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\v.mm ?mn in n m i II -MU i-.11 II I II nm iw nun S'il*. KKOWKK COURIER* ' ^?IY Kt?tTli, ?MITM? A CO, THURSDAY, J^?AllY 13, 1881. BSIIB?S^:"trr~.::-^r.: - : ~-;Trx*7-ra JJJQT &>r subscription, $1.60 ncr annum, ttrictlyin advance; for six months, 76 cents. jj?jr Adnertisements inserted at one dollar per square of ono inch or less for the first insertion and fifty cents for each subsequent insertion. iSfir Obituary Notices exceeding five lines Tribubes of Respect, Communications ef a per sonal character, when a lmhsablc, and Announce' ments of Candidates will be charged for as adver tisementt. JStSST* Job Printing neatly and cheaply executed BSy" Necessity compels us to adhere strictly to the requirements of Cash Payments. A Lotter from Texas-A Voice from tho South-Wost. CIIEROKKB COUNTv, TEXAS, December 2-1 th, 1880. Messrs. Editors:-You would no doubt bo plofiaod, if not surprieod, to hoar from ono of Old Prtltnotto'e sons nway down hero, who bas boon invisible in thoso "diggins" for tho last thirty years, and above two thirds of (or twenty-six years) of that limo, n citizen of tho I.ono Star Stato. Notwithstanding upwards of a quat tor ot ncoutury 1ms passed ovor my hoad nnd sprinkled my lock? with gray, and disonso has withered nnd tho rude, strong grasps of affliction have shattered my frame, yet in rotrospcot I lind that 1 have lost nothiogof tho many fond romombrnncos of tho sconos of my boyhood and youth, nod all theeo tics, as dear to my heart now ns then, which will over ondear and link mo thero. Thought 1 supposo that wcro 1 now there I would fool li ko tho lone Indian-I wovtld not bo satisfied. Everything is changed. Most of thoso familiar faces I waa wont to rccogniao iu yoro, ns friends and relatives, havo passed away. I could only heave a deep sigh, shed a rogrotfnl tear on tho grave of my ?iros, and-dopart. Only ono of my own family nanto yet remains, ns a lono treo nf tho kind, in tho forest of life- "a column of Iiis own height," whoso voncrablo looks havo b?on chilled by ninny a wintry blast, and whoso cbcok8 (Uko mino, though ho, my sonior by far,) aro furrowed deeply by fell affliction as well as by tho baud of time. In my own native land I would bo, I would visit that old homo of yoro; But kind Heaven, it rooms bath decreed, Tis' a laud I can \isit no moro. Poverty and bodily infirmity forbids, not that I am an cxilo or a refugee from justice. Although I havo no dosiro to grow tho least foreign in feeling towards tho land of my nativityt yet I deem it no moro than justice to speak somewhat in behalf of the Stato nnd homo of my adoption. Let n man bo n citi zou of whatever Stnte or county ho may, yet if bo bo truly patriotic, ho will nt nil timos labor to screen his homo from tho stigma of rn?Broprc8Cnt;?ion. Though Toxns is a great country, geographically speaking, and unex colled in variety of soil, climate nnd prodU04 lion, &o., yot Toxas is neither Paradise nor Pandemonium. Many, on coming here, be? caueo thoy don't lind the country nnd every thing as they in their imagination pictured, thoy go back and give tho country n bad name. Now this is not fair. "Give thc devil his duce." All men should tell tho truth and elm ic tho daddy of all liars. Toxas, lo any mnn coming boro, is liko tho world ia to him when be stays nt homo, (not that bc is out of tho world when hore,) i. e. just what ho makes it. If ho is sottish and ava - ricious nnd disposed to rovilo nnd fret over every calamity nnd reverso of fortune, which como to nil some way or time, tho world frowns bleakly it tooms, yen, looks hateful indeed nud in his eyes bo only, is not to do right, and nil other men's hands against him to i windle and to client him. lint when his heart ie right and ho cnn keep n conscience void of olYcncc towards Clod and his fellows, then rough* glide smoothly, "Tho world it