The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, September 06, 1877, Image 2
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ff. M. FRENCH, Editor. '
W. X, Freatl, and Mb S, Wallace! '
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BEUTOBT. S. f., SEP.. 6, 1S77.' 1
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?"ixe Vear, 84 00 i
Six Muntlu, 1 00 <
Aitvrrtlwmrntii will be Inserted nt the
mtc t?r 8t 50 per square, 10 Nonpareil
tiie*, for the first Insertion; subsequent
buertUmo by contract.
What will tliej do with it ?
As the time canuot be far distant when
the Port Royal Railroad will pass into
the possession of the Bondholders, "what
they will do with it" becomes a loiritiBiate
object of inquiry to all citizens who
. earnestly desire and are striving for the 1
speedy advancement in population and
wealth of this business centre.
The existing status of the Port Roval
Railroad may be fitly described in the
late Commodore Vandcrbilt's language^
as that ot a work which "beginning
nojvhcrc likewise ends nowhere." We
* all know what the "Port Royal" of to-day
is. How much better is Augusta for
the interests of the Road ? It so happens
that Augusta has had for many
years direct rail connection with Charleston
on the one side and Savannah on
the other. The connections of its
businessmen are established with those
cities, and will rcmaiu* so, until eogent
reasons arise for a transfer elsewhere;
so that for all practical purposes we have
a Railroad connecting two weak and not
supporting points. To expect dividends
under such circumstances is a delusion.
It should be then the first care of the
interested parties to change or greatly
modify the present order of thiugs, and
they may well ponder and act upon
the old law. "In for a penny, in for a
ponnd." ?
We venture to suggest that the Bondholders
at once back up their pence with
shillings (pounds if necessary,) and
direct their visions a little beyond the
circumscribed Augusta horizon. Further,
after the necessary preliminaries and
i?s_ 1 1 j ,L.t
ucguuauuus nave wen cuuij>;eu2'j, iuui
they name their Road "The Port
Royal and Knoxville Railroad."
This designation souuds more like
business, and would be suggestive to
capitalists of unity, solidity and strength.
It will never do for a railroad which aims
at becoming the main artery of commerce
for a large section of territory to
remain dependent on conncctiug roads,
ontrolled wholly or in great part by
hostile capital.
Move as quickly as you may, Messrs
Bondholders, Cincinnati will be at Knox-,
ville before you, and the day your traius
enter that city you cau exultingly proclaim.
* No pent up Augusta contracts our powers,
The broad and boundless contiucnt is ours."
Seriously, the one thing needed to
devclopc the port of Port Royal is direct
v and adequate Railroad con jection with
the great Northwest, nothing else will
suffice, and until this result is achieved the
proprietors of the Port Royal Railroad,
will look iu vain for returns. The merchants
of that section are not hampered
bv tradition and old aoniiaintaner Thov
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will simply ask '"Have you the
steamers and ships to transport our produce?
Can wc save money by adopting
votrr route? Asa necessary sequence,
with- the volume of cxpoits swelling yearly,
that ofjmports will advance in equal
degree and the city of Port Royal become
2> fixed fact in History
+
Mtv E. V. Smalley, the staff correspondent
of the N. Y. Tribune writing from
Worcester at the close of ceremonials
there in honor of the President, calls at
tention to an incident in the President's
tour which has not been given its due
significance, viz: the diversity of opinion
between the President and Vice-President
in regard to "The Southern Policy" and
the future of the South, As regards the
course pursued by the President, in the
withdrawal of the troops, he says
there is a substantial accord, but in their
prognostications of the uear future there
is a wide difference of opinion. ' The
President said repeatedly in his journey
that the South no longer existed as a polit
real faction, and he was confident the
time would soon come when the same cause
which divided the people at the North
will operate ibere to create two opposing
parties. He thought that the intelligent,
progressive clement will be found
on one side, and the ignorant, reactionary
element on the other. On the other hand,
the Vice President thinks that the eagerness
of the Southern men to get possession
of the Federal offices, and appropriations
for their section, will keep them solid.
He savs-thej ycarnifor railroad subsidies,
levee and harbor improvements, fat contracts
a ud good places, and will not divide
so long as they have a- prospect of
carrying a.PrcsidentH election. And he
believes tliat when^he purposes of the
Southern leaders are fully revealed, the
North will be obliged to unite in self de
fence to opjx?sc them, because the
North pays the bulk of the Federal taxes
and would not quietly sec the Treasury
depleted for the exclusive benefit of the
South by all sorts of schemes of inter-:
lial improvements, savoring ofjobbery as
well as sectional ism. It did not need
this evidence in regard to- their recent
conversations to convince the pecplethat
of the two men Mr. Hayes possesses by
far the most logical and comprehensive
mind.
