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E. B. MURRAY, Editor.
THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 31, 1679!
She&oan has given Rainey, Smalls,
Sam Lee, Swails, Agnes Jenks, and other
Republicans whose fame excels their
good repute, positions in the Treasury
department. Would not the country
have a most promising batch of Federal
officers if he should become President ?
The Abbeville Medium, and one or two
other papers of the State, condemn the
appointment of Mr. E. L. Roche, of
Charleston, as Phosphate Agent to suc?
ceed General Anderson, and place their
opposition to him upon the ground that
he favored exclusive grants of territory,
and because he lives in Charleston.
How many other considerations arc to
enter into the election of a Chief Jus?
tice? The bond qnestion has been held
- up as a formidable factor, the up-country
and low-country wrangle has been hint
? ed at, and now the Beaufort Crescent
proposes to. make the appointment of
Mr. Roche one of the subjects, and de?
clares war to the hilt against the Gover?
nor, because it says be has arrayed htm
self against the anti-monopolists. Did
it ever occur to the papers which are
looking for all these outside matters of
opinion from which to make a Chief
Justice, that the Legislature might de
_. cide to pass them over, and without
' attempting to regulate them simply end
die whole question by electing some per?
son because he is a "clever and capable
gentleman" and a good lawyer. Stranger
things have happened.
??
Whatever other charges may be raked
up against Secretary Sherman in the
coming Presidential canvass, one re
' deeming quality at least must be con?
ceded, which is that he is always grate?
ful to his friends. As a convincing
proof of this, a correspondent of the
Washington Post, writing over the signa?
ture of "A Republican," says that Agnes
JenkSj the champion Radical female
witness who beguiled the monotony of
the Potter Committee with many ingeni?
ous falsehoods, now "holds a sinecure
position in ' the Treasury department
building which pays $1,800 a. year, and
that she can be seen flaunting up and
down the corridors of the Treasoiy de?
partment on any day." It will be re^
membered she was one of Mr. Sherman's
friends when he was in New Orleans
helping to have tbe vote of that State
'counted for Hayes. It is kind of him to
remunerate her so handsomely now?but,
then, what does the country think about
it?, . ? _
The Medium thus criticises Governor
Simpson for appointing Mr. Roche Phos
- phate Agent:
Governor Simpson should he more
' careful in his appointments. He can
argue a case iu court, and he can make a
good speech on the stump, and he can run
the State government with far less news
- paper puffing than his illustrious prede
- cessor, but he can't make appointments.
If he would only free himself from the
unwise counsels of those who have
. crowded around him and do what tbe
people tell him, he would make a much
better Governor and do more to merit the
gratitude of his countrymen.
Governor Simpson has no doubt been
very remiss. The sooner he corrects his
oversight and secures the wise and pru?
dent advice of the Medium, and acts upon j
it, the better it will be for his success in
life, and his reputation after death. The J
Governor ought to have known this from
the beginning, but if he goes on much
longer appointing "clever and capable
gentlemen" to office, without the consent
of the Medium, ho will ruin himself.
The Kentucky jury which tried Buford
for the murder of Judge Elliott con?
cluded its labors last week by bringing
in a verdict of guilty of murder, and
fixing the punishment at imprisonment
for life. The circumstance? of this case
were as heinous as can be imagined, for
it will be remembered that Buford de?
liberately murdered the Chief Justica of
the State because he rendered a judg?
ment against him. In consequence of
this, the verdict of the jury in not im?
posing tbe death penalty is to be regret?
ted, for it does not sufficiently punish the
murderer for his crime, to make his case
a strong warning to all other felons who
may be tempted to wreak vengeance
upon some conscientious Judge who may
be in duty bound to decide some question
bf law against them. It is said that
Buford will kill himself rather than un?
dergo the punishment which is degra?
ding; and if this be true, he will be
more exact in the justice of the penalty
he will place upon himself than the
jury which tried him has been.
The Missouri Republican has the fol?
lowing succinct and lucid explanation of
the effects of the shrinkage in values,
and of tbe increased purchasing powere
of money: "The unindebted farmer is
quite as rich now, with a farm valued at
$2,500, as he was tea or twelve years
ago, when his farm was valued at $5,000;
but the debtor farmer who owned a farm
valued at $5,000, mortgaged for $2,500,
is to-day not worth a cent. Not that his
farm has shrunk in real value till it can
- not pay the debt, but that the debt has
expanded in value till it absorbs the
farm. The property bas not lost half its
worth, but money has been doubled in
its purchasing power?and this is the
whole secret of that strange phenomenon
we call 'shinkage of values.'" This has
its operation, of course, between debtor
and creditor; but the point in which the
country feels the burden mrst is in its
operation with reference to the national
debt. In this respect it has practically
left the debt as large as before, and at
the same time has decreased the property
of the United States by one-half. This
is the beautiful thing which the Repub?
lican party has wrought, and they call it
resumption ?_
A special dispatch to the New York
World has the following interesting bit
of news in relation to the Republican
policy for South Carolina :
It does not appear that there is any def?
inite intention on the part of the adminis?
tration to make a change in tbe Federal
office-holders in South Carolina. Sever?
al white Republicans from that State
have been here during the past few days
urging' the President to make some
changes. They say that nearly all the
colored Bepublicans have been provided
for, while the white Republicans of in
fluence have been ignored and men have
been'appointed like Collector Baldwin,
of Charleston, and District Attorney
Northrop, who have no political strength.
Among those who have had interviews
with the President is John B. Cochran,
who was chairman of the legislative
committee which investigated and expos?
ed the carpet-bag thieves, and who urged
the President very strongly to do some?
thing for the party down there. He
told Mr. Hayes that while there were
eight white Republicans out of 124 dele?
gates in the last Republican State Con?
vention, it was doubtful whether there
would be even one white Republican in
the next convention. Cochran tells the
administration peoplo that if they want
to have the party resuscitated they must
give place to such men as Melton 'and E.
W. M. Mackey.
It is with some surprise that we find
ex-Senator Cochran seeking to revive the
old Republican party in this State, for
wo had thought he knew too well that its
corrupt carcass has been buried too deep
for any resurrection. It is also surpris?
ing to see him name E. W. M. Mackey
as a suitable and proper person to repre?
sent his views of a public officer. Ho is
correct. Mackey is entirely the proper
class of individuals to revive the old Re?
publican party. If this dispatch reports
Mr. Cochran correctly, we may hereafter
know exactly where to place him. If it
does not properly represent him, no time
"should be lost in correcting it.