runs well with him then." It ia beautiful nnd wonderfully agreeable. Lovely to bc and to live in. So if on coming here, hav ing promised himself a fortuno in a few years, in tho faco of nil opposition, so ho begins tho job to tho tuno of "(Jo it Alo?. , protty tsoon bia efforts ni e baffled, his hope is withered, nnd then-Texas is tho mcnnc*t oountry under tho sun, and is full bf thc roennost pcoplo. Whereby, il' bc comos with, tho determination to tako Texas us it is, and ranko it his homo, pursuing an houorablo courso, he will not fail by industry nnd judi cious management, lo ranko an easy living and to bc satisfied. Prom nu experience of twenty six years I have never known a single instance to tho contrary. A man may live in a certain locality boro ninny years and yet ho is ignorant of place: nnd things in other portions, ns ho is of tho unexplored regions of Central Africa; yot somo now and then como "Oreen from tho States," t-lay a few weeks or months, eoe o cotton patch or two, j &c, soon get homo sick, go back, curse Toxas from Kio Orando to Sabino Uiver and (rom tho Gulf to tho Indian Nation. Different individuals c. mo through different motives. Ono morely to visit friends and vctum; another to look nt tho country, and somo ono thing and eomo another. Many years ago an old gentleman of^?. my acquaintance in South Carolina^ gathered heart to seo Texas. So ho framed his will, gave his son Peter n horn book and Dick a chilling to buy n bailor. Bid his family ti longer furcwoll than now bo might to go round tho earth. Ho was going away down, down, down yonder in tho far South West. May bo so far os thc Oary field, whoro Snnta Anna tras caught and Sam Houston was wounded, nnd if ho over got back he would have some thing to loll. A bnrrol of tears, no doubt, wcro commingled. Ho sot out by public convoyanco. In a few days ho reached Old Nnchcdochcs in thc night, on Unelo Sam's "coach nnd four." I don't know whothcr ho enw ibo old ?tono houso or not, though ho saw ten fut onlvoa in ono Toxas cowpon. Noxt morning ho turned for South Carolina, and in n few days took all on surprise at homo when another barrel full woio poured out. His pocket was lighter and he nono tho v/ifcr. I gti08S ho thought that "if tho world was ns big overy way as this way that it wan a whopper." Another of my acquaintance, who did not lovo to work, who lind n knack ot gambling, came out lo clean up thoie fool fellows. Protty soon ho found himself ploki* ed and ibo Tosas mastiff trotted off "mit" tho bono. Ito thon got a whipping nnd rolled for homo. Ho cursed Texas nil over, too, not 60 muob by renton only of (Uko poor Tray) hoing found in bad company, ns of hoing tho dupo of bis own folly* A protty smart job for ono hand, that of cursing ont about two millions ot peoplo, disporeod ovor ?boro two hundred and thirty sovon thousand equnro milos. Fino crops wcro gathered boro this full, both of cotton and com. Sonto cotton fields white yet. Uenornl good health provails. Wo htivo boen experiencing winter in earnest for Toxns, sinco carly in November. Cold rains, Bloots and h ard freezes, lt is freezing cold now. Allow mo to say to those far mors ovor thcro that ali who havo good homes there and got good lands to till had ns woll stay Ibero. Thoso who hnvo not, and who hnvo to spend all their surplus money for fertilizers, had bettor spend it on tho road to Texas, whoro they can mako a fivo huns drcd pound balo to tho nero without any manuring. Thia portion is not 8uro crop ping for whont. Oom y ?olds very woll. I lately saw n bushel shelled from ono hun dred cars of upland. Tho potato crops, though heavy, wcro all lost by reason of tho oarly frcczos. Any common farmer boro, on ordinary lands, can mako all ho oan gather. Some uro making money on rented land. Ajl thoso who may doubt tho saying of anyone, or ovon mino, in.this rospoct, and disposed to uuy can any