There are some people in Texas who j
need looking after, or they may get us ,
mU>t -note with Mexico. Despatches'
rr?Jii ?r*n. Ord hint at an ?>r"-n;n7nti'?n
>f 2,500 of our "fellow countrymen" in- ! I
.hat State who propose to make an in- j t
ursion into our neighbor's territory. J
file last Mexican war began somewhat r
ifter this fashion, and we may have an- r
>ther on our hands before we know it. . 1
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The Columbia correspondent of the
Tovmal of Convince says it has beeu
arranged to nolle jirox the criminal cases j1
now pending against Woodruff and Jones '
in consideration of their turning State's ! ^
evidence in the prosecution of the cases I c
against their confreres, which will be c
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tried in October. Woodruff has placed a
his diary, kept in short hand for several r
years past, in the hands of the committee, j t
It furnishes the missing and much de- ! (
sired link in the chain of' testimony {
already taken, and is of incalculable t
importance in the prosecution of the i
cjiscs now pending and to be brought up,
involving Senators, Representatives and
lobbyists. Names dates and amounts
arc given in a degree exact enough to
cause future trouble with the faithful to
a painful extent. Nearly all the Republican
members of the present Legislature T
arc implicated. Besides this invaluable r
testimony, Woodruff and Jones have ?
made restitution to the State of property f
for which they paid ?250,000 in con
siaerauon 01 uicir re^eucrauuu. j
The property made over to the State
consists of real estate in this city, bonds, .
warrants and stocks by Woodruff, real
estate in Beaufort by Jones, and the j
building, presses and printing material ,
of - the Republican Printing Compa- |
uy by the' parties conjointly, together
with all claims against the State print* j
ing, including the Senate printing of last (
session, which they charged at $30,000
in the aggregate. Woodruff also turned
over to Senator Cochran 150 bank checks
endorsed by different members of the
legislature for sums ranging from $100 (
to $500, which they had been paid to
pass certain measures. Anpther important
witness has been summoned, in the
person of Mrs. McLaughlin, of Charleston,
who was a very successful lobbyist
for several years here, and who secured
the vote of the Charleston delegation for
Patterson when that worthy,was elected
Senator.
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If the President could only have foreseen
it, he would have had a pleasant time
at White Sulphur Springs, the Southern
Saratoga. There are at the Springs the
cream and elite of Southern society,
and it is notieecable that Hayes
has an immense popularity in thisuppertendom.
Vergiuians and South Carolinians,
who voted and worked haid for Tilden's
election, now frankly avow that
Hayes has done bctterfor the South than
could ever have been expected of Mr.
Til.^nr, Hno Snntt, Piiroliim nlnntnr n
Jl UU^II. V/IIV VUI ^ X.
staunch Democrat', said, the other day.
that lie had worked for Tilden, but was
glad the country had Hayes instead for
he believed Hayes to be honest, and he
did not think Tilden was.
The grand jury in Richland acting on
the information furnished by the Investigating
Committee found indictments
last Thursday against Gleavcs, Cardozo
Parker, Dunn, Hoge, S. J. Lee, Wood
ruff, Jones and Y. J. P. Owens. On
Friday bills were found against Gleaves
Montgomery, Jones and F. J. Moses,
all for breach of trust. A bill was found
against Parker for larceny and breach of
trust. Saturday Cass Carpenter was
presented on four indictments for de
frauding the State by raising the
warrants issued to him in payment foi
printing. The most important fish in
the net, however, were presented on
Saturday among the number being Honest
John Patterson, Parker and Kiiupton.
These worthies arc indicted on information
furnished by Prince Rivers, and S. J.
Lee. Bench warrants were issued for 1
these individuals, and # court adjourned
until the regular term when all the
fugitives that can be secured will be i
called to account for their crimes.
The committee appointed by the court !
to aid the grand jury in investigating the
frauds of the county of Orangeburg
through the assistance of Capt. F. M.
Wannamaker, trial justice, have issued
warrants for the arrest of George Boliver
clerk of the board of county commissioners,
and the commissioners themselves
for grand larceny. Also for the arrest of
James Van Tassel, county auditor, for
fraudulent breach of trust, and T. K.
Sasportas, late treasurer, for the same
aud Geo. Boliver for obtaining money
from the county by a forged check.
There is a negro named Dick Frazicr
c mfined in the Aiken jail who ran away
from his owner, J. D. Allen, Esq., before
the Mexican war, and joined the United
States Army. During the war he fought
in all the principal battles, and is said to
have made an excellent soldier. When
peace was declared lie was married in .Mexico
to a mulatto womau, worth considerable
property, and after spending her entire
fortune was recaptured by his owner,
brought back to his old home in Barnwell,
where he remained a slave until cmarfe!?pated
in 1S65. He is now conSned in
jail charged with grand larceny.
