The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, January 31, 1878, Image 2
.WINNSBORO, S. .
Thursday, January 31. : 1878.
I. MZANS DAVIS, Editor,
JNO. S. REYNOLDS, Assooiate Editor.
ALL PAUTIE must agree that there
is a hell-iu the English Cockney's
halphabet.
AND Now TaT say that Patterson
wishes to resign on condition of
naming his- successor, and securing
immunity for himself, Somewhat
cheeky.
Tax DzuocnAoy of Abbeville have
determined to lend all their efforts
to achieving the success of the
Democratic party in the coming
carmpaign, Side issues, such as the
debt, &c., will be ignored. This is
a cheering c'arfon note. Let all
the other counties fall in line.
Ma. GEoUGX W. WILLIAMS, of
Charleston, has instituted suit
against the county treasurer to
compel him to receive Consolidation
coupons for taxes. Mr. Williams
was, at one time, mentioned for
governor of South Carolina. He is
aloo said to have been previously
interested in the passage of Corbin's
phosphate bilL
WnILE WE DO not propoke to dis
parage the merits of the other
gentlemen suggested as candidates
for judge of the sixth circuit, we
feel assured that the selection
of A. 8.' Douglass, Esq., would be
gratifying to a large majority of
the people of Fairfield. Mr.
Douglass is a practitioner of long
standing, a thorough lawyer, a
eareful student, and a gentlaman
of the highest integrity, There
would be no sounder judge in the
whole State, none more careful to
preserve unspotted the judicial.
ermine.
Tum RicH HILL Democratic Club,
of Chester county, have recommend
ed the re-election of Judge Mackey,
on the ground of his "efficieit ser
vices"' in the "late great contest."
We must protest against the eleva
tion of any man to the bench of
Sonth Carolina on the ground of
any political service he may have
rendered or seemed to have
rendered, We think Judge Mackey
deserves great credit, and that he
should be fitly rewarded,. But if he
is to be elected to the bench, let
that election rest solely upon his
anoral, intellectual and educational
Attiess for the high station, and not
on his political career-which, we
all.know, is a raixture of good and
bad, with the bad greatly preponder
ating. God forbid that we should
ever again have in South Carolina a
judiciary of politicians!.
THE PEOPLE OF LOUISIANA are pir
suing the Returning Board. Thes
worthies- had been bailed to apipear
at court, but being non est when
wanted, bench warrants wore-issued
for their arrest. They fled to that
Radical haven of refuge, the New
Orleans Custom House,. a.nd the
sheriff'who pumened them was ar -
xeeted by a United States marshal
Iand carried before: Judge Billings.
He, warned by the ezamnple of Bond,
declined to interferes and the sheriff
was roleased. The- same night
Attorney General Devens tele..
graphed to the Custom House au
thorities to make no resistance to
the State officers. Anderson,. Case
Oave and Benner wore then dcliv.
ered up, but Wells had fled. The
e ulprita are reported to be down-'
hearted, but threaten vengeance on
Hayes folt abandonteg them. Possi-'
ly they may divulge the true in
wardness of the Electoral frauds.
IT rSA PrrY that the question of
Sudicial elections- was pressed upon
the 8tpreme C'ourt at this time.
Siz jttages were nearing the comple.
tion of their terms, and the .system
ed rotation provided against damage
from those that wore unat fo~r their
pQsit,ioneq. The qetion could be
decided either way, an -the Su
prenme justices naturally shrank
rnm:, decision that wonia be law
069~apy because thyy. made' it Bo.
While the integrity'of.' the.court
Iv uaetlanadL thoo na man...1C
hold with THE NEWS AND HERALD
that Justice Willard's solution of the
difficulty was the simplest. The
Supreme Court is. not responsible
for the dilemma existing. The
Legislature, however, has to choose
between re:-lecting the prosent
incumbents and turning them out
at the risk of being charged with'par
tisanship. Much better to have
suffered this vexed question to rest
until just previous to the next gen
eral judicial election.
