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; TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE
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BY KEITH, SMITH & CO.
WALI??LB^ SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY IO, 1878.
NIGHT THE DAV, THOU CANS'T NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN*
VOLUME XIII.-1^.8.
^Professional Cards.
.WM. 0. KEITH. JOHN S. VEUNER.
KEITH & VERN ER,
"ATTOR NE YS AT LAW A ND
?? Solicitors in Equity,
tWill practice in tho Stato Courts on tho
Eighth Judicial Cirouit und in tho United
.otates Court
Office on Public Square, Walhalla, S O
. Jan 6, 187o 8 tf
ss. MCGOWAN, U. A. THOMPSON
Abboville, S 0 Walhalla, S 0
T?oGOWAN & THOMPSON,
AT T O R NE YS AT LAW,
Will givo prompt attention to all businoss
confided to them in tho Stato, County, and
United States Courts.
Office on Court House Square, Walhalla, S C
^ no junior partuor, Mn. THOMVSON, will
aim) prnotico in tho Courts of Pickcns, Creon
ville and Andomon.
January, 1870 tf
?State bl' South Carolina,
COUNTY OF OCONER.
lu (he Court ol' Probate.
."Robert F. Morgan, ns Administrator of thc
Personal Property of Mullion Morgan,
deceased, Plaintiff, vs. Lucinda Morgun,
widow, James M Morgun, Louis W.
Muranu, Allen lt, Morgan* Martha E.
Morgun, Jeptha N. Morcan, Martha J.
Mm gan. Mary E Simmons, Elizabeth M.
Morgun, Win. K. Morgan, Sam ?el L
Morgun, children, und Km noes IC. Shaw,
grandchild, us heirs-at-low of Mullion
Morgan, deceased, defendants.- Com
plaint to sell Heal Estate /or 1'uymcnt oj
Debts. Partition, tte, (Do.
To thc Defendants in thc above slated case:
YOU und each of you uro hereby sum
moned and required to answer the
/ complaint in Ibis action which is filed in
, " the office of the Judge of Probate, in und
for the County and Stato aforesaid, and
serve a copy uf your answer on thc sub
scriber at bis ellice, on tho publie sqn ire.
in Wnlhilla, S. C., within twenty days after
the service of this summons on you, exclu
sive of the day of service. If you fol to
answer the complaint within that time, the
Plaintiff* will apply to tho Court lor ibo
relief demanded in the compluint.
WITNESS my hand und acal, this Ulli
day ol' December, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-seven and in tho 102d
year of American Independence.
\ ?Ts. j mon ARD LKW IS,
/-,- \ Judge of Probate.
KEITH & VK RN EU,
Pluintifl'b Attornevs.
To James M Morgan, and Elizabeth M
' Morgan, defendants above named whose
place of residence is unknown:
TAKE NOTICE: Tho complaint and
Ruminons herein have been filed in thc
o|fico of Judge of Prob'.to, ut tho Court
House in Walhalla, S. C., for thc purposes
therein set forth; and that you are required
to appear in thc cause by thc 1st Monday
in March next or tho Plaintiff will apply
j * to the Court for the relief dumunded in thc
compluint.
KEITH ?WERNER,
Plaintiff's Attorneys, Walhalla, S. 0
Deo 13, 1877 4-Gt
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Springfield, O.
Oar Minister's Wife
LOUISVILLE, Kv., FEB. 16, 1877.
MR. H. R. STEVENS.
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IIYOE PARK, MASS.. Feb. 15, 1870.
Mu. H. R. STEVENS.
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M?y 8,1877 121 ly
L.ET TIMY RIGKCY I? AIM, OI\ HIE.
jjWfttf?Q. D. O. MILLER, M. D.
Savior*- lot Thy love surround mo
M W lionel feel temptation near;
. hit Thv arms uphold, support mo,
? Pre^coo to Thy heart so de?r.
I ifould come to Thee, my Saviour,
Sinful though my heart may bc,
And with all o Father's kindness,
Let'Thy mercy fall on mo.
; . Beor mo up in pain'and sorrow
y ' To Thy arms of love I floe;
With,? Father's heart felt pity,
^el'Thy mercy fall ou me.
