Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, September 07, 1876, Image 2
VERTISER.
ld, S. C., Sept. 7, 1876.
*MES T.BACON >_
HOS. J. ADAMS, J-EDITOES.
.XEE5E, Gc.vr;:.u AoKSTttitt Cottuau*oxi>u?
EDITOR.
National Democratic Ticket!
FOR PRESIDENT:
SAM PE I, J. TILDE IV,
DP NEW YORK.
F jR VICE-PRESIDENT :
WUm. A. HENDRICKS,
. OF INDIANA.
"State D?mocratie Ticket.
For Governor:
WADE HAMPTON, of Richland.
For Lientenant'Governor:
W. D. SIMPSON, of Laurens.
For Stute Trensnrcr:
S. ti. LE A PH AKT, of Richland.
For Attorney-General :
JAMES CONNER, of Charleston.
For Comjitrollcj-Gcncrnl :
JOHNSON HAGOOD, of Barnwell.
For Secretary of State:
R J>I. SIMS, of York,
'ispector-??eaeral :
S-iM-OISEj ol' Sumter.
^vJtJuiitendeut of Educution :
THOMPSON, of Richland.
"iit?i District:
of Edge-field.
ii th Civcnit:
of Edseifield.
A Day In Edgcfield ruinobicd hy Pa
trioiic H ork', and a Night Glorified
hy Deiaucra'i;* Enthusiasm.
. ; Torch-Light Procession of Sis Hun
dred Mount< <! Men .' Banners, Trans
ji'trcncies, Fireworks! Enthusiasm bia
' zea Like <. Fircontkc Mountains! Dead
?W'oinni Walk and Dead Mm Bise OtU
of sfecir CojHns! Thc Average Edge
field Man Yells, and Yrlts, and Yells,
and Yet Bitrstcth Xot.' On thc Contra
ry Ile Licet h to Yell Again .'
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It ia of our great Ratification Meeting
on Monday ?as: thal we speak, nut we
have no room to tell thc tale. Impor
tant matters that came in advance have
^".wallowed np our space, and our readers
bo satisfied with a hare skeleton,
o'clock A M.. Tors hundred of
Maw citizens from the country
town. Of our Un Clubs, al
very one was well represented.
I they poured in like Crusaders to
tie Gelds of Syria. Anet ?.-: they
beneath the great Tilden-Ken
Hampton-Shnpson banner which
^ bgs between thc Cheutharu and
s^^Udiii.-*, they uncovered their
.;>rr*^Pr ye; ?urMn. ting
teas'called to order in ?he park at 12 tn.
Mr. J.dm C. Sheppard acted as Chair
man, The stand, covered with scores of
brilliant flags, \vas beautiful to behold,
-'?'.he speakers of the mid-day meeting
were Gov. Bonham, and Col. L. F. You
mans, of Columbia, who had been ?.'erm
ally inyited by the Edgelield Rifles. Of
<5ov. Bonham, we say nothing. His
very name is enough in Edgelield. Of
our guest, ?oumans, we cannot say too
much. He is doing hard and telling
work in tho campaign. Ile .yoes from
Richland to Camd-ii, t.> Vork. t> Fair
field, to Gadsden, *.o Eastovcr, to Edge
field, ('ur people know him well : they
know his head, his heart, h is spirit. And
s speech on this occasion did justice
o all these.
. nr.-.i-day meeting was enthusias-I
-till there ivas a sensation that
.r tfnio W?s\comi?g st twilight,
it proved.
nrsv it is 7, P. M., and Edgefield
?ne vast Camp of seething hu mae ?ty.
'omen, aged and infirm, who have net
?eft their beds for years, drive through
r streets aud wave their handkerchiefs
wild excitement. Men, whom we had
honestly though: mug dead and hurled,
ride in on horseback and "yell" like
youths of eighteen. The torches are al
I-eady being lighted, and the glare makes
he scone look like sumo magic phantas
ona. in which the graves have given
{.?jeir dead t<> return und work for the
in|^ The Clubs form in line entirely
around Liio park and await tho cider to
march. It hi a grand sight to look upon !
And now the procession forms. First
comes thc Johnston Land in their chari
ot. Gen. lt :;. M. Dunovant, of Mexi
can and Confederate fame, is Marshal
of the day. ML -SI S. A. J. Norris and O.
Sheppard are Assista't Marshals. Next
come the Edgelield Lilies, on foot, with
Capt. Geo. Lake, their commander, on
horseback. Besides torches, they bear
banners and transparencies inn?mera
ble. Next come tho Palmotto Sable
Club, under command of President M.
A. Markert. And then the Clubs of the
JOth Regiment. And then the Clubs ol
the 9th i.egiment. And then thc Clubs
of the 7th Regiment Tho Baud storms
martial soul, and the torches
.l~ y?he-iiOr???, unused to
scene, prance and curvet
with ai*?rvous impatience. The proc?s
more than a mile long, and it
Ss every street and road within
kMr incorporation. Bonfires burn in our
public square, and in front of many pri
vate bab- mies. The piazzas, the side
walks, nay even the broad streets, are
crowded with human beings. Fair wo
Toeii. gathered from 20 miles around,
cheer JV. tiio gallant line at all points
.And ever and anon artillery belches
forth its grand hurrah .to the Democracy
of Edgelield. 'The precession moves to
wards Buncombe by the. eur street and
approaches the public square again by
jae front street. And soon the whole
sceiie. Becomes concentrated upon the
public square. The Ciubs again sur
round thc park, and their torches make
a lofty ?md glorious palisade (d' buming
haine. The enthusiasm is too .great for
'There is bvt one soul! And that sun! is
i of home, of country, of honor, of
liberty.
And now the meeting is again organ
izad. And t'ne-'".inl becomes still more
:i scene of art n?d glory. A hundred
h inners (lout above it and glisten in tho
. ?.?are of t!ic torches. The transparencies,
which ?ire also lanterns, arc held aloft in
a splendid tableaux. They revolve slow
l.-, showing the inscriptions upon al!
j- ,ur sides. Prominent is a targe *hnd
fdthful photograph of the gallant ani
beloved Hampton. Many of the inscrip
tions are heroic and patriotic, while
many are grotesquo and satirical. A
carpet-bagger, with a huge bag, labeled
?ii)O,0O'J, is fleeing for his life, and calls
out as ho runs : " Farewell Niggers/' A
negro feUoW dances ?md claps nts hands,
sivLug; Fall in Niggers, Pallin! De
jiiocracy is De Only IIopo for Us." A
and his rider essay to leap a rail
IQ ut vainly. And the inscription is:
a/;, once Cain's Last Leap for tho
n'ii'-. A.barbor's pole is dedicated to
memory of Paris Simkins. This
'ver. was rather weak, forthebarber
-refers to Paris's best and . honestest
Well for him had he remained an
It bad been belter io ask
ro gove Tot that ?30,W0
'agiinst our County, An
plays UL:- banjo in plan
'aud^jays: " Wc'sAll Wid
.Now." A pair of rifles
crossed, and with fixed bayons, has i
derneath : " Shoemaker's Toro*." H<
you see: "A Little More Grape Ca
Bragg; the Enemy is Dadlv^foa-lKcnec
And there: "This is aflflBte Maj
Country and Must, bo RnlW by Wh
Men." But the transparon? are t
numerous to bo described irBfcil.
