Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, January 10, 1878, Image 3

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HuooeilQ. Subscribo for tho COURIER, only $1.50 in advance. Wo loom Hint Dr. Darby will rotufn to Walhalla very soon. If you want cash for your cora and poas call ?on Messrs. Addington & Ervin, grain dealers. Corn, at sheriff's sal? itt tho country, only brought forty? two couts por bushol on Tuesday last. It will pay to givo Sbrinor's indian Vormi?. fuge n trial. It will destroy and expel worms ?nd beautify tho complexion". Sllgh & Son are advertising red rust proof oats for seed and grcnt bargains iii their stock of winter goods. Go and seo tncm. , Regular meeting of tho Knights of Honor Friday night, at which tinto tho now oilicors will deinstalled. The attention of our rendors is directed to tho advortisomont of valuable roal estate for salo on noxt enloday. Wo hear frequent cnmplainta of blockade wbiskoy being peddled out at tho upper end j>f our towri. Prosocute tile panics dull stop Mr. B\ F. b'Ifolly hds shown us a pair of ^'kneo bucklos" of tho olden time. They oelongod to his great grandfather Harrison, and aro a curiosity. Dr. Thomas L. Lowis has mado Walhalla lils home. Wo aro glad to welcome him. Wo trust bis stay with us may not only bo filonsnnt but profitable. Subscrib?* for the Kixnvun ?/OTjitiEu, only $1.50 a year in ?rfvithcci A musical concort will bc given al an carly day for tho benefit of Adgcr College It will bc under the manngement of Miss Lizzie McAnnlly, Who, everybody knows, never fails nt anything She undertakes. Hov. 8. L. Morris pastor of the Presbyterian Pharoh, preached an appropriate and (ouching Hermon ali last Sunday from thu 00th Psalm, 12th Verse: "So teuoh un to number our days Hint we Winy apply our hearts milo wisdom." Tho Collcgo at Walhalla oponed with favor able prospecta after thc holidays. A conside rable number of now students have ontored, several of whom go tnto thc1 Collegiate and preparatory departments. On Tuesday night tito Wortthcr moderdtcd considerably, a slow rain falling on thc morn ing cf Wednesday. Tho ground is covered with a Sheet of leo and snow, but a more mcdorato tclilparaturo indicates a thaw. ?, Attention is directed to the election of In? ? tendant and Wardens for Hidi Town nf Wal halla, advertised for Monday (ho 2lat instant. - Lot our oit'zons turn Cdt and continue in power g md officers. ?*-, Tho following young men have Cast In their . lola with Adgcr College since Christmas: Messrs; Watson, of Greenwood, Morris, of Abbeville, Zimmer, of Charleston, and Mood and Garling - ton, of Laurens. Tin's increases tho number enrolled this session to over J-0, Sfi?noe Christmas Dr. Thomas L. Lowis and . rumilys ^f Seneca City, ttlid thc family of Hov. john (vi Mood, of limiteds, have morel to IVulmO \ for tho purpose of educating their ?U?drcu in die excellent institutions of learning In our towiii ~Wo Kindly weleoirie thom and truct their Bitty among otir people 0107 I"; plea sant. Wc* understand that William ll. Mcdill,- ? first ci?..'1* bootiHakor, died at his residence, near WaniK,v'il Tannery, in this county, on th? 2nd instant. Tho doccasod was a native of Ireland, njd dining tho lato tfur made a good soldier, bea. 'nff 0,1 1,19 Pcson tho scars of aovoral Wound? rect,'vt:i1 1? haltlo. lie nus nell connected mid well thought of. r <\. Recently a rtumbct' of tuts ha."0 bccn KO,;, J by Dr. Doyle, itt Westminster,- for voVY f'tir prices. Wo l?urn that a number of tho i*3 ff { 7 will be improvod. Tho railroad Company have put up a good depot at this place. West Munster is surrounded by a prosperous section .Cf country, tlitd WC lire glad tc learn that the ttown is improving. I 'Tho monthly concert of prayer for foreign - -i tnlsaions was held In tho Presbyterian Church I ton'Sabbat h night last. Thc services wcro con 'duotcd by Hov. Dr. Smeltzcr, who preached 'from tho 17th chapter and from the latter clause .of the 17th verso of St. John: "Thy word is ftrulh." Thc-Dootor ably presented tho truths of .tho Bible rm opposed to atheism, infldelism, _ polytheism, materialism and all (he ether isms *v ?how prevalent in tho tforld. . Th?