good thing como out of Nazareth, tho responso is como and ooo. DixF.iuir.R 29th, 1880. At tho timo of writing I fully intended to get my article to you by Now Year, but failed to get it mailed. Ohristmas bas pass* cd. Mu oh oxoitomont in our "burg." A I vast army besieged John Barleycorn in his stronghold, armed with empty jugs, bott los, &o. John, though himself crazed from tho stimuli of arson io, strychnine, &o , romainod hoad up and reigned supremo. With tho contontsof ii few barrels, well charged and bettor aimed, ho plew a thousand men on thc spot and sent tho demoralized residuo of! lintborknoed, niter having talton thc spoil mouoy, and in their hurried retreat up tin imaginary hill of difficulty, many a bran bit tho dust, and lay all alouo in bid glory. Tho weather is freezing yet. Tho cg; nog is drunk op. Our bottles aro empty Wo aro far from burg, so wc munt b< reconciled to lament-over departed spirits. J. (J. FULL WARTON. Au Industrial Exhibition for Ooonco. MESSRS. Entrons: I mentioned sometinv since in your columns thal I would have some thing to say about a fair for Oconcc. Thc gooi that would bo accomplished by such a thing i too obvious for any Words from ino in its behalf but still Oconeo, with tho rapid strides silo i making in all of her industries, should have ai annual fair, and I raise my voice In its behalt Wc need a fair, not only lo let tho world GC what wc arc doing, but to let it bc known ani0U| ourselves Wo need il for our mutual improve nient, lt is no easy matter to calculate th good lo bc derived from county industrial oxhl bilious and they arc thc only means by whicl wc can find out and fully appreciate what i going on among ns in thc varic.ua branches o our industrie?. A fair in which nil arc inter csted creates a rivalry n-j to who shall excel nu win and il is human nature to strive lo bc in th race in order to j.>ain the applause of our fellow man; besides it is a regular school for thc farm ors, in which they learn much as lo thc mode an manner of farming. T hoy discuss tho di Boron ways of plowing, ditching, subsoiling and hat vowing. There wc meet with ail varieties o seed and hear thc merits of each; and lhere too, wc learn what can bo dono with prope cultivation and tillage. It acts as a stimulus t tho improvement cf our stock, and wc tiler meet willi thc best and most, improved stock <: thc county. Then, too, there is Ibo place fe thc mechanic and tho merchant. The forme can exhibit his skill nnd thc latter his ware.? Then again our good housewives can exhib? theil* proficiency in making preserves and jellie as welt iis thc numerous articles th.I mc indi; pensable to tho comfort and proper con.incl of house. Tho young ladies can exhibit thc niin bloiiCSSaild dexterity of their lingers in vari oil ways; but I will bo pardoned, I hope, and n< i used o? Haltering thc fair sex, when I stat Hint their presence f;ivos ns much attraction I thc exhibition AS anything else. It is Itsoloi for me lo go cn thia strain, for what 1 hat mentioned is too plain to every one. An Industrial exhibition furnh-hes most pion saut food for thought. Thought is the moth power to action. Thought "Is keeping still nil trying ip lind ont something," is the way a litt girl oppressed it. When wo think and dc tot minc then comes thc action, tho embodiment i our thoughts. Aft cr visiting the various d part meats of an industrial exhibition wc wi naturally bo led into a train of thought nt from this springs a great good. We common to compare and draw conclusions, our min begin lo expand and wo begin to receive nc light from al! we have seen, and upon exam nation wo will find our sloro of informan greatly increased. OoCUCC, in her agricultural interests, ismnkl remarkable progress, and we need an indus!r exhibition to give still moro impetus to t good work. I could go on in this mani showing thc good results that come from sn an