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tnjVj ktcovr mi cot? in feat. BY gjgll Til, S 111 TH \. COt _ THURSDAY, DE0EM13?U 21, 1882. m i' *.g ? 11 ?'>.-': vi Bfiy" ^'or subscription, $l.r?U per at)HUM, strictly itt advance; for six mouths, lo cents. 6<riy" Advertisements inserted at one dollar per tonare of one inch or less for the first insertion and fifty cents for each subsequent insertion, tf&F Obitnry- Notices exceeding five lines Trlbttbes of Iiespcct, Communications ef a per ional character, when admissablc, and Announce ments of. Candidates will be charged for as adver ' tisementi. USBT* Job Printing neatly and clteaply executed tUff*'Necessity compels us to adhere strictly to th? requirements of Cash Payments. Tho Usury Law? . Tho Legislature has virtually repealed the ?Bury law, by so modifying it as to ' allow parties to oootr?ot for tho' loan of moooy at ton per ocnt. interest. Tho effect Of this chango will bo to lix tho lowest rato of interest ot tOD per cent., with no protec tion against higher rates more effective than tho former law gavo. It is truo tho. for* feituio of three times tho interest paid, wheu over ton per ocnt is ohurged, gives a higher penni ty than tho forfeiture of oil the interest and costs under tho foi mer law, but pcreons who will risk ono forfeiture will risk tho other. Tho law as it is changed will bo as liable to evasion oud violation os it was bofuro and its violation will bc no less frequent. Tho strongest oppoocnts of tho usury law based their opposition on tho principle that money is a commodity and should, like other com mud i tien, bring what it will com mand on thc rulo of supply and demand, "Wo deny und hnvo always denied that money is a commodity in the ordinary eensc of tho term, os it has by legislativo enact ment and by common consent powers which no other commodity hos or ever hud Even if it were an ordinury commodity thoo thc new law is unjust and those who hold such on opinion could not consistently support this or any other Aot which places a limit on tho amount of inlcrcst chargeable Money is a medium of exchange with r purchasing and paying power which nothing olso possesses. It is a common standard ul Values to which uti articles must bc applied mid ils valu? should bc fixed. This wu! dono by tho law which limited interest t( noven per cent., thc highest amount furniert can pay and live and a fair profit on its loan. Other persons opposed tho law bcoausc it was a dead letter, being violated etrery day. Upou this liuo of argument thc pre sent law is equally dead, since it is opeu tc violation os easily ns thc seven per cent, law wos. A money lender who would risk for feiting tho whole interest, charged and all costs of collection would risk three times tho interest and cost. Tho foot is violations of tho law wcro confined to towns ond cities and to loans to speculators on short time. While they existed and were frequent, they did not intcrforo with thc great bulk of tho pcoplo nor with loans on long time with good security. Ten days ago money could hove been borrowed readily at seven pei cent, intercut, which could not bo had non ot OJ per cent. All mon want the 10 pei oont. and they find mouey loaned at sucl rates on good security moro profitable tt them than its investment in lands or manu factures or other productive industries. Tin fact is not one in len farmers realize 7 pe ocnt. profit on thc capitol employed in farm ing and nut une in thirty can hope to reatta 10 per ccut. Why then repeal or modif; tho law? Who will it benefit i* Speculator u!om: con afford to pay it and thc tendeno; of thc law will bo lo invito speculation t the injury of tho industries. Tho poorc tho pcoplo tho moro oocd of a usury law, n it protects tho poor ond unfortunate fron the oppression of capitalists. It is ?seles to refer to Massachusetts where they hav no usury law and whore money is loa tied o 4 to G per cent. This was thc cose i South Carolina before thc war, when mono oould bo had nt 5 per cent, often, but no' that tho pcoplo uro poor they need protcc tion from capitalists. Formerly thc abun dance of capital gave partial protection, no its soarcity requires legal protection. ] farmers could prosper and grow rioh o rooney ot 10 per cent, then no great injin would result, but if