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Xe Comes Out Boldly for Coercive Govern ment. VAIN1XGTON, .May 12--Tlie Pres ident to-day returned to tho House of Renresentatives thp "Act to prohibit luiiitary interference at elections. with his objectiovs to its approval. The President says: "Holding, as io the opinion that any military in eference whatever at the polls is sontrary to the spirit of our institu s, and would tund to destroy th, .edom of elections, and sincerely de siring to concur with i'ongrcss in all of its measures, it is with very gret rc.ret that I am forced to the cozo Olusion that th bill before me is no only unnecessary to prevent such i: tarference, but is a dangerous depar ture from long settled and important constitutional principles. ^The true rule as to the emuplov ment of military force at elections is not doubtful. No intimidation or coercion should be allowed to control or influence citizens in the exercisc of their right to vote, whether it av pears in the shape of combinations of evil disposed. persons or of arned bodies of the militia of a State or Lf the military foree of the Untted States. The elections should be free from all forcible interfirerice and ::, far as practicable from all apprehez sion of such interference. No so! diers, either of the Union or of the State militia, should be present at the polis to take the place or perform the duties of the ordinary civil police force. There has becu and will be nu violation of this rule under order, from me during this admistration but there should be no denial of the right of the national goverunimeat to employ its military forice on any dav and at any place in case such em ployment is necessary to enforce the tonstitution and laws of the United States." * * * * *~ * "At the most critical periods of our history my predecessors in the Executive office have relied on this great principle. It was on this priu ciple that President Washington sup. pressed the whiskey rebellion in Penn sylvania in 1794. In 1806, on the same principle, President Jefferson broke up the Burr conspiracy by ;ssIing orders for the employment of such force, either of the regulars or of militia, and by such proceedings ofthe civil authorities as might enable themi to suppress effectually the further progress of the enterprise, and it was under the same authority that Pres ident Jackson crushed Nullification in South Carolina, and that President -Lincoln issued his call for troops to nave the Union in 1861. On nuire rous other occessions of less signifi cance, under probably every adminis stration and cert: inly under the pres ent, this power has been usefully ex erted to enforce the laws, and without ojection by any party in the country, -fnd almost without attracting public attention. The great elementary cu stitutional principle which was the foundation of the original statute of 1792, and which has been its essence in the various forms it has assumed since its first adoption, is that the Gov ernment of the United States possesses under the Constitution, in full measure, the power of self-protection by its own agencies, altogether independent of State authority, and, if need be. against the hostility of State govern ments. It should remain embodied in our statutes unimpaired, as it has been from the very origin of the govers ment. It should be regarded as hard ly less sacred than a provision of the Constitution itself. There are many other important statutes containing provisions that are liable to be sus pended or annulled at the times and places of holding elections, if the bill before me should become a law. * * * * Another grave objec tion to the%ill is its discrimination in favor of the State and against the National authority. The presence or employment of the army or navy of the United States is lawful under the terms of this bill at the place where election is being held in a St te gov verniment, then and there in need of such military,.intervention, but unlaw ful to uphold the authority of the Government of the Ubited States, then and there in need of such mili *tary intervention. Under this bill the presence and employment of the army or navy of the United States would be neeessary to maintain the conduct of a State election against the domestic violence that would over throw it, but would be unlawful to miaintain the conduct of a National election against the same local violence that would overthrow it. This dis crimination has never been attempted in any previous legislation by Con gress, and is no more compatible