The Newberry herald. (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, March 25, 1874, Image 2
We commend the following from
the. 6iristiani Index,. to the attentive
perusal of our farmer readers:
eeting of the Cotton States
Agricultural Congress.
At the session of the Cotton States
Agricultural congress, held last Novem
be f ption ofn. rt Berry, of Mis
sissijkAihe fol1owing resolutions were
adopte4 COzVt1),
l&solved, That this colvention,
when4badjouMs,--wiWadjourn to meet
under-the call of4he. President on six.
tv dayknotice, throughe newspapers
of t'he Cotton States. at such time and
place as he niay'esignate. Delegates
composing said meeting shall be ap
pointe&.y the State .Granges.wh1en in
session .or in vacation by the. Master.
_Ea?h tate shall~.be eutided to one
deei 'for each' Representative ahd
Senator they are entitled to in the
Uniteji.States Congre&s and the Mas
ters .of the State Granges, and that.the
kStYe ,Agricutuiral Society of~'the
Southemr Stafes be requested to send
delegates to said convention.. - -
esolved, That. iW view of making
our farms ielf-sustainiDg by snwing
down brie-third of the a-ailable lands
in vall grain and grasses;'and plaut
one-third in corn and one-third in cot
tn, we hereby recommend the Mas
ters of the respective Cotton States
Gra'ges to submit. thli policy to the
swbordinate Granges for their -.dop
tion, and that the Masters of subordi
nate Granges.be requested to urge the
kiiniry 'pledges thereto, and report
iesu'lt to the Masters of their State
Grafgts, who- will then- repert to the
- Vresdt-ofthis Covention the nun
ber of subordinate Granges in each
State that have pldged themselves to
thit xlicy, and' sucli iiaation.will
he?diff*sed through the pnbh'r rtess
by thePresident.
-..The representatives designated in
the above resolutions,-are hereby noti
fied to meet ia'the' city of'
ATLAA;GORrTA,juE 3d,1874.
Each of -the organizations named
will see to it that their:respeetive de1e
ates. are.duly app4uted.
. It is expected. that this meeting
will result in much good to the farmer,
and Nie-agfcilt6iia interests of the
:South generally.'.
IiAportant inatters demand your ata
I.etion., ; Mauy,and serious .evils are
I existence, and the.conditi.n ofnium
bers of'Our eopTe- presents a subject
worthy afprofound-considerationi.
-By.the time you-assemble, the crops
plautedwrill be. welt-ir haud, and the
in&rmation as:-to'the aereage of each
:will be valuabletto alL: The barley,
rye, oats and wheat will be -naly
reitly.fouhe.hyvest,.a.ud repor.ts of
t P erb~I . b.6 01 eeneral
* jterest..
Thbe roges then mnade in the eni
ture of.cora and cotton will be not kes
* .'portant.
tis now demionstrated that the
overpI nhtin of eotton has ruined'
tfpe'sands:of the pee.ple'rn these States.
s Hind-costan,'this ecess -of- cot
ton at the expense of provs ionr crops,.
"will,;in a few yearspriduce- a famine,
Already,' by reason of this ]&6w price
r e the eropef 187a,-'he resottxrees of
many farmers have: been whaustedg
.theireredit. destroyed, aud-darupt-'
* .cy. is. the inevitable result. This'
s.tatement is believed to be true as- to
~all the Cotton States.
!~ hi3.sprig,. before r.n 'acre. .is planted
a ino&tton,, every farmuer I.will-till. his
ob,with corn,. and. then ..;the
patrnclies" will be the.extent of cotton
culture. . By the authorir.y of general
cessi?y, lta partial embarno au 'sr
eeto-qnestioniable friend, at lea t,
Allewsaprsi tenctn~ States,
frieidIy to-the proposed Congrss will
ptease call attention to the subect,.aud
give notice of the time~ and place of
nyeetD.. AE. BUTLER.
Fallison; 6k, .Marck 5. 1374.
Good iesolutko. .
-The' ollowing esolutions. w e r e
d.( pted by the Couif Co uncil of Pa
trpuns of Iusbandry, at a ree:at meet
i ng~ in Aunderson :
Resolved, 1. '.i hat we pledgre (dir
* elves not to hire, or try to hire, a ser
ant.:t tenant er laborer who has *a-'
* ~ -.".d himself or hecrself as such, or
0e has et:terei?4lto tenes with abr
i-lcr orise of the orde'r, knowing
such facts to be true, nor will we suif
-fer it-to'be- done if-we can~ preventi the
ame.
L~ Un<der no eircumstanees will we
hire (a.4y to hire- any imigiranit
- hn.ught to the-State by a brother (or a
sster of jhe orde'r within' twelve
otsof their arrival, and not then
-t the empL;yer wishe's to retain themi,
ri~zd they have agreecd to remanin, uin
l'os by conisent of the employer.
:d iLIy niember violating the.se
* hiikations, if' adopted by his Grang~e.
haill be ex-peled and disgraced for
evrfromt the order.
d . Thi1t the a.bove resolutions be
sub:i;itted to the subordinate Grnges
,'r thelir apprva"l and adoption, aul
the Seicretaries of each Grage- are re
useC$td to r'eport.to the Couincil a cer
tilied statemtent of the.aetien of their
Girange, to be' kept on flie.
'UioMEsvrAD D.ECIsiON OF JLUDGE
*CocK E.-In the ea.se of H all & 'Thonmp
son, Administrators, vs Gray,Shrf
3!eGukin wasa.led to show cause wihy
he kr.d Dot made the money on Plairn
tilfi' judg'ment. This was a test case
to try the validity of the Hiomeste'ad
Act, ::d the Sheriff auswere.d the
ie, tha.t, in view of the peni:dty foir
seling' the Hiomestead he h:ud deelined
to levy his execution on the property
1f Defendat aiven him as a Hlome
stead. The whole proceeding was
s:pi matter of for:n to bring the
easeJ~ before tile CourtL and Judge
('ouke anniounc'ed his decision to be,
tha1t, where judgment was obtained
befoere the passage of the Hlomestead
A et, the property was liable for the
* lOt, but that no decbts would be col-I
Letible off of the Hoamesteaid unle'ss
seun.d by a judgment or inortgage
oibtainied 'er given before the passage
4 tl:e Aet. Uz;d&'~' thjs de'isiuz:. 110
eThe Herald.
TPOS. F. BRENEKER, EDITOR, J
IRA B. JONES, ASSISTANT EDITOR.
NEWBERRY, S. C.
A PA.PER FOR THE PEOPLE.
The Herald is in the highest.respect aFani-,
H yessi-, devoted t6 the material in- -
I terests or the people .of:t4is.Co4uty and.the
s titi.: -dirdnlItesextensiVely. fund a: an
I Advertisin medin offers unrivaUed ad
vantages. -Por Terms, see first page.
Exempt.
An act passed by the. Le,gislature,
and approved recently, exempts Coun
ty prQperty, court, house, jail, . poor
house &c., frow attachment; levy, and
sale fur debts contracted by County.
Judge Carpenter.
