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The Herald1. THOS. F. GRENEKER, W. H. WALLACE, NEWBERRY. M. C. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 8, 1880 A PAPEa FOE THE PEOPLE. The Herald is In the hixbest respect a Fam Ily Newya,r, devoted to the material in terest e people of this County and the State. It crculates extensively, and as an Advertisng medium offers unrivalled ad vantages. or Terms. see first page. Good Goveranment. a Free Bal lot -and a Fair Count. The Charleston News and Courier has put to a large number of mem bers of the General Assembly the following question: "In your opin ion, what policy should be pursued by the Democratic party in South Carolina to retain good and honest government, and at the same time secure a free hallot. and a fair count ?" The answers to this ques tion are various, and most of them show a marked lack of thought oD the part of the members. Instead of answering the question many take the occasion to vent their opin ions on purely side issues. Severa] "policies" are advanced however: among them, (1) a registration law, (2) a Constitution Convention, (3) electing officers every four year instead of every two, (4) requiring the payment of the poll tax as a prerequisite to the right of suffrage, (5) an educational qualification foi voters, (6) dividing the offices witl the colored people. The question is a very serious one, and must be met and answerei positi'rely by the Democratic part3 before another election. Men ar( too apt to answer it according tc their prejudices and preferences but that is not the way. It is noi in what way would one prefer tha1 these things should be done; bui how can they be done? Taking ul the "policies" above specified, let uj see what is in them. What would registration 'accom plish further than to show, whai the census has already shown,-thai the negroes have a voting majority in the State of about 40,0001 Would that tend to aid the party in retaining control of the State, o2 would it help the party in securing a free ballot and a fair count ? A registration law may be all righi and proper, and is certainly re quired by the Constitution; but what practical benefit the Demo. h - cratic party, as a political organiza. tion, could derive from such a law~ we are unable to conjecture. A Constitutional Convention is altogether unnecessary and would be perfectly useless for the ende indiated in the question. It would undoubtedly be more agreeable to our people to live under a Consti. tution of our own framing. This, however, is not the age of senti ment, and State pride alone would not justify the big expense of sncb a Convent'on unless some real, practical good is to result. If any changes are needed they can be made by way of amendments ; they are certainly not too numerous for this inexpensive plan. Whether the elections should be held every four years or every two years is a matter that does not concern this subject. Requiring the payment of a poll tax before voting, we believe to be * right; but this cannot be effected except by amending the Constitu tion, and it is hardly probable that * such an amendment can be made, or that a Constitution' --:ntaining such a provision could be adopted, while the colored majority is as large as it is. The same difficulty would be in the way of an educational qualifica * tion, supposing such a law were * desirable, which we do not believe. But whether desirable or not it is C not attainable in this State at this time. Mr. Andrew Crawvford, of Rich land, makes the true and only an -swer to the question, when he says : * "We will have to make concessions to the colored people, and open up * to them certain avenues of public * life." .This policy is distasteful, we know ; but it does appear to us that it will be utterly impossible for the Democratic party to retain control of the State, tand at the same time to secure a free ballot and a fair count, on any other basis. And who does not want all these? The purity of the ballot-box is the only safety to a Republican form of government, and must be maintain ed, or popular elections will become * a farce. The whites in South Caro * lina never can get the negroes to go with them in any considerable numbers until they give them a share of the offices. It will be easy to satisfy them: they will be per fectly satisfied with a small minori ty ; one member of the House, for, instance, one County Commission er, and probably Coroner-only fo something that is a recognition of t their rights as Citi7ens. And no b harm could come of such an ar rangement; for the few colored people in office would be utterly t powerless for any harm if they de lull sired to do any. - Judge J. B. Kershaw was re elected Judge of the Fifth Circuit Thursday, the 2nd, by the Legisla- ra tare. There was no opposition. The second session of the 46th Ad Congress convened in Washington Monday, 6th. or FOa TE HERALD. Letter from Rev. H. W. Kuln%. WESTMINSTER, CARROLL Co., MD., h2 Nov. 25th, 1880. W DEAR FRIEND: Enclosed please m find $2 to pay my subscription for the , HERALD. ac The HERALD has kept us posted on al the doings of the South country. We is feel a deep interest in Newberry, and PE rejoice in its prosperity. The six la years spent there have endeared the tb people to us, and the two years elapsed T since