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t ^S^??y???^w???M>??it?ii II i ii mi*Ti biri II il?? H min ' lu THE KEOWBK COURIER. BY KEITH, 8 M ITH & CO -o-i THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 0, 1879? TERMS : 03d For subscription $1.50 por mumm, strictly in advance; for six months, 75 cents. H^J? Advertisements inserted at ?ne dollar por square of ono inch or less for tho hrst insertion) and fifty cents for each subsequent in sertion. O* Obituary Notices exceed tagiive lines, Tributes of Respect, Communications of a personal character, when admissable. and announcements of Candidates will bo charged for as advertise ments. 03* J?D Printing neatly and cheaply executed. 03r Necessity compels us to adh?re strictly to the require ments of cash payments. The Meeting on Monday. Wo publish clscwhoro tho proccodingB of Ibo meeting held on Monday last, called to take notion in roforenco to tho price of guano. Tho mooting was well attended aud adopted resolu tions looking lo tho reduction of tho price on all commercial fertilizers offered for salo. Meet ings liavo been hold in a number of counties and tho people aoein determined, if possible, to reduoo tho price. Action should look to thc future as well as Ibo present. This is a fine opporlunity for rc organizing thc granges, and wo hopo it will bo dono. If tho farmers will combino and remain firm they can control thc oountry. Inaction, howevor, will remand them to tho moroy of tho rings and monopolists. Labor We spokn some timo back in rcforenco to labor hoing too high, for tho price of thc products, and we really think this is n greater evil than tho increased price of fertilizers, though not so difficult to romcdy. The price of labor cnn always bc controlled by a judi cious system of tenantry. In England, tho mother country, renting is tho rulo and ten ants live for years on the santo land, tho proprietor collecting his rents nnd living from them. Dickson, tho celebrated farmer of Georgia, has concluded that labor nt the present prices would not pay and has abatir doned hired labor. His system now is ono of renting, paying for tho labor ono third of tho crop, tho land hoing valued at one third, and tho horse and tools one third. Ile thinks this equitable mid has pub lished n letter to that cftbot. By this system ?very farm would bo occupi ed by good' ten ants, who would havo thoir houses, patches and n nico fruit orchard. A failure of tho yorop would not thon ruin tho land owner, but ethedoss would be divided and no money to pay out. Thia the (?mintry must como to at somo day, and tho soooor it begins tho bettor. Thoro is only one ohs?aclo to it. and that is tho cheapness of our lands r?nd tho disposi tion of our labor to squat on poor hillsides nnd farm on tho lion law without profit to themselves or tho country. This is tho great ground of our opposition to the lien Jaw, and while it oxist3 labor cannot bc controlled. Besides,, it impoverishes the country, as Ibo labor is wasted. Tho State Penitentiary. A correspondent cf the News and Courier states that tho management of thc Stato Peni' tontiary by Goncrai Lipscomb, present Super intendent, has nlroady displayed n degree of intelligence and zeal ihut promises to secure Gio best results, attainable under tho narrow minded polioy adopted by tho reform Legisla*, turo. There aro 250 convicts in tho institu ? tion, besides tho large number farmed out on various railroads. The institution was in bud OOndllloti lind only $i,G6G.60 arc appropriated for supplies and all needed changes and re paire. This seems too small for any extensive repairs and for putting thc institution in a paying condition; tho Radical appropriations ofton amounting to $50,000 to $80,000. While tho appropriation is so small, General I*, lins opened out a large market garden inside the walls, husbanding his rosourccs. Ho hus also prepared to manufae.turo thc uni' forms of thc convicts inside thc walls. Heavy and well mado brogans aro also put up inside tho prison walls, and thc institution is being rcstorod to tho condition it was in under the Orr Administration, when its