experience shows tho can't realize 10 per cent, by farming, thc to borrow and farm leads to certain ruin. Some say English capitalists want to len to our pcoplo a million dollars on real estai security at 10 per cent., and heneo wai tho usury law repealed and to give them land loan charter under which they ca operate und bring money into tho countr Wo do not want or need their money i that interest. Wo can't make it in furn ing and it is only a question of time whe tho lands of thc State will pass into thc bonds for interest in default. Forcii capital brought hero ond invested legit mutely among us is desirable, but forclj capital brought hero and loanod to our pei plo at interest greater than they oan ma will provo our min. Wo would rather WftEr forbidden ,to como hero gn Buch teri Others say tho pcoplo in giving liens I supplies on credit piy moro than 10 p cent. If true this proves nothing in fav of unrestricted inlcrcst, for tho mnn w has to givo liens for supplies oan't bom money.' If ho could he could get it homo at 7 por cont. Tho mon who c borrow money at 10 per oont. nnd seourc con buy his goods ot cash prioes or very nt it. Tho 10 per cent. l?w docs not beno him ood injures those who hnvo to gi liena in Ibo following way. Tho merolia .m r--i - m 1 ?"'?'/;.?-??. who ia reepouaiblo ODD borrow money ut 7 por ooLt. interest, if ho needs to borrow, and with his money oto buy goods. When ho Bells his goods, whether on lion or not, ho puts bis profits eooordiug to tho cost of his goods. Now If ho borrows mouey and buys goods lie must pay IO per cent, oud he will increase his profits proportionately. To have no usury law ioorcases spooulution, invites oppression, lowers tho valuo of land, retards manufacturing and ull other indus trial interests and injures everybody. Au unfortunate oropycarputs tho whole country ot the mercy of tho merchant and money lender, who nt tho cod of thc your, in olos*> ing his books, will requiro notes drawing high interest to thc ruiu cf tho farmer. This ccuuty is still full of old notes bearing li, 2 nod 2? per cont, interest por mouth. No mao eau iivo und pay it, sud uow for yours to oome (while tho law lasts) no uoto will bo drawn at loss than 10 por cent. interest for goods or money. Wo consider thc action of tho Legislature unwise, and especially so at this (?ino, when sinco 1870 tho country has been prospering ? under tho usury law then enacted. -. ?. The Proceedings of tho Legisla ture DECEMBER 14 -In tho Scnato a long dis cussion was had on tho bill for tho moro speedy development of tho Columbia Canal and a number of ninonduionts woro proposod. Tho bill ns lt passed limits tho number of convicts to bc furnished by tho State to 200 and tho appropriation to $20,000. A number of bills passed tho third read? ing, among them n bill providing for the compensation of physicians and Trial Jus tices in casca of lunacy. Also bills to facilitate tho toking of judg ments, relative to tho salo of porsonal pro potty pledged, hypothecated or mortgaged, relativo to tho value of valuoblo improvements and mado by tenants. All bills amending or repealing the stock law wcro reported unfavorably and killed without division or discussion, except tho bill of Senator Howell, which relates to some of tho lower counties nnd which was con tinued on thc calendar and tho omnibus (or Montgomery) bill, which was reported and will bo considered. This is tho bill which allows communities (comprising 5,000 acres or moro) fencing themselves and being ex? ompt from thc stock law. Thia bill maj pass, but we do not think it will. In tho House tho morning and evening session waa consumed in tho consideration of tho appropriation bill, which finally passed tho second reading. Tho total appiopriulions nf tho bill aa amended amount to $753,0-10.22 as follows: For, tho expenses of tho Executive depart? mont $52,985. For tho expenses of tho judicial depart ment $07,510. For tho expenses of tho health department $7.050. For Ibo expensos of tho tax department ?23,400. For tho South Carolina University $29, )00. For penni and charitable institutions $107,* ) 45.22. For miscellaneous purposes $8,850. For interest on tho valid debt of tho Stnto ?.304.800. Thc legislative appropriation bill passed ?ts second reading without amendment. Tho. Amount appropriated by it will bo found elsewhere in our columns. Tho tux bill has not yet boon introduced. A number of bills of no general interest pasted thc second and third readings. Thc bill relating to tho new county o? Dorchester was postponed to next session. Thc annual convention of tho judges met in tho Supreme Court room and adopted the following rulos: "Rule 71 - No action for malicious prose cution based upon an indictment tried by the Court ol Ses.