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The iHerald. THOS. F. GRENEKER, EDORS. W. H. WALLACE, NEWBERRY. S. C. WEDNESDAY, A PR. 18, 1877 A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. The Herald is in the highest respect a Fam fly Newspaper, devoted to the material in terests of the people of this County and the State. It circulates extensively, and as ar Advertising medium offers unrivalled ad vantages. 'For Terms, see first page. The Legislature. Governor Hampton has issued his proclamation calling the Legis lature together on Tuesday, th< 24th instant. State Press Association. The third annual meeting of th< South Carolina State Press Asso ciation will be held in the city o Charleston, beginning on Wednes day morning, the 9th day of Ma3 proximo. The annual address wil be delivered by Dr. G. W. Bagby of Richmond, Va. A full attendance of members i. earnestly requested, and journalist. who are not members are invited t< unite with the Association. An; editor or proprietor of a newspapei or other periodical in this State i; eligible to membership, and applica t:ons are to be made in writing, ac companied with the initiation fe< of five dollars. JAMES A. HOYT, President. The Proposed Constitutiona: Amendment. We do not think that the propej attention has been given to thi: matter by the State press. Th< full text of the proposed amend ment is appended below : "That Section 5, Article X, (o the Constitution) be amended so as to read as follows:. "Sacrros 5. The Boards of Coun ty Commissioners of the severa: Counties shall levy an annual tax o: not less than two mills on the do) lar upon all the taxable property ii their respective Counties, whic] levy shall not be increased unless byspecial enactment of the Genera Assembly, for the support of pu.bli< schools in their respective Counties which tax shall be collected at th< same time and by the same officers as the other taxes for the same year and shall be held in the Count; Treasnries of the respective Conn ties, and paid out exclusively fo: the support of public schools as provided by law. There shall b4 assessed on all taxable polls in the State an annual tax of one dollai on each poll, the proceeds of whici tax shall be applied solely to edu. cational purposes: PinovnED, Thal no person shall ever be deprived o), the right of suffrage for the non-pay mnent of said tax. No other poll oi capitation tax shall be levied in the State, nor shall the amount assessed on each poll exceed the limits givei in this Section. The .school tax shall be distributed among the sev eral school districts of the Counties, in proportionT to the respective num her of pupils attending the publi( schools. No religious sect or sects shall have exclusive right to, ori control of, any part of the school funds of the State, nor shall secta rian principles be taught in the public schools." That is the proposed amendment, and we are free to say it is a good one, with one very important excep tion-we allude to the provision which says, "No person shall ever be deprived of the right of suffrage for the non-payment of the said (poll) tax." That proviso is really not a legiti mate part of the amendment. but is separate and distinct from it, mak ing two amendments to be voted on as one, which is in violation of Art. XV, Sec. 2, of the Constitution. We do not propose, however, to discuss the matter upon Constitu tional grounds, but upon the merits of the case. We believe that a man who does not pay One Dollar a year to the supp)ort of the govern. ment should not be permitted to vote. Representation without tax ation is just as great a wrong as Taxation without representation. The payment of poll tax should be the test of citizenship. And there is no more effectual way of collect ing this tax than by placing before every man the alternative-no poll tax, no vote. There are States in which this is the case. It ought IL public schools can be submitted to the people again, and ought to be. It is a good thing. But leave that part containing the proviso an open question. It may be desired at some future day to amend the Con stitution in a way precisely opposite to that contemplated by that pro viso. Let those papers and persons who feel any interest in the subject express their views. The Joint Resolution proposing the Amend ment was approved March 26, 1875. The Last Agony. In conformity with the orders from the War Department the troops left the State House the 10th instant, at 12 o'clock. In the afternoon Hampton sent a written request to Chamberlain for the Executive Chamber, with the records and papers belonging to the office. Chamberlain replied that he would comply with the request the next day at 12. At the