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Dry Goods ana .doons.
What Was the Excitement?
Where Was the Immense
Crowd Rushing?
WHY, DON'T YOU KNOW?
TO TH{E
DRY GOODS EMPOI[M
B. 1. 0-OF0,
B1. CLNE & .COIJ
To examine the LARGE STOCK of
StapIe and Iancl GoidS
,JUST RECEIVED.
OVELTIE DRESS GOODS!
IN
OVELTIES NOTIONS!
A few more pairs left of the job lot wo
mens' Shoes for $1.00.
We will appreciate an opportunity to
show you our Fall Goods without imiortu
nity to purchase.
B. H. CLINE & CO.
Oct. 27, 44-tf.
The Great Wonder
of the Age.
It is a mystery to many'
people how I can sell
xods at such LOW
PRICES. The secreti
is, I buy-myv goods with re-i
ference to the special wints;
- of my cus-.omers, and with
an experience of twenty
years in the Dry Goods busi-.
ness, I know exacty what.
to buy. I d.-sire to call 'he.
r ttention of the public gen;
erally to the fact thaL. have
:,ow on hand the mostt
varied and best
selected Stock
of Goods ever exhip
i1edin.the city of Loluuhia
Grateful to the good people
of Newberry rCu:ity for
their liberal patronice here
tofore. I trust, by fair deal-'
ing, to rnceivc a continuance
of their favors. I espef
;cially invite the
ladies to exa'nine my!
- xensive sto-k o! fine Siikd
Ribbons, ranging from 5:
cents to $1.00 per yard.
which are unsurp.-sied by
any House in the So,th.
Come one and all, exam-1
ine my goods and buy them
while the stock is complete
in every departmen.. Re-!
member the place.
C. F. JACKSON,
120 Main St., Columbia, S. C.
LEADER OF LOW PRICES.
L. C. SWYGERT respectfully informs his
friends that he can be found at the above
establishment.
Sep. 22, 39-tf.
NEW HOTEL.
*This commodious edifice, situated on
MAIN STREET, NEWBE~RRY, S. C., and
known as the
BLEASE HOTEL,
is now open, and invites the people one and
all to call and know what can be done at all
hours, to wit : An~ Extra Good. Breakfast,
Dinner, or Supper, for TWENTY-FIVE
QENTS.
Fortv or fifty regular boarders will be
taken at proportionately low rates.
*The convenience of location, excellent
spring water, well furnisihed table, etc.,
commend this house to every one.
Oct. 16, 42-tf.
PROSPECTUS.
To be published by subscription, a vo!
umeof s,hort
POEMS AND SKETCHES,
The well known and Popular Correspot.
* ~ dent of "THc NEwBER.RY IhLALD."
The Volume will comprise from 100 to
150 pages, and not to exceed in price $1.00.
Subscribers' names will be received by
THOMAS F. -GRENEKER, Editor "New
berry Herald," N'ewberry, S. C., or WHIT
TET & SHEPPERSON, Publishers, Rtich
mond, Va. Sep. 22, 39-tf.
Laoratory of State Assayer aul4 (Jbeist,
No.1013 Broad Street, bet. Tenth and
Eleventh, -
-RICHMoiND, VA-,-Aug- 22nd, 1S77
I have made a careful chem ical ewa:inaa
tion ofI a sample of "Summerdean, Au-'
gosla, Co., Va." Rye. Whiskey, selected
by myself and representing s lot ,.f 2(t
barrels in the hands of Messrs. Jenkims &
Stegal, and.find it entirely free from adul
terations. I can fully recommend it to
those who desire an article of assured purn
tv. W.v. HI. TAYnOR, M. D.,
State Assayer and Chemist.
None Genuine unless bearing the Signa
ture of
E. Courteiney Jenkins & Co.,
WHOLESALE LIQUOR. MERCHANTS,
na3 . Fourteenth street, RICHEOND, VA.