management was conducted by Maj. T. II. Leo. General Lipscomb aleo proposos to establish a tnnnory and to enlurgo thc work rooms as fast as possible, which aro now too small. Tho health of tho convicts has greatly improved and under 6tloll judicious management it ?8 likely in n fow years to becomo n paying institution to tho Stato, as similar ones arc in other States. It is all bosh to restrain this labor nt tho expense of tho taxpayers, in ordor to prevent convict labor from competition with froo labor. In tho courso of timo wagons, buckets, ploughs and nil kinds of farm tools should bo manufactured in tho Penitentiary. This is tho plan in other Slates, and our poople will buy whore they can got tho cheap ?st ?nd best gooda. Wc aro buying our plows and buggies, &c, now from thc North, and generally a largo proportion oi thoso articles aro manufactured in tho penitential .rios of other Statos. Convicts confined for long periods become ?killed workmen nnd being undor porfoot oontrol can turn out cheaper and bottor work. This should bo dono as,curly ne possible and tho Logislaturo should not withhold such funds ns aro ncedod to bring about this result. Undor tho Radii 0al8 tho penitentiary was a hoavy exponso, and wo would liko to soo it mado self sustain ing, nnd thon a profit to tho Stato. Page bounty, Virginia, has lorty-threo gov eminent distilleries. *-?* * ~~ - - - Senator Lamar, of Mississippi npendo $300 a year for nowspapor subscription. I ' ---.^r--.,M i , .ULM Deop Plowing, There aro fow questions in fanning upon vvhioh thero is groator diversity of opinion tuan upon tho vuiuo of deop plowing. Many will contend that it injures tho land and reduces tho yield from it, while others will maintain tho reverse of both thoso assortions. In ono souse both aro oorrcot, though tho man who plows doop will in tho ond always succeed host. If n picco of land with a thin soil bo turned over and subsoiled its fertility will bo weakened by tho mixturo of clay with tho soil. Tho result in such casos is that tho plant will stand tho drought, but it will stifler for sustenance, often Yielding nothing. If tho owner had scratched tho land and tho 8easons been good ho would havo mudo a fino crop from tho same land. On the other hand, a deop soil may bo turned over and subsoiled without diminishing its fertility, and in this caso tho earth is made spongy and will hold water to supply tho plant through along drought at tho saino timo that tho roots of the plant draw sustonnnoo from n lurgor quantity of fortilo soil. Any reflecting mind must howover admit that deep plowing is host on all uplands, lt is hotter to plow deep and mnnuro a thin soil, landing loss, than to plow shallow and got good crops a fow years and let tho land wash away to tho olay or beoomo exhausted. Deop plowing will help to make a deop soil and without it tho soil must remain shallow, annually grown ing loss productive and constantly subject to injury from drought. Tho action of thc atmosphere on clay soon givos it tl oonsidera blo degree of fertility. This may bo easily proved by noticing tho clay thrown np from cuts along a railroad. In a fow yours yon will eco a luxuriant growth of blackberry briars springing from a bed of puro clay. Thoso who have dug wells havo doubtlcsi observed that dirt brought up from thirty to fifty feet below tho soil will in a few years support a good crop of weeds. To plow up? lands deep in tho full and lot them in a porous 6tato tako tho frosts always improves thom. Lot every farmer from year to year plow sumo of his uplands deop and in a few years he will find his soil will bo deeper and strongor. A Suggestion. The able editors of tho Abbeville Press and Banner make a kind suggestion to its country exchanges in its last issue, lt says: "As many of our country exchanges lill (heir first and fourth pagos with dead advertisements and miscellunco is matter, set in loaded long primer, would il not be well for them lo make arrange ments with Ibo Anderson Intelligencer lo print llicsc pages for them?" As thc KKOWBK CouitIKH has no dead advertisements running in its columns, and ns its