Editor of the Beaufort Tribune,
Sir: Please allow me to correct a
misstatement in your paper of the 30th,
under the heading "Phosphatic". You
state that Dr. Lebby "replied that he
thought it unsafe." I quote from Dr.
Lobby's telegram which I have before
me: *' Unwashed phosphate rock free
from animal and vegetable matter I do not
regard as detrimental to health." The
rock now being landed near jour office is ^
as free from "animal or vegetable matter"
as Unwished rock ever is. The '
landing and piling of rock in vast quanti- !
titics at the mining stations of Cocsaw
and Oak Point, has not made these stations
more unhealthy than they formerly
'hi- fi"? in r??n??in?*ti*?n with Dr.
icbby's telegram, al.*o that the piling of !
housands of tons of rock ou the Bennett
,ock, a few years ago, did not act dcleteiously
upon families living in immediate
iroximity thereto, induced the board of
lcalth to conclude that they were not
uthorized to put a stop to the work.
II. M. Sir art.
Mr. Editor:
At four o'clock this morning this town
vas disturbed by an unearthly beating of
h ums and tooting of fifes, reminding one
>f the customs of savage Africa, As bad
is it is to be forced to put up with this
juisance, as we often have to in the day
irne, it is unendurable at hours when
juiet ought to reign. Is there no law to
>revent the continuance of this? Why
iot do away with the pretence of a mulicipal
government? Quiet.
the labor question.
The useful and profitable employment
>f the surplus population of a country is
i prob'em of the highest iutcrest to a
:ivilized people involving as it does the
noral and physical well being of a vast
lumber of the human species, and is at
ill times, in any age or country, a
jucstioo of vital importance to the
jovcrnment under which they live. Both
,n ancient and modem times it has
ixhausted the efforts of all governmental
luthority. Romulus, after he'had found?d
Rome, invited all classes to participate
in building up his great city and
government, soon found it difficult to
keep within the restraiut of law and order
so vast a number of unemf loyed human
beings, and a resort to war or the erection
[>f great public works was necessary.
Cato said the stomach had do cars
when the multitudes of unemployed and
hungry human beings clamored for bread.
Nearly all of the ancient nations of the
earth were either obliged to institute a
war or resort to the construction of great
public works, in order to give employment
and food to the masses. The
tillage of the earth was confined almost
exclusively to the Helots or Slaves of
that day,'who were made such by the
fortunes of war.
Lycurgus, of all the ancient rulers,
seemed to have possessed the power or at
best he used the power which he- had, to
obviate the effects which result from the
unequal possession of property by an
attempt "to root out the evils of insolence,
oml Invnrv " t.)irmicr)i fl,p
CLatJ) aiauw) uuu i v... w v.0.. ?.
subdivsion of all the landed estates and
other riches of the oouotry among the
entire population, together with the
substitution of iron, the cheapest of all
the metals, for gold and silver as a currency;
the exclusion of unprofitable and
surplus arts, introducing the simplest and
plainest styles of architecture, furniture*
dress, causing the whole population of
the city to eat at a public table furnished
in the most frugal manner, together
with other sumptuary law.-: thus removing
all the inducements to beeouie rich
and preventing the evils resulting from
either poverty or wealth.
In all modern times the surplus
population of the cities and large town*,
brought together by the demands of the
wealthy, to administer to their luxurious
indulgences have always proved a curse
whenever any great rcactiou fr m prosperity
has taken place.
The fact, that there arc at the prcscut
time 3,000,000 of people in the United
States, mostly residents of the cities and
tovms, unemployed, is an evidence that
the emigrants to this country, attracted
by an apparent prosperity and the unusual
demand for labor, especially in the
mechanic arts, during the late war. and
the subsequent demand for luxuries,
owing to the vast accumulation of nominal
wealth at the North, and the
abolition and consequent demoralization
of slave labor and the immense losses
sustained by the war at the South, has
forced them to these points, and the
reaction naturally following these events
and their concomitants have left them for
the time without any employment audio
an almost starving condition, having
stated, as we believe, the true came
produeiug such a state ot things
the question is. What is the remedy? in
this enlightened age and under our
Republican lbrui of government it would
be impossible to engage in a war lor the
purpose of giving them employment as did
the governments of olu, especially as the
only plausible argument in favoi of a war
with other nations would be for the
acquisition of more power by increasing
our territorial limits, for we have already
more territory than we can well manage
for generations to come, and as for a war
among ourselves, although it might serve
for the time to diminish our population
somewhat, and give additional employment
to those not actually iu the field,
yet the result would be the bringing of
the same state ot tilings as mm ujuaia
and which it is so desirable to remedy
Besides this we have nothing uow to
fight about as slavery has been abolished
and the experience of the past has
satisfied all parties that we have had
enough of war among ourselves for some
time to come. And as for following the
example of Lycurgus, and distributing
the wealth of the couutry among the
whole population, while the plan no
doubt would meet with the
most decided. approval of many,
especially among the late rioters in
Pennsylvania, and the.other States engaged,
yet the country has not yet
retrograded into barbarism sufficiently to
carry out such a plan, although we might
be ereatlv benefitted by placing some
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wholesome restraints through the laws
upon the accumulation bv speculation
of such vast wealth in the shape of stock
aud bonds and other like property iu the
hands of the few.
