Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, January 06, 1881, Image 2
Jas. T. Bacon. ThosJ. Adams.
EDITORS.
KE?8?, Corresponding Editur.
kSdgefield, S. C., Jan. O, 1881.
Thc Reassembling ol' Congress.
Congress*, after sitting three weeks, ad
;j turned on the 22ud December for the hol
i lays, and reassembles to-day, Wednesday
ike otb -Tannary. And the country may
? well be prepared for frur yea? of gen
uine Radical administration, for ther~Rc
publieans are going to have undisputed
jtontrol of the governmental reins when
the next Congress moots.- There can "no
Jong*T be any doubt as to their having a
.clear majority in the. House of Represen
tatives, and they will elect a speaker and
?rango all the. committees to suit them
-^cAws, ??crarhich-t h ey^?irca?riy-? d?cide
idough contests in their own favor to se
cure a t"9 d working major'.fy, with wh :h
they ran pasa all the partisan measures
That the most venomous leadeis of Re
\ -ubucanism may devise. ? In the Senate
rio l)-!mccrats will lose nearly . all
<f their members from the Northern
Estates, including Tnurman, of OJ?O, -Mc
Ronald, of Indiana, Racdolph, of New
J?rcey, Hern?n, o? New York, Eaton, of
?Connecticut, and Wallace, of Pennsylva
nia; and with such men as these out of
"flo way, thc Republicans wiil bulldoze
/heir way through, even though they may
mot have an actual majority. Such doubt
Jul member? as Davis, of Illinois, Mahone,
ol' Virginia, and Fair, ot' Nevada, cannot
?) depended upon by the Democrat?; and
vntbout'thein the Republicans will have
5a J control of both Houses of Congress.
JtLiaotouous Grinding of thc Outrage
Mill.
OJ our first page this week we publish
f h-j notic? of Smalls to tbe_Hon. George
I> Tillman of his intention to contest the
"Utter* seat in Congren-s^and-his .-reasons
?h?-refor. We publish ibis notice not pilly
.f.Vjt Democrats may know the baseless
I.*? that are uttered against them by
JV.IAUS, bat aLu> that they may immedi
itely f urnUh Mr. Tillman the n:mesand
j?or.t offices of 'witnesses to disprove these
?Jg-?. Indee 1 we hope Mr Tillman's
fjuslitneats will gtyejhim all the in for
mation they can upon which to base coun
ter charged of fraud and intimidation
practiced by Radicals at, before, and since
the election-towards colored Democrats
itt particular. Of tiii3 latter work we
isov there has been a great deal in our
own Coan! v.
The frauds of which Smalls pretends to
give instances in every county in the Con
xreasional District, are intimidation and
violence, falsification of returns by the
Ci^cimi?sioners bf eb-ction ; refusing tb
?ou?t precincts that ought ta have been
counted ; stuffing the ballot-boxes with
Democratic votes, and then drawing out
'tfapablican votes lo make thc- number ?a"
tu?otr. correspond with the names ou thc
?poUIut; notholdlUg polis which should
?have been held ; inserting fictitious names
on the poli lists : .illegal voting: refining
the votej o:' qualified voterei ; Obstructing
tie F;iJt-raPelec'.ion officers; ^managers of
elections ai! Democrats and active in the
interest of thc Democratic candidate;
Aod these charges are repeated over and
over again, until one ceases to reii furth
er, disgusted with the combined weakness
"*~*nd falsehood ol' the whole affair.
Judge'.Hughe* on Hie Failure ot' thc
Pied-nota ei Arlington.
lu the*,United States [Circuit Court in
.Riehmond, on the 2-'ird of December,
Judge Hughes delivered an opinion in the
case of the insolvent Piedmont & Arling
ton Life Insurance Company in thc mat
ter ( f appointing a receiver as prayed for
by a number of policy-holders. Upon the
qu stion whether or not the Court, would
allow the c mpany (o appoint its own re
ceiver, Judge Hughes savs: I think that
lb?.-' uie:e fact of the failure of a life insu
rer/.-: company is prima facie proof that
its operations have been conducted in a
ftadulent manner, and if .he failure is not
explained by some great casualty, suchras
a widespread pestilence or sudden finan
cial convulsion or physical calamity, I
think it is pei' se proof of fraud. I will
not pretend to say that it creates presamp
tion of moral turpitude in the managers
of the company, but it certainly does of
constructive fraud; that is to say, of that
,6nancial imbecility or recklessness or ex
'trava^auce, or that gross negligence, which
is equivalent in its consequences to fraud
and which tho Court is bound to regard as
constructive fraud. Would the Court be
justified in allowing a trustee appointed
by euch a company iu the very deed in
which it admitted its insolvency, to remain
JD custody of the effects and to adminis
ter? Could the Court expect to attract
and relain the coofider.ee of the public
and of its suitors if it should sanction such
an action'.' I think not. The insolvency
and abnegation of the company left its ef
fects in the legal acd rightful custody of
no one, and the Court must at once pro
vide tor the emergency by appointing a
receiver. The judge then announced the
appointment of A. L. Doolwere, of Rich
mond, us the receiver of the company.
Immigrants tor South Carolina!
