The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, January 03, 1878, Image 2

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E. B. MURRAY, Editor, THU?SDAY MORNING, IAN. 3d, 1878. L-l- 1 1 . "jjiiijarjeii.'._egggessa DEMO Cit ATIC EXECUTIVE COMM?T The members of the Executive Com? mittee of the D?mocratie party of Ander son County are requested to meet at the IKTELIJOBHCER office, at Anderson C. H., 8. C., on Friday morning the 11th day of January, at ll o'clock c. m., for ' tho purpose of attending to business of great importance to the party, and to consider the propriety of calling a County Convention at an early day. A full meeting is earnestly desired. The fol lowing gentlemen compose the commit tee: Chairman-Jame? A. Hoyt First Vice Chairman-Jobn B. Mooro. Second Vice Chairman-John B. Sitton. Third Vice Chairman-Dr. M. C. Parker. Secretary-E. B. Murray. Garvin Club-J. P. Glenn. Slaltoitm-Willis Watkins. Brushy Creek-T. H. Russell. Per>dlcton-W. H. D. Gaillard. Sandy Springs-W. W. Russell. Centreville- R. W. Reeves. Hunter's Spring-J. Belton Watson. Fork No. 1-Col. F. E. Harrison. Fo,kNo. 2-Maj. Geo. Merritt. Rock Mills-3. A. McLeskey. Savannah-Itoubcn Burriss. Corner-Dr. A. G. Cook. Martin-E. Ambrose. Varennet-Col. J. W. Norris. Hall-Jesse P. McGee. Monea Path-D. S. McCullough. Relton-Dr. W. C. Brown. Williamslon-Dr. John Wilson. Hopewell-Capt. B. T. Mai tin. Broadway-h. E. Campbell. Anderson-Tho SecreUry. As no record of the proceedings of the Committee bas been kept, there may be acme error in tho omission of some Club, or in tbs name of some member, and hence any person knowing himself to be a member of the County Executive Com mittee 1B requested to attend. JOHN B. MOORE, First Vice Chairman. E. B. MUBRAY, Secretary. Hon. John Sherman, Secretary of the . Treasury, denies that he made any bar gain with any person in regard to tho Presidency, ss alleged by Mr. Chandler's lotter, and states that ho visited Ohio during the electoral couut to consult President Hayes about matters relating ^to tho office of Secretary of the Treasury, which Mr. Hayes had offered him, and also reminds the country that ho had op posed tho electoral bill. Does this state ment improve Mr. Sherman's position before the country ? He was a Senator from Ohio, and as such was ono of the judges of the Presidential election, which was in dispute ; and in the midst of the trial, Mr. Hayes, one of tho parties to the contest, offers Mr. Sherman an offico if ho should win, and Mr. Sherman, os a judge in the case, ueiiuiWiy votes in accordance to Mr. Hayes' interests. The moral son timent of a nation which would not con demn both Mr. Hayes and Mr. Sherman for this action would be blunt indeed, and tho Secretary of tho Treasury has stated enough to justify the impeachment of tho President for attempting to influ ence tho action of a judge upon tho count of tho vote for Presidont, and of himself for improperly securing the position ho cow holds. Chandler's charges against Hayes and Sherman are no worso than the defenBo which Sherman makes. The work of reorganization of the Democratic party has begun in earnest in Andersen County, as will be soca from tho citll for a meeting of tho County Ex ecutive Committee ia another column, and also the call for the meeting of the Broadf.way Club. This prompt action is the forerunner of another successful can vass during the present year and should receive the hearty support of every Dem ocrat in the County, and we trust that ere long every primary club in tba County will havo met, re-organized and gone to work for victory. To perfoct our organi zion at this time is the rr'rest policy, for uo'X men are cool and in thc possession of their full judgment, and where they join together to perfect the reform begun at this ktago of the canvass, they are more apt to secure additions from the opposite party than they could bo after the canvass has been opened and the party line closely drawn. Thero ia every indication thar the discontented cSjee seekers aro preparing to join in ono more determined fight in Anderson County, and under the guiso of independents they v?'fl rt- *?ting Into the. D?mocratie the Trojan Horse which they be . Hove is destined io overthrow the De mocracy, and pisco the brigade of hungry office-seekers, who have no principle ex cept to get office, and live, if possible, without work. Tho perfection of onr or ganization now will effectually blight their prospects, ami to a corresponding degree benefit the peep!" of Anderson County and tho character of our public officers. Wa tmui^ 'th?rafXrj^ that (ho V.vajMtiya Committee will take immediate action, . looking to a complete revival of our po litical unity in thu? County, and if it proves successful we may confidently rely upon a greater majority ?his year than we had in 1870. . In tho election held in Sumter for member of the House of Representatives week before last, Tho?. B. Johnsen, Re publican, defered the Democratic nom inee by a considerable majority, although two or three week? previous Col. T. B. Frazer, the Derne 'iatio nominee for State Senator, bad btny ilecUs? by a. handsome majority. Se.t of the ballot boxea In tho election torr- nnber of the House of Representatives' were captured on their road to the Court* House and destroyed, and trie room in which the boxes were kept at the Court House Was broken open, at night, and tho ballots io mixed and scattered ihz.1 li was impossible for.the Commissioners, of Election to tab?lete tho returns. Thero is, however, vcry l?t?o doubt that when the Legislature Ambles it will admit Johnson to his because tho destruction of the ballot was such a high-.' jnded defiance ;, - it il cannot bo encouraged or and the Democratic party in Sumter County does not approve of this course. They have lout their County once more, and there were ?ome Uucouirvusblo ?pirii* who did as they chose, without consult ing the recognized leaden of tho party, and hence the destruction of the ballot?. The County of Sumter was lost, we havo no doubt, by overestimating the Demo cratic strength, and underrating the Re publican vote in tho County. The De mocracy having carried the Senatorial election became somewhat overconfident, and tailed to exert itself in the last elec tion, and hence Ufe late defeat. This Republican success foilow&ig the Beau fort election shows that the Republican party in tho State is not dead, and that we cannot fold cor hand's and wait for political victory to come to us. We must be up and doing in tho Democratic cause, and every County in the State should perfect anew its organization. Because they havo been victorious once is no assurance of a repeated success without -.dort, and the fate of Sumter should warn us that victory comes only to the active, nud tbat its price is eternal vigilance. It is generally thought that Congress will restore the income tax at its next meeting. This will lower the tax on whiskey and tobacco, and if the amount exempted is lett at two thousand doikrs, c s* formerly was, very few persons will be affected by the change in South Car olina. Judge William H. Wallace has been nominated for the United States Senate to succeed Patterson in case of a vacan cy. Gov. Hampton, Cen. Gary, Gen. Connor, Lieut.