For sale by Da. S. F. FANT, Sole .Agent
for Newberry. Oct. 27, 44-6w.
fl Yourselves by making money
when a golden chance is offered,
thereby always jkeeping poverty
trom ot:door. Tihose who l
ways dake' sdvifte theo odbaie
. for making moy that are ofe,gene
rally become wealth, while those who do
not improve such chances remain in pover
t. We want many men, women, boys and
grs to work for us right in their own 10
cites. The business will pay more than
ten ti -, ordinary wages. We furnish an
LApe.Lsive outfit and all that you need,
free. No one who engages fails to make
money ery rapidly. You can devote your
whol time. to the work, or only your spare
moments. Full information and alt that is
needed sent free. Address Stinson & Co.,
Portland, Maine.
Oc,t. iS 42-1y
Watces, Clocks, Jewelry.
WITHES AND JEIUR
At the New Store on Hotel Lot.
I have now on hand a large and elegant
assortment of
WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY,
Silver and Plated Ware,
VIOLIN AND GUITAR STRINGS,
SPECTACLES AND SPECTACLE CASES,
WEDDING AND BIRTHDAY PRESENTS,
IN ENDLESs VARIETY.
All orders by mail promptly attended to.
Watchmaking and Repairing'
Done Cheaply and with Dispatch.
Call and examine my stock and pri-es.
EDUARD SCHOLTZ.
Nov. 21, 47-tf.
ruigs # Fancy .irticles.
DR. S. F. FANT,
Wholesale and Retail
DRUGGIST,
NEWBERRY, S. C.,
Offers Imported and Indigenous Drugs.
Staple and Rare Chemnicals.
Foreign and Dorestic Medical Prepara
tions.
Fine Essential Oils and Select Powders.
New Pharmaceutical Remedies.
Special attention is called to the follow
ing Standard Preparations:
FANT'S Liver Regulator.
FANT'S Elixir o" Calisaya with Pyrophos
phate of Iron.
FANT'S Compound Fluid Extract of Buchu.
FANT'S Compound Extract of Queen's De.
light and Sarsapar!lla, with Iodide
of' PotasSiuml.
FANT'S Soothing Syrup.
FANT'S Essence of Jamaica GiInger.
FANT'S'Age Gure-well known to every i
one inl the County, having" been
thoroughly testd in fuver and
- ague.
FANT'S Cologne.
Curatine and Iron Bitters-the great
Blood Piirifier.
;olc Agent for Soift's Syphilitic Specic,
the Great Eliminator of all Impurities of the
Bood. The cure !or Scrof-ult, Rheuma
tism, Neural,ia and all Nervous Affiections.
l3uckeye Pile Ointment, a specific for
pfb.s.
I al-o offer the largest assortment of
Lamps, S Is, Perfuniery, Hair Brushes,
Tooth Brushe!', and Toilet Articles, of ev
ery descriptionz, at the very lowest prices.
Ca!i and examine for your.-elves.
Prescrip:ion.; carefully compounded at all
hours of the day and night.
tar. 3,14-tf.
Iron Works.
Plmi"IX IRON WORK
COLUMBIA, S. C.,
XANUFACTURES
STEAM ENGINES
From five-borse power to any size,
Boilers,
Saw Mills,
Grist and Cane Mills,
Gearing for Machinery,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLLEMENTS
Columns and Architectural Work
for Buildings,
Railings for Cemeteries and
Balconies, and Iron and Brass Cast
ings of all kinds.
Having a large stock of Patterns
for general work, castings can be made
at short notice.
Special attention g'iven to RE
PARING MACHINERY, of all
kinds. All work done by the best
mechanies, and prices as reasonable as
cn be had for good work anywhere
North or South.
Mr. PETER KIND, the founder
and fortmer ownier of this establish
ment, superintends the business, and
will turn out nothing but good work.
Address orders to
G. DIERCKS, Proprietor,
Pho2rix Iron Works, Columbia, S. C.
Oct. 13, 42-3m..
A New Lot of Nice
BUGIE PIITONS
CARRIAGES,
- Just received at
J. Taylor's Repository,
Below M. Foot & Son's, on opposit/ side.