} follovVlng'are liie feplioinlmcnts for 1878 ? ..' "bf tho yValli?lla and Seneca City Circuit, Me thodist \EplscUpa*l OlAiroh, South: Rock Spring' first Untidily in January at ll A. M.; Seneca City at 8 if. M. Walhalla, second Sunday, al l_V 1? A. H. l\hd *i p. M. Scneoa City, third Sun ^Jr ? 'day, at tl A? M.? Itook Spring nt ftj-p. M. Fair J tlow, fourth Sunday, at ll A.^M.? Walhalla nt 7 1?. H. Fairview, Saturday 'beforo the second ;S?nJfty, at U I. ?I, Friendship Saturday bc ?jToro third Sunuuy, at ll A. M. An order lils been received at tho pest office >, lat Walhalla lo discontinuo tho postal route leading from Walhalla to Oak why, Ilnohelors' ?tor rent, Westminster and return. This is Wrong. The post routes in enoh oounty should Start from*the court houso and roturn lo that point, We hopo that our friends nt these ft' y ttthces will petition tho department to rcstoro iL. this route, and for it to inoludo Fair Play and B TownVllNh Tho petitions, whoo signed, should bo forwaVdV-.v our Congressman, Col. Aiken. Saiodny y h Cold and cb eerie ss. Tho ground was whito with snow and tho air so freezing cold that tho sud in the mont-exposed places bardy thawed tlio surface Tra vol ' appeared almost impossible and Was eortainly fittondod with danger to man and horse j Notwithstanding thoao difficulties a good . nulabor of'our citizens weiro at tho Court Houso nnd bid in a spiritod way for thc , y? pro'porty ofrorod for sala,. Ono tract of land, vA sold o? tho'propsrty of Uhe ostntc of Harvey nav; Davis, containing 04 norm, was knookod down KV ot the *um ?f $1,090. or twonty dollars Bf \ Por nor0, ^t,lor ^"^^j weil, showing ll thoro was some money a? vr,oV m lifo in tho WL\ oW land, jot/ \ \\ Thoro will bo four oolipsos during tho your 1878, two of ouch luminnry, ne follows: An annular colipso of tli? sun near 2 o'olook in tho morning of Fob1 rh airy 2, winch wilt, thoron foro, bo in visible to tho people on thin port of tho earth's surface. A partial colipso of tho moon in tbo morning of February 17,vi?iblo from tho. United States. A total eclipso of tho sun July 29, visiblo to all parts of North America. A pnrtiitl colipso of tho moon in tho afternoon and evening of August 12. Tho Circuit Board of Stewards will p?case meet mc at tho Methodist Church, Walhalla, on Friday, January 11th, nt ll o'clock A. H. A full attendnnco is earnestly requested, as tho assessments for tho support of thc Pastor will bo made. J. J. NEVILLE, P. C. Thc sun roso last Friday on a shoot of snow, covoring thc oarth several i nahes intdepth, whilo tho atmosphere wrt? ioy bold. Tho weather Rinco has boon below tho freezing point in thc shudo, and tho ground is still white, tho snow on North hillsides being sovornl inches deep, Tuesday was thc coldost dny of tho winter, tho sky hoing overcast with clouds, threatening moro' snow, whilo wntor I would frce?o in a room in n short timo. Last winter wc had snow on tho ground for moro than three wcoks, consecutively, and unions wo have rain or tho weather moderates, this winter will provo n twin sister to tho last. A good wheat und corn crop followed tho freezes of 1872, nod wo uro satisfied in tho prospect of a liko result tills year. "While snow is not a fertilizer, strictly speaking, yet while on tho ground it protects tho small grain crop and leavos the soil in a favorable condition for spring planting. ? Only $1.50 itt advance for tho Coi'itn?n for ono year. SHILOH L9GALS. MtSssfis. i?iJiroits; According to tho fashion of tho times I send yoi! rt lbw items from tho neighborhood of Shiloh, hoping they may prove of interest to some of your r?nders; Ahor a wot and gloomy Christmas week, ?Cow Year oponed bright nod promising, re joicing the far