* And now Gen. Gary spo^HEmid ii
mense enthusiasm. Andtl^Rllow 1
fireworks-as a fitting introduction
Gen. Butler. Tho fireworks aro d
charged from the Hat roof of tho loi
Masonic Hall. Mr. M. A. Markert ai
Capt. P. A. Belanger superintend t
display and it is admirably manage
The Band ascend to the top of the H?
aud lend their aid to the gorgeous sho
The very heavens are illuminated ; ai
again the cannon below belches forth
1 ravo ; and again the average Edgelie
man yells and bursts not! And the avi
agc Edgeficld woman-and a noble act
agett is.'-also lifts up her voice, ai
her hands, and her heart ! It is a scei
of light and of glory. It is a grand, ei
bodied pa*an to victory and freedom !
And now we must gallop to the ein.?
Gen. Butler speaks, and tires the popul
heart as no other man iu Edgcfield ca
Mr. John R. Abney speaks, and falls b
neath au avalanche of bouquets C(
Youmans speaks again, and receives :
ovation of cheers and thanks.
And now tho torches are lowered, ar
the gallant Clubs dash off in the mool
light to their distant homes. Every hit
road in old Edgcfield echoes their "ycll>
and the tramp of their steeds. And tl
dead men and women return lo the
graves. And soon all Edgelield is husl
ed-and sleeps in the certain hope of
glorious resurrection in November/ Li
US watch well-rt';.'-.-' let tut work n ell-th;
our hopes cheat uCnoi!
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'Democracy CuvA-> l*ine House AIL
the JLoc^.s in ligypt!
Tovell Clubs in Line of Battle! Bali
ners of Livery Color ami Device ?
A mighty day was Saturday last inti:
historic land of Pine House. We wi
not say Shaw's Township. The ver
word " Township" has to us a nastj
New England sound. Pino House, an
all her borders, and all her neighbor:
gathered lo endorse Tilden and Hot
dricks, Hampton and Simpson, or,
County nominations, and thc proser,
great uprising in Edgefiold for our d<
liverancc out of " the house of bondage.
'The Johnston Baud was there, in ii
stalely wagon drawn by four handsom
grays. And the Johnston Rille Club ir
eluding two good looking colored men
commanded by Capt. Wm. Lott, wa
there. And the Ward Club, command
ed by Capt. W. H. Tim merman, wa
there. And thu Tilden (Harmony)Rill
Club, commanded by Capt. Tom Hoy
was lhere. And the Horn's Creek Chi!
commanded by Capt John Swcaringe:
was there. And tho Edgcfield Rille Chi!
commanded by Capt. George Lake, wo
t?tere. And the " Butler Tigers," fro;
the Edgelield and Aiken line, command
ad by that " border mulan" Capt. Joh
Cahill, was there. And the local Chib
a splendid body-commanded by Cap
J. Munroe Wise, was of course there
and did the honors with chivalrous com
lesy. The procession of the clubs wa
formed in tho large and beautiful grov
in front of the residence of Major Abran
Jones-the band playing its most stii
ring airs-banners innumerable fioatin
in the breeze-and shouts of freedou
makin? thc very welkin ring, lt was
grand sight-a noble scene-a brillian
presage of victory. Two hundred am
sighty mounted men in lino!
The meeting was held by the margii
of the Pond, where there is a fine plut
?brm, upon which was seated the femal
llowcr of the land, radiant in beaut;
and patriotic pride. The Chairman o
life day was Capt. T. ll. Clark. Thi
speakers were Gov. Bonham, Col. Bacon
Gr?-.. Butler, Mr. Johii^C. Sheppard, Air
i .lijhn J\. Abney Wjul A*-. Bcuj. Bottler
'i nc whole proceeding*! of the da\* wert
in the highest degree dignified and eu
thusiastic; and when old Edgcfield shall
have once more gained her liberties,
Pine House will bc by no means the
least brilliant gem in her crown of glory.
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The Next Tabllc Meeting??.
In our last issue, we announced that
tho Richardsonville Mass Meeting had
been postponed from next Saturday un
til the following Tuesday. The matter,
however, has been reconsidered, and the
meeting will tako place on the coining
Saturday, as first appointed. And a tre
mendous afluir il promises to be.
On Tuesday, the luth instant, the peo
pie of Talbert Township aro to meet, and
ratify, and speak, and eat, and touch el
bows, at Rehoboth. The social element
is to be equally prominent with the po
litical. Ladies and a basket pic-nic are
to divido honors with men and their bar
becue. The occasion ls to be a great one,
and a generous one And we aro spe
cially requested by tho Committee of Ar
rangements to invite (he whole world
men, women, children, clubs, horses,
banners, candidates, speakers, pilgrims
and strangers. Ho, therefore, fur Reho
both on the 12th ! We must get us a pen
cil made of a solid cedar tree, in all its
length and strength.
The next regular Mass Meeting after
Richardsonville is to be at Bold Spriug,
in Shatteriield, on the 4th Saturday in
this mouth.
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Saluda Compliments and Endorses the
Advertiser.
At the great Mass Meeting at Mt Will
ing, teu days back, the people of Saluda
said :
'. Wc desire to give emphatic expr?s
sion to our high appreciation of the wise,
patriotic ami intrepid course of the Etlge
deld AdceriiStr*' tn this political cam
paign, and of its watchfuljiefence of the
rights and liberties of ourpeopie through
many years past."
Friends oL&alnda, we return -you our
proudest thanks. Wc believe in princi
ple, in honor, in hard work; and putting
away from US tho bitter pill of policy,
enveloped in a sugarcoat we nave fought
our bravest to avert thc terri bio catastro
ptajvhirh awaits us as a people if better
men in our County aifTTfcjt put in office,
four approbation will make our arms
stronger in tho future.
? %_ Iv-^
A Very General DisaimoifWleH^r1
Our gallant and gifted compatriot, Ma
jor WVT. Gary, now o?Angusta, was in
vited by the Edgelield Eitl'.-s-flTafldress
t ic great meeting of Monday last. Major
Gary, although sick, and looking very
much worsted from lover, cume>tf> Edge
field, hoping to be able to gratny his old
friends and comrades ; but, lo the gener
al and loudly expressed disappointment,
ho continued so unwell as lo be scarcely
able t<> leave his room. IUiMdionld be
weil enough, ho will be oneof thd^peak
urs al Bollol* th.
Major Gary quits Edgefiold to-day for
Aiken, to be present ?it>ho trial-if trial
liier?; should bc-oJ^oiir^fellow citizens
accused in the Hamburg alfair. And
inst hf re we may add, In justice to Ma
jor Gary, that tho splendid showing
inr.de by our side in the preliminary
hearing three wooka back, is ina very
great degree owing to his energy and le
gal skill. Risa cause in which he has
worked manfully and disinterestedly.
