The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, March 02, 1878, Image 2
WINNSBORO, S. C.
Saturday, March 2. 1878.
R. MEANS DAVIS, Editor,
JNO. S. REYNOLDS. Assoolato Editor.
TmE PREsIDENT vetoed the Silver
Bill, but it was promptly passed
over his voto-in the Senate by a
vote of 46 to 19, and in the Houso
by a vote of 196 to 73.
NEWSPAPERS throughout tho whole
country are petitioning Congress to
remove the duty from typo, so that
foreign manufacturies can comi)eto
with native foundries. The duty at
present is almost prohibitory.
TuE REPUBLCANS in the United
State Senate are reduced to sore
straits. On Tuosday Vice-Prosi..
dont Wheeler was absent, and an
election being hold for president
pro tem., Ferry recoivedltwenty-ninc
votes, to twenty-eight for Thurman
One majority is a small margin te
figure on.
Ti MXICAN VETERANS are in
Washington, and havo flattering as
sarances that the old pension list
will be revived. Joff Davis has
written a letter reconnending that
his name be omitted from the list,
in order not to excite prcjudice
against tho bill.
REPREsENTATIvE 1IAILLARD's speech
on the quiestion of the public debt
is conceded to have been a very able
and eloquent effort. He stnnds
sqnarely by the Consolidation Act.
We differ with him in certain points,
as to the equity of the measure and
the honor involved in the Act per se.
But the two positions he takes are
unanswerable : First, thit the
Democratic party by its Executive
Committee, and the Wallaco House,
is plelged to accept the settlement;
and fAiondly, that in what,
evet way the Legislature may
endeavor to avoid its terms, the
courts will onforce them. The
Adt is practically repudiation, inas
much as it scales honest dobts te
fifty per cent., and compels partice
who, have heretofore refused to fan(d
to accept half or nothing. But the
quostion comes up whether two acts
of repudiation are not worse than
one, and whether the old1 settlemnent
had not better be left alone. The
power to enforce the Act in the
courts. settles the whole matter.
We wvould favor the repudiation of
every fraudulent claim. But uin for
tunately; we cannot in the face oi
the law. Let the leek be swallowed,
then, at once.
Vindication of The News and Courier,
Some' time since charges werc
preferred' that The iecos and Cu-a
rier-hiad been guilty og corrups
practices in regard to the pulic
printing. i'%e .News and (1ourie:
promptly demanded an investiga.
tion at the hands of the Legi sia,
ture. The committee has made
report,. completely exonerating '1%h
News- and (ourier from the
charges. The conuitiee, after
showing the iniquities of the e
publicanr press, say :
Conxtrasted with: the accounts of
the daily papers hereinbefore . r
ferred'to,. wa submit the evidence
taken relative to the- accounts of
The .Di/t, A'eu' of Charleston.
The contract made with the pro
prietors of this paper was 25 cents
per line for publishing the Acts in
three papers, the .Daily,. Tri-Weekly
and W~eekly News, which was 25l
cents per line loss than wvas paid to
the Charleton~ R~epublican for pub
lishing the same Acts in the daily
and weekly. All accounts of 2%e
News wore itemied,. giving~ the
title of the Act and date ~of p~ublica
tion i the- three. papers owned by
them, aund'the-number of lines con
tained in each Act. C]omnt is
uneesr ,' the evittence is in
itseif a .uffliene trib~ute to the in
tegrity-* of'tie proprietors of 'IThe
News, and the iorreCctness of their
accousnts.
This is a gratifying vindicationaoo
fIhe.?Note an? (kteer, and tihe
e05avges sliaud ba }aid at rest. Oi
the* iid.charges brought agarhst
MesrTh1%ordan & Dawson, ian
.Man been pr'oven,;. vhile all at
admit that The Net.s and C7ourier
began the- war against legislative
orruption, when'ovem the 'straight.
oats" were lying dormant..
Organization.
General Bratton's call to the
Democracy of Fairfield is well
timed, and in it he presents the true
aims of the party. The Democrats
of this county have never yet won in
a general election ; but they propose
to enter into the coming contest in
full panoply, with flanks all guard
od. Precautions will be taken
against overy emergency ; and the
constitution will be mado so ex
plicit, that no questiou of con
structioln can arise. V, hear
rumors of independent inoveients.
it we do not credit them. Wo
know the people of Fairfield too
-well to believe they will do anythinii
to injuro themselves or the State.
That the people are true and lion
orable has been proven in past
years. They have a sirong sense
of right and justice. Satisfy them
that the party machinery is run
fairly and squarely, and their solid
support will be soeured. The do
mand is for meritorious candidates,
nominated by a majority of the
Democratic party. Such candidates
nood fear no indopondent move
inents.
