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BY KEITH? BU l'm ?V CO. TH?U8DAY, JANUARY 10, 1882. B?*" #br subscription, $1.50 per annum, rielly in advance; for six months, lb cents. ftSjh Advertisements inserted at one dollpr per ff war? of one inih or less for the fest insertion and fifty cents for each suosequent insertion. tnh Obituary Notices exceeding five lines Trlbnbes of Respect, Communications cf a per sonal character, when admissablc, and Announce ments of Candidates will be charged for as adoer itements. B?S* Job Printing neatly and cheaply executed #5Sf* Necessity compels us to adhere strictly tb the requirements of Cash Payments. Tho Stook Law--Governor Ha good's Message. Wo publish on our first pago tho tuossago of Governor Ilngood ou Uto etoo'* law. It id a ro ftmrk&blo document and has created no little em prise, both from (ho errors it oontaius and the tendency ils views havo lo inorenso and enoourago dissatisfaotion wit li tho stock law After pointing out thc groat cost of fencing iu pur Stat? and tho economic, efl cel. of tho stook law, whioh load him (o approvo it heartily, (ho Governor recommends a niodifioatiun of tho law, so as to allow common of pasturago as nn nnoicnt right and ono foundod in equity, aud farther oontenda that tho consumption of pas turago on unimproved lands docs not impair their value. Both theso ideas aro fallaoious. If common Of pasturago over existed in South Carolina, whioh wo deny, or in any of tho States of tho United Statos, it was confined to special loca tions and special grants und lins long sincj fallen into disuse. It is defined lo bo a legal right to pasturo tho lands of another and is attached in somu way as a right to largo landed -estates in Englaud ns between the owner of a manor and his feudal tenants. It may bo np pendant or appurtenant, tho former being a limited right to pasturo aniiunls for mauuring and plowing purposes, being a right founded on proscription and annexed lo arabio land, and the latter to pasture also oilier stock, being founded ou grant as well ns proscription. They woro considered as founded ou necessity and common right and was apportioned upon Hie alienation of Iho land lo which they belonged. It was then a common law right, bused on ne cessity as well as justice, that persons lilting such lands havo tho righi of pasturage, which passes with tho laud. Wo deny that any such right was over re served to tho people of this Stalo under nny grant of laud lo n privato citizen or thal it lins boen exercised in such a way and for such a length of limo as to ripen into n legal right by prescription. Suoh a, right exists only in imagination, begotten sololy from sufi'eranco or .tho acquiescence of tho laud owner. Il ia based On no legal right, either from positive enactment or from a prescriptive right acquired by time. Will any ono deny but that any land o.vuer could nt any and all times in tho past havo fencod in all his woodland?, though his neighbor had for ono hundred years previous to such fenoing let his cattle roam and feed on thc lands? Had tho neighbor hy reason of Hint secured any right lo tho land which could pre vent tho owner from fencing il? On tho same principio has not a lund owner tho right lo drive and keep the cattle of others, without in juring them, off of his unenclosed land? Who .oan answer nay to theso questions? What right, 'then, common law, prescriptive, reserved or ?otherwise, has any man in this Stato to pasture .tho lands of others? lt is and lins always been ?aright only in thc sense of tho consent of tho land owner biought about by two causes: 1st, y Tho failure of tho Legislature, to make thc going of oatt lo on thc lands of others a trespass; and 2d, In tho absence of suoh a law tho pecuniary interest of tho landowner to suffer it as less exponsive, from tho injury dono, than it would bo to incur tho cxponso of fenoing or guarding his lands. Cnn that bc called a right of which a parson may, at tho will of another, be deprived against his own will and without subjecting thc person invading tho allcgod right to Butt or prosecution? Prior lo tho Aot of 1800 all persons could travel, hunt and fish over thc unenclosed lands of another, if ho cut no timber and did no posi tivo'aot of injury to tho land. Why should not tho people olaim this as a reserved right? Upon the goncral principio that ovcry