-dov. Simpson, and a host of others, have also been nominated for the same Senaturship, which is not va cant, and doe* not seom likely to be vacant before the 4th of March, 1879. AFFAIRS IN WASHINGTON. From Our Itegular Correspondent. WASHINGTON, Dec. 29, 1877. Old things are passing away, hut all things arc not made new. The old and the new aro so blended that it is impossi ble lj tell where tho ono ends or where tho other begins. There are mnny courses from "the egg to tho apple," and there is a hazy frontier where vice fades into virtue Revelations no longer hurst upon our unprepared senses, but rnther dawn upon our expectant understandings. I hope you will not think your cor respondent hos been drinking egg nogg, for all this platitude is not that ordinary Christmas inspiration, hut merely a pre lude tn a letter upon the decline and fall of the political machine, and tho lesser wheels that will bo buried beneath its ruins ; for, you know, the orator said : "tho day that her gallant Bhip goes down, our little boat sinks in tho vortex." Tho "little boat" is the social machine. Po litical and social lifo intertwine, but this la simply a truism, and r. narrow ono nt that, for all life intertwines. Last night I went to the first Now York State sociable of thc season, and waa dis appointed in not seeing as many beauti ful ladies us I had expocted to sec. Of course it is ungallant and brutal to blurt thia truth out, hut I paid fur my ticket, do not write for tho Washington papers, and it is not necessary for you, Mr. Edi tor, to flatter tho ladies of thia city ; yon doubtless have enough of that to dc in your own district, and nn mnn should tor ture his conscience without an object. From ?Ls accounts published in the morning papen here of tbs ''brilliant affair," "tho superb dresses," and the styles of particular ladies, disguised in Buch exquisite rhetoric, that, could the sentences bo materialized into fair wo manhood, their own mothers would not know them-it is evident thnt the local press knows its business, and is not mak ing any new departure ii. this sweet branch of journalism. To molify tho envy of any woman who may read tho account in a Washington paper, I will say, on the authority of an expert, that there was but ?no costumo worth as much as $200, and that was worn by a lady of odious complexion, scraggy arms and heavy ferrures. And thia was tho New York socinblo that, in former times was, if not all that the local journals said, at least something moro than a sparse at tendance of Department clerks of both sexes, for the inimonse hall used to bo crowded with Senators and Members of the lower House, aud not unfrequentiy the President and Cabinet were pr eut. There is nothing much in tho decadence cf this social institution, except as it is symptomatic of the decline of something more important. For years tho residents from different States have maintained their respective State sociables at tho Capitol, and they have been miniature courts of the respective States, and inti ._6-1 --.-1 -;<V .U.!.-!')!".) UlULVIJ UIUUCVKM TT I Ul tildi pVlltlCft. campaign organizations. The New York organization, while it was formally dis solved at the order of tho President, as a political machine, encouraged by tho de fiance of Senator Conkling, has made a desperate effort to livo in a sc 'guise, with a half closed eye on politics, waiting for what may turn up. Its effort to Uv? is, ! believe, a failure, and its death is an episode in tue progress of reform. Re form, in its etymalogical senso, means only change. Let na hope tbat the change, or reform, will not bo for tho worse. A _?._S_- ?_t.- WI?--?. A lenin* ?v ural? ?vi y uiwu lu ?? dall ington ?3 . "Society hero is very peculiar, it is not as it ia in other places." Those who taken superficial view of the sub ject, attribute certain social phenomena to what they vaguely term Ute depravity of Washington society ; but society hore, as elsewhere, is the result of natural, arti ficial, and psychological, forces, and is not ?a?antlallo H ? f?A??nt. fmm th* cuy* tn ty nf toy Capita!, or from the society of the various localities which compose it. We have bore the. government clerk from Maine, Tennessee, South Carolina and every other State; aa a rule, I do not think they are aa well Informed, ac easy BTIU ai tn p?e i? their manners, Or ns iosic ?u? in their drees, as the average salesman or clerk in other cities, but they are, in the worst sense, excellent politician?. They havo lived long in fear of an official axe that never ceases to menace tho thread of their tenure. A long state of j dependence and. vassalage has under mined their manliness, and stimulated the arts of servility and cunning. It is the constant study of tho clerk to piesse the Chief of his Bureau, uot so much by attention to hui clerical work, as by some personal favor or mark of homage: he 1 knows, by instinct, iue observation of ' Chesterfield, "that princes are moro nat- ; tcrcd by a personal attachment than by a political service," and the Chief of the ' Bureau ia UM prince. The Bureaucrat is in turn servile and cunning, for hi ; prince is a Cabine' officer, or somo powerful political patron. And thua it is through all the depths and shoals of political and official life. Titled men, Generals and Judges, of soft muscle and mediocre ability, have their ambition slothed with sinecure?, and the silvery rythm of regu lar pay. With Much men and such mo tives it will be inferred that society at the Capital, so far aa it is effected by Depart mental official life, has not in its organ ism the promise of pf.