THE PHOSPHATE AGEST.
The appointment of Mr. E. L. Roche,
of Charleston, as Phosphate Agent, to
succeed the late Gen. R. H. Anderson,
which was made by Governor Simpson a
few weeks ago, has aroused the pungent
criticisms of our esteemed contemporary,
the Abbeville Medium, which says that
"although Mr. Roche is a very clever and
capable gentleman, his appointment will
be generally regarded as singularly un?
fortunate," because he has been on the
side of the phosphate monoplies; and
our Abbeville friend thinks it can hardly
be expected that he "can so entirely
overcome his prejudices as to do equal
and exact justice."
The first proposition of the Medium is
calculated to induce a small amount of
wonder, if true: that the appointment of
"a clever and capable gentleman" to a
position of trust will be regarded as
"singularly unfortunate." Our views of
public office have always been that the
appointment of "a clever and capable
gentleman" should be and is considered
fortunate, and is not tho ground for an
^reasonable tirade against the appoint?
ing power. As to the extent of Mr.
Roche's monopoly, wo believe it consists
in having been one of the corporators of
the Beaufort River Company, which
proved a failure, and has surrendered its
charter. But be this as it may, Mr.
Roche is a gentleman above suspicion or
reproach. He has been a successful and
practical jnan in his own business, and
has the information, honor and integrity
necessary to properly and efficiently
transact the duties of the office to which
he has been appointed. We favored his
appointment because he is an honorable
and high-toned gentleman, who would
not sacrifice his integrity of official con?
duct to gratify friends or to inconven?
ience enemies, and for our part we pre?
fer the services of such a man to those of
less capacity or integrity, whatever their
relation to the phosphate question may
be.
The Special Agent is by law charged
with the following duties:
Sec, 10. That the Governor be, and he is
hereby, authorized to appoint a special agent,
whose duty it shall be to supervise and in
| spect all navigable rivers and streams of this
State containing phosphate rocks or phos
| phatic deposits, and the work of all persons
I and bodies corporate mining or gathering
therein such rocks or deposits under license
or otherwise, and to protect the interests of
the State therein, not only by preventing
unlicensed persons to dig, mine or remove
said rocks and deposits from any such streams
and rivers, but also in securing prompt and
accurate returns of the quantity dug, mined
i or removed, and the payment of all royalty
! thereon.
Sec 11. That for such services said special
agent shall receive the salary of twelve
hundred dollars, payable out of the phos?
phate royalties.
It will be seen from this that the pow?
ers of the Special Agent are considera?
ble, and the position should be filled by
a person who, in addition to the other
qualifications>enumerated above, should
I be thoroughly acquainted with the terri?
tory, and also with the work which is to
be done. Mr. Roche also has this quali?
fication. His appointment is, therefore,
one which cannot be opposed, except on
speculative grounds, like those of the
Medium, the analysis of which, reduced
the whole objection down to the point
that Mr. Roche is not the man the Medi?
um wanted; and after all Gov. Simpson's
friends may be able to vindicate his ap?
pointment before the people, although
there is such a powerful argument
against it. By way of a clincher to the
whole question tho Medium adds:
The office of phosphate inspector should
never have been created, it is a useless and
expensive sinecure, but as it lias been es?
tablished it should be administered by some
one fully in sympathy with the object and
end of its creation.
i When did the Medium discover that
this office is a useless and expensive
sinecure ? If we mistake not, the Senior
of our interesting contemporary voted
for the passage of the act, and also for
the appropriation to pay the salary. If
his position is correct, we must reach the
conclusion that the representative from
Abbeville has been a long time in find?
ing it out.
We regret to see our neighbor so much
displeased at this appointment, but be?
fore the Governor's action is condemned
we would be pleased to see a list of the
other applicants, and also to know which
of them was the Medium's choice. The
answer to this request will throw light
on tfie subject, and the people can judge
as to the relative merits of the appli?
cants._
The Greenville and Columbia
Railroad.?Col. Thos. Dodamead, who
has served the Greenville and Columbia
I Railroad in the capacity of superinten
I dent for several years past, has resigned
that position and will be succeeded on
the first of August by Col. R. H. Temple,
of Richmond, Va. Col. Temple is an
efficient and experienced railroad man.
He was major of artillery in the Confed?
erate army under Gen. Huger, and after
the war was superintendent of the York
River Railroad of Virginia, and more
recently chief engineer of the Richmond
and Alleghany Railroad.
Maj. F. K. Huger has been appointed
general freight agent of the road, and
Col. Jas. P. Meredith, an old officer of
the South Carolina Railroad, has been
appointed master of transportation. All
the new appointees will assume the du?
ties of their office on the first of August.
?Neves and Courier,
The poorDepartmeat clerks at Wash?
ington, each of whom feels that the
greater burden of this vast country
rests upon his broad shoulders, have
been overcomo by their excessive duties,
which last from ten o'clock in the morn?
ing to four o'clock in the afternoon, with
the short recess of only one hour, and
duties of Which consist of a small amount
of clerical labor in comfortable chairs
and spacious rooms. In view of their
overworked condition, they have peti?
tioned for a release from duty at three
o'clock, which they believe would reduce
their present burdens within the limits
of endurance. The only trouble which
the considerate heads of the Departments
encountered in granting this request, lies
in the fact that an Act, which was prob?
ably passed by some barbarous and pe?
nurious Congress, fixes the hours of ser?
vice from ten to four, with one hour for
lunch. It was, therefore, deemed neces?
sary, in order to justify the heads in re?
ducing the time of service, that some
legal cobweb3 Ruould be brushed away,
and therefore the question was referred
to the Attorney General for advice as to
how the quibble of an Act of Congress
can bo disposed of. On behalf of the
country the next Congress may arrive at
the conclusion that the abolition of about
one-fifth of the clerkships might increase
the endurance of the remainder, and
teach them tbe virtue of contentment.
The New York Herald, however, comes
valiantly to the rescue of the ill-used and
over-worked clerks, and condemns the
heads of Departments for delaying the
release of their suffering subordinates
long enough to get an opinion from the
Attorney General, and shows clearly bow
the business ought to have been arranged
in the following convincing paragraph:
"The highest law officer of the Gov?
ernment must study the provisions of the
statute, and search for some means by
which they can be evaded with official
propriety and without disturbing the red
tape deportment of the civil service be?
fore tbe poor, suffering clerks, who now
now labor five hours a day at reading tbj
papers, picking their teeth and gossiping
over current scandals, can be cut down
to four hours. How much simpler and
more practical it would have been to re?
fer the subject to a janitor smart enough
to understand his business and provided
with a wand sufficiently long to reach
the hands of the highly respectable de?
partment clocks!"
