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WINNSBORO, S. 0. Saturday, December 29, ; 1877. R. MEANS DAVIS, Editor, JNO. S. REYNOLDS, Associato EdItor. Organization. At the recent special election in Sumter, for a member of the House of R1eprosentativos, each party had a candidate. As the result was in doubt, some persons unknown broko into the offico of the commissioners of election and carried off several boxes, thus prevonting a count. Tho commissioners will report ' the matter to tho Legislature after the recess. Without having more to say at present about this violenco than that it was entirely unlawful, and leaving it to be investigated by the proper authorities, we proposo to deduce from it a moral. Sumter is one of tho wealthiest and most intelligent counties in the State, and there is no reason why it should not be as surely Democratic now, under the beneficent auspices of the new regime, as any other similarly situated county in the State. Moreover, a month has not elapsod since tho Demoerats there elected a senator without opposition. And yet the recent elo, - tion was so close that an unlawful procedure may entirely vitiato it.. The explanation secms to ho that the Democrats, here, as in Beaufort, were too confident. They believed they would succeed, simply becauso they had succeeded before and other counties had succeedcd, and they omitted to take the procau tions nocessary to ensuro success. They had pormitted their organiza tion to fall through. The voters did not respond to the call made upon them. Discipline, without which a minority can never pluck victory from a majority, was want ing. Soo the consequenco. We do not criticiso the lpeople of Sumtor in an unfriendly spirit. The samo result might have obtained olsowhere under sinilar circumstances; only it was tho lot of Sumter to be taken unawares. The people everywhere have ceased to take an active interest in politics. After the long strain to which they have been subjected this is but natural. But the question remains, have they disbanded or are they merely resting on their arms ? Will the bugle call at any moment rouse them to action ? If not, their con dlition is precarious. They mamy be straggling on an ambuscade. True, a powverful foe has been crushed, one of the best trained political armies ever known has boen dis persedi. But the material is still in existence. All that is needed is a nucleus.. Re-organization cannot be effected under Republican anspices. But other captains may be found; and the contest of 1878 may be bitter. The only means of averting this danger is by perfect ing Democratic organization. While the main points in organiz ing have been attended to, a num ber of details are still to be per focted. This. unperformed task should be completed at once. There are now no candidates in the field. Personal considerations will not warp the judgment,; so that a. complete constitution can be secured,, clearly defining every Point on which a dispute may arise, and giving a fair lield and no favor to any one of those who may hereafter seek the sufifragcs of the people. When a candidate submits his aspirations to the dictum of his party, ho has a right to demand justico and fair play. And if every detail is pre-arranged, so as to avoid ambiguity, lie can have no excuso fo.r raising the cry of n., fairness, if disappointed. As to the manner of making nominations, there is difference of opinion. Bunt that which seems