-ions shall bc commenced unless a cony of thc indictment bas been first ob* taincd by order of thc judgo before whom tho caco was tried." Rulo ll was amended by striking out tho second paragraph thereof and inserting the following: "Before tho argument commences tho counsel cn each side shall submit to the Judgo, in writing, such propositions of Inw as (boy propose to rely on, which shall con stitute the roqucata to charge; provided, how ever, that nothing herein contained shall prever.t either counsel at tho close of the Argument from substituting such additional rcqoeils ai may bc suggested by thc cour.-o of argument. Rule formerly 71 will bo known os Rulo r.2. The convention adjourned subject to thc call of the President. DEC Kit HER 15.- No new bills were intro duced and thc Senate denied its calendar. Tho bill to repeal tho lien law was defeated hy a vote of 18 to 15, showing a considerable Dhange of opinion in tho body in tho last Pew days. We may conclude the law is a fixture and tho came obi rule of high prices m liens will continue lo keep thc people poor. Of course much can bo said on both ?ides of the question, but wc think the repeal )f tho law would havo benefited all classes ?f our population, At tho night session n number of unim portant bills relating to barbed wiro fences and to tho salo of personal property wore tie fe a ted. Tho House usury bill passed tho Sonato. Tho penalty for loaning money nt un interest abovo 10 per cont, is thrco timos tho valuo of thc intcrost. An effort to exempt part of Colloton County from tho operation of tho liquor law .4. t.... .t.. i.MI ... .t.... .ir.... In tho Douse tho Scnato Railroad bill was talton up and consumed tho greator part of tho m urning and nil of tho evening aossion. Numerous amendments woro offered and long speeches made lind tho bill was loft for futuro consideration*. In fact, nothing ?como to have boen accomplished except tho 3onsumplion of lime. Tho bill, wo think, will finally pass us it enmo from tho Sonuto. Tho ordinary appropriation bill and the legislativo Appropriation bill passed tho third rending without furthor amendment arid wore sent to tho Somite / Too supply bill was introduced. It pr? vidos 'lim i lie Hist ipttujlujoiit of tozos shall be oollected from May 1st to Juno 1st and changos tho time for paying tho second in stallment to Soptcmbor lGtb to October 20th. Tho bill lovies A State tax of 4| mills, exclusivo of 2 mills for public schools, making a general tax of 0} mille? Tho oounty tax for tho various oountios of tho Slnto varies from th reo mills tho lowest to 10 mills tho highest. In Goonoo tho county tax proponed is 4} mille and the sumo amount in Picketts. If tho bill passes, as it stands introduced, tho aggregate tax for Stato, school and oounty purposes leviod ou Oooncc County, will bo lil mills. DECKUDBR, 10 -In thtj, IIouso tho railroad commission bill was postponed to Monday and tho calendar taken up nie! tho Onmddcration of a bill to exempt oortaU Oouutios from tho opora'.ions of tho stook '?tyv. Tho Montgomery bil', was laid on tho tablo and a bill reported fey tho Agricultural Committee token up nod after much discus sion and numerous amendments was paused through tho second loading by an over whelming majority. As it passed it includes tho counties of Beaufort, Clarendon, George town, Collcton, Chesterfield, Kershaw, Mur ion, Williamsburg, l'ickcns and Oconeo. Tho bill provides that upon tho ?ritten pe tition of not less than ICO freehold voters of any section, not less than a township, in tho counties named, tho County Commissioners shall determino whether to grant tho exemp tion asked for or not. Tho bill also provides that if the County Commissioners shall find by actual count that a majority of freehold voters in such sections havo actually signed tho petitions for exemption and tho erection