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THOS. F. GRENEKER, EDITORS. W. H. WALLACE, NEWBERRY. S. C. WEDNESDAY, APR. 2, 1879. A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. The Herald is in thehighest respect a Fan: 11v Newspaper, devoted to the naterial hi terests of the people of this County and the State. It circulates extensively, and as an Advertising medium offers unrivalled ad vantages. For Terms, see tirst page. The Homestead Law a Delu sion and a Snare. The State Constitution adopted in 1868 has the following provision: "Art. 2, xxxii. The family home stead of the head of each family re siding in this State, such homestead consisting of dwelling-house, out buildings and lands appurtenant, not to exceed the value of one thous and dollars, and yearly product thereof, shall be exempt from at tachment, levy or sale on any mesne or final process issued from any Court. To secure the full enjoy ment of said homestead exemption to the person entitled thereto, or the head of any family, the personrd property of such person, of the fol lowing character, to-wit: house hold furniture, beds and bedding, family library, arms, carts, wagons, farming implements, tools, neat cattle, work animals, swine, goats and sheep, not to exceed in value, in the aggregate, the sum of five hun dred dollars, shall be subject to like exemption as said homestead, and there shall be exempt, in addition thereto, all necessary wearing ap pael: Provided, That no property shall be exempt from attachment, levy or sale, for taxes, or for pay ment of obligations contracted for the purchase of said homestead, or the erection of improvements there on: Provided, further, That the yearly products of said homestead shall not be exempt from attach ment, levy or sale, for the payment of obligations contracted inth production of the same. It shall be the duty of tshe General Assem bly, at their first session, to enforce the provisions of this section by suitable legislation." The first Act of the General As sembly on this subject is that of September 9, 1868, entitled "An Act to determine and perpetuate the homestead"; which follows strictly the provisions of the Con stitution, and gives directions as to the appointment of appraisers and the manner of setting off the home stead. The next Act is that of January 15, 1869 ; which makes it a mal feasance for any Sheriff, or other officer, to violate the provisions of the Homestead Law, and imposing for the first offense a fine of not less than $500. nor more than $1, 000, and for the second, dismissal from office ; and in either case he shall be liable to the parties for all injuries by reason of his wrongful levy or sale. The next Act is that of March 1, 1870; which gives to the head of a family-whether he owns a home stead in real estate or not-an ex emption, to the extent of $500 in such articles of personal property as are enumerated in Article 2, Sec tion xxxii, of the Constitution This Act has also the following pro vision: "Sec. 2. That the products of agricultural laborers, mechanics, artisans and tradesmen of every de scription, shall be subject to like exemption as above stated, without regard to valuation, character or condition of products or earnings." The next Act on the subject is that of March 13, 1872; which is principally dir-ectory as to the man ner of laying off the homestead ; but it amends Section 2 of the pre ceding Act so as to give agricultu ral laborers, mechanics, &c., only one-third, instead of the whole, of their annual products-. The next Act is that of February 22, 1873, and this has heretofore been considered one of much im portance. Section 6 of that Act says: "The personal property of * the head of any family, residing in1 this State, consisting of the yearly products of his or her homestead, and of the property subject to ex emption under the Constitution, shall be exempt from attachment, levy or- sale.. .... . Poided, furl&r, That a debtor, being the head of a family as herein before c,fotwl f~fl(~j ncd- pj.~-~ 4.1.