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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE j Ex Air in the first WZD3HBIDAT, march 30, : : 1SS7. ... - exammati Tikmbop The News and Hekald.? place. J Tri-weekly edition, three dollars per an- ? ?km?, in advance. Weekly edition, one . *1 ' dollar and fifty cents per "annum, in ad- 311 the pal T**oe- . ? , ,, notice am Ratxs for Advertising.?One dollar . per inch (solid minion) for the first inser- in&*y- -N' tion, and fifty cents per inch for each sub- be "iven c sequent insertion. These rates apply to e advertisements of every character, and are payable atrictly in advance. Obituaries and tribut rs of"respect are charged for as advertisements. .Marriage notices, and Xot In simple announcements of deaths, are pub- rnnc:ct;nf, iished free, and are solicited. Liberal terms . -uno i -J for contract advertisements. in town oi V 5*?r AdTtrtlMmeau^ Z *n? f?r. Dissolution?Reynolds & McDonald, theatrical _ 4.^ rpi Sale and Feed Stable?A. Williford. ai Spring1 Overtures?Q. D. Williford impressed & Co. good bous Notice?W. Peyre Porcber, Record- rejoicing, ing Secretary. that it w? m ? non-impre Jr L*wl 8n?r>. ?Don't forget to bed out # your Makkei l N 8W66t potatoes. tiiv sci viw ?Monday next will be salesday, of the leac . and as usual a large crowd i6 expected we hope t< Bp in town. liishing n ^ ?Horses, Males and a Two-horse, columns o Second-hand Wagon for sale cheap by groceries, J. O. Boag. * The repor ?Gray hairs are honorable, says an and in thi exchange, but you could hardly find readers p an old maid of that opinion. things the * ?Mr. Wyatt Aiken, a nephew of market pr ^ our esteemed townsman, Dr. W. E. Aiken, spent several days in town "Water this week. ries have 1 ?The March number of the South dultural I Carolina Collegian has been received ing a good ? " 3 ? A nrnnp r at this office. >ve nna it au miucsi- i . ing, spicy pamphlet. privilege ^ ?The Lee Light Infantry, of Ches- the depar , ter, at a recent meeting decided to once, as t] visit Washington daring the inter- remain in State encampment rangemem ?Mr. J. M. Elliott, Jr., ofGladden's into at one Grove, came in to his father's resi- &>r the ovc Js, dence Wednesday quite sick."se^7e the Cataw hope he may soon be up and ready for they will Ohocfo r? T? r business. vuv?w _ .? ?All parlies desiring to purchase - first-class stock or trade off old plugs, ?xp; would do well to read the advertise- rare occ^r mentofMr. A. Williford, in another ^estruc^v< column. gether in c ?The attorneys in charge of the I 0Qr PeolJ contested election case of Smalls vs. twent>_tw Col. Elliot, have been taking testi- s? much 1 \ mony in the case at Columbia for sev- ^ is suS?e . \ oral days. who cause. ?Wo are reauested to state thit j oiat'011s a trial justices caii secure copies of the J lDrou?-> o Acts of the General Assembly, passed leua*nds u v at the last session, by applying at the manJ a t office of the Clerk of the Court. recently ] ?A lot of Single and Double Bug- anc^ as ,ie ]" fin ?nd Harness, low for Cash or er' wc ofil good paper by J. O. Boag. * lbe Sveat ?Two bag pipe musicians and an lf our ex] organist with a monkey, discoursed 0:10 we shc y ?nsic on our streets on Thursday as he Pass( m ~ evening. A number of musicians of notice "" ' * v i "t r tbis character hare passed inrougu manager < oar town recently. Virginia a ?Our merchants are just now re- cently issu v ctiring their spring stock of goods. an freight The people of the county read the accordance advertising columns of the Herald, gvcss: so you had better use a little printer's The in ink and let them know where to find which take v T0U makes itttt .. ,, . . named con ?We call attention to the notice of shippers of _ dissolution of the old firm of this to connecti this connection we would rates now ^Hc^tBWhere is stiil a large number of delinquent subscribers, and the w:jj jsgl business cannot be satisfactorily set- "Notice is (lAtvio tr\ fimp existing c Ut'i UUilM IU6J wun. >v _ ?The Gordon Light Infantry com- speeial rat< % ? Ireiffht ov menced their spring- drilling on Tues- nje= iease( V day night Although the-members cease and 1 had had no exercise for nearly a year, 11 , they went through the manual excep- aRMEr; tionally well. A number of. recruits PrevioU5 b ?1 have beeu added to the roll recently. doubtless 5 ? ?Mr. B. F. Turner, the yard-mas- ^aye Pres< m ter of the C. C. & A. Railroad, at Pearance * 11 - Columbia, charged with stealing a ^rom w^a ?? 1?titoo criven ft Ttrft- I Crop 1 Fcai-wau ui wiiwu, ? r_._ liminary hearing on Thursday. The ave ,J trial justice bound him, together with thlu& OD t , j v have put a colored man, in whose possession y. the cotton was found, over for trial at w} 1 the next term of the Court for Rich- ore ^?ai ^ land county. They both gave bond a Per5,ons in the sum of $1,000 cach, and were ener?J anc *" discharged. b-T be',er . ? packed bai Wanted.?To exchange a trio of pure en(j 0f t^e ^ bred White Leghorn fowls for a trio deserve it of Plymouth Socks. Apply at this ^em jn ev office. " - Acquitt Notice.?All parties having claims ^eelev cli against the Mount Zion building com- ^jo-h a mitte are requested to present them at f0Qr.vear.