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Chamberlain to Kinipton.
The following letter was written by
Chamberlain, while Attorney-General
of South Carolina, to H. H. Kimptou,
then Fiuancial Agent of the State:
"OFICE OF THE ATTORNEY -GENERAL.,
( oLuluIA. S. C.. Jan. 5. 1870.
"MY DEAR KIMPTO- : Parker ar
rived last eveniug, and spoke of the
G. & C. matter, &c. I told him that
I had just written you fully on that
matter, and also about the old B'k
Bills.
"Do you understand fully the plan
of the G. & C. enterprise? It is pro
posed to buy 8500,000 worth of the
G. & C. stock. This, with th 4,
000 of stock held by the State, will
give entire control to us. The Laurens
Branch will be sold in February W.y
decree of Court and will cost not more
than $50,000, and probably not more
than $40,000. The Spartanburg and
Union can also be got without diili
culty. We shall then have in G. & C.
168 miles. in Laurens 31, and in S. &
U. 70 miles-in all 209 miles-equip
peci and running. Put a first mlot
gage of $20.0() :3 mile on this, sell the
bonds at 85 or 80, and the balance,
after paying ali outlays for cost and
repairs, is immense, over 82,000,000.
There is a mint of money in this-or
I am a fo.l.
"Then we will soon compel the
S. C. R. R. to fall into our hands, and
complete the connection to Asheville,
N.C.
"There is an indefinite verge for
power before us.
"Write me fully and tell me of any
thing you want done. My last letter
was very full.
"Harrison shall be attended to at
once.
"I don't think Neagle will make
trouble. Parker hates Neagle and
magnifies his intentions.
"Your struly,
"'D. H. CHAMBERLAIN."
Patterson and His Pals Quak
iug at the Wrath to Come.
CoL-MBIA, Saturday, September
29.-It is rumored among Republi
cans in Columbia that Worthington
has received from Washington notice
to "quit" his office as collector of the
port of Charleston, and that the notice
will be followed up in a very few days
by his removal. Worthington has
engaged Judge Brewster, of Philadel
phia, to defend him in the pending
prosecution against him.
Patterson has likewise engaged
counsel, having employed one Cook,
of Washington. As has been already
stated in The NYews and Courier,
Patterson will take the ground that as
United States Senator he has the same
privilege as a mninster of the United
States, and that having been elected
and commissioned as Senator subse
quent to the time his offences are al
l'eged to have been committed, lie
cannot be brought to Columbia for
trial until his term of office expires.
All the fugitives now in Washing
ton or at the North expect an attack
all along the line about the first of Oc
tober, and are making their prepara
tions accordingly. By common cou
sent, the first step in the common de
fence will be to raise the question of
Governor Hampton's authority, in the.
hope of sccuring as much delay as
possible, and of ultimately transferring
the trials-,from the State to the Fede
ral Courts.
Cardozo is now living in Washing.
ton, near the Howard University.
oge, it is said, has gcne to Canada,
and Kimpton has disappeared from
his old haunts about New York.
(Cor. News and Courier.
'List of the Classes of Models de
stroyed in the Patent Offiee Fire of
Sept. 24, 1877, furnished by Gilmore,
Smith & Co., Patent Solicitors, (329
F St., Washington, D. C. Any .par.
tieular information desired may be
obtained by addressing that firm.
Aeration, Bridges, Brushes, B3rooms,
Butchery, Battling, Baths, Bee Hives,
Bolts, Brakes, Carpentry, Carriages,
Closets, Castings, Doors, Dairy, En
gineering, Excavations, Fences, Files,
Glass. Gins, Garden, Grinding, Hoist
ing, Hydraulics, Hardware, Harrows,
Harvesters, (Cutter-Bars saved) Jour
nals and Bearings, Lime and Cement,
Masonry, Mechanical Power, Metal
lurgy, Metal Working (7 classes),
Mills, Nuts, Nails, Needles, Orchard,
Paving, Presses, Pumps, Pneumaties,
Polishing, Plows, Planters, (very few
saved), Roofing, Railways, (4 classes)
Rivets, Stone, Saws, Seeders, (a few
saved) Sheet Metal, Stabling, Thresh
ing, Tobacco, Tfubing, Wagons, Wii-e,
Water Wheels, Wire Working, Wood
Workinst. Total number of models
destroyed (about) 60.000.
T HERE IS TROUBL~E IN NEWBERRY.
-Tfhe RIERAEn) asserts that if an elec
tion were to be held in Newberry two
weeks hence, and the County Demo
cratic Convention. as now constituted,
were to nominate candidates, those
candidates would certainly be beaten
by an Independent ticket, so dissatis
iled arc many Democrats with the
constitution of the Convention. This
is a horrible condition of affairs. It
would be a godsend if the Republican
party were to show some signs of life
in Newberry. There would be no
biekering then !-News and Courier.