Jeans, let mo lean in saduoss
Oil Thy tonder, loving broast,
While tho gloom of night is round me,
By Thy sido I fain would rest;
Tcaoh mo how t? live for Heaven,
That its bliss mino oyes may soe.
And while I am Thine, dear Saviour,
Lot Thy moroy fall on mo.
Boor inc up, oh, loving Jesus,
When my weary feet oro sore,
Passing o'er tho sunless mouutains,
Seeking for tho better shore.
Lead me through tho night of darkness,
Sinful, though my hoart may bo,
And in thy good timo, door Saviour,
Let rich mercy fall on mc.
-.. . ,
[From thc Virginia Enterprise.]
Nevada's W??iule.i'tul Cave.
CARSON, November 27.-For many years
there liss been living in tho Walker Uiver
rnoL'Opf mountains a man named Algernon
B. Grant, who vory rarely sought the
haunts or habitations of white men. His
ostensible occupation was prospecting for
precious metals, but tho foot of his long
and uninterrupted residence in those wilds
pointed to non-success in that direction.
Mr. Grant was in this city a few duys sinco,
and tho following is an extract from his
wonderful ?nd interesting history: Ho is a
native of Bourbon, Kentucky, having been
born lhere in 1825
Ho was sent to Harvard College, whore
he graduated in 18 1(5, second in his class.
In 1851, bc was admitted to practice in thc
Supremo Coutt of Kentucky. Ho enjoyed
a lucrative practice in that Slate, until thc
breaking out of tho rebellion, when ho en
tered tho Confederativo service, receiving a
a ommissfou as Major in one of tho Ken
tucky regiments., lu the meantime, ho hod
married uni gathered a little family around
him. These he, at that time, had taken to
thc Southern portion of Kentucky and
placed them under tho protection of rela
tivos.
When thc war ended ho pictured lo him
self in rapturous delight thc happiness that
would full to his lot when ho could once
again gaze upon tho faces of his loving wife
and dear children Ho took passago for
Southorn Kentucky. Upon arriving at thc
spot where his hopes and happiness were
centred, ibero awaited him nothing but a
mass of charred ruins. Tho stroug man
dismounted from his horse and sat down
upon tho grouud weeping liko n child. He
learned that about a year beforo tho close of
tho war, a small band of strnggMng tr mps
had infested that portion of Kentucky, and
that tho family of Grunt had boon murdered
and tho incendiary torch was brought into
play. In tho early spring of I860 ho en
gaged passage in a mulo train, which was
then about crossing tho plains, and after
word arrived in this State and emigrated to
tho most extreme southern end of the Walk
er River Mountains, where ho has boon
existing ever sinco, only ot raro intervals
seeing the detested fuco of a white nun.
A number of tho Walker River tribe
looked np to him with grout reverence,
supposing him to bo endowed with super
natural powers. About two months ago
one of these Indians, who had been tho
rcoipiont of special favors at tho hands of
Grant, desirous of exhibiting his gratitude,
requested our hero to accompany him on a
two days' ramble, through tho mountains,
and ho would show him a ouvo wonderfully
rich with gold and silver. What direction
of tho compass tho party followed, Grunt is
reluctant about rove ding. At all events,
aftor traveling about two days, and a half,
our hero and his companion arrived at dusk
ono evening in a nurrow canon, or mountain
gorge, onoloscd on either sido by rugged,
sleep mountains. In this vicinity, tho
Indian said, the cavo was located. A oatup
firo was lighted, and while Grant was cook
ing supper his companion Went in sea roll of
tho cxaot location of tho ouvo, so that no
timo would bo lost in finding it in tho morn
ing. Tho Indian roturuod with joy im
printed upon his copper colored features,
und imparted to Grant tho satisfactory
tidings that ho had found tho cave without
difficulty, and that, notwithstanding the
darkness which then prevailed, the interior
of this wonderful vault was us light as noon
day. At an carly hour next morning, aftor
traveling in this canon, which is many miles
in length, foran hour, or may bo a little less,
tho Indian pointed to a pile of granito of
i III meuse weiyht, stuck ed up, against iii o
cnigged sido of a monster mountain, and
told Grant that by removing tho boulders
on enynooe to tho oavo oould bo effected.