( | - once to J. H. Cummings, treasurer, ; was ^oncli [ a? the committee desire to make a : tcr rj-^e final report the latter part of the week. ] (jav Tjie v ---w ^ ~ : fendant w? If You Want a Good Article Ob Plus Tobacco, ask your dealer for ; *? circ' { . jK*aart?m "Old Kip." I tions of th( I npsses test1 Chaxgk of Firm.?Mr. W. H. Wil- the physici liford last week purchased the interest tjon 0f the of his father in the stock and business <jence for t of Messis. Q. D. Williford & Co., nients of having disposed of his interest in the denied his livery stable of Messrs. A. "Williford & maming 01 t Son to his father. turned wit Messrs. H Spring Overture.?With the balmy gancierS) I spring weather comes the new adver- s0ncitoriJ tisement of Messrs. Q. D. "YVilliford & Co., informing the citizens of Winns- A Suggi boro and the county where they can that some buy first-class goods at living prices, experimeii You should not fail to read their an- Prof. Wit ^ nouncement in another column. last, eithe home or ci ^ Temperance Lecture.?The Eev. ure otij( Henry B. Ward, of Kentucky, deliv- wcre in pi , ered a temperance lecture at the Meth- 0| ^g odist Church on Sunday night. A called c - ?t>od andience assembled to hear him, r?, O" " - uv and were pleased with the manner in prol?)p*pa r- which he handled his subject. He lee- kave jiee(q " '" tured again in the Court House on sorrv to Monday night. up0n then Millinery Department. ? Mrs. ^ere to ta Boag has again secured the services of generally, Miss Black for the coming season, who suc^ a? ac has been employed, since here last, in appreciate a leading millinery house of Baltimore entertame " city. No pains shall be spared to periments please the most fastidious. Millinery jr0RES~ ' aud Fancy Goods will arrive in due ^ ^ time, so don't be in a hurry, but wait een , and see before having. * C?Unu'j ' . reached a Barrett's Imperial Cologne the C. C. Cannot be surpassed for Fragrance, ele- anA gance and durability. ancl destl t > McMaster, Brice fc Ketchin. railroad t * E atiox.?On Friday next, ter of a mile, ard prevented the north ' day of April, the regular and south-bound trains from passing j on for teachers will take for several hours. The fire was in | U1 whose certificates have such a place that nothing could be i .nd persons wishing to teach done towards putting it our, so the i Dlic schools, will take due trains wated until it exhausted itself i i govern themselves accord- when they proceeded on their trips, j o private examinations will The north-bound train did not arrive i <v licenses granted. here until 10 o'clock. This is the j John Boyd. S. C. F. C.. season for clearing land and these fires i Chin. Co. Ed. of Ex. j arc very common in ihe country. On j pressed.?An opera troupe j aii elevated portion of the town four j of four individuals, arrived fires coul(1 L'c distinctly seen in diller- j a the freight Thursday morn- ent portions of the county on Thurs-i 2 purpose of exhibiting their night. ability to the citizens of our IJls Birthday celebkatfd.-The | ley did not seem favorably Deutscher Eintrachts Bund, of our i wit t e piospects of a town, celebrated the ninetieth birth-! e'tTr? * ^ ^ven* day of King "William, of Germany, on I ema\ icmaik in passing Xuesdav evening bv a supper at the is rather a mutual case of Winnsb*oro ?ote]j in' which a number ,! a5l0n- of invited friends joined. Among the | . rr j invited guests nresent were Messrs. i Rkpobts.?Having secured T ? n ,T ~ T >? -kt i\t I- -o a J- " . Seigler, G. B. McGansis, J. js of Mr. W. C. Beatv. one ! V. ?i,? t X? ti v \in. |. ? , O. lj. >i miauic, u. j. . ...??? j ling grocery men of town, ^ ^ JT . .? t i 1 , , ' lmg, F. W. Habemcht, J. Groeschel, | 0 commence next week iur- ? . T > i e . x f , , and A. Landecker. Supper was larket reports, through the , , . . . , , , . ,, ,. ? , served about ten o clock, and the ract >t onr weekly, of all heavv , , .. . * that it was prepared bv tlie winns cotton, country produce, etc. * r, , , . , ,, . . .? ' , , ,, boro Hotel is sufficient evidence that t will be corrected weeklv, , . .. , 4 , , . f. > A it wae served in the best style. After s wav we hope to keep our 4, . . , r , ? ~ . , , * . *' ? the substantial* cams refreshment of osted as to the price of all .. ., . . . ? . , x , r , , a liquid character, and the health of v wish to buv, and also the TT. >r . i ? -.u > . ? -' , IIis Majesty was drunk with a wilicC of all country produce. T% , , ., _ ? A - ^ a hngness. upon the whole it was one Pn\rvT?<; W-AVTFn ?Tnnni- of the most enjoyable occasions ol the >een made of the State Agri- season> and the local editor regrets i )epartment bv a party desir- ver-v tnuch that hc conkl 110t bc Prcfient 1 water power in this State, in response to the cordial invitation. [rhr? ftwus nr rnntrols sach r<.... t thl- Vviv Rmvrir i ' "v v " "* " j VJL^. junn a.>u i iu. ?.w .... , is requested to send in to Our thanks are due our former townstment fall particulars at man, Lieut. IJ. C. Davis, lor :i copy of be party referred to will not an address recently delivered belbrc the State Jong, and the ar- the students of the Mississippi Agrit, if made, must be entered cultural College by their president,;e. Here is an opportunity Qen> Stephen D. Lee. In its perusal ners of the water power at ^e find I lie following interesting posba Falls. Perhaps, though, sibiliiies of the new South: wait until th6 Camden & Rough experiments made here at ailroad invades that region, your College and around it, and in ' ? half the counties in Mississippi, show ; laxatiox Offered.?It is a that our worn cotton hinds are ^<>od j rence that we have so mauv fass la"ds! ?"d wil1' ,,he ?ic uf ,c0!:. | . ton seed, rve can make a pound ot 5 fires coming so near to- Gutter, of beef and a gallon of milk, >ur Staie, and the minds of for one-third less than c;m be m-ide le naturally run back to on the high priced lands at the North o years ago, when we had and West; that our stockmen cannot * . \ . onlv supplv the southern markets , nesfriiction from this cause. l*nf Mint wo r.111 i wim yimtt u?ivi vw .. ^ ww.. sted-that perhaps the party even compete in tlie Northern