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THE SENTINEL D. F. BRAbLE, ditor. S. C.: Thursday, June 21, 1877. The Pay of Legislators. There was a good deal said about the salary grab by the pross of the Stato. after tbo Senate had voted to make the pay for both sesionis $800, Under tho law the members were on, titled to 8600 and miloago for each sOssion, which would have amounted to over $1,200. The Democratic Son ators who voted for $800, thought they wore making a good cornpro., mise with the Republicans. But the Ilouso refused to concur, and a com, promivo was finally effocted at $200 for the regular sosion, and $400 and mileage for the special session; or $600 and one mileage for both sessions. Thus the membere reduced their pay, which they were entitled to under the law, one half. This is a greater ro duotion than was made in the salary of any officer in tho State. Hampton's Pluck. Governor Iampton had an inter view, last week, with a correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette, who quotes him as pluckily declaring that if he rannot carry out his liberal and son, siblo policy he will resign. The Gov% ornor is further reported as saying: "I am thoroughly satisfied that the position I have tuken is tho (rue one. I expect it to meet opposition from the violent party mon who are figur. ing for 1880. 'I say to tho, lot the issues of 1880 wvait their timo, and lot us have rest from more political agi tation, and time to build up our mate rial industries. I supposo some of the Northern Democrats would havo pro forred to have the troops kept in the South. It might be a good thing for the Democratic party success to have South Carolina suffer, but she has been a victim long enough. I am hero to try and restore her wasted energies, and to do so by insuring p"ace and order, and equal political rights to both races. I will not be an instru meMAfor any other purpose. If' the peoplo of South Carolin,a emand any other course, they must provide some other instrument." Transferred. The case of William L. Springs and Charles Ferguson, two of the Revenue officiale who committed an assault and battery with intent to kill, upon the person of Mr. James M. Portor', of this County, has been transferred to the United States Circuit Court for tri. al. Personally we know nothing about this case, but, from information, it was a cowardly and. brutal attack upon Mr. Porter, and wo trust the parties concerned in it will receive such pun ishment as their conduct deserves. Charleston County Election. The election f or seventeen Repre sentatives to the lower IIouse of Ro,~ preontativos from Charleston County, in p)lace of those whose seats were declared vacant by the IIouse during the special session, Comes off on the 26th instant. The Democrats of Charleston are putting their house in order for the fray, and will make a gallant fight. One half of the six thousand majority in the last election was clearly fraudulent, and now wvith honest election officers and a "fair fight," we have groat hopes that the Democrats will come out victorious, though the odds against them is very great. In the special election in Orango, burg county, week bef'ore last for Judge of Probate, the Democrats elected their candidate by 1,100 ma jority4 .In the general election last November, the Radicals carried the county by 1,600 majority. This is a gain for the Democrats of 2,700. This shows how completely broken is the backbone of Radicalism in this State. An election, to fill a vacancy in the office of Probate Judge, in Richiand county, has been ordered by the Gov. Arno~r, on Tuesday the 19th inst. The Radical majority in that county in the last election was 1,400, which the Democrat.should overcome, and elect a square Democrat to the office. General Grant and family are now in England and are being lionized by the Britishors. They are received wil; great eclat wherever they go and the Nforthern papers arc making a great to do over ft. The Tax Bille * 'We publebhod two weeks ein6e tho tax bill, which at that tim6lad not bcomo a law, but as thorewoi-o uo material changes made in It as it fin. ally passed, we do not doom it noeti sary to publish it entire