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WINNSIBORO, K. 0. THURSDAY, JULY 1 , 1878. R. MEANS DAVIS, EDITOR. JXO 8. REYNOLDS. AssOCOATII EDITOR. GoVENOR MILLER, of Arkansas, has been rengminated by the Da mo crats. ALEX. STEPHENS will receive the Democratic nomination for Con gress. Four counties have already pronounced for him. BEN BUTLER has formally joined the Greenback party. He has designs on the gubernatorial chair of Massachusetts. THE EDITOR of the Concord (N. C.,) Sun says he entered the cars re, cently, and seeing an overcoat in the only vacant seat, he took hold of it to throw it across the aisle, when it began kicking and swear ing, while a voice came from its re ceases, saying, "li'm Alex Stephens." The Sun dusted. PROSPERITY, POLITICAL and mate rial, can be achieved only by hearty co-operation. Potty jealousies and prejudices will only kill out the Democratic party and renund the State to Radicalism. No one tha t has tasted the sweets of freedom is ready to relinquish them quite yet. WE BEG LEAVE TO DEMUR most em phatically to the proposition that the editors of THE NEws AND HERALD are identified as lawyers with "a profession that is antagonistic to the protection and development of agriculture." It isn't the lawyers, it's the doctors that give people fits. IT IS NOT generally known that the act of the last Legislature, for bidding discrimination on the part of railroads, has not yet become a law. It passed both Houses just before adjournment, and Governor Hampton has two days after the beginning of the next session with in which to approve or veto it. He may kill it. In the mean time tho railroads are as happy as clams at high water, while local consignees are catching old Harry. IN THESE TROUBILOUs TIMES, when the country is in the midst of a re vohitioun, when all the elements of honesty and integrity are rcq'ired to present a determined front against the vicious and depraved, it is extremely unwvise to raise any side issues or to endeavor to array any onie class against another. In South Carolina especially, in the face of an over whelming Republi can majority, the greatest harmony and the warmest cordiality are essen tial to success. Not only the least breach, but the slightest wavering in any point along the whole line canr'ot but he attended with dis aster. All good citizens of South Carolina are united by a common bond, a common tie of sympathy. There is no antagonism of interest. So closely are all the trades and occupations and professions inter woven into each other that the welfare of one is wrapped up in the success of the others. The famEiliar fable of the belly and its members, the recital of which once sufficed to heal a schism in Rome, is app)licable to the present time. Ini this coun try no one is oppressed. That everybody is hav'ing a hard time is indisputable, but the lot is a comn mxon one, and the causes date far back, Governor Uamnpton did some plain talking in his recent speech at Blackville. He warns the peo ple of the State that the success of Democracy depends upon an adheree to the platform of 1876, advocating equal rights to all, and miaintains that an illiberal policy 'will result in disaster to the State and the nation. He asages the voters 4hat they must do the work, as igg will.be no Returning Board to remeody failures at the ballot Governor JIamptons warning is well timed. Over confidence is very dangerous. We are not yet out of the woods. There will never be another catnpiign equal in fierceness or in enthusiasm to that of 1876; but the present canvass will not be a walk-over. The Radicals will make t L.st despairing effort wherever the ghost of a chance presents itself. The Demo crats must gird their loins ; for as Governor Hampton says there is to be no counting in, the work must be done before nu.l at the election. A word to the wise is sufficient. The Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad. It is reported that the Richmond and Danville Railroad is negotiat., ing for the purchase of the con trolling interest in the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta road, and, that a bargain will shortly be eonsunmnated. It is claimed that the change in the management will be advantageous to the home stock holders. The Southern Security Company and its succersors oper, ated this road for their advantage and crippled its resources by forcing travel and business to the Wil mington road. On the other hand the Richmond and Danville road connects with this, and it will be to the interest of all parties to secure the greatest possible travel and freight by this route. It is intimated