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WINNSBORO, S. 0. TUESDAY, JUNE 95, : : z1sa. X. LEA.YS DAVIS, &DItOR. JNO B. EYNOLDS, ASSOOIuTE RDITOS. THE COLUMmOA Register calmly dissects Swails, the canary-colored carpet- bagger of Williamsburg, who is putting on airs and prepar ing to fight the Democracy. Will Attorney General Youmans or some other gentleman kindly look after Swails and see that he is safely ensconced in the penitentiary ere the chilly blasts of November freeze his young blood I THE ADVERTISING columns of the Edgefield Advertiser contain over twenty nominations for the Logis lature and nearly a dozen for coun ty commissioners. The friends 6f these gentlemen apprecinto the value of printer's ink. That county sends also a strong delegation to the State Convention, the delegates being Speaker Sheppard, Senator Gary, U. S. Senator Butler, Con gressman (by right) Tilhnan, Solicitor Abney and "King" Calli son. The Edgefield people are wide awake. California Communists. California is a strange place. It was settled with the odds and ends of creation. And although many of her citizens are the peers of any one, she has a floating population of the worst character. San FraT.cis co is the loafing place and rallying centre of all the tramps of the the Pacific coast, containing about ten thousand of these out of a voting population of twenty-seven thous and. Heretofore this vote has fluctuated between the two great parties. But not long since a man named Kearney inaugurated the Communistic movement, and rallied around his banner all the tramps bummers hoodlums" of the city to gether with a number of disaffected workingmen. The result was shown last week. An election was held for delegates to Constitutional Conven tion, Such a body should be con, posed of the ablost and purest citi zens of a State. Kearney nominat ed his candidates in every county. The best citizens of both parties combined against the Co munists, anId brought ouIt a non,'par'tisan ticket. Bour'bon Democrats and RIadical Rspublicans also each nomi.. nated a ticket. In San Francisco the Communists polled twelve thousands votes, the. non -partisans eight thousand, and the two straight tickets, only seven thousand between them. The Communists thus so cured about one-fourth the regular delegates to the convention, besides possibly securing the thirty-two delegates at large. The result is not known, but the Communists claim the convention This is a ter - rible crew to have the fixing up of A constitution for a State. This war-cry is death or expulsion of Chinamen, destruction of monopo lies (a good thing) division of wealth, and increased wages, regard less of skili, all comprehended under the sententious motto "the rights of man." The progress of this 'movement will be closely watched. California will be fortunate if she escapes without a serious injury. One les son of importance here taught is the necessity of unity. Had all the good elements combined instead of nominating three different tickets, Kearney and his hoodlums would have been summarily squelched. Danger ever attenlds divisions, The Phosphates. One of the principal duties of the next Legislature will be a renewal of the action of its pre.. decessor in regard to the phosphate interest. This interest ought to be of great importance to the State. If properly managed it is alleged that the revenue derived from phosphates will be sufficient to pay off the debt of the State. In past years gross mism.anagemont and fraud have robbed the State of a great portion of -the revenue. At thme last session. two mannre wr,.o proposed. Oue was to divide out all the phosphate-bearing streams among several mining companies,, giving to each the exclusive right to a certain territory. The other scheme was to leave the business open to competition, so that any individual might dig the rock on payment of the royalty. The form or measure passed, whether by the aid of a powerful lobby, as was charged, or not, we do not know. It is alleged that since the ad journmont of the Legislature tho territory granted to certain of the companies is worthless; and that in reality all the privileges of mining are centered in two or three companies under the same control,! thus making an immense monopoly. If this allegation is true the Stato. may well be alarmed. For as the coal companies of Pennsylvania combine to regulate production and forco coal to an exorbitant! figure, so the phosphate monopoly can produce just so much rock as is necessary not to violate the charters of the respective compa nies, and thus maintain the price at the highest figure ; whereas, by allowing free compotition the price of the phosphates will be regulated by the lawv of supply and demand. The State desires not only to utilize this dead capital but to utilize it as rapidly as possible. A monopoly prevents this. It is argued that a large outlay of capital is requisite to carry on the business, and that the State must protect this