appointed time Gov. Hampton's private secretary called at the Executive Chamber, met the pri vate secretary of Chamberlain, and the transfer took place. THE LAST GASP OF RADICALISM. The following is Chamberlain's ad dress : To the Republicans of South Caro lina: By your choice I was made Gover nor of this State in 1874. At the r election on the seventh of November r last I was again by your votes elected to the same office. My title to the office, upon every legal and moral - ground, is to-day clear and perfect. - By the recent decision and action of the President of the United States, I find myself unable longer to maintain my official rights, with the prospect of final success, and I hereby announce to you, that I am unwilling to prolong a struggle. which can only bring fur I ther suffering upon those who engage in it. In announcing this conclusion, it is my duty to say for you, that the Re publicans entered upon their recent political strugle for the maintenance - of their political and civil rights, con stituting beyond question a large ma fjority of the lawful voters of the State. you allied yourselves with that politi cal party whose central and inspiring principle has hitherto been the civil and political freedom of all men under 1the constitution and laws of our coun ftry. By heroic efforts and sacrifices wbich the just verdiet of history will rescue from the cowardly scorn now 1cast upon them by political placemen iand traders, you secured the electoral Svote of South Carolina for Hayes and 1Wheeler. In accomplishing this result you became the victims of every form of persecution and injury. From authentic evidence it is shown that Snot less than one hundred of your Snumber were murdered because they were faithful to their principles and exercised rights solemnly guaranteed to them by the nation. You were denied employment, driven from your homes, robbed of the earnings of years of honest industry, hunted for your lives, like wild beasts; your families -outraged and scattered for no offence except your peaceful and firm deter mination to exercise your political rights. You trusted, as you had a right to trust, that if by such efforts you established the lawful supremacy of your political party in the nation, the Government of the United States, in the discharge of its constitutional duty, would protect the lawful Gov ernmient of the State from overthrow at the hands of your political enemies. From causes, patent to all men, and questioned by none who regard truth, you have been unable to overcome the unlawful co abinations and obstacles which ha: e opposed the practical supremacy of the government which your votes have established. For many weary months you have waited for your deliverance. While the long struggle for the Presidency was in progress, you were exhorted by every representative and organ of' the Na tional Republican party to keep your allegiance true to that party, in order that your deliverance from the hands of your oppressors might be certain and complete. Not the faintest whis per of the possibility of disappoint ment in these hopes and promises ever reached you while the struggle was pending. To-day, April 10, 1877,by the order of the President, whom your wntes alone rescued from overwhelming defeat, the Govern ment of the United State abandons you deliberately, withdraws from you its support, with the full knowledge that the lawful government of the State will be speedily over thrown. By a new interpretation of the Con stitution of the United States, at variance alike with the previous prac tice of the Government and with the decisions of the Supreme Court, the Executive of the United States evades the duty of ascertaining which of two rival State governments is the lawful one, and by the withdrawal of troops now protecting the State from domes tic violence, abandons the lawful State government to a struggle with insur rectionary forces too powerful to be resisted. The grounds of policy upon which such action is defeuded, are startling. It said that the North is weary of the long Southern troubles. It was weary, too, of the long troubles which sprung from the stupendous crime of chattel slavery, and longed for repose. It sought to cover them from sight by wicked compromises with the wrong which disturbed its their rights, they must h left to po litical servitude. 