The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, October 29, 1884, Image 3
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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
WEDNESDAY. October 29, : ; : 1884. ;
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Teums of The Ney*-s and Herald.? ;
Tri-weekly edition, four dollars per annum, '
in advance. Weekly edition, two dollars j
per annum in advance; two dollars and ;
fifty cents per annum, if not paid in ad-i
vance.
Kates fox Advertising.?One dollar
per inch (solid minion) for the first insertion,
and fifty cents per inch for each subsequent
insertion. These rates applv to
advertisements of even* character, and are
payable strictly in advance. Obituaries
and tributes of "respect are charged for as ;
advertisements. Marriage notices, and
simple announcements of "deaths, are published
free, and are solicited. Liberal terms
for contract advertisements.
New Advertisements.
Teachers' Association?John Boyd,
School Commissioner.
Strayed or Stolen?A. Blizzard.
Take Care of Yonr Money?McMaster.
"Rrico & Ketchin.
^ Election Notice?0. "W. Buchanan
jSg?> and Others, Commissioners.
Election Notice?G. "W. Ragsdale
|kd Others, Commissioners.
H|^^HDFcw Arrivals?S. S. Wolfe.
iSSlKB^HEJotlom Priccs?D. A. Hendrix.
Local Briefs.
?Remember to bring your registration
ticket to the polls on Tuesday.
?The best grade of cotton in town
on Friday brought S.90 cents.
?Please tell your friends about
"Winburn's Gallery. - *
?Some appearances of rain now
r ana an are noping tnc signs win noi
' fail as this time.
?Friday morning was the coldest
yet felt this season, and a number of
overcoats were seen on the streets.
?The nsnal amount of cotton in
town on Wednesday, and the best
grades sold for S.90 cents..
?Xot as much trouble with hot
v boxes on the south-bound passenger
trains as was experienced two weeks
ago.
? A. new platform has been erected
instead of the old one at the passen/7
a rv a ^ A ai\/1 a/1 r\/\??? if
gci ucpyu IUU^U iivcucu lcpait JL
TVQS.
?Mr. A. "Williford has brought to
oar office an ear of corn the grains of
which are of two colors?some white
and some red.
?Dr. Quattlebaum is now constructing
a neat, commodious and elegant
dental office over the postoffice on
Congress street.
?Winbnrn makes photographs^-bv
the lightning process. *
?The need for every good citizen to
do his whole duty is as great now as it
was in 1S76. Remember this next
Tuesday.
?One r.ntfnn hnvpr in Winnshoro
bought 270 bales of cotton on Saturday.
Good for a town of the size of
Winnsboro.
?Some of our oldest citizens have
been heard to say that the present year
has been the wettest and dryest year
for more than a decade.
? Winburn has the largest and most
most complete set of photograph fixtures
ever earned by any traveling
man in the South. *
?See that your registration certificate
is nofmislaidj and that "yOTf have
it-at hand before next Tuesday. You
W * will need it then.
?Several of our Winnsboro lawyers
have been in attendance upon the session
of the Court of Common Pleas at
Chester. The Court adjourned there
on Saturday morning.
?The county treasurer is now collecting
taxes very rapidly* and large
crowds are in town daily for the purpose
of paying their dues to the county
aud the State.
?Winburn makes a photograph in
two seconds. *
?Sheriff McCarley advertised a
horse for sale for Thursday morning
last, but the animal "shuffled off this
mortal coil" just in time to defeat the
process of the law.
?No man can cast his vote next
Tuesday unless he is duly registered
according to law. Remember to have
your registration certificate with you.
?An unusually large amount of
freight is passing over the Charlotte,
Columbia & Augusta Railroad during
the present fall months. Four local
freight trains are run daily and two
through freights.
?"VTinburn has been making photographs
for thirteen years, and has a
large aud fine set of instruments. *
?The Radicals are as firmly resolved
to capture .the State as they were to
hold it in 1876. Go to the polls on
Tuesday next, and thwart the enemies
of the people.
?The reading club seems to be dead,
and with 210 hope of a resurrection.
Now is the time gentlemen and ladies
of literary tastes and culture would
enjoy reading the leading journals and
periodicals of the country.
?Sam Williams was convicted before
Justice Neil on last Tuesday
morning of petit larceny. The evidence
developed (he fact that Williams
on last Friday night stole a hat out of
the siore of Mr. J. M. Beaty.
?Several mrfie<4 are now "in inil
awaiting trial at the February terra of
the Court of General" Sessions. The
jail promises to be crowded before the
time for the next session of the Court,
and the docket will no doubt be a
heavy one.
?The Kindergarten school in this
place, under the charge and supervision
of 3<Iisc Kate Obear, is doing an
excellent work among the little boys
HP and girls in town, and it merits the
r hearty support and encouragement of
the parents of "Winnsboro an vicinity.
? Yrjnuurii iiiukus iuv iiuest, pictures
ever made by any traveling man in the
South. *
?Eight years of honest government
have made the good people of South
Carolina determined that the State
shall never go back under Radical ruleShow
this determination by voting
and working at the polls next Tuesday.
?Lightning photographs at Winburn's
Gallery. *
?Mi*. J. O. Boag is now constructin?
a convenient and commodious
stage in the Academy of Music, on
Liberty street. Mr. Boag will no
doubt in a short time be ready to offer
more than usual inducements to good
traveling troupes, as well as to the
i nmnnnriiriiian
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amateur clubs of the town. This hall !
will be a credit to "Winnsboro.
?The young gentlemen from Fair- j
field county in the various colleges j
have all reported the good news to I
their respective homes that they ha^c |
successfully passed the examinations j
aud are now regularly enrolled and j
matriculated students. We hope all j
of them will stand creditably in their !
respective classes.