miscellaneous matter will compare favorably with tho Anderson Intelli gencer or any other weekly journal in Ibo Slate, wo presume thc editors havo In their minds1 eye some other papers in the Stale. Womlerif the editors have consulted tho Intelligencer about such an arrangement? Let our country ex changes speak out on this all important subject! For ourselves, however, wc nre vain enougli to think, although tho tntcW?fencer and J'rcs3 end Banner aro excellent papers, timi, wo can edit our first and fourth pages better than any one oise cnn do it for us, and we prefer to do it. lt is a source of gratifient nm at least to havo entire control of your own business. Perhnps (his would bo a fruitful themo for t li o press conven - vcnlion. Supremo Court Decision. Thc following decision of tho Supreme Court of tho United States, rendered February 3d, 1879, will bo very pleasant news to thc people of Oconcc County. Tho effect of thc decision is to compel tho Air Linc Railroad to pay taxes: Thc Comptroller Qonornl of South Carolina against the Richmond and Danville Rail road Company, front tho Circuit Court of South Carolin?*? Thc decree was roversou with cost*. This W.1S a suit tn enjoin tho collection of taxes upon that part of thc Atlanta and Richmond Air Lino Railroad lying within tho limits of South Carolina, on tho ground. of exemption in thc company's charter. Thc court holds that as tho act incorpora ting thc Air Line Railroad in South Carolina in 185C contained no clutiso excepting ?ta charlot from thc provisions of tho law of 18If, they must bo held applicable to it. Thc State, therefore, has tho right to with draw tho exemption of tho original chattel and collect tho taxes. "Wasto of Material." Under thia heading thc Abbeville Pr?t* am Banner wants all thc newspapers of tho Stall to throw away nil their long primer and brovicr. nnd come down to minion and noitparoil type Ii says "thc peoplo do not read by thc sqiiaro foo and ono readily tell whether a paper has Jiuici in it o.- not, and ns all except thc country papen aro printed in small type, wo get ncciislomcd l< reading small typo (?) and it is not agreeable ti tho eye to (urn to such largo print!" Wo won!? suggest to the editors that it would bo righi am proper for them to call a press convention am have this matter brought before its attention a once. Wo aro very much interested in titi momentous question. Thc Georgia farm ors are prcpt.ring to protcs in a very emphatic mnnnor against thc recen action of tho guano agents' convention ii Augusta. This convention fixed tho minimini prico of a ton of commercial fertilizers at 50' pounds of middling cotton. In many coontie tho planters have taken Ibo bull squarely b tho horns. Thoy havo hold meetings, dc olnrod that thoy will not uso a pound t commercial fertilizers nt such pricos, an plodgod themselves to uso their influenco i preventing others from using thom. Th prospects aro that thc movement will becom general throughout tho State. Tho black plngno lins rando its npponranc in Asia Minor and Russia. Many doutl havo occuired. It is stated that Professe Halt ki u, tho physician to tho Czar, advise tho burning of Wotlinnka and oilier villagt where (ho epidemic has broken out, with II tho furniture inthem, nnd tho romoval of tl inhabitants to healthy place.';. In spite of tl heavy expenses such a scheme would involv tho Czar in said to bo disposed to folio Bul tk in's advice, ...- - 4 4V"" A tornado nt Liku, Miss., on tho 28th ult killed six persons. Eight persons woro sori nurdy injured. Four houses woro blow down and iniioh damage done. News It o m s A bill ?9 beforo Congross to apply tho proceeds of t li o sales ofpublio lands tho to edu cation of tho pcoplo of tho different States. Tho Azor, tho Liberian immigration ship, will enil for Monrovia about tho 20th of Fobruarj with another load of colored im migrants. Tho passage faro from Charleston is $37.50. Alt. Airy, on tho Air Lino Railway, is to be colonized by Swiss. Somo of thom ha ve al roudy arrived. They aro very industrious pooplo and will make good citizens. Tho Bonufort Tribuno wislios to seo Qen. James