Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1VERTI5INC RATES. S' M/ffi. M • * • a O | One Month. | 00 ja a o s • m -a H CD A *3 o S H •oa GQ s t* a> a O aare... 1 00 ? 00 8 00 12 00 20 O0 - juarea. 2 00 6 00 12 00 20 00 30 00 qnares 3 10 00 20 00 30 0O 40 00 Column.. 5 00 16 00 3J 00 40 00 60 00 Column.. 10 00 20 00 40 00 50 00 60 00 Column.. 20 00 40 00 60 00 80 00 100 00 ’HURSDAY -... DEC. 20. 1877. Afiklrtu at the State Capitol, Everything seems to be going on sat isfactorily at the State Capitol. Our Legislative solons are working as if they placed a due value upon time and intended to accomplish the work set before them in a consciencious manner •nd in the shortest time possible. The Usury Bill of which we have already spoken and of which we may ray something in a future number passed both Houses by a very large majority. This and the tenure of of fice bill are regarded as very important measures, and the vote on the two measures shows unmistakably in which in which direction our lawmakers are working. The self abnegating high- minded spirit shown is cheering and shows that we have great cause to re joice in the change which has taken place in Legislative affairs within the past year. Everything indicates that we are in the right traca but not at the «nd—mistakes will undoubtedly be made j yet as we have a good and trusty pilot at the helm we have no doubt we shall come out all rig! The utter disregard of the public interest, the shameful waste and ex- travagance of the thieves and robbers who have held the reins ol govern— V9RIM tot 'tlltir rasi urouir o :to the brink of financial ruin, but thanks be to God, the uhange came in time to save us. With regard to the much talked of question of Repudia tion and the red uction of the State debt there would seem to be but one reason able way to act, and that is to pay every honest debt and repudiate everything which is tainted with fraud, and such we have no doubt will be the action of our law makers. They have thus far shown a commendable spirit, which proves most conclusively that they un derstand the meaning of the terms re trenchment and reform, and th*t they intend to act upon it and carry it out to theffUHest extent. Relating to matters which immedi ately concern the people of our county our representatives seem to be doing their best. .. • — iue Butler County scheme which not without reason has caused considerably alarm. Thanks to the zealous and hearty work of Messrs. Butler, Saw yer and Drayton, who have labored night and day to defeat the bid, bids fair to come to naught. Office of Attorney General. The private business of Attorney General Conner has caused him to re sign his office. A special message was sent by the Governor to the Legislature on Monday last informing them of the fact. Gen. Conner was a most excellent of ficer, and this act caused a general feel ing of regret. As an evidence of the high appreciation of his services, resolutions of thanks were introduced to the Legis lature and unanimously passed. Since the above was in print we barn that Leroy F. Youmans has been elected to the office. A most excellent choice. That efficient and indomitable worker Col. A. C. Haskell has been elected Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, to fill the vacancy occasioned hy the resignation of Wright. Col. Haskell *erved in the late war, winning for him- elf a name and a fame that any one rould be proud to own. He was ad- sitted to the bar in 1865, and was lected Professor of ijaw in the Uni- eraity of South Carolina in 1867. He a* Chairman of the State Democratic •zecutive Committee in the last mcm- rable campaign. He is a fine lawyer ad a sound man, and the honor could •H have been conferred on one more 'orthy. was ol.il Uavl eoia, and and • ItlicbmpoijV ^ „„ the throat ana ife had evidently been extinct for many hfn^s*de'o£V.-« from the air ®|UaBH^r- ..... , , . . ritatinar matter j causeH H tq be je*peor „ nrmra A double barrel gun close bv \..t» ;:n e ased by S uinionar»«i*<»e4voos. . . _ of herbal l’r°<lnrt*. rrmen - NItecilic effect on the throat and ■ "a. a a- ala* 1H 14.11 I F- hours. and the bloody and mutilated head of the deceased told silently but unmis takably how he had met his death. Trial Justice Salter, acting coronor, was notified of the discovery, and proceeded to hold an inquest. The investigation developed the following facts : The po' eition of the gun and the man showed that the misguided being had gone de- ibeiately to work to accomplish his purpose.