The Newberry herald. (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, August 15, 1877, Image 2
A Leading Hardware House.
The New Arrangements Made by Messrs. J. E.
Adger & Co.
Amonz the business houses whose names
are familiar not only in C:arleston, but
wherever Ch.ritston's trade e:xtends, and
whose interests have for years been identified
with the progress anu properity of this city,
is that of J. E. Adher & Co. This house was
the first firm n-ne being Bones & Adger.
After more than a quarter of a centtry of!
successful conduct of the business Mr. Ad
ger withdrew from tctive partieipat:ton in
the hardware fi:m, although retaining a
controllin interest in it, and after sever..I
ch,inges the firm became Wm. & J. E. Ad
ger, both members being sons of the origi
nal founder of the house. This style was
retained until 185:3, when owing to the
death of Mr. Wn. Adger the firm was dis
solved, and the name of J. E. Adger & Co.,
which has been retained ever since, was
adopted. The present meinbers of the firm
are Messrs. J. Ellison Adger, A.Me P. Brown,
E. D. Robinson and Ellison A. Smyth.
Messrs. J. E. Adger & Co. have reaently
made some changes and improvements in
their wareroorns and stores, which deman.i
pore than a mere passing notice. The ex
tensive and varied nature of thdir trade
requires very large accommodation, and
accordingly they no-v occupy the two large
three-story buildings fronting on Main
street, and known as numbers 137 and 1.9,
and also the rear of 135. No. 137 is ex
clusively devoted to their retail business,
and there may be seen great numbers of
gins, plonghs, reapers, cultivators and other
agricultural implements, in which they are
among the largest dealers in the South.
They push specially the Farmer's Friend
plolighs, of which they are the State agen:s,
and which are now justly considered one
of the leading agricultural implements of
the South. These ploughs received pre
miums in 1875 at every fair in South Caro
lina at which they were exhibited. Among
the other articles worthy of special note to
be seen at this establishment is a beautiful
sample of the Taylor. Cotton Gin made in
Georgia, and handsome enough for a piece
of parlor furniture. These gins are in very
general use, and are said_to give great sat
isiaction. These gentlemen are also agents
for Schofield's Cotton Press for hand, horse
or steam power, Smith's Hand Power Cot
ton Press, the Excelsior Gins, various hand
powers, the rotary harrow, and other agri
cultural implements. Fire-arms of all de
scriptions, ranging from a Derringer to the
best English breech-loading double-barrel
shotgun, and from a parlor pistol to an old
field smooth-bore musket, can be seen here
and bought at the lowest market price.
Cutlery from the best English and American
manuftctories is a specialty, and all wants
in this line, from the dainty lady's pocket
knife t.o the formidable sheep shears of 'he
farmer, can be here supplied. McClellan
and English saddles, fine harness, and supe
rior saddle-cloths and whips are to be found
on the saddlery side of the store, and re
pairing is carefully;aud skilfully done in the
workshops in the upper stories.
The wholsale department at No. 139 is
one of the most extensive and complete in
the South, and the stock is selected wiah a
special regard to adaptability to the trade
of North and South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida and Abbama, with all of which
States the firm has long established busi
ness connections.
The rear of 135 is used as a warehouse
for heavy and bulky articles, and as Messrs.
J. E. Adger & Co. are among the largest
importers of Swedes Iron, English Hollowv
ware, English Trace Chains and Hoes, in
the United States and dedl largely im agri
cult'ural boilers and pans for the manufac
ture of sugar and molasses, it will be read
ilv understood 'that they require a large
space of storage
The stock in all branches has been tho,
roughly overhauled and replenished, and
the firm is now prepared to continue its
dealings with its numerous old customers,
nnd to open transaction.s with new ones on
the most favorable terms.
Mr. John V. McNamee,- lately of the
firm of Hart & Co., is connected with this
house, and will be pleased to receive from
his friends their patronage.
ART PUBLISHNG.-FeW people are aware
of the wonderful progress that Art has made
in this country during the last quarter of a
century. It is but a few decades since, that
those who desired to beautify and adorn
their homes, were obliged to depend almost
entirely on foreign artists. But such a sta te
of affairs in this age of progress and improve
ment could, not last long with the great
American people. Genius from the East to
the West, from the North to tbe Gulf of Mex
ico on the South, answered the demand for
beauty, taste and refinement, and to-day our
leading artists are not surpassed by the lead
ing modern masters of Art in Europe.
Great Art publishing establishments have
sprung up, and by various processes the
finest and most expensive paintings are re
produced in all their elegance and beauty,
and ata price within the means of the masses.
So that no one need be without the refining
influences of beautiful pictures at home.