?A gentleman from the country j
f^Iis n> of an unexnlainable nhenome-;
non recently observed upon his plantation.
A field of cotton in the low-1
lands was a few mornings since killed j
effectually by the frost. Right in the j
centre of the field a spot of green cot- j
ton was left wholly uninjured and un- j
affected by the frost. The spot is j
about three feet in diameter and the i
sudden change from "the dead to the
living stalks is noticeable on the most
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casual glance. The cotton, he says, is
ot tiie same Kina, quality anujsizc ana
the character of the soil apparently the
same all over the entire Held. Who
can explain this partiality of Nature?
?All persons owing- us for guanos
are earnestly requested to settle by the
loth of October, and are notified that
the cotton option expires 01: that day.
* Stewart & Center .
A Second Crop.?Mr. "W. D. Romedy
brought to this office several days
ago, some fine specimens of second
crop, June apples. They were nearly
the full size and as well flavored and as
palatableas could be desired. Mr. Homed
y has our thanks for them.
The Teachers' Association.?We
ask especial attention to the advertise- J
meat of the meeting of the Fairfield j
Teachers' Association, published in J
another column. It is especially 'requested
that every teacher who can,
shall attend punctually at the hour
named for the meeting.
?Winburn, the celebrated traveling
photographer of the South, will be in j
Winnsboro on the 6th of October, j
This will be the finest opportunity
ever offered to the people of Fairfield
to fret first class oictnres. *
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Take Notice.?All parties owing- us
for guanos must settle on or before the
loth of October as the cotton option
expires on that day. Alter the loth
they will have to pay the money value
of their notes.
* R. J. McCaklev & Co.
Personal.?The Misses Bell, of
Hazlewood, Chester county, are now
in town visiting relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Bricc, of the
New Hope section of the county, are
visiting in the family of the Rev. John
T. Chalmers.
Miss Mary Green, of Magnolia,
Sumter count}*, is visiting at -Mr.
W. B. Creight's.
* Law Books Burned.?The Edgefield
Advertiser, speaking of the recent
fire in that place, says: "Almost
the whole of Col. "VV. H. Addison's
valusbie law library, in the office of
his brother," John L. Addison, Esq.,
was destroyed by the fire?uninsured.
Thn r*r Tinrfc of Senator Butler's
w 0. r -
law books were also consumed. His
office was iu Mr. Jno. L. Addison's
building."
The Chester Fair.?We are indebted
to Mr. J. K. Henry for a complimentary
ticket to the Sixth Annual
Fair of Chester, York, Fairfield and
Lancaster counties. The Fair opened
on the 28th inst. and closes on the 31st.
This Fair promises to be very enjoyableand
unusually successful. Already
a large number of exhibits have
been sent in and all the four counties "
C1JL i^ivoguiw* J. IfcXA &AWV4 VA"
pects to be tvell represented at Chester
on the days set apart for the Fair.
The Managers.?There was an important
joint meeting of the State and
Federal commissioners of election for
this county on Wednesday morning.
At this meeting the managers of election,
both State and Federal, for the
various ^voting precincts over the
county were appointed. The names
of the appointed managers will appear
elsewhere in these columns. The appointments
by both boards were wiselv
and indicionslv made, and we hoDe
that none of these gentlemen will decline
to serve.
Mount Ziox.?Now thai Mount Zion
College is fairly on the highway of
prosperity, with an excellent corps of '
teachers and a full roll ofj)romising
pupils, would it not be well for the
patrons of this institution and the
good citizens of "Wiuusboro to take
some steps looking towards the erection
of a new building, or at least
making the necessary repairs upon the
old building. The matter is now being ;
agitated among gentlemen in town, :
ana it is to dg earnestly nopeu mat it
will take shape in some definite action.
We have of late received inquiries
from a distance about the terms in
this institution, and there is every indication
that if the Mount Zion buildings
arc made to be as good as the
College is in every other particular
that it will draw large support from
other counties.
Cotton* Statement.?The following
is the comparative cotton statement for
che week ending October 24, 1SS4:
Net receipts at all United States ports ;
during the week 282,347; to same time1
last year 252,629; total receipts to this j
date 1.149.554: to same date last vear i
1,123,7S2. Exports for the week 15,- |:
868; same week last year 122,401; total
exports to this date 535,248; to same
date last year 436,750. Stock at all '
United States ports 543,336; same <
time last year 723,357; stock at all <
iuterior towns 5S,179; same time last !
year 106,617; stock at Liverpool 470,000;
same time last year 470,000; J
stock of American afloat for Great .
Britain loS,UW; same time last year i
SS,000.
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The Opposition Ticket.?In addi- :
tion to the nomination of the Eight j
Reverend J. G. Coleman for the Sen- !
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ate, the Republicans have placed in ,
field for the .Representatives Abram
"Washington, Man roe Henderson and
Jackson "Woods. The nominees, both
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ior tne cemuc aim uou.-:u, arc an gentlemen
of color, :;nd would no doubt j
^in their own mind-) make fearless j
representatives of the "dear people." j
Investigation into the matter of these I
nominations leads to the belief thatj
the Republican convention, in session I
here last Saturday, had nothing" to do !
with this ticket, and that it was either j
a street affair^or that the men nominated
themselves for the olfices named, i
TTowovnv flip of the nomina
tion of these insignificant negroes to
offices, is a subject of trifling moment
to the white people. The gentlemen |
nominated by the Democratic party, in
the primary election in September, will !
be elected, and the liadicals might as i
well "accept the situation" gracefully I
and without a murmur.