we left have not changed our at feelings towards them. Many changes pt have taken place since we left, but the w HERALD has informed us as they have tb transpired. dt But forgetting the pas' let t.s look cu forward to the future. I will there- iL fore make a suggestion. Newberry at must have some manufacturing in- 01 terest to give employment to labor, in- tl vestment to capital, and permanent ta prosperity to the community. I wantyou t3 to "write up" and to "talk up" cotton 9 factory. Do not grow weary in a sl good cause. The HERALD must re- is suscitate this subject again and yet R again. "You shall reap if you faint di not." as Shall I give you a plan ? Here it is. Let about ten men-I will not eE name them now-get together some st evening after supper, and march in a Y( body up to Mr. Robert McCaughrin's tj house. Send Mrs. Mc. word to have n< early supper, and fire in the parlor, st that there is going to be an "Acci- is dental" there to-night. When all have arrived let them form a circle n< around the fire, and resolve them- sc selves into an informal meeting. Now let "Cotton Factory" be the subject, ul and "woe betide" the man that flies tI from the point at issue. b< Nextt thing in order wlll be to call at a Mass Meeting at the Court House and there let the subject be ventilatedt in good style, with some happy 35 spee-:hes. Let committees be appointed, et one on investigation and information, ti another on finance, another on ways p, and means, and another on location. p Select good men, and get a goodly ti number interested, in town and coun- in try. Let another Mass Meeting fol- ti low soon aft.er. Keep the subject d< warm:; it is hard to hammer cold iron, ti you know. Look out for croakers- at let them be like the slog that barked et at the moon.a Let the shares be of moderately pij small amount so that poor men will in have some show in the enterprise. m Take stock enough to allow a margin Si for shrinkage. Excuse further detail oC at present. t I think I hear the clatter of ma- h< chinery-and see cottages all around wi for the workmen-and wagons driv- Ti ing to and from the Factory, and am general thrift in all branches of trade it and business-yes-and there I see It directors meeting to declare a divi- v; dend on the shares, and to enlarge the su capacity of the Factory. p If this be nice on paper, how much T1 nicer will it be when it stands as a it< reality in the old town of Newberry. ra Yours truly, as H. W. KUHNS- tic "New Fangled Notions" May not work injury to people mn when they relate to matters of little con- na sequence, but when entertained as to ri: what we shall take when afflicted fra with serious disease they may lead to thi dear experience. Don't therefore trifle p with diseases of the blood man ifestcd of] by eruptions, blotchea, scrofulous and th~ other swellings and grave symptoms, di but take that well tested and effica- wi cious remedy, Dr. Pierce's Golden j Medical Discovery--the greatest blood- is purifier of the age. If the bowels are very costive use also Dr. Pierce's Pel lets (little sugar-coated pills). o CURES FEVER AND AGUE. th PLEASANT VALLEY, TI Jo DAVIESs Co., ILL e March 31st, 1879. Iai Da. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y.: cr .Dear ,Mr-I write this to inform tr< you that my child, one year old, has su been permanently cured of the fever TI and ague in a weeks time, and the ty use of but half a bottle of your Golden to Medical Discovery. My wife, a long cai sufferer from liver complaint and bil- In iousness, by the use of the Discov- tes ery and Pellets, has been entirely re- of lieved. The Discovery has never dis- act appointed us for coughs and colds. bi: Yours truly, o JAM3Es STRaicK ELL~. p eit What member of the Legislature ar< will earn the thanks of the people of su the State to himself and the body by qu leading the movement for four years trc terms for State and County Officers ? thi Those good enough to serve for two th< years may certainly be trusted for four, of and the additional two years rest from yo, polities would be worth more to the bu State than can be well calculated. ed "" ' wil In this moist and variable climato - Colds are the rule rather than the ex ception. Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup is ma just the remedy for every one to take ' O0 when suffering from a Cough, Cold or Ge vernor Magood's Iwaugural Address. Sewt(jrs ani iepresenatatices : It with a profound seise of the re ir: pt., ned that I appear be e you to-day tW :-sulie. An obedience he b,hsts of the WO1119% Ihe I itive vffie. You have been called the same sovereign voice to the -.:.rge of an equally importa .t t-!. and in our hands is plaeed for i3ext two years much that -5eets welfare of the State. Relying up your patriotism. and your wi.e e eration, and with a heart single in itvot;on to my State and people. pri-aeh the duties assio' ?I.c, d shall faithfully discharge then so as in ale lies. STATE EXPENDiITURES. The honest, economic and efficient ini;jstration of the State govern ant. which the party revolution of 76 promised, has been realized. The dinary current expenses of the State vernment have been reduced to one urtb of what it was under the man. ement of the Republican party, and ve nearly reached the winiffuiml ex nditure of the period before the tr Every