Appointments.
The following appointments aro made
for Gen. Wade Hampton and thc nomi
nees OB tho State electoral ticket, by the
Executive Committee:
Greenville, September 7.
a^partanburg, September 9.
Union, Soptember ll.
Laurens, Septcmbor 13.
Newberry?' September IL- 0 -.
? Abbeville, September IG., - -
Tim appointments for theyremain?ng i
counties will be' made in duo time, f
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Gen. bary's Ander6on Speech.
We give up much of our spaco t
week to Gen. Gary's Anderson spee
Mark his ablo argument concerning :
legality of sending TJ. S. troops ame
us at such a time as this :
Mn CHAIRMAN, LADIES' AND GEXTI
MEX :
lu response to your courteous invi
lion, I am hore to-day to participate
your grand ratification of the nominati
by the National Democracy of Tile
and Hendricks, for the offices of Pre
dent and Vice President of tho Unil
States ; and of the nomination by 1
Democracy of this State, of Ham pt
and Simpson, for Governor and LieuU
ant-Governor of South Carolina.
I appreciate it as a grateful privilej
to unite with thc Fanner County of t
Democracy of this Stato, in giving P.
pression of unqualified approval to t
selections of such distinguished star
ard bearers of our Party. Tn tho da
and gloomy period that we have ji
passed through, during tho administi
t:on of our State Government by t
carpet-bagger Scott, the scalawag Mosi
and the wily charlatan Chamberlain, t
unswerving devotion of tho galla
sons of Anderson, to principle in pref?
ence to policy, has cheered the spirit
thc mon of old Edgcfield whilst battlii
for thc great causo of Democracy ai
the redempton of our State. The acth
of the National Democracy in adoptii
a Platfoi m expressive of the time-ho
ored tenets of our Part}*, has successfi
I}' rekindled the spirit of 177(5 upon tl
Centennial altar of our common countr
Thero has been two parties in the Unit<
States since the adoption of our Consl
tution. The names have at times change
but tho great dividing distinction h;
bscu upon tho construction ol', tho Coi
stitutlon. Hamilton, who was im but
with the traditions of a monarchical go'
ern m cut, did not possess that originalii
of thought that enabled him to free bin
self from the hereditary idea of astror
aud central government, in which a
power was placed, and in which all tl
rights of tho States were consolidate
He could not appreciate that tho Stat
reserved those powers that were tl
delegated to the National Govornmen
The genius of Madison and Jefferson, i
the famous Kentucky and Virginia Bes.
lutions of 1708, gave the initial cmstru
cion of the Constitution of tho Unite
States. That construction has been u|
proved and elaborated by Mr. Callion
in his discourse upon the Constantin
and Government of the United State
This construction has embodied tho eei
irai principles of the Democratic part
throughout its varied fortunes; and th!
trill' truction can alone protect the poof)
of tho United States from such a bob
avaricious, unscrupulous, "bad man
as io who now occupies tho Exocuth
Ch dr of the American Republic.
The opposite construction of the Coi
stitution, would perpetuate this govert
nient in thc power of a political lactic
that has corrupted its foundations, lille
its offices of trust with thi-ves and plui
derers, and made its name a by word an
a reproach among the nations of ll;
earth l?s perpetuation in power wonl
bo the loss of our liberties by the coi
version of this great Republic into
corrupt and loathsoino empire. T ai
glad to anuounee to you that the recei
decision of Chief Justice Waite, of Hi
United States Supreme Court, in th
celebrated case of the United Stato
Plaintiffs in errors, against Wm J Crina
shanks, Win. D. Irwin and John 1
Hlldnot, was made in conformity wit
the construction of tho Constitntio
placed upon it by the Democratic part\
wherein he uses the following language
"the government of the United States i
ono of delegated powers alone. Its an
thority is denned and limited by th
Constitution. All powers not grantee
co it by/that instituaient are reserved I
thc Stiyfo* or tho ^ooplo." It ta a grab*,
lying fact, alike to Democrats and Radi
cals, that tho Chic! Tusticoof the Unitei
.States holds the scales of justice with ai
impartial hand, that the ermine of hi
high ollicc is pure and unstained l>y th
universal corruption that has surround
ed him. With such a Chief Justice am
with a D?mocratie Congress, there is i
well founded hope that the liberties o
thc peoplo may yet be protected am
preserved ; that the otfice of President o
the United States will soon be w reste?
from one who has tarnished the swore
of an American soldier, who has dis
graced and dishonored the highest office
ot thc American statesmen. The plum?
of tho great military chieftain, which hat
so often been lowered for tho sake of gain
the robes of Ibo executive office, which
haye been so continuously stained in UK
purlieus of a corrupt party; will hav<
to give way to the great civic leader clad
in tho white habiliments of " Peace and
Honesty," with the glorious motto ol
Reform inscribed upon his banner. Tin
patriotic voice of tho American people
welcome his coming and proclaim in
trumpet tones that Samuel J. Tilden
will bo the successor of U. S. Grant as
President of tbeUhited States of America.
The greatobjects that we hope to effect by
Reform in tho National Government
through our leaders and our party, are,
lirst, thc purification of the civil service
department, by putting and retaining
thor i none but competent and honest
men ;^y regarding tho ollices as a great
pubiic trust, to bo administered for the
benefit of the people whose servants they
are, and not as places for relatives and
Iriends with personal perquisites attach
ed thereto. We hope to overrule the
precedent established by Grant in tho
first four years of his administration, in
making his ollie? a personal one and in
troducing nepotism in its wo^jt. form
into every department of tho Govern
trient. President Grant having exhaust
ed the supply cf relatives and kinsmen
in the first four years of his administra
Tion, in his last four, "has inaugurated
the practice of placing in ofiico his. con
federates in crime, those who had been
engaged with him in robbing and plun
dering the government. Living exam
ples of tk?^custom aud unblushing cor
ruption aro Babcock, Belknap, McDonald,
Roberson, and a long Hst of others,
whose photographs now adown tho walls
Of the rogues', gallop' in tho chief cities
of the Union. . ,
The second grand object of our party
is a reduction of our ^enormous taxes.
The Federal taxes for tho last eleven
years amount to $4,000,000,000 ; State aud
MutfchiHial taxes, to two-thirds (?) morn;
making in thc aggregate *7,"if<fclU0tO00.
