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[From The News & Couricr.j The Crookedness of Corbin. Full History of the Audacious Grab-Some Significant Facts Which Corbin Forgot to Mer.ion in his Explanation of How the Money Went-An Interesting Glimpse of What will be Shown by the Pending Investigation. COLU MBIA, Tuesday, January 8. The Corbin committee is engaged several hours daily in prosecuting the investigation entrusted to it by the Senate. Its sessions are conducted in private, and the bond of secrecy is ,imposed upon members, clerks and witnesses alike, to remain in force un til the report has been submitted to the Senate. It is therefore, difficult to ascertain what has been done in the committee-room, but from various out side sources the following facts have been obtained, which will be found in time to correspond pretty much with the results arrived at by the com - mittee: Mr. Corbin was a member of the General Assembly at the time the phosphate monopoly act was passed, and largely assisted, both within and without the General Assembly, iL securing its passage. He was the largest stockholder in the company or ganized under the act, and managed its interests in the triple c4pacity of president, counsel and legislator; and it was in its interest, and his own, that he applied to the attorney -general to bring suit against a revival .om pany, and let him (Corbin) conduct the suit in the courts. In his "Card" recently published he states that "novel and important questions" were involved in this suit. These, however, may be summed up in the one question : Whether North Wimbee Creek was or was not a navi gable stream, a question which, under Corbin's manipulation may indeed have "run through about three years," but which might have been readily determined by one less interested in protracting the suit within as many weeks. Having, in course of time, obtained a decree for $5,900, (not for $28,000 as he alleges,) Corbin next applied to the court to appoint a referee to as certain what fee should be paid to him for the distinguished and disinterested services which he had rendered the State in conducting the suit. The referee was accordingly appointed, and soon reported that Mr. Corbin was en titled to 62 per cent. on the O5,90P for which a decree had been obtained, and the court confirmed the referee's report. It should be remarked.just here that at .the time the referee made his report there was no other amount before the court besides the $5,900 above referred to, and the enormous per cent. by him recommended to be paid was awarded solely upon the ground, that although the $3,900 was the whole amount for which the de cree had ben obtained, and on which he could be allowed a fee, yet the State would eventually receive many times that sum in royalty obtained by virtue of the finding of the court. It chanced, however, that the phosphate company, the defendant is this.case, had been compelled to give a bond to the State, pending the suit, conditioned for the payment of a royalty to the State on all phosphates they should take from Wimbee Creek, after the commencement of the suit-if it should finally be decided against them. After it had been so decided a referee was appointed to find the amount of their liabilities on their bonde ; and after the Court had allowed Corbin 62& per cent. on the $5,900 as his fee in the case, the referee reported that the company should pay $22,000 on their bond to the State. This amount, in regular course, would have been paid directly to the State Treasurer. Corbin certainly had no claim to the custody of it or to any per cent. upon it, but he coolly asked leave of the Court to allow him to receipt to the company for the $22. 000 on behalf of the State. The Court granted the request, and Cor bin got possession of the $22,000 and claimed 621 per cent. on it. This was too much for even Cor bin's official friends to stand. The claim was so preposterous that the -attorney-general, who was both his per sonal and political friend, and who had employed him to conduct the case, advised the comptroller general not to allow it. The comptroller general who was also his political and per sonal friend, at once made a formal demand on him for the whole of the $22,000, as well as for the 37? per cent. remaining of the $5,900, and filed.in the comptroller general's office copies of his official letters to Cor bin, setting forth with painful per spicuity the swindling character of that greedy individual's proceedings. The comptroller's pointed darts glanced from the brazen surface of Corbin's cheek without inflicting