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rOcAL TE NS. 7 UESDAY, JULY 30, I 13711. Naw Advertise.ments. For Sheriff-Many Voters. For Judge of Probate. Bargains-S. S. Wolfe. Groat Beductions--Suget heimer & Groeschol. We had good showers around Winuboro on Sund -y afternoon. But %#e want some more. For all diseases of the blo od we do not know of any better remedy than Dr. 3ul's Blood Mixtttre. * A 1.tn Doo KILLED.-On Sund:ay 'fternoon a (log in tho" White Oak neighborhood was discoverd to be inadi bait not before he had bitten two colorod boys an 1 also Mr. D.zvid McDowell. In the attempt to kill the animal, otte eolorod man missed his aimy the ball striking another colored man in the footL The woutnd is not sorions. The tog was after wards chased to Whi e Oak by Mr. S. U. Johnston and there killed. We trust there may be no serious effects from the bites. TnE ORoAi WA.-A 100 Ln, SOLID SIOT.-If any m1a1 insults your commiu sense by offering a first class 9 stop O:'gan for $65, "shoot him on the spot." All necessity for luying such inferior Organs is for' ver done away with. $100, Cash, or $110 on Easy Terms, now buys a inagniilcent 1-rson & 1-lamlin Parlor or Church Ogan with four sets Roads and ten Stope, in Ele.. gant 'ow Style Case with Illuni nated Panels.--l-Iahdsomest Style of Case ever produced.--Special offer to introduce this new Style. Sent on trial. -Giirantoed for a life time.-llented until paid for. Other ilew styles just out.-Illus trated catalogeios free.-Address LUDDEN & BATES, Savannabtt Ga., Manufacttrer's Wholesale Agents for the South. *t aug. 1. 'rrE oAtLAY.D CL Ul1 The M.'eting on Saturday --A Lar:e GathOring, Sovoral Speoeh3s, and a Pleasant Time Generally. The Oakland bemocratic Club of Township No. 5 gaVe a pichid ou Saturday near Poplar Church. At nn oarly hour the good people from the canat1ry around began to arr:ive, nnd by the time the meeting was calle.d to order there were about three hundred persons present among them many ladies. The place selected for the meeting is miost admirably suited for such a purpose, being remarkably shady, and altogether a very beautiful spot. A stand had been erected, and in ront of it wore arrahiged cohiforta& leseats for the picknickers T he meetitug was called to order of the chib, who stated that the meetng oul beopened with prayer by Rev. R. Rl. Vann. The president then extended a hearty welcome to those present, and stated the purpose of the meet ing-a gathering for friendly social intercourse, and to hear addresses from different speakers on the politioal questions nowv before the people. T1he first speaker intuoducedl was Mr. Jno. S. Reynolds. [Our asso eiate regrets extreinely that his speechi cannot be given in full to the raders of THE NE~ws AND gERALD 'the speech lhe oanted to ffo eone he did make. v'hat he di7'l-say exactly, he cannot recall. When he0 got up, and saw so manny ladies in front of him (that is to say, young ladies) he very promptly lost his presence -of mind and went on to say-well, it doesn't matter what he did say.) The chairman next introdnoed Mr. H. A. Gaillard, who spoke substan ~tially as follows : M,A 1ieeldent, .Ladies and Gen 'tlemen a This gathering of the good people of this neighbo hood 'carries me back two years, to the time when I last had the honor and the pleasure of addrssagthis elub, Our cause nareld then seemed indeed hopeleu~ :S8il we att'uggled on, addid a good work. The result of sever'd county of^.es, and in the lHo)ul1t (,f Ltlopresent: tives. I Ih vI tIae lonor to repre(en t re)rese1t the 001 pe>le 0 -i iield-inth 1.t anse. The <hn t:ti -tl ties attending the work of the Legislaturo were many and grett. For the first time since leon struotion, the good people of South Carolina wore supreme in the State. The situation of the Logislature was trying in the extreme, That body had not only to make laws to suit the present, but had to undo much bad legislation heaped on the peo ple by the Radicals for eight years. I shall say but little of the Legi. lature. That they made mistakes ho one will deny-but thoe were mistakes of the lied