1i this a doctrine ever before heard in our history ? If it shall prevail. its consiquences will not long be confined to South Carolina or Louisiana. It is said that a Demo cratic House of Representatives will refuse an appropriation for the army of the United States if the lawful government of South Carolina is main tained by the military forces. Sub mission to such coercion marks the degeneracy of the political party or people which endures it. A govern ment worthy the name, a political party fit to wield power never before blanched at such a threat; but the ediet has gone forth ; no arguments or considerations which your friend could present have sufficed to avert the disaster. No effective means of resistance to the consummation of the wroug are left. The struggle can be prolonged. My strict legal rights are of course wholly unaffected by the action of the President. No court of the State has jurisdiction to pass upon the title to my office. No lawful Legislature can be convened except upon my call. If the use of these powers promised ultimbate succesi to our cause I should not shrink from any sacrifices which might confront we It is a cause in which, by the light of reason and conscience, a man might well lay down his life; but to my wind my present responsibility involves the consideration of the effect of my action upon those whose representative I am. I have hitherto been willing to ask you Republicans of South Carolina to risk all dangers and endure all hardships until relief should - come from the Government of the United States. That relMf will never come. I cannot ask you to follow me further. In my best judgment I can no longer serve you by further resistance to the impending calamity. With gratitude to God for the measure of endurance with which he has hitherto inspired me, with pro found admiration for your matchless fidelity to the cause in which we have struggled, I now annougee to you and to the people of the State that I shall no longer actively assert my right to the office of Governor of South Caro lina. The motives and purposes of the President of the United States in the policy wliich compels we to my present course are unquestionably hon orable and patriotic. I devoutly pray that events may vindicate the wisdom of his action and that peace, justice, freedom and prosperity may hereafter be the portion of every citizen of, South Carolina. (Signed) D). H. CHAMBERLAIN, Governor of South Carolina. The other Republicans claiming the Stato officees say they will hold on till their cases are settled by legal pro ceedings. Editorial Review. The Southern Hotel at. St. Louis was burned the night of the 10th inst. About twienty persons lost their lives in the flames. The Hotel was valued at $75,000. Rev. Lovick Pierce, of the Geor gia Methodist Conference, entered upon his 93d year the 24th of March. He still preaches and wites with all the vigor of young manhood. Hon. T. J. Mackey, Judge of the Sxth Circuit, will deliver the Anni versary Address before the Litera ry Societies of Erskine College at the Commencement in June. Rev. Dr. Win. A. Ma.hlenberg, of New York, author of the hymn "I would not live alway", died the 9th inst. aged 81 years. FoR TH HERALD. PROSPERITY, S. C., April 9, 187'7. MEssRS. EDITORS : It has never been a characteristic of us to appear in public print vindicating or setting forth in eulo gistic strains the good traits of any people and place. Nevertheless, we have con cluded, after due meditation, to set forth to the public some of the good qualities of our place-to rebut against some, and not a few, she is represented by some to labor and groan under. And first, Messrs. Ed iors, we are one of those who adhere to that school of philosophers who advocated that there was nothing in a name, be it Frog Level, Frog Town, or whatever any scientific nonmenclators may deetn, in their unbiased judgment to christen it. Al though our small town had the misfortune, as some may think, of being called in her younger days Frog Level, which is and has beeni by some regarded as a ponder ous load from which she never can extricate herself, permit us to say just here, by way of parenthesis, that we regard the moral standard of our small place as good as any other of its size in the State. We admit that there was at one time (from what we can learn) a great many temptations to vice, but now they are comparatively few. And the next thing we deem it necessary to touch on like Cortez in writing to the Emperor Charles 5th in refer.'nce to the city of Cholula-will bie our markets ; and we ;will say they are well supplied with all the ne cesaries of life. Our stores are kept by gentlemanly proprietors and courteous clerks, and our merchants do not have to barter their entire stock ot merchandise for "butter, chickens and eggs," as some conjecture. And in point of health there is no plaice that can show a better record. There are no ponds to create any malaria or miasma, an eneterg that are said to infest our borders will have to jump up and migrate back over to the lands of the Pharaohs. And the next thing in or der that we desire to touch on is the so :iety; and here we say that our people are not isolated hermits, dead to every gene rous impulse of nature, destitute of moral orth or ignorant of the rules of etiquette ad refinement. Neither are our people allous arnd indifferent towards education; they are not training up their children to e ignora:uuses. For proof of the above e have two fine schools in the place well ttended and a large aad flourishing Sun day School, and also a flourishing Tfeinpe rance Society. Hence we readily conclude Our Washington Letter. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 11, 1877. Twen:ty years ago one Professor Payne, of Massachusetts, proposed to manufacture by a simple process illu minating gas from water. The mate rial cost nothing, the machinery was inexpensive, and the gas was to be immeasurably superior to any other gas. We all remember the en thusiastic professor. His theory was a beautiful one, and he felt great pride in it. The failure came only when he attempted to reduce it to practice. He entered his laboratory one day to complete his experiments as fine a specimen of manhood as there was in New England, and full of faith. He left it soon after through a window, a mere wreck of a man and without a particle of faith. The one discovered weakness in his process was that it in volved the immediate destruction of the material, of the machinery and of the manufacturer. What other dia bolical defects may have lain hidden under the seeming innocence of the invention it remains for posterity to find out; the one that appeared was so sudden and effectual in its operation that the Professor never looked fur ther. In the like manner the collapse of our unelected- President in carrying out the Southern portion of his policy, promises to be sudden enough and complete enough to prevent his devel oping any of the other noticeable points in it. Day by day the evidence ac cumulates here that nearly the solid vote of his own party is against him. The commercial centres wish to sup port him in the desperate fear that business anarchy would follow further political turmoil; but outside of such points the indications are all the other way. Most voters of the Republican party believe in sustaining Chamberlain and Packard, or in any other means of af flicting the South, and in them is a mighty foundation for an opposition. The veteran Republican leaders have been slighted and snubbed by Hayes, and therein is ground enough for their opposition. For one relying not only upon indications from the press ia the North. but upon information from individuals inside and outside of politics, I have no hesitation in saying that in- reality Bayes has no party in the North. While organized opposi tion may not appear before Congress meets in June, and then may not ex hibit its strength for the reason that the members of Congress were elected before the present issue arose. It is already apparent that at least one vital point has been overlooked by the President, and that, so far as party support is concerned, he will come out of the present experiment with far less faith than when he went into it. But is it likely that organized oppo sition will await even the meeting of Congress ? An hour of turmoil in the State House of South Carolina or Louisiana, would arouse a feeling among the vast majority of Republi cans North, that they have not known for years. The present position of Chamberlain, and the whole co'urse of Packard-both able men, and both with supporters among the most able of Northern Republicans-show that if anything is needed to "fire the Re publican heart" they are ready to fur nish it. It is certainly in theirpower to do so. If it is asked what the Democrats shall do, the answer is plain. They are an enormous miajority of the whole people. They are well organized. They have the House of Representa tives. They must simply see that the peace is kept, and that the Republican explosion, when it comes, does no un necessary damage to the country at large. A word ought to be said in expla nation of the apparent reduction of $14,000,000 in the public debt in March. The reduction was only ap parent. The debt represented by ad judicated but unpaid claims against the Government was enormously in. reased. The amount of ascertained and undenied indebtedness of the Gov ernment in this form is very large and is growing larger, the object being to present a good showing of apparent reduction. In a word that $14,000,. 