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^ r-iTU- v.i:.jzz?L -.- v. .rzxTL'jz: f' I.OCA I i>'ii;U.:'" * K w;:u.\t:s:>av. ; ;, : : :s.-.r TEXtMS Oi* i i: . ...... Tri-'.v-.-ckiy editii-: . -i- : - . ?/? in aUvanci*. -V.:\y<> i<r ttitUhtn i:i v: : v. t! . ; :s i::':y eir:;rs 'tnr i:' i. " I ;ul v:;:"ce. . AT:> ; <>:. A''V : ?: ??.-:* ivc'u (solm :: * i - ra::?{ fifty r :.: .-1 ?< . . .. r-'iv.-ils.-'fJi'm:*: - ;.? . i :.. : : v.: . . t > . . V, s j !i . ;rc.\ r .. P Law Card-J. McC'aV:-. Summons?Giiiiicint & ! ' y >i I Notice of Di>solu:.: >:s ? A. S. loss, Jas.G. Mc:Jant*. ^ Executors* fcuie?CIki*. A J. E. McDonalt;, Executors. , Notice of I>i-sy!uti')jiA. ? Douglass, \V. L. McLK:nu;u. o?s?: ? How about those ^oud resolutions your made on fuo Is; ? ?The blue- li .^of i!ur woa^ bureau ; was up for trie !i;>i time 0:1 Wednesday. ?The Winnsboro X t'ionai D.n:k has .declared a semi-ai;!:i::d dividend of : five per cent. ?IX E. McMaS'er, of Au^urla, -pent i ' several days in tuw:i i;u-i week t;:; professional business ?John Bauskrtt, Esq.. ot the Columbia bar, was in io\vn 0:1 Monday on.; professional badness. ?Tiio many friends oi'.urs. J). ic. Fieniiikei?, i:i town, wiii be >urry to : i.'ci-.t tii.-tr s-ht; i> ven i-i at lur reii < denee in Columbia. *1 ?We learn lh::: about ?" hand:cd and fifty colored h.ive : :t iron: .-md ' around Strothers, in this county, io seek bonus in :ho W-. ?A rabbit which has voccnt'y isntdc i itself quite famiiiii- wit': th:- grounds j in rear of L iw ?::nge, v?a< sl.da by ; * _ Sheriff licCarlov on Wedne.-day. ?Cap*. Thomys Ly io.- v/as tho ii;*s ! subscriber ot'Tii:-* I\t:vfs and Hk::ald to pay up his su::.-.-ri;?!; :: since it has : been reduced to $l oo p .r Let others follow hi? ex:; i ?Ile:nc:t:be:' that >aturd-;\ ti.e i-3i*? is the last d.'y of the thirty days exten sion granted by the Leyb-iarure in which to pay taxes and s.-iLle up if you have not alrea Sy done s ?The Govern'; >r has accepted ti.e resignation 01' r\i;\ >v. i>. a Trial Ju.-tico <6r our com:-}'. -Ir, j Douglass has i\ to Statesviih, ( IN. Ti'iVl"'.' are :i number oi 7 cant? for the ;i:u> vacant. J ?The Rev. Kr. ; f '.! !;!y, has siceei>.e*J m >' -:-sitl?;:? 1:: tiv iC.kuvi: ^ School, - :? v r : ilo will be asai-t d i.i the v.o;:; by Liaccomplish..!! il riirv,":.-"e we : ft regret to lose -unty i r our bes>t wishes :heni tlurir . " . new home. ; " ?1? CllAXGKS.? i .;crt* hssbsen a ::ii::;:;*.r of changes Kittle in ;he legal tm-ernity lately, Read onr lis- <jf froi'.-ssional cards and see wh.-.-re they ' ;.ve bv: n made. Death.-Mi-. James A. met': :rey died of pnei!iiioi:::i at i:> i:o;;.e est : Blackslock, I>ec<-?i d sixty-fire years. Fur .-tv? i..I \ears * past "he ha? fiilvd i!;e i-?iw of hial justice in tl a; c-orr.:..unity. He wa.- ! esteemed a* a ?>< .'? i-i:izeii and :: good man. lie was a:: acceptable member of the 15:-.; f-l Church. Lodged in* Jail.?Mr. Jos.Bachman, who has bc-cn ri:ni:i::g a l.v.r i t::e old stand of D Sageuheiaier, v.*: s ::rrc-~U'd and lodged in jai! on Wedn-si-v. The action was taken on li e >ui: <;f C. C. j Habeuicht v. Jos-ph iJachinai', ;:s an j ^ absconding debtor. 3Ir. Duchmun has j employed Mr. Gailiard to dc fend him.; Further particulars v. -h appear in a j later issue. Progress.?'The ?>! i-;t Z:.r>v Institute has recently been supplied with a complete physical laboratory purebred _ by the trustees ?>f the Society. We jfL learn that Prof. "Withers \v, the pnncip* #pal, comtemplates delivering several public lectures at an early day, v. hen they will be brought into practical \ operation. There is nothing like ' progress. Personal.?The Rev. S. D. Jone?, rD. D., ihe new Presiding Elder of the (Columbia District, preached at the Methodist Church, op 3n~t Sunday morning to a large congregation It was his first visit to oar town iir.ee being appointed to the responsible position, and we only hope that lie is i as well pleased with onr pc-op?I as they j are with him. r Tick's Flokal Gi"ii>e.?are in receipt of a copy oi this Ua-t;iful!y j illustrated gni<:e for the year 18S7. The present edition I- far in odvance ' of previous issues in be'uaty of exterior ' t 4 and' elegance of floral and vegetable; illustrations, and in the number of subjects thoroughly at:d praelk-ali;. j 4 *??-- > r > 1 r,:' rs ireuieu. tuuiwitvii< vi beautiful flowers should peruse its pages. The Best Y::t. ? We take the iiucrty of clipping the following fro\i a private letter from a subset j:>er at Kosi, usko, Miss.: P D<> yon know o; :.:>y one in your mi town who wishes to cxoi.auirti inchSgLr property fur propi-i':y nut j.-.-iv r Ks\ ^ftell them to eoi.'iO out I wiii give thrm ' a trade, as I would iiko very mn<-h !o go back to my old Sl:;te. a- i: is the best old Stale \ < :. A uninbcr of ? ur spaders will ;c member Mr. 5. G. WiNou, 11-: mer * citizen of our town, who is the wiiter f-* - of the above. Riirrofl"*; Snsoorial ? r * " Cannot 'no sur. :I ?i?r Fi .-u: ! v!?> ganct* and <1 i'y. McMastvr, Ur" .c K 1 Saved Jiis LnV. , , Mr. D. Wilsoxson, oi" Horse Caw. Ky.. says he was. 1<t many years, ! ly ^ ed"with phthisic, a:> *> ! '.. : tlic pains By" were almost ttrundar..b'e a;:d \vnai<l s |p> times almost throw Iriia -> c uvuisi : g. P Ho tried Electric Bitters s t relief ' from first bott:<* aail ::Itv:* lakiat: six bottk-s, was r::lh\\y ouu-d ar.d la:.: l; i. e-: in flesh eisihtlv:; i>-a: us. y> !. t?v<?*v hpHovf> - v..,- : /! -r fiiot been for tii.' rcii^'i ?i. /'.t'ctric Sold at li::y :: ";<:le b\ McMaster, BriccOc Ketei;iu. ? * !Sr D: ati: of Mr IIenry Boylstox.? On \Vc<;uc:<Iay the 5tli instant, Mr. Henry 1; y!>ton, a former citizen of U'isin-bf'ro, dial at Bcchamviile, near D!;?ck>:o^k in Chester county. Mr. was a i>rorni$in<r young ::.an ofahout twenty-five years of a?re. IK* wa- ;i son of ti;e late R. B. Bovlston, and has for a number of years j;::.