An oriental traveller describes this
busy scene, witnessed on historic
shoi-es. '-Our steamer landed on a
beach which was the port of Antioch,
where the disciples were first called
Christians. Tfhere was no town at the
water's edge, no peole, no wharf. The
passengers and the merchandise were
put ashore in lighters, wvhich ran up
into the sand. A troop of camels, with
their drivers, lay on the beach, ready
to transfer the goods into the interior.
Among the articles landed were boxes
marked 'Diu. J. C. AYFER & Co., Low
ELL, MASS., U. S. A.,' showing that
they contained medicines and whence
they came. These with other goods
T ae 1Cera1tL~
THOS. F. GRENEKER, EDrros.
W. H. WALLACE,
NEWBERRY. S. C.
W E DNESDAY, OCT. 3, 1877.
A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.
The Heraid is in the hii;t respect a Fam
ily Newsp aper. devoted to the material in
terests of the people of this Coupty and the
State. it circulates extensiVely. and as an
Advertisim micd.um otrers unrivalled ad
vantaacs. 'For Te: ms, see first page.
A Necessity.
Another railroad to Newberry is a
necessity. Unless we get it we will
go down hill sure. It is ei ident to the
most casual obsei ver, and emphat
ically and painf lly evident to our
merchants, that Newberry has lost
much of her trade. We have as
clever a class of merchants as can
be found anywhere. They are vill
ing to make only a reasonable pro
fit off their goods, and will sell as
low as possible. But they cannot
possibly sell as low as Greenville
or Spartanburg, or any other place
where freights are low. Two or
three years ago large quantities of
cotton came here in wagons from
Laurens County. Where does it
go now? We noticed the other
day that some gentlemen near
Cross Hill, who have heretofore
traded at this market, had barled
their cotton to Greenville. Anoth
er patron of this market, who lives
only seventeen miles from here, has
been carrying cotton to Greenville.
He says he saved $25 by it in one
tiip. A gentleman of this county
asked us a few days ago whether it
would pay him to hail his cot
ton to Greenville and get his
groceries there. And we under
stand that this question is being
asked constantly by people living
in a few miles of Newberry Court
House. So that we are in danger
of losin.g not only the trade of ad
joining cotmties, but a large part
of that of our own also.
There is opposition to the - road.
Some say we can't bear to be taxed.
But we can bear it. It wou!d be
economy to build a road by taxa
tion. Take an average farmer, who
sels ten bales of cotton each year.
With another railroad here freights
would be so reduced that he co&id
sell his cotton for a quarter of a
cent more per pound. He would
therefore save ten dollars on his
cotton, which would be a great
deal more than his share, of the
taxes to build the road. And he
would save proportionally on his
groceries and dry goods.
The road would benefit cvery
portion of the county. A distin
guished citizen of Chester, in a pri
vate letter to the Editor of the
HERAID, says, "Chester would not
be dep::ived of the benefits she de
rives from having two roads for
double what bo0th roads cost her."
Such would be the feeling here.
Citizens, wake up !
The State Fair.
We have received a premium list
of the State Agricultural and Me
chanical Society for the Ninth An
nual Fair, to be held in Columbia
the 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th of
November next. Every preparation
is being made to make the occasion
one of great interest.
The Secretary and Treasurer,
Thos. W. Holloway, makes the fol
lowing announcement :
I. The officers and members of
the State Agricultural and Mechan
ical Society woald cordially invite
farmers, manufacturers and me
chanics to contribute specimens of
their skill, ingenuity and taste to
this exhibition, so as to make it a
true index of the progress made by
the State in arts and agricultre.
II. Especially do we invite the
earnest co- operation of the woMEN
of the country to contribute by the
refinement of their taste and the
exhibition of the results of domestic
industry to add to the beauty of
the display, and to show how large
a part in the improvement of daily
life is due to the quiet but useful
labors of the hearth and home.
Mitary Prizes at the Fair.
It has been decided to offer a
premium of 8400 to the best drilled
infantry company which may com
pete for it at the State Fair from
any quarter ; $100 to the best drill
ed infantry company in the State ;
$100 for the best drilled infantry
company in the State outside of
Charleston and Columbia; $100
for the best drilled artillery compa
ny in the United States, and 8100
for the best drilled cavalry company
in the United States. At least two
companies must contend for each
Frand ! Fraud t !