The industry and despatch with
which the above judge is perorming
the arduous duties of the Courts of,
Commnou Pleas and General Sessions
i1a Edgefield County excites our comt
mneudation. That County) on account
of some iiregularity in the dawing of
jurors, has, for.a long time, suffered
the grievous inisfortune of having
neither c ii nor. criminal court. To
be without the former is had enoUgh
we ;now.from experience, but to be
wiEhout the latter also., auist. be in
fi-ly worse. Throng the i i
of the cQurts both dokets had becomie
croded with cases, dr.i.,Re of every
iind. ad litigation in every shape.
H,,'' His Hontor has gooe to work, and
at hAs present rate wdl soclear the'
taCK. Though he has been engaged
fbr three weeks in the. liearing. of
cinaLllal cases, nothing daunted he has
gone into-the civil docket ith a.deter
Miiation to make headw&s. This
coirse both duty 'and public policy
o*-0Int.Qut. WA t a pity the bill to al
ternaie the judges did not pass the
LegisQatre so that the whole State
could get the services of such a worker."
LaBorde' fitory of South
Carolina College.
-We. were pleaed to - otiee in the
Phenix.of the :18t~& inst. an editorial,
anniouncing that a :second edition
of ;the 'history of the South Caro
lin' 'Collegre written by Dr.' La
Bod,isexpected toeJe published dux
ring the .coming summer. It will
doubtlesshe a book of much value' and
~interest; coming,. as it.does, in ani
improved ifor, -from the able pea.
of Dr. LaBorde,- whose -experience
a8 :stiudent, trustee' and - professor,
emnbr'aing the best -days of' the in-,
stitution; with his close powers .o1 ob
serration, retentive memory and ready'
pen, make him complete maxster of the
subject he treats.
In iddit,ion to sketehes of' profes
~sors- and.gzradutxdes of the-College who.
have died.since the first -publication, a
sketch of his 'or life, by Rev. J. L..
peeted volume.
,A history of the noble old institu
tion tb-mL has been tm pridle of the'
State, and the.liv-es of the presidents
and professors whose intellects and.
eaf biiilt up its reputitiori, would be
a~ valuable acquisition to any library.
~Tic reading"publie generally, will' be.i
pleased at this annouueemnent,'but: es-'
peially'. gratified will: be those men'
who remnemjber the Cokllege as their
Ahu-a Mater. .
The Legislature.
After :i sessioni of' five months, the
Leislature adjourne-d on Friday, thme
17th inst:, suAe die. Thecre'is no one
who' dos n'ut rejoice st the'-finial oe
euireiied of tis~ long looked. for- event.
The Pr5Sjddet of the Seniate, aid tie
S,eaker of tihe House. before adjourn
iug their respective houses. delivered
well orpressed addresses, which were
received with applaxuse.' -Both admit- I
ted ini their remarks' the fact that
muiny errors ha~ve been committed by
the 'Rtepuiblicano pairty; 'but congratu
Ia ed thme Legislature upon the wisdom
:md indttstry whieh,' they said, had.
charcterize'd the proceedi'ngs of' the
hst, longt session. Both 'remarked-on
the. impo;rtauce of edntion. Speaker
Lee spoke positively on the subject of
reformx. He thougtht' the time had
come fur it, and that the colored :Jan
ws able to do it himzself. He held
tht the colored mn:f~ is not responsi
ble for the miisgovernmient of the State.
Hie said: "It is owing to bad -men, I
adeturers, persons who, after hiaving 1
rea'ped millions almost from, our party.'
turn traitors and stab us in the dark.
Ingratitude is the worst of' ciies, amnd
yesthe meni we htave fostered, the mnen
we have elevated anid mn:ide rich, now
speak of corruption and venality, and
ebage us with every conceivable
crimew. They laiy everyvthing at our
doors, and seek by letters. publishedI
in Northern jourzzals, to ruin our cred
it and blacken our propects abroad. ~
Ae. thev are now innoceut-no blot
ret s upon.-their escutcheons--and they ,
cani well sit in their cozy libraries, atnd
with pockets well liued, write letters de
nucieat-ory of our present admuinistra
tio,~ It must be pleasat to those im- q
maculate gentlemjeu. But let us rise i
above these things, gentlemen, and
stiecre.l,atvl,adee o
sthie peiaintly ourvly parnd e usor
ho etthe fiationd of libeprty Let us
not eser th +stndard of libert ~nd fn.
* A *'OM Land
harec 'e a pamolet from
e e o fii Aho e Ciio& Pa
ton Railroad Co., Cairo, Mo., which
gives descriptions of, and all informa
tion in regard to 1,926,400 acres.of
aglricultural, timber and mineral lands
running froin .Missouri to Texas,!and
which this company offer for sale at
Low_priees,.aaL_o.aeasy terms of pay
ment. Statistics of the Counties and
accurate maps are also contained in
this pamhiet. An Que dsinzin
formation can procure a copy by send
ini as abor.
Eueuraing Iannametures.
-The first section ofi the - act to aid
and encourage manufactures reads as
follows.
:That for the. purpose of inducing
the investwent and employment of
capital in the manufacture of cotton,
woolen and paper fabries, iron, lime,
and' of agricultural implements, any
individual, orassociation of individuals,
who shall hereafter invest, capital in
the manufactqre of cotton, woolen or
paper fabries, iron, lime, and of agri
cultural implements, within t h is
State. shall be entitled to receive frotn
the treasury of the State, annually, j
sum equal to thetaggregate amounrf of
State taxes, (less two mills to be used
for sehool purposes, which shall be
eiOusiely so applied.) Whicli shall be
levied;and collected upoa theproperty
or capital .evployed or invested direct
ly and elutively in suel! utanufactures
or enterprise, the said sum. of money
to be'fisd and deterniined .b the
comptroller-getrenal of.the State, in1 ae
cordance withi the tax-returns. and to
be paid by the State triasurer- on the
warratLpf the said comptroller-gaue
ral.
Who will take advantage of this
"bounty.?" Te establishwent of
manufactures in this State would en
hauce the value of agriculture, and
rapidly adva.nce general ptosperity.
Who"ha' the pluck to begin the re
Ei-Witorial correspodence.
CauuLsTmv, March 20th': 1874.
Here we are,,deg reader, once again in the
lear.old city by the sea, fro n' which, . it is
Edped, a few ine' wil' prove acceptabte. A
might and day's rest was decidedly necessary
iter ;the - restless and uncomfortable night
trip from Columbit here. Onca upon a time
Cwas rather a pleasnable diversion, one
of the varieties wb Ich -make up the spice of
ife, but it is not so now. I; is not funny by
any imeans. . t is just the diffet ence be&wa en
he mn-tn and the boy. Thie cry of "tiekes,"
by some seite:onstittired conductor, or "Johna
tuy, why don't yon go to sleep,"' by some one
i:se; the anipsated gossip aeve train,
-haps~ who always happea on anight tan
rmd' wvhoulhavd here met after a lapse of
rears, the sudden joldag,.. stoppings of the
train, the. jerks .again . at ;starting. all of
which help to break a man's sleep into nnm
berless cat naps, kreonly caleiated to ake
rm fellow, who cab't: see -th ings as "they used
b> was," contankerous to a degree. And this
snfortunately was
. NOT ALL. .