THE LATEST HEWS FEOM MEMPHIS.
Tho Citizens ot Memphis Organizing for
Protection.
Memphis July 25.
One new case was reported by the
Board of Health to-day. Five deaths
have occurred sinco last night?Wm.
Ward, Mrs. Constance Amnion, John
Richmond and A. C. Wehrum, and Wm.
Coopwood, colored.
A meeting of prominent citizens was
held this morning, at which a sub-com?
mittee of four was appointed to name a
permanent committee of safety, who will
aid the city authorities to preserve the
peace. Col. John F. Cameron has been
appointed on the Governor's ?taff and
ordered here to take charge of the local
troops. He arrived this morning.
The authorities arc still unable to pro?
cure means of transportation to the site
selected for the establishment of a camp.
It has been raining all tho morning. The
city remains quiet.
The following telegrams have been re?
ceived :
"Nashville, Tenn., July 25.?Col.
John F. Cameron, Memphis: Col. Came?
ron is hereby assigned to the command
of the local troops at Memphis. He will
be obeyed and respected accordingly.
Signed: Alfred S. Marks, Governor."
"Nashville July 25.?To tho ofQcere
and Soldiers of the Colored Companies
of Memphis: The eyes of the people of
the State 9k upon you. Prove true sol?
diers. I will ask the State to reward you.
Remember that the first duty of soldiers
is obedience. Signed: Alfred S. Marks,
Governor."
Memphis, July 25.?11 P. M.?Eleven
cases in all were reported to the board of
health to-day, among the number being
Ben Hollander, a well known saloon?
keeper, whose daughter died yesterday.
Ten deaths from yellow fever were also
officially reported for tho twenty-four
hours ending at 6 P. M. Mrs. Judge
Ray's name appears amoug the list, al?
though she has never beeu reported as
having fever.
The two colored military companies
have recognized Col. Cameron as the
representative of the Governor and will
obey any order issued by him. The last
train on tho Charleston Railroad will
leave to-morrow night, every station be?
tween Memphis and Kuoxville having
established quarantine against this city.
Only one train is now being run on the
Louisville and Nashville route, leaving
Memphis daily at 8 P. M. Tho Howard
Association have twenty-threo nurses on
duty.
Dr. S. H. Collins, secretary of the
Board of Health, rcsigued his position
to-day to accept the position of in?
specting officer of the National Board of
Health.
' Miss Lizzie Meath is reported dying
to-night.
Memphis, July 2G?9 p. m.?At a
meeting of citizens this morning a com?
mittee of safety was appointed from
whose members an executive committee
was choseu. On motion it was resolved
to take a census of the city as a basis on
which to calculate the necessities of those
remaining.
A petition from citizens of Willbur
Station, on the Paducah Railroad, at
which point it is proposed to erect a
camp, protesting against the scheme, was
read and referred to the executive com?
mittee.
One new case of fever was reported
to-day, and two deaths have occurred?
Lizzie Meath and Ed. Flotley. The
weather is damp and disagreeable. The
board of health will to-morrow doubtless
declare the fever epidemic.
MEMPHIS, July 26?11 p. m.?Thir?
teen cases in all were reported to the
board of health to-day. There was one
additional death this afternoon. It was
thought that the board of health this
afternoon would declare the fever to be
epidemic, but, after a careful revision of
the reports from all the undertakers, the
result showed that, out of 71 deaths re?
ported for the week, but 34 had been
caused by yellow fever. The city au?
thorities nave perfected all arrangements,
and will establish a camp early next
week.
The executive committee have issued
the following address:
THE ADDRESS OF THE COMMITTEE OF
SAFETY^
To all Citizens of Memphis, Absent as
well as Present: The uudersigned beg
leave to inform you that they have been
appointed au executive committee from
the general committee of safety to co-op?
erate with the authorities of the taxing
district in the maintenance of order and
protecting life and property during the
prevalence of yellow fever. Warned by
past experience of the evils developed in
all communities by public excitement
and suffering, we are resolved to concert
such measures as may meet all emergen?
cies and give all needed help to the tax?
ing district government in carrying out
these purposes. We call on our fellow
citizens for moral and material support.
We propose that as far as possible all
contributions should be sent to President
Porter, so that by unifying our efforts tho
greatest good may be done to the greatest
number with the least waste of means.
We call upon all Memphiaus to unite in
shouldering the heavy burden onco more
laid upon us. We implore one and all to
protect the good name of the city from
the possible imputation by tho world at
large of being a community* of beggars
sitting idly down expecting others to
take care of our interests and feed our
poor.- Let the good men of Memphis do
their whole duty now, and with economy,
honesty and thorough system in our
management we hope earnestly not to
be compelled to ask charity of the world.
Let it be understood that all moneys or
supplies sent to us will be used for these
purposes: feeding the sick, aged and
helpless in camps selected for health,
giving employment to able-bodied men.,
thrown out of employment by fever, in
guarding- property, public and private,
and in such public works as will promote
the health and business of our city when
the fever abates. We shall keep careful
records of all receipts and disbursements,
publishing the same in such form as will
be a sufficient guarantee to all contribu?
tors that their donations have been prop?
erly and economically applied.
D. T. Pouter, Chm'n.
MEMPnis, July 27?11 p. m.?Four?
teen new cases were reported to the
board of health to-day. Nino deaths
from fever have occurred since last night.
At a meeting of the Howard Associa?
tion this afternoon, it was unanimously
resolved that the association needs no
assistance at present from physicians or
nurses from abroad to attend to the com?
paratively few cases now under their
charge. The association says: "With
heartfelt thanks to the many who have
already kindly tendered theirservices, and
who will be gratefufly remombered, we
would add that under no circumstances
will the services of unacclimated persons
be hereafter accepted."
The two colored military companies
went into camp to-day on the Bluffs un?
der the orders of Col. John F. Cameron,
of the Governor's staff. The police and
fire departments have been strengthened,
and the authorities do not now antici?
pate any .trouble. Camps for the coloni?
zation of the poor people will positively
be established to-morrow.
better news from" mf.MPniS.
Memphis, July 28.
Noon.?Three new cases were reported
to the Board of Health this morning.
No deaths have occurred. A detail of
twenty-five men from a colored military
company has been made to do police du?
ty during the day, as the entire Btrength
of the regular police force has been as?
signed to night service. It has been
raining steadily since daylight. Dr.