obligation of the State is at from the income of the fiscal year, d no deficiencies are incurred. The counts of the State are cleared from confusion or uncertainty, and there laid before the representatives of the ople once more, as is required by w, "a true and accurate account of e actual state of the treasury." iere is yet room for retrenchment; d as from time to time. without im iring the efficiency of the govern ent, retreuchment can be made in e executive, legislative and ju,dicial partwents. as well as in the mis l1aneous expenditures, each small in ielf. bu, aggregating a considerable 3ount, it should be done. In my servation, however, the path of fur. er reduction of the burders of the xpayers lies uow rather in the coun. levies, of which I will hereafter eak, than in those which reach the ate treasury. While the State levy four times less than it was under the epublicau administration, the or ary county levy is the same now it was then. You have, no doubt, observed in the tiate of supplies required for the pport of the State, submitted to u at the beginning of your session, e large proportion of the whole edd for the penal and charitable in ituti-ins of the State. Where labor so valuable as it is with us. I do >t see why the Penitentiary should )t only be self sustaiiiig, but a urce ef revenue. Considerable pro ess has been made in this direction ider the present able management of at institution ; but the object should kept steadily in view and attained the ealiest possible day. In connection with that noble cbari the Lunatie Asylum, I hesitate to ecak of retrenchment; the circumn anees of our people re(Juire, however, at it should be restricte-d to its pur se arid remain a charity. T1hie pau r alone should receive the bounty of e State; those who are able to pay whole or in part for the benefits of e institution should be required to so. I am not prepared to assert at the bounty of the State is now used in this particular; but it oc irs to rue that an efficeient safeguard ainst such abuse is to return to the an prevailing before the war, and, stead of supporting the pauper in ates of that institution by a general ate appropriation, to re<quire each unty to support its own paupers in e Lunatic Asylum as well as at me. This is entirely consistent th the scheme of our poor.laws. se county lcvies the fund for the aitenance of its sane paupers, and is ex pendecd under local supervision. should also levy and retain super sion of the fund applicable to the pport of these more unfortunate rsonIs an. ong its indigent population. ~e part of the State should be him d to appropriations for such gene purposes of building and repairs are necessary to niake the institu >n available for its humane purposes. Th le revenues of the State are eol :ted with honesty and fidelity. The >de of accounting with the subordi te tax officers provided by law is ;id, and it is impossible to cover up and or negligence on the part of ese officers, if the accounting is operly enforced in the comptroller's ice. When the money has reached e State treasury, its custody and bursemient are jealously hedged th stringent provisions of the law. know of no practical safeguard that omitted. COUNTY EXi'ENiD'rITES. But with regard to the expenditure the county revenues it seems to nme at the law is seriously defective. zere is now levied and expended in r:h county' for counity purposes a -ger sumi thana it pays into the gen d fund which reaches the State ~asury, andi is there surrounded with ah careful provisions of the law. e county treasurer retains the coun funds in his hands, and is in regard their disbursement merely the hier of the county comuaussioners. his annual accounting in this mat before the county auditor an order the county cus omissioners, draiwn in ~ordanice with the forms of law, is sufficient voucher. Upon the anty commissioners rests the re nsibility of the faithful and judi us expenditure of the fund ; they practically subjected to little or no ervision. It is true they arc re ired to forward, through the comnp er-general, a detailed account of ~ir transactions, to be laid before Legislature, and .it is the theory the law that these accounts are by i examined For the present year four of the counties have forward their accounts in time to be printed b the comptroller's report. Others 1, perhaps, be laid before you in nuscript during your session, and i will not reach you at all. The aeral Assembly does not, and ne the duty inposed; and thus the loose supervision of the county expenditures iz in sinLui:ar contrast with the rigid scrutiny enforced upon the State treas ury. Your experience and judgment . will find the proper remedy. It ap pears to wue that the grand jury of the county is the most suitable body to be charged with examining and auditing the transactions of the county com missioners. lf aided by an expert accountant. and the accounts are pub lished for public information d suffi cient time before the examination, it will be as thorough as can be secured. The accoauts should then be forwarded to the comptroller-general, to be by him consoliddted and embodied in his next annual report as statistical infor mation The.se couimissioners should still be required. as now. to submit to 1 the General Assembly estimates of supplir-s upon which to base the an- I nual