mar- 1 d such heartrending confla- kets by virtue of this advantage; that , i that time hasa^ain passed *s near at hand when our \el, rn,. . low clover ami Bermuda iiav will nr midst. This suggestiou comman(| higher prices in New York, that the Hon, John Sher- Qj)icaoro, St. . Louis and Cincinnati, > >rother of Gen. Sherman, than Northern hay, by virtue ot their i massed through our State, increased nutritive value. Therefore, , . v iji.. K;, i, that in the agricultural field, the South : s verv much like nis orotn- , , ? t .. ' ... . . has the advantage equally with iron, er it as an explanation for timber and manufacturing interests. I 1 number of fires repently. * , j, planation is a satisfactorv ^ Bold Lobbkri. On Sunday ^ mid give him a wide berth ! mor"<"= about four o'clock (he alien- ( is homeward. tion of Policeman Garrison was attracted by a light in the grocery store to Shippers.--The traffic 0f Messrs. J. F.' McMaster & Co. >f Associated Railways of Without giving the party or parties T ind the Carolinas, has re- j warning that they had been detcctcd, . ed the following circular to j M". Garrison went to Mr. McMaster's J~-- 1" 1 u-?- -.?i ,wi K;,v? Im ' Omces uiiuer mc soicujj iiuudv u:iu xuikji uiha iuu iuv^ j ^ : with the recent act of Con- and they proceeded to arrange for the j . capture of the burglar. The light 1 ter-State commerce bil|, could Oe plainly seen through the 1 ;s effect on April 5th, 1SS7, transom 0VCl. jjie door, and while Mr. necessary for the above- ? . , 4 41 , , < lpanies to give notice to all Garrison went aiound to the back ^ 'all classes of property, and door, Mr. McM aster, armed with club, ons, that tariffs and special quickly opened the front door. He at in effect will be withdrawn Qnce Saw tjie parfV- w]10 made for the ( e that date, and new tariffs 1 , - , ... i accordance with that law door to escape, but ne quickly caught led as soon as practicable, the woman and made use of his club ' accordingly ?iven that all until she was satisfied to be quiet. It ontracts, tariff rates and provetj t0 jxinnie O'Neil, who 1 js for the transportation of , . _ . . ' . :r the roads of these compa- cooks for Mrs. Oxner, just across the , 1 lines and branches, will street. An investigation revealed the Arvi-il A 1SR7 -fVi<%f fhof cVip n 1 rr>n cl v pflvrisd out a .ClUilUaiU XK ij AVV1. 141Mb VMV *?.?? v... WV.V. . ^w, ? ttt r 77 , ., \ . sack of meal, three sacks of flour, fiftv 5 at Work.?Undaunted by , ' , r ' * i j i pounds of bacon and a few bundles ot ad crops our farmers have \ , , , . , jt , c , . . . drv goods, and deposited them in rear 'one to work, as our streets - ? ' ' . . A , , i . , . . , . , of the store, and when caught had . jnted an almost deserted ap- , J? 1 , , * selected a pair of shoes and had ihem , or the past week or more. . 1 . 1 , ? m her hand. It was evident that she . t we can learn most of the , , . u i * i bad accomplices, - who [suspected , has been planted, and many 1 ? ? - ] . , , . , danger and had fled, and an effort was . rmined not to trust every ? . ' i i t j w?<. made to induce her to tell. She first J ie low-lands this seasod, but ., , . in a good crop on op-land: fld that a man l' >g several miles m we are assured, make one thc coautr>' was her> but an "" , ~ , ???? vestisration proved the statement unltic effort, and we are sure - * . ... true. She then said that her brother join m the hope that their ,. . l . . , , , and a small half-brother, living ten J I industry may be rewarded ? . j - 'v.. miles m the countrv were her assiste/sooAne Q npnPr n unrest- * _ 1 j i." i u'u,. tX:a ants. A partv went out and brought ns and pocket books, at the , . , rn, - t 7 them to town on Sunday evening, but >resentseason. Thev richly , , . a ' w 4. it was found not probable that thev and our best wishes attend . , * , . er effort were the right parties and they were 1 er> e or^. discharged on Monday morning. It ] ed.?-The trial of J. Harvey *s vcr3' Probable that her accomplices 1 iarged. with an assault of a are parties living in town, and one of ] ggravated nature upon the them mn-t have been a small bnv, as j i >ld child of his sister-in-law.. an entrance was effected by prising J ] ided on last Friday at Ches- ?Pen one of tlic back windows where I j trial consumed the entire one of the iron bars bad been broken | | evidence against the de- off> and 0,1a smaJ1 O0-v coum nave J' is the mother's statement as Soiten through. After this was done i jmstances, and the declara- it was easy for the pait\ to unbar .the ] i child. Several other wit- door from the inside. From "all the ; fied to the same facts, and circumstances it appears that she in- j ans testified as to the condi- tended to leave the store just as she ? child. There was no evi- found lhus covering up her crime 1 ;he defense except" the state- in order that it might be repeated as i the prisoner, who stoutly frequent as her pleasure demanded. ; ?m;if The inrv affpr re- This theory is further strengthened by 2 J-J -at for about two hours re- ^ie fact *hat only [small articles were ' h a verdict of "Xot Guilty." taken, and the meat taken out was in ;enry & Gage and W. A. small pieces and would probably not Isq., represented the defense, have been missed. When detected ; [cDonald for the State. slie car"e^ a Hghtwood torch which ( , was thrown down near the door when . ? ,,, . , . she tried to escape. In order to have j cstiox. We regiet toleain Q0 0{jstacies jn jlcr way she had left j parties who attended the the side gate entrance to Mrs. Oxners ? tar entertainment given by yard open and her house door open, herow on Fridav evenin0, ^ ^ fortunate tnat her scheme was x- * n * _ , nipped in tne