~p nwn~r )rovided for in the Constitution vas a humane one ; viz., to save lebtors from complete financial I uin. and to leave them enough i >roperty to live upon. We had ust emerged from a disastrous var. Negro property had been aken from us; lands had greatly lepreciated in value ; thousands aad contracted debts while thor >ughly able to meet them, but whose property had been lost by the war. And we have no doubt that it was the intention of the Con stitutional Convention, as it was ertainly the intention of the Gene ral Assembly, to prevent creditors from oppressing debtors who had thus suffered, and from taking from them their last dollar's worth of property. The Supreme Court, act ing in accordance with these views, decided, in the case of In Re. Sa rah Kennedy, at the January Term of 1869, that Art. 2, Sec. xxxii, of the Constitution, providing for a homestead, and the Act passed in pursuance thereof, were not uncon stitutional and void as against debts contracted prior to the adoption of the Constitution. The same deci. sion was made in the case of Howze vs. Howze, and in other cases. But the United States Supreme Court afterwards decided, in the case of of Gunn vs. Barry, 15 Wallace, 610, that the Homestead exemption as against debts contracted prior to the adoption of the Homestead law was impairing the obligation of contracts, and therefore in violation of Art. 1, Sec. 10, of the U. S. Con stitution; and the Supreme Court of this State, at the November Term of 1873, in the case of Cochran vs. Darcy, following this decision, de cided that the Homestead exem,p tion allowed by Art. 2, Sec. 32, of our State Constitution was void as to debts contracted before said Con stitution was adopted. Here then was a failure of the first and chief object of the homestead law. 13ut its worst failure has just been shown in the recent decision of Duncan vs. Barnett, wherein the Supreme Court decides, that a man being the head of a family and not owning any real estate cannot claim aniy exemption in annual products ; on the ground that the Acts of the Legislature which attempted to extend the ex emption to a ciag of property not embraced in Art. 2, Sec. SE, 2f the Constitution is unconstitutional and void. By this decision one who is so fortunate as to own real estate can claim exemption in it to the ex tent of $1,000, and can claim in ad dition, year after year, every bale of cotton, every blade of fodder and every bushel of corn raised upon that $1,000 worth of land ; but he who is too poor to buy land and has to rent, or work for part of the crop, cannot claim any part of what he raises. To illustrate the practi cal operation of the law-A, who owns $1,000 worth of land, owes B; B, who owns no ]and, owes C. C sues B, gets judgment, and takes his whole crop, if so much be ne cessary, to satisfy it; B sues A, gets judgment-and doesn't get any thing else ; for A saves his land and crop under the homestead law. If such a law is not unjust, we can not conceive what injustice is. We do not say it is unjust to make B pay his debt ; but the injustice con sists in making B pay while A is exempt. Truly "to him that hath shall be given (exemption), but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath." It is worth having a Constitutional Con vention, if for nothing else, to purge the Constitution of this iniquitous According to the opinion of the Supreme Court, in Duncan vs. Bar nett, we do not see how a non-land Iolder is entitled to any exemption at all, even in those articles enume cated by name in Art. 2, Sec. xxxii, of the Constitution. It says, "to secure the full enjoyment of said bomestead to the person entitled Lhereto, or to the head of any fami l, the personal property of such p)erson, [that is the person who is ntitled to a homestead in land. E.] of the following character, &c., shall be subject to like exemption :o said homestead." Not a word is aid in the Constitution as to ex- 1 mpting pr-operty of heads of famni ies who own no land ; and the Su- ] reme Court says, "that the exemp- 1 ,ions allowed by the Constitution I annot be extended or restricted by my~ Act of the Legislature." Jug].M lit,o h or Judgpeals. lot of Ketcyta he ot I In ildo h tet fFak or,te2t l. yToa u >fd Appesdg hdKenust decde sht adkle on the stet of Frank ort, the 20th ult., by Thomas Ba v ord. The Judge had just decided t Big Men. Perhaps we ought to have beaded .Ls great men, or prominent men t. would have been more elegant, mt not so expressive. Who are t he "great men"? Properly speak- g ng they are exceedingly scarce. But commonly speaking they are a wverywhere: every County, every r :own, every neighborhood, has its rreat man. that it looks up to as something superior to ordinary t nortals. And this leads us to say, :bat greatness is only by cc mpari ion. The neighborhood or County great man is probably superior to those about him. A corn stalk La welve feet high is great in a corn (lelld where the average height is mnly six ; but in a pine forest it 2 