Now how has all this amount of morey
be^pxpended ? Not to pay the public
debt ; not for the developinr?utof a great
and growing country: not for the benefit
.of thc people; but it has boen used to
make rich tho eiglrrythousand office
holders of this Government: \
Wosproposo in thc third place, when in
pVnvcr, tojpSmblisli a fixed and stable
currency, with a sufficient volume to
meet tho legitimate requirements of
trade and commerce. Wo will resume
specie payment so soon as it can be done
with a duo regard to the business rela
tions that havo been established upon tho
basis of our present currency. In estab
lishing a currency, it will bo done in
accordance withtbo old Democratic idea,
of gold and ?diver and bullion being tho
only true Bankable basis. The experi
ence of the financial world and t he au
thority of all writers on political econo
my have clearly demonstrated that for
every gold or silver doUar, or its equiva
lent in Bullion; a Bank may Issue th roo
.dollars in paper currency, that can be
paid in specie on presentation, and that
any other S3'stem will become inflated
?nd end iii disaster! and rufrt tpfho cn
if'r. te-rfd j.'^;rj"l/J7. fbt?imittl
tiro country. Our present medium
exchange, and the condition of the cou
try, is proof of the corruptness of the
fundamental principles. Tho Bonds
this government have no intrinsic valu
the National Banking system .3 in gre
violation of tho doctrines laid down ?
Adam Smith. Mills, McCulloch, Ricarc
Say, Cooper and Bowen : in fact they a
in violation of tho experience of ti
financial world. In proof of what I ha
stated, I will quote from tho text ol
recent author " Boreghot" on Lomba
Street. He says, " by the Law of Kn
land, the legal tenders are gold and silv
coin (the last for small amounts onl
and Bank of England Notes. But tl
number of our attainable Bank Notes
not like American 'Greenbacks' d
pendeut on tho will of the State; it
limited by the providions of the act
1S44. That act sepaiates the Bank
England into two hah os. The issue d
partinent only issues notes and can on
issue ?15,(00,000 on Government seem
ties. For all the rest, it must have Bu
lion deposited. Theroare here ?15,000,0
Bank Note:? on securities and ?18,288,6'
represented by Bullion. Tho Bank
England has no power by law toincrea;
the currenoy in any other manner,
holds tho stipulated amount of sccuritie
and for all the rest it must have Bullion
This is tho system that has preserved tl
currency of the Bank of England, an
it is the "cast iron system" that CH
alono establish a fixed and stable currei
cy for the United States of America
With a currency estab'ished upon sue
a basis, will come a restoration of th
public crodit, and a finn maintenances c
tho national honor. The timidity of ti:
capitalist will be removed ; the specul:
tivc impulse of the merchant will t
auickencd.; tho sails of commerce wi
be unfurled ; the whistle of the Bai
road engine will break in upon the stil
ness of tho forest of the West ; the dooi
of thc manufacturers of the North, no
closed, will bo thrown wide open, an
tho New England tramps willcea.se the:
wanderings; thc cotton o' the South wi
bloom more beautifully, and its whit
fields will again assert thc aristocracy i
King Cotton ; the South and West wi
be relieved from M the paralysis of har
times;" and tho North and East wi
roane to shrink and tremble under th
cerebro spinal nieninge!is of a disorgan
ized financial system The election <
Hampton and .Simpson will have th
same grand results in respect to So ut
Carolina, that the election of Tilden an
Hendricks will have upon tho futui
prosperity of the United States. If yo
look to the civil service nf the State, yo
will seo the olliees of Governor, Liuii
Governor, Treasurer, Secretary of Stab
Attorney f?eneral, Comptroller Genera
Superintendent of Education, Adjutnt
and Inspector-General lilied by con ni
men. Six out of eight of the abov
offices aro hold by thieving carpet-ba^
gors, and tho remaining two by negroe;
If we turn to the Supreme Court, tw
out of three of the Judges are carpel
baggers; the other isa Christian .lev
Ono of our United States Senators is
carpet-bagger ; the other, n conserv?t iv
; scalawag. In Congress we have, on
carpet-bagger, two negroes, two seal?
wags. The General Assembly is com
posed of seventy-fivo negroes, cigb
carpet-baggers, and thirty thrco whit
Democrats. The President of tho Senat
is a yellow negro, and thc speaker of th
House of Representatives is u black nc
gre. This dan can not be surpassd :i
ignorance, venality ami corruption ovei
by the pet satellites who revolve aroum
the President of the United States.
Tf you will compare the taxable prop
orty of the State in 1860 with that now
you will find that in I860, it aniounte<
to SilOT.SJfi.'JSS. Tho taxable property
now is $110,000,000; there being nov
$167,i [6,288, less property to bo taxec
than, vo had then. At that timo_ihe.an
ui'uai < n-t" Wa"s*?5tMTr?rjl) ; tlX: au uta a
"State tax now is $1,500,000; being an in
crease ol' $l,(>0O,C00. Since 1808, the part}
in power in the State have collected foi
State and County taxes $18,000,000. Bj
the (tuning ol' fraudulent bonds, to tin
amount of $15,000,000, which they sold
appropriating the money arising fron
the salo, that amount added to $18,000,000
makes it near $?5,000,000. Thiscnormou:
amount collected from thc disturbed in
dustries of a people "who had just passet
through the desolation and ruin of a foin
yearn' war, staggers belief, and seems U
bo an incredible story ; but there are tin
figures, and thc}' can not be gainsaid
The existence of our State under such *
government only proves the productive
noss of our hind, the great value of otu
market crops, and the energy and man
hood of our gallant people And what
has been done with this large amount oi
money ? The lion's share, or I should
more properly say, that the Harpie'i
share, has gone into thc pockets of car
pet-baggers. And still the wy for brean
comes alike from the Penitentiary, the
Asylum, and the barefooted negro in the
everglades of Colleton.
It is to perpetuate such a government,
and to keep such people in office, in this
State, and the other Suites of the South,
that the President of thc United States,
the Secretary of War and Gen. Sherman
have ordered two companies of United
States troops to rondezvous at Edgefield
C. H. They have arrived, and aro now
there. The question naturally arises:
Why JiavOi these troops been sont to
Edgefield eleven j-cars arter the South
furled her "conquered banner," at a
time-of profound peace, wbon tbero is
no invasion by a foreign foe, no demon
stration of domestic violence, no opposi
tion to the due execution of tho laws of
the State or of the United States?.
If we turn to Article IV. Sec. 4 of the
Constitution of the United States, it is as
follows:
" The United States shall guarantee to
every State in this Union a Republican
form of governments- and shall protect
each of them against invasion, and on
application of the Legislature or of tho
Executive (when,the Legislature cannot
bo convoned) nJjfftnsT do mefitis i olen ce."
Now I ask all fair minded men, if thero
is any invasion threatened to the County
of Edgefield ? Does ther??fcist any ob
stacle in the way of convening the Leg
islatur?? \( there is no invaden, ami if
there was, and th?ro was no obstacle in
the way of convening the Legislature,
pfche Ex^cujive would have no constitu
tional authority to apply f?r troops; a d
the granting of troops upon an Execu
tive application under such a given state
of facts would be* a gross fc^uion of
Law. Is there auy threatened or actual
d'unestic^iolenco ? If there is, I have
failed to hear of it. If 4horo is none, the
applier.tion for troops by tho Governor,
and. tho granting of them, is alike aproes
violation of the Constitution. In the
case of tho United Slates vs, William J.