bud, and it is to be ; r forgot their^ respects at ^0pC(j that her confederates may be j ired very little lor tne pieas- found out. au-oi me goous were . jrs. While the experiments recovered, amounting in all to about ogress the order in the rear twenty dollars. On Tuesday mornu ;> n. <. u 1 4. a tub of water sitting just was so bad that they had to jn fron^ 0j yie window where she >n several times to be more gained entrance on Sunday was turned immon respect should have over, and it is now supposed that she them, whoever thev were, to ma^e an attempt 011 the previous led the rennest hnf. wo are ni*ht\ The Prisoner h&s all-eady request, Dut we aie serve(j a sentence in the penitentiary, learn that it had no effect and on her trial at that time tried to a. In future parties who go bring in her brother who was arrested .lk, lau^h and be disorderly on Sunday as her assistant, but failed. tat to attend, as Ste ,wai d??Mew agid" visit the capi jui/u.v. *v"? - * I Cltv 1U1 a gvuu giav. ;t of forgetfulness wonld be " c id by those who desire to be . An End to Bone Scraping. d and benefitted bv the ex- Edward Sliephard, of Harrisburg, 111., says: "Having received so much benefit from Electric Bitters, I feel it mv duty to let suffering humanity know it. llave had Fires. -Forest fires have a running sore on my leg for eight years; . . , ^ . my doctors told me I would have to have ig in the lower, part ot the the hone scraped or leg amputated. 1 and on Thursdav the fire used instead, three bottles of Electic; liiro-p nilp of rnnl wnnri nn Bitters and seven boxes Bucklen's Arnica ! large p.ie ot coia wood on gaivej an^ my ie? j5 now sound and well." j " 1 ? -1- '"* <tro enlrl iiti fiftv pents ,1 ( cz a. ltanroaa, which ?? j nr-*A urt /wv^o tko bottle and Bucklen's Arnica Salve at oyed about. loO cord- The twenty-five cents per box by McMaster, rack was burned for a quar- Brice '& Ketchin. * TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION'. 1 ~\"T" /~\ fTl ~] Col. Rice Addresses the Teachers of the 7~~\ j \j V_/ 1 _J County?A Large Crowd in Attendance ? J m a-J r? ? ?x>usinesh Araum'ieu? rrvi* ?in"crow 011 Physics. S A very large audience assembled at iF 5a Mount Zion Institute on Friday to c*a a*=a*i ^ 8 ^ hear the address of the Hon. J. H. iiice, Superintendent of Education, and to witness the exercises of the /V\"\rT7 / Teachers' Association. The exercises JlYlJCj J were opened with prayer by the Rev. Thev arft 1nst from Hill Brother Dr. Jordan. Mr. H. A. Gaillard in- United States. Old ladies, middi troduced Mr. Itice in an apDropriate t0 we.ai: Y'1ArC?inient' ,1 such as plain and fancv Mulls, Be speech. He weleomed the teachers of the county, in behalf of Mount Zion Society and the people of Winnsboro. Tie most especially welcomed. Mr. Rice in our midst, who is doing such a ==.- 5== good work in our State. - J|f Mr. Rice began his address by speaking of the great interest taken by the citizens of Winnsboro and Fairfield county in educational matters during the past; that they were worthy de- Tl.at while he may not be wide a? scendents of worthy sires, as the mag- and prices, he has been practicing nificent Mount Zion building attested. anc* Pro^s> while they may no In all his travels through the State he could say that Winnsboro is the only i ?? place that has ever erecjcd a inonu- from Greenville to Columbia i ment to an educator, except the mon- augurated^ in 184G, Columbia u,?e?t to Maxcy a, the South Caro- ??? lina College. Wumsboro has always eralWaddy Thompson and Mr. hail more than a local reputation and wards Governor) Terry, of Gree has it vet, as he could attest from The apathy of Columbia towa i- i,? tkA~A<vi..a proposed road caused Messrs. 1 his State travels; lie, therefore,. eon- ^ and ^ hl somo of gratulated the people upon thpir zeal speeches, to threaten to "pass 1 in this matter. He proceeded to dis- that city. The Southern Chr cuss the common school svstem of the replying to this threat . t .. * , rrrnr. "We inform the General a >_tate, shoeing that although it was coadjutor that the reason why i hmstfid udoii our Slate bv a Radical j^s been manifested here is regime, still it was the outgrowth of a because our capitalists consid< native school system be-tm in 1811. mere bubble scheme, utterly im _ / ~ . . . cable and uncalled for." l eople arc not generally acquain An(| .;i the same paper 0f q sufficiently with the system, therefore, 9g> 1S1G, we find the followingii ;heir criticism cannot hold. In addi- to- the Greenville Mountaine tion, our law has been so modified which Mr. Ferry was editor: , / . n "The editor of the Mount ,l,at it is essentially of home ougin. 6av8 we are ,a ]ong ways belli lie thought it was an excellent insti- age,' because we do not ailvoc tution, and met the wants of the peo- Utopian scheme of a realroad ?>ir? na npnr as nossible. Asrain, teach- this place to Greenville. "With i ers should be well"paid. South Caro- ?ourtesy, we take the liberty of f. A mg the maturity ot the ludgini !iua is wanting in this matter. Good onr brother of the Mountaiiie teachers can only be secured at good the subject of railroads. We prices. Particular care should be believe there is a sane man in ( taken in the selection of school super- ^iawho would take the road and , ^ r. to keep it up if it were const intendents. Beause a man is needy an(j preseuteci to him, free of ex or has sreat influence, he should not in fee simple. We shall never < be selected. Onlv those who are con- any plan of internal improvi ycrsant with the subject should be however much it may conflic ' , , J,,. local interest, when the busn jlccte'd, and he congratulates Fairfieid any section warrants it; bi on h'&vjg