Thc t io mon immediately sot to work at
their iWoulean tusk whioh oooupicd thom
nearly uwo* hours. Whon the obstruction
was roiiovcd all that could bo scon was sn
opening leading into the mountain, of di
mensions only groat enough to 'admit tho
hodicW of twp largoly deTol.qpqd mon; bat
tho i ii to ri m- was as dark as IO rob LU?. Grant
ventured into this opening to thc distanco
of about ton foot, but tho intensity of the
darkness precluded him from seeing his
honda bofor his taco Ho oricd out to his
companion for some buming sagebrush,
Tillich was immediately thrust into the eave,
but, strange to relato, this artificial light
Would not illuminate the darkness. Herc
wau a nice paisa. Grant emerged from his
subterranean visit and oonsulted with his
semi-pavage companion as to tho most ex
pedient means to be employed in the emer
gency; it was useless to seek for gold or
anything else io co dark a place where arti
Goial light proved sf no avail. Tho Indian
thoo related his story of the illumination,
which he saw in the eave the preceding
night. Although this yarn sounded rather
improbable in the ears of an intelligent
white man, yet the Indian was BO earnest
aud sincere, to oil outward appearance, that
our hero decided to remain until the stars
carno out, and determine whether thcie was
any truth in his companion's fabulous nar
rativo. Tho men returned to the camping
ground of tho previous night and brought
their traps to tho mouth of tho mysterious
cavo. It iccuied os " if that day never
would draw to a close, so great wos Grant's
impatience; but as twilight was approaching
a slight glimmer was discernible ut thc
mouth of tho vault, yet tho blaokest dark
ness mortal over behold was still holding
sway therein. Hut gradually as night was
falling, an unnatural light was making
itself apparent, and at niuo o'clock that
evening a ray of brilliant noonday light
shot out from tho opening of that wonderful
subterranean passage. For the first timo
in many years ("I rant ga vc vent to a shout
of delight. Tho Indian's tale of seeming
fiction und improbability was true. Tho
sight was so grand, tn wonderful, and so
magnificent, that for a few moments Grant
was rooted to tho ground by a combination
of terror and admiration. After a while
bo and his companion entered the cave, but
thc light was BO piercing and brilliant that
fora few seconds tho pair could soo nothing;
their vision seemed to bo lost; but gradually
their eyes bcoamo accustomed to tho un
natural brilliancy of the light and tho sight
which met their gaze no porson can depict.
Tho walls and ociling of thia passage wore
covered with burnished gold and silver,
tho bulk of whioh comprised thousands of
tono. Grant relates that tho first sight of
these treasures terrified him, but after re
gaining his self possession, ho and tho In
dian mado a tour of exploration. This
oavo in about ono milo in length, 150 feet
in width, and seventy feet high. Tho in
terior of this immenso grotto is arched
similar to an old Gothio church, supported
by large alabaster like pillars, entwined by
boavy golden and silver wiro of tho dimen
sions a mon's finger, liko thc growth of ivy,
and i;i a stylo of grandeur and magnificence
that could never bc produced by human
hands. Those pillars seem to havo been
plc n:d in position by a ?no vident nat uro, to
support tho heavy ceilings of tho grotto
incrusted bj thousands of tons of gold and
silver wire and ingots wrought into the most
fantastic shapes. Besides tho incalculable
treasures, this vast cavo contains chambers
and domo of tho most grotesque architectu
ral designs, marvelous avenues and little
lakes, tho latter alivo with fish of every
color of tho rainbow, a gorgeous and inde
scribable sight, indeed.
This all roads liko on improbable talc but
Grant vows that his statement is ono of
absoluto veracity from Alpha to Omega.
Ono of tho most unaccountable features
about thia oavo is tho unnatural light nt
night, whioh, (1 ra says, is not phospho
rescent, (bo being somewhat of a scientist,)
and tho unheard of aud impenetrable dark
ness during tho day. Grant asserts that
there ore millions upon millions of pure gold
and silver in that vault, and hu means to
share them with those who havo bcon kind
to him in bygono days Ho is now on
route for Louisville, Ky., and his with him
several hundred pounds of gold, taken from
tho cavo, to seek out? so mo of his old friends,
whom ho will briug out hero os curly ns
possible
Comptroller General's Report.