Judging from the experience of the
past there seems to remain but one or all
of three other modes of disposing ot this
surplus population. The first is tor the
government to engage in the construction
of public works. The establishment of
an increased number of manufactories
of various kinds or the transformation
of this vast multitude a nonproducing
and useless class into producers, by
engaging thorn in the pursuit of ngricu'ture
in all its manifold branches. To
expect aid from the first source to any
great extent at the present time would
seem to be not only impracticable but
unreasonable, for independent of the
d'?"bfOil constitutionality of stvh :?
course, the government has already used ' N
its credit in conducting the late war, . V(
and subsequently in lending aid to public ?
improvement, to such an extent as to
bring about the very great embarrassment 80
of the present time in the financial affairs A
of the whole country, and should there- fc
fore confine its operations in the way of rp
public works within such limits only as
are absolutely required for protection "
and safety of the country. ^Iuch there- p
fore cannot be expected from this source, tl
certainly not sufficient for the exigency.
From manufactories and mining much
relief could he obtained, if proper
direction was given to the hoarded cap- T
ifal in the country. A vast and unexplored w
field in the older southern states of the ^
Union in the way of manufacturing and
mining is waiting for capital and popu- lation
to be developed into an immense t'
source of wealth and power. This part f;
of the country included in the territories .
of Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia. Tennessee, Ala- j
bama, and 3Iississippi, popess many "
advantages over other parts of the United
States in these respects, for while it has
untold millions of Gold, Silver, Lead, ?
i\n*? M onrronPCP Kaolin, and Coal, I *
VU|?|IV11 i'luiifcuuv^ ,
with other minerals within its bosom, it
has the superior advantage of being
an old settled countiy with a pleasant
and healthy climate in the main, with
mild winter months presenting no obstacles
to manufacturing or mining f
operations at any season of the year. <j
It also offers at once the great desidera- c
turn to the operative of an intelligent
and law abiding society with numerous r
schools and churches already established,
together with a population who will n
readily welcome those who come to abide
with and engage in any honest employment,
as an increase of population ismuch
needed and sought after. The
capitalist could nowhere develop his
investment more rapidly and easily; manufactories
of cotton, silk, iion, crockeryware,
and paper, can be conducted here
with greater profit than anywhere else, i
as the raw-material for all these, besides
many others is the product of the soil. f
The poor man with his family can live p
here for one half the cost and more pleas- a
antly than at the North or West, o viug
to the temperateness of the climate and s
fertility of the soil. A more desirable (
field for a poor, honest, and industrious *t
man, to carry a family with the prospect j
of success and ultimate competence and <
respectability if not wealth cannot be ?
found any where. i
The remaining source from which aid
could be derived is agriculture. The population
or the United States has in
creased disproportionslly to favor of the
cities and against the rural districts and ,
t lHh ises mostly from immigration
from foreign countries; the attraction
for an emigrant arriving in the country
for the first time is great for him to
cities nnd larcre towns
ICIIIUIU ill IUV V.....
coining as he does mostly from the
densely populated regions ot the old
country, he naturally prefers the bustle 1
and excitement of the crowd in the 1
cities to the more quiet and monotonous
life of the country and consulting more
his previous habits and tastes than his
interests h<mce he stays in town. This
together with the many who have been
raised in the country and becoming am-,
bit ions have adopted a city lite, ha>
destroyed the equilibrium between the
non food producing residents of the
commercial marts and the producers of
the farming regions, and this has been
particularly the case for the last fifteen
years for the reason before stated. The
great effort sliou d now Iki made to encourage
the settlement and development
of the Mist unocrupicd territory of the (
countrv by inducing the removal of the
surplus populate 11 from the cities to the
country, and elevating thcui from de
pendeii'-y vice and starvation to indepeu
de t honest, ami thrifty citizens. Thi? <
can be accompli-lied to a great extent by
*Iw> In* those who have
IIIU IM^nillllillr'x -J means
in the cities, o! immigration
societies with a fund for the purpose ??l
encouraging emigration and a ding the
emigrants to purchase land. lumrigra- 1
ti h> ocietic-i have existed for many years
in the United States and have doueiuuch
to populate and enrich the North-west
especially by inducing immigration from
Europe, and many millions of solid !
money has been brought into that part 1
of the country by the tens of thousands 1
who have settled there. But the c'ass 1
for whom relief is now sought l a/e no 1
money and cannot move unaided; to !
setid such to a new country where they 1
would be compelled to clear up the virgin
forest without the means to live 1
upon tratil the land was fit for cultivation,
aud to endure all the privations
sickness and trials of a frontier life would
require more money than could be readily i
commanded, and a moral and physical
countge on the part of the emigrants
? 1 _ i '
hardly to be expected, while sucn ,1 wiae
field for population with cheap and fertile
lands, a fine climate, a sparse popula 1
tion and an old settled countiy with all (
the advantages and the institutions of '
long established society' as the old {
Sou'hern Sta'e-; al o *e ni( nt'om d possess.
