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Special and Local. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 8, 1877. INDEX TO NsW ADVERTISEMENTS. P. B. McCoy-I. 0. G. T. Wright & Coppook-Notice. Permelia E. Derrick-Notice. Dr. W. F. Pratt-Dialysed Iron. J. J. Carriogton-Sheriff's Sales. H. A. Burns-Fresh Candies and Crackers. Jno. Thad. Johnson-Atlanta Medical Col lege. J. N. Martin & Co.-Cucumber Wood Pumps. Harald Book Store-School Books Just Received. Joseph Caldwell and others-Indebtedness of Newberry County. SPECIAL NOTICE.-Business no tices in this local colunn are inserted at the rate of 15 cents per line each inser tion. Obituaries, notices of meetings, com munications relating to personal inter ess, tbi 'e3 &f respect, &c. are charged as regu?iar ad&rise' mnts at $1 per square. Notices of administration, and other legal notices, obituaries, tributes of re spect and notices of meetings, as well as communications of a personal character must be paid for in advance. The subscription price of the Herald is $2.00 for twelve months, $1.25 for six months, 75 cents for three months and 25 cents for one month, in advance. Names in future will not be placed on the subscription books until the cash or its equivalent is paid. CROCKERY, ETC.-Now that provi sions have come down, and everybody has plenty to eat, the next thing in or der is to get something nice to put the eatables in. Kingsland & Heath will supply. these articles, of the very best quality, and at the most reasonable rates. They keep a large and select stock of China, Glass and Tinware, and fancy articles generally. Opposite Columbia Hotel, Columbia, S. C. 28-tf We have for sale one of Daniel F. Beatty's celebrated Pianos (or Organs), manufactured at Washington, N. J., that will be disposed of at a great bar gain. The reputation of these instru ments is well established. For particu . lars apply at this office. 24-tf. SENSIBLE ADVICE. You are asked every day through the columns of newspapers and by your Druggist to use something for your Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint that you know nothing about you and get discouraged spending money with but little success. Now to give you satis factory proof that GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER will cure* you of Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint with all its effects, such as sour stomach, Sick Headache, Habitual Costiveness, palpitation of the Heart, Heart-burn, Water-brash, Full ness at the pit of the Stomach, Yellow Skin, Coated Tongue, Indigestion, swimming of the head, low spirits, &c., we ask you to go to your Druggist, Dr. W. E. Pelham, and get a Sample Bottle of GREE'S AUGUST FLOWER for 10 cents and try it, or a regular size for 75 cents. Two doses will relieve you. 24-eow. When Edward Scholtz repairs your clock or watch it is warranted for one year. Try him. Satisfaction guaranteed. 35-1y To CORRESPONDETS.-Communica tions, especially when lengthy, must be handed in before Monday to insure in sertion in that week's issue. If receiv ed later than that day they will be de ferred till next issue. ON GA&S.S.-We acknowledge re ceipi, of an interesting communication on the above subject from the pen of Col. E. S. Keitt. Too late for this is sue, it will be inserted next week. Also, a communication from Mr. Hobbs, of Hope Station, which will ap pear hereafter. BUSH RIVERi CHURCH.-A protracted meeting will begin at this chure Fri 'day, continuing through Sunday. THoMPsON, Dentist, Square above Post Offee. 35-tf. DEAT.-Osborne L. Schumpert, only child of Mr. and Mrs. 0. L. Schampert, died last Thursday morn ing, the 2nd instant. DIALYSED IRON, a new and valuable preparation of Iron, does not affect the teeth. Sold by Dr. W. F. Pratt, Drug gist. 1t* County Treasurer U. B. Whites, start ed Monday on his rounds through the County, collecting the taxes. Hie will return to Newberry, the 16th. Ask your druggist what he knows about Shriner's Balsamiic Cough Syrup. Bold by W. E. Pelham. 31-2t. SUICIDE.-Mr. Daniel C. Boozer, of Prosperity, committed suicide about 7 o'clock on Monday morning, by cutting his throat from ear to ear with a razor. Supposed cause-mental aberration. TWO DAYS' WomC IN HALF A DAY. -A colored North Carolinian, working at Mr. O'Neall's brick-yard, molded 6,000 bricks Saturday by 12 o'clock. 3,000 is a day's task. To Mothers :-Should the Baby be suffering with any of the disorders of Babyhood use Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup at once for the trouble. 25 cents per bot tle. _ _ _ _ _ _ I. 0. G. T.-The County Lodge of Good Templars will meet at Prosperity the 15th instant.' There will be a feast of reason and fried chicken, in the way of temperance speeches and a picnic. Procure a bottle of Thrash's con sumptive cure and lung restorer, and stop that dreadful cough; trial 50c., large $1.50. Sold by all Druggists. For sale by Dr. S. F. Fant.. In the vicinity of Newberry, South Carodina, there are four widows who are the owners of prosperous farms. This is a modern illustration of the widow's mnight.-Boston Courier. FOUL PLAY.-Mr. J. B. Carwile found eleven of his chickens dead in his fowl-house Friday morning. The only mark of violence upon them was a small incision in the neck. Weasels did it. CAUGHT.