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The Lien Law. Hampton, Guai. There are record' in Col. W. J Cauqey's office G7 li,.,.s for rent and supplies, which amou;t to802.47 The largest lien is for 87.000. Marion Merchant and Farmer. Those interested in the rpeal i this obnoxious and injurious law should take such measures as would insure its repeal. Talk alone wil! not Oor do it. The planting interest in eaci, county nust work in concert an forward to the next Legislature such formidable opinious a! e:mnot be io. nored. Kerbiriw kAzette. We are greatly indebted 'to our popular and elever Clerk of Court, S C. Clvburn, Esq., for the statement that u to the 20th inst., there had been filed in his office 2,247 liens. including liens for rent, for fertilizers and for supplies, aggregating in amount something over 200,00O. Will our farmers be able to "pay out.' is the next question Barnwell Sentinel. The miseries of this the meanest and most injurious law which en cumbers the statutes of South Cro lina, will, fromu present indications. be fully realized during the coming winter and the whole of next year. it is not, nor never has been, anythin-rg but a trap for the destruction of those who have availed themselves of its apparent easy conveniences, and we are sure that one would not be able to find two scores of sensible men in Barnwell County opposed to its abolishment after six months more has rolled by. Its existence has done more to keep the poor mau poor er, disorganize labor and cultivate a desire for sharp practice in all transac tions, than everything else with which our farmers and planters have had to contend. It should be wiped out forever and eternally. As the fellow said when he pasted the Lord's Drayer on the back of his bedstead, Them's our sent:iments.' Williamsburg Herald. While our people are discussing with so much importance the antici pated passage of the fence law, does it ever occur to them that there is one law, to repeal which would be far more benefit to them than any law that could be enacted ? We refer to the lien law. It is nothing wore nor less than a system of business slavery. It keeps the farmer in a condition of penury, and forever destroys the hope of an independent system of farming. It is one-sided and unjust, and as long as it is in force our country will never be able to take her proper place in the agricultural interests of the world. Under its provisions and pre sent practice. the farmer is virtually the slave of the merchant, and while the farmer is year after year strg. gli ng to free himself from a burden some and increasing debt, the latter is gradually growing rich from the hard earnings of the farmer, and sapping the very foundation of an occupation that should be the most independent' in the world ! There are some mer e hants in this State who actually came here without a dollar, and who in less than two or three years, have grown wealthy from the practice of this pernicious and unjust lien busi ness. A poor, miserable, half-starved horse is often bought for a mere song, and is sold to the lienee for twice arnd sometimes three times its value. In many instances this so.e old horse is levied upon two or three times, and is sold upon the same terms as many more times. Money is advanced to the poor farmer upon an enormous per centage, and in order to secure the merehant he has to give a lien on everything he has. At the end of the year, if th~e farmer makes a one * third crop, the merchant is safe, and the farmer for his labor finds himself cenfronted by a debt which he will never be able to pay. lie finds no difficulty. however, in securing another lien, as the merchant is only too will ing to take advantage of a business in which he is so safe, and which pays him so liberally for so small an amount of labor. Debt is a terrible temptation, and when once incurred is a terrible burden. We think oar farmers have had experience enough to see the force of this. This law is ruining the country. It cannot last, and the sooner it is killed the bet ter. .ruly Re-port Department of A griculture. Our correspondent at Allendale, in Barny,ll County, says: 'Our river landings and R. R. depots are de positories of Western corn and bacon, and our merchants are the commis saries of the Agricul.tural Department. Poor horses and skinny mules, creakey wagons and carts move up to the comn nmissariat every Saturday for a few sacks of corn and a middling of bacon -bought on a credit at fron:. 