The Committee appointed by the
Legislature to investigate the penal
and charitable institutions of the
State, have overhaled the recoi ds
of the Orphan Asylum in Colmnbia.
The fkuds appropriated by tlie
Legislature for this institution have
been shamefully wasted and squan
(bred. The Asylum was nda ihe
special management of the Richiand
negro Senator, Beverly Nash. The
luxuries bought and paid for out of
the State's money were evidently
used by outside parties. The or
phans were nearly or quite all ne
groes. The average attendance per
year was fifty, and the average an
nual appropriation 815,000, or 83,
000 for the support of each orphan
-and the orphans fared badly with
that amount. Among the accounts
is an item of 8134 for whiskey, and
another for 8500 worth of cai peting
in one year. It is rumored that a
third-class grocery store in Colum
bia was supplied out of the Asylum's
larder, as were also the pantries of
one or two outside parties. R. R.
Hemphili, Editor of the Abbeville
X1cdiut, who is one of the investi
gating committee, has sent to his
paper a copy of a store account,
which is as follows:
STATE ORPHAN ASYLUM,
Bought of JOHN E. GYLES & CO.
1875.
Dec. 2. 100 lbs. assorted candy......S 60 00
" 3 doz. lemons, 75c .......... 2 25
" 25 lbs aimonds, 45e, $11 25;
25 ils. p. nuts, 30c, 87 50. 18 75
25 lbs. h. nuts, 30e, S7 5); 25
lbs. b. nuts, 30c, S7 50.... 15 00
200 p.bogs, 62 00;30 lbs. cur
rants, 25c, 87 .0......... 9 50
8 lbs. citron, 60c, 84 80; 3 bs
spice, 81 50.......... ..6 30
" 3 pepper 50c, $150; 10 p.
yeast powder 70e, 7 CO... 8 53
10 bot. Jel'r S1 50, 15 00; i
duz c c pickles, $4 50..... 19 50
- doz mi";ed picu-les, S4 50;
25 lbs c fish 10c, 82 5).... 7 00
10 lbs ^ffee, S';0 00; 2 bb's
apples $4 50, 89 00....... 39 00
1 doz prunes Si 0, 818 00; 3
gal s3 -up, 83 00........ 21 00
3 sks flour S %0, $7 50; 100
lbs rice, $11 00......... 18 50
30 lbs c s-;.ir $4 00; 4 c sal
mun 50c, 82 00........... 6 00
4 bx sardi::es, 40c, 1 60..... 1 60
$242 80
The committee are now engaged
on the penitentiary.
L. C. Northrop, District A*(or
. ney.
Hon. L. C. Northrop, Judge
of this Circuit, has been appointed
U. S. District Attorney for South
Carolina, rieC Wmn. Stone, resigned.
This is one of the be-st appoint
mencfts yet maVdel by the .President
for South Carolina. ,Tudge Nor
throp has been a Republican since
the war, but, so far as we have ever
heard, there have been no charges
of improper conduct against him.
Last fall when the gubernatorial
question was unsettled he went to
Washington and rendered valuable
aid to the canse of Hampton. Judge
Northrop is a native of Charleston.
Foir Associate Justice.
Our choice for the position of
Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court is Hon. W. D. Simpson, of
Laurens, our Lieutenant-Governor.
In character, learning and legal
ability he is eminently qualified for
the position. The next Legisla
ture will remove Wright, if he
do not resign, and several dis
tinguished lawyers have been nom
inated already as his successor ;
among them Ex..Gov. MI. L. Bon
ham, of Edgefield, Judge J. J. Ma
her, of Barnwell, and Hon. Thomas
Thomson, of AbbeulAle. Any of
these would do honor to the place.
State News.
James Maud Elford, of Spartan
burg, committed suicide the 24th by
shooting himself with a pistol. Hie
was twenty-eight years old, and was
married.
The Greenwood and Augusta Road
is being pushed forwar-d rapidly. One
hundred and fifty convicts are at
work on it.
The merchants of Charleston are
endeavoring to establish a line of
teaships between that port and
Havana.
Editoriali Review.
Rev. Jas. A. Duncan, D. D., Pres
ident of Randolph-Macou College, Va.,
died Sept. 24th.
A fire occurred in the Patent Of
ie Building in Washington the 24th.
Loss about $4,000,000.
Everybody who went to the Cen
tennial will remember the B3artholdi
ountain. It was represented as bronze
and having cost $12,000, and Senator
Morrill of Vermont induced Congress
to purchase it for the Capitol grounds,
but it now turns out to be nothing
bu pitd iron, which will have to
be repainted every year to make it
look decent.