-SheriffCarrinlgtonl brought up from Columbia, Saturday, one of the negroes who stole Mr. Holloway's cot ton on the night of the 11th of January last, at Pomaria. The negro, whose kname is Melville Williams, was caught -near Columbia. REv. WV. S. BowmAN, D. D.-We nublish in another coThmntb~ resolu FALING TWENTY FEF:r.-Mr. Moo dy, of Columbia, while fixing the scaf folding to one of the Mower buildings Thursday fell to the ground, a distance of twenty feet. He was severely bruised, and is still unable to be out. ATLANTA MEDICAL COLLEGE.-The advertisement of this institution ap pears in this issue. We do not hesitate to recommend it to those pursuing medical studies as in every way worthy of their patronage. Its reputation and standing are equal to that of the high est. TUUE CANVASSERS' RETuRx.-The following is the vote of July 26th, as returned by the Board of Canvassers: For House of Representatives: Y. J. Pope, 1,666; C. H. Suber, 1,641. For Clerk of Court: E. P. Chalmers, 1,705; T. M. Lake, 1,604. For County Commissioner: L. B. Maffett, 1,705; J. A. Crotwell, 1,599. L. R. R.-Work was resumed on the Laurens Railroad Friday. The work is advancing toward Laurens at the rate of three-fourths of a mile per day. Col. Dodamead has advertised for cross-ties sufficient to complete the road, and for telegraph poles for the whole line. It is thought that the road will be pushed through now without further delay. HoNoR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE. On the 4th of July we gave a short ac count of four widows of Prosperity, who deserve great credit for their en ergy and success. The article attracted considerable attention, and these noble women have received the highest en comiums from the leading papers of Charleston, Augusta, New York and Boston. SAD.-The Presiding Elder of this District, the Rev. Mfanning Brown, who arrived here on Wednesday last to hold his 3d Quarterly Conference and take part in the exercises of Eb enezer Camp-Meeting, was summoned home the next day to the sick beds of his children. On Friday the sad intel ligence was received that ore had died that morning of diptheria. Our sincere sympathies are extended to him. Col. Y. J. Pope has been elected to the Legislature from Newb':rry, and is truly an addition to our list of legis ators.-Ninety-Six Guardian. Y. J. Pope has been elected to the Legislature from Newberry. He is a young man of superior talents, high character, and will make an excellent working member. He is a graduate of Furman University.-Greenville Enter prise and Mountaineer. AN OLD COIN.-The Register thought [t had discovered a curiosity a few days ago when it found a coin 90 years old. That's nothing. Postmaster Boone has ne 148 years old. The following letters ad figures on it are as plain as if it had ust come from the mint: "Carolus IIII, Dei Gratia Hispan. et Ind. Rex. M. 8 . F. M. 1729." It{is of the denomina tion commonly known as a Mexican ollar or Rix dollar, and 'passes for a ollar of U. S. money. Now, if any ody has an older coin, let him trot it >ut. A NEGRO WOMAN SHOOTS HERSELF. -A negro woman named Sallie Mack, vho lived on Mr. R. A: Welch's place, ad a difficulty with her husband Satur ay. She then came to town and got runk. When she got to the railroad t Helena, returning home, she fell in with a negro man who had a pistol. She got hold of the pistol and fir ed two hots, being too drunk to know what she was doing. The first did no arm, but the second was fired with he muzzle in a few inches of her body. 'he 1all entered her abdomen, causing eath in five or six hours. THE CORN CR'OP.-Wherever this crop has had proper attention in this ounty it is in good condition, and the romise of an abundant yield is given. long the roads in every direction lead ing from town is this the case. There are some exceptions 'tis true, but the ause is plain, and generally the seasons ave had nothing to do with it. Quite lately our vision has been over that sec tion bordering on the Dutch Fork,-lead ing to and around Pomaria, and the sight presented was indeed a good o ne. ie corn fields and fat cattle were the rue, and we might as well add that otton also is in splendid condition. A GOOD RoAD.-In contrast to the bad roads alluded to in another place, we take infinite pleasure in noticing the road leading to Ebenezer camp round, commencing at Elmore's cor ner, running by Kibler's and Kilgore's to the camp ground and considerably beyond. This is decidedly the best road we have travelled over since the time when roads were worked in regu lar and proper fashion. From what we could gather, to Mr. A. J. Kilgore in a large degree is due the credit for this good piece of work, and to this entleman, who is always foremost in doing good, publicly an.d privately, we cord our meed of praise. WHISPER You'LL BE MINE, LovE. The favorite Southern Song writer, John T. Rutledge, composer of "Save the Sweetest Kiss for Me," has in "Whisper Yo'll be .Mine, Love," given us most decidedly the prettiest So9ng of the past en years. It has a perfectly bewitch ing melody that sings itself right into the hearts of music lovers the world over. The piece is published in elegant style, with title page in crimson and gold, and accompaniments adapted for either Piano or Organ, or for small Orchestra. Ask