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. a?to?a??? ian i amampraM?m LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. jj|?|?x?'; - -' WEDXfiSEAr. December 17. r : : lSi"-4. ** * ' "* Terms of The News and Herald.? Tri-weekly edition, four doiiars per annum, in advance. Weekly edition, two dollars ver annum in advance: two dollars and nfty cents per. annum, if not paid in ad vance. Rates for Advertising.?One dollar per inch (solid minion) for the first insertion, and fifty cents per inch for each subsequent insertion. These rates apply to advertisements of every character, and are pavable strictly in advance. Obituaries and tributes of "respect are charged for as advertisements. 'Marriage notices, and simple announcements of "deaths, are pul> Jislied free, and are solicited. L.iuenu terms for contract advertisements. 3f v ArtTert:??BiP3i:K. Ringing?A. Williford <? Co. Clerk's Sales?W. H. Kerr, C. C. P. Coroners Sale?G. S. Hinnant, Coroner. Land for Sale?J. C. Caldwell, Executor* . Sheriff's Sales?Jno. D. McCarlev, k. S.F.C. 'Xotice of Final Discharge?T. P. Mitchell, Guardian. Assignee's Sale?I. N. "Withers, As >' signee. S Local Briefs. ?Horse racing receives considerable attention jnst now. ?Cotton sold id iown on "Wednesday for as much as 10f. The market t--^ : closed firm. frnvfilfirs have not been as numerous here this season as tisDal. ?W. L. McDonald, Esq., of this rkTo/?o Vi?c dnlv aoooxnted notary I"""") ?. ?. public. 7 ^ * ?The Board of County Commission. ' J ers met yesterday and transacted some important business. ?"The Thespian Corps" are now rehearsing nightly and will give the public a lively play, between this and January 1st. ?A prominent merchant in town who has had large experience in the lien business thinks the lien law ought j v to be repealed. ?Several tracts of land sold on last j sales day, it will be noticed, have been advertised for sale on the first Monday j in Jaunary next. ?Postmaster Egleston is liow ready j to take the orders of tlpse who wish lock boxes. If he receive as many as thirty orders he will send for so raauy new boxes.. ?The yonng ladies of the town will give a leap-year T)all at the Winnsboro ! Hotel on next Thursday evening', the 18th Inst. Nominations are now in : ( order. ?The slavery phantom, "like the ' baseless fabric of a vision," fades away , * 1 ? f-e-'-l tUA ' irom oerore ine non-uueu gaz,*; ui mc j gentleman i? black, and it may be soon ! said that "Richard is himself again." ' ?Every day or two the familiar call!1 of the Sheriff is heard in front of the Coart-honse, and we know withoat looking that the mule is there, doing 1 his best generally under the eircum-^ stances- to appear resigned. j* - .* ?Having been approachcd^^%ev. era! to know if cievels^f m"ay ^ i "p* ' expected .here on thjg^rst of March * 5lirU cuyu*uj *JS"ta?e tne crocoie 10 Bffll Pk Sa-~ Bachelors still feel : ^e *>e here. " ?The rule among the bachelors ' against lending their badges has been ' broken again?this time in a direction ^ that no one had ever <thought of. " Surely it cau't be said to have been found on his other vest ia the present case. . ; ?Some farmers say it would be well to postpone the sowing of grain now : until spring. Maaymalesit is thought are desirous of going into winter qaar- 3 ters earlier this year than usual, as it ' will take comparatively a longtime to ( recuperate. ?A young feilow in olwn whose ' gfrl is absent, has not only announced . without any good reason that he will mot attend the leap year hal. >>ut is -.apparently very much dilapidated beisides, and refuses -io be comforted. ! The young lady vC~^please return at CLICI CttllivOb j/V.'OOiV> ? V??4VMW* ?A fellow who ;^as iudicted at the -Jsst term of the Court of General Sessions for Chester county for selling, whiskey without license expostulated jjjw?? Jlisjltt^?5L^trTTJsiStea^ moving for a continuance of the case, saving that he didn't "want to be tried by no d?d Seceder Solicitor; go to the penitentiary sure." ?"Speaking about wire pulling," said a fellow to us recently,; who has spent about twenty-five summers in this place, "you wait until you have thrown your entire avoirdapois against a gate about three 'tisnes, an?^when you hare paused andiopked around to observe that the lights have been extinguished, and realize as you will how utterly, absurd it Is to contemplate the possibility of a night7? lodgiag, then you will understand the value of the ?? accomplishment." Uegeo Exodus.?Many negroes are said to Lave left lately from, about J neighborhood of Alston,./ however,-, which is jtisi oir this"" fide of the rrrer1 from Peak Station, we have heard ofr do departures. - Another dick was bronght before Trial" Ju&tice Cathcart on last Thursday^ charged . with carrying a'concealed deadly L' J? weapon. In de&nlt of bond he was Hr quietly concealed in jail to awaitHhe f next term of'the Court oCGeneral ScsV V - - - "? i r sions. . . - a g? ; ' Ko.. .Defense.?:Several bills'of inSctmept bare been filed by the Grand - Prosecuting Attorney with the Secretary of the B. P.' IT. . Various pleas have been interposed by the defend- " ^nts. Prominent among them is a. plea^of. guiltir witfi' a petition ior " mercy from, th'e Grand Mogul.. . TVe <kna7t hesitate to say^-tSat ifce acffon'ofihe iieftyidant is commendable^ When, a fellow can discover no figftung3' ? grosnd, looking- at the thing from his ; own-poktt of vievr, .then by ail means toss iip the sponge. Tns Horse Rack.?The esciiemeat of tSe