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District A ttoirney Mlelton as a Slave ofDuty. Charleston News and Courier. The highly dramatic and exceed. ingly effective speech delivered by District Attorney Melton in the United States Court, on Friday, was something more than a presentation of the evidence against the election I officers then on trial. Mr. Melton's evident desire was to pose before the public as a political esthete whom stress of circumstances had made a slave of duty. The people of South. Carolina remember him in a different guise, and must be pardoned if they fail to appreciate the moral beauty of the role he seeks to play. Mr. Melton announced in the open ing of his address that his 'duty' was 'to restore 'the supremacy of law in South Carolina and to vindicate the nrity of the ballot-box.' He sai'i: u - vindication of the law should call for the highest endeavor. But the call is supreme when at once the law is be vindicated and the bal lot is to be protected.' This is incon testably true ; and it was true in 1873 as it is in 1882. In 1882, as an officer of the United States Govern ment, Melton proclaims himself the champion of the law and the de fender of the freedom of elections; but in 1873, when Attorney-General of South Carolina, he was the cham pion of political fraud and the de fender of such a combination of crimes, at an election, as was never known before in this State, and has never been known since. * * * * * * With his record, it is supreme folly to asseverate that he fought the 'gov ernment of corruption in South Caro lina' with 'all the strength he had. From February, 1870, until he was elected Attorney-General in 1872, he was Circuit Judge, under the 'govern ment of corruption.' From 1872 un til April, 1876, he was Attorney General in the 'government of cor ruption.' The clouds were gathering thick and fast, and he resigned before the storm broke. Slave of party, or slave of place he was, perhaps; but, in those days, not even in burlesque, was he the slave of duty. But Mr. Melton will have it that there is no statesmanship in South Carolina. There is none, it is to be hoped, in the sense in which he has exemplified statesmanship. Mr. Mel 'ton's statesmanship permitted him to retaiu office for six years under 'the government of corruption,' unmindful ~. of .the stain, the shame, which his official associates, at that very time, fastened upon the people whom they plundered and insulted. It permits him to do the bidding of his present smployers, unmindful of the misery that, if he suoeeed, he will bring to a score of peaceful, happy homes. For him, the present is interpreted and expounded by the past. No hand did be stretch forth to save, when the y black tide of ignorance and vice swept over the State. No word that he canasay, noset that he can do, will atone for neglected opportunity. South Cerolina's faults, be they many or few, come down from the days when Mr. Melton was the official as sociate of Moses, Cardozo, Whipper and Elliott, and, when those faults slip from her like a garment that is unloosed, he will be remembered as the one son of the State who made a spectacle of her infirmities and, in the hallowed name of duty, exhausted tongue and pen in tbe effort to bring shame and reproach upon this people. Candates for Professorships in the S. C. University. J. C. H., in News and Courier. The following is a complete let of the names of persons who have been suggested for the different chairs in rthe University of South Carolina to be filled by tho board of trustees at their meeting in May : Ancient Languages and Literature -Win. Pinokney Starke, Columbia, personal application ; Leslie McCan dless, Camden, personal application ; Rev. E. L. Patton, professor in Ers kine College, Due West, personal ap plication ; Win. Cleveland Thayer, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, personal application ; Edward H. Stro be!, Cambridge, Mass., personal ap. plication ; D. E. Hydriek, recom mended. K Political Economy, History and Constitutional Law-R. Means Davis, Winnsboro', S. C., personal applioa tion ; John E. Bacon, Columbia; Ed ward Cantwell, Charleston, personal application ; .W. H. Verner, Tusca loosa, Ala., personal application ; B. J. Ramage, Jr., Newberry, S. C., re commended ; E. R. L. Gould, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, recom-. mended. Mental and Moral Philosophy and Logic-Gen. D. H. Hill, Fayetteville, Ark., personal application ; Gen. Johnston Jones, Raleigh, N. C., per sonal application; Rev. Edward H. Buist, Cheraw, S. C., personal appli cation. Agriculture-Henry Montgomery, A. M., B. S., Baltimore, Md., perso nal application ; Prof. Francis