o? tiz?n of tho Stato holds lils property subject lo such general regulations as aro promotivo of tho common good and that the Lcgislaturo is supreme in all things not inhibited by tho constitution, all - fluch idoas as thoso set forth by tho Governor '"'must fall, oven if they wcro based on common sonso, much moro where they rest on an absurd, cranky and fallacious basis. If common of pasturage did exist in this Stato as a legal right, jj wo doubt if tho Legislaluro could tnko it away; I but no belter ovidenco that it docs not and never U did oxist is wanted than that every land owner . Always had tho right to cloar and lill nil his * land, or to clear nono and yoi fonoo all slock off [' of his unimprovod land. What bonefit can Ibo Governor expect from I bin recommendations, evon if put into the form fc. ilcrf law? Will it quiet tho prosont unrost or i?T^?JU80 Iho pcoploto faco Ihc groat chango put in ? 'operation by tho stook law and proparo to meet s .?itt Will it not confuso and exoito tho pcoplo fc3/dmore? Will it riot raiso hopos never lo bo ro Alfced? How would it look to soo tho citizons ?-? at Walhalla, who own only a house and lot, send I ithoir stook out on tho lands of our country Befriends and oithor watch them thcro in herds ?fijador fonce in a part of thoir lands to pasture them Iffi'iOnf Wo think this would como about as near Wising littlo neighborhood wars ns any ono Knibing could. Tho fact is, undor Iho present lltl?aw cvory land holder must furnish his lonants aSl?nd laborer? with land for pastures, and every IgsioHizen of our Stato, not living in town, must bo j^Kther a tenant, laborer or land ownor. How, Ia, cnn tho stook law injuro tho people? Shall )r li. furnish prslurnge for C. or 1). or their >uts? Wo hardly think so. ,gain tho Governor, though said to bo a good ner, is greatly in error when he says pastor unou'.tivatcd land does not impair ilavaluo. ry farmer who has enclosed woodland or old Is, keeping stook off of thom, lina soon how Idly they recuperate Leaves and dcoaying W annually add a coat of mnnuro to (hem, lo If tho loaves aro burned off or tho grnss jumed by oalllo suoh lands oilhor grow fer or nt best barely hold thoir own. There vast difference in tho fertility of woodland ah has boen enclosed ten or twenly years adjoining land which has been ranged over stook. The difforenoo is greater in oaso of fields than of woodlands, and we feel sure y farmer in tho Stale will bear us out in e-opinions. The message ia ill timed oud will never bo \ i noted on by tho Legislature Far better for all ; that the Uto Act should be repealed and the old i law be again put in force than to put on our statute booka a law so absurd and unjust as tho ono recommended. Voting Away tho Tax Payers Money* Wo havo beon struck with aniazemont to notloo tho way lu whioh tho Leg ?slat ui o of South Carolina is voting away tho peoplo's money. First, they appropriated $12,000 for tho Stato University, next $12,000 for tho Slate militia and now comes $12,000 for the Citadel Academy in Charleston-making $80,000 for theso insti tutions! Wo aro emphatically and solemnly opposed to all of theso appropriations just at this timo. We aro not in a condition financially to make this lavish expenditure of money. lu (ho first placo thc Stnlo University lu a perfect failure in tko l'a et that it scarcely has a student within its walls outside of Richland county; besides wo aro not in favor of establishing four or fivo professorships at a salary of $2,000 or moro per year just lo accommodate a fow broken-down aristocrats who think tho Slalo awes them n living and they must bo kept up ttl tho exueuso of tho publio. Next conics Ibo Appropriation for tho militia of tho Stato. What earthly uso havo wc for tho militia of tho Stato, much less an appropriation of money for Us uso? It always was and will ever continuo lo bo a big humbug and farce Yet wo suppose wo must havo offices to fill and money voled to maintain a standing army in times of profouud pence Wo aro bitterly opposed to this militia business and tho $12,000 appropriated for its maintenance mid equipment will not bo paid by tho tax payera without n protest. As to tho Citadel Academy we think tho appropriation of $12,000 to ro open this institution is unwise and inopportune Some moro poor fellows, wo imagine, want places, to bo fed nt thu public crib. Wc