tilers in the prospect of a pros .porous year. Tho changing of houses, common nt this season of life year, is about over, and our people nro settled fur another twelve month?. [/' Seneca City has three bar roooms, and [from appearances, during Christmas, they 'Vero pretty well patronized; nnd yet tho people complain of hard times. It was amusing to those, who liko euell fun, to 6cc men in their travel claiming both sides of tho streets, making a fence worm ns they splashed (brough tho mud. I think that total abstinence is thc only remedy for excess in drinking. Ho that practices tho motto, "Touch not,taste not, handle not," will never violate tho laws of tempor?neo ami will never regret it. Moderation in an evil habit will nev er succeed. In drinking, it has boen often tried und has as often failed. Tho regular meeting nt Shiloh Church lins been changed to the second Sunday nnd the Saturday before This Church is supplied by Hov. II. N. Hayes. lt. B. H. A Oe.N'Tt.B HINT.-In cur style of climate 'A ?th its sudden changes of temperature-rain, wind and sunshine often intermingled in a single day-it is no wonder that our chijdron, friends und relatives aro so frequently taken from us by neglected colds, half thc deaths resulting directly from this cause. A bottle "f Boscho's Uorman Syrup kept about your home for 1m m?diat o use vvill prevent serious sickness, n largo doctor's bill, and perhaps death, hy the uso of three or four dos?s. For curing Consumption. Hemorrhages, Pneu monia. Severe Cough-, Croup rr nny disease of tho Thront or hung*, ils soeoe-.j is truly .vmdorful, as your druggist will tell you. xj, 'nunn Syrup is n<?w sold io every town or village on this continent. Sample butilos for trial, lO?j regular >b:o, 7?}j. - ST. PKT?;U?iBUn?, Jauuary 7.-Thc Jour nal de St. Petersburg s iys tint Russia aft* r ber immense su cri lieos demands tho right to discuss conditions of punco with her j ne m y alone Russin, however, recognizes the ."''?bt of Hu rope to make known Us np Brc'ctutioii ?* Pt!i'C,! conditions settled between the bo.V?8Cronts. I( is nevertheless important not to uJ'"'! pretensions which' might mislead lifo vnnqu5??6?! concerning their position und public opinion concerning thc relations between tho powers. Qu An RI: i. A MON rf GOOD TEMPLARS.-Thc quarrel among the Massachusetts Uood Tem plars, arising from tho exclusion nf colored mcinbors from thc order, culminated Monday in tho dissolution of tho (Land LodgO of] .Mussachuscits, und tho f?rn?i?liii?i of tv now Ornud Lodge. Tho primo move.1 hi tho revolution was Dr, William Wolla Brown, u colored man, who is supported in his notion by tho Fuglish official-*. COLUMBIA, January 7 -Maj. Wugner, SpOCtul ugeiit of tho internal revenue de - putt mont, . reached hero yesterday from Washington. Ho is to make n thorough investigation into tho recent occurrence in Union County. It is also understood that he is-charged with tho duty of organizing und increasing tho force of special deputios in this Stulo. Uc left here to-d?y for Spar* ta ii ba t g. The Troe's?ry Department wi.I not ask for troops to assist its officers in v ndicnting tho laws, ns it is thought that, a suflioient loree of its officers, properly oem missioned und with tirins to buck their authority, will not be resisted in tho arrest of offenders and tho seizure of illicit distilleries und other prop erty that is forfeited to tho government. Henry Thurston, of White Creek. Texas, Who stands sovon foot six inches high, thinks ho is the tallest man in tho Union. Ho in woll proportioned, ns strong ns A giant, and on joys tho best of health; Ho fought in tho Coni'etlorivto anny, and after tho war, whilo passing through St. Louis, attracted snell a throng that ho could soarcoly walk tho streets; Being modest, ho lins rofnscd very reasonable sums ottered by showmen who wished to ox li i hit bim. California's hoad is lovel. A bill liai boon introduced in the Logislaturo aimed at