I'iie whole three millions ot unemployed
population spoken of could be readily
and speedily absorbed in these States s
with advantage to both the States and ,
emigrants provided they were of a class J
who were desirous of going earnestly to
work to gain a lively-hood for themselves
and to become good and useful
citizens. The writer knows that he j
utters the strictest truth when he asserts <
that such a population would be gladly re- i
m . i r*% t
ceived among us and tiiat soutn uaronna i
alone, where the writer lives, could i
spare room for at least 500,000.
Having given briefly what are supposed
to be the causes operating to produce
such a large surplus population in
our cities who arc out of cmploj'ment,
and made some su?i;estous as regards
the remedy, I beg loavy to say something
in reference to the choice of the remedies
proposed, as in all efforts to ameliorate 1
the condition of our fellow beings, respect
should be paid not only to their
physical but moral advantage, therefore
the means chosen for their relief should
be such if possible a? are calculated to
fromote their highest development,
n the opinion of the writer the study and
practice of agriculture in its thousand
forms is best calculated to accomplish
this object, as it not ouly lays under contribution
nearly every branch of human
knowledge, and if worthily and faithfuly ,
pursued lends to develope the best
3ualities of man, but brings him more J
irectly as it were through nature, in
contact with the great author of all thir gs. i
Thus elevating his nature by educating
his physical, moral, and intellectual
being to its highest capacity for development
here on earth. Through all of
these iuean%*therefore, I conclude lhat
> relief might be obtained for our suffering
fellow beings. The whole power and re;
snonsibilitv rests with those who hold the
capital of the country locked up in vaults <
clogging the wheels of enterprise and 1
prosperity. Aoricola.
The proposed connection between the !
Savannah and Charleston and the North
eastern Railroads, by which the terminus
of the former will be at the depot of the
latter, will hr made about the first of1
ovcniber next. The new road will di-j
jrgc from the Savannah and Charleston , >ad
near llantowles Station, at a point
:ven miles from the city,- crossing the
.shlcy river at Bee's Ferry on a bridge of c
>ur hundred and fitty feet in length,
his bridge will have a suitable draw for 1
ie passage of vessels loading the phoshate
rock of the mining compauies in
lat vicinity, and will also be arranged to
Dswer the purpose of a toll bridge fo 1
lie passage of pedestrians and vehicles,
he foundations or piers of the bridge
rill be piles sheathed with metal, and are 1
eing placed in their position by the
Icssrs Pregnall Bros. The upper strucnre
is also being prepared by a large
;)ree, and, it is hoped, will be completed
n the course of the next six weeks.?
Veics and Courier. {
(Official ITotirrs.
'roposala For Building Bridges.
OFFIfE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS > i
Bkacfort County, )
Beaufort S. C., Sept. 5th, 1877.
Sealed proposals will be received until on the second
ay of Oct. next for building the following bridge
s in this county:
Three bridges on the road leading from Robertille
to Sisters Ferry.
Proposals will be addressed, Robert Martin Chair
lan of the Board.
Thos. H. Wheeler
Clerk of the Board
PR0BATS_ HOTICB.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,")
Beaufort County. v
By A. B. ADDISON Esqr., Judge of
>robate
WHEREAS, S. J. Barapfiold Clerk of Common
'leas for Beaufort County, made suit to me, to
;rant him Letters of Adm inistration of the Estate
ind effects of Charles Eberle deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
ind singular the kindred and Creditors of the said
Charles Eberle deceased, that they be and appear
Wore me, in the Court of Probate, to be hold at
Beaufort C. H on 31st August next, alter publi*?
ration hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to
ihew cause, if any they have, why the said Adniuistration
should not be granted.
Given under my baud, this fourteenth day of
August A. D, 1877.
A. B. ADDISON.
Judge ot Probato.
To Holders of County Checks
or Audited Claims.
For the Ytmn 1873-74 and 1874-73.
