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THE REO? ??UK?EU BY KEITH, 8MITH & 00. WALHALLA, BriC. ir i , -_o-^-^ fi t I Tf?UlfSDXVj, MAY, 23, 18^ ^ 03*? ??'or subscription, $1.50 por annum, strictly ' in advanco; foi six months, 75 conts. {13s* Advertisements inserted at oitc dollar por scjuaro of ono inch or loss for tho first insertion) and fifty coi kfd Tor i?bach subsequent in Mtrlion. 03? Obituary Notices oxcood ingfiyo linos, TributesofRespect, Communications of a personal character, whon admissablo, and announcements of Candidatos will be chnrgod' for as advertise ments. ' ! (Q0 Job Printing neatly and choaply executed. 03r Necessity com pols us to adhore strictly to the roouiro monts of cash payments. Mail Contracts. Th? Postmaster Oonoral statos that propos als will bo received at tho'Contro,ot Offico of hisDopartmont until 3 P. M..,cf July li?, 1879, for carrying tho mails of tho United States, upon tho routes, and according to (ho schedule of arrival and depnrturo spcoifiod by tho Department, in tho State of South Carolina from October 1st, 1879, to Juno 30th, 1880. Lists of routes, with schedules of arrivals and departures, instructions to biddors, with forms lor contracts and bonds and all other necessary information wil' bc furnished upon application to tho Second Assistant PostmnstcrOcnoral. This i's under etood to bo n ?oncral lotting of all tho routes in South Carolina. The Homostoad. Tho Supromo Court on tho 5th of, Mardi rendered a decision in tho caso of Huncan vs. Barnett, involving thc right of an agricultural laborer to an exemption of corn, cotton, .te., undor the act of 1872, which "was published in our columns. Tho decision was adverso to flitch right, the Court holding that tho lam gungo of the Constitution was restrictivo and that thc Logislatnro had no power to add to tho list of oxomptod nrticlos enumerated in Section 32 of Artiolo ll of tho Constitution. At tho present term tho Court, in the cane of Spencort/f. Harrison and throe other cases, bas restricted its conclusions. In tho cave of; Sponcer vs. Harrison, tho commissioners had refused to sot apart ns exempt corn, ba? con, flour and fodder, and on an appeal from a Trial Justice and n motion for u ro assignment tho Circuit Court held that proporty of ovory description to tho value of $500 was exempt The Supreme Court overrules this decision. Tho exact character in which thc claimants for exemption Eland in tho Eovcrnl cases mentioned, whothor r.s renters, agricultural laborers or ownors of land not sot npnrt as a homestead, is not known, ns wo havo only soon a notice of tho conclusion of tho Court. These docisions, curtailing tho exemption of property as b.erctoforo understood, will opernto baldly on many of our citizens, who in tho pnst havo contracted deids, they found themselves unable lo pay when due, and who bavo closed tho same by notes, ofton with exorbitant interest. Thcso notes, with Ibo boavy interest, aro now, in 6omo cases, mudo cnforoiblo against tho very necessaries of lifo for themselves and their families. While this ie true, nil must admit that tho law, whatever it bc, must bo enforced, and that tho interpretation of tho lasv by thc Supreme Court is binding on nil and final. It is not tho fault of tho Judgos nor of tho Legislature, for tho legislativo and judicial authority, in auch matters, is limited by tho organic law itself, and thc only remedy is a chango of tho constitution. It is nevertheless to bc regretted that tho interpretation of tho Constitutional provision had nat boon mado at an earlier day, for tho construction of tho law ns ruado hy tho Circuit Courts and accepted by tho people has tended to mislead very many to their injury. Tho practice of exempting a certain amount of real and porsonal proporty from lovy and salo for debt is of recent origin, but it has been eo highly favored that in nearly all thc States some constitutional or legislativo pro vision has boon adopted for that purpose. In tho nowly sottlod Statos tho right of home? etond is socuroly guardod, it being hold to bc an inducement to immigration, partios moving to such Statos fooling that from no misfortune tho roof to cover their families and tho means to support thom should never bo taken from thom by legal process. Thc homestead, in another view, is favored, as affording a protection to tho wife and children of a dissipated and thriftless parent, ft i its aims and purposes a homestead, well guardod