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The Heirali. THOS. F. GRENEKER, EDITORS. W. H. WALLACE, NEWBERRY. S. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1879. A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. The Herald is in the highest respect a Fain ily Newspaper, devote(l to the material in terests of the people of this County and the State. It circulates extensively, and as an Advertising medium offers unrivalled ad vantages. 'Ior Terms, see first page. The Press and Banner on the Spartanburg Lynching. The Abbeville Press and Banner, in its last issue, gives a general re view of the opinion of the State press on the lynching of Jno. J. Moore in Spartanburg County, for rape and murder. The Press and Banfter sets down the 3,eics and Courier as non-committal ; the New berry B.mLkD and Pickens Sentinel as exonerating the lynchers, and the Darlington News, Kingstree Star, Georgetown Times and Comet, Beaufort Crescent and Chester Bu letin as condemning them. The Press and Banner also condemns the action of the lynLeers. It is undoubtedly right in condemning lynch law. We are as much op posed to it as anybody, on general principles ; it sets a bad precedent. But in the case of Moore we are in clined to think that his speedy pun ishment will have an influence to wards preventing the repetition of such crimes as M-ore was guilty of that will more than counterbalance the "dangerous precedent." The Press and Banner makes two very serious charges against the country press in its editiorial on this- subject. In speaking of the Charleston News and Courier it says: "If anything it leaned to the lynchers, and its correspondent's account was very commendatory. This we regret, for the Aers and Courier has a numerous following of country papers whose opinions are shaped after their Charleston model." Yery complimentary to the country papers, indeed. But this is not the worst charge. It speaks of those papers that con demned the lynching as "speaking out their mind firmly and fearless ly", and of the others as having been "muzzled by timidity or mis taken policy." In our experience SSouth Carolina editors we have found nothing to justify such language. Some of them are not very brilliant nor very learned, but, so far as we have seen, they are honest in their opinions and fear less in expressing them. Most of them get a great deal of their news from the News and Courier, by large odds the best news paper in the State ; but that is a very differ ent thing from forming their opin ions after that model. A newspa per that forms its opinion after a model, however excellent, deserves unmitigated contempt. We know of no such in South Carolina. The Press and Banner must know of such, or it would not have made such a charge. But what was there in the Moore lynching that would deter any pa per from speaking out its mind ? Suppose an editor disapproved of the lynching, couldn't he say so with perfect impunity ? What was there to be afraid of ? A thrash ing ? Public opinion ? Such con siderations might have moved the Spartanburg editors if they had been men subject to such influences, which they are not ; but could have had no influence on those far re moved from the locality of the deed. If we chose we might take the -- Press and Banner's argument and prove that the lynching was per fectly justifiable. If the public at large approved the act who shall say aught against it ? "But hang ing a man without a legal -trial is murder." Who made it so ? The law of Nature did not. The law of God did not ; for that says "Whoso sheddeth man's blood by man shall his blood be shed." The trial, the jury, the judge--all these are to ascertain whether the man be guil ty, not to make him so; he is just as guilty before trial as after. These are only means adopted by society -the public. Has not society a right to disregard its own law ? It certainly has in someo instances ; why not in this ? There is no of fense known to the law more hein ons than rebellion. What shall we say of George Washington and the American people who threw off the posed and beheaded, against : law. There were many adherents of James II in his day ; yet he was driven from his throne and his thrce kingdoms without warrant or semblance of law. Were Washing ton, Cromwell, William and Mary rebels and traitors ? They wou'd have been had they been in the minority. But the majority of the people agreed wIth them, and that made them right. The majority of the people agreed with the lynchers of Moore, and that fact justified the deed. We do not wish to be considered from the