OFFICE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS;
Be uifurt, S. C., So pi ember 3rd 1877,
In accordance with the provision of a joint resolution
entitled "A joint resolution authorizing the
County Commissioners of Beaufort County to levy
a special tax," approved March 24, 187G, sealed proposals
will be received at this office from parties
holding checks or audited claims allowed during
the above years, and which have been Registered
as required by the Act levying this tax,until
TUESDAY, OCTOBER2nd. 1877.
at 12 o'clock, M., at which time said bids will be
opened abd the Board of County Commissioner*
will dr.iw orders on the Treasurer to the amount ?rf
J417,in favor of the j er on or per ons wh **1 all
have offered the largest per centum discount on
their check-or audited claim*.
Proposals must*he addressed to Robert J. Martin
Chairman of the Board and endorsed "Proi osals f u
-ettlcment of past indebtedness of Beaufort County.
It. ,T. MARTIN,
V. S.SCi >TT,
R. F. tJKKAYES.
County Commissioners,
Thoj. II. WiiKEr.fr.
< lerk ol Board.
f?T.\TK OK SU'TU CaKOI.IXA, I Court ?>f
Beaufort County / Common I'lcu
Jen. W. U'itteand Arnlm F.Wittc.l ,, c
o;>artiiers under the style of Witte ,,, ,_p- f f
Brothers riaintitl>. '"""tX.'L .
Asa!..* 1 SEd
Edward Valentine, Defendant. J w
To the Defendant, Edward Val ntiue :
Yon arc hereby summoned and required to ?n
iwcr ill complaint in this action, which h s i>cen
filed in the office of the Clerk of Common Pleas, for
the said County, and to serve a copy of your answer
to the said complaint on the subscribers, at their of
Sec, Beaufort, S. C? within twenty days after the
service hereof, exclusive of the day of service; and
If you fail to answer the complaint within the time
{foresaid, the plaintifTs in this action will apply to
theC'ourt for the relief demanded in the complaint
Dated July SO, 1877.
WSf, ELLIOTT, *
BUIST A BU1ST,
n a in tiffs' Attorneys.
5. J. Bampfikld,
C. C. T. [i~s.]
ro the Defendant, Edward Valentine:
Take notice that the summons in this action, (
vliich the foregoing is a copy, was filed iu the office
)f the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, at Beau
rort, in the County of Beaufort, in the State of
South Carolina, on the 2nd day of August 1877.
WM. ELLIOTT,
BUIST A BUIST,
I'lffs'. Alty's
Beaufort, S. C.
iug.2-6t.
Yntiertn Tnx-nnvprs Itaaufort Con lit v.
Office County Auditor,
Beaufort 8. C. August :?th.. 1877.
Notice Is hereby given that the Board of
Equalization for the above County will meet in this
Office on Tuesday the eleventh (11) day of Scpember
for the purpose of Equalizing the real and
personal property returned for taxation for the
iscal year of 1877.
b. b. SAMS,
Auditor Beaufort County
and ex-officio clerk of Board.
Insurance!
THE MASSACHUSETTS
LIFS INSURANCE COMPANY
OF SPRINGFIELD MASS.
Capital and. Surplus $6.500.000.
THE HOME
FIRS INSURANT COMPANY
OF NEW YORK.
Cash Assets over $6,000. 000.
This, oue of the strougest Fire Insurance
Companies in the world, is n^w
prepared to take good risks in the town of
Beaufort and vicinity. For full partic- v
ulars, rates, etc., enquire of
J. n. Clancy, Agent
Beaufort S. C.
notice.
All persons furnishing supplies to the Town of
Beaufort are informed that the Committee on
Accounts will audit no bills uuleas the same are
itrcomoanied with the orders for the articles fur
rushed.
No bill for articles furnished the Town will
be }>aid unless obtained upon an order signed by
the Inlendant.
ALFRED WILLIAMS
Intendant,
fJeorgc Holmes
rhairnian Committee on Accounts.
erarrlUrs (Duidc,
LOW RATES. <
nARLESTOK, BEAUFORT, COOSAHATCHIE
AND WAY* LANDINGS.
Fhe Str. Howard Drake i
CAPTAIN TOWXSKXD, \
Will run regularly, leaving Charleston every '
.'hursday, stopping at Beaufort Fridays.
Returning will leave Beaufort Mondays. j
Freight carried at lower rates than by the other ]
outes. No charge for Wharfage.
F. W. Schepf.r, ,
Agent, Beaufort, ,
Roach A Moffett
Agents, Charleston..
NEW YORK & PORT ROYAL
STEAMSHIP LINE
'pUE FIRST-CLASS STEAMSHIPS
CITY OF DALLAS,
CAPT. HINES,
CARONDELET,
CAPT. FAIRCLOTII.
CITY OF AUSTIN,
CAPT. STEVENS.
Are intended to leave Port Royal for New York
alternately, every FRIDAY at ,12 m.
For freight and passage?having unsurpassed accommodations,
apply to
RICH'D. P. BUNDLE,
Agent, Port Royal, S. C.
PORT ROYAL RAILROAD.
Magnolia Passenger Route.