county levy. All that I have said in this connection applies with equal force to the disbursement by the counties of the school fund. THE PUBLIC DEBT. An adjustment of the public debt has been reached by legisLtive provi sions. and by a decibion of the courts. There is no floating debt. The debt funded and being. funded is 86.639, 170. Of this the scrip of the Agri. cultural College amounting to $191, 800, is a permanent investment; the deficiency bonds and stock, amounting to $564,855, mature 1888 ; and the consuls, amounting to $5,882,515, ma ture in 1894. The whole debt bears interest at 6 per cent In this connection I would very earnestly bring to the attention of the General Assembly the annual delay of the payment of interest. The in terest is payable before the taxes levied to meet it are fully collected; aud thus some of the public creditors are subjected to delay in receiving their dues. This can be corrected by providing an earlier day for the pay ment of taxes ; or the Governor and treasurer might be authorized to an ticipate their collection, so far as ne cessary for this purpose, by a tem porary loan. The consol bonds bear upon their face the contract of the State to re ceive the coupons from the same in payment of taxes. During the period of adjustment of the debt it was im practicable to do so; but now there is no reason why the coupons of the Brown consols should aot be thus re ceived. It is also advisable as to this class of consols, that the operation of the law requiring interest to be paid in New York as well as at the State treasury should be resumed, but it is not practicable to pay interest to the holders of Green consols elsewbere than at the State treasury until after the conversion of their securities. The suggestions wade would promote the convenience of the taxpayer, and no doubt hasten the reduction of the con sol bonds and stock to a uniform character. It is also desirable, as to both consol and deficiency stocks, to ndopt the plan of the United States Government with regard to its regis tered bonds and stocks-upon the holder furnishing the treasury with his postofice address, the interest due is forwarded by check upon each Jan uary and July. The punctual pay ment of interest and every acommo dation and fascility given in its collec tion enhances the value of the se curity, Already under the manage. mnent of the State finances for the last four years its bonds have risen in the market from twenty eight cents on the dollar to par. The financial status of our State was once its proudest boast. If we place it upon the high plane it occupied before the late civil war and keep it there, our securities will rank with any governmental seurities upon the market ; and when the debt ma tures, as it will soon will do, it can be refunded at a much lower rate of in terest. A wise and prudent policy will keep this end steadily in view; and then with the increased taxable values, which improved credit and re turning prosperity will bring what is now a burthen may become an inap preciable weight to be borne or dis charged with equal facility. ELECTION LAWS. The third section of the eighth article of the Constitution of this State, adopted twelve years ago, declares that "it shall be the duty of the General Assembly to provide, from time to time for the registration of all electors." This positive man date of the Constitution has not yet been obeyed. It is one of the most obvious means of securing the purity of the ballot box ; and the failure to provide it was justly urged in comn plaint against those who controlled the State Government for the eight years following the adoption of the Consti tution. Amid the nunierous matters claiming the attention of the General Assembly, and with the shortened sessions since that time, no registra tion law has been enacted. In my judgment the discharge of this i perative duty shonld no:i longer be dlay'ed. Indeed, in many particulars, our election laws, as they now stand, are defective, and their revision is one of the most important subjects which demand your at tention. EDUCATION. Our public school system demands and should receive the most careful attention in order that its develop ment may meet the necessities of our condition. The States of this Union which to-day stand first in popula tion, wealth and political influence arc those in which through efficient pub. lie school systems, knowledge is most widely diffused among the people. Thle social and political restoration of our State, and the development, to the fullest extent, of our natural re sources will surely follow upon the estbishmient of an educational sys temn which will reach down to the1 hild of the humblest man, withouti regard to race or color, and qualify iim for the duties of future citizen ship.t Tnc property in Charleston known s the Citadel is still in possession ofr he Uitnd Sitae Genennt. t s of great importance to our educa .ioual interests that it be restored and ievoted, as formerly. to the purpose >f a State Military Academy. Part of the interest of the fund d1.n%ted by Con'res for the itinte notIce of institutions for instruction in atriculture and the mechanic arts has been applied for some years to the hiher education of the colored youth of 6i. Ste in connection with Chiflin Ui.iversitv. The South Carolina Col