- and ;u,ri"ection. But Departmental, official, and clerical society is what two other classes in Washington would call a lower strata. True some of its individuals are cultured, as they say in Boston, and many others have progressed so far aa to say "either" and "neither" with the long "i" sound on the first syllable, or, if through force of habit, and a better education, they in advertently give those words tho "e" sound, they repent and correct them selves, as Judge Davis did, on the same words, in his first speech in the Senate. Big men, I mean big in the way of beef and adipose, do puerile things sometimes. But to return to thc subject. The higher strata of society is composed of naval and military cOicers and their families. The way they elevate their aristocratic noses, ape foreign manners and fashions, repel an ordinary member of Congress unless he is rich, or court and wheedle him if he is on the naval or military committees, is, as tho proprietor of a side show would say, both moral and instructive. An other class, neither military, naval nor official, is known as thc old Washingto nian He is related (if ho knows him seli to the Carrolls, Lees, or Randolphs, or Adamses, or Eves, or Methusalehs, or some other old Virginia family. I have not exhausted tho subject but I have ex hausted my space. Cochran and Thompson tho Principal Opponents of Senator Patterson. From the Washington Pott, December 21. Senator Butler has recently been ad vised, by tho most trustworthy authority, that the principal opponents of Senator Patterson in South Carolina aro a brace of Itadical politicians, named respective ly Cochran-and Thompson. Cochran ia known as the original seducer of th<! South Carolina Legislature, during Scott's administration, and nearly all of tho ugly schemes passed by that body were devised and engineered through by him. It is said that in 1RG8, before the negro legislators know what vaUio to set upon their votes, they were bought by Cochran on one occasion with brass watches. During 1870 and 1871, Coch ran wa- tho "'go between" in the "Land Commission" swindles, and ho waa tho medium for selling large worthless tracts of swamp lands to the Stat>, ostensibly for tho benefit of tho freedmen, but in reality to put money into the dishonest palms of men whose sole mission was to enrich themselves at the expense of a war-strickeo people. Tho principal cnuse of Cochran's ani mosity toward Patterson was the latter's refusal to endorso him for appointment as internal revenue collector of the dis trict of South Carolina. By some unac countable cause, Cochran was appointed chairman of tho investigating legislative committee at Columbia, and he seems unrelenting in his opposition to Patter son, who not only refused to endorse him for an office, but n'ao offended bim .tf.A.-lnm ?~ T>n#M - titn Biimt-inn ni %/j Sw.USi MM ?... *v/V\. iii. iit.yj UU1L-; 1 VJ 1J UJ D. T. Corbin in the recent senatorial con test. Thompson is, if anything, a more scur vy fellow than Cochran. He has been for years the principal maligner of the decent people cf South Carolina. For years ho bas traduced them in a vile sheet at Columbia called tho Union-Herald ,. and he now assails them in his corre spondence from that city to the New York Times. Patterson may have com mitted questionable acts in South Caro lina, but in tho name of ail decency lol roputablo persons be put forward to in vestigate him, and not adventurers of the Thompsou-Cochran stripe, who will novel f;et thoir just deserts until they aro lodged n tho penitentiarv. Many fair-minded persons in this city have openly expressed their sympathy for Patfuraon ?ince they became mformeii of the style of tuen who are pursuing hire in Scuth Carolina. What also greatly adda to tho sympnthy for Patterson is lb? fact that Corbin is doing ail in his powei to encourago judicial proceedings against him in South Carolina. THE REPUBLICAN FACTIONS. Winiam E. Ct.?n<llor*? Kovievr of the Pt? lltlcal Situation. WASHINGTON, Dec, 26,1877, William E. Chandler, tho New Hamp shire member of the Republican Nationa Committee, has addressed an open lettei to the Republicans of New Hampshire in which ne makes a number of explici and interesting statements concerning alleged barga..r> mad? duriocr the electo ral count, and their alleged fulfilment bi the uu?ptiuii und pursuanco of tho Pres ident's "Southern policy." After ro ferring to tho declaration of thu Ci nein natl Convention and of Governor Hayes letter of acceptance in regard to the pro teetion of Southern citizens in the frei enjoyment of all their rights. Mr. Chan dior asserts that the Republican party by the advice and procurement of Gov ernor Hayes, made "tho necessity o keeping federal power in Repubhcai hands and using it for the protection o black ami white Sntit.hp.rn KAnuhH?jirt-.' the main issue of the Presidential cam paign. THE BLOODY SHIRT. He says "tho bloody shirt." as it i termed, was freely waved, anti Govorno Hayes himself urged prominent publi men to put forward as our best arguman the d?as?rs of rebe! rule arid V. rr!; South. In this connection ho quote several expressions from Governo Hayes' letter of November 8,1870. whei tho latter thought himself defeated, am said : "I do not caro for rayaclf * ? ? but I do caro for lae poor colored men G the South * * *. Northern men ca not live thero, and will leave * * * The Southern people will practical!, treat tho constitutional amendments s nullities, and then the colored man' fate will bo worse than when nc was i slavery * * *. That is the only ref son that I regret tho news is as it is." t. JV HAYES WAS COUNTED 1?. Mr. Chandler then proceeds to stat that Governor Hayes not only pledge himself to protect to the full Arfante the federal "power life, snffrage and p< litieal rights in the South, but waa conni ed In as President only by reason < special pledges given by Senator Shci Sian and other Ohio emissaries who pal cnlarly and emphatically promised th. he would recognise ana maintain th lawful State governments of South Can lina and Louisiana and stand by Got crnors Chamberlain and Packard. M Chandler amplifies these statements t considerable length, and proceeds t : make charges as lol lows : THE ALLEGED DABOA?N. j Wisdom and honor, therefore, it . leoma to me, clearly required that i'reei- I lent Hayes should maintain bfs own I rightfulness of titio and stand tv thc * men and principles of bis party, if ad 1 tie done so, in my belief the Democratic * :ry of fraud would have been the merest J folly. The Republican party would have 1 remained dominant in every Northern < State and in several Southern States, and < would have swept the coun?.ry in the re- 1 :ent fall elections. Instead of all this, < tvbat do we see? Almost the first act of . the new administration was to fulfil a ? bargain that had been made during the { Presidential count, by which, it Mr. Hayes should be President, the lawful ? government* of Louisiana and South Carolina were to be abandoned and the mob