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THE STwEL r4i PIOKEN860. H., B8 0.: TalusBy l 26. L IM County Taxes. The following, we are inforaed by Capt. Hollingsworth, Clerk of the Board of County Commjsioners, is the County tax, levied by the Board, for County purposes for the present 2sl year: For current expen 8 mills for'past indebtednees, 8 mills; for pay. ing off judgment on supercedeas bond, in Railroad case, 61 mills; for judg% mont on Railroad bones, under man damus of United States Circuit Courtj 51 mills. 'This makes a total of 191 mills for County purposos, which, ad dod to the 7 mills State tax, makes a grand total of 251 mills the taxpayers of Pickens County are called upon to pay the present year. It makes the heart sick to think about this enor,% mous tax and the deplorable financial o)ndition to which the County has boon brought by bad and extravegant management in the past. Charleston County Election. The election for 17 Representatives came off on Cho 26th inst. The Dem% ocrats put a straight ticket in the field and refused any compromise with the Radicals by a fusion ticket. Dowen's clan met and nominated ton sound Democrats on their ticket, but they promply declined and thwarted his scheme to divide the Democrats and scouro a part of the loaf. We have . not yet soon the result, but trunt we . may, next week, be enabled to add Charleston to the Democratic column. . Richland Wheels into Line. At a special olootion in Richland county on the 19th instant, for a Pro.. bate Judge, to fill a vacancy, the Democrats elected their candidate by a majority of 496. Richland has boen one of the Radical strong holds in the State, an'd in the last election gave a Rtadical majority of 1,400. icholand has boon added to the columns of the Democratic counties, and we congras. tulate the good people of that county on their signal vctory. Kad Dogs in Abbeville.. The mad dog excitiement is ate a high pitch In Abbevilie. The Medium an#i the Press & Banner inform us that ten or a dozen persons have been bit ton by one dog in that vicinity, and that,the distemper is rapidly spread. ing. The town council of Abbeville has instructed the town marshal to shoot overy dog running at large, and every man in Abbeville has a pistol ready to shoot every one exhibiting symptons of the disease. Butts Ousted. C. W. Butts, who, in the last etec tion, was a candidate Eor am unexpired term in Congress fromn the Fist Die trict, and a candidate also for Solicito: of the First Circuit, hes been otderedI to stop down and out of the latter of floe by the Supreme Court He re. ceived a large majority of votes fo, both offices, but the Supremne (Couri has determined and adjudged that, by the acceptance by the defendant of the office of member of the House of Representatives of the Con gress of the United States, an offioc incompatable with the ofthog of Solis~ citor of tho First Circuit, held by said defendant at the time of such accept ance, the said last mentioned office became, and was vacated and aban donod by the defendant, and It was ordered that judgment of ouster do Issue against the dofandant with costs. Thus another of the carpet-bag frau. ternity fades from the scenes. The Lexingtor. Dispatch learna. that in consequence of the continued rains, wheat in the fields and even in the barns, in that County, is sprout, ing in the head. This was the case in this County last year, and quite one halt the crop was lost We fear it is going to bo the case again this year, unless wo have several days of contin uous dry weather, which will enable the farmers to house or thrash It out The loss of the whoat erop this year would be an awful stau4h.* fUnder the ae6 of the Legislature, authoriping the appoIntmnent of the ]oard of IRegents of the Lunatic Asy. lasfrom Richland county, Governor atpo has mado the fiollowing ap. to: ee.John 8. Preston, p* Stne, . M.8Smith, Dr. B.# Taylor 0. i. Manson Henr Javs,Job ra 'I. Rhett, Col. 19m. Wa. Jwoc and Dr. 0. H. Miot. Eamsre by the Indan. The 4dions0 Id,o and, Oregon tave tAkeno tbi.jwar and com-% menood their ambuma, meseere of womes an children. The soldiers in that section, numbering 100, under cimmand of Col- Perry, had an ed% gagement with them, in which it is represented in a dispatch from San Francisco, dated June 19, that the soldiers were surrounded In a canon and about one halfof them killed In a hand tohand Aght. The remainder were Siaouded and Aggft agah"m i odds when last heard frm . Troops are being forwarded to the scene of action, and other gghts will doubtless occur. Free Common Schools. DEAR SENTINEL: I have received from the Stato Suporintendent of Edu.. cation the amount as apportioned by him to this County for the year 1877. The whole amount