The Newberry herald. (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, February 16, 1876, Image 2

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TVOS, F, GRENEKER, EDITOR. NEWBERRY, S. C. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 16, 1876 A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. The Herald is in the highest respect a Fam ily Newspaper, devoted to the material in terests or the people of this County and th< State. It circulates extensively, and as ai Advertising medium offers unrivalled ad vantages. Yor Terms, see first page. The Centennial and its Propei Celebration. The farther the- great rebellion o '76 sinks into the past the more plain ly it appears what an immense influ ence the establishment of these Unite< States has had upon the developmen of free government throughout th( world. Those great old documents the Declaration of Independence ani the Constitution of the United States have been to the oppressed of all na tions a sacred fire from which they hav( kindled the torch of freedom, and it which they have found the light to guid< them to representative government Every year it will become more ob vious what a powerful effect the exam ple of this republic has had upon th( down trodden slaves of the continen of Europe. Even mother England from whom we derived our prin'ciple. of liberty, has been benefitted in it. liberal development by the indepen dent government of what she one( called her stray children. The tyran nies of Europe have been transformei into empires governed by the people the vibrations of the wave w hich ha started- from Independence Hall ar4 now felt even to the steppes of Siberia the sands of Egypt and the far isles o Japan. We should be proud of thi result. But we must not think tha our task is ended. It behooves us therefore, to celebrate the hundredti birthday of our national existenec with a full sense of our duty in th< future. In those days that tried men' souls we had to resort to physical re sistance to obtain our independence But now we should make.the nation: understand that the battle of the fu ture is a battle of truth against error of intelligence against ignorance, tha has to be fought with the glitter ing blade of logie, and under the in spiration of the trumpet blast of elo quence. No sensible man will den: that war is a remnant of barbarism ii the midst of modern civilization christian civilization-if you so wisi to call it-that the disputes of nation as the disputes of individuals shouk be adjusted by law and equity and no by force. The world is' ripe for it notwithstanding the tremendous arma ments of the great military powers o Europe. Universal dissatisfaction witi the military system exists atmong th< masses. It is, of course, difficult fo: such dissatisfaction to find utter ance. A Universal Peace Congresi is no longer a chimera. What noble: impulse could- we give to the work thani the celebration of the Centennia by a Universal Peace Congress, no composed of the official delegates o1 governments, but by representative ~~-- of the people, who by their unitei moral force would finally compel obe dienee to the will of the people. Lei this movement emanate from the greal Republic at its Centennial birthday Something of the kind has been pro posed if we mistake not; but w< should like to have it the greal central point of the Centennial. W< have set a noble example in th< Alabama case and that seed will bea: abundant fruit. War can no longe: be suffered; the mnterest of all th< civilized nations are so intimately in terwoven that self protection-if no thing else-demands that all other na tions not directly interested in th strife should prevent a disturbance o these common relations. It is for th United States, who a hundred year ago have~given the impulse to univer sal liberty and rational government to take now the initiative in bringini about a result which the spirit of thi age demands. Legislative. The infamous speech of Whippe against the Governor was ordered to b expunged from the Jougnal of th House by a large majority. We had ni objection to let it remain. Elliot wa more severe on his old bosom frien< than any one else. Too late, Mr. Elliol t\11not save you; it will not mak the people forget your connexion wit: the election of the Judges. The gerrymandering bill to redistric the State received its final reading i the House. It is as had as the old orn The usury bill has been discusse without result. Editorial Review. Wallachia and Servia are preparing 1 for war against Turkey. I Charle& O'Connor is rapidly conval- 0 e3cing, and will soon return to the ac- Y tive pursuit of his professional duties. a The National Bank of Commerce of h New London, was robbed by burglars a i last week to the amount of $21,000. Y Reverdy Johnson, the eminent statesman and jurist, died very sud denly while on a visit to Governor Carroll, at Annapolis. Cardinal Manning denies having 1taken any steps to bring English Rit ualists into the Catholic Church by . allowing them certain privileges. V