would be quite small. So many I men called "prominent" and consid- t ered great by their neighbors be come decidedly small when trans ferred to other localities. We see this illustrated every day. One man goes to the Legislature, or to Congress, the admiration of the home folks, and puffed up with the idea of his own greatness, expecting to astonish and overwhelm his fel low members with his profound c wisdom and extensive knowledge; and, lo ! he finds himself a pigmy, and becomes of no consequence at all. A young man having graduated at College and set up a school in the mountains is as big a man in his section as the President of the College is in his. Some people wonder why it is that such weak and unfit men get into high posi tions ; but the explanation is easy enough. He is a big man in his own section ; his friends and neigh bors give him a reputation; those who do not know him take their es timate, and honor hip2 aceprdi4gly. If there are six men in the same community all about on a par as to ability, and another of just equal ability in another community, this one isolated individual is the "pio minient" plan, and the six are ordi nary, and if ther-e happeng tg p a vacant ofdece for which they ara all candidates this one stands the best chance of all. This is why State and other offices are filled by me.n who are not best fitted for them. The second best m~an. Qr even the third best of one sctio'n is often a far greater man in reality than the first best of another sec non ; but he is not so considered ; his reputaUoi; .is eclipsed by the biggest man of his own commjUty ;t he suffers by contrast. If any one will take the trouble to inform him self he will readily see that all that we have said is true, and we could easily prove it by living examples ; but, as Mrs. Partington says, "corn parisons are odorous." Rev. T. DeWitt Talmadge, a very celebrated Presbyterian minister of Brooklyn. is undergoing trial before the Brooklyn Presbytery, on the cha'ge of falsehood and deceit. Some of the specifications are as follows; that he acted deceitfully and made false statements in regard to his withdrawal from the editor ship of the Christian at Work in 1876; that in 1876 he accused Rev. I. W. Hathaway of dishonest prac ices and afterwards denied that he bad done so; that in 1878 he en cleavored to get false and pretended . subsciptions to pay off the debt of bis church to be deceitfully used in getting others to subscribe, &c. There are nineteen ex-confederate t brigadier generals in the U. S. Sen ste at present, viz: Morgan, Gar- ~ and, Walker, Call, Gordon, WVil- ~ .iams, Jonas, Lamar, Cockrell, Vest, C Ransom, Vance, Withers, Johnston, ~ Butler, Hampton, Harris, Coke r md Maxey. f There are four federal brigadiers, C Ls follows : Logan, Kellogg, Burn- ~ ;ide and Plumb. The corner-stone of the Confede- L ate MIonument was laid in the a apitol Grounds at Columbia the P ~7th ultimo. The ceremony was erformed by the Most Worshipful L rand Lodge of the Ancient Free I' dIasons of South Carolina. S A beautiful and accomplished 19 p rear old daughter of ex-Gov. Hub- ni ard, of Connecticut, eloped the fi ~5th with her father's coachman, ti ~redeick Shepard, a rather fine ap- a earing young fellow of 25, and p hev were married. s Mr. Henry Car'ter, of Cross Hill, y, ~aurens County, was stricken with a >aralsis in one side the 20th ulti- ti as JAI.Fiz fFutnCt,M, J.H ritz,us" was Funder Cty,ar Mof' hreoGu etpyiin.Ie rrites us : "I was under the care of n of nur heat nhemininna Thav FOR THE HERALD. Vill Genuine Sugar Cane Grow in Newberry County ? MESSRS. EDITORS: But few plan ,rs ever thought that the Florida su ar cane could be grown in this Coun. , believing the seasons were too short id the cold spring of the year would tard the early planting, which adds iuch to the success of growing the ane to perfection. My attention to be general planting of sugar cane was ttracted in the Counties of Barnwell, olleton and Orangeburg, and as I iAited those Counties at different sea Dus of the year I could see but little ifference in the clinate of those nd that of our own County. I con luded that sugar cane-I wean the enuine sugar cane, and not sorghum r Chinese millet-could be grown in his County, sol wrote Dr. W. W. Folk, f Colleton, to ship me a small quanti y of caue in the Spring of 1878 ; he tid so, and gave me the following in tructions how to plant, &c. As the ced is the stalk and springs up from bud or an eve, it will be necessary to ut a stalk into two or three pieces