S. Holmes, Charleston, personal applica tion; James P. Adams, Richland County. S. C., recommended. Mechanics, Physics and Astronomy -Geo. Lilley, Kewanee, Ill., personal application; ;E. W. Davis, John Hop. kins University, Baltimore, personal application. Tutorship of Modern Languages Prof. E. Von Fingerlin, Columbia, personal application ; Dr. John C. Faber, recommended ; H. Tallichet, Charleston, personal application. Each of the applicants is backed by a host of letters and other testimonials. How the board will divide six pro. -- fessorshipe among twenty-three ap. -elicants it is hard to tell. Permit No Substitution. I:nsist upon obtaining Floreston Cologne. It is pre eminently superior in permanence and rich delicacy of Uhe h.erald. THOS. F. GRENEKER' EarOE W. H. WALLACE, NEWBERRY, S. C. 'HURSJ)AY, APRIL 20, 1882. A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE. The Herald nthe-hgestrespectaFam ly ewaper. devoted to the materia tn erts people of this County and the 3tate. it circulates extensively, and as an &dvertising medium offers unrivalled ad rantages. For Terms, see first page. The Election Trials. The trial of Bates, Gayden and James, managers of election at Acton precinct, Richland County, charged with violating the election law at the election in 1880, was concluded in Charleston Friday. The witnesses for the prosecution swore that the managers refused to open the box for inspection before the balloting began ; that Hugh P. Kane, U. S. Supervisor at this pre cinct, was interfered with in the discharge of his duty, and that the ballot box was stuffed with the knowledge and connivance of the managers. Kane swore that after the voting was over and the lid had been taken off and laid aside he examined the lid and found four strings pressed into it on the under side; the effort of this witness was to make it appear that the managers had fastened a quantity of tickets under these strings before the bal loting began and that in taking off the lid, which was a sliding one, these ballots dropped into the box. He further testified that when the lid was removed from the box he saw a quantity of tissue tickets on top of the other tickets. The de fendants, who are men of irreproach able character and men of influence and position in their community, testified that there were no strings on the box lid and no ballots were in the box when the voting began ; that they exhibited the open box to Supervisor Kane and others present before locking it. Their testimony was corroborated by others. Kane, the Supervisor and chief witness for the prosecution, is one of the parties tried ten days ago in Char leston for the murder of Amos Ladd in 1877, and acquitted. It was proved on this trial, and on the former trial, that he is a native of Ireland, and has never been nat uralized as a citizen of this country. Notwithstanding this he swore, in taking the oath as Supervisor, that he was a citizen ; and he voted not only in 1880 but on several other occasions. The testimony having been concluded the argument for the prosecution was opened by Mr. Dallas Sanders, a "Democrat" of Pennsylvania, who was sent down by Attorney-General Brewster to assist the District Attorney. CoL. John C. Haskell and CoL John R. Abney, of Columbia, spoke for the defense, and District Attorney Mel ton closed for the prosecution. Judge Bond charged the jury, the charge seeming to bear pretty hard on the defendants. He took occa sion in his charge to remind the jury that the only trial for violating the election laws in South Carolina was where in 1874 Republican vo ters were tried and convicted under Republican administration. It is impossible to see what this had to do with the case. The jury went into their room at 4.5 P. M. Fri day. The jury was composed of six whites and six negroes-three of the whites were Democrats ; all the others of the jury were Repub licans. At 1 P. M. Saturday the j2ry came into Court and stated that they could not agree. Judge Bond told them he could not discharge them, and sent them back with di rections to bring in a sealed ver dit should they agree before the opening of the Court Monday. The jury cerme to an agreement Sunday morning, sealed up their verdict and left it with the foreman. When ourt met Monday the verdict was published. It was guilty as to the first count, with a recommendation to mercy ; not guilty asto thecother counts. The first count charged the defendants with hindering the U. S. Supervisor, Kane, in the dis eharge of his duty, by refusing to allow him to examine the ballot box before the voting began. Since writizig the above we have earned that two of the jurors dis vowed the verdict after it was ,ealed up but