33 to 50 per cent. on the cash price, so cured by a lien- Our merchants sit in the shade in their shirt sleeves and grow rich,'by dictating the terms up on which hungry stomachs can be filled with hog and hominy ! We are 'hewers of wood and drawers of wate: to the administrators of the blessed lien law; but let no man say we are not a free people ! Our correspondent at Laurens C II. says : 'From close observation I; have comec to the conclusion that the greatest drawback to agriculture in this State is the lien law. By it the most worthless negro in the State can -get advances, and make a pretense at farming, when ren!!y he is making no crop at all and is impoverishing the land year by year. I am discouraged at the out!coik to farmers in this State, as no farm can be carried on suecessful I; without brains, and the class of ten ants we now have are destitute of that mnos'. important thing. At least one half of the land in Laurens County is pla nted by this class of farmers.' Our correspondent at Cokesbury says : 'In traveling over the County you can detect almost every crop that The lin law demorali es labor, er c.urages the credit systsYn :nd in yvcrish,s the planters. Let the L -Jhture :, its next meeting repeal t1w law. :II,! -ulleys will be filled up ,.ri made to grow. hill sides leveled aid eltton factories erected.' Our eorrospondent at Waxh.w. Lancaster C,untv. say: ': Have the lien law repealed at the next meeting ot the Legislature, and change the fish laws. We would rather fish on saturdays.7 Our correspondent at Pine Plains. Lexington County, says : 'Our peo. pie are beginning to realize the impor tance of living at home. They would be greatly aided in this endeavor if the lien law was abolished.' Our correspondent at Bennettsvile. Marlboro County, says : 'Our far mers should raise a mure abundant supply of horse food. Many 5f the freedmen's animals are dying simply for the lack of proper food. This I evil would be remidied by the aboli. tiorn of the lien 1t.w.' Our correspondent at Rowesville. Orangeburg Co., says: 'One of our fariers wade last year ten tons of as good bay as cur farmers this sum mer bought for $2.25 and 82.50 per hundred. Buying hay at that price, corn at $1 25 per bushel, and selling cotton at 89i cents per pound, will ultimately bankrupt our planters.' The Boom in Southern Rail roads. A correspondent of the New York lerald has epitomized what has been done and what is doing in the South in the matter of railroads. le foots up at least 120,000,009 of Northern and foreign capital that has been placed in the South in the late years for such investments. First, there was the purchase of old roads and the getting in of stock held by our own citizens who wauted to ebange their investments. Then there was the building of new lines, and side branches, feeders and the like. Another syndicate, called the Cin cinnati and Georgia, and organized with a capital of $16,000.000, is form ing a railroad system, with Chattanoo za as the centre, which will extend through all Southern States East of the M1ississippi River. Ex Senator Gordon is the head of another com bination, the Georgia Pacific syndi. cate, capital $12,500,000, which is building a railroad West from Atlan ta to the Mississippi River. Then there are the Norfulk and West era syndicate of Virginia, capital $11, 500,000 ; the Erlanger syndicate, buildine railroads in Albama and Mis sissipi; the Richmond and Danville syndicate, the Louisville and Nash ville system, all of which are extend ing their railway connections and con structing new lines in the South. The Baltimore and Ohio company has bought the Virginia Midland road, intending to go South, as it has already gone West. Its ancient ene my, the Pennsylvania Central, ope rating through its sympathy with the Richmond and Danville syndicate, has outstripped it and shut it off in its Southern race. The last tilt be tween these companies was in tryiog to capture the Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line. The Baltimore and Ohio was beaten out of it, although it of fered one per cent. more than the Richmond and Danville folks gave. Being cut off in this trade they have now commenced building a road from Danville, through central Carolina, the terminus of their Southern line, to Spartanburg, S. C. This road, now nnder way, will cost, built and equipped, at least $5,000,000. But this will not be the end. The elder Mr. Garrett, in his report to the stockholders a few days since, said that the Baltimore and Obio c'tnst get to Atlanta, which is the first point they can reach where they can get competition with their rivals. To reach Atlanta will cost $5,000,000 ore, and it must spend millions more before it completes its Southern system. And now great new lines are pro jected, which not only tend to give greater facilities to the people, but will largely increase the profits of ex isting roads and help to augment the prosperity of our section. Among themi he mentions the Georgia Pacific, to be built from Atlanta, Ga., to Bir m ingham, through the coal and iron fields of Alabama-heretofore virtu ally unpenetrated and the richest on the continent-and thence to the Mississippi River. General John B Gordon, who resigned his Senator ship to give himself to such enter prises, is President of this company, which contains such men as Hugh J. Jewett, ex-Senator Barnum, of