The Greenville liewa of the 18th mst.*;
tay* thu Maj. Houston, of the Atlanta
and Charlotte Railway Company, has
gone to New York to receive sixty immi
grants from Switzerland, who have been
carefully selected by Mr. and Mrs. Biedc
man, of Walhalla, to settle in some ptr
of tbft great Piedmont Reit. Here, liter
ally, ss well as metaphorically, is a move
in thc right direction. In this exception
ally favorite section of South Carolina,
immigrants will find in climate, richness
jn soil and abundant natural resources,
everything to conduce t; a prosperous
w??em?hiT" Were the'en f-rprise of thi
energetic Railway Comr-any rightly ar
pr.ciated and generally imitated, bat a
few year* would elapse hefcre Greenville
city would become; the great em pori nm of
one of the most prosperous sections of tho
"United States.
C'oruplroMer-Genernl Brutton.
South Carolina has not a purer or more
devoted pon than plain -John Drat ton, of
Fairfield, who WuS elected Comptroller
General on Wednesday.
The State, in war times, had not a hard
er lighter, for he fought his way, inch by
inch, to t he com maud bf a brigade. Since
I860 ho has been farming quietly in Fuir
iield, emerging from his retirement only
.?ben he could be of service to the Com
monwealth. Under hts leadership Fair
field was won by the ' Democracy, and he
vf is Chairman of-fhe St.ato Executive
Committee in the Campaign of 18.80. "
But Gen: Bratton is something moro
than a soldier and successful political lead
er. He is a man of business, methodical,
painstaking arid accurate. Withal ho i?.
unarTe:ted in manner aqd ??raightf' rwarct,
in his dealings.'-iY>?rs wi Owner.
Furtbor .Legislative Items
A b".ll to oxlend the limo Tor commence
n?t>nt of work on the famous Columbi:
canal by tho Rhode Island iu6ii, Thomp
sun and, Nagie, ol?ven months longer,
was defeated This wUl either etl'ectually
dlspcsii of the canal humbug, or spar up
thc Rhodo Islanders to proving that they
mean business
we have before stated, the. wjiolo
mutter of a Constitutional Convention
and a change in the Election Laws has
be-, n referred'to Coraimit'ees to report at
the next session of the Legislature, and
whose reports, we imagine, will make a
.lively time io both Houses.
An amendment having been proposed
to the Anti-Whiskey bill, giving the pro
ceeds of the State license tD thc towns in
stead of Che counties, Senator Collison
opposed it vigorously. He, for himself?
favored total prohibition, and would like
to abolish these cross roads doggeries,
but as a friend of this bill he opposed its
emasculation, and he hoped th it it would
not be imperilled.
Senator Fishburue said that the whis
key drinking in groat part was by coun
try ?Toople whon they went to the low-ns
and tho county should receive tho tax.
The general and legislative appropria
te on bills amount to some S73?\ OOO, and to
inset this a State tax of 5 mills has hew
levied.
Tho committee on thc Yorktown Cen
tennial recommended Hint a battalion of
2~A) men-froru this Sute bo sent there
together with the Governor, five aids de
c imp, tire'State officers and Suprcmeand
Circuit Court Judges, the State to foot
the bili from the S3.000 appropriation.
Adopted.
The b:ll requiring owners ol'toll bridg
es to keep them lighted at night, was con
tinued to next session.
Dr. Strom's bill to make it a misde
meanor to entice or persnade a laborer
t ) leave tho emploj-ment of another, or
t ) employ a laborer under contract with
a ?other, also passed. This is a very im
p ii taut bill and will make labor more
reliable in the future. We will publish
thc full text very soon.
?Mr. Denny's .?tock Law BUI lor Coop
er arid (?ray Townships.
Acting upon a petition wisely confided
to his hands by many citizens of Cooper
and (hay Townships, the Hon. Tillman
It Henny introduced into the House a
bill asking that the Stock Law be ex
tended oS'?r certain parts of those Town
ships. This bill became a Jaw. And we
will now attempt to define the territory
subject ta its operations. The whole of
Coopa.? excepting tho small triangular
wedge running in between Coleman and
Dean, East of Halfway-Swamp Creek ;
and the Norlli'-ru third of Gray, tiie lino
running across from Mr. Nat Hender
son's, on the Abbeville line, to the'Tom
Payne place, in tbc extreme south-East
ern corner of Cooper, and leaving Trapp's
Mill a mile nr two out. The Western
boundary nf this ten ?tory is a perfectly
straight Un*, joining Abbeville, from is
land Ford to Mr. Nat. Henderson's. Tho
Stock]Law fence is to be built by the 1st
April, after which the law will go into
immediate opera ion. And thia ls the
first onward rush of the great tidal wave
which is evidently destined, ere long, to
overflow the whole of Edgcfield. As
soon as we mn procuro the text yf the
bili, we will publish it in full."
Senator McCall's Immigration Rill.
One of tho wisest measures carried
through at the late session was the much
discussed bill of Senator McCall, of Marl
boro, exempting immigrants from taxa
tion. This bill provides foran exemp
tion from taxation, except for ?ebool pur
pose*, of tue real estate and invested cap
ital of immigrants into the Slate for 3
years from their s; ttleinant.
Thc Amended Homestead.
Th? constitutional amendment relative
t ) the Homestead, which was voted upon
at the laje election and ndnptecbuy a very
large majority of the people bl the State,
waa ratified nt the Jato session. Tn effect
it gives to the head of every family in
South Cand?na a Homestead of one thou
smd dollars of real estate and five bun
di cd dollars of personal property. Up
der the law as it formerly stood the
Homestead was the same-One thousand
dollars of real estate and live hundred
dollars of personal property, but under
the construction given hythe Courts io
the Act creating tho Homestead, no ono
was entitled to Homestead who did not
own real estate, no matter what might be
tue amount of Ids personal property.