of enid fence they shall lovy a tax upon tho aspoBscd valuo of all tho horset, cattle, hogs, sheep and goats embraced in such sections suflicictu to build tho fonco. Thc bill ulso provides that no fenco built shall bo received by thc County Commissioners until it shall havo been inspected by them and untase it bc fivo feet high and staked and ridorcd. If this bill should pass tho House wc loudly think it will pass tho Se?alo If it should however became a law it would not relievo tho upper part of our county, as the tax on tho small number of horses and other stock lo build thc fenco would almost cover their value. Thc stock of Pulaski Township is assessed at $G,77l), of Chalugu Township at ?10,770 and of White Wnter Township at $8,127. aggregating for tbeso three upper Townships $25,073. To build a fence to cut these oil' would cost between $1,000 and $5,000, or about 20 per cent, of thc value of thc whole stock. Every owner of $100 worth of stock wooli pay $20 tux forlbe fence, &o. Wc feel sure Ibo people of those sections cannot afford lo do this, and hence the bill ns to our cutitiiy will amount lo nothing. It looks to us very much like throwing u tub to tho whale, tho disant* infliction with thc stock law in some sections demanding some legislation, whether practi cal or not. At all events wc hardly think any section of our county will bo willing to bear I lie necessary tax. Still (be Act will leave Il?o matter in tho hands of tho pcnplo of each section and they ann accept or reject its provisions. Tho supply bill was considered both in thc morning and night session with but few amendments. Tho lovy far Oconeo County remains, ns yet, unchanged. Several bills passed a second reading and thu Committee on tho Stato llouso and Grounds introduced n bill appropriating $8O.U0O annually for thc completion of tho Stato House. In tho Senate a large number of bills passed the second and third readings, but nono of general interest except such as bato been before noted. The bill paying managers and commis sioners of election at tho lust and future elections was oontiniicd to next session. Thc House bill relating to interest passed thc third reading. Thc Committee on penal and Charitable Institutions introduced a bill which pr?vidos that no lunatic shall hereafter bo admitted into the Lunatic Asylum us a beneficiary of tho Stato except upon tho certificate of tho Commissioners, thc Auditor and tho Treas urer of tho county from which ho comes; that neither tho applicant nor his family aro able to pay in full ur in part for his main tenance. Thc bill is designed to serve tho sanie purpose ns the bill elsewhere reported and which was defeated, tho protection of tho the State from supporting us pauper lunatics, persons who should be supported either out of property nf their own or by their relatives. I) Kt: KM li mt 18 -In the House tho day was consumed in (bc discussion cf the railroad hill and at tho adjournment it was continued over to Tuesday. During tho day twenty bills were passed and several continued to next session, among thc latter tho Calhoun sarcophagus bill and thc bill to authorise school districts to levy a special tax to supplement tho Stnte school tax. The 11 >>ii ?r> bill lo repeal tho lien law was also postponed tu next session. Thc tax hill received its third reading and was sent lo tho Scunto. Thc bill lo prevent ibo salo of liquor in Spa tanburg was killed In Ibo Se?alo bul little business was on the calendar. House bill to abolish tho ofl?co of Super? intention! of immigration mid to charter tho Ibo Land Loan Association pas-cd tho third reading. Thc legislative appropriation Lill pns?ed tho -coate, so amended ns to incienso tho not appropriation $0.932 Tho Se?alo so amended tho gcnorul appropriation bill ns to make a net reduction of $9. tOO. The effort to redtico tho appropriation to the Citadel Academy from $17.000 to $14. 