Call and look at them. For sale by
TAYLOR & CLINE.
Sep. 15, 3S -4m.
1880. 1880.
mR (ENTR1L HOTEL
(Formerly the Wheeler House,)
COLUM~IBIA, S. C.
THOOUGRLY RENOVATED,
EEFUENISRED AiND REFITTED.
TEMS, $2.00 TO $3,00 PE DAY,
JOHN T. WILLEY, Propriet'r.
Nov. 10, 46-tf.
NOTICE.
FOR SALE BY
3. NT MARTIN & CO
amisceutneous.
NATURESOWN
REMEDY
.A
VEGETABLE
ME0CINE FORTHE
BLOOD,IMR&KIDNEYS.
A medicinal comn
URATINEof known value
CURcombininound ore prep
For Blood Diseases. atin the cnurative
-- powers for the evils
,rnavnu which produce all dis
URATINE easesofeBloothe
~InR.mZ iver, thineys
For Liver Complaints. es n ctn an
- thorough In its effect.
itis unexcelled for the
U' 3. cure of all BZood Die
UIR eae such as Srof
For Kidney DLeases. tea, Tepors. Bois,
2Tetter.SaUJUll" i.
Rhempr2natism.t,Mer
curisa iaisolelu,
CURATINE,
For Itheumatism. jspepia, Izadi -
gextiol, Soler Sto"l
ach, .etentionz of
CURATINE,
For Scrofula Diseases. ASK YOUR DRUGGIST
--N FOR IT.
CURATINE TmmccALco.
pces e BALTIMORE, Md.
Wholesale by DoWIE & MOISE, Wholesale
Druggists, Charleston, S. C. 15-ly.
FRED VON SANTEN,
279 KING ST., CHARLESTON, S. C.
Santa Claus' Headquats,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
NOW READY TO SUPPLY
EVERYBODY.
COME AND SEE ME.
Nov. 17, 47-6m.
HENRY BAYER,
IMPORTER OF
BA,NTANAS,
COCOANUTS AND ORANGES,
And Wholesale Dealer in
Apples, Potatoes, Onions, &c.,
215 EAST BAY,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
7 Prompt attention given to country
rders. Nov. 17, 47-6m.
C. C. PLENGE,
Corner Broad and Chureh Streets,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
AGENT FOr.
DUNLAP'S FIFTH AVENUE HATS.
FALL STYLES NOW READY!
Fine Silk Tiats, $4.00, $5.00.
Men's Soft flats, 5oc. to $5.00.
Men's Stiff Hats. $1.00 to $3.50.
NOBBY HATS FOR YOUNG MEN, A SPECIALTY.
UMBRELLAS. -
Silk Umbrellas, from $3.00 upwards.
Alpaca from $2 50 to $4.50.
Gingham " 75c., $1.00, $1.25, $1.50.
Mourning Bands put on Hats, 25 Cents.
Hats Restocked and Trimmed.
Mi A Call is respectfully solicited.
Nov. 17, 47--im.
PAVILION HOTEL,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
This popular and centrally located House
has been entirely renovated during the past
summer and was REOPENED to the travel
ing public on August 16, 1880.
Terms, $2 and $2.50 per Day,
E. T. GAILLARD,
Nov. 17, 47-tf. PROPRETOR.
HERMANN BULWINKLE,
Factor and General Commission Ilercliant
CHARLESTON, S, C..,
DEALERt IN
GERMAN K AINIT, or POTASII SALT,
Peruvian Guano, No. 1 and No. 2.
Pure Fish Guano, Nova Scotia. Land Plas
tr, Ground South Carolina Phosphate, and
other FERTIL1ZERS. Also,
Corn, Oats, Hay, &c.
Orders filled with dispatch, and libera:
advances made on consigznments of Cottor
and other Produce.
Nov. 10, 46-Im.
Preserve Your Old Books!
E. R. STOKES,
Blank Book Manufacturer
AN~D
GENILI BOiBINDER
Has moved opposite the City Hall. wher<
he is fully prepared, With first-class work
men, to do all kinds of work in his line.