Among the progressive leading Art Pub
lishing firms of the country, we take pleas
ure in mentioning George Stinson & Co., of
Portland,~Maine; they were among the first
in the business, and we can only understand
the colossal proportions their trade has as
sumed by remembering that this is a great
and mighlty Nation of nearly fifty million
people. We cannot better illustrate the
magnitude of their business than to state the
amount of money paid by them for postage
stamps during the year 1876; we have the
figures direct. from the firm, or we should
think there was some mistake. They paid
for postage stamps during the year 1876,
thirty-three thousand one hundred and four
dollars and ninety-two cents ($33,10492) and,
in connection with this it should be remem
bered that only the small orders were sent by
mail, the larger going by express and freight.
George Stinson & Co's., agents are to be
found in every State in the Union and Do
minion of Canada, and in every county with
scarcely an exception.
Long since, this enterprising firm recog
nized the value of printer's ink judiciously
used in advertising, and they inform us that
without it they could never have extended
their business as it is to-day, in three times
the number of years. A short time since
they paid in a single day twenty-four thous
and dollars (824,000.00) on a contract for
newspaper advertising. They evidently long
since found the road to success and have
neither turned to the right nor the left.
Three things are necessary for eminent suc
cess in business. First, standard honest
goods that the people generally need and de
sire-let them be the best, whatever the line
of business. Second, let your prices be rea
sonable-as low as possible. Third, let the
people know wvhat you have, and what you
can do, by liberal and persistent advertising,
and von will find low prices, made known
and proved, will bring trade that will give a
larger income than can be made in any other
way.
The September Number of "Peterson's
Magazine" is on our table, ahead of all oth
crs, as usual. In addition to abeautiful steel
engraving "The Woodland Nymph," and a
superb, double:size, colored, steel fashion
plate, there are two colored patterns, one for
a Curriage Rug, the other "Book-Markers on
Card Board." Though this is a magazine of
fashion and art primarily, it is also one of~
literature; and no ilady's book at all approach
es it in its powerful stories and novelets. In
the present number, we have, amor,g other
articles, "The Fortunes of Phil ippa Fairfast,"
by Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, whose
"Lass O'Lcowrie," has just made such a sen
sation in the literary world, having been
pronounced tihe best American novel that
has appeared for y-ears. Yet the present nov
elet, "PhiiiippaFairfax," is, in most respects,
even better. In addition to this writer, "Pe
terson" boasts of such contributors as Mrs.
Ann S. Stephens, Frank Lee Benediet, Urs,
~ iT',,.Eptt~i Hc~ilev the au
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THOS. F. GRENEKER, EDITORS.
W. H. WALLACE,
NEWBERRY. S. C.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 15, 1877.
A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.
The Herald is in the highest respect aFam
ily Newspaper, devoted to the material in
terests of the people of this County and the
State. It circulates extensively, and as an
Aivertisin- medium offers unrivalled ad
vantages. L'or Terms, see first page.
R. R.! R. R.!!: R. R.!!!
Citizens of Newberry, what we
most need now is another railroad.
We have felt for a long time the
disadvantage of having no compet
ing line. A town of such commer
cial importance as Newberry is
throwing away money enough ev
ery two or three years on high
freight to build a road. Only one
road makes high freights, high
freights make a dear market, and
vice versa.
Recently this subject has re
ceived considerable attention. The
route that seems to be regarded as
the best is from this place to in
tersect the S. U. & C. R. R. just this
side of Broad River. With such a
road we would be open to the
world. From the great West comes
the Spartanburg and Asheville
Road, from the South, and South
West, the Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta Road and from the North
the Charlotte and Atlanta Air Line
Road. The benefits that Newberry
would derive from such connections
are incalculable. Every man in
the county who sells cotton or
buys provisions and dry goods
would feel the benefits, in the
higher price of the former and the
lower price of the latter.
We can do nothing more this
week than throw out these few
suggestions, to set the people
thinking. The matter will be agi
tated thoroughly. Newberry is
compelled to have the road, or lose
her importance as a commercial
centre, Chester is about to build
a road to Union, La.urens is talking
confidently of a road to Spartan
bnrg, and shall Newberry be left
out in the cold ? No, the road is
an absolute necessity. It must be
built. It will be built. Then let
us get about it at once, before any
of the la.rge trade we -now enjoy
shall go to more favored places.
The Meeting of the State
Grange.