with sound principl-s of the Consti tution o'r the necessary maxims and mnethods of our system of government ou oceasons of elections than at other times. ****Although I be liev'e that the existing statutes are abundalJtiy adequate to completely pr-event military interference with the elections in the sense in which the phrase is used in the title of this bill. aind is employed by the people of this country, 1 shall find no difficulty in concurring in any additional legis!a tion hlmted to that object which does not interfere with the indispensable exercise of the powers~of the govern mewnt under the Constitution and laws. Executive Mansio:il3Ja.y 12, 1 89. f* Viswovlethi opein should wo alu acr owires.ay o the areoionous facedallrsto up ~f them are ~eisoflous. and all S tcpup~ the pores and clog tile circulation. Pro'gwrilf. The hast meeting of our pring Wnw held at Prosperity chulru, Newberry county. The meet int began on Saturday and eiksed Sabbath night. The Plastor, Rev. .1 C. BoYd, is a large hearted. g-enrrous tan. We were only asked to do the work of the two d1ays-that is, to preach twice Saturday and three times on Sal.bath, and of eour;e we tried to do it. The congregatio-ns were large. On Sabbath the house was packed. morning and afternoon. The service at night was in the academy in the towl of Prosperity, the church being nearliy a mile out. Of the people of Prosperity we have often spoken, for it is- one of the places to which we make an annual visit. Look over the minutes of Presbytery and of Synod. if you would know them. Their record is clear. They always pay their pastor, and their ap portioniment of Synodical expenses. No congregation in Synod, that we I know of, has a better record in this respect. Is there any better test of Christian character ? A man may be liberal without being a Christian but how can any one lay claim to be ing a Christian who does not pay his pastor, and who does not contribute to the support of the enterprises of tie Church ? To give, is just as plain a Christian duty as to pray, and prayer is the breath of Christian life. No man ought to satisfy himself that he is a Christian who does not pray, I frequently, regularly. So, neither ought a member of the Church to be satisfied with his condition if lie does not pay his proportionate part of Church expenses. The people of Prosperity pay, and we think it is fair to infer that they pray. 'We had a good time with these people, as we always do. It was an e-ujoyable occasion, and we did not get much tired either. The people also seemed to enjoy the meeting, and we hope good was done. There were one or two incidents; that occurred during the occasion that started tears of joy in the eyes of more than one. "Let brotherly love continue.. "For give one another, even as Christ also forgave you." We heard the proposition to re move the church into the town of Prosperity discussed in more circles than one. It struck us as being a good idea. The plan is to remove the church to some central place in the town, put in new and larger windows, new pews, &c., so as to modernize the old building ; than to add the present church lot to the cemetery adjacent, and make a village cemetery of it. IThe church, it is said, would be more convenient to the members of the con gregation in the town than where it now stands, and it would suit tihe peo~ le of the town a great deal better. No one would be put to inconvenience by the change, and some would be greatly benefitted. Service at night has now to be held in the academy. .Che means can be raised to make the change, if the consent of all the memi bers can be obtained. Monday morning, before l1eaving, we called at the academy, and found our friend and former pupil, Mrs. Long, busy teaching "the young idea how to shoot." It was pleasant to hear the late School Commissioner of the county say that she was one of the most effieient teachers that he had under his charge. She has been teaching in Prosperity .for several years, and is doing a good work. Prosperity is one of'the best busi ness places in the country ; but we would think it would be still more prosperous if it had fewer drinking saloons. But if Newberry village can cairy a full scre, it may be that Prosperity can live with three. Since our last annual visit, the Lutherans have reconstructed their church. It is now very neat and at tractive externally. It is the only church building in the 'town. Rev. J. Hawkins, editor of the Lutheran Visitor, is the ac.ceptable and efficient pastor. We were sorry to find him in feeble health. We heard an interesting secret wile we were in Prosperity; but ed itors never tell secrets. Wait and see.