is 81,455.08, this does not include the poll tax which is hereafter to be added; which under the late acts of the Legislaturo It is thought will be about as much more. I have apportioned the above amount to the soveral school districts acoord ing to last years attendance, as fol lows: DISTRICTS NO. CHILDAEN APPOR'T 1st District 283 8227 88 2d Pistrict 268 215 RA 8d District 162 130 58 4th District 245 196 18 5th District 289 282 98 6th District 250 200 98 7th District 118 95 87 8th District 195 156 18 Total, 1,809 $1,45 03 The trustees are instructed to upon the schools in their respective town ships about the ffrst of July next, and run them for two months or until they have taken up their proportion of the public money. G. W. SINGLZTQN, School Commissioner. FOR THE PIOKENS SENTINEL. MR. EDITo-Permit me the use of your columns to notice an article signed by the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners. Mr. Chair man starts out by asking the ques. tion, "S~hall the County of Pickens build a bridge aeross Baluda, near Mr. Maxwell's place," evidently mean ing, shall Piekens County build a bridge for the benefit of the land owner on the .Pickents side, ap,d hi. p)roposition might jus6 as well have been so stated. We think it impor tant t.hat the Commissioners under stand this question in all Its bearings, and, in order to do so, it become8 their duty to ascertain the number ol citizens interested in the matter, and the amount of tax they pay individu ally and collectively. This might st,artle and surprise those of you who entertain the absurd idea that onc man, and not a neighborhood, feeh the importane. of a bridge. Now, Mr. Editor, this in certainly a fait proposition, and we trust that those charged with the management of out County matters will act upon the sag geetlon. We ask you no to listen tc any representations that may be made but we simply invite yeu to come hI your oficit cspacity, determined tc see for yourselves, to hear the true state of af'airs and to render to all equal and exact justice. We askc fot nothing more, we will be sattis, fled with nothing loss. If after this inivostigation you do not arrive at th< conclusion that "the corner near the thrpse countios'' has been sadly neg leoted. not only by your own Board but by that of your predecessors, theni wo will desist from further dIscussion, and be contented to reach Greenvillk by*way of fords and not by publkc bridges. You may say there is no money to expend on bridges, and stato the consequences in case of the violation of law in this resgard. Just here let me inquire wh*te the msoney is to come from which is to pay the cont,ractor for a new bridge reoently put up near Col. Bowen's mill-if the job was taken on credit-was it not in open violation of the very law you quote as.an arguent, or an excuse, for not rebuilding the Best brde You have promeptly omspied withn 'the demand for the one that taps the (lox road, and have with singular in. difference ignored the otiher. You have taken a good deal of pains to calcnlate the money expended on Sa, luda for the last two years. Would it not have been well to have continued further the investigatIon and let the people understand how far these bridges stand one from the other. Here Jies the trouble andme is .... just cause of complaint, In this ar rangemeat your Board evidently had no hand and upon other shoulders reat the sesposibility of such mani. rs61njustie and such disorlmination in favor of particular sections. Have the Commissioners the power to die :ontine a long established and import. Lant public highway on the supposed ground of no money? or upon the [also assumption that only one man is interested? We take it the Greenville Cosisioners have a voice in this matter, and, with all your pover, you oanot deprive us of it without their knowledge or oonsent. it is a ques tion that goes beyond the jurisdiction of the courts for its final solution, for no power save the Legislature can discontinue a chartered road, nor can that body without due notice, and no objection must be made. Tho son tenco across Saluda was incomplete, and should have read "across Saluda at the Bent crossing." It is presumed we all know that bridges have been built since the terrible freshet of '76, which swept them and the crops alike in its -.estructive march, and you should remember that this unlooked for calamity does not come once, per. haps, in a lifetime, or once in a decade of years, and this accounts for the ex. traordinary outlay of money on Salu. da, to which you have adverted. And Ure let me say if some of your pre deocessors had been more mindful of the interest of the County, and more careful with her money,, that mon-. strous debt of S100,0 would not now