The State Grange met at Ander
son the 8th. The meeting was
held in the main building at the
Fair grounds. The attendance
was large. Jas. N. Lipscomb,
Master of the State Grange, pre
sided. An address of welcome was
delivered by Col. E. W. Rucker on
behalf of the Anderson Patrons .o
Husbandry, which was replied to
by Master Lipscomb. Essays on
various subjects were read. Mas
ter E. B. Roche, of Charleston,
read an essay against Usury Laws
which elicited a lively discussion,
Senator M. W. Gary, Congressman
D. W. Aiken and Col. E. W. Ruck
er speaking for usury laws, and Dr.
A. B. Rose and Maj. T. G. Barker
against.
9th.-Col. F. W. McMaster, of
Columbia, delivered a strong speech
against the re-enactment of the
usury law.
Mr. Richard Tozer read an essay
on agricultural steam engines.
Mr. B. F. Crayton read an essay
advocating the no fence law. Judge
Mackey followed in a speech on
the same side. Capt. Lipscomb, of
ewberry, spoke in favor of a no
fence law. Col. J. S. Richardson
and Col. D. Wyatt Aiken spoke in
favor of no fence.
Essays were read on fertilizers,
railroads and fish culture.
10th.-The day was consumed in
reading Essays, and in discussions.
Adjourned sine die.
THE STATE AGRICULTURAL AND MECHAN
ICAL SOCIETY
met at 4 P. M., Col. Thos. Taylor,
of Columbia, the President, in the
Chair. It was resolved to hold the
next State Fair at Columibia. The
proposition of the merchants of
Columbia to repair the Fair Build
ings and d1orate $1,000 was accept
ed. It was resolved to memorial
ize the General Assembly for $5,
000 for the Society. The Society
then adjourned sine die. Next
Summer Meeting will be held at
Spartanburg.
TIw Virginia Democrats take a,
News for Medical Students.
As the medical readers of this
paper have, on different occasions,
been informed of the Beneficiary
Scholarships created by the Trus
tees of the Louisville Medical Col
lege, Louisville, Ky., they may be
under the impression that these
Scholarships are still to be obtained
as usual. The College mentioned
is now a member of the Association
of American Medical Colleges (or
ganized at Chicago, fI., June, 1877,)
and this Association has limited
Beneficiary Scholarships to five per
cent. of the class. There is much
of great interest to evely medical
student in the regulations estab
lished by the American Medical
College Association, and it will be
important to every student to read
these carefully. These regulations
can be obtained by writing to the
Dean of the Louisville Medical Col
lege, Louisville, Ky. These are
facts of interest, and are therefore
given to our medical readers.
Newberry College.
As will be seen by an advertise
ment in this issue, the next session
of Newberry College will open the
19th of September. The College,
we are glad to know, will open un
der very favorable auspices. The
standard of scholarship is high, and
the Faculty are men of ability and
experience in their profession. The
College building, which will be
completed in a short time, will be
one of the best in the State. In
point of health, and in the moral
tone of its society, Newberry will
compare favorably with any place
from the mountains to the sea. Pa
rents cannot. do better for their
sons than to send them to New
berry College.
State News.
Laurens is agitating a railroad
to Spartanburg.
Spartanburg is taking steps for
establishing a Female College.
Chester and Union are making a
preliminary survey of the route for
their narrow gijage railroad.
While Capt. W. A. Moore, of
Cokesbury, Abbeville County, was
returning home from his store the
evening of the 7th lie was knocked
ofi his horse with a club by un
known parties, and seriely hurt.
The objecV was g.o doubt to rob.
His knife and keys were taken, but
the robbers were frightened away
before getting his watch and purse.I
HIe is improving.
Editorial Review.
Gov. Stone, of Mississippi, has
been renominated by the Demo
cratie State Convention.
Only seveni Southern railroads
pay dividends to stockholders. Six
of these are in Georgia. So says
the Augusta Chronicle & CJonstitu
tionalist.
Thos. M?. Lake Itises to Explain.
The following card has been h-mded
in for publication. We think Mr.
Lake would have shown better taste
by keeping out of the public prints
while his contest is pending, but that
is his business:
MEsSRs. EDrTORs :-I understand
much has been said in regard to my
self in the last election, which I do
not deem it now necessary to notice.
I wish, however, to state to the edi
tors that they may be mistaken in re
gard to my "chronic disease." I was
clerk four years and a candidate for re
election, but was beaten by a carpet.
bagger, Jesse C. Smith, Esq.; have not
declared myself a candidate since that
time, in 1872. No, not in the last
election, in which I believe I was le
gally elected, if there was a legal elec
tion. My chronic disease (if it be
one) is that the conservative element
in this county should govern it in the
interest of the whole people, or in
other words, that the course marked
out by our Governor should be fully
and fairly carried out - Governor
Hampton and his pledges. I am will
ing to make allowance for people in
times of great political excitement and
do not wish to condemn them for these
yearly changes in' their politics or
policy. No change, however, has ta
ken place with me. Give me Honesty,
Economy and Competency in the of
fices of the government,- with equal
and exact justice to all, and you have
the full measure of my cup in politics.