to be attended with the happiest results is the system of primary elections, wvhen it is so hedged in with sfeguards that none but miembers of the party may have a voice in the nomination. Let there be a fair, old-fashionod "scrub race" in the partyi for the nomination. and than makemthe nomination authoritativo. Whore every member of tho party sos that justice has been don to ill the candidates, 110 will not Oily abido by the nomination, but vill work carn-estly for it. The mupremo safety of the Stato demiands that the Deimocr::.ic party shl1l win. This is the first and great law. The sicecid is that overy oneo should feel, in fipportilig the party n1omiiee, that every pr-e'caltiol 11a been taken to secure the choice of a nimjority of the people. And, by perfecting organizationl, both of these roults cani be achiovd XEWIl's OF TiE DA Y, St. Domingo is enjoying another rod-hot rovolution. Prm;ideiit Hayes has had a grand banquet in Now York. Russia has lost 80,000 mon in the preswit war. Tho health of Qnean Victoria's Son], Leopold, again causes anxiety. Philadelphia's ipoor rejoice in the prospoet ot' a "penny restaurant." lillham, N. J., has, by ballt, just declined annexation to Tron toLl. Tri reporas of troul)ies ang the Rio (ra alicre said to I), be the in. vonLions of paties who want war. Owenl Murphy)1, mo of Che Exciso Conu lisiO-1-rs, (;f New I York city. has al1eon1ded with S' 30,000. Soiuttor Patorson i i botter. le vill spend tlt. ho11(lidays w1ith Sen tor Cameron, of Ponnlsylvania. The noow along the Paikan i; so dC1) that fears are eitertaiined of the loss of iussiain troops and Turk i-sh pri,-oners. The Czar his returned to St. Potl sburg, where lie was greeted wit a most enthusiastic ovat-i'm. He will return to the arrmy in a month. Ben Butler ill a recent speech said that Haves imist choose )y February VhIther lhe will join the Democrats or coic back to the Republicans Ono Dr. Tanner, of St. Paul, Minl., claims to have lived forty two days on nothing but water. For the bonelit of tho iLClTONonS he offers to repeat the experiment on a wagor of $5,000. The Italian government has de cided to return to the loyal faiily of the late kingdom of Naples their estates, whichN wore seized at the time that the country was absorbed into that of Italy. The three Uniited States vessels designat ed to train.sport goods to the Paris .l'xp)osition will all be readyl) for sea) by the~ 20th of IFeb rnary. The Suipply, now at New Yr:the ConTsItitioni, at PIhi dielphia, and the Wyoming, at Wasinigtoin, ill b0 turne 11loIver' to Co)mmissioner (Gen eral McCormick by~ that date, and will receive goods tor transportation iniunediately afltel'irar. Thle las t namied ve'ssl, a steamer, ill carry tile governs~ ment exhibit now b.eing i repiared by the several executive deOpart monits. Brighlam Youngv's spIendthlrift son has been1 suied by his Est rn cr'editors. Three suts wore begun alginst him on D)ecembe' 7, in the Th'lird District Court, Salt Lake City. for the recovery of elah ns amounting to $19,00 and his hiouseho~ld' goods ini tho "Whlite House Haremi" were seiz.ed by~ tihe sheriff. One cla.im was brought by a bank in Ohio for mior.o0y borroweri. Tihe contractors who furnished iron for the conIstretion of the Utah Woestern Ralilroatd, threatenl to proslecuto iii mand to throw the r'oad into bankruptcy. .Tis road was ono of the .Prophiet's lpot scemies. Thell drop game was adroitly layed'0 upon Rear Admiral