Bristow and Horatio Seymour are now the most prominent Presidential candidates for nomination, the former by the Republican, the latter by the e Democratic Convention. A fatal stampede occurred last week t in Robinson's Opera House of Cincin nati, caused by a false alarm of fire. Eleven women and children were kill- t ed and a number wounded. A motion for an appeal from the t recent decision in the case of the G. v & C. R. R. vs. H. H. Kimpton, bill for b relief, &c., in the United States. Cir- I cuit Court, has been granted. d The trial of Babcock has commenced n3 and is watched with intense interest. U Bristow certainly deserves the thanks 0 of the nation. If Grant dared he l would remove him in a minute. Gen. M. C. Butler has called a meeting of the State Democratic Com- d mittee in Columbia, on the 22d inst., and a meeting of the respective Coun ty Chairmen on the day following. Moody and Sankey have commenced . their work in New York. The Hip podrome has been expressly prepared and a choir of several hundred singers t has been organized for the occasion. C The House, by a vote of 178 to 54, have agreed to repeal the Bankrupt Act except as to pending suits. The F a Senate is opposed to the repeal. A compromise will probably be the re sult. The most fearful record of mortality 3 by diptheria is that of eight children y of Mrs. Kii by, of Caldwell Co., N. C. They died in such quick succession that four of them were buried in one r day. Another revolution is impending in Mexico. Manifestoes have appeared, signed by Generals Diaz and Guerra. STheir purpose is to begin a revolution with the ultimate object of defeating President Lerdo and placing Porfirio Diaz in the Presidency. The idea of Ben Butler as Moulton's counsel cross-examining Mr. Beecher c causes cold chills to run down the r average Plymouth spine. Being struck I by a pile-d:iver and run through a I Isausage machine would be child's play t cempared to it.-Boston Globe. t Another mammoth cave has been discovered near Columbia, Ky., which t Frivals in grandeur the original Mamn- 5 moth. In it were found thirty-one a human skeletons of gigantic propor- f tions. The cave has plenty of galle- c ries and many varieties of stalagmites u and stalactites. Irving, the great English rival of 9 Booth, is carrying away the Britishers t by his personations of Hamlet and f Macbeth. His conception of these 0 characters is said to be altogether d novel and differing widely from the 9 old standard representations of Kean, t Kenmble and MIacready. d The prospects of the Cuban rebels are brightening; the Havana exche-t quer is empty, the troops are becom ing disstisied; the brigof the cane-fields cannot be prevented, and every thing seems to point to a speedy l end of Spanish power in Cuba, with out the interference of President Grant.C A negro attempting to outrun at locomotive on the Air Line road, was c struck by the pilot between the isgs1 and tossed fifteen feet into the air.C He fell on his back, and strange to r ~say, was unhurt. With the exception t of a tear in his pants and a slight- I stun, no damage was done. Never- t theless, we would not advise him to C try such again. North Carolina editors pass con- E g ratulations after this fashion: I "Millard, of the Statesville Land- E mark, has at length found his long sought duck, and is as happy as a buck. We wish him lots of luck ; y Smay he nevermore get stuck in mis fortune's mire and muck, but have ~ abundant pluck and worldly gear and t truck to keep him filled up chuckj till s by death's darts he's struck and up to t heaven 'tuck."e SA writer in the Neu-s & Courier, I drawing a comparison between the c times when the people lived to be nine t hundred years old, and women were f mothers at ninety, thinks it was owing t to the fact that no taxes had to be t n~id then. Later when tax.~atherers ~ After the surrender at Appomattox c Ir. E. S. Swann, of Caroline County, 3 7a., returned home and bought a farm I f two hundred acres for $700. Last" ear he cultivated four acres in tobacco ad sold the crop for $1.409. His a Lbor on all of his crops was himself I nd two sons, twelve and fourteen a ears of age, and they were at school >ur hours each day. He paid $14 s >r outside or hired help. C The case of the State vs. W. Ma ill Flewing, for official misconduct as ircuit Solicitor, has been called in j he Court of General Sessions, .Colam- I ia, but objection being made that the t iry commissioner who drew the jury ras not appointed according to law, e was moved that the jury be dis- i harged. The motion was overruled, C hen Mr. Baxter, for the defendant, xcepted. By agreement, the case has een postponed until a future day of ie term. Mr. Beecher, in a late Sunday ight's sermon on the Gospel command 1 > hate evil, said: "I do not think c at it would be safe to give a person c ie run of the New York banks. The aults might be open and every human eing in the city might be asleep, and would not take a dollar-at least I o not think that I would. But a c tan does not know