your nearest Music Dealer for it, or send the price (40 ents,) direct to the publishers, Ludden & Bates, Savannah, Ga. THE EBEZER CAMP MEETING. The annual camp meeting at Ebenezer Church, three miles below Newberry, began last Thursday. On account of the excellent accommodations and the liberality of tihe tent-holders, Ebenezer is a very popular camp-ground, and people attend in large numbers. The large, bandsome shd whiph was efected two years ago to take the place of the usual brusnl arbor, affords perfect pro tection from the heat of the sun and allows full play to the breezes. Nothing could be more pleasant and comfortable in the warm days and nights of August. This shed was pppted 4t ap expense of 8120 and has beeni ep.tjrely paid for. It is 80 by 60 feet, seating over fifteen hundred persons. The tent-bolders were very kind to all, inviting friends and strangers alike to their well-filled tables. The following ministers were present: Revs. Mark Boyd, Herbert, Pritchard, Elwell, Clifton, Beatty, Watson, and Ariail. Presiding Elder Manning Br.x4 cr.ame n Widnesdaty't THE COUNTY DEnT.-A committee to investigate the indebtedness of New berry County has been appointed by the Governor. See notice to claimants. A QUEsTIox.-The Grangers in Newberry are discussing the question: How long was Noah in building the ark? They have not settled it yet. Who can help them? Some of them say 7 years, some say 100 years, and some say 120 years. What do you say? [A. R. Presbyterian. PEnsO\AL.-Rev. G. W. Holland, Professor of Greek and Latin in New berry College, spent last week in town. Mr. D. 0. Herbert, a student of Wof ford College, is employing his vacation in teaching. He will graduate next June. We had the pleasure of a call Thurs day from Mr. D. H. Witherspoon, Ed itor and Proprietor of the Temperance Standard, Prosperity, S. C. Mr. E. H. Christian, Dr. Fant and Dr. Mayer, Jr., have returned from Glenn's. Y. J. Pope. Esq., has gone to the mountains. THE Excunsiox.-Twelve hundred tickets were sold in Charleston, and a great many more along the line, for excursions to Greenville, Spartanburg and other places in the up-country. The train reached Columbia a little behind time. The number of passengers was so large that it was found necessary there to get an additional train. Bag gage had to be changed and assorted, which took three hours. The trains passed here about S 1-2 o'clock P. M., nearly five hours behind time. There were twelve passenger coaches in both trains, containing not far from eight hundred passengers, equally as many having taken the S. U. & C. R. R. at Alston for Spartanburg. I. 0. G. T.-At the last regular meet ing of Kosciusko Lodge, No. 32, I. 0. G. T. the following officers were in stalled to serve the ensuing term: W. C. T.-James Packer. W. R. H. S.-Mrs. M. E. Packer. W. L. H. S.-Miss C. Wilson. W. V. T.-Miss Lizzie White. W. S.-Jno. W. Taylor. W. A. S.-Miss Lida Davis. W. F. S.-Jas. H. M. Kinard. W. T.-Jno. A. Kinard. W. M.-Z. P. Moses. W. D. M.-Jno. R. Mathis. W. I. G.-S. B. Jones. W. 0. G.-B. B. Hunter, W. C.-Rev. C. H. Pritchard. P. W. C. T.-L. R. Marshall. BAD ROAD.-The road leading from the Court House to Pomaria is for the most part in wretched condition, and only by skillful driving and a well trained horse is it possible to get over it without serious damage to a buggy. This is the condition now when public roads are at their best naturally. If this road or any other-and we have no doubt there are many others as bad if not worse-be left until the fall rains fill the ruts and seams with mud the con sequences may be imagined. Wagons and buggies will be damaged and trade injured. We suggest that while the County is waiting for its commissioners of roads and bridges, that the farmers turn out voluntarily in their regular beats and do the good work-and now is about the time, for the crops are be ing laid by. ____ THE AGRICULTURAL MEETING.-The Summier Meeting with the Agricultural Society, which takes place at Anderson to-day (Wednes.day), promises to be unusually interesting, and will ..be largely attended by representatives from all the counties in the State. Newberry, through its Grange, will have a respectable representation, and we trust that the mercantile and all other interests will be represented. This meeting is an advance in the right direction and much good is looked for. It is hoped that an incen tive may be given to the citizens of Newberry which will arouse an ambi tion that will lead to the organization of a County Agricultural Society. There is no reason why we cannot have one, and every reason why wve can and should. We sincere]y hope that every one from here who attends that meeing will come back filled with determination to adopt and carry out so desirable an end. LAYING THE CORNER STOE.