towiii on Monday wa?t the horse - . _ . - teaPBBtf?MMBH?CM???BMg?? ' race which has been talked for some nine, ana wmcn came on at tne oia race-track on that day. The race was largely attended by merchants, drummer?., clerks and boys, all manifesting no little interest in the result. After the usual preliminaries the horses were fairly started, and for the first fonr hundred yards it seemed difficult to say which would come out ahead. From this point though, the breach became wider and wider until the "Coleman horse" crossed the line (600 yards) with several lengths to spare. A Revolutionary Rblic.?Mrs. Jane Robinson, aged eighty-seven years, a cousin of Messrs. J. M. and. H. L. Elliott, of this place, who is now visiting them, has in her possession a piece of red velvet which was tsken from a coat made to represent the coat of a British officer with which an uncle of theirs disguised himself during the Revolutionary war and recovered a f'kat.fSP iua.ru ii uui uiwtv a vauip m vu&s^i county. The mare had been stolen from, him some time before this. He effected the recovery in open daylight. This piece of velvet has been in the possession of tire family over one hnn'dred years. .; " The Fire.?The town was startled on last Sunday morning about 11 o'clock a. m., by the sudden alarm of fire. All liands were out in a moment, resolved to know the worst, aud to sacrifice as little as possible. An interesting little blaze was discovered fliVkwmrr ?wftv irvthft'ssfAhles of Mess. A. Williford & Co. The prompt action, and admirable coolness of "the Juvenile Stouewalls" who were first upon the scene, brought this modest beginning at once to a timely .end. Any disparaging remaks in connection with this, thoroughly trained fire company in" future, and the offender will be given fifteen minutes in which to leave the town. . Cotton Statement.?The following is the comparative cotton statement for fKa tt-aaI- onrlinry mKo* 10 1 ,Q?.4_ bu^/ trvca vnviikjg jL/vwuivvi awa* Net receipts at ail United States ports during the week 288,851; to same time last year 280,146; total receipts to this date 3,0G2,290; to same date last year 2.862,244. Exports for the week 198,19S; same week last year 108.438, total exports to this date 1,829,21S; to same date last year 1,496,9^2. Stock at all United States ports 968,206; same time last year 1,187,0S9; stock at all interior towns 191,300; same time last year 213,450; stock at Liverpool 503,300; same time last year 533,000; stock of American afloat for Great Britain 284,000; same time last year, 273,000. " Ouii Physicians.?A bil^Jias been, introduced into the Jjggislature proriding a lien (a ligjf 0n crops we sup-' pose) foi^jis&cians. The medical' profesg^fo needs protection no doubt such a lien will avail any tiling, fte hope the bill will pass. But many lawyers -take the position that the bomstead exemption might be set up against such a lten, assuming of course [due lue aCCOUULS U1 lUC uutiuts ai\s not from a constitutional point of view imong those obligations which may be jontracted in the production of the ;rop.' No Widowing that this assumption is correet, we still fail to see that it settles the. question. That we may execute a valid mortgage on the homesteac^eitber before or, after assignment we take to be now generally admitted bat aside from legal technicalities, whs*; is the difference between a lien and a mortgage? If the latter will prevail against the homestead why should not the former also? ' The Dog Question'.?Several gentlemen in town tkink the dog question a, serious one, which is crying in vain for legislative interference. Some of the epithets which these gentlemen apply to the Legislature in the heat of the /%? COnCifiTTO nilPQtinn 1*A UXOV. UOOiVii VI ~ mind as of an anecdote which is related of President Lincoln in his early days at the bar. The Legislature of Illinois (bis native State) had become very unpopular, so much so thaf about the meanest thing that one man could say to another there, was to call him a member of the Legislature. _A_.jvdtty lodgi-at' QBc' Gf^t'fie County Courts gravely sentenced a prisoner to "two years in the State Legislature." Old Abe arose with his accustomed solemnity and addressed the Co8rt: "May it please your Honor, as a friend of. the Court. I beg leave to suggest .that the punishment is excesive and I move that penitentiary be substituted in the sentence for Legislature." Fkank Leslie's Sunday Magazine. ?Thp rknpjiincr nnmhpr for .Tnrinftrv 1885,. of this, favorite magazine is aremarkably brilliant holiday one: most of the contents are timely and appropriate, and are'edifying, instructive and entertaining. "The Angel i Chimes; A Christmas Story," "The Dominion of Canada," "A Missionary's Letter to theYonn^sters at Home," 5'tStacees at Bible History?No. I.: From "the Creation to the ^.Dispersion," and "Religious Art-in -the Greek" Church," i^e^finelj^illtistrated and replete with interest.' ^"Representative Religious . Journalists" is a new ftinft*r?rt T?ftTT""' T MtD xbw v Vi. vuv Ckrzst&rfcgtandard) ii,ihe first sketch, with portrait. In the "Home Pulpit" is a sermon br. Dr. Talinage, the? editor, who has also a characteristic article, "The Drink DesiU"' Anion? the ^ortaraits are those of the Kight Rev. Samuel. Seabury, the first American Bishop and of-the Rey. Dr. Paret,! recently electedlSishoo of Maryland ? the earliest' an& latest' of "American Bishops. The i>nce is twenty-five cents a number, oxf $2.50 yearly, postpaid. Address. Mrs. Frank Leslie, Publisher^#,-:55 and iff \ Bark Place, New York. - ; ^? - ^ Outrageous KoTabery. Messrs. Editors: The people in this section were considerably .shocked on Siywjay . aftermoqb; when repairing"to Hormah Baptist_ Qhnrch? for the pnrpose <j? <^|ying~ the Sonday Schogl^exercises, to^ fia^. the church had been.