Batwet the arrival of the G. & C..train and
the 'starting of the S. C.'; there was'amnple
time to makeall shings ready;'by plckhag out
a good seat, &c., and-as the entire first classu
coach was empty, the goldeu opportunity
was seized, by B. S.'taking' possession of one
af the best,-and yoar -hamble correspondent
imother. With great care the selection wais
mnade.;-aud ingopd.time, ror.soon o:ber-s be
gen to cerowd in ani 'a few Yninueionly
Nazp4eil-ere every seat had the usu:il tmber
af vali-s,bndes .and shiwis uponi them.
[s was
A SUPREME XOMENT,
ve were one of the firs-, had a pick of .-eats,
ud a 'whole one to boot. -Self-congratula
:ion was not of lomrnduration, however, for
the first d~tetmpt to'coil olp and' be- comfort.:n
ji, proved at most melancholy falure,te me
wras no fjo.tboard to this first choice, picke'd
mei, and our feet had to hang "diaile,'-danz
gle, downey oh," ike thoseof dhe- .fbe.i
loose fr-om the back of- th.e fox. [t was a
painful disc,,ver-y, but remediless, then we
::jaid find4 no place to rest the elbow,no led:re,
ao pra -tion.- :Lik-e P Iai's - ewa! experi.
mece when he was allowed ;a free p.issatge,
rovided he too'k the b:mnk.and help-.xd propel
he hiot on h.iik's mare, au1~ wb'b aftter a'
hie pit-t:, lint- t'or the nim-e of -the .thing lI
is lief w.dk," s> wats it int this ca-4, tt -
lifference b.-tween sittiy;[ u,, anmd reelining
Vu5)na >mrative:y smn i!. lat the'd com
bria3 of th.at lon:g eight ride need be mz.de no
anlger.
i div'erionIA.I.t made by' the familiar -.mid
lihsgof the tlicker.!b' turchs,.of he
Taniauma, Who 'try to dispertse stop Catfee,
tardibolled eggs and fried ehicken; to sleepy
assenger.e, buLt who, :whether fro:r wheer
>erver.iity tire never hungry, or because they
to&i'L like the appearance of things wdnt in
re-st, makes their nightly a.vocation nuprotit
ible. Titese mnoveable, smoke. enveloped
*est.urants don't pay, unless the old womnen
iae dh-covered some mode of preserving the
ried chieken and eggs ntl hunger seizes
ap->n-the stomnach of s$ne unfortuhate tel
ow. We would like to know how long they
:an key-p their edibles, and if in the case of
nany a failure to dispose of their stock it does
iot ofisn happen.
But let us get on, itris only six and a half
-ours ride now to thu. e4ay, -and as nothinag
nore is to be seen,- we passed It over with
itosed eyes.
Wht-refreshing was experienced as
DArLIGur DAWXED;
mad the advanced vegetation presented It-elf
o the eye. The~ atmnosphere too. laden v;rh
he odour of th?. wii.1 Je4namine, 'which
hickly covets every bush,shrub or tree aJong
he road; then the glimapsesor the tide water
rotm the Cooper and Ashley rivers, .seen
brough long avenues of live oak and green
brubbery, and ag.dtn over level ac-es of ear
y peas~ i-n blo>mn, pit iroes an I other em irket
ruck. Then the newly risen sun jz,t em'rged
pparenmtly from tihe ocean be I. Trhe whole~
eene was fall of b -auty, and to' a
RETURNISo "NATIVE"
eognizinlg every feature. -and eacuh of which
rought up fresh reminiscences of the past,
ras one c:lcalated to fully repay for the past
Light's experience.
A visit to) Charle-ton at this season is
raught with mtceh plea-.ure, and from unoi
ntii the warm weath.er sets in, an-I the tutos
ioes,guate, &c., have the freedom of the
lace, the visitor can only realize pleasure.
rrived, we went at once to the old
FAVORITE PiYILION,
rhich under the management of Mr. Alford,
Sthe most popular House to up-country
atks and as neoof ;t wasrfouannell, not a
Brief Mentions.
-Work has been commenced on the
Uh er - -Lenoir Narrow Gauge
RA l~d.
coLD.. W. -Aiken, of Abbeville,
goes to Washington to take charge ol
the -Granger's-BTrear of- Statistics.
The annusl rueeting of the South
a 1roli 1M *diqai- $ciety ill; ie held
in Columbia on the 11th proximo.
. .Bigham.ouug is reportede have
seven million dollars to his credit i
the Bauk bf.ilan.
New England contains upward ol
400 pests;-ad' ntify 1,W0000 o1
Catholies.
Jacksonville, Fla. has had over
eighteen hundred. visitors since the
beginning -of last Octbtober.
Kibg Koffee keeps his 3.333 wive
under the same roof with his maga.
zines of military munitions. They do
about as he says.
A Chapter of colored. Royal Arch
Masons has been establish'd in Charles
toui-M.1 R. Delany,' Hiih Priest;
George E. Jobnston, Kin4; William
H. Birney. Scribe.
The result of the New Hampshire
election is confessed by all the. public
mien from that State to have been. an
overwhelming defeat of the Republi
cans.
An efforf has been made to have a
haek and a maiH line established from
Welford Depot, on the Air Line Rail
road, to Laurensville, via :Reidville,
Cashville, Woodruffs and Schuffle
town.
n seveIt.!n y-ars, Spurgeon has re
ceived 183000 person' in to-his-church,
erected: thirty-six ehapels -in- London,
nd u. pplied the.smime .withb ministers
trained in a college of his own found
The Rev. Eben' THys, a Radical
Methodist preacher, aid a member of
the L,egislature from Ifarion County,
has returned to his. co:.stitueulcy, and
. mpresses his. lisumst at the aities of
his brother SAo.s.
In the last twenty-seven years, 24,
602 conviets have been sent to the pen.
itetitiarytat Alban', N Of these
21,057 haze acknowledged. that previ
ous to their conrietion. they were ad
dieted to drunkenness.
The temperance cause is prospering
in Darliugton. . There is a white and
a colored temperatice society, the for
mer numbering sixty members, and
the im*t inveterate topeis are joining.
The prince of birkeepers in Darlingtun
says his business is suffering.
RALEIa, March 17.-Passengzers
from the west, on this morning's train.
cofihr:u the- reports of the rumibling
noi's. anid gene&a1 upheaving of Bald
Mountain in -W estern Carolina. Peo
pie livingc on and naear.that.mountain
are~'0 moving out.:and a volcanie erup
tion is nmen~tatrily) expcted.
In 1873, 3,77 mil.of railroad
we.re. built in the'United States, a 'lit
t4u nwmre'thri half as may'were built
in 1872. The .total: number of miles
of r.ai'lroad in the United States is set
down at 70),857, of which 35,80 0miles
have beeni compleied witlin the last
eight; years. -'. .
The ()i-anit&ovili:nills n~ow run over
26,O00 srpindles and -70P looims. -pay
from ten to&twelve per<wat.' dividends,
have a.handsome surplusiand are a'bout
building a new .mill. - The: .Jangle
nmills now ruis 10,000 spinidles a
-doonis iii proportiofr, aud-ne 'paying
hbandsomue dividends.
The Ne~w-Orleans City Railroad the
other. day suak inz.the river a bag-cou
taininki47 ,000 cotunterfel.t nickel coins
tile 'tuirns,of one year's business.
IThe railrol'd conipa iles ha~ve offered a
reivard of' a thou.sand doilars for ind
-forination which will lead to the'dis
covery zund puishment.of the counter
.feiters. .