Now, if one has not real estate, he is still
entitled to live hundred dollars of per
sonal property as a Homestead exemp
tion. The Homestead clause is one of tho
wisest and most humane provisions o1^
thc Constitution, and the ratification of
an amendment which will the better se
cure the poople of the State in the enjoy
ment of it is a step in the right direction.
Anything that will secure tho rights of
property and at the same time relieve
the wants of society is lo the lino of pro
gress.
Miscellaneous.
The bill making an appropriation of
$1,000 for tho summer Normal Institute
in Spartan burg, was passed.
The appropriation of ?C3,Cf>'U? for the
support and maintenance of tho penal
institutions was increased to $40,663.16,
The appointment of tho physician to
the Petdtentiary was left to the Superin
tendent of that institu? lon.
The appropriation of 818,000 for the ex
tension of the buildings of tho Lon tic
Asylum was increased to $25,000
The expenses of tho Legislature is tig
J ured up by the Register RH follows: Si,572
a day : S!97 an hour; *3.28 a minute.
Masonic Officers.
The Grand Lodge ot Ancient Fie? Ma
sons; in session at Charleston lately, elect*
j cd th" fallowing officers for the current
year: M. W. Uro. James- F.:Kar, M. W;
G. Master: li. W. Bro. .lohn D Kennedy,
I>-P-My G. Master; R. W. Bro. W. W.
Humphries, Sr. Grand Walden: ll. \V.
I Uro. J. Adger Smyth, Junior Grand War
den ; ll. \V Bro. John H. Honour, Grand
Treasarer.li.'W.-Joro. Charlea Inglesby,
I Grand Secrelaay. lt. W. Bro. 0..F.Greg
. oiy, Grand Chaplain.
Tut? Magnificent Whiskey Opportuni
ties of Chester.
A correspondent of the Columbia Reg
ister, writing from Chester iin?Vr dale of
28?1 .Pec 1SS0, gives this feaiful account:
Whiskey, the alarming and increasing
evil of the town, was drank hereon Christ
inas day as freely as water, being given
gratis to ail who won! ' partake, and,long
tei'or'- night-fall by far from a fetus of-the
inhabitants had fallen victims to the
gionnd tinder the damning influence of
the poisoning fluid. So horrible find dis
grdcefol wns thc* scene everywhere pro
sented on the public streets that tho most
temperate element of the town bave aris
en in one solid phalanx and are deter
mined to^niake a struggle, desperate as it
luav" bei'toan^jgd thc morals of the town
Rod pot an eternal check to bar rooms
and promiscuous whisky drinking The
plan that they intend working is to nomi
nate and run for intendant and Wardens
at th" next municipal election, which
comes off on the 12th of January, ISSI, .
what will be styled and known" as the
"coy ficKet. So encouraged are they since
commencing this laudable 'work that they
are sanguine of success. !
J'jst think, there aro nineteen hundred
inhabitants in this town and eighteen
places where whiskey is obtainable, twelve '<
of which are bar rooms. i\row, starting .
fi om the public square, the centre of the ,
town, one can scarcely walk a hundred
pacts in any direction without passing a '
oar roc m and hearing* profanity in tho I
highest "degree issuing forth from its de- t
grading walls in shoats of bacchanalian (
revelry.
Such scenes and morals can only bo J
amended by the success nf this noble
moVemfipt against whiskey. j
Not AH the Language!* ot'AH thc Con
tinent!1! i
What shall we say aoout the weather
this bringing down of Vermont Into
South .Carolina- when all. the languages
of nd the continent* woujd/fail-to do'jus.
tice to the subject? Our oldest inhabi
tants- Mrs. Milly Carpenter and Mr.
Hiv?. Youngblood, Sr., at rue head of
them-say unequivocally that they can
remeinbc-r no cold sn severe, no snow so
long-enduring, no iee so stubborn, no
winds so chilling, no skies so leaden.
Seven days ol' unmoved ico nudsnow!
And two days with the mercury as low ;
at daybreak, as 4 and 5 degrees above
Zero! Evorj'thing frozeu stifl"! Things
that have not froze in fifty years before,
and will not freeze again in fifty yearsio
come.!.And ,almost JgSSfc^BBBSBMthing
killed. Every green-house, every flow
er pit, a scene of woe and blackness
Not a geranium, nor o heliotrop:}, nor a,
fuchsia, left in_ the-land-.of Edgelield.
And tho hardiest ont-door ahrnbs
euonymus, pittisporum, olive, maguoln
-so injured as tb be ugly and worth,ess.
Of buniav suffering, however, there has
been but little. And when we read,
from all quarters' of ihe world, of "the
wants and woes, and hungering horrors,
and squalid shivering*, iran1 icy deaths,
entailed by this pitiless weather, .wo
humbly thank God that Edgo?eld bas
boen blessed among the most blessed.
The Negro Sam Lee open-, the Con
test.
Washington correspondence Baltimore
6'un: "Thc papers of Lee, contestant iori
a seat seat in Congress from the first dis
trict of South Carolina, have arrived, and
nave been served upon Mr. Richardson
the present Bourbon incumbent, who will
get the certificate. Lee alleges that he
can prove thai, among other things, in the
largest Republican precincts the election
officers refused to count the votes at all.
Lee was probate judge of Sumter County,
and ran as an Independent Republican
against Rainy in 187*1, but was defeated.
He ran on the regular ticket this time."
Methodist Conference Appointments
l'or 1881.
Out of the nine Methodist Districts in
our State, we pick the two following, as
thcje in which our readers are most in
terested :
COLUMBIA DISTRICT.