a visible scratch, and Corbin kept the S27,900 : By his own showing, which is merely accepted here for purposes of argument, Corbin should have turned over to the State at least 371 pcr cent. of the $27,900: but he turned over nothing. He complacently claimed to have rendered the comp troller general certain othe~r services, not specified, in another ease, and kept the 371 per cent. on the whole -amount as his self-awarded fee, well knowing that, if he had rendered any such service, the comptroller general had no power to rix his fee, which could only be paid through an appro priation by the General Assembly. What he did with his plunder is too well known to need re telling. One or two points only may be indicated here. Corbin, in his card, says that Judge Carpenter had granted an in junction against the banks from pay ing out State money; the wheels of overnment were thereby stopped, and tn~t 1~ (i~rhn'~ lent Cardoza. State for the reason that the moneys then in the banks wure not moneys that could be used "to keep the wheels of government in motion,," nor yet the wheels of nisgovernment with which Corbia was more nearly concerned. Every dollar in the banks belon'ed to specific funds already appropriated, except the amount of about $9.73, the unexpected balance appropriated for "legislative expenses" for the pre vious fiscal year. Not knowing the exact amount in bank, it is possible that Corbin may have been misled by the tempting "item'" under which this amount was returned. Corbin did not lend $20.000 to Cardozo, ,State Treasurer. He lent nothing to the State Treasurer for any purpose, as the State Treasurer's books conclusively show. He did de posit $20,000, or thereabouts with Cardozo, not as State Treasurer, bat as his messenger and lobbyist in the matter of the election of United States Senator. This amount was not paid out for any State purposes. The whole of it was paid out by Cardozo, not as "State Treasurer," but in his i unofficial capacity as Corbin's agent, to members of the General Assembly. The only point worthy of notice in this immediate connection is that it was only paid out to Republican mem bers of the General Assembly, a point which Corbin carefully omits to men- j tion in his card. Whether these fa vored members were paid by Corbin for their votes can only be determined by a judicial investigation, which will certainly be had. Until the result of I such investigation is made known, however, those who know Corbin and who know his men-the Republican members of the General Assembly of 1876-and who know imw these men C voted, will hardly be at a loss to form an opinion for themselves. C. McK. Puss in Boots. The Sixteenth-Amendment Convention. The 10th annual convention of the Woman Suffrage association convened in Lincoln hall at 2:10 o'clock this afternoon. The hall was nearly two thirds filled, the fair sex predoini- C nating. The stage decorations con sisted of a rep sofa, two easy chairs, r and twenty or thirty cane-seat chairs. - On either side were placed two urns filled with fresh green moss and flow ers. The president's stand was a small table draped with the American1 flag. There was also in the front of the stage a large marble-top center table, on which was placed a hand some vase holding a rare boquet of cut flowers. The ladies filed on the stage at ten minutes after 2. The one who at- I tracted the most attention was Mrs. g Tilleston, of Massachusetts, who wore a bloomer costwuie ; also Dr. Mary Walker. Among the ladies on the stage were Mrs. J. Spencer, Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker, Mrs. Boyn- s ton, of Illinois, editor of the woman's department of the Chicago inter Ocean; Mrs. D. May Thompson, ofc Oregon ; Mrs. Lily Devereaux Blake, of New York ; Miss Smith, of Conn., -l who refused to pay taxes because not ~ given representation, and who allowed i her property in Connecticut to be dis- e trained before she would pay ; Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and others. Dr. Clemence L. Lozier, the presi dent, proceeded at once to read her ~ address. During the delivery of the address, Mrs. Lockwood and Mrs. Ricker filed in, and were applauded. The entry of a colored woman on the stand was also applauded. ANNAroLIs, January 8.