before it was pub ished in open Court. We take the ~ollowing from Tuesday's iVetos and O'ourier : When the Court was finally con ened and the buzz of voices had been ushed, the clerk called over the jury Ld announced to the Court that the said: "Gentlemen of the jury, have you agreed upon a verdict ?" Mr. Tindall, the foreman of the al jury, pull-d a document from his pocket and handed it to the Judge. Just at this point Mr. Fountain, R one of the jurors. rose in his seat and ti said: "May it please your Honor, we g have not agreed upon a verdict. That e is not my verdict. I signed that ver dict under a misapprehension, and t since I signed it I have thought over P it, and I find I was misled." it Judge Bond : "Oh, we can't hear A that sort of an excuse. You have been discharged, and that's the end of J it." Mr. Fountain: "I signed the ver- ri diet without knowing what it meant, o and I have told the foreman that that is not my verdict. I was sick and I was misled when I signed it." . Judge Bond : "You waited too long i to think over it. You thought over n it after you were discharged. A juror t may find it out afterwards-" Mr. Strom, another member of the jury, here rose and interrupted the Judge by saying : "May it please your i Honor, I signed that verdiet in mis- t take. I was in pain and went to the t foreman for relief, and be couldn't n give it to me. It was not my conclu sion, but I had to sign it. I don't think I had a right to sign it." t Mr. Abney : "Is it not the prac- I tice, may it please the Court, under a such cireumstances, to send the case back to the jury?" Judge Bond : "No, sir; these gen tlemen are not jurymen in this case. 1 They have been discharged." 1 Mr. Haskell: "Will your Honor t hear us on that point ?'' Judge Bond : "Not now we won't. After the verdict is published and recorded we can fix a time for hearing I the argument on a motion to set aside t the verdict." The counsel for the defence ex cepted. The clerk then read the verdict as follows : THE VEEDICT. We find the defendants, Joseph Bates, John B. James and John E. Gayden, guilty as to the first count, and not guilty as to second and third and all other counts on the information, and would respectfully recommend them to the mercy of the Court. The trial of Lucien L. Carroll, Sam'1 E. Shaw and Geo. H. Wilson' Managers at Mayesville precinct, Sumter County, was begun Tues day morning. By standing aside jurors he .did not want the District Attorney succeeded in getting a jury of eleven Republicans and one Democrat-six white; six colored. The government gQt in its testimo ny by Tuesday night. The case will occupy another day or two, The- charges against these defend. ants are the same as those against Bates and others, with the addi tional charge of conspiracy. A Forsed Verdict, The testimony upon which Bates, Gayden and James were convicted was not sufficient for conviction. An intelligent and fair-minded jury would not hang a dog on such tee timuony. It is not surprising that black radicals like Paris Simkins and white radicals like Jno, K. Tindall should be ready to convict Democratic managers upon any sort of evidence, or upon no evi dence at all; but that three white Democrats could ever consent to bring in a verdict of guilty upon such evidence as was presented in this case is wholly inexplicable. The circumstances of the ?.nding of the verdict goes to show that these three men, or one or more of them, are not of that stuff of which good ju.sors are made. When the jury came into Court Saturday at 1 P. KL they annoneed that they could not possibly. agree. The only in. ference to be drawn from this fact is, that at that time-after having heard all the testimony, the argo. ments and the charge, and 'having considered these things for twenty hours-they did not believe the defendants guilty. What could have changed their opinion between that time and 3 o'clock the next] morning, when the verdict of guilty was agreed to and sealed up?i Or did they change their opinions ? Is it not more likely that they allowed themselves to be bulldozed and starved into finding a verdict against their convictions? If they did not believe the defendants guilty at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon they did not believe them guilty at 3 o'clock Sunday morning. The only rational conclusion is that they did not have the manhood to stand to their con vitions. The State Department of Agri cuture, from reports received, esti. mates the increase in acreage plant-. ed'in wheat this year over Jast at 20 per cent. ; the increase in oats at 40 per cent. The estimated in. crease for this Countyis-in wheat, 18 per cent.; in oats, 28 per cent. The crop of wheat and oats through out the State is reported as very promisig._____ The three Democrats on the jury that convicted Joseph Bates, John Gayden and John B.James are B. F. Strom, of Edgefield, I. W. Foun tan, of Darlington, and g3eprge Stevenson. of Andero. Register. 