Cruikshank et. al., Chief Justino Waite,
usos the following language : " Certainly
it will not be claimed that the United
States liare the power orare required to
do mere police dut)/ in the States. If a
State cannot protect itself against domes
tic violence, the UnitedStates may, upon
the call of tho Executive, when tho Leg
islature cannot bo convoned, loud their
assistance for that purpose. This is a
guaranty of tho Constitution Article IV.
Sec. 4., but itapplies to nocasc like this."
This decision was made upon the En
forcement Act. There is one othor clause
of the Constitution that has a coloring of
application to this case, and I will quote
it. Article 1st, Sec. 8, which reads as
follow* i"! . 1 ; '
.1 Congress shal 1 havtypowej to provide
for calling forth the militia to execute
tho laws of the Union,'Jsn'ppr?ss,; insur
rections, and repel ,invasions/' -r
Nono.,pf ?hese, conditions exist, .And
lao sending*6f United Male?' troopsj4o
aid in the execution of " the laws of the
Union" is a gross violation of the Con
stitutiou; it can only be done by thc
calling forth of tho organised militia.
And the proper modo ix undoubtedly to
call out the militia when it becomes ne
cessary to aid in tho execution of the
laws of the Union, to suppress insurrec
tions, and to ropol invasions. But I have
no fear of interference on the part of tho
officers and soldiers of this command, or
of any other command. I respectfully
call their attention to tho following law
passed by Congress, for their guidance
and for our protection :
" Every otDcer of the Army or Navy,
or other person in the civil,"'"military or
naval service of the United States, who
orders, brings, keeps, or has under his
authority or control, any troops or arm
ed men at any place where a general or
special election-is he'.d iu any ?tuto, un
less such force bo necessary to repel arm
ed enemies of the United States, or to
keep tho peace at the polls, shall be fined
not more than five thousand dollars, and
suffer imprisonment at hard labor not
leas than three months, nor moro than
five years."-Revised Statutes of U. S.,
Sec. 5528, Page 1077.
Now aro these troops necessary tore
pel armed enemies of the United States?
In the face of the decision of Chief Jus
tice Waite, in the case I have twice quo
ted, when he say?, "the Ui.ited States
soldiers havo not tho power nor aro they
required to do mere police duh/ in the
Stater," what kind of duty is "keeping
the peace at the polls," if it is not police
duty .' This portion of tho act is there
fore clearly unconstitutional, null and
void, and has been so decided. There
fore any interference on the part of Uni
ted States troops " to keep the peace at
thc polls" will bo a gross violation of
la>v, and of the spirit and letter of the
Constitution. As yet there is no. elec
tion, andIt??y can not keep the peace at
thc polI.^^H?thj^7tb of November, tho
day of thc^lectioii. Then why are they
sent here in advance of the day of elec
tion ? Clearly to alarm and intimidate
the Democratic voters. And there is a
further provision^pf the law to protect
our people from such intimidation ; it is
as follows :
11 Every officer or other person in the
?iilitar}' or naval service who, by force,
threat, intimidation, order, advice, or
?therwi.-e. prevents or attempt to prevent,
any qualified voter of any State, from
freely exercising thc right of suffrage at
any general or special election in such
State, shall bo fined not more than five
thousand dollars, and imprisoned at hard
labor not more than five years."-Re
vised Statutes of 17. S, Sec 5f>ii>, page
lu77.
Now I submit that the presenco of
United Slates troops at Edgeticld, nuder
all of the circumstances of tho case,
amounts to an overt act of intimidation,
for which the officers are liable to indict
ment under tho foregoing law; and'if
convicted they would be subjected to the
pains and penalties therein set forth.
If tho peace should bc violated at the
polls, it is the duty of the Sheriff and his
deputies to preserve it. If his officials
are not sufficient, it is his duty to sum
mon a poxHc comilatns; if they fail to
?oppress the domestic violence, it is the
duty of the Governor to call to his aid
the military organizations of the State,
militia and volunteers; if they are not
sufficient, it is tho duty of the Executive
to summon the Legislature of tho State,
whose duty it is to call upon the Presi
dent for troops And if there is an ob
stacle in tho way of convening the Leg
islature, he is authorised to call upon the
President of the United States to furnish
him troops. Has a single one of these
precedent conditions been complied with?
Not one. Butin their hot haste to in
timidate thc voters of Edgelield, they
have ignored the Constitutional safe
guards and protections of tho people. I
tell the President, and his part}-, that if
they place a United States soldier at tho
door of every cottagoand mansion in tho
County of Edgelield, and throughout the
State, they yy?ll fai?jhi preventing DiVno
er*t?i from HWng.^&ti? b^TRJlH rlW?^IH
den and Hendrick" and for Hampton
and Simpson, at tho election on the 7th
of next November.
The people of this State havo resolved
to follow the exam plo of their twelve sis
ters. The galaxy ot' tho South will not
ba complete until this State takes her
place in this splendid cluster. There is
nothing now to prevent her. The deci
sion of the Supremo Court is in our fa
vor; the Houso'tf Representatives in
Congress wishes us God speed ; we feel
' the touch of the elbow of the National
Democracy ; and thc State is now fired
with high hopo and trm resolve. Tho
officers and soldiers of'hearmy will pre
sent arms to us, as we pass in review.
Law, Honor, Truth, Morality and Relig
ion, all urge tis to this redemption. The
spirit of a broad and literal statesman
ship has declared in our ravor ; and the
grand heirt throbs of tho Caucasian race
pulsate in happy unison vith our groat
resolves and noble aspirations. Under
such auspicious surroundings, South
Carolina announces that she will on the
7th November, of this jur glorious Cen
tennial, with tho spirit of 177C, take her.
position by the sid? cf the original thir
teen ; and thcro she intends always tore
main, tho proud peer of every State in |
this glorious Union.
For tho Advertiser.
EDITORS AJDVKHTIIKB : An article un
der the caption, "Join A. Barkor and
other Patriots" appeared in a late num
bar of your valuable journal over the
signature "Philo Juans." The writer
referring to me says, 'ho turned scala
wag, thiel, robber and bribe taker so as
ti fill his purse at th? expense of his
race, and by the run of his country,
Ac." I am aware tbat in a heated polit
ical campaign it is quite common nowa
days Tor politicians to use similar epi
thets and apply the ?ame to those who
difi'or with them. I am not content,
however, to have thtse epithets applied
to me, and I desire to give them my un
qualified denial, ft ls truo that lama
republiean^ul I denr that I have by
my acts as*^)^ej?2j^Cought tl#e cou
temnt of J vgB Hw pon myself or
I desire v.^mr^M distinctly understood
that I am'no candidate for office, because
my private business demands all of my
time; but in my hunj?lo way I am will
ing lo do my utmost!to secure for tho
State and Edgelield County a reform in
tho Government which is much neoded.