governments in those States were to be rcccTuized and established. Certain Democrats in the House of Representa tives seeing that, by the recurring de cisions of the Electoral Commission and tho regular proceedings of the two Houses under tho Electoral bill which they had warmly supported, Mr. Hayes would surely be President, conceived the plan of saving something from the wreck. They had therefore threatened, by dila tory'motions and riotous proceedings, to break up the count, aud then opened ne gotiations with such timid and too eager ly expectant R pohlmans as they could lind ready. THUMS OF THE AGREEMENT. They had succeeded beyond their san guino expectations. Senator Sherman had visited Ohio and consulted Governor Hayes. Mr. Henry Watterson, a Demo cratic member and nephew of Mr. Stan ley Matthews, had acted as go-between ; und ou the uno side Messrs. Matthews, Charles Foster, John Sherman and James A. Garfield, and on the other L. Q. C. Lamar. John 13. Gordon, E. J. Ellis, Randal Gibson. E. A. Burke and John Young Brown, had agreed : Firjt-That the count ehould not bo broken up in tho Houso, but that Hayes should be declared aud inaugurated President. ?^econd-That upon Haves' accession tho troops should be withdrawn from protecting Governors Chamberlain and Packard, and that the new administra tion should recognise thc governments of Wade Hampton in South Carolina and F. H. Nicholls in Louisiana. By certain general and indefinito letters since given to the public by a secret writing now in the hands of E. A. Burke, and in other ways, the agreement was authenticated, and Prcsideut Grant was immediately re quested by Governor Hayes' counsel on no account to recognize Packard or Chamberlain, but to leave the ultimate decision as to their fate to the incoming President. CARRYING OUT THE TERMS. After inauguration the bargain was speedily fulfilled. As soon as the elec toral votes of their States were safe Gov ernors Packard and Chamberlain had been notified by Messrs. Matthews and Evarts to get out. Governor Chamber lain waa now summoned to Washington and informed thnt he must surrender. Ho protested ngninBt his taking off. Tho President hesitated, but Wad i Hampton demanded the performance of tho bar gain. Mr. Matthews was sent for, came from Ohio, and within twenty-four hours the United States flag was ordered down in Charleston and Uovernor Chamber lain stamped out. As to Louisiana, the fulfilment proceeded moro slowly, but none tho less surely. Pilchard had made, March 21, a constitutional call for fed eral aid, which it waa difficult to with hold from ono as surely Governor as Hayes was President, and yet, there was the bargain. As a subterfuge, an uncen stitutio?at commission, consisting of Messrs. John M. Harlan, Joseph R. Hawley, C. 13. Lawrence, Wayne Mc Veagh and John C. Brown, was sent to New Orleans instructed to gradually de stroy the Packard Legislature by se ducing or forcing its members into the Nicholls Legislature ; but they proving too stubbornly Republican, the commis sion telegraphed to the President that nothing would destroy Packard but the actual order withdrawing the troops. At the word tho President gave tho order ; Packard was crushed, and the commis sion returned triumphant to Washington, to be recognized-ono of them, General Harlan, by an appointment as Supremo Court Judge ; another, Mr. Lawrence, by the releaso of Jake Kohm, the great whiskey operator and defrauder of the revenue at Chicago. Gen. Hawley was offered the appointment of Chief Com missioner to the Paris Exhibition, but declined because the salary waa to be only $5,000 ; and three offices were ten dered to Mr. McVeagh, but declined on tho ground that his signal services de manded moro ample recognition. The English mission was assigned him, but circumstances have made its delivery in expedient or impossible. One other nope remained to Governor Packard ; he had a lawful court of justice, and he might appeal to that. But there were two va cancics, and it required ali three of thc judges-Ludeling, Leonard and John E, King-to make a quorum. Judge Kine was immediately appointed Cor >.'./? ol New Orleans ; Packard's court wtw.a'. -el; down and the Nicholls mob government reigned supremo. Tho bargain was ic every way fulfilled, and Mr. Burke had no occasion, as had been threatened, tc make public tho secret agreement Hayes had been made President by thc fidelity and courage of Packard anc Chamberlain and their devoted followers and his administration had tramplec them down. THE SOUTHERN POLICY. In further pursuance of the bargair made with, the Southern Democrats th? novr administration has adopted a so calied 8outher? p?'?.cy : Firtt-Entirely contrary to the an nounced principles of tho Republicat party. Second--Which bc? been carried out bj the abandonment of all federal intentioi aud effort to protect life, property or suf frage at tho South or to "oforca tho con atitutional amendments. Third-Which has resulted in th- en forced dissolution of the Republican nar ty at the South, and ita demoralization derision and defeat at tho North. THE P. 1? SRAL APPOINTMENTS. Tho letter is thenceforward mainly de voted to a recapitulation of Presiden Hayes* acts and utterances in tho line o: the so-called Southern policy. Mr Chandler says, among other things : "As the policy of the Democratic part' was to be carried out at the South ? Southern Confederate General, Mr.'D M. ney, who bad opposed Hayes' elec tion and in tho Senate denounced bil titlo as fraudulent was appointed Post master General and commenced the dla tribution of the Southorn Post offices t< rebel Democrats. The negro murderer of Hamburg and Ellenton had been in dieted in the Federal courts of Soutl Carolina. Tho great and good Hamptoi appeared for thoir release, and it was ac corded by the President, in a 1?t~er o May ?2, granting general amnesty t negro murderers as political offenders To make immunity more certain the pol icy of appointing as district attorneys niK marshals men agreeable to the white peo pie of the South-that Ia, Dcmocrato wan determined upon." Tho appointment of Northrop as DU trict Attorufiv for South Carolina arv Waldron as Marshal for Tennessee ar referred to, and extended comment 1 made on that of Fitzsimmona as Marsha for Georgia in place of Smythe, a com potent and honest Republican, which wc confirmed by the Democratic Senaten votes and the vote of Stanley Matthen . one. (Senator Gordon's letter to W. A .