'im The time for registering is near til hand. As will appear by the M Ivertisement of the Supervisor of of t egistration, the books for regis tioa ation will be opened the first of tari [ay. The Supervisor will visit bee ich election precinct in the Coun , so as to allow the people an op- c ortunity to register with as little Coc iconvenience to them as possible. and Iter he closes up his rounds he an ill be at the Court House up to e one 20th, for the purpose of cor nac acting the books and of giving an cut pportunity to those who have not of reviously registered to do so. qR ow, let everybody register. There Re 3, we are aware, a prejudice in the co1 iinds of some against the Regis- ou ration law. Some think it not a for rise law, and a few call it an unjust be w ; our opinion is that the law, a a its main features, particularly ,1 he requirement of registration, is box oth a wise and a just law. It does of Lot prevent anybody from voting rho is entitled to vote, and is herefore not unjust; it throws a lea irotection around the ballot box in in uch a way as to secure a free ballot me ,nd a fair count, and is therefore Wo ise. But whether one likes the bu aw or not he should register. If lio e does not he cannot vote ; and in imes like these especially, when an ffort is being made to overthrow to he rule of the Democracy which cij las brought peace and prosperity pr o the State, it eofpes thedgty of " very lover of his State and her re est interests to do all in his pow. re: r, by ballot and otherwise, to th naintain the supremacy of honesty ha md reform. m be TI We would not advise a too early T1 beginning of political agitation, th which ggg pecessarily come too pl aoon for the industrial interests of ia the State. On the other hand, in e this matter as well as in others, de lays are dangerous. It is, we think, wi too early for political mass meet- co igs, speech making, and such i things i bRt 9Q tPp soo to egin d to make arrangements for a thor- gi ough reorganization. The first thing m to be done is the selection of an tn Executive Committee, with a Coun- i ty Chairman ; and this ought to be tt done at once. If proper persons s be selected for these plsces it will ag then be safe to leave the time for P beginning active work to their judg- a ment. ~ ti While the Democrats of the State g represent nearly one-half in numbers T and four-fifths in property, virtue bi and intelligene, the 4efen4apts in Charleston are tried, in 0ne case by aa jury of which three-fourths are Re- cl publicanis, and in another case by a a~ jury of which eleven-twelfths are Re- Ct publicans. There is no fairness or ti justice in such a proceeding : it is a rank tyranny and oppression under to the forms of law in the interest of the ei Republican party. Capt. Frederick Norman proposes in to row across the Atlantic from g New York in a boat only twelve feet long. He will go alone, and ~, expects to make the trip in a hun- R~ dred days. Capt. Crapo and wife ti crossed two years ago in a boat e* nineteen feet long, and this same Norman crossed a year ago, with a et companion, in a boat seventeen or at eighteen feet long. w The contributions for Sergeant es Nason's wife and baby have reached ti $7,000. St State News, a Up to the 14th 1,550 liens had ti been recorded in the Clerk's office ti ofUnion. Rev. J. 0. B. Pargan, D.D., one t f the oldest Baptist ministers in th the State, died at his home in Dar- ~ ington the 12th instant. st Work has begun on the Colum- w bi Canal. About one hundred ai :onvits are at work, and the long- su alked-of scheme of developing this cc rand water power seems in a fair A way toward success. . p1 -co Washington Letter. From our Regular Corresponden. A WASHINGTON, D. C., A pril 13, 1882 The debate on the tariff commis,sion sill is about closed and there is no va Ioubt that it will pass, the Republi- my ans being all for it and a few Demo- s ~rats also. Mr. dewitt endeavored to ;et a vote oon'his proposition for an m< mmediate, moderate, and judicious BL ~eviion of the tariff on raw materials, t3' d Mr. Morrison and sellral others bv iave been trying to shape matters so as ~oobtain direct voteson propositions of en similar nature, but only with the wil ~xpectation that they would be voted M Iown by the Republicans. While 1kfl ~here are a few members of that party s, ke Mr. Dunnell, of Minnesota, who i nderstand the real interest of the 70 ~ountry, the majority are joined