~ ([A. R?. Presbyterian. An honest indifference to many pre vailing complaints is the result of using Dr.- Bull's Baltimore Pills. For sale by all druggists. Price 25 cents. Commissioner Ranum Narrates his Experience with the Moonshiners. WASHINGTON, May 13.-An offi cial report of the Commissioner of In ternal Revenue, detailing the opera tions of that office in the suppression of illicit distillation, shows that from July, 1876, to the present time 2,638 stills have been seized, 5,422 persons have been arrested for- illicit distilling, 109,135 have been expended for spe cial deputies employed for tihe purpose of suppressing illicit distillation, and nineteen persons killed arid thirty-five wounded while thus engaged. The operations have been c^arried on prin cipally in Geor-gia, Alabama, Tennes see, Kentucky, South Carolina, North Carolina and Vir-gin ia. in which seven States the seizures numbered 2,283 and the arrests 4,915. Secretary Sherman. endorsing R aum's com munication, says :"The efforts made to suppress tihe illicit manufacture of spirits and tobacco deostr-ate that ini many of the dis tricts this evil has becouie chronic and that the laws cannot be enforced against offenders without the~ priesece1 of an armed force adequate to over coec and persistently intimidate per sos disposed to violate the law." The Secretary recommends additional legislation for the better - protect1on of The H *eraldc. TIIOS'. F. GRENEKER, E-rS W. 11. WALLACE, NEW ERIRY, S. C. W DNESi)AY, MAY 21, 1879. A P'APER FIOU THE PEOPIl. 'ile ItralbI is in the higli resipect a Faim yN .\v%sewpjr, devote to the miateritl i t.e 1s of ilhe p-ople of this Colunty and the S . t:t%. It Cuatesextensively, aid :l -an .\dvertising med,iumn oirers 1i11rivailth4 ad vantagres. For rnis. See Iir-t pa;. State Press Association. ThQ fifth annual meeting of the Sonth Carolina State Press Assoeia I tion will convene at Spartanhurg, on Wednesday, June 11th prox., at 9 o'clock, A. M. Journalists who are not mem1bers are cordially in vited to attend, and join the Asso ciation, as matters of importance to the press of the State will come uip for considerationi, and it is hoped that every paper in the State will be represented. T. B. CREWS, Acting President. May 19. 1879. Hunian Sacrifice. No event that has transpired for years has prodtced so widespread a sensation as that which took place at the village of Pocasset, in Massa chusetts, May 1st. This place con tains a large number of those known as Second' Adventists-religionists who look for the second coming of the Lord at an early day, and who believe firmly in the continuance of revelations, signs and miracles 's in' the days when Christ was on earth. Chas. F. Freeman was of this faith ; was a prominent leader. He conceived the idea that it was his duty to follow the example of Jacob, who offered up his son Isaac. He professed-and in htis fanati cism, he undoubted ly believed-that God had revealed to him that he must offer up one of his famnily as a sacrifice, and that this offering r1ms.t be his little daughter Edith, a brhight, flaxen-hiaire~d girl, the yet of the household. TIhe mother~ p)leadied for the child ; lbut ni . gav her consent, her husband hav ing persuaded her that she was re sisting the will of Geoi, and that lie would either interpose to pre vcr t the fatal blow or would raise up the dead child. The deed was done, the father phunging the knife into the heart of his sleeping child. The Second Adventists behe ived, with Freeman, that God would raise up the child the third day. Freenman and his wife were placed in jail. Doctors examined them, and prionounced them sane. Free mnan's delusion has not left him; he still believes that he acted under (divine directionf, and is cheerful and content. The mother though, who gave her relheiant consent to the killing of the child, has; been comn pletely prostrated with grief and remlorse, and has wept cnstantfly day and night, refusing for several days lately to take any food ; and it is thought that she will (lie of a b)roken heart. The Adventists in general still approve the act, and the *only indignation they feel on the sub:ject is that God should comn mand tire deed to be done, and then should refuse to restore the child by a miracle. This horrible deed in the Nineteenth Century and in the enlightened State of Massachu setts almost passes comprehenidn. The Freemans are not ignorant people ; the Adventists of Pocasse$ possess tihe usual intelligence that belongs to American communities in general. It shows the power and the cvil-of religious fanaticism. And now tihe murderer of his own child takes tile ground that he shoul not be punished, and he ap peals to the American Constitution which guarantees freedom of reli gions belief. Of course this can avail him nothing. Yet, is there not tolerated now in the Territory of Utah, a "religious belief" which, fhough not so shocking and horri ble to contemplate, still is as per nicious as the offense for which Freeman must answer with his life ? .Mr. and Mrs. Goldsmith, of Bos ton, being of an adventurous turn of mind, and desiring no doubt to distigumishi themselves, intend to circmnavigate the globe in a boat eighteen feet long and six feet wide. The Neu.s and Courier says that Senator Butler thinks John Shier man will be the Republican candi date in 1880. Our opinion is that the ticket will be Grant and Slier A tirand Day in Coluinb&. Unveiling the Confederate Monument. The Confederate dead are bound to us by the strongest ties; by ties that entwine themselves with the tenderest, holiest and best traits of human sentiment. They were bro thers, fathers, husbands, sons; they died in a glorious cause though now called the "Lost Cause"-the defense of State rights and political liberty; they have been called by the outside world "rebels." It was fitting, therefore, and a duty we owed them, to tes;ify our apprecia tion of their valor and patriotism. In 1869 the first ste)s wvere taken toward erecring a monument to perpetuate their memory. HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE MONUMENT. A small meeting was held in Washington Street Chapel, Novem ber 4th, 1869. Money was collect ed from time to time. In 1871 the Monumental Association purchased from the City of Columbia a site on Taylor's Hill on which to erect the monument, bnt finding the site un suitable they abandoned it, after -having paid the price--600. The foundation of the monument was thence removed to Elmwood Ceme tery. The reason the State House grounds were not selected for the site is apparent to all, when they remember in whose hands these grounds then were. As soon, how ever, as South Carolinians got c.m trol of affairs it was determined to erect the monument on its present site, and the Legislature appropria ted $650 to assist in the erection. The monument was made by Mul doon, Walton & Co., of Louisville, Ky. The base is made of South Carolina granite presented by Judge Jno. S. Green, from his quarry on the Congaree. The marble shaft and statue are of Italian marble from Carrara. The monument stands forty feet high, and is sur mounted by a Confederate soldier, eight feet high, in uniform, holding his gun with fixed b)ayonet ; the statue is universally pronounced to be an excellent representation. On the front die-stone beneath is written the following inscription : This monument Perpetuates the memory Of those Who, Tr-us to the instinets of their birth, Faithful to the teachings of their fathers, Constant in their love for the State, Died in the performance Of their duty; Who Have glorified a fallen cause By the simple manhood of their lives, The patient endurance of suffering, And the heroism- of death ; And who, In the dark hours of imprisonment, In the hopelessness of the. hospital, In the short, sharp agony of the fieht Found Their support and consolaition In the belief That at home they would not be for gotten. On the rear die stone the follow ng : - Let the stranger, - Who may in future times Read this inscription, Recognize that these were men Whom Power could not corrupt, Whom Death could not terrify, Whom Defeat could not dishonor, And let their virtues plead for just judgwent Of the cause in which they perished. Let the South Caro!inian Of another generation Who may read this roll of honored names Remember That the State taught them How to live and how to die, And that from her broken fortunes * She has left to her children The one priceless.legacy of thieirimem ories, Teaching all who may Claim the same birthright That Truth, Courage. and Patriotism Endure forever. On the west face of the base are the words: TO SOUT H CA ROLINA'S DE AD 1861. OF THE 1865. CONFEDERATE ARMY. On the east face of the base the following : ERECTED BY TIHE WOMEN oF SOUTH CAROLINA. On the front of the shaft is earv ed a palmetto tree, with a shield beneath it, on which are cut the letters "C. S. A." The total cost of the Monument s somewher-e about $16,000. It tands in front of the East wing of