-brokCT open aud tbo villain or rHlain^fevrcg no fear of Go J, pan V * V i - " ' ?. '- . : - or the devil, had despoiled this timehonored house of God of the Bible, hymn-book, communion set, four sidelamps and one quart of wine, not forgetting to appropriate a pocket handkerchief which the minister had accidentally left on the desk. The house was entered through one of the windows, by bursting the shatters which were fastened inside, and the exit was made through one ot the doors, which, as we found it slightly ajar, first excited our suspicion, and upon examination we found the abovementioned articles missing. These had all been presented to the church by the Ladies' Sewing Society of this i rr i J .r community, waving iraceu oue oi jut: lamps, we hope to come up with the other articles and with the villain or vilalins who have been guilty of this outrageous sacrilege. We "are of the opinion that the expens'e of trying such cases should be saved, and the guilty person or persons placed under charge of Captain Lynch. x. Simpson's T. O., December 15, 1884. ITEMS FJtOIUC FEASTEKVZLLE. ?After a long vacation, the lleporter flirt tiurvA^ on/1 PCQQVC a llfil'* , IVHIWUUW U1V> ili^VVt M<4Vk vvv??^ V ? ?? rative of surrounding events. One of the shorest crops eVer known in this section has been harvested, notwithstanding its unusnally promising adpearance to the middle -of Jnly. Consequently, an unparalelled financial depression prevails. It is paiufully evident that the mand! of a careful investigation of causes country has been gradually getting i poorer, and can go but little farther j without actual suffering, uommon ; sense, wisdom, and patriotism, demand a self-abnegating application of remedies. If wc may be kindly excused for any appearance of forwardness and presumption, we would respectfully tender the following for the discussion and practical consideration of those older, wiser and more directly concerned: Is this depression due. if so to what extent, and what is the remedy therefor, partly? 1. To the increase of population without a corresponding increase of effort to provide therefor? 2. To a decrease iu the fertility of land and in the condition of climate' favorable to agriculture, without a corresponding compensation by means of greater skill and better labor? 3. To a want of diversified industry? 4. To idleness, want nf iiiiloririAnf. innananitv and careless nessin every department of industry? 5. To intemperance and other pernicious hafci^"foolish i nvestrrretKs--SKSij-ajUxog buying, when there is no bacon oli the premises, and domestic lavishness? 6. To the industrial disaffection of labor towards capital* incident upon the political antagonism of the two races? 7. To unwise legislation as regards pernicious laws, the creation of an unnecessary number of offices, and the affixing of exorbitant salaries for public services? 8. To the disproportion of the producing to the nonrivu^n/iinrr rw/vr\n1ot5r??v nf* thft waops of ! VUUViU^ ?. laborer to the salaries of professions, and the price of onr products to mercantile wares? We believe that much industrial, financial and political good may be derived from a broad investigation combined with determined efforts to apply the remedies indicated. ?Our people recognize the importance of educating their children, notwithstanding the hard times, as witness the following reports of white schools; Miss bailie D. McFeats, near Captain Clowney's, 15; pupils, Prof. Shell's, Feasterville, 30; Prof. Keller's at Cool Branch 35, the Crosby institute near Halsellville, 50. The colored people appear more apathetic than usual, and we have been able to hear of no schools now open for them. TVe hope all may continue to recognize the fact that in republics at least constant educational effort is theprice of a good government. ?The following have moved: Messrs. Edward Faut to his mother's, Robert Clark to JoLu Clark's, Henry Yarnadore to Jesse F. Castles, Wm. Castles TT1 "P. TTpnrv barter to Henry Jeffers'si Joe M. Barnes, Wm. "Wood and Wiley Estes to Florida, Hngh McKeown to Mrs. Jamison's, the Rev. J. D. Mahon to the "meador" place, and Dr. W. M. Mgador to UnionvilleTo~engageTn the drng 6as?iess.?* ?There were well attended sociables at Mrs^ Anna Lewis's on the 5th, and at the Crosby Institute on the 27th ult., and 5th and 12th insts. The latter are being held under the auspicies of the Prinrinal. .for thp. social henefifc of his ? J pupils, the plan of the social as well as mental development of its attendants, and the imparting .of a higher tone to the social intercourse of the younger. ?The following are visiting in the Corner: Dr. Durham, Jr., of Aiken, Dr.Clay ton and family and Mi s. Nancy Coleman of Chesterfield, Mr. J. Hendrix McLane, Mr. Louis Westbrook of Texas, Prof. Klassell, a Swede, in search, of employment as a music teacher, and the Misses. Keller of AbV.QT7?11/1 ?Mr. Joe Weir is having his residence painted white with trimmings of black and green. As a few dollars thus ppeat iu neatly paling iu the yard net only reuder the home-life more attractive, but also enhance the valne of ,such property, wc take the liberty of! commending his example. - ?We are sorry to