Th~e Court pf. Sissions of Greenville
Coutizaty iiaa its hands fal.~ The dock
et cotiis crtai crimes 6fvei-y de.
grree, fronz i murde-r to pettj larceny,
.and tho granzd jurry.have been instruct
[ed by Judge Cooke to -look after,.h
~liqu.r lie*nse bn.iness. the law being
flii&tzo lic-ense '.sh:rll be issued to 'oth
ers tl:nI! 'keepers of b&nia fida taverni
or-:~ins.
NEW Onmu1:4s, March 17.-A
break oceurred in, the. upper Base
Levee thre m&iles below Lake Provi
deLuce.. on 1-ridmy, and was two hun
dre?d gard hilng at the last aceount.
A dozen or~ n:nre lirge plantations
back of. the Goodrich's landing over.
flowved from this erevasse, which, it is
reported, has already stopped the run
ning~ of thme trains on the Vicksburg
and Shreveport Railroad.
Thiere are 38 pe rsons to a sur
mile in the British Em~pire; 260 in
the United1 Ki:ngdom, 201 in India.
and 141 ini the colouies. It should be
observed, however, that in somec parts
of Indi:i the? d'ensity' of population screc
than equals that of England. The
Queen rules tlver 134,76Y2,593 souls;
her.people dwell in 44,142,651 houdes;
the areau of the lands they inhabit is
not leSS than 7,7659,449 square miles.
In a lecture last Monday night, in
Haltimore, rofessor Smith stated it
as a fhet, that whiskey and tobacco
bring more diseases 'than all other
causes in the world. Even the propor
tion of accidents arc mainly owing to
nervousness or intemuperance produced
by thecse articles. They did more harm
than the entire 2.400 remedies of ma
teria medica did good. They were, al
so inistrumntal in shortening the av
erage life of people ge.uerally.
EcoNoMY IS LIBERTY AND EASE.
-Swift said :"I have nzo other no
tiou of ee:m,omv thau that it is the
parent of liberty anid ease.''
Does niot common sense and history
prove thme truth of the sayig?
- 'Do we not, ought we not, as a peo
ple desire the blessings of -liberty and
ease '
Certainly we do. Then let us act
like wise muen, and in our daily lives
anid business transactions live up to
the principles of "econoumy'' faithfully
and consistently.
We have neglected the invaluable
prize too long ; let us strive to secure
it like sensible anid patriotic men and
women. It is within our reach. We
must blame only our own indolence, or
stupidity, should we fail to secure
A I - 1 1 11 t!L,.,,,
Address Delivered lRefore New
berry Diisioit, No. 8, som cf
Temperance. Jan. 27, 1874. by
L. C. 'Hoore.
WORTHY PATRIArtCH, BROTHERS AND
SISTERS: It is a truth which cannot he with
stood that, three years ago, the _alarming
vice, intemperance, threatened the rain of
thizicountry.. Tiere were a few individuals
Who saV his terrible caiastrophe bastening.
They saw that if this dreadful scourge, this
pestilence, that walketh in darkness and
destruction, that w:Pteth at noonday, should
increse fortwenty-ive -years to<ome, with
fthejaMpiditfitluld for-4he 1>vst ten years, te -
4"glory has departed" would be written on I
6 ttia pSt ord . reoi r 61rliif tl i
euetnies of free and popular governments,
who have always watched us with a zealous
and envious eye, and who have re0a.edly
predicted our downfall, would then exnlting
ly exclaim, How are the nighty.fallent Alas!
alas! thou great nation, thou mighty people!
"the fruits -hy soul lustdth after are deprted
from thee, and thou shalt find them no more
at alI!"
At this fearful juncture they commenced
the work of reform, with a holy ardor. As
they proceeded, they gathered tresh strength t
:and:courage; and thus far their lrbors have t
been beyond their moSt sanguine expecta-!
tions.
The expression, lhat*ihis is an alarming
and destructive vice is a< true as it is com
mon; but the facr is nor yet felt as it should
b, in all its foce. By its preva'ence our
senwibiliti-; haLve beco:ne b!nnted, and our
sympahios chilled. W have regarded iC 1u
kind of. ueessary evil, aud . ierefre have
maide hut few effo0rts to arrest its progress.
It has bet ascertained that *71,337,099
of arde spizin -are consumed in- the United i
S-ates every yeLr. lowit is pf-ssible t.at with
such an enaormous ca usump ion of this "ns - I
WATER" ta't we sh 'UId hive les: drunken
ness. As astill fur:her:proof ( is preva- I
lence it may be ad.l-:d that, to this detestubte.
and toathsome vice, we pay .in tle different
items of original cost of the article, waste of
tir -r xp;xetise 6f civil and crmimIl swts,
I om. 4uperism occasioned -thereby, an un
nual tribati of $150,000,000.
Independent, Intefligent as we brast our
selveq to'be, how is it thatwe so tamnely sub
mit .to- this degrading and ignominious t
shvery; unlike the bondage of the ancient:
IIebrews, ours is a volutr-y plavery. Our I
Pharaoh is .x'ExPEIaxcE, and its concnmn
itant vices our task-masters.
We are shocked with theacconutwhich-we
receive of the ba,ning of widows with the
dead bodies~of their husbaids in Bengal. It
is said that six hundred per year are the vic.
tims of :this, cruel :,aperstition. But, our
Baceharaliun God, our insatiable Moloch, is
not saffsfied with less than thirty 'ti ousand
victims per year; making RIGhTY human
beings per day.
Among these are uumbered- the rich and
the poor, the learined and the ignorant,
the nob!e- and -the mean.- It lins in :he
du-t the auiableness of the-wife aud mo
ther. .It feasts on the beauty of . yuuth,
and banquets even on the wisdom und
strength of age. You may see It in the grog
shop .and. brothel, cidin rags. bullinig, and
swaggering, and takinug the name of:God in1
vain. On thme farm you ma icer1:, in
the prostrated fenc-es, thie cattle unruly and
roaming at. large. nDd. the Aidings in decay. 4
You miay see it in. the spleudid mnsionem and
int the humb>le cottage; i the study of tmen
of sciencee, and in the haunts of the gam
bier; not-even -the pairt' has bedn spared
from its . devatstations.. Liike. .theltfrogs of
Eeypt, it Ia.ms o:ne u;>Tn-oipur horses
And upomr who:m will.- thuis- -i:on-hafided
giant fix next his unrelenting grasp. Will ir,
iztr'e tipon the teinpei-it ilritker? 'Beaare
Ahen, I beseech you,. by all the mercies of
God, by .your'duty to yo.ur fam ily and coun
-try, add by:aIl the- blessed -hopes of. heaven,i
bewvare how you sport about the brink' of I
sneh h fearful destruction.