--Mont gomery Blair introduced a memorial in the House of Delegates to Congress praying in effect for a full investiga tion of matters affecting Hayes' ac cession to the Presidency. Mr. Blair's speech created consternation on the ~ Republican side of the House. The I lobbics'were packed. Messrs. Hinks y and Merrick both made speeches on. the same subject. Mr. Leib, Repub lican, moved to lay the memorial on. the table, and called for the yeas and ' nays, which resulted in yeas 13, nays t 54. It was then referred to the Corn- - mittec on Federal Relations. We regret to learn that Dr. J. T. Norris, a former resident of this place, . who has a number of relatives and a great many friends in this County, died at his residence in Newberry ~ County, whither he removed about 1860, on Sunday, the :30th ultimo of ~ consumption, with which he has been E a sufferer for a long time. Dr. Nor ris was a pleasant and intelligent gen-t tleman, who made friends wherever he went. The announcement of his death will carry sorrow and regret to I many of our readers.-Anderson in telligencler.( NEW ME3MBER FRioar NEwnERRY. -George Johnstone, Esq.. the regular a Democratic nominee for the vacancy in c the House of Representatives from b Newberry, has been elected. Mr. John stone is a son of the late Chancellor Job Johnstone. lie is a young man of superior education and of great nat ural ability. He will make a good c represe-,tative for the county of New berry, and will take his place among the oldest members of the House. - [Spartanburg Ilerald. A WELL DESERVED CoMIPLIENT. -It is exceedingly gratifying to us, to learn th-at our friend, Mr. George Johnstone, the Democratic nominee C for the Legislature, in Newberry coun- 1. ty, has been elected, to fill an unex- ] pired term. Mr. Johnstone, has just ly inherited distinguished talents, and has a bright future before him. (Carolina Spartan. ( Tihe iHerald. THOS. F. GRENE GR, .rjTN1 W. 11. WALLACE, %E ERY. 5. d. ATEDNESDAY, JAN. 1N, 187S. A PAPER FOR THE PE!)!'A'. Tihe Hrerall js in the bi-shvs re-)im : - ly Newspatper, h'voted to the mate"ain cre-ts of the people of I his o.u, y :tn<1 the t:te. It circulates extenively, and a mi ldvertising oiuf f!Yers unriv::lIed :1 antages. For Terns, see irst i:me. iayes' Title. The question of Hayes' title o the Presidency is being agi ,ated by both extreme Republicans nd extreme Democrats. W. E. .handler, Republican, has publish d a long letter charging H1aye3 vith securing his seat by' bargain ng with Southern Democrats. Hon. Jontgomery Blair, the 8th ins., ntroduced into the House of Dele rates (or Representatives) of Mary and, a Memorial to Congress pray ng an investigation into the mat ers affecting Hayes' accession to he Presidency. The Memorial was dopted by 54 yeas against 13 nays. There seems to be a strong pro )ability that Congress will take up he question of Hayes' title in some hape or other as soon as it reas mbles. A Fatal Duel. Mr. W. S. Harley, a lawv-r of Talterboro', Colleton County, Ind Ir. Robt. Fisliburne, Clerk of Court >f the same County, fought a duel n Georgia. three miles from Savan tah, last Saturday. The weapons mere pistols. Mr. Harley was shot brough the abdomen and mortally ounded. They wore brothers in aw, having married sisters. In the Est. Turkey, being almost beaten, has ,pplied to England to negotiatc er-ms of peace for her with Russia. tussia thinks it is nione of -En ~lands business, and that she has . right to interfere. Just at this ime the probabilities of a war be ween England and Russia are trong. We are gratified to learn that ~ur editorial last week on the sub ect of primary elections has met vith a very favorable reception. It aust recommend itself to the judg aent of all fair-minded men, and ye have little doubt of seeing it .doptedl, not only in this County, ut in every County i the State. The Georgetown EIectionu. At the election in Georgetown sounty, the 8th inst., for School i3mmissioner, Coroner, Sheriff and wo County Comis sioners, the tadical ticket was elected. The Leaislatur.. This body convened to- day, Tues ay, with much work before it. If hall be our duty to keep the reader osted on all matters of importance rhich may be transacted. At the election on the Sth inst., 1 Williamsburg,for County officers, he Democratic ticket was success State News. A bagging factory will soon go ito operation in Charleston. Four negroes were murdered at ne house in Barnwell County, a rek ago, for money. The murder rs were also negroes. There was a marriage in Spar inburg a few days ago in which le groom was 66, and the bride That staunch old journal, the arolina Spartan, (Hugh S. Farley, ~ditor,) has a strong and sensible rticle on primary elections, advo ating the adoption of the system y the Democrats of every County. Editorial Review. The debt of New York City is ly 8117,741,050. Tabitha Ann Calton, of Raleigh, i. C., was admitted to practice law he 9th instant-the first woman