undertaking, but I think it Useless lo over them, since il might make this article I tedious, and in conclusion will only renn thal what is good for our sister counties m bc good for us. If their fairs provo success and Improving ro will one in Oconec. Kow lei go to work and have one next fall, Lot III who arc mer? ?:'.!.. than myself to handle muller take hold of it and push it ahead, havo thc means in our power to havo as gi a fair as any ol' our sister counties, lt wo nol bc amiss to call .a meeting of tito pee to discuss Ibis matter during thc present moi and I truly hopo that a day will bc appoin for this purp.isc. A fair with ?ido awn energetic men at its head will be a success youd a doubt. Wc havo such men in Ocoi therefore let us go to work and bo ready next fall to have a grand industrial oxhibili WM. P, 0AL1?OUJS Fair Play, January C, 18?I. At Hick Hill on tho samo day, the c tost was closer, tho dry tiekc*. currying town by a majority ol' four votes. Thu i counoil will allow saloon kecpors sixty d in which tu .-filths their business and c their entai..': ihmont-b Present. Past und Future. MESSRS. DDITOIIS? A few dote on tho cold snap, lu a sort of journalIbtto form, may bo in teresting to your many roadors, and if you doom thom so plc uso publish thom. It soldom oOours that we have two such groat oxtrorucu ns tids winter and last have been, coming as they do lu suoh dose proximity to oaoh other, and the effeot will afford valuablo data in an agrie?ltural point of view. Last wiutor was uothing more than winter in tho Land of Flowers. This winter is certainly from a Northern lat it ado to a Southern clime. Labt winter even tho sweet potatoes remained Sound in tho patch and came up In thc.spring. This winter thcro will bo comparatively few that will escape tho freeze, unless much onto has been talton to preserve thom. There seems to bo a fulling off in tito colton crop, tho top crop fniliug to maturo. It does not become ueocesary to bo wiso to soo that it was tho warm winter failing to frcozo up tho salts of tho earth, rendering tho soil friable, that was tho causo of tho failure As soon ns tho guano was used up tho colton failed. Corn hoing shorter lived matured belter. I predict that 1881 will bo a good fruit year, not outy in quantity but in quality, All fruits will bo moro aromado, which uothiug but a cold snowy winter can produce Those that huvo sowed largily in small grain will bc well remunerated, and 1 had rather risk wheat sown anytimo between now and tho loth of February Ibis year than to havo it sown in Ootobor for tho next t wo or three years to come. Exp?rience proves that it is unwise lo mako but ono surplus crop aud that cotton. Dui it is very evident thcro will bc n Surplus of wheat made by those Hint devoto much land to that crop and Ibo best way lo utilize il is lo carry it over and not sell it. I have by sunning it kept it for three years and Iben found it belter than tho now crop. Willi a reasonable amount of rain there will bo more cotton made in 1881 in (his section than ever has been before. Hut I am anticipating. L started out to say something of tho aspecto of the weather since last Tuesday. Tuesday night tho weather was clear bul the sky looked milky and al 2 o'clock fino imow commenced falling from thu West aud by 10 A. M. tho snow was four Inches deep, (herc being already sonic snow from last week. Thc clouds cleaved away and thc sun abono out, but thc mercury kept below Ibo freezing point. As Ilia shades of evening came on Wednesday Ibo mercury sank rapidly and 0 I*. M. il indicated 12? aud nt 12 M. -Io and at G A. M. Thursday morning nt zero. Thc highest point reached Thursday was 28?. Thurs day evening and night and Friday morning indi caled the fame changes as Wednesday night, tho mercury having been depressed lo zero again. Friday waa a li lt lo warmer, but at no timo did Ibo mercury reach