above reasoning as justi fying lynch law, but only to show that the Spartanburg lynchers were not murderers except in a technical sense-and right and morality know no technicalities. Just one word more: The Press and Banner is an excellent news paper, "country paper" though it is ; yet it should not claim for itself infallibility, nor should it assume to judge other men's consciences. Crimes and Casualties. A Mrs. Belcher died the 11th in stant, near Vernonsville, Spartan burg County, from the effects of a beating received from her husband. Marcellus Floyd, a negro who at tempted to rape a white girl in Richmond County, Texas, was ta ken from jail by an armed band the 18th and hanged. The night of the 10th inst., while 1 two negroes near Bamberg, Barn- 1 well County, were returning from Church they got into a fight. One killed the other with a knife. James V. Nethers, of Union, S. C., committed suicide in Atlanta, Ga., the 18th inst., by laying his head on the railroad track and al lowing the train to run over him. Two young men named Lee and Prentiss fought with pistols about a young lady near Cheraw, the 13th. Twelve or fourteen shots were fired. Lee was wounded in the arm, and Prentiss was killed. The 11th inst., Win. Evans, a white constable of Colleton, at tempted to arrest Cudjoe Huggins, colored, for larceny ; a fight en sued, and Huggins was shot and killed by the constable. Mr. D. Nordmeyer, of Charles ton, committed suicide the 16th in stant by shooting himself with a pistol. He had suffered long from a painful disease, and this is sup posed to have been the cause of the act. The night of the 14th inst., an attempt was made to assassinate Mr. Jno. M. Timmons, a young man of Greenville. Some one en tered his room through the windowt while he was asleep and struck him with an axe, cutting a gash in his neck four inches long. No clue to the perpetrator of the deed. Yellow Fever.4 Five new cases of yellow fever were developed in Memphis the 17th. Three cases were reported to the Board of Health the 18th, seven the 19th, and ten the 20th. Thet fever is spreading ; the doctors de clare the city dangerously infected,r and there is a perfect stampede of the citizens and almost a total sus pension of business. Every outgo-e ing train is crowded. Dr. Sanders,t acting President of the Board of Health, says the fever is not so ma lignant as last year, but yields more readily to treatment.. t Furman University. This institution, located at Green ville, a few years ago determined to raise an endowment of $200, 000, and to make tuition free. Con siderable difficulty was encountered last year in collecting the interest on the bonds subscribed, which placed the Faculty in an embarrass ing position, and they resigned. The Board of Trustees met the 15th instant. Profs. J. C. Furman, D.D., C. H. Judson and D. T. Smith were re-elected. The institution will open its regular fall term Septem ber 15th. The Georgia Legislature, now in t session, has repealed the act allow- e ing jurors in murder cases to re commend the guilty party to mer- ' cy. Col. Roh~t. Alston secured the 1 passage of this act ; Cox, who mur dered him, was the first to receivea the benefit of the act. Nearly ev-e rybody thought Cox ought to have t been hanged, and his being recoin- i mended to mercy made the act soa unpopular that the Legislature re pealed it. There was a terrible wind storm - The Xews and Courier has been examining the oldest official and bistorical records of the weather in Charleston, and finds that Satur Jay, the 12th, was the hottest day ever knCwn in that city since its roundation by the British, over two hundred years ago. M. DeLesseps, the man who con structed the Suez Canal between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, will superintend the construction of the Panama Canal, to connect the Atlantic and Pacific. He thinks it will be completed in five years. Railroad Commissioner Bonham bas decided that freight on cotton must be charged according to weight and not measurement, and has so notified the railroad Super intendents. Chastine Cox, the negro who robbed and murdered Mrs. Dr. Hull in New York a few weeks ago, has been convicted and sentenced Lo be hanged the 29th of August. Representative Henry Hartzog, :>f Barnwell County, died the 19th. Editorial Correspondence. Ul for the Best-Good Appetites-A General Invitation-Well Supplied Tables-Wil low Baskets-No Dancing Yet, &c. GLENN SPRINGS, July 16, 1879. In spite of the thunderstorm and the slight rain of last Sunday, which brought the mercury down out of the aincties, the