awer in North Carolina. Victor Emanuel, King of Italy, id the 9th instant, in the fifty ight.h year of his age. Prince Hum ert, his son, has been proclaimed king; lie is thirty-four. Assistant Surgeon Draper, of the T. S. Navy, in February, 1865, ned with a Confederate prisoner. ~ ~VA1re~ +h~ ~rn'of~vt' of flip The interesting part of the affair -to Surgeon Draper-is, that he gets all his back pay, about 825,000. Congress resumed its session the 10th inst. Senator Sargent introduced a joint resolution to add a 16th amundwent to the Constitution, giving women the right to vote. He also oflered a resolution allow ing the "female suffragists" to ap pear before the Senate and advo cate the amendment. This was lost by 31 to 13. A great part of the morning hour was taken up in the presentation of a large number of petitions from various parts of the country in favor of the 16th amendment. FOR THE HERALD. Honor to Whom Honor is Due. MESSRS. EDITORS : We live in pe culiar tine-i ; times that demand not only patriotism, but good common sense, judgment and experience to work out the problem before us. For years the South was in the hands of men who did not consider its general, living, material interests, but only their individual as wellas party power. They managed and ruled only to pro mote their own selfish ends. Through circumstances and under Providential guidance, the party that once ruled, so relentlessly, has been overthrown. It was by and throngh men who were actuated by good im pulses, pure motives and earnest in tentions; not owing to any superior qualities within themselves, that was retrieved the political honor and free dom of this section of the Union. To preserve that which we have se cured and won, at so much cost and abuse; it is required of the people as well as of their representatives to sus tain and support those for "high pre ferment" who were most prominent, zealous and fearless in the contest. Said Alexander the Great, when dying, surrounded by his Generals anxious to know who should fill his place, "Let it be given to the most worthy." In view of the probable resignation of Senator John J. Patterson, it may become the duty of the present Gene ral Assembly, to choose his successor fc' the unexpired term. The ques tion, therefore, that naturally follows will be. "To whom shall it be given ? The answer of every honest, fair-mind ed citizen, friend or foe, could not otherwise than to the most worthy. And who we ask would be the most worthy ? Our reply would be with out disparagement to the claims of any. General Martin W. Gary, present Senator from Edgefield. Gen. Gary has ability, stamina and admirable powers of management, as is proved by his success both as a law yer and farmer. As a lawyer he is sound and able, as a farmer practical and progressive. As a general rule a man is measured by his success in life, and we do not fear contradiction when we assert as a truism, that he who has been, and is able, to take care of himself in these trying times, can safe ly be entrusted with the business of others. The only objection that could be urged against him, is that Edgefield has one Senator already. This is an objection without common reason to sustain it. If we remember rightly, when the separate Court of Appeals of this State was re-established in 1859, although composed of only three Judges, two of them were taken from Newberry-O'Neall and Johustone and why ? Because they were men whose ability, judgment, learning and experience were adapted to the office and the times. Tfhe times now de mand a man of indomitable firmness, will, judgment and ability, for we may rest assured, the man who takes Pat terson's place will meet with fierce op position. Good men, true men, fearless men, representative men, are what we want in Congress to represent us. Capable and reliable men. Men who labored and will labor without fee or reward for the good of the whole country, without regard to personal or party aggrandisement anid office. Men who battled with all their might and strove for the success of the Democratic tick-. et, ou conscientious Christian princi ples, such as justice and equal rights to all. M. C. Butler, the gallant son of a noble ancestry, has received that re ward which was due him for his emi nent services. The people of this State and their Representatives would be recreant to her honor, to her word, to her fair fame and faith; not to place by the side of Butler, at Wash ington, as his twin colleague in the Senate-when the opportunity offers General Mai-tin Gary, who fought so nobly in conjunction with him for the rights and liberties of the State in 1876. Then could it be said in truth of South Carolina, that true to her an cicnt principles of "honor to whom honor is due," she stands represented in the Senate of the United States by two of her most devoted sons. With such spirits to represent this great country, actuated by nobler im pulses than mere sectionalhsm, p)arti ~nshir~. and ~rreed for office. the College Column. G.