THE LEGISLATUBE can perform no
more just or fitting act than to re
store to the circuit bench Hon. A. P.
Aldrich. He certainly possesses all
the qualifications to enable him to
do his full share in elevating the
bench of the State to the old-time
standard. A lawyer- of far more
than ordinary ability, fond of his
profession, ambitious of honor in
its legitimate field, and a gentloman
whose personal integrity is not less
conspicuous than his conetant devo
tion to the cause of right, be will
make a judge of whom all South
Carolina will bo justly proud.
Judge Aldrich was the victim of the
tyranny of the autocrat Canby,
when, rather than do what his con
science forbade, he laid off his
stainless ermine and retired to pri
vato life. There would be some
thing like "poetic justice" in now
reinstatirg him on the bonch he
once honored ; and we heartily trust
he will be elected.
The Election of Judges.
We commend to the considera
tion of those who think that the ju
dicial office should be bestowed as
a reward for political services, the
memorial of the Greenville
bar, which we republish elsewhere.
It may be proper to confer political
preforennt for political sorvices,
but to carry that doctrine into judi -
cial elections would be to ignore the
principles which underlay the judi
cial system of South Carolina in the
time when her judges were at once
the pride of the State and the admi
ration of the country. We trust
that the Logislatnro, in casting
'about for a judge of the sixth cir.
cuit, will send political expediency
to the dogs, and elect to the bench
some man who is intellectually and
morally fit for tho'position. To
select a man simply on grounds of
policy would be an injustice to the
entire people of the circuit, and
would be to declare that thre
Democracy of South Carolina will,
for p)olitical ends, keep her judiciary
far below the standard established
in the grand old times of Harper
aind O'Neale and Dunkin and Ingliss
and Withers and Aldrich and others
of their stamp. Away with political
considerations in such an election I
We have had already too much
polities and too many politicians on'
the bench. We war t no more.
Now Counties,
That it is impossible to please
everybody has been long since dis,
covered by the Legislature; but
were there any lingering doubts on
the subject they would be dispelled
by experience in only one matter,
the formation of new counties.
F?irst Ninety-Six wanted to be a
county; then it was p)roposed to
establish the county of Butler ; but
these propositions woere over
whelnmed with opposition. The
people of. northern Beaufort are
petitioning for a now county, which
is strenuously oppose'd by the peo..
ple along the sea-coast. The latest
scheme to divide Charleston and
Colleton into four counties, Old
Charleston, B3erkley, Edisto and
Colloton, seems not to satisfy any
one exactly. In this dilemma the
Legislature must take such action
as scems proper. Charleston at
least should be severed. The idea
of the monkeys of J:ohn's, James
and Edisto Islands sending seven
teen gorillas to represent the
metropolis of the State in the Leg.-.
islature is proposterous.. A new
conisty should be, formed of the
city with just einough' territory
besides to complete the dx hnndred
and twontyflve square ies rioquir
ed.by;thesonisitution.~ Aind since
they are blgng over a pne, let
this new county be called "Moultrie,"
in honor of the hero whose exploit
is commemorated on every 28th of
June. South Carolina has a Marion
county and a Sumter county. Why
not have a Moultrio county with
Charleston city for the county
seat ? The Legislature should not
hesitate in this matter. If Charles
ton knows what she wants, give it
to her. If not, divide the county.
as at present contemplated.
THE JUDICIAL ERMINE.
What the Bar of Greenville Think
About the Matter...-Consideratione
Which Alone Should Guide the Leg
islature in Making a Choice.
The following memorial, which
speaks strongly enough for itself,
has been forwarded to. the Legisla
ture :
The undersigned, members of the
Greenville bar, in view of the fact
that you are about to elect judges
to fill the vacancies which the Su.
preme Court has declared to exist,
respectfully present as follows :
1. We think that the positions
should be filled by lawyers of ac
knowledged legal attainments, and
of high moral character.
