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Acts Passed at the Recent Sea siowaf ike Gemeral Assembly. AX ACT TO PROVIDE FOR TIE rF.Y IP TION OF -ORMFTED LAND-S, UION CERTAIN CONDITIONS TREREIN MENTIONED; Be it enacted by the Senate and llouse of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting. in General Assembly, and by the au thority of the same: SECTiON 1. That in all cases where lands have been forfeited to the State by virtue of existing laws, for the non payment of taxes prior to the passage of this act, -and where the titles to said lands still remain in the State, the owners of said lands, or, if they be dead, their legal representatives or heirs at law, shall have the right, and they are hereby authorized to redeem the same, upon the payment of all taxes,.wosts and penalties due and ow iLg upoethe same within twelve months after the ratification of this act anddihe county auditors of those cuntieswhere such lands are situate. upon the payment of such taxes, costs and penalties within the time herein limited, shallexpunge the said lands from the forfeited land records of their iespective counties: Provided, That if the owners of said lands, or, if they be dead,- their heirs at law or legal representatives, shall fail within the tiwe limite( to redeem said forfeited lands as herEinbefore prescribed, then any judgment creditor, mortgagee, or other person interested in said lands, is hereby authorized to redeem the said forfeited lands within three months after the expiration of the time limited for the owners or heirs of sucli.person to redeem them, upon the same terms and with the same rights as are accorded in the pro visions of this act to owrers, or, if -they be dead, their legal heirs or re presetatives. SEC. 2. That it shaN be the duty of the county auditor of each county, after the time shall have expired pro vided in this act. for the redemption of lands which have been forfeited to the- State for the non-payment~ of taxes; to give -notice of the sale of the same by advertisement ia at least one newspaper of the county in which the lands are,situated, for thirty days prior to the sale. or if there be no newspaper in the county, in one which has the largest circulation in said county at the time of such sale. The said lands shall. not be sold at a price less than - the assessed value of-the same at the time they beenmi forfeited to the SQe. - one-third of the purchase wo ney to be -paid down, anc the balance, with .interest, in two annual instal lnents: Pro'vided, however,,. If any ~ ersoQ- elects to pay the full amount of he ~purchase money at once, he can do so. SEc:43. That all moneys accruing under the provisions of this act which shall be iii -excess of taxes, penalties, interest or claims upon the lands due the State, shall be set apart and re t:ained in the'iunds of the county treasurer as a school fund for the county in whieh the forfeited lands haVe- beeu.sold; theasaid fund to be used for edncational purposes only,.to be appropriated according to the exist iue laws of this State. -'SEc. 4. That after the purehass miO ney - shall have been fully paid, to gether with the interest thereon, the G3overnor is authorized and required to cause a patent and patents to be is suied to any such person as may be the bona fide purchaser, owner, assignee or transferee of such lands or tene ments, under and by virtue of any cer tificates, of sale, or uuder and by vir tue of any 'assignment or transfer of such certificate: Provided, That in case of an assignment or transfer of a certifeate'ofsale the person applying for such patent shall give satisfactory proof to the cournty treasurer of the preceumaii transfers and assignments. ' EC. &: That' the county treasurer sof eneh county shall on or- before De eember- 1iof each year, report to the General Assembly all lands sold under the provisions of this aet, the certifi . +egs of' sale issued, and the terms, as . wed as the amnquot of each sale, and the disp6sition of the.funds so-derived. -SEc. 6. All money accruing to the State under- the provisions of this act, except as provided for in section 3 for ijhe school fund shall be paid over and aeeunte- for in the same manner as mor.cy received 4or taxes. SEc. 7. 'That all acts, or parts of acts, jiconsistent herewith be. and. the saIie are hereby, repealed. A pproved February 13, A. D. 1874. AN ACT TO REQUIRE ALL INSTITU TIONS DOXING BUfSINESS OR LENDb .,..NG NONCEY AND RECEIVINOG DE ji;1T UNDER CIHARTEFRS GRANTED .--g .in STATE5.~, TO PUBLISH QUAR TERLY -STATEMENTS OF TIIEIR ]USINESS AND CONDITION.. Ie it enacted by the Senate and 1ense..of Representatives of the State of South Cai>lina, now met and sit. ting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: a- StecnON 1. That all institutions doing business in this State in lending muoney and receiving deposits under acts .of incorporation granted by the State, be- and they hereby required,. iunder penality of a forfeiture of their -charters, to publish in a newspaper in the city, town or village where' they, or any branch thereof, may do busi ness,'at the end of every three months, u ee;rrect report of the condition and business of such institution, which re port shall contain a statement, under oah by the president or cashier of such in'stitution, of the amount of the caipital stoek paid in, deposits, dis counts, property and liabilities of said institution,'verified by three ot' the di rectors thereof. SEc. 2. Upon failure of any such institution to publish the report re quired in the first section hereof, the athorney-general, on notice thereot. shall at once take the nccessary ste.ps to vacate the charter of said institu uicn. A pproved January 29., A. P. 1874. AN ACT TO EMPOwER CORONERS TO 1-U NIsH FOR CONTEM1T. 1.crcN 4. Be it enacted by the ~ ~ Hanse of Reuresentatives jail of the county for a time not ex ceeding twenty-four hours. SECTION 2. That any person who, shall have been at any time duly sum moned to attend and serve upon a cor oner's jury, who shall neglect or re fuse to attend and serve, without proper excuse, shall be liable to be punished for contempt, and the cor oner is hereby authorized and empow ered to punish such contempt by fine not exceeding twenty dollars, or im prisontuent not more than twenty fuur-hours, e0 both, at his discretion. Approved January 29th, A. D. 1874. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZ19AND REQUIRE CERTAIN JURY COMMISSIONERS TO PRE'AtE JURY LISTS FOR THE YEAB 1874, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSE; THEREIN MENTIONED. Be it enactel by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sit ting in General Assembly, and by th( authority of the same: SECTION 1. That the jury commis sioners who have failed to prepare jur3 lists for their respective counties foi the year 1874, during the -month oJ January last, as required by law, be and they are hereby authorized an' required to prepare such lists on o before the first day of April in saic year. SECTION 2. That from the lists s( prepared all grand and petit jurors required by law for said year, 1874 shall be drawn;summoned and return ed in the same manner now prescrib ed by law. . SECTION 3, That section. 1 of chap ter 111, title 2, part 3 of Gener= Statutes he and the same is hereby amended as follows, to wit : Insert be tween the words "Commissioners" ani "shall" occurring in the fourth line 6 said sectiou, the words or a majoritj of the same." SECTION 4. All acts or parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of thi, act are hereby repealed. Approved. March 14, A. D. 1873. [From News & Courier.] City Improvemeits-.Carolina Savings Bank of Charleston. The Banking Ofce of the old firm o George W. Williams & Co., cAer of HaynM and Church Streets, is undergoing a thor ough overhauling and remodelling, to muk4 acotnmodations for the Carolina Saving Bank of Charleston, which has been recent) chartered by the State Legislatre. Thi w rk ii unter the skillrul aperinteudence uj J. H. Deverkux. Eaq. We learn that it is the intention of Messra Williams & Co., to traunsfer the Banking De partment of their exteasiye busiuess to thi new Isank, which will be put into operatiot with amole capital at un early day. The. Banking House fronts on Churel Street, and is In the centre of the block be tweeni Hayne and Market Streets, which ha. for so mainy years been the scene of commner. eial activity; The approach to the Bank wil be through a neat vestibule, in which is lo cated one of the vaaults of 'tha'Institution. The ape.rtments to be occupied.by the OfS cers ar.. furnished with taste and conven. ience. The ~Cashbier's Room is lighted an4 ventilated from the sides and ceilings. The spacious Directors' Room is on thesecond floor of the Hayne Street building;, it wBl befitted with the conveniences of a commier cisi library, maps, charts. Anid the like. . The mechzauical work in progress, reflecta credit uopn the energetic Dever-eux Biro thrs It is understood that the Senior of the firn of George W. Williams & Co., is to be at thn head of the new instinc&tion. Joseph R. Ito bertson, Vice-President, and William E Breese, .Cashier. - - :. Mr. Williams is knowrn to be one of ou. most active and su. cessful merchants, and sagacious, prudent fimancier, haviag been foi more than a quarter of a century connected with some of the leading- Ilant's and Rail. roads of the South. Mr. Wiiams' long ex periince in the nianagement of finances, is gu*rantee that'he will make the Carolina Savings B:ink a success. Increaimd capi:al and -cheap Railroad frights, are greatly needed to. develop the superior commetarcial advanitages' and manu facturng.interests of Charle,ton. No invest. ment has pr oven so profitable since the was as money elsed in Banking. -T!.ehigh rate o: intrest, however, has mt only been a hin drauee to the' commerce of Charleston, but has also borne heavily upion th.eagricultural and m.a:ufaciurin:g Interests of the State. Wetherefore ai with pesr,any efr tal of Soutit Carolina, and to increase hei Raiload facilities. - A SIGNIFICA2tT ARITICLE.1E(OM TB] OFFICIAL ORGAN AT WAsHINGTON. WASHINGTON, April 13.-The official organ contains au elaborate editorial declaring that the present time is op portimne, and gives reasons for the im mediate recognition of the Cuban Re p)ublic. 'The article conttains citations from internaitional law, the writer show ing thatt it will be no just cause of of fence to Spain if the recognition is ac corded and commercial treaties enteret into with the Republic prior to recogni tion b)y Spain. It declares that our corn mercial interests aie greattly suffering on acounlt of the war inCuba; that thi balnce of trade against us is from forts to fifty millions; that complications heretof'ore existing no longer exists that Englmd intrigues for control o Cuban affairs and trade; that a recogni ion would open new markets for thi Western grain-growers and the provi sion dealers; machmnists and mamtfac turers of the Eastern and Middle States furnish occupation to thousands .o Southern people, and restore prosperita and good feeling in the Southern States towards the government. The artici< is supposed to express Pr-esident Grant' views, anud foreshadows action by the government. Tas ScIENCE OF hE~ALTr.