* 1). HIALTIWANGER, mtc G. B. CiGoE. EditingComittee Conimrunications dc:igned for this column to be directcd to the Editing Gommittee, NCwby.r, . C. The Choice of a Prof'ession. Having endeavored, in a previous is sue of the HERALD, to delineate the ne cessity of chousing a suitable profes sion, the topic of interest is, III. The course to be pursued in the choice of a suitable Profession. To avoid obscurity I will consider this, the most important of the three divi sions, under the heads : (1) Errors to be avoided, and (2) Principles by which to be guided. First. We should avoid haste. Haste is, in works of all kinds, in the majority of instances, attended by hurtful results and lasting regrets ; hence in so important a duty as a choice of a life-pursuit, it should be studious ly avoided. Secondly. We should not suffer ourselves to be influeneed by trifles and a mistaken view of Professio ns. It is said that David Hume chose the course to which he devoted his life, from having been appointed to advo cate Infidelity, in a debate. A course chosen from trifling incentives or the desire to gratify those who have a pre dilection for a certain profession, is frequently fraught with misery and failure. Sparta was right when she enacted a law forbidding parents to choose for their children vocations which they themselves fancied. Sage counsel merits our serious attention, but we should avoid beivg influenced by "trifles light as air." A mistaken view of Professions leads to the choice of a profession as an end, and not the means for the ac complishment of the life-work. It also gives rise to the pernicious ten dency, so common among young men, of believing that gentility and gentle manliness are not attainable apart from the learned professions-divinity, med icine and law. Consequent to this evil. the humbler vocations are denied the labor so richly due them, and the learned professions are burdened with an incubus of vicious ministers, mur dering physicians, and pompously ig norant lawyers. Thirdly. We should avoid the influ ence of sordid, selfish motives. Money is fast becoming the one goal to which the ste~ps of the young are directed; and, while wealth properly used is an auxiliary to be sought by all, ignored by none, this money-making desire, this "love of money is the root of much evil." W~hile it is our privilege to seek, and our duty to merit the esteem of our fellow-men when we become inor dinately ambitious, and our desires of success are contracted within the nar row views of self, we fail in our para mount social duties. Selfishness vitiafes the sensibilities, sways the understand ing, and conduces to evil. Principles by which to be guided. First. Deliberate, untiring study is es sential to a right choice. Few persons are so precocious as to choose, in ex treme youth, suitable vocations, by a simple obedience to inclination. We should know ourselves and the voca tion in which we would engage. We should weigh probabilities and coiu sider issues. W'e should zealously study ourselves and the labor we de sire to perform, first separately, then together as laborers and labor. A man would not think of assuming to carry a huge stone, without first con sidering his physical strength and the weight of the stone; yet many rush blindly into vocations for which they are wholly incapacitated, being dazzled by the fame of others, and esteeming what is practicable to. men of better qualifications possible to them. Pue rility invariably aims at the fabled "room at the top." Tell, in shooting at the apple, knew the size of his ar row, the strength of his bow, the pow er of his arm. and the distance of the pple; otherwise lie would have miss d the' mark. Thus we should choose professions for which a knowledge of our capacities and of professions teach s us we are qualificd, be they high or umble. He~ is honorable who does his duty in any voca:ion, and he only s degraded who fails to elevate him self to the dignity of his profession. We honor a master mechanic; we de test the charlatan who presumes to abble-yes, dabble is the word-in jurisprudence. Says Dean Swift, "It s an uncontroverted truth, that no man ever made an ill figure who un erstood his own