Samuel J. Fox, of Funis, Texas, arrived
this morning. He will be sent out of the
city to-night by order of John Johnson,
superintendent of quarantine, as he
has never had fever, and the inspectors
at the quarantine station have been in?
structed not to permit unacclimated peo?
ple to enter the city.
Memphis, July 28.?11 P. M.?Ten
additional cases were reported to the
Board of Health this afternoon, six of
them colored. Two deaths from yellow
fever have occurred, one, however, be?
yond the city limits. The special police?
men engaged in taking tho census of the
city haye completed their task. The re?
sult shows the population of Memphis to
be 16,110, viz: White 4,282, colored
11,827 ; adults 10,651, children 5,456. Of
the total number 9,748 have had fever,
leaving 7,368 susceptible to the disease.
Failing to secure transportation to the
site selected for the establishment of a
camp on the Paducah Railroad, Col.
John F. Cameron, with a detail of color?
ed soldiers, took passage on a train fur?
nished by Superintendent Burke, of the
Mississippi and Tennessee Railway, and
established a camp five miles below
where Camp Joe Williams was establish?
ed last year. Tents were taken along,
and by morning the detail will have fifty
tents ready for occupation. A. D.
Lanstaff, president, and Gen. W. J.
Smith, vice-president, of the Howard
Association, have been added to the ex?
ecutive committee of safety.
Washington, July 2S.?The secreta?
ry of war has telegapned to the president
of the board of health of Memphis, in
response to an application for tents and
rations, that rations will only be fur?
nished to persons sick with fever or in
quarantine camp who can be subsisted in
no other way.
Half Sheet Memphis Appeal.
When tho camps now contemplated
are established, we trust that the colored
people, as well as white, will avail them?
selves of so seasonable a mode of life,
and one that affords so ready a means of
escape from the epidemic. To those who
are not independent the camps will af?
ford at the present time the only avail?
able means of living. The people of tho
North and West, as well as of the South,
havo determined that they will neither
contribute money nor provisions to those
who, after receiving timely warning, per?
versely remain in the city. They have al?
ready expressed themselves in this mat?
ter through their leading organs. They
will send money to the Howards, to be
expended for the sick and dead, and they
will send money to Dr. Fortcr, to be ex?
pended for the needy who are in camps ;
for whom, also, they will send provisions
und clothing, if needed, but they will not
send oue cent, a pound of food orasingle
article of clothing for those who refuse to
avail themselves of the only safe refuge
yet open to them. We urge, therefore,
when the camps are established, that
blacks as well as whites remove to them
and thus save themselves from sickness
and perhaps from death.
Among the curious incidents|ofapanic
in yellow fever times, the following is not
the least: LastSunday the outgoing train
over the Louisville Railroad was crowded
to excess by excited refugees. At the
transfer station, some miles out of the
city, the excitement among the passen?
gers was intense to get scats, and, in
fact, to get into the car being the great
objects. So great was the excitement
that a Memphis lady bound for Gadsden
was taken with premature pains of child
bearing. Mr. Kertin, tram dispatcher,
kindly offered to secure a special car for
her and supply her with all necessary
comforts, or would send her ba;k to the
city. This latter she declined to do, the
dread of yellow fever being greater than
her fear of accident. So she refused to
wait for a special car, and took chances
in the crowded train, although Dr. Willi
ford, who happened to belpresent, volun?
teered to take charge of her and attend
to her if ncccssarv, provided she remain?
ed at the transfer station. The frighten?
ed woman reached Gadsden in safety and
without accident.
Washington Sjiccinl to the Philo. Times.
Some concern is felt at the fact that the
postofEcc authorities have doclined to
take any steps toward the fumigation of
mails which come from the infected dis?
tricts. Tho medical authorities insist
that the mail matter ought all to be sub?
jected to a very high temperature, as was
the case during the plague in Austria,
Prussia and other European countries, but
there is no appropriation for any such
purpose, and the postal authorities do not
appear disposed to attempt to disinfect
the mails. The medical men Ray that
there is no possible doubt that mail mat?
ter, particularly newspapers, coming from
a yellow fever district, can spread tho
cerms of the disease. The National
Board of Health has also done nothing
about the matter, and it is very difficult
to sec what it has done about anything,
except to issue pronunciamentos and at?
tempt to publish a newspaper.
Lexington Dispatch ; The drought con?
tinues. Several farmers have cut down
their corn. Grass and even forest trees
are dying in certain localities.There
are twelve prisoners in Lexington jail.
Lexington is arranging for a telephone
line from the towu to the depot.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Cleanings from our Stute Exchanges.
Aiken Review: A fine two-story dwel?
ling and a new store arc in process of
erection in Aiken.The young folks
about AikcnJ are organizing an archery
club..The trustees and lady managers
of the Old Folks and Invalid Homo at
Aiken, held their annual meeting and
elected officers on the 1st inst. The re?
port shows at present 7 inmates, all col?
ored. Died last year, 4; discharged, 3.
Abbeville Medium: Adam Bratton,
colored was sent to jail Saturday for
twenty days, in default of payment of
five dollars and cost, as a penalty impos?
ed on him for a violation of the stock law.
.A number of the most influential ad?
vocates of the Savannah Valley Railroad
have concluded that while they will vote
for the tax they will do so on the express
understanding that it will not be levied or
collected for twelve months.The
Greenwood and Augusta Railroad direc?
tors declaro that the reports about the
regrading of their road are without
foundation, and that there is nothing in
the way of the completion of the road
but about sixteen miles of dirt, which
will be dug out by next spring.Tom
Claybone, a colored desperado, was shot
at Cokcsbury on Tuesday by W. H.
Gilkerson, intendant of the town, and so
badly injured as to necessitate the ampu?
tation of one of his legs.Rev. J. L.
Martin, Rev. R. N. Pratt and Mr. Jacob
Miller have been re-elected trustees of
the Abbeville School Association. The
Graded School, conducted under the
auspicies of this association, has become
self-supporting.
Chester State Bulletin: Last Friday on
the plantation of Mr. John C. McAfee, a
colored woman named Lucinda Franklin,
while walking along tbe public highway,
was forcibly taken to a secluded place and
an outrage committed upon her person.
She was threatened and choked by her
assailant, who was a negro, and a perfect
stranger in the vicinity. He is supposed
to be a refugee burglar from Fairfield, in
which direction he fled. He is still at
I ':lrrC
Greenville Neros: Saturday evening
last Mr. Samuel Brown, of O'Neal Town?
ship, Greenvillo County, was thrown
from his buggy against the fence (the
mule running away) and so severely hurt
j that he died Sunday evening.Ar?
rangements have been made for a grand
basket picnic at the meeting of the Sur?
vivors to be held in Greenville on August
1st.