Con neticut ; U. S. Grant, Jr.; Geo-ge W. Perkins, of the Mercantile Bank ; E. H. Perkins, of the Importers and Traders' Bank ; Senator Plumb, of Kansas;; W. P. Clyde and several Richmond, Va., subscribers. The capital required by this company is 12.500,000, which has all been sub scribed. Work is now progressing on both ends of the line and the road is graded twenty miles each way from Columbus, Miss., and Atlanta, Ga. This road will make the most imn portant development of the past ten years in the South. The Colored Teachers. Resolutions of Thanks Passed by those who Participated in the Exercises of the Nor mal Institute. Published by- Request.J We, the teachers of the State of South Carolina, assembled at the State Normal Institute in Columbia, feeling that the fact of having a State Normal Institute for colored teachers this year is due chiefly to the energy and perseverance of the Hon. Hugh S. Thompson, State Superintendent of Education, and appreciating the noble efforts he has made in our be half do unanimously adopt the fol lowing resolutions : Resolced, That it is with a deep me acknowiedrpge the noble, untirin ind continued frt. put fnrth by t!w lli Hu0h S Thompson. St.te Su %erintmen,r,r't of Education, in i.ehalf , I',e St,to Normal Instititti for 24.t(d :e:a:her in our tate 'ole,l Thit by this ict on his part we feel that he has shovn to the whol. State that his heart is in his work and that he desires to discharge : dnt faithfuliy and fearlessly, ad plane of party politics fe.ocerd, That for the good he has jecoMplished for the whole State he h,uld have the hearty endorsement. d cverv citizen of the State R1slced. That a copy of th.-se res -!ntionq be furished the Hon Iueh S. Thompson, and also to T'te (l 1,11biaI Register, the Charleston News andl1 Courier, the Greciville D;ly Ncws and the Newberry HERALD for p blication. 1Iaving spent nearly a month in this iustitute under the instruction of uur able corps of teachers, Professor II. P. Montgomery, Professor H1. T. Grant and Mr. R1. L. Peters, who, coming among us as utter strangers, have won for themselves a warni place in our hearts, we, the members nf the State Normal Institute of South Caro lina, desire to place on record au ex pression of our appreciation of the wanner in which they have discharged their duty, and the regard in which they are held by us; therefore, be it Resolced, That we tender to Pro fessor H. P. Montgomery, Mrs. E V. Montgomery, Professor H. T. Grant end 1r. R. L.. Peters our heartfelt thanks and gratitude for the efficient and courteous manner in which they have imparted instruction to ui. I'.sol d, That as the timc has arrived f.r us to separate and for them to leave our State, we feel that we have been very greatly benefitted by their instruction, and that they carry with them our warmest grati tude and frieudship, individually and collectively. Resolced, That a copy of these resolutions be furnished each of them and also be set to 'he Columbia Dai!y Rcgister, the Charleston Neics awl (Jerier, the Greenville Daily -Yeies. and the Newberry IlEt.m) with the request that they publish themn. No (!onstitutional Convention! So Says the Legislative Commission by a Vote of Five to Three-Colonel McCrady's Scheme Destined to Meet a Similar Fate. The joint commission appointed by the last General Assembly to consider all prt-posed amendients to the con stitution held a meeting in tie City Hall in this city last night. It will be remembered that at a previuns tueeting in Columbia nothing was done but to hear the views of the several gentlemen wo had any and were willing to express them. Last night little time was lost, the discussion being an informal one, and lasting on~ ly about an.hour and a half, althougzh it seemis to have been quite animated. An issue was squarely made by the offering of a resolution declaring that in the opinion of the commission it is not expedient to call a constitutional convyen tion. Thbe vote on this resolution resulted: Ayes-Se nators Wylie, (Chairman), and Witherspoon, and Mr. Hlemphill, of Chester. Mr. .Johnstone, of New. berry, and R. M. Johnson. Nays--Messrs Simonton, Izlar and Aldrich. It is understosd that the nmiuorit3 will prepare a report favoring a eon stitutional convention which will be presented to the General Assembly and vigoros uly urged for adoption. The sentiment of the commission appointed to eonside-r the election laws, which has not yet been organi zed, however, seems to be decidedly against Colonel MceCrady's educational qualiication tueusure, although that gentleman will make a gallant and persistent effort to secure a favorable report for it.