talents, nor a good' one who mistook them." Secondly and lastly. We should have a regard to self conservation. We should choose neither the profes sitta ol edu oijr u heato;noteon that would ceduat nuse or usetothwanrt the ones ofa woustic.se usct trib the njucto of jthDeic I subscle the pinuctio of thma orators: contemplate entering college this ses sion, to cowe by the first of February .s the second term will cowuence al that date. A cosiderable number of new stu dents has been enrolled since the open ing after the holidays. All fine, able willing looking fellows. Now is the time to send to the coi lege. ye lovers of learning. Applicant: for admission almost daily. Sen' while there is yet room. Politeness to ladies and a knowledg< of the art of pleasing them are in th< highest degree commendable, but re member, to be a splendid gallant, oi even a nice beau, requires more polisI and more years than the ordinar3 Prep. possesses-nay, even more that the learned Soph. generally enjoys No student can go through college ani do himself full justice, and at the samt time lug a sweetheart along with him The death of the old year and th( birth of the new presents a fitting cc casion for wholesome thought. Tw( weeks have elapsed since the old yeai melted away into the past, and nom that the students of the college, aftei the recreation of the holidays, hav< again put on the harness, it would bt well for them to look along the line o the future, to place their aims, and re solve to attain them. Every young man who enters college, should striv< to make his achievements commensu. rate with his advantages. Every ses ion has its fixed and peculiar duties From now until Commencement, timE will fly most rapidly. "Have an ey< to your footings." You all lon what it is necessary for you to do be tween now and examination day it June. The path of duty before yot is plain. Don't wander 'Lom it "Look to the end." FOR THE HERALD. Newberry College. MESSRS. EDITORS : No doubt tb< Friends of the above institution will b< ratified to know that the progress 01 the building thus far is entirely satis factory to the architect and building committee. The walls have been com pleted in accordance with the plan anc specifications, and are substantial ani 3f durable material. The roof, which is of the best tin, is also about finish ed. The doors, shutters and sash, fo: the centre building and Southern wing are in the building ready to be adjust ed. The flooring for the sameha been nearly all laid down, the plaster ing has been com;menced.anid competen workmen are waitiug for the meam to complete the job, which, when fin ishied, will be an ornament as well a an] honor to our town and County The Tfreasurer has paid out on orde of the B.'ard the sum of 810.652.d7 He Las collected fr-om subscription. the sum of $l0,140.75, the differenc in these amounts (about S500.00 stands against the Committee in th shape of a discount in the Ncwberr' Bank. There is due for materials aml reac; received, but not worked in the sum of about $600. Therc is di for work alreadyv executed about S600 There are unpaid subscriptions to th~ amount of $5.083.00 ; this amount i. due by one hundred and forty-eigh individuals, the amount duo by an3 one is small; will you not come for ward, gentlemen, and le' us your as istan;ce to the amount of your full subscription, to enable us to finish th< work you have entrusted to us. Respectfully, B3urm1xaG COMDIITTEE. No Opium! No Morphia or othe; Jangerous drug is contained in Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup, for the relief o! Dolic, Teething, etc. Price 25 cents. * SELECTED FOR THE HERALD. Reather Mixed. Johnson-"-What is the matter, ed ? You look rather melancholy ~his eveuing.'' Ned-"Yes, the fact of the matter s I have got mixed up so in my fami y affauirs, that I don't know who I Johnuson-Rather a .strange rema~rk. Explain yourself.'' Ned -'I will. You see I married Syoung widow- who lived with her itep-daughter ; my father shortly after narried the step-daughter. My wife vas, therefore, the mother-in-law and laughter-in-law of my father. I am ,he step-father of my mother-in-law, Ld my wife's step-daughter is my tepmother. Well, my step-mother hat is to say my father's wife-and ny wife's daughter, had a son. He s my step-brother, of course;~but be ng the son of my wife's step.daugh er, my wife is, of course, his grand nother, and I am his grand-father as eil as his step-brother. My wife also iad a boy, my step-mother is couse uently the step sister of my boy, and .lso his grand-mother ; because he is he child of her step-son, and my fa her is the brother-in-law of my son, vho is the son of my step-mother. I mn my mother's brother in..law, my ife s aunt of Ler own son, my son is G -an-a- Deparitnt. At a regufla: it- : ---rrv Pomo na Grai!e, No. .i. h,ld at Nv.be:ry, S. G., on : Ja::uary 7. ISS. tie folIewing lii : ein tl d for tov 1-i.m -N! ar V. 