-The work of laying the bricks of the new college wall began July 31st. August 1st the old corner stone was relaid, without ceremony, except that the mar ble cap was taken off and a few arti cles were placed in the stone. Upon removing the cap it was found that the hymn book, Bible, coins and other articles placed in the stone at the foun dation of the college nearly twenty years ago, had decayed to a black mass of rubbish, only a few letters of the hymn book being recognizable. A gold locket, containing a likeness of Mr. Osborne Wells, was the only thing taken out in a state of preservation. The fol lowing articles were then deposited in the stone: The latest Catalogue and Circular of Newberry College, the head ing to the subscription list for relocating the College at Newberry, a copy of the Newberry HERALD Extra, giving the proceedings of the Lutheran Synod at its session at Newberry the 3d, 4th and th of April, 1877, and a copy of the Newberry HERALD of August 1k The cap was then cemented and the co ner stone was placed in the wall, where we hope it will remain for the next century. TAx ITEM.-The following figures tay prove interesting: The total value of all taxable personal property in Newberry County is $996,556; of real estate, $2,868,465-total, 54.080,861. The valuation of real estate in the cor porate limits of Newberry is $195,060; of Prosperity, $10,922. The number of acres of land in cul tivation is 96,735; meadow and pasture lands, 227,884; wood and marsh lands, 40,46. Floyd Township has the great est number of acres, 12,023, and May binton the smallest, 4,2. Stoney Battery, No. 9, has the most dogs, 268-1,794 in the whole county. There are 123 pianos in the county. No. 1 has 66; No. 6, 14; No. 10, 1. The others vary from 9 to 3. It is ra ther remarkable that No. 56, wyhich has 14 pianps, hgs only 95 pleasure car iiages, wilile No. 9 has 98 pleasure car riaes and only 8 ins The numbei of taxcable polls is put down at 2,169. There are 2,159 horses in the county, and 2,312 mules and asses-only four legged asses are meant here, the two legged ones being classed with the last subdivision. The Auditor ha speci41 instutiods frdoii th C'bprolleGr t.al to mike tld tinctiohn. ABOUT TIIE TOWN AND COUNTY. "Peace reigns in Warsaw." Chickens and eggs are scarce. Crops are good-corn especially fine Watermelons come in by wagon load. every day. All the new buildings are being rap idly completed. The three C.'s make the heart glad -corn, cotton, cider. Newberry was full of drummers lasl week, mostly shoe men. Preparations-are being made by sev eral parties in the county to distil peach brandy. There was a decided change in tem perature Wednesday last. Pleasant breezes all day. Mr. W. H. Blats is erecting a neat cottage on the street leading from Mr. Cline's shops to Caldwell Street. A large number of Newberria'ns go to the State Grange meeting to-mor row (Wednesday.) Some went to-day. M. A. Carlisle, Esq., we venture to say, has the finest calf in the county a Durham and Devon, shipped by ex press from Mississippi. The Camp-Meeting at Hopewell Church, near Martin's Depot, L. R. R., will begin Thursday before the first Sunday in September. The fare to Anderson, to attend the State Grange and return, is only $2.40 from Newberry. Sale of tickets begins to-day, and continues to the 11th-good for ten days. It is suggested that a few of the worst places on our public roads be photographed and sent to the World's Exhibition, to be held in Paris. The pictures will attract attention. Taxes are being paid in now. A worthy example was shown the other day by an old and respected farmer over seventy years of age riding nine miles to pay his tax. Dr. Pratt's new drug store will be occupied in a short time, and judging by the number and style of the new bottles already received it will present a handsome appearance. Everything now depends upon how things pan out this fall. "Wait till the fall" is what everyone says when asked for. money. If hopes fail then great will be the fall. The whooping and yelling of a party of young men or boys as they passed through town on Sunday night to. the camp ground was disgraceful in the extreme. Maj. Jones' two bays ran away with his wagon Thursday morning on the streets. The lamp post in front of the Episcopal Church was nearly knocked down, a tree near by was barked, and the wagon was broken; but nobody hurt. CArT. LIPSCOMB IN CAMDE.-Capt. J. N. Lipscomb, Master of the State Grange, delivered an address by invita tion to the Grangers of Kershaw County, July 27th. The Camden Journal and Gazette thus speaks of the address: Capt. Lipscomb said he was nothing but a plain farmer, did not claim to be an orator, but that he could talk agriculture to farmers, and in the next half hour he proved to all present that he is really a good talker. He took up the subject of the grange and agri ulture, and soon convinced every one that he was master of them. He very clearly defined the principles of the Gange, and showed that it does not make war upon any class of men, but that farmers wanted their rights, and wish the same privileges as men en gaged in other pursuits, and that they intended to have them. By joining the Grange, and thereby becoming united, farmers could demand their rights and privileges from railroad corporations, cotton exchanges and all other combi nations with which the farmer has to deal. He urged upon the audience the great importanceofeducatingtheyoung, not in the fashionable ways of the age, but in the practical affairs of life, there by fitting them for spheres in which they must move. He told his hearers to educate their daughters, not to wear the heels of their shoes under the mid dIe of their feet, their hair piled up very high on tbe top of their heads, and their dresses pinned