I have been unable to see how the
sletion of MaTj. Suber or J. A. Crot
well could have been injurious to the
people of this county, or why people
should be abused and damned for ex
ercising their political right to vote
For wom they please.
With these explanations I shall
retire from any further communication
through your paper.
THOSL M. LIAKE.
FOR THE HERALD.
Broadbrim's New York Letter.
No. 30.
Broadbrim takes a Holiday-The Wonderful
Baby-A Day by the Sea-side--A Colored
Brother's Fall from Grace-The End
of the Strike-Starvation-Suicides
---Stocks-The Markets--Ro
mance in High Life
Strike on Wall
Street.
"A life on the ocean wave,
A home on the rolling deep."
"The sea, the sea, the open sea."
"There she lay all that day in the Bay of
Biscay 0."
And snatches of a hundred forgotten
sea-songs danced through my head as
I joyously stepped on board the cars
to take my summer vacation at Coney
Island ; it is true that the time was
limited to half a day, and my ex
chequer, after a small appropriation
for roast claws, admitted no reckless
extravagance; still it was a respite
for a few brief hours from drudgery
and toil ; it was a irelease from im
prisnnment amid piles of bricks and
m6rtar that shut out the light and
sweet air of heaven ; it was freedom
to drink in the glorious breath of the
sea, to tumble about in its salty
waves, and for a few hours at least,
to forget, in the delight of .new-born
liberty, the tremendous gap which
separates me from the long ago when,
a little flaxen-haired boy, I wandered
along the white sea-beach, and look
ing out on the vast expanse before
me, wondered if I should ever sail
upon its heaving surface, or see the
marvels of those far-off lands, whose
shores to me were gilded like the
caverns of Aladdin. The cars are
dashing along, and I am on my way
to the sea-side. I am incog.-what a
delightful sense of security and com
fort steals over you when you travel
incog. Try it. You'll like it. As
I said, I was incog. I mentioned the
fact that I was a newspaper corres
pondent to the conductor, and that as
I was traveling incog. I did not want
to be known ; he said he would see to
it; so he cautioned the brakemen and
engineers not to mention it to any
one. Nobody .would take me for a
newspaper correspondent, and I know
it; for naturally I have the mild look
of a Dutch grocery clerk, mingled
with a slight dash of the lightning
rod solicitor; this, with a decided
clerical cast of countenance, aided by
a white cravat, frequently causes me
to be taken for a member of the Y.
M. C. A. I was incog.; . German
shop-keepers no longer clapped their
hands upon their pockets as I ap
proached them, and keepers of lager
beer saloons forgot to spring the locks
on their tills, for I was incog. Be
side me was a fat woman and seven
children, and all except the baby ap
peared to be about the same age and
size. It was a wonderful baby ; if all
babies' lungs were as good as this
particular one, there would be no
need of telephones, for a man stand
ing -on the top of the North Pole
would have no difficulty in hearing
that baby at Cape Horn; the equator
would be considered easy speaking
distance, and the Sandwich Islands
merely a way station. The fat wo
man treated the baby with sponge
ake, corned-beef, molasses-candy and
bananas; she gave baby occasional
drinks from a big black bottle; she
tossed it in the air and stuck her fin
gers in.its ribs, and all other mother
ly expedients having failed, she took
off her shoe and applied it vigorously
to a part where I am happy to state
there wns go immediate danger of
any bones being broken. Baby kick
ed, and roared, and screamed, and
struck, wriggling himself in every
conceivable shape, till it seemed as if
he was going to crawl out of his
clothes by way of the neck, when the
whistle for downbrakes announced the
fact that the sea-shore was reached,
and the roar of the b?reakers along the
beach told us that we were .at Coney
Island.
Blessed Coney Island ! Glorious
Coney Island ! There is no such
watering-place in America; iMargate
in England comes nearest to it.
Within an area of ten miles are at
least two millions of people, and here
you get the same quality of salt water
at twenty-five cents a dip, which in
the more aristocratic quarters of Long
Branch and Cape May is considered
cheap at five dollars a day. Thank
God that the sea was made large,
that there is lots of it, and that it is
so scattered about that they can't
conveniently fence it in ! The beach
was thronged; every shade of society
was represented: boot-blacks and
Members of .Congress, butchers and
newspaper men, ministers and stock
brokers, pickpockets and life insur
ance ageu'.s, rich and poor, high and
low, and all of them happy as Qiams
at high water. I . stopped to see
Punch and Judy, took a look at the
learned canary-birds, peeped into the
Aquarium and saw the white whale,
and the angel fish, and the baby ele
phants, and all the wonderful things
that live away down in the sea. If
you go to Coney Island don't forget
to visit the Aquarium.