I desire of course to'seuuro this reform
first through the inslrumeutality of my
I'political party, but! do not hesitate to
say that if in my opinion the nomina
tions which may be riade by the Repub
lican party are not siicb. as will secure
this result, I will cooporato with good
men of an}' party wilt in my opinion are
seeking to obtain this result. I am a
native South Carolinian, and thoro is not
now, nor has there e|ff been, a singlo
pulsation of my beartUbich is not loyal
and true to the good ??opie of my State.
JOHNA. BARKER.
August 30, 1870.
JUST received Six 6) Boxes of Vir
ginia Loaf Chewing T laceo-all grades
from common to the fi ?st article. Also
50 lbs. of Durham Stoking Tobacco.
Cigars alwavs on lnndj
tf 37 IAS. M. COBB.
Dyspep??
Americans arc particularly subject to
I this disoaso and its elfe\tj: such as Sour
I Stomach, Sick Headache Habitual Cos
; ti veness, Heart bu ni Water brash,
coming up of the fooa pated tongue,
.disagrooable taste in tbj jouth, palpita
tion of the Heart and pl.liseases or the
Stomach and liver. Vwd(i of GREEN'S
Auau.ST. -FLOWE? wilLrfieya you, at
onde.'and lhere positlviyi hot a case in
the United States Jt ^'ulnot .cure.' If
you doubt this go to yQn-Druggists, G.
L. Pontt <& Son; and ge) afamploBottlo
rfor 10 cents. ttn?U4.ry-\Lj ??Regularizo
?5cents. A . .f. P. 0.2? ..
Mass .Meetings to be Heid by thc Dem
ocrats ot' Edgefield.
At its council on tho 7th August, the
Democratic Executive Committee-of our
County, determined to hold the follow
ing Mass Meetings during the campaign^
And if-citizens ol' different sections-or
any section-should in tho meantime
got up local barbecues; or any thiug of I
the kind, and should wish speakers to
address them upon, the issues of the
day. we would suggest to them to com
muuioato with the Chairman of thej
County Executive Committee, who, w?
know, would see that such speakers be
sent them :
'Riebard'sonville, second Saturday in
September.
Bola Spring, 4th Saturday In September.
Ridge Spring, 1st " " October.
Red Hill, 3rd " "
John Atkins' Plantation, 2d Saturday in |
October.
Edgefield, C. H., Saleday, in November.
Groceries I Groceries!
Just received at JAMES M. Conn's,
fresh, bolted Meal, clear ribbed Bacon
Sides. Sugar, Coffee, Soap and other Gro
ceries. Small profits ! Cash !
tf37 JAS. M. COBB.
BAOQINO and TIES soon to arrive at
tf37 JAS. M. COBB'S.
HYMEiSTEAJL.
MARRIED, on the 9th of August, 1876,
in Brazoria county, Texas, by the Rev.
N. A. Cravens, Dr. F. A. TOMPKINS
and Miss IDA C. MATTHEWS.
COMMEROIALr
[From our latest Augusta exchanges,
wo gather the lollowing quotations:]
AUGUSTA, Sept. 4.
COTTON-Ordinary, 8a8jfc Good Or
dinary, a9J ; Low "MiutfffiTgf -?JaiOJ ;
Middling, alOJ, Receipts, 110 bales;
sales, 07.
WHEAT-Choice white, ?1 25(?> ;
primo white, ?1 20; amber, ?1 13@1 20;
rcd,?l@l 10.
CORX-White, 60@68.
O A. XS ? 0 ?A? 0
SUOAR-C, 10i@ll; extra C, 1U@11|;
yellows, 10i ; Standard A, 12.
COFFEE-Rios, 20@22 ; Javas, 28@33.
Bacon.
Clear Ribbed Bacon Sides, 101
Dry Salt Clear Ribbed Sides, ai
Dry Salt Long Clear Sides, H
Bellies, Ulalu
Smoked Shoulders, ftfalO
Dry Salt Shoulders, 71
Sugar Cured Hams, 151al(3
Plain Hams, 144
Pig Hams,
Tennessee Hams, 141
FLOUR-City Mills-Supers, &0 50; Ex
tras, ?6 00; Family, ?6 50; Fancy, ?7 00
&7 25. Western, ?4 50@6 00.
FIBE INSURANCE!!
INSURE YOUR PROPERTY JN\
THE FOLLO WING SUBSTAN
TIAL AND RELIABLE
Fire Insurance Companies !
Viz:
Tl HE " Farm ville Insuranco ?Sc Bank
ing Company,git Va.
The North C irolina Home Insurance
Company.
The^?f^xas E inking aud Insurance Co.
The Unto?^ arine and Fire Insurance
Company. ^***^?.
The Souther MutuWta^urance Co.
Tho Faneuill?idl InsursinctNi^p.
Dwellings, sfcres, Merchandise, Fur
niture, Gin Heases, Barns, Stores, ?tc,
tko., *fco., iusurM at reasonable rates.
Mr. JOHN H. HUIET will receive ap
plications for Insurance in any of these
Companies, at Br.tesburg, S. C.
A. J. NORRIS,
Alfy, at Law, Edgefield, S. C., Agent.
Sepi. 5, 1876. 3m 38
Cotton Factor ?t?? f?Lssion Merchant,
155 Jiiytiuld.iTh^m^k/usta, Ga.,
WILL make CV<j^K^rn?ce.< on Cot
ton. OrderjfrT^^GGING and
TIES promptlvjpl&i. ^ L -j
-(Cn^rn\??-vju i*r Helllii'-^t?v.rr,, per*
'Bale! T t
Sept. 5, 1870. 2t 38
oOOs
WANJED !
SUBSCRIBERS in
County JP "GREENVILLE
NEWS." $f
DAILY, ?kS.00. W WEEKLY, $2.00.
DAILY, tom the Campaign, $1.50.
WKKKLY, / " M .50
Xd dress:
/ " NEWS,"
? Greenville, S. C.
Sent^, 2t 38
~THE ?D1SHILITPLACE.
IWILL sell forS2.500, (one-half cash,
balance one year with interest) THE
M IMS MILL PLACE, containing Five
Hundred Acres, situate about 4 miles
West of Edgefield C. H. Five good hous
es for laborers on premises, and enough
lumber in old Mill Hbuso to build sev
eral moro tenant houses.
Land finely aoSft^utto cotton and small
grain, and sufncientifrejiltivHtion to run
ten plows.
Fine location for a cfmntry^?re.
pe- Will divide Tttct and sell in 50
Acre Lots if desired. I
Titles made good.
D. R. DURISOE,
Roal Estate Agent. .
Sept. 6, tf 38
Cambridge Lauds for Sale.
ONE Tract of 1,800 Acres, lying on
Ninety-Six Creek, within six miles
of Ninety-Six DepoL and bounded by
lands of Henry Mayrf G. W. Hollowsv.
Estate of Q?L\V. Brooks, dee'd., and
others. Good uwfcUng and all necessary
buildings ou ph(w7jTCli^bj}tter lands in
Edgefield.