back sd tight as to pre vent their having "a square sit down"; but to educate them to be proficient in household affairs, to know how to milk a cow, cook a meal, and to educate the boys, not to wear fine clothes, part their hair in the middle. get into debt and be ashamed or afraid to meet their fathers in town, but teach them to know the way to the mill, to arness and work a horse, make a fire in the-stove, and above all things, never get into debt. Capt. Lipscomb made an earnest and eloquent appeal to far mers to throw off their individuality and join the Grange, and cultivate bro therly love, principles of honesty and economy, and try to advance agricul ture to the position it should occupy. Altogether, he made one of the most practical and interesting addresses it as been our good fortune to listen to in a long time. He has the interests of the planters at heart, and it is to be earnestly hoped that his efforts in their behalf will prove abundantly successful. SCARLET FEVER KILLS CHILDREN, nd so do worms. Shriner's Indian Vermi fuge will destroy and expel worms wherever they exist in the human body. Sold by W. E. Pelhamn. ARRIVALS AT THE SIMMoNs Housa. H. C. Shapard, Boston, Mass.: H. S. Wil liams, Geo. W. Clotworthy, N. F. Nerr, B. F. Cole, J. H-. Dobson, Mr. Kincaid, Baltimore; R. Froneberger, J. P. Gibbs, J. H. Couden, saac Holmes, Charleston; L. C Roney, W. [aughlin, C. J. Prentiss, New York; Rev. F. Eason, W. T. Tarranat, J. M. Crawford, W. S'. Ewart, T. J. McCrary, City; W. W@llhoqse, James J. Baldwin, . . Nat. F.ickett, Atlanta; Wi. i.mia,'C; L. auller, Cross Hill; John Willis, Edgefield; W. M. B. Sloan, Colum bia; H. H. IHudgins, Marion Co., Fla.; T. B. Crews, Laurens C. H.; L. W. C. Blalock, artin's Depot; C. M. Williams, D. A. Cros son, Newberry ; Henry Roane, Windser, N. C.; C. C. Richardson, Norfolk,lfa.;' Rev. A. M. Clhreitibei-g, Cainden, S. C. A Result of Obs uet DIges lion. Among the hurtfal consequences of obstruct d digestion, is the impoverishment of the blood, and sincc a deteriative condition of.the vital fluid not only produces dangerous organ ic weakness, but, according to the best medi :al authorities, sometimes causes asphyxia, it is apparent that to improve the cualityT c,f the blod b y promoting digestion' ud assimnila tin;~ is'a w!Wi-s#ttion-. Hosteiter's Stoin ah -litters is' precigely the remedy for this p.urpse, singe it mtlates the gastvc jrtices o~nn,ipr~ tlin~~ bilious and eVacUS,tive irre~ FOR THE HERALD. The Healthfulness of Newber ry. EDITORS OF NEWBERRY HERALD. GENTLEMEN: The cry is still heard: NEWBERRY IS A GRAVEYARD. I am happy, however, to call attention to tl.e fact, that this cry is not so ringing, nor so confident ly uttered as it cas many years ago. I remember when it was a very important item of traveling information to know ex actly where the County line between New berry and Lexington crossed the main road leading from Columbia to the up-country. There are more than a hundred persons yet living who remember the Gallmaa house. No remains of it can. now be seen; but it was once, though an unpretending dwelling, very inviting to travelers desirous of spending a quiet night, with the certain ty of broiled pigeons and poached eggs for breakfast, and the garrulous attention of old Fan with her inexhaustible coffee-pot at everybody's elbow. Two hundred yards in the direction of Newberry, Crimm's creek crossed the road, and a rattling trib utary passed along within fifteen paces of the piazza of this famous stopping place. Whenever a smart rain fell upon these streams, they coalesced, and the triangular space between them of twenty acres was so covered with water, that the Gallman house, for several hours, answered the description of Noah's ark, in mid-deluge. The proprie tor of this place-the kind-hearted, simple natured Henry Gallman-patiently buried his ten negroes a year, destroyed by the miasm that oozed up'through the very floor of his house ; yet hundreds of valetudina rians halted with him at three o'clock in the afternoon, rather than cross, two miles up the road, the dreadful DEAD-LINE that separated Newberry from Lexington. I was located on this very LINE, as a physi cian, during the years 1840-41 and '42, and know from my own observations the truth of the above statement. Furthermore, if a group of these travel ers had passed the night at Spring Hill with the facetious Tom Veal, and found that they would have to pass Gallman's before ten o'clock, then the point of energy was to dash on, TETE-BAISSE, as the French say, and ga-i John Suber's by nightfall, just three-quarters of a mile beyond the DEAD LINE that separated Newberry from Lau rens. But gradually their speed slackened. So many Aredian sounds and sights came upon their hearing anP vision, that they had at one time to pause awhile in the. shade of a grand forest, to admire the va ried foliage; and at another to loiter along a lane through a splendid plantation, to listen to the negroes singing their corn choruses. Fascinated by such scenes they lost too many hours, and by the time' they finished their lunch at Halfacre's spring the dread of fever having been quelled by genero.us Madeira-they found that it would be impossible to get further than Newberry Court House that night. What, sleep in Ne wberry i