what he may do t ntil he is tried. [Laughter.] I came F honest stock-my parents were onest. I would not steal. I have I ults. but they lie in a different direc- I on." He failed to tell in what I irection his faults lie. "Probably the most remarkable col ection ever taken up at a single reli ious gathering was that at the closing ieeting of Messrs. Moody and Sankey i Philadelphia last week. Mr. Moody ad announced at a previous meeting hat there would be a collection taken p, and his hearers appear to have C Dane prepared to respond to the evan elist's call for funds. The result of is appeal was a collection aggregating bout $100,000. There was also one ubscription of $5,000 and a gift of a 8 aluable diamond ring, a gift to the t onor, for which $1,000 was realized." ~ Ve don't do things in this.way in fewberry. Professor Haughton, of Dublin, has f een investigating the subject of hu- ~ ane hanging. He advocates the long drop." We think the best way i f execution heretofore used-if exe- t utions we must have-is theSpanish a nethod of garoting. A turn of a rank causes the dislocation of the eck and instant death. Of novelt aethods we may mention that scieutific s aen have lately proposed a powerfuiC lectric shock whereby a whole gang f criminals may be executed in a 2ment. The theme is not inviting t ut certainly every precaution should i e taken not to unnecessarily prolong ( he suffering of the unfortunate vic An appalling and heartrending ragedy occurred in Cincinnati on the th. During the performance of an Ilegory in the Opera House-the per-t rmers numbering about six hundred hildren and the audience being im iense-a false alarm of fire was raised, then a general stampede took place. 'he scene is described as fearful in Le extreme, strong men in t'>eir ef- ( >rts to escape through the narrow penings, climbed over and trampled own helpless women and children. t 'he excitement outside was also great, f Le approaches to the building being ensely packed with human beings. ome jumped from the windows on Le heads of those below. Quite a umber of those inside were killed ( nd many wounded.r Those becoming habituated to the se of morphine may well ponder the i llowing extract: t "Sleep produced by narcotics or so aled sedatives," says the London f ancet, "is poisoned. Their use gives C he persons employing them an attack ~ f cerebral congestion, only differing 2 amount, not in kind, from the con. ition which naturally issues in death. ~ 'here is grave reason to fear that the ~ eal nature of the operation by which ' hese deleterious drugs, one and all, ring about the unconsciousness that. ~ urlesques natural sleep, is lost sight ~ f, or wholly misunderstood, by those ~ rho have free recourse to poisons on he most frivolous pretences, or with one save the exigency of motbid abit. Great responsibility rests on ( iedical practitioners, and nothing can tone for the neglect of obvious duty." Maj. Boykin, county chairman, in1 is address to the Kershaw Democracy, ays: "Mississippi has been redeemed y a joint action of men of every hade of politics and color, determined break down the abuses of bad gov rnment. Louisiana has done the same. ir "White League," while it joined ne class together with the touch of he elbow that sent a thrill of satis acinadasneo(oe hog action rands,ensied poer hpoughl hoei that ee ivinteedy this f l hs that were ing tohemedy hsuc :reat evil, and invited them in such a omuion mother is in their hands. Do rour best; leave the rest to a Higher 4 ower, and success is certain." Judge Townsend has decided that ontested county claims cannot be or ered for payment by the Legislature. n reference to it the decision of the udge contains the following "From these provisions of the con titution and legislative enactwents, it, 5 apparent that the board of county ouwissioners is vested with the pow r exclusively to determine whether a laim against a county is legal and ust, and should be allowed and paid. 4 f allowed, and ordered to be paid by I he county treasurer, then it becomes legal debt against the county and Just be discharged.. If it is not, the ourt will compel its payment, after stitution of suit, or by a proceeding f more a summary character. If the lause is disallowed by the board then n appeal lies, and the decision, if rroneous, will be reversed. The claim f the relator was not audited and llowed by the board, and his only ,gal remedy is an- appeal to the court row the adverse decision. No appeal as been taken, and this court cannot ;rant a peremptory writ of man lamus." He next proceeds to consider the ,ower of the Legislature to do what he joint resolution attempts and holds: 1. "The joint resolution in question roposes to direct the appropriation of ounty funds to the payment of rela or's claim, and thus assumes power rhich has been conferred upon ano her body, viz: the board of county ommissioners. The constitution in ibits such action, and the joint reso ation is in contravention of its plain rovisious.2) Generals Gordon and Colquitt have ent