione. If .I diave oflended,
I ask Limi to pardon my nonlsense.
B. R. JFEA5TERI.
The total expense of tho TPich
borne triail was $800,874, of wvhich
the law,yers~ received $118,372..
A Coinun caiUon from Joe Thompson.
_11essro. Jdtr
In your issuo of the 25th inst , I
am sorry to sco that you in your
editorial, and Major Woodwiard in
his letter, misrepresentl my position
and sentiments, and being as "law
abiding a -eitizen" as Major Wood
ward, I trust that in fair play you
will give the following a placo in
your most valuable paper.
You (the editors) say that the
"negroes under my ?ead hold a
meeting at Simpson's, to protest
against tho change in the fence law."
Mesrs. Editors, I assure you that
you aro laboring under a mistake,
as I (dI not coivelc anly such
i"ooting. Info rmion was sent me,
to atten a metin g at S. T. 0.,
convened, as I. understood, by the
white mn, and on find.ing out that
sieh was not tihe ca4e, I never even
got offi my horse, but urged my
colored friends to quietly disperso
and await events. They complied
with my first request, and are com
plying now with the second.
I have always been law.-abiding,
and opposed to any extreme mons
ures calculated to engendor bitter
feelings between the two races. In
the name of my colored frie n(s, I
repudiato any iint.ention of war
either with the whites or amongst
ourselVes. "CoUciliatioln," Oil botI
sides, ought, to ho the watchword,
in lieu of "Straightout policy."
Thereforo did we suipport the
"Citizens' Ticket," and therefore
will we support, to the best of our
aIbility iy consevVative ticket.
And now, as to the "Notico"
posted up at Simlpso's. I never
saw it, and did not know that anly
such notice was posteti u ; and
further, do l't think that it
emanated from any of our party,
but strongly suspect that it was the
worc of some mischief-seeker,
whether white oi black. Let the
author of it give us his name, and I
warrant his signature will prove my
assertion true.
JosIien TnoMpsoN.
[If Joe really favors "conciliation,"
his best colwpe is to advise his
(01 id friends aid followers to
support tie D<nocratic ticket.
Will ho do it ?--Eis.~
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
The Ninetv-cix ("iardian is a
lively yoiung imu tliug.
The regroes everywhero vot(l
almost solidly against fencing stock.
Marion voted against changing
the fence law.
The I1ampton Ierahlfld thinks it
vain to hope for-moro than ton cents
for cotton this fall.
Mr. George WX. Plyler, of Lancas
ter, stands six feet sev'en inches in
his b)oots.
Four townships ini Tancaster
comi: ty voted in favor of changing'
the fence law.
The Lancaster Ledq/cr and the R ook
Hill IIera/l hold divers.e opiniionis
as to the mnerits; of German millet.
HIalsellville ,township, Chester
county, vote1 unanimously in favor
of the new fence law. Hurrah for'
HalseIlville.
The Convention of the Pray'ini~
Circles of Bethel Presb)yter'y met in
the Presbyteorian church at Rock Hill
on the eighth and ninth of August.
Sonmc evil mindled personf broke
uip Fservices at a camp-meeting in
Lancaster county last week, bv set
ting loose a dog with a tin can tied
to his tail.
Capt. Dwight is progressing very
well with the sur'vey of the line of
the Chester and Union Raih-ond.
Hie has reached the river'. The
bridge across thme stream willI 'bo at
or near Lockhart's Shoals.
The Chester and Cheraw narriow'
.ug moad is graded-only six miles.in
Lancaster, aind 22} miles in Chester'.
Lancaster subscribed $175.000, and
(Ihecter about $00,000. .13rgo, Lan..
caster is indignant.
Solicitor ,Tno. R. Abney his .inst
returned from the 'White Sulphur.
HTo will b)o breathing out fire and
brimstone next week against the
parties charged by the investiga
ting committee.
The revenue agents are going
ribout in Anderson, claiming that no
nan can have more than fifty stalks
:>f tobacco, and have in -some 'in.
stances pulled up the overplus
nwned by some of the farmoris.