cannot afford to foster this institution just now at the expenso of tho lax payers of tho State. In conclusion, while tho Legislature is so liberal in its bestowal of largo sums of money upon theso institutions, wo would like to ask in alt seriousness and earnestness what is it doing or going to do lo educate thc great mass of our people? Not ono mill has it added to tho lax levy for Ibis purpose Tho Southern World. Thc Soul/ton World, published at Atlanta, Georgia, is an uttraclive periodical, lt is de voted to agriculture and is n medium for Iho diffusion of practical information generally and is handsomely illustrated. Tho Soul/urn World proposes, while discuss ing thc clements of industrial and commercial achievements, not to forget to cultivate thc beauty of home and homo relations. In tho farm and nt tho firnsido and in (ho workshop it wilt scatter information mid lend to a higher de velopment of (he intellectual mid moral faculties, by thc elevated tono of its teachings. Mr. W. Q. Whidby is Hie editor. Ile was formerly editor of tho Headlight and made il ouc of Hie most useful nud readable publications of thc kind in (he country. Thc (erins arc $t per annum, and laking it all in all (he Southern World is ono of thc best publications of thc many that graces our table Tho Legislature. Wo publish nn interesting letter from Mr. Vernor on thc work of tho Legislature sineo its reassembling and will only add a fow items taken from our exchanges on tho sumo s u bj cot. A bill lins been introduced in tho Scnato to make it n misdemeanor for a Clerk of Court, Judgo of Probato or plaster In Equity to fortuit'publie reoords to bo taken from bis ofEco and to prescribo n penalty for thc same This is a good law and will givo satisfaction to tho officors named, who, being always wil ling to nccomniodato others, cannot well re? fupo tho Inking out of a record for n short time. Undor this law no ono oouid ask such a favor of theso officers and tho rocords will alway? bc found wboro they bolong. Whilo wo havo had no trouble or losses from such n cause, wo havo heard complaints at other ! places. Mr. Muller, of Lexington, has introduced a bill in tho Scnato to repeal tho general stock law just passed; nlso a bill to amend tho law in Section 7. Counter petitions for and against tho salo of liquor in tho town of Anderson havo boon laid boforo tho House; also n petition of tho citizens of Chester against thc sn'o ol liquors in that town, Tho majority of tho Judiciary Committee havo roportod favorably on a bill to repeal tho usury law. Tho Agricultural Committee, to whom thc message of tho Orromor on tho slook btw was reforred, dissent from his viows recom mending supplemental legislation looking tc common of pasturage and express tho opi.n ion that any effort in this direction will bc calculated to roopon tho issuo and dofcat th? bonefita, whioh ho, with a largo majority o tho intelligent peoplo of tho Stato, believe will result from a general stock law. In tho House, tho voto whereby tho Mili tary Academy bill was rofusol to bo passel to ft third reading, was reconsidered ant after n lengthy discussiont tho bill was passei by a voto of 00 to di. A bill was introduced to ro-cnact an Ac to facilitate tho complotion of tho Bluo .ttidg Railroad. In tho Scnato a bill has boon introduced t regulate and dotormino tho right of dow or, A bill to pr?vido for tho bettor enfarccmon of tho poll tax bas passed tho Sonata, 1 levies for educational purposes ono dollar o ovory citizen botweon Hie ago? of twonty-on and sixty years, exempting only such ns ar incapable of oarning a support from boin maimed or other physical disability, wilie shall bo cortifiod by a physician and of whic tho County Commissioners shall bo judgof A failure or refusal to pay tho tax is declare to bo a misdemeanor punishablo, on oonvio tion, by a fino not oxcooding ton dollars c imprisonment in jail not exceeding thirt days. Simonton has introduced in tho IIouso bill to establish ft now judicial and elcctio county from a portion of Charleston Comity to bo known as tho County of Ucrkolj Charleston will thon bo a Democratic Count with olovon Roprosentntivos, whilo Borkol will have sis Representatives and will doab loss bo Ropublionn. Clintloston is too larg a county and tho bill will probably pass. Tho Sonate lins before it ?ho I lim KO bi passed boforo tho