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qJ11111 1'541 11A l11:W WINNSBORO. S. O. Tuerday, March 2., : : 1878. B. MEANS DAVIS, EDTon. JNO. 8, BBYNOLDS, AssoCIATa EDITOR. Tua cONTY CONVENTIONS of Ander son, Abbeville and Hampton, be sides a number of local clubs, have passed resolutions demanding the renomination of Governor Hampton. SENAToR TAFT, Republican, of Charleston, introduced resolutions in the Senate cordially endorsing Governor Hampton, and compli menting him on the fulfillment of all his pledges. THOSE NOBTHERN DEMOCUATO are plucky fellows. Here in the State of Rhode Island, the Republicans can split and each wing beat the Democrats, yet the latter come up smilingly to the scratch every year. They have just put a full ticket into the field. THa LEOIsLATURE has adjourned, and the Solons of the State are now reposing on the bosoms of their re., spective constituencies. The session was a long one, and much was said and done by members that should have been omitted. But the work as a whole was good. Many re forms have boen inaugurated, and the way has been paved for still further improvement. By the way, a prejudice exists among some people against sending lawyers to the Legislature. A close observation leads us to conclude tha;t. the lawyer in the last Legislature did not make near as much fuss as other parties. The State University. The bill providing for the reha bilitation of this old institution has become a law. A new board of trustees was elected by the Legisla ture, consisting of Col. C. H. Simon ton, of Charleston ; S. Dibble, Esq., of Orangeburg ; R. W. Boyd, Esq.. of Darlington ; Col. J. H. Rion, of Fairfield ; Col. J. D. Blanding, of Sumter ; J. F. J. Caldwell, Esq., of Newberry, and Gen. John S. Pres" ton, of Columbia. The college will will not be opened for the present, but we anxiously await the day when the educational system of the State will be crowned by a State College-if free, so much the bet,ter. It is nonsense to say that the South Carolina t.College ever militated against the poor. Some of the brightest and most honored citizens of the-State are beneficiaries of that institution. The State N'itary Academy. A determined effort is making.-to recover the Citadel from the United States Government, which seized it V.' at the surrender of Charleston and has hold it ever since as captured Confederate property, though it belongs solely to the State. A demand will be made also for rent for the time the Federal govern, ment has occupied it. The amount thus due would, if recovered, suffice to pay all the expenses of conduct ing a military academy for several years without a cent of aid from the - State. What the present Congress will do is a matter of speculation, but the next Congress wvill certainly yield to the just demand. In the meantime the alumni of the academy are pushing matters. Governor Hampton has appointed a board of visitors, consisting of General Johnson Hagood, Rev. S. B. Jones, of Anderson ; Colonel E. Croft, of Greenville; Captain H. A. Gaillard, of Fairfield ; Colonel C. Irvine Walker, of Charleston. All of the members of the board are alumni of the institution. Wo wish them abundant success. A New Crusade. Shortly after the inauguration of 1 the present administration, Carl S Schur:, the Secretary of the In terior,As#sed an order causing the s,elmure of all timber that was being out on goVernment lands. Upon place it in an entirely different aspect. The Secretary revived an old law that had virtually never been enforced, and under it sent out agents to collect "stumpage," and to institute suits against tres passers. This brought to light the whole horde of spies and robbers, whose acts in the South in ku-klux prosecutions, tobacco and whiskey raids, and similar outrages have rendered them so obnoxious-the foremost among them being the notorious Hester. These pimps have gone to work both in the territories and in Florida, Missis sippi, Louisiana and Arkansas, and while they have prevented the settlers in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming from even using fire wood without paying a dollar a cord. They have seized millions of dollars' worth of logs and timber along the Gulf of Mexico, regard less of whether they were public or private property. The governor of Florida was even arrested on a trumped up charge, but proved his entire innocence. All the powers of government are put at the disposal of these spies ; and a simple telegram from Hester is sufficient to prevent the clearance from port of any vessel which he affects to suspect of carrying off public timber. It is said he transports a carriage and a pair of horses with him on the steamboats and railways so that he can ride out three or four miles from any station to inspect any man's wood pile. Some time since it was announced that Hester had forsaken pu?'