2. We do not think that a posi
tion on the bench should be a re
ward for political service ; but,
other tliigs being equal, we think
that those who have been consist
ent Democrats should be preferred
to th-yose who, at the elevonth hour,
&serted their corrupt Radical party
with which they had been for years
connected, in order to continue
tlie-nselves in offle.
3. We think that the positions
should be filled by lawyers whose
ch,tracter, attainments, social posi
tion and general surroundings are
such thatt no lawyer who practises
before him, or party litigant,- would
have any just cause to impute the
judge's decision to partial or im
pure motives.
We therefore epress the hope
that you will avail yourselves of the
opportunity now offered to restore
the judiciary of the State to the
high standard, for ability, integrity
and experiencu,'iwhich distinguished
it prior to the late Radical adminis
tration, and urge upon you that a
change be made in the eighth cir
cuit, and that a lawyer who has the
above qualifications be elected to
fill the vacancy,
B. F. Perry, E. P. Jones,
John W. Stokes, T. Q. Don
aldson, E dward Croft, W. H. Perry,
Wn. W. Vance, J. H. Whitner, M.
F. Ansel, G. G. Wells, Whitner
Symmes, J. P. Mioore, J. T. Nix, J.
W. Gray.
CLOsE OF THE Tunco-RunsrAX WAR.
-The Porte has accepted the
Russian conditions and peace is
regardled as vi:rtually concluded.
The TPurkish plenipotentiaries have
been instructed from Constantino,
pie to sign the peace preliminaries,
and an armiAtice, it was expected,
was concluded on Friday.
The following items are said to
be included in the peace conditions:
Servia to be independent without
compensation; Montenegro to re
ceive Antivari, Nicsic and Spuz, and
a portion of the territory boi dering
on Lake Scutari; Russia to hold
Batoum3, KCars and Er'zeroum until
a war indemnity of twenty millions is
paid ; the Dardanellos f,o be opened
to Russian men-.of-war~ - Bulgarian
autonomy to be concedcd ord tile
principle of the Lebanon Confer
enceo; Turkey to nominate a. Chris.
tian Governor for a long term of
years, subject to ratification by the
Powers; p art of the Russian arne
to embark at Constantinople on
their return home ; and the final
treaty of peace to be signed at
Constantinople by the Grand Duke
Nicholas.
It is now an acknowledged fact that
CoNsUMPTION CAN BE CURED. It has
been cured in a vecry great number
of cases (sonme of them apparently
desperate ones) by Schenck's Pul,.
monic Syrup alone, and in others
by the same medicine in connection
with Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic and
Mandrake Pills, one or both accord
ing to the requirements of the case.
The old supposition that "Con'.
sumption is incurable," for many
years deterred Physicians from at
tempting to find a remedy for that
disease, and patients afflicted with
it recenciled themselves to death
without an effort being made to save
them from a doom which was con
sidered inevitable.
Dr. Schenck himself wase supposed
at one time to be at the very gate of
death, his physicians having pr1o
nounced his case hopeless and
abandoned him to his fate he was
OUBED by the aforesaid medicines
and after ward enjoyed uninterrupt.
4id good,health for more thant forty
yeniea.Thousands of people have used
Dr. Sehenek'a preparationse with the
same rem b~kble success.
Schenek's . 4manae, containing a
horo h teat he on Consumption,
Liven at,Ufs~epsik.'&e,~ can
be h'a'gra le of aAy Irggist, or of
J. H. Schenck & Son, Philadelphia.
Full directions for the use ol
Schenck's medicines accompany eaci
package.
Schenck's Putdnonie Syrup, Sea
Wood Tonic, artd. Mandrake Pills
are for sale by all druggists. *
GARDEN SEED.
SEED, ONION SETS,
SEED, LUCERNE,
BEE'r CLOVER,
2 5i50 worth of garden seod,just ro
eeivod at rediiced prices for cash,. at tho
Drug store of
jan 31 DR. W. . AIKEN,
Selling Out at and Below Cost.