ECONOMY IS WEALTIL
Poor Richard savs. If this be true, then it
a wise in every family to use Durycas's Satin
sloss Starch in preference to any other, bje
:ause it is the m-ost economical ever mana.
~itu.rcn in ,he world. It is t he mnst ecnnm..
FOR THE HERALD.
Our Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
Sept. 26, 1877.
As the trip of' Mr. Hayes n*id his friends
draws to a close, it is proper to note the
unwarving entlhl:siasn with which they have
been everywhere received. From Louisville
to Lynchburg, in every place so far visited,
the people have turned out in large num
bers, and, speaking through their best mer,
have heartily welcomed their benefactor.
Indeed, so warm and so generil has been the
reception given him that even the most in
fat.ut.d "IIaves man" will know better
than to ascribe any political signilicanee to
it.
A dozen or so of wild Indians arrived
here lately. They conic to treat with the
Government. I don't know what a wild
Indian on the plains or in the mountains
with his war paint on may be like, any more
than Gen'l Howard does, but these now
here are as dirty and low a lot of creatures,
I should think, as the sun .shines on. Some
of them make treaties by day, and turn a
civilized penny by night at a variety theatre,
exhibiting themselves. It is found to suit
the tastes of a large class to look upon the
possible murderers of Canby, Custer, and
the hundreds of other soldiers who have
been killed in the last few years, and the
show prospers.
Damage was yesterday done to the Patent
Office building to the amount of ahont
$300,000 by fire. The lower stories of the
building were fire-proof; the upper are-or
rather were-not. Fortunately, the Land
Records, most of the Patent Records and
many models of iidustries, were in the un
burned pon tion of the building. The Indian
Bureau, also located here, saved its papers.
The worst result of the fire will probably be
interminable litigation growing out of the
loss of mnodels. In many cases they can
not be accurately reproduced, and the fu
ture Senator Conkling, who gets a large
fee for arguing that a particular peg was
driven perpendicularly and not obliquely
into the bar W, in a model lost in a former
fire, will find in this greater conflagration
renewed and enlarged profits. The loss !o
the Government is small, as the magnificent
building was erected at the expense of in
ventors. The subject of turning over what
remains of the building to the Patent Bu
reau, to which it belongs and erecting a
new one for the other Bureaus of the In
terior on the large reservation a few squares
east, will be discussed this winter in Con
gress.
An estimate made by those who oppose
Government aid to the Texas Pacific Rail
road shows in brief the following facts: To
various Pacific Railroads-Union Pacific,
Central Pacific, Kansas P'acific and North
ern Pacific-the Government has given
82,000,000 acres of land, and loaned it
bonds to the amount of $65,000,000, and
paid interes on thmee. bopds to the amount
o f $25,000,000. These figures have been
compiled, as I said, by those who oppose
aid to the Texas Pacific, but that road can
do no better than assist in circulating them.
A very natural inquiry will be why, if these
enormous subsidies have been given to en
terprises purely Northern in their inception,
their execution and their benefits, may not
a little be given for the development of ano
ther section ?
It has been popularly and correctly be
lieved that G*en'l Grant'i hierary acquire
ments were far from considerable. Ie has
good command of expressive language in
which to clothe such ideas as he possesses,
but his reading has been slight. I am not
certain that he expects to meet Shakespeare
when he lunches, as lie has agreed to do,
at Stratford!-on-Avon, but it is likely he has
rather confused ideas of the countless chi,r
aeters associa:ed forever with the place.
IIe will chirm all his American admirers
if, with the sound sense which somnetimnes
fills the place of good taste, he will on this
occasion refrain from exposing what hic
cannot conceal if he speaks.
Gen'i McClellan's return to politics is of
interest to all. Wherever one goes he finds
admirers of the General. Besides the posi
tive merits of the man, and the services lhe
rendered tlhe country, he has the advantage
of being generally considered one wbo has
udeservediv suffered at the hands of un
scrupulous but powerful politicians. This
belief is not confinied to conservative men,
but is held by very many radicals. He will
certainly receive a very large vote in New
Jersey, and as certainly make an excellent
Governor of that State.
One thing that will be temporarily sus
pended by the great fire mentioned above
is Secretary Schurz's system of invesLiga
tions. He may indeed "hire a hall" to hold
them in, but it is not believed lhe will do
that. The great value of the great Secre
tary's innumerable investigations will be
seen when it is known that one set of sus
pcted employees is set to investigating
mother, and instructed to do it in seret.
SOLON.
FOR THE IIERALD.
No Music ?
MR. EnITOR :-An article in your paper
iaded "No Music" caime to my notice quite
-ecently, else I would have sooner emnbramced
he opportunity to pen this reply.