recess requiring tho cor itruotlon of Ashtrays In the dam, (torosa tho Savnunab Uiver, nour Augusta. It will bo takoo up next Friday and wo hopo it will puss, eo thru our iishorios will again bcoouto profitable An effort to got Stato nid for citizens of some of tho counties of tho Stato on account of tho failuro of orops was unfavorably re ported by tho Conimittoo on Agriculture. Tho Senate is engaged ovory night in read? ing tho new code. lt is hoped tho Logtsluturo will adjourn early in February. Legislativo Correspondence. COLUMBIA, S. C., January 10, 1882. Editors of JCcowce Courier: Tho Gcnorttl Assembly mot on Wednesday night lust, tho I Uh. Tho members wero punctual and both tho Somtto ar.d House went immediately to work. Tho report of tho Commission on Election Laws was taken up on Thursday and uftor somo debato was suffered tn go oror. In tho menntimoju caucus of tho Democratic menu hors of tho Assembly WAS culled on tho question. In this conference it was decided to retain (ho registration foaturo of tho bill after some modiiicntiens. This bill has had very bitter and determined opposition from many members. With tho omission or re jection of tho money fcaturosof tho mensuro, 1 think it generally u fair nnd just proposal. It certainly has ovory guard thrown around tho voter to secure a freo voto and honest count, tho great cry of tho day. Tho railroad bill will also pass. Tho bill, if it becomes a law, will do much toward tho regulations of freight and pussonger ratos and provent unjust discrimination. Tho law has similar powers to tho ono now onforcod in tho State of Goorgin nnd will do much toward reducing tho expenses of travel, &o. Those two measures will pass tho House dur ing this week. They nie very important matters and demand tho utmost caro nnd consideration. Tho former involves purity of elections, and boneo tho stability of good government. Tho election laws hcrotoforo of furoo have boon tho sonrco of fraud and cor ruption. They wore framed with thc view to onablo tho Republican party to perpet?alo itself in power. To this end they wero used and ubuscd, and thus havo become tho tub* jeets demanding legislativo consideration. Thc subject of tho control of railroad* by thc Legislature is a new and perplexing ono in our Stato. Tho entiro railroad interests of tho State ure controlled and operated by capi talists who resido bo youd tho Stato. Vast and powerful combinations have boon formed by these capitalist, of which nearly all our railroads form a part. Tho roads, too, in passing into these now and fureign hands have just emerged, almost without exception, from bankruptcy. With this new stato of affairs other roads aro being projected, looking to ibo crossing ot* thc Bluo Hidgo mountains at ono point and another. With this condition of tho railroads the subject rcquiros much de liberation to protect tho peoplo on tho ono hand and yet bo just to tho railroads on tho other, especially so in this now order of thing*, Thc message of tho Govornor on tho stock law created sonio sensation and was freely Orltioisod by many tn unwise and untimely. Tho IIouso has, however, refused to act upon his suggestion and taken issuo with tho Govi crnor ns to tito right of common pasturago ovor existing in this Stato as claiihed by him. Whilo on tho subject wf tho stocltreiw. I h., JU?, io any tutu ino majority of tho members arc determined that thoy will tuko no backward stop in this matter. A majority ol' tho cotin? tics now have tho law and thoy have tho power, without tho risk of incurring disfavor with thoir constituents, ta use it without fear or favor. I have received petitions from tho moUD' tuitions portions of Goonoo asking rtn exemp tion of thc operations of tho general stock law for that porti n of the county. In fur therance of their wishes I have introduced a bill 1er this purpose). I cannot tell what will bo its fate. 1 think that if po<siblo that portion of the county ought to bo exompt. Tho bill proposes to run a fence from McKin ney's Ford on Kcowco to Toiaassee Knob, thence around tho baso of tho Mountains to and by Andrew Dickson's, Mix wei l's mid Iluntsinger's to tho old fenco a Pitts'. Tho Kcowco and Whitewater will bomadoa law ful fence if tho bill passes. Knowing that tho peoplo in that part of tho minty wero not able to build this fenco and i; would not bo just to imposo such ft