"Who was Coney ?" I asked of a
venerable man who was pointed out
to me as the oldest inhabitant. "I
don't exactly know," replied the an
ejent Islander, "but I spec .he must
have been uncle to some one who
ived about here." "I guess I'll take
a swim," I said to my wife, and, dis
bursing a quarter, I was soon pro
vided with a bathing suit, an dwas
shown to a little box with an ancient
seaside aroma. The suit had evi
rently done service several times be
ore "that day, and I thought I de
sected a flavor about it, as though it
might possibly have incased "a man
ind a brother." Still, to a man in
'amo of the fifeenth amendment, thia
newspaper men seldom are. I in
cased myself in my bathing suit. I
recollect seeing a similar material at
Auburn and Sing Sing. I dashed
out on the sand, expecting to create a
profound sensation. "Who is that
old lunatic ?" said a man with a glass
eye, who was watching the bathers.
"Some old fool from the country, I
guess," said a fat sausage maker from
Brooklyn. But I heeded them not
as I rushed into the waves, for I was
incog. How I iolled over and over
among the breakers, struck out hand
over hand, turned somersaults, floaced
on my back, played porpoise, and en
joyed myself till the waning sun
warned me that my holiday was
drawing to a close. As the sha
dows of night fell, thousands of lights
sparkled along the shore from the
cottages and hotels. The full moon
rose in her majesty, lighting the
broad sea with its sheen of burnished
silver, and the sweet music discoursed
by the band brought back those grand
old opera days with their diamonds
and champagne, when life was young
and all the world before us, and our
pathway seemed lined with big. bo
nanzas from which, alas ! the bottom
has dropped out. But my holiday is
over, and I now come back to work.
Order reigns in Warsaw. Of the late
uprising not a vestige remains except
the ruin it has caused and the unpaid
bills. The boys are all home from
the wars, and the railroad trains
come thundering in from every quarter
loaded with cattle and grain. The most
marvelous revelation of the stock
board is to be found in the record of
last week, when right in the midst of
the ruin and disaster of the strike,
notwithstanding the fact that the
railroads announced that they were
not making a dollar, the bulls forced
an upward market, and the way
stocks sold one would have thought
that there was flush times in Ala
bama. The railroad blockade has had
an unwholesome effect upon our mar
ket. Beef took a jump from three to
five cents a pound, while the report
of disturbances in the mining dis.
tricts sent coal up fifty cents a ton ;
butter took a jump of seven cents;
fruit, that is, domestic fruit, is scarce
and high ; lemons, oranges, bananas
and pine-apples are cheaper than
peaches or pears; and unless the new
crop of wheat pulls down the price of
flour, bread and butter will be a lux
ury only to be indulged in by the
rich.
An eminent English author has
just published a work entitled "The
Devil as a Moral Philosopher." I
fear this moral philosopher of his is
roaming about disguised as a mission
ary in the camp of our colored bro
thers. Three ministers of the sable
church militant are in trouble. One,
last Sunday, came near having the
top of his head taken off by an in
furiated Dutchman to whom he owed
rent for his church and neglected to
pay. The other was arrested for for
gery and swindling, and the last one,
Brother Brooks, an eminent revival
ist, was seized at his camp-meeting
on Long Island, on the complaint of
one of the sisters of the congregation
for breach of promise, abduction and
general cussedness. The two last
named gentle.men are now looking
through prison bars, the bail being
fixed in each case at two dollars and
a half, but as yet no bondsmen have
appeared, the law compelling them
to qualify in double the amount.
Another case of starvation was dis
covered this week in the case of an
old man named William Scott, who
miserably perished at 715 First Ave
nue. The skeletons of several dogs
were found in the room near the poor
wretch's body ; the bones were picked
clean, and on these he had subsisted
for weeks. A beautiful waiter-girl
at one of the hotels at Coney Island
committed suicide by drowning in
the surf. No less than four women
in Brooklyn in the past weck have
attempted to throw off life's heavy
burden ; three of them succeeded,
and one escaped. A German tailor
~in New York committed suicide be
ause his wife was compelled to work
so hard to sustain her family. He
was worse than the fellow down East
who committed suicide because his wife
was too good for him, and the coro
ner's jury brought in a verdict of un
sound mind.