and not of the heart. No body of men ever strove more to pr'otect the true intirests of the people, and no body over repreented the people bettor. They were true to the people, though they might have made some mistakes. For myself, I feel specially grate ful to you of' the Oakland Olub No sooner had I returntd home fron the session of the Lcgislatutre than you endorsed my course. Iam here to-day in response to y >ur in vitation. When I camie I tlhoutgtlt I would have a quiet little chat wih the Oakland Clut, but the large :,u l intelligent audience of ladies anl gentlemen before me renders it proper that I should do more than I had expected. The issues bofore the people are plain. Though the State Convention has not yet met, to lay down a platform for the party, yet the camnpaign has really opened. The issues are the same now as they were in 1876. There must be no lethargy, ud apathy among us-the people must be' active, alert, earnest. They must not in any way impdril the safoty of the Democratic pcarty. Two years ago, in our efforts to redeem the State, we were oppressed and crushed by the malice of the North, and the power of the Federal. government. Nothing wa3 left undote to keep us down, Ve had troops all over the State to see that the spirit of our people should be crushed. How we won, in spite of all difficulties you all know. The situation now is far dif'erent. There is now nothing betwee 1 you and success. We have only to do our duty, as we did it in 1876. We cannot afford to abate one jot or tittle of our determination or our efforts. The Republicans will not put out any tickLt, as they know it I is useless to oppose Hampton. But they havn't given up finally. They have tasted the sweets of office, and power, and they want to get theu again if they can. They have an eye on the Legislature. If they can get that, they can shackle the goe.hor and render hium pow erless. Theyv are m.aking their plans nowv to c pt.n. e the Legislature. In the low country, iln Chester, nay, in this very ecunty, thecy are watching for the chance. The Radie:als wont the Legislative branch in both the State! and the national government. WVe must not disturb our counsels-we muset do hothihg of this kind. Our success before was the result of our being unitedi to a man. In 1876 we had no side-issues, no political heresies, no jealousies betwveen sec tions or classes ,and we nm i I t stop that sort of thing nowv. W > must secure the union of all the best people of Sonuth Carolina. It may be egotism, and it m'iy be beyond the sCope of the purpose of this meeting, but I feel it proper to refer here to certain charges that have recently appeared in theI newspaper against me. If I sub, nitted silently, my silence might be misconstrued. I cannot get in the newspaper, and hence must state my position in other wvays. You can ver y well seemy disadvant age, if 1 were to undertake to exlain all my votes--numbering altogeth, er, p;erh mp5, one thousand-in the Legislature. But my charwtor not my personal character, but my Character as your representatiive. has been attacked. A fewv weeks. ago the Feaistervillo. Club passed t'esolutions disapproving my course in the Legislature and earhostlyl protesting against my re -election. What had I done ? My political course for eighteen months had. been earnest and laboiiousi They~ emnbraoed it one grand, os>mprehen-' sive, sweeping condemnnation-just as they might have done towards Israel Byrd or Prince Martin or Isaac Miller or any other such. Buit, for reasons which you will readily understand, I said nothing. Not long after- this they defined a their position. They say I have the discredit of being of the legal 4 profession. I am, indeed, a humble. member of that profession. I am not its champsion. It needs no t chamupion. it has given as many? grer~t and good,names to the rollr of South Carolina's distinguished :nen as any other calling. But it is certainly dangeroits, in our condidt tion, to exeite anything like class or sectional jealoiusies. The' charge, and most unjustly, that)I had stated that I would"oote a.s Il nieased'-tlht