be in litigation, hanging like a dead weight upon ,be shoulders of the tax. payers. Did the County money pay a sertain Girm for legal consel when the quostion was first agitated? Was not the advice in the interest of the people? And if heeded would not our condition to-day be infinitely better? What authority had one man to as. sume such responsibility, and to sad. die upon a people, violently opposed to it, such a heavy burden? The no t,orious Bradley, of the ever memora ble Electoral Commission, who barter ed the sacred righ ta of his coun trymnen and turned the scales of justice in the interest, of his party and the fraudu lent President, was not more culpable and deserves no higher measure of infamy. Again, it some of your predecessors had begun earlier to adopt a cheaper policy for the County, much money could have been saved, even in the management of bridges. Do you, Mr. Chairman, or the people you represent, have the remotest idea of what, it cost to build the Bent Bridge eeveral years ago. There is a little chapter 'in the history of that transaction that needs ventilation and exposure, inas much as it would teach Democrats t,bat speculation and corruption among officials is not confined exclusively to t,he Radical party in South Carolina, a truth we, with~ extreme reluctance, must acknowledge. Mr. Chairman, we have written this with no feelings of unkindness toward you or a single member of your Board, but simply to direct your minds tc the consideration of a subject that hau not been properly understood by the commissioners of the County. If, af ter a thorough examination of thc question, you determine that we de serve no bridge, because of the insuf ficiency of our tax, then we are done, and will bow gracefully to your de. oree. CITIZEN. 'FOR TUE PICKENs 8ENTINEL. Ma. BDITOR: 1 saw in the SENTINEl some two or three weeks ago an ar ticle written on the fence law, ii which t,he writer seems to think that such a law would operate badly iin this portion of oountry. He gives a his firat reason, that in this hilly coun try, it would be too hard ajob for a man to move in his fence to buld a pasture. Now it does not look to me like It would be any harder for a man to move his femee to build a pa. sure to suit his own convenience than it would be to procure rails and fence a field for cuitivation. As you gave an Invitation some time since to the farmers of Picketn. to discuss this question In the columns of your pa pe, I will proeeed to give a few rea, sons why I favor such a law. First reason: This portion of country Is be ooming thickly settled, and timber is becomning scarce, and such a law will have to be provided before a great while. A second reason is, it would induce farmers in some instances, at least, to keep less and better stock. I know farmers in ordinary circumstan ces, who have five or six milch cows, and I doubt very much whether all those cows gin mor e ha tw .,! lons of. milk'in twenty four hoq They may se4 wandering about!k-- WO the woods lookin ke you co g y"'r hat very !Lly ona ip bones. Now I alt, would it not the better for a man to keep one cow only, that would give hfim mos milk than those five or six cows? I readily agree with my friend, T. H. . whose article on agricultural Improveheift appeared in your issue of the 94th uit., that if we would lay down the culture of cotton and go to manuring oUr land so we coulI raise elMr ad' grasses of various kinds, we could, generally speaking, keep more and better stock, an' with the fence law in operation would be better enabled to save the manure to enrich our lands. A third reason is, that a great many farmers have line feaqp in company with their neighbors, per haps with two or three neighbors, to be kept up between them. These fences sometimes through neglect of one or the other, or both, become in sufficient to keep out stock, (and those fences very often eross streams) and they sometimes got swept away by a freshet during the summer, and through neglect or the press of other business they remain open till fall; one man gathers his crop andaturns in his stock; they go right into the other mans field and destroy several bush elAs of corn, and perhaps two or three todder stacks before he knows it. These are circumstances calculated to produce hard feelings between neigh. bors, which would be avoided by hav. ing the fence law. The fourth reason which I shall give applies only to a portion of the citizens of Pickens. There Is a goodly number of sock destroyed on the Air Line Railroad. This would also be avoided by having the fence law. Now, I would say to the farmers of Pickens that we need reform in agriculture as well as in polities. We need improvement in the mode of agriculture. We need better implements