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THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1880.
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B&if* Nctcssity compels us lo adhere strictly
. tho requirements of Cash Payments,
Heavy wu3hing rain? hnvo fallen in Laurens,
courtly. Tho streams arc much swollen.
Tho Domocratio majority in Alabama on
tho Stato ticket is nov/ estimated nt 75,000.
John ll. Abney, Esq., dooli nea tho nomination
for ro clcctiou ns S.oHoltor of his circuit. Ile
prc fera a period of rest.
Tho Normal Institute at Spartanburg v/as
organized on tho dth instant with nlnoly-nino
teachers enrolled-thirty-three males and sixty
six females.
1). M. [farrell, a morelma I of Marion, whllo
going homo nt night on tho Oth Instant, was
oluhbcd and stubbed in tho face by unknown
parties. Il is feared his injuries aro serious.
Tho Congarco Rivor at Columbia on tho
0th instant was twelve root above tho ordi
nary lovel ond waa rising ot Ibo ralo of
two ?nebea an hour.
A dispatch of tho 7th instant from Wins?
boro to tho Charleston JNinos and Courier
says: Professor Joseph LcConto left here
yesterday for California. De bus positively
declined tho position offered bim in tho
Agricultural Collogo ut Columbia.
Gen. R, R, Ilomphill, editor of tho Abbe
ville Medium, declines a candidacy for re
election to tho Legislature. His duties as
editor, with a growing practico nt Ibo bar,
occupy bis limo moro pleasantly and no
doubt moro profitably. Ho declines in favor
of no person, but from business interests.
.-.--c. . <.-_
A dispatch from Montgomery, Alu., of the
7th instant, says tho recent rains have badly
damaged tho cotton crop. Tho worm had
bognn to ont tho cotton and tho rain pre
.vented poisoning .successfully. Rust is also
doing injury and it ia now thought that on
prairie and bottom land not more than half
tho cotton will bo made that was expected.
Tho Cotton Kxchango reports from South Ca
rolina, Virginia, (?oorgin, Florida, Alabama,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas ami Texas givo
favorablo accounts of tho cotton crop. From
present indications thc crop will bc tho largest
ever raised in tho United States. Worina have
appeared in soino sections, but ns yet have done
but little damage. Injury from wet weather and
rust aro feared.
A dispatch to tho Nciva and Courier, in
roforonco to tho rumored candidacy pf cs*
Judge Moiton for Governor on tho Republi
can ticket, says: "In a brief interview with
Mr. Moiton ho authorized mo to say that he
bad never entertained any intention ol* be
coming a candidato for Governor upon that
or any other ticket, and that bo did not know
of any intention to norn i nato ??tato officers
upon a Republican tiekot.
Tho Kingstrco Slur nays that tho recent
return of Swaila speaks with certainty more
forcible than telegrams or newspaper clip?
pinga, that it ia tho purpose of tho Radical
pnrty to enrry, if possible, Williamsburg Coun
ty in tho coming campaign. Swails is n very
bright mulatto, baa boen admitted to tho bur,
is a good speaker and well informed. Ho
waa Senator from William.slung County for
sovoral years and President pro lcm of thc
Scnato in 1872 to 187G. Ho waa very popu
lar among tho blacks, and tho Star thinks if
tho linda can organize, as it thinks ia SwoJla'
purposo, thoro will bo n desperate political
oncountor in that County.
O"-.
Dr. Tannor.
Dr. Tanner completed lila forty days fast
at noon on Saturday. Aa soon as tho time
arrived tho crowd choored enthusiastically.
Ho drank first a glass of milk and then
pitched into wntorniolon. ?Soon after ho loft
tho ball in cbargo of Dr. Gunn, who took
him to bis rosidence. During the first six
or oight boura bo partook also of somo light
wino, cat apples n,id swallowed tho juico o
eomo boof-8tcak. At tho end of his fas
his woight was 121 j pounds, showing t
loss of thirty-six pounds during tho fcrtj
dayp.
NEW YORK, August 9.-Dr. Tanner con
tinues in good condition. Ho passed a quio
night, ?looping most of tho timo. At sovoi
o'olock this morning bo atc heartily of beef
stoak and broad. At niuo bo took two boilot
eggs and stowed potatoes, drinking tW(
ounces of light wjno. At devon o'clock ht
swallowod a dozen raw oystora with ornckcra
washed down with four ounces of milk. II<
was woigbed at noon, tho soulos indicating
1.12J pounds. Ilia pulso at that hour was Of.
and tomporaturo 100.