Oh, horror ! But courage ; one of the party assures them that there is no necessity to pass the night in the d-d place, (valetudinarians used to swear, long time ago,) for he knew a worthy gentleman by the name of Hunt, just a mile and a half n'earer than the town, who would entertain them well, and they could early the next morning steal away along the road leading by the Black Jack tavern, and reaeh Suber's for dinner Now it is well known, that the premises at the cross-roads, formerly in the posses sion of Mr. Jacob Hunt, and now the pro perty of Mr. Crotwell, was extremely un healthy thirty years ago and for a long time afterwards, on account of the exhala tions from a large neighboring quagmire. This dried up eight or ten years ago, and left the plantation perfectly healthy. Once more,-single gentlemen in pursuit of health or business were, in those days, compelled to take the stage-coach from Columbia to Newberry,-the latter being the stopping place for supper, sleeping, and breakfast. The stage-driver usually began the long-drawn-out tones of his doleful melody, just as he caime within a mile of Newberry town-giving a funereal bent to the meditations of his passengers. His horses moved at a snail's pace, until the whip took the place of the horn, and then they clattered along the streets, at full can ter, until they were pulled up in front of the hotel. Then could be seen one of these gentlemen emerging from the coach,, to rush into t.he hotel, register his name, seize his key and his two-inch candle, glide into his chamber, when he put down the sash,l stuffed his sock into the key-hole and threw imself upon his supperless bed, tc: pass a July night of indescribable horror. The next day, he would continue his journey, in a proper frame of mind to corroborate the rumor, that it was at the risk of a man's life to sleep at Newberry. These sketches from life I offer, to show the extent and the effect of the ill-name attached to Newberry, thirty years ago, in regard to unhealthfulness They will also enable the public to estimate the great de line which this prejudice has suffered, since the experience of the immigrants who dwelt among us during the war. Now, we daily see ruddy-faced strangers arrive in our town, and calmly pass several days at our otes,-going to bed throughout the hot season with every windowv up, and being( fanned to sleep by as pure breezes as can be felt anywhere else in the State. A fair name is often brightened by the very alumny calculated to injure it. Newberry as certainly survived all- the out-cries against the purity of her atmosphere ; ud [ now present her for examiuation,2 Inquire if this declaration is not true : he town of Newberry,-that is, the area< described by a radius of about two miles aroun.1 the public square,--has always been, by the agreement of the, oldest citiz.ens, onpicuously free fromn malarious diseases,( xcept twice. The gjrst time was more than ( hirty years ago, when there was a mill-dam trown across a stream, three-quarters of a nile south of the village. In the succeed ig fall, it is said, "there were not enou~gh well people to attend to the~ sick," here being so much; chill and fever. The people, however, rose up and had the am removed, which was speedily followed y the restoration of health. fhe second ime was during the last two years of he war, when intermittent and remittent I evers, accompanied with congestiorg were eard of all 0-er the Vnited States. The ause was eyWertly the negleet of the water eurses, and t e abandonnment of the farms C o 'the 'weeds, the negessary result of so any meni being in the armies, One year ftt the reLgrai of the farmers to their ome, order was re-established and good - ealth prevailed again. This much-slandered village, then, has ever, with the slight exceptions alluded to, been a sickly place. The truth is, the ame, Newberry, being applied both to the village and the county, the former llaa heen. s onfounded with the i1tten, whieb, it must i: e egpees4 notoriously unhealthy li along tlhe river and their tributaries, until within the last fifteen years. The hot beds a f fever,poison were exactly in those locali- c ties where the travelling community of yore a used to pass the night in dread of the name t their prosperity, they-enjoyed better healtI at Flat Rock or Gmsar's Head than they dic during their three-years residence in New, berry. In the last twenty-eight years, not less than thirty ministers of the gospel, of 'iiffer. ent denominations, have lived here with their families. At least five of them are dead; but never did one die in Newberry village. Never did one lose his wife here ; nor his children, except in two instances, one a case of infantile convulsions, and the other, of scarlatina. In every neighboring town physicians can be pointed out, who are able to retire, if they would, upon merited competencies. Has there ever been one in Newberry ? No, sir. Our doctors are cloud-watchers ; and in scanning the sky they say, "If we get two or three rains we will probably have some sickness." This saying is just as much in accordance with the innocent im pulses of human nature as it is in the case of the farmers, who, watching the clouds, say, "If we get tw3 or three more rains, our corn will be made." The rain comes, the