to prepare the soil for cultivation. T. HI. B. says, in speaking of Mr. Knight's patent plow, that it has a subsoil plo0w attached, resembling very much the old fash,' oned colter. li.e thinks this colter is equail, i not bottor than any subsoil plow he knows, and I am of the same ojlinion, I know of nio subsoil plow which I would exchange the colter for. As agriculture is the main sprina of all other pursuits; as it is the corner stone, the very life blood of all other enterprise, we should endeavor to make farming a self-sustaining and in dopendent occupation. Instea~d ol the agiciultural interest being at the mercy of all other classes, we should endeavor to make it what it should be-the controlling element of the country. In the first place fo: the good of farmers and every body else see to it that you keep the seats in the halls of legislation occupied by men possessing honest, sound, om mon sense. This calls to memory a remark made to me by a prominent gentleman during the war. He said that common sense was better than fine sense; that common sense would never have placed this country in the condition it was then in, and common sense never did do it. I dc not think that a man can have too miucli sense to legislate, but I would greatly prefer sound, common sense to fin< sense mixed up with a teaspoonful ol aristocracy and a tablespoonful of ras-. cality, stirred together in a cup ol consolidation principles. The claim-. ing of unlimited power in the admin. istration of national affairs, we have had quito enough for the last twenty years. We want more Hamptons a authority, who will tell the people to go to work honestly to build up the State, and not to devise some plan by which one portion of the people may cheat the balance out of what they work for; but go to work honeaty, go to work to get rid of those Radical lien laws, and this hundred per cent time policy, and this twenty Ere per cent interest policy. Go to work to enrich your land by deep ploughing and heavy manuring. Let every farmer keep his stock on his own premises. Let him build stalls for his cattle; make and save all the manure he can instead of buying commercial fertilizers; curtail his cot. ton crop, and increase his grain crop, not by planting more acres, but, by making one acre produce as much grain as two does now. Adopt this plan and I think you will soon see old Carolina blossom like the lily of the valley. G. W. McMAHoN. Asheville, N. C., has elected the "d ry" ticket hy 138 majri..:. DAsupToN.-The election for ".*WS"At"rfrom Darlington oounty, *% VM&tmore, resigned, Came off Tu2aday, 66th instant. We have 6DYeton le result of the election but 1ee-0o00dent tha the tidal wave has reahed that county, and that she too e0 be added to the Democratic laran,, The Williamsburg Republican, tho last Radical shoet in this State, has "gone where the woodbine twineth." Ja. N. Lipsoasb Wqrthy Master State Grange, informs 8eert- of Pomona Granges to apply to aeo'aM ry of State Grange for blanks fow sub. ordinate Granges In their respective counties. EASLEY HOTEL. -0 THIS POPULAR HOTEL, which has%een closed a short time. is now re-opened for the a commodation of the traveling public. The rooms are well furnished, the table supplied with the best in the market, and no pains spared to reader guests somfewtable. Transient Beard, $2.00 per day; perma. meat Board, $18.00 per month. Patronage of the public solicited. MIS. SOMRONA MIX. June 2,1877 42 3m ]EALERS IN HARDWARE, BOOTS, SHOES, &c., &c., &c. Eedquarters for' Cheap Goods. Will exchango Goods for any kind of Country Produce. EASLEY STATION, S. C. Juno 28, 1877 42 V EGETIN F. REY. 3. P. LUDLOW WRITES:, 178 BatIr STRt Eav, BUooKLYN, N. Y , H. R STEENS, Nov. 14, 1874. f Dear Sir--from personal benefit reoeived by its use, as well as from personal knowledge of those wh ose cures thereby have seemed al most miraculous, I can most heartily and sin,. cerely recommend the Vegetine for the comn plaints which it is claimed to cure. .JAMES P LUDLOW, Late Pastor Calvary Baptist Church Sacramento, Cal. VEOETIlNE. BILE RESTS WELL. Sourn PoLAND, Me., Oct 11, 1876. Ma. H. R. 8TEVaNS-Dear 8ir: I have been sick two years with the liver complaint, andi during that time have taken a great many dif ferent medicines, but none of them did me any good. I was restless nights, and had no ap pet.ite. Since taking the Vegetine I rest well, and relish my food. Oan recommend the Vegetine for what it has done for me. Yours resectfIuly, Mrs. ALBERT RICKER. Mr. Gao. M. VAUGHAN, Melford, Mass. VEGETINE. GOOD FOR THEC CHILDREN. BesTow Horn., 14 TyLER STEnuT, i Boston, AprIl 1878 J H. R. STavDa-Dear SIr: We feel that the children In our home have been greatly ben. fited by the Vegetine you have so kindly given us flrom time to time, especially those troub led with scrofula. With respect, Mrs. N. WVORMELL, Matron. VEGETINE. REV. 0. T. WALKER, SAYS : PR~ovIDENoE, R.I., 104 Transit Street. H. R. ST3ENES, EsQ--I feel bound to ex press with my signature the high value 1 place upon your Vegetine. My family have -used It for the last two years. En nervons debility it is invaluable, and I reomnmend It to all who may need an invigorating, reno vating tonic. 