Conner, of Charleston, elected Chief Justice of tho Supromo Court of South Caro. Una when tho term of corrupt the carpet bagger Willard expires. Samuel Lee, a notorious colored politician of South Carolina, and ono who did so much during thc last campaign to stir up race contlicts, has boen rowarded hy hoing ap pointed Postmaster at Sumter, S. 0. Tho Oreen wood and Augusta Railroad is rapidly progressing, and tho farmers aro anticipating tho prospect of sending their next cotton crop to Augusta instoad of Char leston. lloro is au extract from a littlo boy's first composition. "Wen cats is a swearin' and a bluspbcmin' and a tryin' tho gages of their steam b'ilcrs in tho back yard at nito, it makes a feller offlo frado, if bo isn't a slcopin1 with his big brother." It is rumored tltat Whitelaw itoid is to marry Anna Dickinson. Wo hope so. Then if somebody would pick up Susan B. Antho ny tho world might havo a littlo rost. ns llicso two old chronic disoasoj might, if married, find something bettor to do than running around trying t i make men out of women. Nouns ending in cg lorin their plural rog' ularly by adding s\ as key, keys; monkey, monkeys: journey, journeys, attorney, attor neys, money, moneys. Ign?ranos loads some persons to writo nt tom les and monies instoad of tho correct spelling. Tho word whisky has no oin it, and its plural is whiskies, not whiskeys. Our usually quiet town was yesterday, about 12 o'clock, shocked at tho sudden death by thc hands of Mr. Hampton Addison Harth, of Mr. Murri/. Ullman, who was known in this communty as Prank SogondorQ'. A difficulty arose bet ween I lion ut Paul Wise's blacksmith shop, (rom a trivial canso which ondod in Mr. li lith's shooting Mr. Ullmann with a pistol, just ubovo tho heart, willoh caused his instant death. [ lexington Pis natch. Thc Abbeville Medium records tho death of Jesse Wimbush, the groat Radical disturber of tho Duo West section, whoso pleasure it was at one tim? to ride rough sh >d over thc law abiding people of that locality. Ho died whllo sorvlng In tho chain gang on tho Green wood and Augusta Railroad. All that wo dislike about it is that Smalls or Cardoso will not bc sent to lill his place. The Social Scioueo Association of Boston publishes thc statement that several mills in New England aro grinding white stono ii\to powder, to bo used in ndnltornting sugar, soda and flour. Dr. if. A. Mott recently analyzed 10 samples of On fleo taken from stores in New York or Brooklyn and found that seven contained chiccory. The most disquieting discovery thus fur made is that blue clay is ground, moulded nod roasted so ns to rvrosont thc perfect semblance of tho coffee noan. Only one of the. big hoes of California has boen felled hy the hand of man. To accom plish this it required tho work cf fivo men for twenty two days, r?ot chopping, but with long augurs, boring it down. After thc trco was completely Revered, the veteran (toed still unmoved and refused to fall, until by ropes, pulleys mid wedges, tho enormous trunk was brought to tho earth. The tree wits found lo bo over SOO feet long, ninety six feet in circumference nt the base and sound to the very heart. Last Saturday a twenty dollar gold piece was circulating on our streets, hearing dutc 1S70. The gold was taken from tho mine, expressed to thc mint nt Philadelphia, coined, and returned to Spnrtnnburg, anti put in circulation between tho 1st and 25th of the month. Capt. Charles B, Hammett is the enterprising man who did this work- Ile has several gold minc? that with rude nnd unskilled labor yield a fair gain. In tho hands of skillful miners tlin amount would bc greatly increased.- Carolina (Upar?an, In the Forty"Sixtll Congres*, which begins on ?-'O 4th of next March, tho Republican side of ih? ScnttO will bo mentally nnd morally, as well as niimor.flally, weaker than it has been for a scoro ot yC?'