also that an alliance may be made with the South Carolina Railroad, though this is not proba ble, as Charleston competes with Northern ports for cotton. The true interests of the State demand ed the purchase of the Charlotte road by Charleston capitalists, in order that the back country and the seaport of South Carolina should he brought into close com munication. It is a dangerous thing to allow grasping corpora tions from without to so-ure a firm foothold in tho State. But if Charleston could not or would not buy the road. then the next best thing is a sale to the Virginians, who, at least, will not discriminate against the road in favor of a rival line. Any change must be for the bettor. 1 CARD. The Board of Managers of the South Carolina Monument Ae'so ciation beg leave to state that all receipts are acknowledged through the newspapers, not at the time they are received, but at mtervals of a fewv mxonthis. TIheo contributions from the Soniate and Husei4 of Rep resentahitives wore ne~-l-odged in the Columbia Reg.ister and Charles-. ton Neows and C'ourier with a r'e quest that all contributors from the House whose names were not ans nounced would confer a favor by notifying the treasurer at Columbia. There was a delay in the publica tion in order to obtain all the names but many ineffectual efforts wvere Imade towvards this end and, the sum wvas then p)ublishied with the above request. Contributions fromi county managers are credited to the county only. Private contri butions made directly to the treas urer are acknowledged as fr-om an inidividual an 1 the county. A cor root list is kept of all donations and when the work is accormplishedi an exhibit will be made of what each county has (done. Previous to 1870, Fairfield is credited on the books with $71, through Mrs. T. WV. Woodward ; on February, 15th 1870, through the same lady, 842.50 ; November 1st, 1875, through Maj. S. P. Hfamnilton $39. Total, 152.50. Messrs. Gail lard and Brico each contributed five Idollars in response to a call on the members of the Legislature. The gross receipts from the recent en ter tain ment were S111. AN INTRR88TING QUESTION. How Shall Stained Qotton be Bleached 9 To the .Editor of The News and Courier :I ask the use of your columns for the purpose of calling 'attention to an important inventionl which is sadly needed by the farmers of the South, and one"which, 'h~iy~ opinion, will be doon perfebed, if the inventive genius of the couitry coan bb-'diected to it. -I. iatho.,- td some plan whereby "tinged and and st .ined" cotton may be bleached ctponr the planration before bilihg, so that the enormous profit.; !t)w being mnade by manufacturers, who buy at a ruduced rate and bleach after spinning, at nominal cost, mkay be retained in the pockets of our farmers. The principal staining to which cotton is subjected is the re sult of frost. My theory of it is as follows :- When frost is formed uplon bolls which have not opened the sap vessels are ruptured by the freezing or crystalization of the fluid, and upon the thawing we have extravasation of sap, corresponding with extravasation of blood in the animal kingdom, stain or discolor ing being the result in either case. Cotton so acted upon is in the early part of the fall as good, both in length and strengtlh of fibre, as that which has precedeI it in the open ing process, but does not command the same prices. If argument. were needed to es tablish the fact that these cottons are easily whitened, it would only be necessary for me to assert the fact, which all observant, thinking farmers know, that these stains are removed entirely by allowing tho cotton to remain in the bolls to. be acted upon by the rain, the winds and the sunshino, which render it in a short time as white as snow. But it is not good economy so to act, as the waste from storms, &c., would more than counteralance the gain from bleaching. Nor can you rely upon hands who g.,tlher it to dis tinguish betvcnn the wuite and the stained, and hence we not unfre quently have a field in w,hich twenty or more bales of white cotton have opened, lowered in grade by the gathering of four or live bales which have been stained. The result of this is the failing off in price of the whole, or twenty-fivo b:iles of stain ed cotton sold when there should have been twenty of white and five of stained. I have known crops in which the p-opor&ioas of white and stain(d were equal, and estimating the crop of the South at 5,000,000, this would give 2,500,000 bales in which there would be a fall ng off in price say two (2) cents per pound, which makes the not incon s:derable sun of $22,500,000. From this deduct o)ehalf for inaccuracies and cost of bleaching, and we can safely estimate the amount to be saved at $9,000,000 to $10,000,000. But how are we to attain t his end ? What are to be the appliances wherewith to accomplish this most desirable result ? It is for the pu: pose of directing attention to its so lution that this article hai been penhned. In my opinion it m\ay be done by an arrangement by means of which either gas or some other dry element may be made to per meate the cotton in the lint room whimst it is loose0 and light from the ginning process, such as the intro duction of chlorino gas, fumes of sulphur, or at her cheap chemicals, by means of pipes or otherwise. But as remarked before, dondbting my ab)ility to solve the problem, and yet imrpressed with the vatst importance of such a discovery to the farming interests, I havo felt it obligatory upon me to call attention to the matter. T. WV. WVOODwAR D. CA TCIU!X T,iroNS .FOR A ThTEATRE. How Macomo Bagged Five Fine Fol lows for- D'Eaner:y, the Dramatist. [Paris C>rrespondence Bloston Atdvertiser .] Mlacomo, a large, powerful negro of Central Africa, had been inform ed of the nightly presence of a lion in his neighborhood. Hie last no time in arming hi;nself with a long cutlass, and, dragging a young ox after him, arrived at the appointed place. At the usual hour his majesty appoared. The moon was at its 'full, aiqd the strange trio saw one another as in broad day. The lion gave utterance to a deep, sig nificant growl, looked from the man to the ox and flourished his great tail. Macom-o remaiced perfectly quiet for an instant, then suddenly plunging his cutlass into the ox, lie raised him in his vigorons arms and threw him at the Jion's feet. The wild beast made a bound, sprang upon the bleeding body, earessing it for a moment as a cat does a mouse, and then, giving expression to stifled growvls of joy, he drank the blood and erns hed the bones. And Macomo-whaat was he doing all this time ? Seated quietly a few steps from his guest, he opened a little sae'k from which he took a bit of corn-bread and dry figs, and began his own frugal repast. When his hunger began to be satisfied the lion raised his head and looked at the man. . Their eyes met. Those of- the lion were flled with snt's prise. . Those of the man were calm and smiling. The lion returngld to his snpper. Wheun .h was com pletely,.satisfied he rose, Macomo di ikewise. The I(g the or four stops toward Maeomo, who remained motionless, and looking once more at the ox, which was but partially devoured, his eyes seemed to say: "This belongs to me. Macomo bowed. A last glance, friendly this time, and the lion quietly went his way,. leaving Macomo to return to his home. On the following evoning, at the same hour, the African returned to the place of meeting; where the half devoured carcass still lay, and shortly afterward the lion mado his appearance, but not alone this time. As the hunter had- foreseen, he came accompanied by family and friends. They were four in number -two lions, a lioness and lion's whelps. The repast was served, but not as on the previous evening, in the open air. Macomo had built an arbor, covered with vines, banana ai:d palm leaves, and into tla:: pretty dining-room his guests entered tariessly. Then crawling naistlessly within reach of a hidden spring, Macomo touched it and his four lion's suddenly found them selves imprisoned in a strong iron cage, whose bars had been hidden benoath leaves, Friends were near at hand to aid in removirg the four lions upon a cart, and they wore about to commence their work when they perceived a new lioness crouched down upon the sand and licking her whelps between the iron bars. When the men raised the cage upon the cart she lookea at them beseechingly, and when they all marched on she followed at a short distance with drooping he0a d and tearful eyes. And thus it is that we have five lious instead of four at the Theatre Porte Saint Mar tin, five terrible, ferocious beasts, ready to revolt at any moment, and, although Macomo enters their cago and dominates them. to a certain extent, they have not forgiven him for taking ad vantage of their confidonee in him, and would ask nothing better than to treat him as Lucas was treated by his- seven lions in the last days of the old Hippodrome-simpy tear him to pieces. Ml. D'Enno.y, not I, is responsible for the details of this interesting history. He scoms to believe them and many others have followed suit. THE WILD lA TERLMELOS. - Uncle Remus Attacked by One of the Worst of the Species. (1lemn the Allant C'omslilulion.) "Look yer, boy," said Uncle RmMs yesterday, stopping near the railroad crossing on Whitehall street and gazing ferociously at a small coilo,l e. youth who does Lewis Clark's outside business, "Look yer, boy, I'll lay yer out flat of you e.