above thc freezing point. During Friday night it clouded up and Saturday at 11 o'clock it commenced snowing again and snowed very rapidly until night. The snow on Sunday was near seven inches deep. To-day (Monday) the mercury has moved above 32? ttlld a alight thaw has commenced. Tho liver has been full of mush icc, the earth has been tho roughly frozen to "hard pan," and although tho weather has been trying and unpleasant in (ho extreme, yet tho prospect is very proj :!:ous for the present, year, and other things being equal, tho earth will yield an*abundance of good tilings lo tho devotees of tho tillage of the soil. So mote il be. FRANK. Tho Now Lawa of tho, State* AN ACT to require all Railroad Companies in ibis State to construct and keep in re pair an adequate Stock-guard or Oitttlc<-gnp at every point where thc linc ol' Railroad of any such Company croises tho lino of any Fence in this State. He ii enacted by tho Senate nod IIouso of Representativos of the State of South Caro lina, now mot and sitting in ll moral Assem bly, ami by tho authority of thc same: SECTION 1. That tho r?verai railroad companies whoso lino ol' road lies wholly or partly in this State be, and they aro hereby, required to construct and keep in repair an adequate stock-guard or cattle-gap at cory point where tho lino of said railroad of any suelf company crosses the linoel' any fence in this State. SKO. 2. That for every violation of this Act tho railroad company so violating it shall pay tho owner or owners of tho lonee upon tho line of willoh such slock fence guard or Sflttlo-gQp should have benn constructed and kept in repair tho sum of $100, to bo recovered l>y action in tho Court of Common Pleas for tho county in which snell stock-guard or vattlo-gap should have boen constructed and kept in repair. SEC. O. That all Aets and parts of Acte inconsistent with this Act aro hereby re pealed. Approved December?.!, ISSI). AN ACT lo amend .Section 4 of an Act enti tled "An Act to amend an Act for tho Pro-? tectiou and Preservation of useful Atti* mais," approved February 20, 1HS0. He il enacted by ibo Sonnte and II0U6O of Representative! of tho Stale of South Carolina, now met and sitting in Ooneral Assembly, and by tho authority of ibo same: SECTION 1. That Section .! ot nn Act otiti" tied "An Act to nmond an Act ontitlod au Act for Ibo protection and preservation of useful animals," approved February 20, 1880, bo, and tlie samo is hereby, amended by , striking ont of said Section the words "tho fifteenth day of September," and putting in ' place ar.d lieu thereof "thc first day of Oc tober." Sr.c. 2. That, so much of any Acts or parts of Acts ns is inconsistent or repugnant tn tliis Ad is hereby repealed Approved Doet'mbo!- 21, 1880, AN ACT to amend an Act ontitlod "Am Act to prob i bi? person" livingtogether in Adul tery," approved Deeomber 20, 1878, and to define tho orimos of Adultery und Forr..ca tion. He il enacted by tho Sonnto and IIouso of Roprosontntivos of tho State of South Oar OM lina, now met and sitting in General As sembly and by Ibo authority of tho samo: That an Act entitled "An Act to prohibit persons living togothor in adultery," approved December 20, 187?5, bo amended so tis to read ns follows, to wit: SECTION 1. That any man and woman who ?hall bo guilty of the ordne of adultery or fornication shall,1)0 liublo to indictment, and, On conviction, f hall bo severally punished by a fino of ind less than otic hundred dollars nor moro than (Ivo hundrod dollars, or Imprisoned for not less ttmn six months nor moro than one year, or by both Ono and hnprisonmont, nt tho discretion of tho court. Seo. 2. That adultery is living togothor nnd carnal intoroourso with oaoh othor, or habitual oumul iutoroourso with oaoh othor, ?.without living together, of n mun and woman, when either is lawfully marriod to somo other person. SEO. 3. That fornication