- He first cut a forked stick and adjusted it on the trigger of bis gun, so that he could, by standing up, place the muzzle of the weapon, which was nearly five feet long, close to his head, and discharge the barrels by touching the stick with one of his feet. The design was well planned, and it succeeded. The charge struck the sui cide just above the left eye and tore a part of his head off, so that a large por tion of his brains dropped out and fell into his hip. • When found he had sunk into a crouching position, with his head, a ghastly object, slightly bent forward. I On the page of a small memorandum book he had written the following words with a penci I: “ Incurable sickness, asthma, brought me to this. I beg for funeral; for this I have in pocket 810 and a watch and chain." No name was signed to this, and there was nothing about him to indicate who he was or where he came from. Two red silk handkerchiefs in one of his pockets had the initials “ G. B.” worked in white silk in one corner of each. The nineteen dollars mentioned in the note were found on his person, and also the watch and chain, the former silver and the latter gold, appar ently. Among some miscellaneous pa pers was the photograph of a little child. The body was neatly dressed in a black suit and a fine silk cravfat was about the neck. The man seemed to be about thirty years of age, with dark brown hair and a moustache of a lighter shade, face clean shaven (with this ex ception). His height was probably five feet eight or nine inches. The coro ner’s jury, after brief deliberation, re- r*. i.v-T (.iic 11CUL itlilC the deceased came to his death by his own hand. The body was placed in a neat < coffin and-earned to the old Counci Ij Chamber in Hamburg. A man answering to the description of the deceased was seen to cross the brid<;e over the Savannah River on Wednesday afternoon, with a gun on his shoulder.—Aujusta Chronicle and Con stitutionalist. 1'llilllIIK J K - iXl V' l T T 1 « ... — — _ - rated, and atone* t-Heck* the Inflammation which produces tha cough. A single dose relieves the most distressing paroxysm, *oollies nervousnefis, and enahles the suf ferer to enjoy quiet rest at night. Being a pleasant cordial. It tones the weak stom ach, and Is specially recommended for children. What others say about TutVs Expectorant Had Asthma Thirty Years. Baltimore, February 1875. “I have had Asthma thirty years, and never ioun- medicine that had such a hapnv effect.” W. F. HOGAN, Charles St 1 A Child’s Idea of Merit. New Orleans, November u, 1876, “Tutt’s Expectorant is a familiar name in my house. My wife thinks it the best medicine in the world, and the children say it is ‘nicer than molasses candy.*» NOAH WOODWARD, 101 N. Poydrat St. “Six, and all Croupy.” •• I am the mother of six children ; all orth’em have been croupy. Without Tutt’s Expectorant, I don’t think they could have survived some of the attacks. It is a mother's blessing.” MARY STEVENS, Frankfort, Ky. A Doctor’s Advice. “In my practice, 1 advise all families to keep Tutt’s Expectorant, in sudden emergencies, for coughs, croup, diphtheria, etc.” T. P. ELLIS, M.D., Newark, N. J. Bold by nil druyyista. Price $1.00. 0 2 35 Murray Street, New York. “THE TREE IS KNOWN BY ITS FRUIT.” “Tutt’s Pills are worth their weight in gold.** REV. I. R. SIMPSON. Louisville, Ky. •• Tutt’s Pills are a TpTna^blessing of the nine teenth century.”—REVjFj^R. OSGOOD, New York. “ I have used Tutt’^hTT^or torpor of the liver. They are superior to any medicine for biliary dis orders ever made.” I. P. CARR, AHorneg'St Law, Augusta, Qa. " I have used Tutt’s Pills five years in my family. They areuncqualcd for costiveness and biliousness.” F. R. WILSON^Georgetown, Texes. “I have used Tutt’s T^dirTne with great benefit.” W. W. MANhLEditor Mobile Register. "We sell fifty boxes lutt's Pills to five of all others.”—SAYRE & CO^^Jartersville, Ga. “Tutt’s Pills have only to be tried to establish their merits. They work like magic.” W. H. BARRON, 96 Summer 81., Boston. “ There is no medicine so well adapted to the cure of bilious disorders as Tutt’s Pills.” JOS. BRUMMEL, Richmond, Virginia. AND A THOUSAND MORE. Mold by dmeiylsta. 