Walker, in New York, on Monday. Ho was about to deposit $1i,100 ini the Seainma's Savings Bank, when a genteel man tapped him on the shoulder and said: "You have (dropped one of your bills." The Admnial was placing his money in1 is banik boo0k, at ft desk near the cashier's window, lie looked downVf and sawv a "groonb)ack" onl the lloor. He stoop)ed to pick it up, and found it was only an imitation bill, But, when he rose upl, the confidenco man wams gone with his $1,100, which lie lud left for throo seconds on thle desk. No account of the mUoney simce. We would like to knowv why it is that a young mlan can sit down, heave a sigh or twvo the size of a cider barrel, and then dash off a dozen pages to some angel of about seventeen years old plumage, but wvhen ho begins to write to his mother, he can scratch himself baldhoaded and then not get over a ag nd a half.--[MIaagow (KCy.) 1J*unva BIC-A -RAV, A Naituckotor has raised a crop from wheat found in an Egyptian flulily's hand. 1l is now experi imenting with corns taken from tho mm11inmy's foot. In Switzerland donkeys have bells on their necks. In this country it is not unusuial to seo them with belles oi their arims.--Lowell Uotu If the short man ever feels over coe with qll ilntenso dusirm to ho fall it is W1hen h1C finds8 himlsOIf on tho outsido of a crowd at a dog fight. "How to Disconrago Your Minis ter," is tho f.itle of an article in the liewspapers. Wo know of no botter way than to givo him donation par tics. One or two of theso will bow him down tho ground. Patterson used to b it newspaper man. 0 Pcissors.-LI-. .1. Man. That explainsi a thing that has been worrying us. If Patterson bolongs to the Sisora family we 111 under stand his vntural aversion of going to Jatel.-(Philadelphia Blidctin. The Nor-rislown Ilr(/d move." tha Logfeh,wbe expollod fo 1,h1 ParagrapTjhQ'rS' ASSocialtionl for taking nly .10 ai line for -Ker:iunos." The //erald thinks H. W. had 1no right to work at half rate:;, oven if Ii mes atrc hard. Viiegar Bitters Walker's wifo has sor1 onl him. He was sent to tho police, Station tle othur day on the eb. of n lbiaonllent. \Valker is seIty yomrs Of a an, IIs wife :s v:Alfd Ehza J:nw. A.1thotigh qv.ibe used to bittei :u is too bitter for Walker. "When-:er yon1 see in p story,' ays at bOk -l uView inl on of the 1iL01rry pL)er.,, "sneh an xMpOssion as 'I vow I will,' or I yon: 1 wt on't", youl may lnoV that b W071nl Wroto it." Yes, the ruto is infallible. And te fact is qie eiarkable, too, that when you find in a story sui an expresionl 1a.s '-ahii d'o," or damdshi don't,"yu. : .1 now that t woUMa did't writi nio Hferal. A dress thavt Clara Louiso Kollogg wore inl Washil)gton, was criticised by a vorrespoideit of tho .BosLoin //er<dd as beillg ind4Levcnthy low,i at the neck. Max Strkosch writes in defence of Miss Kollogg that the dress is o 111-we nor less thum fashioiable, and alds, relativo to the fact that tho corrospondnt is a wo manl, "There is nothing so venomous inl all this world as woman's 8ihu m1anity to woman." .PA LOB CJHARAE 1S. We used ~tihe back plolr as a stage, and the front parlor as an auidienice-roomn, the folding d1oors4 being an excellent substitute for a curtain. All things being in reai-i ness, awvay went the curtain and one0 of thioso wonderful wooden animals, with plug tails anid reguhar redi spots piniited all over1 at bealuti fub sky blue skin, stood alone) onk the carpet aud1( theo p)lacard road: "An island