company at Glenn's are igain in a melting mood, and perhaps it is all for the best as it produces hirst and a larger consumption of the ater, and a more rapid benefit to the invalids here. The proof that the water is doing it, work is seen con ztantly in the departure of some one who has been healed, and in the clear ing of bilious and cadaverous visages. The man whose heels seem to be eighted down, after a gallon ur so of the water becomes light and active ad feels like another being. Its ef ret is wonderful and with muy - most magical, but old, tough eases ;ike urself arc not so easily benefited. Like the Irishman, who never said a word during usi long weeks in the month of August but wather," so do we cry for wore water. There is niot : single wan or woman here just now who is not on rising ground and able with an appetite which knows no fail. 'We take pleasure in giving this tes tiony and extend an earnest invita ion to all who are suffering from dys aepsia, liver disease, constipation, de ility, skin diseases, &c., to come, and soe early. We would not have any hink that because the appetites of ~hose already here are so huge that ~here might be a scarcity of provisions, or our hosts are extremely liberal in roviding for the wants-there is no ack. The tables are well supplied Ld with the very best, cooked too in he nicest style. Besides the tender st mutton and beef, sweet milk, but ermilk, fresh butter and eggs are >lentiful. Newberrians are advised to call on r. Foot, who will leave here on 'hursday, for all necessary informna ion. His departure and that of a gay idow who has just driven off after niraculously being cured of a broken. eart, will make a void which will iot soon be filled. They were the ~hampion. whist players, which makes he case sadder than ever. Their like ye ne'er shall see again. This is a most wonderful country 'or willow basket making, and every norning the la dies' parlor is converted I to a regular basket bazaar. . Not vithstanding the number exposed for ale none are carried over. Every norning it is the same. Hlow these air ladies will get their purchases wme puzzles our brain, and if they I re successful what will they do with hem ? Give them to "uncles, aunts .nd copsins," no doubt. There has been no exercises on the glt fantastic toe since our advent, .nd it is best, the weather being alto ~ethr too hot for such entertainment,I nd the main reason for this has been he extreme and dangerous illness of )r. Simpson, one of the proprietors,c rho for several days it was feared rould die. We are pleased to say hat he is now better and will we trust< oon be out again. The Rev. W. P. Jacobs, of the I hornwell Orphanage, a most excel- j Dt and Chaistian gentleman, came in ast night in a feeble condition, andt .ready to-day reports a decided hange for the better. Our health in c he last day or two has considerably ( nproved and we hope to be home inC ,few days. t The friends of Maj. J. P. K. will se glad to know that he is able to go I raterelon hunting, and that he and i i isfudoeafe on buJ as for the Spartanburg chickens which are fatter than those at home-Mrs. David Suber and Mrs. John Rein. The two first namcd are o-cupyiug a cabin, the last is comfortably dowi ciled at our kind friend, Mrs. Bobo's house at the X roads. Others are coming in and the tables filling up. No rain here yet and the crops are suffering badly. State Crop Reports. Extracts from the News and Courier Cor respondents. CAMDEN, July 14.-Corn is past redemption, .xept where it was plant ed late, and a half crup will be a pleas ant surprise to most farmers. Cotton is much less injured. CIIERAW, July 14.-Crops are look ing well. Cotton looks fine. Plenty of rain. EARLY BRANCH, July 15.-Alarm ing drought. Trees are dying by thousands-corn is almost ruined cotton leaves are crisped and falling off-have 90 acres upon which I ex pect to make only 200 bushels of corn; with good seasons I could make 1,300. Between Barnwell and the Savannah River the corn crops are very good, and cotton better than last year. ST. MATHEWS, ORANGEBURG CO., yuly 15.-Corn crop almost an en tire failure-cotton has suffered much -good rain 13th, first in nearly three months. LANCASTER, July 14.-Corn crop, .specially the early plantings, badly injured-cotton small and backward. BAMBER0, BARNWELL CO., July 14.-Never saw more gloomy pros pects-early corn looks like a failure -about a half crop will be made Dotton firing badly, and prospects slim -sugar cane crop was never worse than now-potato crop ditto. TUMBLING SHOALs, LAURENS CO., July 15.