Electoral Bulletins.?Gentlemen j
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in charge of the Western Union and J
Southern Telegraph offices, in this
place, arc now engaged in getting subscriptions
for the purpose of having
bulletins on the day of the election,
November ith, and the night following
the election. A certain amount must be
raised, before either of these compa'
i
nies will bulletin the returns and the
demand for the trouble, and expenses
incident to it is not unreasonable or
improper. We earnestly hope that the
citizens of Winnsboro will give libernllr
to this end. and secure tor the
place and its people the latest news on
the day and night of the election. It
would le well, we think, lor contributions
to be given to both of thoe companies,
and in this way, procure two
bulletins. Better, and more accurate
accounts, will certainly be obtained,
from these two sources combined, than
from either one of them singly. We
trust that sufficient sums, will be realized,
in the manner alluded to, and
that Winnsbaro will have her two
election bulletins, on the day and
night of the 4th of November next.
Who Shall Vote??The election
rlflv is npfli* nl hand now and this ones
tion is one of moment and importance.
Every male citizen of the full age of
twenty-one years, who has not been
convicted of one of the infamous
crimes enumerated in the Statute relating
to this matter, and who has a
certificate of registration, shall be
entitled to vote at the election, both
State and Federal. Wc trust that
every Democrat will have his certificate
on election day just where he can
lay his hand on it, and march up to
the polls, show his certificate and deposit
his ballots. The managers cannot
be censured if voters are denied
the privilege of voting, because lbrsooth
they have through carelessness
lost their certificates and fail to gel
new ones. The Fairfield Democracy
must poll its full vote on November 4,
and no stone should be left unturned
to bring every voter to the polls and
have him vote the straight Democratic
ticket from the Presidential nominee
down to the party candidate for coro
ner.
Thk Riciit to Vote.?1The Lexington
Dispatch s ays:
Young men whose birthday occurs
011 November 5 and whose twenty-first
birthday occurs this year can vote in
the election on the 4th of November.
Bouvier lays down this rule and cites
Blackstoneand several judicial authorities
in support of it: "The full age
of twenty-one years is held to be completed
on the day preceding the twenty-first
anniversary of birth." According
to this, a person born November
5, twenty-one years ago, will be
of voting age on November 4, this
year.
This appears to be strange law indeed,
but it is recognized law. In
Kent's Commentaries, vol. 2, page 243,
we find the following: "The age of
twenty-one is the period of majority
for both sexes, according to the English
common law, and that age is completed
on the beginning of the day
preceding the anniversary of the person's
birth."
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly.
?There are three articles in the November
number which render it one
of the most interesting yet issued.
"Money Panics," by Richard B. Kimball,
LL. D., traces the history of
panics from that of 1SCG in London, to
that of May, 18S4, in New York; and
Charles Gayarre relates the particulars
of "Washington's Surrender at Fort
Voococitir ill "\1r\i. bnfli nro
XI VvV/CCAVJ J A *1 Al VJL WWlAi Ul WIVIVNJ Ml V
finely illustrated. The thircl feature is
the commencement of a thrilling serial
story by Mr. Garrett Walker, of New
Orlcaus, entitled "The Death-Mark."
The author is both blind and paralyzed,
and yet with beautiful cheerfulness
and energy supports himself upon his
writings, which he dictates to an
amanuensis. There are, also, the
usual variety of choice reading matter
in the 126 quarto pages, and the embellishments
number over 100. This
is unquestionably the cheapest magazine
iu existence?the price is only
twenty-five cents a number, or $2.50 a
year, post-paid. Address Mrs. Frank
Leslie, Publisher, 53, 55 and 57 Park
Place, New York.
A Word for the Doctors.?Would
it not be the proper and right thing for
the the General Assembly at its next
session to make some provision for
securing the claims of doctors for professional
services? Why not give to
them a lien on the crop for a certain
amount not to exceed a maximum
figure to be fixed by law, and at least
give to this fraternity the same chancei
of living now guaranteed to the merchants,
the farmers and the laborers.
The following is the text of the Louisiana
law upon this subject, and its provisions,
if incorporated in our law,
would secure the just claims of our
doctors, and in their operations would
do neither harm nor injustice to any
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Louisiana statute reads:
An Act entitled an Act to give physicians
legally authorized to practice
their profession a lien' and privilege
for medical services rendered to any
person on the crop of said person,
making said lien and privilege concurrent
in rank with the lien and privilege
now given by law in favor of the
purchaser of supplies necessary to enable;
said person to cultivate and make
his crop and to limit the amount of
sfdd physician's lien and privilege.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
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General Assembly of Louisiana, that j
physicians legally authorized to practice
their professions shall have alien
and privilege for medical services rendered
to anv person on the crop of
said person. And said lien and privilege
shall be concurrent in rank with
the lien and privilege now given by
| law in favor of the purchaser of supI
plies necessary to enable said person
! to cultivate and make his crop; if the
j debtor is a laborer his physician or his
i transferee and subrogee "shall have a
privilege to be enforced upon his
; wages or his interest in the crop which
i he may be entitled to receivc in lieu
j thereof.
! Skc. 2. Be it further enacted, etc.,
j that the amount of said physician's
i lien and privilege shall not exceed the
j sum of fifteen dollars for anyone year.
I Sec. 3. Be it further, etc., that all
I laws or parts of laws in conflict with
; this Act be and the same are repealed.
Death of Colonel John H. Evins.