25 cents a box. Office 35 Murray Street, New York, TUTT S HAIR DYE HIGH TESTIMONY. FROM THF. PACIFIC JOURNAL. haebeen^^Tnl’irOT^w York, which re'-tores youthful beauty to the hair. That eminent chemist has succeeded In producing a Hair Dye which imitates nature to perfection. Old bachelors may now rejoice.” Price $1.00, Office 35 Murray St,, New York, Sold by all drugyiata. Ayer’s Cathartic Pills, Por all the purposes of a Family Physio, and for curmg Costiveness, Jaunatee, Indigestion, Foul Stomach, Breath, Headwchn. Erysipelas. Bheumatism, Eruptions and SJtln Diseases, Bil iousness, Dropsy, Tumors, Worms, Neuralgia, as a Dinner Pill, for Purifying the Blood, Are the most ef fective and conge nial purgative ever discovered. They are mild, but ef- ^ fectual in their operation, moving the bowels surely and without pain. Although gentle in their operation, they are still the most thorough and searching cathar tic medicine that can be employed: cleans ing the stomach and bowels, and even the blood. In small doses of one pill a day, they stimulate the digestive organs and A Young Girl Kidnapped. On Friday afternoon, November 30. as Miss Fannie Burt, aged 17 vears. daughter of Mr. Ohurles Burt, of West- port, Conn , was seated in her father’s house, her only company being an in fant belonging to her sister, two strange- looking men alighted from a covered promote vigorous health, eaxthtge in front of the premise*. 'J hey j Ayer’s Pills have been known for came to the door and asked for a drink more than a quarter of a century, and have of water. While Miss Burt was ob- obtained a world-wide reputation for their tuining the water the men entered tiie virtues. They correct diseased action in apartment. On her return one of the 8eve f a l assimilative o r g“ ns ^ t “ e „ , 11-1 v • , , body, and are so composed that obstruc- men stepped behind her seized and ti J s ’ within thcir ran ^ e can rare ly with- held her, while the other forced a hand- stand or evade them. Not only do they kerchief saturated with chloroform into cure the every-day complaints of every- he mouth and kept it there until she body, but also formidable and dangerous was insensible. While in that eondi diseases that have baffled the best of tion they stripped her entirely of her human skill. While they produce power clothing, invested her in a pair of trous ful effects, they are, at the same time, the 0 r safest and best physic for children, liy their aperient action they gripe much less than the common purgatives, and never give pain when the bowels are not inflamed. They reach the vital fountains of the blood, and strengthen thy system by freeing it from the elements of weakness. Adapted to all ages and conditions in all climates, containing neither calomel nor any deleterious drug, these Pills may be taken with safety' by anybody. Their sugar-coating preserves them ever fresh, and makes them pleasant to take; while being purely vegetable, no harm can arise from their use in any quantity. prepared bv Dr. J. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass., Practical and Anaivtical ChcmlHts. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS LVLHYWHEKK Our worthy Governor has commis- 3ned Robert R. Hemphill, Esq., of te Abbeville Medium, Brigadier Gen- al, to command the 7th Brigade of ulanteer State Troops, comprisin'* unties of Abbeville, A-’ t«, Pickens, G' asides b-' ers, overcoat, hat autl shoes belonging j their aperient action thev gripe much less to her father, dragged her from the house, threw her into the carriage and drove off. When she came to conscious ness it was night, and she in a strange apartment, poorly lighted and furnished. There she was kept a prisoner f r the space of four days, during which time she was denied food except the meanest sort and repeatedly outraged while un der the influence of chloroform. On Tuesday, December 4, Miss Burt found herself alone. Taking advantage of the circumstances, she forced open the door of her prison and escaped, After a journey of four days and nights, during which she did not eat, drink or sleep, she reached home on Saturday night, having walked a distance of fully sev enty-five miles. Entering the portals left eight days before, she appeared in a state of such exhaustion and with gar ments so tattered and torn that her p irenis failed to recognize her, and it was only after hearing the sound of her voice that they were enabled to realize lhat the lost one was found. Dr. Geo. B. Burton, who was called to treat the injured young lady, pronounces her physical condition emical, with the chances much against speedy recovery. The greatest excitement p: evaded among those residing near the scene ol the ab duction. Mis* Burt expresses the be lief that she can trace the course taken by her from the house of her captivity to the depot at New Britain, and can also identify her preseoui ors if brought near them. at mmimm Whipping Post for Wife Beater*!. The Austin “ Nevada Revf” n the Board