Almighty God, "if i.t be thy will,thaf,man
should suffer, imp~ose upon mae whatever
seemneth good in thy sigh4; give me nothing(
but the bread of sorrow to eat; tike from me :1
the friends in wh.,nm' haye-Piuced'mny confi-.
deuce; iplace.me ine the cold hutatofpovirty
lay mueon thie thorny bed of d!isease; let my
enemiesr.PArseente and.4efamemne; lec me
sow.in tihe whirlwind and reap in the storm;
let may- wehfare pass away as a' cloud; -and a
nAy'eenies come pont mae .as rhe breaking
in of waters; when I Iok for g'i6d let evil
egmae;'and i.ben I wait for. lirh t send 'dark
ness; set dea:th before mae in amlI its tei-rors; do I
Sil this; but-save mie, tnerciful God, eh-! save c
mec from the overwhelming .fate 'of the 1
drunkard." hv
What-auhbopor is hr:considered.'to hv
been in,strumntal in the achievement of our
nationail indepenmddnee. 'And here is-an op- I
pvrtunlity to displa;; :yag.r patrioti~,.your (
chrisdatn phiranthropv iiu'd self'-devot[ion in a i
glorious cause, a. cause whiich,. will reflecr
honor upon any mean. A cruel. opprasive
tyrant has invaded our shores. -*H.: ha., ~
brought with him moral, natural, and etrr
inal death, having mna pity for old or young,
and will,.If.auffered to go on, inskeslave~s 'f
us aill. Shall we sit still and sce his
wide and genseraml devastation", -withbout an
effort? Shall we securely. fol:1 our armis, I
-when -con equenbes s de'a~dful will T>e the re- t
sut rof our ittactivity ? Shall wve-besilent and: t
sluggish spectators of this havoc? .aball the i
vbice of. weeping anid wailing pierce the very
heavens and our hearts remain uuuroved?
Shall the toud !amnentations and prayers of
distgae:,d wives :and children reach the.skies,'
anil we .remimri insetisible ? Men and brethren,
let us awake out of our sleep. It itm- time
no0w for cold calculations. The enemy is
u oK t i -e conquers, we have not bing
to expect att hi-s h-and but tor:ures arnd death. I
"His tender mercies ar-e cruelty."
At fimat.he camne to u-s ini the garb of friend
shi.Ie told us of hi< skill to heal our
tnindies. lie promised to give us health for
akes;joy for sorrow; pleasure for pain;
andl plen:y for poverty. WVe took himt by
the hand .and bade him welcome. We r
ecived him into our csanidencee. WVe em
braced himt -as our-brother and comap-imion:.
Buat while he-bas been a partker of our'
hospitality, he~ has baisely irisutted and abused
uts. He has4 sc:attered' dr.-brands and death
among as. lHe hams sowed dissensions ini our
fandlies and neighb;orhoods. H-e hams brought
with him pestilence, swordi au-d famine.. He
has~ murdered our "loved 'ones" before our
eyes. i.e has broug~ht down the grey hairs
of mny a father wi:h sot-row to the grave.
He has wrested from thme liard hand o,f 'pov
erty the sc.mnty pittance that should have
fumrnishecd bread f,r-:' thungry.
It is against this"bod-hrt"yrn
we have waged1 war. Against thi s monster Mi
we have lifted up the banner. We have fi
girded on the saor-d in aIHoLY CAUSE, and j
with .a solemn de:erination that we will b
never sheathe it until its thirsty biade has
drunk his very blood.
Opposition we m:ay expect; but h-t no t.p. b
positioni hinder us; let no sh.mder offe.nd us; n
let no ridicule diverr us; le-. no resistance o.
deter us; let no scorn, move us; hot no e'
threats daunt us; let no reproacb, cont
tamnely, disgrace, misreprsentation or oblo- S
qny discour age us. Let onwaird! onward ! be '1
our watchwvord. and we shall succeed. From a
the Gulf of Mexico to the St. Lawrence; ~
fromn the A:lantic to the v.alley of the Missis
sippI, the alarm has .been sounded. Let us
go up to battle. Let us equip ourselves for M
the combat, and the Lord G;od of hosts shall .ti
leard uts on to triumphant victory.
You all know of tihe wi,le-spre.id evils of
this sian. "iltemperamnce," (for it is certainly,
a ain), ami knowing thmis, it mrust be cl-tar to
your minds thamt it ought to he pot down,n
an-I there iS ri-> better way to resist it than u
tiy e'mbihnation. We must ha;ve .-ystem,
We must go algainst him like a well regu- a
lated ar-my to mieet it< foe. We mnust aillh
wvork. Let none be idle. Let us work "hand
to hand and heart to heart" in this glorious tI
Icause. There is no betctr way- to nmeet it ti
than through our Order, and you have a!l t:
voluntarily t-aken its vows. You know its
I"moto."--"Love, Purity and Fidelity "
Love for all mankinmd;- Purity in our lives; of
Fidelity to the obligations we hmave taken. is
It is needless for mec to say anything further. st
[ will e!ose this feeble -attempt at an address
by a few verses of poetry from an naknown
pen:
"Onward-a righteous cause is yours, I
And victory shall be won:
Such zeal complete success insures,
Go on, go on, go on. I
C
"Onward-a thousand heaths shall smile, w
A thousand voies bless in
Your labor and your ceaseless toil, k
To save from wrort~hadness.
Fe TitE 1RALD.
Cekexbury.
iNTE-5IL--s$ClIoI,)-POST IMASTEl
-C 4 E RY STORE--tTQU'OR -TR4F(
MODIFE) Ar 114ODGES-VALUABIJ
ACCESSIOxS -rO TE coMixirrY
PASTOR OF TILf, MET1ODST C1it'1'il
--0>IOa2NTi'rXO OF A Pl5i5YTERI.'4
VIII'NC,-'ENING OF C t1. ) E I
aI. iiiToR: Our pfeasit little towi
ias not vet dof"ed her winter costume
git is lovely in her winter robes. Wi
vere surprised to find vegetation al
ibberille 'in -AdAncet 'lrCokesbury,
?mrsons there say the soil is richer, bul
vethik the rison is.fouL in. the.dif
renee of sand and clay. When vege
ation does start here it grows as Ilxu.
iantly as there.
Our schools are not as numerously
ttended as last year, owing no doubi
o the stringency of the times. Thougli
his is tile case, the Male School is in
irne conditign. The boys study hard
nd fre 'Ilproving rapidly. If thc
Wase- Ball Club does not run thing
vihl, as it. did ist yea:r, we predict the
uost prosperous year for the school
inee the war. Rev. George F. Round,
lector of the Sc)ool; has. been elected
rofessor of Ancient Languages in tlx
xad diversty. It has not yet trans
>ired whether of' not he will accept.
(Ckeshn- cani boast one of the mosl
)romipt and btiness-1ike .PostinasterE
n the State, Mr. George L. F. Seybt
;omfe peisons .inl fault and say bI(
aakes too much fuss over a three ceni
tamp, btt Mi'. S6ybt magnifies his of
ice and makes himself felt by hi
)rompt business habits, and those. wh(
xte careless and. loose in their transac
lons are freqently perplexed, disap
)ointed and vexed. A:good Postmas
er is a luxury which Cokeshury enjoys.
lis son Louis, alas Loudie, a youth o!
Lhont sixteen; of decided lfsiness hab.
ts, has opened a groqery store, and - i
caping.a fair amount of trade. Thi
enidenev, however, is for business t(
nove to~wards the Rail Road; and-Cokes.
trv can never become a place of mer.
1hi:ndise. Hodzes, two. miles distant
s'destfied to win in this race.