by proper legislation, is a beneficent provision; but how far tho homostoad and exemption in South Carolina in its practical workings havo boon promotivo of good may well bc considered debatable Its enactment at onco impaired tho credit of ninotcon wontioths of our poople and necessitated thc passage of tho lion law with its attondant abusos and oppressions. Tho credit system was not destroyed, but its Working much moro onerous, tho dobtor paying tho logiti tnato profit of thc limo system and from ono to throe hundred por cent, additional for tho imperfect legal remedy permitted to tho creditor. Tho creditor, undor tho homcstend nnd Hon law, case? his conscience for what is gross extortion, by tho plea that the ri.ik boing greater, tho profit must bo groater, ofton saying to tho customer you cnn have, this flour for six dollars cash or for' fourteen dollars on a lion, well knowing tho buyer has no cash, nod tho option amounts to nothing. Who suffers? The poor man, who undor tho aemblnnooof a legal protection, pays for what ho never got. Wo say under tho eomblnnoo or shadow of a protection, for tho homestead nffordsbnt little protection ns construe.1. Tho owner can mortgogo it for supplies or money, and then it can bo sold by on expen sive proceeding. Ile cnn contract o lion on bints productions, nnd tho very breud nnd meat Clin ho taken from tho family of tho owner in a costly nnd summary way. Wo not only say partios cnn do this, but gonornlly they do, and musMo. this nj a mattor of nc? cestjty, paying b?lidos for blank?, recording* nndHhon often two to thrco timos tho 'fa?r profit on goods. Io nil thoSo casos tho poor man who has less than tho homestead ls tho suflbrojr. V\ L$ J & yr y T?boro is afegj^oV opprow^njd tho poor ibo present homestead law works. AV hon a lion is givon it is good for ono year only, so that whoo December comes tho party must pay or havo his proporty sold at forcod salo. With an untrammolod credit to tho extent ot ouch man's^pfopertyj Uio/" creditor* cfujo); J|u dulgo his debtor from year to year without losing or impairing his security, and this was formorly tho custom. Now tho law-oompels tho creditor to props his dobtor or loso his remedy Ilosidos, undor tho lion credit system thc lienco-can and generally does reservo tho right, upon.,an appearance or shadow, of ?disposing of any1 p?VV?f tho crop by tlio llonor, |oenter upon tho land, take possession of tho 6rop,; harvest and soil it, and after paying bia lien and all expense?, to turn over tho surplus to tho licuor. Tho Honor and nil he makes belongs first to thc Monee. What moro abject and intolerable slavery thnn this, and< how much more odious nnd; -opprossivo than, to subject this sumo property'to logo! process? ? ' Tho homestead has its advantages und its disadvantages. In theory it is a beneficent' provision. In practico good and Ovil flow from it according to; circumstances. Under its legal construction the burdens scorn greater that) ' th,o .benefits. Boforo tho war tho rich and poor enjoyed equal credit nnd woro subject to equal liuVility on their con tracts. Wo thou felt lHflo. need of this pro tection, and tho instances oT oppression by ! forced sales under execution were raro. A', thc end of the year tho rjoh and. poor al'iko sold their surplus, paid-their debts and noi Buffering ensued. Was it not then, and would it not now bo, better for each man to gather Ins orop and soil it, paying his debts, than to have a third person, under n lien, to do this? Articles of dress, comfort and luxu. i ry, and, in fact, nearly everything which cannot bo modo at home, onn ho bought for less money limn before" tho war, whilo corn, flour,' c?tioiV; Chickens, butter and nearly everything grown by our people at home bring higher prices than bcTorb tho war. Under this 6tato of facts we cannot seo why our people would not prosper upon a fair credit system. Whcthor or not wc aro to have n home stead is not a question of legislation. The right is fixed. Tho Loglslatoro can neither increase nor diminish tho valuo of proporty exempted, nor can it add to or vary tho class of personalty to which it extends. This can only bo dono by a chango of tho Constitution, which cnn never be mudo except through n voto of tho pcoplo. Ono thing is certain, however, if tho homestead bo continued, which is likely to bo tho case, wo all must agreo that lt shquld bo moro clearly defined and moro securely protected than it is now. Mosers. Dickson & Slioldon's Now Enterprise. Wo noticed, upon our streets, a few days ago, a new steam engine, recently purchased by Messrs. Dickson Si Sheldon. Tho engine is mndo for driving saw mills, -cotton gins, grain threshers, to which o sc's these gentlemen propose to npply it. Tho engine itself is something new in thc county, lt is propollod by steam, being guided by two small mules. Tho weight is over six thou . sand pounds, and tho ponderous machino is driven by steam over common roads of tho county, up hill nnd down, with moro case than thc common road wagon, at a spood of about 25 miles per day. Tho cost of ibo ongino was over $1,300. lt is practicable, and in the hands of u;cso gentlemen, who know how to uso it, will provo a profita ble investment. They proposo to thresh grain during tho harvesting season, to gin cotton in tho fall and in tho winter to saw lumber from tho hoavy pir.o forests around their homes in tho lower part of thu couuiy. Wc hopo such enterprises may meet with abundant success. They aro Ibo lifo of tho cour. ty. The Annual Maroon Of thc Mountaineer Fire Engine Company of (his place came off ni (lie Brewery Garden on last Frl.day, tl)0 I Olli Instant, and was a gala day to thc firciiicn and well attended hy thc people generally. Tho weather wns very plea sant, though the streets wcro a lillie muddy from tho rain of (he previous night. At il o'clock in (he morning thc company formed n line of procession in front of (he engine house, with their engine, "Lillie Hannah," beautifully decorated with evergreens, flowers and wreaths prcpnrod by tho hands of tho fair ladies ol Walhalla. The procession was headed by thc Dixie Cornet Hand and under Ibo command ol President A. Hrcnncckc. After murchiiif through Main Str?dt and Iben down Hill sired to tho Park, Ibo ninuseiacnlH of (ho day com menced in good earnest, nnd in a short time Du whole hill of Ibo Hrowovy seemed lo bo alivi with bright and happy faces. Tho target shooting for the prixes offered bj tho company for Its members was well contest?e for and soino very good shooting done. Tin first prize, a handsome lamp, valued at liv dollars, was won by .Mr. J. \V. Pills, making % rings out of a possible elli. Thc second prize, i castor, valued at three dollars, was awarded (< Mr. II. I). Hitter, ho making lil rings. Mr Killer seemed (o have, mndo Ibo closest shel driving (he bull's eye Ibo second shot. Tu tho outside shooting, Mr. Ceo. Heist, th baker, pul up two very fine cakes, for wide chances were (aken by somo of our best murks aicn, hut in spile of all tho efforts of Ibo Wal halla boys, lo Charleston is duo thc honor of (li best marksman of tho day in Mr. Pi W. Piopoi who carno forth from (ho contest willi (h victor's plume on his hat and I he cako in hi hand. Wo gladly wolcomc Mr. P. among u again. Mr. Lawrcnco VaiiDivicrc won th second cake. Some of our most prominent young hube look part in tho croquet playing, which forme a pleasant feature of Ibo amusements. Aflcr very exciting gamo Mias Callio Pitchford cam forth willi Ibo first prizo, ti beautiful pair < vnscs, and Miss Knie McCarty tho second prizi a fino bott lc of cologi?c. Tho ropo dancing by (ho girls, tho pol climbing, bag running, kb., by Ibo boys, forme a pleasant pastime, nnd (hose who did not (nk nn nclIve interest In theso amusements wofco eu- ' Joying tho company of friends in tho pleasant sh odo of tho numerous summer housos. ? Tho IJrowory 'Park is admirably sult'cU foi' Sltoli occasions as this Oho,'being Voil Vnitcrcd, well shaded aiiU arranged dud noll sijpplicd '?with goo'd beor. Thoso who partook of tho lust named did so in a soolablo and ordorly manner, and it is won hy of noto that wo did D?t seo a single person Intoxicated, as might li ave been expected. Wo are glad to seo that our Aro company iii still alive and striving to bo nu ornament as well ns a benefit to our town. Tho annual ma roon seems now lo havo become, a settled Fest and is looked forward to every spring with de light. Wo bollovo that last Friday was spent moro pleasantly than any like occasion for several years, judging from thc good spirits of all. Everything passed off Sn good etylo and wo wish tho company sucocss and prosperity. . Editorial Er.oviti.os. American coal is being sold in Switzerland at a low prico. \ . It is stated that Professors Furmau and Judson havo tendered their resignations to tho faculty of Purinna University, Greenville. Tho business portion of Farmery