{uff on thia subject is also revieweu t length. DUTY OP REPUBLICANS. In view of these lamentable facts it i thc duty of liuu Republicans to tak >rompt and courageous action. Silence s a crime ; acquiescence and inaction are ?oliticai death. Cnn the Republican ?arty of heroic ach ie verne ut? he bound to in administration which is not a free igcnt, but is bound by a bargain to f?en ral Gordon, L. Q.*C. Lamar, Wade lampton and other Southern Dem?crata mw in high office onlv through the blood ?f murd, red Republicans? Docs not ?very votet in tbc hind know that Hayes iud Packard were elected simultaneously ind beld by the same title, and that when dayes abandoned and trampled down I'ackard he put an irremovable stain upon lis title? Thc Republican party una ?ved long and survived many assaults md many treasons, only because it has >een a party founded upon high princi ples, animated by lofty sentiment, cour teously acting up to noble convictions, [fit now disgraces its record and iudorses >r fails to repudiate the Hayes surrender, ts voters will leave it by thousands. It? lays numbered, it will die a deserved and in honored death. HIE U RE AT CREATIVE INDUSTRY. Ita Attraction!., Caitanllltleit, Want?, Ad vantage* and LHkutsillth'H. NUMBER III. If the history of agriculture in any jnarter of tho world goes to show that luccessful cropping may be had upon the ;aine lands throughout au indefinite series of years, then the preservation of I )ur own soils is worth attempting. Rut ! n the absence of such proof does not he constantly decreasing productiveness >f our fields admonish us to such a rem ;dy ? Failure could not bc dishonorable, md achievement would be glorious. The imposition of profitable crops with in Teasing fertility is not a contradiction to mr reason, to fact or to experience. Na .11 re is continually tending to reproduc ion, fecundity and enlargement. Else nen and animals could multiply to a certain extent and there stop. The pop ilation that a c itry can sustain has lever yet been accurately ascertained. Maximum cropping has never been reached, for the elements of fertili'.y are lot decreasing but increasing. Tho un mt woods by the annual fall of the leaf | is enriched ; the unbrowsed prairie is made richer by tho decomposition of its luxuriant grass; the uutramped field turned out to fallow rapidly recuperates. The rains and winds make their pcrpetu ll contributions to the fruitfulness of the sarth. Besides these universal agents of fertilization we have tho shell and fossil on tho beuch, the manurial deposits of innumerable birds upon tho rocky islets of the ocean, and beneath the crust of the earth anima! and vegetable remains of thousands of ages of a highly fertiliz ing character. Ail to stimulate and in crease production. Then the means are not wanting to reclaim or the facilities to perpetuate production. I do not hesitate to assert that a fair knowledge of the in gredients of our soils and an acquaintance with their wants and capacities, not to bo ascertained by chemical analysis, but by actual experiments with various crops carefully made from time to time, and diligent observation of the modes of na ture, that tho agriculture of our country would soon undergo a complete revolu tion and be put upon the nigh road to prosperity and the acquisition of wealth. Suppose every aero of land cultivated in Anderson County should annually have added to its value or its productive ca pacity one dollar, how long before we would become eminently prosperous ? Is it prncticablo to reach such a result with the same expenditures that we are now making? I believe that it is practicable, and that, too, by very alight advance upon the methods usually employed. The brat Btep towards the permanent productive ness of soils und their lasting improve ment is prevention from wash by rainfall and waste by winds. Hence, retention is tho grand starting point -thc beginning and the end to ali successful cultivation. That il is of the highest consideration the scarred and trenched fields, the deep accumulations in our bottom lands, the dammed up and obstructed water courses to the immense injury of agriculture, of navigation, of the propagation of fish all bear witness. Thoroughness in pre paration may obtain, fertilizers may be most liberally applied, and other details curried out admirably, butif by wind and flood any considerable quantities of soil have been swept from che field, it is left impoverished, and is the commencement of a decay which will speedily end iu utter sterility. Perfection in the art of fanning might bo reached by perfect re tention. It is a first truth ; a cardinal principle. Its necessity is so manifest that it may bo laid down as an axiom of the science, yet the most advanced culti vators only partially meet its demands. Then let it be repeated that retention is ?f first, last importance to the agricultu- j ral art But it may be objected that no oue has j control of the winds, or can prevent .ho washing of his fields. Admitted that wo can only approximate perfection in the retention of our soils. This fact does not justify the almost entire neglect of the use iii the means to atti j it Let what we see and observe around us, even na ture's process, bo our guido book. It is observable of our woods that there are no gullies, or any considerable washing takes place. The tendency is to stop, to GU up, to revitalize. In tho hollows oe casionally, after ages of accumulations, soils may become a few inches thicker than on tho hill tops. But not un fre quently tho height.; and steeps arc equal ly rich. Hore, then, is a lesson taught j us by natural laws that should not ba ig- j norco or rendered unprofitable in our hands. Cut down tho native forest, cul tivate tho first year, then results slight loss from wash. Not very serious injury from tho same cause will likely take place tho second year. But continuo the cul tivation without using tho preventives ind tho washing, leaching process he roines widespread-ruin irretrievable fol lows. Such is tho punishment affixed to thu violation of nature'a laws. Gullies md barrenness come close on the wake of | continuons clean cultivation. The above illustrates what is and al ways was true in tho main of tho farming )f South Carolina. Farmers hnve all iie while resorted to expedients. They lave sought for immediate gains instead if permanent adv.".;.? .v.; ?..