Couldn't-a few anuoro of 4hose follows
be killed ?
At the Democratic County Nomik
nating Convenf.ion of Norshawv
enunty, thme following candidates
wore -nominated: For clom'k of
,our't, 8. C. Clyburn :for county
lommissioners, Allen McCaskill an
Tnhn-n'Brne:l.
BRIC-A-BRAC.
Father Itvacintho will be a can
didato for the French Assembly
from Paris, as a R1epublican.
The actor Florence mado $20,000
in San Francisco last winter, and in
-volited in mining stocks which are
now worth $80,000.
Bathing Corsets for ladies arm the
latest Parisian invention. They are
made of a sort of lattice work,
which permits the water to have
free access to tho body, whilo pre3
serving the iape.
San Francisco bar-tenders havo
Chunks of glauis reseibling ice,
which they 1)put into drinks for in
toxicated customers, instead of tho
geiinine cooling substance. ho
motive is economy.
A Chicago uan has married threo
sistors, and all aire living. He took
them in the order of their ages,
lived with each about a year, and
then obtained a divorce, There aro
three more sisters loft.
Several of the ladies (all ProWs -
tantS) who -%10Wero pupils at the
Ursiuline Convent at Somerville, near
Boston, whon it wuvi burned by the
mob on fLi night of August 11,
183-, propose to have a reunion in
Cambi-idge, where many of them
live.
Colonel Nicholas Smith, who mar
ri(:d Ida Greeley, has been arrested
at Chappaqua for lorsewhipping a
young gentleman named Warren
13is., b cause they disagreed about
thc rig1t of way. Mr. Bliss was
thrown into an epileptic fit.
MINe. Gerster, the now Hungarian
prima donna, whoso success in Lon
dou" is the marlked event of the year,
is said to be only twenty years old.
She comes of a commercial family,
and is married to Signor Gardini,
who acts as her Iimanage,r.
King Alfonso received James
Russell Lowell, thenowly-appointed
United States Minister to Spain,
Satirday, Wiih great eeremony.
Mr. Lowell spoko in very flattering
terms of Spain. The King replied in
a similar frendly tone. No allusion
was made to Cuba.
It has just been d.iacovered that
01 of the resident Chinese Educa
tional Commiissioners at Hartford
has two wives. Ho lives in the
most fashionable quarter of the
city, and his two wives, hitherto
sPPuposd to be his sisters, were
gi cat favorites with the Hartford
ladies.
L:ttle anecloto of'Papa W%Vrangol,
fihe oldest soldier in Enrope, told
by the World : Win in 1848 he
had put down the insurgents of
Berlin, they sent him word that at
his first shot they would hang his
wife. For an answer he opened fire.
When lie had got the upper ihnld of
the rebels lie remarked to his aide
"MAy wife. Do your know I am
curi ms to see if they did hang her?"'
Count Vonl Moltko recently in
answer to) a quiestioni said the Rus.
sians will vanquish Turkey as so n
as their comumuotder-ini-ehief is found
to) possess the four 'G's' which are
neco ssary to every general." "And
which four 'G's' do you nmean ?"
asked the Count's quiestioner.
Molt ko replied, "Geld, C eduld.
(Gen io un d 01luck," (money, patience,
genims and good luck.)
Prince Louis Na' ok on p1an-od his
first game of lo) the other day at
Ii:y'1em Abbey, t1:e residence of the
M ichionneiss Camden. A corre
spondent writ es that, in sp)iteo.of his
t'taining at Woo)lwich, the young
primce rides like a Frenchman, not
like an Englis hmnan. "lHe has all
t .c nhiek of his ra~ce and stuck on
famously ; but his stiffimo.s was like
that of it wvooden image fastened to
a sadlie-no making his wvaist a
pivot, no b)endl and froe play of the
leg below the knee."