is living togothor and carnal intoroourso with oaoh other, or habitual oarnal intercourse with oaoh othor, without living togothor, of a mau and woman, both being unmarried. Approved Dccombor 21, 1880. AN ACT to regulato Appeals from Trial Justices' Courts in Criminal Caueos. lie il enacted by tho Senate and llouso of Representatives of tho Stato of South Caro-, lina, now met and sitting in Qonornl Assem bly, and by tho authority of tho samo: SECTION 1. That from nnd after tho pnssago of this Act nil appeals (rom Trial Justices' Courts in oriminl cases shall bc takcu and prosecuted no follows: SEC. 2. The appellant shall, within (Ivo days after sontonco, serve a not ?co of appeal upon tho Iriol j us tico who tries tho caso, elating tho grounds upon which tho appeal is foun ded. SEC. 3. "Within ten days r.ftcr enid BOrvico tho said trial justice shall file in tho ofBco of tho Clerk of Court tho ?aid notice together with tho record and statement of all tue proceedings in tho cuso, nnd tho tostimon.v in writing, taken ut tho trial, nod signed, by tho witnesses. Ste. 4. That upon scrvico of tho said notice Ibo said trial justice shall, on demand of tho defendant, admit him to*bail, us said trial just too may reqniro, with condition to appear itt thc Court appealed to, and at nu/ subsequent term to which tho caso may bo continued, if not previously surrendered, nod so, ftoin term to term, until tko final decree, sentence or order cf tho Court thereon, und to abide such final sentence, tudor or decoro, und not depart witllout leave, and in tho meantime to keep tho poaco und be of good behavior. SEO. 5. That tho dork of court, upon receipt of said case, ahull pince tho sumo upon tho proper docket of. tho Court of j General Sessions for trial or other disposition* itt tho next ensuing torin nf said court. j SEC. G. That thc said appeal shall bc beard by the Court of ?oncral Sossionn upon tho grounds of exceptions made, and upon Ibo papers horoinbeforo required, and without tho examination of witnesses in said court Ami tho said Court may either confirm the sentence appealed from, reverse or modify tho bame, or grant u BOW trial, as to thc said Court may seem nice: and conformable to law. Approved December 21, 1880. AN ACT to repeal Sections 2 and ?? of ChnplOl CV, Title I, Part Ul, of tho Rev hoc Statutes of this Stato, in regard tn vacating li r ron co u? Judgments. Be il enacted by tho Srnnto ?ind llouso ol Representatives of tho .State of South Caro lina, now met and sitting in General Assem bly. and by thc authority of thc ?mme: SUCTION 1. That Sections two (2) nm three (.1) of Chapter CV, Tilla I. Part III of the Revised Statutes of this State provldinj that erroneous judgmonli may bo vac.tod a any timo within two years from tho outr; thoronf and proscribing tho modo in whicl this may bo done, be, nnd tho same ari hereby, repealed and nbrogatod; Provided however, That this Act shall not apply ti existing judgments or affect cases now ii suit. SRO. ?.. That this Act shall lako affect Ol tho first day ol January, 1881. Approved December 21, 18?0. Union Mooting. Thc Union Meeting of Hie second section c thc Fork Association will bo held ut Popln Spiring:;, beginning on Friday be foro the fifi Sunday in this month. Introductory sermon lo he preached hy Ito J. S. West on Friday at ll A. M. Charity sci mon by Kev. J. N. Sanderson Sunday at 11 A. M or nt 11:*: 1s,t. Should our members lake and read ot: religious papers? To bo discussed by J. V Stribling. 2d. What is the duly of a church towards il pastor! By J. O. L. Abbett. 