A. M. Chnetzberg, Presiding Elder.
Colombia-Washington Street, R. N
Wells; Marion Stree!-, J. L Stokes: City
Mission, L. M. Little.
Colombia C rcnir-W. A. Clarke.
Ridgeway Circuit-G. W. (ratlin
Winneboro' and Blackstocks- Wm.
Martin.
Fairfield Circuit-A J. Caa then.
Chester Station-A. J. Stafford.
Chester Circuit-L. A. Johnson.
East Chestee Circuit-T. J. Clyde,' R.
M Barber, sapernatnerarv
Kock Hill Circuit-J. M Boyd. .
ly Milla- W. W. Williams:
Yorkville Station-Marion Dargan.
Lexington Fork Circuit-Tf. W. Whit
aker. ;>?.
Lexington Circuit-L J Workman.
Edgelield Circuit and Mission- J. A.
Mood.
Johnston Circuit-W. A. Rogers.
Bat>sbora Circuit-P. F. Kistler.
' Gilbert Hollow-J. E. Watson.
'Richland Fork Circuit.-E Cl Pries.
Colombia Finale College^-J. W. Dick
son.
COK?SBi'I?Y DISTRICT.
C. H. Pritchard, Presiding Elder.
Cukesbnry Station-William Thoms.).
Cokfsl'Ury C' ncoi t - - J. W, Kelly, on;;
supernumerary.
Abbeville Station-A H Leiter.
Abbeville Circuit-W. W. Jone*.
South Abbeville-T. B Boy!
LowhdesYillc Station-R F Pranks.
Tumbling Shoals-M L Banks.
Greenwood Circuit-\V. C. Power.
North Eigcfield Circuit-W. P. Mea
dors. ?
Newberry Station-I. B. Campbell.
Newberry Circuit-A. J. Stokes, T. M.
White, J. C. Counts, ?bperobuiorary.
North Newb?rrv C icoi!-A. C.' I.r>
Cette.
SaladA Citcuit-J. B. Tray wick.
For the Advert?s?'.
The pasts Chronicles.
EpuKFiKT.o, S C., Dec. 2?, 1 SSO.
MESSRS. EDITORS : Enclosed you will
find a Christmas Present, which you will
pleas* accept with the same feeling of
kindness which prompts the gift, lt isa
remarkable record ut a remarkable "Edge
field family; and such a one as deserves
to be preserved among the archives of our
much loved COUD?V. lt is ns follows :
PETER AND ELIZABETH OUZTS. .
The former was boin in 1707, and emi
grated early in life to EdgeS?ld District,
S. C., and settled on Sleepy Creek. The
maiden name of his wife, Elizabeth, was
Harlan, and she was ho n i:i 1770 By
whom, and when, the marriage ceremony
was performed, this, deponent saith not.
The results are, however, generally and
widely known. Thirteen son3 and two
daughter* were the product of this happy
marriage. Twelve sons and ono daughter
jived to mature age, and wre married;
the daughter to a Mr. McDowell. TI.e
nameR of these sons, and the number of
cni:dren boru to each onp, are given in
th?" following (able viz;
. . John Onzis, 8 children :
David Ouzts, 6
Henry Ouzts, 7 "
Martin Ouzis, ll
George Ouzts, 7 "
peter Ouzts, 8
Jacob Ouzte, 10 "
Abram Ouz's, ? "
.p . > Aaron Onzts. :< "
1 *'in* J Isaac Ouzts, 6
Daniel Ouz's, 1
Benjamin On/.'.-*, 8
Total tvi
Average r.f seven for each, lt is not
asserted that all these aie still living.
The daughter, Elizabeth, was ni urned
ta a Mr. William Mci)jwelr. and the fruits
Of this marriage are to hf. found in eleven
children, fifty-six grand children, and for
ty great grand children, summing np the
neat little aggregate of one bundled and
nine persons, including tho original pair.
We have authentic and full information
concerning two or thfc only of the origi
nal (w<d ve sons; and ol' these we will
present only one, as th? r^prcs'-ntativ* of
the who!?, viz :
MA?TIX OUZTS AND HIS WIPB MARV.
She wu? originally a Crol!, and is still
living, as is also her husband, now about
eighty-four years old. Ot their'eleven
children, five are sons, and six daughters,
all of whom have beeu married, and some
have du?d. Their record runs thus, viz:
Original pair, 2
Children, ll.
Grand-children, l?.'l
Great Grand-children, 44
Sum Total, 120.
Of the other orig nal eleven brothers,
we have no record, beyond their im medi
ite descendant, as given above. If they
wore all blassod in the sams degree as our
venerable and much respected friend,
Mardu Ouzts, and his wife Mary,, then
ihere should. b? (dead and alive) about
\nelve hxtndrrd and eighty four (1284)
lescendants of. tho original nair, PETER
K.NO EMZVHSTH; Orzrs.
It is not pretended, however, that thore j
ire,-or cvwhave h?en;:fcn many as that.'
And now, Messrs. Editors, if any of
your correspondents can produce, such a
r<?Mrd as. tb?*: above, he ::hall be entitled to
trie privilegp o? presenting to the writer of
this paper-af; nc nev: soft hal !
The'ahove account is authentic, being
i derived from members of the family still
p living
.. A :uerry Christmas, aud a happy new
year, to all the Editorial Fraternity, and
the Editor.-- of the Edenfield A<krrtistr'\n
particular,
Yours Truly,
SAMUEL LEARD.
For the Advertiser.
Let Anstice Be Dune to the Dart
Corner.