a reassuring circular letter to the olicy holders of the Southern Life usurance Company. As agood many eople have insured their lives in that ompany, prompted by the just confi ence they had in the high character f General Gordoa and Colquitt, those inent Southern men will no doubt ndeavor to do their best to save the olicy-holders from loss : "We regret to announce to you that n the 2d inst., the Southern Life In urance Company filed its petition in e United States Court at Memphis, 'enn., to be declared a bankrupt. The ecessary effect of this is to suspend ur business, at least for the present. his event was by us totally unlooked or, and has come upon us to our great stonishment. "The officers of the Company in orm us that the complication is caused yan unexpected decision of the Ten essee Courts, holding them liable for large debt due by the Carolina Life nsurance Company, which the South rn Life had bought out, and that they1 ave taken this step to save aid secure heir own policy-holders. They repre ent to us that they are, independently f this claim. abundantly solvent, and hat if they can have a short breath ug time, they can even meet this laimi and be perfectly solvent. And, hat the going into bankruptcy is toi revent the preference and absorption< f its assets by judgments and sales1 mder these Caiolina claims. "W~e pledge to you that we will ex rt all our energies to protect your ights. Having coinplete record of he status of your policy, we will romptly notify you of any action hat may be essential to your prosperi The Committee on Privileges and letions reported on the matters re erred to them in connection with :arges of corruption against Mr. J. )ouglass Robertson, a member of the1 jommission on School Text Books. hey submitted letters from various ublishing houses to the committee, ogether with copies of letters from hose houses to Mr. Robertson and ro Mr. Robertson to those houses. hey also submitted the testimony of arious persons taken before the comn aittee, including that of Mr. Robert on himself, Mr. H. J. Maxwell, Mr I. L. Shrewsberry and Governor shamberlain. Mr. Robertson was epresented before the committee by ounsel, and was given every oppor unity and advantage to clear himself, F possible. But'the committee camne the conclusion that he was guilty,) id recommended that he be removedt ro his position on the Commission f School Text Books and be expelled rom the House.4 This investigation has developed he existence of a deliberate and deep aid scheme on the part of Mr. Robert on to perpetrate a shameless fraud pon the people of the State. The report, which is very volumi ous, was ordered to be printed and ade the special order for Friday next, t 1 P. M.-Register. Ofgicial List of Patents Ii Issued by the United States Patent )fice, for the week ending Friday, eb. 4th, 1876. Reported for the ERALD by Louis Bagger & Co., So icitors of Patents, Washington, D. C. SOUTHERN STATES. 172,360. Hog-Ring Blanks; G. N. Ving, Green Bay, Va. 172,374. Guano Distributers; Rich .rd A. Barrett, Newsome Depot, Va. 172371. Car Couplings ; Joo. M. ailey, Zebulon, Ga. 172,417. Water Elevators; An [rew B. Flowers, Thibodeane, La. 172,426. Engraving Magehine; Jno. ). Guerrant, Danville, Va. t7,~.Bclsfo otnBl 1N Aitt Rnnkla for Cotton-Ral- e The following communication from )ur townsman, Mr. S. K. Dick, is in to.wer to au article which appeared -ome time since in the Charleston News and Courier, which we publish 3imultaneously with that paper: FOR THE HERALD. NEWBERRY C. H., Feb. 12, 1876. To the Editor of the News and Courier :-You have probably not orgotten having published in your ssue of the 6th November last my letter )f 25th October, complaining of the iigh and exceptional freights charged me by the Greenville & Colombia Rail road Company on shipments of cotton o Columbia previous to that time. and specially complaining of the refusal of hat road at that tiine to ship my cot on to Columbia at all. Your explana ion of the conduct of the railroad was iot at all satisfactory to me, for it con isted merely of a statement of the mo ives actuating'the road in forcing nie to end cotton North by way of Charles on, instead of Wilmington as I de ired to do, and showed that the )bject of the road was to throw business nto the hands of the South Carolina -oad and the city of Charleston, regard ess of the rights of individuals; but [have forborne to renew my protests intil now, partly because I take no leasure in wrangling and partly be ause I hoped for some time that the T. & C. R. R. would revoke its deci ion and allow me to resume my for ner programme. But now, after suf 'ering from this tyranny for more than hree months, I feel it my duty not nly to myself, but to the people of he up country, to publish these wrongs and to demand to know by what authority I am coerced. For nore than three months the agent of Jhe G. & C. road here has positively efused to receipt for cotton from me or shipment to Columbia on any erms, under instructions' from his hief, thereby