-Greenville Aetes, Auqust 3. Amending the Constitution. Greenville News, 6tht. The commission appointed by the General Assembly to consider amend ments to the constitution completed its labors yesterday, arnd adjourned, subject to the call of the chairman. Several important amendments were agreed upon, and will be presented in the shape of joint resolutions at the nest sesaion of the Legislatue. The first of these amends so as to make the terms of State and county officers, including members of the Legilature, four years, thus dimin ishing the number of elections. Another changes the time for State and county elections tuaking them fall on different days from those for the national offices. Another makes the - election of Judges for life or good behavior. Anoither provides for an improve. ment in the cducational department of the State. Another more clearly defines quali. fications for voters, making, it is stated, unimportont changes in ex iting provisions. iHe Wise and HIappy. If ycu will stop all your extrava gat and wrong notions in doctoring yourself and families with the expen sive doctors or humbug cure-alls, that do harm always, and use only nature's siuple remedies for all your ailments -you will be wise, well and happy, and save great expense. TL .greatest remedy for this, the great, wise and good will tell you, is IIop Bitters rely on it.-Press. POST OFFICE, NEWBERRY, S. C., Aug. 6, 1881. List of advertised letters for week ending Aug. 6, 1881. Allen, John |Campbell, Chas. A. Parties calling for letters will please say The Herald. THOS. F. GRENEKER, r W. H1. WALLACE, ElrroRs. NEWHERRY. S. C. VUDNESDAY, AUG. 10, 1881. A PA PER FOR TifE PEOPLE. The Herald is in the highest respeet a Fam ily Newspaper, devotell to the material in ttrets of the people of this Connty and the State. It circulates extensively, and as an Atvertising nieditu otrers iunrivalled ad vantages. For Terms, see Arst page. The Financial Condition of the Newberr3' Farmers---And the Lien Law. The drought and its effects on crops have caused much specula tion as to the condition andf pros pects of the farming population. In connection with this fact the Lien Law has been very fully dis cussed. As appears by exfracts elsewhere quoted this subject is exciting attention in the different sectior.s of the State. The general impression, judging from the tone of the newspapers and from the action of the State Grange. is that this law should be repealed. There is no doubt that the law, (whose purpose is a good one,) has been abused both by some farmers, who have made it a source of unnecessa ry and extravagant credit, and by some merchants, who have used it to extort an exhorbitant interest. We believe, however, that the evils attending the law, though great, are not near so bad as they are represented to be, and that they are, as a general thing, necessary evils. It is-recklessly stated that the farmer, under his lien, pays from 40 to 50 per cent. interest, and even higher. This may be so in isolated cases, but we do not be lieve that any respectable merchant charges any such rates-a few shy locks, here and there, may do so. From personal interviews with sev eral of the merchants in Newberry who do the largest lien brsiness we learn that the usual rate is about 15 per cent. It should be remem bered that there is a very small profit in the cash sales of groceries. The per cent. paid for "supplies" to the grocery merchant on liens is no greater than the per cent. paid to dry goods merchants inl cash for dry goods. When men pay their debts and "square up" once a year it shows that even if they are not prospering, they are not "'going deeper and deep er into debt every year," as it is so often said that they are doing. That they do pay their debts the accounts in the Bank will show, and the merchants will testify to the same state of facts as regards their store accounts. And another very significant and gratifying fact is that more mortgages have been marked satisfied in the Clerk's of fice during the last two years than in the four years p receding. So' that we are not going to ruin, as some would make believe. The drought and the consequent poor prospects have demoralized the people and frightened them. When people get into trouble they are disposed to grumble, and they soon find something to put the blame upon. This time it happens to be the lien law. But it is well enough to remember that the lien law did not cause the drought and the con sequent poor prospects. It is pro bably true that the provisions of the lien law have been abused, and that it has been carried to excess. As will be seen further on, there is a very large lien debt to be met and paid by the growing crops ; but a camparatively small portion of this debt rests either upon the land or upon the landowner. If one will take the trouble to exam ine the record of liens, as we have done, he will find that far the great er portion of the liens has been given, not by the landowners, but by renters. The landowner gets a good profit out of his land, the renter gets a living and as much over besides as he would get if he worked the land as a simple labor er, and the merchant gets a fair profit upon the supplies he fur