of Countv its meeting •”*' nrd”” Every family should use and keep i an hand, because of its superiority over oil other liver medicines or liver regula tors. Operates without Nausea cr Griping. Not unpleasent to take. It cures diseases of the liver and Spleen. It removes mucury from the - It cures Neuralgia. ‘ rheumatism. It is a*- gTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ‘ AIKEN COUNTV. PROBATE COUBT. Decree in Partition. A. P. Butler in bis own right and as exccu tor of the last will and testament of Seth Butler, deceased, petitioner, against Kath arine M. Butler, et. al., defendants. In pursuance of an order from W. W. Williams, Esq., Judge of Probate, in and for the county above mentioned, in the above entitled cause, now on file io this office, l will sell at Aiken court house in front of | the Gregg mansion, on the first Monday in January next, within the legal hours of | sale, the following deserihed property, to- wit: 1st. All that tract of land, situate in the County and Slate aforesaid, containing one hundred and seventy acres, msre or less, bounded by lands of A. P. Butler, Luther 8. Gotzen and Jno. >1. Hightower. 2d. All that other tract of lani, in the county and State aforesaid, containing nine hundred and eighty acres more or less, situated on the waters of Little Horse creek adjoining lands formerly of A. J. Rambo, and lands of Maurice, Carter and others, being the plantation on which Mrs. Mary Ann Anderson and her husband W. L. An- { derson now reside. Terms of sale, one"half cash balance in one year at 7 per ct. interest s"-' bonds of purchaser anda - premi ses sold. Po*"' pers. U plOVS, $7 no. > mi*' OF AIKEN. fE PROBATE COURT. Summons. For Relief. {Complaint Screed.) \ Rhodu Plunkett and Mary Arthurs, plaintiffs, against James (J Plunkett, Charles Jones, Alary A Barton, Robt Jones, Henry Jones and Ervin Jones, James Plunkett. E A Arthurs, Rob- ert Barton and Mary Plunkett, de fendants. To the defendants, James C Plunkett, Charles Jones, Mary A Barton, Robert Jones, Henry Jones and Ervin Jones James Plunkett, E A Arthurs, Robert Barton and Mary A Plunkett: You are herei»y summoned and requi.ed to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer, to the said complaint on the subscribe! at his office in the. town of Aiken in the State of South Carolina within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the couipl dnt within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief deman ded in the complaint Dated November 7th. 1877. GEO. VV. CROFT, Plaintiff’s Attorney. To the defendant Janies C. Plunkot and Mrry A Plunkett ; j Take notice that the complaint in this action, together with the summons, of which the foregoing is a copy, was this day filed in the office of Probate Judge at Aiken, in the county of Aiken in the State of South Carolina* November 7th 1877. GEO. W. CROFT, Plantiffs Attorney. VV. W. Williams,P. J. A.C.-{ seal }■ no8.6t SILVERTON TOWNSHIP. Boyd, Geo D, 450 acres 5 buildings Boyd. E, 200acrel 3 buildings Bush, Mary Ella, 282 aces 1 building WARDS TOWNSHIP. Mobley, S E, 12 acres Rhoden. E H, 100 acres 2 buildings Smith, B A, 125 acres 5 buildings WINDSOR TOWNSHIP. Boylston, W A, 100 acres 4 buildings Brown, Tilman P, 66 acres 2 buildings Cushman, Ann. 50 acres 3 buildings Renew, Peter. 100 acres 4 fluildings Smalls, John, 6 acres 2 buildings Seigler. James, 180 acres Tilliams, Nelson. —acres. Notice ie hereby given that the whole of the several parcels, lots ( and pans of lots of real estate described in the preceeding list, or so much thereof as will be necessary to pay the taxes, penalties and assessments charged thereon, will be sold hy the Treas urer of Aiken County, on the 31st day of Lecetnber, A. D. 1877, unless said taxes, assessments and penalties be paid before that time : and such sale will be continued from day to day until all of the said par cels. lots and parts of lots of real estate shall be sold or offered for sale. J. H. MORGAN, no30-tf Auditor Aiken County. Administrators’ Sales. pursuance of an order of the Judge of Probate of Aiken county, I will sell at the Dick’s Place, near Rouse’s Bridge, on Monday the 31st day of December, 1877, the following personal property, sold as the personal property of James B. Green, Intestate: One half interest in mill of Green & Wheathershee, several cows and calves, buggy and harness, 500 bushels of corn, more or less, 450 bushels of cotton seed, more or less, 6 bales of cotton. 6000 lbs of fodder, several horses and mules, farm ing utensils. &c. Terms cash. WM. GREEN, Administrator Estate James B. Green. Aiken, S. C , December 14th, 1877. VV ! all mex^r -. * • i Ms. ■J-vf-V?