Tho Goorgia Convention?
Tho Ooorgia Stato Convention met ir
Atlanta on tho 5th instant. After organiz
ing tho convontion adopted tho two-third.4
rulo nod by resolution that no nomlnatior
should bo toando, unloss with consont of thc
person proposed, and that no vote should bc
counted for n uumo not placed in nomination,
U'ho following names wero thou put in nomi
nation for Governor: Gov. A. II, Colquitt,
Gon, L. J. GortroM, Hon. Thornes Ilardcmnn,
Hon. Rufus E. L?stor and Chief Justice
Hiram Warner. On tho first ballot Colquitt
recoivod 208? votos, Lester 58?, Ilardcmnn
Bil, Oortroll T7}, Warnor ll. Total voto
350; necessary to aohoico 233^.
Co?quilt 209 4-15, Lester GO 11-15, llardo?
man 64, Ourtroll 14?, Lawson 6. Tho con
vention thon adjourned to Monday ut 10
o'clock A. M. During Saturday sovcrul
attempts ut n compromiso were m ado, hut
voted down.
On Monday tho convention rc-nssomblcd
nod alter u cull of counties proceeded to ballot
for Governor with littlo variation from Satur?
day's result. After tho 29th ballot tho con
vention adjourned to Tuosday. During the
day every titbit at compromiso was defeated
und tho prospect was not favorable for Do
mooratlo hormony. A despatch to tho Creon
villo News ol' tho Otb instant says:
"Tho majority will not leuvo Governor
Colquitt for any other mun that oan bo
named, ns bo is within twenty votos of two
thirds of tho convention. Tho mutter will
probably bo referred to thc pooplo with tho
rocommoudation from tho majority to elect
Governor Colquitt in Ootobor. All partios
will uuito upon tho olcctoral ticket and plat
form, und tho enr.didatos of tho Cincinnati
Convention will bo endorsed. Tho party
will net in harmony with lite National Demo
cracy."
On Tuesday tho convention assomblod at
9? o'clock A. M. Efforts woro nt onco set on
foot to compromiso tho dillioultlos by defeat
ing Colquitt, but failed. Mr. Walsh, of
Richmond, thoa offorbd n series of resolutions
pledging Ibo support ol* tho Democracy of
Georgia to Hancock und English, and that
tho Convention being unable to maka a norn?
?nation under tho two-thirds rulo, that it
recommend lo thc pcoplo of Georgia Alfred
II. Colquitt as tho Domooratto candidato for
Governor, with u proviso that the r?solu*
lion shnll not go Into effect until threo other
hallets had been taken under the two thirds
rulo. Theso resolutions, after much discus'
sion, woroadoptodand two ballots taken with
littlo chango as to Colquitt. Befoio tho
third ballot was taken strong appeals woro
made to tho mombors not to adjourn without a
nomination, but every resolution modifying
ibo resolutions of Mr? Walsh was defeated,
and on tho thirty second and last ballot tho
vote stood Colquitt2*20 13-30, Lester 153 5 G,
Hurdoman 40 7-30, GurtroU 15J, Warner 8A.
This ended tho balloting without a nomina?
lion and thc. election of Governor gees to tho
people willi tho recommendation of tho ma
jority of thc Convent ion for Colquitt. Tho
Convention thou proceeded lo tho olcelioti of
Presidential Electors.
A Torriblo Crimp.
A despatch to tho Atlanta Constitution, of
the Otb instant, from Amorions, Ga., gives un
account of a terrible erimo committed in
Webster County on August 4th. W. L.
Gunnollo, a prosperous ftirmor, on returning
home nt 10 1*. M. from visiting a sick neigh
bor, lound iiis wife and nine of ton children
in a state of insensibility from morphia,
givon them in lemonade. This was tho.
second wife of Mr. G. and by her ho had four
children, tho other six being by bia first wifo.
Sho left a note stating rho had deliberately
administered tho poison to produeo death and
from no domestic trouble Being cone ?dora-*
bly delayed in getting a physician, Mrs. G.
was so far gone us to bo rognrded hopeless,
but tho stop children and sumo of tho youn
ger children aro now ont of danger. Tho
youngest, but n low months old, was doubt
less saved by tho mother being unablo to get
enough of tho lomouudo into it? It seems
that thrco ol* the children hud partaken moro
freely of tho lloid than ibo others and they
will probably dio. All tho evidence noga*
lives insanity.