BLANK BOOKS RULED to any patterr
and bound In any style desired.
My facilities and long acqusintance witl
the business enable me to guarantee satisfac
tion on orders for Bank Books, Railroat
Books, and Books for the use of Clerks o
Court, Sheriffs, Probate Judges. Masters ii
Equity, and other County Officialis.
Pamphlets, Magazines, Mu4e, Newspaper:
and Periodicals, and all kinds of publIcation;
bound on the most reasonable terms and it
the best manner.
All orders promptly attended to.
E. R. STOKES,
Main Street, opposite New City Hall,
Oct. 8, 41-tf. - Columbia, 8. C
Notice of Final Settlement.
I will make a settlement on the estate o
T. J. Thompson, deceased, in the Probate
Court for Newberry County, S. 0., on Fri
day, the 16th day of December, A. I]
1880. and immediately thereafter apply fo
a final discharge as Administrator thereof.
THOIIAS S. BLAIR,
N.. 10 46-.t Adm'r.
THE SABBATH.
Oh! heart of all the week!
Whence strength and gladviess flow
To beautify all other days,
And make their graces grow;
In thee is full supply
Of life-blood for the seven,
Thy healthful pulses lift the week
Nearer toGod and heaven.
Oh, fount of pure delight!
From thee such sparkling streams
Gush through the dryest, dullest day,
That fair and bright it seems.
Thou warterest all the days,
Thou freshest of the seven!
And drawest from unfailling springs
Which have their source in heaven.
Oh, glorious sun of days?
Thy glad and steady light
Shines down the vista of the week,
Through morning, noon and night.
No day so dark and sad
Though darkest of the seven
But thou canst shed through all its houri
The radiance of heaven.
Oh, heart of all the week!
Oh, fount so fresh and free!
Oh, glorious sun of all the days!
How cling our souls to thee!
Cheer still our earthly way
Each day among the seven,
And let us never lose thy light,
But in the light of heaven.
A PRETTY GAME
-0
On the porch of Mr. Everson'
flue residence in M , on i
beautiful evening, about sunset
stood Julia Everson, a beautifu
young lady, with deep blue, lus
strous eyes, and Francis Rowley
a tall bandsome young moan, hij
face glowing with health and hi
deportment that of a perfect gen
tieman.
'Your father,' said Francis, ad
dressing Julia, 'is as determine(
as ever, I suppose, about this af
fair of-of the marriacre?' Hii
look was averted from her whil<
be pronounced the words.
'Determined!' Julia Everson ex
claimed; 'Why papa is so ben
up1on my- becoming Mrs. Upjobi
that he would die of rage, I think
were my resolution known t<
him
'And tbat resolution is, Julia
'To give Mir. Upjohn plainly t(
understand that the times we livi
in are not those which tolerati
the affiancing of two children ii
their cradles merely becausi
their parents happen to be friende
Besides this George Upjohn hai
the mantners of aregular clod, an<
has passed his whole life in som
obscure place out West. Do yoi
believe in proverbs, Francis ?'
'Why do you ask ?'
'Because I do.' Julia Everson'
face wore a look of very firm de
termination as she spoke.
'To what particular proverb d
you have reference just nowi
Francis asked.
'To the one which says, 'Wher
there's a will there's a way.'
think that you and I may test it
truth, if we are so inclined. O
course 1 won't elope with you
Francis, I don't consider elope
ments respectable. I shall neve
marry you if I have to do it
there !' She looked serious enougl
to keep her resolution.
'You mean then Julia by com
ing the mightily eloquent ove
your father ?' Francis asked.
'And get pooh-poohed for you:
pains,' she replied, with a sligh
laugh. 'No, I mean somethina
else. Papa is still asleep, an
likely to remain so for an honi
Let us take a stroll through t.h
garden, and I will disburden my
self of a weighty secret.'
* * * * *
'Is Mr. Everson at home ?'