forcing me to ship by way of Charleston, and I am expected :o submit patiently to this injury sim ly because the South Carolina Road pent a great deal of money in pro iding for transportation from Charles on to Northern ports, and because he road from Columbia to Wilmington' s a rival of that railroad. A railroad s not only a common carrier, bound n a general way to transport freights md passengers along its line, but it is m corporation clothed by government with peculiar powers and privileges, in eturn for which it is under peculiar bligations to deal fairly with the itizens of that government. The rreenville and Columbia Railroad has a monopoly of the transportation of this immediate section. Is it reason ble that it should employ this power .n forcing an individual to ship not nly the whole length of its line, but he whole length of another line with which it happens' to be in league, vhile,.he desires to ship but to a cer ain intermediate point ? When a rail oad establishes and publishes to the world its various stations it implies a ositive contract with the public to ~arry freight and passengers to and iischarge at those stations, and it is tterly absurd and monstrous to talk >fa road refusing to ship freight to ye of its own termini. The truth of ,he whole matter is that this railroad nade up its mind that I should ship y Charleston and it took no pains to ~ive a decent excuse for forcing me to hat course, and I have been baffled a my plans and injured in my busi ess, merely because the South Caro ia Railroad desired the trarsp:-. ;ion of my cotton ; and I am not tL. mly sufferer by this order of things. N{ot long since one of the principal ~otton buyers of this place was de rived of the benefit of an order for. ~otton to be shipped to 19orfolk, be ~ause his only practicable route was brough Columbia to that point, and ~owrs here refused to allow him to hip to Columbia. Such things need io argument. The South Carolina Railroad has set itself up to raonopohize he transportatiun of the State when tver it can, regardless of the best tstablished rights of citizens, and the rreenville and Columbia Railroad, un ier its control, has become a robber tnd a public nuisance, requiring new Lnd positive legislation and the sum nary chastisement of the courts. Respectfully, S. K. DICK. H E sTE R HOWA RD's T EMPTATIoN. A ;out's STORY. By Mrs. C. A. Warfield, e well known and popular Southern Writer, md author of "The Household or Bouverie;" fd of "A Double Wedding; or, How She Vas Von," is published this day by T. B. eterson & Brothers, Pailadelphia, Pa. 'HEsTER HOWARD'S TEME'TION" is an tirelv new novel, printed from the author's nanuscript. It is a powerfully written story f trial and temptation, and as an example >f a kind ot' novel that the popular American LppetiLe craves. "Iester Howard's Tempta ion" dese. ;es and will take very high rank. t has a distinctly defined plot and intention, md these are managed with decided vigor. Ebere is no waste of word's in feminine sen imentalism; but the incidents and characters n them are made to do their work directly owards the completion of the purpose of the tuthor. The general structure of the story s really artistic, and in thme details there are creat merits. Certain chapters contain pic ures of Southern social life that are striking, ld there arc examples of American charac er, male and female, that are typical and rell drawn. Such fictions as these are the >opular ones o f the present generation, and -Hester Howard's Temptation" will, we hink, prove more po ular than any that tave preceded it. It is mphatically, as the itle-page asserts, the s..ory of a soul. It is n of the best novels that, when once be un, cannot be laid down; and one of the nan merits of the book consists in the FOR THE HERALD. MR. EDITOR :-There is a nuisance in town which must be abated, and if the Town Council is unwilling to do it the citizens will. At the Baltimore corner, ~and in a less degree it holds good for other.corners, there is always a congregation of half grown fussy negro boys and lazy negro men who keep the neighborhood uncomfortable all day and all night. They screech and yell and howl and shriek, and curse in loud voice, and use dirty lan guage within earshot of ladies, and fight ip fun or earnest the whole day long, obstruct the sidewalks and store doors, and are in the way generally of every decent, passing citizen. It is high time this be stopped ; it is high time to let them know that freedom does not consist in such conduct; if their parents and their preachers can not make them act properly the law must do it; and if the law is too laggard about it, the people will be a law unto themselves. When a policeman arrests a disturber of the peace he is resisted, and if he uses force is threatened with indictment. If one or two offenders were knocked down promptly there would be no necessity of dragging them by the heels to the calaboose, to the annoyance and disgust of all de cent people. If a lot of noisy stationary people are found