corn is made, but the New y doctor has to stand and be victimi by that superannuated but ever fresh piece of facetiousness so often practiced upon him by his friends, and bow his head to the truth of it, as some burly, round-chE.eked, "capon-lined" individual, with a stentorian laugh, slaps him on the shoulder, and ex claims ? his ear, "Ha, ha, Doctor, it's dis tressingly healthy, ain't it ?"' Let's have done with this nonsense. There is no sickness here ; there never has been any here ; and there never will be any here, beyond what is common to the healthiest localitiec. I have given facts, worthy of con sderation, to prove these propositions. If you differ from me, produce some facts to rebut mine; but please stop this awful "grave-yard" cry. Of all the weird sounds on the hither side of the world of spirits, a shriek with nothing to justify it is the most distressing. 0. B. MAYER, M. D. POST OFFICE, NEWBERRY, S. C., Aug. 4, 1877. List of advertised letters for week ending August 4, 1877: Long, Mrs. Mary INance, Mrs. Susan Long, Henry |Preslar, Miss Mary M. Nelson, Chas. A. IWicker, Miss Nora Wilson, Texana. Parties calling for letters will please say if advertised. R. W. BOONE, P. M. Why will You Pine Away? WITHouT A PARALLEL.-The demand for Dr. J. Radfield's Female Regulator is beyond precedent in the annals of popular remedies. Orders come in so thick and fast that the Pro prietor has heretofore been unable to fill them all. He is happy to state that arrangements are now complete by which he is prepared to manufacture Female Regulator on a scale equal to the emergency, and the public may feet assured that theirwants may now be sup plied. Physicians of high repute are using this great remedy, in daily practice, all over Georgia. Hereafter no woman need suffer from suppressed, suspended or irregular menstruation. This valuable medicine is prepared by Dr. J. Bradield, Atlanta, Ga., and sold at $1.50 per bottle by respectable druggists throughout America, HEARTY, BLOOMING WiDOW. MARIET TA, GA., March 9, 18r/0. Messrs. Bradfield & Co.-Gentlemen ;-You will please ship us another supply of your. in valuable FE3MALE REGULATOR, and forward bill by mail. We are happy to state that this remedy gives better satisfaction than any ar ticle we sell. Wf have been selling it since 188, and witnessed many remairkable cures by it. Among others, there was a lady friend of ours who was sallow and sickly until she was twenty-six years old, when she was mar ried. Her husband lived two years and died. She continued in bad health; in fact, -she has never been what a woman ought to be. A few months after the death of her husband, she saw your advertisement, and came to our tore and bought a bottle of your Uegulator frm us, and toolk it according to directions. [t has cured her sound and well, brought her regular monthly periods on, and to-day she is a hearty, blooming widow-with the use af but two bottles of your Regulator, costing ier only three dollars, when she had tried reveral physicians and spent a great deal of oney withlout any benefit. Wishing you great success with your valuable remedies, We are, respectfully yours, etc. W. ROOT & SONS. For sale by Drs. S. F. Fant, Pope & Ward aw, W. E. Peiham and W. F. Pratt. 31-2t. Commercial. NEWBERRY, S. C., August 7.-Cotton jiet, at 10ta10i. Newb?erry Prices Current. CORRECTED WEEKLY By J. N. MARTIN & Co. BACON Shoulders, Prime New.... 8 Shoulders, Suga Cured... 9 Sides, C. R.,Niew............ 10 )RY SALTED MEATS Shoulders, New..............7' Sides, C. R., New.......... 9 Sides, Long Clear.......... 9 IAMS Uncanvassed Hams.........14 Canvassed Hams, (Magnolia) 15 Leaf. "i Tieroes..........15 Leaf, .a Buckets..........16 iUGA Powdered............... 16 Crushed................ 16 Granulated Standard...... 15 Extra C................ 13 Coffee C..................12 Yellow..............,.... 12 New Orleans.............. 18 Demarara............... 18 EOLASSES New Orleans Syru... 90 New Orleans Molasses. 80 Cuba Molasses......60 E- Sugar House Molasses, 44) Gunpowder......,......... 1.50 Young }Iyson.............1.50 LLLSPICE....................25 ~EPER...........................0 )OF F EE Boasted or Parched.... 80a 38 Best Rio............. 2a 28 Good Rio........,.... 8 25 TINEGAR Cid,er Vinegar.........50 WThite Wine Vinegar 65 Tennessee.............1.00 EAL Bolted................. 1.10 Unbolted....,......... 1.00 OAP......,................. 6a 10 IARCl........................l10a 16 ~TAR OANDLES.............. 18 L'OUR, per bbl............... 8.0a0.00 ~EARL HOMIlNY.................. 5. ~ANDY . ................,. 18 OCENTRATED LYE..,.,...... 16 iNGLISH SODA................ 10 IORSFORD'S R AKING POWDER 25 iEA FOAM BAKING POWDER 36 LLE LGREASE................. 16 ACC0.................. ..... 