Wo aro indebtod to Hon. Johnson
Hagood, Comptroller General, for a copy of
his roport to tho present session ' of tho
Gcnoral Assembly. This report constitutes
a volumo of OVOr 300 pages, embracing the
reports of tho various officers required by
law to report annually to tho Comptroller
Gcnoral, and therefore makes o thorough
exhibit of tho financial operations of tho
State Government As regards the collec
tion of tuxes for tho first fiscal year under
Governor Hampton's administration, it
would appear that tho following sums havo
boon paid info tho Stato Treasury:
Ton per cont, contribution, $185,805.08
July collection, 212,980.13
Second collection, to Nov. 20, 407,098 90
Total, 8755.885.90
Cash on hand, November 20, 840,180.02
An estimate is mado for the ourront ox
penses of tho State Government for tho en
suing year,, amounting to 8425,155, oxolu
of tho amount required to pay tho interest
on tho pu bl io debt, whioh is not excluded
in tho estimate, tho forthcoming report of
tho Bond Commission being rolicd upon to
furnish tho information accurately.
Eight of tho counties, viz.: Anderson,
Colleton, Bdgfiold, Greenville, .Bickens,
Richland, Sumter and Williamsburg, have
SS yet, fulled to furnish an abstract of tho
assessment of tho real proper;; J *v theso
jovorai .counties, Tho l?>*lrjt-^^ " *h
i'^??g'?V^.' S8*?o??t?
remaining twenty-four counties), aliow? on
aggregate of 866,494,794. Greenville
county furnishes an ubatmot of pcrsoualty,
which with the other twenty-four counties
reporting, shows on oggregato of 884,734,
200, Estimating for the counties which
liare failed to report, tho entire taxable
proporty of the State ia estimated as follows:
Real, 886,700,002; personal, $42,162,811,
to whioh may be added tho value of al)
railroad property, as fixed by the Stato
Hon vd of Kqualization, 80,677,550, making
a total of 8135,736,803.
Tho assessment for this year shows no
inoroasc, in tho counties reporting of
38,974 polls over tho asaossmont of the pre
vious yeor. This increase may bo socountod
for from throe causes, viz : that more atten
tion than herctoforo has boon given to list
ing the names of thoso liable to poll tax;
tho increase by a largo number of young
men just attaining their majority; and the
faot that by reoont act of tho Legislature,
tho provisions of the tax law include ali
males between thc ages of twenty ono and
sixty years, instead of from twenty-ono to
fifty years, as was tho law previous to the
last assessment.
.-. --
Trouble willi Ucvcnuo Officers?
Hearing that some of the Revenue Offi
cers had met with resistance in arresting a
tobacconist, in Union County wo called at
tho Deputy Collector's office to ascertain the
facts, and received the following account of
the matter from tho officers who participated
in tho affair:
Three Special Deputy Collectors, C. W.
Cummings, II. P. Kano and Gr, W. Moose,
with one Deputy Marshal, Wm Durham,
seized a wogen and team and eight boxas of
tobacco belonging to G. O. Hill, of North
Carolina, on last Friday, at Gibbes1 store,
eight milos obovo Union C. IL, and ar
rested Hill and a colored man driving tho
wagon, for having tobacco in their posses
sion which was improperly stamped.
While searching Hill, he handed a letter to
Trial Justioo Gibbes, stating that it was n
private letter to his wife. They demanded
tho letter and when Gibbes refused to de
liver it up they took it from him by force
.ind in tho sculllo the letter was tom open
revealing revenue stamps.
They started to Spartauhurg with their
prisoners ond tho property, and when they
reached West's Store, four miles above
Gibbes' store, they were surrounded by a
mounted Hille Company, commanded by
Capt. Eliphas Smith, who wcro drilling os
they passed, who resoi/cd tho prisoners and
took tho wagon, and tomi, and tobaoco, and
stamps from them, they making no resis
tance, being overpowered by numbers.