-Roedy river lower than at any time since 1845-upland corn twisting into ribbons; bottom corn still looks well-good rain 13th. PENDLETON, ANDERSON CO., July 16.-Partial rains in the County, but great general dryness. An intelligent armer who rude hence to Slabtown says that he saw the worst prospects for crops his eyes ever looked upon around Siabtown there has been no rain since planting. Old mcn say we are having 1845 over again. ORANGEB~URG, July 17.-Reports from Fort Motte and St. Mathews are very unfavorable as regards the corn erop-cotton not doing as well as usual-the drought has been disas trous. In the vicinity of town rains have helped things. The Anderson intelligencer says: The condition of the crops between Honea Path and Frog Level (Pros perity) is distressing in the extreme. rhe corn crop is iLa some places totally iestroyed-the cotton is seriously in ured. The drought in Abbeville County ias been so severe that only three nills have had water enough to keep ~hem going. Pastures have been so >urnt up that many cattle have starved :o death. The Ninety-Six section of he County, having some of the finest arming lands in the State, has suffer ~d dreadfully. AILLENDALE, BARNWELL Co., July 9.-Corn crop cut off 33 per cent. Jotton not much injured. Good rain esterday and to-day. SPARTANBURG, July 18.-Average ~rop of corn and cotton about five ights. MARION, July 19.-Corn crop about ~5 per cent. off-cotton crop fully up o last year-plenty of rain. LEXINGTON, July 18.-A large ortion of the County is suffering from rought; so much so that trees are lying in great numbers. A great failure in business is some imes less lamentable than a failure in ealth. Dr. Bull's Baltimore Pills >reserve the health. Price 25 cents. FOR THE HERALD. Our Washington Letter. WAsIIINGTON, D. C., July 16, 1879. Senator Thurman thus sums up the -esults of the late session of Congress: 'In my judgment no session of Con rss has done more for the vindication >f the principles of American liberty. He have successfully maintained the rinciple that the bayonet shall not :on trol the ballot-box; we have re >ealed the infamous juror's test oath aw; we have provided for impartial urics in the Federal Courts, North rid Soufth; and we have maintained he principle that the Federal Govern rent shall not interfere in the election f the offieers of the States. A great r declaration in favor of popular lib rty has niot been made since the adop ion of Magna Charta." The intellect of the Radical party ress is just now devoted to the turn og out of office of the few Democrats nd conservative men who, through -. ~ ~ I that number. I hope these will all be turned out. In some cases there will be in-ividual hardships, of course, but the "spite work" which deprives these comlpetent nici of their places will have some effect upon the winds of s ible men throughout the country. The Republican party has now no am bition higher than spoils. The politicians and statesmen still lingering at the Capital have received notice of a very important gathering to be held in Saratoga, N. Y., on the (th, 7th and 8th of August coming. It will be under the auspices of the American Bankers Association, but in its arrangements it will cover much more ground than that fact seems to contemplate. The President of the Association is Alexander Mitchell, of Milwaukie, a well known Democrat, and eminent in commercial affairs. The gathering will have no political significance, but is expected to do much towerds informing the country in matters of finance and trade, and perhaps towards reconciling conflicting views touching future legislation. Speeches will be given upon the sub ject of resumption, revenue, banking, the growth and wealth of productive power, currency demands, commercial needs and the material progress of the country. The savings banks and trust institutions of the country will form a subject of serious consideration, and means for their extension and im provement for the benefit of the in dustrial classes will be discussed. In short the Convention will take a wide range, and assume national impor tance. lHon. Wm. E. Chandler submitted to various interviews while in this city a few days since. In fact, he enjoys being interviewed, and gives his opinions, especially of individuals, with freedom. He says Grant may be the Republican candidate in 1880, if he is willing to enter into a scram ble for the nomination ; that Blaine's chances are fair, and that Sherman cannot be nominated. He says Hayes is now as radical as anybody, and that the civil service reform of this admin istration is an exploded