nishes. Were the landowners to Lire laborers to work their lands they would have to furnish sup phles. Instead of this they rent out their lands, and the merchants fur nish the supplies. The amount of "debt" involved is about the same in either case ; but in the latter case it is seen more plainly, because then it becomes a matter of record. The figures we are about to give are rather startling; yet there is no cause for alarm ; or would be none in an ordinarily good crop year bad ciops are always alarming on der any circumstances: The number of liens for rent. mpplies and fertilizers, recorded in 'he Clerk's office for this County t 3p to the 1st instant, is 2,937. n The amount of money represent- 0 d in these liens is Q239,600. b The number of bales of cotton overed by liens, outside of the 'i money, is 876. t The lien debts, therefore, amount r to $275,000. The average cotton crop of the S County is about 25,000 bales, worth i $1,000,000. It will take, thereforo, over one fourth of the cotton crop to pay the liens. It will take another fourth to pay t the accounts of our farmers in the C Bank-for cash borrowed to aid in c making the crop. So that over one-half the cotton 1 crop goes for the expenses of rais- L ing the crop. The farmers, therefore, save near- . ly one-half their cotton crop and all of the other crops. Now, a very pertinent and prac tical question-the real question in the whole matter-is this: Could C the landowners hire laborers, sup ply them, and pay them, and there by save more than is now saved ? If not then the lien system, instead of being an evil and a curse to the farming interests as a whole, is a convenient and a wise system. There must Aecessarily be some basis of credit, or farming opera tions must cease. The principal basis of credit has been taken away by the Homestead law. If the lien law be repealed upon what will the small farmers get credit? Upon mortgoges on his land, if he has any.? . He will find that fully as expensive as the lien system. Just here we would say that while many who advocate the repeal of the lien law do so from a.conviction that it would be to the interest of the farming population, yet there are some, and not a few, who do it from motives entirely. se' sh-men - who have money that they want to lend on good security, who see that if the lien law be repealed they will be able to lend out their money on real estate. If the lien law be re pealed that will be the only resort left. Th, farmers should think very deliberately before asking for the repeal of this law; to use a homely, but expressive, phrase, they should see that they do not "jump from the frying-pan into the fire." As a proof that farmers can pros. per under the lien law we take, from many, three examples. It is not necessary to call names, and we shall style the persons A, B and C. A started out since the war with literally nothing in the way of pro perty, and with nine small children. He rented land and gave liens every year. He now owns a $2.500 plan tation, for which he has paid all except about $300, and he owns stock enough to run his farm. H e made all by farming. B ten or fiteen years ago owned nothing, not even a horse. He rented land,, and gave liens every year. He has bought and paid for a $1,600 farm, and is now paying cash, and owns four head of stock. He made it all farming. C ten years ago had only two horses and a two-horse wagon. He rented lands, and gave liens every year. He has bought and paid for a good farm of over 200 acres. He made it all farming. Simon Johnson is suffering a punishment he does not deserve: he deserves either to be hanged or to be set at liberty. If he killed Fielding McDowell, he is guilty of a niurder for which there was, in the language of the presiding Judge, neither "justification or excuse.' If he did not kill himi he ought not to be punished for it at all. The jury after thirty minutes delibera tion upon the evidence sid he was guilty. Unless they were satisfied of this "beyond any reasonable doubt" they should not have so found ; if they were so satisfied we cannot see how they could reconcile their minds to signing the petition for commutation of sentence, un less they are conscientiously op. posed to capital punishment ; and in that event they should not have sat on the jury. We believe that Simon Johnson should have been hanged. There are too many homicides and too I few hangings. More hangings would result in fewer homicides. The penitentiary has not the whole some influence that the gallows has. Prohibition Defeaed in North Carolina. The Legislature of North Caro lina at its last session passed an act prohibiting the manufacture or sale of spirituous liquors in that1 State as a beverage. This act was not to become a law till ratified by the people. The election took-place Thursday, the 4th instant, and thei prohibition law was defeated by a majority of 70.000. Onf, !ood effect of the repeal of ip Lien Law would be that a large uer of colored men who, with nt capital or ability, try to play l and rnn rented farms. would ave to become ordinary laborers. 