A l:arge number of aLccetances
have been r'eceivedl from the Gover
nors invited to ai spia)Cl convoca
loon of the Erecutives of the sevocal
States, to be0 held at t,ho Inter
nlational Exhibition, ;this sweeok, at
Phiiladelphia. Extensive and elaho
r'ato prep)arations are being mado
for their reception and entertaini
mont. On Wednesday, 29th in
stant, thoroe will he a grand floral
display, andl on the -30th an .indus
trial reviewv, in which the employ
ees of various manufacturing estab~
lishments of Philadelphia will par
ticipLto.
F U RNIT UR E,
- 1T NDOW .Shadles, 1Picturc Frames,
Ch~Iild rer's Carringes, Lumber and
Shirngles.
Useoeconoisy 'hy buying the best, aind
buy where you .can get the chueapest.
n.nril 26 - %. nrV PrIIJAPn.
CONNOR & CHANDLER
CALL attenitiouA to their full WrIoCit
--OF
Witelics, Clocks, Gold and Silver
Watch Chains, Broochos, Ear
rings, Studs, Collar and
Slcovo Buttor, Plint
and Fancy Rings,
Solid Silver
and Plated
Castor,
S p 00 n,
Forks, Nipkin
Rings, Goblets.
Cups, .Butter Knives,
Butter Dishes, &c. Specta
cles, Catlory, L unps, L mterns,
Glass and Crockery \Vare, Vases,
Toilotto Sots and China Tea Sets.
-ALSO-.
Machine Needlos and Springs.
Sewing Machines repaired, cleanod
and adjusted.
aug 23
CHEAP GOODS!
WE would call the attention of the
public to the great rduction we havD
iado-on
LINEN LAWNS,
.PACIFIC LAWNS,
ORGANDIES,
BRILLIANTS,
IQUES,
and other White Goods.
ALSO.,
to the fact that we sell
Dexfer's Kniitting COttmn
at 5 cents per ball,
and half dozen SHIkTS, warranted to fit
And made of Wamsutta Muslin, for $7.00.
MoMaster & Brice.
july .1
Ettenqer & Edmond,
ThcaMoD. VA
Mf ANUJFACTUJRERS of Portable anca
. - ttionary' .Engines and Boilc.r io
all kinds, Circular'Saw Mills, Grist Mills
Mill Geu.ing, Shat'tng, Pulleys &c.
AMERIoAN TUnPINE w~ATEn wHEEL.
(Camieroi's Special Steam Pumpg
oc )Scnd for Catalogue.
PROF. N. SC1BIITT,
Pt no, Melodeon and Organ Tuner,
238 Mann S(roet, Cdlumbia, S. C.
F[~ AVING an expo'ie nco of thirty-fivo
..L y'ears4 in tuIning~ and repairing
Pianos, Mcldcous, Organs and other
Mtiu ul strulments, b)eth in'Europe and
America, Is enabled to guarantee satisfac
tion, or Inako-no charge. Heo has the
highest recomminendations from schools
and colleges'in the-iUnited States.
July 18-tf.
]FO]?. S.ATL]I,
A new 'iano, -made by one of the lead,.
.ing mnanufacturers of the United
States. The instrument has a compa*-s o
sevenI and ene-third octaves, andl is
finished with all the latest improvements.
It can 'be bought at -a great reduction
from retail pr'io.
Apply at the offico of TuE NEws NAND
HERALD.
juno 23-tfK
JUST RECEVE
A lot of Flour, to edll on -comniission
which we are offering very low.
July 23--tx1 .. 1. .McMASTElR Co.
Shirts 1 Shirts I Shirts!!
---0
A.MSUTTA Muslin and 2200 Lini,
.V at $8.00sper half dozen.
Poecalo and/'JaAico at$6.00 and $000por
'half dozOn.
-mar 22 J. F. MoMASSERU & Co.
Notice to Orediltors.
IN'Iran PRoBATE COURT,
August 10, 1877.
: 3HEereditors hioling elaims against
.L the estate of E~iraAx 14, MUg.
PHJY, dooensedl, are requirod, b
~i'der of ,this court, to estiablish their
domands' 'before me at Fairnoeld Court
Hoi so on or before the 10th day of
foptontbor next.
'0. U. THOMPSON,
aug lI-llwi .Jndga ef proate