3d. What is tho duly of a deacon? By Roi A. W. M cG ii Hi ii. 4lh. What is Ibo scriptural purpose of churo discip'ine? J?y J. W. S h olor. ?th. Arc wo obligated (o givo lo tho cause < laissions? By Rev. J. S. West. ess A vs, 1st. Are lhere any advantages to bo derive from union meetings, and if so, what aro the; By J. W. Randers. lid. Kssay by J. W, Shclor. Subject of h own choice. Wc hope that Hie chinches embracing th section td' tho Union will all bc represento Come, brethren, let ns have a good meeting, J. W. STRIBLING, Clerk. PROHIBITION IN.NORTH CARO UNA-Tho Prohibition Lifjuc Law Associai ion pf North Caroni has begun an active canvass i tho Stato and lins determined I forward immediately, for sign turo, to every pastor in tho .Sta' j and to every temperance organ zation. and to every Christi; I association, every school, evei postmaster, every factory* and divot's others, a fenn of pot.iti< lo tho LogisltttuTO praying f tho pnssago of a law prohtbith tho sido o?' liquor, to bosuhmitti i to tho people for ratification, ^ i tm -?> 04m This is a new era, ono of pr< I gross, and ii' wo expect our ?Stn to grow and increase in weall wc must oiler inducements to tl immigrants to settle among i lt is this that ha's built up tl great West. Let us not bc behii this advanced agc. Church Direotory for 1881. LuTiiBttAN Ciiuuoii-Pro?ohing ovory Sunday morning in dorman ot 10J o'otook by Hov. Wm. Pilz. Sunday Sohool nt 9 A. M. PRESBYTERIAN CHUROII-At Walhalla -Kov. S. L. Morris, Pastor-First Sabbath at ll A M.j sooond Sobbothat7 P M j third Sabbath ut ll A. M. and 7?P. M.; fourth Sabbath ot 7 P. M. Sabbath Sohool every Sabbath ut 9 J A. M. Prayer mooting ovcry \Ve<" icsday evening at 7 P. M. ltiohlaml Churoh-Prouohing overy second and fourth Sabbaths ot ll A. M. BAPTIST CHURCH-Prccohiog o?cry accotd and fourth Sundays und on Saturday beforo tito Bcoond by tho pastor, Hov. G. II. Carter. Sunday sohool ovory Sunday morn ing at 9} A. M. METHODIST - WALHALLA CIRCUIT ltcv. C. D. Mann, Prcaohcr iu Charge Proaching at Center Ghuroli on tho first Sabbath ot 10 A. M.j Westminster ot 3 P. M. On thc second Sabbath nt Joonsseo ut 10 A. M.; at Whitmiro's nt 3 P. M. Third Sabbath ot Doublo Springs nt 10 A. M. Fourth Sabbath at Walhalla nt ll A. M. und 7 P. M ; nt Coonee ut 3 P. M. At Hopewell on Saturday beforo tho first Sabbath in each mouth mid on tho fifth Sabbath. Prayer meeting at tho Walhalla Methodist Church every Wednesday even ing ul 7 P. M. Sunday Sohool ut 9] A. M. every Sabbath morning. 'Ibero was a spirited contest between tho wot and dry tickets for municipal oftioos of thc town of Ohostor on tho 10th instant. Tho voto was thc largest over polled in tho town, the liquor or wet ticket getting a in.-^ j?rliy of 71 in a vote of 412. -* - On last. Saturday ol ghi negro men wcro frozen lo death on a raft near Reaufort. They had been drinking, and sunk into a sleep from which they will awako no more. It must have been a ghastly sight. Feedstock regularly at sta'ed hours each day. Stock become wonderfully observant on this point, and become restless when the time arrives for giving their food, should that food not bc at liane). No country ever succeeded, agriculturally, without an industri ous population. Thon let us bring into our State .immigrants to build up our barren and waste places, who have been trained to such habits. A PHILADELPHIA Judgo decided last week that "an assertion of sobriet y is one of tho delusions of intoxication, and, reasoning the thing logically, when a man insists that ho is sober, it is pretty good evidence that he is drunk." By parity pf reasoning, when a man insists that he is drunk, it is proof | positive that he is sober. "Bill A rp" thinks it. won't bc long bcioro the negroes "will all settle down in tho old tracks and let politics nloue, and bo cont ent to labor for their bread and clot her-, hud have their own schools and churches, and look up to thc white folks tor employment and protection. Tho yankees have! tried for fifteen years lo set them up higher, but they were on a fooPs errand and are finding it out. It was against the order of nature." HYM HJ 1ST Bl A. Married, at thc r?sidence of tho bride's grandmother, Mrs. M. If