hei ready to plant. Select a moist iece of land (but not wet) near a barn r stable, the richer the better. Lay ff your rows si: feet apart, bed, fill Lp the water furrow with stable ma iure, cotton seed and guano; re-bed n the manure; (if you have enough uanure broadcast in addition to ma iuring in drill) open bed with a small >low, then the first warm spell in Feb uary drop or lay these piece of cane .bout eighteen inches apart, covering ith a hoe and avoiding covering with luds. When the cane begins to come p work similar to a corn crop, and be ertain not to succor as from one eye r bud will spring up from ten to wenty stalks, yielding two hundred talks to one planted. I planted in the Spring of 1878, our rows an acre long ; the hog and attle destroyed at least one-fourth ; I Lte the cane daily, my fondness to hew it being as great as that of the ogs. I gave to [iy neighbors, rela ves and friends. The day of the lection, hth~ Nov ember, I supplied the oters with cane to ea and fpr gall; ng sticks and some to take home for he children. I put up for seed two ows. banked similar to potatoes, being areful to take down the seed cane be b frost I converted the remnant f two rows into syrup, grinding the ane on an iron roller mill and boiled e juice into syrup, making 21 gal ons of syrup on the two rows of cane tter above described depredation to he caue, yielding at the rate of 462 ~ali9cg of syrup to an acre with de cribed depredation. Without the lepredations it it is hard to estiwate orretly, but theyield nio doubt would ave been 600 to 800 gallgog of syrup o an acre. From some of the syrup : made somne 100 lbs, dry brown sugar >y boiling the syrup thicker I bored ome auger holes in the bottom and round the sides of an empty tour arrel, poured my thick syrup into he barrel, putting a utensil under eath the dripping barrel to catch the rippinigs or molasses, and the sugar emained in the barrgl perfectly dry. enclose a sample of the sugar. ' ou vil see it only needs a refining process o make it equal to any sugar on the uarket. I dislike to make the above state ent to the public as perhaps jiot more han one-fourth of your readers ever aw the genuine sugar cane grow, but will refer any and all doubting ones o the following gentlemen who are armers and saw the growth, etc., of he cane: Messrs. Win. H. Eddy, ~ohn I. C.ampbell, Win. C. Switten urg, Jno. M. Glymnph, W. 4. Waters, Vm. C. Slighi, Antine Bnzzard and ther farmners. I exhibited the cane nd syrup at the Newberry Agricultu al and Mechanical Fair, and a prey aium was awarded to me for both ane and syrup. I grew the cane to ]ature 20 joints, though 12 joints is good yield. I planted this year 9 ws an acre iong, being all the seed I ad, or else I would have planted n acre. I supplied some of our most ractical farmers ; such as Messrs. *as. 0. Meredith, E. S. Coppock, An nc Buzzard, Won. H. Fddy, WY. L. Vaters, John it. Fair and others a nall quantity of seed each. Why will our farmers continue to lant Chinese cane or sorghum to ake inferior syrup, scarcely yielding -om 10 to 20 gallons per acre, when e genuine sugar cane (with no more ork) yields from 400 to 800 gallons are New Orlea.is syrup, which readily Is at from 40 to 40 cents a ggn iereby making from $200 to S400 3r .aere, to say nothipg of the sugar hich I believe will pay better than Le syrup. We ask, then, will pure igar cane pay in Newberry County? good subject to discuss in the ranges. Respectfully, J. Wux FOLT.M FoR THE HERALD. Change the Banking System. MIESSRS. E DITORS : The state of South Carolina needs a change in her finarces or banking system. The Na tiotial Bank Act was a war measure tLe object of the Radical party in Cong_,ress, who was in power at the. time the Act was passed, was to place the whole currency of the Union un der the control of the Adwinistralion. It ias done this for the last seventeen vears. The Democratic party is now it; power in Congress, and it is time this system was changed, or the Act am1ended to give the State of South Carolina a larger banking capital. I am not in favor of abolisbing the Na ti,nal Banks. There were very few men in the State able after the war to start banking. It is time now that Congress should wake a change in the bauking system, in order that the poor and laboring classes of South Carolina way be benefitted. Congress should change the banking system of the Government by giving the State of South Carolina, according to voting population, plenty of paper money equal to gold and silver, guaranteed