humbug. DEM. Every mother in the land should know the value of Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup and never be without it. It is free from opiates. Price 25 cents a bottle. FOR THE HERALD. Fishing on Saluda-Crops-Roy ali Dinner-Hospitality. DEAR HEEAL): I was recently in vited to participate in a fishing excur sion on Saluda; as I am particularly fond of that amusement I joyfully ac cepted the invitation. I was also pleased to depart from our dust.y city and go into the country and there breathe the fresh and pure air. On my way I was delighted to see fine crops all along the route. I thought as I saw the tasseling and bending corn that our farmers were waking up from that drowsiness which has held them spellbound for the long period of about fourteen years, and that now they would clearly see that the only way to become prosperous was to do away with so much cotton. On the next day we were to have our grand fish. We arose early and made the necessary preparations. As Bouk night's Ferry was the place appointed for us to assemble we made our way thither. The party, in part, had al ready assembled. After waiting for an hour we were joined by the others. T'he party consisted of M~'essrs. Can non, Adams, Boyd, of Edgefield, Her bert, Boyd, Crouch, Boulware, Schum pert, Long and your correspondent. We crossed the river and everything being made ready we began. The frst haul we made we were very suc essful, caught a very large -gar. I, f course, thought it a very fine fish and good for no other purpose than to eat, but to my astonishment I was told that I was mistaken. My soul sank within me because I had been picturing in my mind what a grand ime I would have when that gar was properly prepared. We seiued from place to place without any great suc ess. The hour for dinner having ar rved we partook of one of the best efforts of the domestic art that it has ver been our pleasure to behold. Of ourse after dinner we all felt better nd a proposition was made to con inue the fishing. One proposed one lace and one another, but it was final y decided that we should repair to Beaverdami. After a tiresome ride ve at last arrived. We made several ne hauls. Night was now about to 'let her curtain down" and we were :ompelled to return to our respective iomes. Before leaving, the fish must >e divided, it was done in this way: hbere were more fishermen than messes f fish. Eight or nine heaps were aid out and to make up) the deficiency ,wo piles of real sticks were placed be ~ fb~~,n ('~~r fr~na Mr Tbvi7A the fish were disposed of, some re ceiving sticks and others fish. We were glad once more to enjoy the quiet of the house of our host. The next day we were to leave all these pleas ures and return hon, but after care ful deliberation we determined to re main one day Lnger in order that we might make some calls on the fair la dies that inhabit that part of our fer tile County. You see, MIr. Editor, that we take our time about everything, at least Walter does, for doubtless you think that we could have done all this in a day. We made the long intend ed call. As an "honest confession is good for the soul" I will acknowledge that I was more than pleased ; so much so that I made another visit (alo.ne) on the next morning- I must not forget to mention another visit I made which was very pleasant, but the least said about this one would doubtless please a very dear friend of mine, so I refrain. I have just one thing more to say and that is this: that I will warrant that Mr. B., of E., can surpass any man on this side of the Atlantic calling for the ferryman. Mr. Editor, if you desire to receive genuine hospitality visit the people around New Chapel. After making one of the most pleasant visits that I ever made in my life I was compelled to return home. L. Neither failing teeth, nor the peep ing wrinkles of time, so forcibly'tell of advancing years, as your gray hair. AYER'S VIoR restores its color and makes your appearance more agree able to others, as well as yourself. With fresh, luxuriaut hair, the in firmities of age are far less noticeable. FoR THE HERALD. The Old Jail Key Again. Interesting Reminiscences of the Old Jail. BY T. P. SLIDER. On the 18th of June we came out in the HERALD with a brief sketch of the "Old Jail Key," which while it may not have been interesting to the dime reader, yet was pleasant to the gray haired sire, whose associations while they are with the present are also linked with the past. It seems to have created some little inter est, why we cannot say, unless it be that men delight rather with whatever