inl an Eastern archi p)elago." T1hisi was guessed by a clergyman to be And certatinly this was at triumiphi, ats the aimalIl nooded "iThe 'oss p)ainlted on it as5 much as Johnny's four-legged table under which "he writos "A K(ow." The next taloauit, therei stOOd the fiery untamo d steed, honeath tile sign which this time reads: "Another island in an Eastern arch ipla;l1go." Tis (ekIes overyb)ody, but prvs amid mIuch'1 laughter to be "Samos." (Samo'ose.) Here followvod a struner, a scenic divor tisement in four seeltiouns: the first inlstallmnenit reprieenting according to the bill of the play, "the highest form of conventional exclamation of rep)roach." Th'le third, the name of "aL noted prize-fighlter." 'Tie fourth, "a speies of a large malo)h tree." T1he propoerties wCIro mlerely a table onI which sat throe sugarI cats. The artist wlIkedl on, and(, with mach grace andl histrionic ability, swallowved the first and smalIlont cat. -'The highest form of con., ventional decorum," was thoerofore, "Ate a cat " (Etiquette.) With much solemnity the second cat wvas domolishcd, and tihe famous exclamation, "Ate two brute I" (Edt Lu br'ute /) wvas fulfillod. Tho mastication of this last cat was accompanied with mnanifestations of grent (elight, so that we were preparod t o sue the noted prize- fighter's name spelled, "Glad ho ate her." (Gladiator.) Hereupon the third and largest cat, wvas apparently going to join the others but the artist tui'ned with sadness away, and walked offt leaving us to Undertand that tho nane of the ulplo was, in his caso, "Sick o' more." (Sycamoro.) STATE O SO18UTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD. Court ol' Comnmon Pleas. Wim. if. Kerr, am Clerk ot' tlho Court of Coluilonl Pli *()eifo the toi nty of Fair fivld, Plitliff, :unthrhaJ. Meanks, Fankiio A. 1An;-is. Maria D). Mltan., Martha Moitim, Sarah 'T'. Means, John C. Malnis and GabricAla Malns,I Dftun dailts. To tho Delendants, ?laitha J. MiNra, Fannie A. Means, Aitria D). Mearin, Martha Means, Sarah 'T. Means, Joltn C. Means and Giabridla Mean : Y ('UT are hireby S1tn:11n:onetl anll re ,pirel to answvr the comuplaint in this act ion, which is filed inl tho olice of t,he Clerk of Comnion Plea, for the said county, and to sorvo a copy of your answer to the said c,!uphIiv*t (n; tile subseribors at their o lice, No. 3, Law 1ang, Winnsibro, S. C., within twenty d1ays after t he serviel 1.-rvof, exivvlusive o' til day ofw sh servico Iid i 'voll f'lil tI answer tho complIint within' tho tin1 at-im."Id, tho plitiifl, inl this Ation will l' 4).l to h Coirt, for the relio' demanild v,d inl tho C-iiplainit. GAiILI-ALUD & RY10L)S, Plairtill's Attorneoys. Filed 1eintube 28, I77. Win. H!. Kerr, C. C. C. P. F. C. To the De'n:,4 a j. mtmiv,, Linnit A. Mi:m:w, Ma-ia D). Masw Errha e:us.8arahl T. Mh-Ians, Johnt C. Mheans aol (libriella .\lnims: T.AFVN1)I'ri: t h:a t h un . i lli th is action, 1! 1h1i 1 t h i . '; a i . wV-is IA inl t h ilt' M*- th .Ch-rz (w k, onI, r t for Fair it,lld 0-1-nty, V n. , .M;I CIO Of Deconber. A. 1). I dec 29 Jx taww F '.R..' A LE. U~~~1 Y v tr av\"'vndy Uxltiionks to mun .airtvt -dt. I will ofll..rv al before lite voirl-hlto fit-mr in WinnasbOrl, 41n tilt first ilonday in . n.: '. nvxt, with in tile le a htous f:il., I ti' t higl-.st bidIer fW, CVSm, the lowing desfriib,d proprty, to \it: 2 d1ozten j-s 1-.2k r ad5tbe hi-rAtck aid . s!.l, 2 stoves anditl i1xilures, I ba el. h mt i :, i 1ibi.hr tablv an ! 