Our Colleges.
There is no more potent influence for good
than education, whether in n political, f acial,
moral, financial or religious point of view. In
a popular government it is thc pillar of strength
and wisdom. There tho voice of tho pcoplo is
tho voice ol' Cod, and knowing no suporior it
should bo directed and controlled by a well
balanccd mind and a sound judgment. The
social and moral world gather;' strength und
pleasure from art, literature and music, making
home attractive and giving enjoyment to our
' leisure hours, instead ot their being wasted ?ii
idleness or dissipation. In tho money making
world, and who docs not loo!; anxiously for it,
education is the great lever and power, whether
wc follow a profession or engage in oilier avo
cations, Thc mind controls and directs our
walk, our labor and our success in life, and it
should bc (rained ami developed. In religious
affairs thc moral and intellectual faculties arc co
closely allied (hat tho development of ono carries
in a great degree thc other. It is in (his
spiritual nature that man was created after thc
image of Deity, and its expansion la the expan
sion of (lu divinity in -man. It ia our religious
1 duty lo lilford one children every available
f Means of education. Tli030 with us aro al our
t ve ry doora. Schools arc found in every part of
.. our county and in this i.ssuo wo advortiso (ho
i opening of (ho ?dgorand Walhalla Pon?alo Col
loges. Thc facility for education is greatly iia
, proved in our county and (he expenses uro
I within (he scope of thc means of alargo pro
! portion of our pcoplo. Theso institutions are
, young in years, but (hey aro well governed and
j tho OOurso of instruction is thorough, They
j dosorve patronage from their own morita and
j tho highest interests of fill parents should
prompt (hem to avail themselves of tho od
' vantages they offer. Lot our people read their
advertisements und get ready lo send as many
J pupils ns fhoy can alford, lo chfer on tho first
1 days of (ho session. Our crops premiso well
and wo nope future prosperity awaits our people.
Willi such prospects wo expect lo seo a larger
local patronage of both Institutions than over
i before
i Fair Play Correspondence-An?
\ Other Nogro Shot-An Acci
1 dont.
FAIR PLAY, S. C , August 9, 1880.-I nm
sorry to hnvo to report another caso of acci
dental shooting. A negro mun named Scott
Brown, who lives just nboro boro on Mr. W.
J. Hix'a plantation, accidentally shot him
Bolf while out squirrel hunting on tho evening
of tho Gth of August. Ho placed tho butt of
his gun on a log and it slipped off, tims oaus
A Radical Mooting
Was held in tlio Couit llouso at Walhalla lust
Saturday, l?clwcen ono sud two hundred
negroes wcro prosent, including men, womon
ami children, and also a few whiles. Thc crowd
was addressed by a man named Speer, of Oroon
ville, who, from his nssortious and misrepvsonta
tions, ns wo hoar thom, showed oitbor great
ignoranoo or a wilful perversion of Ibo trulb.
Wo understand bo asserted thal though thc Stato
government nuder Scott ?nd Moses was corrupt
and taxation boavy, thal (ho taxation under
Chamberlain was lower than that nuder either
Hampton or Simpson, und challenged contra
diction. Col. J. J. Norton being present roso
up and denied tho absei l ion and otfered to provo
it falso by tho lax booUa. Ho went and brought
in the records and laid them before the speaker,
but instead of accepting tho situation and con
fessing himself guilty of wilful misrepresenta
tion, lie replied lo tho unopened record by say
ing one who had been a Stato Senator bad uo
told him, and Ibo Senator ought to know. This
Was his reply to ovory effort to open out and
enlighten bis mind.
Tho Democrats wcro charged willi being
rcspuiisiblo for tho corruption nuder Scott and
Moses, tho spcakor charging thal Hie Dem?crata
passed tho black code, alienated tho negroes,
and when reconstruction was ordered refused to
aid in forming a now Constitution and govern
ment, so thal Ibo negroes were forced to tako
up Scolt, Moses and others of a bad type. Ho
evidently overlooked the fact thal after Scott's
first term thc Democrats proffered and did sup
port Judge Carpenter, a known Republican, for
Governor, and tho Radicals proferrcd Scott and
corruption, and that in tho next campaign thc
bolting Republicans denounced tho corruptions
of Scoit and Moses and nominated Tomlinson
for O 0 vor nor, but they again preferred Moses
willi his bad record. In fact, lying and plun
dering lins been tho stock in dade of tho parly,
and the poor negro has been blindly lcd ns a tool
to put money and office into Ibo bauds of men
who neither can nor will aid them.