tax up?n them, 1 havo proposed that tho Stato pay tho amount necessary to erect tho fenco and that the county refund tho amount whon ooiootod out of ibo past duo taxes on tho liho Kidgc Railroad when they uro col looted, sid I mn informed by the Comptroller Genual that they will bo collected. This mcauro was introduced Saturday and I will prci it into consideration nt onco so that its fatomay bc known. The Senate is engaged now on thi revised statutes and this work is being rnpidb pressed Ibero. A very important bill in refornco to county malters n ill bo intioduccd thi week by tho Ways and Means Committee) This bill will regulato tho manner of mying county claims. It will rcquiro OountjCom missioncrs, School Commissioners andircas urcrs to report tho claims audited ad al lowed and paid by them to thc oourt. This report is to bo examined by tho gram jury. It abo requires a publication of theso irions reports nt least two weoks beforo tho itting of thc court to which they muko Ilia- re ports. Tho bill is an important ono tn will becomo law. A lively debato was had in tho Ibl|so on Saturday over a bill to re?open tho nlitnry academy of tho Stato. Tho bill lid been voted down on Friday. A rcconsicration was held on Saturday, Tho bill pronged to appropriate fifteen thousand dollursto this academy. It was advocated by f?ssrs. Johnstone Rlaok, Egan, Murray nuduthcrs and opposed by Messrs. Simpson, lirgan, Ilcmphill, McKissick, Vcr ?or and ethers. Tho measure, however, passed thc llano by rt small majority, but it is (bought ill bo killed by thc Sonnie. I think (hat wo havo uso for tho higher education but not tho military kiri, nnd lienco am opposod (o it. Wo aro tasd now over $700,000 for education, This fud, if proporly usod, could bo m:ulo useful md is i ' useful; but is onough to meet tho wants of tho Slate, A university of a high order with our oollogos and freo common schools prop? orly nd mi oin tomi ought to givo us o very ad vantage of education without this eohool. Many other bills of importance aro on tho calendar of both IIouso and Senato-bills to allow rail Dada to consol?dalo and endorso bonds of oilier roads. Tho object of these bills aro to completo various roads across tho mountains, notably tho Hine Hidgo Hoad. I understand that an offert will bo mado by tho Columbia and Greenville and tho South Car olina Hoad to completo tho Dino Ridge Road and this legislation is preparatory to this. My colleague, Major Dendy, has not yot nrrivod on account of serious nek ness. I look for him this (Monday) evening. Ho is a useful and vuluablo member and many aro tho inquiries and regrets for his absence. I will endeavor to koop your readers posted ns legislation progrcssos. J. S. V. Tho Nows and Courier* Tho Charleston News and Courier has been sold to a publishing company for 3100,000. Tho editorial department will romain unchanged. This journal has been conducted with fairness and great ability and under the new management wc hope to 6C0 it improved, if that bo possible. Tho price of tho daily is S10 per nnnum; tri weekly, 85; Suoday edition, 82; woekly, &2 por annum. Wo will publish the pros pectus next week. [La Fuyetto Daily Journal.] Anxious to KIMO. There's plenty of room up stairs, as Daniel Webster said to tho young lawyor anxious to riso, but despondent of his chanco to do sn; but no ono need injure himself cither in climbing tho f tnirs of fame or those of his own house or business placo. Tho following is to tho point: Mr. John A. Hutchison, Supt. Downer's Kerosene Oil Works, Boston, Mass., writes; Mr. Button, one of our fore men, in walking up stairs last week sprained his leg badly. I gave him a bott Io of St. Jacobs Oil to try. Ho used it and an almost instantaneous euro was effected. Fort Madison Items. It lins been my pleasure recently lo visit Fort Madison and I nm pleased to noto thc rapid and substantial growth of thc town. Th oro has been several new houses built and others arc under thc woy of construction. Among those completed is thc Fort Madison Motel, under Hie management of Mr. James Hull, who is glad to entertain thc visitors of tho town and thc traveling public. Mr. Qlgnilliat has a large store house under const motion and expects soon to open oui a large stock of goods. Thc population of thc town now numbers over thirty souls nod two more families aro expected soon to move in, viz: Kev. James ll. Sullivan from Georgia, and J. A. Jnyncs, of Seneca City. Capt. G. J. Green and sons aro enterprising gentlemen and arc doing much to build up tho town. They have built a neat rcsidenco and have a lavge steam saw mill in operation on thc banks ot' Tugaloo Uiver and have opened up a largo lumber market and aro buying various kinds of timber and floating it down tho river to his mill. Thc citizens greatly desiro n good school, which they will soon havo in operation, ns they have made arrangements for building a house. ',.?."" \i.