Newberry Herald: Mr. Sidney Readin,
of Charlotte, N. O, has the contract for
building four two-story brick stores, to
front an Pratt street and to extend from
Mr. Cash's to Caldwell street.The
Fairgrounds are almost clear, and the
fence around them ha3 been begun.
Spartanburg Herald: Gen. LeDuc,
commissioner of Agriculture, of the Uni?
ted States, is a guest of Congressman J.
H. Evins.There will be a meeting of
the citizens of Spartanburg County on
i Tuesday, in che Court House, to appoint
' delegates to attend the King's Mountain
I meeting, the 25th inst., which will take
preliminary steps for the contennial cel
bration of 1880.A negro named Mitts
Wallace, while riding a mule, was kill?
ed together with the mule, a few days
ago by lightning on the plantation of
Mr. J. C. Pecte, in Union County.
Mr. J. Gyles, deputy collector of United
States revenue for this department, who
had made Spartanburg his headquarters
for the past year, has been ordered to
Walhalla for duty.
Williamsburg Star: Dr. S. D. M. Byrd
has been nominated for the Senate to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of Col.
Maurice.A tornado about a mile in
width swept from west to east through
Williamsburg County recently. A gin
house, cotton press and a number of ne?
gro cabins were destroyed by it.
Barnwcll People: Dianah Carter,
charged with being an accessory in the
killing of Charles Grant, was arrested
and placed in jail on Tuesday.Con
i siderable sickness prevails throughout the
county.The colored people of Barn
well have organized a temperance socie?
ty.
Darlington News: We hear much
complaint of sickness in the county,
principally fever.
Edgefield Advertiser: The election of
a member of the Legislature to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Repre
tative Jones, will take place on August
5th.Two convicts escaped from the
barracks at Edgefield a few days since.
Their names are Reuben Gregg nnd
Henry Smith.The Big Creek and Pine
Grove Democratic Clubs have declared
against the stock law.
Rock Hill Herald: The residence of
Mr. W. H. Taylor was destroyed by fire
at an early hour on last Friday morning.
Darlington Southerner: Last week, on
Thursday, quite a storm of wind, hail and
rain passed over the county, a few miles
east and southeast of this place, doing
much damago to the oldest corn and
fencing. It was particularly severe
through the Mcchanicsville and Palmetto
neighborhood.
Hampton Democrat: A negro by the
name of Royal Black was arraigned be?
fore Trial Justice Pierre liouert, on
Tuesday last, on the charge of an at?
tempted outrago on the person of a little
girl only nine years old, a few days since,
in the lower part of this county. The
evidence was sufficient to jail him, and
he was accordingly taken in charge by
Constable Joe Johnston, who brought
him to Varnville and turned him over to
the sheriff to await his trial at tho next
term of court.
Lancaster Ledger: Five prisoners in
the county jail.The dogs are playing
havoc among the sheep a few miles east
of town.
Orangeburg Democrat: A laborer in
the employ of Mr. John Richard killed a
very large rattlesnake near Stilton last
week. The reptile had seventeen rat?
tles.We learn that a son of Mr. Uess
Andrews, who disappeared when the
Yankee Army passed through Orangc
burg in 18G5 returned on Tuesday last in
search of his father. As a stranger he
stopped at the hotel and made inquiries
which led to the happy meeting of father
and son.
Orangeburg Times: A difficulty occur?
red at Recvcsville about two weeks ago
between two brothers-in-law, Mr. Elkin
and Mr. Berry, in which both were
wounded with knives. Mr. Berry died
last Friday of fever, whether from the ef?
fects of tho encounter or not has not
transpired.Just as the Babtist Sun?
day-School Convention at Jamisou's ad?
journed on Saturday a terrible explosion
occurred, the noise of which could be
heard for miles. It was found on exam?
ination to be the engine of Mr. R. H.
Riley, about a mile from the depot. The
pieces were scattered for a considerable I
distance around ; the gin-house was bad- I
ly dilapidated, but strange to say no one
was killed. A colored man was severely
scalded and bruised, and the engineer,
Mr. John Richards, stunned.
Union Times: A gentleman who has
lately travelled through a largo portion
of this county assures us that he saw
hundreds of acres of land planted in
corn which will not yield a bushel to the
acre.
Columbia Register: Judge Bryan pass?
ed through Columbia Thursday morning
on his way to hold tho United States j
Court in Greenville, which commences
the first Monday in August. Though
soventy years old, he is always ready for J
business.The negro who outraged the
little white girl in Union County, a few
days ago, and who it was thought would
be lynched, was brought tu Columbia
yesterday and placed in the penitentiary
for safe-keeping.The penitentiary au?
thorities expect to turn the water into
the canal to-morrow, if possible. It
would have been turned on Friday night
if it bad not been found necessary to do
some more work on some portion of it
than was not anticipated.
A Revolting Outrage.?It falls to
our lot this week to record one of the
most diabolical outrages that was ever
perpetrated in this country. The circum?
stances are these :
Mr. A. B. Humphries and his wife,
living four miles from town, near Sardis
Church, on Wednesday evening left their
infant daughter, aged about 2 years and
3 months, in the care of a negro boy,
named Ed. Holmes, aged about 16 years,
while they went to church. On their re?
turn the mother discovered that the child
was very bloody and her screams brought
neighbors to the house. Dr. Beaty was
immediately sent for, and upon examina?
tion discovered that the little creature
had been outraged in a most horrible
manner. As the parents went into the
house the negro boy passed them, going
out, and at last report v/as at large; but
we think he cannot long escape the
vigilant search of the excited citizens
who are after him. It is supposed to be
impossible for the child to live. The
simple recital of this most revolting out?
rage makes the blood curdle in our veins.
? Union Times.
From tlic Greenville News, 27th insl.
A deputy sheriff of Union passed
through Greenville yesterday morning
for Columbia, having in his custody a
negro boy about 16 years old, who had
outraged a little two-year-old daughter
of a respectable gentleman in that coun?
ty. The deputy was fleeing with the
green-eyed monster to save him from the
wrath of an enraged jemmunity, and
from what we can gather, he made a
parrow escape if ho veached Columbia
in safety. The villain's tender victim is
said to be in a very critical condition,
and cannot recover.
Romantic Marriage.?Mr. W. J.