-?. A hu aim has leen at rapid accumulation, at sudden wealth instead of tho gradual improve- ' nent of thin lands, thus laying tho foun lation of long future prosperity. If now [ we have acquired knowledge by experi mce, and accept the logic of facts, oar highest endeavors and aspirions as farmer* should be to contribute to tho som forts and conveniences of our farms ind families. Whenever we do thia VA ?viii have reached the turning point, phich will begin to bring wealth ana contentment Then let us aim to produce di tho prime necessaries as well as the luxuries of life, to adore and ornament mr homes and make them beautiful and tttractive. K AYEH'B- AMKQICAS ALMANAC I* now reedy "or delivery by the druggists, and we are freo to say that we have read this welcome vis itor with satisfaction and profit It con tains an astonishing amount of inform?t] - which, is useful to everybody, and shows bow to treat nearly all tho diseases from which people sutTer. It invariably recom mends the best remedies to be employed, inspective of Ayer*s Family Medicines, and furnishes, indeed, the best medical advice >y which a great majority of ailments can M treated successfully. The anecdotes, wit idwas and jokes are Ute best compilation that conics under our notice, i and tue book *a ?*f>s?hlri-; ".nu'.;,..; Iv... io our enjoy ments every year.-6*. Clair Obtemr. Untier tim Bu perrini on ot tl?? Executive Casante? ->f i'omon? Grainre. ,. ----; Heeling of Pomona Urang?. Pomona Orange, P. H., will meet on next .Saturday at ll o'clock at Anderdon, and all member? and delegates are ear nestly requested to ta ju "sent, as busi ness of importance will be presented for their consideration, and officers for the ensuing year will be elected. As we are just entering upon the duties of a new year, Urethren, let uu come up with new resolutions and a finn determination to discharge our whole duty to our several Granges. And we shall be snared the mortification of seeing one-half of our Subordinate Granges published on the delinquent roll, while others are sickly and gasping for life. This condition of things must arise from negligence and inattention, which is really a contradic tion of the natural character of the per sons raised on a well-directed farm. Persons brought up on a well-directed, systematic farm, are expected from habit. to be active, energetic, enterprising, thoughtful and systematic. And these qualifications, properly developed, would steadily work out the grand object? of1 tho Orange, and speedily place the much abused farmer upon the high road to prosperity and successful respectability. To the Patrols of Hutbuudry. Worthy Brothers and Sisters: I desire a full attendance on next Sat urday at our Pomona meeting. Officers must bo elected for tho ensuing year, and arrangements must be made for the meet ing of tho State Grange, which meets in Charleston on the first Wednesday in February next. It is highly important that a full delegation be sont, as there are several constitutional questions sub mitted by the National Grange for ratifi cation or rejection. Anderson being tho "bauner" county, let us have one dele gate from each Subordinate Grange in tho County. W. W. RUSSELL. - The regular meeting of Anderson Grange, No. 7!, is postponed to the sec ond Friday in January, at which time tho cflicers elected for the ensuing year will \J?? installed. A full meeting of the mombo/:, is very desirable. The follow ing are the officers elected for the ensu ing year : J. W. Norris, W. M. ; Wm. McGukin, O. ; John W. Daniels, L. ; J. H. McConnell, C.; John W. Thompson, S. ; J. A. Daniels, A. S. ; W. W. Humph reys, Sec. : Jas. A. Drake, Treas. ; G. F. Tolly, G. K.; Mrs. S. H. Norris, Ceres; Mrs. A. J. Humphreys, Pomona; Miss C. McFall, Flora ; Mrs. Emala R. Miller, L. A. S. - Tho Secretary of Pomona Grange desires to extend to the order within his .jurisdiction the congratulations of a happy new year, and beg them to re member thai the fourth quarter of the old year has expired, and that he ?B ex pected to make up and forward his re port within ten days thereafter. He can not comply with this requisition without the prompt assistance of Masters and Secretaries of Subordinate Granges. Brethren, will you bring along your re ports to the meeting of Pomona Grange, and let us for once begin the new year with a clear conscience as well as a "clear ou the books." FREE SCHOOL NOTICE. THE Board of Examinera and the Trus tees of Fieo Schools for Anacreon County will meet at my office at 10 o'clock a. m. January 7th, 1878. J. N. CARWILE, I County School Commissioner. Jan 3, 1878 25 1 NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice ls hereby given that tho under signed. Executor of the Estate of Bartholo mew White, deceased, will annly to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County, on the Tuesday, tho 5th doy of February, 1878, for a Final Settlement ard discharge from said Estate. JOHN 3. WATSON, Ex'r. 8an 3, 1878_ 25 5 Notice to Fiduciaries. A LL Administrators, Executors, Guar ^x. ?linns, and other Fiduciaries who by law are required to moke their returns to the Jndge of Probate, are hereby notified to do so during the month of January, or tho penalties of the law wilt be enforced. W. W. HUMPHREYS. Judge of l'robuto. Jan 3, 1878 24 4 OTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDEBSON COCNTY. By W. IF. Humphreys, Esq., Probate Judge. WHEREAS, W. A. McFall has made suit tonio to grant him letters of Adminis tration, on the Personal Estate ami ericcts of John Herron, deceased. These ar? therefore to cite and admonish all kindred and creditors of the stud John Herron, deceased, to be and ap pear before me In Court of Probate, to bo held at Anderson Court House, on Fri day, January 18th, 1878, ofter publication hereof, to shew cause, if any they have, why the suki administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 31st day ol December, A. D. 1877 W. W. HUMPHREYS, Judge of Probate. Jan 3, 1878 25 2 ASSIGNEE'S SALE OF LANDS. BY virtue of a Deed of Assignment made to B. Frank Sloan, by James W. Crawford, the 24th day of January, 1877. for tho benefit of his Creditors, no will sell at PENDLETON VILLAGE, on tho SEC OND THURSDAY lu JANUARY NEXT, within th? legal hours of sale, the following property, to wit : ONE TRACT OF LAND, In Eickens County, 8tate of South Carolina, known as the "Keoweo Tract," containing Seven Hundred Acres, more or lesa, situate between Twelve Milo and Kcowee Rivers, bounded by Ianda of B. How* r.?.! ethers. ALSO, At same time and placo, one other TBACT OF LAND, lying port in Plckcna and part in Oconee Counties, known as tho "Cold Spring Place," on which 7aroes W. Craw ford now lives, containing Set en Hundred and Seventy Acres, moro cr lesa, on Seneca River, and . ..Intnin? o' Thorr.rc Clemson anti others. ** ALSO, At the same time and place, a lot of Mules and Wagons, and one Horse, ALSO, At ABBEVILLE COURT HOUSE, on the Second Monday In January next, ONE TRACT OF LAND, In Abbeville County, on Shanklln's Creek, waters of Little River, containing Fourteen Hundred Aerea, c:or* o? less, adjoining lands of Wm. Clinksealcs and others. TERMS OF SALE r?r?u?nal Property cash-Real Estate one third casu, balance on a credit of twelve months, with Interest from date of sale, to be secured by mortgago of the premises, with leave to anticipate payment. Purcha ser to pay extra for papers. B. FRANK SLOAN, Asateme, JOSEPH N. BROWN, Agent for Creditors. Jan 3, 1S77 25 2 STOLEN ! T7*ROM the anbscribcr, ot Belton, a C.r JD on the night of the 3rd Instant, one dark bay HORSE, about ll yean old-the horse was small, or rather on tho pony or der--and hod a saddle ond bridle on. Any information th?..??;*??!