ville, La., lins boon burned, -Loss'estimated at $100, 000, partially insured. There :"is man'y a mau strong enough to hold a bull 'by''tho horns, and ybt not strong enough to hold his own tbnguo. During the first three months of (bb year .there were 412 Ores in Now York, involving a loss of $1,075,178, of which nineteens wen*, tioths was covered by insuranco. . Hannah Mooro says that there ;is one sin gle fact that ona may oppose to all thc wit and argument of infidelity, that no man over repented of Christianity Un Iiis death-bed. Thc 'Philadelphia H'rcsx condemns tho South Carolina ladies for erecting a monument to their Confederate froad. Tho heartlessness of tho mau who would have a mother give lier sun no more than Hie burial of a dog is beneath human contempt. Ile deserves thc lash of universal abhorrence. Men arc'capable of taking a peculiar kind of revenge against the women who aro weak enough to believe them perfect. For ti few months' before marriage they sue fir.thc lady's hand, but for all tho yeats after murringo she i? compelled to sow fdr him. Thoso citk/ens interested in the Georgetown and Narrow Gau?r,c Railroad, tho KdgcKold Branch il iad, mid tho Savannah Valley R.iil rood arc notivo in innngaraling measures which look to tho completion Ot tbeso impor tant lines. Wo aro o*peciaHy interested in thc early cmiplction of llic Savannah Valley Rind. There ls al togo th or too much begging, l>o for yourself. Do without what you cannot earn. If yon arc interested in a society, a club) ? school, a reading room, give what you can, and got your members to do the saino, and be therewith content. Tho socialist leaders at Chicago, lil , assert that they, with the trades unions, aro organ? Ising n strike ta bogia July 5, and to bo gen eral throughout tho country. They will do? mand tho universal adoption of thc eight hours' system, nnd will sottlo the matter of wages after their demands on that point aro acocded ti). Tho surface of Great Salt Lake has risen eleven fest sinco 1807. According to Mr. Clarence King, this is not owing lo (bc culti vation of tho surrounding region, but to n climatic oscillation tltat begun about 1800, and which was the first of its kind and ex? tent that has occurred within at least 250 years. Tho Philadelphia branch of thc Society of thc Cincinnati bas sinco 1810 boen acciuuniu hiting a fund for a monument to Washington, and it now amounts to about $130,000. It liai accordingly been decided to have tho monument in Fairmount Park. Miss Rebecca Well, a prclly Jewess, who sued Ludwig Blum in a New Yoik court for ^lO.fiOt) d ii m a gos for breach of promi.?.o of marriage, has obtained n vordiet for $5,000. Tho defendant admitted thc promise of mar riage, but gave as a reason for not marrying her thal members of ber family lind been insane, nnd his father objecting to the match. Three years ago un Englishman named Hebron was convicted of murder, and nar rowly escaped thc fcaflold. Tho man Place, who was hung recently, confessed that ho had committed tho murder for which Hebron was undergoing punishment; nnd now tho British government is taking steps to ooni' pensnto Hebron for tho wrong dono to him by tho law. There is no patch of land on tho farm that yields so much comfort to tho family, and shows so much profit on thc ledger, ns thc garden, provided it is properly managed. Pow farmers apparently bclicvo this; ccr? t;iiilly thc great majority do not givo Ruch attention to their gardens as will socuro tho best results. Thoy socni to regard garden ing as fancy work, suitable for women and children. Tho Cbcblcr Reporter Bays that General Preston's oration at tho unveiling of tho Con." federate monument.in Columbia "was apiece of faultless compositon, indeed, a real model of oratory, yot this must bo said-it was indiscreet. Denunciation and vituperation of a powerful foo and a still threatening section como with ill grnco from ono who saw no activo hold survico and whoso connection with ihr events of tho lato war wen limited by tho confines of a constript camp." Unveiling tho Confodorato Monu ment in Columbia. This ceremony, which took placo in Col II nu bia on tho lil tb instant, was of the most inion csling character. Tho Charleston News and Colirio' says that insomuch ns tho occasion was designed as a grand manifestation of honor to tho dead Confedoruto soldlors and reverence of their memory, and of appreciation of tho work of tho women who havo porpotratod thoso feel ings in Inngibto and tiribl? form, it was a glorious and triumphant success. Tho num bers of people who flocked boro to colcbrnto -- I . ? 