to" heir idols and are determined that E" he taxes shall not be diminished; w hat the people shall continue paying :be ~150,00,000 per annum over and o bove the needs of the Government, bi or th.e benefit of the lobby and the a sptlsa This commission bill is ca. ply a scheme to postpone action un- wt after next Presidential election. b inwhile, neither Mr. Kelley nor gc Kasson, nor any of the advocates n, igh tariff, can tell us why protec- ou does not protect. We have a us Ia ff maintained ostensibly for the P efit of American laborers, yet r kes are prevalent the country over ti anse the poor (?) manufacturers fa not pay workingmen living wages. M id anything speak more eloquently a pointedly of the utter hollowness s falsity of protection ? it 'he commision scheme is hovered FI r by the ghost of Mr. Tite Bar. le, who systematized the circumlo- c ion office, and pointed out the way 'How.not-to-do-it.' If the tariff w tion becomes a serious issue the le puh,icans can point to this com- t usion and say to the people of this ntrv, 'We have initiated reform ; tr commission is at work; let us wait A its report.' And if there should t a report, who believes that it will d< unanimous? What will it be but le majority essay on protection and a b iority essay on. free trade? The t nd volumes of the Record are full them ; we need no more. For the t time in the history of Republi i Congresses we find one without ii nbined energy and courage, without li dership, without confidence enough 0 itself and constituents to make or et a national issue squarely, and h before the country on it. 'The u sked flee when no man pursueth, ti t the righteous are as bold as a e, n.' o, But it may as well be granted that a dilatory measure will become a r, and that the President will have appoint nine commissioners from il life to take in consideration the sent tariff, how it affects the va- lj us industries of the coUntrv and mmend to Congress what changes ght to be made in it. There are al-i idy a good many candidates for P ase nine positions and the President s, it is said, a considerable list of n who believe themselves or are lieved by their friends to be eligible. aere is some reason to think that -Secretary Kirkwood will be one of e commissioners if he wishes the we. Concerning the others nothing l known. When the pomtmission mes to be made up if it is honestly ' ne it will be something of a ques )n to determine the scale upon i aich the great industries of the ] untry shall be represented. The ne commissioners should represent t rly and proportionately the in istries of the whole unipn. To bo n with, g; ies folr of ths com. issioners should represent agricul. re North and South. This is the 1 rgest and most important interest in ] ,e country. Wheat nud the other ins, beef and other meats, cotton, gar and hay, not to speak of minor i ricultural industries, employ more 1 ople 4ud interest more faiiliep than I the other industries in the coqu y taken together, and to give the 1 ;ricultural interest four representa yes on the commission wonld be to e too little rather than too much. o give to the raisers of grain, cotton, ef and pork, sugar, hay and fruits sa than four commissioners would eessarily cause great disappointment d distrust among the agricultural ass of the fairness of the commission d the utility of its work. Then mes the manufacturing interests, e railroad interests, cotton, lumber d n,ining interests, all of which ould be considered proportionately their relations to the tariff and to eh other.. The Republican raid upon the seats Southern Democrats, foreshadowed this correspondence when Con -ess first assembled, is now fairly un r way. One by one the contested ses are being decided by the parti n Elections Committee in favor of epublican contestants. In one or uo instanees, which cannot be called :eptions, such as the cases of Lanier i. ing, in Janqisiana, and Stolbrand '. Aiken, in Sonth Carolipa, where eo alajorities were respectively 12,000 ud 18,000, the Democratic members re permitted to retain their seats, pecially as there was not the slight. t particle of testimony to indicate at they ought to be disturbed. In anes like these, however, do not re to lay the foundation even for claim for anything approaching jus e and impartiality on the part of e Republicans. The work of the mmittee is now nearly done, and en it remains to be seen whether eir schemes can be consummated by e indorsemtent of the IIlouse. The epublican majority is po$ very rong either in brains or votes, and l need to be reinforced by Greenback d, which they hope to secure by pporting Gree.nbackar Lowe in his test againt Wheeler in the eighth labamna district. Some of their. an maay fali to carry when the time mes. PHONo. 