Brooklyn has furnished us with an
other first class sensation, and if there
are any girls up your way who think
of writing a novel, I can undertake to
furnish them with some first-class
material,
Nine years ago, one winter night,
while a bitter storm was howling
through the streets, a knock came at
the door of a professional baby farmer.
This is a class of females who, for a
consideration, take care of babies
whose fathers have gone in the coun
try and don't expect to come back.
Tbhe wom an was handed an infant
richly clad, for which she was to re
eive fifteen dollars a month as long
s it should live. Of course it was
an object to take good care of such a
hild, and she did. But after a pe
riod of fifteen montbs the payment
stopped, and a-ll clue to the parents
was lost. The baby farmer in the
meantime bad learned to love the
bild, and, caring for it tenderly, had
dopted it as her own. Still she felt
he wrong that had been done and
esolved to unravel the secret. She
ad a shadowy remembrance of the face
f the woman who brought the baby
o her on that winter night, nine long
ears before. She watched for her
onstantly. and last week crossing Ful
ton Ferry she saw her. She at once
eized her and forced from her the
onfession that the child was not her
own, but the child of a rich girl who
ad been led astray, and who is now
narred to a very wealthy gentleman.
'he scandalous annoiuncement which
has shocked our haut ton scarcely
~nn~aIi~eI hu tI'IA discovery made a few
a half-brother and sister, who claim
his property, as black as the ace of
spades.. Jay Gould got his head
punched by a Californian named Sol
over. and the general verdict is
served him right. The weather has
moderated, and the big bridge is rap
idly progressing. Prices are up for
everything ; money is scarce. Hoping
that it is more plentiful out your way,
I am, truly yours,
BROADBRIM.
FOR THE HERALD.
Our Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
August 8, 1877.
The two events of the week in pol
itics, are the Conventions of the Re
publicans in Maine and the Demo
crats in Virginia. They will both be
over before this is read by most of
your readers. In Virginia the ques
tions concern the State debt and the
school system. Your correspondent
sincerely hopes the action of the Con
vention will be such as to put the
credit of the grand old State on an
equality with those of any other State
in the Union, and he believes such a
result most likely. This can only be
done by a frank declaration that the
whole honest debt shall be paid, prin
cipal and interest. Such a declara
tion would of itself make it possible
for the State to put its finances. on a
much better footing. In Maine,
though its debt is comparatively large,
financial questions will excite little
interest in the Convention. The
State's credit is good and no matter
which party shall take control of
State affairs, will be kept good. J.
G. Blaine and whatever else there is
of the Republican party in the State,
will devote their time to the Admin
istration, to the labor question, and
possibly to the subject of annexation.
There have been reports of late that
various persons of more or less weight,
from all over the State would insist on a
new head for the party. In fact that
the old nick was to pay among the
stalwart Republicans, independent of
any National questions.
The coming of Moody and Sankey
to spend three months with us, is
announced. The churches will unite
cordially in this effort to awaken re
ligious feeling. In a population of
about 145,000 Washington has less
than 50 church going people. If we
except those who cry out for civil
service reform, but do not practice it,
and who accept office to which they
are not elected, we are perhaps not
worse than oth)er people, but there is
a fearful amount of apathy, on reli
gious subject. Mr. Moody will find
a wide field for the exercise of his
peculiar talents.
It has been found that those enter
prising Washington men who bid for
nearly all the mail routes in New En
gland, going as far north as Aroostook
County, and who are making profits
by sub-letting to local* parties, are
office-holders under the Administra
tion. The subject is undergoing in
vestigation, and will result in their
abandoning either the offices or the
contracts-that is, unless Mr. Hayes
can make an exception, in their favor.
Adjutant-General Townsend says the
military saved to one railroad company
at least a million of dollars worth of
property, and he expresses indignation
at the very prompt presentation to the
War Depart.ment, by that company,
of its bills for transportation of the
troops so- employed. But after con
sideration it has been determined to
pay the bills.
The late editor of the Republican
I should say one of the late editors,
for the concern is hopelessly bankrupt
and changes its editors as often as any
salary becomes due them-adopted a
novel plan of getting even with the
concern on Saturday. He threw stones
through the plate glass of; the news
paper office, doing damage to the
amount of $150.00. The Republican
was sued the other day and ex-Secre
tary Robesen put in an appearance as
one of the owners. This confirms in
part the report, given in this corres
pondence some weeks ago, that Robe
son and ex-Government Printer Clapp
were to assume control of the paper.
RENO.
TBE NEW TowN HALL AT AYER.
This elegant structure is now complete.
In beauty of design it surpasses any
thing of its kind in the State. Con
structed of brick and dark marble it. is
as permanent as it is charming. The
English architects have adorned it in
subdued colors, which please without
tiring the eye. Dr. J. C. Ayer built
and gave it to the town in acknowl
edgment of the distinction they con
ferred upon him in taking his name.