by the State. Some will say the State has no credit. This will not do. The predi; of the State of South Carolina is as good as any State in the Union, and owes less money than any State according to her wealth. Her true indebtedness is about six millions of dollars, and she can pay it in a few years by a proper banking system. Our Democratic members in Congress must be instructed by the people of South Carolina to take proper action to carry this out. If Congress will not act in this matter then the State must act for herself. The next Legis lature should pass an Act giving the people of the State a State Bank with a capital of ten millions of dollars, with priyilege Qf increasing it to twen ty millions. The National Banks could change and conduct their busi ness under this charter without inju ry, and private banks also. We wish to hold to all the banking capital in the State, and get as much more as possible. The cry again will be, the State is too poor. That argument will fall to the ground. Give the State proper banking facilities and she will soon be up to her ante-bellum days. The Bank of the State before the war was the prime cause of the people's taxes being almost nothing, and in keeping up the Government of the State. The State of South Carolina before the war had a banking capital at no time less than twenty millions of dol lars, and as high as forty millions of dollars, and the money of the State apd all privage B>anks wyas equal to gold and silver, and good all over the world. Why can't we have it again ? Srely we pan If the State can get a proper systemD. The poor man never can rise in this State unless we can have larger baphing facilities. The State of South Carolina has banking capital at this time of about three mil lions of dollars By the voters of South Carolina our State has been redeemed from under the worst government in the world, and always will be redeemed. Let Radicalism' and Dnemocratism alone and go to work and redeem your State from the present banking system. In struct yogy members to Congress what you want. If no help from that quar ter, then send no person to the Legis lature when the time comes who won't give you help. X. No REMEDY IN THE WORLD ever came into such universal use, or has so fully won the confidence of man kind, as AYER'S CHERRY PECTORAL for the use of Coughs, Colds and Con sympion. A WorI4-Wide Reputation. Dr. IR. V. Pierge, haing acquired a reputation in the treai7ment of Chronic Diseases resulting in a pro fessional business far exce3ding his individual ability to conduct, some years ago induced several medical gentlemen to associate themselves with him, as the Faculty of the World's Dispensary. phea Consulting Depart ment of which has sipce t>eeg nege with the Invalids' Uotel. The "or ganization h.as now been completed and ncororated under statute enacted by the Laegislatgre o h tt l New York, under the nameC and style of the "World's Dispensary Medical Association." We clip the following from the Buffalo Express : A branch of the "World's Dispen sary Medical Association" is to be es t-ablished in London, Eng., a step which the continually increasing European business of the Dispensary ha ace found to warrant, anid next week Dr. B. 'I. B3ed orhi~ p!! sail for the great metrop'olis named, to super intend the orgauization of the new in stitution. This gentleman has been for- ty four years associated with Dr. Pierce in a pos;giop of responsi bility, and is well qualified for ph duty now entrusted to him. Hereto iore the foreign business of the World' innansry has been trans. FOR THE HERALD. Our Washington Letter. WVA1INGToN, D. C., Mareh 26, 1879. The legislative situ.:tion is not sin plified since onc w, ek :!,o to day. There is not entire hi-r;iiony auiong Democrats as to demanding all that was demanded by the last 11ouse, though every Democrat in Cungress wil! insist upon the substance of it. There has been, in the !zst week, an attempt by the Administration through CAents, to create an i:npression that a part of the Dewocratic party io Con gress was willing to abaudon essential points in the Democratic programme if Mr. Hayes would refrain from use of the veto power. There was no in tention or promise on the part of pro minent Democrats to do anything of the kind. The original programme, including repeal of the test oath and supervisor laws, and the forbidding of the use of troops at the polls, will be adhered to, save that, perhaps, a con cession may be made of two non-par tisan Federal officers at