I do not know how much Newberry has
pent for purchasing instruments for brass
)ands, and for lessons in instrumental and
rocal music. Like in all other eases it de
>ends very much upon which side of the
>ietuire we behold! Your then corresnon
lent asserts, that for the money expended
n Newberry for music, its citizens might,
ave bought and, built almost anything and
ivrything. If this is so, it is strange that
eachers of music have little cash to show,
md I know that some of them had to leave
\'ewberry with borrowed cash!
While reading the article of "No Music,"
camne to the conclusion that there can be<
i music in that writer's soul, and if per
bance lie did take ary lessons in music, I
eel inclined to sympathize with the teacher;
ather, for I fear that the unfortunate teacher
ad to book him as "unpaid."
The narrowness of his soul would as little
>ermiit him to pay his music teacher, as lhe
vould help to "build the road to Ashford'si
erry, or a splendid market house, or con I
ribute to beautify the cemetery, decorate
to any object that may benefit their town.
"No Music," I am afraid, had his brain
on fire when he gave birth to such bright
comparisons, and succeeded in "raising a
toot" when all Newberry was musically
silent.
Like inest moralists he sems to have
overlooked tha. the iumrtal "Vill's" re
cord might be most appropriately applicable
to himself.
A PROFESSOR OF MUSIC,
Who did not become over-rich while in
Newberry.
The article to which our correspondent
refers was written in this office. We know
he can't accuse us of having no miusic in
our souls, for we are just chock full of it
and running over, and have paid pretty
dear for it, too. The facts are, however,
as we stated them. We will not undertake
to say how many brass bands have been
organized and disbande'l here since the
war, nor how many music teachers we have
had. Suffice it to say, a great many-some
first-rate teachers too ; and yet, as we said
before, Newberry can't raise a toot now.
-ED. HERALD.
GRANGE DEPARTMENT.
The following is a list of the Subordinate
Granges within the jurisdiction of Newberry
Pomona Grange, No. 4, with the names of
Masters and Secretaries and their Post Of
fices:
Pomaria, No. 27-Jacob Epting, Master,
Pomaria; E. J. Lake, Secretary, Pomaria.
Beth Eden, No. 53-E. P. Chalmers, New
berry; H1, H. Folk, Newberry.
Belmont, No. 54-L. E. Folk, Newberry;
II. D. Boozer, Newberry.
Silver Street, No. 55-J. R. Spearman, Sr.,
Silver Street; J. R. Spearman, Jr., Silver
Street.
Liberty Hall, No. 81-R. C. Carlisle, New
berry; M. M. Buford, Liberty Hall.
Bethel, No. 88-T. C. Bro,vn, Newberry;
J. G. Martin, Newberry.
Ode l, No. 111-J. T. Duncan, Whitmire's;
J. S. Spearman, Jr., Whitmire's.
Maybinton, No. 133-W. D. Hardy, Shel
ton; R. B. Long, Shelton.
Cannon Creek, No. 142-D. Halfacre, New
berry; S. W. Cannon, Newberry.
Ebenezer, No. 173-J. S. Hair, Newberry;
A. J Kilgore, Newneriy.
IHigh Point, No. 190-D. II. Werts, Pros
perity; D. M. Crosson, Prosperity.
St. Luke's, No. 203-S. A. Hunter, Pros
perity; J. T. C. Hunter, Prosperity.
Dom'nick, No. 2M-A. W. Monts, Pros
perity; A. J. Long, Prosperiry.
Sympathy, No. 201-J. C. H. Rauch, Pros
perity; J. II. Bouknight, Newberry.
Wells, No. 258-J. N. Lipscomb, Chappell's
Depot; J. R. Irwin, Chappell's Depot.
Bush River, No. 172-B. R. Mangum, New
berry; W. M. Dorroh, Newberry.
The Pomona Grange meets the first Mon
days in January, April, July and October, at
Mayes & Martin's Hall, Newberry, S. C.
Sub. Granges are urgently requested, as well
as required by our law, to make their quar
terlyreports promptly at our next meeting
in October.
JOHN S. HAIR, Master P. G.
A. J. KILGORE, Secretary P. G.
An arrangement has been made
with the Newberry HlERAID, oir
County paper, to have a Grange de
partmnent. By this arrangcmen t, ques
tions and answers can be published
and much information given that
could not otherwise be obtained. All
members of the Order-particularly
members in our County and our neigh
boring Counties-are asked to contri
bute any articles that may Seem of
interest to the Order, and to farmers
generally. Write any and all prac
tical ideas that suggest themselves,
and such will be certain to be appre
iated. Let's determine that each
and all will do something to make
tis arrantuement instructive and in
teresting. We must assist each other
to keep this organization alive and
active, and not only improve ourselves,
but increase the circulation of our'
County paper.