000 failed and an amendment was carried making thc appropriation $20.000 Thc Howell stock law bill ?as defeated by n vol? of 18 lu 12. but it is thought tho voto ?.til LA n.vlnrnd Wo do nnt think (lin seacoast counties. It is thought tho Legislature will adjourn aine die bol?ro Christmas Wo think if it hail novcr gono thoiotho Slnto would havo bcon better off. ns tho repeal of tho usury btw will work moro injury to tho peoplo than all its windy spooohos nndfhuncoinbo incur* parution bills. Tugaloo Rivor. y,r Clieslcy Fisher, of Tu gi loo Uiver,' says ho was cured of a severo cuso of diar rhoea dt. ring court week with n bottlo of Norman's, Neutralizing Cordial, The Methodist Annual Confer ence. ? Ii waa our privilege uud phniEUro to attend tho ninety-seventh annual session of the South Curolinn Mel ?i t ('onier- noe, hold in Green villo City, beginning on Wednesd y, Ibo 18lh inataot, bishop H. N. MeTyeiro presiding. Tho body consoled of 17G in nisim-, about 160 of whom were prcseut, and 80 lay Jolegatofl. The sesalona of tho confcrenco wore held in tho Buncombe Streot Methodist Church, which wuH crowded at all thc meei inga. Wo wore im pressed with the ' " i- ? ij urbauily with which tho bishop presided over this large body of itinerant proaohcrs and laymen and how plea sant'.v and Arm y bo dis >>>ohcd the business of (bo confcrenco. Considcrnblo tinto ?ras taken up in hearing tho repines ol ihr various dunces in thc filote, financial and otherwise. Thc re ports showed a healthy and vigorous growtli of tho church, spiritually, numerically and fiivm dally, as tho following figured will show: Number of mombors in tho church 40,088) in fant baptisms during Ibo year, 1,771; adult?, 1,227; number of Suuday schools 676; officers and teachers 8.067; pupils 20,022; nuinhcr of churches 601; value of church buildings $592, 006; number of parsonages lU'J; vu'tuo <>. pur? aonages $11)1.131; salaries of pastors $80, 301.01; of presiding elders $10 017; conference collections $6,204.40] foreign missions $7, 008.41; domestic missions $6,103.00; cduoution $2,273.67; bishops $000.61, publication of minutes $120.78, Sunday sohools $5,44907, building aud repairs $20,748 82, other bencro - lent enterprises $1,170, nu tn ber of lu Jul preachers 143. Many important malters wcro discussed look ing to a much grcator usefulness of tho charol?, lo wit: Missions, foreign and domestic, church extension, education, Sunday schools, &o. About $2,000 wcro oollocled at tho missionary meeting held on Friday night, a large part of whioli goca to Dr. Allen's Anglo-Chinese Uni versity established at Shanghai, China. Thia college, ?rc Understand, has oponed under tho most favorable circumstances aud is lull of youth from tho best classes of China society. Something over $300 was also raided for church extension, that is, lo build churches in destitute portions ol' our country and in foreign lands. Un Saturday night a solemn and impressive memorial service waa held in honor of Kev. B. M. lioozer, Bishop Wightman nod bishop L'ai ii c who have died and gano to Iheir heavenly re ward since (ho Inst meeting of tho conference. Tho services on Sunday were deeply interest ing and edifying. In tho morning al 0 o'clock a love feast was held in tho Methodist church, lasting for over an hour, lt was a precious season of experiences among thc proaohcrs find members of ?ho church. A closor walk nilli God and an out-pouring of his holy spirit waa tho earnest cry of every heart present. All the pulpits in the city were lilied morning and night by thc big preachers of the confer ence. Tho Dishop preached in the Methodist Church, Dr. La (Ter ty in tho Raptist Church mid Dr. Smith in thc Presbyterian Church in the morning, and nt night tho pulpits of these churches were filled hy other eminent preachers of Hie Methodist church/ At 3 o'clock in Hie afternoon a Sunday school mass meeting was held in tho Methodist church, which was addressed by Hov. Mr. Smith, of tho North Georgia Conference, Dr. Carlisle, Presi dent of Woffoid College, Dishop MoTylcro and Kev. Coke Smith. These addresses were all good aad contained in them (he very essence of Christian wisdom in childhood, and marking out plainly and unequivocally tho road, if fol lowed, (hal leads from earth lo heaven. Sumter was selected as tho placo for holding thc next annual conf?rence. About eighty per cent, of the conference claims was paid, a larger amount than lina leen paid for several years. Thc conference closed ita SOasion on .Monday night. Thc following arc'(he appointments lor thc Greenville District: Presiding Eider-T. G Herbert. Greenville Station-J. O Willson. Greenville Circuit-H. IL Browne Reid vii le Circuit-W. W .Mood. North