h-ge of Agriculture and .1echanic Arts for the special education of the white youth of the State in this eon neetion was opened in October last, an is also supported by the interest of this fund. These institutions*de serve, as I arr. sure they will receive, the fostering care of the General As semtbly. The Constitution of the St*te makes it the duty of the General Assembly to provide for the maintenance of the South Carolina University. It is not perhaps, within our power to renew its sphere ef usefulness at this time, but the direction of the Constitution should be obeyed at as early a day as practicable. A university of high grade. working in harmony with the excellent colleges now in operation in the State, would have the effect of stimulating education in the public schools and would complete our eda cational system. MATERIAL PROGRESS. During the two months of the re cent political canvass, it was my for tune to pass through every county in the State except one. Devoted for the greater part of my life to agricul tural pursuits, and familiar with most parts of the State, I was surprised and gratified at the diversified and abun dant harvests that were everywhere witnessed. Much of this was due tc propitious seasors, but it was evident that more was due to improved meth ods of culture and the hopeful coergy and increased thrift of all classes ol our people To one cognizant onl5 of the recent past in the agricul ture of the State, some of th( results attained are scarcely credible. I saw one field of three hundred au fifty acres which I have since learned yielded this year, as it had done lasi year, three hundred and fifty bales o: cotton weighing 500 pounds each Over a large area of the same count3 the crops upon the uplands were a. luxuriant as upon the finest alluvia soils. These uplands were of thi character usual throughout the widdl< belt of the State, which, in their un improved condition, would requir4 three or more acres to produce a bale Our farmers, too, are diversifyin their crops avd paying more attentiot to live stock than formerly. The re. sults attained in the small grains oats particularly-are equally sur prising. From seventy-five to on hundred bushels to the acre on up lands are credibly reported in man' instances ; and the last fair of th< State Agricultural Society exhibited the largest and best display of live stock 1 have vitnessed in the Stft since the war. The developmuent on the sea islands in special in stances, by means of the drainage and fertilization, in the production of th~ peculiarly valuable cotton there grown is eqjually worthy of nate. It ha~ equalled four and five times the re sults formerly attained. Near Charleston four and a hall tous per acre of Bermuda hay have been grown this year upon light, san dy lands especially fertilized ; and it another part of the State, upon alluvial lands not fertilized, a meadow has yielded for three years past an average of two and a half tons to the acre of the saume valuable hay, equal, if not su. perior, in feeding quality to the best Timothy, and selling in the adjacent vorkets at from twenty to twenty fve dollars to the ton. This improved condition of our chief industrial interest is indeed gratifying, and illustrates the capa bilties o,f our favored soil and climate But our abounding resources will sadly need development. Our muin eral wealth, our water powers, the products of our forests, our agricul ture itself, have scarcely been touched. "The harvest is plenteous, but the laborers are few." One of the most pressing nteeds of the State industrial ly is the advent of an intelligent and thrifty immigration. I commend this subject to you ; and I commend to your care the recently established Department of Agriculture, which. wisely conducted, I am persuaded, will be a most valuable agent in advancing all of the material interests of the State. CONCLUSION. These happy results-this restora. tion of the State to the methods of good government; this hopeful indus try of all classes of our people and rapid advance in prosperity, are due, under the providence of God, to the resumption of the chief control of our local affairs by that portion of our citizens in whom the capacity of self government is an in heritance derived from a thousand years of a free an cestry. It stands in striking contrast to the wretched period of riotous m,is rule which preceded it under the domination of the lately enfranchised freedmen. South Carolina cannot and will :,ot again become a prostrate State. The God-given right of self preservation inheres in communities as well as in individuals, it is higher than law and older than constitutions; but the problem with as to-day is to preserve the life of the State within the conditions that surround us. It is true thait never before in all their history have free institutions been sbjected to such a strain as the Re onstruction Acts of the National Government placed upon them here; but the political equality of all men in outhi Carolina is now as tixed a feat ire in her policy as is the Blue Ridge her geography. It can neither be uppressed nor evaded. The solution f the problem requires the wisest bought, the gravest counsel. It ceems to ine that I see it in firmness, noderation, justice. Let these char. It is my duty as Go,vernzor to -take eare that the Jaws are faiHafully exe c1tei in mercy.' I rep-it thw pl--d..e adc before my eluetion-that in the t r j:--harzc of this hi;-lh tru.t I Sh-, 3. uut 011y citiz:::- of zoth ('aro Eir.. --ike :auenable to h.