The mem:bership fee in the New
York Cotton Exchange is $5,000
those of New Orleans and other cities
are heavy-besides each member pays,
annually, dues in some exchanges
amounting to two or more hundred
dollars. Thcse men, who handle the
product of thc farmers, know the value
of organization-they know it is worth
paying for-they regard it as their
best instrument-so do all other pro
fessions or business organizations com
bine to protect and continue their
organization and success. T he farmer
Patron should take a lesson from this
combination.
The Granger, who pays a member
ship fee of $5.00 and an annual due
of $1.20, is told that his money is
thrown away, while the member of the
Cotton Exchange pays thousands to
support his organization-in their
sombination they are educated to their
interest. It is upon the same princi
ple that a farmer goes into the Grange.
[t is the only organization ever built
for his benefit, and its teachings, to
;his time, have forever established it,
while the plow supports the world.
Coo little attention is paid to our edu
ation and protection.
J. S. IIAIR,
Master Newbcrry Pomona Grange.
Newberry, Oct. 1, 1877.
'he Outlook for the Grange.
"Watchman tell us of th e night,
What the signs of promise are.
Traveler, o'er yon mountain height
Comes the promised morning star."
I wonder if all the members of the
rder of Patrons comprehend and un
Iirstand the progress made in the
ight direction during the last five
ears. If understood in all its length
mud breadth there would be encour
igement on every hand.
Five years ago the producing class
a were content to reach the largest
teuti h a fpouto,cn
-esut tgivn the liyof' shredton, their
entdto gite the whontookharetofmaheir
u..-1- in ihne who took it to mar- 1
and women designed for the so-called
learned (?) professions should be edu
cated, and that, too, at the expense of
the State, while those engaged in ag
ricultural pursuits plodded along in
the old dull routine, content that the
class which pays their full share of
the taxes, and which furnishes four
fifths of the property exported to for
eign countries should surrender to the
favored few the absolute control of
public affairs, and leave the duty - of
legislation to the members of one pro
fession while they cultivated the soil.
But a wonderful change has come
over the spirit of the people. We
remember well when the Grange
movement first began to attract atten
tion, it was wet on every hand by
open or secret ridicule. A prominent
railroad magnate on Wall street, on
being asked what would be the effect
of the Grange movement of the West
on railroad securities replied "It
will not amount to anything; they
have not intelligence enough to agree
among themselves for one year ; and
if any enterprise required but a dollar
from each farmer, they would let it
die for want of money." This was
the opinion of a man who had accu
mulated millions from the industry of
the country, and who probably never
earned an honest dollar in his life.
Nor were his views singular. Con
tempt and derision are mild terms to
express the estimation in which this
famous movement was held by the
class who thought that in some way
they incarnated in themselves the
wealth and wisdom of the nation.
Farmers were a useful class to produce
corn, wheat and meat, but anything
beyond this was outside their sphere.
When the first attempts were made
by an outraged and indignant people
to assert the sovereignty of the State
over soulless corporations, what a howl
went up about "granger legislation."
When a railway ouficial in our State
was remonstrated with because his
company refused to obey the law of
the comimonwealth, he replied with
pampered insolence, "that may be
Granger law, but it is not railroad
law."
The conflict between the people on
the one hand and the greed of corpo
rations on the other, has been a bitter
one. Th,)se who first entered upon
the contest did so with a full realiza
tion of its magnitude and importance.
But even their friends scarcely hoped
for success. On one side was the
ablest talent with unlimited wealth at
command, and for them better than
all a perfect unity of interests and
complete organization.
On the other hand there were only
the masses of the producing classes
unaccustomed to work together, living
for the most part in isolation, without
cohesion of effort, and strong only in
the deep sense of oppression and the
justice of their cause. These im
mvense organizations of capital claimed
that they were over and above all leg
islative control. The old idea of the
"divine right of kings" was tame in
'omparison with the views held by
these men in respect to their "yested
rig'hts." The thought that the peo
ple had any vested rights was not for
a moment entertained. Step by step
the battle was fought through every
court in the land up to the court of
lest resort in thIe nation. But as
time wore on, in halls, in school
houses by the fireside, in the fields,
men and women began to canvass the
subject. In every Grange in this
broad lanid, in the iinter's camp, in
the mianufac.tories and counting-rooms,
the workers in forest. mine, mill and
field, began to ask, which is supreme,
the corporations or the law ? This
great fraternity, which finds its mem
bership in every neighborhood from
Maine to Tenas, gave power and co
hesion of purpose until finally the
courts of highest resort have affirmed
the princi ple that the will of the peo
ple as expressed throuigh T nEIR C HO
SEN REPRESENTATIVES IS THE SU
PREME LAW OF TIHE LAND and THE
STATE IS SOVEREIGN OVER ALL COR
PORATIONS. We may well feel re
joiced over .this result, and may be
pardoned if we stop for a moment to
shake hands and congratulate each
other.