Although it is a generous gift, still the
hearty good wishes of a whole people
are of greater value, and the generous
donor has doubtless secured them.
(Groton (Mass.) 1Journal.
WAsInGeTON.-OneC of the noblest charsc
teristics of the Father of his country, was
that in his boyhood when he had committed
an offense which was likely to bring the in
diction of the severest punishment, he could
not tell a lie. I grieve to say that there are
reputable grocers and merchants who will
assure you that any other starch is as good
as the Duryeas'. The awards of the great
centennial at Philadelphia have settled that
luestion, and they have proclaimed that as
igainst the starches of the world, there is
COLUMBI,
CHANCE IN PR
The undersigned have leased this old-es
par excellence, the only properly constructe
modious, airy, well lighted and ventilated, ai
ing-house in this city. It will be the aim of
HOTEL deservedly popular, by keeping a ta
and delicacies of the season. SUPERIOR 1
object will be to have the Columbia Hotel w
desired end, we will compete with the board
shall, as to fare, attention and accommodatic
TRANSIENT BOARDERS 1
Board by the week or month at proportiona
guests may he assured that in no manner shi
to comfort the inner man. Our object is by
filled Hotel at a reasonable price, wbich the
in price will be made up by an increased bu;
choicest LIQUORS, with polite attendants to
to be accommodated with good liquors, mixq
In. a word, we want the traveling public to g
stop with us once will call again, and advise
KEENAN BROTI
Wu. GoRMAN, Manager.
Columbia, S. C., August 1, 1877.
COLUMBIA4ILOTHI
0
R. & W. C.4
Are constantly receiving
Ready Made Clothing,:
Goods and Piece Goods
Department...
It is admitted that our .
CLOTHING and SHIRTS a:
and not surpassed by the fine;
We send samples and di
application.
Officers Uniforms and M
R. &
July 18, 29-tf.
J. E1 ADGER & CO.,
137 and 139 Meeting Street,
CHARLESTON,S. C,
WHOLESALE DZA$.r IN
FOREIGN and DOMESTIC
IARBIRR AN TRY,
G'rTJNS,
BAR IRONMAND STEEL.,
SADDLERY AND SADDLERY
HARDWARE.
State Agents for the Oelebrated
Farmers' Friend Plows.
A full line of
ABRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AND STEELS.
State Agents for the
TREDEOAR HORSE AND MULE SHOES,
which have been recently improved, and
we now offer them to the Trade with entire
satisfaction.
Our entire stock is now full and com
plete, to which we invite the attention of
the FALL TRADE. All orders receive
prompt and careful attention.
J. E. ADCE R.& CO.,
137 and 139 Meeting Street,
CHARLESTON, SC.
Aug. 15, 33-e.o.m--3m.
NEWBERRY, S, C.
The next session will open SEPTEMBER
19th, and close June 28th, 1878.
NECESSARY EXPEN1SES.
Tuition Junio^r Prep. Dep'L-..$.5.500
" Middle " " .....35 00
" Senior " ".....40~0
" Collegiate "............ .50 0
Incidental Fee in each Dep't.........5 00
Above paya.ble as follows :-ONE-HALF
ON OR BEFORE OCT. Isi; THE REMAIN
DER FEB. 1st, 1878.
BOARD,- including .Room, (furnished,)
Fuel and Lighits, may be had in Private
Families at $13 per month, payable month
ly.- By messing, above may be reduced to
from $7 to $10 per mor.th.
For fulf'informnation apply to
E. GEO. W. HOLLAND,
NEWBERRY, 8. &1
Aug. 15, 83-2m.
NOTICE.
OFFICE OF COUNTY CoMMIssIoNRs,
Newberry, S. C., Aug. 7, 1877.
The Overseers of Roads are hereby noti
fied to forthwith call out.all bands on their
Sections and work the said roads for five
days, if so long a time be necessary, and
to report all delinquents immediately to the
Board.
By-order of the Board.
L. B. MAFFETT.
Aug. 15, 33-i t. Chairman.
A Vegetable Sulstitutte for
Calomel and Mercuiry.
A want that
s cie nce has
I ~ ever failed- tq
curud.nd that
LIVER i"uat"st
ean be given
* dy~e vr,as
CURE. *m*JiPxkE
Fever Scarlet
S and Tpoid
Fevers-we
the Muicous
embrane-beCOmes ulcerated.:
The aged, and persons subject to Consti
ation, Costiveness, Paralysis and Weak
ess of the Bowels, Kidneys and Bladder,
c., by taking two doses will enjoy natural
ischarges, and by the occasional use of itI
ave regular oerations. In these cases.
teir strengheig and nutricious pri?nci
les are exhiited; every dose will add new
steghtnh oes ier biys, et,
that may-be worn or depleted by disease or
scelaneous.