-'-'- .cL.ee. . iON. -na .en, S. C by —..i act ..omen’” The ..ie lo,*—was haded into 4 4, id ti front John H. Fearey, Optican, Jeweler & Engraver, 221 Broad st., opp. Central Hotel of F SOUTH CAROLINA, VIKEN COUNTY. Williams, Probate Judge. Whereas, Angus P. Brown, Clerk cl the Court of C. P. and G. S., of Aiken county, hath made suit to me to grant him letters of administration of the estate and effects of Whitfield Glover. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Whitfield Glover, deceased that they beand appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Aiken C. H., on the 2lst of January next, after publica- , tion hereof, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon. All that tract of land in the County and j *o shew cause, if anj they have, why the State aforesaid, containing 100 acres, more said administration should not be grunted, or less, bounded to the east by lands of) Given 1 — J ’ ” ’ Talitha Heath an.’ lands of the estate cash; titles extra. ..rtue of the above execution, now on uie in this offioe, 1 will sell at Aiken Court House on the first Monday in January next within the legal hours of sale in front of the “Gregg House,” the following property levied upon as the properiy of the defen 1- ants. to-wit: c5—; v. vi# vue cast oy lands of Given under my hand, this llthd&y ol and on ai o*her sides by December in the year of our Lord one thou- Ue of Gidetn Evans. Terms sand eight hundred and seventy-seven W. W. WILLIAMS, Judve of Probate * ' Vr m w wmwn em r|lllE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF AIKEN. IN TIIEJCOUPT OF COMMON PLEAS. Summons. For Relief. (Complaint Served.) James Morgan, plaintiff, against Thos X Read. Dominick Dixon, Mary V Ayers, David Ayers, West ley Ayers, and the other heirs at law of Eleazer Ayers, deceased,defendants. To the (Ictciidaiits, Thomas T Reed Dominick Dixon, Mary V Ayers, David Ayers, Westley Ayers, and the other heirs at law ol Eleazer \yers, deceased. You are ’hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, of which si copy is herewith served upon you and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber sit his of lice i the Town of Aiken in the State of .South t'a! oliri:. within twenty days after tli£. ; -er fid- he'eof, exclusive ofthe day of suel si rvii-e, and if you fail to answer the comp'aiut w illin the time aforesaid, the platniiH' in 'his action will apply to tin Cot.rt for Uie relief demanded in thi complaint Dated November 7th 1877 - G. W'* Croft. Plantiffs Attorney, Aiken S, C. To defendants, Thomas T - Read, Mary V. Ayer-, David Ayers, Westley Ayers, and the other he'rs at law of Eleazer Ayers, deceased: Take notice that the complaint in this action, together witli the summons, of which the foregoing is a copy, was this day filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, at Aiken, in coun ty of Aiken, in the State of South Caro lina. November 7tn 1877. “ G. W. CROFT. J"n pursuance cf an order of the Judge of j Probate of Aiken County, I will sell at the residence of Mrs. Barbara Watts, in said count v, on Saturday, the 15th day of De cember, 1877, the 'ollowing property, sold as the personal estate of John Boyd, .ntca- tute : 2 ccws and calves, 2 double barrel guns, 1 trunk tin box and lamp. with body & gearing, 4 chairs, 1 bureau, Kitchen furniture, 1 note on Benj. Scott, 1 note on M. R. Rend for $46, and K R Pettis, $17. Terms of sale, cash. If bid is not paid promptly, to be sold at bidder’s risk. ISAAC L. BOYD, Administrator est. John Boyd. Aiken, S. C.,Nov, 27, 1877. no29-3t 1 gelding, 1 bay mare, 1 mare colt, 1 two horse wagon. J^y viitue of an order issuing from the Hon. Court of Probate in Aiken county 1 will sell at public auction to the highest bidder the following property, to-wit : 8 shares of the stock of the S. C. R. R. Company, 10 shares of the capital stock of the Charleston Bridge Company. Sale on the first Monday in January, 1878, at the Gregg House, between the legal hours of sale. Terms cash. decldLw R. S. AGNFW, Administrator. £ will sell at the residsnee of the late Mrs. Rachael Johnston, the 17th day of Dec. next, at public outcry, the personal proper ty belonging to the e-tate of the said Rach ael Johnston, consisting of. Mules, horses, cattle, oxen, hogs, waggons, buggy. &c., household and kitchen furni ture, &c. Terms cash. LEORY B. JOHNSTON. ‘ " ’ tsir.'or HC / r ; • , THIS PAGE CONTAINS FLAWS AND OTWpd defects which may APP^r o N n D Sm