->.,i.-? i? puJwtC? ana Mglily omvr laiucd pay a visit to James A. loylo, I??q., and James Watt, who nrc full of historical narra tives and lively jokes. TnAVKLBU. Grimes and Casualties. W. II, Looke, a defaulting postmaster at lCufaula, Alabama, committed suicide on thc 15th instant. A Oro in Richmond, Va., destroyed tho forges and iron works of J. R. Johnson & Co. The loss is cstimttcd at 820,000, in suranco $10,000. A collision occurred near Petersburg, Vu., between a freight und passenger train on tho loth instant. No damage w:>s done except smashing up some curs. A passenger train on tho Virginia Mid land Road rna into a slide on the 15th in stant, killing John Minion, of Alexandria, wounding somo of tho omployeos and smashing tho engine Frank Pieroo, a seaman, of thc sohooncr Elizabeth, was run over and instantly killed by a lumber train at Port Royal on thc IGth instant. His boby was mungi od and thc head torn from thc trunk. Ho is supposed so havo been drunk and gone to sleep. Mr. Charles P. Lcsosnc, a son of Chan cellor Lescsuo, diod suddenly of apoplexy on tho 15th instant. Ile had been exert ing himself to get a wugou unloaded and its contents moved to thc top of tho hill nt which he had stalled nnd on n sudden com plained of fatigue and soon after fell down and died. An accident occurred at tho South Caro lina Knilrmd yard io Charleston on the IGth instant by which Dennis R. Brennan, a worthy young mon, lost his lifo. Ho was attempting to pius between two of ibo cars while, in motion by jumping tho bumper and after failing twice, fell on tho third at tempt across tho rails nod thc cars passed over his abdomen completely severing tho body. Roforo thc train oould bo stoppod twenty four whoota had passed over his body. Jcsso Williami, alias William Gibbons, was bruised in Savannah on tho 10th in stant for tho murder of Toby bu l;, n colored man 02 years old, and a watchman at a wood yard on thc canal. Williams was a ??aufort County negro and tho killing WOB dono toi DUrp0S0 ot' robbery. . - 4. wm - A MAW BR Tins.-Did yov, porra to bc ill without ^yor know any I ESS*. Diver or Kidneys or di on of ho know ono who was woll when oilhor wnsov.or structcd or inaotivc, and dui J>U over know or bear of any caso of tho Hind that Hop Bitters would not ourc? AskVour neighbor i tho sumo titivation.-'Mme* \ Tho moro ono thinks? of thnt $12,000 ap propriated to the militia of tho Stnto tho loss ho is opt to like it. Whnt honodt has tho militia ovor been to tho State? What good would $12,000 do if distributed amongst tho counties. Tho shnro of this county would bo about four hundred dollars. That would furnish two euppors for ono voliintoor com-* pony, provided ihoy did not invite two many friends. Or it would buy twenty uniforms nt $20 caoh. Tho wisdom of our Legislators in this, ns well as in some other mutters, is past Unding out.-Carolina Spartan. A. O. & li. F. Wylio, wbolosalo grooors of Atlanta, buvo failed and assigned to Hcnj. K. Oraoo, of Langston & Cruoo. Liabilities 317,000 ; ossot-i S12.G00. Brook Bros., tobacconists, also of Atlnuto, Uavo failed. Aescts mid liabilities unknown. State Sunday School Instituto* Wo aro pleased to nnnounoo that arrange? monts hnvo boon made with Mr. B. F. Ja cobs, of Chicago, Chairman, Mr. E. Payson Porter, of Philadelphia, Statistical Scorotary, and other--, representing tho Exooutivo Com mitteo of tho International Sunday Sohool Convention, to hold a Sunday School Insti tuto nt Charleston, Fobruary 21-22. Tho Statistical Secretaries of tho Stato Sunday Sohool Convention and tho Presidents of tho County Conventions aro hereby requested lo eccuro a full representation nt this impor tant meeting. All interested in Sunday School work are also invited to attend, and wo arc authorised to say that entertainment will bo furnished to