I Iimu hamppy to sti.e that. the Jiquoi
rade has been greatly modified, a
1odges. -Lice-nse is nowv granted VIl3
)> the quart. This has cut off at- vasi
Liqunt of dissipation, though there i4
nueh drinking sti.l. Isitnotastrang<
nfitratio'n which leads a commuiURity
br the income:derived, to sacrifice th<
norals of its youth, and scatter th(
leadly virus of inteuiperance as far :u
ts trade extends? Dr Franklin woulk
av, "This-is paying too nrch for th(
viistle." Cokesbury is free from thi
.rifie.
Our town has recently 'obtained val
iable accessions,. in th, families of Col
. W. A iken, aid the. w~~idowof thlelat
hridge Whitner.- Both families arelier'
or educa tional purposes. The Colonel
viom you will recognize .as the rat<
ditor of the R?ural Carol'giznt and the
~hief agent in orgi.rnizing tihe Grange:
n the state, ha: sold. his be;mtifnl'
ettledl place--Long Point-to Mr. Law
rmer' of Madon. We were recenti3
dnduetcd over the premises by the
>resent occ up:mt, and co.ul not under
anid how a man so nicely fixed, witi
~verf' comfort- and convefience, couik
onany .consider'ation, sacrifice a homn
f the kind. But he hasi go.nie. to worn
ndstriousTy, anfl ' will '.sbon have
re.adtfany imrprov'ed place-here. e
Mrs. W~hitner, .his. wvith her,. t w<
l'ughters, Mrs. Glover, and a singhe
lnghter, quite. -accoinplished. Thi
atter lis associated vith the Masonic
emale College- in the: department o
Rev. R . Wells, -Pastor of. th4
ethodist %Jhurce2 is quite populgt; witl
11l classes of ourn citizens, and is acconm:
dishing a good work.
The Presbyteriims have. recently. or
~aizeCd a.eh.lurchb among. us. of fifteer
neners. 'They have opened a Sab.
inth School, which biils faih-tO do well
jokesbury,. from.- the be#nning, ha
ieen a Methmodist gtown. The. name i~
roin the first tiwo Bishiosof the Chreb
joke and Asbury, :but Methodism heru
las Hi aulong needed, the stiulaktinn
n~Iucn,ee of ainother' denominsition ti
tirhe dnergies., -On the:Sabliatih the
lethodists closed their Chui'cb, attend
d the services, giving a hearty God
peed toE the miove-ment. There is in i
Proper retHgions rivahl-y and tihe .gentle
rituration of dlenoinnationial contact,
hat wvicb deve''ilp,' strengthens- and
proves, and Methodism will- only be
he better for denominational competi
on.
Thue African Miethodist Church has
eeetly paid th~e decbt of $900 on theji
roperty purchased here a year age~ for
ie purpose -of':a Made Couliege. -They
repose to open on the fifteenth of - the
resent mlonith, an:d I lear'n that sonme
the~ sable Pr'ofessora' ar'e to be here
eday. Yours, &c.:
' HEKNItYM. MOOD.
LOWEIS-TIJE EI*SCOPAL AND METH
ODIST (lilRCH YARDS-DE-CORlATIONS
O" TRIuNITY CHURCHC1; -CHARLESTN
STEEPES--CLERGAYMEN -.RIEJ.f(ioUS
HA DIOY-SE!DIMONS .FOl YO UNGi MEN
HOUSE np1mNED--<'ONDITIrON OF THEi
INMATES.
Mit. Erron: Thei e is no town of the
ze in the State where flowers are more
eneral .oultiv'atedl. Almost every
ont v'ard is or'n:unented with them.
.lready time gairdens-begin to show their
eauty. Thme Episco~pal and Methodist
h~urch yards are rich ini shrubbery and
eautiful in blossoms. If any~ objects in
atre have- a close alliance. with reli
ion, the flowers do, tihe type of purity,
mocence and love. At a Sunday
rhool Celebration some years ago at
'rinity Churebh , Chlarleston, thme altar
x other parts of the churchd were or
atmonted wvith flowei-3. A crusty and
were writer afterward cormented
'ith great severity upon these dieco)ra
ons. We thouight then, and think
), thaLt he must have been abachelor
'hose xsthletic nature had never b)eenl
1tivated. If God-s church may b)e or
unented at alil, it certainly nmay be
ith flowers.
The houses of' Abbeville are remark
>e for ha:iving steeples. Almost every
>nse0 with any p)retensions has some
ing answering to. a steeple. Some of
tem are onmamental, but all are eer
inly not.
The pulpits of Abbeville are ably fill
I. Rev. Miles, of the Episcopal Church,
a gentlemanLI of genial maLnners and
iing pulpit ability, and is esteenmed
Shis congregation and the commIfumlty.
ev. Mar'tin, M. D., of the Presbyterian
hureh, is an able minister, closely
ical and sternly Calvinistie. His
>ople are devotedly attached to him.
er. WV. T. Capers, of the Methodist
2ur, with a heart alhl overflowing
ith love to God and man, is a favorite
side and outside of his church. "To
-o Imim is to love hin."
the examid! and-give tone andcliarac
ter to 'gAn effort :I as
mlnae a y6ar ag(o'to establishd Idge of
Good T'nemplars. but it failed. Religious
men with few exceptions either took a
strong, active part against or gave it the
-k e --ailed -to.
-give it ftvor. It survived but a short
ime Id the - ctnununity were happy
in its do'ath';he little time it lived it
was L standing rebuke against the dis
sipations of' the place. An active,
working lodge would do more goo to
the voting nien of the community than
any series of seruions, however elo
quent and well timed, and a prohibition
hf iev idA! tibe-means .of saving-not
a few, who in ten years from this date
will'till drankards' graves, notwith
standing all. .the able pivaching from
the pulpits.
We tried to see Ianks, the white con
Viet, now in jail for murder, but failed.
Thisadaegnd.fence ofttlie kind,
-and I lea-rn there is but little chance for
his scape from the penalty of the laW.
Liquor was the exciting cause in both
cases.. like others whom we know, a
fmv drinks make him a 'desperado and
I he is in trill for any deed of 'death.
The .>oor;of! the County. have, met
with a;severe lpss in the burning of the
1'Toor Hnuse with idl the "Outbuildings,
except tite. st.ble; We visitei the spot
and -:ounted ten stacks of chimneys,
wl hieh in sallen gloom 1ooked over the
wreck. Lie inmates occnpy the chapel,
nitnbering about thirty, half coloied.
We found them squatting around a few
eimberg'at the back of the church. There
w: io e-R)plygof wood, -the fre was
smll, the day very cold. and a hetero
oenious mass of squalid poverty, im
becilty idiotey, 'and extim ag, in
the form f .white, and colored men and
women were arounl in. such wretched
conditionas intle us sick at heart.