*. w,,i,? llic Democrat, ic sido will bo stronger in propon lion, than it bad been nineo tho day wno ri tho Democracy fell into thc arms of secession. Thurman, Bayard, Wallace, Kornau, Pendle ton, Voorhccs, McDonald, Hampton, Hill, Gordon and Vance, will lind only an Ed? mundt) no tho poer of any of them in tho heavy artillery of debate, and Blaine tho only foe man fit to capo with them in thc uso of <ho ightor and koonor woapons of parliamentary wnrfaro -Philadelphia Times. Tho uncommon severity of tho weather iu Europe continues to be noted by tho cable. Violent storms of snow aro reported in tho Ukraine, noarly all thc Russian railronds aro blockaded, tho river Elbe is completely olosed with icc, and this is also thc case with several of tho English rivers. In Scotland many of tho roads aro impassable, and tho dopth of tho snow among tho Highlands has had fow recorded precedents. That tho savago in? clemency of thc clements should bo experi enced at s ii ch a season of poverty und wide distress among the working clasf.es is truly lamentable. It will aggravato existing troubles, and givo intensity to Buffering alroady too poignant. Ono curious solaco in tho neighborhood of mountainous rogions is that tho snowo and frost have driven many wild animals hom their upland lairs to tho plains. So far as tho ornaturos may serve a hungry population for food, tho descent of wild boars and othor odihlo animals may bo reckoned ns a compensation, even although at a cost of somo danger in encountering them. Tho recent decision of tho Supronio Court of tho United Stntos in tho oneo of tho State of? Goorgia against tho Atlantio and Gulf Railroad, for tuxos on tho rond, will giro tho plaintiff about $70 000/ but tho road will have to bo sold boforo tho money can bo col lected. Groat alarm prevails in K?stern lin ropo over tho rapid spread of an oxtronioly fatal disease believed to bo tho plague. Its inor? taiity is extraordinary , thoro hoing but fow rccovorios. An International Sanitary Coin mission which is in soasion at Vienna, has adopted stringent moosuros ngainst its sproad Westward, and says it is to tho intorcst of tho whole of Kuropo, that medical assistance bo sent to Hu?sia to aid hor in keoping down her ina" ligunut cnomy. This is tho samo disouso which in tho fourtoouth century desolated tho globe, when 52,000,000 pooplo perished in Asia and Kuropo. lt gots its nanto from tho black 6pots, symptomatic of a putrid <locoin? position, thal show themselves at mc of its stages on (Ito skin of tho sufferer. An exchange resurrects a statato which was originally enacted in this Stalo in tho your 1712, and ro-enaotod in 1872, sinco tho creation of tho otlico of Trial Justice. It requires Trial Justices to impuso a tine upon every person who shall swear or curso in their presenco, tho proceeds to go to tho support of tho poor. Tho fines tire to vary with tho condition ol thc person committing tlio offence Every servant, day laborer, or common seaman is to bo fined twenty-five cents, and every other person fifty cents. For thc second offence thc linc will bo doubled and for thc third it will bc trcblod, The further provision is mado that if any Trial .Justice shall willfully and wittingly omit thc perform anco of hts duty under this net, ho shall forfeit twenty-five dollars. Prosident Hayes tooday perpetrated n rich joke on the ladies of (ho woman suffrage coil' vontion. They calleil on him and presented resolutions adopted at tho convention, fellow? ?pg up with nn argument in their favor, The President listonad attentively until tlicy finished, and then nsked them if they would not like to seo Mrs. Hayes. They assented, and tho President asked Mrs. Hayes lo show thom thc VI bite House, which she did, taking tho ladies to thc nursery, kitchen and through all tho chambers, pointing out tho improved methods of li inskooping, nnd asked their opinions'upon domestic subjects. The ludios expressed gratification nt Mrs, Hayes' kind ness, but carried off, an impression that they hud been trilled with. Information about housekeeping was not what they were after. [ Washington Letter. Tho Guano Question- Meeting on Monday, According to previous announcement in tho K KOW Kt; Coi.iur.it, quite a number of (ho farm ers of thc county met in the Court Meuse on Monday last, sulcduy, for the purpose of agile.t ing the question ol' fen ?lizers. Tito