000 is largely made up ;of cash held in the Treasury, which should have been paid to Government creditors, nd thus have gone into circulation. I'o illustrate this, it is only necessary to suppose that Secretary Sherman pay none of the bills of the Govern ment for the next six or seven years, ut retain all the appropriated money n the Treasury. At the end of that ime lie would hold an amount equal o the whole debt, or, as he ingenious y puts it. the debt would be "redeem d" its whole amount. Col. Forney rote from Europe of a gentleman there who just managed to keep out ~f debt from year to year, but always had to borrow money to do it. RENO. FETERSON S MAGAZINE.-We acknowi ~d(TP with nh~ai~ure the receint At' thE~ ~hnu~ FOR THE HERALD. From the Seaboard to the a ouutaius. MESSRS i DITOItS NEWiBEPRY TIER ALJ): The day is not far in the future when the North-western section of South Carolina, and the border regions of Georgia and North Carolina will become the garden of the continent. The country is generally undulating, billy and mountainous; yet there are level lands and plateaus, with a variety of fertile soils. The altitude is from 2,000 to 6.000 feet above the sea level. The thermometer seldom rises above eighty in the highlands, where tb. minimum of inortality by consumption is reached, ard where there are no miasmatic diseases. The light air and pure water, diver sity and variety of products, elegance of scenery, and general healthfulness, will give this section a population noted alike for health, wealth, strength and beauty. It is emerging, as it were, from a primeval state-its roads and markets are just now being fully opened, and its kind, bright, indos trious and intelligent reople are alive to education and the labor utilities. The productions of the country are corn, wheat, rye, oats and barley, with Irish potatoes, cabbages and turnips ; also apples, pears, peaches and the grape-all of which grow to perfec 'ion. Indeed, it is par excellence the country for the. above, and most especially for the apple and the vine. The slopes of the Blue Ridge, I am told, cannot be excelled for the grape, while apple trees, a half century old, still bear luxuriantly. In some sec tions cotton grows well, although greater attention is paid to other crops. Lime, as a fertilizer, is abun dant and accessible. The short and comparatively mild Winters, abundant woodlands, bold rapids and exhaustless falls, invite thither the spindles of the world, for it has every natural requisite to make it the great manufacturing centre. Capital will soon demonstrate the fact. The luxuriant growth of grasses, such as clover, blue grass, Timothy, orchard and herds grass, and the ever green or Winter grass, not alone in the coves and valleys, but upon the mountains, keep cattle and sheep (with the aid of a little salt) always healhy and fat, and render it one of the finest grazing countries to be found. An English gentleman, who had been for several years in the wool trade, both in England and Portugal, told me that the specimens of wool be found in this section, and which he exhibited to me, were finer than the same varieties he had seen elsewhere. Gold, silver, iron, copper, lead, mica, marble, blue granite, limestone and millstone are all to be found. There is an abundance of shapely and access ible rock .suitable for building pur poses. Among the great variety of timber, are oaks, pines, hickory, cedar, maple, poplar, hemlock, ash, elm, beech, birch, chestnut, sassafras, gum, locust, willow and basswood; all of which are to supply many industries in the fu ture. Land, lumber, labor and living are cheap. Good unimproved land is held at $1 to $3 per acre, while improved lands or of superior location, may be held somewhat higher. Land suitable for pastures, orchards and woodlands can be had from 50c. to $1 per acre. Good lumber sells at eight to nine dollars per thousand. Rails split, hauled and formed into fencing at 20c. per rod. Labor, generally, white and reliable, can be had at 50e. per day and board. Good board can be obtainea at $8 to $12 per month. Insects, neither those which inter fere with personal comfort, nor with vegetation arc to be found of any con sequence. And it is in a country like tis that the poor yet iudustrious cot.. tager, while enjoying immunity from many cares as well as temptations, found elsewhere, can, from farming, fruit growing. stock-raising, dairying, the bee culture, &c., go on to compe tency, feed his flocks in security, gar ner his frugal stores and enjoy in tran quility many of the comforts, luxuries and blessings of life. The music of the huntsmnan's horn is heard reverberating among the hills; for here the sportsman pursues the chase for deer and bear, with an occa sional hunt for the wolf and panther. Wild turkeys, pheasant, partridge, squirrels. rabbits anid small game are more or less plentiful. The patient fisherman will