The sad intelligence has been receiv|
ed here of the sndden death of Colonel
! John II. Evins, at his home, in SparI
tan burg, on the morning of the 20th
inst. A Spartanburg correspondent
writes:
For a long time he has been suffering
from Bright's disease, complicated
with heart affections. He did not hope
to recover, but the end came more sudJ
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ing with friends he fell asleep and
passed away without a struggle. Thus
died one of the noblest men South Carolina
ever produced.
Colonel Evins had many warm
friends in Winnsboro and Fairfield,
and all of them will bear testimony to
his abilityfhis solid worth and exalted
character, and here in Fairfield, his
death will be sincerely regretted, and
his eminent public services to the Slate,
as well as to the District, properly and
fully appreciated.
John II. Evins was born in Spartanburg
District, (now county,) South
Carolina, July IS, 1830; entered South
Carolina College in December, 1850,
and graduated in 1S53; studied law,
and was admitted to practice in 1859;
was an officer in the Confederate service,
serving first as a First Lieutenant
in the Fifth South Carolina Regiment,
and afterward as a Captain in the Palmetto
Sharpshooters; was wounded,
aud being disabled from active service
in the field was appointed Lieutenant
Colonel, and assigned to duty in his
own State; was a member of "the Legislature
of South Carolina for two
terms; was a member of the National
Convention at St. Louis in
1879; was clected to the Forty-fifth,
Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses
and was re-elected to the Forty-eight
Congress as a "Democrat, receiving
11,672 votes against 4,488 votes
for R. R. Elkins, the Greenback candidate.
NOTES FROM MOXTICELLO.
Moxtjcello, S. C., October 23.?
Well, Messrs. Editors, another miserable
crop year is rapidly drawing to a
close, and farmers are busily engaged
in putting cotton in the hands of merchants
for supplies advanced. Year
after year the same sad tale is told?
wc owe so much that there'll be nothing
for us at the end of the year. "We
read a great deal of gush and gas about
the increased prosperity of the country,
published in the periodicals of the
day. On calculations based on these
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unsuustantiai iounaauons our juegisiature
gradually increases the taxes
which have to be paid, thns adding
another feather to the ever-increasing
load. It is true that 103 mills is a
very insignificant amount, aud it is
less than the tax paid under the Radical
regime, but it is only a cent and a
quarter less than the old tax, and if
little is added year by year, it will
soon put the taxes up to former rates.
That our taxes are not as heavy now
op T?oflir?al rnlo thnt tVir?v will
ttO UliUVi. JLiUlUXUMA A U.?VJ vuw.1, kMvj If*..
compare favorably with those of other
States, is not the question. Are we
able to bear the present rate and a
possible increase? is the question which
should be asked when a tax is to be
imposed. Rich and poor are assessed
alike, but it falls heavier in the end
upon the poor men. "We do not propose
to raise a howl of over-taxation,
011 this side of the county, but would
have our Solons remember that there's
truth in the old rhyme?
"Little drops of water, little grains of sand,
Make the mighty ocean and the wondrous
land." " ^
xt is ciaimeti tutu sjucuusc >vu iuisc
more cotton now than formerly we
mnst be prosperous, and as the lien
system enables us to raise more cotto?
aud to do a larger business, the lien
system must necessarily be a good one.
But as we increase the quantity of
cotton raised we increase our expenses,
and when settling up day
comes we find that we have simply
swapped our cottcn crop for our year's
supplies?perhaps with a good balance
against us. This increase in the size
of the business transaction is not very
strong evidence of growing wealth on
the part of the farmer since he has no
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more capital inau ne siarteu wirn in
the beginning.
Politics since the primary have died
out, and there is little interest evinced
in the approaching election, though we
will doubtless poll the full vote on the
4th of November. This lack of interest
is no doubt due to the necessary
reaction which was bound to follow
the excitement of the primary canvass.
In my humble opinion the wisdom of
stirring up enthusiasm in behalf of
opposing candidates, as is done in a
primary canvass, is at least questionable.
The energies of the voters are
exhausted in behalf of their favorites
within the partv, and they have no
energy icic 10 witusiana mc enemy?
much less to carry on, as we should,
an aggressive campaign. The negroes
seem to be very quiet, and if any work
is going on among them it is being
doiie by men who are not much on the
stump "but are, like one of Fairfield's
most favored sons, good ground workers.
It is reported that our Fairfield renegade
has again visited his old haunts
and that in the dim religious light of
the Dark Corner he has been holding
puilliuui d'GU/tucd auu hot
and old lies upon the poor dupes who
follow the Greenback flag.
Some sacrilegious wretch entered the
Methodist church at this place during
the past week aud removed the lamps
from the chandeliers. Not content
with stealing in and from the church,
he used the "Bible as a stepping-stone
to accomplish his unholy purpose.
Being small of stature, evidently he
could not reach the lamps, so he stood
upon the Bible, which is always left in
the pulpit, to make up for his deficiency
in height.
We have had slight frosts and a little
rain?not sufficient rain to enable farmers
to sow grain. a, t.
NEW GOODS, arriving daily.
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Sunday in "Yirsinny."