-r 1:w- and .titd to their protecti-n. L. B. Smith. of Forifault. Mmn., 'Mys: I am still wearing an '-Only Ling Pad." and it has helped me; I in ten 1 to hare another of extra strength stbon.-Sae Adv. PO.ST OFFICE, NEwBEPRY, S. C., Dec. 4. 10. List ofa.dvertised letkrs for week ending Dec 4, 1881): Ho:.,. W. J. Ruff, W. F Buz', Ma.ry J:ne Ruff, Moornan Curent,n, Lewis Reid, W. A. Davenprort. Jeff Sheeler, W. A. 1) venport, Jno. W. Sease,Jno. C. Davenport, Jno. Senn, D. R. D..venport, J. H. Sober, J. C. & J. H. Ferman, Geo. W. (2) Summer, J. H. Ethridge. Levi W. Wright,MisMaryAn Glenn, Eliga Williams, J. H. Harp, T. L. (2) Word, W. F. Hendrix, H. D. Workman, Chas. Hunter, Andy Wilson, Louisa K11y, F. T. Wheeler. Frank Lucas, Albert Wicker, Belton Mathews, J. M. Wicker, D. R. Ruff, J. R. Wicker, J. M. Ruff, W. S. Parties calling for letters will please say if advertised. R. W. BOONE, P. M. i?larried, Nov. 25, 1880. by Rev. J. D. McCullough, Mr. CAs. W. ZINXERXAN o Miss BENE2 Simpsox, daughter of J. Wistar Simpson, Esq., all of Glenn Springs. Obituary. GzrDE. daughter of Dr. Spencer.G. and Mrs. C. C. Welch, died Nov. 27th, 1880. aged 13 years and 2 months. "Gertie" was a child of great purity of character and loveliness of disposition. She was u'affectedly simple and honest in her intercourse with her little friends. There was nothing artificial in the entire make up of'her pure life. She won all hearts to her confidence, but she won by the artlessness and transparency of a purely natural man ner. In addition to all of this, "Gertie" was a religious child. At the age of eight years she went forward, unprompted, and applied to her pastor for membership in the church. This public act, before a large congregation, attested the depth and force of her convic tions; and her subsequently pure life sus tained the idea of her sincerity. To her be reaved parents the religious feature In her life stands out prominently, and gives them great comfort and consolation in contem plating such consistency of character, and oneness of aim In a person of such youthful uess. May God sustain these bereaved ones iti this hour of' their trial. HER. PASTOR. Alew Idrertisements. CHRISTMAS MENTION, Union Square. Riverside and Seaside Li braries. Our Little Ones-monthly. Household Guest. Young Ladies Magazine. Young Ladies Journal. Fireside Magazine. Andrews Bazar. Plilasant lours. DIARIES FOR 1841. Hemans & Browning. Goldsmith, Moore. Cowper, Wardsworth. Tennyson, Hood. Language of Flowers. Pilgrim's Progress. Children or the Abbey. Bodley Family. Pen andt Pencil Pictures. Shakespeare, Robinson Crusoe. .Treasures from Fairy Land. Andersen's Fairy Tales. Dickens' Complete Works. Together with a variety of Fancy Articles for childlren and grown up people. For sale by T. F. tRENEKER, AT THE HERALD BOOK STORE. Dec. 8, 50-tt. Notice of Final Settlements I will maike a sett.letment en the estate of Levi H. C. Sitngley in the Court of Probate for Newberry County, S. C., on Saturday, the 8tht day of January, A. D. 1881, and inmmediately tereafter apply for a final dis charge as Guardian thereof. H. M. SINGLEY, Guardian. Dec. 6, lS880. 50-5t. Notice of Final Settlement. I will make a settlement on the estate of Addie A. Shepperd, now Dawkins, in the Probate Court for Newberry County, S. C., on Tuesday, the 4th day of January, A. D. 1881, and imtmediately thereafter apply for a final discharge as Guardian thereof. DRAYTON S. CONWILL, Dec. 8, 50)-5t* Guardian. STATE O SOUTH CAROLINA, NEWBERRY COUNTY. By Jacob B. Fellers, Prc',ate Judge. Whereas, Peter M. Schumpert hath made stiit to me, to grant him Letters of Admnin istratiotn, of the Estate and effects of Samt uel Schumupert, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred atnd creditors of the said deceased, that they bie and ap pear, before me, in the Court of Probate, to he held at Newberry Court House, S. C., .on the 18th day of December inst., after publication het eof, at 11 o'clock in the fore noon, to shea cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my Hand, tis 4th~ day of Decetmber, Anno Domni, 1880. J. B. FEL LERS, J. m. . c. Dee. 8, 50-2t.* From having been tntimate a number of, years with the proprietors of "Swift's Sy philitic Specific." I have known much of its manufacture and use. There are -men in this community--well known citizens who were victims in eariy life to Syphilis. the most terrtble curse that ever afilicted the human family, and who have taken the S. S. S. medicine, and are now, to all appearances, and in their own belief; as free from taint of disease as the first mant, fresh from the hands of his Maker. Delicacy of course forbids their public recommendations! of this medi cine, but I am allowed to refer the sceptic privately to those who will endorse every thing that can be said in Its favor. Being prof essionally much opposed to endorsing or recommending nostrums or secret remedies it is with hesitation that I attach my name to this article-; but I know whereof I speak when I say that our science has not made. public a combination equal to "Swift's Sy philitic Specific" for the purpose indicated. The greatest boon the government could be stow oin hundreds of thousands of its citizens wduld be to purchase this receipt of its pro-1 prietors, and make it publie for the benefit( of the present and coming generations. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, Pro prietors, Atlanta, Ga. Sold by Da S. F.. FAN!T. Call for a copy of 'Young Men's Friend." Dec 8, m_1,. ,Newjrj1 cefn0S CHRISTMAS !i AND [HRISTMIAS P RI CIE8! R~aj the Ple an( F11 ~12, bear IMith music louses Ist t nal AND cid ;.ut Charlotte, N. C. d CaJ We Xtan BuAines and no Mis- S take. Beat these Vigures a if you can. me me ing ORGANS-15 Stop;, 3 Sels Reels, Sab Bass and Coupler, Beautiful Walnut Case, Dnly $65. 9 Stops, 4 Sets [keeds, only $59. W 7 Stops, 3 Sets Reeds, $55. Stool and Book included. bel PIANOS-large Size, Rich Rosewood be Case. 7 Oct.. only $179. Largest Size, 7j ra Oct.. only S200. Square. Grand. Extra Large Magniticent Case, only $250. Good se Szbol and Cover given. ai< Fifteen Days Test Trial. W" We pay freights If not satisfactory. These in,truments are from gn sio OLD AND RELIABLE HOUSES, e and are fully ganrameed. p No mistake about these Piano. In addi- '6 tion to the large number we have sold Pr throughout South and North Carolina, there an are eight or ten right here in thecityof ti Greenville, some of which have been in use th over SII YEARS, and arc still giving per feet satisfaction. dI Our Easy One Year Plan a Sul Enables every one to own a good Piano or da Organ. thk Chickering, athusbek, Guild & Co., a t Arlon, Southern Gem, Favorite Pianos, Ma- In son & Hamlin. Peloabet & Co., Sterling Or- th" gans have no Superiors. thv Send for Christmas Pric3 Lists and Cata- ha logues. It will pay you. Prices on Guitars, Violins, Banjos, Ae- thi cordeons and all small instruments are of greatly reduced. Address clo an McSMITH MUSIC HOUSE, wi Greenville, S. C., P. 0. Box 15. M Or, an H. McSMITH, be Dec. 8, 35-6m Charlotte, N. C. at be Report of the 1st, 2nd and 3d W Quarters of the Clerk and " Treasurer of Town Coumell "t -0 W _1L_ __ ICo of Newberrys. 1st Quarter beginning Jannary 1st, and sai ending April lst, 1S80. m To ree'd by cash from ex- P, Cl'erk, $117.13a " Saloon License, 200.00 or ." Auction " 25.00) th< " Billiard " 50.00 pu " General " . 25.00s: " Drav " 4.00 chi " Market Rent, 7i3.25 dii " Fines, 84.00 0 " Street Exempt's,377.00 q "Sale of 1).iry, 1.75-$ 957.18 sa To amount paid out. To act, including bard ware, blacksmithing, horse feed, lighting streets, &c., &c., $138.30 To Police wages, 847.00 fl< To Street laborer's wages, 327.13 i To Glerk Council, 43.53- 855 96 10 -- - lat To cash on hand, $101.17 in~ 2nd Quarter commencing April 1st, and Fit ending July 1st, 1880. Se To cash brought forward, $101.17 To rec'd by discount of note in Bank, $500.00 "General License, 36.00 " Dray " 4 00.) "Street Exemipt's.151.00 "Market Rent, 127.65 " Fines, 48.25) " Tax on .realty Fe and personalty,729.67- 1,595.57 Ne -- thi $1,696.74 the To amount paid out. the ro amount paid on acts., t including hardware, horse food, repairing eart, dieting prison'rs, h blacksmithinig, light ing lamps, watering att eets, &c., &c., $490.83 To Street for ce. 498 75 To Police force, 37J.004 To Clerk and Treasurer, 76.53- 1,441.11 To balance in Treasury, $255.63 1d Qua: ter beginning July 1st, anad ending October 1st, 1880. To amount brought forward, $255.63 To recd by discount of4 note in Bank, $300.004 " Saloon License, 400.004 "Billiard " 25.00 S Dray " 6.00 " Street Exemapt'n,177.004 "Market Rent, 115.50 " Fines, 76.00 of " Tax on realty the and personalty,518.65- 1,618.15 per Ho $1,873.78 Fai To amount paid out. ['o paid on acts., includ ing lighting streets, stone for b r idg e,"" building r o ck cul. verts, hardware, &c.,$47o.34 J Co paid Police force, 375.00 'o paid Street force, 527.40 lo paid on Note in Bank, 3o0.00 To paid Clerk and Treas., 88.66- 1,761.40 To balance in Treasury, $112.38 Respectfully submitted, JOHN S. FAIR, Dec. 6, 1880-50-tf. C. &T. T. C.N. R L AST NOTICE. CI All persons indebted to the undersigned iust settle all arrears by the 1st of Decem er next. No further credit nor indulgence rill be given. I want money and must cave it. Save cost and pay up at once. S. F. FANT. Nov. 24, 48-tI. S Notice of Final Settlement. d day I will make a settkment on the estate of so:i Villiam Milligan, deceased, in the Probate, the :ourt for Newberry County, S. C., on Fri- thru the 10th day of December, A. D. I ,and immediately thereafter apply for mis final discharge as Administratrix thereof. AMANDA A. MILLIGAN, SALE OF THE iiTti lSlAIL mRSUANT TO THE DECRIM Foreclosure made in the case of Jams Gi,bes vs. the Greenville and ColoW l,-d Company et al., in 0e Mat Laures ftailrod, by tbe HuJ w presiding in the Court of Commes gs for ichland County, April feMa.1 ed April 10, 18W), I w'f! sell at pubE aot, in the city of CoImbia, oRth sr iuNDAY of JANUARY NEI ),clock oon. .11 aud Singular the RAILfO c.ed upon and over Lbe line or rouge n a point a or near the Io0Iof KVeP ry in the County of Newberry, in IM te aforesaid. to the town oLanureas, In. CoUnUty of LaureS, in the SiXte afo& 1; and also all te Lands, TeeMn-= Ianh dtaLents acquired and app- u " purpo,e of a right of way for said Rail d and all the easements and lct thereto belonging or in anyw Isen ,at or ap & and an RallwaS .s and IMAWI a Is I other Lands.