Thc speaker, wo bear, farther alleged that
I ho Democratic parly had uniformly oppressed
the poor, and that before tho war they made
every effort to keep (ho poor in ignorance, while
tho lladiutils quiokly alter tho war opened wilie
tho doors of knowledge and made provision for
public schools. This is not only false, and can
be proved false, but it eau bo shown that tho
education of tho poor of tho Slate before tho
war vms especially provided for and Ibo money
was not stolen or squandered, but honestly
applied to the purpose for which it was levied,
liefere tho war thc Legislature annually appro
priated a round sum for thc education of poor
children, and thc sum thus appropriated, though
less in amount than tho present levy for public
schools, was larger in proportion to thc number
it was intended to benefit, Bcsidos this tax for
poor children every mun, who was able, paid
tuition for his own children, and though educat
ing the poor received no benefit for what bo
thus paid. Was Hits oppressing thc poor? Pr?
valo capital kept good schools in overy neigh
borhood mid tho public purso opened tbeso first
class schools to all unable lo pay. Thc truth
is, tho govovumuut of South Carolina before tho
war, instead of being oppressive to tho poor,
was (ho best poor man's government in Ibo
Uiiiled States. Horses, cuttle, hogs and stock
of all kinds, wagons and farm implements, corn
and oilier products, household furniture and
even money wcro not taxed. Tho tax on land
was so light as to bo hardly worthy of being
called a tax, so that a mun might own a small
farm, wi;h plenty of everything around him,
and pay twenty-five to fifty cents lax, whilo now
thc same amount of properly would subject him
lo a lax of len to twenly-fivo dollars. Was this
oppression to tho poor? Under Radical rule
ovory thing from an iron spoon lo a gold dollar
is (axed, and from a dog lo a horse, from a baby
WSgOU lo a coach and six. Wc admit tho pre
sent advalorem system is the fairest, but it was
put in operation before reconstruction. Wc
allude to this merely to show how little tho
speaker knew or how handsomely ho could lie
before intelligent men.
At ibo close of thc mooting a good number
joined a C: ifield and Arthur club. The Ander
son negro band blowcd music.
[Prom tho Now Vork Herald.]
5?]io Republican Challenge
It in less thou two years since General
Garfield, on tho floor of Congress painted tho
following patric!lo sUotoh lor tho conduct of
tho Presidential campaign of 1?80:
Tho roan who attempts to gol up a political
i excitement In this country on tho old see
I tional issues will find hi???Polf without a party
and without support. Tho man who wa????
to servo his country must pdt himself in lino
ol'itt: leading thought, and that is tho resto*
ration of business, trade, oom m oreo, industry,
sound political cot immy, bard money and
honest payment of all obligations.
Circumstances unexpected by tho artist
put bim in n position two months ago, by his
snildon nomination os a Presidential cindi"
dato, to exert as much influcnco as any other
mau in tho country to realizo bis owl. patri
otic picture, ls it unfair to judgO bini out ol
his own mouth and by bis own behavior?
What has ho boon doing thia wcok? Has bc
boon attempting "to got up a political excite
ment on tho old sectional issues," or to put
himself In tho lino of tho country's loading
thought?" Lot tho proceedings of tho Ito?
publican conforonoo itt this city on Thursday
answer.
Beyond peradventure tho four representa
tivo speakers in that conforonoo woro Sena
tors Illainc and Logan, Secretory Sherman
and Gen. Harrison. What did they sot up in
their spocchos for tho issues in this Presi?
dentin! campaign? Mr. ?laino said that thc
issuo io whether "tho mon who fought tho
civil war shall surrondor to tho men who
fought against thc Union?" Mr. hogan Enid
that it was wholhor "tho loyal men of this
laud who stood by her constitution and flag
whoo tho sword and ilamo woro applied lo
tho templo," or "tho rebol army, und tho
copperheads of tho North" shall have tho
"right to govern Ibis country." Mr. Sherman
said it is whothor "tho Republican party shall
resign to tho solid South, headed by Wade
Hampton and tho Ku Klux Klan, and a
littlo segment in tho Northern States calling
itsolf tho Dcmociatio party." Gon. Harrison
said it is "how wo will dofend Washington
against tho enemy that onco oppoaod it in
arms." If tbeso assertions aro not a revival
of tho old sectional issues what are they?