record the death j of the following esteemed citizens, andj beg to tender sympathies to the be- i reayed families: Mrs. W. J. Shelton, November 20th, Freddie Ernest onlv child of Mr. Louis "Westbrook of Texas, November 20th, and Mr. Smith Hardin, aged 70 or 80, December 3rd. ?The usual quantity of wheat ha3 been sown. The ground has been in excellent condition, notwithstanding ibe long drought. ?Leap year has been particularly destructive to the Corner's Bachelor's Protective Unious. Letters of condolence are in order. ?The remains of Mrs. Hattie L. Westbrook, who died on the 11th of r iast March, were interred iu the Beaver i Creek Cemeterv on the 10th ult. ?Mrs. Polly McLane and her danghter Miss Fannie, are spending the winter with relatives in Georgia. ?The Rev. J. D. Mahon has received and accepted a call to serve the Cool Branch Congregation the ensuing year. ' ' .. - >, i, _ . . ana?aa?a?K??B? JEXEXTTIXG FACTORIES. Messrs. Editors: Our Representatives in the State Legislature, by voting for the repeal of the law exempting factories from taxation for ten years, have incurred the public censure of a public-spirited citizen, Mr. G. H. McMaster. t a<\ nnf nfnnnco fn defend these I * MV *?VV v^/vwv . gentlemen. They are fully capable of doing so themselves, if they see fit; but, iu this era of encouraging everything generally, at the immediate expense of the very much discouraged fanner, I am glad to see prudence enough to apply this brakes on the train carrying the planter's money to indefinite periods and places. Call the Exemption Act by the right name, and if you want the impoverished people of the country to lend their money (no matter how much interest is nromisedl for ten vears to canifcai - 4 / ?r -- * ists, say so at once; for this itis, and nothing el6e. To illustrate: A. has $1,000 subject to taxation, alreadrTnvested in the State; he changesithe investment for stock in an incipient factory, ihns causing a loss to She public treasury of about eleven doljars.; per anuum for .ten years. To m'stke good the loss, the tax on B's propei^ must be increased. It is true, the Staite holds out golden promises to B, while ~i? i-i.r. _ u: ? v.. sue is lawnj uia uiyncv vj iuiw?tiiis him it is bread cast on the waters, aid ! after many days it will retnrn?clf l: ( lenges his patriotism and pubUc^gfit I ?and, if he grtnnbtes;^?S^ain hoMa ' narrow-minded grudge. -j If you would only listen to B, fie ( might give a few reasons conira, us j follows:' .,-.'71; 1 "I am a poor man and have to scrajh- j ble too hard for my living to help cap- , italists build factories. A factory : will do me 110 good, unless built nfear -1 my land. "T liftva hppn pnfon?*n<yin?o,evervlhinsr ^ 1-? o - - \ V i under the sun, and have never received any encouragement myself. "And, finally, I don't want a factory near me?I think one is a curse to a neighborhood. In the shadow of it* walls lurk ignorance and vice, and the hnm of its spindles is too often, accompanied by the cry for bread. I have seen the haggard, worn and expressionless faces of its operatives, the children and young girls toiling from dark to dark for the sake of a hare existence, and I thanked God! bad no ] such neighbors, and was not mean enough to want to make money by haYing them. "Your Exemption Act is nothing 6ut protection. The State might as as well pay out ofiteyattlts-an amount of money equal to the rescinde<rfaY. "All 'protection' (I use the word .in its technical scnsfe) is brigandage, stealing from Peter to pay Paul, robbing the poor to favor the rich, despoiling the weak to help the powerful. This mav sound like nihilism, but it is the truth, nevertheless, and it unfortu nately causes nibHism, socialism, com- , maoism., aiid all the other 'isms' that ? are straggling blindly in . the grasp of i a powcrfal Plutocracy. ] "You cry out against the North, and j call it robbery; you get up in public j assemblies and denounce it in written ] resolutions, but with a strange'Tncdu- j sistency you favor its adoption in the j South. 1 'Exern pting a factory from tax,, you may say, is a small matter, but I "Kay ? it is starting a rift through which may eventually break a devastating flood. . -f. - ] "If a factory- can run profitably, it < needs no encouragement in the shape ? of protection: if it cannot, then, like < any other non-producer,.its existence i is useless, except, perhaps, as a sentiment. "It is absolutely wrong to take any | more money from me than is strictly 3 needed to preserve my rights of per- ! sou and property. i "The less paternal tne government the bettor the government. Trying to make men good and right by law, has ] cansed more immorality and poverty, than it has averted. "If onr Legislators are obliged to 'encourage' something let it be the ; agriculture of the country. That ; needs more direct'encouragement'than 1 '?nt?fTitnn' T I aujvuing.jrauvvT^ v**# mmmbsw To conclude, I say all honor JPB Messrs. Douglass, Briceand Katlanto, and ? well, .we don't agree wj?k-our~^ friends, George andtheMigor; * , Fs Bkothee. A JOYOUS OCCASION. . vMessrs. Editors: It was my good fortune to be present at the celebration AP Tin AP \fi? An^ lff*0 VI uuyuuio Vi iUt. <?uu AU.19) Black, at the residence of the bride's mother in Columbia on :he4thinst. To those who enjoyed being an invited guest it was certainly elegant and impressive, but upon those whom fate and friendship had decreed to stantfas an attendant it will make a deep and lasting remembrance. It is seldom one finds