he State House, the Palmetto onument to those who lost their lives in the Mexican War, standing ypposite, in front of the WVest wing. The ceremonies of Unveiling the onument came off the 13th, and wre snucssfl beynd/ all evnerta. companies, splendidly uniformed i and well drilled, made a magnificent display. Over ten thousand peo ple were present, ald everything p:ssed off in the happiest possibl(e m1anfle'. The city resounded with salutes from the artillery, the bands plyed inspiring strains. the old battle torn flags that had waved over so many present floatd in the breeze, and the eves of Carolina's fair danghters spatked with joyful plvasure at beholding this work of tiir hands. When the veil was lifted from the statue a good old "rebel yell" went up from a thous and throats, and was repeated again and again. The scene was one that will ever be remembered with feel. ings of pride and pleasure. There is a great deal of Bun combe talking and writing about the President's veto. Many Demo. cratic newspapers accuse the Demo eratic Congressmen of lack of "back bone," and twit them with "backing down." They say that the Demo crats should insist on passing the appropriation bills with the riders, and if Hayes continues to veto, let the responsibility fall on him. This is the sheerest nonsense. The veto is a Constitutional prerogative whether a wise one ~or not we do not undertake to say. The only legitimate way of passing a meas ure against the wishes of the Chief Executive is to pass it over his veto by a two-thirds vote. This the Democrats cannot do ; and they have acted wisely in yielding and declining to keep the army and other departments of the government out of their pay. Feeling is not politics; politics is founded on reason. C. McKinley, who is now in Washington, writes thus to the News and Courier : I saw Dr Mary Walker to-day. She was attired, so far as I could see, just like any other man. A nicely fitting black cloth frock coat of a strictly masculine pattern made up the outer woman. His hat was of brown straw, and she had on a standing collar and black cravat. Her shir-t fr-ont (I suppose it is a shirt) was pleated and neat and snowy- I don't think upon reflec tion that he could have had on a corset. Didn't look so at any rate. She carr-ied a cane in one hand and a parasol in the other. His coat came down below her knees, and its hair was cut so as to just about hide his coat collar. She exerted a good deal of attention as he always does, I am informed, but took it very quietly and behaved very pro perly. He was clean shaved, by nature, and wore a pair of close fit ting black kid gloves. She was talking with one or two other wo men, and I must confess that jer sober attire compared vet'y favora bly, in the eye of unprejudicial rea son, with their flounces and feath ers and fairbelows and ribbons. The bill intr'oduced in ,Congress by Garfield to make an appropria tion of $75,000 to furnish' rations to the suffering negroes in Kansas who had emigrated from the South, has been lost. Take AYER's PItLs for all the pur poes. of a purgative, for Constipatiou, Indigestion, Headache and Liver Complaint. By universal accord, they are the best of all purgatives for famt ily use. FoR THE HERALD. Our Washington Letter. \VASHINoTON, D. C., May 14, 1879. It was a surprise to all yesterday, when the Senate, by a decisive vote, concurred with the House in the pro position directing the Secretary of the Treasury to use for the payment of the arrears of ,pensions the eight or ten millions of money in his vaults, held there to redeem fractional currency long since worn out. It was surpris ing, not because there was any reason able objection to such a course, but. becase the vote showed a willingness to act upon financial matters. So far as the pensioners are concerned the vote is of no consequence, as there is plenty of money in the Treasury to pay them. That they are not paid is the fault of the Secretary of the Treas ury, or the Secretary of the Interior, or both. The interest on bonds is the only money that Secretary Sherman pays out cheerfully and promptly. Yesterday before the vote alluded to, Senator Booth attacked the course of the Secretary vigorously. The proposition mentioned above was a part of the Legislative appropri ation bill, and will, of course, share he fate of that bill. Opinions differ is to what Mr. Hayes will do when the bill goes to him, as it will in a lay or two, but a veto is expected by pretty much every one. The veto of ;he Army bill, after assurances that onvinced many