If this statement of tho facts is true, tho
conduct of tho ltiflo Company is very rep
rehensible in interfering and rescuing the
prisoners and property. Thoy should havo
left Mr. Hil! to seek redress by law for bis
giiovanccs if improperly arrested.
[<S^p<tJ tanbury Herald.
The Week of Prayer,
Tho Evangelical AUianco suggests tho
following topics for thc obscrvonco of thc
Week of Prayer-January 6-13, 1878:
Sabbath, January 6th.-Sermons: Chris
tian union perfected. (Rev. vii: 9, 10.)
Monday, January 7th.-Prayer and
Praise: Remembrance of personal and rela
tive mercies; Prayer for tho divino blessing
on past privileges, and for a humble and
contrite spirit.
Tuesday, January 8th.-Prayer: For tho
church of Christ in all lands; for its delive
rance from error; for its inoroasc in faith
ond holiness, and in power as a witness for
thc Lord Jesus Christ; for the gritOO and
guidance of tho Holy Spirit.
Wednesday, January 9th.-Prayers For
Christian tfahiilios; for sick nnd affiioted
members; for ol ii Uh en at sohool, and for nil
youth in our colleges and seminaries of
learning; for young men entering upon tho
activo business of life, and for thoso abroad,
for oursons and daughters oponly confessing
Christ.
Thursday, January 10th.-Prayer: For
nations; for rulers, magistrates, and states
men; for tho army and navy; for all benevo
lent and philanthropic institutions; for reli
gious liberty and tho opening of doors "wide
and effectual" for publishing tho gospol;
and for tho reign of righteousness and
pcaoo.
Friday, January 11th.-Prayer: For
Christian missions to tho Jews and Gentiles;
for Sunday Schools, and for tho divino bles
sing on nil Christian efforts to spread tho
glad tidings of tho gospel of salvation.
Saturday, January 12th.-Prayer: For
tho circulation of tho Riblc; for tho observ
ance of tiio Sabbath; for tho removal of
intemperance; for tho rescue of tho fallen;
for the safety of thoso who travel by land
or water.
Sabbath, January 13th.~Sormons:
Christian lifo. "Let your light sb ino."
(Matthew v: 16 )
WASHINOTON, January 8.-Tho Com
missioner of Inccrnol Rovcnuo hap deoided
to rei u force tho revenue officiais in North
Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, to
tho extent necessary to enforce tho laws and
protcot tho officials in tho performance of
thoir duty. Ho is of tho opinion thut it is
not necessary to employ United States
troops for thia purpse; that thom is enough
of patriotio oitizens in thoso States ready
to assist in tho enforcement of tho law,
besides ho feels confident tbut tho Stato
Governments will assist in protecting tho
officers of tho Gonoral Govcrnnyejat wJh?
. \ ?J ^rt?AW,'Bbo?iv?'
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Til ? MclliotllNt lu titi? Slate. Vf*
, Tho following is au epitomo of tho ?,tatl$'- -
lioul and financial reports tu role tu tho rco'onC
Annual Conforonoo nf tho Mcth?dUt Epis
copal Church, South, in this Sta^P
Whole number of members 43,190
Ioorooao over lose year 1,460
Local preachers 14?f
Children baptised \ 1,98*
Adults boptiscd 1,387
Sunday Schools 481
Officers and touchers 2,788
Pupils 10,801 .
Number of Churches 657
Number df parsonages ? 82
Value of church property 8747,958,00
Collected for support of postors 8,04,600,49
Collectod for presiding elders 9,020.00
Couferonco Collections ,4,190.15
Collected for foreign missions ,||2,120.05
Collected for domestic missions 4,377.00
Collcoted for eduootion 1 5,060 81
Colleotod for bishops ^LOO
Collected for Sunday Sohools 3,84?88
Colleotod for building churches nnd ,M .
parsonages 20,79jl.0T
Collected for other bonoVolent ob- *\
jcets 0,W4.00
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TUB FiiEfi SCHOOLS.-Captain Hugh S.