again. As publiahod by us then it levied 71 mills. The i was struck out on its final pas sage, and the levy is only 7 mills. The taxes levied under this bill are made payable in two equal instqllnents.1- I The first installmebt is mado due and payable from the first day of .fuig to the first day of August, 1877, and the second installment shall be duo and payable from the first day of Oo tober to the thirty--first day otOctobor 1877: "Provided, That it shall be, and is hereby, loft to the option of any person either to pay the amount of tho firtit installmont at tho time first above montioned, or to pay the whole amount at the timo of the payment of the second installment thereof: Pro vided, further, that if any person or posons shall fail or refuso to pay his or hor taxes duo under the first in. stallment, ho, she or thoy shall be charged wit,h interest thoroupon from the first day of August, 1877, to the time of the payment thereof, at the rato of one per contum per month." In our last wook's issue in speaking 4 of the tax levy we said: "It is optionary with tho taxpayer ( whether he pays all or only one-half at tho first collection. If he prefers to pay only ono half, ho can do so by paying interost at the rate of one per cont por month on the other half un.til November, when the last collection will bo mado." In making-this statement, it will be soon, by reference to the above quo tation from the bill, which is a por, tion of section 7, that our memory did not servo us correctly. If a tax payer pays the first installment, thou he, or sho, is not chargable with intor est on the second installment, but if the taxpayer prefers to wait until October before paying any of his tax, then lie b)ecomes responsible for in terest only on the first installment of his taxes. There is no provision in the bill !fahking it obligatory on the tax payers to pay their first installment in July, and the only inducement, aside frm patriotism, is to save the interst on -the taxes. This together with the patriotism of our people, we hope will be sufficient to induce all who have the means, to pay upitheir' fi rst i nstallmenzt p)romptly, in order that the governmont may not. be em barrassed for the want of' funds to moet its necessary demands. Revenue Frauds. Giganitic frauds in the Revenue do. p)artme~nt, in North Carolina, h as been recently discovered, and some of the p)artIes connected with it are now un dergoi ng i nvcstigaition at Washington. This is said to be only the fororunnor of othcr startling developments soon to be made in other sections of the Union. The frauds arera all said to have beeon committed in the interest of political -and personal objects. The character of the men who have filied the revenue offices in the South is sufficient to throw a suPpiciori over their transactions, without any posi t.ivo evidence of their guilt. We are satisfied that every branch of the er, vice in this State needs investigation, and if a pr1oper investigation is made no dloubt a majority of those r.ow in office will go out of service or to the Penitentiary. The law itself is not so much comp)lained of as the manner of enforcing it. The men- w ho have been charged with its enforcement, in this section, with, perhaps, a few rare ex~ ceptions, have boen ignorant, bru.tal and wanton in their conduct; in fact their conduct has become almost intol lerablo, arid we trust the proper au thorities will take such action as will, at least, put respeotable men in position, arnd relieve.the citizens (not the violators of the law, but innoeent citizens) of the necessity of proteoting themselves against unlawfal inter ference with their private business. The Constitutional Convention is cr.llod in Georgia by a vote of abont 10,000 majority. South Carolina, in time, like all the other Southern States, which fell under earpot bag rule after the war, will be compelled to have a Constitutional Conivenition. Mr. T. W. R~ussell has boon appoin t ed 'I rial Justice of Pickons County at Easley Station by Gov. Ilampton. Mr. Russell is an intelligent, compo., tent and suitable person for the p0, siton, and will no doubt make an ac, ceptamble andl efficient offieer.