A writer in Macmillan's Magazine
says: Many of the characteristics of
the Virginian, and of those neighboring
states of whom he is typical, savor
of the Duritan rather than of the rol
licking cavalier. Its episcopal church
is evangelical, even to contempt, as regards
forms. I have seen the bishop
?' Virginia hold a confirmation in a
country church attired in a frock coat,
stand-up collar, and a black tie fastened
in a sailor's knot. The feeling of
the majority of the diocese is quite in
sympathy. "The behavior of the younger
portion of the congregations in country
churches is so extraordinary as to
argue rather a complete failure to appreciate
their position than willful
irreverence. The blessing is hardly
liiix^jLicu. ?ucii tno xauico, juuu^ uuu
old, fall into one another's arms; the
men relapse into corn and tobacco,
and the inside of the church assumes
the appearance of an animated social
gathering. That a few of these buildings,
even those erected in country
neighborhoods that at the time were
wealthy, have anything in their external
appearance to mark their ecclesiastical
character is not unnatural
in a country where architects and mechanics
proper had no existence, and
where nothing approaching to art was
known. Imagine ono of tho old-fashioned,
oblong, red brick methodist
chapels of a small English countrytown
dropped down in a grove of trees
oy tne roadside, ana you nave a iair
idea of the average country meeting
house of the southern episcopalian. If
service is going on you will see forty
or fifty saddle horses hitched up in the
shade of the oak trees, a dozen or so
of conveyances of every description?
buggies, spring wagons, and cumbrous
old-rashioned family coaches, spattered
with mud and venerable in appearance
with black-coated negroes snoozing
upon the box. Horsed and mules taken
from the plow, with loosened breastchains
and hanging bearing-reins, crop
sleepilv at the scant grass and shake
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vants will be murmuring in groups under
the trees?for the African does not
much appreciate the 'piscopal service
?and a knot of men will probably be
hanging round the open door, getting
scraps of the service between tneir remarks
on crops or weather. Many of
the congregation will be methodists
and presbyterians, who, having no
service at their own church upon that
String orr ViiTrn nr? cor?f-??ri?lT? srvmrilos of
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any kind in patronizing the more exclusive
church, if not as -worshipers, at
least as silent critics.
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The Talc of a San Francisco Cat,
In the store of' Castle Brothers, on
Front street; was a cat This cat is
death on rats and such small deer, and
is, therefore, treated with distinguished
consideration by the proprietors and
their employes. When the cat came
into the office one morning with a very
melancholy look on her face, and
mourniuuy cnea as 11 in aecp aistress,
the human brotherhood were much disturbed.
The bookkeeper determined
to follow her and see what was the matter,
and she led him to where some
boxes were overturned. Upon lifting
them up he discovered three small kittens
crushed beneath them and dying.
The cat saw them die, and after mourning
their untimely fate, she went about
her usual avocation of eliminating the
rodent. In a few weeks she appeared
in the office looking more lachrymose
than ever, and her plaintive cries again
awoke the echoes of the store. This
time less time was wasted on blandishments,
and the bookkeeper followed
her again. She took him np stairs and
to the furthest corner of the store and
mounting some extra boxes, drew his
attention by scratching and mewing to
the fact that one empty box, at the oottom
of which was a lot of old matting,
was full of loose boards standing on
edge, which interfered with her comfort.
He removed the boards and she
thanked him by rubbing herself against
him and purring. The next day there
were some soft, fat little kittens in her
box. If that cat didn't tell that bookkeeper
that her kittens were being
AwicUft/1 oni^ o'ffn-rnro-r/^c fTna T-?nmv?c in
Vi. UJUUU) UJUU Ui. it UilUJ UUV WVUTAUU AAA
the box prevented her from having a
nicc place for some more kittens, and
if she did not reason the thing out,
what do you call it??San Francisco
Post.
How to Get a Start.
"It requires quite a long timo for a
man to get a start in the world," said
an old fellow, "but some of the most
colossal fortunes have been built on
loans advanced by friends. When I
married I had to borrow money with
which to pay for my license. That
was shortly before I came to this
town."
"I suppose you are well situated
now." remarked a bvstander.
' "Hardly as well as I might be; still,
if business should be prosperous this
year, I think that by close economy I
can refund the money which I borrowed
to pay for my license."?Arkansaw
Traveler.
Joaquin Miller is anxious to have all
kinds of tools put on the list of studies
in the nublic schools. This is what
converted him: "I attended court the
other day," he says, "in a civil case,
and the young lawyer provoked the
contempt of all present by his ignorance
of the simplest priciples of mechanical
industry. Think of a young
lawyer leaning back and asking the
witness to exn::uu to the jury, 'what is
a ]ack-plar It cost him his case.
Of course Lhe fellow was a fool, and
would nrobablv have lost it anvwav.
_ i" ?r ^ or
But you can clearly see how much
better it would be for a lawyer, every
professional man indeed, to know
about all mechanics, if that knowledge
could be carried on as a sort of healthful
exercise during his school days."
The following, from the Philadelphia
Bulletin, is something for the young
man to consider dnring the heated
term: "There are plenty of people
who declare *^at the best thing a young
man can do is to marry and settle
down in earnest to domestic life, and
there are others who declare with the
same emphasis that the opposite course
is the correct one to pursue. Giving
both sides of the argument proper
weight, the choice is left with the young
man. One who can give his wife a
home, no matter how modest it may
be, no doubt is justified in taking a
partner for life, but it does seem to be
the utmost folly for a young man to
take a girl away from home of her parents
and subject her to discomforts
which she must bear uncomplainingly
for love's sake. This thing is a more
uuuumuu uucuitcjlluv; inaii tut? inudu
peop*e imagine, and it accounts for
about one-half the misery of the world.
Elegance and wealth are not indispenable
to the happiness of sensible people,
but a certain amount of provision
must be made."
The brewery of Bass, who has just
died in his eighty-fifth year, covers 200
acres of ground, and 3,000 people are
employed in it IJ.e was the" grandson
of the founder of the brewery, and was
a local benefactor, having built church-;
es, constructed baths and endowed a
free library. The Basses have always
been Liberals, while the other brewers,
the Allsops, have been Tories.
* t 1 .1 f . J 1
jo. juimDurger cneeseiaciory nas ueen
started in the center of Rhode Island,
in spite of tho protests of the people of
Connecticut.