Not n word was uttered in tho conforonoo
..-.??.j... lu^i-.^o.vfV.-'r.u.ft'.VA-.i.:.? ?jiv.'i/w.-.--??
and melancholy exception Hint Mr. Sherman
announced that tho Republican party has
"aOOOiapltehod all tho resulta it proposed to
accomplish of a finanoiul oharnctor," al
though hundreds of millions of legal tender
grconhncks aro outstanding and oighty-cight
cont silvov dollars nro coining monthly by
tho ton.
It was ontirely within1 thc powor of Gen.
Garfield to check this torrent of sectional
passion if ho had willed to do so. Ho sat in
nn adjoining parlor and knew what was do
ing. At any timo botweon noon and six
o'clock, on Thursday, bo bud only to walk
out of ono room into another and repeat his
own words, which wo bavo quoted at thc be
ginning of thia article, to bavo given an cm
tircly different complexi?n to this Prcsidcn
, Hal campaign on tho Republican sido from
that which bc lins Buffered it to assume Hut
bo u ?fully withhold from "(crying bis coun
try." Ho wilfully ratified a partisan policy
which bo himself lins stigmatized ns so un*
patriotic that tho mau who pursues it dc?
serves to find himself "without a party and
?without support." Ho starts back to bis
Ohio home this morning with tho internal
consciousness, whatever show of extornal
solidity bo muy put on, of having been luise
to bin own idcnl cf patriotism. With hts
full ascent, by tho concurrent voices of his
party's leaders, "tho old sectional issues"
uro adopted for tho main issues of tho Repub
lican canvass, ami "tho lino of (bo country's
loading thought" is subordinated to them.
Frotta Fair t'Hiiy to deneen
MKSSRB. EniTORs: I loft hero on tho morn
ing ol' tho 7th instant to visit Seneca City and
tho country between Ibero noel Townville.
I ooneon.no ntl y saw a good many farms on
my ronlo and I lound the crops very good,
especially tho cotton crops. The recent raina
have benefited the young corn very much,
and it will yet make a good yield. T nedicod
some very line tann on Snow Crook at Mr.
Moore's anil other places, nlso tome good
bottom corn at oilier places. Tho prospects
for a good yield ure better, if I am to believe
old farmers, than they bavo been in a number
of years, yumo of the farmers even go so
far us to say that tho cotton is tho best that
they have ever seen. I found nil tho farmers
that I met in a good humor and in good
spirits and they aro elated over tho crops.
1 found sumo complaining on account of not
haying schools in their neigborhood, and they
asoi ?hod as a reason for this that they could
not get eomo of their neighbors lo tako suffi
cient interest to pntroiiixo tho schools ii ml
that they depended too much upon tho public
money. Some wero in favor of doing away
with tho system entirely or raising sufficient
taxes to run tho schools for nino months. I
nm glad that tho pooplo aro giving this
subject nomo thought, lt will bo B?ro to
result in good, and it is tho only way in which
wc oan improve on our prosont system.
Onco got tho matter proporly .on foot and it
will keep on moving. I did not find n singlo
school running, but efforts aro being inado to
open sonic of them. May success attend
their efforts.
Hi cry thing nnd everybody appeared te? bo
at rest. The. men were sitting In theil houses
and tho horses were fooding in tho pastaros.
You could almost imagine that lt w;v. Sun Icy,
had yon not now and then met a wagon
loaded with lumber or something else. No
where could you seo? plough ur a boo. They
have been laid asido for a season. This is
t!.c rest soasen with tho farmers, and tho
time ol' tho year for them to gu atol t ac "our
km folks." 1 found (hem, lon, discussing tho
morita of tho various candidates and their
Chuncos ut oleotion, Thc candidates fur tho
State Senate and tho Houso of Representa*
tivcj aro recoiving thc grouter portion of their
attention Rt present. They cannot digest all
of the candidates taken at once; go I guesi
(hat they aro Inking them in broken elopes,
O'lninoiiuiiig with tho big Ikes fir.u nnd so on
down.