-ihe Ma, numuber cof this good and interesting moutl is at l.md. It says a heap of good things and amng thet.m is the following: When the spring maladies appear, wheth er in the shape of humors, boies, catarrh, in funz?, epizooty, pneumonia, rheumatisma ersipelas, sick-headache, etc., "Do thysel no harm." Take no drug stuff'. Lose ni blood. Submit to no blistering. Neithe vomit or purge. Sweat not. Swallow ns hard cider. Do not even bother with herl tea. But bathe daily, diet abstemIously, ex ercise moderately, prefer vegetable food drink only water,.eschew .seasonings, giv. nature a chance. These terrible ailmentai for which so many are&drugg.ed to death ev er spring of every year. are manifestation of a remedial process- an effort of the Yits organismi to rid itself of noxious matters. Do not thiwairt this process, nor arrest it, no suppress jr, nor kill it, nor cure it. But fu vor it in all possible ways,.that purificatioi ma.'y be cothplete and re-toration to healti perect. SOUTHERN Mt:SICAL JOUaNAL.-In th April number of this -interesting monthly we find a choice selection of music, whici must prove highly acceptable to its subscri bes. The duett anid chorus, "Sweet Bird or Spring," by A 13. Clark. is really charm ing, and needs only to be heard to be thor oughly aippaeciated. "Jolly Schottische," o medium atiffienity, and "Pitasant Smaila Walhz," for little fing,ers, complete the ntr eical contents. The remaining pages are fill ed with the usual variety of excellent read ing mnatter interesting to musical readers. One dollar a year will secure the Journa regularly, and those who are interested il msica). matters, cannot do better than ti suberibe at once. A specimen copy, cn t.~rnn.. nn~ ~1n1!nr'~ wa~rth nf mualp ean h Tale craZd.! 3S.NREkEffr, EDItiS IRA U. JOXES, ASSIBTAIT EDITOR. NEWBERRY, S. C. WEDNESDAY, A PRIL 22, 1874. A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. The Herald is in the hi:hest respect a Fam ily News aer. devoted to the material in terests of te people of this county and the State. It circulates extensively, and as an Advertising medium offers unrivalled ad vantages. For Terms, see f1rut page. State Medical Association. The State Medical Association, at its late convention in the city of Col unibia, elected the following officers: President-James McIntosh, of Newberry; 1st Vice-Presidet-W. H. Nardin, of Anderson; 2d Vice I President-B. W. Taylor, of Rich land; 3d Viee-President-A. A. Moore, of Kershaw; Correspending Secretary-J. Somers Buist, of Char lestow; Recording Secretary-H. D. Fraser, of Charleston; Treasurer-T. M. Simons, of Charleston. The next meeting will be held in Greenville, on the first Tuesday in May. Reusarkable. The fllowitg: is a extraet from a most remarkable editorial of the Char lestun Chroticle, of a late date. The Chronicle is one. of the most out.and out radical papers ii the State. It is always spitting mud and fire into the faces of the democrats, arid never sees anything good in them or their prinei ples, and rarely ever finds anything objectionable in the acts of its own r party. So you may bet your bottom dollar, when the Chronicle admits the existence of corruption in the republi can ranks and cries for reform, that there is sore need for reforn, and-we were about to say-some truth in th repeated cries anong, republicans for it. We wish wo could put faith in its integrity, since "faith is the sub-tance of things hoped for." But here are the words of the .Chronicle; .read them and be astoni.hed : "There is danger: ahead. of us in South Carolina ! It will not come in the shape of' a Teinperanice phantom; but it is already looming up in tbe shape of charges of excessive taxation, and of rtenes in the ranks of the Republican Party. It .will-not do fir us to turn a deaf ear to. the mutter ings of the coming sto.rm., for ti.e sig nals have been raised at'Washington by the Tax-payers' Convention me worialists, and we have learned how unscrupulous they will . be in effect. ing whatever purposes thkey may have in giew. We must look well to the "Ship of State" and keep a firm hand. upon the helm, else when the storm does come we win1 be ruthlessly driven out upon the rocks. Whatever muen there may, be amongst us who by their past history have cast a stain upoun the Party should be iorce~d to take a back seat" thaLts,W.ho are known to be, gr supp~osed to.be; honest sh;dl take their placesE.-No. stone should be eft uuturned .to elleet a thoro6grh -re& formation of i1l tbat is wrong that the stigma nowt resting 'upon the Party shall be removgd.: It ia bydhis eourse1 and .tbis course alone, that.,we can out ride the comning storm and Uring ~thme Ship of State" into the safe harbor of lepublican Victory ! Reguatig the Sale or Liquer'. As a matter oif both. interest and importance to uur'readers we .will nmota some of the provisions of the act to regulate the sale of intoxi*eating. li quors.. We will publish the entire at in our next issue. After pre scribing the manner aud: by whmom liences are to ha. granted. it goes On Sto say that it shall be a misdeme~anor for anmy one to give, sell, or othierwige dispose of.iatorieating liquors, asa beverage, fa a person of known intem perate habits, or to one Jrunk or in toxiated,.or to a wilor or mnsane per son. Any one convicted of violating rthis provision will be fined not less than ten dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, or. imprisoned from Sten to thirty days. Further, any meber.of the family-or guardian of rthe above named persons to whom it Sis unlawful to give or sell intoxiating drinks, may, after giving notice to the seller, in case lhe violates the law with -in three months after notification, Sbring a civil action against him for damages to be assessed by a jury, and Sfor which the seller would be liable on Shis bond as well as-his property. If a person is found drunk or greatly in toxicated on the street or at a public ;place, he will be