at a corner in a city like London, Paris or New Y6rk (and is not Newberry a city ?) a policeman gently steps up and tells them to circulate, and if they do not circulate he circulates them into the guardhouse. Mr..Editor, I will always be found foremost in the rapk of those who de fend the rights of the colored people as men and citizens, but I know that it is their own interest and duty to teach manners to the young of their race and cultivate a sense of propriety and decency. Teach them that they must nake themselves worthy of their freedom by acting like freemen; teach them that a man who- acts as he "damned"pleases has not learnt the first lessons of civilization. This communi cant is a peaceful citizen, Mr. Editor, and so are those whom he thinks he represents ; but-this thing has to be stopped. If this communi cant had not come so near being a native born Irishman he would be willing to be two of a couple to abate the nuisance himself. COLON. FOR THE HERALD. MOUN'r PLEASANT, S. C., February 9th, 1876. Editor NWewberr'y Herald: There are many old colonnial resi dences on the banks of the Ashley River which present now sad and beautiful ruins of once happy homes, even now in their desolation and ruin beautiful. These mansions were spacious and ele gant, and large sums of money were expended upon them by their wealthy proprietors. The gardens and grounds were elegantly laid out in the English style, and many of the long avenues leading to these princely mansions were composed of most magnificent live oaks. Among the most striking of these old places is "Drayton Hall," built in 1740 by Thomas Drayton, Esq., and named after the family residence Northampton, England. The material is brick and the columns of Portland marble. The interior is of carved and paneled wood -the wainscot of solid mahogany. Over the mantel-pieces are frames, fixed in the wainscotting, for pictures and- coats of arms. The residence was occupied by Lord Cornwallis in the Revolution as his headquarters.. It escaped destruction during.the late war, although almost every other resi dence was given to the flames by vandal hands. Above this place lies "Magnolia," now owned by Rev. Mr. Drayton, known to Northern tourists by its beau tiful and extensive garden. The gor geous "Azelias," some reaching the height of thirteen feet, the sacred tree of the Grand Lama, "Cupressus lusi tanica," are among the first objects of interest to the visitor. A long walk lined with live oaks leads to a beautiful lake crossed by a bridge, while clusters of many-hued and gorgeous flowers lie on either side. The old brick Episcopal Church of St. Andre.w'.s is about five or six miles nearer Charleston. The Parish was laid off' by act of Nov. 30, 1706. The first Rector was Rev. Alexander Wood. He entered on the duties of Cure in 1707, but dying not long after, was suc ceeded by the Rev. Mr. Taylor. The e difice is of brick, 40 feet long by 25 feet wide. In 1722, finding the build ing too small for the accommodation of the congregation, an addition was made in 1723, and the buildirig now presents a cruciform 40 feet by .52 feet. Over the western entrance is an inscription cut in red tile: J F...TR SVPER W 1706. On 18th Nov., 1740, a great fire took place mn Charles Town. and a sermon was preached in this church in aid of the sufferers, and after service a collec tion was taken up at the doors which amouted to ES68, 14s. 6d. The Parish in 1744 had a fund out at interest of 1170, 2s. 5d. currency. IN TIlE CITY. TOR THE HEaALD. A Voice from Pomaria. At a meeting of the citizens of Township No. 11 at Bethel Academy, February 12th, for the purpose of organizing a Democratic Club, on motion, Thos. V. Wicker was called to the Chair and Thos. W. Holloway re quested to act as Secretary. The Chairman having explained the object of the meeting, the following perma nent officers were elected: Thos. W. Holloway, President. Thos. V. Wicker, 1st Vice-President. Jno. D.Wedaman,2d Vice-President. Joo. D. Suber, Secretary. D. J. Hentz, Corresponding Sec'ty. Enoch J. Lake, Treasurer. On motion, the Chairman appointed Jno. D. Wedaman, Enoch J. Lake, J. A. Cannon, J. B. O'N. Holloway and Thos. V. Wicker a committee to draft a constitution and by-laws for the government of the club. On motion, it was Resolved, That when this meeting adjourns, it adjourns to meet on Sat urday, 19th February, at 10 A. M., at Bethel Academy, at which time it is earnestly hoped there will be a full at tendance of the citizens of the Town ship. It was ordered that the Secretary furnish a copy of these proceedings to the Newberry HmALD for publica tion. JNO. D. SUBER, Secretary. The Februaij number of the SOUTHERN PLANTER AND FARMER is received. It con tains a picture and sketch of Col. Holt, President of the North Carolina Agricultural Society; and articles from Geu. Fitz Lee, Col. E. Dromgoole, "Civis," Judge Cox and other representative farmers of our Southern States. Every question of vital Interest to the farmer is handled with. perfect candor. In fact It