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THE REO? ??UK?EU
BY KEITH, 8MITH & 00.
WALHALLA, BriC. ir i ,
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Tf?UlfSDXVj, MAY, 23, 18^ ^
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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