- rrcc'.y?.i. G. B. TELFORD, Belton, a C. Doc IS, 18?7 i 22 4 CAROLINA COLLEGIATE MITOTE. fllIIE SECOND TERM of thc Scholastic Year of 1877-?. will open MONDAY, JANUARY Htli, 1878, with a full and offi ciant oorjw of Professors. Charges, pf Ter? of Thirteen Weeks. Reading, Writing, Spelling, Elemen tary Arithmetic (to compound numbera,; Mr-r.tal Arithmetic, and Primary Geography, in advance...$ 5 00 On time.". 0 ?0 Theabove Studies, with Higher Arith metic, Composition, Higher Geog raphy, English Grammar, U. ti. History and Dictation, in advance. 9 00 On time. 10 00 Seieulitic, Higher English and Math ematical and Classical Studies, in advance. 13 00 On time. 14 00 Music, per term. 13 33| Use of i'iano, per tenn, for instruc tion. 1 00 Contingent Fee. 33 Graduation Fee. 6 00 Charges commence from dato of entrance of pupil. No deduction made for loss of time, unless in cases of serious illness. hoard in the Institute, exclusive of wash ing and lights, $1U.0U per month, if paid promptly at the close of each month. A lew rooms can be rented to tnose wishing to board themselves. SPECIAL NOTICE.-Remember tbut the School Tux hereafter will be two mills, and in order to secure the full bene fit of it, it will be necessary to start your children at the opening of school, und not allow them to be absent u single duy, for every day's attendance of your child ac school largely reimburses you for the above tax expenditure. The funds derived from this tax aro usually expended during the first months of the year; hence the neces sity for a f'uii att?nuante during those months. For further information, apply to W. J. LIGON, President. _Jan_3, 187?_23_4_ "WILLI AMSTON FEMALE COLLEGE, WILLIAMSTOr?, S. C. A Live Up-Country School for Girts. BEY. S. LANDER, A. M., President, "1TTTILL leave Branchville at 8 a. m. on V Y Saturday, Feb. 2, and pass Colum bia nt ll, escorting pupils to willinniston for the Spring Session, which OIKMIS on Monday, Feb. 4. 1878. RA TES, per Session of 20 weeks : Board, exclusive of Washing.$05 00 Regular Tuition.$10 00 to 20 00 11.at ru mental Music. 20 00 TERMS-One-half of thc Session's expen ses must be paid in advance, the re mainder nt the middle, April 12. This rule will he rigidly enforced in every case. LOCA TION- Healthy, accessible, quiet, pleasant. Community, moral, order ly. No grog-shop within three miles. Chalybeate Spring in 200 ynrds. Pu pils attend three Churches in turn. COURSE OF STUDY-Semi-Annunl, on thc "OXK-STUUY" plan. Euch pupil pursues one leading study at a time. Concentration of thought, increased interest, success, and enjoyment re sult. Belles-Lettres, Natural Science, Mathematics, and Latin, rt quired for graduation. Studious girls completo the Course in three years. PREMIUMS.-Every pupil who averages 75 or more is entitled to a discount of 10 to 50 per cent, on next Session's regu lar tuition. PU Y8ICA L EXERCISE receive ss steroat ic attention. Dally practice lu Calis thenics. Regular use of Health-Lift. Moming and evening walk, ?tc. j&S- Send for a Catalogue. Jan 3, 1878 0 ly TRUSTEE'S SALE OF Valuable Real Estate! X"- OFFER at private ?nie, ut one-half of its appraised val :v. TWO TRACTc' OF LAND, One containing 243 acras, two miles from Walhalla Depot, and six miles from Seneca City, valued at $7.00 per acre, and the other containing 1291 acres, adjoining tho former, valued at $0.00 per acre. All of both Tracts in native forest, except about twenty acres of the former, which hos been recently cleared. 8old to stop interest in thc Banks at An derson and Walhalla. If not previously sold, the Lands will bc offered at auction at WALHALLA on SA LED A Y in JANUARY next. THUMS-Half Cash-balance at one year with interest from date. J. J. NORTON, Trustee. Walhalla, S. C., Dec. 13, 187 7. 22-3 .Notice to Contractors. "PURSUANT to Section 5, V. A. No. 240, JL approved June 7, 18.7, the County Commissioners of Anderson County will let out the BUILDING OF THE LINE FENCES between Abbeville and Anderson Comities, and between the Townships adop ting and thos? rejecting the proposed change In the Fence Law, on the upper side of tho County. The Fencct will be let out in sections of one mile, and all sections not contracted for by the 15th January, will be let to the low est bidder. Parties living near and contiguous to the lines can make arrangements with the Com missioners for erecting Fences and Gates where necessary, and for the maintaining of the same for n period of three years. The Commissioners reserve the right to reject any or all bids. Written proposals can be sent in to the Clerk of the Board, n u p FANT SAMUEL BROWNE, JOHN C. GANTT, County Commissioners. J. L. TRIDBLK, Clerk C. C. Dec 13, 1877_22_ 5 NEW CONFECTIONERY I POPULAR GOODS. r jj linc undesigned having opened a fresh JL and complete line of CONFECTIONERIES, 8uch ns Candle*, Raisins, Bananas, Oranges, ?fcc, Together with tho best brands or Cl ears, and a fine lot of Toys and Fancy Articles, And many other things, respectfully invite tho visits of tho trading public and a share of patronage. Our goods are nice, fresh end cheap. They will ccrtalnlypleaso you. We also receive FRESH OYSTERS regularly. SL.OAN Sc C!Os-T Under 8tore of B. F. Cray ton ASons. Dec IS, 1877. 22 3m Bargains in Saddles and Harness. I TAKE GREAT PLEASURE IN OFFERING TO THK TRADING PUBLIC A Very Large and Well Selected STOCK OF SADDLES AND HARNESS At as Luw Prices Even ea In New York by Retail. ??*~ Highest prices paid for HIDES. VABDRY McBBB, Mala street, s Greenville, 8. C, Next door to the Sign of the Largo Boot. Dec 13,1877 10 3m SHERIFFS SAXE. STATE ot? SOUTH CAROLINA, ? Anacreon County, j tn the IYobule Court. ' Margaret E. Bttf?ci? mid Mary Jone Per kins, Plaintitrs, against Tho m un C. Mc Dowell, Jesse C. McDowell and (Jcorira 'Washington McDowell, Defendants. 