Terms-One-thirdfcash ; buhTncein lour
equal annual instabjients, at 10 per cent,
interest, with mortgage on premises.
D. R. DURISOE,
Real Estate Agent.
Sept. ?, tf 38
Copartnership Notice.
MAHER TPORTER,
Attorneys. & Counsellors at Law,
AIKEN, S. C.
JOHN J. MAHER, I JAS. ORAY PORTER,
Barnwell, & C. | ajjfcj^te CT
"\T?flW?vo this day formed a Copart
TT nerehip nnder the above name,
and will practice in all the Courts of this
State, and of tho United Statefl.
JOHN J. MAHER,
JAS. GRAY PORTER,
Aug. 26, 1876. W SI
Curryton Baptist High
School!
The FALL TERM will be
? gin on MONDAY, SEPTEM
BER 4TH.
Tnis High School is now thor
oughly organize?!, aud alfords
to tho citizens of Edgefiold all the ad
vantages of the most improved literarv
and scientific education.
Tho Music Department will continue
under Miss F. W. CHI LKS.
Board may bo had in excellent private
families from $10 to $12 per month. For
further information send for Circular, or
apply to Dr. H. A. SHAW, Chair. Board
of Managers, Hamburg, S. C.
A. S. TOWNES, Principal.
August 15, 1870. St ?'5
Due West Female College,
1876. DUE WEST, S.C. IS76.
THE Eighteenth year of this
lustituti m will open Oct. 2d.
Tuition, Board, Washing and
Fuel, for the Collegiate year,
$177.00. Music $52.00. One
third due In advance. Send for Cata
logue
J.'T. BONNER, President..
Au8- 22/ 1876. 6t 36
TRAp4_tbe greatest invention tif tho age.
Call and get one and be made d~appy.
Prleo'ohiy'?! 00/ For Bhletfy "^I '
??2 Itfsteiffisoa rM&m DU.SISQE,
i Ju|y w; . . ? tt . ai
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Low Price* ?*l Ksalei
n ^
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:'Fifty- to One J^iirfdre^poilftrs Saved
Is the yerdict of the Numerous Pa
v"" trons of the
AUGUSTA MUSIC MOUSE,
-AT- ; 2
Wholesale Priers to fnsli Buyers.
O. O. KOHINSON. I Ll'ODKN it BATES
G. 0. ROBINSON & CO.
HAVE thc most complete assortment
of
PIANOS AND ORGANS
South of Ballimore.
FOURTEEN of the best Makers are
represented. Every instrument war
ranted to give entiro satisfaction. A good
STOOL and COVER with every Piano.
Purchasing largely for Cash enables us
to sell at New York'LOWEST PRICES,
with freight paid to any point.
G. 0. ROBIXSOX & CO.
Will sell ONE HUNDRED PIANOS and
Two Hundred ORG A NS for small month
lv Payments, arranged to suit all re
sponsible parties.
Musical Instrumenta,
-AND
Musical Merchandise
OP ALL KINDS.
We import direct from Manufacturers
in Europe, and supply onr customers 25
per cent, below New York retail Prices.
Musical Instruments sent by Express to
any part of the South, with privilege of
returning at our expense, if not entirely
satisfactory.
Rest ITALIAN STRINGS, SHEET
MUSIC and MUSIC BOOKS, the latest
publications.
Music received every day by Mail or
Express. Orders promptly tilled at Pub
lishers' prices
BRASS, SILVER and ORCHESTRAI.
Instruments, Drums, Fifes and Cymbals,
at Lowest Manufacturers' Prices.
.mnu^TuneCtiud Kep?lrefl.
We have secured the services of Mr.
C. H. TAYLOR, a first-class Tuner of 25
years practical experience. All work
warranted. Orders will receive prompt
attention.
G. O. ROBINSON ?fe CO.
Augusta Music House,
283 Broad Street.
Sept. 5, 1876. . ?m 17
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J. M. YOI I\<;i$L001)3
WITH
J. C. KENNEDY.
Grocer un
128 BnoA
mission Merchant,
70U8TA, GA.
IWOULD rospectfullVannounce to my
friends that I have again connected
myself with/he abovo bouse, and will
be glad to see them at anv time.
J. M. YO?NGBLOOD.
Sopt. 5, 1S7?. 4t 38
A Card?
Bi
.EING employed as scalesmanby the
PLANTERS UNION AGENCY, or bet
ter known as the GRANGE WARE
HOUSE, would respectfully solicit the
patronage so genarousJy extended here
tofore, prcmising\jrouipt attention to
business intrusted/o^hem. Also in
vite their attention/to tho low rates they
propose to work for. Send for a Circular.
GEO. C. ROBINSON.
Augusta, Sept. 4, 1876. lt .38
Gullet Gin for Sale.
SECOND?SA^DED;
ginned on/tr^erv c
f R. M.
Sept. 5, 1876.
only three crops
clifiap. Call on
TALBERT,
Edge?eld C. H.
2m" 38
S?W ADVEKTISEMEXTS.
A
m
l-n-dollar bill nf 177Gsent
?r?r>>tnm|>. Address IluM
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ACHNTC Wc have lni>re*? anew campaign
WwuU I O book by ?JVfllege Trw. L. L. D. Big
pay. 5"cti?. will secure ouilNuid territory. E. B.
I'UEAT, Piil)^ S'fi Broadwuj* N. r.
A?rNTQ If you want Hiebest rrllin?; artlclo
HU til I O ?n ihe-wdfcld and a solid gold patent
lever watch, free nf cont.wrbte al once to J. BlilDK
ic CO., 767 Broadway, Nf Y. ]
P.SYCHOM ANC Y, or SOUL CHARMING.
How either sex may toclnnte nud gain Ute lore j
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WESTERN BORDER.
V Complutc sod OrnphicjHUtory of American Plo
wer Ltfc lOCL "WEAIIS AGO.
[Uthrlllhiir connlcts>CKfrd and While Foes. Kx
tlttog Adventure?, CapnLtlca, Forays, Scout?, Plo-'
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OUR COUNTRY
AND. ITS RESOURCES.
l>mpUt' in the thrill fa \ki*t wy_ of 100 eventful
ears also o'
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ulturt. commerce. .
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loo.! and striking at.itfh .rpot pf dif? It li lb
ledlclual exiSBCt of ??e plant or that W.mv frond In
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SHOE HOUSE OF AUGUSTA!
WM. MULHERIN,
PROPRIETOR.
-:o:
HAVE this day opened with a Targe and well assorted slock of
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS & TRUNKS,
-AT
293 Broad Street,
Two ?oors above GALLAHER ? MTJLHERIN'S old stand. Purchasing geode
)IBECT FROM THE MANUFACTURERS, and my EXPENSES being
SKTREMELY LIGHT, I am enabled to offer all Goods in my line at'the
LOWEST MARKET _P3RICES.
An examination of Stock and Prices specially desired. I make a spe
cialty of
Durable Boots and Shoes at Moderate Friccs.
A liberal discount to the CASH TRADEf "tfive me a call.