-: jo- (led in the city of Baltimore. Coi:.-;uir:);:o!i was the can-e of his oath. His remains were interred in 1 i.ceuiotcrv of Scion Presbyterian Church on Friday evening1 at o'clock. I lis bo: caved family have the sym :uhy <?;' the entire community. Tin-: Vv'ixxskoro Hotel.?We challenge any of our hotel keepers to present a more inviting bi;i of fare than the well-known Winnsbero Hotel, i'l c following was the bill of fare furnished thrtv (lays last week: Soup, Okra and Tomatoes. Roast Turkey with Cranbeivv Sau Chicken and Beef. - | Vegetables, o > ?- r* ?? i it! 0, LtlX'Cll VyOril, Urrccsi x L%t>, i> uu>; iieu::>, Cabbage, Irish Pota tut?, Sweet Potatoes, Turnips, Tomatoes-. Do-erf, Orange Pie, Peach Pie, Mince Pi", IVund Cake, Apple Butter, PretC: red Pears, Peaches and Tomatoes, Apples, CVanges, Nuts. Gherkin Pirkl<-s, Chowchow. Tea, Milk, Cofll-e. 1Ikai6v.v:.s.?Wagons were .in demand in town 011 Monday and Tues(!uy, in vonsequence of the removal ot a number of our citizens. Mr. K. J. Mo arley wiil occupy the residence of Mr. I>. II. Fienniken for the year. Mr. T. II. Kefchin has removed from j si.o old hold' to his residence. Mrs. M::ekorc!l has removed to the hotel made vacant by the removal of Mr. Ketchin. Mr. 1?. P. Lumpkin will occupy iiio former residence of Mrs. Mackorell. The Rev. G. P. AValson will occupy tnc house made vacant by the removal of Mr. Lumpkin, which ii;"s been purchased by the Methodist congregation. Mr. J. W. McCreigbt will occupy the old Law residence. Mr. \V. M. Propst will occupy the former rc.-idence of Mr. McCreight. Mr. F. A. Sit greaves has removed to the residence formely occupied by Mr. F. \V. iiabc:;icht, and Mr. Ilabenicht wiil occunv t lie former residence of J Mr. J. II. Cat heart. Mrs. Mary Mc5,'reight has removed from the old hotel building to her former residence. Mr. V; M. Hardin will occupy a portion of the old hotel bnildirg. Mr. W. i;. Doty ha* removed to the former ! r, >k;r::ce of Mr. W. C. Ilion. It is j sirld'-iu ilau vvo have such :i general j removal, hut we hope ail parties will ; be satisfied in their new homes. i Meeting of A meeting of the"! i'.:irl:ei'l com.lv bar was held in t!:e j ' ... v- tln-nr. ! oilier .uui/vmuiu ?.v I !';?s 01: Wednesday evening, the oth j inst., pursuant to a calj published in The News anl> Herald. A maj >r:tv of the members of the bar having1 responded to the call, flic meeting was temporarily organized. M>. A. S. Douglass was called to the el.air, ami Mr. II. X. Obear was requested to act a< secretary. 31 r. J. E. McDonald then moved that the members of tlie Winnsboro 'oar do form themselves into a County Dar Association, to be known by .such nam;; as may hereafter be adopted. This motion passed unuanimously. O:; motion of Mr. J. E. McDonald, it was then resolved ti:at the chairman appoint a committee of five to draft a suitable constitution. The following gentleman were placed upon T 1? \f/>TV,noM un> cuuiiujucv. v Glenn VT. llagsdale, Henrv X. Obear, J. Wiiscu Hanahan ai;d W. C. liion. (>;i motion of Mr. Chi?. A. Dongia.-s it \va? resolved that the chairman appoint a committee of three to frame a schedule of minimum fees to be charged by the members of the Association for professiolal services. The chairman appointed upon that committee: Chas. A. Douglass, Henry N. Obear and E. B. Rag-dale. Mr. J. E. McDonald then moved that a committe of three, with the presiding officer as ex-ojfficio chairman, ue appointed to prepare suitable ??A_*/\7rvtl,\ne nn/in tViA ftaath iUUiiiUi AgCV/iUwlUiiO wj/v?i vuv W??%of Col. James ii. Rion. The followin<r gentleman were appointed: J. E. McDonald, Ilenry N. Obear and J. G. McCants: A. S. Douglass, Esq., cx- \ officio cnairman. On motion the meeting then adjourned to meet at the same place on Thursday, the 12th inst, at -1 o'clock, p. m. Monday's Salks.? Monday last brought a <;ood crowd 30 town, and our streets presented, quite a lively appearance. The following sales were :a;ide made by the Cierk of Court: Lilla M Moblty v. Nathaniel F. Mobley and Others, tract of 100 acre=, more or loss, sold to McDonald & Douglass, Attorney, lor $280. Liiia M. Mob lev v. Mary I. Mobley ami Oihers, tract of GOO acrcs, more or lc.-s, sold to James Jones for $Glo. Talbert & Suns v. It. J. Gladnoy and Oihers,.tract of 300 acrcs, more or less, | sold to V. C. Badham for $7GO. Also, steam engine. saw mill and fixture to " V. C. Badham for $32G. Joseph Jennings v. A. B. Jennings tract of 200 acrcs, inorc. or less, sold to .J. an Vv j>!:ert fur $45.3. K. B. Matthews v. W. F. Stanton, ! -.* .-.f 013 niftiv> nr Sold to \Y. F. Stanton for ?1,450. li. I>. Matthews v. W. F. Stanton i tract of 100 acres, more or less, sold to Mr.?. Xuiiey A. li:ig>da:e for ?200. Tiic following sales were made by : the She rift: i'raci <-.f GO acres. more or Jess, at : th'.' SUit of :.lu . ion M. Siniih v. A. M. L>!;a-k, ?oid to Marion M. >?rnith for $200. Tract of 2 acres, more or ies<5, at the snlt of B. G. Ten:;unt v. Alexander E der fur -9240. sa nr.roc. more or less, at stii; t:f same i>;?ity, sold to ! i';r Sli-3. About thirty-five h. ad of .stock wore s >' : a*, prices ranging from >ix to 115 dollar?. Bidding on some of the above i aciMeaBgiaigBggggaacsagaM m IIIM? described property was pretty lively and considering the hard times all of the property offered for ?aie brought very good price?. The Way They do In Florida. We clip :!;< following from the Ocala Banner and publish it at the request fo cltivi.Ji !>f F,irfin!fl! It' States Attorneys generally wore } to fallow the example of -ho ooura- j geous attorney of the fourth circuit j justice would not b;* so often thwarted in t.ur court.