liable to fine and Iimprisonment; and the person who rsells liquor which is drunTi and pro duces intoxication on the premises of Sthe seller, is liable to a civil action for $5 by the wife, parent, child or guar edian of such person, in addition to civil ;action for damages, but the suit must beinstituted within teun days after the -comIlisi of the offense SAnother provisi'an of the law makes Sthe proprietor or keeper of a bar-room -an aider and abettor in any riot or breach of the peace that may occur at or within his bar-room, and liable to be prosected and punished as such. In ,A orer tole himself the bar-keeper 111 be so great that it would be baz krdous for a man to engage in the iniquitous traffic; -ir better still, when the sale of intoxicatiu- drinks toiiy- I body by anybody:at any tiiue, or place, v or in any quantity; except as medicine, C shall be a felony,and punished as such. t The tiwe has come when b ,2hing I must be done to preveit intemperate 1 drinking. This fact is patent to eveiy - one whose judgme it is a ) -.varped by the disease itsef. It wiy he possible that a prohibitory law-is not-the thing A to do it, and indeed it is said, with what truth we do not know, that in Massachusetts under the prohibitory law, as much liquor is consumed as before, but we would like to s-e it tried in this State, not as a dead law as in Massachusetts, but as oue zealously i guarded and vigorously executed. Many good imen question the right of the State to p3ss. such a law. But to our mind the right is unquestiona- 1 ble. If a rank, poisonous vegetation grew on a certain spot, and men by sonie strauge infatuation greedily pur chased it from the owner, to devour it and die or become crazy, however lucrative the traffic, and however free the buyers, and however valid the title under which it is possessed, it seems to us that ;he State would justly prevent its sale in any way practicable. 1f this be so, the resew blance between this and the sale of whiskey is close enough to make pre vention of the latt.r equally inCum bent on the State. If a nauufacturingu establishment were put up in Newberry,aud diseases were produc..d by the dissemination of its iasna, all good people would call it a nuisance andreadeavor to have it abated by law. 1;ut here is an establishment for the sale of liquor which is spreading disease and death, and yet forsooth, there are good men who think it cannot. be legally closed. We have an ordinance in our town to punish persons for indecent exposures on the street, and men call it good, yet, whiskey selling strikes at the very foundation of morality and few can see a legal. remedy. Inconsistency is not. a jewel by any means. But we are wandering from the object of this article. Colwagbia Board of Trade Me ..morial. The Columbia Board of Trade, at a meeting held on the. 13th, adopted the memorial espied below, which was en dorsed by ninety of the merchants of that city, and sent on to the chairman of theSab.Commiittee on the Judiciary inj Wahntn The memnorial covers the various gr;ounds of complaint in a. plain, concise manner, and it shows thatit was prepared by those who arc cpable of judgiiig whether here be reason for asking and. expectig aid from Congress or not: CoLmmIA, S. C., A pril 13,1l87.* To the Hone Lymza Tremnaine, Cha:.r.nan of Sub-Comimit tee on the .udiciary; ilouse of RepreseIttatives, Unitedt 5States Congress, Was'-ing ton, D.;C: The undersigned, mnem bers of the Board of Trade, e.itizens residing at Col.umbia,.South -Carolina, egaged ln onterreial pursuits,and not in -anv nanner identified with politics, deems it our -duty at this time to endorse the efforts made by the comn mittee of the Tax.payers' Convention, to procure 'from the Congress of the United States such legislation .as will give to South Caroia anid all hier sis ter States an honestl repoblican gov erunient, by such~ enactnents by Coa gress. s will provide4or the summary punishment of alleconspjirators who have or niay in future, ind*vidually or col leetively, combine to defraud the pub lie, whether the aietors are members of the. Legislature or otherwise. Resid ing at the -zapita .1 f the State of South~ Carlina, engag~ed in. mercantile pur suits, and composed of that class of citizens whose oebupation brings s in-constant contact with:men of all sh4s of politics, we hold- the posi tion of neutrals between the old re gime and the present State Govern ment of South Carolina. We are witnesses of-the fact that taxation is eormofusly increased; that the State dbt is increased to an extent be yonid the ability of the tax-payers to pay the interest; that propei-ty is as sased and taxes levied on valuations much beyond the cash value of the prperty;, and in direct, conflict with the Constitution of the State; that combinations are formed by which a large amount -of the taxes, wrung from the hard earnings of an impover ished people, are only used.to enrich the few at the expense of the many. We are witnesses of the fact, .that members of the Legislature of South Carolina, and others connected with the State Gover'nment on small salaries. without any other ostensible employ ment or means of earning mopney, have become wealthy, drive fine equipages, and spend uiany thousands per annum, which canot be shown to be acquired by their legitimate occupations. This' state of affairs, if permitted to. contin U: longer, will destroy. as it. has al ready sapped, the pros.perity of the State. We believe that the commit tee now at Washington to represent the Government of the State of South Carolina, and to counteract the efforts. of the committee of. the Tax-Payers' Conven tion, are interested in continu -anue of the present.systeni, by which the people are dispoiled, and have more or less enriebed themselves by their connection with the Government of our State, and we regard their state ments made to the President of the United States and otheA as not sus taned by the facts of the case. We are indifferent as to the politics f our rulers, provided theyvare honest; FoR THE HERALD. VRGINIA, April 9, 1874. MESSRS. EyrroRs.