Not alone in this, however, do we
see signs of progress. Tihe awakened
intelligence among farmers, the inquiry
and study as to how we may inaugurate
more intelligent and successful methods
of husbandry, and how we may buy and
sell to better advantage are significant
of a forward movement in these direc
tions and give rich promise for the
future. Manufacturers and business
men are also fast coming with us to
the conclusion that they as well as
ourselves, have supported an unneces
ary number of men between the pro
ducer and consumer-that the surplus
can be dispensed with to our mutual
advantage. They, as well as ourselves,
ae rapidly learning that it will be for
the benefit of all when the producer
ad consumer shall come in a more
friendly and economical contact.
But while we pause to pass con
gratulations, while we bend in reverent
hankfulness to the Great Master 'who
Las sustained and blessed our labor,
yhile we feel grateful to the brave
md earnest men and women, scattered
>ver the length and breadth of our
and, who hav.e stood shoulder to
houlder, who have been tried and
ound faithful, let us not forget that
'etern.al vigilance is the price of
iberty," and that our watchword must
till be '"fraternity and co-operation."
([Anderson Intelligencer.
Ever since Eve's incautious expe
-ience in the Garden of Eden, Babies
mave been the institution. Petted by
nen and loved by women, their baby
ife would be an absolutely happy exis
ence but for those evidences of mor
ality exhibited in Colic, Flatulency,
tc., all happily relieved at once, how
ver, by the prompt use of Dr. Bull's
~aby Syrup. Sold everywhere. 25 cents.
.'ew S" JIiT
FALL, 1877.
KINARD 4
TILE LARGEST CLOTIIING
FINEST READY-MADE (
HEADQUARTERS FOR TILE LATEST A
GOODYE
THE BEST UNLAUNDRIED SHIRTS EV
ENGLISH DOG SKIN GLOVES,
ENGLISH HALF I
ENGL
THE CELEBRAT
The best fitting sl
ORDERS TAKEN FOR CUSTOM WO]
your measure here and have the Clothing m,
have the very latest style and fashion.
NECK WEAR, STYLIS
Goods sent anywhere C. 0. D., subject t
KIN
Oct. 3, 40-6m.
NOTICE.
The Annual Meeting of the members of
the Newberry Cotton Exchan-ge will be held
at the office of the Superintendent, on
Thursday, the 4th October, at 7 o'clock, P.
M. A. J. McCAUGHRIN,
Oct. 3, 40-1t. Supt.
NOTES LOST.
Lost recently the following notes: One
on C. D. Burton, for about $165, with in
terest, dated about October 19, 1876 ; one
on Ben. Sheppard, for $75, dated sometime
in the fall of 1875; and one on Mansfield
Perry, for $25, dated sometime in spring of
1876. All payable to the undersigned. All
persons are hereby warned not to trade
for any of said notes.
C. M. WILLIAMS.
Oct. 3, 40-2t.
INSURANCE.
FOR COTTON GINS
and FARM RISKS.
In a first-class reliable Company.
Apply to
J. W. FOLK,
INSURANCE AGENT,
JALAPA, S. C.
Oct. 3, 40 -2m*.
NOTICE.
OFFICE OF THE COt'NTY CoMMISSIoNERS,
New berry, S. C., Sep. 28, 1f877.
Sealed proposals will be received until
the 31st day of October next, for Keeper
of the Poor House. Persons as plying will
state what they will furnish, whether find
ing themselves with provisions or not,
Horses, Wagons, etc. Whether they will
work or rent the lands attached to Poor
House. Also, will be received proposals
for a Physician to tbc Poor House and Jail.
Medicines to be furnished by the Physician.
.L. B. MAFFETT,
Ch. B. C. C.
Z. P. MosS, Clerk.
Oct. 3, 40-5t.
I. B. LEONARD & CO.,
Corner of Pratt & Nance Streets,
NEWBERRY, S. C.
Wholesale:andiRetail Dealers in
Together with
IIES AND LIUOR&
Of best brands and warranted.
French and American
CONiFEC TIONERIES,
IN .LARGE VARIETY.
Together with SHELF GOODS for FAMILY
USE.
Mar. 28, 13-ly.