CHJ.Yf/E OF SCHEDULE.
Port Royal Railroad, \
Augusta, Ga.. August 25th, 1877. J
The following passenger schedule
will be operated on and after Monday, August
27th, 1877:
FAST MAIL, DAILY.
NO. 1-GOlNG SOUTH.
Leave Augusta . 4:43 a. m.
Arrive at Beaufort ?10:05 a. in.
Arrive at Port Royal .?- 1020 a. m.
Arrive at Charleston .. .. 8:00 p. m.
A ..(.a at ftinnnih .....10:10 a.m.
NO. 2-GOINC! NORTH.
Leave Savannah - ...... .....2:20 p. rn.
lA'avc l'ort Royal 2:3ft p.m.
Leave Beaufort p. m.
Arrive at Augusta 8:1-1 p. ra.
DAY ACCOMMODATION?DAILY, SUNDAY
EXCEPT ED.
N0 3-GOIXU SOUTH.
Leave August! fcftO a. in.
Arrive at Ileaufort 2:30 p.m.
Arrive at Port Royal ..3.-0O p.m.
arrive at < hnrlvstoii 8:30 p. in.
Arrive at Savannah A:3o p. m.
NO. 4-(.0;NG NORTH.
Leave Savannah 7:00 a. lu.
Leave Cliarleatoii 7:00 a.m.
Leave B aufort KM*) a.m.
L?*ave Port It )':? 1 11:30 a. tu.
Arrive at Augusta 7:3ft p.m.
Trains N<?s. I ami 2 w ill stop only at the follow1114
stations let ween .tu u-t and Yvniassee, viz:
Ell-ntou, BJ oe. Allendale, Branson anil Yarusville.
Trains N?>s. 3am'4 will >to?at all st t on Tot
.lie uic*?:uinodati?ii of tin- local trove!.
' t * The only line making close connection with
the Atlantic ami Dull' Ban road at savannah, am
from anil 10 Jacksonville ami al |*oints in Florida,
voiding tliv ions, tedious ati-t well-known Omninus
uaasferer through that city
I'lio only line running Through iHiv Coaches witli mt
e a.igc h'tween Augusta anil Savannah.
'onliceti ms made at Augusta with tlie Smith
aroliiia Railroad for Aiken, S. C., Cl-arlotte. Co!iinifiia
ami Augusta Railroad for all points Nort'i
ami Southwest, Wot and Northwest.
Sleeping Car Berths cngagm! at Augussa by ap11
ving to agents at Beaufort or t ort Royal.
Baggage?'hocked Through.
K.?. FLEMING,
Superintendent.
T. S. DAVANT,
GeuM. Pass. A
BRAND SPRING OPENING !
?. A. Scheper,
The Leader in Low Prices
TS now prepared to show his friends and customI
nf it.nnfort and surrounding country the
choicest and cheapest stock of J
DRESS GOODS.
Notions, Embroderies,
BOOTS AND SHOES
Laces, Hosiery. Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Caasimcres,
Jeans,' Twejds, Flannels. Homespuns,
Shirtings, Sheetings, Prints, Cambrics, Linens,
Towels, TaMe Damasks, Napkins, White Goods,
Gents' Furnishing Goods, Ac.; ever exhibited in
Beaufort. His assortment of goods has only to be
seen to be appreciated. He has selected them with
the greatest care. ALL ARE FKESli AND NEW
knd defy competition.
Those needing Spring and Fnmmer supplies for
their families would SAVE MONEY by looking at
his stock and purchasing what they require.
A well lighted store, with polite and agreeable
salesmen, to attend to customers.
E. A. SCHEPER.
J OMESTIC SEWING MACHINE,
OMESTIC PAPER FASHIONS,
OMESTIC UNDERBRAIDER,
OMESTIC MACHINE FIND'GS,
OMESTIC MONTHLY.
THE
LIGHT-RUNNING
"DOMESTIC"
SEWING MACHINE
IS THE BEST
GREATEST RANGE OF WORK,
REST QUALITY OF WORK,
LIGHTEST TO RUN,
ALWAYS IN ORDER
DOMESTIC
Sewing Machine Co.,
New York and Chicago.
The " Domestic" Underbratder and Sew,
Ing Machine, the cnfr perfect Braiding
Machine known; costs-but $5 more than the
Family Machhie.
The " Domestic'' Paper Fashions aVe unexcelled
for elegance and perfection of ML
Send?5 cents for an illustrated Catalogue.
The " Domestic" Monthly, a Fashion and
Literary Journal. Illustrated. Acknow- !
ledged authority. $1.50 a year and a Pre- '
mitim. SpecimenTcopy, 15 cents. Agents j
wanted. Jlost liberal terms. Address,
"Domestic" Sewing Machine Co
New York and Chicago.
?????*1
(ijrotfrifS and provisions.
iEOWAf ERHOUSE.