One colored by' abotit twenty-five
years of.age, without lmnds, the stumps
looking as though the hands were burn
ed off at some formet period. Ile wore
n no-garment but a tattered cofit-shiver
ing with cold. We could not but ex
claim, Is this the Christian civilization
'of the nineteenth century? Is'this old
-Abbeville, the home. ofthe .MaDuffie's,
Vardlaws,. P errin's, Calhoun's... and
othets'orfnobleblood? Are thes4 God's
poor,. whom he has placed irf the hands
of charity to be supplied wIhi, food and
raiment? A coored woman in the
church told us'she was' the wife of Tol
bert, the negro who has .charge of :the:
-Poor I1ouse..-. There lay scattered over
the floor a q'uantity of rags which had
been quilts, and straw beds so filtly
L that p AM Persualded thereF is not a gen
tlem:an in -the , County who would be
'W"Ifihig for a free negro in his service'
o usetheni a single nigbt How the
poor wretches endared-the cok rainy
(lays antd nights immediately after the,
fire is htl t'o divine. Two days after
we saw Tolbert: the negro: keeper, in
towji with a wagon loaded with stores,
rueat, & i. The peoile * of A bbeville
extse the ease with the defen;e - that
the place is in charge of a negro; that
they. are heavily t:txed to support the
poor, and tha-t between -'five and six
thousand dollars have been drawn from
the. treasury. f'r their support the pines
~ent year. Let the excuse cover the
dinik~pictuire to its full extent, and theni
there is enoughl of.filthy . wreheidness
- ef exposed to matkelimmanity blush.
Yours. &c.,
-- H] ENIY -M. MOOD.
. AUarwid,
-By.IWY~v. Guo. .W.: loIland1.in. the eyeniDg
Sof Marcha 1.8, .1874, :siedence of ,bride's,
Carets jongA.4S Mx ',of d.sai,S
Cl~. to.'lrd o' s i A *s,M,3ds g ghler of
Rev.D.'fird; t' ia i ,Lexington Co.,
8. C.'
- ' Trile 'of' Respect.
Al a meecuinagof Puh:tski L'od.e.-N.,. 20. L.
0.. .:.,held at1 INewberry, Frid:ay, 20th,
March. 1874,.!!rec follo ing,preamuble and
're'solution's wcat unanimn.,astvly 'adted:
:It havinyg pIe:se &'livine Pi'avidence to re
nhove outr be'.oed b!other, Amx.u IkaGERs,
froun this. spheare of' usef aluess to another,
and..wne trust, higher a:nd happierlife, be it
res%ilved
1st.:T4tuat,.in' the 'deatrof- brother Rogers,
this LAodge has lost a worthy and y.-.:lous
member-one to-whom we were affec ionate
ly at.tched, upd whose memory we. fondly.'
cherish.
2'd. That, deeply symtpathising 'with his
bere.aved family and kindred, in this ther
time of' trial and :'fliction, we confidently
commeuid thet. to. the Father. of Mercies,,
who cha;tens in l.ove, an'd who alone can beat
b 'at wound.. -
-3rd Tat a psge of our Record-Book he
ecdicatecd to his mne:nor'y, and inscribed with
the namie. the time and place of his b'rth,
thd day'of his~ ini'tiation and the rank he had
attained in this Lodge; :ttd the day of the
*death of.our departed brother.
4thr. Thatr this-L6dge'Room be draped in
black, and th:at wie wear the usual badge of
mournin;g f'or thirTy a: ".
5thc.- Th:at.a copy :df'the-c re<olutions he
seu r, by the-crerary, to the :dllieted wide w
6th That th e~ puh!!a hr.s of' :het' Newberry
HIeuALD" .and :h. ' Pro.gre .sive Age" be re
-quested~to iosert the,e .proce-lings in their
recspee iye journals.
.Vnew A' .ms>~ceaanleous.
Meeting of Newberry
Bible Society.
The Anna-a 'i -ting~ of' th,- Newberry
District lBib'e N) -!t.ry wilt be held; Provi
d'ace permnitingrs uaa-text Sunday, the 29th
injst.
An addressappropriate to the occasion
wiul be deliver-d by -R~ev. U. C. Toy, of'
*The p1-l.' ad :he honur of meeting will
be maad, know:. byv the: Pastors oi the dif-.
feren t Churachaes *.abb,at: mrnaizet.
R I. A . 3HCK LE. Pre.sident.
Jurns A. (CuAaM.t, S'eretaryn.
3'ar. 25, 187 4---ht.
NOTICE.
I will make a tiaal settlemaent on the Es
tate of' 3ain Ri.wrr, Senior, dee'd., in the
robate Conrr for New berry County, S. (i-,
on the 27th daiy of A pril, 187-4, amd will It
the same time apply to said Court for a
final discharge as Adminitratpr, with the
will a,nnexe.d, of s:aid Estatec.
- JACOB LUTfHER AULL.
Mfar. a', 187-I-2-5:.*.I
Notice ! Notice!t
aWe have on hand and atre receiving,
300 "i'4
500 "BUS- CON
And a general stock of G ROCE RIES, which
wme.are otrering
LOW FOR CASH.
We would also call at tenition to our stock
ot
GROCKERY,
GLASS-WAREl,
And
SHO]ES,
Whc7ewIsl TCS O AH
Thi . wew M .sl T COS KOR S
T. M. LAKE.
M1ew ' Mi.sce1aneesss.
NOTICE.
I. will applv to ti.r lion. J.ares 7. Leahy,
Judge of Probate !or Newberry Cunmty. on
the first day of lay tiwxt, for a Final Dix
-Cha?-e-nqttterv W"t"*vory-S the -*d
ninis!rator of the p-,r.oalEtaAte of George
EC!.ARD C. CARLISLE.
Mar. 2., 12 -.5t. Adm'r.
1reenivttte & Columbta Rtatrod.
Through Ticketsto Chirledt'.
31ereb ti t4 21nd ' de..iers vi.z-in; Charles
ton bi - . of'pire g boodi are
iniforied h t t.-ND TRIP TICKET ; to
go and r-tirn' for .iqgle first class fare one.
*af,l cr. te rWoctrSd at al1 the principl.
Statiolim ontbe line of the Road, - on appIi
cation. to the Agent.Q, GOOD TO UNTRN uUtil
tbe 1sr a of Vav next.
THQMASDODAMEAD,
.General Stperintrudent.
JABZ NdRTo, Gencral Tidket Agent.
All"AL ~1RETING 0 TEE'8UEOH011k
EBS OP TMEf SUTH. CA IN - RAI
ROAD COMPANY AND 0F THE SOUT
-WETER RAILIOAD I .
CHARLF.STON, S. C.. March 16, 1874.
The A:iu dl Meeting of the Stockhoiders.
of the South Carolina .-Rilroad Vompany
and of the S9tah-western R.-.ilroad Ba.k
wili be beld in' thiseit te'Hall of the
Bank:of Clare'-snd Nevth-elst rcnr 'of
Broad mnd State streets, on TUESDAY,
April 14, proximo; *at 11 o'clock A. M. On
the day followin4g.- eltCiibm-Mill, ibi)''eld
betweets th* hours of 9 A..M. and S, P.: 3.,
ror fifteun i)irector.4in, the Railroid Com
paiv and thirten' liredrors I- tie Bank.,
A committee.to verify.proxies will atecOd.
Stotholders will b' passed orer'the
Road to and from the neeting free of
cbarge. i':J.. R. EMER,
Mar. 2:. 12-3t. Secretary.
AUArxE=TINe OF HE SOUTH CARO.
INk RAarO!AD CONPAEfY AND OF
THW STRNRUEHR RADD .
G1d.L4Tt ,F. G.,tArch.l6, 18744
3tdCkholders haviq Proxiei. intended to,
be used at.the imie-ing toie 'i%d on -the
14th:-axd 15:h . f -Aprl . proxi rp, se re-.
quested to lodge theiu with either of the
foll'biig'omiiree; do willb&in at tand
s.xce atthe 1ail ofite-Bavk of(jia4##ton,
during the morning of the 14th April,. for
1he pirpc'e f verif.T*ig Proxieir O- the
folowing.day,: dnri:g; tle electioa.othe'
duties. Way prev.-uz the Coministee from
examining ha-ches ' of Proxies before the.
hour for cl"iig the, polh.