1 2 . s-i di,: pictr v. I Si% iul d,-o i, S 4. i.hnis. :1 b s. IVe ale1V brand4, 10 . !Ionis blat"hi i.-y bri.. y, 2( :l N. i-.E o. 3 gallols sherry, 1 g: l.' . t .v.Ct will., 5 gallolns sy , I t l fallna sil..- r br:idy, I ict! chest 1nd1 waei-,. ole -1 -iof- t boule,; portver, 2 dozn le.l il lcer. *2 ditoz_n bottl.s asb uce. S51 oig:lr'i, bir-romIL 0ixur , 1robas-lier, 2 1iis st!r,-qn. 2 windiow sliauies, 2 iniiw;.. 2 ve:u(es ill kevictd on ats the pr-op,I..v (it J'lo. L . M1cCarlev, At the( Sulit of Nathain 1rs.'. J. 'McCarlev, V- I- Tr- * o. , J1. L. Winiter, . k T. -1 hre Co., W. ..J.o a Survivor, against, Juo. 1). MeCarlevy, de fo ndhant. S. W. 1IUFF" Shorill's Oflie, S. F. C. WitinNsi oro, S. C., 1877. Dvet-iiiber 22, l.IAj7. dee :.--lx.' SHERIF'S~ SALE. PY vir.tno of sundry i exceu ions' to im irectd, F will ofi'er for sale beft)1o the cour1t-htonso door in W\innsb9oro, 0on the0 .st Moday ini Januiry n ext, wi:h'n 1te lk. 1. V-; of salIe, to the h ighes~t I bdder,J for CoJt, thte foloin do acribed p)r.)p orty, to) wit: ni nudois, 0n0 four-hors wagon oneo gin. and heItlt tsventy, five bnslln of corn, more1 or less, hitb en huindredl poundi.s of fud.' fodder, mlore or less, eight h un<h-ed butshecls of otton)1 Nieed, mtore or l(oss, and. live thou~tn:tiid pounltdsi of cotton, mor)Ie or. le:ss, in field, thet pr'ope' ty of fl. E. Ell ison, jr., at tho suit of Gerg W W\ili:ansn 1k Co. Oneo bay hiorse', two (ow~s anid on7\ calf, tho prop1erlty of Mrs. ReCoatC Dolleny, att the unit of RI. TP. Yar borough, for another. ALso, All the right title, anld intorostL of John M~orrisonl inl andl to the followv inig p)ropor'ty, to) wit : 9) mal1es anid hatrniess, ~3 wagons, 1 earit, 100~ pirsn sh1. eC, 2 p)air boo)0(1s, 17 pairs Pl p:ts 26 coa11s, ~3 (dozon1 pairs socks, 10) pair's divror, 7 shid]s, 10 boxes; Mustang Lintjient, :i ret 125i cmpni~ty barrels, 104 barru'els rosinl, 3 bafrrels tarponitino,still and lixturos, 18 hackers, 4 ilrrol lsugar, 5l pounds lobacco, 1 :3 p)ounds( soda, 3 coffo0 pots, 1 boig box'1es 13y(, ~3 boltsx clot, 3 boxes lludersirjts, 2 bolts. cotton goodu - b)ox soap, i- dozen striaw hts, 30 b)oxes Iolars, 3 bo)xos a11.. ponderst't, 1 dIozon bo0ttles G,.ftor' oil, 10 b)ottles; sweet oil, 2 patirs blankotp, 1 b)olt ticking, 4- b)olts shot,iing, ). dozen axes, 1 dozen di1pporn ; ievieA on11as the proporty of ;Jnol. Morrison, at the suit of Rachel Kontan. S.W. RUFF, SherilVs Oflice, S. F. C). Winnsboro, S, C., December 22, 1877. dec 29-f 1x2 Just Receivedl, and Onions, just in and low for WVo will koop on 0haltnd dunring thle Hon son a choice stock of the ab,ovo fruits. Butter, Eggs,Soda DilR.mit5, (Ginger Ireadl, Spicos. btaurch, Gr.os, Meal, eto , always fresh at J. E. CATHOART & nn1O'fa SPECIA L NOTICES. M1one1y antd Lifo Saved by its Ut.e. enn.m-rD Diseoviy.- Galileo invent ed the telos',,1o ; Coltumbus discovered a new world; lfarvey, the circillation of the blood, an1d to Profossor Morso is duo the credit of teaching tih) lightining how to tal k, but. it was reserved to Dr. J. brad 14i14 to p1n0trit the m ystic dlpthllS of s-nuive, and drag therefromu the wonder of our century. The victory has been won anld wV0111an i's free. The sale of Dr. J. BradIleld'H Foinal( Regilator is npriecedented in thchistory of popub.'r remedies, and thousands of ce0ifivnte aIro comlin1 inl from gratefIl womeln, th roulglhout. the Union, attesting its pwItrs aid applauding its untold. leni,its to