-. Public ^cntitnent largely control in these matters. When our jurors violate their oaths and in the lace of positive evidence set murderers, ganihicrs, rojrues, and, felons generady, ioo?e upon the community aiid public sentiment condones it by not condemning it, we may expect its continuance. i)ut if court officials will hold j'o ies up to condemnation through the public for a disregard of their oaths and public sentiment sus-1 tain tke officers who have the courage to do this, cur jury system will be purged and puritied, and felons will ' ' oe aaexuaicjy ^uni>iicu. States Attorney Owens sets a remarkablu example in this respect, which we hope wiil be largely followed. He i- indignant ami docs jiot mincc hi- words :i particle. lie has his Ci.nds 1 ii' 1 and we hope lie will c<qjf:i:ue in his course until ho reforms hi$ circuit. -Tr'Ve append his letter hereto and unznend it to other States Attorneys uTid the pubic generally: To-Jay in the Circuit Court I tried a case wherein I^adore Acosta was charged with "kerping, having. exercisii g and maintaining a gaming , room." I proved by half a dozen competent witnesses that for the past torn* months there h:;s been carried on above Harry Mason's saloon a gambling shop where iii?* gaine^ of *'stud-pokerroulette and faro have been run in full blast every night in the week. f nrrivpi-l thnf Tcarifirt? Acosta had acted as dealer or manager in each of ihe-e games at different times. I proved that he had been seen about every night for the past months standing around in this gambling shop looking over and supervising the various games, assuming a general management and control. I produced in evidence a paper which reads as follows: "December 1st, 1886. j "Received from Acosia & Gregory fifty dollars, for the month of November, for room over my place. "IT M \sdv.! J. proved by otic of the witnesses thai the uAcostii:' referred to hi this receipt was lsadore Acosta, the detendant. [ proved that this gambling' business iibeen <roing on ior the past four moinh-r, ni:d by two witnesses that j they plavcd there last night- Tooll'set tiiis clear and undisputed proof the defendant stood mute and introduced not a syllable of testimony. In the face of ail this a jury composed of Geo. F. Cubbage, i'reston Howard, C. M. Dingec, C. W. lJrooks, i Samuel Craft Callard and J. W. Ilassett, alter due c-eiiberation and perhaps with some ''consideration," brought the defendant in not guilty. * Iu >iiorf, a- quitted him in the teeth of the clearest and most positive proof. Yesterday a poor fellow who has not goi a barroom nor any money was convicted lor keeping a gaming room on half the evidence. .Justice, which means equality, is my motto. I do not intend that one set of "amblers shall be punished and that another set shall go free and have the run of the town. I do not intend that all trial of causes in the courts shall be made a farce, and the admin'!>fration ot the law .-hall be dr?ff<red in the dust. The few decent men wno j get on the panel are challenged peremptorilv by the defence. It: consideration of this condition of j things, 1 hereby announce ihat I do ! not intend to try another gambling case until the jurors?not a few, but the whole panel?are men who have some respect tor their oaths* and who cannot be bought for the prospects of a drink of whiskey. A. W. Owens. WHAT SHALL WE I>0 ? The- Farmers, the Hart! Times and the j Salaries of Public Officers. Jfesirs. JEdisors: Another year j with its lighis and its shadows, its j successes and its failures has faded i into the irrevocable past, ana nnpa- j tient time ever on the wing pursues its inexorable course. And although we are thu-s admonished that the present moment only is ours and that while it is called to-dav we must be up and doing whatsoever our hands find to do. With four successive failures in our crop*, we find our lands exhausted and our people going down swiftly to financial ruin. Before the war the farmers raised their provisions at home and grew richer every year. The South was wealthy then, but the war reduced us to poverty, and we made the mistake of trying to get rich too fast. The war left most farmers with their land unencumbered. How many are free from mortgages to-day ? Mercantile centres have built up and grown rich; guano factories and oil mills and railroads have sprung up on every hand. Iiow is it wifhthe lanners'1' The fault is at our own doors. Wo ha-cr. ninend ourselves at the mercv i of gobblers by pursuing^ wrong methods and practicing a poor farm ecouomy. The way of escape is simple and easv. Contract the scalc of bn.-iness, raise and make at home what I you need as far as practicable, buy very little, keep out of debt, and if you have not mouev to buy a thing, do without it, and ever remember that everything of ital value grovvs slowly and steadily; the mushroom springs up in the night; the oak requires centuries. Again, Messrs. Editors, the cause of hard times is not 'so much the indolence of our farmers, but the contraction of the currency, with about three dollars per capita in circulation iu the South and millions hoarded up in. the Xorth, causing such a depreciation in the monev value of our crops and real * * * iL 1 TITL ~.. estate to oe aunost wortaicss. >ruuu we camc out of the war greenbacks flooded the country and our staple commanded a remunerative price. I attribute tbe bard times to the financial policy of the government. The rich seem to be growing richer and the poor poorer. If is evident that everything has contracted but our debts i The purchasing power of a dollar was i never greater. Notwithstanding this ] there has been no reduction in the high , salaries of our officials. From a visit j > to the Piedmont counties, in which I ; j observed a marked difference in the | I condition of the people, where the I whites largely on'.number the col| ored, there you see evidences of j thrift and progress .011 every hand. ! From this section we are threatened j with