4 Foa THa HERAL.D. s~ Interesting Letter from Hthe city of' Brqthaerly Love." What the south Needs, ParI staDIPL, PA., April 15, 1882. . MKaf sss. Eniroas: I am a reader of your - luable paper and keep well posted from native County and State. I regret to that the (Jounty Treasurer has disap red. If you have space, I will give your I ders a few dots. I have been here four * inths attending the Bryant & Stratton a jiness College. By this time I am pret- s well acquainted with the City. I find it 6 althy, well laid out, and lighted at -night ~ elcti lights. It has a Park adjoin- I that has thirty-sx bandred acres. ten 1ly, the stores are perfectly grapd. I. I mention one of these to your readers. - John Wannamaker's. Hie has a retail partmet the first floor of which covers e acres of ground, and employs twenty e hundred clerks. You find here every ig one can buy. Besides, he will seat i to a good meal if you become hungry I wearied. It is said to beone of the indent establishments in America. 'hey are at work on the new City Hall. Sen completed, it will be grand. It will years before it is completed. It covers whole square. It is being built of mar ,with a cupola five hundred feet high. th all of this combined PhiladelpHia is beautiful a City as you can find in Amesri- y Ifid the Northerncities the seas of C alth, intelligence and education. It !ma to me that all of the wealth is co- -_ ied here. Unless we Southerners to building factories, quit raising so ich cotton, and live more at home-raiae r meat and corn at home for our own --we will always be a poverty-stricken ople. We ought to commence building :tories at once, and get out of the old t. Prosperity will come vet it we will do is. We ought to have three big cotton :tories at Newberry. We then could ex ct to grow in wealth. I see very plainly at is the trouble with us. Cotton and .ves have been the ruination of the South. Mi e would be to-day where the North is if had not been for those two things. The ople North have been thrown on their rn resources, and that is why they can im in wealth. We must change our urse. We are having quite a cool spell this ek ; snowed Monday all day, more or s.;; ice several inches thick. It is said e fruit crop has been injured to some ex Lit. I have never met better people in all my tvels than I have met in Philadelphia. ny young mtan wanting a business educa n could not find a better place than Bry t & Stratton's Business College in Phila lphia. It gives you a thorough know Ige of the mercantile and the banking isiness. 1 will remain in College until I oroughly understand the business. Yours, &c., J. J. L. Al Have You Ever. Knowi any person to be seriously - without a weak stomach or inactive er or kidneys ? And when these gans are in good condition do you >t find their possessor enjoying good alth ? Parker's Ginger Tonic reg. lates these important organs, makes te blood rich and pure, and strength is every part of the system. See ,her column. Fox THE HzaaaD. Union Meeting. (T-- foloirot (The following programme was pub. thec shed in the HERALD Feb. 9th ; but t the request of the Secretary, and )r the benefit of all concerned, we (whe ablish it again. The meeting pro- k uses to be a very interesting one.) wak The fourth section of the Reedy Spot iver Association will convene with Bun be Bethel Church on Friday before t'e. be fifth Sunday in this month. ORDER OF BUSINESS. Introductory Sermon, by Rev. L. 3roaddus. Of Missionary Sermon, by Rev. D. W. 'homasson. 1st Essay-"Importance of Denom national Literature," by Simeon Y rtt. - 2nd. "Woman's Mission to Wo nan." by Miss Fannie Leavell. 3d. "Important the Squday 40ool to 0h Ch}urch," by R. G. Vallace' hel< 4th. "Cause, Rise, Progress and 18s 'resent Position of the Temperance offi Ieformation,' by Dr. Jas. McIntosh lice Rev. L. Broaddus. 5th. The disastrous consequences of b dulgence in inconsistent practices upon the lives of Christians, by J. S. A loyd. 1st Query-Does a letter of dis nision to a member from a church Lier his obligations or privileges be- con ore his union with any other church ? 188 ['o be opened by J. C. Stewart. 2nd. Is there a distinct difference ag n the doctrines of the Baptist denom- pre nation and Pedo.Baptist Churcbes ? [f so, what ? To be opened by J. B. ~ Werts. 3d. What are the best means of N romoting piety_among church mem yers ? To be opened by A. P. Davis. 