It is with a view to secure this
perfect organization that the Coun
ty Club, or Convention, is called to
meet. on the fifth Saturday in
March. The State Executive Comn
mittee has provided a uniform con
stitution for the whole State, in
order to prevent any irregularities
from arising. The County Com
mitteo will also present certain
details applicable to this county,
chiefly presenting the manner of
securing the fairest possible nomi
nations 1y primary election. The
Convention is called to ratify and
adopt the iiow constitution. So
long as the constitution is amibigu
Ous, honest differences may arise.
But secure one porfect in its details
and there cm be but one construc
tion placed on it. ."Bolts" or
"splits" cannot arise, unless
actuated by base motives.
Wo would suggest that as a new
constitution is to be adopted, the
subordinate clubs need not re
organize hoforo the meeting of the
County Club, as there will be a
rc -election of officers under its
rovisions. Great care should be
exerciseod inl selecting persons capas
ble of performing the implortant
duties of such ollices. But of this,
h ercaft or.
'We hope that the preliminary
meetings of the clubs to choose
delegates to the coming Convention
will he largely attended, thait the
campaign may be began under
auspicious circu ms.tances.
THE 1iSTATE LEGISLATUR~E.
\MrDNEsDAiY, February 27, 18'78.
SENATEi..
Thle concurr'enlt resolution to allow
the governor to agreec with any par'
ties for' combpenisation for services
in atempingto recover certain:
Car'olina by the United States, . was
madopted.
An act to amend an act to
empowver the judlges of pi'o
bate .courts in their respective
counties to issue cxcentions, ap
proved January 31, 1872, was or
dlered to enriolled for ratification.
Unfavorable report of committee
on finance.. on bill to amend an act
to investigate and ascertain the ac -
tual bona .jidc lndebtedne~ss of the
varimus counties, and to regulate
the manner of paying the same, was
adopted.
Adjourned.
HousE OF RhMPREsENTATIVEs.
A motion to to meet hereafter at
10 o'olook was carriedl. It was also
resolved that,. until otherwise or
dered, thme' evening session be de
voted exclusively to the calendar.
Mr. Haskell pr'esen ted the petition
of ex-Judge- Wright, relative to
charges p)ublishedi against him in a
Northern paper. After some sharp
debate, in which several members.
took part,. theo prayer of. the peti
tioner was gr'antedi and' the matter
was -referred to the. attorney
general.
.A memorial of the State.Grange,
mreference to to the Blue Rlidge
Railroad,. wa~ placed on the calen
dir.
The following bille passed a third
readgng : To authorize the coupty
.comnusIsioners of Chester to levy a
axof one mill,. to pay past. indebt
edaes t~oiandanoctio 2 '6a.
POLITICAL NOTES.
Hartford Courant :-"By and by
Corgress will run violontly down a
steep place into the sea and get
choked. The preliminary inspira-'f
tion is on it." ,
Tho Chicago Post terms the in- !9
troduction of Lamar's conscience in
the deliberations of Congress "a c
dangerous innovation." Inflation- r
ists may well tremble at it. A
Springfield Republican :-"It is
becoming unpopular for a public
man to h3 in the habit of getting
drunk, and this marks a groat ad. -
vance in publio sentiment." t
Buffido EJrpreas :-The one shred H
of legal reprobation of the rebellion 1i
which remains is the inability of a
Jeff Davis to govern the countiy
which he tried to destroy. Ajr. d
Lamar had much better hold his ;
seat." a
Cincinnati Gazette:--"'Tle Bland c
bill as it now stands would be a 1
long disturbance and uncertainty,
working great unfairness in the
government payments. until the
slow increase of silver dollars had
brought all to the silver basis."
L The Philadelphia 'ines treats of
ithe financial revolution as a fore
gone conclusion, and one which
' cumot be altered, while it suggests
that the evils to be expected from
it will not be unmixed with good, -
which will be at least a partial
compensation.
TiE SvANDAnD REMEDIES for al
diseases of the lungs are Schenck's
Pulinonic Syrup, Schenck's Sea (
SWoed Tonic, and Schenc-k's Man
drako Pills, and if taken before the
i lungs are destroyed they effect a
- speedy cure. To theso iodicinosa
Dr. J. H. Schonek, of Philadelphia,
owes his unrivalled success in the
treatment of pulhuonary diseases.