thoso who como. Tho oxoroisos will begin at 10 o'clock Tuceday morning. Iv. D, SMART, Pros. G. F. WILLIAMS, Ch. Ex. Com. Stock Law Figures. Letter to Augusta Chronicle from this State: "At tho dato tho last census was taken tho law was in operation in soven counties. In thoso counties ibero were 31,907 milch cows and in tho entire Stato 130,823. Thc whole nu.o bor of pounds of buttor mudo was 3,100,851. Of this amount thc counties whero tho law was In forco produced 1,407, 587 pound*, 10,020 pounds of chcoso was made on tho farms anti 10.078 of it was made in tho stock law counties, 257,195 gallons of J milk wcro sold or sent to tho factory and tho stock law counties sold 9,185 gallons. Valu ing tho milk ut forty cents per gallon, thc bolter nt thirty cents per pound and tho cheese at thirty ccnt.s per pound, tho entire yield for tho State from those eales amounts to$1,000,741.10, and of this amount the block law counties roceived $447,153 50. So that with less tban ono fourth of tito milch cows owned in tho Stnto, tho seven slock law counties received nearly 50 per cont, of thc taino of milk, butter and cheese sold and produced in thirty- three counties. Perhaps tho most convincing proof of tho benefits of | thc law, in this rcs poet i is shown by a com parison between tho counties uf Anderson and Barnwoil. In tho first named tho law bas been in operation since 187 7, tho latter county had not nd opted it until its pnssugo nt tho last session of tho Legislature An derson has 5,37-1 milch cows, which yielded 201.124 pounds of butter. Barnwell had 0,285 cows, yielding 38,105 pounds-showing that Barnwell, which is tho In "gest corn pro* docing county in the Stato, with 911 moro cows, produced 225,929 pounds less, when tho cows were suffered to run on tho rango than whoo they wore confined. In Anders m thorn was ex ponded for fences for pastaros $10,020, in Barnwell, to enclose crips, $55, 390." [Chicago Tribune] Thomas O. Thompson, Esq., tho Mayor's Secretary, who, som o few days ago, slipped on a banana pool and sprained his knee, writes that St. Jaooba Oil "neted liko dun rm " HYMENEAL. Married, on thc I2th instant, nt the resi dence of tho bride's father, A. J. Maret, near Fair Play, by Rev. A. W.McGuffin, Mr, Wilburn O. Alexander and Miss Sallio M. Maret, all of Oconco. Tho happy couple have tho wishes and congratulations of their many friend"?. Married, at tho residonco of tho officiating clergyman, Kev- II. N. Nays, on Thursday evening, January 12. 1882, Mr. William T. Abbott and .Miss Mary Margaret Hays, both of Ooo nee. Nc m A d vcr Use maits. DRUG STOKE "Walhalla,, S. O. I)ERSONS desiring lo buy Duros and MKIM OINKS, PBIIFUMKRY. CANUIRS, MAUI BllUSlIK: KANDY So A I'S, Jewill lind it to their advantage lo call on us next door lo tho Post Ollico and Bank, ns wo keep constantly a full supply ol' tho best rpiality of articles to be bad in our line. We sell our goods as low as they cnn bc bought anywhere at rctnil ami fill promptly nil prosoiiptions sen' us at reasonable prices. Call and look nt our slock of Fancy Perfumery, Soaps, kc, and if you arc not satisfied with our terms we will bc greatly surprised. Also, good Kerosene Oil at low figures. Un. 1). 1$. DARBY, a regular prnottoing physi cian, and known to many of our citizens, has cbargo of (lie Drug Store, and will also practice in bis profession when called on. Ho now bas a supply of approved Vaccine Virus on hand and will vaccinate all who will call on him nt tho Drug Store nt filly cents each. 1>A1CIIY <V <;<>., WALHALLA, 8. C. January 10, 1881 0 8m TO CREDITORS rIM!KBR will bo a mooting of thc creditors of 1 W. T. Reid at my storo in Walhalla o SATURDAY, tho 21bt day of January, lb8? for the purpose of solccting an agent lo rcpro sent them nuder thc assignment mudo to mo by W. T. Reid for tho benelil of his creditors, and any other mailers connected with tho assignment. All persons interested aro requested lo bo prc? sent. JOHN C. MICKLElt, Assignee. January 19, 1881 OH FINAL SETTLEMENT NOTICE is hereby given thal tho undersigned will apply lo Riobard Lewis, Judgo of Pro bate at bis oflico in Walhalla, S. C., at ll o'clock A. M., on MONDAY, tho 20lh day I February, 1882, for a final dischargo ns Excou ftlbAt*last will and tcstnment of David bligh, Ao.ocnseu. ? y STRIBMNO, January ll), 1882 EXCOL'? STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. O