'L-J. S. Hair. o.-.PChahlners. A. S.-J. G. II. Rauch. Chap.-J. i. Spearman, Sr. Tre;!s.-T. B. Chalmers. Secretarv -A. J. Kilzore. G. K.--P. J. Stephens. Ce:es - Mr. B. I. lIir. Poiona-M--s. E. V. Chaimers. F!or:.- i rrio Anil. L. A. .-Ls W. I. WhitmnIire. A nwori.u froim Belmont Gra nge, ile foreile to a County A gricultural Suciety, waS [:Zken up and the followi!-_ resolution ofered and adopted Resolved, That there be a committee of six appointed to obt.tin informTation, and draft suiiaW), rules and regulations for t;e establisihing and carrving out of an agrien! turai Suciety for Nevt errv County, and that thev do revort at : call meeting of this Grangce, to be held on Friday, the 1st FebruaryI ncxt. The iollowing are the Conmittee : Thos. W. Iollowvay , A. J. Kil gore, Col. R. Spearman, L. E. Folk, Alan Jo'nstc:ne, S. A. Ihu er a,.d .. S. Hair. A meeting o- bis Connaittee will be held . at Newbcerry. on Friday, the ISth inst. J. S.IIAIR, Iatr Newberry Pomona Grange. A. J. KimGoR., St-cretarv. The following are the otlicers of Ebene zer Grange, No. 17:, for the present year: W. N.-P. .). S.epheus. O.-J. F. Kilgore. Lecturer-J. 0. Meredith. Ste ward-T. T. Stilv-ell. A. S.-L. W. Simkins. Chplain-Jacob Siigh. Treasurer-J. J. Paysinger. Secretary-A. J. Kilgore. G. K.-J. P. Daveni,ot t. Ceres-Mrs. 1B. 1. flair. Pomona-Mrs. M. G. Kilgore. Fior.-Niss J. E, Lngford. L. A. S.-Miss Fauni2 E. Boozer. A. J. KILGORE, Secretary. Mars' Moons. When the telegraph announced the dis covery by Prof. Hall that our neighboring planet had two satellites, and the dispatch was read the next morning u -n thousand. American breakfast tables, what think you was the effect upon the hearers ? Pass me the milk, Kitty. Strange, isn't it, that as tronomers never saw them before. An other chop, please. I wonder what they'll discoer- next? -These corn catkes are ex Icell-nt. What's the latest from Eur-ope ?" We have been so a.ccustomecd to startling discoveries and announcements, that we take them as a nmatter of course. Even truth must appear in flaming colors to make herself seen. The virtues of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Picasunt Purgitive Pellets have been tested in ten thousand households, whose inmates will tell you that they consider the discovery and introduction of these remedies of far -greater imifportance2 to the niorld than the moons of Mars. Samis, ILLt., June 13, 1876. DR. R V. PIERCE, Bui~fao, N. Y.' Dear Sir-Last fall our daughter-aged 18-was fast sinking with consumption. Different physicians had pronounced her -case incurable. I obtained one-half dozen bottles of v.our Golden Medical Discovery. She commenced improving at once, and is now as hardy as a pine knot. Yours respectfully, REy. ISA AC N. AUGUSTINE. .Jiatried,q On the 3d instant, by Rev. H: W. Kuhnls, Mr. DAIDa E. HAYEs to Miss ANNIE J. DRIGGARs; all of Newberry County. Obituary. Mr. JAMES PRESTON THOMASON departed this life Jan. 10th, 1878, aged 20 years and 9 months. He was a member of the M. E. Churchi, arid die d in full hope of Eternal Life. His funeral services were conducted by Rev. Wmn. P. Meadors, text Revelations, 2 c., hat ter part 10th verse, at Mt. Pleasant Church. .Vew # aiisceilaneous. WBfIT & J3 VV0RJOP0LK HJEADQUARJTERS FOR MEN'S AND BoYS O L OTIHING, Furnishing Goods, Boots and Shoes, Unprecedented- Bargains Can be had from this date to the 1st of March next, In such as fleasv - Beaver, and Black and Colored 0- Beaver Over-Sacks, Heavy Worsted Coats and Vests, Colored Cass. Suits, and Color-ed Cass. Pants. We would call especial atten tion to our stock of Boys' and Children's Suits and Overcoats, which we pr->pose to Sell at and Below Cost. OUR FURNISHING GOODS DEPART MENT we keep always full and complete,having just received a fresh lot of Linen Bosomi Shirts, from 81.00 to $225 each, also a new lot of Linen Collars. Black Silk Dress Hats will he sold from three to five dollars each (good style.) Heavy Boots and Shoes are also offered at cost. We beg leave to call the attention of our customers to the fact, that we feel assured it will be to the interest of every one in need of any thing ini our line to call and ex amine our stock. Respectflly, WRIGHT & J. W. COPPOCIK. Jan. 10, 3-2m. WAGONS, WAGONS. REEVDTISDY 30 Miburn Tlantation 30 aMgbns,anato