ibo forcing*ptcc'Css in tho commun schools, lt provides that reading, spelling, writing, urithmetlo and geography shall tnko proco* dence of all othor studios In tho district, primary, grammar t?rtd cosmopolitan1 schools vf.tboMtQ/^ [? -jg? " Lost year's wheat oror? is estimatod at three hundred millions of bushels, and is said to bo the largest ever grown in the United States. Of this amount ono hun dred sud ton million bushels ooo bo spared for exportation. A Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, with a big row on its bands, has got rid of it by making tin entire chango of religions base. It bas gone over to tho Congregationalists. On tho roturn of Congross ono of tile first committee ronot;ts will bo iii favor of a pon slon to Mexican Soldiers and their heirs. Thoro sunnis to bri a good chanco of tho pas sago bl tho bill at thia session. Senator Voorliecs will champion it in tho Sonate. Tt is said that Brigham Young's widows aro quietly and unostentatiously beginning 'to marry again. This timo they propose tb sattler around a little mote, and secure moro husband to tho square milo than be fore. > -- .-*..* Tho New York Sun publishes a list of defalcations within tho-last li vu yours footing up over $30.000,000, and it embraces only reported eases of $5,000 and upwards. It is said that a number of influential colored mea in Augusta, Georgi?, hnro commenced a movement looking to tho or ganization of a cotton manufacturing com pany. Thc death of Bishop Marvin, of thc Methodist Episcopal Church South, will re quire Ibo election of th roo bishops by the General Conference, which meets ut Atlanta, Gcotgia, next May. Tho hard times havo told severely upon immigration; for the arrivals io New York City wore in round numbers 01,000, as against 200,000 in 1873. Editors who liayfa been wishing their readers a happy New Year made mental reservations against delinquent subscribers. Tho weather is extremely cold in Now England. At Fairfield, Maine, tho thorino mctor stands tit 42 degrees below r.cro. Thc case of thc Stnto of Georgia vs. ex-Oov. Outlook argument is in progress in Atlanta. Thc case will bc submitted to the jury on the 8lh, ami lite,general opinion is that a verdict of aci|nit(iil will bc rendered. Ooxumoi'oial. NEW YonK, January 7.-Cotton quiet uplands lil: Orleans il}. Salas 141. CHARLESTON/, January 7.-Cotton doll middling 10j@lI. Net receipts 1,750. Sales 1,000. LIVERPOOL; January 7.-Cotton in moderate inquiry-middling uplands Ojd. Middling Orleans 0 0-lOd. Stiles 10,000. WALHALLA PRICES CURRENT^' COU RF.CTF.n W ERK il" AiM'I.K*-Dried, per pomol 4(?)2 -Green, per bushel f?0(<tt80 BUT THU-Per pound l5(?/)20 BEES WAX-Fer pou ?ul 20 BEEK- Per pound 2(7<)5 BACON-Pry salt shoulders 8 " C R. Sides 8(5.t 10 Smoked bama 10 C.u.tco-Per Jard 6(&8 COFFEE-Kio per pound 20(o)25 " -Laguyra, per pound 33(rt}35 " -Java, per pound 45 CANDLES-Adamantine, per sot 1GS " -Sperm, per pound 30 CHICKENS AND FOU LS, per head 8@15 COTTON-Per pound 01(<r)10 " -Yarn, per bunch S5(o)l.()0 COPPERAS-Po* pound 8 PLCK-S-Per head 18^20 ?v';v'is, per dozen . . , 20 Ft.ouit. per suck, (08 pounds.) 2f.50(n)4.00 PEATIIFUS-Goes.O, per pound 40 V -.Hised per pound , 30 GRAIN--Corn, now, per bushel, 60@G0 corn, old, per bushel, -75 - Eye, pei bushel 00 -Oats, red, per bushel ~ 75 ORKS*-Per head . . 33(7>IO HIDES-Pry, per pound . 10 " -Green, per -pound. ... ,. ., .j 4{ft)b INDUJO-Spanish Float, per pound 1.50 " -Carolina, por pound ..il.25. IRON- *Enulii>h relined, por pound 31(77)4 " -Swood, per pound 7i/t)8 " -Band, per pound 0(&7 " -Hoop, per pound Pot ware, por pound 8(//)10 LAUD, per pound ?3(7015 LIME, per barrel 2-00 LfMUEit, per thousand feet 10.0.J LEAD, per pound 12J MOLASSES, per gallon 40(77)1.09 MADDEII, per pound 30@40 NAILS, per pound 8J@6 ONIONS, per bushel 75 OIL, kerosene, per gallon 30@-tO POTATOES-Irish, per bushel 75 " -Sweet, per bushel 50 RICE, per pound 8(77)0 SALT-?Liverpool? per sack 1.25 ? SIIIRTINO, wholesale 6 jj. M retail 8 j ?? wholosalo 5 \ " rotail fi-I 4-4 SHEETING, wdiole.salo 7} II . ?. retail 10 Suo'r, per pound 12J SPIRITS TURPENTINE, por gallon 1.00 SOAP, per pou nd ' 8@10 StOAits-Crushed, per pound 14 - A White, per pound 12} -Brown, per pound * 10 - Extra C. per (Witnd ll STAUCH, whilo and blue, poi- pound 10@12J SODA, per pound . 