meeiing was called to order and Col. 15. frank Sloan was elected Chairman and V, Hurl Doyle, Esq., Secretary. The chairman said thal il was unnecessary to make any extended remarks ns to thc objects of thc meeting. This wns generally understood, nod he would be glad lo hear from any gt ii t le m?n who had any resolutions to oller for Hie consideration of the meeting. Mr. F, 15. Doyle offered the following preamble and resolutions, which, after sonic amendments, were adopted: believing that wc, ns farmers, have the same right lo organize nnd co operate together for our protection as any oilier class, be it Resolved, That wc declare I lie aciion of certain fertilizer manufacturing companies, in raising Hie price per ton of guano, to bo exorbitant mid oppressive on thc former. Resolved, That wo will not give lo any com pany manufacturing or selling guano moro (han .IOU pounds of cotton per ton, delivered nt the depots. Resolved, Thal to take stronger and moro concerted notion ngainst such extortionate prices as are now demanded of us for (erlilizcrs, that there bc held meetings of the farmers at the di Moront voling precincts in Ibo counly on Saturday, the b'th of February, The subject of fertilizers was discussed very interestingly by Cols. J. \V. Livingston ami lt. /.. Thompson r.ud Messrs. W. T. Janes, J. !.. Slianklhi, J, S. Vernor, J. ll. Pickett and others. Thc agents of (he guano companies were called for and heard. Messrs. II S,Van 1)1 vier0, W. A. Strother, S. J. McHlroy and R. E, Mason made statements ns lo thc probabilities of tho several companies which they represent lower ing tholr prices. Thc mee?ing after these discussions and slate mcnts adjourned. 15. FRANK SLOAN, Chairman. y. 15. DoYLR, Secretary. Fortilizors-Oakway Hoard From OAK WAV, January 31, 1879. Tho farmers of Oakway neighborhood turned out this evening at 3 o'clock and after culling thc meeting to order, W. M. brown was elected Chairman and J. B, Sunders Swoiniy. Thc object of tho mooting was explained by tho Chairman to bo that of protesting against furmors paying any more .for com mercial fertilizers than they did last your. Tho resolutions adoptod by tho Rates Township of Greenville County wore adopted by us. J. YV. Reardon, Joseph Dearden, A. Ku? banks and J. A. Jnynos were cleotcd dolo gatos to (ho general mooting of tho county at tho Court House salo day, next Monday. A. Reardon, J. Rj Sanders, J. A. Jnynos, J. A. Klrod, J. P>. Mooro, J. W. Haul brook, J. W. Reardon, J. II, M eQ ullin and Aaron Kubanks wcro appointed n commiiloo to secure thc pledge of tho farmers in tho first resolution rcferrod to. Adjourned sine die. W. M. BROWN, J. B. SANDBRS, President. Secretary. --? ? ?-- -- NKW OatBANR, January 31,-A number of political prisoners from Cnddo and Tensas appoarod boforo J ml go Wood to-day, charged with violating election laws, and woro bailed in $3,000 oaoh to appear when called. Thirty prisoners from Nntchitochos Parish, arrested upon similar charges arrived to-night. Honest Jilin J. Patterson modestly an nounces that when bis tenn of sorvioo in tho Somite expires, ho will not return to South Carolina, but "go to bis old homo in Pcnnnyl ? vania." Aro thoro four yours of good stonl? ing loft in Pennsylvania? ?sr An Agent Wanted in this Locality to Supply the Rapid Demand. $125 00 FER WEEK MADE EASY* H0R8E AND WAGON FURNISHED FREE. Nothing Succeed* Like Success. Tho Former High Priced Machines Reduced to Twveniy Dollars, Thoroughly warranted and soat to you for EXAMINATION BEFORE YOU PAY FOR IT. And no obligation to kcop ono, if not BBTTKR than any machino you over had. EVERY FAMILY CAN NO W O \VN A FIRST-CLASS SEWING MA CU?N E; Thc Old Favorite asid Itel ia? le STANDARD ? I SEWING MACHINE $20. i ACKNOWLEDGES NO SUPERIOR! 