--Andcr-. son Intelligencenr Tmprovements. The gopd offepws of lampton's ad-. uainistration,gidt honest Demeoratio rio.is being manifested In every *ook Fnd oorner of tho State. Instead of despondoney and gloom which had 3ptoad over our peoplo, the sun shine f hopo and a bright future has burst upon them, The-spirit of improvement bas repossessed them, and in many Instances thly havo gono to work to r batIfy nd mako heir,omps vttractive. This is strikingly demon Aiatred a iluntor's old muster ground., Lwo miles Southwest of this place, whero lives Mcesrs. Jeremiah Looper, A. C. Hughes and Judge W. G. Field. rhoso gentlemen have recently re iminted their residences, which gives bhe neighborhood the appearance of % settloment in the rich valley or Vir ginia, and makes everything about it ploasant and attractive. Roster of Circuit Judges. In accordanco with the provisions f an Act entitled "An act Io carry n,o effect, the tourteenth' section of 11rticlo fourth of the Constitution, ro. ating to the Judiciary," approved tho 1ut day of May, 1877, tho following v3signment of Judges to hold the res, )otive Courts of Common Pleas and xcnoral Sets3min is ordured. The Full Term of the resl)ectivo )ircuits will be hold by the Circuit I Uldges as follows: 1st Circuit-By the Judge of the 5th Circuit. 2d Circuit--By the Judge of the Lst Circuit. 3d Circuit-By the Judge of the 2d 'aircuit. 4th Circuit-By the Judge of the )d Circuit. 5th Circuit-By the Judge of the Ith Circuit. 6th ircuit-By the Judge of the 5h Circuit. 7th Circuit-By the Judge of the ath Circuit. 8th Circuit-By the Judge of the 7th Circuit. A. J. WJJLLARD, Chief Justice, S. C. Dated at Columbia S. C., June 15th, 1877. Roport of the Whittemore-Woodruff Ccmmittee. The subjoined rcport of the Sonate Committee cLarged with the investi gatio'n of thie charmges of fraud againsi Whar Itomore, Woodruff and others was submitted on Friday, Iho 8th instant; COLUMBIA, S. C., June 8, 1877. The committ,ee to whom it was re f errod to investigate and report upoun the charges of the improper use of thc public funds or the public credit of the State by any member or offier of the Senate, and all parties implica ted in the allcged frauds, beg leave to report that they have endeavored to discharge, the duty devolved upon them by the resolution of the Senate. They regret that the limited time al lowed to this investigation, and the inherent difficulties of the case, have prevented them from reaching a con elusion which would be satisfactory either to themselves or to the Senate. It must not be overlooked that the duty devolved upon this committee was to discover frauds which had been alleged to have been committed three or four years ago, of which no evidence existed in the hands of the Senate.or of the commnittoo, and all of those from whom information could be de rived were supposed participants In the frauds, and bound to secrecy by the strong motives of self intercest and self-preservation. To expose the frauds or aid your committee in their investigation was to deprive them, selves of their ill gotten gains, and consign them possibly to conviction as oriminals. Most of the witnessess possessed of information were reluc.. tant to tesfy, and all that has been reached has been obtained by rigid cross examination. To add to these dlifficultics, all the books and records to which resort could be had to elu, cidate the facts and contradict the witnesses have been so kept as to mis lead and conceal what was the real state of the case. In one instance ac, oess to the books which might have explained the transactions was posi tively refused. From the testimony before your committee it appeared that a large amount of the certifioates of indebtodniess issued by the Repub lican Printing Company in 1878 for work that has not yet been performed although fully paid for. was issuedl in December, 1873, to the membors of the Senato and the IIouse and to of, ficials of the State. The amount so issued was $132,608 Vario-,'p-a -tis feared that the continued rains wIil n r lously with the saving of ~ t7 p, and cause much 6f It W%be was the case last year. VGETiLN V. REV. J. P* LUDLOW W RITES: 178 BAZT10 8TaTW, BBOOKLYI., N. Y, H. R. 