certain polling places. If this much is conceded the officials will have no power except to observe and report The arbitrary ar. rest of citizens will cease. If Mr. Hayes shall approve this legislation it seems now improbable that the session will continue for any great length of time, though influential Democrats desire that it shall, and the question is not by any means closed. Mr. Randall has selected his Commit tees, but hesitates to announce them until there shall be a deci:iou of the party as to the transaction Qf general business. The Senate removed many of its officers on Tuesday, putting Democrats in the place of Republicans. Several of the subordinate officers, 7tho had become personally acquainted with all the Senators, or who had held their places for very many years, and were specially familiar with the duties of their places, were retained. The prin. cipal officers, however, were displaced. This was done for two reasons: First, because they had made themselves of fensive by active interfgence with partisan politics, against the customs and traditions of their places, and, second, because they would be in the way of that complete investigation of Government affairs for th past dozen or fifteen years which is impe.ratively demanded. The new men give pro mise of effciency. There wIll be great effoirts made to secure legislation for the prevention of yellow fever during the coming~ sum mer, even if it is decided to do no thing else. There are already bills for the purpos3 before tihe two Houses. Tihe enemies of Mr. Ingalls, who has credeLrtials as Senator from Kan sas, have made some progress. They will certainly get before the Senate their proof that he was guilty of bri, bery. Thc evidefce in the breach of pro tose e-s of Mrs. Oliver ?gainst ex Senator Simon Cameronr has not yet shown a positive and uncontradieted promise of marriage, but it has devel oped unmistakably a state of morals the like of which was not suspected by most of the Senator's friends. The Senator seems to have been driven out of Congress by this woman, and not to have made a voluntary offering of his seat to his son, as has been sup psed, The trial will probably last the weels ouit. DEM A Word to Doubters. There is a good old maxiw which teaches us to "believe every man hon est until we know him to be a villain." American custom seems to have re versed this law and appears to make every man a villain until he has proved himself an honest man. As with people, so with things. Every artice placd in our markets can lay claimn to fpui fa'yor upon intrinsic merit and value alone. Continued poplaity, therefore, is proof positive of intrinsic e;cellepce. Dr. Pieree's Family Remedies are far nsi'oe popislar to-day than ever before. The people have tested them and know them to be genuine remedies for tire diseases they are recommended to cure. The Golden Medical Discovery and Pur gative Pellets are the. best alterative, onje, and cathartic remedies that can be used"in ihr'zic diseases of the stoach and" ivei. 'he world-wide popularity of the Fav'orite Prescrip zion, as a never-failing remedy for feale diseases, would have alone secred to its discoverer th~e fame he has so richly won. Dr. Sage's Ca tarrh Remedj', of which Dr. Pierce is also proprietor, is recommended by those who have tested its virtues as a safe and reliable remedy for catarrh in its worst forms. A Disease that Wrecks the Sys tern. yryfunction is deranged, every nerve mnstrung, every mLscle and fiber weakened >y fever- arid ague.- 'It is; in fact, a disease which if unchecked, seventually wrecks the system. In all its types, in every phase, it is angerous, destructive. Stupor,delirium,con; rulsions; often attend and cause swift dissol 1 i6n. But wVhen combatted with HIostetter's Stoai itier its fothold in .the&system is dislodged, and' eyerf yestige pf ;z eradicated. ['bat benign anti-febrile specifi,c agd fepn tive of the dreaded sconrge is recogized' hot nni~ wirhin our own boundaries. but in tr6 Grange Department. Newberry Pomona Grainge,No.4 The next regular meeting will be held at Dominiek's Grange Hll, on Friday, the 11th day of April next. at 11 o'clock A. M. J. F. KILGORE. Secretary. Doxi.icK GRANGE TIALL, March 1st, 1879. The following places are designated for the entertainment of Delegates of Newberry Pomona Grange it the meeting to be held at Dominick Grange Hall, on the Second Fri day in April next, and we hope each and all will attend the meeting and accept our hos pitality: Mayhinton Grange......... A M. Dominick Belmont.......................J. P. Bowers Bethel........................Jas. C. Banks Silver Street..............Dr. J. B. Simpson Sympathy....... .............J. L. Counts Liberty Hall...................J. B. Fellers High Point..................... W. P. Pugh Cannon's Creek................J. L. Hunter St. Luke's.....................Z. W . Taylor Bush River......................J. C. Cook Wells............. ........ ..Geo. Mayor Pomaria....................E. P. Whitman Ebenezer....................John A. Mayor Odell's..........................J. C. Koon St. Mathew's....................a. J. Long Beth Eden................. .A. W. Monts New Chapel....................W. H Long A. W. MONTS, Master Dominick Grange. JAS. C. BANKS, Secretary, The subject for discussion is: Which is the Eqost advantage to the farmers. to employ croppers or to pay wages? Xlew Jdvertisenents. GRAND CONCERT. Proffssor R. J. GOolalIe, Baritone Vocalist & Organist, FROM NEW YORK, Assisted by some of the favoriti talent of Newberry, will zive A GRAND MUSIC.AL ENTERTAINMENT, for the beneti-. of rhq Thespian Dramatic Club, at their 11all, ON THURSDAY EVENING, APRiL 30, 1879, SEE GRAND PROGRAMME. Apr. 2, 14-1t. GRAIN CRADLES. Senn's, Counts' and Northern make, at the lowest prices. Call and see samples. COPPOCK & JOHNSON. Apr. 2, 14-ti. TIlE NATIONAL BANK OF NEWBRY, NEWBERRY, S. C., March 27, 1879. This Bank will close at 2 o'clock P. M., on and after Monday next, (U1st iiistant.) ,JNG. B.. CA RWILE, 14-It Cashier. Ayer's Cathartic Pills, For all the purposes of a Fam' Pa ysie ; and for curmng Costiveness Jaundice, Indigstion, Foul Stmac' Breath, Headacl@, ys'ie1s ,~ei ~s~itions and Skmn Diseases, ihflousness, Dropsy, Tumors, Worms, Neural a; as a D' ner Pill, for purifymg the 3Od Are the most effective and congenial pur gative ever dis covered. They are mild, but - 4 effectual in their opera t i on, moving the bowels without pain. Although gen eration, they are still the most thorough1 and search ing cathartic medicine that ca be employed: cleansing the stomnach and bowel's, and even the blood. In small doses of one pill a day, they stimulate the digestive organs.and prormote vig Orouls health. An:n's Pru.s have been known far morte than a quarter of a century, and have ob)tained a world-wide reputation for their virtues. They correct dis eased action in the several assimila tive organs of the body, and are so composed that obstructions within their range can rarely withstand or evade them. Not only do they cure the every-day complaints of every body, but also formidable and danger ous diseases that have baffied the best of human skill. While they produce. powerful effects, they are, at the same tinie, the safest and best' physic fdg children. By their 4perient appon they gripe much less than the common purgatives, and never give pain when the b)owCls are not inflamed. They reach the vital fountajps of the blood, andi strengthen the syslemr by freeimg it from the elements of weakness. Adapted t'o all ages and4 conditions in all climates, containing neither calomuel nor any deleterious drug, these Pills may be taken with safety by anybody. Their sugar-coating pre serves them ever fresh and makes them pleasant to take; while being purely vegetable, no harm can arise from their use in any quantity. PREPARED BY Dr. J. C. AYER & Co., Lowell, Mass., Practic~al and Analytical Chemists. sotp BY AnL DBUGGIsTs EVERWHEB. All persons indebt, g to theunersgned must settle their ac counts i n fulli b y cash, otherwise their credit can not be ex S. P. F4NT. Mar. 20, 1879. 13-tf. FOUNDRY NOTICE. THE undersigned would respectfully in orm his friends and the friends of Mr. PE. TER KIND, that he has bought the PHE IX IRON WORKS, of Columbia, S. C., ad is now prepared to do all kinds of work n the mancfacture of STE AM ENGINES, from five-horse power to any size, Boilers, Saw, Grist and (lane Mills, all kinds of Ag ricultural Implements, Iron and Brass Cast rgs, Columns for stores, of all descriptions, ailings for Balconies ar d Cemeteries, and Repairing of all kinds of machinery. Mr. Peter Kind will superintend the busi ess, and alil orders sent shall have prompt ttention. Reasonable prices, and good work done ty the best uiechanics. Direct all orders to G. DIERCKS, Or, PETER KIND, Superintendent, for G. Diercks, Columbia, S. C. Mar.