WonDs,ZS ASSORTED SIZES. .ew X aiscelaneons. THERE IS A TIDE IN THE AFFAIRS OF MEN, Which if taken at the Flood LEADS TO FORTUNE. NOW IS THAT TIME AND THE TIDE IS AT C. F. JACKSON'S, COLUMBIA, S. C., Who is selling his entire stock of DRY GOODS AND NO TIO NS, AT PRICES I&AIDLISS OF COST! The ladie., are included in this invitation ;ad are assured that they will find the flood A pleasant and profitable one. -Jan. 16, 3-tf. FOR SALE! A 11ORE AND BUGGY. For terms ap ply 1o MR. A. J. KILGORE, Jan. 16, 3-1t* Newberry, S. C. NOTICE. All persons having demands against the Estate of Sarah Moore, deceased, will pre sent them to the undersigned duly attested, or his Attorneys, Messrs. Po. e & Fair, on or before the 13th of May, 1878,.for on or before that day I will apply for final dis eharge as Administrator to the Court of Probate for Newberry County. B. B. FRAZIER, Administrator Estate Sarah Moore. Jan. 16, 3-5t. STMAT OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. IN THE COURT OF PROBATE. John H. Stockman and others, vs. Jas. W. Stockman and L. P. Stockman. In obedienee to an order from the Pro yate Court for Newberry County, to me iirected, in the above stated case, I will elij, at Newberry Court House, ON THE TIRST MONDAY IN FEBRUARY NEXT, :ithin the legal hours of sale, and to the aighest bidder, the Real Estate of Wiley W. Stockmian, deceased, consisting of BIGHITY ACRES, more or less, situate, :ying and being in the County of Newberry. sad State aforesaid, bounded by lands of 'ary Ann Long, Jacob Kibler Adam Hart unan, John Schumpert and others. TERMS.-One-third cash, the bal ance on s credit until the 1st November, 1878, to >e secured by bond of the purchaser and a nortgage or the premnises. Purchaser to pay for papers. D. B. WH EE LER, s. N. c. Jan. 14, 3-3t. {7.50 STATE OF SOUTH CARtOLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. John F. Glyrmph, Ys. E. S. S1igh. By virtue of~ an execution to me directed in thie ahorve st:ated case. I will sell, at New berry Court IIouse, ON SALE-DAY IX FEBRUARY, at pub!ic outcry, and to the highest bidder, a!l that tract or parcel of land situate in the County and State afore said, containing SEVENTY-FIVE ACRES, more or less, and bounded by lands of Wade Su:ber and John F. Gym ph. Levied on as the property of E. S. Sligh, deceased. Terms Cash. Purchaser to. pay for pa pers. D. B. WHEELER, s. N. c. Jan. 13, 1878-3-3t. f STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, NEWBERRY COUNTY. By James C. Leahy, Probate Judge. Whereas, Perry Ulalfacre, hath made suit to me, to grant him Letters of Admin istration. of the Estate and effects of David ilalfacre, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, that they be and appear, before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Newberry Court House, S. C., on tbe 31st day of January, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the ornoon, to show eause, if any they have, why the said A dministration should not be granted., Gitten under my hand, this 11th - lay of January, Anno Domini 1878. J. C. LEAHY, J. P. N. c. Jan. 10, 3-2t. south Carolina Railroad Company. COL.UMEIA, S. C., November 11, 1877. ON and after this date the Passenger Trains m the South Carolina Rail Road will run as ollows: )AY PAssENGEE TRAIN-SU5DAYS EXCEPTED. .eave Columbia at - - 5 33 p m arrive at Charleston at - - 12.00 p m heave Charleston at - - 5.00 a m Arrlve at Columbia at - - 11.00 a m NIGHT EXPRESS ACCOEMoDATION~ TEAIY. Mave Columbia at - - - 7.15 p m arrive at Charleston at - - 8.00 a m aeave Charlest-.n at - - 9.50 p m arrive at Columbia at - - 8.45 a m The Camden Train will connect daily with rains from and to Charleston. S. S. SOLOMONS, Gen. Supt. S. B. PxcKENs. General Ticket Agernt. areenville & Columbia Railroad. Passer.ger Trains run daily.. Sunday excepted, onucctinig with the Fast Day T(rains on South ~arolina Rail tload up and down. On and after Vdnesday, November 14, 1877, the following rill be the Schedule: UP. ea,ca Columbia, - - e - 11.10 a m "~ Alston. - - - - 1.10 p m " Newberry, - - ---- - 2.23 p m " Hodges, . - - - 5.15 p m " eIt.:, , - - - 7 .5p m trrive Grec.uvilie, - 5 .35 p m DO W . ,eave G reenville, - - - --72 " lkeltou. - - - .0 " Hodges, - - lt4 " Newberry, - - -14 "Aiston. - - 23 trive Columbia, - - -5j Aderson Branch and Blue Ridge Ri od DowNVahal aT RAIN. ,0a 1eave Wallaa, - - 6' " Perrvle, - ' - .) " Aendeton, - - 81 "riea Anerson, - - 8.'am rrive atBltn - -D~ UP TRAIN. - 7.20 a m -0.10 a m 10.47 a m - -1.42 a m 2.20 p m - 5.00 p m Rail Road. 5.50 a m 689 a m 7.29 a m 8.10 a m 8.59 a m anon TM1tnn of