a more genial host or a more . ? / kindly matron than the one who diS a Jt _ *1 - -/? ^ ^ i pensea me nospitauues 01 iuav wxar sion. Providence' gives tts many who in the calm deliberations of an assemblage can dp onto others as they would be done by, and are applauded by the world for their tact and talent, bat in the - ever varying and ever changing scene, expression, desire and demand of a marriage ceremony and a wedding supper the reserve force and in i? geuuiiy or a most &ajeiuu&cuptv; mtuition is required, and few could have nsed it with the grace which so became the lady of the house. The guests began to arrive about eight o'clock, and pleasant moments in agreeable company soon brought us to the hour of ten?the hour appointed for the ceremony. Promptly at that hour came in the groom with his bride on his arm, all decorated with the garlands so suitable to the occasion, and bewitchingly attired. These were followed by their.attendants?Mr. Joseph K. Alston and Miss Alice Shedd, both of Fairfield, Mr. Albert Taylor, of Columbia, and Miss Rebecca Ashford, of Fairfield, Mr. George Cbappell, of Fairfield, and Miss Nellie Lee, of lumbia, Mr. Osmund "W. Buchanan* and Miss Mattie Chappell, both of * > skm 1SS5T-.".- SSSBBB&SP'&P " - v^ic 'JK-r .. : ; - ; iiC ?B???aw Fairfield, and the Messrs. Trapp, of Fairfield, graced the occasion with Miss Sallie Black, a sister of the groom, and Miss Howie, .the latter from Columbia. There was a pleasing1 effect produced by the attire of the ladies; it had been happily suggested by the bride that only two of her maids be dressed alike in color, and the variety and contrast shone pleasingly forth as they tripped along, showing the wisdom of its conception. -, The Rev. Dr. Girardeau of the Presbyterian chnrch ably and eloquently officiated at the ceremony and gave them a goodly amount of wholesome advice in their starting out in their new career. He told tbem of the instability of yonth, the trials of middle age and the pleasures and experience of old age. After "the ceremony the attendants and a goodly array of gnests repaired to an- adjoining room and partook^ of the elegant tables there spread. ? ne arrangement was precise, the quantity abmuiauLand the quality superb. The substantial were properly honored and the sweetmeats and other delicacies were not lacking in due appreciation. ' The delicate energy of action was only excelled by the precision of bestowal in the proper form and order, and the industry of movement seconded the-motion "so well begun, and to say that every one enjoyed themselves is to express faintly the idea uppermost in the mind. ' C_q|. Jas. H. Rion graced the head of !KTrnnTiT~?ir,bl^. and at the other end :he, portly outliner o'?iKg^^-T-ho^-r^t.l Woodward, Fairfield's Senator, were < seen. Tbey vied with each other in :heir gallantry, and the younger gen- : ;lemen . watched with envious eyes : :bcir attentions to the fair sex. Suf5ce it to say your humble scribe was )n the left of the Colonel, and as some military writer, has well said, flauk ; ittacks are generally successful, I will '< >rily say. mv movements proved'no' ; inception to the . general ruie in that 1 respect. < Tbis narrarf% would be a very im- 1 perfect and inadequate description if I : >mitted mention of the beauty and gentleness of the bride and her attend- ] ints. She looked exceedingly pretty 1 md herblack eyes shone out in lively j md pretty/contrast to her fair corn- : slexiou. It seemed to be the intention i a place a blonde and a brunette to- ? jether in the order of the attendants. ' md this feafcore added not a little to its attraction. Miss Alice Shedd, a 1 perfect blonde, was considerably ad- ; aired; Miss Rebecca Ashford, a complete brunette, excited a good deal of i ittention; Miss Nellie Lee, a charming i ittle brunette, was generally sought j ifter, her- piquant style and* dashiug ; iddress well became her; Miss Mattie ! Sbappell; a very pretty blonde with resh, ruddy cheeks, beautiful blue i jyes and facile expression, was tastily i iff'itA/? \f?ee Apuxtt a rrAA/1 /ipql 1 blUl^U) AJJ.WC ilW ir J\/ Ui vr> w ^a/vv v*wm. . , >f attention by her animated and en- < ertaining conversation; Miss Sal lie I Black was elegantly attired in a suit >f bine silk with ornaments, and the sontrast of her fair complexion showed )fi in relief her blonde features. As the clock was striking two we wandered toon? rooms, thinking of the ; lappy, moments just gone by aud wishDg the happy couple all "the felicity ias mundane sphere can offer. The attendants were invited to par ;&ke of a iatc breakfast at tne same , esidence next morning, and the pleas- < ire of that repast, was in fall keeping iritli tbat of tbe night before, and ffhen they left there with the happy pod wishes running through their ninds the. striking of the midday hour aras needed to show that their keen uterest and acute pleasure had not >een passed unnoticed by Father Time, i Sic transit gloria, mundi. Tfiat the i pathway of the newly married couple 1 tvill continue as happy and prosperous ' is their future now seems pleasant and aright is the wish of uEneas. OUB REPRESENTATIVES. ' SKQICACS OX too ocuaivr auu laciuuDio u the Boose from Fairfield County. The News and Courier lias been publishing brief biographical sketches >fthe members of the present General Assembly. We give below the sketches :>? the Senator and the Representatives ; Erom Fairfield county: MAJOR TH01IAS W. WOODWARD. M^jor Thomas W. Woodward, Senior from Fairfield