also be rewarded by in viting the speckled trout from the cold bosom of the mountain stream. We have said there is beauty in the Blue Ridge-amounting to grandeur. So. The peaks and spurs, the cliffs ad caves, cascades and coves; the winding defiles, gentle slopes, pastoral I vales, angular hills, pretty dells; clear, old and limpid springs, rushing rivers, ~ rivulets, precipices, chasms, and falls, t rising, receding and disappearing in widadwidytCeuiu reu wlan weryebeuiuire larity, make one feel that when Spring and Summer conic with their wealth of fragrant verdure, beautiful shrubs and vines, birds anid blooms to clothe ~ th i1gadgran h onan,i the hilems nd gardthe ndunt,airns, a thVlmnso at n k,arad3 Cnoica Nw Music.-"Kiss anr F re,' is tie utie of 'a beautiful new r-horus by the popular composer D. iake, which appears in the SOUTI MUSiCAL JOUlRAL for April, and, nus4ical friends only but knew what t it is, iey would have it, cost what it i In the same nmaber is also the fi "American Rifle Team Victory March G. Operti; a fine Anthem "Plead Tho Cause," by L. 0. Emerson, and three ing Hymn Tunes, suitable for chur home use. Every month brings, ir magazine, an equally choice supply of 1 at the trifling cost of $1.25 per year; at ter still, each subscriber is entitled to as their premium. $1.00 worth of Shee sic from the publishers' immense stoct tained1 in their Southern Music House vannah, Ga. A three cent stamp will a specimen copy. Address the publi Ludden & Bates, Savannah, Ga. IIELIOGABALUS.-It is said of the I Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antinous-i single feast at his villa just outside of cost the enormous sum of over one hit thousand dollars. The earth and the a the sea had been scoured for delicacie. a dish of nightingale's tongues made by the sweet singing of the birds was,. the extravagant menu. The feast conc the Emperor fell back on his conch o ple and gold and offered a million of tias to any who could invent a new d gratify his palsied palate. It lie had till this day he. might have got a little of Duryeas' Glen Cove Starch Cot that would have given him a recipe hundred dishes such as Heliogabalus knew. Daryeas' Corn Starch will finer dishes than were ever tasted at a I feast, and Duryeas' Laundry Starch wi linen an immaculate yhiteness that So in his glory sighed ii'ain for. .ew /e PMiscellaneo2 DR. W. F. PRATT DRUrGGIS Begs to inform his customers and fi that he has opened a store in rear i stand, next door to A. J. McCaughrii fice. NEW STOCK OF Drugs, Patent Medicines, Prescriptions Accurately Compound Dr. Pratt will continue, as hither keep Drugs and Medicines of the first ty at moderate prices. FINE WINES AND LIQUOI FOR MEDICINAL USE. BASS' GENUINE PALE ALE, CICARS, TOBACCO, Apr. 18, 16-t. MRS. S. A. POP] Respectfully annouinces the open her BOA1RDING HOUSE, at the corr Pratt & McKibben Streets, for the a modation of private boarders as well traveling public. Her rooms are clea airy, and table supplied with all the cacies of the season. Board, per day, per week, .$5 00. For particulars, ap W. M. Shackleford. Apr. 18, 1 VICTORY! IE] Carolina is Fre< And now, my friends and custon beg you to celebrate the glorious evi taking advantage of the. GREAT BARGA[ In nice goods now offered by C. F. JACKS0I2 THE L.EADER OF L.OW PRI COLUMBIA, S. C. This is headquarters for Standard at 6+ and 8t.c. Handkerchiefs, T< Cassimeres, Tweeds, and, in fact, I cai you Bargains in every department, guarantee you goods and prices to giv tect satisfaction. Apr. 18, 16 NEW MUSIC ! A t publisher's prices-Songs, D Waltzes, &c. A fresh supply just rec at HERALD BOOK STO] Apr. 18, 16-3t. NEW ! NEW ! NE' Ropp's Commercial Galculator, or I Reckoner. Every business man s] have one of these convenient and 1 alculators. Indispensable to merci farmers, mechanics. A few copies for sale at HERALD BOOK STO] A pr. 18, 16-St. MILTON A. CARLISLI tiTT0RY AN 00UNELL08 AT Office next door East of A..T. McCaugl & Co. NEWBERRY, S. C. Apr. 18, 16-2t. SHOAT FOUND, On E. H. Christian's place, one mile own. Description: black barrow, w ng about 45 pounds, with slit and u it in each ear. Apply to Chas. Brown, on the plac o0 E. H. CHRISTIA A pr. 18, 16-1t. he (ONL'e Av:ard~ CETENNIA L Mil he BESi, Most POPUfLA3-NINETY per ce estmonials Compare Ikaith-Uifs, and give0O0i REFERENCE. Good for Brain-Workers-Sedi en, Women and Chidren -Chronic lavalids eek:rs of HeaRh and Strength--Send Sism:> foi irar--A,ents Wanted. A. H. ANDREWS d anhetarur c f Ofice. Church, and-School Fun ! I & 213 Wabash Ave.. ci1icago. i11 t9 & ?2 I Eroaciway, New York City. Apr. 18, 16-4m.. MAhOOD:lbow Lost, How Restore ~'Just published, a new editio Dr Calverwell's Celebrated E a the