contains all a farmer would like to see, and we tinst our friends will avail them selves of the aid it offers them in so many ways. Published at Richmond, Va., at $2 a year. Rational Medication. Medication is only successful when it is rational, and it is rational only when it be gins at the beginning. In other words, to cre - a malady, its cause must be removed. Weakness,either general or local, is the origin of the great majority of diseases. Reinforce 'the vital energies, regulate digestion and se cretion, by strengthening the organs which perform those all-important functions, and dyspepsia, constipation, kidney and bladder complaints, uterine dificulties, Impure cir clation, and the thousand and one ailments which are the consequences of debility, are completely, and in most cases permanently, removed. The bast, saiest and most agreeable tonic and alterative chat can be employed for this purpose is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The eperience of twenty-five years, during which time it has outlived perhaps ten times that number of ephemeral preparations which have entered into competition with it, have proved it to be unequaled as a remedy for all disorders accompanied by or proceed ing from weakness. 5-4t. .7Ia*r*ied, February1set, by Rev.J. M. Carlisle, assisted by Rev. W. K. Breeden, Rev. D. D. DANTz LE, of S. C. Conference, to Miss Fa&NcEs G. CooE, of Bennettsville, S. C. .7Wew A .AIfscefaneous. FOR SALE. Ten (10) Shares Stock of the National Bank of Newberry, S. C. ~pplytoR. L. McCAUGHRIN. Feb. 16, 7 -tf. NOTICE. I will make a settlement on the estate of David Atkinson, deceased, on the 18th day, of March, 1876, and apply for a final dis charge as Executor thereof. JAMES A. CROTWELL, Feb. 12, 1876-7I-5t. Executor. NOTICE.* . Notice is hereby given that the congre gation of Newville Church, of Prosperity, will make application for a Charter for the same to the Clerk of the Court of Newber ry County, within thirty days from the publicaion of this notice. P. E. WISE, Secretary. Feb. 16, '7-4t. Twin Cotton Seed.. The subscriber offers for sale a limited quantity of the above named celebrated Cotton Seed, which can be had at the office of Messrs. A. J. McCaughrin & Co., price $1 per quart. As a proof of the produc tiveness of tbe Twin Cotton, I made on three-quarters of an acre eighteen hundred pounds of seed cotton, equal to one and a half bales. Call eairly and secure a supply. Feb. 16, 7i-4t H. B. SENN. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Mary Counts vs. Henry H. Counts, Adm'r of Belton Counts, dec'd, et. al. . Petition for Dower. * * * .* * And it is further ordered that the credi tors of the said Belton Counts, deceased, do present and establish their demands before this Court by the seventh day of March next. J. C. LEAHY,;.. P. Feb. 16, 7-8t. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that I will apply to the Judge of Probate for the County of Newberry, State of South Carolina, on Tuesday, the 21st day of March, 1876, for a final sett!ement as Adm'r of the Estate of Abram P. Carmichael, dec'd. All persons having demands against the Estate of de ceased will present the same on that day or be debarred payment. JA MES B. DENNIS, Ad'r of the Est. of Abram P. Carmichael. dec'd. Feb. 14, 1876--7-5t. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. IN THE PROBATE COURT. Henry C. Moses, as Administrator of the Estate of John Moore, deceased, Piaintiff, against Sarah Moore, John Moore, James Moore, Rbert Moore, Harriet Amick, Jacob Moore and John R. Leavell, Defendants. Complaint to marshall assets, sell land to pay debts, and for relief On hearing the complaint herein, and on otion of Messrs. Jones, Jones & Moer, Plaintiff's Attorneys, It is ordered that the creditors of John Moore decasd render in and ealshHe Sheriw?s sales. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. IN THE PROBATE COURT. Mary Counts, Petitioner, aginst Henry H. Counts, as Adm'r., &c., o Belton Counts, dee'd., et. al., Defendant.-Petition for Dower. In pursuance of an order of the said Court in the above stated action,r I.wM sell at public outcry, at Newberry C. H., on Monday the 6th day of March next, the following real estate of Belton Counts, deceased, ly ing in the said County. to-wit: 1st. The "Home Tract," conlatning One Hundred and EIghty-si- and one-half acres, more or less, (being the remainder leftafter assignment of dower to the widow) and bounded by lands of C. H. Suber, W. P. Har ris,Wm. Dihop, A. B. Counts and H. H. counts. 2nd. The Martin Suber Tract, containing One Hundred-and Fifty-seven Acrea, more or less, bounded by lands of Felix Graham, Emanuel Cromer, - Dickert and Jacob Setzler. 3d. The Bo!and Tract, containing Forty five Acres. more or less, and bounded by the said Martin Suber Tract and by landsof Wm. Bishon and Jacob Setzler. 