Greenville Circuit- L li Beatty. Fork Shoals Circuit-J. W. Daniel. Williamston Circuit-Win. 11 ut to. Btushy Creek Circuit-To bo supplied by W. A. Hodges. Anderson Station-J. W. Walling. Anderson Circuit-John Allaway. West Anderson Circuit-J. li England. Pendleton Circuit-Lindy Wood. Picketts Circuit-S. P. il. Elwell anti 1). lt Brown. Seneca City Circuit-O B. Guess. Walhalla Circuit-C. J). Mann Willi imston Female College- Samuel Lt oder, President. Dev. S. ll Jones, our former Presiding Rider, has been transferred to the Spartauburg District. lt HM A lt KS. While in Greenville we were thc guest of Mutt pleasant and accommodating landlord, Mr John A. Weir, formerly of Abbeville, who keeps Ibo ('entrai Hotel on Mainstreet. His (able is sup plied willi thc best thc market alfords and cooked in the best possible manner. Mr. Weir is an old hotel man and knows how lo run one. His house is conveniently localed in tho central part of (ho eily. We can heartily recommend tho Central, and (hose who may visit Greenville on business or olherwi.se will lind this hotel a good and pleasant place to lodjic at. Our room mates while at tho Central Hotel were Dr. A. K. Williams, Rev. J. A. Clifion, Rev. Wm. S. Wightman and Rev. C. I). Mann, whose Christian intercourse and friendship wo heartily enjoyed. D. A. S. Destructivo $iro3. A fire nt Hickman, Ky., destroyed three blocks of buildings on tho 151ii. Loss $100, 000. Tho hall block of buildings in Toledo,Ohio, wore de.-troved by Uro on tho 15th instant. Loss $1.000.000. Tho great fire in London destroyed about two neron of buildings, tho loss being esti mated al threo million pounds or about $15, 000,000. Tho steamboat Kate Kinney took Aro nt Sbrevenort. Louisiana, on tho 15th instant The lire spreatl to buildings near by, a nHu ber of which wcro des r..yed. Loss est i oin tod nt $150,000. Tho Piedmont Hotel nt Spartanburg was destroyed by tiro on tho 7th instant. Thc Uro originated from sparks on tho roof. Thc building was insured in several companies to Ibo nggregiito arno int of $8,000, A Uro nt Bay Ridgn on tho Manhnttnn Reach Ital I routl on ibo I Ith destroyed property to tho value of half a million dol lars. A firo ut Kingston, Jamaica) raged from Monday to Wednesday de??raying four huu* drod Blores (ind other but dings Tito los? is ostiotatod al $15,000,000. I i- reported tlijii li" jail at EdgoBetd woe dostroyed by fire on tho Uti? instant. No particulars given. Avery good thiug to have, io overy home,.by everybody, old and young, lu tho oountry or villugo, and in eitles us \Toil. A uiarvol of condousod information, both uso fol and trustworthy, with a thousand or moro ongravings, illustrating lubor saving methods sud devices in tho field, in tho ??ardon, and in tho liousohold, animals, plauts, oto., with many largo beautiful pioturos; illustrated stories fur and instruct* ivo talks with boys and girls; plans nf houses, barun, and outbuildings, with specifications AH thoso and muoh moro will bo found in tho 42d volume of the American Ayriculturi t, now beginning, and at less oust than uoywhoro In tho world. Its exposures of humbugs, a most valuable foaturo, is to bo pushed with increased vigi Intico. To tho previous staff of editors and contributors many additions oro now mudo, Including thc best writers all over tho oountry. Io its prime, this journal enters its 42d volume, moro vigorous titan ever, with now writors, new artists, new dress, etd. Though prepurod at larger expeuso than most $3 and SI magazines, it is, owing to immense circulation, supplied, post paid, (or 81.50 a year and less to clubs-either English or (ferinau edition Single num bers, 15 cents. Ono specimen, post-paid, 6 cents. A pluto copy of Dupro's lust groat painting, "lu tho Meadow," is p rebe o tod to ouch yearly sursoriber. Address Pub lishers of American Agriculturist, 751 Ii road way, New York. OoLUMIUA, 8. ()., December 15 -Io tho United Slates circuit oourt, in tho oases ?gain?t F. NV. Horsey, stato supervisor of elections for Charleston county, charged with violation of section 5522 of the revised statutes of tho United States, the jury, in ubedicnoo to Judge Hand's instinct i ons, rendered a verdict of not guilty Tho court thus susi lined tho decision of Judgo (Jiighr8 of Virginia, that Unitod States deputy marshals have