-Tt has been so ug since we peucilled you a line that re suppose that you have almost for !otten us. But we- ha 'e an evidence uo true and sure to think iP gat a ime 6at we are for.r_otten. The ricndly face of the "HER.ALD," as it nakes its w6ekly appearance aden rith news from the Sunny South aId >d Newberry, kindly reminds us of 'iends faraway. nf former days, and amiliar faces. Soon we hpe Lo ineetI hose friendly faces of foriiir days; o again walk the streets of your now egant little eity; to meet the Senior, returned from his visit by the seaside, much rejuvenated ; to see the Junior in all his glory, and to sit in the sane tum. of the "HERALD." Rain. rain. rain, is the order of the day. But this is April, and brings to ind the little couplet, "3arch winds at,d April showers Bring out the ue-tutiful May flvwers." [f the couplet b. true. we may expect 3n abundance of flowers here in May. 1 March gav.- the wind and April is riving the showers. The lightnings are now flashing, the thunders are rashinw and the rain is coinigc down in torrents. Spring has opened hqe and the grass is beginning to. spring up on all sides, the trees are in full bloom and the birds have been sweetly singing their liveliist strains. Gar deners are busy preparing beds for the reception of seeds and plants. Far mers ure breaking up their lands pre. paratory to planting corn which they. put in in May. Wheat is looking very fine and the prospect is good for a. large harvest than has been reaped for many years. Prosperity. seems to smile oi every hand, and we trust it is an auspicious omen for the South. The Star of Her Destiny is now rising, and we hope to see it continue to rise until it reaches the very zenith of its. glory,' when all shall be peace, quiet. and perfect. harmony, and when the beautiful South shall be the most prosperous land upon which the rays of the sun rest. All antagonisms iust be laid aside. The Olive Branch, must be~in the hand of every indi vidual. The watchword must be "0.NwAR." Streams ,nmust be made to turn spindles, run.loomis and drive every conceivable kind of machinery. Improvement must be engraven upon every undertakin~g. Industry must overcoine iud->lence. Idleness must engage empldymient. ~When such is the case, then inust the South reap a most grand and glorious independence. She is now dependlent upon a distant market for almost every manufactured article. even sends to the North for heislhoe pegs. We hope the "New berry Peg Factory" i., in full blast by this time~, and is now furnishing ear load's of such pegs as .you sampled some time ago. The Big Soutie,rn' Circus will ex hibit .here on the 21st, so their bills say. We could very well afford to do t without such an instituttioh in our midst even for one day.. Every '5dar key" that:K has earnaed a quarter. is hoarding it.iup for th~e occasion. There will. be an excellen.t, oppo.rtunity af forded them for inestment on the 21st,-and in stock that- will no doubt brigt them rich premiums, so they think. More next week. Yours very, much, ZUJLA. Washington News. The final hearing on the South Caro lina troubles before -the Sub-Judiciary Committee of the House was.had thisl morning. . Cardozo spoke for the couw ter-memoralists, giving A brief account of the finanees of the State, showing& the cause why the legislature had int crasd the-:debt-; holding that the Republican administration is only re-s sponsible for $1,300,O00 of, it.; deny ing that the bonded debt can be shown to be over $10 00,000, and affirming tht of that -amount, the old State Government is responsible for $8,700, 00.. He held that the Democrats in South Carolina are responsible equally with the Republicans for ,the existing state of things. Thomas Y. Simons losed for the mem,oralista in an ex. hastive address of half an hour, in which lie shows up in detail, the many frauds anid outrages perpetrated since reconstruction, under the form of law, and carrying their perpetration home upon those in power there. in the last six yeard. He asserted that the disa bilities under reconst.raction were, an absolute barrier against participation by the leading citizens in the forinaiou of the new State Gu vernment, and clos ed by an earnest appeal for such inves tigation as shall show the. truth or otherwise of the charges made by the ax-Payers' Committee. What action. the .Judiciary Committee will take is a matter of tuere conjecture. It is be lieved they will find, however desir-ous to do so, no fair ground for a recomn mendation to Congress looking to in vestigation ; though the matter will d tless be made the subject of Con grssional discussion. RAILROAD MATmRS.-The South Carolina Railroad Company's earn ings for the year 1873 amounted to 1,491,015.89, and the expenditures for operating and miaintainling the road were $914,550.57. 'The ratio of expenses to earuinigs for thme two past years vary only 24-100 per cent. 294.784 tons of freight hare been transported within the year. The locomotives have traveled 897,5:30 miles. The average charge per ton for reight was $4.14, and the average ex pense of moving the same was $2.35 per ton. A reduction of $83,381 9.9 as. bean efece in the bonds and Brief Mentions. Ex-Gove:-nor Wasbburne is the successor rh,rtes z:mner in the SeTiate. Judge JIH me! M. ! :Liw, died in Winns ior., oin Oh. i-:i. .at the( :t,-e of' :ixty years. A. t::h,h i.vYt h,.s pro:nised twenty-five ''i. i ! .1.,il.