I knew better 'whati my Constituents want than they k w t)he-n- i. Y.ou kno1,w I am in,.tp tI)o of thinkin, .)r a ryin" s1-h a thimr. The m tn that wo)ul,l uttor such a senltime;nt is uither a fool or a lunatie. I s-Ly it wr-outl..d have beon ai lmb o; foolish ep;k ., and I nover said any muh tiing. Ag:tin, it is charg,o.l that I v'ted against the usury law. As to that, it was ol:y wh-tt was done in the Democratic L"gislaturo in 18tiG, when we had Bratton in the Sonato --tle l-in who now stands at tho hloal of your county org iniz iti mn while inl th' Lou3e we iad Colonei Alitoii, Colonel Elkinl an.1 Mr. Jamines R. Aikun, all good ntl trlo 111011. Upon .L ptlostlon of such ilportan2o atnl delicay,'we shotld;l not bO too quick to pass judg.nent. Upon the usury law there has always boen gruat ditlernceo of opinion. As a mattor of fact, such. laws accomplish little or nothing. A malln who has money will got his price for it, just as a leroba:nc Wil for his good:i, and no legislation can muke him take loss. When a mereh:nt solls goods on1 time, he adds a p..,rcoittgo for the cro.lit given, and tho law does not try to rte,l him. Yot the m mi wI ,ho chi:trges more than s.veI par Cent,. for Iml i 1 is ilad~to to OCoipy t'," p)>sitiol of a vio:Ltor of toe 1:nv. It w.s m.v jil;:oiit thait such ia law coul.t acoo.plish no good, and I voted as I con;scionti.):l:iy thought for the best interest of my con stiltulnts. At any rat?, I t.ii:)k yOu will agree with me that where there is so much doubt. it ought to have suggested to theso men not to condemnl so swiftly. It is also chargedl that I voto.l too often with the Charleston deleg ttionl. M; frien,.a, if thoro is anything that can rui US, it is s3:tioatl aimlll.)i ty-it can and, if continuel, it will, bro c us Up root and branch. There is nothing more dangerous to the Dem->racy and to the aittte. But as for the Oh tries ton celeg.a ti)n, they s)it on every iltont, tit question. Vnen, therefore, the say that I votad with the Charles ton dale..ati-ml, the ch-rrge is not only without meaning, but as false Us it is dangerous in doctrino. They say 1. voted again.it, an inves tigation of the State debt. Now, I have no objection to critieism. But before a man puts himself up as aL critic, lo must be sure that he knows what ho is t.dking about. I never once voted against investiga tiou, but voted llw.ys for investi gattion, full, searching lnd thorough. I ha1LVO spokon lol_--tunnicCss.ri ly long, perhaps-but I have done so only ill justico to myself, anld in response to the principle that it is right for the people to delald of me an account of my stowardship. I thank you a,g tin for your kind elxpressions towards m1e, and1( for your attention to--day. Geta T1hie chairman n1ext introduced Col. B. E. Elkin, who Inude lb muost pleasiug and forcible address, which we regret our space will not per mfit us to pul)ish iln full. After comlplim1Onting the Oakland Club Lin their past course, the speakcr plid a graceful tributs to the Wvomen of Fairfield, so many of whom now graced the occasion with their fair presence. Thueoo had been, he saiid, no reconstructed vomen. However much men may tuayo sacrificed pr1inciple for selfish ain, the good women of Carolina wore trne. Thle speaker then res viewed the situation at presocht, mud urged unlanimfity and h:armony te essential to success. To the :oloredl people preent, he saidi that he1 attituide of tile Democracy ~owards them is now just wvhat it Nas in 1876-all their rights woultd > respooted and maintained, and bhey should at once array them wilves on the side of right and of rood government. The ohairm n nott introduced len. Jno. Bratton, saying that the ieneral wanted to get off, but the Jaklandl Club wouldn't lot him off ,hey wvantedA to hlear from their Jounty Ohairman. General Bratton, who was greet ad with applause as he rose to peak, expressed his apprepiation ml the kind words of the chairman, 1nd the friendly greeting of the lub. The General's remarks were onfined obiefly to suggestion-s - as o the conduct of the campuign by he . F?airflold DamDoor*ey, '' and spocially