MKSSIIS. EDITORS: Your kindly notice
of complaints from this Ride, and your
I sympathetic words in our behalf, prompt
09 to ask other favors at your hands. Can
you, who livest the fountain of informa
tion for Edgefieid people, tell us: Shall
tho Dark Corner ever b? shunned and pass
ed by with Scorn and neglect by all men,
for A^Jfa^of prtioticable trodes of egress
and ingresa lo this portion of the County?
Must we ever be excluded from the con
bideration of all County officials save and
except the tax-gatherer? Because we are
called "Tba Dark Corner,'' are we tore
main so m fact? Is it, do you think, a
part of the official duty of the County
Commissioners to help on our unenlight
ened condition, and to make that darkness
visible by tho course pursued towards us?
You wi'l remember that early in the
year, the public spirit of these officiais
was magnanimous enough, in appearance,
to take in the whole County, including
Dark Corner. Bridges were advertised
for two points on Stevens' Creek, and were
actually let to the lowest bidder; and one
of these bridges was built. But the other,
and perhaps the most important, does not
appear, or is it ever heard of. The letting
seems to have boen a conlracl, bona fdr,
and a bridge was to have been completed
by October last. Now, friends of the Ad
vert?cr, and of the people, including "Th
Dark Corner, can you, will yon, tell u
why this is so? And if it ie to be so .il
ways.'
Mow that we have almost, a new Board
made broader and more solid by the con
tinuance of " old Reliable," may we not
venture to' hope for something generous
or ask for something just, towards th
Dark Corner ?; Something that will aid in
making Dark Corner a misnomer and giv
log us at least the let bridge, and with ii
tree and easy access to EdgefisH over ou
own highways!
Then with the completion of our rail
road lo A ugo-la, yon may no longer call
us the denizens of Dark Corner, but dis
tmgaish us from thc remainder of Edge
fie.d and the rest of the world, aa citizen
ol '* Lciufor.iu." We are not boastful
we are not proud,-that is, very proud
and we try not to be rjnerulons ; but iv
do mail', o bridge.
DA ru COHKP.B
For the Advertiser.
IV a vre Ki-qucntcd to Cilve Three
Cheer* for Cooper and Cray.
C. & G. RAILROADS. G., )
Dec. 28Ui, 1880./
Editen Edgefieid Advertiser: Christ
mas will bc loo near ovor before this reach
's your sanctum to wish yon a "happy
Christ mas," hut J venture to take time
hy the forelock, and wish you a "happy
New Year," and ask that you und the
read?ru of the Advertiser join in three
cheers for thc wide awake cit'zens ot Coop
er AnrH'jiay township*-only those partS""f
however, that have secured for themselves
that priceless boou, the Fence Law ! Up
to thia writing, 1 am uninformed as to
how our Edgelield delegates stand upon
tho recotd, they having pledged themselves
to h-t the Stock Law severely ahme.
Our ''Stonewall," I bear, was sick when
the bill passed. Ile is weli now, and I
hope will not think hard of me for saying
that I am glad, as hr had to be ?rir.h, that
it happened just nt that time.
Some have raised the cry that there are
those within the bounds of the dividing
fence t hat must perish, as their only means
of subsistence consists of a few cows. If
their cream jars aie us near empty as
mine is to-night, and has been for some
time, the grim mons'er is near, very near
their door. A word of consolation to those
poor people perhaps would not be amicS
Not a single death from starvation has
occurred ir. any of the Counties where thi
Stock Law k in operation. The Poor
Houses have no more inmates to-day than
before the law passed. There was beard
that same cry of starvation in Anderson,
Abbeville, Greenville, and ?ll the Counties
that have the Stock Law. The result is
as above stated ; and I know " whereof I
affirm."
1 have read every article pro and con
about thc Stock Law that has been pub
lished in the Advertiser, (and ail other pa
pers I read) and every article against it
has been deficient (lo me) in force of ar
gument. Now, Messrs. Editors, 1 want
you to get the- most bitter opponent of the
Slock Law you can find, and bring bim np
to this no-fence country next summer, and
if he can't see enough here lo convince
him that it's a good thing, tarn him over
to me, and I will take him into Abbeville,
and if that won't do, tn Anderson, and
j buck throucxh Greenville, Laurers and
Newberry. And then if he is not convert
ed, I will pay his passage across Saluda,
j and tell him to go home, sandpaper his
eyes, and come again ono year hence.
Yours respectfully,
Ex-Annnvii.t.TAX.
f!&- Now Is the time to pay for your
ADVERTI.SKB.
Law Notice.
-0-'
W. D. OUZTS, I F. W. KORI?IS,
Office at Edgelield. | Oftice at Aiken.
OliZTS ?ftc JYORRIS.
THE undersigned have this, day form
ed n copartnership for the practice of
law, under the firm name of OUZTS &
NORRIS. Said li rm will practice in all
thc Coo rt" : i this State
W. D. OUZTS,
P. W. NORRIS.
Jan. 4, ISSI. tf 3
Notice.
ALL persons who have Policies in the
Piedmont, it Arlington Lire Insu
rance Company, will do well to consult
us, as wo Intend to watch the litigation
for the adjustment and liquidation of its
liabilities.
SHEPPARD BROS,
Jan, 5, 1881.-3t5] Arty's, at Law.
Notice.
THOSE who bavo insured In the Pied
mont A Arlington Life Insuranco
Company, will, I think, get something
out of their Policies, if they will bring
all pape rn-J moan letters, policies, &c,
?xe.-to mo.