) EING desirous of closing my busi
ness, as I intend to leave the S'ato
I offer my entire stock, consistin of
Family Groceries, Boots and 8hoes, and
a fine stook of Liquors. of . all kinds,
AT AND BELOW COST, until February
15, unless sooner iold out. Or, .1 will
sell the entire business, fixtures. and
liconso, on accommodating terms to a re
sponsible party.
All persons indebted to mo will settle
up immediaitely and save costs.
R. PETT1CREW,
Jan 22-x t t feb 15 Agent.
AUGUSTA HUTEL,
Corner of Broad and Washington Streets,
AUGUSTA, G 4.
H AS been thoroughly renovated, re
modeled and newly furnished. It
is located in the contre of business.
Velegraph Office in the Hotel building,
ECxpress 0111co in the some block. Post
Dice only one black off. All other pub
lie conveniences close at hand.
.4i The Office of the Hotel will be
open during the night, and guests will be
received or called at any hour.
W. W. MOORE, Proprietor,
Rates of Board, $2.00 per day
)ct 20-Z y
JTOTICE3.
R. J. McCARLEY begs to inform
very one indebted to him, that, as he
intends selling out, it is imperative that
tll aceonnts be paid on or before the first
dlay of January, 1877. After that date
hose who have not paid up will please
"all at the office of A. M. Mackey, in
ivhose hands all accounts will be placed
Dr collection.
dat 13
OTTO F. WITERS~
Wholesale Grocer
-AND
Commission Merchant,
Nos, 110,112 and 181,
CHARLES'TON, S. C
oct 4
ESTABiSH El) 1874.
GEO, B, ED WA RDS,
Jotton and General Commnisalon Merchant
CH1ARLESTON, S. C,
P ROMPT attention given to the sale
,Cotton, Pena, Corn, Rtice and Pro
Inee of all kinds.
Merchandise bought free of commis
i.on. Being on theo spot, and thoroughly
posted [on prices, cnn guwranteo large
saving- to buyers of merchandise.
Agent at Charleston for State Line
Ocean Steamships betwo. n New York,
[Ilasgow, Liverpool, London an~d all parls
Df Europe.-.
References: Bank of Charleston; Jas.
Adger & Co., Charleston, S. C.
sept 22-xt3m
PATEI'TS
To Inventors-und Maniuf'acturers.
Esrmntrarr 1865.
Gilmore, Smith & Co.,
SoLxelTolhs OF PATE~NTS AND
ATTORNEYS AT ~LAW.
American and Foreign Patents.
629 F St., Washingtoni, D). 0.
o fees in advance, nor until- a Patont is
all1owed. No fees for makingprelinary
.lkamialions.
Special attention given to Interferene
Cases before the Patent Offlee, Infringe
ments Suits in the different States, and
all litigation appertaining to ?atonts or
Inveontions.
Send tamp for PamopAMeI qf DILr pagjes.
dee 4 ____
NOT1ICE.
notified thiat the. notes nd aenounts~
belonging, to said estate ha.ve been, praced
in the fiandla of James (G. EleCants, attor
ne,with inanc~utions to settle up and
oet the same es soon.a's possible.
,NEW'S Klb IIERALU
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rj 'HE subsdriber has removed' lii's foot
1an dh Soe Manufaetory to a few doors.
belo0W W. R. Doty& Co.'s, greeery store,
and opposite 3. M. Galloway's hardware
stord, where he will be pleased to see his.
friends nd~ oetatonts. He has lowerec?
the priees of all kinds of work in hise
line, VIz:
Fine Freuaeh Calf Skin Booets to $10.
Galters, $7.00'.'
Shoen from $6.00) to $8.00,
Mending rand repairn promiptya
tended to at reaeeso rat. . , t
.0W All 'work.1Wrantead.
janl 6- ' . OLEND1btUhG