Tho Pulmonic Syrup ripens the
morbid matter in the lungs, nature
throws it off by an easy expectora
tion,. and the patient has relic from '
the prostrating cough. The Maii-_
drake Pills must be freely used to
cleanso and stimulato the stoimich
and liver ; they remove all obstruc
tions, relax the gall bladder and p
start the bile freely, and the liver n
is soon relieved. Sohenck's S-iv
Weed Tonic is a gentle stimulant
and alterativo : the alkali of which
it is. composed mixes with the food
and prevents souring. It assists the
digestion by toning up the stomach
to a healthy' condition so that. the
food and the Pulmnonic Syrup. will w
mako good blood; then the- lungs (
heal, and the paticut will surely get
well if 'are is taken to avoid fresh
cold. Full direction3 accornpuy
each preparation. All Ivho wish to
cons-:lIt Dr. Schenck personally, can
d10 o at his principal office, corner
of Sixth an~d Arch Sts., Philadelphi:i
VLettersaY tothe above address,
asking advice, answered free- of
charge.
Schenek's Medicines are sold by
all druggists.
A Luxa TES1TR..-We\ don t want
a Moore township girl for a, lung
tester. At a singing school there
thme other night a young mnan was
brogging about the strength of his
lungs and invited a girl in the
company to hit him in the breast.
She said she was left-.handed ; hadio
booni washing that day and was
tiredI, and didn't feel very active,
but at his urgent request she let go
at him. When his friends. wvent to t<
pick him up he said he thought he
would (lie easier lying do''n. He
had lost all recolletion of hiavinig
any lungs, but thme young woman
consoled him by admitting that she
didn't hit him as hard as she might
have done, baeauso she rather liked
him.-Easton ( Pa.) F~ree P"ress.
In Rlutland, Vermont, the Con
gregaitionalists refuse to p'irtake of
the holy sacrament fromn the- same
cup with their colored' brothers
and sisters. One cup wvas -passed
alound to one hundred and one
whlito men and wvomon, one of whom
sat in the same peow with the four
colored persons, and then another
cup-a pewter one-wris served to
the two men of Africean' descents
WI~at would brother Gil Haven
think of that sort of proceeding
down South ?
PALATABLE. MEDIbINES. - Ayer's,
Cherry Pectoral is a honeyed drop"
of relief ; his Cathartic Pills Mlide t1
sugar shod over the palate ; an-d his
Sarsaparilla is a nectar that imparts
vigor to life, restores the health and
expels disease.- Waterfor'd (.Pa.)
Absolutely free from Morphia anda
other danger'ous agents, Dr. Bull's
Baby Syrup is valued most highly g
as a remedy for the disorders of t1
babyhood. Price. only 25 eents a
bottle.
Muoe Leather ! 8ole Leather II
TUST Rooofqeed, 60 'lbs. Suero
.l Mole Leather, ohoap for oasiL.P
--ALSO
Sfagy adetn
ter 28, title 7, as to sureties on offi
cial bonds.
The unfinished business wats thei
taken up, and Mr. Shaw, having the
floor, muade a very able speech of at
hour in favor of the report of the
bond commission. He was followet
bly Mr. J. J. Hemphill, who mado
pointed arid telling speech on the oh
er si do. The debate was continued b,
Mr. Youmans, who spoke up to th
hour of adjournment.
TrunnAY, February 28, 1878.
SENATE.
Tho bill to organizo the Stat
University was taken up. and it
discussion consumed tho entire ses
sion, morning and evening.
The Houso attended in the Sen
ate, and a number of atcts wor
ratified--among thom "an Act t(
secure landlords and persons mak
ing advances.
Adjourned.
HoUsE OF rIEPRESENTATIvs.
Soveral bills and resolutions wer(
introduced, read by title, and prop
orly referred.
The special ordr--the report o
tei Blid Commission-was the
tak'. t up, and discussed during th
entiro morning hours.
In the evening sossion a numbe
of bi'ls, of local or privato import,
aice, were passed.
A bill to authorize and direct tha
treasurmr of the Stito to pay cor
taina salaries due to the lato Pro.
fessors of the University of Soutl
Carolina and to certain other por.
sons in said University was pro
dictive of a long and animateI
debate. in which Mossrs. I. R
Hemophill, Callison, Gray, Pope
Miller and sevoral others partici
pated.
Mr R. RR. Hemphill moved tha
the enacting clause of the bill b(
stricken out.
Mr. Hamilton moved to indefi
nitely postpone this motion.
The yoas and nays were called
Yeas, 55 ; nays, 31.
The bill was then road section b3
section., sevenili amendments wor.
agreed to, and the bill passed to :
third reading by a vote of 55 to 35
Adjourned.
D tIC-A-D R A C.
Snoring is now politely describei
as indulging in -Ihot music.
About 20,000 Itialians annuniall
imigrato to this country to settle
Turkey's experience is that iron
clad fleets do not amount to shucks
It is said by men who have sailo
a mile a minute on an ice boat that
the sensation is like falling from
building.