6ra"Wis Esq. Nov. 14, 1874. Dear Sir-from personal benefit received by 'to use, s well 8a from personal knowledge of those whose cures thereby have seemed al most miraculous, I can most heartily and sin.. oerely recommend the Vegetine for the com plainte which it Is claised to ,om JAME8 f :mkowf Late Pastor Calvary Baptist Church Sacramento, Cal. VEGETINE.. SHE RESTS WELL. SoUTIT POLAND, Me., Oct 11, 1876. Mn, H. R. STZVENs-Dear Sir: I have been sick two years with the liver complaint, and luring that time have taken a great many dif rerent medicines, but none of them did me %ny good. I was restless nights, and had no appetite. Since taking the Vegetine I rest well, and relish my food. Oan recommend the Vegotine for what it has done for me. Yours respectfully, Mrs. ALBERT RICKER. Witness of the above. Nlr. 0Eo. M. VAUGHAN, Melford, Mass. VEGETINE. UOOD FOR THE CHILDREN. BosToN Houn, 14 TYLEn STREET, Boston, April 1876 1 11. R. STEVENS-Dear Sir: We feel that the )hildren in our home have been greatly bene ited by the Vegetine you have so kindly given is from time to time, especially those troub. ed with scrofula. With respect, Mrs. N. WORMELL, Matron. VEGETINE. REV. 0. T. WALKER, SAYS: POnvIDENCE, R.I., 104 Transit Street. II. R. STEVENs, EsQ--I feel bound to ex press with my signature the high value I place upon your Vegetine. . My family have ised it for the last two years. In nervous lebility it is invaluable, and I recommend it uo all who way need an invigorating, reno vating tonic. 0. T. WALKER, Formerly Pastor of Bowdoin-squaro Church, Boston. Vegetfi. - NOTHING EQUAL TO IT. SOUTH SALEM, Mass., Nov. 14, 1870. Mr. H. R. STEvENs-Dear Sir: I have been troubled with Scrofula, Canker. and Liver Complaint for three years. Nothing ev'r did we any good until I commenced using the Vegetine. I am now getting along first-rate, aud still using the Vegetine. I consider there is nothing equal to it for such complaints. Can heartily recommend it to everybody. Yours truly, Mrs. LlZZIE M. PACKA RD, No. 16 Lagrange Street, South Salem, Mass. Vegetine, 1RECOMMEND) IT 11EARTILY. SouTJn BOSTON. Mr. STEvBNS-Daar Sir: I have taken soyv, oral bottles of your Vegetine, and am con vinced it is a valuable remedy for D.yspepsia - Kidney Complaints, and General Debility of the system. 1 can heartily recommend it to all sufferems from iheabove complaints. Yours respectfully Mrs. M UNROE PARLKE R. Vegetlne Prepared by H. R. STEVENS, Boston Mass. VEGETINE is Sold by All Druggists. Juno 21, 1877 41 4 The Attention of Farmers is Called to Our A MERICAN Mammoth Rye; or Diamond Wheat, for Fall or Spring sowing. A new variety, entirely dist.inct from the com mon rye or any other grain ever introduced. It was first found. growing wild on the Ilum boldt River, Nevada, since which time it has been successfully cult ivated wherever tried. It yields from sixty to eighty bushels to the acro- Mr. A. J. Dufur, United Sta'.os' Cen tennial Commissioner from Oregon, asserts that he has known it to yield eighty seven and a half bushels to the acre. It was awarded the highest and only premium at the United Btates' Centennial exposition, and pronounced the finest and only grain of the kind on ex hibition. It has been grown as a Fall and Spring grain with equal success, 1WSingle grains measuring one half inch in length, and the average close to that. Price per package 25 cents; Five packages $1.00; One dozen packages, $2600. Sent post paid by mail. Agents wanted everywhere to introduce this wheat. W~?NoTICE.-WC are in no way conitect.ed with any other seed house in Cleveland or Chattanooga. All orders, letters, etc,, should- be plainly addressed, thus 8. Y. HIAINES & CO., Cleveland, Bradley Co. Tenn. Branch house, Sweetwater, Monre Co. Tenn. Sample sent free on receipt of a three cent stamp, Jnne 14 1877 40 4. The State of South Carolina, County of Pickons. IN COURT COMMON PLEAS. Frank Hammond Plaintiff, against W. S . Williams, Defendant. Summons for Money Demand. ( Corn, plaint not Served). TO W. S. Williams, Defendant in2 this action. Y OU are hereby summoned and required to ans*er 'the complaint in this action, which is filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said