>ne flingin' yo' watermillion rimes under my fo t--.-u wa -b ef I don't. You k'n play yo' praznks on doe 'ore w'ito folks, but w'en you come a-cumttin' up yo' capers roun' me yo'll lan' right in (de middle uv er' spell or sickness-nowv yui muine w'alt I tell you. An' I aiin't gwine for ter' put up wvid noneoer yo' sassness, nudder-lot 'lone flingin' watoi million imes whar I kin git mixt up wvid man. I done had 'nuff wvatermaillions yistiday an' do day "How was that,. Unclo Remus ?" asked a gentleman stainding near. "Hit wvuz sorter like- dis, bosF. Las' Chucsday Mars John lie fotch 0(1 home two or deze' yer Flur'rid y watermillioni', an' lhim an' Missa Sally sot down for ter eat umn. Mars John an' Miss Sally ain't got nuthuing dat's too good for me, an' do fr.s news I know'd, 1 sn Sally wvuz a hoilerin for Remus. J done smelAt de wvatermnillion on (10 a'r,- an' I in't got no botter sense dan'Y fer ter go w'en I hears w'ito 'folks a hollerin-1 laruat (lit w'en I wuzzont so high. Leastways I galloped up to do back po'ch anm' dar11 sot de watormnillions dos ez natchul ez of dey'd or bin raised on di ole Spitoy place in Putmion county. Den Miss Sally she cut me off or slishe wunnor doze yer ongodly slishos, big ez yo' hat, and I sot clown on de steps an' wvrop myse'f roun' do wvhole blessid chunk, 'cepin' do rime." Uncle Remus paused and laid his hand upon his stomach as if feeling for something. "WVell, old man, what then?" "Dat's w'at I'm a gittin' at, boss," said UJncle Remus, smiling a feeble smile. "I sauntered roun'~ 'bout er half hour' an' don I begin for tor fool sorter squeemish-sorter liko I don bin and swoller'd 'bout fo' poun's off'n de ruff eend uv or .saantlin'. Look like ter me dat I wuz gwinter be sick, an' den hit looked like I wvuzzent. Bimoby a littble pain shiowed 'is head "and sorter w'audered rounm' like he wuz lookin' for a good place for ter ketch holt, an' den a great big pain jump up an' take arter de little one and chase 'im roun' an' roun', an' he mus or kotch 'urn, oaze bimeby de bgpa1in retch down an' grab die yer let' leg-so-an' haul 'im up, an' dein he reeh~t down an' grab de 'udder, one an' pull hina up, an' den do war begun sbo . nuT., For mIgbte nigh fd' honta dle aN u dat racket, an' des ez soon ez or little pain 'tl jmp i)up do big un 'ud li.,Iit onto it all' gobble it up an' den do bi; un 'ud go nailin' rou' huntin for tuo'. Sotie folks is ! . :y ('i,ls. d'ough. Nex' nioi-ait' I hle:ttr Miss Sally a lang: ill,' an' a singiu' afl' a w'istli' dos like' doy want no waitermillions raised in Flurridy. But Mars Lowis- botter pen- dis yor niggor boy up w'ein I'm in do town-"I kin tell you dit." DAVENPORT'S- PROCESS F OR Preserving 1ruit,- M-eats,- Vege tables, et.-., is recommended by Drs. .diildings, 'ialley, Davega, arrd other prominent physieian1s. Family tigkts, $2.00 each. Apply to J'. R. LUPO; Agent for Fairtield, Or to Jao. A. Hinnant or T. E. Bell. July 4-txln Notice--Final Discharge. KN T1CE is, given to all persons in' any wise interested in this the estate of William Dawkins, deceased,- that S. M. Daw, ins, as administrator of said estate, will apply to the Judge of Probato at Winns;boro, S. C on the 1Gth day of July next, for a final disot:arge. jiine 13-xlin S. M. DAWKINS. 'I'tio LatL& of Ia,tii Carollal, COUNTY OF F,IRFIELI). By 0: R1. THO PSOx, 1v9., P'robale Judge. W~, HEREA.Iss Thomtas W. sertz!gs ha1th nuV idniJ si"it to- mou to grant hit letters of ,dninistrationl of the estate and ell'!cts of Uaniil Scott, deceased: 'T'hese are thereforo to cite and( al nt -nish: all and .inguatr. the kindred and creditors of the said Daniel scott,, de!casel, that, they be and appear befc.re me, in the onrt of Pre-bate, to be helt, at i'wirlicld Court Ilouse. ;?. C., on the '1th day of July next after ptblication hereof, at 1 I ,'cloel ill the forenoon, to shc"w cause, if any they have, why the said administra tion should not be granted. iivn. under my hand, this 8th day of July, Anno Domiin.i 187. 0. I. T1OTP.ON, July .txlaw2 J-. P. F. C.6 SELLING OUT. IN ordcr to close up the business of Sol. Wolf,!, greiat irdnccmuenl-ts will be offered to Cash. buyers for the next sixty (aiys. '1'""e stock of Wi0-1h, coinsistin; of Dry Goods, .totions. i,ces, Ribbons, Hosiery. 'lotihing,. H Its, 'i'tru's, S'ioes &c., will be: om-'re.l ut. and b:llw New York cost,. 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