H. W. ADDISON.
Jan. 5, 188?. tffi
Notice.
rpHE office of Butler A Woodward, At
1 torneys at law, will bo closed until
the 15th instant, 8enator Butler being ab
sent in Washington and Mr. Woodward
in Columbia, attending the Supreriio
Court. CommunicatioiiH t" the firm un
til that date should bo addressed to Co
lumbia, S. C.
BUTI ER ? WOOD WA RD.
Jan s, l^Sl. T-'i
WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW IS, " WHERE CAN THE
GOODS ALWAYS BE HAD ?" " WHERE MAY BUY
IT IS TURE THERE ARE MANY F
AIMS AT PERFECTION. Showing to i's Customer* the LARGEST VAR]
VEN?ENGE. Showing everything with UNUSUAL ACCOMMOI
TBE FALL, 1830! Opens Altogether tb Most Magnificent Si
JET DEEP gives ample room, for arranging our Sjock, and we have now
?rMy-lspr?d us word wherp sudrnnother Stock, jn.tjje,Southern States eat
Fine'Goode; for we have them. Do not" hesitate to give orders for.-Goods if nc
STATED. Bayers ran no ink at
THIS CATALOGUE IS ONLY PARTIAL.
1,000 if ards choice shades Black Gio Grain Silk at -15c a yard, well worth 83.
2/400 Yards better prado Block Sro Grain Silk at 50c, well worth Hoc.
1.4'15 Yards Good Black Gio Grain Silk at fl5e, always sold for ?1.
.1,000 Yards Beautiful Ponson Black Silk at 75. 85, 95c and 81 a yard
2,640 Yards choice lines better prado Mack Silks, together with everything de
sirable in Colored Silk*;, from 5Ac (o 81 75 a yard;
A VISIT OF INSPECTION IS REQUISITE.
.1 QB ffiOTS,
<?,00 Yards Cruse Cloth, choice stylos, at 12Je, worth 20c.
4,000 Yards Momie Cashmere, at, J5c-wonderful
2.040 Yards Imported Crape Cloths at ISe, cheap at 35?*.
?00 Pieces .Novelty Brocade at 20c.-this price was hitherto unheard of.
35J7 Pio. es Illuminated Mohair at Oe, extraordinarily cheap.
Cross Goods in every conceivable Style, Shade and Color, at 25, 35 to 50c.
4.7<>2 Yards Manchester Plaid Mohair at Hie, .worth 25a
Bargains in French Novelties. Bargains ir. all Fancy Dress Goods. Nothing!
like them elsewhere. Black and colored Cashmeres.
Kadymiro, Armures, Crepe D'Inde, Camela Hair.
A?l-Wrol Cashmeres at 2"?. 35, 50, IJ5, 85c to ?1.
CLOAKS.
Indies' Dolmans, Ulsters, Sac qa es and Circulars.
200 Double-breasted Coaching Uisters at .??"?, 87 tosI2: SO') colored imported Sacques
at ?55, Si! 50 to ?11.
400 Belle Dolmans, or Diagonal and Bnaver Cloth, ffl 50 to 825.
- -rfcp Ladi?i." Cloth Clonks at $4 50; "CO Ladies' Cloth Clbjiks at $5; 750 Cloth Cloaks :
from si 75 to $3 50.
KkS Imported Cloaks at 812, .!< 5 and $20 -perpect beauties.
420 cloth Circulars at *t 50 to ss .">.). None of this lot were bought in the regular
way, bu' away below water mark, * CITADELLE- price only 50c. ;
Bargains J?;>1 as They foros! Bargains in Every lii-parlmeiit ?
s,00Q Yards choice Fall Calicoes at 4'c, worth 7c.
500 Pieces extra standrrd Prints ai 5? a yard.
?(00 Fairs Coed While IO?! Blankets at $2 50-a groat bargain.
500 Pairs White Blankets, slightly soiled, at ?3, $4 50 and *).
203 Pairs California Blankets, slightly soiled, al ?7 arm" 88 50, cheap nt $12.
3JW0 Yards Red Flannel, a prent job, at IS?, 23a and Rac.
Iil7 Picc-?S While Flannel, very cheap, at 15c, 2?>\ 2><: and 30c a yard.
100 Down Cheap Felt Shirts at it?o, worth 81 25.
HOSIERY, CLOVES, UNDERWEAR.
.
120 Dny.en Ladies Merino Vests at 35e.
138 Do/.an Ladies' Merino Vp.-ds, a preat bargain,'5i)c and fl.V.
lib' Dozen Fine all-wool Go ods at si, SI 50 and 82.
Genis' Merino Shirts nt '?Se, ???c, alle, 75-!, si and ?1 50.
xjisr nv: ATCH A BLE I
200 Dozen Four Button Kid Gloves at 50c, worth Si 25.
hod Dozen Three-Button Opera Gloves at 25c. ;
. oOO Dozen Genuine Bal bringan Huso reduced to 25c. ?
Thousands of Children's Fancy Hose at 5c, lOe. and Uki a pair.
jjutside of this lot, we have about 400 dozen Fine Kngliah Gooda will dose at 2fie
a pair. Cheap at 50a.
Broad St,, IVear Lower Market, Augusta, 6a.
MONUMENTS, TOMBSTONE-?, and MARBLE WORK generally ai
ways on hand or mad* to order. A large section ready for lettering ann
delivery at shortest notice. Several hundreds ol new designs of the in^at
modern styles ci Mounments, furnished at a lower price than ever before
in this market, and of the best workmanship, similar lo that of the new
Confederate Monument, recently erected by me in this city.
TT??EO. i?I A R K W A fi J TE ?8.