60a 1.25 . ILS (10) keg................ 4.50 NOTICE. On the first day of September next, I rl apply to the Court of Probate for New erry County, for a final disoharge as Ad rinistrator of the Estate of Melissa E. ooer. All persons having claims against aid Estate will render themi in duly proved n or before said day, or payment will be arred. RI. Y. LEAVELL, Administrator. July 30, 1877-31-4t. TATE OF SOUTH CALROLINA, NEWBERRY COUNTY. By James C. Leahy, Probate Judge. Whereas, Daniel Boozer bath -made tdt to me, to grant him Letters of Admnin tration of the Estate and effects of Wil am A. Boozer, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish 11 and singular the kindred and creditors f the said deceased, that they he and ppear, before me, in the Qggtri o( Probate, b~e held at ~ewb~er~y Court House, S. C., COLUMBIA C10THI 0 B. & W. C. Are constantly receiving Ready Made Clothing, Goods and Piece Goods Department. It is admitted that our c CLOTHING and SHIRTS a and not surpassed by the fines We send samples and di: application. Officers Uniforms and M R. & July 18, 29--tf. . iscellaneous. Fs W. & I . ECK INVITE ATTENTION TO THEIR STOCK OF NEW GOODS, WHICH IS LARGE IN VARIETY. PRICES IN KEEPING WITH THE TIMES. AN EXAINATION ASKED. DOMESTICS of all Kinds. We make a specialty of DOMESTIC GOODS, and have, therefore, in store a large and complete stock at lowest prices. P. W. & R. S. CHICK. SHOES AND HATS. A splendid stock of SHOES of all, kinds, for ladies, misses and gentlemen, at low down prices. Stock kept up to regular standard. A fine assortment of gentlemens and boys HATS, various styles. P. W. & R. S. CHICK. NOTIONS, IN VARIETY. Now in store a full stock of NOTIONS, of all kinds, to which additions are made regularly. P. W. & R. S. CHICK. SADDLES AND HARNESS. We are agents for the sale of superior SADDLES and HARNZESS, and keep on hand a variety in this line. As we sell at manufacturers' prices, we promise bargains. Examine goods and ask for prices before buying elsewhere. P. W. & R. S. CHICK. Apr. 25, 17?-tf, S. &A. R. R. TALN VI SPARTASBURG&ASHE VILLE RAIL ROAD ! By the ew Fat Schedule on ad afte forde*teCns***h" Newb"err osit" biarg & Asheville Rail Road. Leave ewberry at............11.52 A.M. Arrve at Sparranburg .. ....6.40 P.M. & A. R ................00 P.M. at Spasnbnrg and visit Glenn, herok ee and Garrett'a Springs, and resume .their Spartanbuon, thsheville Rai Roa four eadlnes to acammodate passengers. Capt. the trai on its arrival, to see aftr te com fort ot thos who may try this Line.anb obtained at Hendersonville, Flat Rock, and Asheville. EOUND TRIP T7ORETS. S.&..RR.,andretur.......$ 950 From Alston to Flat Rock or Hender Fro Alsto to Asheille n rtur. 175 D.R DUNAN, Prsident. July 25, 30-tf'. J.B. LEONARD & CO., Corner of Pratt & Nance Streets, NEWBERRY, S.. C. Wholesale andRetail Dealers in Together with. Of best brands and warranted. Mar. 28, 13-tf. We.are agents for the following named COTTON GINS: TAYLOR GIN, $2.50 PER SAW. WIiNSHIP GIN. NEBLET & GOODRIIJ GIN, J. N. MARTIN & CO. July 25, SO-6t. HL. A. BURNS Has opened at the old stand of W. H. Dickert, and will keep on hand ICE CREAM, ISODA WATER, T.EMONAD1it v edltneoUS. G AND HAT HOUS F11 sWAFFELD, <additiOls to their stock of Eats, Gents' Furnishing for their extensive Custom ;yles of CUSTOM MADE re unequalled in this State it custom houses in New York. 'ections for measurement on ilitary Outfits a specialty. W. C. SWAFFIELD, COLUMBIA, S. C. Dry Goods X . ?iinerj CRAND U[EARING OUT SALE, GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES OF Staple and Fancy Dry Good;, Notions, &o. To make room for an entire NEW STOCK of FALL and WINTER GOODS, my present stock will be sold without regard to cost or previous prices. Thesegoods must and will be sold, as I do not intend to carry them over. Send or samples and see for yourself how oheap they are. IS AM SELLING 25c. AND 35c. RIBBONS FOR 12 1-2c. PER YARD. I pay. Express charges on all orders amounting to $10.00 and over. C. F. JACKSON, THE LEADER OF- LOW PRICES, COLUMBIA, S. C. July 18, 29-tf. Drugs X Fancy aarticles. BLUE GLASS! If you wish a soft, pleasant ligbt to read by, get a Blue Glass Lamp (Chimnney, or a Combination Chimi ey and Shade from . POPE & WARDLAW, DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES. We have just received a splendid assort ment of HAIR and TOOTH BRUSHES, TOILET SOAPS, from 5c. a cake upwards,. and an entire new supply of DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES and FANCY'GOODS in.gene ral, to which we invite the attention of all, more especially the ladles. Our stock of IRUGS, PATENT MEICINES, PAINTS, OLS, VARNISES, GLASS, SEGARS, TOBACCOS, PIPES, Brandies, Wines and Whiskeys For Medicinal purposes, Is full and all recently purchased, which we will sell as LOW AS THE LOWEST, and upon reasonable terms. PEESCRIPTIONS COMPOUNDED at all hours by our Dr. D. S. Pope, who can be found at night in room over rear por tion of our store. Respectfully, POPE & WARIM, No. 5, Mollohen Row. Newberry, May 15, 18'77. 20-if. DR. E. E. JACKSON, DftNGIST AN MllMIST, 40LUMBIA, S. C. Riemoved to store to dors next to 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. Professional Cards. GEORGE JOHNsTONE. F. W. FANT. JOJINSTONE & FANT, Attorneys at Law, NEWBERRY, S. C. Will practice in the State and United States Courts for South Oarolina. July 25, 80-Im. W. H. WALLACE, Attorney -at-Law, NEWBERRY, S. C. Office over Harmon's Store, adjoining HERALD Office. Oct. 25, 43-if EDWARD SCHOLTZ, WATCHMAKER AND Is now to be found at the store of Mc Fall & Pool, where he will attend to all business in his line with fidelity and dis patch. g'"" WORK WARRANTED TO GIVE SATISFACTION. .., Aug. 30, 85-1y. Seegers' vs.. Cincinnati Beer. rb im .ncinnati "Gazette" makes the as