George Upjohn was the inquire:
and he was shown into a sma
sitting room on the ground floc
of the house. Presently the doc
opened and Julia Everson entere
the room.
'Mr. Jobn .Eversoni,' said shb
'bas been usnwell for several daya
sir, and he has lately fallen asleep
his daughter, Miss Julia, does nc
consider it advisable to awake hin
But she will be hiappy to see M:
~.Upjohn herself provided he wishe
it.'
'Of course-of course-by a
means-certainly,' stammered U1
john, to whom the immediat
m-nspect of bholding his fin
was thoroughnly overwhelming.
'Be good enough, won't you, to
tell her so ?'
Soon afterwards a tall young
lady (who struck him, the more
be looked upon her, as an unnat
urally and disagreeably tall wo
man) attired in a short, ill-fitting
dress, and wearing, upon a coun
tenance full of broad-blown come
liness, red and white, about the
most thorough from ear to ear
sort of smile that Upjohn ever re
membered having seen, entered
the room.
'How d'ye do ?' said the gigan
tic virgin, accompanying her-sal
I utation with a boisterous laugh.
'You're Mr. Upjohn, of course?
Well, I don't like your looks a
bit. How do you like mine?'
'I-1-think there must be some
mistake,' he answered, in amaze
ment. 'I understood Miss Julia
Everson was to
'Well, I am Julia Everson.'
'Impossible !'
'Perhaps you mean I disappoint
you,' she cried out in a loud,
coarse tone. 'I dare say you're
a good enough kind of a fellow,
but then you're decidedly n8t the
fellow for me. Saw that the in
stant I clapped eyes on you. I'm
the sort of a girl that likes
plucky sporting men with lots of
'go' in them, and a general air of
being 'up to snuff.' You're not
that sort of a chap.'
'No!' exclaimed Upjohn, with a
pale embarrassed countenance
'no, Miss Julia, I am not the type
of manhood you admire. Is-is
-your father in ? Can I see him
for a few moments?'
'Our girl told you be was asleep,
didn't she?' was her indifferent
answer. 'Besides, as you have
come to stay several days, and
have brought your portmanteau,
any time will do I suppose, at
which to hold your confab with
Pa.?
Upjohn, stiffening visibly in
manner abruptly answered:
-Since I cannot see yourfather
it is better that I should at once
take my departure.'
'And why so Georgy ?'
'Georgy!' Could he believe his
own cars? Was this vixenish
overgrown female the Julia Ever
sor' whom he had worshipped in
dreams as his future wife ? He
would rather die than become the
husband of so hideously ogreisb
a creature.
'I have no reason to give for
leaving so abruptly,' he said, in
sharp, cold Modries.
Julia utxade some odd sound be
tween a giggle-and a chuckle, and
as he was about to retire, she
said:
'Oh, you don't like fun, d'ye ?
SHave a cigar ivdn't you ?'
'Heavens !' exclaimed the be
wildered Upjohn, stumbling back
ward in astonishment, 'you can't
possibly mean th'at you smoke ?'
'Certainly I do,' was the reply,
SMiss Everson biting the end of a
very nice looking Figaro as she
spoke.
Mr. Upjohn walked deliberately
for-ward and took his portman
Steau, and having bowed, was
about quitting the apartment,when
Julia exclaimed:
r'I hope I haven't offended you.
Pa'll be frightfully mad when he
Shears you've gone in this style.
tHe'll be sure to blame me, too. I
wish you'd leave him a little note,
Sexplaining that yougo of-of your
own free will, as it were.'
e'I shall be very willing, Miss
Everson,' he said, 'to leave a note
for your father- What is it you
desire me to write ?' taking a card
case and pencil from one of his
pockets.
'O?ily that you don't think we
rsuit each other well enough to get
rmarried. Please don't'say any
Sthing about smoking, because pa
don't know I smoke, and-'
Upjohn delayed no longer, but
wrote the following on a card and
handed it to Miss Everson as a
Smesssge to her father:
.'SIE.:-I desire to have the
. agreement broken concerning my
:5 future marriage with your daugh
ter. I have held an interview!