Arkansas has 1,200 white and 800
colored school teachers.
i
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iji1i ml ! i ib
Water jFamine in England.
I Manchester, October 25.?T h e
: water famine has become so serious
that it threatens to make necessary the
j stoppage of mills and other industries
in this city which are dependent upon
the water supply. This will, without
! doubt, be necessary unless rain come
soon.
HYMENEAL.
Mahkied?At the residence of Mr. C. P.
Shnrlfiv. f!h<>st.pr ronntv. S n Ort/ilwr 93
at 12.15 p. m., by the Rev. R. W. Sanders,
Mr. C. L. piefo and Miss M. E. McBride,
all of Fairfield county.
! STRAYED OR STOLEN,
T^ROM the undersigned, near iJlytliewood,
" on the 26tli inst., two black ahorse
mules, 5 and S years old, 13 and li]4 hands
high. Liberal rewaul paid for their recovery.
A. BLIZZARD.
Oct29x2fl
TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION.
THE Fairfield Teachers' Association will
meet at Mount Zion Institute next
Saturday, November l, at 11 a. m.
JOHN BOYD,
Oct2Sflxl School Commissioner.
BOTTOM PRICES
NOTRSTIIE TIME TO GET BARGAINS.
^ATftEJDRIX
Offers 12K pounds Standard "Sftriri'lated
Sugar for 51.00: 13)4 pounds Standard ~A .
Sii<rnr for Si DO- 14.1/ Kricrht. "F.vtra C, for
81.00. Good Rio Coffees at 7, 8 and 9
pounds for 81.00. Just received a good
supply of Canned Goods which -will also be
sold at a very close profit, such as canned
Apples, Peaches, Corn, Tomattos, Pineapples,
Salmon, Potted Ham and Tongue,
Mackerel and Sardines. Six pounds of
Leggett & Co.'s Cream Cheese, something
good, for 51.00. Good Tennessee Flour at
$3.00 per hundred, or $5.75 per barrel.
Boots and Shoes I will sell as close as any
house in Winnsboro. Tiy me. One barrel^
fine Cucumber Pickles, something
fine and good. Remember, if you save
81.00 that's equal to ?1.00 made.
CIGARS, CIGARS?Smokers can always
get as good 5 cents cigar at HENDRESL'S
as at any other house m town.
D. A. HEXDRIX.
Oct25fx3m
NEW AKKLVALS
-OFFRESH
GROCERIES,
STAPLE AND SnELF GOODS
WHICH WILL BE SOLD CHEAP FOR
CASH.
Just received
Hecker's Oat Meal in packages.
Hecker's Oat Ileal in bulk.
Ilecker's Self-Raising Buckwheat.
Hecker's Buckwlreat in bulk.
New Crop New Orleans Molasses.
Flour, Rice, Meal and White Beans.
Sugars, Coffees and Teas of the best
brands.
And a great many other goods which
will be sold at the Lowest Prices to suit
the Times.
To arrive the finest Mackerel of the season.
S. S. WOLFE.
Oct25fx3m
Groceries li Shoes.
The attention of CASII BUYERS is
called to my stock which is complete.
GROCERY DEPARTMENT.
Sugars at greatly reduced prices.
Coffees?all grades.
Syrups and Porto Rico Molasses?very
fine.
Shelf Goods in great variety, and fresh.
Try my TENNESSEE FLOUR.
Bagging and Ties, Salt Bacon, Lard, &c.
"OLD DOMINION HAMS."
Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Mackerel, in kits and
barrels.
SHOES FOB EVERYBODY !
A large stock of Boots and Shoes that
MUST be sold.. Profit no object?as I de- ;
sire to turn them into money.
Jeans, Plaid and Brown Ilomespuns.
"Wood en ware and Baskets.
All I ask is a call before purchasing. No :
i aoods charged at my reduced prices.
All persons knowing themselves to be
'indebted to me will settle prior to the first
i of November next.
R. M. HUEY.
IINIBORO HOTEL
.
| TnE UNDERSIGNED TAKES PLEAS- :
I ure in informing the people of Fairfield :
County and the traveling public that he
[ has taken charge of the WINNSBORO
HOTEL, and is now prepared to receive
i both permanent and transient boarders.
The building has just been repainted
and put in first-rate condition throughout.
nm.A ^VklA wrill ciirvrvlirt^ TTTifll l^OCf
JL11C tauiv; VYJUX Miuu viiv wwrv
that the local and neighboring markets
afford, and no paras 'will be spared to insure
the comfort of guests.
A Sample Room is provided, conveniently
arranged for the use of Commercial
[ Travelers.
TERMS REASONABLE.
A share of the public patronage is respectfully
solicited.
A. F. GOODING,
Proprietor. <
SepCfxtf i
The Largest 8^
Merchant Tailoring
and Clothing House y^jQ/
v in America. tSr
j WANAMAKER ! j
BROWN, U !
] OAK HALL,]]
1 fhiiaaeipnia. \\ i
J A full line of card samples of /
W the great piece goods stock
C will be found with i
J. M. BEATY,
SALES AGENT, !
Winnsboro, S. C.
ELECTION NOTICE.
4 N ELECTION WILL BE HELD
l\ at the various Precincts estab- *
lished by law in Fairfield County, on
the first Tuesday following the first
Monday in November next, for a Rep- j
resentative to Congress from the
Fourth Congressional District of South
Carolina, and for Presidential Electors.
Polls to be opened at 7 o'clock, a. m.,
and closed at 6 o'clock, p. m., at which
time the votes will be publicly counted.