radical cure (without medicin PERMATORRHEA or Seminal Weakness oluntary Seminal Losses, IMPOTENCY,. I. and Physical Incapacity, Impedim >Marriage. etc.; also, CONSUMPTION, ESY and FITS. iunued by self-indulgi sexual extravagance, &c. '& Price, in a sealed envelope, only emts. The celebrated author, in this admir ;ssay, clearly demonstrates, from a tI ars' successful practice, that the al. tg consequence s of sell-abuse may be: ally cured without the dangerous u iternal 'nedicine or the application of iife; pointing ont a mode of cure at mnple, certain and effectual, by meat bieh every sufferer, no matter whal orgct, e w S M7isce1laneous. song Chas. Eou NOTICE. .gem The partner<hip heretofore existing be ghts tween J. E. CHAPMAN and J. M. CRAW by FOIR), under the fic m name of CHAPilA u my & Ci.AWFORD, was disolved by mutua pleas- consent on the 20th M.ach last. The busi ch or ness is continued by the subscriber. this J. M. CRAWFORD. nusic, id bet J. 1. CRAWFORD, con at Sa- (Successor to Chapman & Crawford,) secure shers, NEXT DOOR BELOW B. J, RAMAGE & SON, Repectfully informs the public of New berry, that his stock of General Merchan foman dise is now full and complete in liat a aiorec DRY GOODS, NOTIONS Jr and and SHOES, HATS costly imong AND luded, P~ pn,CROCERIES, sester ish to which he will sell at low down prices. lived Mv stock of ladies' SUMMER DRES. book GOODS WILL BE SOLD AT A BARGAIN npany FROM 61 TO 12+ CENTS PER YARD for a Come and see them before buying else never where. toman 1 take this occasion to return thanks t< l give the friends and patrons of the old firm o lomon Chapman & Crawford for their former pa tronage and respectfully solicit a contin -- uance of the same, with the assurance tha I will spare no pains or effort to give then satisfaction. Apr. 18, 16-2t. HAY! HAY!! HAY!!l 9 Nieely baled HAY, delivered at the De -iends pot in Columbia, s of. At $1.00 per One Hundred Pounds Orders will receive prompt attention. Address, W. G. CHILDS, Apr. 18, 16-tf ' Columbia, S. 0. &c. SHERIFF'S SALE. ad. The Greenville and Columbia Rail Road Co to, to vs. quali- Levi Bates Maffett and David Kibler. S, iBy virtue of an Execution to me directet in the above stated case, I will sell, On the First Monday in May next &C. the following Real Estate, lying and being situated in the town of Prosperity, to-wit 41 ACRES, ing of more or less, bounded by lands of Davic er of Kibler, G. M. Bowers, J. A. Simpson anc ecom- Stoney Battery road. as the Also, n and deli- 1Oi AO RES, $1.50; ply to more or less, bounded by lands of Davic 6-1 m. Kibler, Lang. Kibler's Estate and homc - house place. Levied on as the .roperty o Y,Levi Bates Maffett. Terms of sale-CASH. Purchaser to pa) I for papers. J. J. CARRINGTON, S. N. C. Sheriff's Office, Apr. 12, 1877. 16-3t f9 SHERIFF'S SALE. George Brown and Thompson Young, a: lers, I Executors of the last will an d testamen ~nt by of Robert Carmichael, deceased. vs. Levi Bates Maffett. N'S By virtue of an order of the Court o Common Ple-is to me directed, I will sell, .in front of the Court House, at Newberry, On Sale-day in May, Monday, the th Beventh, A. D. 1877, tefollowing described Real Estate, to-wit: DE,Twenty-eight and One quar ter Acres of Land, (284) more or less, situate and being in the Coun ty of Newberrv, and State of South C'aro 'rints lina, and bounded by lands of David Kib >wels, ler, Henry S. Boozer, Lot No. 4, Lot No. 5 i give and Langdon C. Kibler, being a tract of and I land formerly owned by the late Robert a per- Carmichael. -tf. Terms of Sale-CASH. Purchaser of -land to pay for papers. J. J. CARRINGTON, s. N. C. Sheriff's Office, 2d April, 1877. uetts, 16-3t. 112 eived (E. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, __ COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. Wmn. E. Earle, Plaintiff; Against ~eady John B. Boazmnan, Defendant. ould By virtue of an Execution to me directed isfu in the above stated case, I will sell, at pub. *ans hec outcry, On the First Monday in May, (7th) (E. being Sale-day, -- at Newberry Court House, the following :Real Estate, situate in the County of New -, berry and State aforesaid, consisting of IY, Three Hundred and Twenty a(320) Acres, more or less, and boundled by lands of John Watkins, Mrs. Hill, Silas Walker and others. Levied upon as the property of the Defendant. --- Terms of Sale-CASH. Purchaser to pay for papers. JOHN J. CARRINGTON, S. N. . from Newberry C. H., S. C. eigh- 6th April, 1877. 3 16-f9 ader oAMERICA AHEAD N. ---ON -.