10 TORACCO, por pound 9si* ah " per pound, smoking 60(f7)I.o2 TALLOW, per pound ? TURKEYS, por bond Tn i TEAS-Gun Powder, per pound LOO llyson, Green, per pound 75(77)1.00 Young llyson, Rlack.porlb 75 W )OL, washed, per pound ? 25 To all Ad lill lt 1*1 Mittori, Ex ecutor*, ??uardiaits mid o? lies' Fiducial1 ic?. TAM required to iisuo ? rolo against all defaulters who do not rendor tholr annual Returns during tho month of January, and I notify all whom it may ooncern to como forward and save cost ami tho ponalty.. . .RICHARD LEWIS, . Judgo of Probalo O'conco county.' Jan 3, 187K 7-4t_# SCHOOL TEACHERS' NOTICE. 'PHE County Board of Examiners vfiil moot at 1 tho Soliool Commissioner's Oflico on tho second Saturday in Januaiy, 1878, at 10 o'olook A. M.', for rho examination of persons' desiring (o Obtain Qfcdod Certificates as Teachers in thc Free Common Schools of O?onoo flounty. Re member, your Certificates aro good foi' ono yoar ?only fr6j)fV'? dale thoy bear. . ' 1 '. ^Sohorfoft a M. B. P?NlVv, . RED BUST F100F OATS. SUPERIOR RED RUST PROOF OATS EO'JR, SEED. For salo by J. H. Sf.Iftll & SON. Jun 8, 1878 GREAT BARGAINS. Wc intend lo close ont our large Stock of Winter ?1 ooria so as to make room for Spring Stock. BLANKETS, FLANNELS; LADIES' SHA WLSy LIN S EIS, II O OLL EN DRESS GOODS Will bo Bold nt cost lind less than cost. Special bargains in Ocnts' nod Youths' Kondy iMndo Clothing. J. H. SJLIGH? SOJY Jon. .1. 1878 SENECA MALE AND FEMALE HIGH SCHOOL FOR 1878 OPENS its first term of 21 weeks January 141h omi closes Juno 28th. Junioi Class, $1.50; Intermediate. $2 00. nod Senior, $2.50 per month. Tho Preparatory Depart? mont, $1.00. Mrs. Young, a teacher of. ex perience and ability, will take chargo of tho Primary Department, nod giro instruction in Music and French at an extra chargo of $3 per month each. This ia a tine opportunity for girls in music and at prices comparatively low. Thc Preparatory Department is tispecialty. In thoroughness of preparation for College, it yields to none of similar grade, Young men will ho prepared in two y oars from com mencement of Latin Grammar, or can ncquiro n good business education almost ns well in this school as at a regular bus!noss College, nod nt much less expense. Thc rjo?RHB OF STUIIV in holli Departments ?s strictly nod carefully graded, and will bo ioitnd thorough, practical and completo. Thc aim of this school is to furnish both sexes facilities for a higher academic culturo. No deduction will bo made, for loss of time, only in ciao of prolonged sickness. Good board in private families ut $10 por mouth. For particulars address. J. II. CARLISLE, Principal, {seneca City, S. C. Jan. 3, 1873 7-tf Mortgagee's Sale. ThcSialc ot*South Carolina, O CO NEE COUNTY. BY virtue of tho power conferred upon mo in tho Mortgage given mo by James Stanton, on tho 25ih tiny of December, 187*5, of tho hoot of lam! hereinafter described,. I will proceed to soil, ut auction, on the first Mond ?y in February n<5xt, within thc log?il hours of snlo, in Walhalla, at tho Court .House, Ocoiioo County, S. C., to tho highest bidder, at public outcry, the following tract of land, situate in said County and Slato ,nnd fully ami specifically described in said Mort gage recorded in tho Clerk's oflieo. at Wal halla, S. C., in Dook IL, page 5.300, to wit: . All that tract and parcel of land tntuuio in the County and State aforesaid, on tho waters of Crooked Crock, waters of Littlo River nod on thc East side of thc public rood from Pen? dicton to Oconeo Station, adjoining lands of Elias Miller, Janies M. Ilonnicut, John