is connected with human suffering and human misery. This one said, so and so was not a stone .cutter, as if' it makes any difference whether a man was a Crispin or not, if he assisted in making a pair of shoes, suffice it, he helped to make the shoes. Theu another said, you left out this-can a man put in what he don't know ? Then we got one or two letters from a distance. One asks, why did you leave out Capt. Jas. Bonds. WVel! that's 'a fact. Why did we ? We didn't know, for our in formers overlooked it. Then anotber writes, Bob Wright was jailor-never heard of it-and can say from authori ty he was not ; so, irrepressible-you were wrong in this, respect, and you too are mistaken. Is it not so, Irre ? Pink Harris was under Bonds. Then another says, there were two more cells or rooms on the Northern side. That's right, and we found out this since. We thought to ourselves as we con cluded the last paragraph ; now if we. had written something about Aveleigh, the old Presbyterian Church, or the old Methodist Church, that has been made into a new one ; where once di vine service was wont to be held ; where the voices of the congregation rung out in pious hymns of praise ; where the gospel was expounded by Dannerly, Boyd, Dunwoody, Pickett and McSwain to perishing souls; where used to assemble the good old fathers and mothers, who lifted up their voices in earnestness and prayed and joined their hearts together in the worshiping of God ; and omitted some slight circumstance in regard to s the piety and goodness of this one and that one; of the excellency of some minister ; would any one have taken upon himself the trouble to have said, By the Gods ! you have failed to por- I tray some of the good qualities that distinguished so and so, and omitted a good deed performed by that oldc Noah or Moses or Abraham. lie was I a righteous man. He was a good man, C honest, pious, sincere. No ! no! The good that men do dies with them, the evil is not forgotten. So with this old key. It was an evil genius, so with the old jail; it was a place of confinement for~ crime r and offense-not of worship. It was a place of punishment-not of happi ness- It was a place connected with i, human sorrow, human grief-brought about by human frailty. The charac. hi teitc fti l al n l e teitc fti l ji;adodky3 are in perfect keeping with the mor bid, diseased, sinful, vitiated tastes of t huant "Whsehertsdeigty I"Wegane,g oatin onahers deiht In vengeance, gloating on another's pain." ]~ & All tmr infnrrnation wa~ (ibtained 1; linked by many a hidden chain, came rising up on memory's mirror. For instance, in the case of Word and Williams, who were cotifined in jail No. 1, made their escape, says )r. Ruff. through and by the assistance of one Lewis, a Yankee clock peddler, to whom they gave $200 and a pair of horses, who furnished them with an ingenious little saw with which they sawed through the iron bars, and a liquid with which they painted over the indentations so as to keep it con ,ealed until the proper time arrived, which was on the snowy night alluded to already, when Lewis, who was ready with two horses, gave the signal, hey removed the bars, got out of the windows silently, mounted the horses ind fled. Word was afterwards heard )f in Dublin, Ireland. There was another escape from jail No. 2, in the case of Graham, who ad been tried and convicted for horse tealing and sentenced to be hung. In ihe meantime, pending the hour of lxecutiou, it so happened that a negro man by the name of Bob Caldwell, aid to be crazy, was in the debtor's oom, which had free access to the ,ells on the outside; in passing by, eard Grahaw talking or singing to bimself, stopped and asked him if he lid not have a sand box in his cei. Upon receiving an affirmative answer. e spoke out to him, "You white fool, ext time Price cum up, when he )pen de door trow sand in he eye." ure enough, next morning Price sent ip a ian by the name of Beadle to ring out the slops from the cells. Re no sooner opened Graham's cell loor than he threw two handfuls of and in his eyes, and- made good his Iscape from the cell and jail. As -raham run out, Bob halloed, "Go it, jraham !" In a few moments a great rowd had. collected, among them-was Dr. Ruff, who says old Bob kept cry og out, "I tole Graham to trow dust n he eye. By God! Graham gone, lory Hallelujah !" Graham was af ;erward recaptured on an island in the noree, brought back and his sentence ~om muted to several hundred lashes >n the back. In regard to the old. jail, No. 2, :here were two more cells on the orthern s'de than we mentioned. 