such a model School Cora- squandering' of money upo missioner. The school time also visionary scheme we will alwz should be lengthened, and he would P0!6-', . , , . , ? , - ^ ^ . In the face of this adverse en use ail his official influence to secure tjje Greenville railroads was <i this end. There are great advantages and the funds neccssarv to build to be had from concerted effort- in perstructure and equip, was rai educational interest, It is especiallv t^e . sa^r ^ bonds guaranteed , . . , .. . ... State of South Carolina. uei-ded in view o{ the ignorance that Herbert Speilcerj from whor now prevails, and it would be an quote in another article, is be; effectual means of eradicating the in theory, but not abundant ii socialistic tendencies of the times: 'ie ever a Ia* . . _ , ...e. Did he ever sec a good old town This is of course only the briefest brave citizeiis, like the ancient G synopsis of the address. We are'sorry had melted their jewels to built ive could not report the speech in fall, school and college, slowly retro He held his audience for an hour and in trade in consequence of the a . . . . a ?f railroad facilities:' ? quarter in great interest, and we The charters of railroads now rrnnfloniPH rMTIftrk that Mnetrnxlnil ir? fho !!Vf> ffm it was the best speech on the subject by the clause, (and I presu-rr ;hat thev ever lieard. ' It is safe to Cbester & Chester RailroadI c V - j contains this safeguard,) "Tt ?ay that Mr, llice produced a most subscription hereunder shall be jxcellent impression and completely unless a majority of any tow captivated nis audience. " county or .municipality, propos The Association was then called to subscribe to snch railroad shal ., . T, ~ in favor thereof, and no electioi >rder by the president, Irof. Wi^he- ?e jjg]^ jn any township, cou :ow. The minutes were read, by the municipality tor the purpose of u Secretary, and a rising vote ^ras taken such subscription, unless a majo banking the Superintendent for his of real estate in = " / township, county or munici] nost (Excellent address. . ; shall first petition the County According to appointment, ihe Rev. missioners of their respective VViilard r^chardson addressed the ties, iu writing, to order such elec Association on methods of reading, By making it necessary to 1 iv o? majority of the owners of real OS: inri PYnlauipd at some lensrtn nis V**r - w - 51gu liUO ptlillVH, iO VtjUltl IV/ u. J^/l method. . election, and leaves the questi The Association then adjourned subscription or no subscription, until 8 p. mM when Prof. Witherow *!?e holders of real < *d some most interesting experiments jefore the teacners and the public, an election, that those (the maj He confined his lecture more especial- who own no property may vote ly to the electricity and kindred sub- enlightened, enterprising dei those who have asked that the ,e \ . the burden of taxation lor this 1 This ended the meeting1, except some ment of their commercial facilitl natters of routine business, which Our only hope i* in developme svill be attended to to-day. ; m prope: There were about thirty teachers camden & Chester railiu - i ** - x? rpu. A present at me uieeuug. luc^sjuwa- _,., . c ,. Messrs. Editors: I am onpo: iion will meet again from time to time ,l 1 ... newspaper controversies when monthlv. . , , x ' to be a party ot it, consequent] a New Railroad. not intend to start one nor eng; Messrs. Editors: Application will it if started, but as I have been dc made at the next session of the what actively engaged in tryi Legislature for a charter for the induce the real estate owners of ;'Camak, Ga., and Wadesboro, N. C., Township to subscribe a small a Railroad." This road will run through to the capital stock of the Cam ;he Fairfield Granite Quarries, Winns- Chester Railroad, it mi?ht bee iioro and the great Catawba Falls. It ered by some, If I remain silent ic ovnppfpd to be^in at some point on | have no arguments on our i the Georgia railroad, probably Camak j question, and tbat we were p md terminate at some point on the sharper to get hold of othe Carolina Central, probably Wades- P'e's mouey tor our own indi boro. Will pass through or near nse< when such is not the fact. Edgefield C. H., Johnstons, Alston not attempt any lengthy remr and Lancaster C. H. It will be the Prove ^ tns <>l' our cours straightest and shortest line between that poi??t i.us been settled t the Eastern and Southwestern States, years by wide-awake and pa making nearly an air line through men, and it will be hard to find Norfolk, Ra., Raleign, Macon, Colum- s*klc man outside of a dead tow bus, Montgomery and Xew Orleans. ^oes oppose taxation to aid in The road will run through a fertile, *no railroads. healthful and beautiful country and Messrs. Editors, I will ask yoi ... ... m]c rtf questions, which, if you will a win cross ui ui honest-ly ana witnouc Dias auer all the rivers, and will conduce to the er]y considering all .points, I development of the most abundant and will aid you in arriving at a di best water vower east of the Rocky conclusion 011 the subject: Is t Mountains, and pass through the best m^n' won^n ?.r in "V\ ini . . ,, TT .? , . who would wish the Charlott< jramte quarries in the United States. iumbia & Augusia Railroad abol Look at the map and compare this If not, why not? If because c line with any railroad that has been veniences and advantages, whybuilt or that is in contemplation, and *key wish us to remain twentv / . , , , . from a railroad i How was th< ortxrnrifaorpc XTlll hf? TTlftni- I 3 wi ;f il3 '"""-"orw * - roau uuuti rr tins ?ao ji fest. G. H. McMaster. Whom does the railroad benef the railroad completely unde Chester & cajudey