a larsro exodus of negroes, which 1 should by all means in my opinion be I nnj>,inv.i,in/l fl f luwill^H nfcOl* (WPtl. u uici* i ?. w.. ty-oue years' experience with Cnfl'ec and coiton, we tind our condition lias grown worse; secondly, we wish !o perpetuate vv hite supremacy, and there has been no solution of the negro question. As long as they remain we are standing as it were over a volcano likely to burst forth at any time. Those | of us engaged in agriculture should | dev? iop niusch's of our boys as well j as cult.vate their brains. Jonx "W. Lyles. Slrother, January o, 1-S87. i ITEMS FROM nOREB. Messrs. Editors-. Having had a long rest, by your permission I will ask your indulgence for the purpose of giving your many readers a few items of interest from this section of the comity. Wei!, to be^in, our very large cotton crop is about all gathered and sold, and instead of the fanners putting on their bright smiles and pleasant looks as might be expected by our crop 011 paper, it is the reverse, as there is quite a difference in fanning on paper and farnnm. proper. It is very easy for the first is very susceptible of making an assertion, but it is rather a different matter to prove :hat assertion by the actual yield of our farms, which proof cannot be made out i:i this case.* Our cotton crop will not be over a half crop in this section, and the low price of the of the article is having its telling effects upon our people, as a number tviii nnf 1.0 nhlft to meet expenses and ihose v.ho can will have but little to s!art on next year. I fear there will be considerable suffering among a number of our people, especially our eoloied oaes, as there is no money to pay for any >vork that a man might wish done during the winter months. The grain crop for this season is very light so far. There wi'-l not be a heavy crop of wheat sown, and the oat, 1 jud^e, will be in like proportion, unless the lieu opens in time to get the seed. I look upon the outlook for another year as being the most gloomy that we have had for many years. There is one thing certain there wiil have to be a radical changc in our farming interest before success will crown our labors. Your correspondent paid a short visit to our Capital and while there paid his respects to our legislative body. There seems to be a" strong j: ?tiioiutH nf msuiv of them UlapUMUUll VII uiv 1'U>> ~ to drive reform with a vim. The canal bill received its death blow in the House, regardless of the money that has been spent in prosecuting the work. I think it would have been far better for the State to have gone on with the work, as they had commenced it. It docs seem to me that the policy is suicidal. The prosperity o: :i State depends upon its inducements offered to capital and labor, that is one reason why some of our sister counties in the State are making greater headway than others. This bill virtually locks up nine hundred convicts to be fed by the State. There was also a bill discussed and very a.bJy by our Representative C. A. Douglass, ill favor of opening up the navigation of our streams, looking lor some help trom tlie general government in the way of money, and the State to utilize the convict labor. This met with strong opposition and I do not know tl.e result. Theopinion tha i formed in regard to the management of the whole tiling was that the number of new railroads in the State is a power behind the throne, looking to cheap labor, I hope I may not be correct, but time will reveal it. I am too glad to learn our members voted for canal bill, which vote I think their constituents will sanction. Since my last our neighborhood has been calied upon to give a last resting place to the remains of Air. 2*. J. | Osborn, who was an old and u.-eful " L7? ,TT.,C K?,I citizen 01 our uuuiu\. iic >?uo UU.IV.U at Bethel Church. Wc were again calliid tipen to pay the iast tribute to Mrs. Martha Clark, wife of our esteemed friend J. A. Clark. She died after a long sickness and was also buried at Bethel Church on the 17ih ult. Mrs. Susan Ilinnant was stricken with paralysis ol the right side while on a visit to her son Mr. W. G. Fi?:~ nant, at Ridgcway. ?Ve are glad to learn that the is improving, and hope she will soon be able to come back arming us. The family of Mr. Thos. Ligon has been sick for a long time, but glad to be able to report that they are now better. Mr. John McCain and Miss Ilattio Leitner were united in the holy bonds of matrimony at the residence of the brides father, Mr. J. D. Leitner, 011 the 2-ird ult. Also at the same time and place Mr. Benjgmin Balentine and Miss Ella Leinter. Mr. Edward Friday and Miss Minnie Irby were also married on the same night at the residence of Capt. A. P. Irbv. May Heavens* richest blessings nrtf nntrr frifMlds. clllllAU VIXl ??VI? uiui . .vu 3ICK. WHY FAItMlXG DOES XOT FAY. Some Structures on Current Methods?A Formidable Indictmcnt. j Alessrs. Editors: I have very often thought that I would write to your paper, but was afraid that if I once began a letter that it might prove too great an infliction, but the the present condition of affairs has suggested much to my mind and I have thought perhaps my reflections might do a little good. It may be that the hope -i ?:ji IS QGIUS10D, UUl 11 you win uctti nun rac, I will try my hand. It has been said that the life of a nation is analogous to the life of man. This may or may not be true. True it is, however, that nations have a beginning-, a period ot development, a decline and a fall; each stage corresponding to the shorter periods which go to make up the life of man. There comes a time in the lives of men when it is necassarv for them to make a radical change in their habits of thought, their lines of action and their manner of living; this change must be made, or-physical and moral damnation will follow. Many men allow