4th. What are the advantages of amily worship ? To be opened by I. R. Leavell.Jo 5th. W bat should be done with Cli barcb meinbers who are good only Ne lring protracted meetings? To be af pened by H. W. Dominick. tiot 6th. Ought all church members to ead in public prayer ? To be opened aha iy J. B3. Stockman- taxy 7th. What should be done with ing embers who refuse to contribute any- faii ;hing to the support of the church ? Fo be opened by J. S. Dominick. The cight churches of Newberry a Dounty, vis: Cross Roads, Mt. Zion, Tre .ewberry, Bethel, Enoree, Lower of I Duncan's Creek, Fairview and Bush dat River, are earnestly repuested to send,, bree delegates each, besides their the Deacons. Alk J. R. LEAVELL, Moderator. ext J. 8. FLOYD, Clerk. th fori Catarrh is a most loathsome and mea sidious disease, and has been pro-ti iounced by scientists to be incurablepr he proprietors will guarantee their off ;reat vegetable Specific, S. 8. S., to To' ure it, or any other blood disease,te f taken according to directions C. Ma' 3. Burns, Greeneastle. Ind., says: sho Cured my disease after all other treat- con nent had failed. PricE, 61.00 and to 1.75 per bottle. but suoi POST OFFICE. fins NEWBEERY, S. C., Apr. 15, 1882. In I List of advertised letters for week ending Lpr. 15. 1882: r. laly. H. A. Johnston, Miss Fan hrislle, Joe Jnie aldwell, Miss Maggie'Stillwell, Dantaler lrham, D. H. -Slawson Levi ary, Matilda Wilson, Lizzie ackson, Irisson Wicker, N. C. Parties calling for letters will please sayAt advertised. R. W. BOONE, P. I. A CARD.Fo I am not a candidate for Ohief of Police, IOn nd would not accept if electDd ; nor am I Lea candidate for any other position. I have besi very good position as salesman at the ida tore of II. Foot & Son, where I will always mot e glad to see my friends and to sell them &-t' rat class goods, in Groceries, Dry Goods, sett c., at bottom prices. gro1 Respectfully, wor Apr. 20. ife-lt P 4. CbA RKE. yh HUNT & IlNQi.ETON, COTTON BROKERS. |OMISION MWHANT8, 2 ---AD DEiL-ERS IN- of FERTTTJIER8, 2 gg"We are prepared to m.ake liberal ad eces on consignments to New York and ba--,-,-on De8 49-4,. a GRAND OF --OF ddles ex Flannel, QI SOFT AND For Spring, in colors of Blue, Black, Pear GENTS' FURNISH rhis stock is complete of Imported and Domes STRAW 1 This is the largest stock received in the City, a new stock of fine LOW QUARTERS and G. REMEMBER T: L. KINARD, - - - r. 20, 16-tf. Bakery BRIAN STEAl UNDER NEWBERRY ling fitted up my G(rnean Bakery in Ab class style, I am prep..ritl to furnish to htizens of Newberry LOAF BREAD, for at or rye), 17 tickets for $1.00-each GEB t good for a 10 cent loaf; also, Sugar $1.2z s, Jumbles, Drop Cakes, Ginger Snaps, cents er Jumbles, Pound Cake, Fruit Cake, W A1 ge Cake, Jelly Cake, Cup Cake, Pies, A 4, Rolls, Rusks, Ac. Orders for Par- Al Balls, or other special occasions will the 1 ire prompt attention. keep on hand a select assortment of at th Fan ly Gf(ocerIes, Mne4 Goo4s a specialty. cont &M =4m3 ar. 28, 12-3m. 7m ediJ4ertieSents. 1unicipa1 Election, otice is hereby given that there will be I an election on Thursday, April 20th, 2, at 8 o'clock, P. M., for the following er: Clerk and Treasurer, Chief of Po- Fos Policemen and Overseer of Streets. U applications must be handed in on or P re said day. 'm] y order of Council. that JOHN S. FAIR, time .pr. 20, 16-1t C. a T., T. C. N. reg A NOTICE. "A brain Sims, a colored, laborer, under 6, 0 tract with the undersigned for the year A 2, has left my employment without any 6th ged cause. Now this notice is tofore. A n any person from hiring or harboring day laborer. Any one so doing will be A secuted to the extent of the law. 9th S. W. CANNON. A .pr. 20, 16-Si'li de @f the appoimentOl of A a Board of Assessors for "7t Tow. or lNewberry, S. 4). on otice is hereby giver that Messes. Alan and stone. Win. T. Targant and B. H. A s are appointed a Board of Assessors on ases the Real Estate of the Town of A rberry, S. C., for the purpose of levying on on the same under the following Sec.- A Sof the Charter of Newb"rr,y,S. 0., viz: next Sc. 18. That the Mayor and Aldermen betr annually appoint three citizens of said regi n to assess the value of real estate for faile ition; and said Assessors, before enter. cinc upon their work, shall take an oath to S ly and impartially assess each parcel of Con estate in said Town, and a report in - ting ofthe assessment astmadeby theU ST llbe sgned by said assessors, and the ( e fled in the office of the Clerk and asurer of said Town within the period Sam he thirty days next ensuing upon the of their appointment, to assess the B estate of the said Town. That the as. state ors shall receive a compensation for New ir labo, tobeflzed by the Mars and day, ermen of said Town ; but in no case to gal ed two (2) dollars per day ; and any high on who has been appointed to assess fend said real estate, and shall refuse to per. tract n the duti.'s incident to said appoint. Stati