W. Cannon and others, containing seventy (73) three acres, moro or loss. TERMS-CASH. J. P. M ICKLE IL Mortgagee and Attorney, in fact, for Jamos Stanton. Jun 3,1878 7-3t GREAT REDUCTION -tu -AT - J. P. MICKLER & CO.'S o:o 117*17 KEEP FULLY UP WITH THE W A J limos by buying our Goods for cash and keeping always on hand a largo and well selected stock of Goods nt unprecedent edly low prices. Wc aro offering now beautiful sugars from 10 to 12i cents per pound. Coffees from 20 to 25 cents por pound. Flour from $0.50 to $8 per barrel, liest i Shirting from 0 to 7 and 8conts per yard. ' , , Prints from 0} to 8 conts per yard-bost brands. ... , Wholo Stock Brogans nt $1.2o and upwards. Ladies' Shoes from $1 and upwards. Salt for ovcrybody nt $1 25 por sack. Nails 10 d. nt $3.50 por kog. Wagon Iron at 8, 3} and 3 J cents per pound Hundreds of articles that wo aro giving bargains in that wo can't mention hore. Como and see and b6 satisfied. Wo hovo on hand art excellent lot of tho Tower's Patent Plows, which wo aro selling at loss than faotory pricos. They aro adapted to all soils and pleo.RO all that bavo triod thom. Also, tho popular Watt Plows. , , , . Our friends whom wo hfivo indulged will picoso remomhor that this is tho season for squaring off accounts, and wo earnestly ask you to como forward and settle ns our firm oxpiros hy limitation on January Int, 1878,' and wo aro anxious to oloso our books. * . Respectfully, , . State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF OCONEE; In the Court of Common Pleas* Thomas J. Watkins, Plaintiff, vs. .Mary J. Kirkoff and others, Dofondunts- Summons for Relief ? To Mary J. Kirkoff and others, Defendants in J his notion: You aro horcby summoned nnd required to answer tho complaint in this Action, which is tiled in tho oflico of tho Clerk nf thc Court of Common Pleas tm- tho said County, and to servo a copy of your answor on tito subscribers, nt their office, on tim public square, nt Walhalla Court House, Sou tri Carolina, within twenty days from tho service of this summons on you, exclusivo of tho day of service If you fail to answor this complaint within tho timo aforesaid, thc Plaintiff will apply to tho Court for tho rolicf demanded in tho complaint. MCGOWAN & THOMPSON, Plaintiff's Attorneys, Walhalla, S. 0. J. W. STR1BLIXG, C. C. P. |Es! j TO Mary J. Kirkoff, hcirs^at-law of Frederick Abbcttmoyor, deconscd, heirs-at law of Gooroo Watkins, deconscd; hoirsnt-law of Benjamin Watkins, deceased; hoirs-at-law ol'John A. Watkins, deconscd; hcirsr.ntola\v of William Wntkinw, deceased; hcirsnnt law of Nancy Stun sell, deceased; hcirs-at-law of. Elizabeth Beck, deconscd; Cecelia Chastnin, DefomluntH in this action: ,. TAKE NOTICE that tho summons and complaint in this action was filed in thc dulce of tho Clerk of tho Court of Common Pleas. nt Walhalla Court Hodsc, South Carolina, on tho first dav of January. 1878. MCGOWAN & THOMPSON, Plaintiff's Attorneys, Walhalla, S. C. Jan. 1, 1878 7-Gt The State oi' South Carolina. OCONEE COUNTY. 2?v Richard Lewis, Esq., Judge of Probalt'. IViiKi'K?s, M. A. Hull lins mario suit to ?I mo to grant him Letters of Administration of tho Estate and Effects of ll. P. BlUlbr,' deceased These are, therefore, to cito find admonish all and singular thc kindred and creditors of (he said H. P. Butler, deceased, ?hat they be, and appear, before l'?le,' ?ri the Court of Probate, to bc held at Walhalla, S C., on Saturday, IOth of January instant, after publication hereof, at ll o'clock in (he forenoon, to shew cause, if nay tli?y.lmy?. why thc said administration should not be granted. (liven under my hand seal, this tho 1st day of January, Anno Domini 1878. RICHARD LEWIS, Judge of Probate of Oconee County. Jim 3,1878 7-2t STATE 6F SOUTH CAROLINA, Oconee County. By Richard Lewis, Esq., Judge of Br?llate. WMKHKAfl, Sallio J. Sloan has made suit, to mc to grant her Letters of Administration nf (lie Estate and Effects of Dr. J ni. M. biotin, deceased Tlicsi arc, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular tho kindred and creditors of thc sahl Dr. J. M. Sloan, deceased, that they bc and appear before mc, in thc Court ot' Probate, to bc held nt Walhalla, S. C., on Saturday, 10th day of January inst.,' after publication hereof, nt ll o'clock ia tho forenoon, to shew causo, if any they have, why thc said administration should not be grunted. Given under my hand, this 2d day of January, Anno Domini 1878, RICHARD LEWIS, Judge of Probate Oconee County. Jan 3,1878. 