5-1 BY virtue of an order to inc directed by W. W. Humphreys. Ju 'goof Probate for the County of Anderson, ai.d State nfoni ?aid, I will expose to ?ale on the HURT MONDAY in JANUARY next, (1878), ut Anderson Court Howo, S. C., the follow! nu truet of Land, to wit : ' ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND, Containing slxty-flvo acres, more or les* bounded by tho Tract assigned in the pro! needing, land of Robert Campbell, I^wi? ;?.niith and others. Trna* of ?Sale-One-third of the pureba** money in cash, und thu remainder on a crcd it of twelve mouths, with interest from dav of sale, the purchaser to give bond, and a't least two good securities, together with a mortgage of tho premises to secure the pur. chase money. Purchaser to pay extra for all necessary papers and titles." JAMES H. MCCONNELL, .Sherill' Anderson County. Dec 13, 1877 SHERIFFS SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERSON COUKTY. In the Probate Court. Mrs. Margaret Clinkscales and Mrs. Ellzu beth Breazeale, vs. G. W. Cox. BY virtue of nu order to mo directed from W. W. Humphreys, Judge of Probate for Anderson County, and Stato aforesaid I will expose to sale on the FIRST MONDAY in JANUARY next (1878) tho following tract of land, to wit: ONE TRACT OF LAND, in ?lonea Path Township, contain* ing one hundred aud forty (140) acres, moro or less, adjoining lands o? G. W. Cox, W. C. Brown und others. Sold aa tho real estate pf Mrs. Murgaret Cox. 7>r?;iJ af .'yale-One-third of the purchase money in cash, the residue on a c.edit of twelve months, with intercut from dav of sale, the purchaser to give bond with good security, with a mortgage of the premises to secure the purchase money. Purchaser to puy extra for nil necessary papers. JAMES H. MCCONNELL, Sheriff Anderson County. Dec 13, 1877_2?_4 SHERIFFS SAL?T STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERSON COUNTY^ In the Probate Court. Am maris Duncan, Harriet E. Hammond, Nancy C. Krasswell, Plaintiffs, against Judge Whinier Poorc, Milton Poore anti Anna Pooro. BY virtue of an order to tue directed by W. W. Humphreys, Jndge of Probate for the County of Anderson, and State afore said, I will expose to sule on the FIRST MONDAY in JANUARY next, (1878), at Anderson Court House, S. C., tho following tract of Land, to wit : ONE TRACT OF LAND, Containing eighty (80) acres, more or less, bounded hy laud of A. J. Stringer, Nancy Poore, John J. Mattison, Sallie V. McAlis tcr and William Stone. Sold for purtition among the heirs of John D. Poore, deceas ed. Terms of Sale-One-half cash ; tho re mainder on n credit of twelve months, with interest from day of Bale-purchaser to give bond and security, together with a mort gage of the premises to secure tho purchase money. Purchaser to pay extra for all ne cessary papers. JAMES H. MCCONNELL, Sheriff Anderson County. Dec 13, 1877_22_4 SHERIFF'S SALE. 8TATK OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERSON COUSTY. BY virtue of various Executions to mc directed, I will expose to sole on the First Monday in January next, (1878,) at Anderson Court House, 8. C., the following property, io wit : One bale of Cotton, levied upon as tho property or Wm. M. Shaw, at ?he Bult of James W. Wilson. Also, seven bales of Cotton, at Defend ant's house, on Tuesday after the first Mon day in January, 1878- Sold aa the property of John J. Muttison and Wm. H. Mattison, a? Mie suit of Robert J. Mattison, Louisa Gaines, and others. Also, on Tuesday after the first Monday in January, 1878, at tho residence of James II. Hurriss, formerly J. P. Tucker, -me lot of Oom in the shuck, about one hundred and fifty bushels; fifteen hundred or two thou sand bundles of fodder, one lot of Shucks, ono lot of Cotton Seed, four old Wagon Wheels, two new Wugon Wheels, one iot of old Blacksmith Tools, one lot of old Irons, one lot of Burrels, one lot of Boxes, one Saw Mill Haw, one Mill Crane, one Thresher, ono lot of old Mill Irons, ono Broad Axe, one large Granar}-, ono Brace, one Jack Screw, and one lot of old Irons. Sold as the property of J. P. Tucker, J. .he suit of W. ii. Watson und others. Terms Cash. JAMES H. MCCONNELL, .Sherill" Anderson County. Dec 20,1877_23_4_ NOTICE OF ?ISSIOE'S san. "fTNDER a Deed of Assignment made to .LJ James M. Lc diner by Albert J, Clinkscales, tho 29th of February, 1877, for the benefit of his creditors, wo will sell at ABBEVILLE COURT HOUSE, on tho Second Monday in January, 1878, Within thc legal honre of Bale, thc follow ing property, to wit: ONE TRACT OF LAND, NO. 1, Known as tho "Pinckney Land," contain ing two hundred and twenty-one acres, more or less, lying on waters of Remsay's Creek, bounded by lands of William V. Clinkscales, James W. Crawford and lands of Mrs. Mary Miller. TRACT NO. 2, Known as tho "Plantation Tract," contain ing five hundred and forty acres, more or less, lying on Shanklin's Creek, waters of Little River, hounded by landa of Dr. J. T. Baakins, James W. Crawford, W. V. Clink scales, und oilier ianda of A. J. Clinkscales. TRACT NO. rt, Known as tho "Homo Place," containing three hundred acres, more or less, on Shank lin's Creek, waters of Little River, bounded by landa of W. V. Clinkscales ano: Dr. J. T. Baskins. TRACT NO. 4, Known aa tho "Gibert Tract," containing titree hundred and thirteen acres, more or less, lying on waters of Shanklin's Creek, hummed by lands of J. Townes Rnhnrtj-nn. feter Gibert, Dr. J. T. Baakin, W. V. Clink scales and otho?. TRACT NO. 5, Known as tho "Mitcham Tract," contain ing three hundred and ninety acres, more or less, bounded by lands of R. L. Wil liams, J. H. Boll, W. V. Clinkscales, and ut!>.?:.. omi lying on wctc- of S?.?i.k?lr. Creek.' On the day following, Tuesday, I will sell at A. J. Clinksc&los' homo place; Nine Mules, one Horse, Ten Cows and three Calves, Stock of Hogs and Sheep, Three Wagons, One Carr iago and one Buggy. TERMS OF SALE.-Vertone! property Cash. Iles? Es*-*- onc-thir? "n-- -Cil anco on a credit of twelve months, with in terest from day of salo, to bo secured by mortgage of the premises, with leave to anticipate payment. Purchase, io pay ex tra for papers, JAMES M. LATIMER, Assignee. JOSEPH N. BROWN; Agent for the Creditors. Doc 20,1877 _23_i , NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned, Administrator of Silas Massey deceased, will apply to the Judge of Pro bate for Anderson County on tho Srd or January next, for a final settlement and ilischargo from said Estate. WM. S. HALL, Adm'r. Aov 20,1877_. 20_6 Receiver'.* Notice. NOTICE is hereby given that tho under ?i-t?fj trill mais -? .-.;;!<. o ?i- - . ; uf wf Estate ?f Suow <fc Langston on tho 1Mb January next, AP dalma presented m ina bo sworn to. J. L. TRI BB LE, Receiver.