t, shall be fined by said Mayor andI Al. Acri not less than twenty-flve dollars; and of T the report of the asscssment of real of 1 perty for taxation shall remain in the led< e of the Clerk and Trea.eurer of s'id Ti r for the inspection of landowners for pers thirty days next after the filing Si; eof; and it shall be inthe power of the -- ror and Aldermen, for go caus TI wn, to reduce such said assessment, if plaint against 4iisame shall be made e them within tis ithirty days next after Eu' fling of the assessment for taxation ; M after the expiration of said thirty days d a said assessment for taxation shall be & estimony whereof I, Young John Pope, hare set my hand as Mayor of New. ] berry, S. C., and caused the ofEicial seal of said Town to be hereunto at- N tached this 18th day of April, A. D. 1882. YOUNG JOHN POPE, m Mayor of New berry, S. C. S. Faa,C. &T., T. C.N. p. 20, 18-2t. Learn of Florida. e orange, cocoanut and lime groves of W ida are attracting thoustands. It is noEs er said "Go Wese !" but "South." *n of this rich and tropical land. The Eus way is to subscribe for a leading Flor. Na paper. Send $I.00 for the Democrat 6 th. A pamphlet, (with large map of 0 e), giving price of land, best place to__ e, profits of orange and cocoanut heai res, drainage of Okeechobee, &c., &c.. u h the price of subscription to those Bucd wish to know of Florida, free to those ee us op p lle; for a~ 6mpnths sub >)io. Atddress, U. R. PENDLYrQ1N, pr. 6, -TSt Kzyv Wray, 7r.oasne. itce of Final Settirent. -P2 will make a settlement as Guardian of 6,( Estate of RoaE. Wearn, in the oice 85 he Judge of Probate for Newberry siatih 1t7, S. C., on Wednesday, the 3d day Br ay, 1882, and immediately thereaf:er At y for a final discharge as Guardian of Estate. S JOHN R. SPEARMAN, very OENING" III CL#. ;uaranted not to aG - ING tic Underwear in szes f "to EATS. and direct from Ianufactories. LITERS to make a complete outt E-IE PLAC03~ COLUMBIA, 8 DPERA HOUSE, ' o, a fun assortmet of rines and Brandi dmily use. Also, TIPOLI SoLles, at $1.25 per;eoze; snd & ENGEL BEER, in pint bott : per dozen-in hattpintbotdes-at per dozen- Also, ALES, -SODL 'ER and SARSAPARILLA. - ral supply of CIG AR i- ii I orders receied at the Stoosor A lelvery Express wll receive po? = tion, and a11 goods will be'' e houses of customers free of a t b h e - anking the public for theirlbea.a ge heretofore, I respeetfully toRa3tci nuance of the same. NOTICE.M Orncz or Tax SursRvisoz or EERxa. o NZwBraar COUNTY, SOUTHCaor April 4th;188 rsant to the Act of the Genea Aiw bly of this State, notice isherebrli I will be at the follewigts: s herein indicated for the pupekof& stering voters of this County,' ' t Willians' Store, for Township o st and~2nd days of May nex_ Longshore's Store, forow 45 a 3d and 4th daysaoflay next. I Dead Fall, for Townsbipo8u. and6sthdays oflMay nest. ~ Pomaria, for Township No. 11s of May next. I Jolly Street, for Township N~ 0IE and 10th days of May nest. Prosperity, for Township bo. I, 3' ,12th and 13th days of May oei's SMaybinton, for Township Nto. ,4 and 16th days of May next. 3!ymphville, for Township No. and 18th days of Kay,next. -C t Gibson's Store, for Township NohS 9th and 20th days of Kay next. Jalapa, for Township No. 5,-o42~ 23d days of May next. Cromaer's Store, for Township !o~,. 4sh and 25th days oflMaymnst. -Z i Newberry .C. H., for Township 9th, 30th and SIst days of Mayaezs ad on and after the first 1day -of-rm. , for twenty days, I wi ateda -~ y CourtH'ouse to correct errs4 isration and toregister'such eeos~~ d to register as Thir rse~.~. ~ W. wI.~ Y. FR pervisor of Registratiear for Nea b~y LTE OF SOUTH CAROIA,i O)UNTY OF NEWBEaY : nel P. Booser and Henry-D. Geo. B. Booer. - virtue of a Execution in the di came to me directed, I will sell, &' berry Court House, on the frnt M (Sale-day) in Nay next, wnhin 'these~J iours of sale, as public outcry, o est bidder, all of the interest lof the ant Geo. B. Boozer in and to gei of land situate in said oza z. *,containing One Hundred and Iy s, more or less, and bounded b ~ s B. Chalmers, Benjamin Mahi Im. Price and Mrs. F L. Nartin.Li A >n as the property of G. B. &caomi 2 taxs-Cash. Purchaer to pt .D. B. WHEELER,K S. Orff'sOice, April 8th, 1882. 4IE STOCK LWi :1.. 4o,q I PRE-EM N r WELL BUCKETS fot .far. and use are made of heart white oak, ad ily iror,ed, and we guarantee each on 'St longer than three of the impoted ;ets. If not as represented, can be. si without cost. A4dress, 40PMWIA, fi. Q. - ,OWS AND EOu. o00lha. bestqgoality SteellIows. dos. best quality Cotton Hoerc g of - idea' English Crown Ros serican Cast Steel Hoes, -and rid Cast Steel Handled best quality, all at low BOOZER' HARDmARE