no authority to co ter polling precincts unless culled upon by supervisors fur the purpose of preventing fraud or suppressing violcnoo Under this decision tho cases depending against super visors of othor counties havo boen discon tinued. Judge H uni's ruling has caused great dissatisfaction among tho leading ro publicans of thc St:ito. SAN FRANCISCO. December 18 -Tho steamer Boigie from Hong Kong, via Yoko hama, has arrived und bringe thc following intelligence, tinted Hong Kong, November 2*2: Thoro was n great Bro at Canton, Novem ber 7th and 8th. Eight hundred houses ?'ero dostroyed anti many lives woro lost, including snvorill firemen who wc PO burned to death. Tho Viceroy visited tho senno with n budy of soldiers to provent rob juries, and fierce fights occurred between tho thieves anti oilizous. The Viceroy himself was placed io danger of Iiis lifo, bis party being jammed in narrow street-*. There were two lires in I'on-Ob ow, November 4th and 5th. They consumed each about two hundred hooves and five lives were lost IM?lOO Ku Hg'a death may bo looked for at any limo. , Thc general passenger agent of thc Louie ville, Nashville mid Chattanooga Riilroud says lie never suv such a rush South us ut present. .Moro people he says have emigra ted to the Southern States, und especially to Florida, in thc past few months than for a year previously. A number of them aro Eastern people, though tho majority come from Chicago und thc Northwest. Tho Southern country is gradually drawing tho emigrants away from the West, us they are beginning to realize thc faot that they can get better ?ind moro profitable laud in thc South for less money. A PltOnl.EM -An old subscriber fur nishes us tho follow tig problem, which ho asks those who can to solve: A young tuan asked an old man for his tlaughtei in marriage. Tho old man said: If you do what I tell you, you may huvo lier. (Jo into my orchard and gather a number of apples Then you must pass out through thc three ?rutes, leaving at tho first gite liulf of all the apples. At the necond gate you must also leave half uf nil you have left and half au apple. At the third ??ute you must Icavo halt of what you liuvc left mid half un apple, lo till this you tn list not cut thc upple. Thc young niau solved tho problem ond took the girl. How many lippies did ho gather, ami how many did ho lake to tho u!d mun? Economy is Woalth. It is more economical to buy n 25 oent bettie of Norman's Neutralizing Cordial than to lay on n bed of sickness two to three months and pay a doctor bill of 825. It docs not take ti collegiate education to prove this fact. Does lt? A disastrous fire broko out on Sunday morning at Newport, Arkansas. Sixty building?, mostly occupied by business Grins, were destroy* d. Tho loss is estima ted ut 8250,000 Insurauoc 8150,000. J), (j. Thomas, president of tho Bank of Abingdon, ut Lynchburg, Va., lins failed and assigned in favor of his creditors. His liabilities are said to bo 880,000. A heavy galo was blowing yesterday tn eastern Scotland, anti a vessel was wreoked on thc coast, of Ktncardiueshiro and thc orew lost. Tho Very Rev. Francis Closo, D. D. Dean of Carlisle, ling , is dead. A firo ut Clayton, Ala., destroyod tho principal business houses. Loss about $30,000. Tom Dorn, colored, who killed Dill King, colored, in Juno, 1881, in Kdgcfield County, was captured near Orofinwood on Saturday A reward ol'8150 h id been offered for his vs ill no millie*! PUK? to All n,m]icuii(a, nml to CUR JV""','. ,.nf ,'U!| wltlmnt or.lerlmr ll Itcontaln A iiT i UV. HWSS1 '?"?lll'iHtrntioii?. la-leen, accurate ?iC2? ro'?f.'KH and viibml.lo directions for Hantln* vi. , y\1'."',l((;V'? Veirelublo amt I-'lower Heed?, i.ii?L i I li1"1. .' i.'0".*''"' l"y?l'"'blo to all, CBIKKJ: n'V rr' > ''S1''^'? Henel for it I O. M. FERRY & CO. DETROIT MlOH. Dccombei 21, IS82 6 3m New Advertisements. PR?MAT1CN. STATE Ol? SOtfTli CAROLINA, EXEC?T?V? CHAMBER, Cor.UMi?tA, Deoembor 11th, 1882. WlIEREAS Information bas boen reoelvod ai thia DcpnrtDient that an atrocious murder wad committed lu Cornice County; near Walhalla, on tlio night of tho second day of Dooembor, A.