3nc on each side of the stairway, but ;hey were not considered safe. In ~hese sometimes were put persons con ied by the Magistrate for slight of ences. We have heard of two who were put there for a short time for ;iply rocking, on a certain occasion, soiled doves. These cells were used rincipally for depositing slops and ther rubbish until they could be re noved. How laws have changed. In the lay of this old jail men used to-be sonfined for debt, and there was such L thing as imprisonment within jail younds: that is, where a man had the privilege of going to and fro from the ail by giving security not to pass cer ain bounds. This was called within al bounds. On one occasion an old ady told us of a certain man who was prisoned for debt within this old ail, but was allowed jail bounds. He vas a writing master and while within >ounds got up a school, and gave his rst lessons within the debtor's room if this old jail, afterwards he changed t to the Court House. The jailor, ?ice, was one,. of his students also. rhere is no such thing now. What n anomaly is human life, human laws sad human society-verily ! verily ! e are of such stuff as dreams are nade of. So much for the old jail key and he granite jail. So much for human uriosity and human sympathy. Hlow Women Would Vote. Were the question admitted to the allot, and women were allowed to ote, every woman in the land who as used Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre ription would vote it to be an un ailing remedy for the diseases pecn lar to her sex. Dr. Pierce has re eived hundreds of grateful testi aonials of its curative power. IowA CIT, Iowa, March 4th, 1878. )r. R. V. .PiIERcE, Buffalo, N. Y.: DEAR SIR--For many months I ras a great sufferer. Physicians could ford me no relief. In my despair I ommenced the use of your Favorite resription. It speedily effected my ntire and permanent cure. Yours thankfully, -4 MRS. PAUL R. BAXTER. .JIarried, By Rev. W. P. Meadors, at the residence the bride's sister, July 15th, 1879. Mr. Eo. A. SCHUMPERT to Mrs. Lizzis SCHUX ERT ; all of Newberry, S. C. Obituary. How sad it is for living friends to bid adieu ithis life to youth, manhood or old age, rack down by the shafts of death; yet there some consolation in the thought that we ave seen them and knew them. But bow uch more so is the grief of parents for the eet babe, their first born, who never felt e unkind breath of a blasting wind, who as their joy, their hopes; when they turn him-to see the vision vanish-scarcely lieving that-he is not there! Little WIL CAM FEEDERICK, only child of Win. H. id Henrietta B lease. was born at Newberry .H., 20th July, 1878, and died July 9th, (19. Aged 11 mnonths and 19 days. Verily ! s such are the kingdom of Heaven. Ie e *,~ ~n~1 ~n nn~el cherub in the saint s, .Xew A &!liscellaneous. NOTICE. NFWBFRRY, S. C., July 22, 18'9. In pursuance of a call by Charles Petty, Chairman of the State Executive Commit tee, for a meeting . of the State. Sunday School Conven'ion at Spartanburg, on the 20th and 21st of August next, each Sunday School in the County of Newberry is here by requested to send 3 delegates to a meet ing to be held in the Young Mens'Ohrigtian Association Rooins, at Newberry, on Sale day in August next, at 10 o'clock, A. M., to elect delegates to said Convention. J. B. CARWILE, Supt. Baptist S. S. D. B. WHEELER, Supt. Lutheran S. S. T. F. GRENEKER, Supt. Methodist S. S. J. N. MI ARTIN, Supt. Associate Refom ed S. S. - JOHN 0. PEOPLES, Supt. Presbyterian S.S. 30-2. News copy. OPEN.ED AGAIN. 1 take great plieasure in announcing to my friends an d .Patr6s generally, th hav-e OPENED AGAIN Next door to M. FootVs, where I will keep A FULL STOCK of the COIS IIPTOUI. ALSO, An Immense Steeck Tin Wamo, And as usual I am do termined NOT TO BEM1MtOLD BY ANY ONE. - Call and sed for your; self. R. B. KEENE, AGENT. July 16, 29-3k. Successors to. GEO. W. WILLIAMS & Co. Cotton Factors, -AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERtCHANTS, 1 A' 3 Hayne Street, CEARlLESTON, S. C. Will give all business their careful atten. on. Consignments of Cotton solicited. July 16, 29-3m. NOTICE. Agents for the folloyirgf POPUrAR ~OTTON GINS: 'he Taylor and Lamnts Gins, (Which are the same only in name.) sullett's Steel Brush Cotton Gin. Cotton Bloo'm Cotton Gin, (Formerly named Magnolia.) FEEDERS for each of the zbove Gins. CONDENSERS " And, also, Agents for the Winship Cotton, Gin. Call and Examine. July 9, 28-tf. Bstate of G. T.. ScoMW Notice is hemby. given that the drA ged i ill make a final settlement of uIhe. a of Gamaliel Thomas Scott. deeease~j'