9 M We Cannot ?flake a Relier Machine al Any Price. ?jg ? a a The Highoat Pr o ni i um Awarded tho Stitch at tho Conten nial. 3 ft ?J A Strictly First-Class Shuttlo Double Thread Lock Stitch Machine, moro completo in O *? equipments than any other, and combining all tho late improvements, with tho old and well ft ?S tried qualities for which thc M 4 STANDARD IS SO POPULAR. P A Faithful Family Sewing Machine in every sense of tho word-that runs smooth and doos every description of plain or fancy towing with case and oort al n ty-so strong and well mudo, and so thoroughly tested while in uso for years in thousands of families, that caoh machino that leaves our factory is warranted for five years, and kopt in order free of charge. Money refunded al once if not perfectly satisfactory. HKUUCKH IN PRIOR FAR DOWN Bm.ow AM, OTUKR MACHINES. ?? No extras lo pay for. Fuch mnchiue is accompanied by a moro Complete Outfit of numerous nnd f useful attachments for nil kinds of work (free of any oxlra charge) than is given with any other M machine nt any price. Thc Standard Machine has more good qualities than those of doublo tho fl price. Lia UT AND F.ASY ltUNNINO, n child can uso it STUOXU AND DUIIAULK, never out of order. ^ liapidand Certain in Execution. No useless Cogs or' Cams totcear ont or male a Noise. Will last for years. Is read;/ in a moment, and understood in an hour. Muk?s tho Doublo Thread Lock Stloh, alike on both sides of tho goods, from cambric lo leal her, uses a Short, Straight and Strong Needle, Fxlra Long. Largo, easily threaded Shuttle. With NKW AUTOMATIC TKNSION. Largo Hobbins, capable of holding ono hundred yards of thread. A Lnrgo Strong Mnchiue with great width of arm. giving it many desired qualities, and great capacity for a wide range of work, lt is thc Best Machine in Principle and in Point of Construction. Use it once and you will use no other. Extra inducements offered Clergymen, Teachers, Business Mon, &o. Illustrated Dook, samples of work, with (trice list. Sic, free. Safe delivery ol' goods guaranteed to any part of'tho world. Address, STANDARD SEWING M ACHING COMPANY? ISroutl Wtiy Iti?d Clinton Place, New York. Feb 0, 1879 12-Iy Married, on tho 24th or January, 1879, by t'uo Hov. Il ur rall Wall, nt bis residonco, ?Mr. Andrew Davis to Miss Zillah Leathers, all of Oeonco County. Tho vote of Texas at the recent State elec tion aggregated 249,812, an incienso of 39, 043 over thc Presidential election of 187G, or 14 per cent., which, tho Galveston Nava thinks, indicates a population in November Inst <>i at least 1,085,003. When it is reinem? bored that a very foll vote was polled at tho Presidential election, whilst nt tho recent State election, there was littlo organized oppo sidon to the Democratic ticket, it is safe to conclude that tho volo of Texas lins increased 50,000 in two yours, which indicates an in crease of population in that time ol between 300,000 and -100.000. kUUTCHSaxXKSaK 'jwwd;gram;.rorjBSCxtz-zzmcz?zm _OBITUARY._ In Memory of Mrs. Catherine Dodd. On last Sabbath night Mus. CATII KU INK Donn, wife of Thomas Dodd, an cslimnblc woman and "Mother in Israel," fell asleep in Jesus al the advanced nge of seventy-livo years. She was. n member ol' Fairview Methodist Church, having casi in ber lol with the peoria of Cod more limn thirty-five years ago. About a year ago she had a partial stroke of paralysis, from which sho never entirely recovered, ticing confined lo lier bcd most of Hie time since. Ono week before her death, she grew rapidly worse. Fearing her end was approaching, her friends sent for n minister of the Cospel, who conversad with her freely about death, dying grace and the pvomiscs of the Gospel. Though Butlering excruciating pain, she was perfectly conscious and was enabled lo express ber confidence in Cod, ber love for hor Saviour and lier hope that death would be gain to ber and freo her from all suf fering. She has triumphed over tho last enemy, lon i I. has lost a Christian, but Heaven lins ga.ned a saint. ''Let mo die thc death cf the righteous and let my last end bc like bis." S. L. M. JUST RECEIVED ANOTMF.It LOT OF THOSE BEAUTIFUL , PRINTS AND SILK HA ND KER CHI Eh S. ?