ix, on January the Otb, 1881, by Elder J. II. Stone, Mr. J. A. Miller,of Oconoo, to Miss Ann i R. Lana, of| Georgia. Married, on January Gili, 1881, by Hov. J, S. West, Mr. J. 13.Orr to Miss S. E. Green, all of Oconoo. Married, on tho 10th ult., by Rev. Fletcher Smith, Mr. Mitchell Siskio to Miss Cate Lcalica, of Oconoe. State of South Carolina. Jil/ Richard Lewis, Esq., Jmljv of Probate. \\1 IIF.HBA8, J. VY. Sliolor has made suit lo Vt mo lo grant him Letters of Administra tion, of Ibo Estate and Effects of Marlin Har rison, doconsod These are, therefore, to cito and admonish all ami singular tito kindred and creditors of thc said Martin Harrison, deceased, that they bc, and appear, before me, in thc Corni of Probate, to be held at Walhalla, S C.. on friday. 'JBih of January instant, after publication hereof, nt ll o'clock in tho forenoon, to shew cause, if any they have, why thc said administration should not bo granted. Civen under my hand and seal, this the 11th day of January, Anno Domini RICHARD LEWIS, Judgo of Probate ol' Oconoo County. January li',. 1881 9-2t STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. O oon oo Comity. Hy Richard Lewis, Esq., Judge of 1'robnlc. WIIKKKAS, Wm. S. denn has made suit lo mo io grant him Letters of Administra tion ol tho Enluto and Kl fe els of Jesse Cibson, deceased These are, therefore, lo cite and admonish all and singular thc kindred and creditors ol' Ibo .said Jesse Gibson, deceased, that they bc and appear before me, in the Court of Proba to, to bo hold at Walhalla, S. C.. on Fri lay, 28th of January, 1881, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in tho forenoon, lo show mnxo, if any they have, why tho said administration should not bo granted. Given under my bund and seal, this tho 11th day of January, Anno Domini 1881. RICHARD LEWIS, Judge of Probate of Oconco County. January 13, 1881 0*2t New Advertisements, th 4 -00-1 WALHALLA, S. C., January 1st, 1881. TUM undersigned li ave this day cntorod into a partnership under tho firm naroo of 1). lill-' MANN, SON & CO., and will continuo tho business of D. Biomnnn & Son ut their present placo of business. They respectfully solicit a continuance of tho patronage extended lo tho' old firm. Respectfully, D. lil EM ANN, II. D. A. BIEMANN, LOUIS D. BltENNEOKE. .00 ALL parties indebted lo Ibo firm of I). BIE MANN & SON, either by Nolo or Account, aro requested to call and settle al onco, as wo need money and must have it. All debts not paid or otherwise settled by 1*13 DR TJA HY 1st, 1881, will bo placed ill thc hands of an attorney for collection. Respectfully, D. BIEMANN, SON & 80, January 18, I8>M. JOHN CLARK, JIL & CO'S -FOR MACHINE OR HAND USE, THOMAS RUSSELL & C0.v SOLE AGENTS. - FOR SALL BY - M. W. COLEMAN & CO-, SENECA CITY, S. C. January 13, l??ll 0-3m T i HE annual election for (own officers, lo servo" for thu year ISSI, will be held on MONDAY, thc 17th instant, at tho Court House. Polls open from 10 A. M. to 3 P. M. M AN AO KISS! C. 0. SIMMONS, Il KN RY TI ETC EN, JOHN ANSEL, JR. C. L. REID, Clerk of Council. January 13, 1881 0-1t ?fe ^lOCT PRB8ENTI itfh. VoraVochlnethativUl ?H? Saw as Tost and Easy, ^gl^v na tills ono. "Xhts ta tho Kin? or Baw Machino*. IV oawo off a 2 foot loir In 0 minute? ?30,000 tn -ooo, Tho ohoapoot machino nndo, and folly warrantod. Ol roui av fros?; patted Stflto? Miimifncturtnq Co.. Chloaao. ?U? ?'vvltlI in??l i? coiiy HF^EF?ffT" I ofiiiy Ncwltoofi, fLMLL f "MEDICAL COMMON SENSE," Bf HaBir, H TPItHE, to any person who WII1MMDM?H|WM, sond lils name and post-ofllco OddreiS, and Us couta In ulampa lo pay postage_" To any ono Hi?fcrln? with CONSUMPTION, ASTHMA, OATAItltH, HO KIO Tl I KO AT. or JIKONGIHTIB. the information In this Book 1? of (treat val m-1 ami lt may in tho provldonoe of Oodr Mve nifiny uncial ItvcN. Addrc?, . . _, DU.N,ft WOj.i j;, 140SnUh nt., OUdnnaU.G' .luouary 13, 1881 fl:) m