1 .'?'? . . .' 111 . ... 11 1 1 I tho unveiling of thia altar of patriotism and j monument of dovotlon was beyond tho oxpoo talions ot tho biosl sanguino, tho accommo dations of thc railways loading to tho city being taxed to thoir utmost capacity. From tho break of day tho strocts havo bcou alivo with throngs of visitors of all agos. sexes and conditions, nnd with military ??thor marohing in glittering bodies or strolling upon tho pavements and commingling with tho civil ians. Tho air lins boon continually resonant with tho sounds of thunderous salute, buglo call or martial music Tho grand climax ol' tho occasion was roached whon tho work of tho Carolina women was exposed to tho viow of fifteen thousand people, who grcotcd its appearance with a renewal of ibo enthusiastic cheering and npplauso increased tenfold and prolonged by tts being tho utterance of tho highest intensification of tho pride, gratitude and lovo which is always stirred in Southern hearts by tho memory of tho Southern soldier, tho ideal hero of a hero? worshipping people. This passionate lovo, pride, admiration (ab most adoration,) was quickened to new lifo in tho souls of tho concpurso by thc eloquent, words of tho orator, and nt tho Bight of tho sta tu to and moon meut leapt to willing lips and found its vont in cheers, whioh echoed and ro-ccbocd through tho neighboring hills, and woro emphasized by tho tumultuous wav ing of hats nnd handkerchief*. Tho ladies of tho Monument Association aro most sin cerely to bo congratulated upon tho grand day whioh thoy havo added to tho annals of thc Capital and the Stale. Mari y of tho old Confederate commands of tho State bad representativos present. Ono. of Ibo incidents of tho occasion, was tho presentation by Judge Mackey of tho follow, iug preamble and resolution passed by tho Confed?ralo Congress: "Enrolled joint resolution of thanks to tho officers and men of McGowan's Brigade, con Staling of Orr's Ht fl OJ, tho 1st, 12th, 13th nnd l'llh Regiments South Carolina Volunteers. "Jiesolved, By tho Congresf of thc Confed? ralo State*, that tho thanks of Congress nro duo and aro hereby tendered lo Orr'? Rifles, tho lit, 12th, 13th and 1 Ith Rogimotits S. C. V., consisting of McGowan's Brigade, for their patriotic devotion to tho causo of Soulh orn independence as manifested by ibeir recent action unanimously reiterating their d?termination to serve during the war. In thus,renewing their pledges after nearly thrco years uf arduous and gallant sorvioo they havo met the expectations nf tho country, and are entitled to its approbation. TUGS. S. BOCOOK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ll. W. HUNTER, President pro tem. of tho Senate Approved February 17, 1801. JEFFERSON DAVIS." Gen. McGowan in accepting tho valuable memento ol" n's command, responded as fol lows: Ju uar. MACKKV-I carno to Columbia to hear and not lobe heard. It was my purpose simply to aid as an humble ii.dividual to swell the grand pageant pf tho day. 1 con fess, sir, that 1 am surprised by Ibis happy incident, and 1 havo no words at my com mand to express my thanks on behalf of my lato command for this most valuable gift. Wo thank yon heartily for scouring this valuable record and delivering it to those who arc most deeply interested in its preser vation. Up to this hour every member of thc Brigade has been profoundly ignorant thal (ho Confederate Congress had noticed om notion in Ibis regard. I remember well thc day when in bivouac on the bank* of thc Rnpidan thc member* of my command, odi eera, non commissioned officers and private soldier*, assembled to deter.niuo whcthci they should to-cnlist for (ho war, nm] Although their jhroo years' term ofonlistmoni was about to expiro, they unanimously rc solved to reenlist for ibo entire war, and li stand by our cause w hile a single Confederate flag remained unfurled. I was then proud and am still proud, in (ho reflection tba ibero was not one man out of all thc five rog! men ts that composed my brigade tba uttered a dissenting volc?. Wo wcro thor noting history, nnd not writing it. We wen not building monuments then', but cn most li endeavoring to eh? deeds that should deserve monuments. Wc did not know that om resolution to rc enlist bael ever gone bcyom (.'encrai .Robert K, Lee's headquarters This encomium by