&ra :.ar te i,Irose of supply iZ Jeru,:ilen - i::. Water. ~ T n w1 ,rk w r 4 r:..! t he C h ester an d L e - r,ir Narrniw. G:m-e R.iflri.id has beenCt for val'y -:eV ., .n !. aiper & Beall's entraer, car Lenoir. The :w Yol!; Wvor1 avs: -- I.< the so er. ;:tit tr:ath :hat it m.m-ild hJ hetter T)' ionl h1 C.A:.-.i I 1 >-.'Lay tot be a colonmy ir(Great .0taini I1an t. he !ea inm .-r of t-!e Anserican .ion." Paegiers t) Che V 'ei:ie b1y i:::! orlakaZ: I 3Screm' with t4',-ry Iti-et of sn- 27' l.t; t'.n h.-ie.u, .iter they fimd whe it sar 1eies ll ht. u.1 Oh. i--xt .&:ty see p.,tr and cach trees in bloc,omn. They've -:ipp.-,il gre.tt elock in the 1ritish P.1ti.ameuIr, j:I;E beCIaIUe ir l.ra SC ild in one monkh. flhey%'re m,!.ine-r th ill :1e boss Who dock,-dI .1 iliner for time lo!: vllile lie was blown up into the air. . The bar-room< of the I:trgezt hotels and en saloous or Clevelaud, Ohio,- have bieu :lo.ed by the praying women, principally by he ladie< giving the sal-jot keepers notice to ,lose withiu, three days. Whatever may 4e said concerping the 'woman's war" upon the use of ibrituous If luors,. ti increase ot prohibirioni and of :emperance sentimetnt in itw country is no ieceable by the miost easual observer. An exebatnge says. "It i a very pretty ashion; but there is not ai modest-min Ied tir in lhe worki bnt woild. blush celestial -osy ,ed if she dared to ntop and analyze the 'e:i!uu that Ohe liins the Akirt of her dress )ack so tight. It is estimated that the P.trons of li.s andry, by co-op--rative pur:ta's,last year, ;aved nearly six millii.s of .oVars-tnebe inni.t. of' a revolution in the odiin:ary svs eua ot' change of productions whose end tio an can fosetell. The Coltiumbia corespondent of the Angus :a Constitutiontlist .ta.-, un psiitive infor nation, tkut General Elliott wir not be a can lida.e-for Governor, Lut w*il;, in all probabil ity, support a leadiu;t and utoi1jectionable n-State otticial for that post, an.i will ae .ept tie LieutenaitGovernoniip tor him -elf. . lie is sai,l to be tire,i of Congress, and lngs for "distinction" in oher field-. W-AT IS TItM UsE OF SIGNiNG ?-A man. in Ilaveihill, N. H., Nkho had reently bu ied his trife, on hearing of the ind,len denth 2f his nearept neighbol s better h:lf, hasten :d (over to his house to console him. After lie beheld the lifele-s iiemvainrs of.the lady; lie remarked': "W'ail, we havit both lost onr wtioleln, and all we hev got to do is to find wo more." Opr roa Cuj.L-The Augusta Chronicle nd Se.itl says: 'It is rumored that Gov. Uo;es, of South Carolina. and f4.;r of .his ,tatr;have engaged passage on the Briti-h brig Zerliun, (Capt. Witliams,) 4pw,oading. t Port Roal, and will go uver to pay their re.Tects so -the'Gubuer"Jor that free .coun try, and give.hitm .ome idea how things are Ltie in-a free State." !; The crusading women of Philadelphia- re-. port that during the past six months they have. held 127 meeetings 1.546 drunkards signed the pledge; seventiy-oue saloon keepers have pledged th.- .elcs to quit the busi ness; eighty-three .Jar tendq have sgAned th pledge not to drink again; ninety pro prietors t.ve bee'i visited and .prayed with; 2 per.ons .have prufessed' to be conerted and have joined churebi twOnty-two 'mem bers-f church who own plae-s where liquors are sold have pledged themselves noi to re-. new their leases. TwoUs.vns o PlctiSNG foUT1s, of bth sexes, go. down to uetimely graves, from general debility and weakness, who might tie saived by fortifying their systems with Iro, 'The Peruvian Syrup is an Iron Tonie prepared expressly ~to supply this vi talizmg element,rand is. the only preparation, of iron that will assimilaze at once with the b-cod. -' Mn.,EDi:ron.-I beg the use of your col umas to iente the idea that I am the George Boand whof is guilty of stealing a shot gun; Malicious persons have circulated this re port, andl there are enought of' those who de Iialrt in spreaiding such.*slanders to u'nake it paluful to me. I would state that th-e guilty ind ividual is from the neigh borhood of Gena Koon's, and that though Iy bears my name is no relation of tuine, and that he is now in the jail of Newberry awaidg tfh1 for the theft above mentioned- . -- Please give thdis a plhice in your paper that my friends may no longer associate my namie wih ti- guilty one, ansithat niy detractors may be-at once silenced. - GEORGE E. BOLAND, Newberry C. H., S. C. N'Vew 6 jlsceYlaneous. NOKTICE. Paranant..to the order of..the .9urviyors' Assoiation3 for Newherry, the followinig Gotimittee ist namaed to make ail4 thie ar r.ngements necessary to the observance of. Wednesday, th e lSth day of 'May tnext, as M*toral Day: Thwnship No. I .--J.'F:. J. CaldwelI, Wo.e T. Tarratnt, J. M. Joatstone,.Mrs. Jamnes 3f. jger, Mi-'; Thtomas S. Moormnan, Mrs. J. N. Martdn. Township No. 2 -Dr. T. C. Brown, J. 0. Turnipseed, E. S. Keitt, Mrs. John R. Sond le, Mrs. Carolinie.Gald well, Miss Georgiana Tu rn ipsee.d... Toanship No. 3.-Jani T. Bynumi, Wil liam ). Hardy, Jolint F. Odner, .Mrs. John A. Hender.4t, MrS. James M. H. Rulf, Miss Nora Cofleld. - Tonldp.No. 4.- J.amnes D.- E;pp, Wa! Lace iromer, John W. Rider, Mrs. Ro~sa MeMorries, Miss Laura C'almee. Miss .Mfary ,im. To wnshi p No. 5.-Tomtpson Connor, Wistar Gary, Miss Kate Clark, Miss-Fannie Mangumt. Towvnlhip No. 6.-Thonias, J. Maffett, homas M. N-el, A. P.-Davis, Mrs. Williant Dorroh, Miss i'4wnee Lark, . irs. Warreni r;. Peterson.. Township Not. '.--T. J. Lipscomib, .J'ames miiLh, D. V.. $eurry, Mrs. James WV. Wil liams, iis Alice T,-a.,ue, Miss Clemnenee To wnhip No. 8.-Franak Moon, Latimner W. Long..Williatm Welch, Mrs. - HIer ,ert;, Mrs. Frederick S. Paysinger, Miss Adela Long. Townshtip No. 9.