'bis would be a real bene:fit to bem : for they could thus make iore money. Another good effect would be a aving to the land ; for nothing so eterioriates and ruins land as hav ig it scratched over a year or two y the average colored renter. But the greatest good would be 2 the taking away of such a seduc ive opportunity of contracting ebts that can never be paid. When redit depends on what a man has, nd not on his expectations, busi ess will settle down on a firmer asis. The bad effects are discussed in nother part of this paper. The Greenville & Laurens R. R. 3ompany was organized at Green 'ille. last week and the following 1ficers were elected: Dr. W. L. Iauldin, of Greenville, President; 2. C. Gower, S. S. Crittenden, W. l. Clevaland, T. Q. Donaldson, G. V. Sullivan, Jr., and Jno. R. Har ison, of Greenville, and Albert )ial, A. C. Fuller, Dr. Jno. A. 3arksdale, J. W. Ferguson, J. 0. I Fleming and M. S. Bailey, of aurens, Directors. The Virginia Democratic Conven ion met in Richmond last week. dany prominent Readjusters came ack into the fold. Jno. W. Dan el -vas nominated for Governor, .nd James Barbour for Lieutenant xovernor. state News. Mr. J. Wesley Gilreath, of Green ille. died the 4th instant, in the 4th year of his age. McDow, the murderer of Thos. 5. Brayton, the revenue officer, has kipped for the West. Col. Boykin, the State Commis ioner of Immigration, expects to ettle one thousand immigrants in his State by March. Mr. M. W. Watson, of Ridge pring, recently sold 96 acres of and, one mile from that place, for 53,500. Mr. T. S. Williams was he purchaser.-Johnston Monitor. The Grand Jury in the United tates Court at Greenville last week had very little work to do. 3nly one bill was handed out for ~heir consideration. They were iischarged Tuesday morning. A correspondent of the Johnston Monitor says that he has been in ormed that a single merchant at happell's Depot has advanced to armers in Edgefield and Newberry aver one hundred thousand dollars in supplies. Several Baptist Churches In Edgefield County to which Rev. James F. Peterson, deceased, for merly ministered, and Mt. Zion Curch, in this County, propose to raise $400 and erect a monument to his memory. A competitive examination will be held at the office of the State uperintendent of Education, in olumbia, the 6th of September, or applicants for Peabody Schol -ships in the Normal College at Nashville, Tenn. Applicants must ,e not less than 17 years old, and nust give evidence of good moral :aracter, ability and health. Each erson holding a scholarship re 3eives $200 annually from the Pea mody Fund and his tultion free. Efon. Hugh S. Thompson, Superin endent of Education, will furnish dll nee.essary information to those lesiring to apply for Scholarships. Immigration Bureau. This Department has been 'engaged n preparing for the introduction of' ~amiies of immigrants in clubs of 5 to 0, and a large number of applications re received in that form for the last f August and during the month of ~eptember. The promotion of these lubs is urged in each community e or two of the number being select d for the purpose, taking charge of he details and acting for the whole , his will save trouble. The families viil he chosen as near as possible of he same people, and shipp.ed through o their destination when practicable -this will wake them better satisfied d afford to persons wishing single ervants, young girls, women and oys an opportunity of being supplied, d is the best way of getting them of ~ood ebaracter. Blank applications ill be fumnished to any wishing them, ud information given. Respectfully. EDwaRD 31. BoYKIN. S. I ,S. C. Notice to Creditors. All persons having claims against the es ate of Madison F. Workman, dece.ased, rill present them, duly attested, to the un lersigned Administrators, or to t. .iir At orney, Y. J. Pope, Esq., and all persons Ddebted to said estate will make immediate layment. J. M. WORKMAN, P. B. WORKMAN, Aug 3, 31 -St AdAmhrsn &c. Tribute of Re%pect. At the last regular (omnn-ww' 'f Amity Lodge, N- 87. A. F M..:'. Ing Preamble and Resolutiofns were unatil monq!v adopted: WHEarAs, But a short Time zince our fraternal circ!t was invaded, and deathi elaimed for its % ictim one of our brightest ornaments, and while we gthered around his bier with bowed heads and grief stricket berts, the question was in;ensiblv asked, who next? who next? The grass has scurce ly comr.ienced to grow over ins grave when the question is answered. The insatiable archer stretchei forth his hand and claims as his viCti.a1 Bro. WILLIa" FREDERICK NANcE. And while in humble submission we "kiss the rod that ebastes us," never theless it behooves us as men and as brothers to pay some respect to his memory. "Young, handsome and gifted, cut off in the prime