The following-named gentlemen have
been appointed managers for the Congressional
Election to be held on 4th
day of November next, viz:
"Wixnsboro? George B. McCauts, I
Tnmoo O Hottic W _T "P.lliAft !
fj UiLIi vO JL/UT I ! 1/ JJUXUbk# ;
Montccello?A. M. Wallace, A. W. c
Ladd, James n. Aiken.
Horeb?A. P. Irby, U. C. Trapp, j
James Glenn.
Yoxgcesville?L. C. Caldwell, U.
S. Terrace, John A. Stewart.
Eidgeway?S. F. Cooper, W. S.
Jones, E. G. Palmer.
Bear Creek?James Hoffman, H. e
C. "Wilson, James Duke.
Durham's?William Durham, N. A.
Peay, Dixon Robertson.
Gladdex's Grove?Charley Ford,
Eichard Featherstone, James Higgins.
Feasterville?J. Feaster Lyles,
"W.illcpr Croshv. .Tnhn Wallinc.
Blythewood?A. J. Lamar, Butler
Hoffman, Homer Hood.
The above-named persons (or one
member of each precinct board, select- I
"ed by them for the purpose) are hereby
required to be at "Winnsboro on the
31st day of October, to be qualified,
and to' receive necessary boxes,
papers and instrnctioms.
G. W. RAG5DALE,
R. E. ELLISON, ^?.
JNO. S. REYNOLDS," ^- U
Commissioners of Federal Election. *
Oct 23fxtd
"election notice.
a }
A N ELECTION WILL BE HELD
x\ at the several Precincts established
by law in Fairfield County, on the
first Tuesday following the first Monday
in November next, for the following
State and County officers, to wit:
Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary
of S($te, Attorney-General,
Comptroller-General, Adjutant and
Inspector' General, State Treasurer,
Superintendent of Education, Circuit ^
Solicitor, a State Senator, three mem- g
bers of the House of Representatives, si
Clerk of Court, Judge of Probate, F
School Commissioner, three County t<
Commissioners', and Coroner. At the n
same time and place a vote will be a
taken 011 the Constitutional Amend......
* _ T)i
meni proniomng any county irom in- earring
any indebtedness greater than n
eight per cent, of the value of the
taxable property within its limits.
Polls to be opened at 7 o'clock, a. m., ai
and closed at 6 o'clock, p. m., at which
time the vote will be coanted publicly.
The following-named gentlemen have
been appointed managers of election _
for State, County and Circuit officers,
to wit:
Beau Creek?H. Oscar Duke, T.
W. Sligh, E. H. Heins.
Blythewooi>-W. H. Jones, Jas. N.
Shedd, TV". W. Macon.
Durham's?John Hollis, T. M. Boulware,
Thos. L. Johnston.
Feasteuville?J. Banyan Crosby,
\V. B. Estes, James Stevenson.
Gi.adden'S Grove?Daniel Flail, Jr.,
John Gavden, Daniel McDonald. P
Horeb?Thos. E. Bell, Thos. An- a
derson, D. L. Carter.
Moxticello?John W. Lyles, James
Hammond, W. T. Yarborongh. ai
Ridgewat?W. Herbert Ruff, J*. P. o]
Cooper, John Mclntyre.
Winnsboro?H. B. McMaster, Saml.
Johnston, O. Y. Owings. ol
Yonguesville?Joseph Caldwell, Jf
H. W. Adams, John Mackorell. ^
The above-named persons (or one
member of each precinct board, select- 0j
^ J 1 J.1 L% i.1 \ I 1 /N
eu uy uiem ior me purpose; are nereoy 5>i
required to be in Winnsboro on the R
30th day of October, to be qualified, J
and receive the necessary boxes, papers
and instructions.
O. W. BUCHANAN,
C. E. THOMAS, . ?
H. A. GAILLARD, ?
Commissioners of Election. J
Oct23fxtd
&
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Pi
P:
COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD. Q
COURT OF PROBATE. H
rrcncis (J. longue, riamtitt, against
Charles B. Tongue and Thomas W. g(
Wilkes, Defendants.?Copy Summons.?
For Relief.?Complaint not Served. ?
To the Defesdaxts Aboye-xaiied:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and
required to answer the complaint in this
action, which, on the 13th day of October,
A. D. 1884, was filed in the "office of the
Judge of Probate, for the said County, and
to serve a copy of your answer to the said
complaint on the subscribers at their office,
No. 3, Law Range, "Winnsboro, S. C.,
within twenty days after the service
hereof, exclusive of the day of such service;
and if you fail to answer the complaint
within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff
in this action will apply to the Court
fnr the relief demanded in the cmnnlaint. ti
Dated thirteenth October, 1884. 11
J. R. BOYLES, [L. S.] f
Judge of Probate. I
Mcdonald & douglass, .
Plaintiff's Attorneys.
To Charles B. Yongue, absent Defendant:
Take notice that the Complaint in this
action, together with the Summons, of
which the foregoing is a copy, was filed in
the office of the Judge of Probate for Fairfield
County, in the State of South Carolina,
on the 13th day of October, A. D. 1881
Winnsboro, S. C., 13th October, 1884.
J. R. boyles,
Judge of Probate.
MCDONALD & DOUGLASS,
Plaintiff's Attorneys.
OctlGxG
THE CEOSBY INSTITUTE, s'
p IVES MODEL COURSES OF ITS OWN
U" in ail the Common School and Collegiate
Branches, including bookkeeping and B
vocal and instrumental music. Five to
eight elaborate recitations, with reports
daily. Teachers, experienced; buildings,
handsome; location, beautiful and salubrious;
church facilities, good. School fully
supplied with charts, maps, globes, black- D
board surfac?, patent desks, etc., etc. The
Reading Room, always open and free to
all, has a choice selection of currant literature.