7-2t POSITIVELY ?7 UK IS?. All sufferers from this disease that aro anxious to bo cured should try Dr. Iv issn cr's Celebrated Consumptive Powders. These Powders ore tho only preparation known that will cure Consumption and all diseases of tito Thront and Lungs-indeed, so strong is^bur faith's in them, ond also to convince you that they nro PO humbug, wo will forward to every sufferer, by mail, post paid, a Freo Trial Bo*. Wo don't want your money until you arc perfectly satisfied of their curative powers. If your lifo is worth saving, don't delay in giving theso Powders a trial, for they will ?urely euro you. Price, for large box, S3.00, sent to any part of tho United States or Ca?ado", by mail, on receipt of price. Address, ASH Sc ROB?mWS, 3G0 FULTON STREET,BROOKLYN, N. Y. Dec 27, 1877 6-ly NEW BAKERY AT "Walhalla,, S. O. FUE undersigned begs leave to announco to thc citizens of Walhalla and the public generally hat ho has opened a NEW BAKERY at tho old ?tn?d of Mrs! M. M. Kinard, Main Street. Fresh Bread, Cakes nnd Vicua Bretzels always sn hand.. Tho wholcsnle trade can bo supplied vn shotl notice. Also, on.band a choico stock it Candies, Fruits, ftp. Partiesand Balls sup plied. Oivo mo a call. My prices aro low and satisfaction guaranteed. Respectfully, GEORGE HEIST. Dec 27, 187 7 0 -8t JTlIE undersigned will soil tho remnant of | TUE STOCK OF GOODS belonging to tho firm of Thomas Harpor & Son, atfionooH Ciiy, or. Thursday, tho 10th lay of Jo'?unry, 1878. fi?? CALL AND GET YOUR BAR GAINS! -?ra .TOBBN O.CARY, Receiver. Doc 26', 1877_'_5-3_ RECEIVERS NOTICE 11HE undersigned has been appointed Ro? ocher for tho firm of Thomas Harper & Son. All persons indebted to thom by jurig tnent, noto or account must pay promptly, or .hoir obligations will bo put in suit. JOHN C. CARY, Receiver. Soncoa City, S. 0.. Doo 20, 1877 6-3 Final Settlement IMIK uudcrslgnod will apply to the Probato Court on tho 28d January next, 1878, Walhalla Court Houco at ll o'olook A.M. a final 8cltlom.ont.of thoostntoof Girard Gibson iloocased, and a .final, divohargo thcroftom, and all oredttprs having demands against tim ostato aro notified that tho.legality of their cW'-*!-?W I ll . -?-"*~~ COTTON ! COTTON! COTTON ! UP WITH THE TIMES ! PROSPERITY, HAPPINESS Ar|D CASH1 SPECULATION PLAYED OUT! 'V,: For thc planten.* willi JOHNC.OARY AT SENECA, ci fir, s; c. TT A in "rVT/^i ARRANGEMENTS-' IIA YirSlJ ??th tho- largess and most extensivo Spinnors in tho-. United Stiitos to buy COITOS (or thom, fresh l?o p. tho hands of tho farmer, avoiding all inter modiato expenses rind commissions, thereby ?,i giving tho mrin who makes t li o cotjou those] ; profits, I nm prepared to giv? tho highest cash pi-ico for 10.000 bales of cotton. Farmers! now is tho timo, this is>tho place, and ? aiii tho man for you to consult beforo selling your COTTON elsewhere . . Como and got every cent thero is in your cotton. i, ? , To those who think thoy can do bettor with thoir cotton by consigning, And prefer,?; I will say that I am also prepared to advance . them 835 on tho Ralo, and forwnrd their cotton to rcliablo Factors in Churlotto, Char leston, Now York, Philladolphia, or any other market they may designuto to bo sola, and on receipt of account solos will pay tn> . them tho net proceeds, including tho $35 advanced. BRING IN YOUR COTTON, . SMI to mic for tho on'sdi and thon buy yo.u?. goods in tho cheapest market in tho up country. Respectfully, JOHN C. CARY. Oct. ll, 1878 . 