-Ull Tracks, Brie rW ts CuLverts,.enes and other Depots, Station 8oses. Engo Ho s, Hous:eS, Freight Houses, ood ms rehou,es, Machine Shops, Workaopsi. erstuures, E,ections and Fmas hedi acquired for the use of the said Ra*644. eter with all the Locomotie, Tenden, and other Rolling Stock and Equip. ats, and all Machi=ey, Tools, Upb-". ts, Feland Materials for the conmm operating, repairing .or seplucg s road or any part thereof, or convenient ecessary for use in connection thets .t etLer with all franchLias connected wih relared to the said Rsilroad, or the eon action, maintenamce or u,e there t d or acquired by the Greenville and bia ailrOad Company, and all criogne tchises of any nature. includW thts se to be a Corporation, whickaemwpus-m ed and exercise& by the 4id o Columbia Railrosd Copany, oe b all and singular the"dowM9s ae anO advantage t"the. ds, railroad or property belonging, rwise appertaining, the reversion or es rz, remainder and remainders, tols,-n nes, rents, issues and profts thMor. t ) all the estate, right, *:tle, .inest ty. possession. claim and demand ver, as well as in the law as in the' sent or prospective, of the Mid I Columbia Railtoad Compesy, asa d same, every part aid,-ref ** appartcane, apon the followring"a weuy thosaud dollars in cash d immediel after the close of theh g,. the balance of the purene :aid within thirty days 9fter the e, with interest trom the said dqy of I the MUster may require of aw b.ie ring the progress of said sale to depb sum of twenty thonusawdollars ank in the city of Columbia, t6o*isme case of refusal to pay the cash ore deposit, the-id shall be=digrded sale be proceded with a if *p * W i not been made. f the purchar shell, within the period at rty days above referred to, pay the whb4 the purchase money, the sale sla be sed; but in case the purchaser shal! M. I make default in such payment astor in the time hereinbefore degftnaed for king the same, the Master shit ustonew - i without delay, proceed to resell the-saW pertry on the same terms as have bees. - -einbefore sea forth, to the highest bidder, the risk of the former parchaser, who shan liable for any loss (r deficinw because of dh rc-sale, and any and all fiyrments ich have been made by Snch iarchaser il become forfeited.nor shall the same ia contingency or event to arise be recov d back or reclaimed by sockr parebaer. y bond or bonds of the Greenville and lumbia Railroad Company secured by the rtgge execated to James Conner, Isa yne and George D. Bryan, Trustees, by d Compay on the 29th day ofApril,l16, y be made use of in the uaymeeftof mnelt ton or portions of the -purehse~ money in the distributios of the proceels o( said e may be applicable to such bond or bonds coupons thereof, and thar to this extent samcmay be usedlin settdement of the rebiase of said property; but -in no event 1ll the right now given relieve any par .ser or purchasers at the close of the bid ig, when the same is accepted, from pay. n casn sneh an amount as may be re red to dIscharge claims for costs, charges dibursements in this cause and of the now ordered and decreed to be made. NATH ANIEL B. BARNWELL. iae of Personal PfreartJ, y virtue of an order to.me directed by . J. B. Felers, Judge of j I sell, on Saturday, December 11h as o'clock A. M., at the residenee of the e John M. Lewie, deceased, the follew-' personal prorerty of the deceased: Tiro - e Mules, One Wagon, Cotten, Coetos 'd, Corn and Fodder, Straw, &c. erms of sale cash. - * E. P. MATHEWS, Administrator. ov. 27th, 1880. 49-2. [MINIllfTIe'8. RML : pursuance of the order of Hon. J. B ers, Judge o1 Probate, I will sell, at wherry Court Hose, on Monday, the rteenth [13th] day of December, 1880, following chioses in aeuion belongincg to estate of James H. Maffett, deceased, wit: have 5] Notes on Mrs. F. P. Neil. ['wo [2] Notes e a W. W.McMorries and wife. )ne [I] Nete on Mrs. If. A. McMlorries. ['wo ]Notes on Elizabeth Reid. )ne] Note on G. W. Reid. )ne ] Note on Johrr Miller. )ne L i Note on Levi Rikard. )ne ] Note on Levi Livingston.. )ue l Note on M. H. Livingston. )nc I Note on John J. Kinard and rge S. Livingston. -- )e [1] Note on W. W. Gr'ffith. )ne i] Note on Daniel Livingston. Lwo [a] Notes on Mattie Reid. )e I Note onZachariah Miller. )n lj Note on E. Lominiek. )ne ] Note on Drayton L. Livingston. )ne 1] Note on Frank Lonminick. )ie [1] Note on M. E. Reid. )ne [i] Note on John T. Riser. wilt also sell, on Tuesday, the 14th day ~ December, 1880i, at the late residence of said James H. Maffett, his personal pro ty hitherto unsold, consisting of a Kle, rses, Cattle, Hogs, Wagon, Buggy, 1ing U tensils and various other articles, tl sales for cash. ELMINA C. MAFFETT, )c. 1, 49--2t. Adinistratrix, Dealer in - GROCERIE$, ies, Liquors, Segars Tobacco, &c. espetfully informs the public that his k is fall and complete In all lines. oice Goods, Low Prices, POITE ATTENTION. Store--CrotweHi Blek. ov. 24 48 tf er House Farm to Reat. ealed Bids will he received by te un ined until 10 o'clock A. M., on Mon , Decemer 13th next, for the Rent of auch of the Poor House Farm as lies oni North side of the Public Road leading >gh the same. y order of the Board of County Coin moners for Newberry County. F. WK.RBER, Ja.,. ov. 10, 46-5L Clerk C. U. N. C.