Kates of TUITION and BOARD to
suit the stringent times. The conditions
of a mind and proper application being
given. Satisfaction safely guaranteed.
For further particulars send for a
circular to 1J
D. B. BUSBY, A. M., Principal, OctlG
Halsellville, S. C. j
LMD FOR SALE. (
oc
THE following land is offered for sale: at
The plantation known as the "Doby j2
Place." containing about one thousand ^
lcres. This area is distributed about as ar
Follows: Two hundred acres of first-class
river bottoms; one hundred acres of creek _
kaf+atv?c. oawic ?r? />ri/rir?nl
LTVJI/LUA1JO* tu V lllAlllAA^lA UViW AAA V/A I^IAAOA TO1
xik and hickory; four hundred acres in A
second-growth timber. There are about ?
L50 acres of open land?a portion bottoms ?
md a portion uplands. tii
Terms of sale liberal. th
For particulars address
X. P. MYERS, Agent,
Aug 12-flxtf Ridgeway, S. C.
FOB SALE.
ONE Pair Thoroughbred Black BERKSHIRE
HOGS. Applv to
Sept23tf v. J. M. BEATY. <
KEEP COOL
LN*D KEEP THE CAMPAIGN
3T SUPPLYING YOURSELF FROM
-THEMore
Ice louse - I
* ICE.
Ice, fifty pounds or more, at 1% cents
>pr nnnnn
Ice, one hundred pounds or more, at 1)4,
Snts per pound.
BEST MASSINA LEMONS, thirty cents
?er dozen, or four dozen for one dollar.
SMOKE
The Kinny Bros' Straight Cut Cigarettes.
The Kinny Bros' Sweet Caporul Cigarttes.
1 g?aM
The Richmond Straight Cut Cigarettes.
The Duke of Durham Cigarettes.
The Forest King, best 5c. Cigar in Town.
The Rosa De Salvador, Key West Cigar.
COOK.
One Barrel Northern Potatoes.
Some Nice Large Red Onions.
One Barrel Large New York Cabbage.
^J^st received at the WDvNSBORO ICE
F. W. HABEXICHT, .
Proprietor.
SALE
LND FEED STABLES.
NOTICE. /
ALL PERSONS KNOWING THEMilves
indebted to the undersigned by note
I TT/ir? CVAATT VvAnrplif loef enwrirr
1UX OtW/Ik UUUqUU 1CLOU ftUU
immer, and knowing they fall due on th?
ERST OF OCTOBER, had better prepare
) settle the same, as full payment will be
squired; and those who had their notes
irried over Irom last year will come and
ay, as we will be compelled to collect to
leet our indebtedness. -
:: '"'slgPaSS
We are also buying OLD PLUG STOCK
ad paying a fair value for them.
A. WELLIFORD & SONS.
"Winnsboro, S. C., September 17,1884.
'
Tnnt Donokori
uuai iiouuiiuu
r. H. CUMMI-N GS.
TUB GILT-EDGE BUTTER, CHOICE :l$jm
. E. Molasses, XXX Cream Cheese, and
full line of Groceries and Canned Goods.
XXX POWDERED, GRASTULATED .
id all grades of PURE SUGARS, at the
d prices, 11 toi-tpniMnfc % one dollar, ^^
ROAST COFFE-^'STAG", A BLEND
Mocha and Java. "E. L. C." the best _ .sv^3
io sold. Common Rio?loose. Good and
heap.
TVOODEXWARE?LARGE VARIETY
' Tubs, Pails and Buckets, Flour and
agar Boxes, Old Style and Patent Trays,
oiling Pins, Folding Lap Boards, Sewing . \ :
ables, Step-Ladders, Butter Pruits, Pad
es, spoons, i,tc.
WILLOW WARE-CLOTHES, FA MP- .
s, Laundry, Market, Pic Nic, Work, *
unch and Fancy Baskets in endless varieTINWARE-A
FULL LINE OF Staple
oods. Dairy Pans, Pudding, Bread and
ie Pans. Try one of the New Perforated
ie Plates. Broilers, Cake and Biscuit
utters, Muffin Rings and everything the
ousekeeper could wish for.
LARGE ASSORTMENT OF TOILET
;ts. Child's Baths, Etc.,
FOR SALE.
HOME-MADE,
m ?. a K r* n. n ?*
rows amp
WAGONS.
ALSO IX STORE:
ADDLES, BRIDLES,
HARNESS, - ' S
ACON, MEAL
RY GOODS, NOTIONS,
SHOES
INDUCEMENTS FOR CASH.
r* mria. ci ti /n n-nonAnn- vict
JU * u. liJCiSruniJLS,
WO STORES FOB REtfT
\R FOR SALE, Corner Main and Col)
lege Streets, Winnsboro, S. C., now
cupiea by Mr. John P. Matthews, Jr.,
id Sir. U. G. Desportes. Possession given
tnuarv 1st, 1S85. These stores command ;
e trade from the best sections of Fairfield
td Chester. Apply to
Octtfx3m R. S. DESPORTES.
RESPASSEBS NOTICE.
, LL PERSONS ARE HEREBY^ORL
bidden against hunting, fishing, cut- * . vi
lg timber or otherwise trespassing upon
e lands of the undersigned.
W. J. JUMJNbO^,
X. M. McQUATTERS,
W. M JOHNSON,
W. H. JOYNER,
E.WOOTAN,
J. K CLAMP, S.
J. JOYNER,
J. C. JOYNEB. ' ^