county, was born in that county May 7, 1833. He re- ' jeived his rudimentary education at m old field school, and afterwards studied at the Mount Zion Institute in i nTC??nnk/vMA tltv fKnn W n L'O n lUUOUWil/* iAV vn.wiuu n Mi?v Forest College, ftorth Carolina. After spending some time at that institution 1 be entered the Freshman class of the , South Carolina College in the fall of 1848. After eight months of study he was suspended for barring up a professor's recitation room, and returned home, where he remained for two years. Returning to the College at the expiration of this period he went ^^yy^^^^ior^yejn:, but got into old homestead he mai? cfeirana began planting. In 1860 he was sen to the Legislature and assisted in calling the Secession Convention. At the breaking out of tlie war ne entered the army as a private, but was soon after elected major of the 6th regiment, S. C. V. He served on the coast aroand Charleston for a time and then went with his regiment to Virginia. He was severely wounded at the battle of Dranesville. At the reorganization of the army Major Woodward was made quartermaster of Col. Keitt's 20th regiment, in which capacity he served until the close of the war, havingbeen fonr years aud nine days iu the service. MajorJ Woodward returned home after , the surrender and resumed his planting operations, tie was a uemocratic candidate for the State innate in 1876, bat was defeated, although he reduced the Republican majority in his county eleven hundred votes. Iu 1880 he was. made county chairman, and Fairfield has, gone Democratic ever since. In 187G and 1880 he was a candidate for the Democratic.nomination for Congress, but was defeated by tlie late Hon. John H. Evins.- lie was elected to the State Senate at the late election. Major "Woodward has been prominent in politics ever since the war, and has been 'a member of every Democratic or white men's State Convention held during that time. He was a member of thef Democratic National Convention of 1872, and, under instructions, voted for Greeley's nomination, although it cost him the severest effort of his life. Major Woodward is, while genial, thoroughly ont-spoken and uncompromising. He will be a prominent ngure in uie oeijau;. CHAKLES A. DOUGLASS, ESQ., a Keprentative from Fairfield county", was born January 81, 1859, and is the youngest member of the Legislature. . He entered the Sophomore Class of Erskine College in the fallof 1874 and was graduated in 1878. He then studied law. privately in connection with school teaching until ' Tall of 1880 when he entered the Jr. thool of the Columbian University, "Washington, D. C., and received his diploma in' May, 1881. In June of the same year he was admitted to the Bar in Washington. In the following September he settled in Winnsboro i iflm ' i t ill i ii ' i if uit limtmammmmmM aud since that time has been engaged in the practice of his profession as a member he firm of McDonald & Douglass. Mr. Dougless is one of the editors and proprietors of the Winns boro Inews and Herald. For several years he has been prominent in Fairfield politics. He was a delegate to the Congressional Convention of the Fourth District last summer and placed the Hon. Henry A. Gaillard in nomination for Congress. He attended as a delegate the Judicial Convention at Chester last September and placed in nomination J. E. McDonald, isq., the present Solicitor of the Sixth Judicial Circuit. He entered the race for the Legislature last fall, stumped his county and at the primary election was nominated at the head of the ticket. MR. THOMAS S. BRICE was born in Fairfield connty, September 16, 1840. He entered Erskine College in the fall of .1858, and was graduated with the highest distinction in 1860. He enlisted as a private April, 1861, in Company H, 6th regiment S. C. V., and was at the fall of Fort Snmter. He was afterwards called to Virginia, and throughout the war made an admirable soldier. He was wounded at Fort Haralson -in 1863, while color-bearer of his regiment, and was surrendered with Lee's army at Appomattox. Since . the war he" has been snccessfallv engaged in farming. He was 9ne of the~ most actire and prominent men in the reorganization of the Democratic party in 1876. ; He was nominated for tb'e Legislatnre in that year, but was",beaten by a negro named Dan Bird. Bird resigned in the spring of 1877, and Mr. Brice was eT&stftd to "his sear, and was re-elected in 1878. the primary election in 1880, bat waShrcnaa^fnl in his candidacy this year, and wa5v again elected to the House. MR. S. E. RUTLAND, i member of the House from Fairfield ;onntv, was born in'Columbia Angust 1, 1856, and at the age of 10 removed tin nr?AJ/ LU .JCiUrUCiU WUUi/J . CIJI^IWU il V*ford College, at Spartanburg, in the fall of 1872, and spent two years in that institutiou, leaving before graduation. He went to work on a farm aud accumnlated some property. He then en-, tercd mercantile business, in which he is now engaged in connection with stock-farming. Mr. Rutland has been active in politics since he was 18 years \ old. He took a warm interest in therax Union Clubs of his. county and was an original member of one "of the best and most thoroughly organized Democratic clubs in Fairfield. He was, , prominent among those who attended the memorable inauguration of Gov ernor Hampton in 1879. He was a spy in the Radical camp, and as such was in nniM'ncnnn/1oTi/>6 with ^V_ M. Mackey, chairman of the Republican Executive Committees He was announced 'for (he