Democrats that the i would be approved, and the veto mMonda. of h +addoA bill aftne re like Chandler and Robeson he will, in all human probability, veto any meas ure of importance passed at the pres ent. st!ssion ill ra1:oWi to troops or civil otliers at. the p-H- or to the re pe:d ot the jury te*st The truth is. apparertly. that Mr. i ayes, revers iN the words whiel;. :lpoken in the Houst, by his personal friends, secured hi in manzuration,'i determi-ed to "ulL over proyinces, niit Sttes" 'ThIe best spe:ech so far iide in the Senate on the Repubylicui side, against the Lo-gislative apprippriation bill, was Made on Monday by 'enator Windom. He stated briefly, but pl:iinly, all the Objcections which cuul.1 be fairly urged against the Democratic demand for fiai-r and intelligent juries. Ile went out of his way, of course, as all Re publican's do, to misrepresent Southern sentiment. He did this, as the rest do, because all the argument is with the Democrats, and Republicans have no possible hope of a future except by keeping alive the sectional feelings which ought to havedied out long since. But the Senator is not as malignant or unfair as most of his Radieal asso ciates. His friends claim that his speech, which will be circulated ex tensively, will greatly strengthen him in his Presidential chances at the next Radical convention. DilM. FOR THE HERALD. MESSRS. EDITORS : The city of Newberry is progressing and there are already erected on Caldwell Street three brick buildings, built on "burnt district" by Mrs.'Mower & Son, near ly completed. One finished and occu. pied as a barber shop by Tobe Daw kins, who is a polite and entertaining knight of the razor and shears, and does his work in French style, a mode appreciated in this fashionable and thriving city. * The next will be used as the Post Office by that accomplish ed and accommodating officer, Mr. Boone, and the third by Harriet Ken nedy as a restaurant, where the hun gry can be made happy at all hours with the nicest and best. Tahe sidewalk from the corner of Friend Street to the depot platformn is being put in splendid order by our accomaplished city officers, and prepa. ration is going ahead for building up the entire burnt portion of the city. Messrs. T. C. Pool and 0. L. Sebum pert are now eng7aged in mkn one million of bricks for the pur pose of building a Hotel on th~e old site. This Hotel is intended to be one of the best in the State; underneath will be five stores of first class. Others are engaged in making large quantities of bricks. Mrs. Mower & Son will put up three or four houses ; Jeff. Lane, one ; Cash, one; Mrs. Paysinger, one ; Beard, one. Tihese stores, with the excep tion of the latter, will all be built of brick. .Beard, I have been informed, intends to put up a frame building. I hope lie will change his notion and build of briek, to correspond with the balance. These stores, including those under the Hotel, are a!l on. Main Street, in the most business part of the city, and will be built of best ma terial and fire-p'roof. Our people,.have passed through the fiery furnace, and the past experience will work to our good. The intelligent citizen who bought four lots on Friend Street, I hatve been informed, designs building a fine bachelor's cottage. Thus we will have eleven or twelve good stores by Fall. IIere is an opening for enter prising merchants to come here and start business. This city has a trade of about one.fourth of a million of dol lars, and about 25,000 bales of cotton are shipped from this place per annum; besides the quantity of beef, pork; mutton, chickens, eggs, &c., that our 6,000 people of this place consumes is tremendous. Of all people they are the greatest eaters I have ever been among. This city has all conveniences: one of the best conducted banks in the State, officers accommuodating, and al. ways plenty of money ; good schools ; good and able preachers; efficient dcctors; good merchants and hotels, &c. Our patient and wise Judge, A. P. Aldrich, has been holding Court here for two weeks, and has accomplished much work in clearing the Dockets of the accumulation of years. Many hearts are made to rejoice, but some unfortunately to weep. So mote it be The farmers of this County are pro. gressing with the city. I have heard a good many say the crop nor the prospect never was better since the war, and labor is working well. The Fence Law is a blessing to the .people, and the lands that are not in cuktiva tion will soon be a&iech as original forest, and like this County when it was settled 100 years back, covered with wild clover. This is certainly the best farming County in the State. To my colored friends! don't let me hear any more talk of Kansas or Colorado. You are in the best coun try in the world, but if you wish to perish, go. The writer has traveled pretty much over this contineut and I am . telling you facts. If you, my friends, don't stop talking about emi grating I want you off to get rid of your talk. 1 prefer* you -to stay onl your native soil and be contented, but if not go as quick as you please, we can do without you. P. For - delicious .