railroad. control of the owners? Is it ri| the people of the lower part History Repeats Itself in Winnsboro. COUntV, Wneil the lands are lev Messrs. Editors: Your last issue of roads good, to be taxed to wc m ? TT . . , hillv roads of the northern part The ^evts axd Herald contains two cou-nty? ^Vas it right lor Wini editorials on the communication of to issue Bonds to build .Mount "Property"?one blowing hot, the Institute? If the majority shou other blowing cold. To have the rule ought the minority/ , . ? . ., , , Messrs. Editors, when I rcac potent influence of the local organ di- artic|e on thc illtti,icnttUe ,.jght vided upon a matter of internal im- people. I thought you must liav provement is to seriously obstruct, if ransacking the archives of a not destrov, the vitalitv of the eater- Rome in search ot infori T " | . , . ., .to write up the politics of prise. Legal minds delve in the past Omental Europe, and had comc for precedents upon which to base yn article written by some old s their opinions of the present aud the when Rome was building her sp fntniw T. therefore, beff to anDend lock^ro&ds. ^ If the article was for your consideration a leaf from his- nai> a^wiii just say --uisiui v u<. tory which the good people of to-day Peat itself," and I would rem; will read with grim humor. The fol- Passant, which I think yon had lowing is the extract: confine yourself for sometime politics of Europe. RAILROAD BUILDING FORTY YEARS AGO. W<J ]iye Qr twentl When the scheme to build a railroad from the C. C. & A. Railroad ai SEE BIG AEEIYi ?wrhi i i imi i Basamar'Mi r 11 Tiwrpna LND SEE THEM. GL s, of New York, the biggest Millinery House in the e-aged ladies and young ladies all can find somethingi j HEXDRIX'S. Trimmings of all kinds to match, LADIES, when ads and Ornaments. -size or color you \ 5*9 ca * MJ> :&%. JL s rake he is not asleep in keeping up with the styles'Iow (if not lower) * the EXACT CENT SYSTEM for over one year, Corsets, Handker t he small, his price* will and has been equally as Yours J ivas in- efitteed by it more or less, according Are we to cont: people to amount of our property and dis- nificent water i The tance from it. Our fathers in their estimated at 90 e Gen- inexperience in railroad building sub- idle? (after- j scribed heavily to build the C. C. & A.: Again, Mess snville. J Kail road, and we who paid nothing township, by .rd the j are reaping as much benefit from the $16,000, can" ? 'bomp-> road as our fathers. Well as we can- road through i their not build the C. C. & A. Railroad, the have a proper! oumF ( next best thing will be for us to build be assessed at onicle. the fJamflftii Sr, Chaster Railrnnrt for clooo ?_ifi i , said:(those who will coine after us. We ' tween $16,000 a nd his! are wiser now than to attempt to The Stale anc no zeal build a railroad entirely by private mills tax l'rom simply subscription, thinking it but just that property that ( ;r it a all who are materially benefitted by a as well as from practi- public enterprise should contribute cut assessment towards the building. Our fathers. township. ctobcr built the (J. C. & A. Railroad and you irepiv people along and near it are leaping. JHilFs He er, of the benefit: now if your lathers will, the best build us a runroad out here we will i saie for the cure < aineer dispense with the township subscrip-1 tion, Dyspepsia a nd the ; tioti and call it even. The opposition j scribed by all the ate the to the subscription comes mainly from ; greatest family m 1 from 15lose who live near the (J. C. <fc A. I Gentle and effei all due Railroad. | antTt0.take'-(loes 1 doubt- Now, Messrs. Editors, you known jfailin=tc jnt of there can be no vote on "the question j One trial will eo ier on of subscription unless a majority of (ted money will be do not tin; real estate owners petition for the a bottle." yolum- election. The safeguard of the prop- McMastcr, Bric< I agree j ertv owners lies right there. We iiad ~ ructed ninety names of real estate owners on es*" pense, our petition, the opposition I under- [ 0f Chattanooga appose stand had forty-one. Comment is un- was seriously aflii ement, necessary. that settled on hi t with The only injustice I sec about the remedies without less of matter is that neither the State nor to try Dr. King's at the county aid in building the railroad, sumption, did so n any but the township does, and yet the iU^ ?i vs op- State and county goes right to work andV^olds Vitl^b to suck the life out of the enterprise as experience of tho ticism,! soon as completed by levying a tax i>een saved by tbi radecl, j nearly equal to tiie interest on the Trial Bottles Jb're the su- j bonds subscribed . by the township. Kejchin's Drug S sed by; South Carolina will not take rank with ----- " " ? by the I other States in prosperity until the X people are instructed in correct busin you ness principles. We go at cvcrvthing j T' cSnS autituJ backward. Messrs. Lditors, \r inns-; ju Aiken ) prac- boro cannot Dave the monopoly of | Round trip tick lroad? railroad schools, etc., even if she I South Carolina Ii whose deserves it, and I think you as the j niile, and on the rreeks, moulli piece of the county ought to be j l"ree cents per re i their encouraging the people to engage in; gating every honorable and legitimate enter- i bsence prise, to build up and improve and' beautify our county and add to herj DISS being- prosperity. ' W.S.Hall, j m?E partnershi rerned i j. tween the ic the axotheit letter l'jcojr jtjc. hall, i style of "The 3 barter i this day dissolved lat 1-0 Messrs. Editors< In your weekly j Either of the un< : made edition of the IGth inst. you have an 1TCC*Pt for n)01ie> nship, editorial headed, "Taxing the people! >ing to Railroads," and as we will i January l, iss: 1 vote __ Mch24fxlm 1 shall have a:i election in Gladdeirs Grove i ; nty or Township on the 5th of April, to de-! ^ laking termine whether wc will vole a small; rit* ?