I with her, and 1 confess to being
- wholly unwilling that such a lady
*e shall. become gwife.
GEo. Up.10ei.'
'That's precisely it ' boisterous
ly exclaimed Miss Everson, seiz
ing-the cigar. 'Old fellow, you've
got a handsome streak in you, if
we don't like each other.' Up
john rosbed from the apartment,
afterward the hall door closed up
on his retreating figure.
'Francis, you have certainly
been making the most utterly re
volting creature of yourself that it
is possible to conceive of. I have
been listening in the dining-room
yonder to every word you said.'
And the real Julia Everson sur
veyed with laughing eyes.
'This is my chief trophy,' ex
claimed Rowley, waving above his I
head the card which contained:
Upjohn's message to her father.
Upjohn put in no further ap
peurance. Mr. Everson was deep
ly indignant -on reading his card,
and ultimately consented to Julia's
marriage with Francis Rowley,
the man of her choice. So much
for the clever disenchantment and
the verification of Julia's favorite
maxim-'Where there's a will,
there's a way.'
ST'ATE AND U11VNICIPAL
TAXES.
Collection of Taxes-Nods of Enforcing Pay
ment-Penalty for Non-Payment.
To the Editors of The Newberry
Herald : It is the duty of every mem
ber of the General Assembly to con
sider what, if any, defects there may
be in the existing public laws with
t4e view to remedy them by appro
priate legislation. One among the
greatest and most patent of such de
fdcts is in the system of assessment
and taxation. The present inquiry,
however is directed to the defects in
the system of taxation only, or rather
in the mode of collecting taxes.
A casual inspection of the tax du
plicates will show of how large a por-.
tion of her revenue the State is an
nually deprived by the failure of tax
payers to comply with their obliga
tions; and this evil increases from
year to year. It is an evil which can
be accounted for in but one way, viz :
that the State either cannot or will
not enforce the paynient of the taxes.
Every year and sometimes more
than once in the year, we see official
advertisements of the sale of long lists
of property, which yield no fruit to
the State, and, in fact, only serve to
increase the public expenses, the
State invariably forfeiting the pro
perty to herself and leaving it in the
possession and enjoyment of the delin
quent, while increasing the expenses
incident to such sales. It must be
admitted, then, that such sales have
been and are nullities, until at last
many,who do not conscientiously feel
their obligations and arc actuated by
other motives, pay no taxes at all, confi
dent that after the lapse of years the
State will say to them, "ifyou pay one
or two yeaas' tax we remit all arrears,'
and yet enjoying along with others
who have paid all their taxes the ben
efits of the government whose citizens
they are and whose interests are their
interests.
If this condition of things be suf
fered to remain unchanged the result
nmust be general demoralization among
the people in respect to the payment
of taxes and eventual bankruptcy of
the State. Demoralization in one
respect will inevitably lead to demoral
ization in others.
We now narrow our inquiry down
to the question of taxation in incor
porated towns or cities, which are in
vested by the State with a power of
taxation within themselves for their
corporate purposes. Here an addi
tional difficulty presents itself, and
that is the complication arising from
conflict of the respective liens of
State and city ; as for example, a
lien attaches for non-payment of taxes
due the one, which may be quickly
followed by the other's lien attatching,
to bc augmented perhaps by an addi
tional lien in favor of the first for a
subsequent non-payment. If not other
wise an evil, this certainly is an ob
stacle in the transfer of property. We
do not say that the present system
cannot by any possibility be worked
harmoniously, but we do say that it is
so envolved and cumbrous as to ren~
der its efficiency a practical impossi
bility.
Nw is there no remedy
wil ? Let us see. As in some other
States let our Legislature place the
:ollection of all taxes (State, County
ind Munieipal) in the hand of one
)fficer, such collection to be made at
mch times and in such instalments as
may be most convenient to the tax
?ayer, with a penalty for non-payment,
ut whose infliction shall be abso
'utelg sure; for unless the penblty,
vhatever it be, shall be strictly en
orced and carried out, any Sys
;em inust fail of its object.