0. T. WALKER, Foirmewly Pastor of Bowdoim-square Church, Beston. Vege6m. NOTHING EQUAL TO iT. Soev SAaw,a Mass., Nov. 1d, 1878. Ms. 3. R. Stuvnue-DJear SIr: 1 have bees troubled with Serefaa, Canker. and'Liver Comspisist se Ihees euen Ben eve did me aygoed ntil Icemasoeed Ul the V I am now gettig along bmvae, austIll -sn the Vegptias, I coasides there Is nothing eqal to It fur such complais. Can heartily recommend It, to everybed. Yours truly, Mrs. LIZZIE Ni. PACKAaD No. 16 Lagrange Street, Bouth Salema, Ms. BBCOMM3NID IT BBARTALY. Mr. Iravus--Pear Sir: I hewi tahe s eeSt bee eE ofWeer Yeuth ian e e a n vinoed It Is a vlaeremsedy for Dyspepsia, KIdney Complu a nd General Debility of the system. I e aretiy recommend it to all saferees firom., the above complainte. Yours respectfully Mrs. MUNROE PARKER. VegetInec Prepared by R. K. STEVENS, Boston Xas... VEGETINE Is Sold by All Druggists. June 21,.1877 41 4 RAGOOD & ALEXAIf HAVI this day asesoolated >kh them Mr. J. FRANK FOLGiR, as a third partnor, and will continue the mer% cantile business under the name and style OF TSAY RESPECTFULLY.SK the oontinuod patronage of kber friends, and request all to give them a call beN fore buying, as they are selling HQN! AT "&I-TWE nNB Parties indebted to HAGOOD & AL. EXANDER on accounts, must close them by eash, barter or note, as their old busi ness imust b6 ' settled up. June 7, 1877 89 STOP! AT THE VRAREVILLS EWTBL URBENVILLE, & -. A X. SPEIGHTS, Proprietor. DISBELLS IN THE ROOMS. June 14, 1877 40 DEN H'STRY. TH E undersigned is located at Central, and , Lis preparedl at all limes to dispatch work with neatness. 8pecial at tent ion to SETING or RESETING ARTIFICIAL TEETH, ekther tempvrary, partial or permanent. Fflling done with neatness. All the materials'eom. monly used in filling, OEO. BOROUGHS, De.iet. June 14, 1877 . 40 Om Notice ! ALL persons having demands agalast the Astat e of arah Burgess, deceased, win at tested; andi those indebted tq the EsSe will please settle at once. j08. A. BATES, Ez'r. June 28, J877 42 - The Attention of Farmers is Called to Our A ~MEICAN Mammoth Rye; or DIadond Whet, orFall or Spring sowing. A new variety, entirely distinct from the m. mon rye or any ether grain ever introdmeed. It was first found growing wild on the 11mm boldt River, Nevada, since which time it has been sOcessfully cultivated wegver tried. It yields from sixty to eighty bushels to the acre- Mr. A. J. Dufur, United Sta.eW Cm6 tennial Commissioner from Oregon, asserts that he has known it to yield eighty sevee and a half bushels to the acre. Ii was awarded the ighst nd nlypreiumat the United State' Cenenniaexp sitiad proneanned theenst ndonl gainofthe kind en ga. hibition. It has been grown as a Fall at. SWE. grain with equal success. WSingleph measuring one half Inch in length, an41 average close to that.4 Price per package 26 cents; Five po~ $1.00; One dozen packages, $2 S0. et introduce this wheat. wne WNo-rIc3.-WeO are in no way .oaaeded with any other seed house in Cleveland em' Chattanooga. All orders, letters, ete,, should be plimly addressed, thus: 8. Y. H AINES & CQ., Cleveland, Brad)ey Co. Tene. . Branch house, Sweetwater, Monts Co. Tea. Sample sent free on receipt of a three eMa stamp. June 14 1877 404, The State of South Carolina. County of Pickens.. IN COURT COMMON PLEAS Frank Hammond Plaintiff, againsi w. 5. Williams, Deftndast. Batmmonos for Money Demsand. (Oium plaint not Served). TO W. 8. Williams, Defendant In thi setlq YOU are hereby sumone m taswer the~ oospintw whleb is 51ed in the oo t of the Court of Common Phe.s subeeribers at th oee, 4$ Fiske C, , within tiwenty days after the service summons on you, eolsive of the 494 If you fail to answor this compan 9Wihia the time afoeesaid, the plaintiff will bJ ment against you for the sum oSIa dred and Twenty-four 94-100 Det~ interest at the rate of 7 per eent per m from the 16th day of May, oe eight hundred and sevent seven ~ Dted Piekens, MaylOh,1ST 4. "1 COT HI RANe4OLCOMBE It,0~I. , Plaintife Atuessp TO W. 8. Williams, Defendant: Take notice, that the summons mese plaint in this action was filed In the o04 the Clerk of the Court for Piokene County, ora the 16th day of May 1877. COTHIRAN, HOLCOMBE & CHILD. SIMPSON & MOORE, PliIntiff''s AttorR9yqe 4 May 24, 1877 ' 37 9