capital by granting it exclusive rights. On the other hand there are instances where private individuals with only a flat and a pair of oyster tongs have achieved an independence by gathering the rock from the river beds and selling it to the factories. It is absurd to say that every small miner would establish his own works. He would find it more profitable to dry the rock and sell it at the mills. Besides, and above all this, is the abstract principle that monopo lies are a burden and a curse to every country that suffers them to exist. The railroad monopoly, the telegraph monopoly, the coal monopoly, have wrought incalcula ble ruin upon the people at large, and their effects should have opened the eye of the public long ago. This phosphate monopoly appears to be another link in the lengthening chain that binds the masses hand and foot. Some steps should be taken to see that the State suffers no detriment Mass meetings have already been held in Charleston and Beaufort, and a lively fight is promised in the Legislature next fall. This phos phate business has been a job from the first. We do not charge any bad faith on the part of the last Legislat ure. Tbhey, doubtless, were at sea, and voted in accordance with the most plausible arguments. The eyes of all should, however', now be opened. A good Legisla. ture will put down a monopoly wherever it app)ears. AN INTERVIEw WITH REDMloND. Judge Field has just returned from the mountains. He reports every thing quiet and serene in that section, and gave us the synopi of a six hours' interview with Major Lewis WV. Redmond. which, for want of space, cannot be published in this issue. Redmond is willing for his whole life to be published to the world, and aya there is nothing in it whiich lie is ashamed of, unless: it be his last raid on Gary, which now his better judgment condemns, but at the time his judgment was overridden by recent and bitter pelrecution at the handa of Gary.-.. .Pickcens Sentinel. A powverful bar magnet, in con nection with a Grove battery, has, been successfully used in Lsondon in extracting a chip of steel from the eye of a mechanic. Whben the' magnet was four inches from the eye, the chip of steel sprang from the lens where it had lodged to the1 inner surface of the corner, whence, it was removed without much difficulty. Baby Shows are the rage every where, and we understand that the universal.i'emedy used to keep the $ypiap. It conitams pe* opiate. THE GR4 TEFt7L POODLE. One day a benevolent physician, having found a stray poodle suor ing from a broken leg, conveyed the poor creature to his home, and after setting and bandaging the injured limb gave the little outcast its liberty again, and thought no more about the matter. But how great was his surprise, 111)on open ing his door one morning, some days later, to find. the grateful poodle patiently waiting there, and in i;s company another stray dog, one of whose legs, by some accident, had been broken. The next morning the benevolent physician found the two dogs, beaming with gratitude, waiting at his door, and with them two other dogs-cripples. The cripples were speedily healed, and the four went their way, leaving the benevo'ent physician more overcomo by pious wonder than ever. The clay passed, the morning came. There at the door sat now the four reconstructed dogs, and with them four others requiring reconstruction. This clay also passed, and another noining came ;and now sixteen dogs, eight of them newly crippled, occupied the sidewalk, arl the people were going around. By noon the brok:,n legs wcre all set, but the pious wonder in the good physician's breast was beginning to get mixed with involuntary profanity.' The sun rose once more, and exhibited thirty two dogs, sixteen of them with broken legs occupying the sidewalk and half of the street ; the human spectators took up the rest of the room. The cries of the wounded, the songs of the he alo brutes nd the comments of the on -looking citizens made great an..t inspiring cheer, but traffic was in terrupted in that street. The good physician hired a couple of assistant surgeons and got through his benevolent work before dark, first taking The precaution to cancel his church membership, so that he might express himself the latitude which the case required. But some things have their limit. When once more the nor-ning dawned and the good physi ian looked out upon a m.issed an f.r reaching multitude of cl:unorous and beseeching dogs, lie said "I might. as well acknowledge it, I have been fooled by the b:,oks ; they only tell the pretty part of the story and then stop. Fetch ine the shot. gun ; this thing has gone along f r enough." He isstaed forth with his weapon, and chanced to- step upon the tail of the original peodle, -Who-prompt ly bit him on' the leg. Now the great and good work which this poodle had been engaged in bad engendered in him such a mlighty and augmenting entlinsiasn as to turn his weak head at last and drive him macf A month later, wvhen the benevolent ph ynician lay in the death throes of hydrop hobia, he called his weeping friends about him and said: "Beware of the books. They tell but half of the story. 