Such a method. would involve the
3ecessity of altering the limits of the
,resent State fiscal year, which be.
;ins with November ; but conformity
;o the calendar year would, we im
Igine, be advantageous rather th.n
itherwise.
The collection of all taxes by one
fficer would also obviate the ridicu
ous spectacle of a municipal govern
rent solemnly prescribing by ordi
2ance a- penalty of fifteen or twenty
per cent. for non-payment of taxes,
and then by subsequent ordinance or
resolution revoking such penalty.
With the inauguration of such a
system, a single aggregate tax to be
,ollected by one officer, and the posi
!ive infliction of the penalty for the
ron payment of the tax, whatever
that penalty may be, the ghost of de
linquents will vanish, and we shall
ee the revenues of State and county
and city increased and rendered capa
ble of definite calculation, besides the
advantages resulting therefrom in the
general transfer of property.
T. W. BACOT.
Charleston, S. C., Nov. 16.h, 1880.
WRAT IS BEFORE US?
Lnother- Suggesion as to the Best Course to
Pursue.
News and ~Courier.
ENOREE PLANTATION, Nov. 6.
To the Editor of The News and
Courier: The Presidential contest is
ended. The clouds have lifted. -The
result is known. . As I predicted last
January. we will have a Republican
Senate, a Republican House and a Re
publican President after the 4th. of
March, 1881. The destiny of the
country will be in the hands of-that
party no one. can. tell, bow long, with
the calamity now of a Solid South on
one side and -a Solid North on the
other.
I will not forecast events. Let the
intelligence and character of the two
great sections-those who are determ.
ined to 1.ild upthe-.ut arid sup
portthe government-dcom3e to an un
derstanding. Tfiere should be the
largest liberty, liberty' with law and
order; without them it is licentious
ness, anzd civilization is rolled badk.
Intelligence, property and charaeter
should control the'I government'; if ig
norance and venality are installed into
power the "ruin of ::ll will~ be the re
salt. ?he government should protect
all of its citizens everywhere in all
their rights and priv'ileges. it should
be its glory to protect even the poor
est under its flag. Its laws should be
enforced alike against all, and nothing
is so. wholesome as the certainty
of their enforcement. This all good
men should help to do. If the laws
prove, hard or a.njust. let them be re
pealed. Hayes, upon the whole, has
made a good President.
Garfield is a man of shining talents,
vast erudition and high cultivatiori.
He made himself. He has travelled
the read and knows-all'of-its ins and
outs, from the poor boy with a wid
owed mother to the last round of thd
ladder of fame inx this .country; to
which any man can mont. No .man
who obeys the laws o........f*the coun.ry
need fear himi. There isn.o reason
why he should not make an excellent
President. No man is more familiar
with' the histoiy and laws' of the coun
try than he is. If I mistake not, you
in an editorial on the heels of his
nomination con,gatulated the country
.that we would have a good President
whether he or .aucek .was'eMeted.
It is now to be eincerely hoped that
our people everywhere will unite an?'
spare no effort. -to build up the coun
try and strengthen the government.
Let Congress bend her 'energies in
development of our vast resources, and
particularly in the -restoration and en
largement of our commercial marine,
and appropriate a suni suffibient to
convince the~ world:th*twe intend to
build a navy that will give full protee
tion everywhere to our couimerce and
~rcitizenship.
THE MOST REMARKABLE
MURDER ON RECORD.
Mr. Wheeler, .of Sanrancisco,
loved his sister-in-lav%,whe rep
rocated his affection, and- Mr.
Wheeler seemed to have acquiesced
in the arrangement. The sister
in-law, however,.came, ander the
fascinations of a gambler, and
Mr. W beeler appeared at a police
station soon afterwards and told
the following story which was
substantiated by:the discovery of
the corpse:
'She. (the sister-in-law) .seemed
to feel. her disgrace very.keenly.
and begged me, to cut her throat.