4th. The ~Graham Tract 'eontaiigSx teen and three-tenths Acres, more or less and bounded by the -said Boland Tract and the said Martin Suber Tract. Terms of sale-One-half cash, the balance on a credit of 'welve months Iron the day of sale, with interest from the day of sale; the credit portion to be secured by bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of.the pre mises. The pvrchaser to rl 94W& 7-3t. J.J. .N.C. .MseeUaaeeus. Teachers' Protective nion. NEwB3E]Y, S. 0., Feb. 5th, 1876. All Teachers in the Public -Schools of Newberry County,-are requested to meet at Newberry C. H., S. G., on the frst Friday in March, for the purpose of permanently organizing a Teachers' Protective Union. CHARLEY TIDMA.RSH, Pres. T. J. CLAYTo,, Sec. Feb. 9, 6-3t*. NOTICE. Pursuant to the order of- the Ifonorable James . C. Leahy, as Judge ofProbate, I will settle my accounts as Guardian of the Estate of Emma J. Hargrove,. nee Abrims, in the Court of Probate for Newberty, on Wednesday. the 8th day_of March 4ext, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, and immediate ly thereafter apply for a final discharge as said Guardian. JOHN G. HOUSEAL, As Guardian of Mrs. EmmaJ. Hargrove. Fel. 9, 6-5t% 1,AUR1MSVIL FEMALE_ COJEGE. The Scholastic Year consists of ' two Sea sions. The first Session from, the 1st of October to the 15th of Februay, the see ond from the 15th of Febreary-to -he 5th ofJuly. TERxs Pzj SusSioN, iN ADm e: Primary Department........... $1000 Acade~mic Department...-..-.- 15 00 Collegiate I epartment......u...2 0 Contingencies......... ... . 2 00 Exrai Sumzs, (o~ptioa.) Music.......... .....500 UJse of Instrument.......-.--..--- 00 French.t.... ..- . a &.% .. 10 00 Drawing and Painting........ 10-00 Ornamental Work.............. 10 00 Pupils i'n' all of tlie De*atzents have tire advanies of ifaiTff (alsthedic exer cises. Board, (including Washing, Fuel and Lights,}$15.00 per month,. payabre quar terly in advance. -- - Pupils from abroad allowed to board in private families of relatives and-friends when requested by patrons; but, szch.pn pils must be subject to the rules and regu lations of the College. It is important topupils that they .be en tered at the beginning of. the Sesuo' and that their studies be not interrunted'y un necessary absences. No deduction far ab sence except in case of protracted illness. Pupils must be subject at all times to regulations in. deportnient as welflas in studies. For turther particulars, apply to JA M1S FARROW, President. Laurensville, S. C., Jan. 28, 1875. 6-3m SPECIAL8 NOTICE. GREENVILL.E AND COL.MBL RAREOAD, COLUMIAa, Jan. 1, 1876.5 The following resolutions having'been adopted by the stockholders of the Green ville and Columbia Railroad Company, at their annual meeting in Columbia on, the 29th of April last : Resolved, That for the more satisfactory arrangement of the Company's bond and general debt, anuthority is hereby given to* the Board of Directors .to cae First Mortgage on the road and property of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company, subject to the following conditions and re strictions: That the amount of. the mnortgago- shall not exceed three m'llion dollars. That not more than two millions five hun dred thousand dollars of the bonds, made under the mortgage, be used for the ar rangement or settlement of the debt. And, That the balance, five hundred thousand dollars, be held in trust, applicable only to such aCquisiti.ons and additions to the prop erty as have been authorized and approved by the stockholders The Board of Directors, in the exercise of the authority given to -them by-these resolutions, have executed a First.Mortgage on the road and property of the Company to ihe Farmers' Loan and Trust Conipany of the City of lNew -Yorkc, in accordance there with, and now offer for sale the Bonds made under the said mortgage at '15~per cent. cash, or the equivalents of that pricein any of the Company's outstanding-obligations in whole or in part. These Bonds aredated July 1st, 1875, bear interest at?7 per cent. and mature in twenty years. The Bonds and Coupons are payable in the city of New York. Their superiar claims to the confidence of capitalists are sufficiently established by the fact that the past exceptionally unfavor able vear to Railroad interests exhibits The gross earnings of the Green ville and Columbia-Railroad....$4540,000 The current operating expenses...- 295,000 Leaving applicable to interest....- $245,000 The-confident expectation of the Board is ihat the $2,500,000 of Bonds now -offered will absorb ever y obligation of the Camnpa nly, and leave the net earnings as shown above, subject only to the chiarge of interest ontheseBonds, - - pwhich, at r.)ven per cent , would be........-.............-.15,000 Balance of earnings over expenses and interest................$ '70,000 Provision has also been made in the ar rangement of the Bonds of this issue for their Registry at the option of thi holders. Any further information which may be desired will be furnished on application to the Treasurer, at the Company's Ofee, .in this city. W. J. McGRATH, Pres. C. H. MANso;,Treas. G.&C.R. Feb. 9, 6-tf. EDWD J. FEVlNS & 00s, xuESEE m AIDSED E, YORK, PEN~'A.