/ amount to aid the Camden & Chester; such T> , ,, ,,i ___? pality, Kailroad Company to construct ;i rail- A ftf'Tl Com- road through the township, it might j eai' ? *! ? coun- appear that your editorial was aimed | at t*iat particular railroad, and may; tate to strengthen the opposition to the enter- j , imary prise. You begin your editorial with v ion of well admitted facts, such as: uIt is \ estate Part wisdom 10 see dangers and ^ /; j ' ^ rubers guard against them." '"The study of j . C:' ' / ng for the proper sphere of government j ^ oritv) affords exercises for the highest facul-i down tie?." "There are certain very essen | sire of j tial rights of the citizens which are; y bear [ and forever must remain beyond the ; setter-1 sphere of government control." "The ' es. j right of property; (lie right to enjoy i _ *^ST AREIVI nt. the fruits of one's own iudustrv, j*s ; "ne carload of rty. clearly one which no government has YOIJXGKE, >47> any right to trench upon." So far, &o good. Then yon remark, "When the ranging from 151 >ed to industrious citizen sees his earnings f;om three to five * -1 r A. 1.1? ^ Urv Afkflu T w.ll crJ 1 4 l?e?cr> m T l.nrA ' 1U1" 11115} U1UL Ul (IJV UlllCl pill I JL Hill W11 Uivov ij. " j pose; when he sees them voted away ; I will exchange t iy I do (0 (]ie support of questionable enter- j muIes- Ia^so age 111 | prises by the idle, the vieious and the j some- j corrupt, etc., etc. Now, Messrs.I ?ADDJ in- to I ??lt0"i> ,as.f',ou 1* w''itin= fon' l?"! Also a few ni 7 . i ation to build railroads, and that too and a few p^ 0 | on the eve of an election for thai pur- i examine for yours mount! pose, what mere natural than * for j good den & < people to think you call a railroad a j onsid- ; Questionable enterprise, and that we | ?IIL.< ! are trying to put the tax on the people ., that j by a VOje 0f the idle, virions and cor- I * s5n or side of I nipt? You did not mean it of course, + T laying | because you know that the tax could . satisfactory papei l* peo-! 1,ot 1,0 Put 011 lllc people except oy a A r., . | vote of a majority of the real estate ; .'owners; i.e. a majority of the real! : I will! estate owners have to petition for the j X< irks to | election before the election can be j c for ; held, therefore, the matter is decided j Office of Cou: ' , . I by the real estate owners and :!ic Wixxsboeo. ^.C1 / j election is a mere matter of form to' ALLSUB-CXXM triotic comply with the law; then of course in Fairfield Coui a sen- you did not intend to call tlie majority,! and notified to rej n who in this casc "idIe> vicious and corrupt'? j before Wednesday build- n0^cai\1.thAnk I l)rox-> the conditi rauruau WU.S a vi uuauunaun, I ...,,1... 41. prise", as some might infer from your ' " s L 1 i some article. Again you speak of" the j "unuer o, d nswer ! majority of a township voting a tax on an"s> wl?ch prop- a minority to build a railroad for a : 0:10,1 roa(l s*ncc think private corporation as though the pri-1 J- T! fierent: vate corporation ow-ed the entire here a j railroad, and had control of it and j Attest: Jxo. J. lsboro ; reaped the entire benefits. ! rvlcliliflx." u, Co-! Of course you did not mean that, j ished? : but it is natural to infer that from your! -rtt-j t rc 11 >f con- j language. You know that the owners ' U li1 j \ 18 p would : of railroads do not haw complete con- j u j". I . .118 j miles ' trol of them. The State has a voice in j w U J 3 rail- j the matter. They are public carriers,! built? j and are obliged to carry freight and it? Is j passengers, provided the fare is paid. ir the You know, too, that they build up a C1AT IT' jht for county and enhance the value of prop of the erty along the line, whether the owners el and i of the property give anything to the >rk the ; enterprise or not, and all are beneof the | fitted; so when they are taxed to isboro ; build a railroad it is not for the exclu-1 NEAR Tr : Zion sive benefit of the corporation, but for j rTTY ild not their own good, whether they choose j to see it or not. We who live fifteen ! 1 your or twenty miles from the C. C. & A. of the liailraad are benefitted greatly by it. Hot and C e been It was built in the days of inexperi- Situation quiet. indent ence in railroad building by the pri-: nation vate subscriptions of the patriotic j mi oniv F Con- among our fathers, and some who did < . across nothing towards its construction have j Columbia rui h\lock been more benefitted materially than : ^ , lendid they. We now think, and properly! * *' origi- too; that it is but just and right fori 0vr: >es ..re- each one to pav a little towards an ! " I r4T,TS ark ^>1 enterprise that will oenent mm mate-1 ^ 7 better rtally. Are we to rest u^ on the lau- J? to the rels 'of onr ancestors? Are we to do. P^r Hs.tan" I'I1 nothing for posterity? Suppose our Belladonna* Plasi r* miles lathers had said that Columbia was as chine Oil, just re< :e ben- near as a railroad should be to us. Mc>IASTER, / - 1 - ^ \L OF LADIES7- ' OYES. GLOVES. GLOVES. you want Gloves, Just come to HEXORIX and you can get anv rant in Silk and Lisle Thread. You will find by visiting i than any house in town. Ladies, come see my line of Rushings, chiefs, Ribbons, Dress Goods, White Goods. Calicoes, Laces,etc. . anxious to please, inue to allow the mag--! the township, we will i tv which may possibly I ^ 064,000; then where ! 