.ic life and would enter the ministry. But he saw in this now raid un limited opportunity for stealage and he couldn't resist the tempta tion. As Senators from the raided States are making it warm for Mr. Schurz, it is hoped that Hester will soon be remanded again to his theological labors. "GETTING AN ORGAN." A Reply from Dark Corner to the Wri ter in the "BaX.tist Courier." Messrs. Iditors : If you will allow us a small space in your columns, we would like to say something in defence of the Rock Creek congrrgation. "Observer," of "Dark Corner," has made many false statements in the course of his slanderous article. He starts out by saying a "skeptic" invited the guests to his house from the first entertainment, as the "member" at whose house it came off objected to dancing, both of which assertions are untrue, as well as the assertion of our having a grab-bag, mock post-office, raffle, &c. Then he goes on to talk of amusements that "pander to the lower propen~ sities of humanity." We wvouldi like if he would draw the line of demar cation between those that pander to the lower, and those that pander to the higher, for the benefit of us benighted mortals. Does he think that young persons encounter any danger of degradation or shame by engaging in the frivolous amuse ments of a square dance with their mothers, brothers, kindred and friends in the strong ?-admitting, Messrs. Editors, for the sake of argument, that dancing in modera tion is vicious-which we most con fidently deny, "Observer" to the contrary notwithstanding. There is no victory when no enemy is met, nor is. there any real virtue if no1 temptation to vice is resisted. WVe are glad to be able to say that the standard of training exercised by the good parents of the Rock Creek community is of such an order that the young people can be en trusted to conduct themselves prop erly oven in such a cesspool of vice as a dance. We admit we are poor Ih Pecuniary matters, but think we can weigh morals with "Observ ver" and give him his saintly self conceit in tho bargain. He seems to forget that the ladies yey'e the prima niovers in tlie scbeme, and tha t ue-b e4n,tng t I, Y moral calamity to the communi by, we are forced to assert that "Observer" is a narrow-minded bigot, and deserves the censure of every fair minded person who is so unfortunate as to have road his tirade on the modesty, virtue, intel ligenco and refinement of our vicin ity. We pity him for naking such a jackanapes of himself, and are of the opinion that it was a great mis take when his good mother loosed him from her apron-string. She had better tie him again, as he seems to have no faith in virtue, chastity, honor, or even the ef'ect of Christian training. In . cof nlu sion, we would ask, if, when the hat goes round in a church, accord ing to church rules, and some strag gler, or bad man, in the far corner drops in his mite, he rises in his seat and demands whether that piece of money was obtained in an honest, as well as church-sanctioned way, or in a game of "social seven" or by the fleetness of his nag ? Who ever heard of money from any source being refused at a church collection ? Yet if a community of young ladies in their desire to do something for the prosperity of the 3hurchi of their forefathers by originating a play-and allowing a lance afterwards, though entirely anconnected, in all honesty of heart believing it to be an innocent imusement, some egotistical under.. 3trapper grabs his pen and pub lishes them to the world. He had 3etter stay in his dark corner, is it might disturb the equilibrium f his self -satisfied superiority if be came down among people who believe that others can be good as -yell as themselves, and that a penny a as good if-obtained by proficiency n dancing as for proficiency in ?reaching. Hoping that "Observer" will sweep out his own house before .e starts out into the world again with his little broom, we are his, n pity, ROCK CREEK SAMARITAN. A PROPOSED TJ ZRfITORY. A bill is pending in Congress to 3rect the Black Hills country into a territory called Lincoln. It will be between the twenty-third and wenty-eighths meridians, and the forty-"third and forty-ninth parallels, ibsorbing the western half of Dako. ba, and portions of Montana and Wyoming, and will contain 108,000 square miles, three times the area >f South Carolina. The Black Hills proper are being rapidly developed. The gold mines yielded $2,000, 300 in 1876, $5,000,000 last year, md the estimated yiel.i for the pres. ant year is $10,000,000. Three thousand gold bearing lades and three hundred silver lades have ocen located and recorded. Coal, ron, copper and lead have also been round, as wvell as potroleumn and saline springs. There are also within this eighty miles large placer mines which have heretofore yielded ibout one-half of the gold product o.f buis country. Along this miner.. 1 Legion more than twenty thriving~ bowns have sprnng into existence, where all kinds of business nye profitably being carried on. Banks, iotels, stores and many kinds of nannfac tories usually fouand in western cities and towns, are not wanting in the settlements of the Black Hills. Churches and school iouses already exist ini considerable 2umber and are being rapidly pros n'ded to meet the wants of the popu ation. The country is covered withb nagnificent forests, and the soil is said to possess great fertilitv. "Caii ~ornia Joe," an old miner and scout, :oenarked of this region, "There's told from the grass-roots down, ut there's more goid from the trass-roots upi." The lack Hills tre hundlrgls 'of Imi ea from anyv >thecr settlement, whiule the Black Elills delogagate to the Dakota LeQg, slature has to travel a thousand miles to reach Yankton, receiving wo hundred dollars for mileage dlone. THE PENETRATING WINDS incident o this season of the year are a severe ordeal for the lungs. The aegIect of a hard cough generally eads to a weakness of theo lungs, which, not infrequently, results in Jonsumption. 