---c or diral stimliciou adinoratingor dinl istimmulate and -invig reorte effects, otimmdit hasdi ever remotled Maue nabino. hne avar annnlad Tin A Mystery Explained. Parlor scene : Mrs. Brown who has spent the suntuer aing the White Mountains in search of health, and who seeujs to have searched the whole mountain side without being able to find a pair of blooming checks or an inch of healthful skin : Mrs. White, who has remained at home because her husband could not affu:d to go, .but whose fresh complexion and bright eyes seem to have caught their bloom and brightuess from uioutitain breezes. Mrs. B.-Dear mie, Mrs. White, how well you are looking ! If you will not think me impertinent, let me ask how you can keep so healthy in this dreadful city ? I have been to the White Mountains, go there every summer, in fact, and I can't keep off the doctors's list at that. Mrs. W. (sm iling).-I'll tell you the whole secret, Mrs. Brown. You remember how poorly I was last spring, sonic days even being confined to my bed. Dr.-told Mr. White to seud me to the mountai.ns, but I knew he couldn't afford it, and I tried Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Its effects. were so marvelous that I also tried his Golden Medical Dis covery, to cleause my system. In my opinion, one bottle of the Prescrip ti->n and the Discovery is better than six weeks of the White Mountains for a sick woman. .I have only been out of the city a week during the whole summer; then my husband and I went to Buffalo and stopped at Dr. Pierce's Invalids' and Tourists' Hotel. The baths and mechanical apparatus for treating patients were alone worth going to see. Besides, our accommo dations were better thnn we had at Long Branch last year, and the drives and scenery are superb. Let me ad vise you to use Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, and try the Invalidj' and Tourists' Hotel next summer instead of the White Mountains. The Latest Invention in UTsetul Household Articles. Within the last few years there has been expended a great deal oT inventive thought and genius upon what may properly be class ed as household articles, the most noted re suits of which are the production of the sew ing machine, the wringer, the washing ma chine, the carpet sweeper, &c. Almost every week we chronicle the advent of some new invention by which the cares and labors of housekeeping are lessened, and woman's work made.easier. The newest thing to efallenge our attention and gladden the heart of the housekeeper, is, what isalled the NOVELTY BRUSH HO l - ER, C$RPET STRETCHER and SWEEPER, a very simple con trivance designed to' firmly hold in position any kind of a brush or dust er; having an extension handle that enables one to wash or dust windows, walls or ceil ings without the aid of a step ladder. That is one of its conveniences, and it is also one of the best carpet sweepers in the market, holding the bru-lh firmly at.an angle. It cleans the carpet thoroughly. raises no dust, and does not wear the carpet like the ordina ry broom or brush, and wi'l outwear a half dozen blooms. As- a handle for the scrub bing brush it is the best device ever made, no more knecling on the floor, no more back aches or sore fingers. As a carpet stretcher alone it is worth its cost, as a carpet of any size can be laid even ly without any of the labor and vexation usually attending such work. It is strong; simple, thoroughly made, cannot get out of order, has no screws, lever or hinges, is com pact, cheap and durable. It is manufactured by Brown & Co., Cin cinnati, the well knows manufacturers of useful household articles, and is sold only by their agents to housekeepers. The real u tili ty of this article will at once be seen by those most interested, and we predict for it a large sale. Every housekeeper in the land will want one. Any reliuble lady or gentleman wishing remunerative employment, would do well to secure the agency for this county, whbich can be done by enciosing a stamp for descrip tive circular and terms, to BROWN &.CO., Grand Hotel Bailding, Cincinnati, 0. 