WM. MULHERIN,
HALF BLOCK BELOW PLANTERS HOTEL,
-A-XJO-XJST-A., GkA_
Augusta, August 31st: ?^7G. -* 3m 37
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The Complete Cotton Cleaner,
a New, Valuable and Money
making Machine to every Cotton
producer or ginner,-thoroughly
removes all LWPT, Durr, SAND
and light TRASH from cotton be
fore ginning, and improves the
quality cf the lint from one. to
four grades.
No gin house should be with
out one of these 4'cleaners". It is
light, simple, and easily adjusted
to either Horse or Steam power,
occasioning little or no increased
draft, is readily understood, sim
ple in operation, not liable to get
out of order, and will pay for ii
Manufactured and sold by self m les? tbaa te* days work.
IXUaon Brothers, Memphis? Tonn.
CT* Scad for Circulars and Price lisu^g
JOHN H. HUIET, General Agent,
For Edgefield and .Adjoining Counties.
Batesburg, S. C., Aug. 30,187G. 3m 37
IST6. NEW STORE! 1876.
H. W. LANDRAM,
[Recently of J. B. WHITE <fc GO.l
268 Broad St., Augusta, Ga.
(Next Door to Barrett & Land.)
[ HAVE Rented the Store formerly occupied by V/. A. RAMSEY, and am
tow opening a FRESH STOCK of NEW and SEASONABLE
nd will be pleased to serve the People of Edgefield with the same at Low'
/rices.
I have spcured the services of Mr. W. E. LANDRUR1, who will
>e glad to serve hift Friends, and will be pleased to have them make tLie
Wt^ HEADWAITERS wjhen inv?ltfgas$J7--~~N \ v.. ' :
H. W. LANDRAM,
August 15,1S76.
2GS BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA.
lm 35
G. V. DeGRAAF,
r
147, 1471-2 & 149 Broad St.
AUGUSTA, GA.,
HE POPULAR FURNITURE DEALER, now offers to the public the
argest Clearance Sale of FURNITURE! and BEDDING ever
i eld in Augusta. '
$75,000 Worth of Furniture and Bedding at prices
ega rd less of cost.
10- Mr. G. V. DEGRAAF, the popular FURNITURE DEALER, Nos.
47, 147* & 149 Broad St., Augusta, Ga., having determined to carry no
?oods over to next season, is now offering Lis entire Stock of FURNITURE
nd BEDDING at prices never before heard of. This is not mere talk, I
aean business; and in order to fully carryout my plans, have marked
own my entire stock of FURNITURE and BEDDING at prices regard
ess of cost. I deem it useless to quote prices, but fully assure mv custom
rs, friends and strangers, THAT A CHANCE LIKE THIS to lroy FUR
JITURE and BEDDING has never before been offered.
B?, Remember the Name and Number,
G. V. DeGRAAF,
147,147 J and 149 BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA.
B?= UNDERTAKING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES.
ves- Sunday and Night Call*, 102 Green St. .
Aug. 15, 1S7G. ly 27
THE WILSON
PATENT ADJUSTABLE CHAIR,
With thirty changes of Position.
Parlor, Library, Invalid Chair, Child's
Crib, Bed, or Lounge. Combining
beauty, lightness, strength, simplicity
and comfort. Manufactured of the best
wrought-iron and rivets. Strong Cast
ers made purposely for the Chairs.
Everything to an exact science.
First diploma awarded At the Ameri
can Institute and Brooklyn Industrial
Institute.
F CHAIRS.
lng to Uphofstery.
??mos arc all alike-Extra japanned, gold bronzed, and ornamented, $80
Hfolsterod in green repp, or any good, strong material, filled with picked
moss, fringe, etc., exactly to drawiug, 40
pholstered in jureen repp, or any good, strong material, filled with hair, 40
pholstered in best No. 1 green, crimson, or tan Union Repps, filled with
curled hair, . 45
pholstered iii wool-torry, gre??"Jfcriurison, tan, or blue, filled with curled hair 50
photstored in silk plush, silk and wool terry, or tapestry repp, filled with
curled hair, $60 to 75
pholstesed in silk figured brochie cotelines, silk fringes, etc., or Russia
or Morocco leather,-* s $75 to 150
Desk fixtures aro portable and can bc attached at any timoor, any frame, $T>, extra.
Frame for medical chair, with stirrups, etc , $10 extra.
Orders by mail promptly attended to. Goods shipped to any address, C. O. D.
Address: The Wilton Adjustable Chair M*Pg. Co.,
592 Broadway, New York.
StattUhe paper you saw this in. Send for Illustrated Circular. [Feb. 0, ly8
ill Stones! Mill Stones!?A Johnston Farm Wanted.
?1ROM tho CLOUD'S CREEK QUAR
RIES,, Edgefield Co., S. 0. Read
p lollowmg from Ex Gov. Perry :
GREENVILLE, S..C., May 18, '70.
W. McLenn'a, Esq.
DEAR SIR: I take great pleasure in
iting that the pair ot Mill Stones you
at me have given entire satisiaction,
d my Miller says they aro equal to any
has ever seen. . Yours, Ac,
B. F. PERRY.
Address:
E. W. McLEN.V A,
natcftbarg, s. c.
Vug. 30,. 187G. . , St 37
ICE and LEMONS !
i >
/ALL at G. L. PENN A SON'S Drug
at utiy hour of the dav or niirht
rtm.you Want pure ICE, orYresh LEM
kfayW, :' ... ? : '23
Tobacco! Tobaccoi
.?ST^rt?tv??^est?^ot' of "Peter
} Penn/s Best^Prices rodoce?: .Give
a call.
!0!; J *P^. $J.%pmt? fe'SMfc
ACASH purchaser wishes to boya
Farm of about 200 Acres in the vi
cinity of Johnston Depot. A place with
a good Dwelling, with, the usual out
buildings, about 100 acres in cultivation,
and 100 seres in woodland, preferred.
Any one having a place of the above de
scription, situate within two or three
miles of Johnston, to sell at a reasonable
price for cash, will please apply at once
D. R. DUR?SOE,
Real Estate Agent
July 19,1876. tf 31
Groceries! Groceries!
BACON, I'ngnolia HAMS. FLOUR,
MEAL. GRIST. RICE, SALT, SU
GAR, COFFEE, VOT ASSES, STARCH
SODA, SOAP, tte, Just received and sold
at low figures, for co?A only, at
. J. H, - CH E ATIIA M ' S.
A?&.$Pf ..,:.> .tr, , . 37
B.- WMv.HALL'S BALSAM for. .the
LUNGS? for-salo at .. , ,j
-!~ G.1 L. PENN * SON'S.*
Juiie V >"-:. -?;..-..-tf>"-- -;i .;:...24
S' END 25C.TD G-.'?-. BOWELL * CO.; 'Sci* Yo?k
WK newspaper*, and outouie* Moving cost of ?4
MfelJ <mi:tu . ^netidiig.v.??Un.- ; >:.*'.,