000, ?he difference be- . nd $64,000, come from? j that $64,000 worth of | :^i;; :/??jw f J id not appear before, | fe|p " ihe $20S,70G, the pres-' of Gladden's Grove j ctive in its action, pleaslot purge or gripe. fl^Baa > greatly benefit deiicate IlLS H gS Wzjjjffl ?1 MS H* Bv nvince. If not benefit- ? ^Ssi' E s ffi?' ?fl @ 22 refunded. Abg0|ute|y Pure. 2 <fe Ketchin. ?? This powder never varies. A marvel of its in Every Case. purity, strength and wholesomeness. More , wholesale paper dealer economical than the ordinary Kinds, and Tenn., writes that he cannot be sold in competition with the icted with a severe cold multitude of low test, short weight aium s lungs; had tried many or phosphate powders. Sold enly in cans. benefit. Being'induced Royal Baking Powdeh Co., 106 TVali New Discovrry for Con- St., X. Y. and was entirely cured bold by 3ic3Iaster, Brice & Ketchin, ottles. Since which time Grocers. McnSfxly I lis fomilv -fnr >!! PmicrliQ est results. This is the Tirk* T]_ Tift usands whose lives have W ?1 Qt p" 0] (\ C? LJTT ty s Wonderful Discovery. fj HU PTfi i !sxS 0 f ' e at Mc Master, iirice & ? * **J JJJ 11. tore. * j OTI'JE. - lal meeting of the South. dical Association will be on Tuesday, April 12. ets will be sold on the i laiiway at four cents per T APPEAL TO THE STRONGEST Nortneastern Railroad at i sentiment you know in asking .to try ,ile. . my tailor-made* suits and my low prices. PEYRE PORCHER, ! It's to your own interest. You will be TW.yv.-ri: v. < ? CannnfnW era in arc "liv it in til A C9 Afrirm nf Inner lk^V/UJlUlU^ . ( WJ *" *" ""v w??v?%.rv.vi.. v"'-v**0 wear and the secyrity of my guarantee. ! It's beyond the ability of an expert in OLUTIOX. cloth to* know what is in it by looking at n }.A-Ptnfr>r<? Pvistin"- be-10nlJ* onc of lonS experience -in tlio undersized uncled the work knows row to ferrit out whether the ' ?5 1 clothing is carefully made. You mav be a I by mutual consent. ' ' | j udge or may not- I take both risks from 'Ipisi^Tipd is authorized to 1 5^^ snouldcrs. . Sffi old ?r? ' U's the fairest bargain I .know-to make T\() ^ REYNOLDS i >'ou sure oi tlie and tbe "work: tell w i'\WivjtV) ' you plainly .what sort itis,jand make you - 31C^U^ ALU. . fecl gafe in trading.here. 1' - i Can you fare as well as that anywhere? j ' Could l do it if I aid not have confidence in the manufacturers taat make? ATP : tailor-made garments? You shoot wide of 3-XJAJ ! the mark and miss getting, the best for ! your noney if you buy without seeing my r c^ ^ : beautnul stock of clothing.' and what it TO THEj MOTHERS. . v ". ' Do not neglect this opportunity.. I have ; received a quantity of knee pants suits ' ': V . ; from four years to eleven years, and they : will go at a price that will astonish you: at | first you will have hard work to keep from ''.'Jj buying them. I will not name the price ; here, but prefer you should call and see x 'these suits and "learn the price. This is I;V ' v.. . > ; j the best opportunity you will have this tn n hnr<*ain fnr a. mprfi tritte. . ' * "' i Xo such bargains ever offered in this city -J:'before. These suits are well made and cut in the latest style.. Inow, don't wait I until the last moment and expect to get T t- ? I your choice. If you do you will miss it, CD J I* OIi SALE. A j for these suits will go with a' rush. When i vou are here ask to see the DEGREMOXT i and DEAN Suits, the latest novelties' in STICKY mLES, ; boys' suits. to my, hands high, and \ HATS. years old; all well broke, j tules to suit the tiroes, or j You will find the latest styles, The hem for old broken down YE031AN and the DUX LAP BLOCK are re a couple of nice anions the novelties in this line.. Ju&t rei ceiveu a line of silk hats?Broadway style. LE HORSES. 11 am the agvnt for the celebrated Dunlap I Silk and Stiff Hats. ce DRIVING HORSES ' GHORSES. Come and; 5el\e?. I aho have a few | TI?is line of goods must be seen to be appreciated.-All the leading styles of fine stents' shoes can be found here. The !i V.'aukenphast and Broadway lasts arc the favorites. Call and see this magnificent ihango them for dry cat- stock of Clothing, Gents' Furnishing all tl e above cheap for Goods, etc., before you purchase clsemtil fail by making me wh<ne. You will save time and money by ' ti-ading here. Respectfully, i >jl. JL. &LJJS AJLIU, WI-N SbBORO, h. C. j COLUMBIA, S. C. DTICE sty Commissioners, i : 18 T0. XIT 13 X 8 R / , S. C., March 10.1S87. J : AU ' J' X AUn i * [MISSIOXERS of roads j ity are hereby required ^ __ , __. _ __ )ort to this Board on or | AT.T*) IhITiT A T^Til*! r, the 13th day of April, oo, good or bad, of all j ir jurisdiction; and also j T\^^Lnl,rt > I have in stock the best asive been expended on | - _ . mnarj-1,1887. sortment of Pure Imported JRNER STEWART, and Domestic Liauors in Fair / field County. My friends and >.eil, Clerk. i , ,t I the public a? e very, respectfully requested to call and see PCnnipPT *"or themselves- Goods sold i U U I Jj Lj warranted as represented or MONEY REFUNDED! JIBIA,S. . I have in stock everj'thing in m- li'nA tT"iA Vl Act" Tm. ; 111 iii > 11 VAii uxv Aiu : ported Champagne and Bran> business part on ' dy, to common Plantation ! Whisky. -also[. old Baths free to guests, j The best stock of Cigars, Tobacco, &c., &c. Give me . ^ * i ia call. Lrst-Class Hotel m rr , 1 at S1.50 per Dayi Very respectfully, . F. W. HABENICHT, ff. 3fEIL??;&, Opposite Pcstoifice and Depot. cm tvn 'PT?rtvi?TfvrvT> ! A A YYA TOXIC, ! BLUE CASTILE SOAP, :OX BITTERS, British! WHITE CASTILE, Cuticxu- and Carument, Tutt's Pills. Fel-' bolie Soaps, Elegant Toilet Soap, HandIvpophosphites, S. S. S.,! kerchief Extracts, Cologne and Toilet ters. Best Sewing Ma- : Water. Also to arrive, Colgate's Toilet :eived. j Soap and Extracts. BRICE & KETCIIIX. j McilASTER, BRICE & KETCHES".