their ..ex. deo 15-2w SHERIFF'SH SALE. - B Y virtuo of suidry oxceltions to . mo m directed, I will offor for salo, before the court-house door in Winnlsboro, on tho first Monday in January next, and tho day following, within tho legal hours of sale, for cA-8n, the following doscribed pro, pIrLy, to wit Four bales of cotton, fivo hun dred P( IH of soed cotton, moro or less, sixty bushols of corn, moro or loss, live hundro(l pounds of foddor, more or ltss, and sixt-y bushels of vottol-seed, moro or loss, tho property of Thomas Richardson, Robet MKanigault and Willinau Rabb, at tho suit of Mrs. M. A. Faucett. ALSO, Twenty bushels of corn, and fivo hu1dred potnd-i of fodder, all moro or l(-s, the property of Thomas Kelly, at the suit of Mrs. M. A. Fauteett. ALSO, Nino hundred pounds of seed cot ton, more or less, and small lot in fic-ld, the property of Aquillit Har risoll, at the suit of 0amuel Mc or ALSO, Ono 1m1id11od alul thirty-fivo bushols of corn, 0110 thousand 1)lounds of fodder, two hundred pounds of hay, and soven hiIdred pomntds of sedcotton, all moro or less, li.e propert,y of Frnk mnd LeeI10l Craig, at tho suit of A. K. Craig. ALSO, One hunialdred and seventy-fivo bushels of corn, and one thousand putlds of sed cotton, all moro or loss, the property of James W. Stewart, at the suit of F. Elder. ALSO, Seven hlndlr(d pounds of sco.l cotton, and o11ne thousand pounds in field, all moro or less, the property of Frank Adamson at the suit of T. 11. Davis. %LSO, Ono balo of cotton, three hundred pounds of fodder, arnd six hundred pounds in field, all more or less, the property of Ned D)ravton, at the suit of Johmn RI. Martin. ALso, One thousand poundsN of seed cot., tonl, sixty bushels 0f cottoni seed, mlor'e or less, andl small lot of top1S, and three hudr'ed p)ounIds of fod.. dor', more or' :0 w, theo pr'operty of Aqjuilhi Hairrison, at the suit of A. F. Rutl'as Executor. Six bales of cotton, fifty bushelis of corn, live stacks of fodlder and hay, the prIoperlty of King' and Sinon Nelson, at the suit of Jas. P. McFie. ALsO, Fifty bushels of coirn, twelve hundred '(.( p)ounds of Heed cotton, thriee- th1outsand pounhds of fodder, thirty-five bushels of cotton seed, all mor'e 01' 1(ss, the prlop)erty of CJharles Goings, at the suit of WV. R. Duly & Co. S. W. RUFF, ShOr,ifI's Office, 5. F. C. Wh.nsor'o, S. C., Jj',Decemberoi 22, 1877. .AT COST i 'ro Change_investment I I ILT'ORSE Shen, five and a half cents .LLper Ih, by the keg, Axes at seventy lIyo anid ninety cents each, Nails at three and a half' cent' por1 Ib, by the keg, Pet WVare, the~ very best, at five cents per Ib, Swiedes Laying Iron, at live cents per Ib, Tlire i ron at three cents por ih, the best lie rso Snooe Nails at twen:ty-flvo cents por Ib), brass5 boundi~ (cdar' Bucikets ut fnfty cents eoch, Blue BulckOtsi at fifteen cents each, dressed .Buggy Shafts at ninety-Ilvy cenlts p)or pair, Copp))0r ilvets aind fBurrs at sixty cents per 110, Amies Shovels at one dollar11 and liteen conts eachl, Smoothling i'rons at Jive conts 1)0r ib, Cotton Rtopo lit wven ty-lve cents por lb. dcc 18 J. M. GALOWAY. R. J. McCARL~EY b)egs L inform overy one inidebtedi to him, thlat, as5 he intends selling out, it is imperative thait all accounts be piaid en or before the first (lay of January, 1877. After that dato those wvho havo net paid up will please call at the onloco of A. M4. M4aokoyj in wvhese hiands all accounts woilacedI or et Iloetion. doc13 . il