this moment to pass unnoticed, and they go to their graves unknown, unhonored and unsung. This moment comes during its life j to a nation. Through the iguorance, selfishness and foliv of the leading men of nations, this fateful period has been allowed to pass unmarked and their irlories have faded, and the story ! of their rise, decline and fall have been handed down to us through ages by the historians, "The rise was slow, the decline gradual, the fall complete." The lil'e ot a nation may be said to be composed of three elements, social, industrial and political: neither of which is entirely dependent upon, or independent of the others. The political hea:th may be good, the relations between the nation and others arnica Is? rl illftU' ft/3 mill UlCj 113 l<i>>3 VY1SCIV UIIU JUCI.I;' uuimi> istered; btu socially or industrially it inay be defective: or it may be that the laws are unjustly administered, and, yet there mav be for a time social happiness and industrial prosperity; but sooner or later the whole body politic must die. Have we not reached that period in our industrial life when a little self ?tttt?aaBB 1 "?casacc " * a BBaaaBKaaasa examination will be of benefit to 11?? I> not Fairfield county, from an industrial point of view, lieariv at herla>t ju'asp? Are there in our whole county it UU^Cil UJUI1 \> UU . ui ^ ill i* tively prosperous condition? Does not seven out of every ten men owe ; more than he can pay, or expects to pay, or ever expects to be made to 1 Day? And are they not every day j becoming le$s able to pay their debts than they were the preceding day? Those who read this may answer in ' the negative, but in their secret hearts 1 they know that it is very near the trnth. How is this state of affairs accounted for? Oil! savs one, the labor is ^o bad we can do nothing with it. Tills ! is part of the truth, but if this gentle-! man would pull off his coast and rull up his sleeves ami go to work like a man, instead of sitting in the shade to watch a "nig^iT" a little than himseif, the labor would be better. And pro visions are so high, says another. Yes, j they may be also be true, but why don't you raise your own provisions? Ob, well, it is cheaper to buy provisions than to raise them. This presupposes, however, that you have the money wherewith to buy, and you have not the money to buy the pro- j visions. And if you have not the j money with which to buy provisions, j do you imagine, Oh! fool, that you ; can borrow money at ten per cent, and I buy provisions? Is your credit sy j good that you can go into Wall street, or any other back street for that matter. and borrow money without security? Oh! you can give a mortgageyes, a mortgage on red clay hills and a lot of gullies is ve; v good security, if you can find another fool who has money to loan on such security?but j thou fool, you are so lazv and thi Kilos j that-you will never become able to pay oif the mortgage, and that woman j you have fooled into marrying you i under the impression that you were a | man, and those children you have I orouarht into this world will be turned j into the big road, j suppose you think | that the ravens are not all dead and that they will come and feed you us they did Elijah. But I see you art: a man of many resources, you are not pieased with the mortgage idea, and have another wa> of giving security, and will raise the wind by means of a tna<ric paper, commonly know as a "Lien." Well you are a double-barreled idiot sure enough. So you think that you can buy corn, meat and fi-mr on a lien, and pay from fifteen to lifry percent, profit on the goods, cheaper than you can raise them. Comment upon this scheme is unnecessary. Well, sa\s the farmer, these lawyers have brought the country to where it is; why there is lawyer (J. who charged a tellow fifty dollars in cash for slaving him from the gallows, and the country cairt stand snch big fees, we are t->o poor. But Mr. Farmer, what busiti.ot ru' \ Anrs? Your neck was i 13 mtn vi ; v?... . ? not iu danger and von did not pay thr> | big fee. The lawyers don't prevent | vtui from raising corn and bacon. Yon don't have to employ their services in that business. What business it of | yours if they do charge big fees? You J have no business to be loafing around their offices, and if they do charge you bLr fees you never are able to pay them so the lawyer charges them up to Messrs. Profit & Loss, with the accent cn the joss. So there goes another o*'j your flimsy excu-es for your idleness j Well, savs the farmer, the LegHa-1 tare won't help us* Ye?, tint is an-j other of your halt truths; for tl;e L;-g- j islature can't pass a law forcing you , idlers ?o work like honest men. So you are an anti-lawyer man, and I they are a terrible lot of fellows. Wh\ they go to their offices at an eariy hour on the first day of January, and they keep their offices* open until the thirty-first day of December, and thcv stick close to their business and are always ready for it. Why don't you stick; to your business Mr. Fanner, and work-jlll day and think about it at nijjhfand endeavor to conduct .-ucces?fully the business you have undertaken? If these lawyers closed up j their offices and lived in idleness-six months out of the year as you do, the\ would join you in sieging "Ovef the hills to the Poor House" at the end of the year; for ibey would have 110 nen merchant ro support them. Well but I see yon are overflowing with excuses. You say the price or cotton is so low. Yes, well why don't you exercise that faculty of re.-oning which you have and rise oi.e degree above a mule? Cotton is low?provisions high, what moral would anything but a biass mourned jackals draw from this state of .