She did not want togo withLick
man, but such .was his igiuence
over her that she must.go with
him, and -she said she bad rather
die than do it.
'Then she L.gain asked .me to
cut her throat. I told her that I
could not do that as I could. not
bear to see her blood, but. I told
her that I could choke her. She
said very well, and sat. in my lap.
'I placed one hand on her month
and with the other grasped her
throat, and she, throwing her head
back on my shorlder, .died like a
child. She straggled.but little at
first. She looked into my eyes
and I, kissing them, 'told her to
close them, which she did, at)d
thus passed away.
'When I for-d that she was
dead I opened her trunk and tak
ing out her clothes, plaoed, her,in
it. She was a slight, delicate lit
tic girl, and I doubled up her leg
and got her in Without any,trou
ble.
'Why did you place herin the
trunk? Did you inteod escap
ing?
,Oh,. n.o; I n eyer desired to es
cape. I put her into the. trunk so
that sbe woul(beout,offte ay
if Hickmar .cae nto ,thb:room.
I did not *iAtbat manLoseeer.
I then in the evening gathered-op
my papers and a.little sack -of
hers and came to the y pr,o.
'Do. a not feel any remorse ?'
'Yes, I do. . I am sorry now
that I did it, bgt could -iwt hive
her g with that aui lved
her beter than my life. She-wasl
always true to me while my wife
was not.',
OFFICIJt CENSUS--ssO.
T'he follo'wing table sho*s the odi
ei] eenshis of South Carolina. It'filY
be seen that there are more feYrlies
than males, and th'at'ti ere ate half as
many more colored 'people as white:
- TOma i.6mm?oir.
State and-County. .Male.. 1emale. Total.
The State...490,327 504,979 995,306
Abbeville....20,063 20,759 . 40,822
Aiken..........12,860 14,262 28,122
Anderson.-...18,587 -17,2 . 3.13
Barnwell......19,940 19,918 39,858
Beaufort......14M3 15,i58 '30,190
Charleston. .....49.153 5,832 ~ ,9
Chester.....'....11,850 123 2,5
Chesterneld. .,.6.,088: ,3%.1,4
CIarendon.'.....9,600 950 1,9
Colleton...2..18,273 1%'7 3,9
Darlir n.. ..17,127 3738 3,8
Edgen eld....23,0 22,64 4,4
Fairfield.......13,715 4,5.276
Georgetown....9,496 "017.1.1
Greevill . 18,13 8,331 6;,44
Hampton 9,443 2,324 15,876
Horry..........7,804 7.770 -15,74
Kershaw......10,850 10,888 .21,538
Lancaster......3,417 8,488 16,903
Laurens.......14.602 14,842 29444
Lexington....9,128 .9,464 ..18,590
Marion.........16,793 17,314 434,107
Marlboro'....10,214 10.384 0,9
Newberry....12,081 13.436" 69
Oconee..........7,879- .837,-;4256
Orangeburg...20,389 20,606 50,95
Pickens..........7,149 */.342 4,291
Bichiand...4.3,848 147 2,8
Spartanburg..19781 20,Zt048
Samter .:.2....1 -18,.'4A0 Z7,C3
Union....,......11,74 L2.209 24,6
Willansbrg. ..31,936 12,174 '2,10
York...........15,215 - 15,498 ,30,713
Native. Foreign.' White. Colored
987,684 7,842 -291,U1. 004,235
The, difference between a. bar
ber and a scalptor is very slight.
One curls up and .dies, gad the
other makes faces' and busts.
John R?eenie ozRoxnklan,Xe.
has a horse which likes tobacco- so
well that he pegs a chew hen
ever his master takes one.
Harvest-time is the Nios.InoW -
1otonous period in a ranger'filie.
fNew York iNews.
Calvin Phipps, of Bef idnd
drank a gallon ofwkhis r
day for a mlonLh, and IENon
High lown !anggeiehgtada
the newysper -fhiscl tteis.
arade.-MaroatSkr& ndependent..
People ;do no, like'tdfacknow
ledge that theyaejo-trecept to