Thompson, Stute Superintendent of Educa
tion, hus issued a circular to tho County
School Commissioners, covering tho recent ?
amendment to tho constitution, for their in
formation, and concluding as follows:
"I would advise that tho freq publio
sohools be opened at such time ns will besfe
subservo tho educational interests of your
county. Ao soon as possible you should
apportion tho school fund muong (lie sovcral
Behool districts. In muting thwapjjprtiot)--^ -
ment you should bc careful not to?xcced tho'' Jj
amount which will probably bo collcoted foe .
this year. If tho incomo' of tito school
fund should bo larger than tho amount. .
estimated, tho excess can bo apportioned
uftor thc tax is collected.
"Tho poll tax will bo expended, os herc-*
toforo, in tho sohool districts in which io in ?..?
collcoted. It is suggested that a meeting \
of tho examiners aud trustees of your V
county be held as soon as practicable, and
that such regulations bo adopted as will in
suro tho most economical management of
tho free school fund. lu tho future toaohcra
will rcceivo their pay regularly, and it in
hoped thot in all the counties tho scrviooj?t_/"
of competent persons will bo secured.
"It is not practicable to establish a rato .,
of pay for teachers that can be adopted in
all portions of tho State, but when good
teachers can be obtained tho salaries should
bo ns liberal os tho school" fund of tho.
several counties will warrant. It is not
always true economy to select as teachers
thoso who will work for tho smallest pay.
.'Tho law requires that applioants for tho
position of teaohor should bc examined as to
their qualifications. Thoso examinations,
should bo thorough* and I would advise that
they bo conducted in; writing. Tho bou^S~> I
of examiners oro,tirg?'d to grant no cer
tificates except te} persflrls .who, upou careful
exominatrntl^show'-^poficieucy in tho
brandies of lenrniugflu which they ore to
givo iustruction." *
BOSTON, MASS., January 3.-Thc Logis-.,
luturo met to day in joint session in tho
ohamber of Representatives, arid hnviug
notified thc Governor that tho Logi?laturo.
was reudy to rccoivo any communication ?
from him, ho appenred with thc Lieutenant,
Governor, when they were qualified, and
tho Governor delivered his annual message.
The message states the publio debt to bo.
$33,220,404, o reduction of 8330,000 siooo
January 1st, 1877. Tho Governor says:
"Not only should tho publio debts bo paid,*
and currency restored to its normal standard
according to Ibo promises triode, but every
honest effort ts demanded for r?a$orin?~, tho
penco of tho oountry, as tho surest' T.if"*v
reviving its prosperity und securing tho,'
happiness of its people. Tho waria settled,
and tho old O iuscs of difference cannot, bo
renewed, if any section were so disposed/
Tho country has declared with groat una
nimity for tho return of peace, nnd tho rc-,
striction of iutorcourso and good fooling
between thc sections, that tforo aHonatod '
slavery and tho war. lt is the dut) of i
North to adhere to a pneifio fooling, oi
bnsis of the Constitutional Amendment!,
and the groat body of the people iu thc
South have manifested the purpose to accept
these amendments ne unalterable conditions.
Theio must be n steadfast adhercneo to tho
sound principles of tho government, with
great tolerance ns to ohoioc of methods of
administration."
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Tho Washington Post (Domocrulio) an
nounces that Senator Conkling will rccoivo
no further Democratic support. Tho
Washington Herald, also Deinocrntio, sn, 8
that if tho President sends in Roosevelt and
Prinoo again they will bo confirmed by a
number of Democratic Senators who voted
in tho nogativo beforo either ohangiog or
refraining from voting. Tho Chronicle
(Republican,) in n long ' n? tido on tho
situation, says it knows with certainty that,
if tho President stands Out against tho Sonuto
ho oan havo every docent oontinotion oop*
firmed* that hereafter all tho Demoorovs<
excopt Eaton, of Connecticut, will stand bv|
tho President ond against Conkling, on'i&
thus witlv-tho sure Republican 6upporP
Hoar, Dawes, Rurnsido and Jlatthows, j ,?\J
President will command tho situ?t'' M
Tho nKoraneen doubtless represent tho pi'Jn
ont position of tho jDomoomtio SonJyB
They hove come to tho conclusion tbJH
help Conkling is really In help build W'jpF^'"-'
Republican strongth inMm.X-ar**lU*- *
-M ^whos? voto tho nc/t J
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