'Whenever a poor wretch asks.you for help and you feel'a ddubt.as to what result many flow fr-om -your benevolence, give yourself the benefit of the doubt and kill the applicant." Arnd so saying, lie turned his face to the wall anid gave up the ghost. -Mark Twain in Atlantic Month GERUMAN SocIAMsar,-A dispatch from -Paris says that there is still agitation in Germany about the measures wvhich the government is alleged to be in rfavor' of taking for the repression of Socialism. The German newspapers, notwithstand ing the absorbing questions before the Congress, are continually r-. porting arrests of Socialists and in terruptions of meetings. The So . cialist journal, the New Press, asserts that the examining magis.. trate of one of tho Berlin courts said that as far as the investigation hand p)roceeded there wvas not the least reason to suppose that No bilgen was connected wvith the Social Democrats. HERiEsY.--The trustees of Van-' derbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., have dIischargedi Prof. A. *Winchell1 for alleged heresy, the heresy con sisting in a belief in evolution and the Nebular theory. A poultry expert informs the Maine Farmer that the best way to prevent hans eating their eggs is to eat the hens. AUGUTA7HITEL Oorn:er of Broad and WVashington Streets, AUJGUSTA, O4O TT AS been thoroughly renovated, re ...L.modeoled and newly furpishedl. It Is located in tho centre of bns Telegraph Ofmoe in the ilotel building. Exp)ress Offioo in the same bilock. Post OfHeeo only one block off. All other pu1b lie conveniences close at hand. .$0 The Of11ee of the Hotel will be open during the night;.a~nd gnests will be received or cmdIed at b y hour. . - V V...-MOOR E,.Proprietor. Rates ofB.oardi $2,00 per 'day, pt2039. .............. . ... ., CAMYPAIGN RATES TILE NEWS AND HERALD. 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Whil-a nIl the news from the last fire to to the )iscovery of Stanley are to be founed in the Wli:R.Y ILEnALD', due atten tioi is give i to SPORTING NEWS . ait home and abroad, together with a 'tory every week, a Sermon by some eininiulit d.vine, Lit erary, Musical, Dra matic, P ersc nal and Sea Notes. There is no pap er in the world which contains so much news matter every week as the WEEi HE..D, which is sent, postage free, for One Dollar. You may s tbscribe at any time. THE NEW YORK HERALD in a weekly form, ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. Papers publishing this prospectus without being authorized will not neces sarily receive an nxchange. ADDItESS, XEWT YORfK IRA LD, BIroadlwayi andi Ann Street, New York. june 8-If T0TAL EIINCE SMOIl W!E THAE IT There is a curious story about sonme native wines wvhich are extensively advertised nowa days, and have only recently been put upon the market. Dr. U ndcrhill,* the well-known . ape-growe.r of Creot Point, died in 187r. 'ome of his hcirs entertained temperance views of such extreme kind, that they were unwilling to allow the stock of wincs then on hand to be sold or any more to be made. The grapes have .sometimes been sent to market, and sometimes left to decay upon the vines. It is only now that the other heirs have succeeded in arranging for a settlement of the estate and the sale of the wines eon hand. Anmon g these Is a wine of the vintage of 1864, described as a "Sweet Union Port,* but suggesting the Tm perial Tokay more than any other European wine, and being wholly unlike any other wine of Amercans growth. Its purity, age and mellowness are remarkable, and both physicians and wine fanciers have a special interest in it as the oldest native wvine now accessible in any eon Isiderable qumantity. Trhe whole stock is in the hiiands of the well-known wholesale grocery' house of the Thurbers.-NT. Y. Triduns, Nov. zy,1&/~7. The above speaks for itself, but we would add that this Is the pure juice of the grape, neithe r drugged, liquored nor watered ; that It has been ripened and mellowed by age, and for medicinal or sacramental purposes it is unsurpassed. It can be obtained from most of the leading Druggists throughout the United States, and at wholesale from the undersIgned, who will forward descriptivo pamphlet, free of charge, on application. Respectfully, etc., H. K. & F. B. THURBER & Co. West B3nrdway, Reade and Hudsoa ,i5Ya,v Nuw-Yoas. Notice to Taxpayers. AUDIOR's th irea, WsanNonuo, S. C., May 28, 1878. rNHIs ofmco w ill b)o open from the 1s6 Iof .Juoo to tho '20th of July, 1878, to receive Tlax Rloturm it for the 11iseal year 1878. By orders from the Comptroller General the real estate will also be ro assessedi at the sameo time. All male persons betwveen the ages of twenty-one and sixty years are liable to Poll Tax, and wlreotaccordingly. 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