47-3ni - ttl ale o?* South Carolina, COUNTY OF O CONER. In tho Probato Court. Elizabeth Williams, Pluintiff, vs. W. T: Williams, Administrator, Tolitba 0.' Moore and others, Defendants., , Petition and Complaint joi- Partition of Real Est at ef By Richard Lewis, Esq., Judge of Probate. TO W. T. Williams, Administrator, TclithnL 0. Moore, Sanford Moore, James Mooro. and Harriet Hazlewood, hoir? ot law of Emory Mooro, deceased, Defendants-*? GREETING: YOU arc hereby required to appear at tho Court of Probate, to bo holden atWel-. hallo, S. C., for Oooneo County, on MON-. DAY, 4th day of February, A. D. 1878, to show coupe* if a'uy you can, why tho ReaV' Estato of Emory Moore, deceased, situate in. said County; on waters of Conncross Creek, waters of Seneca River, bounding lands of.: James Mooro, E. II. Cox and others, and: containing seventy ucres, moro or less; and also, two Lots in Seneca City, known ia: general plain of said town ns Lots Nos. 12? and 124, containing-acres, originally, granted (o-, should net bo por titioncd ond sold, ollotting to tho said Toli tho C. Mooro onu third thereof, and tho. remainiug two thirds thereof io equal por tions to tho said Elizabeth Williams, Sanford Moore, James Moore and Harriet Hazlewood. GIVEN under my hand and seal, this third, doiy of December, in tho year of pur, Lord ono thousand eight hundred, and seventy seven and in tho lfJ2d year of American Indepcndcdcc. j LTS! [ HIC II A RD L?Wl?. ( -Y-* ) Judge of Probat* TO absent Defednnt, Harriett Hazlewood-? TAKE NOTICE that the ccmpluint and. summons in the above stated action hos beef) filed in the office of thc Probate Judgo at tho Court IIouso in Walhalla, S. G., for. tho purposes set forth in tho nbovo sum mons. This 34 day of December, 1877. S. P. DENDY, .. Plaintiffs' Attorney, Walhallo, S. 0, Deo G, 1S77 8-6$ TUB STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, O omi ty of" Ooonee. In the Court of Common Plear. Sidney Davis nnd Worroo ll. Davis, Plain tiffs, against A. Cornog, Surviving Ex ecutor of tho Inst Will and Testament of Samuel Knox, deceased, Mary Knox, his widow, Louisa Grishom, wife of W. S. Grishotn, Antoinette Novill, wife of -John C. Novill, Faunie Hardy, wife of JoltbC^ Hardy, Susan J. Wright, wifo of John Wright, Leila Leo, wife of Josso M. Leo,. Isabella Knox, Thomas Knox, Samuel Knox^.IamesT. Knox, Fnnnic J. Wiight," (nee Knox,) widow of William Knox,' deceased, and his eight children, to wit: Flctohcr Knox, Tugaloo Knox, Lucy, Cobb Knox, Samuel Knox, Shoal C.rocM Knox, Matthew Knox, Jonie Brandt Knox nnd Willie Joe Knox, heirs-ot hm. of Samuel Knox, dcoeasod, Defendants-, Complaint for Specific Performance, Relief, d'C. To thc Defendants above named: X7 OU arc hereby summoned nnd required! X to answer tho complaint in this action,', which is filed in tho office of thc Clerk of Common Pleas, for tho said County, and to servo a copy of your answer to tho said complaint on tho subscriber at Ids offioo, on tho.p?blio 8qnoro in Wothella, S. C., within, twenty days after tho service hereof, oxolu sivo of tho day of suoh service; and if you ? fail to answer thc complaint within tho timo aforesaid, tho plaintiffs in this notion will, apply to tho Court for thc relief demnndod in tho oomplaint. , Dated January 1, 1878. . S P. DENDY, , Plaintiffs' Attornoy. To tho absent Defend mts: A Ooroog, j Surviving Excoutor of tho last Will and Testament of Samuel Knox, dcoeasod, Mary j Knox, his widows Louisa Grishotn, wifo of ? W. S. Qrisham, Fannio Hardy, wifo of- *i John Hardy, Susan J,1 Wright, wifo of,.?J John Wright, Leila Leo, wifo of Josso M JP Loo, Thomas Knox, Isabella Knox, Samuel? Knox, James T. K?> o rc, tako notice that th? jv complaint orid summons ?n tho ubovo Btat?ljg?? action was filed in t?io office of tho Olq'rW; 'fit tho Court df Cojnjpon, Plota tor. r ; VA? "-'xor ??wd*.^ 0*f M(p "A I , Jan, 10,W? ,^ . ;