AUGUSTA, GA., NOV. 25, 187'.?. ly?l !
nHOMPSOJ\
1 TS;
HEIJYDEL,
I?calcr* lit K? cry Dewrifi :o-.i nC
MATERIAL
AUGUSTA, GA.,
AND SUPPLIES 1
I'M Jr*ckyilla S?.,
A8??TH*lttj Cia.
i OFFERS READY MIXED PAINTS
jins' all Cans, or by tho Galion, or by
! the Barrel, at prices AS LOW as they
! cnn be bought at WHOLESALE in NEW
! YORK.
WINDOW GLASS.
pSf- QUALITY THE VERY BEST.
Tho larpcst and best assorted stock of j
Glass in tho city,
FIST COLORS, in all Shades.
All styles COTTAGE COLORS'
PUTTY" j?mi'le aad Out*iilc WHITE.
In milk, also in boxes of 1 to 5 lbs. , n INDSOJIE, DI) RA BE and CHEAP
Vf hite Lead and Zinc, AISO, RICH, DARK BROWN, MET.
Strictly Puro, undo by thc Kentucky ALLIC PAINT, for Roofs, Bridg.-.s, \
Foncing, Wagons, and Plant dion Ma- j
Lead sod Oil Co , which' wo guarantee ns
pood as tho best. Also, tim weil known
Nassau White Lend and ptireFrenoh Zinc
PREPARED PAINT.
Th" celebrated Paint, made by Wads
worth, Martinez & Longman, which
wo know to be pood.
IftRVSHES.
Fnll line of Paint & Whitewash Brushes
CONORS.
chincry end Tools.
?STPRICE LISTS nnd SAMPLE
COIiORS sent?n application.
Address,
nmmn nm co.,
Augusta, Ga.
. II. ALEXANDER, Pres't. )
I. C. REMIS, Nnp't. ;
Dec 22, 18S0.
irs
A larpo and assorted Block of Colors MI '-~
oil, ANO, Dry colors. The Cheapest m the South
VARNISHES.
White Damar, Coach, Copal, Furniture
Japan, Asphaltum, dre.
-is TITI:
KA?iSO^tiVE.
Johnson's celebrated Prepaid KaLsn
niiue, all shades.
OIL.
Linseed Oil, Uaw avid Boiled.
-Builders' Hardware:
A Jarpo variety of Looks.
Rim and Mortice Locks.
. cnrfdcoand Mortice Blind flinpes.
All.sizes and styles Of Door Butts.
Inside Blind Butts, brass and iron.
A fine line of Padlocks.
Yale Store Door Locks.
Ya'e Night Latches.
GEORGIA NURSERY
.Wv K? KELSON, Proprietor,
, Three-year-old Applo Trees, 812 por 100
One-year-old Peach Trees, S12 per 100
SEND FOR CIRCULAR.
?,7j>* Trees sent per express and collect
on didi ve ry. Address
?fi K. NELS?OTV\
Doc. 15, 'SO.-2m2] Augusta, tia.
Law Notice.
ILE A RN that., during my ill-health,
some person either bj' mistake or
through: malice, circulated the report
that \ had abandoned the practica of Law.
Screws in any quantity rt!,d every slzo, | Having recovered my health, J will al
and anything else you want in Hie Hard- :. tomi promptly to all.business entrusted
ware line.
Boor?, SasBii a si ri BJieads.
Thc largest stock in Angust?, at hoi tom
ligures. Send for price list.
Balusters, Brackets and Mantels.
Abd almost anything that can be made
out of wood, weare prepared to make.
Yellow Pine Lumber,
In any quantity, rough or dressed.
-$s Wo pack and deliver nil of our
pood", freo of charge.
Thompson & Heinde!,
310 JACKSON' STREET.
Deo. 2*. 1880._l.v4
Fair Warnibg.
ATJL persons are warned not to ties-I longer. All orders prom jilly filled, and
. pass on my woodlands and Log ? am prepared to deliver the same.
L'reek lands for anv purpose whatsoever. ' Terms: CASIT.
* II. W. ADDISON. I O. F. GOODWIN.
Jan. B, . 3!y Trenton, 8. CY, Nov. 10,1880, tf 51
to me in the Concis ol'(his Slate and of
I tho United States.
S. B. GRIFFIN.
Dec. 7, 1880. :iml
Law Police.
WHEN not at Edpefiold Village, I
can be found at MeetinpStreet, pre
pared to attend to my law practice. Capt.
P. B. Waters, of Johnston, is still asso
ciated with me. Collections a specialty.
ARTHURS. TOMPKINS.
Nov. 10, 1880. . Hui 10
Notice !
STEAM SAW mil !
IWILL Saw for tho Local Trade for
the next three months, and perhaps
snaraEC! .TO.-,
LARGEST STOCK BK FOUNT)'?'''? "WfTERE CAN THE NEWEST
ERS BE StJBE OF THE VERY LOWEST RPICES ?" f
INE STORES TO TRADE; AT, BUT .," ^3
sr JJ i)
?ETY OF GOODS. Showing to its Customers wita the.GREATEST CON
ATION, giving to its Customers the TRUEST SATISFACTION.
ock.
A STOKE TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE
outstripped our former efforts. Take a walk through from" Broad to Ellis,
i be found, or what Good* we lack, - Do not hesitate to ask for any kind of
<\ judges ofMriuarit:y;-b?cau--r3 we Q.WfiU^^fliB QURU^QP3*ffQ-BE.A&v*
".' /.' - .
.'.*- P' ' .