1 at rived in Seneca in tho afternoon, und
having some business with Mr. Dumas,
steppe., (herofind, but found him out h>ukiii}?
alter one of bia piucos. My limo was limited
?iid 1 did not have time to viait all the place?
o? bm-iness, but l lookod around to tho best
of my ability. Seneca City is thriving ami
ber citizena aro hopeful over tho futuro ol
ihoir lively town. They shove ulong, push
along and LUCp Wiving Thors aro some
good bu?inc?? men in this place-mon thal
doservedly si und well v>i??t (ho I radi og
publie; .hey h ire energy and business (act
They report (bc Irado of Seneca as good and
atiil growing. Tho farm landa aroundScnocn
aro being yearly improved and with tin
growth of tho farms and tho incienso of popu?
lation, und with two railroads, and willi the
? energy and perseverance ol' such men ni
Messrs. Dumas, Cary, Coleman and Dr,
Hopkins and others, she is ?uro to improvi
and to become a piuco of importance J
stopped over night nt Coleman's Hotel, une
roccived every possible attention. Tho out
ward man was well eared for and tho inware
mun plentifully supplied with good viands
Though passing through Seneca City fre
quently, I bavo novor before mado a stay o
any length. I could not wind up mj
remarks on Soncca without mon Honing Mr
Thompson, wdio is always polito and nceonv
modating to ovory ono, and especially thosi
with whom bo lins business transactions
HM ?3 ono of tho pillars of Seneca. Seneca ii
nlivo on politics, and sho will stand by bc
men, but sho docs not liko tho Radical moot
ing held in Walhalla on tho 7th instant, nm
sho is right. Tho county is gotting oi
remarkably well without Kadical intorforoncc
and to judgo from Ihn conversations I boan
on tho snbjeot, sho is willing anet anxious t<
butt squarely against Radicalism in oven
form and shape. 1 nm sorry that I canno
givo you moro of Soncca, but I nm not wol
acquainted with tho piuco and its businesi
men. and I four that I have, too, alrcudj
talton up too much of your limo and spneo
ft would bc usolosa for ino to say anything ii
favor of Professor Mooro's school. Hil
reputation is well known over tho county
and olsowhorc. y C.
Tho Rockingham (Va.) Register publishes th?
Judge ITInckcy's Account ol'
thc 'JB'i'c?id?tioii od' North
ern iSeinihliciins-II. Ii.
Elliott in thc QBands ot' (he
Pal iee*
COLUMBIA, August 9.-JudgoT. J. Mackey,
who missed through tho city to day on Ids
return to Ohostor from an oxtonded visit
North, gavo an amusing necount of tho tro
mor8 and porploxities of tho Republican
campaign orators who 'propuso to carry tho
bloody ?birt banner in Ibo South during tho
nppronoliing campaign. Ho stated that it
was certain that tboy would como, ospcoially
to South Carolina, which they claim to con
sider n doubtful St ato, und that thpir efforts
will bo thorough und dcupornto to influonco
tho vote. Ho took tho liberty of inviting
about twenty- fivo of thom to tho StatO, utidor
tho following ciroumstnucco;
Thone twenty five, bo said, consulted him
severally, in different placea, with gravity
and earnestness, eoneorning their treatment
by tho whites, in tho event of their coming.
They woro nnxious to know whether, if they
conducted thoir meetings with propriety and
their spcoohos with courtesy, tho Democrats
would oppress thom by riddling thom with
buckshot or annihilate thom hy exploding
torpedoes undor ibo spoakoi 8 stands, tlicso
being considered tho pot methods of South
erners when wishing to cut short unpalatable
addresses*
Tho Jiulgo said that bo endeavored to rc
nssnro thom, morely hinting Ibut if they
should devoto their speeches to abuso of our
pcoplo ns villains and cutthroats who should
lin speedily hung, some unmarketable e;rgs
ii;;hi bo forcibly offered them; und that they
wore satisftod with this assurunco, and would
endeavor to ho present.
Judge .Mackey also consulted with John
Kelly, who impressed him hy tho sll?O of h'i3
brain, and ho lias accepted invitations to nd-?
dress tho grant Tammany Hall mooting on
tho 25th of September, nnd other campaign
meetings in tho interior Of Now 1'orlt uitato.
l?o thinks that Senator Hampton will bo ur
gently invited to the North during tho eau?
vass and that bis eorvioos there will bo of
great value to thc Democracy.
lt. ?, Elliott was to day ejected from a
drug store by tho polico for endeavoring to
create a disturbance with tho dork and re-?
. in;; to leavo.