pungres? never reachoi us, bul wo were coulent in ibo eonsoiousncs: of having done out duty. I can say, will strict fidelity to historic (ruth, that no brigade of thc army was ever engaged in moro bailies or performed more arduous service in the same period of time than that which 1 ha< tho honor to command, At ibo final breaking up nt Petersburg i was ascertained officially by thc adjutant o tho brigade, who is hero present, (Col. J. S Colhrnn, ol Abbeville,) (bat thero were mor wounds em (be hollie* of officers anil mci than there wore swords and bayonets in linc No more splendid record limn this luis eve been achieved by soldiers, nett excepting tb immortal Tenth Legion of Ctn sar or th renowned Obi Guard eif tho First Napolcor In tho name ?filmt command I thank yon I shall keep it for them sacredly a* lite ofli cial recognition ofthoir past achievements b that high boily which represented in Ibo! sovereign capacity tho people of I li e Confedc rate States, and as a pledge of our devotion I duty in thu future. Tho orator of tho occasion was Gen. Joh C. Freston. An address was also delivcrc by Governor Simpson. A PANflKilOUS T?ui'Ott.-Torpor or in activity of tho kidnoya is seriously dungct ons to thoso organs, sinco it is (ho prcccdci of disensos whioh destroy their substitu? and endanger lifo. This sluggishness mr bo overeoine by stimulating them, not e; ccBsivoly, but moderately, an effect produce by Hosteller's Stomach Hitters, a goner invigornnt and alterative, possessing diurct properties of no com mon order. Tho ii pctus which.this admirable medicine giv to their cviiouiitivo function counteracts ai tendency to congestion which mny exist i their tissues. Roth they mid their associa organ, tho bladder, nro invigorated ns wi ns gently stimulated by tho Hilters, whit exerts a kindred influcnoo-upon thc ntoi nob, liver und bowels, und by sticiigthcnir tho system, enables it to withstnnd mnlnri epidemics, to which when expojed it mig otherwise suooumb. / Personal Explanation. In tho Senate, on tho 16th, a porsounl ox? plnr.ntion took phico ns follows: Mr. Iliunpton, (Donioornt) of S. C., roso to a porsounl explanation. Ho saul tho Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Windom) in lils recent speech stated that ho (Mr. Hampton) hud put Into tho Democratic national platform of 18G8 tho plank declaring thnt tho reconstruction nets of Congress were usurpations nnd uncon stitutional and void. Mr. Hampton said ho lind timo nnd again denied that ho did so, nnd had proved that ho did not beforo tho Ku Klux Investigating Committee. Ho WUB satisfied tho Senator did not intend to do him injustice. Mr. Windom snit! ho did not, but during tho campaign ho saw what purported to lo thc speech of tho Senator, in which tho Sen ator said: Thnt was my plank in tho platform. I wanted nothing olso, for when tho grcnt Democratic party had pledged themselves to that, when they hud declared that these nets woro unconstitutional, revolutionary and void, I was willing to wait in patience until that party would bo triumphant and apply tho remedy in their own goad tim?. Mr. Hampton replied that ho could not say whether he used tho language or not. If ho did, it waa in thc senso that ho approved thc words, and he repeated that ho did not put thom into tho platform. Mr. Windom-Tho Senator does not deny that 'lid mude tho speech, und this is nil I want. Our readers will recollect I hat in evory con tost einco 18G8, thc Democratic party in its platforms hnvo accepted thc legislation of Congress on reconstruction, as woll ns tho more recent constitutional amendments. 'Temp?rance Momorial. Thc temperance cause has received a fresh impetus. Thc memorial below bas been signed bj Ibo members of tho South Carolina Metho dist Conference and other religious bodies in tho .Stale. An effort, vigorous and resolute, will bc made before thc people to have this me morial signed and laid beforo Ibo Qenerat As sembly at its next session. Wc aro the friend of temperance. Thc only trouble heretofore has been to harmonize thc people on some com mon linc of ucl ion. This done, victory will perch on the banners of temperance. Wc lay tho memorial before our readers: To the Honorable thc Senate and House of Jicp retcntativet of /South Carolina. The undersigned citizens of South Carolina respectfully show lo your Honorable bodies that the uso ol' alcoholic liquors ns ll beverage bas a direct tendency lo destroy domestic happiness, corrupt