-U. B.. Whjites, H. C. Moseey, L. S. Row'rs, Mrs. Henry S. Win prd, Mrs. J. B. Simupson, Mrs. J. D,.A. ib Township No. l i.-D.avid Halfaere, J. J. .hlla;n, WV. 0. Metts, Mrs. Sallie Maff'.tt, Mrs. F4nnie Neel, Mi-s Mary Reid. Township No. 11.-Thomas H. Crooks, A. Y. W. Giymph, J1. B.. Heller, Mrs. D. A. Dickert, Mrs. Dr. J. Hendricks, Mrs. Thomn . V. Wickor. .Y. J. POPE, President. Apr.22.,16-nf. SOMETfING WHECH EVERY FARMER SHOULD HAVE Is Thle Cheapest, Sintples't anl Great est Labor-~Saving hwecntion o.f the .Day1 t has distanceud all othier.s, and stands mriv4y.ild for simiplicity, adtjastib.ility, du a~biliy, vaiety a:nd efflicicy oh work. opeus, drills atty amwutut of cottoni seed ar fetilZier5 with mnathemtatical precision, d-covers at same time. Can drop cot't 'rO one to foure graitns 13, 18, 26 or 54 netes apart a desired. Being adjusted to Scommon plow-stock, the farmer e.in plow :orn a-'i drop peas act sanme time ; or can 'u 'rounid" con or .cotton a:.d drill her ihizers at same time. The Planter can be trtahed to or detached from plow-stock by li us- l hree.. bs. E-ery farmer in .Ww 3 eI ANR-WSLADETINR JUT-REDIVED' -~~ -- -- -- -- - . .. CHSE R rort $UP"R?3 .MER memm 1 wai rcp(t'1v*infmm - d Apr. n -it, .- .. . The Nitlewbs-Illeryi:l Hotel., LARGe.. CHAEiPeraoto. Li.i wvuwdd re:mtad -ino mey frinds w.dithe- ntrelin ' Aml ..-i2l, thatf. SA1jOF PLANT1ING!OLNA JUST RECW) PEVED Aa plain 220';1e'v-d Tn ren .n Beher Duelpeparatory t thec Y6pproachg s u:a nw1nta.rllie The n ewbriryplie Hio ten, . i .-A a rptive or . whic has bpentfiled ill the 06y fibe Clek t he Courtin 6fli Z;0mnn:1'1c6s fothe said r.CwiAy id,: tosrt h. aIu cwrol.y o ..yoe L.iber.ii n.d't*i(n mat.d to weekly and stb, ol th . s u r i r. t tL i oi,-- e, STATE Or -SOUTUC CA ROLINA, (01'NT Y OF" NEWlfERRY. COU4 t CfMM. 1N PLE AS. in. th l Ri Alucy, Plaitiff. Against -- - John 1. I;mver, eed nt. Suintas.-FOt Money Denind---Comif plaint ntot-Served. To John IH. Beaver, D)efend~ant in this ac tion:. YV&u a-e hereby sum:irtonedi and requ.ired to:an:twer th onsint1j in-. this.. ti(I4%i which has been filed in the~ unlice ot .the Clerk of the Court of {iommtonIPleas forkthe said:CouPty%, and to serva aeopy o. -:our answer on the subscrib ers at ti.eir oflhee, eberry, SomhLl Carolitna; within tw.-uty dovs after the3 servic-e Qf .this sunimo~s: ont you, e*xeltti-VC of the dayv of yervice. If you fail to antskr i comtpi:nint-with int the timne aforesaidl. the pla:intll tatke judgmtent agai.nst you fur thte sumt of Four Thisand and Twv!e Dollatrs and Twenty eight (Cents, . with itnterest at the rute of sevn per. eent. per anntonit, fromt the twen-. tv-tventh dLay of DLemtber, one thoustand eight haundr'-d antd se.ventyv-two; and costs. . Dated 16tht day of April, I874. FAIR, PUPE & POPE, - Plaintifs Auor:neys.. L. .] JE:sSE 0. S.\iTH, C. C. P. To thte Defendant, Johtn II. Beaver: Tauke :otice that thfuneeai Com plaint itn thir aetion was filedin' -the OHice of thte Clerk of th.- Court of Commion PIeas and Gen-'ral Sessionts for Newberry County, a'te-of Sont Carolistn, ont the l;th day of Aprl -A. D.. 1874. -- FAiR.1PON &PE, Newberry C. I , S. (', -April el18.4 16-lit. STATE 0OF SOUT'il C.ALt(ITNA. COUNTY 01F NEWERRY. IN THE COM31ON PLEAS.. John G. Pinstaruid .James. Hi A~~' ,s -Es sdcutors of the 1'st-WiIl and 1 .ulment of Naid . -PiestJr, dlee'd., PIaiutif6. EIiza A. Fiester, John RL. Le::'elf,iAadie S. Ali, the wife of James II. Auli, LocEm ma lhester, Mattie D. F'iester:Carrie; E. Piester and Allie'0. iester, Defendants. Coinpliit to ./caraidi a~b.nd to Pro -cure Relief. In obedience to an Order p:i.sed by is Honor, Montgomery .os. J:ztk .of the 7th Cirnit, in this caae all and singular the Gredtors of .ia'id B. Piester, d..c'd, an alH pt'rsons ahOnsO.ver claiming in any wie any part of -ki. Estate,-ure requtired to reider en oatha, :and esalish their demuands; respeatively, be[ore nre a., Special Referee. at Newt berry, ott or 'fore 'itthe ftrst ' ay of Anust gast.. -18888 (C.fMITIJ, Special Reere. 15th April, -154-164-t. STATEC OF S,OTH :CAiOINA, COUNTY '0F NlIERRY IN THE~f PRO3ATR' CGURT. E' 1 Parte y-Thomas P. Moriit Petitiont to. Sell Chtoses in Ac~ton. In purt.a1.ine- of. an :Y Order from the Hion. J. C. Leathy, .Jun.e of Proba.te fear Newb-er ry County. I wilt sell, at Pu'ulic Auction, at Nesberry ('. 11., O 4 tre First fon'by.in M<nj nexi The (UHOSES 1-N. ACTION belonging to the Est;te of' Ge~ore Morri.s, deese.4 - ...1.. CAUJm30TON, s. N. c. SheriP's Offiee, A pr. :-,-187. THE SHORT LTNC SCHl1.3DELE. Charltte, Columbia & ugusta L1 R. GE~yNRA Ticxrtvr DEFARTXIaNT, 1 CStaxaIA, S. C., April 9, 1874. 5 The olloving Pas.enger Schedule will be ope rated on and after Thursday, 9th instantv No. 2 Train. No. 4 Train. Leave An$a.......6 30 A..M1. 4.15 P. M1. eave Graniteville...7.3 A. M1. 5.11 P'. M1. eave Batesville......49.3 . M. 7.09 P.M.L Leave Columbia....1 58A. 3M. 19.37 P. M. Leave Chester.......3 .06 1. 31. .28 A. 11. Arrive Carlotte...t.45 P. M1. *5.15 A. 31. No. 2 Traiu mnkcestlose cotnucctionl, via Rich roud, to all points Northt arriving at New York t6. A.M. No. 4 Trr.in makes close connec tion, via Rtichmond, to al points North, arrir ug at New York h t 5 15-.'. GOLNG soUTE, - No. I Train. No.83Train. Lar? Charlotte....*.5 A. 31. 9.10 P. 31. .uave hestLer.......1.20 A~. M1. 11.38 P. M1. Leave Columbia..... .49 P. 31. 3.40 A. 31. eave atesville.4...57 . M1 5.48 A. 31. eave raiteville..7t.15 P. 31. *7.48 A. 31. Ariiv Augusta........ .v P. M1. 8 45% A. U. *Breakf.t; 3Dittner; tSupper, outh bound Trair.s connect at Augusta, via all oitt. South and West. 'Through Tickets sold, and Baggage checked to allnrincipal poinzt5. Slepig ers on all night tas . JA.4 ANDERSON, General Sup't. A. Poz Gxen.Passenger and Ticket Ageus. lAD ND LABOR OFFeE The undersigned, having established a Lan -r.