-tfi'iirs? Plant corn and wheat and raise hogs, bur. you are such a brilliant fool that you will continue to plant cotton. But Mr. Farmer, let us go back to those land-sharks, the lawyers; they are too utterly awful lor any u>e, and we should be devoutly thankful that we are not lawyers. Let inc put a little case to you. Sui pose that lawyer C. who was in our regiment and who came back home when we were dis charged, and wlio starteu to practice law the same spring you and 1 begun to plant cotton. I say suppose he had adopted, ^\hen be -was first called to the bar, a certain mode ol' practice and system of reasoning and bad lost his first case, and tbat at every term of Court lor the last twenty-live years had followed the same practice and the same method of reasoning and the same line argument and has lost his client's money,and his own costs and fees, don't you think that il was about time for him to begin to think that there was some little defect in his mode of procedure? Doirt you think that after twenty-live years of failure tbat he should n-fl ft a little upon bis experience, nr.] uiight he not bejusti" ? " * ' -nrnr. pli:l!KIT> 5iV lieu 111 =. way of experiment,? Have yuu not farmers of Fairfield, pursued for twenty-five years one system ol agriculture? have you not lost thousands of dollars of your own and other people's money? Have you not lost the labor of the best years of your life? Has not your laud become worn aud washed? Has there not been outside of the wear and tear upon your lands, a constant depreciation in its value? Have you not been raising cotton and giving it by way of barter for the corn and bacon you have used without getting one dollar in cash, and olten with a balance against you in favor of the i i r. imf men who nave nnniMitu iuu. the negro labor leaving you because you cannot furnish them the bare necessities of life in exchange for his labor! It may be that King Cotton is not to blame for this, but it is not time that you were making some experiment? Gen. Stephen D. Lee, a gallant Confederate aolciier, has devoted his life to agriculture, and made tlie want* <?t the Southern farmer his study, has given it as his deliberate opinion that The farmers of Mississippi niu-t ce;:-e to plant their uplands in cotton uid devote them to grain. Nature has given us a soil and c:imste well adapted to grain; the experience of twenty jears has proved tu you that you cannot roUe cotton en our lands as a paying crop. The Legislature cannot help the ' * ! u \ ii larmer oy mawing j:iv. .-m are but the dead tonus of words unless they be written on the hearts ol the people/' The Legislature canuoi by law raise the price of cotton oi land or decrease the the yricc of corn it may endeavor to regulate the prici of money, but the law of supply anc demand is paramount and will regu late the rate of intorcst as it does tin 1 prices of coni, cotion or any other i 1 commodity spite of legislative enact-' ment. The Legislature can offer ir.dr.ee-j ii:e;itr= ro <mr>ide capital and encour ! age immigration, hut it has failed to j do so and the power to do so lies witn j ^ the people. A\"e need new people with j > new idea- and money, encourage men ;i class of substantial settlers to come among u=. The negro i> going West, < the railroad? are helping him to go, let u? then bit! him ;'God speed" on hi- i journey, and endeavor 10 replace him with good citizens born and raised on American soil, and familiar with our laws and customs. Other Southern States are doing this then why not South Carolina? Stiutli Carolinians arc in the habit j ; of speaking wiih pride of South Carolinians gloriou> piist, when >he stood i by reason of t!;': wealth, the intclli- I gence and the general prosperity of the s.sterhood of States of this Kepub- 1 lie: but we cu;i make good our claims { to i.his proud position now. Must we look with pride upon her r-.ici Tvi.'li s>iMtno nnnn lior nresont and I"" ' J " * - f~ X with gloomy despair upon her future? Her young men have clung to her through weai and through woe with ; heroic devotion, but many are leaving j Jier no*.v to seek their fortunes where \ . enterprise and progress oiler induce-1 J ments to youthful energy. Cannot the businessmen, the leaders j J of the people in the county and State, I ] devise sonic plan that will set in I , motion the wheels of progress that are ! ; now still? ! 1 Judge Kc-llev, of Pennsylvania, who ^ has recently made a second tour of the States of Alabama and Tennessee, says that he did not think it possible for a : . i-eople to make such rapid strides to- j j wards prosperity as have been made in the las: few years in those States. | He r.ohifs at the neat, comfortable i homes and well managed and highly J cultivated farm? of the people, ns sure >iir?!S C.f prosperity. Suppose lis* had made hi* tour extend through Fairfield cotiulv where he1 would have j-cch poor, unkept and ' starving cattle; unditched red clay j hills wn-hed ton: into an hundred gullies; old, v. oath'-i* beaten and shat- j to red umpaintcd hou-es half-sheltering j families of hail-miked and poorly-fed Women and children, furni>ln-d wiiii . ' scarce!) an extra chair in which ;o : seat a chance visitor; would he, could j he have '.itiered many wo: ds "f praise ; t i:i t;*:r beindt? Yet this i> what may | ( be >eci! bv .;;-y one who will lake a I * rid'; Ihnuigli our count". j * ! > not some radical change needed?! * Is there no hope for us? Cannot the j future be made to rival in brilliancy t ihe srloiy of the past? Arc we like Lazarus t?? content onr-elves v.i-li j crumbs that fail from the tabic ol' i Dives? x. ra?? i -z*rrrc 0151TUATTY Dhi'Ai:tko this iife on the Glh of June, lSS.:;, of congestion of the brain, after a J ' lo::-.; ami lingering siekmss, Walteu Eu- i otNi:, third son of .J. R. and Maltie J3. ! iJoyles. aged seven months and fourteen days. A'so, on the ."Oth of July, their second son, John Dixon, tirparted this life, ; of dy-en tery, aged two years, two months < amftwenly-seven duys." Thus within 1 .