L 0. HENDRICKS,
- P. A.TuxR,
T. M. WAlING,.
ComniLtee on Proxies.
Mar. 25, 12-I4t.
Skerif's Sales.
STATE OF-SOQUTHI ,CAROLINAI,
COUNTY 01F NFWBERRY
IN 'THE PROIIATE 'COURT.
Ex Parte--Jas. '4. Cr.awford; Ai'., of
-Jas. Crawford, dec'd. . -'
Petiiona or .aie of Personal Pioperty.
By tW~irtue of Ian oider in:the -Above case.
fromn the h.len, J. C. Leahy, -J.bdge of, 1roi
ba-e for. Neiberrv C'ount I' 'ill sel1 at
.citekiry C.-Hi., . --
On Saturday, the 28th ds.zt 12
lock,M.s
One LT Cow andi Calf;
The Property of the Estate of Jas. Craw:
ford, dee'd.
TE~R5S CASH,.
J. J. CARRINGTON, s. x. e.
Sheriif's Offiee, March 17, 1874.
Mr..18, LI-2b.. -. . f9.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLJN,
COUNTY O1? 3EWBERrRY.
IN THE COMMON' PLEiAS.
Jesse C. S:mith, Geerk,- &c,
-David -P. Bezhardt.
Foreclosure of llortgage.
In . pursuance of an order in the at.owqe
bas frm his - Honor .Jtz e .MEtit.omery
Moses, I.will sell..as. Public Osry.at New
berry C. H1 *So. Ca.,
On the 'Firs Monday ig Aril Noxt,
the following Real Estate, situate ~in the
County and. State aforvsaid, to-wrt:
Two Hundred and Fifty- Six
(256) Acres of Land,
more -or less; and bounded by lanJa of D.
H. Buzhardt~, lands -of the Estate at the
Hon. Job Joi&.oni, d.e'd , David Half
acre; Wesfe*y Folkc aid oth.-es. -
.TEaiiS.-Onte-dhird cash ;.1 alance on a'
credit of twelve nionths~, with iuterest from
the d.ay of'sale, with- a bd4 of the par
eba.er and a mhortgaege of tl:e premnisep, to
secure the paymwent of the cr.zdit. portion.
If ea'.h portion is not- paid byl-o'lock of
the daj of sa!e, the land will'e -resold at
thet risk of the purchaser.-~Purchaser to
pay for papsrs. -
. J. J.:-CARRINGTON, s. N. C.
Sheriff's Office,- Mar. 10, 1874.
' Mar. 18, 11-St. f12.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
By virtue of suandry exec'utions to me di
reced, I will sell, at Newberry C. H., S. C.,
On -the Ffrst Monday in April.-next,
Two Hundred .and Fifty
(250) Acres of Land,
mnreor lesha, bounded by lands of John
Livingston, Thomas Chalmers, W. Pinckney
Harrs and others. Levied upon as the
proper:y of J. C. Lane, at the suitsof Gope
land & Bearden, Lovelace & Wheeler, Thorn.
as M!. L-.ke et al. - -
TERMS CASH--To be paid ona the day
o sale. Purchaser to pay: for papers.
- :ALSO, -
Dn Tuesday, the 7th of April, 1874,
t the residence of the above Defendant,
[ will sell,
6300 Bushels of Cotton Seed,
more or less.
One [1] Buggy, &c.
TER MS CASH.
J. J. CARRINGTON, s. x. c.
Sheirifr.s Cilce, Mar. 16, 1S74.
L J. M'ffIaWRhIN &IO.,
Offer for sale from Warehouse the follow
ng well known Fertilizers:.
CAROLINA FERTILIZER.
COTTvION FOOD.
ETiWAN GUANO.
ETI WA N DISSOLVED BONE.
PERlUVIAN GUANO -
SOL UBLE PACIFIC G UANO.
MERRYMAN'S AMMONIATED
)ISSOLVED BONE.
LAND PLASTER.
AGRICULTURAL LIME. 1
ACDPOPAE
ACID PHOSPHATE.
Mr. 18, 11-2t.
Carriages, Wagoats, te.
THO3AsM. LA%KE. JOHN A. C)APKAX.
WORBH0Pr.
COTTON :GINS,
UN
A. theira er
he s%riWers. -
g1 WORK WAR14NTED AJW. SAT.
ISFACTION GUM .D.
Mr. Jackson Tigylor, well -noawis4
communirr, superintends the Wag A
Carriage Deparrment :
-4A yMTMN qf!:AT*
Mar. 11, 10-3m.
The subscriber takesIbb
forming his weUs and
hIs estabissbed-w -"6
prepared to mako='nte as
conoW~
^22&i45
SHOT CUNS AI AN
e S TS I AL -EJU
Wtten sr
O 0ppcer, Lsa da s e
-TERMS ST*YW .
I respectfuysoUct a
-.. . ,# A f v
-vBvv
WHEELER &I3
Is WItifl Doult't~
It is E ASRIRT TO krANWAGE.
MOST DUR ABLE L&BIN&ia besar
ket.
The WHEELEE & WILSON laa been
the nyvoriti-or 27 years.
4 The s ales f.12re $99e
any previous year.
The sales oeues Aagesta Offes 15'Ie,
were 1,500 .Machiges.
For sale o; EASY TIMEQtNO!L
.kiinds; :ceired. and warrm4tk 8$ ag
of alfkidde~ neadly lone.
Saes'Eodiat i'es's.-dP
SEWING -.
BUY H
The A3ERICAN 'w1l Jast Ainpb,
his superior to all,othep 's. p!for
and durabilit'r.
It has beed...pronouce.6y-theie* a.,
chaies the best finished, and asd.e the
best plan, bW atj imachisuesnfudtared.
Will.sew the Gnest and.oarss Jiuc, as
matter. how much. starch..
sfiteLhes, runs fight andIiot''e.
* all and examin.e for yo.rselfi 9%Y~
Sold.on ?ane most reasonable tasaue.d
satisfaction guaranteed.
Inducemeats to clubs. -
LOVELACE & W1BuiZL
23 43- f
Is nowon Exhibtionafde l,
by . : ..
MRS. D. MOWK~
GENERAL AGftST,
-For Newberry and Lrens%iRu
Ilhave one of the New .Weed.&'wingae.
chines im use in my family, an(i d dte
to the -satisfaction it gives 'my' enfe'and
laughter, I will add Imy own .piniones a
practieil mechanic, that forPES'CnpW Of
oan..si in buid'ewo ams
iess of adjustment, it is -Cor .ZCZL, by
ny other sewing machinb in'iblik "et
Iechanaicael Editor of "Seiemtipce -eija.
Aug. 27, 34-t.
~AUBBIRMOUB&NIL
FOR SALE. b
By virtue of authority vested in atb
iltiam Fi. !Kmnce, I wil-sel, W MWet
ry, at. Newherry Court Houe,:Sonsier
ina, ON MiONDAY, THlE SIXTH DAY OF
iPaRL vEX-r ,he I.WEmr MurinE