Rouse this year, and, after a closely contested primary election, secured the nomination and was sleeted. HYMENEAL. Makhied, on the lltii inst, by the Rev. E. Lupo, Mr. Matthew S. Hebon to Miss Alice E., daughter of Mr. David Wilson, both of Monticello, Fairfield county. NOTICE OF FDfAL DISCHARGE, j I WILL apply to ihe Judge of Probate of Fairfield County,'S. C., on Monday,January 12, A. D. 1885, for a final dis:hafge as (Guardian of Johnnie C. Chalmers, nee Brice. ' ;T. P, MITCHELL, Decl3flx3 , . Guardian. ASSIGNEE'S SALE. BY consent of all the attorneys interested, I will sell before the Court House ioor, in Winnsboro; S. C., on Monday, December 29th, at 11 o'clock a. m., all the ihoses in action held by ate a&jLggjgpeeBtf Joseph GroescheL J. X. TC2H&RS, December 9,1884. ^^jRgnee. C. BlRT & CO., I 55 | 57 | . t AND J j 59 J . ""?~" MARKET STREET, CHARLESTON, SO. CA., The Largest Fruit and Produce House in the South. Impoit and keep constantly on haud Bananas, Cocoanuts. Oranges, Pineapples, Apples, Lemons, Nuts, Raisins, Potatoes, Cabbages, Onions, N. C. and Va. Peanuts, ORDERS SOLICITED, AND PROMPTLY FILLED. Nov28xGm - STATE OF SOUTH UAJttVJLJJNA# . . , * COUXTY OF FAIRFIELD. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Charles E. Thomas, .as Administrator of "the Goods, Chattels and Credits of Eliza E. Ford, Deceased, Plaintiff, against John A. Rains, Nancy Rains, James Rains, Wesley Rains, Jane Rains, William Rains.* Henry Rains, Maggie Wootan,-James Robinson, Jane Haithcock, Emma Perry, Mattie Seiglar, Mary . Ellen Price, Maggie Bean and Jemima Rains, Defendants. Copy Summons for Belief\ Complaint ngt Served. To ' YOU AKE HEREBY summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which is this day filed in the office of the Clerk of Ihe Court of Common Pleas for said County, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at their office, No. -1, Bank Range, "Winnsboro, South Carolina, 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, th2 plaintiffs in this - =ii -Si?l? .-t auiIOIl Will tv IUC VULUU XVI HXIC lut^i demanded in the complaint Dated 26 March, A. D. 1884. GAILLARD & REYNOLDS, Plaintifl's Attorneys. To the Defendant James Robinson; Take notice that the Summons in the above-stated action (of which the foregoing is a copy) together with the Complaint herein, was filed in the office' of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County;of Fairfield, on. the 26 th day of March, A. D. 1884. GAILLARD & REYNOLDS, Plaintiff's Attorneys. 2sov2o-x6t . SHERIFF'S SALE. BY virtue of sundry warrants on Ken to. me directed, I will offer for sale before the Court House door in Winhsboro, S. C., on the * - - . FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY next, within the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder for CASH, the followingdescribed personal.pn^ertv, to wit: Five bales of cotton. Levied upon as the property .of Daniel SIcCullough, Armistead Mobley and Cato Hill, at the suit of J." F. McMaster & Co. 4 r .sn Two bales of cotton and sixty bushels of cotton seed, more or less. Levied upon as the property of Reuben Fant, at the suit of John Crowley. > * . ALSO, One bale of cotton. Levied upon as the property of Jacob Thompson, Mrrtha Thompson and Peter Banfieid, at the suit of U. G. Desportes. ALSO, . One bale of cotton and one stack of fodder. Levied upon as the property of John Starks, at the suit of U. G. Desportes. ALSO, Thirty bushels of com, more or less, and three hundred bundles of fodder, mrxrn ?-vf locc T fieri 17TWIT! ftS thfi DrOT>frtV of George Stevenson at the suit of ll A. Davis. ? JNO. D. McCARLEY, Sheriff's Office, S. F. 0/ Winnsboro, S. C., ? ; December 6, 1S84. , Decl3td - \:-T . ' ' >r* ; { LAID FOR SALE. As Executor of the Will of James E. Caldwell, deceased, I will sell at public sale at the Court House in Winnsboro, on the FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY, 1885, Sixty Acbes of La2?i>, more or less, adjoining lands of said deceased, and otherwise bounded by lands of CoL Wm. Stokes and I. T. Gladden. Terms:?ODe-third cash, balance in one and two years, secured by bond and mortgage of premises, with interest from day of sale. J. C. CALDWELL, Decl3flx3 Executor. CLERK'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD. Mary Gayden, Plaintiff, ?. John M. Gay. den, Defendant IN PURSUANCE OF AN ORDER OF the Court of Common Pleas, made in the above-stated case, I will offer for sale, V J! 11.. i. VlnlaoW UUIOK uie lAHUli uuiuc uwi 1U II uuwuviV) on the - fiest is januaby next, within the legal hours of sale, at public outcry, to tee Mgbest bidder, the foHowing-described property, to wit: , All that piece, parcel ^-er iaet of land, lying, being and situate in the- County- of Fairfield and State aforesaid, eeoM&ng ONE HC3JBBED ASD TWESTT-IBBCE Acres, more or less, and bounded on 4fee north and east bv lands .of Colonel Stokes, on the south by lands formerly of Junes' E. Caldwell, deceased, and ohthe-weatby, lands of John Bratton; being a Dorticotof the tract of land conveyed to John %, Garden by il. C. Gay den, as Adminirtl? trix of the estate of H. L Gayden, deceased, on the 18th day of Dacember. j A. D. 1876. ! TEEMS OF*Am* ^Me-half of the pureliase-mcaey to be {AgfcjL&Lcash, and tiie balance in one year fronTJfW1 ui^-'-pf sale, with interest there* on from the day of sxle payable annually;, such balance to be seeijieanS^the bond of1 the purchaser and a mortgage of thiTpwesuisas sold, the purchaser to lave the option