NASH vi i.i.t:, Augusto.-Tho report of tho
Bureau of Agriculture for July shows tho
following condition of crops in Tennessee;
Corn prospects indicate ll full average crop.
Grassand clover liken iso. Tboro will not
bo much over half a crop of tobacco. Tho
sorghum crop is reported as very lino. Cot
ton was never moro promising. There will
bo above an average yield, no insects having
troubled it. indications point to a good pea
nut crop. Stock of all kinds is in oxecllont
condition.
HAM'.IOII, N. C., August 1).-Tho rainfall
in all parts of this State within tho past ten
days has been heavy. Swollen streams bavo
talton away bridges and fonoooand have d no
vast dumugo to tho corn crop. Tho Capo
Foar Uiver roso thirty-two feet, and ?ta fertile
lands with their luxuriant crops are sub
merged. Tho people aro still hopeful as tho
gonoral prospect for all crops is better than
for twenty years. Fine weather throughout
tho whole spring enabled tho farmers to havo
their crops in good condition for rains. The
ootton erop is tho host grown in tho State
Binoo tho war.
A medical nulhorily soys: "Laughter ia ono
of tho greatest bol ps lo digestion, and thc
custom of our forefathers of exciting it at Ibo
(able by jesters and buffoons was founded on
true medical principles."
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}Y virtue of a dooroo of tho Probate Court
I will soil to tho highest bidder, nt Walhalla
Court Mouse, on saloday in September next,
tho Koa I Estate of ll. F. Heeder, lunatic, con
sisling of ono tract on Snow Creek, in thc
County of Oconco, S. C., adj ining lands now
or lately of Wm. Hoardcn, Samuel C. Heeder,
Alfrod Tannery und others, containing 10C
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Announcements.
For Sheriff.
tfsr Tho friends of NOAH W. ORAN'!
respectfully nominato him as a candidate
for Sheriff of Oconco County, subject to
tho ooliot) of tho Democratic party in thc
primary election.
?(iv* Tho frionas of J. \V. HOLT.EMAN an
nounce him ns a candidato for Sit Or ?ff, subject
to tho nomination of tho Dumoeratic party ol
Oconco County.
?i-jy Tho friends of JAMKS II, Roams an
nounco him na a candidate for rc-clcclion at
Sheriff, subject to tho nomination of tho Demo
cratic party of Goonoo county.
For County Commissioners.
P?;3" Dy request of bis many friends Oor ri.on
WANMRR has ooiisontc I to bo a candidato foi
County Commissioner, subject to tho action ol
tho Dcmooratio party.
t??F Tho many friends of Dr. JOHN B,
JOST Tho frionds of lt. S. RUTLBDOH
respectfully anoounco him a oandidato for
thc offioo of County Commissioner for
Ooonoo County, subject to tho notion of
tho Democratic party at tho ensuing primary
election.
Vov tSio BjCgl.slotuvo.
itt?- Tho frionda of Hon. CKOHOB lt.
OltKUllY take ploasuro in announcing him
n ouudidiito for re-olcction to tho Stato
Legislature, subject to tho nomination of
tho Democratic party cf Ooonco County in
thc primary clcotion.
fi??* The many friends of Maj. H. P. DENDY;
respectfully announce bim asa candidato for Ibo
??talo L?gislature, subject to tho nomination of
Ibo Democratic party of Ooonco County in tho
primary election.
?f?J" Tho many frionda of SLOAN Y.
STRIIIMNO announce him ns a candidato for
tho House of Kcprosontativos, subject to tho
rules of tho 1 . carnerney at their primarlos,
l?o is honest and fearless, adv?calos no
hobby to rido into ofiico upon. Ho will boldl'
advocate tho rights of hts constituency, um'
all circumstances, without hopo of reward or
fear pf coriseo, deuces.
HORS* Thc Monds of JOHN S. VUIINKH, ESQ.,
take pleasure in announcing bim as a candidato
for tho House of Representatives, subjoct to tho
nomination of Ibo Democratic parly of Ocouco
county.
foi- County Amii tor.
ZQf? Thc many friends of Dr. H. S.
JA M KS respectfully present his name as a
suitable pelion to lill tb? ollico of Comity
Auditor, and solicit tim votes of the Demo
cratic party of Ocouco County as a recom
mendation to tho Governor to appoint him
to said office. Do pledges himself to abido
thc action of thc party at thc primary elec
tion.