^TT O General stock of DRY GOODS, \S U XV NOTIONS and FANCY Goods always kept full. Taylor'? Trimmings a specialty. Sister towna may honst of cheap goods, but our motto is QUALITY, not QUANTITY. Agonts for tho Weed Sewing jVTa>oliino Prices grcntly reduced. Farmers aro respectfully invited to call and POO our stock of AVERY'S PLOWS AND A GRIOUL TUR AL IMPLEMENTS, Which wo aro agontafor. All numbers of Braid's Hoes in stock. Wo sell tho Winchester Brand of .Ladies' Fino Shoes. A Southorn mado Shoo. F Jill J?HEJiD Of tho noted Milos Shoo. A nico lot of Omits' Fino HAND-MADK SHOES. Frosh Lot of Ferry's Garden Seeds Call and Soe Thom* Respectfully, C. L. REID fy CO. February 6, 1879 12 TO TEACHERS. rpK AC II li RS of tlio Public Schools muat J. rondor their monthly reports to mo promptly ut thc end of euch month. This is necessary to enable mo to determine how long tho public schools oatt bo kept opon by Stato funds. ISAAC WICKLIFFE, School Commissioner. February C, 1879 12-1. LAND FOR SALE, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Ocone? Ootirfty Hy H&icliurtl Lewis, Judge or E*r<?R?ale l'or sai?\Coiiiity. |) DY virtue of a decretal order by ( li o said Judge ol' Probate, made in Hie caso of IS. A. .Adams vs. James N. Adams, for the admeasurement of dower. 1 will sell, on MONDAY, salcday in March next, at the court house door in Wal halla, S. between tho legal hours of salo tho one divided half interest in tho following Tract of Land, viz: All that certain Parcel or Tract of Land, situ ate and being in thc County and Stale afore said, on Ccnncross Greek, adjoining landa of W. J. Nevill, Dr. L. H. Johnson and ol hers, being tho place whereon James N. Adinna now lives, and containing nbout -acres, being the tract bought of W. S. Grisham by J. N. and; W. W. Adams. TERMS-CASH. RIO il AK D LEWIS, Judge of Probate. February 6, 1879. 12-4t Annual Report of tho Town Coun cil for the Years 1878-79. UKCF.ll'TS. 1878. Amount of Ex-Treasurer, $ M 45 Liquor license, 412 60 ^ Hilliard licenso, 25 00 Livery stablo license, 50 00 Itinerant traders' license, 10 00 Calaboose tines, 61 80 Market house rent, 1 00 Street laxes, 129 SO Town tuxes, 279'03. $980 98 1878. lMSBCH.iriMKNTS. Feb. Cost on Kilburn, Gaillard and Whilo,$2 80 J F .Sullivan, for December, 1877, 31 00' J F Sullivan, for January, 1878, 31 00 Mar. J F Sullivan, for February, 1878,. 28 00 Nevill & Ho) lcm an, lumber, :i 54, St reel hands, 2 80' F Wiebens, lor hnuling, G 00 Marshal service, per Kolly, 1877, 8 60 ll 1) A Biomann's bill, 80' K KOWBI: Count BU, Job printing 1877, 0 00 0 Wcndclkin's bill, 1, 25 A pl. Vei ner & Strlbling's biH, 76 J F Sullivan, for March, 31 00 Donation to Cornet Hand, 26 00. May Niebuhr for work on well, 2 76 J F Sullivau for April, 33 80 Expenso of capilalisto, 1 00 Juno J V Sullivan for Muy, 81 00? F Wiebens for hauling, 2 60 Isano Brown, rock and work onepriug 8 50> Schro:lcr for work, 10. J I) Hendrix's bill, 20 D A Mulkey, work on well,. 1; 00> A Brcnnccke, work on well, 4 00' July II D A Bicmnnn, bill for paint, 8 50' J K Hendrix & Son's bill, 1 35 J F Sullivan for Juno, 80 00 John Bremer, manager of election, 1, 50. A Taylor, manager of election,. 1, 60~ S P Kinard, manager of election,. 1 60, Insuranco on collogo, 30 00. Aug. J W F Thompson's bill,. 1 25 W J Smile's bill, 2 00; Work on slrccts, 2 66, Supplies for pauper, ll 40? Collin and burying pauper, 4' 00 J F Sullivan for July, 81 00 Sep. Street hands, 60 up john Kaufmann for lumber, 30 84 J F Sullivan for August, 31 00' Oct. Strccl hands, 14 60 J F Sullivan for Seplombor, 80 00 II 1) A Bicmanu's bill, 70 Nov. A Brcnnccko, work on well, 20 10 J F Sullivan for October, 31 00 C L Reid & Co's bill, 2 26 H E Norman & Bros* bill, 30 Donation to Femalo Collogo, 76 00 Deo. Slrcot hands, 24 26 J F Sullivan for Novomber, 80 00 Joseph Kelly for marshal servico, 2 00 A Brenncoke for work add lumber, ll 70 D Biomann & Son's bill, 1 46. John Kaufmann for lumber, 8 60 Freeling speakers' stand, 4 20 1870. Jau. J F Sullivan for Dccombor, 1H78, 31 80 Fence and opening street, 12 60 KKOWKH COUR?RR'S bill, 30 00 A Brcnnccke's bill, 2 76 1) Bieinann & Son's bill, 76 J F Sullivan for January, 81 00 John Kau lina nn for lu m her, 18 45 Street hands, 6 80 2k per cent, for moneys rcoelvcd, 24 67 2j per cent, for moneys disbursed, 22 08 . Cash on hand, 50 08 $080 08 A. BHBNNEOKK, Treasurer Town Council, Walhalla, 8. .C. February 6,1879. 12-l.t