Erwin, of Abbeville County, and Miss
Davi", of Charleston, were married last
January, but it was until a month aco
that the fact became generally known.
It seems that Mr. Erwin was in Charles?
ton during the Christmas holidays to see
his sweetheart. They had been engaged
for some time before this visit and Mr.
Erwin insisted on a marriage at once, but
the lady objected to going to the country
so soon. Mr. Erwin proposed a com?
promise by marrying at once, with the
understanding that she should come to
his home in Abbeville as soon as possi?
ble. A minister was called, and in the
prcseucc of the family of which she was
a member, the marriage ceremony was
performed. The minister was requested
to say nothing of the matter, Mr. Erwin
returned to his home at Erwiu's Mill in
Abbeville County, and the young lady
remained at her home in Charleston un?
til some time in June, when she came to
Honea Path, where she was met by her
husband. Up to this time nobody in the
I neighborhood where Mr. Erwin lived
knew anything of his marriage, and on
her arrival all were surprised. We have
had the pleasure of meeting the happy
couple in their neat cottage, with its
vine-clad porch, under the hill, where the
city bride will henceforth live, within tho
the sound of the murmuring waters that
turn the tireless wheels.?Abbeville Press
and Banner.
Fatal Accident.?On Saturday, at
about quarter past 12 o'clock p. m., a col?
ored woman, a servant in the residence
of Mr. T. 0. Lowndes, 11 Lcgare street,
was attracted to a room in the third story
by a sound which she describes as re?
sembling that of a heavy fall. Upon
entering the apartment she found Mr.
Martin L. Wilkins, a nephew of Mr.
Lowndes, who resided with him, stretched
; on tho floor, with a Colt's navy revolver
by his side. Assistance was immediately
summoned and obtained, but it was una?
vailing, Mr. Wilkins having evidently
died almost instantaneously. A gun-shot
wound was found on his left side near
the region of the heart, the ball having
ranged upwards, touching the lung. The
fatal shot had evidently been fired from
the pistol near him, one chamber of
which was found to have been discharged.
Trial Justice Burnet held an inquest dur?
ing the afternoon, the jury bringing in a
verdict of death from the accidental dis?
charge of a pistol in the hands of the
deceased. Mr. Wilkins was a very young
man, just entering upon life, and had a
large circle of warm friends, by whom
his untimely death will be sincerely
mourned. His father and mother are
absent, but have been notified of the sad
event.?News and Courier.
i
Fatal Accident at Goudeysville.
I ?A communication, under date of July
22d, to the Union Times, says: This com?
munity was thrown into intense excite?
ment yesterday from the killing Mr.
John J. Wood, an upright, peaceable
and worthy man, living on Mr. J. T.
Moorehead's plantation. A party of five
were in the woods squirrel hunting and
had treed a squirrel. A colored man in
the party, named Willis Wise, told the
others to be quiet, as he saw the squirrel.
He raised his gun to fire, when the squir?
rel ran down the tree, Willis lowering
his gun as he ran, then fired. Mr. Wood
was on the opposite side of the tree and
the whole load from the gun struck him
behind the left ear and lodged over the
right eye, mangling the whole head
frightfully. He lived about two hours.
Trial Justice J. M. Grcer empaneled a
jury and held an inquest over the body.
The verdict of the jury was iu accordance
with the facts above stated, that he came
to his death, by mischance or accident,
from a gun shot wound in the bauds of
Willis Wise.
Willis was admitted to bail iu the sum
of $500 to appear at the next October
term of Court.
Mr. Wood leaves a devoted wife and 4
little children besides many relatives to
mourn his loss.
Comparative Fever Statement.?
How docs the spread of the fever in
Memphis this year compare with the ep?
idemic of 187S ? is a question often asked.
Has it been more rapid or slower; more
fatal or less so? The first death from
yellow fever in Memphis last year oc?
curred thirty-seven days later than this
year?on August 26, when two persons
died. The fever came this year early iu
July?the 10th?when there were three
death. The record for the first sixteen
days of the_ epidemics of 1878 and 1S71)
compare as"follows:
first week of the fever.
1878.2 0 0 0 0 2 1?Total, 5
1879.3 0 0 2 0 0 0?Total, 5
second week.
1878.1011316?Total, 13
1S79.1 0 2 4 4 6 7?Total, 24
third week.
1S7S.3 3?Grand total, 24
1879.6 10?Grand total, 45
It will thus be seen that the fever this
year has advanced much more rapidly
than it did in 1S7S. The deaths for the
second week have been double those for
the second week of that year, and the
third week had commenced with an even
higher average increase.
Quarantine Guard.?To guard
against tho ingress of refugees from
Memphis coming into the city, Mayor
Sale, after consultation with Dr. Lebby,
health officer of the State, has designated
Yemxssec, on the Savannah and Charles?
ton Road, Branchville, on the South
Carolina Road, and Florence, on the
Northeastern Road, as the points beyond
which they shall not pass. Last evening
a guard was sent from this city to each
of these points. Officer Miller has been
assigned to Branchville, Officer Stevens
Yemassce, and officer Lynn Florence.
These officers will board all down trains,
and make the necessary inquiries con?
cerning passengers on board, and turn
back any persons who are coining from
cities infected with yellow fever.?News
and Courier.
George W. Williams?We are able
to state, on the best authority, that the
report relative to the financial troubles
of Mr. Williams, which this and other
Southern papers have copied from North?
ern journals, .ire ^ntrue, in so far as they
reflect on his business integrity and sol?
vency.
The relations existing between Messrs.
Williams and Birnic are of a friendly na?
ture. No suit has been entered or threa?
tened by Mr. Birnie against Mr. Wil?
liams. Nor has Mr. Williams ofTercd to
compromise his debts, but is prepared to
pay all legal obligations dollar for dollar,
and even if made to pay the liabilities
incurred in the cotton future specula?
tions of the New York partner, he will
then have a comfortable million left to
his credit. There arc several facts with?
in'our knowledge which wo are not at
liberty to publish, but which, if gener?
ally known, would confirm and increase
public confidence in its exalted estimate
of Mr. Williams' character. As the
"successful merchant" of the South, we
hope that a long and prosperous future
is before him, for bis gonerous charity
and enterprise have made him a bene?
factor not only to Charleston, but to the
State at large.?Bamwcll People.
A Sumter Murderer Captured.?