A London paperO estimates tha
during the latter 200 clays of 187
human blood flowed at the rate o
forty gallons an hour.
A Chicago German, who wanteo
to add a postscript to a letter aiftei
he had mailed it,. was found tryin
to dig up the lamp p)ost.
A paper speaks of a horse tha
eats meat. H-arry says that he hia~
never soen a horse actually on
meat, but has seon one running fo:
a stake.
A patent has bcon taken out upom
almost everything of value-, bn
there is a fortune waiting for th<
man who patents a boot-jack tha
will kill two Thomas cats at ou
time.
An Indiana farmer missed
360 pound1( hog' andl found him, afte>
thart-fie ays, under a box tha
hdfallen an-d caught him uder it
The hog lived, but lie only weighet
200 pounds when found.
There was a shower of worms ir
Michigan,,ono day recently. Some
days p~reviously there wvas a showei
of fish. Anad now, if nature under
stands her buin~ess, a shower o1
fishm-hooks is next on thme pro.
grammo.
A Frenchman. has annalyzed tin
dust and deln'is of' the streets. o
Paris- and Florence, and has found
that thirty-five per cenit.. of thai
collected from the roadway is ironi
given off' by horses' shoes, and that
from thirty to forty per cent. of
that taken fromi the sidewalks is
glue. He proposes to utilize both
the iron and the glue.
King Victor' E~mmanueI was es
pocially fond of a fight. At the
battle of Goito, in 1849, he charged
at the head of a regiLment, ami
Austrian battery, and showed th(
same courage during the cighteer
hours' strife at Novara. On travel.
ing one day iis a~ carring~o without
escort, to~ his eBateau of' Polenzoi
he fontndanumber of gendarmes
exchanging. shots with' brigands
Victor Emmanuel seized the carbine
with which he traveled, and aided
tIoe gendarmost two of whom were
killed at 'his 0 ide. The briganda
who were not killed finally fled,
The offi'er 'In command of th<
gen~darImes was rmuch astonishd ,or
lerm than;ke mn, *asbi
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CLUB.
A- meeting of the Fairfield County
Pemocratio club, will be hold on the
fth Saturday in March. The Cub will
o composod. as heretofore, of five dole
ites from each local or subordinate club.
The purpose of the meeting is the
ryasideration of such measures as will
laec our county organization in accord
ith the form presented by the State
'emocratic Convention of August, 1876,
Id also of such rules and Negulations
w the government of our county organi
ition as will secure its fullest support
ilp own. nominations, guard it against
in daingers or diw-ord and internal dis
mnsions fill its ranks and strengthen its
nns for the campaign on which it is
bout to enter.
'Those preliminary steps, wisely and
lihberately taken, will place our party
the strongest position possible to us,
ad Aenable us to adopt promptly any
urse that the omergeneies of the cam
aig.n ..ay require.
JNO. BRI1ATTON,
march 2-xttd County Cha iinan.
RPAT REDUCTIONS.
MT ord-er to make room- for our Spring
Stock, we will from this- day soal our
och of
CLOTHING,.
ASSIMERES, JEANS, DRESS
GOODS,
ad al' other wimter goodsi at greatly
IREDUCED PRICES.
We intend to sell thoso goods as cheap
I they cn h boatglit anywhere Call
ad examino anst "be convincet that we
MEAN WHAT'WE SAY.
We propose lceping a ful a-nd on.
lete stock of lirtdwitre. and plliters in
e'I of Pla-itationr Har:waro would do
el, byciling arnd prieing before pur.
mnsing. Onr str.tk of A.s, Plows, Iron,
c., Is unuasually large-and
-CHEAP.
Wecaif especial attention to th-I "Ad.
erhold Hoe," which wo 8el, it i.s just.
hat the planters need, and is cheap and
urable..
mar 2 McMASTER & BRICE.
LADD BlOs.
?ANIC PRICES !!
Tthe reqsuos6 of a great manty: per-.
mns, particularly the ladies, who- desire
select fi'on om'
DRES8 GOODS,.
NOTIONS,2
L A ES,,
GLOVES,.
RIBBONS,.
FINE SHOES,,
&c., &e.
We have' conolud'edl tb post'pone tho
luetilen Sales until.co~urt week.
Goods sold at any reasonable price..
ad yet p~lease remember that we. don't
itenil to giee tham, away. TmcOlgt
to cost mark,
"ALY CURETON,"
adl you can' abayour own buyilng.. Many
mode, sold air less thna, coat, Bomne ofr
iemna 60 below New York cost,
Will, be glad Do-bye OTry Onleeandneo
sa stocte