, ON ACCOUNT OF SPACE EEQUIRED.
L?\E?f?, TOWELS and NAPKINS.
ISO Pieces English Table Linen at 25c, 35c and 50c a yard.
500 Dozen, job lot. Fancy Doylies ar. 50; worth 15.
.J.OOO Yards Linen Crash Toweling at 5c and Tic, worth 12* and 20c.
Novelties in Turkey Ped Cloths, Table Coveis, ?tc.
700 Silk Umbrellas at %\ 50, i?2 50 and $5. 110 Roys' Suits atSl 75cacb. Limited.
MIO Dozen Towels from 'll<: each to ?1 -r0.
?.M?NS m ?515EAT VARIETY.
0,200 Dozen Sweet Dye and Bye F.on<|iiot at 15c.
1,000 Jot and Gold Pins, worth 25 to ?Oc each, all at tho ridiculous low price of 5c
each. s .. ; \k '?? i'M
Poxes Fancy Ruching at le each:
8,200 Poxes Paper ac 2V', 5c, Sc and lue each. A great drive.
m SI??,K-!B??]S????SB"?C1HBEFS.
.175 Dozen Silk Handkerchiefs! 'Cat 10o. 890 doy.T I Silk Hdk'fs., 35 ?, 25c each
300 D< zen Job Imported Silk Handkerchiefs at 50-?, 75c, %\ to $2 50 each. Splen
did vaine.
.1S5 Dozen Dolls a? 4c each, quarter of a yard long.
100 Luzon Dolli?, willi !1 tir. quarter io a half yard loner, at 15, '?0 aud 25c.
75 Dozen Dolls, th ree-cnn. tnr.s to one yard lone, 5?O, 75c and ?1 each.
Tho path? pf mercantile fame aro peculiar and diverse. The waves o? limo nave
rarely, if ewr, thrown upon the history of. a people so illustrions a name.
A .at?Rf??f ?|?EA?E;K,
What vol uni es pf true genius and experience are here bound up. In presenting
our facts and furn res for Deer inner, what lessons, priceless in value, to filide and
lead the public, who kn iv,- what havoc it makes in the trade when they can buy
Goods for what eur competitors pay. Your interests lie in this 'direct icu
125 Poxes Gents' Ked Flannel Shirts. All Woo!, worth $2 5 \ now si 25.
75 Pales of Comfoi ts from 75c to -?4 50 each;
OTHER JOBS. .
1S4 De:-.m Bkek Si? K Fringe, 7 inches wide, nt 50c, last Week
:'(:o Pieces Imported Cretonne, last wer k -Jar-, now xii at 2-~e.
."..io Gents' Tie* n\\ at 25:< each. 1 IS dozen ladies1 Silk Belts ai, 50e, worth $1 :>0.
t;oo Pieces Jeans for Pant-j. Wool Filling at lae; 20c and 25c.
500 Pinres Virginia Cass i ni eres at 35c; ?"Oe, 75c and >1 a yard Excellent value.
100 Dozen Felt Ski. ls. last week st, now all ar. 4'.:-.-.
Too Yards Imperial Momie Cloth, la*t week 81, now 50c and (>5e.
100 Pieces Saun de Leon and Pompadore Silk.-:, for evening drosses. Very choice.
These arc SSae hniic iieSdg upon iwrlkich O3o* aa'tilSicey
?>lay ?illa such magniliecnt ?fteci.
Ten Rail ron tl Cars of Trunks. A v. ful Cheap.
XO BE ?LAU??B??'I'ES?B..
185 Pi- ces Wool Carpeting, worth f>5e, for -35-.'.
120 Pieces English Brussels, worth *l 25, foi 75c.
50 Pieces P>< dv Brussels; worth *1, :-t 05c.
89 Pieces AU Wee.! Three-Pis, worth 51, .at 05c.
1.S00 Magic Thi< ed Poxes, cost .';1 to import,'will seil at 25c cr.ch.
2-),O0O Dozen Stewart Spool at ;c a spool.
fi
rn
M Ihm? %?ml Uv. McIntosh.
DIAMONDS. WATCHES. JEWELRY.
STEELING S?LV^SW??E,
KBSD Sr. E^-RTOISPS
Celebrated T?RJPLE-PLATEP WARE.
CLOCK y BRONZES & FINE FANCY GOODS.
AUGUSTA. R-A., Nov. 27, 187-9. ._lv51
11
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KERNAGHAIs'S!
MEN'S, Y??TH'? and BOYS' CLOTHING.
A. lexji/L STOCK:.
.ALSO .V LARGE ?-TOCK OF
Boots euacL- Shoes.
ansi Price m? you ulll sec ?ivd they are cheap.
Batesbnrc; S. C., Dee. -1.18S0.
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PROPRIETORS.
T would be nseles' to attempt to enumerate the- Articles we have on
hand ; sn flt ce ir tn say we deal larseiy iti.- .
DRY GOODS, NOTrONS.'HATS, BOOTS and SHOES,
CROCKERY and GL\SS\V?RE, HOLLOW WARE, -
GROCERIES, CANNED GOODS. &d.; &ev
FUEMTUKS A SPECIALTY.
And thburntnls cf- OttieC U'^fhi ?K?Tc1?^7 ;-t" prices -o :.-;UisfV all.
The bigh??t market pri??^paid for Cotton: Cal? and pee and believe.
All accounts for 1S80 are p;ist due ior Guano end Store account. Come
and settle at once. WISE^fc ??E1W???T, Af?'ts.
Nov. 10,1SS0-3m49.
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