JCi/?"" Tho friends of Vic L. NGUMAN announco
him ns a candidato for County Auditor, and
solicit tho votes of tho Democritio party of
Ocouco county ac. a recommendation to thc Go
vernor to appoint bim to said office. Ho
pledges himself tonbldo tho action of tho party
in the primary ?lection.
K??" Thc friendsoi A. G. SMOII respectfully
announce him as a on nd ida tc for County Auditor,
and solicits lim voies of thc Democratic parly of
Oconeo county as a recommendation to Ibo Go
vernor to appoint bim to said oilico. Ho pledges
himself to abide I lie nclion of tho parly in tho
primary election.
Jfc'V.!"' The friends of JOHN N. Gummi: respect
fully announce him as a candidate for Comity
Auditor, and solicits Gie voles of tho Demucratio
parly ol* Ocouco county as a recommendation
to Ibo Governor lo re appoint him lo said ollico.
He pledges himself lo abido tho action of tho
pnrly.
For fl?ao ^CRB.'??O.
BSy- Tho friends of 1). RIEMANN announco
him us a candidate for tho State Senate, sub
ject to the nomination of tho 1'emocratio
party of Ooonco County nt tho primary
election.
firy?" Wo arc authorized to announce CAPT. J.
L. SIIAXKI.IN as a candidato for tho Slato
Se?ale, subject to Ibo nomination of Ibo Demo
crat io party of Oconeo county at thc primary
election. VOTERS.
if Thc frimids of COL. ROBERT A?!
THOMPSON respectfully nnnounco him
;.H a candidat:! l'or tho State Semite, subject
to thc nomination of thc Democratic party
of Oconec County.
For Clerk of Court,
p;?o" Tho friends ol Captain Lucius ll.
Lr.R respectfully announco him a candidato
for Clerk ol' the Court ol' Ooonco County,
subject to tho nomination of thc Domooratio
party by primary election.
Xr?/"* Tho many friends of J. W. STKIIIMNO
tal'.c plcasuro in presenting his mimo as a can
didate for ro-eleclion as Clerk of tho Court for
Oconec couuty, subject to tho nomination of tho
Domooratio party.
JP or Soliool Coltsnaisstiotior:
JO',"" The friends of Or.ivmt M. AnnOTT re
spect fully announce him a candidato for Ibo
oliice of .Scliooi Commissioner for Oconec county.
Mr. A ll ?OTT is a nativo of tao county, a Demo
crat in principle, a practical teacher, having
been employed in leaching for ion years. l?o
. is willing 1? abido Gio action of tho people at
thc primary elcolion,
Tho many friends of JOSEPH N. RUTH
EllFOllD respectfully nnnounco him as a suitablo
person for ?School Commissioner for Goonoo
County, subjoct to tho voice of (he pcoplo in tho
primary election. Mit. RUTHERFORD bas been
icaebittb in Oconeo County ten years and is well
qualified lo fill tnO position and is identified in
tho educational intercsls o? 11,0 cornily.
Thc friends of WM. P. ?AMwT t(?ko
pleasure in presenting his nanto as a caiulidnwO
i for tho office of School Commissioner, subjccij
to tho nomination of tho Demooratic party
of Ooonoo County.
JGC-?y- The friends of ISA AO WICKLIFFE, ESC?.,
respectfully announco bim a candidato for
ro^clootion to Ibo ollico of School Commis
sionor ol Oconeo County, subjoct to tho action,
of tho poople in tho primary cbotion.
Foi* l?roR>alc dfiitlgo.
tfcS" The friends of RlOllAltn LEWIS bog
leuvo to announco him ns a candidato for ro?
1 election as Probate J migo for Oconeo county,
, subject to tho nomination of Ibo Democratic
, party. _
i v?or Comity Trouutirot'i
ff?f* Thc friends of ll. Jr, A LEX ANDER re
spectfully present his name as a suitablo person
lo fill tho ofiico of County Treasurer, and solicits
tho votes of Ibo Democratic parly of Oconeo
county us a recommendation to Ibo Governor to
^.appoint him lo said oOioO. Ho pledges him
self lo nbido tho action ol' Ibo parly.
For thu ?jCgiHiiMiiVV.
W Tho friends of JNO. M. HUDSON
respectfully aunoune.o him as an independ
ent candidato for tho Legislature at tho next
, election, and are authorized to stato that if
. elected ho will opposo tho fonco law and
vol nilgai nst it.
'a'DjR'2 FA noa a; ats' CANDIDATE