A letter from Hendersonvillc, to the Co?
lumbia Reawter, says that Rodgers, who
shot and killed McCutchen in Sumter
some timo ago, was arrested in Brevard,
Transylvania County, N. C, on the 24th
instant. Hodgers assumed the name of
Stokes, and had completely covered his
proper name, but a long season of success
lessened his vigilance, and a letter writ?
ten him by a relation in Sumter, advising
a change of base, fell into the hands of
some companions, who proposed to read
it and "see What his sweetheart had to
say." These gfmtlemcn were startled at
the contents, and at once acquainted the
proper officer, who, upon interrogating
the prisoner and satisfying himself that
there was something wrong, made the
arrest. Mr. Rodgers confessed every?
thing, and expressed a perfect willing?
ness to return and stand his trial. He
is now in jail at Brevard.
Ex-Congressman Haralson, of Ala?
bama, himself a negro, furnishes some
interesting cvideucc about the negro exo?
dus. He says that the movement is
going to set in this fall with a sweep that
nobody now dreams of. From his own
district, he thinks as many as fifteen
thousand will go, which would be at the
rate of a hundred thousand for the whole
State. He reports the darkies simply in?
fatuated with the idea, and says it is as
useless to argue with them about it as to
debate with the east wind. Mr. Haral?
son proposes not to be much of an exor
dus man himself, but if hi3 race are bound
to emigrate, he opposes any more of them
going to Kansas, and favors their scatter?
ing through the southern parts of Illi?
nois, Indiana, and Ohio.
? Martin Depoor and wife, living six
miles from Atlanta, both nearly 80 years
of age, were brutally murdered on the
night of the 25th inst. while in bed asleep.
Both were cut in the neck with an axe,
the body of Mrs. Depoor being nearly
severed. The murderers are not known
nor their object in committing the deed.
Different theories are expressed. The
Dcpoors were quiet, peaceable people,
not having an enemy as far as their
neighbors knew. The community is ex?
cited and every effort is being made to
discover the murderers.
A great failure in business is some?
times less lamentable than a failure in
health. Dr. Bull's Baltimore Pills preserve
the health. Price 25 cents.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
All persons ?having demands against
the Estate of B. F. Low, deceased, are noti?
fied to present them to the undersigned
within the time prescribed, properly attest?
ed ; and all indebted to said Estate to make
payment.
R. B. A. ROBINSON. \
J. C. LOW, J ljX re
July 31,1870_3_3?
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
All persons indebted to the Estate of
Daniel Brown, deceased, or the Estate of
Mrs. E. StC. Brown, deceased, aro required
to make payment to the undersigned, arid
those having demands against either Estate
will present the same to
W. IT. NARDIN,
Ex'r. of Will of Mrs. E. StC. Brown.
July 31, 1379 , 3_3_
WOOL CARDS.
THE Andersonville WOOL CARDS
have recently been pat in excellent
condition, and good work is guaranteed.
All work left with Messrs. Cunningham &
Co.. at Anderson, will be sent to and return?
ed from the Factorv FREE OF CHARGE.
July 31, 1879 _3 2
SHINGLES! SHINGLES!
JUST RECEIVED, 25,000 GOOD
HEART SIIIXGLES, which I
am selling at $3.50 per thousand at the
Blue Ridge Yard. Parties wishing to pur?
chase would do well to call and examine.
JOHN KAUFMAN,
Anderson, S. C.
July 31, 1879_3_3_
Special Inducement.
IN order to reduce our stock by August
20th, we will make it to the interest of
purchasers to call within the nevt three
weeks. Our stock is still complete and at?
tractive. New Goods constantlv arriving.
A. B. TOWERS & CO.
July 31,1379_3_
TAKE NOTICE.
ALL NOTES AND ACCOUNTS due
N. K. * J. P. SULLIVAN
and N. I?. SULLIVAN A CO., must
be settled on or before 1st November next;
or if not paid by this time, we shall certain?
ly place tliem in the hands of an Ofiiccr for
collection. We mean just what we say.
All settlements can be made with cither of
the undersigned. The Accounts and Notes
will be found at the Store of J. 1*. Sullivan
& Co. till November 1st.
X. K. SULLIVAN.
J. P. SULLIVAN.
_July 31, 1879_3_4m_
Town Election Notice.
NOTICE is hercbv given that an Elec?
tion will be held on MONDAY, the
11th day of AUGUST, 1S79, from nine
o'clock a.'m. to live o'clock p. m., for the
purpose of electing a Town Council, (Inten?
dant and four Wardens,) for the ensuing
year.
Managers of Ei.f.ctiox?W. A. Fant,
A. II. Osbornc and J. D. Maxwell.
The books for Registration of votors will
be opened by the Clerk of the Council at
the ProbatcJudge's office on the 7th, 8th,
and 9th days of August, 1879, from 9 o'clock
a. m. to 0 o'clock p. m.
G. F. TOLLY. Intendant.
Titos. C. Licox, Town Clerk.
All persons having demands against the
Council will present them immediately to
the Clerk.
THOS. C. LIGON,
Town Clerk.
July 31, 187!) 3 2
Sugars and Coffees
HAVE advanced, but we arc still offer?
ing our friends good Goods in the
grocery line at low prices.
A. B. TOWERS & CO.
July 31, 1379_3_j__
Prepare for Winter
BEFORE it comes by getting your CAR
PET8 ready. Prices greatly reduced,
and the EXHIBITOR as attractive as over.
A. B. TOWERS &. CO.
July 31, 1879 3
BURN HAM'S
WARRANTED BEST t CHEAPEST.
Also, MILLINB MACHINERY.
FEIGES REDUCED AFE. 20, '78.
I'umphleUfree. Orvax, Yomc, Yx.
Another Lot
OP FEED CUTTERS, CORN' 8HELL
EU-S, &c, just received. If you don't
believe they are good get one and trv it.
A. B. TOWERS <t CO.
July 31,1379_3_
EXECUTOR'S SALE
of
REAL ESTATE.
OX the FIRST DAY OF NOVEMBER
next, I will sell on the premises all
the LANDS belonging to the Estate of
Willis Allon, deceased, consisting of 361
acres, moro or less. On this place is one of
the hest Shoals (unimproved) known on
Saluda River, which will be sold in a sepa?
rate tract at private sale.
Terms of Sale.?One-third cash, ami
balance on a credit of one and two years.
Parties desiring to sec the place will find
J. D. Allen on tho premises, who will show
them over the place. There are on the
place four well improved settlements.
I will also sell at the same time and place
one tine cream-colored MULE for cash.
J. D. ALLEN, Executor.
July 24, 1870 2_2jls5o
Valuable Property for Sale.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Anderson.