~19, 12-if.1I!T -en-r-rrrne Trnrnst .iMsceUaneous. daraware, CutIerl, &C. PURE HAMMERED SWEDES PLOW IRON. BEST REFINED TIRE, SQUARE AND ROUND IRON. BEST QUALITY PLOW STEEL SHAPES. BEST QUALITY sTEEL PLOWS in Turn and Straight Shovels, Bull Tongues, Sweeps, &c. OLD DOMINION CUT AND CLINCH NAILS. BLACKSMITHS' BELLOWS, ANVILS, VISES, H .X3MERS, &c. SHOVELS. SPADES, FORKS, MAT TOCKS and GRUB HOES. ENGLISH and AMERICAN WEEDING HOES, with and without handles, of the most approved makes. HAMES, TRACES, COTTON and MANIL LA ROPE. ENGLISH and AMERICAN TABLE and POCKE r CTLERY. SILVEII PLATED KNIVES, FORKS and SPOONS of best make and warranted quali ties. SADDLES, BRIDLES and WAGON HAR NESS. -ALSO COOKING and HEATING STOVES, in cluding the NEW REGULATOR REVOLV ING TOP Cook Stove, the latest improved and one of the best Stoves made. STOVE PIPE, ELBOWS, and STOVE WARE. TIN WARE. A large assortment at Low Prices. Purchasing my goods from Manufacturers, Importers and First Hands only, and con ducting my business in the most economical manner, I am prepared to offer SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS to my friends and custom ers, and will SELL AS LOW AS ANY HOUSE IN THE SrATE. Ever grateful for past favors and patron age, I most cordially invite you to examine my stock and prices. SAM'L P. BOOZER. Sole Azent in Newberry for The MILBURN FARM and PLANTATION WAGONS. The BROWN COTTON GIN. CIJEWARLA LIME WORKS, best quali tv STONE LIME. Dan Ferguson's IRON FOOT PLOW STOCK, best in the market. S. P. BOOZER'S HARDWARE STORE. Feb. 12, '79-7-tf. EXECUTORS' SALE OF VALUABLE LAND IN THE TOWN OF NEWBERI FORMING A PART OF "THE BURNT SQUARE." As Executors of the last will and- testa ment of Julius B. Smith, and by authority given specially to us therein, we will offer for sale from the Court House steps, on the First Monday in A pril next at 12 o?elock M., all the land whereof Julius B. Smith die'd seized and possessed, embraced 's "The Burnt Square," in the Toiwn of New berry, fronting on Caldwell, Friend, Nance and Pratt Streets, in differ.ent lots or . par cels, whereof plats may be seen in the of fice of the Probate Court after the 20th day of March instant, to tvhich attention is in vited, and which wilt be exhibited on day of sale. TERMS-One-third cash, and the ba-' ance on a credit of one and two years in equal insalaments with interest from. the d iy of sale, to be secured by 1-he bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the land sold, with the privilege to the purchaber to pay the whole of his bid in cash. The purchaser will be required to pay for papers. The bricks now on lots Nos.5- three (3), four (4), and five (5), and which were on said lots at the late fire will pass te the purchasers of said lats respectivery. The houses on the lots to be sold and the house located in Smith's Alley, now ocou. pied by Burwell Raines, are excepted from this sale, and with the bricks forming a part thereof will be sold for cash, and also the bricks whichi do i.ot pass with Nos. 3, 4 and 5, as above provided, immediately after the sale of the lots now advertised. The parties purchasing bricks absd house will be allowed sixty days to remove th same. WM. LANGFORD. G. A. LANGFORD. Mar. 12, 11-4t. New berry News copy till day. Bridges!I Bridges !' The Board of County Oa,mmissioners be at the following named places, at n on the days hereinafter stated, for the pose- of letting~ on~te cnrectele. responsible bidders, to build three bri over Bush River, as follows, -to wit Frank Miller's Miii, on Thursday,AprRlth, next ; at~Langford's (formerly Mendeahall's) Mill, on Friday April 18th ; and sl'.er. ber's Mill on Saturday April 19th4gr. One contract will be wsade on'qo . Contractors to give bond in dei~ the sum of the bid. - Specifications for each bridge~ may be .seen by calling upon the und'esigued and will be read at the places abo,.ementioned on the days she contracts are ma~de. F. WERBER, Jr., March 26 13 3St C. C. C. N. C. Having m ade ar ranggments for a new PHOTORAPR gIPPY, I will shortly be able to Renew Business and "take the pictures" of the good people of New1evry. JA MES PACKER, Feb. 26i, 9-3mn. Notice of Final Settliee. Notice is hereby given that the under signed, Administrator of the Estate of R. Y. Neill, deceased, i ill make a final setWe. ment on the said Estate on Monday, the 28th day of A pril, 1879, in the office of the Judge of Probate for Newberry County, and immediately thereafter apply for a final discharge as such Administrator. T. N. KIBLER, A drm r., R. Y. Neill, dec'd. Mar. 26, 13-5t1 .. - ST ATE OF SOUTH~C-AROLtt!L, COUNTY OF NEWBERR.= IN THJE PROSATE COURET. Notice is hereby ela that I =-i11 mnIae