moiety, encourage crime, mid thug in eu down io poverty, pntipoi Ism, ftcgredntion and ruin. Thai (his terrible evil prevails to il fear ful extent in this Stale. That its direct influ ence upon those who ure addicted lo ils use, is but a small part of Hie evil resulting from it. Thal il entails untold loss and sulfuring on helpless women and children who look to society and Ibo Stale as their rightful guardian and protector from a curse which they aro powerless to avert, and for which they nie in no wily responsible, to say nothing ol' (he wrongs suf fered by tlioso upon whom crimes arc committed under its Influence. Thnt your Petitioners have had recourse lo every conceivablo remedy wit Ititi I heir power, Moral, Social, Holigious, and are ulterably uaable to suppress, or check it* That all Icglil reslvic!ions now of force or heretofore enacted aro una vailing. That snob restrictions, while in effect publicly acknowledg ing a necessity lor its suppression, do actually license ils commission with nu increased burden pf taxation, ns well ns adding thereto Ibo dignity of a legitimate business. Your Petitioners, therefore, earnestly desire your Honorable bodies to enact a Prohibitory Law, thal no person shall be allowed, at any lime, to give, iiianul'acliire, or sell, by himself, his clerk, servant or agent, directly or indirectly any spirituous or intoxicating liquors, or any mixed liquors, except by ntl agent or agent:; appointed by the Stale lo sell for medical or moonan loni purposes, which agent shall bo a salaried officer. Your Petitioners respectfully urge that a Prohibitory Law is Ibo only means of compassing Ibis desolating evil, Ibo existence of which creates an emergency which calls for thc enacting of such prohibition as the only remedy commensurate willi its existence, or llint cnn at all compass it, And your Petition ers will ever Pray. Tho Prospects of Cotton. Mr. Kdward Atkinson, ono nf tho shrewdest business mon of New 13 righi lld, has lately milda a trip through thc cotton States to in vostiguto tho prospects of cotton culture in tho South. Tho results of his investigation have boon given in thc Jlerald. Touching the main point of his inquiry, ho says; "1 consider an ampio supply of cotton ns sure or even moro sure (han that of any other crop. So long as tho cotton States can buy from tho West corn nnd bacon at snell prices that forty cenjs will pay for nil that au adult laborer ' can eat in a week-about three and a half to four pounds of bacon and a peck of ?neal -thc South will raise cotton. It is their money crop. It is now tho product ol' thc farm nut! not of thc plantation. Thc farmers of Northern Ci corbin make a hundred bales of cotton whore they ni mle ten n few years since, and thc increase of colton by whito labor in Georgia, North Carolina, and Texas will offsot any possible decrease In Louisiana and Mississippi, even if thc exodus amounts to a severe drain on labor, Mon? over, tho value of tho seod of cotton has hnrdly bogue tn bo known. Within len years the seed will ho worth half as much ns thc bale, if not fully as much. Tho lint left on tho hull by thc gin is useful for batting; tho hull for tanning or for Hie. extraction of dye* shills, tho spent hull for paper stock, for which it is admirable; tho kernel first for oil and (ho residuo for feed. There nie how methods lately disclosed for extracting every particle of oil, which leaves tho residuum sweet, dry, and extremely nutritious for food for sheep or cattle-moro nutritious thnn beans; mid if tho residuo bo fed to sheep on tho cotton field tho crop of cotton will bo doubled, and tho clip of wool added thereto." Civir, ItiniiTS/ IM QROR?IA.-In a caso before Judgo Erskine,1 of the United States Court, at Savannah, Ga. where a colored woman was ordered from tho "whito" deck of a steamer to a placo below, where accommo dations wcro provided for her olnss, nod fail? ing to comply, was put off tho boat mid afterwards instituted suit for damages, ? nidge Krskino has decided that common car riers havo tho right to pr?vido different accommodations fur diH'crent classes of pas sengers, and to assign euch class to its quar ters. Judgo Woods, of thc United ?States Circuit Court nt Atlanta, luis also recently decided in n school question .that equality docs not mean identity, and that sep?ralo nccommudations may bo provided and insisted upon. Tho United Stales Circuit Court is in session in Charleston. Judges Walto, l?ond and Bryan nro presiding. Vivo railroads-tho South Ca rolina, Illuo Ridge, Charleston and Havannah, Orcciivillo and Columbia and Port. Royal-arc up for litigation. lix-Got. Chamberlain,' Mr Corban and oilier distinguished lawyers art present to lake part in tho litigation. Wo shal! endeavor to keep our rendors posted as to UK remit of Ihoso great suits. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Administrator's Salo. Iwill sell lo tho highest bidder on Saturday Juno 7th, bo'bro tho Court llouso door, Ono Sorrel IIOI ?O. Sold as tho property of Wi N. Craig, doeoasod. TERMS-CASH. J. W. STRIBLINO, Administrator. . May 22. 1879 27-?t ' "Sheriff's Sale. BY virluo of an oxooution to mo directed, I will soil at Dr. B S. Jamos' old store houso in West Union on Salcdtfy in Juno ootft within tho legal hours of sale one lot of Drugs, hoing tho romnindcr of tho stock of I). S. Jamos & Co. Levied on ns tho proporty df B. S. James, at tho suit of S. N. Daniels. THUMS-CASH. . . J. Iti ROBINS. Sheriff Oconoo County. . May 22,1879 ?_27-2t . STATE # SOUTH CAR0L?N?, Ooonee County, Iii thc Conti ol' rrol?ale/ Lucinda A Martin, as Executrix, nnd Cynthia Marlin, as Executrix, ot' tho last will and tcslnmcnt of Shields H Marlin, dcccasci*, Plaintiffs, against Franois M Martin, Dickson M Marlin, Robert A Marlin, Elisabeth A Harvey, tinily Harris, Luorclia R Cain, Adaline Hardin, Harriett M Martin, Mary E Marlin. Martha L bumpkin ami thc hcirs-al law of .lohn (! Marlin, deceased, (name? un known,) Defendants-PI-.TITION AND COM I'I.AIXT TO Pnovii Wn.t, IN DUH Foitji OK LAW. TO Ibo Defendants above named \M)U, mid each of you, arc hereby summoned 1 and required to answer tho petition and complaint iii this nolion, whiob }s Hied in Ibo oflicc of thc Judgo of Probate, at .Walhalla, in Ibo COdnly and Slate aforesaid, and servo a copy of your answer cn, Uko subscriber, nt his ofllOo in Hie Court House, al Walhalla, in said County and Slate, within twenty dhys after lire service of Ibis sutntnous on you, exclusivo Of Ibo day of service if you fall to answer tho peti tion and complaint within thc limo aforesaid, Ibo Plaintiffs will apply to (bc court for the re lief therein demanded. N. Bi CARY, Plaintiiiv Attorney, j L.?. J RICHARD LEWIS, J. P. To thc Defendants above named, who aro DOH .residen 18 of this Stale, (names unknown:) Take notice, thal Ibo petition nnd complaint herein is filed in tho Office of Ibo JudgO of Pro bale in Walhalla,'Soul li Carolina, tor thc uses and purposes Hierein mentioned, and if you fail lo answer ibe oom plain I within thc time afore? said, Ibo Plaintill's will apply to the court for thc relief demanded in thc complaint-. N. IL CARY, Plaintiffs' Attorney, Walhalla, Oconoo County, Sotitli Oaro'lnn. Walhalla, S. C., Miiy'22d, 1870. 27-Ot STATE OP'SOUTH CAROLINA, COURT COMMON PLEAS. ' Joseph J. Norton, ns surviving executor, * Plaintiff, against Yincttn Alexander, widow, lind Frank P. Alexander, llosa A. Schroder, Thomas 13. Alexander, children, Emma Alexander, grandchild, ami Mariah Ii. Sharpe, os legatees and divis?es under thc will of said deceased, Elijah Alexander, " Jr., ami Jesse W. Norris, as creditors of . said deceased, and. Morris Miller, ns ad minn istralor of \V. Iv. Alexander, dococaeod, dc-? fondanls-SUMMONS. To thc Defendants herein: YOU nm] cnoh of yon ara hereby sum- i moued and reo, ti i rod to answer the oom- / plaint lil tills tuition, ll copy of which is here by served on you and to serve tv copy cf your answer on thc subscribers ?il (heir ollico'on thc public stjunre in Walhalla, S. C.. within twenty days lifter the service of this summons on you, exclusive nf tho day pf service -If you fail to answer thc complaint n's aforesaid the plaintiU' will apply to tho court foW tho relief demanded in thc complaint. Walhalla. Si C., Mar; h Ifitli, 1870. W. 0 KIHTII & S. P. DENDY, Plaintiffs' Attorneys!. jr" 7 j J. W. STRIBLINO, C. C. P. To Frank P. Alexander, Defendant ll or Ol ni rjpAKE notice that tho summons, of which 1 tho abovo ia a copy, nnd thc complaint herein were Ul ed in tho oflicc of thc Clerk of thc Court of Common Picas for Oconco County in the State of South Carolina, on tho lOtli day td' March. 1870. W. Q. KEITH & H. P. DENDY, Plaintill's Attorneys. May 22. 1,^70 27-Ot JOUX I). IU'lt.NS ]. -J 'c.KO. W. IIAV3. fR:m M mt. STOVES, STOVES, TIN WAKE TIM WARE: TIN WAKE! CHEAP FOR CASH, CHEAP FOR CASH, CHEAP FOR CASH! BURNS & HAYS. April 17, 1870 22-1 y