of life." Such is the epitaph to be engraven on his tomb. With a brilliant intellect and a cultured and cultivated mind, fond of lite rature, with pleasant and genial manners, of affectionate disposition, and in all things essentially the gentleman, the place made vacant by his death it will be hard to fill. "Weep not for him who dieth For he sleeps and is ;it rest, And the couch whereon he litth Is the green earth's quiet oreast." Resolved, That, in the death of Bro. Wm. F. Nauce, the State has lo:t one ot- her most devoted sons, our town tine of its best citi zeus and Amity Lodge, No. 87, A. F. M., one of its oliest and most consistent mnem bers, and to his bereaved family and friends his loss is incalculable. Resolved, That we tender our heartfelt sympathies to the family and relatives of our deceased brother. Resolved, That a blank page in our Re cord Book be dedicated to his memory and that our hal be draped in mourning for the space of thirty days, and that the brethren wear the usual badge of mourning for the same length of time. Resolved, That these resolutions be pub lish-d in The Newberry News and the Net berry HLRALD, and that the Secretary of our Lodge be requested to forward a copy of the same to the family of our deceased brother. Fraternally, EDUARD SCHOLTZ, H. C. MOSES, JUNIUS E. CHAPMAN, Com. Amity Lodge, No. 87, A. F. X. Newberry, S. C., Aug. ist, 1881. New Jdverrisements. GLENN & POOL, (Suecessors to Wn. 7. Nance, deed.) The undersigned having associated them. selves together for the purpose of conduct ing the INSURANCE BUSINESS, would respectfully ask for a continuance of the business lately entrusted to Major Nance, and also any new business that may offer. JAMES F. GLENN. TENCH C. POOL. Aug. 9, 1881. 32-ti. 20OO lbs. WHEAT BRAN! JUST RECEIVED BY J. N. MARTIN & CO. Aug. 10, 32-2. Re-Union Meeting, There will be a Re-Union of the Students, ex-Students, Faculty and friends of New berry College in St. Michael's Church, (Rev. Miller's chitrge) on tbe 13th August, 1881. A ppropriate addresses will be made by Geo. S. Mower, Esq., Revs. H. S. Wing ard and J. A. Sligh and Mr. J. E. Berly. Public is invited to attend. GEO. S. MOWER, Pres't. J. Baoois WINGARD, Sec'y. Aug. 10, .32-It. Board at Hendersonvllle. The undersigned respectfully informs th. traveling public that she can accommodate persa,s with board, at her house threc miles from the town of Hendersonville, at from $15 to $20 per month, with the best the mountains can afford. MRS. W. D. MILLER. Aug. 10, 32-tf. Vennor's Predictions ! For this Month's Weather, prepared ex pressly for STODDART'S REVIEW. Sample copy mailed for Sc. Stamp. J.M. STODDA RT, Pub., Au.10 2-St. REPORT Of Clerk and Treasurer of Town of Newberry for 1st Quarter Ending July eS3l, 1881. By cash brought for'd,$ 117 47 Rec'd by Saloon Li censes...........200 00 Rec'd by Ma, ket R'uts, 1.35 50 Rec'd by Taxes...1,651 47 Rec'd by Rents........16 00 Rec'd by Fines........32 00 Rec'd by Dray Li cenices ............6 00 Ree'd by Street Duty, 137 00 $2,295 44 Less Clerk's Coms.... 5. 38s $2,228 09 To PAID OCT. Paid Police Force.... $463 00) Paid Street Force. 373 e0 Paid Note in Bn..500 00 Paid W. A. Cline, (New .:arket).... ......250 00 Paid various accounts for supplies of horse feed,hardware, light ing streets, &c... 376 83 *1,963 43 Add Clerk's Com's.... 49 09 $2,012 51 To balance on hand, $225 55 Respectfully submitted, JOHN S. F AIR. Aug. 1, 1881-1t C. &T. T. C. N. NOTICE Is hereby given that on the fifth day of September next, we will apif to the (Jlerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Newber ry County, fon a Charter of Incorporation for Prosperity Church, A. R. P., locat.ed near tbe town of Prosperity in said County. G. D. BROWN. N. H. YOUNG. H. C. MOSELEY. THOMPSON YOUNG. A. P. DOMINICK. A. A. KIBLER. D. B. COOK. J. al. WICKER. J. T. P. CROSSON. 0. P. H ARRtISS. Aug. 9, 1881. 32-4t. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE WEEKLY PALMETTO YEOMAN, COLUMBIA, S. C. It is an 8 page paper, designed for the peo ple, filled with interesting matter-Family Rading, News, Markets, &c. Subscription: Cue Year, $1.50; Seven Months, $1.00; Three Months, 50 Cents-payable in ad vance. For SIx Names and Nine Dollars an Extra Copy for one year. Specimens fur nished. The DAILY YEOMAN, an after noon paper, is $4 a year. C. M. McJUNKIN, 40-tfEditor and Publisher. ClunkhaA with the ra a eto O. .N,ew .drertisetnes Take a Greenville Paper. -ub,cribC for the ENrSPRISE A-" Vw,rNTAl-Z4P, iSSUed ii Greenville, South (;.rota, the mo.zt enterprising and thriv ilg City of the State. Siz-, 26 by 40 irtches. 20 columns of reading tter weekly. Especial attention given to mat tors transpiring in the up-country, where so many are now looking. Established 57 years. The present Editor connected with the office since 1854. $2 per annum ; $1 for six mouths. 