-s i than cwo months the grief stricken fat!:er i and mother were Cis.iiv.--i um>a to mourn t!i ] loss of two dear Utile ones* r.ud their sisters ; and little brother to lament for the absence ! of their dear iittle mates. We shall n.is- them when the fiow-rs Come," ' , In the garden where they played: ! We shall miss them most in thefiiesidc* : When the flowers are all decayed. We shall see toys and empty chairs, And the horses they used to ride, And they will speak wi-.h a ?,ilent speech I "Of the little hoys that died." - < C Tl.w. -Hi 18:5/5 >? UlilSIUlHI, I>u. -' J, '. w - :: IX lUKMORXAItj. I) 12D, Doc. 2Gth, 1SSG, .it the residence i of her parents, Fhaxces E. Daisy Pea it-: ( sox, in tlie 3rd year or her a?e. Ai other ol Gun's pure and spotless Chil- ? (Iron h??> jrone to hor happy hoiiic in Heaven where joined bj angei voices, she sii.gs in endless praise oi liim who made Ucr. Alas! how sad tiiat tho-e v?*e 'ove and p^ize most slioulu be the iirst we lose. Of cukl withering hand of death, how blighting is thy Mow! This loveiy child, rich in ali rare endow- j ments that can adorn the mind and grace j | nit' jlean, in a ui.?pwo4t.?vu , i tioxiate and contfding, won all hearts to ' I love her, and gave the brightest promise o? 1 j a happy and useful future. '1 hat "wisdom can be learned from 1.e ; mouths of babe?" was well verified by the ; subject of this brief tribute. The simple truths uttered by her infant lips evidenced : so plainly the -'harming beauty o; her nature and guiu -is innocence oi her lovely life, that it was i; deed the heart that mag nified her life makin^a truth and beauty of its o wn. The fell destroyer (diptheria) eatisod her * untold suffering and an agonized death. So matter how ardent the love, no matter how great tiie loss or deep ti;e grief, let us not question the inscrutable way of liiin who gives and takes, it was He who sent the awful tri i , it is for us to accep- \ the mandate of liis will and humbly bend beueath the chastening rod, for lie alone can give the grace to bear ti.e burthen and heal the bleeding heart. ~ tiilder's Fills " - - * " j-_ i For t lie laver. ah .Lfru^gisui nave them. Wholesale anil retail at iMIaster, Brlee and Ketchm's. Hiii's Elojjaiic Panacea Is the very best remedy ever offered for j sale for the cure of Constipation, Indiges- I tion, Dyspepsia and Sick Headache. l're-1 scribed "by all the leading physicians as the greatest family nu dieine. Gentle and effective in its action, pleas-; ant ro take, does not pargo or gripe. Xeve.: failing to greatly benefit delicate; females. One trial will convince. If not benefit-! ted money v.'ill be refunded. Only -~:J cents a bottle. MeMaster, Brice & Ketc-hin. ISucklcn's Arnica Salve. Tiie 1>est Salve in tiic world for i Cuts, Braise?, Sore?, Ulcers, Salt j lMif-uin. Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped ! Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin ! Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, ' or no pay required, it is guaranteed i to give perfect satisfaction, or money , refunded. Price 25 cents per oox. i For sale by McMaster, Bricc& Kcichi.i! Won't Experiment. You cannot afford to waste time in ex pcrimentlng when your lungs are in danger. Consumption' always seems, at first, only a cold. I);> not permit any dealer to ; impose upon you with* some cheap imita-: tion of Dr. King's Xew Discovery for ConI sumption, Coughs, and Colds, but be sure j i you get the genuine. JIceaii.se he can I make more profit he may tell tell you hii has something just as gout], or just the ! same. Don't be deceived, but insist upon I getting Dr. King's Xew Discovery, whioh I s< rtnrimMtf.nl to <*i\-e relief st*. ail Throat, Liingaml Che.st a:lV'.-tions. Trial l>ott!es ! free'at McMn.ster. Brice& Kotci::'i's Drug Stove. NOTICE OF DISSOLUTIONT\~OTICE is hereby given that ihe e?>- i ' 1"? ];artr.c:>hip hi'idoiy're existing, fori : the practise of the criminal law, under the j firm-name of DOUGLASS & McDOXALD, is this day ilis^iwil by mutual eo:i. Si-!lt. .Mr. D??u:;!:i>s will continue the i;i the criminal courts. CH AS. A. DOUGLASS, 1; \v. l. Mcdonald. j JanGixlia i kead this : "" "VT ECK'->ITY fotCt's ius to abandon tire I i i.1 crcdifi^business at once. Imoui tiiis , 1 j th'.tc my urnis must be politic-. rank, as 11 ea:u:?*>t iio business without money. l'ar: lies i;uU>:>t'. <1 to nio nui>t make soino s;itis' | l'actoi y amusements with me a<?or.t tlseir j balances, as I am not able to ulve any 1, longer indulgence. -i .7-SO MATTlIKWs. .(r. 2 | Janlf2x2 marrnT?r-g-T3rrjML.iif m?aax in bcobeb?gfloojm a? JAS. GLEXX McCAXTS, A T T O X E Y - A T - L A W, X<?. T LAV.' ItAXGE. V\* I X X S C O It O. S. C. practice in the State and irnip.I States Conrts. Jar.8 XOTK'E OF DISSOLITIOX. THE law part-nership.heretofore existing between DOUGLASS & McCAXTS s herebv dissolved In* mutual consent. A*. S. DOUGLASS, JAS.G. McCAXTS.* 7th January, 18S7. JanSfxlm " NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION. THE law copartnership heretofore exist-! inc under the firm-name of McDOX1LDS & DOUGLASS, is this day dissolved )y the withdrawal of the junior member, Mr. \V. L. McDonald. Tiie senior members of the said firm will continue to practice law on the civil side >f the Court, under the firm-name of kk DoXALD & DOUGLASS. J. E. McDOXALD, CllAS. A. DOUGLALS, W. L. McDOXALD. Jan4xilm E\Ef i TOKS- SALE. A LL parties interested, will take notice I nL that the personal property of the at-.: Thos. \V. Iiabb, Sr., will be sold on ruesday next, the iSth inst., by the underfinned, "Executors of the will*of the said ieceased. The sale will commence at 0.::0, a. m., at Mr. Itabb's former resilence, and the terms of sale casii. The irticles to be sold consist of Stock, Farm Produce, Household-ware and Furniture, Plantation Implements. &c. (jiias a, douglass, j. e. Mcdonald, JanGf2t Executors. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF rA1KFIKLD. 30UHT OF COMMON PLEAS. Daniel McDonald a? Administrator of the Personal Estate of Thomas McDonald, Deceased, Plaintiff, agairM Hush MeDonakl, Anna McDonald, Mary Myers Jas. M. McDonald, Win. S. McDonald, Thomas McDonald, Louisa McDonald, Sar?h Biack, Jane McDonald, Mary Sex?am Movtli'i lV>iiVh??n.l Havii! Leroyi). Black. James P. Black and the ChUlren of Elizabeth Wallace, Whose Names are Unknown, Defendants.? Copy Summons. I'vr Iieliej'.?Complaint not He real. i'o the Defendants : yOU ABE nEUEBY SUMMONED and JL required to answer the complaint in his action, which is Hied in the office of the ;Jerk of the Court of Common Pleas for lie said County, and to serve a copy of rour answer on the subscribers, at tiieir >f;ice. Xo. 1, Bank Bange, Winnsboro, .S. \, within twenty days after the service >1 this summons on you, exclusive of the lay of service. ii' you fail to answer the complaint withn the time aforesaid, the plaintiff will aptly to the Court for judgment against ou for the relief demanded in the comihiint. Dated 10 Januarv, A. D. 1887. GAILLAiiD A: REYNOLDS, : Plaintiff's Attorneys, r-j the Defendants Ilu^'h McDonald, Anna McDonald and Mary Myers, and to the Children of Elizabeth" Wallace, Whose Names are Unknown: Take notice that the Summons in the 1 ibove-stated action (of which the fore joiner is a copy) together with the Com-1 ->Jaint herein, was fiied in the office of the i 'lerk of the Court of Common Fleas fori b'airiield County, on the luth day of .'ami- j irv, A. D. 1S87. Dated 10 January, A. D. 18S7. GAlLLAiiD & REYNOLDS, ! Plaintiff's Attorneys. | .Janl2:c<?t fir onifjr! niifn'i>7fp | yiMii ulil oALii. mm cofiiiiis.! I , j I On and after this date we | will offer our entire stock of I * + k-t r i Ladies' in e\v iviarKers, Russian Circulars, Short Wraps, Jackets, etc., You will find an elegant lot of these goods at Ua&eatd of Priesst We are now offering bargains in all lines. mm s. mmm. Call and examine cur stock of BLANKETS. Thfy are to be f!T,OSF,T> OUT. v-/ ,x " w " and it will pay to call and pricc them. M'MASTKK. MICE & KETCH] N. f 1 15 4 T>rgl Vr f 'f\ L , IS AItI CV I -O,, I;nj o.'ters ami Wholesale I'oak r- i:i ST1 ,2S a CSASL3ST0N, S. 0.. An- rcf'-ivinu' i>y steamer and rail fro::: ti.<_ Xort'i! and West lull supplies cadi week of CHOIC E APrLI'X PEA !!S, LiiMOXS, POTATOES, CABBAGES, OX IONS. XTTS OF ALL KIXDS. Etc., El<\ ?2T Orders solicit.,I and promptly filLd. XovI7x?'r:ll NEWS AGENCY. V* 0\V is tlii* tir.ie to vabsc-ribc ? > Xcws ? N papers, Magazines, etc. i-ubsenp: tion received at tile Posto trice at Publish Ci> i tllA-O. : DcoSjxlm DUI30SE EGLESTOX. I 1876. 1886. ? LIQUORS, I ALES, PORTER, CIGARS, ETC., ETC. Genuine Imported Cognac Brandy. Genuine Imported Holland Gin. Genuine Imported Port Wine. Genuine Imported Sherry Wine. Fine Old Kentucky Belle, Bourbon. Choice Oid Cabinet Rye Whiskey. A 11*5 0uiuui;ui:u Jl/iiV> UUUC9 , jlfvu*- m bon. Choice Old X. C. Apple Brandy. Old Sweet Mash Corn "Whiskey Pare New England hum Pure Blackberry Brandy. Plantation Rye and Corn Whiskey. Lager Beer. Mott's Pare Apple Cider. Soda Water. Ginger Ale. Sassaparilla, Etc. CASE GOODS, BOTTLED; Pure Imported Cognac Brandy. Pare Imported Champagnes. T*v%rk/l*f A/? P.M'f WlnOQ JL Ul v; Iiupvi LVyU JU Kfi U ft 4MVV. Pure Imported Sherry Wine. Pure Imported Holland Gin. Pure Imported Ginger Ale. ' Pure Imported (Stout) Porter. Pure Imported "Dass" Ale. ^ Pare Imported Angustora Bitters. Best Bohemian Export Beer. Old "Kentucky Belle" Bourbon. Choice Old Cabinet "Rye Whiskey. Choice Tulu Balsam. Tulu Rock and Eve. , gfStuart's Giu and Bncha. Old Keip'leer Claret Wioe. S. R. & J. C. Mott's Pare Apple Cider. ' Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey. Quaker City Malt Whiskey. tobacco, cigars - i and cigarettes. i Thanking the people of Fairfield for ; their past patronage, I am now ready i to offer or cash a well-selected stock ; of goods in my line, and will be. ' * -r _ 1 il. f i-U ~^ ^ I picaseci CO nave meir lunuei pauuuI age. F. W. HABEXICHT. I mi - y THE OlSXYi In.-! ft 114114?J mi Miu'iraur i IS* WiXXSBORO. |F. TV. HABEN1CHTPROPRIETOR TUTT'S PILLS TORPID BOWELS, DISORDERED LIVER, and MALARIA. From these sources arise thrae-fonrths ci the diseases of the human race. These symptoms indicate their existence: Lost ol Appetite, Bowels costive, Side Headnclic, fullness alter eating, avewion to exertion of txxlv op mind. Srnetatiaii of food, Irritability of temper, Low spirits, ^ feeling of having neglected some daty, Wzzlness, Flattering at the Heart, l>ots before the eyes, highly colored Urine, COASTIPATIOIV, and demand the use of a remedy that acts directly on the Liver. v As a Liver medicine TUTT'S PILLS have no equal. Their action on the Kidneys and Skin is also prompt; removing all imparities through these three 44 scavengers of the system," producing appetite, sound digestion, regular stools, a clear skin and a vigorous body. TUTT'S FILLS cause no nausea or griping nor interfere v.-ith dailv ivork and are a perfect AfcmbOTS TO MALARIA. EE FEELS LIKE A. TVEW M15. "I have had Dyspepsia, with Ccnstipa> onH horo tPTI rfilfTiprpnf' kinds of "pills, and TCTT'S are the first that have done me any good. They have cleaned rue out nicely. My appetite is splendid, food digests readily, and I now have natural passages. I feel like a new roan." W.JD. EDWARDS, Palmyra, O. SoIdeTcrvwherc,25c. Office, 44 MnrraySt^X.Y. TOTTS HAIR DYE. Gbay Hair ok We;skees changed Instantly to a Glossy Black by a single application of tb is DTE. Sold by Druggists, or sent by egress on receipt of $1. Office, 'A Murray Street, New York. tutts ria?:ual of useful receipts free.