BAY ST. DEALER IN
ETAS, COFEEES, SUGARS,
rVRUPS, MOLASSES, CHEESE,
,ARD, HAMS, BACON, BEEF, PORK,
'LOUR, HOMINY, SALTS, RICE, ARENA,
TIKUSHED WHEAT, AND FARINA,
?ANDI1$, STANDARD KEROSENE OIL,
PURE CIDER VINEGAR,
PICKLESflK PINTS QTS A HALF GLL. JARS.
LYE, SAL-SODA, CREAM TARTER,
N ATIONAL YEAST CAKES,
STARCH' MUSTARD, PIPES,
LTGA1CS A TOBACCO, BY THE C.VSE,
WHOLE A GROUND.SPICES WABNrD PURE.
DRIED A GREEN APPLE A POTATOES,
A (iOOD ASSORTMENT OF
CROCKERY ANDGLASS1WARE,
LAMP8 BRACKETS CHANDALIERS,
AT WHOLESALE,
CHOICE WESTERN N.Y. BUTTER IN TUBS
MACKEREL IN KITTS.
J. F. HUCHTING,
Wholesale and Retail Grocer.
COUNTRY MERCHANTS
Will find at my store at all times a larire
and complete stock of
Meats of all kinds. The
only place in Beaufort where is kept
Charleston Grist.
An article superior to be found in Beaufort.
A full stock of *
STAPLE GROCERIES,
CROCKERY, '
WILLOW and
TIN WARE.
FRESH GARDEN SEEDS, Ac. Jan.lS-tf
"TAS. E. BOYCE,
Wholesale and Retail Grocer,
? Dealer in?
ALES. WINES,
LIQUORS, TOBACCOS,
SEGARS, HARDWARE,
MSH WISES, &C.
A pure article of
WHEAT WHISKEY,
Double Sweet
MASH CORN WHISKEY,
Jno. Gibsons, Sons k Go's.
Cabinet, and Nectar Whiskeys.
JUST RECEIVED
300 Lbs. TENNESSEE BOLOGNA
SAUSAGE.
2 Casks of Celebrated Boston Ginger
. ALE.
1 Cask of Tivoli LAGER,
Cheap Meat,
I a specialty. Country Merchant* will find
! it to their advantage to give tne a trial.
JUST OPEN !_JUST OPEN I!
A Store on Scott Street <?ui doors from Bay which
consist* of the l?-st grade of patent medicine*, also
fancy toih-t* of ail kind-*. Why not use I>r. Iiennls
It A It. I'. Syn?|?a never failing r?-ni?*lv. it will
r -ach anv skkafss that the Must ski I ml physicians
ha>c failed io discover.
DR. DENNIS.
Proprietor.
M.J. 6B AH AH.
Business manage .
TUmjILLS
A Noted Divine says
They are worth their
weight in gold.
READ WHAT HE SAYS:
Dk. Tott:?Dear Sir: For lea yean I have bees
a martyr to Dyspepsia, Constipation, and Piles. La*I
Sring your pills were recommended to om ; 1 seed
em (but with little faith). I an now a well ana,
have good appetite, digestion perfect, regular stools,
piles gone, and I have gained forty pounds solid desk.
They are worth their weight in gold.
Rev. R. L. SIMPSON, Louisville, Ky.
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Tzsrsnsssr
I Gray Hafar can be changed to i I
I frioar bladt by a single application of
I Dr.Tvn** Hair Dye.It actsHkc mafic,
and is warrantedas baraleasaawater.
? Price $1.00. Ofca3SMarray St., W.Y^p
What is Queen's Delight? Read
the Answer
It is a plant that grows in the Sooth, and is specially
adapted to the core of diseases of that climate.
"" nature's own remedy, !
Entering at once into the blood, expelling all scrofulous,-syphilitic,
and rheumatic affections. Alone,
it it a searching alterative, bat when combined, with
Sarssparilla, Yellow Dock, and other herbs, it forma
Dr. Tutt's Sarsaparilla
and Queen's Delight,
The most powerful Mood purifier known to medical
sctetJcefcrtaecuTeof old okers, diseased Joints, fool
discharges from the ears and nostrils, abscesses, skin
diseases,- dropsy, kidney complaint evil effects of
secrfef practices, disordered liver'aba spleen. Its nse
strengthens the nervous system, imparts a fair complexiori,
and builds up the body witfr
healthy, solio flesh.
As an antidote to syphilitic poison it is strongly
recommended. Hundreds of cases of the worst type
have been radically cured bv it. Being purely vegetable
its continued ose will do no harm. The best
time to take it is during the summer and fall; and
instead of debility, headache, fever and ague, you*
will enjoy robust health. Sold by ail druggists.'
Price, $i.oo. Office, 35 Murray Street, New Yoifcv