- aor Qanfiin thea tn-h 'of New-.. veuaneous. A B AAV D * A GC UR 'eHiscellaiscou.. WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA R. R, G ENkl:AL. PASSUNGERI DICPA MTL[XT, CNLUXS1A..AV..1!2re1 LIU 174. The followitt J'a-cug-er Sched l txope rated on and ufter Ron3ay, 31-jrch 30tb initinf. GOINGN GT1H. T No. R Traia. No.4 Train. Ueave Couxi......1.21) a. Wn. 8 45 p. w. .eave Florence. .14 4) no u- 1.53 a. W. NeaveFleniNuton,. 8.47 . n. 5.24 aAUSA . Arrive at WiliiiWt. 1.0..28 P. e . *7. No. 2 Tra in vakes cle conueedon, viao itiep mred. to all poiuts orth, arriving iu New Yrk a( 6.5 a. -Il. N%.o. 4 Train makes close connection. via Old Bay Line, and also. via Ricbmond, to,ull points North. arriving it, New Yor.k at 5 15 p. mn. GOING NOEU-H. - No. 2 Train. No. 3 Train. r;avewCinigt..........m. &1 p. m. Leae Feinagln. '.5' a.m. 7.49 p.m. Leave Florence:.......... 40 p. ut.- 11 37p. a. Arrive at CWlinba ... 3 23 p. m. 4.1e) a. m. Ting es close connections at Coluiabi2 tot all points South andIVorrst. *Breakfu*. Winder. tSpper Through tickets old, and ban-age checked to all principal points. Nullm 1iigce Sleeirs o alight tr55p is. JAME:s'ANlEIV ON: Gen:erul Superititeme-ulc.n A. 1-1(41w General 11asseurer'and Tick&tAgett STXT 0 8OI'N SOUTH .A R0LINA COVNTY 'OF -NEWBERtRY. IN TJ#E COMMO31N PLEAS. SHEREIF'S SALE. Lv vir ,n of sundry xeution a to n. di. reetemd, int sell, at w bei.r. . . -f.9 S. C., O theFir.4t. aday in mNUY 1).ext.. at public oulcry, to .le 23 bidder,.the fllowing Real ntate VizC Oiie Hunidred and Thirty-six (136) Acres of Land, udi~e or less, bounded by lazds of John ivingSton,. T1nm'se Caplners, Pickusey Harris and ou iers. Leyed upon ek tbe Spropertyp o Jon C. Line,at te Simi of Uopeland & ardeu. Lereace & Wheelr, SThomas K. Like, J. 1). Cash, A. J. Wlcaugh rin & Co , Thoias Cnk alid W. F. Priatt. TERMS GeASl-iPaschaser to Pay for Pa , peri. Sold at ri.k of !ormezar pu:rehaser. T J. J. HC. CA ROLNA FOUNY OFANEWBER. (Betee Ofliselt, At e 'r 13 . H, O.ce.) OAr SADiErS ind y + a uicout,t the hinol n bierh mote i or:less bound bylI aidstr of h Livinston~, Timas &Chaners, P.aickney. Harriando otbrus.o Le.vieupn. ths lihe. prow erty oz i,nt fC. Lae, Ua E ss,o Soan &I Bard. LelaRe~ & WeeI~lEr, ThoLE LakPle,~ J. E. Ch,A! J.R M'anh ri of ,~ beist Cook haids. F.PIat.t i.ISa d: oASoneto rdaer t a o a pes A ol C at ri.s a atome purchas Shrf' Nllie icp.1,18. Apr. 15, 15-t..-.f FORADDLE! n wor lang.whte. Tosad ahnr ofr theanes find Sadle Manuf ~antryo \fessri. Wlai,:e. akr Ianpe pared are aR good. .wok.inii this ldin. SOLEy I.ErTilER PP LA' ER&. or the best and teapestu .r REPAIRNGe ARtECashL Price andMSI RaI Sh orts A pr. 15-tf.Jtfi~ Two AN:el. ieft orf tarrantedto ar-h have~iyt ie s:de l is, one andkuIS? DAY,timae 1')inood.cotin andI soln inM dery p..rtida. h ilb e1;e so .bo urthki~er, nrne!tion oppti.rrtneto priilee. o oaWhut a. G SE.&io~ ca. Apr 8, 14-2f. sceay TO THE . F. rOT 16. NOWANU IS TEN oftIEok holders ellwvPf and Che ba Railroa C Inny.P;T A be FIehT To I OFUR. EVckiERs 1H TO IREd ITY OF COUBAnd fromCh STba,C CedOhOmein.S herT Ore T IME bePeqire so herE Te' EY Ahec ur,: h Apr-15, 1-:- CE.Secretary. TO THE JARKON'S, OW ICTE EADER CVRBOLUMB O H IAY SF CMI. DApESTAC. CO-DS NWTPICE, PEstao Mry Anna a-25 cets worll caatent inR EproDSerl m 12t 4 eto: ton RoIBNSto prices ton,a supiebCall C. BOLUMBIA, D. LA.E A pr. 15, 15-tf. - NOTIOE. All persons having demands against the Estate of Mrs. Anna -Lake, eased, will hand: them in. properly attdst 1.o:the.una dersigned, or to' his attorneys, Messrs. Johnstone & Harrington, at Newberry C. H., on or before the Ersttday. of May next. - nanum n rarm Dry wE~Eas,l arecenes, ?e. SELLING -GOODS - AHEP! oise an. lot For Sale! Havivg concluded to close up my busi ness and Zlave Newberry, I intend to dis pose of my ENTIRE STOCK OF GOOD-, cocsisting~ of DRY GOODS. Glass and Crockery-Warel HA'IS, SHOE-S, NOTIONS. And many other articles, AT LOW RATES FOR ( WITRIN TUE NET 40; IL All persons wishing to bay goodacheapi.t. find itto their advantage tova-an-es in- my stock. Don't fail to come. er yot. will miss a bargain. I also offer tor.sae.on reasonable 40er, my HOUSE ANa LO a desirable place, situated on tbe Collq. road. Call and get particular.. A. A. NATHA Apr. 1, J3-2m. DO YOU WAN TO BUY DRYGOOD8I AND Excellent in Qi,t IF SO, GO TO MRS. D.M WIere can 1 found Dress Goo : Goods, Ladies Suits, Notions,-e a1 And Many Other - At the LowestM On the corner, and uenr&-i Office is the place For Cheap toods Cheap Prices, '" And the Best 'tit1 - .-FROM TIIE MAGNOLIA (TEN.) IS Ti BEST FAMILY F_OdRF-A AND THE BEST IS-TH E hiP A Large Supply on IanEd BESIDES Choice Family Silb Of every deeeription.amongwichS#. ' or those E LECA NT H AMS, &Os PL ANT ATION YS/PPUfbb The ladies wiHl find in additien to the above, that rny stock of DRY GOQW8 .Is varied and well seleted. Thankful for the very liberal he9-. tronage: bestoiwed on-me in th'e ps pectfully ask for a continuance thari, :ng.-.here stake occasion t do ~1 goods are sold in accordaniep 1kbEtma and STRICTLY FOR1 CASII. Mar.1 30-3m - HARDWARE~ ~ -AND MANT 012& r AT Heads of families and the p~ ly;1tnornfed tbat our tek GEOE J S s flland e9platS ad among whic WiLbe fon PRESERVfD PINE APPLE, CUREANTS, CITRON, PICKLED TONOUE, inbottles LOBSTE1S,in $pee RAISINS, X, X and~whole boxes, PRESERVES, . CANNED FEUITS, CANNED VEGP ABES DEVII4LED HAM, ) 4 Nowisthe tne to layiun1i MAYES & MAURTIN. Dec.3,48-tf. J..C. WILSON,& DEALEE. rN 4-QLall kinds, such as Sugars, Cofe iackerekCr 'FR!ESH MEAL AiR. GRIST. Pickles, Canned Friit, Oysters, Sardines, Crackers, Segars, Tobeeco, sop P&c Together with Sheetings and Yrs NONEXLI KEOSEEE MANJYPLORIVE EEROSEEER