A HOTEL.
OPRIETORSHIP.
tablished and well known HOTEL, which is,
d hotel in the city of Columbia, being com
id is far ahead of any other hotel or board
the proprietors to make the COLUMBIA
ble whereon can be found all the substantials
,O ALL AND INFERIOR TO NONE. Our
ell filled with guests, and to accomplish this
ing-houses of the city as to price, while we
mn, surpass them all.
WO DOLLARS PER DAY.
te rates. While our prices are reduced, our
ill our table be-lacking in the -good ..things
doing a large business and keeping a well
public can afford to pay, that -what we lose
;ess. Our BAR will contain the l.urest and
meet the wants of thirsty souls who desie-'
d to suit the wants of the mo$trftidious.
ive is a trial, being assue41ift:'those who
all their friends to -do so likewise.
I ERS - Proprietors.
E. M. CoLoona, Cashier and Office Clerk.
-883-5L.
1ii AND HAT iOuTn
F
~WAflLELW,.
additions -to their stock of
Eats, Gents' Furnishing
for their extensive Custom
;tyles of GUSTOW MADE
re unequalle< i thi Stite
A custom housesia New York:
rections for nieasuerme t on .
ilitary Outfits aspeeiIty.
W. C. SWAFFIFJD
COLUMBTA, S. C.
A Choice Lot of
CONI'|TI U .
The most Popular Brands of
CIGARS
in the up-country. Gravely's
Smoking andi Chewint Tobacco,
together with ~other branidr, Bli&Ni
Durham, &c.- - n
Attention giyen tofurnibing partiesan
weddings. At -
H. A. BURNS.
Aug. 15, 82--tf.
D ilGreafhance to:-maeinoney..If
tions for the l -gs,ceps and best
lustrated family pb icain; n the:-world.
Any one can become a suceassfulget
The most-elegn lris~of art jnfeto
most czb~.'One agent re
ports= ov e :1,ina week' A lady
agent rptstigoverd400subscriberain
ten days. Allwo egg make money
fast. You can dsvoto l your time"to -'the
business, or only yors tsime/- You
need not bQ.wyfo.bU~vn~t
Yoa dan do~~a as '.tl -
ticulars, dfreetions -and
gant and .ep.ns&ve . QatitZdfe5. i you
want protbe.work send ag-yon .adres
at once. It costs .nothing to.tr the busi
ness. No one who engae falto uk
eraa. AddfressTefoW JU
SCIHOL B001ES
JUsT RECE WED.
McGuffey's, Wirson's andesnders' Read
ers. - --- --
*Spellers and' Primers.
Histories, Dictionaries, Grammars.
Geographies, Aiithmetic.-b
Copy Books, Slates, Pencils. '
ChaC'rit, & ~
Just reced at
HERALDG00K110rEEr
Aug.8, 82-tf. .--- -
NOTICE.
The Copartnerhipl..erietofore e isting
between ROBERT H. WIGTsheB~1I
UEL S. COPPOCK, anid kow
,& COPPOCK-, engaged is[c ie
businessin she town of Newbersy40&.,isI
this day dissolved by mutugeanosent The
notes andaceounts of the late firm will be
lefin the:hands of B. H: Wright,"assthe
old stand, and settlement made on same by -
either of the parties....
WRIG & COPPOCK.
8th August, 1877.
In retiring-frbmushsins (td nyrar'dy) I
take -this occasion-to- return my sincee
thanks to the citizens -of .this 'Town and
County, and to the surroundfrg Counties,
for their continued confidenceaud support
for the past 24 years, and take pleasureein
commending to their cotn ed..coddae
my successors, the new firm of- WRIGHT
& J. W. COPPOCK.
E. S..00OE.(
NOT ICK.
The undersigned having this Aay.esatered
into 4a Copertsae.su tQ bikostn as
WRIGET~ kJ W. .OPGCK,, -e~~tu
invite the public to a favorable considera
tion of their stojck in trade.
BOB'T H. WSIGHTg
J. W. COPPOCK
6th August, 1877. ---2-f
For sale by -
. J.N. MRKT[N& CQ.
Aug..8, 32-4t -
.Corner of Pratt&l9aneo streets,
NEWDERRY, S. C..
Wholesale andCletail Dealers in
[oac~ SCO a8[, ?Is, &c
Together with
E9Y~~U ? Uin U