80HENcKs PULuONIo Svnur will at meeC relieve and loosen a tight 3oulgh and is such an agreeable remedy that children will take it without being coaxed. A cold on the lungs, if consumption is not dlready developed, may be easily mastered by the use of the Pulmnonic syrup, together with Schenck's HIandrake Pille to clear the sys tern >f tho accumulated mucus. In more serious.cases, wvhere the :lisease has become. deeply seated, and the patient - suffers from loss of ippetite, weakness and emaciation, eeksSaWeedi Tonic should used in connectioni wit 4ho 1ab h aepnetiedheI,e1t tQmu 1 '531"6 form its healing and cleansing work. The use of those standard reme dies according to the directions which accompany them, cannot fail to produce most satisfactory re sults. A letter addressed to Dr. Schneck Corner of Sixth and Arch Sts., Philadelphia, asking advice, will promptly receive the Doctor's perHonal attention, free of charge. Schenck's Medicines are for sale by all Druggists. * TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. C., Nov. 10, 1876. I take great pleasure in certifying to the effiecy of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, in use in my family and as a specific for colds of children or adults, I have found it to be a cure almost immediate and always per manent.-Very respectfully, Tuos. B. PRICE. MUNZCIp"AI, NOMINATIOS. 1lleers. Editor :-Please an nounce the following ticket for our next Town Council: intendant. JNo. J. NEIL. lVardens. J. H. C3rmiNas, T. R. R)DiRTSON, J. J. 1I0:-.1STER, The atbO)Ve nl?med, arY; active, rep resentativo young men, and we feel satisfied that all the varied interests of the community will be protected and promoted under their adminis tration. March 14- tf MArY FRIENDS. SPR1NG, 1878. 0 WE are now receiving a splendid line of S?RING GOODS. 150 piecea Prints, 10 " Cambio irics, 10 " Cretones. A fini lot of WVash Poplins, beaiutifuil lie of white and igured Centannuia Stripes ALSO, B1inehed HIroespuns, Sursuckcers, Cno on D)iapr, Tab,lo Lineni and Dam. sk arnd the prettiest assort ment TIable UIoths~ and~ DJoylie's to match in the muar.< it, aind many other goodsi which lease call and cxi mine. HA TS. A full line of Straiw, F"elt and n ool SHOES. We hiave n!ways tulen a prjide in 0our * hoe, dIepartsn.at. W'. on n zow say thait we have the. most compJlete s,Ock oIf a .(is~ ever brou)i.;ht to) this mazrket. GIVE US A CALL. LADD BROS. DONY'Tj MISS THlE THlE entire stock of Furniture, Mat tras8os, WindoW Shaudos, Baby Carriages, e., willi be sold a', greatly 'reducod prices, from this dAy, regrardess of cost, to olose out at Th0 Chkgt&: 1( uiunN sN $ ie CUARLOTTESVILE cASSIlV..EEJi;#]S, J UST arrived and for sale cheap. Call and examine them. ALSO, G'nts' Baltimrore hand and machino sewed :ihors j ust in. Don't fail to come and sco them. ALSO, Spring and Summer Hats just received, consisting of all the latest styles in gents' and youths' fur, straw and wool hats. J. F. McMASTER & CO. march 26 DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CLUB. Ameeting of the Fairfield County Democratic iub, will be held on the fifth Saturday in March. The Club will be compo :ed. as heretofore, of five dele gates from each local or subordinate club. The purpose of the meeting is the coasidoration of such measures as will place our county organization in accord with the form presented by the State Democratic Convention of August, 1870, and also of such rule:; and regulations for the government of our county organi zation as will soutnre its fullest support of its own nominations, guard it against the dangers or dli;car.d and internal dis sensions, fill its ranks and strengthen its lines for the campaign on which it is about to enter. These preliminary steps, wi:3ely and d Iberately taken, will place our party in the strongest position possible to us, and enable us to adopt promptly any course that the emergencies of the cam paign .ay require. JNO. BR ATTON, march 2-xttd County Chairman. Ayer's Hair Vigor, For restoring Gray Hair to its natural Vitality and Color. I " A dressing which is at once agree able, healthy', - and effectual for preserv ing the hair. Faded or gray hair is soon restored to its original color, with the gloss and freakness of youth. Thin hair is thickened, falling hair chc'kedl, and baldness often, though niot always, cured by its use. Nothling can re store the hair where the follicles are destroyed, or the glands atrop)hiedl an ecyd But such as remalin can be saved for usefulness by this application. Instead of' fouling the hair wvith a pasty sediment, it will keep it cleani and vigorous. Its occasional use will prevent the hair from turning gray or falling ofr, and consequently prevent baldness. Free f-om those deleterious sub stances which make some prep)ara, tions dlanger'ous and injurious to the'hair, the Vigor cnn only beneflt but not harm it. If wanted merely for a HAIR DRESSING, nothing else can be found so desir able. Containing neither oil nor dye, It does not soil whIte earn brie, and yet lasts long on tho hair, giving It a r'ich glossy lustro and a grateful pernime. PREPARED BY Dr. J. C. AVER & CO., Lowell, Mass, lor. flY ArL DRlUGGISTs BV5RTWXURZ.. 6Uli5UMPTI0N Positively Cured. -All sufterers f rem this diacaSD that are ax. lOus to be curedl shouiki trydR ssNxRn's Celebr'ated Oonm tlve PoWDEjCJs. Those P'owdeors ate t he onlyar arAtion known that wlli cure CONsULi aTo~ nd all diseases of the THI RoAT andi LU.NOs--.Indeed, ep. st,ron Is ou ait tem nlat*t ovno~uta