* D: 1882. upon tho body of WILLIAM J. IluMMt durr, b,v rt per?on o'r persona uukuownj Now TiiBUErouK. I, Huon S. TitosrrsoS^ Oovornor of the Stato of South Carolina, in order that justioo may bo dono and tho majesty' of tho law vindicated, do hereby offer a reward of TWO itfjfiOliED DOLLARS for Ibo appre hension and conviction of tho auld porson or porsona. In testimony whereof I tfnvo hereunto act my' hand and caused tho Great Seal of tho' Stato to bi affixed at Columbia, this' [S. L.] 11th day of Deo* m bor, A. D. 1882', and in the year of Independence tho 107ih. HUail S. THOMPSON, Governor/ By thc Governor: JAMBS N. LIPAOOMD, Secretary of Stale. December 14, 1882. 4-Sf. VlM Ell ESTATE POR_SALE. FTM??T Do-irablo Tract of Land, situate in I Oconcc County, S. C., about four milos from Weat Uni?n, un tho Burnt Tanyard rood, nf branches of Cane Crook, waiora of Little River, known ns tho Todd Land is now of?bred for salo in parools, moro particularly doseribod as follows: Tract No. 1. containing 821 noros. bounded by Tract No. 2, lands of Bonj. Rutledge, John Hall and others. Tract No 2,c ?nin;ning IOU acres, bounded by Tract No. 3, lands oT Mrs. M A. Cox, Tract No. 1, and lauds of Jamo* MeCury. 'Tract No 3. containing 135 aero?, hounded by Traut No. 4. lands of Charles Mc A lister, Tract No. 2 and lands of James MoOary. Tract No. 4, containing 105 noros, bounded by Tract No. 5, lauds of Charles MoAliater, Tract No. 3 and thc Dollie land. 'frnot No. 5. containing 100 nora*, bounded by lands nf Jamos McCary, Tract No. 4 and tho Dollie hind. This land is nearly all timbered, convenient enough to furnish o ross ti es to thc railroad und contains quantities of boo lumber pines. It lies admirably for cotton, whoivt nod ontn. For terms bf sale a rudy to Col. lt A. Thompson, Walhalla, S. C., or to A. S. Todd, Anderson, S. C. December 14,1882 4 4t Valuable Real Instate for Sale on Tuesday, January 2d, 1883. baster's S A. LES. for Relief. II. B. Schroder, Administrator, ct al, j Complaint Plaintiffs, against William Sohroder ol al., Defendants. J PURSUANT to the Decree ot Sale mad? if? JL the above stnted caso I will eel) nt rufe ? ion1 before tho court house door" on the FIRST?' TU BSD A Y in January, 1883. williin the legal hours of sale the property hereinafter described,, being thc RBAL ESTATE of Jacob Schroder; deceased, lo wit: 1. Tho Homo Tract, containing 173 acres;. moro or less, gool dwelling, outbuildings, orchard, &o. Land lies wolf and has some creel; bottom. 2. The lower part of Section 9 of tho West Union Traci of thc German Soiilemcnt Society's lands, supposed to contain 7 3 acres. On this* Irnct Hiero ia a fall of Cano Creek of nboul 40 feet, within one milo of thc Walhalla Dopol. 3. Tho Depot Tract, on both sides of the Dine Ridgo Railroad, containing about GIO aerea. To bo subdivided'boforc day of salo. 4. Two story dwelling with nearly thrao acres of land on Depot Square in Weat Union,. 6. No. 5 of thc aero lota in tho town of Wal halla. 0. No. 24 of tho aero lois in tho town of.' Walhalla. 7. No. 70 of thc half ,aero lots in Walhalla,, oxcept 25 feet oft' of Iho back end. 8. No. 78 of tho half nero lots in Walhalla, except 25 feet oft' of tho hack end. 0 No. 71) of thc half acre lola in Walhalla. IO No. 24) of tho lots laid out as tho town of.' Midway. 11. Tho undivided half of No. 35 of the nore lois in Walhalla. 12. Tho undivided fourth of Sod ion 20 of thc Fall's Tract of (ko Gorman Seulement So ciety's lands, containing 210 aerea, moro or' lesa. 13. Thc undivided third of Section 17 of tho Falls Tract of thc German .Settlement .Society's lan I?, containing 200 acres, more or? leas. ld. Five nero Traci whereon is (bo dwelling' now occupied by -Rev. F. M. Morgan in West Union. 16. Six nore lot, now occupied by Oeorgo Knox, originally bargained to him and Jamos Johnson in two parcels. 10. Three acre lot, now occupied by James. 17. Cahin and lot bargained to January Thompson. IS. One acre bargained lo Adolphus Rlohord son and now occupied by him. Phils of tho ahovo desorihcil properly will bo on exhibition in tho Master's Oflico by tho l?l'rr. instant. T lilt M H OK SALK: One-third cash; bnlanoo in ono year willi interest from day of sale, with leave to anliol pato payment. Tho credit pori ion lo bo so cured by mortgage. When tho Bum is lesa thar* ono hundred dollars, lo bo self foreclosing* Purchaser lo pay extra for papers. RIC H A KI) LEWIS, Master Oconco county, S. C. December 7, 1882, g.4^