300 new subscribers have been enrolled si:ce last January. Try it a wbile. Address JOHN 0. BAILEY, Editor, Greenville. S. C. Aug. 10, 31-tf. Columbia & Greenville Ralroad. PASSENGER DEPARTEET COLUMBIA. S. C., August 3d, 1881. On and cfrer Thursday, August 3d, 1881. the PASSEN G iE TRAINS will run as herewith ii dicated upon this road and its branches. Daily, exrept Sundays. No. 42. UP PASSENGER. Leave Columbia,A - - 2 11.O a m A' ston. - - - - 12.( p M Newberry, . - - - 136 p m Hodges, - - - 343p , " Befton, - - - 447pm Arrive Greenaville. - - - - 6.19 p R No. 43. DOWN PASSENGER. Leave Greenville, 2,- - - 10.33 aM " Belton. - - 11.57 a " Hodges. - - 112 p m " Newberry, - - - 3.47 pu " Alston - - 4.46pna Arrive Columbla,F - - 5.50 pr SPARTANBCItG, :. a oOLUMBIA R4ILV,OAD. No.42. & -'SSENGEM. Leave Alston, - - - - 12.23 pm 4 Strother. - - - - 12.p " Lyles Ford, - - - - 14pm Shelton. - - - - L2.4pm Fish Dam, - - .45 p " Santuc, - - - - - 206 p m Union, - - - - - 2.86pm Jonesrille, - ..06M Pacolet, - Spartanburg, S. U.& C. Depot,s4.lp m Arrive bpartanburg, E. & D. Depot, E 4.12 pm No.43. DOWN PASSENGER. Leave Spartanburg, E.& D. DO, 1248p m Spartanburg, S. U. C. Depot.G A p Pacolet. - - - 129p "-Jonesyille, - - - -. *- -P Union. - - -. 2Ip ' '' Batn - - -- ~ ' " Tish'Dam, - - - 2p Shelton, - p 3npm " Lyles Ford, - - - 30pm " Strother, - - 4.TASp ' Arrive at Alston, - - 4.7pm LAU192SE ATILROAD. Leave Newberry, - - - - 3.56pm Arrive at Laure C. H..646p Leave Laurens C. H., U- - - 8. am Arrive at Newberry, - - & 110pIm Leave Hodges, a - - 3A7 pm ArriveatAbbeville, - - i4pn Leave Abbevifle. - - - - p2.15pm Arrive at Hodges, - - - - 1.06p BLUE IDGE RAILBOAD AID AIDERSOR Eaa'sca. Leave Belton at. 5.40 p n " Anderson 524pm " Pendletor. 8.15 p a Leave Seneca C, 7.20 pm. Arrive at Walhalla 7 p M Leave Walhalla at, - - 9.23 a a Leave Seneca D, 9.5 a X Pendleton, - - 10.80 a a Anderson, - - 1.12am Arrive at Belton, - - 1L48 a my On and after the above date, through cars will be run between Columbia and Henderson ville without change. CONNECTIONS. A. With South Carolina Railroad ftsm Char leston. With Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Rai;road from Wilmington and a ints North thereof. W' Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad from Charlotte and Ii points North thereof B. With Asheville & Spartanburg Rail Road for points in Western North Carolina. C. With Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Rail. way for Atlanta and all points $outh and West. D. With Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Rail way flrom Atlanta and beyond. E. With Richmond a Danville Railroad. F. With South Carolina Railroad for Charles ton. With Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad for Wtilmington and the North. With Charlotte, Columbia and Angnt Railroad for Charlotte and the North. G. With Asheville & S artanburg. Railroad from Hendersonvil. 11. With Richmond A DaatHIl Rail Road from Charlotte and beyond. Standard Time used Is Washingtn, D). C., which is fifteen minutes faster than Cobia -a J1. W. FEY, Superinfendent A. PoPa, General Passanger Agent. FOR{ SALE. (ne of the most desirable tracts of land in the County of Newbe'rry, containing 2(00 aeres, partly in the corporate limnite of New berry. Apply to J1. N. FOWLES. Aug. 3. 31--3m. METALLIO, Rosewood, Walnt and Cedar BURIAL CASES -AND-+ CASKETS. Hearse and Gar.riages furnished, Graves prepare-1, Vaults made ot either bridc or stone, using in their construction best Hr draulie Cement. IL. M. SPEERS, At MIarble Yard. Persons wishing my ser vices at night will Sind me at my residence, or Mr. Boyce Hunter, at Rooms over Messrs. . & G. S. Mower's Stores. Jun. 13, 28-3m. NOTICE. All creditors of J. B. Leonard, deceased, will presenti their demands to rue or my Attorney, 0. L. Schuwnpert, at Newb.erry 0. H., S. C:, and all persons who are in anyway indebted to the said J. B. Leonard, de'd , will pay the same to me. D. B. WHEELER, .Administrator of the estate of J. B3. Leon ard, dee'd. Aug. 2, 1881. 31-3t DIS$OLUTION. The copartnership heretofore existing be tween 0. B. Butler and R1. H. Anderson, under the name and style of 0. B3. BUT LER & CO., has been dissolved by mutual consent. The business will be continued under the former name ot 0. B. BUTLER & 60. Newberry, S. C., July 25, 1881. 30-3t WILLIARSTOX ENALE COLLEGE Respectfully offers its services to those paren's who desire to secure for their daughters the thorough and symmetrical cultivation of their physical, intellectual, and moral powers. It is condocted on what is called the "One-Study" Plan, with a SxmzAxscit CouRs of Study ; and, by a system of Tuitional Pre miums, itS Low Rates are made still lower for AL.L who average 85 per cent. No Publie gerises. No "Receptions. Gaduation., ilch is always private, may occur eight times a year. The Fail Session opens August 1. 1881. For full information, write for an hlUs-. trated Catalogue. A ddress REV. S. LANDER, President, Oc.27,, 44-lr WillHamato,m.C.