HENRY BAYER,
IJOISSIQN MElKIINT,
FOR THE SALE OF
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Importer and Wholesale Dealer in
Foreign and Domestic Fruit
AND
PRIODUCE,
215 EAST BAY,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
gg Sales at best market prices.
IMEDIATE CASH RETURNS.
By carefully following the above rules, I
am enabled to sell to the entire satisfaction
of shippers.
Oct. 3, 40-3m.
Ii. F. WETE&
GBOCER
COMMISSION
MERCHANT.
Nos. 110, 112 and 181,
ccellaneous.
FALL, 1877.
e WILEY,
3IA, S. C.
HOUSE IN JOLIJMBiA!
LOTHING IN THE CITY.
D MOST STYLISH HATS.
R'S RUBBER GOODS FOR SALE HERE.
iR OFFERED IN THIS CITY FOR 75c.
IOSE,
[SII CLOTH GLOVES,
BROAI)WAY SILK HAT.
ED STAR SHIRT,
rt in the market.
tK, sample Of goods on hand. We will take
de in New York, by this arrangement you
H AND VERY CHEAP.
a inspection.
IARD & WILEY,
MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C.
Fertilizers and Agricultural
Chemicals.
For sale by
A. i. McCAUGHRIN & CO.,
Oct. 3, 40-1t.
NOTICE.
All persons are hereby warned from
hiring, by - the day or otherwise, Albert
Taylor, alias App. Taylor, mulatto, about
i9- years of age, for he is under written
contract to work for me the present year.
Any person so hiring the said Taylor will
be dealt with according to law.
Oct. 3, 40-3t. J. J. AMICK.
JUST RECEIVED.
COLLEGE TEXT BOOKN
AS FOLLOWS:
Smith's Ifistory of Greece.
Bingham's Latin Grammar.
White's Edi, us Tyrannus of Sophocles.
Hitchcock's Elementary Geology.
Olney's University Algebra.
The Complete School Algebra.
Hart's Composition and Rhetoric.
Jones' Exercises in Greek Prose.
Malcolm Buder's Analogy.
Goodwin's Greek Grammar.
Venable's Higher Arithmeotic.
Harvey's Eu3glish Grammar.
Sanford's Intermediate Arithmetic.
Sanford's Common School Arithmetic.
The .E?eid of Virgil.
Cha -~e & Stuart's Livy.
Paley's Natural Theology.
Coppee's Elements of Logic.
Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar.
Goodrich's History of England.
Bingham's Cesar.
Dloise's Greek Prose.
Gomstock's College Philosophy.
Davies' Legendre.
Webster's Common School Dictionary.
Webster's Academic Dictionary.
Maury's Physical Geography.
Oct. 3, 40- tf.
A GREAT WANT SUPPLIED.
SIMMONS'
H EPA TIC
COMPOUND
LIVR ECE
Should be pre
ferred as a cor
r eet iv e and
ICUR E. to every other
medicine in
use. Fir st,
~ P it allays fever;
s e co ndly, it
cleanses th e
bowels without violence or pain; thirdly, it
tones the stomach; fourthly, it regulates the
now.of bile; ffithly, it promotes healthy
perspiration; sixtbly, it relieves the system
from unwholesome humors; seventhly, it
'tranquilizes the nierves; eighty it acts up
on the blood as a depurient; and ,lastly, it
forms one of the most certain LIVER REGU
L ATORS known.
It will remove wind from the bowels, and
hence a few drops given to a babe Is better
than a dozen.cordials to relieve and make'
it sleep; containing no Anodyne.
it will cure Constipation and keep the
bowels regular. It will also cure the worst
case of Summer Complaint and Dysentery.
RIt will cure Sour Stomach, stimulate the
Liver to healthy action, relieve Heartburn,
and aet~as a general Regulator of the system.
For sale Wholesale and Retail by
DR.S. F.FANT
POPE & WARDL;AW,
DR. W. F. PRATT,
DR. W.E. PELHAM,
Newberry.
DowIE & MOISE, Proprietors, Charleston,
S. C.
Confectioneries, Fruits, &c.
CONFECTIONERIES, FRUITS. NUTS,
CRACKERS, CANNED GOODS, PICKLES,
WORCESTERSHIRE AND OTHER
SAUCES.
FRENCH AND PLAIN CANDY.
DESICCATED COCOANUT, GELATINE,
SEA FOAM, HOESFORD'S BRE ADT
PREPARATION.
SODA, STARCH, PARCHED COFFEE, TEA,
LAUNDRY SOAP, TOILET SOAP.
FINE CIGARS, SMOKING AND CHEWING
TOBACCO, PIPES, &c.
At
H. A. BURNS'.
Sep. 26, 39-3m.
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