Court of Common Pleas
Jonathan B. Lewis vs. A. Reed Campbell,
J. B. E. Sloan, et al.?Complaint to Fore?
close Mortgage.
BY virtue of an order to me directed in
the above stated case from Judge
A. P. Aldrich, presiding Judge, bearing
date June 13, 187'J, I will sell at Anderson
C. H., S. C. on SALEDAY in AUGUST
next, at public auction, the following de?
scribed property, to wit:
All that Parcel or Lot of Land situate in
the Town of Belton, County of Anderson,
containing 43 feet front and 63 feet in depth,
bounded on the North and East by lands
of J. B. Lewis and A. J. Stringer, on the
South by lands of B. D. Dean, and front
and West by lands of the Greenville and
Columbia Railroad Company.
TERMS OF SALE-One-half the pur?
chase money to be paid in cash; the bal
nncc on a credit of twelve months, with
bond and two good sureties and mortgage
of the premises, with interest from day of
sale, witk the right of the purchaser to an?
ticipate the deferred payment. Purchaser
to nay extra for papers.
W. W. HUMPHREYS.
Master.
Julv 10,1879 52 4
Valuable Property for Sale.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Anderson County
In the Court of Common Pleas.
J. W. Norris against Mary J. Harrison.?
Judgment for Foreclosure.
BY virtue of an order to me directed in
the above stated case by his Honor
T. B. Eraser, pre :ding Judge, bearing date
March 1st, 1879,1 riU sell at public sale at
Anderson C. H., S. C, on SALEDAY IN
AUGUST next, tho following described
property, to wit:
All that certain Piece, Parcel or Lot of
Land, und the Buildings thereon, situate
within the corporate limits of the Town of
Anderson, known as the Pool Spring Place,
containing twenty acres, more or less, and
adjoining lands of B. Frank Mauldin,
J. Fleet. Clinkscalcs, Joseph N. Brown and
others, and known as the late residence of
Gen. J. W. Harrison.
TERMS OF SALE?One-half of the
purchase money to be paid in cash; the
balance on a credit of twelve months, with
interest from day of sale, to be secured by
bond of purchaser and mortgage of the
premises. Purchaser to pay extra for pa?
pers.
W. W. HUMPHREYS,
Master.
July 10,1S79 . 52 4
ELECTION NOTICE.
PURSUANT to a resolution adopted by
the Town Council of the Town of
Anderson. S. C, at a meeting held on 22nd
July inst., at 3 o'clock p. m., the amount of
the" subscription to the Savannah Valley
Railroad wns fixed for the Town of Ander?
son in the sum of Twelve Thousand Dol?
lars ($12,000), to be paid in three equal an?
nual instalments, without interest.
Notice is hereby given that an election
will be held at Anderson Court House, in
the Town of Anderson, on WEDNESDAY,
THIRD DAY OF SEPTEMBER next, be?
tween the honrs of 9 o'clock a. m. and 4
p. m., at which all qualified electors of said
Town will vote?those in favorof the Town
subscribing the above amount to said Rail?
road will have written or printed on their
ballots "Subscription," and those opposed
to the Town subscribing the above amount
to said Railroad will have written or printed
on their ballots "No Subscription."
The following are the managers appoint?
ed to conduct said election: L. P. Smith,
J. D. Maxwell and J. M. Payne.
At the close of the election the managers
shall proceed to count the votes, and the
chairman of the Board shall certify to the
result in writing, and as soon as practicable
transmit it to the Intendant of the Town.
G. F. TOLLY, Intendant.
Tiios. C. Ligon, Town Clerk.
July 24, 1879_2_5
ELECTION NOTICE.
In the matter of the SAVANNAH VAL?
LEY RAILROAD.? Petition for an Elec?
tion on Subscription to the Capital Stock of
soid Railroad Company.
PURSUANT to a resolution adopted by
the Board of County Commissioners
the 22nd July inst., the amount of subscrip?
tion to the said Road was fixed in tho fol?
lowing named Townships, to wit: Hall,
$3,500; Varcnncs, $5,500; Corner, $3,700;
Savannah, $3,850; Centreville, $5,100, tobe
paid in three equal annual instalments, with?
out interest.
There will be an election held in the
above named Townships on WEDNES?
DAY, THIRD OF SEPTEMBER next,
between the hours of 9 o'clock a. m. and 4
p. m., at which all qualified electors in said
Townships will vote "Subscription" or "No
Subscription."
Places of Election?For Hall Town?
ship, Carswell Institute; Comer, Moflals
villc; Varcnncs, Flat Rock ; Savannah,
Wui. Jones'; Centreville, Hunter's Spring.
The following are appointed managers to
conduct said election:
Hall Township?R. R. Beatv, J. B. Lev
erett, Dr. W. J. Milford.
Corner Township?D. J. Sherard, J. A.
Gray, Win. O'Briant.
Savannah Township?Wm. Jones, E. W.
Stewart, A. E. Scudday.
Varennes Township?W. G. Watson, S.
P. T?te, W. J. Stevenson.
Centreville Township?J. W. Prevoxt, J.
W. Keys, Marcus Burriss.
At the close of the polls the managers
will count tiie votes and declare the result,
which result shall be certified in writing by
the chairman of each Board of Managers to
the Chairman of the Board of County Com?
missioners.
R. S. BAILEY,
Chairman County Commissioners.
July 21, 1879_2_5
TAX-PAYERS' NOTICE.
THE County Board of Equalization for
Anderson County, composed of one
member from each Township, will meet at
the Auditor's office on the First Monday in
August next.
Any persons who may he dissatisfied with
the Assessment of their Read Property by
their Township Boards of Assessors, for the
vear 1879. can appeal to the said Board of
Equalization for relief.
THOMAS J. WEBB. A. A. C.
July 24, 1879_ 2 2
THE FALL SESSION OF
Williamstoii Female College,
"Willianiston, S. C,
WILL open on MONDAY, AUGUST
4, 1879. If you are looking for a
School as good as the best, with rates as low
as the lowest, send for a new illustrated
Catalogue.
t , ,n S' LANDER. President.
July 10, 1879 52 3m
A
WANTED.
LADY, who desires a situation as a
Housekeeper, mid understands the
management and care of children. Address
W. W. RUSSELL,
July 24,1879 V^^J^^ *f
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
All persons having demands acain-t
he Estate of John Cox, deceased, are fie e
by required to present the same within the
J. WILLET PRKVOST 1 ?
JOHN W. DANIEll ' Ex'rs.
July 21, 1879 2 9