i to pay the entire purchase-money in cash; ana the purchaser to pay for all necessary papers. , W. H. KERR, Clerk's Office, C. C. C, P. F. C. Wintisboro, S. C., December 12,1884. Decl2fxtd CLERK'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAKOLINA, COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD. W, XL Kerr, as Clerk of the Court of Common Fleas of the County of Fairfield, X W, Boyle and Bawls & Wilhalt JN PURSUANCE OF AN OEDEB OF X the Court of common neas, maae ic the above-stated case, I will offer for sale before the Goi&t House door in Winnsboro, on the FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY next, within the legal hours of sale,-at public outcry, to the highest bidder, the following-described property, to wit: Ail that certain tract of land, containing THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY " Acres, more -or less, lying and situate in the County of Fairfield, in the State' afore- < said. Bounded ron the 2201th by lands of John Johnson, on the south and west by lands of Hampton Johnson, deceased, ana on the east by lands of Jackson Joiner. TERMS OF SAI^E: One-half of the purchase-money to be paid in cash; the balance on a credit of twelve months from the day of sale, with interest from the day of sale until paid, to be secured by a bond of the purchaser and o m/Yr+<TT> (tp nf tliA T*n?misAS snM. thft nnr. chaser to pay for all nece^ry^paoers. Clerks O&ee, C.C.C. P.F.C. WaraisboeQ, & C., s .. December^, l?SA, Dec9td COBOXJS&& SALE. BY virtue of an execution fco sae directed. I will offer for &aie before the Court House door in Wincsboro, S. C., m thel TIEST MONDAY IS JANUARY, 1885, within the legal hours of sale, to the liighest bidder, lor CASH,, the followingdescribed property, to wit: All that piece, pareei or tract of land, lying, being and situate in the County cf - .1 ? _J * - - * 'J ? ? 9 xairaexu ana owuraivreKua, cuuuuimig EIGHTY-SEVEN ACRES, more or less, and bounded on the north by lands of Jas. A. Brice and C. A. Dickey; on the east by lands of Mrs. Sloan and S. R. Simonton; on the south by White Oak spring branchy and on the west by lands of -Jas. A. Brice, and being a" part of the old Cockrell Estate. Levied upon as the property of W. W. Ketchin, at the suit of J. D. MeCarley ?. W. W. Ketchin. G. S. HINNANT,. Coroner's Office, Coroner. December 9,1881. Decl3td L4KD FOB SAldE. I WILD OFFER FOE SALE BEFORE the Court House door in Wiunsboro, on the FIRST MONDAY IX JANUARY, 1885, at public outcry,, to the highest bidder, the following lands, to wit: Ail that piece, parcel or tract of land, lying, being and situate in the County of Fairfield, in the State of South Carolina, on waters of Jackson's Creek, waters of Little River, containing Three Hustled aot Thibty-Foctr Acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of John W. Stitt, of John A. Robertson, of the Estate of .Levi BoiicK, deceased, or k. J. Gladney and others. ^?' Also, theHouseTYact^^etsTngthereto ' SIXTEEN ACRES, being one body of land containing in all three hundred and fifty acres. TEKMS OF SALE: One-third of the purchase-money to be paid in cash; the balance on a credit of one and two vea*s, with interest from the day of sale; tne purchaser to give his bond for the credit portion, secured by & mortgage of the premises, and to. pay for all necessary papers. - Any parti* s who may desire to purchase at private sale, before tbe day of Bale above /w?Vi Annltr fn PAI Totf XT UiCili'IUUCU} VOA1 <*yyXJ w VV?? V*w. A*? 4.WVU) Attorney, at Wirmsboro, S. C. JAS. L. MABTUT. Dec3xtds . ^3^ Merchant Tailoring 1/ and Cfrrthmg Hoose jfrW 6 m America. /WANAMAKERH & ? BROWN, U OAK HALL,i JM , A fag line of c?rd nmpT?of v(n the crest piece good* stock ) igA 4? will be {ooad with J. M. BEATY, SALES AGENT, Wiimsboro, S.'C. TTT 4 \TmUn TT All J. JQj-U. COTTON SEED! COTTON SEED!! .1 will pay (15c.) fifteen cents cash per Bushel for 10,000 Bushels SOUND DRY COTTON SEED, delivered to me at this { place before the first of next November, will exchange Cotton Seed Meal for Cotton Seei. I. B. CBQ8BY, Sept 19x3m Shelton, S. C. -V-Jj.'. GROCERIES AT COST TO CLOSE OUT. I HAYS determined to close out all my ^ Groeeries^and wiHs- till all are sola, CASH OXLT. JUST OPENED. A tub of Gilt Edge Butter, 30c.-cod. Lwa^ Ex J. McMASTER & CO, vtatzetown engine. BALL HAND COTTON FBSSS. LITTLE filANT 53?&MJLje P?ESS CHAIN AND BOTABY E&jEtRWS OLD mCKOBYW^fiONS. WE ABE AGENTS FOB THE CORTLAND WAGON COMPANY MANUFACTUBEBS OP PLATFORM SPRING WAGONS, J. F. McMASTEE &CO. TAKE Make & Ssiitk of it Bty nnnns OUR STOCK IS OPEN AND 2EADY for "allcomers." V iixTT' 4r>'Aft r^ Goods CHEAPER than they have voeca for V JHM JSOB iflH OUR GOODS HAYE BEEN BOUGHT 1 as LOW as anybody can buy them tD.d B IV ajSJULi THUBJB. MM COME AND EXAMINE OUB STOCK SB before you buy; and we gTiarantea -4B will LOSE NO MONEY BY IT. XcKASTES, BBlCtT EETCEi$N^j| WANTED. IB cottonseed: cottonseedh 1 I will pay (15c.) fifteen cento cash per 1 Bushel for 10,000 Bushels SOUND DRY M GOTTOX SEED. delivered to me at this 9 place before the first o? nest November. H Will exchange Cotton Seed Meal for Cot- '' H ton Seed. . ffifl J. B. HUBML Oct 17-x3an ' Strothers, S.C. ? " jM AVER'S 4 Ague unre iSWASSAJfTEDtocawaneamoC map- 1 1WUL l1?ft MgWgtBiifK) tafK ... | gritteat ?r (M Anr, Bwwfttanl ??w, B r>a=2l>A^m,BUlcoz F^tct, adliverCcasplaias. In caao at taOsn, after da? tdd. ??Bta* are aatfaoriadt tiy oar dzeclar oC Df.l.C.Ayep&C?.,8.?weJf,MsM. J eoutvaasmM ^ A 4HB ftiiiiSi