19--5t. POST OFFICE, NEWBERRY, S. C., May 17, 1879. List of advertised letters for week ending May 17, 1879: Brown, James Hunter,Miss Katie,col Clark, Harry Pitts, Johnson Epps,Danie I Worthy,Mrs. Jane col. 'Parties calling for letters will please say if advertised. R. W. BOONE, P. Il. POST OFFICE CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Up Train arrives............10 08 A M Down Train arrives..........12 30 P M Laurens Train arrives.........10 00 A hi ""leaves......... 1 00 P Mi Up mail closes at............9 40 A Mi Down mail closes at...........12 00 hi Laurens mail closes at........12 30 P Mi R. W. BOONE, 2 hi Newberry, S. C., Mar. 17, 1879. .7Wew .Jdverisemnents. LIME! LIME!! Tested by the most experienced mechan is and guaranteed to be the be.st ever of fered in4his market. For sale at low prices by GOPPOCK & JOHNSON. May 21, 21-tf. * Executor's Sale. I will sell, at the residence of John P. Butzzard, deceased, ON FRI DAY, JUNE 6th, the following personal property of the said deceased, consisting of Horses, Mules, Cows, Hogs, Goats,. Poultry, Flour, Household and Kitchen Furniture. Terms of Sale-CASH. H. H. FOLE, Ex'or. May 21, 21-2t. PHOTOGRAPH GALLERYs The citizens of Newberry are respectfully informed that I have opened the Gallery in Le Agricultural Society building, formerly ocupied by Mr. Wiseman, and that I am prepared to take PICTURES IN EVERY STYLE, ka Verg Reas.saMle Terms. Give me a call and examine specimens. W. A. ULARK. May 71, 19-tf. I. A. RIKARD & CO., Dealers in and Agents far **aus5 - -e E~ ..... d..u'.. Wisreaeous. TOWN TAXES. Office at corner of Boyce and Nance Sts., is open daily for the receipt of Town Taxes. C. B. BUIST, T. C. May 14, 20-tf PIC NIC. A PC Nl( will he given at Bush River Church, WN SATURDAY, TIlE 24th OF MAY. The publie generally are invited to at tend. May 14, 241-2L BURIAL CISS R, C, CHAPMAN & 8ON Respectfully announce that they have.on hand the largest and best variety of BU RIAL CASES ever brought to Newberry, consisting of Fisk's Metalic Cases, Embalming Cases, Rosewood Cases. Together with COFFINS of their owa Make, Which are the be9t atd cheapest in the place. laving a FINE HEARSE they are pre pared to fugnish Funerals in town or coun try in the most approved manner. Particular attention given to the wallinig up of graves when desired. Give us a call and ask our priods. R. C. CHAPMAN & SONs May 7, 1879. 19-Lf. Is a perfect BLOOD PuRxmxz, and Is the only pu2rely VEGETAI.E remedy kndWn to act ence, that has made radical-and P,azwmer Comu of SYPmrLs and ScROIUA i5 SB their stags It thoroughly removes mercury fromt @e system; It relieves the agonies of meruisl iFor sale by Dr. S. F. FANT. Also, Snuith's Worm Oil. A pr. 16, 16-ly. ClotMuge. HEAD-QUARTERS FOR C LOT HING. Our stock of -Men's, Youths' anid Boy's OLOTHTNG AND F UR NISHING GOODS, For SPRING and SUMMER, is now com plete, and is second to no establishment of the kind in the State. No pains is being spared to keep it first elaas~ in every respect. lIn addition to our Ready-Made Clothing, &c., we are prepared to get up suits, or any garment, to order, guaranteeing satisfaction in every particular, furnishing, several bun dred samples of different fabrics from which to select. We respectfully solicit a trial of our s'kill in this direction, feeling sure that if those of our people who are wont to send abroad for their Clotbing will give us an opportunity we will secure to them equ.Il satisfaction and save thenm money. We call attention to our Furnishing Goods Department, especially to our Laun dried and Unlaundried Shirts,. of the latter we claim to sell the best $1.00 Shirt to be found in any market.. Also to our stock o Men's and Boy's Hats, embracing Stiff and Soft :Casimeres, Mackinaws, Leghoros, &c., all of the latest styles. We invite examina tion of all; if you are not pleased do not buy. Respectfully, NO. 4 Mollohon Row, NEWBERRY, S. C. Apr. 23, 17-ly. Ke L KINARD,> At the Old Stand of Swam'Ws. Opposite the Wheeler House, 001UMB%,fX., Has just opened one of the: LARGEST AND BEST SELECTED STOCKS o o L OTIN HATS, OARS Furnishing Goods Eer offered in the Cityv of ColumbDia. The syles of Spring Clothing are very handsome and very cheap. M.en's Suits, $1.75 to $25.00. Youths' Suits, $3 00 to $12.00. Boy's Sui!s, 4 to 10 years, $1.50, $2.00, and up to $1lOo. Hats at all prices. A GOOD sTrRAW BAT, only 10 cents. SIIIR TS. The celebrated STAR SHIRT, manufac ..-.... encpeely for fine etail trade. T