county, and to serve a copy of your answer on the subscribers at their office, at Pickens C, U., within twenty dayb after the service of this summons on you, exclusive of the day of servioe. If you fail to answor thuis complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff will take judg ment against you for the sum of Six Hun.. dred and Twenty four 94-100 Dollars, with interest at the rate of 7 per cent per annum, from the 15th day of May, one thousand aight hundred and seventy seven and costs. Dated Plokens, May 16th, 1877. COTIHRAN, HIOLCOD & CHILD. SIMPSON & MOORE, Plaintiff's Attorneys. To w. s. Williams, D)efendant: Take notice, that the summons and com plaint in this action was filed in the office of the Clerk ofthe Cout-t for i'ickens County, m the 10th day of May 1877. DOTHIRAN, IIOLCOMBlE & CHILID. SIMPSON & MOOR E, Plaint itf's A tt orneys.. May 24, 1877 :n7 HAGOOD & ALEXANDEIR HAVE this day associated with them Mr. J. FRANK FOLGBR, as a third partnor, and will ontinue the mers cantile business under the name and style OF ZOODB ALEZAIRIB&Gu THEY RESPECTFULLY ASK the continued patronage of their friends, and rQquest all to give them a call be, fore buying, as they are selling 5 AT "HIAaDIM f " lhns Parties indebted to HAGOOD & AL4 EXANDEI on accounts, muist closo them by cash, barter or note, as * their old busi noess must be settled up. June 7,1877 39 0. P. RUNION & DRo.'g IS THE PLACE FOR Cheap Goods! A WELL ASSORTED STOCK OF DRY.-GOODS. BOOTS AND SIIOES. Always a good STOCK of FAMILY GRO.. CE RIES on hand. Remember we sell strictly for CASH and BA RTER, which enables us to 8011 at much closer prices. Bave your money by spending it with ua. C. P. RUNION & BRO., Easley Station, 8. C. June 14, 1877 40 8 EXA1YIA TION NOTICE. A T HE County Board of Examiners will hold a mhectinig in the office of the School Com-,. mnissionier oni FRiDAY and SATURDAY, the 29t,h and 30th~ instanlt, to examine Teachers. for this County. Teachers who zect to teach in Pickensvile. SalubrtA arvin. Easley and Pickens C. HI. Township, to be examined on Friday, and those for the' other Townships on Saturday, together with those for tho County at largo. Examinations to commenee -at 8.30 A. M. each day. Lot all be present in time. By order of the Board. G. W- SINGLETON, School Commissioner. Juno 14, 1877 40 2 The State of South Carolina COUNTY OF PICKENs. B.y W. (I. Field, Judge of Probate. Whereas, L. Ross Eaton, has made suit to me to grant hnim Letters of Administration, upon the Estate and Effects of Joe. C. Eaton, deceased The kindred and creditors of the said Jos. C. Eaton, deceased, are therefore cited to be and appear before me, In the Court of Probate, to be holden at Plokens 0. II., on Friday, the 22d day of June, inst., at 11 o'clock, a. in., to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not 4 bo granted. Given under my hand and seal this, the 3d day of June A. D)., 1877, W. 0. FIELD, J.w.r.o. June 7, 1877 89 - -2 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF PICKENS. Bix W. 0. FIELD, PROBATE JUDGE. W hereas, Thomas C. Martin has made suit to me to grant him Letters of Ad.. ministration, with the Will annexed, upon the Estate and Effects of Richard B. Baker, deceased The kindred and creditors of the said Rich ard B. Baker, deceased, are therefore oited to be and appear before me, in the Court of Pro, bate, to be holden at Piokens C. HI., on Friday, the 22d day of June, Instant, at 11 o'cloc, a. m-', to shew cause, if any they have, why the said adminisi.ration should not be grnted. Given under my hand and seal thi, the 24 day of June, A. D. 1877. June 7,1877 89 2 The State of South CIarolinR PIOKENs COUNTY. IN TRIE PROBATE COURT Mary A. Oats and Alonzo M. Folger, Admin-. istrat or and A dministratrix of Rufus Oats, deceased, against T. W. Russell, J. E. Peoples, William McMahan et al. PE'TIrlON FOR SAL.E OF REALe ~TE TO PAY Dxsts. - '7 hereas, the above named Plaintiff. have VYfled a P'et.ition in this Ocout-aeking for an order to sell certain Real Estate of Bufueg Oat s deceased, to pay.debts. It is therefore, on motiont by Blthe & Ansel, Attorneys for Petitioners. Ordered that all and singulaw the