- SPOOL COTTON! DAI ,. CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION, 1S86. EXTRACT FROM THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF T HE JUDGES ON WILLIMANTIC S the andNW SIX CORD SOFT FINISH SPOOL. COTTON, *Who awarded the Willimantic Co. a Medal CO., of Merit and Diploma of Honor. iture, "Superiority of Production; Eco.nomy of ., and Production; Excellence of Material; Variety df Colors of Threads; Ex cellence of Machinery and Ap pliances; Originality and -- Completeness of System." I! FOR SALE BY J. B. RE AD & CO., SHAW & JOHNSTON, sa o JAGER BROTHERS, A. ILLING, e) of W. UFFERHARDT. I- Apr. 18, 16-3m. ents ~neKINGSFRD'S~ s1ix abe OSWEGO0 STARCH . steBETadMOTEO-MCLi -aej.o I the BESTrld MS CNMCLI te f terld.UEfe ro cd n the Ister fetly PUE-freeso tacid ndr nof othern. eg ubtne ha DI4 hi o in en.e hnoeohr-eurn is STRONGER than any ~~ber~reqrnri~ .1?Fiscellaneous. NOTICE. I %ill make a final settlement of. the Es tate of Mil.,s P. Lake, my ward, in the Court of Probate for Newberry, on Friday, I the 1Sth day of May next, and immediately thereafter apply for a final discharge as said Guardian. ASA P. DAVIS, Guardian of Miles P. Lake. Apr. 12, 1877-16-5t. FOR SALE. S199 ACRES OF VALUABLE LAND, located in Newberry County, and bounded by lands of Mrs. M. E. Gilliam, Horton, Miller and Buford. There is no mortgage on this land and there never has been. I will make a warrantee title to the purchaser. For further particulars, write to REV. J. E. WATSON, Oak Hill, P. 0., I Apr. 11, 15-tf Lexington Co., S. C. DR. E. E. JACKSON, DIiIJGGIST MN fEMIT, COLUMBIA, S. C. - Removed to store two doors next to Wheeler House. A full stock of Pure Medicines, Chemi cals, Perfumeries, Toilet Articles, Garden and Field Seeds, always in store and at moderate prices. Orders promptly attended to. Apr. 11, 15-tf. J.B. lE RD & CO., Corner of Pratt & Nance Streets, NEWBERRY, S. C. Wholesale and Betail Dealers in 1obacco~, Segars1 Pipes, &c, Together with W1 AI LIWI, Of best brands and warranted. Mar. 28, 13-tf. P0PE & WARDLAW Announce to their friends and the public generally that they are now permanently located at Tarrant's old stand; on Mollobon Row, with a stock of . almost entirely fresh and new, which they propose tod ell On the most reasonable terms. They invite attention to their stock and prices. April 4, 14-tf. J. N. MARTIN & CO. Agents for Piedmont Shirting and Sheeting. Mar. 21, 12-tf. ADIIINISTRAT()R'S NOTICE. Having made -a final settlemenir on the estate of Belton Counts, I will apply to the Pr obate Court for Newberry County, on the first day of May next, for a final: discharge as Administrator thereof. H. H. COUNTS, Administrator. -March 27, 187Z7.-13 5t.* Ex Parte-George G. Dewaft. In Re-Wise & Latham, Bankrupts. Petition for Sale of Land to Satisfy Mort gage. In obedience to an order of the Hon. George S. Bryan, United States District Judge, passed in the above stated proceed ing, I will sell, On Sale-Day, the 7th of .May next, all that tract of land situate in and near the town of Prosperity, .County of New berry, State of South Carolina, eontaining Forty-Five Acres, more or less, bounded by lands of J. W. Brown, Mathias Wicker, the negro school house lot in said town of Prosperity, lands of estate L. C. Kibler and S. J. Hiller, be ing the lot of land in said town whereon, at date of 17th March, 1875, P. E. Wise and John B. Latham resided, and -also the tract of Nine and One-half Acres, more or less, at that date, lately purchased by G. H. Wise for Francis Bobb, and bounded by lands of John B. Fellers, Miss Josephine Fair and John J. Cook; also at same time all that lot of land situate in said town of Prosperity fronting on the Public Square of said town twenty-five feet and running back at right angles thereto one hundred and twenty-five feet, and join ing lands of H. S. BoozerkACo., D). A. Dickert, J. M. Dominick, - Bowers, to gether with the -buildings ghereon. Terms of Sale-CASH. ?wrchasers to pay for papers. E. M. WALL ACE, U. S. MarshaL PzR J. J. CA&RIGTo, Deputy U.~S. Mar shaL Apr'. 1,15-4t. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. IN THE PROBATE COURT. -Nancy 0. Kibler, as Adminis.tatri, Plain tiff, Against D. W. T. Kibler, et. al., Defendants. Complaint~ to Sell Personal Property, Cail in Credi:ors, Sell Real Estate ini Payment of Debts, &c., &c.. - On reading and filing the above com plaint, and oni motion of Jas. Y. Cuibreath, C<,mplainant's A ttorney, it is ordered: 1st. That the credjiors of L C. Kibler, dec'd., are required to render in and estab lish their c!ai:zs in this Court on or befor the 3rd day of May next. 2nd And it is further ordered; that the said cr.editors be enjoined from commencing or prosecuting their suits in any other Court. J. C. LEA B, J P-N.O. April 3, 1877. / - .14-5t. TOBACCO. ONE I1UNDRED AND FIFTY BOXES TOBACCO, or different brands. On hand and for sale cheap, by 1. B. LEONARD &CO.