oonoo Oourrty. Dy lliohard Lewis, Esq., Judge of Probate. Wu KR KAU, Lemuel V. PlllB baa made suit to ino lo grant him Leiters of Administra'' tion of tho Estato and Effects of William Pitts; docoased- j These aro, thereforo, to olio and admonish alt and singular tho kindred aud creditors of tho said William Pitts, deccasod, that they bo and appear before me, in the Court of Probalo, to bo held at Walhalla, S. C., on Saturday, dill bf February, 1882, niter publication hereof, nt ll o'clock in tho forenoon, to show causo, if any they havo, why tho said administration should not bo granted. t Given under my hand and Heal, this tho 18th day of January Anno Domini 1882. EIC ll AUD LEWIS, Judgo of Probate of Ooouco County. January 10, 1882 9-2t . DELINQUENT LANDS. THE following is tho Dolinquont Land List for Oconoo County for Taros of Fiscal Year 1880: CENTER TOWNSHIP Rachel B. Connelly, 40 acres J. A. Gantt, ? acres Edward Harden, 106 acres James M. King, 3d acres. SENECA TOWNSHIP Rolin M Caeey, 55 acres Penney Muster*, -ll nore* Charles Nimmnns, 35 neron TUCA LOO TOWNSHIP, Estate nf Bunoon Turner. 75 acres WAG ENE ll TOWNSHIP , Estato of Margaret Davis, 100 acros Christinn Sch n rm un, 25 acros Estate uf Joseph Whitmiro, 07 nerds WEST UNION Mrs. Jnno Austin, 12 acres WAG EN EU AND SENECA TOWNSHIPS. Blue Kid'40 Itnilrond and 5 buildings. K KOW HE TOWNSHIP Wm. P. Dodd, 100 acres and 1 building PULASKI TOWNSHIP David Loo. 5Q acres WHITEWATER TOWNSHIP Bright A. Burt/,, 20 acres Woodford /ctohary, 1,000 aoroa Notice is hereby givon that tho wholo of tho sovoritl parcels, lots and parts of lots of real estato, describod in tho proceding list, or so much thereof ns will bo necessary to day thc taxes, penalties and assessments charged thereon, will JO sold by tho Troasu ror of Oconeo County, South Carolina, at his olbco in said County, on MONDAY, Otb of February, 1883, unless snid taxes, ponai tion and assessments bo paid before that tinto, and such sale will bo continued from day to day until all of said parcels, lots and parts of lots of real ostato shall bo sold or offorod for salo. J. J. SMITH, Auditor Oconeo Countv. January 19, 18S2. 9-3t State of South Carolina. Oconcc (Tonnaty. IN THE PRORATE COURT. Robert A Thompson ns Administrator of tho tsloto of James M. Lay, decoased, Plaintiff, against Jcssio Lav, Archelaus Lay, Sarah E. Buggs, John S. Vernor, as rooeivor of tho estato of Jumos Lay. deceased; A rob e. lau;? Lay. as Assignee of Sarah E. B iggs, John D. Vernor as Administrator of tho catato of A. W. Lay, deceased; Josephina Vorner; William A. Lny, ns Executor of tho ostato of C. M. Lay. deccasod; Josoph J. Norton and Wm. C. Keith, Assignees of Arche-? laus Lay, A W. Lay and .Jephthah Lay, and Jephthah Lay, Dcfendnr'.s-SUM MONS FOU RELIEF. To the Dofondants above named. YOU aro hereby summoned and required to answer tho complaint in this action, tho original of which is tiled in tho oflleo ol' tho Judgo of Probato, nt Walhalla, South Carolina, and to servo a copy of your answer to tho said complaint on tho subscriber, nt his oflico, at Walhalla, South Carolina, with? in twenty days aftor tho eorvico horoof, ox clusivo of tho day of such servico- If you fail to answor tho complaint within tho time aforesaid, tho Plaintiff, as Administrator aforesaid, will apply to tho Court for tho nu llo!'demanded in tho complaint. BOUT. A. THOMPSON, Plaintiff's Attornoy, Walhalla, S. C. To tho Defendants abovo named: Toko notico that tho summons and com plaint in this action, for a final settlement of thc estate of James M. Lay, deceased, was filed in ibo oflico of tho Probato Court, at Walhalla. Oconoo County, South Carolina, January 17th, 1882. BOUT. A. THOMPSON, Plaintiff's Attorney, Walhalla, S. C. January 19, 1882. 9-Gt. TlH IP il ?DLJ lulof Wo would respectfully return' thanks to our friends and custom ers for tlie kind patronage they havo tendered us during tho last year. Wo feel assured that wo can always give you bargains in thc special litios wo carry. Our stock of Foreign and Do mestic Dry Goods, Notions, No velties and Fancy Goods, Fine Hoots, Shoes and Gaiters, Ladies' and (Scuts' Hats, Gents9 Furnish ing Goods, Uardwaro, &,c, is complete in every department. Wo aro agents for tho two Standard Machines, "Weed" and "Domestic." Will he pleased ta show them to you. Respectfully, G. L. REIM CO,