kindred and creditors of the said decesed be and appear at a Court of Probate for said County, to be holden at Piokens Court House on the 28d day of' June, 1877, to show oaee iftany, why the said order of sale should not ho granted. W.J0. IELD,2.P.P.0 nations of this was offaend, but wh" four dis i.tteo resuostodthe d j tion Wtoe books 'f the kop. I ?ri*@Ing Company, wbich rai1s1ave disolosed what was the real dbsld a4ion for the delivery of those OertlA% cates to tho Senators and other offl Oials, Mr. Woodruff refused to produce thom. This refumal justifies the in* foronce that their production might have criminated not only the Repub licon PrintiniCompany, kt4he e. cipient8 of the certificatec. It is not easy, even witb the aid of documents and records and willing and truthful witnesses, to unearth frauds which timo and idgenuity have combined to cover, but doprived of theso aids the investigation necessa rily demands more timo than any committoo could give it during the session of the Legislature. No such investigation can be successfully pros., ocuted except by constant and con. tinued labor. Tbis has been impossi.. ble. The Senate has boon convened at 1! o'clock each day, and during a largo portion of the time has been continued into tbe night, and, al though your committee met daily, their senatorial duties and their nee% ossary attendance upon other com mittees have prevented Mem from sitting as a committee, except for but two hours each day. During this period, hower, they have progressed with their investiga tion suffliciently to be satisfied that grave frauds and abusosfof the public credit have been committed. The testimony already taken before your committee sufliciently demonstrates this, but it does not in the opinion of your committe include all who were participants in the alleged fraud. Your committee deem it proper to state in reference to the orders signed by Mr. Woodruff directing supplies to be sent to the rosidences of Sena% tors "Whittomoro and Nash," that Mr. Woodruff produced the receipted itemized accent of Mr. Symmer' s signed by his bookkeeper, embracing the articles of supplies said to hav'e been sent to th~ese senators, with the dates, and appears to have been paid by AMr. WVoodruff out of his own pi v&to funds. -Your committee are of the opinion that if time is allowed for a full and thorough examination of the financial transactions of the past the guilty parties can be reached aind punished. Your committee therefore reccom mond the adoption of the accompany, img concurrent resolution. All of which is respectfully submit tcd. R. E. BOWEN, Chairman, The concurrent resolution, which thoe committee recommended the adoption of, and which was adopted by bo0th houses, provided for continus ing the investigation by'a joint com mittec of both houses. Under the assignment of Chief Justice Willard, Judge North'rop will hold the Fall Term of Court for this County._________ Oxford University will confer upon Grant the degree of D. C. L-.; which his enemies say means Darned Conti nental Lickspittle. Galveston, Texas, has had a *3,000, 000 fire. STOPF! AT TIHE GREEN VILLE, S. C. A. K. SPEIGHTS, Proprietor. M&BELLS IN THE ROOMS. June 14, 1877 40 D EN I'IST RY. TIE undersigned is located at Central, and 1Pis prepared at all times to dispatch work with neatness. $p eclal attention to 8ETINGO or RESETING ARTIFICIA L TEETH, either temporary, partial or .permnent. Filling done with neatness. All the materials corn. monly used in filling, OEO. BORLOUGHS1, Dentist. June14, 1877 40 6mr STATE OF SOUTH CAROCINA. COUNTY oP PIOKENs. BY W. 0. FIE.D, JUDGU oW PRODATD. W hereas, W. H. Anderson, has applied to me to grant him Letters .of Adminiu. tration, upon the Estate and Effects of Mary* Anderson, deceased The kindred and cr'editors of the said Mary Anderson, deceased, are therefore cited to Le and a ppear before me, in the Court of Vrobate to be holden at Pickens C. II., on Saturday, the 7th day of July next, at 11 o'clock, a. mn., to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration shoud not be granteCd. Gliven under my hand and seal this, the 17th day of' June A. D-, 1877. W.0. FIELD, J.r.r.c. Jume 21, 1877 A4l