as to the systeni of pris aary elections. He said that the lading principle of the sysLem. is hat it secures the utmost freedom I individujl action in the choice of arty nomineos, and that *nothing hould be dgne .to inpsir this reedom. The plan of making olazb nominations is calculated to do this, an.d lhotuld not be on:cuonragod. A the clost of G-ioral Bratton's remt trks dinnaor w is annLtansto 1, and ii.o largo ciowd repiro.l to the well laden tablen nea;tr by. Hero was abundance of choico eata blos in great varioty-aud of course full justice was dona to the occasion, After dinner the party reassembled at the stand, and a'ddresses were m-de by Dr. T. B. MoKiustry and Mossrs. J. W. Robinson and V. W. Ketchin. The meeting then ad j nai I the prosid nt announcing that the club would hold its next retular meeting on the last Satur day in August. The Oakland Club have reason to congratu:ato thotnsolves upon their delightful picnic. Everybody en. juyod it, and loft the place with the wish to be soon again in a similar gathering. FOR SH ERIFF. M.ensr:s. Fltors : Please announce MR. R. L. ELLISJN, JR., as a canlidate for sheriff, subject to tho action of the Demo cratic part. at tho primary election. july 3J-X tf MANr VOTERS. FOR JUDGE OF PROBATE. The friends of MRlt. OSMOND R. TIIOMP8ON, appreciating his vahiable services as Probato Judga, and having tho highest confidence in his integrity and peculiar fitness for the ofll:o, beg leave to prosenthim to th afotars of Fairfield county for a !'-eoetion-subject, of courso, to a noniuAtion by the Domoorat ic party, july 30.tf BARGAINS ! BARGAINS SFOil CASH ~OR the next twenty days may he had at the f.rmerstore of Sol. Wolfe. The beau titful stock of Clothing, lats, Shoes, Dry Goods and Fancy Goods will be sold "egardless of cost, as money must be raised. july 30 S. S. WOLFE._ GREAT REDUCTION In the Prici of COATS' AND CLARK'S THREAD. Z - Five Ceunts a Spool. -rig Dry Goods, ('lothing. Hoots and Shoes very low for Cash, in order to make room for Fall Stock. SigdnIlfilliaer & Groeschael, july 30- tf F RESH TURNIP SEEDS 1 ALSO, Mason's Preserving Jar.es ALSO, Concentrated 'Lye, Star6h, Soap Hlynon, Gunpowder and Black Toa, ALSO, Sulphur, Brima~tone, Morphine, Qui niue, Chloroform, August Flower, Pain Killer, Lactopeptine, nnd a large Assortment of ?resh Medicines, JUST RECEIVE~D. McMYaster & Brice. July 9 F. &. P. COAlTS' SPOOL THIREAD. 00Q Dozern, just received, for sale at retaiI at 60' cents po6r dozen *ah, 'and to morohantsg at New York L'tado Price. jusly 27 MoMASTERL & BRIOE. 500 edots ar desen,eah July 27 J. 1. atoMASTER & 00. ,' A11 express freigbts paid where th 1de? 1 $10.00t. Writ a Postal for Sm 1. RICAtD b JRO. .11e'.,ra h. .ilsors :-PleasC antnoutico W , J 1IERItON as a candidate for sheriff at the ensuing; election -subject to the action of thr ])emocratio party at the p,rimary elecrtion. j. ly 2: IANY FaUxNs. FOR SHERIFF. 'Tho friends of CAPT. J. D. IOGAN momm heartily endorse him for the office of shoriff at the onsuing election--subject to the notion of the Democratic party. juno 17-Ixtf MaNx VOTa s. FOR SHERIFF, The frietnds of CAPT. IIAYNE Y. Mo. MEEK IN respectifully announce him as fa candidate for sheriff-subject to the action of the Democratic patty at the primary election. juno 18-4xtf FOR SHERIFF. The friends of MR. RICUARD N. Ma MASTER r"spectfully present his name as a candidate for sheriff at the ensuing eleo. iion--subject to theaction of the Damo' oratie party in the primary election. july 9-xitf FOR SCHOOL COXMISSIONER. Please announce B. It. ROBERTSON as a candidate for School Commissioner at the ensuing election-subject to the action of the Democratic party at the primary election June 4-txtf Murw FRXENDs. FOR SHERIFF. Messrs. Fiors:-Please announce the nahno of MR1. JOHN D. McCARLEY for sheriff, subject to the action of the Demo' cratic party at the primary election. Mr. McCarley is thoroughly qualified for the office, and will fill it acceptably to all clesses., july 11-tf MArN FRIENDs. FOR SOHOOL COMMISSIONER. At the last regular meeting of the White Oak Democratic Club, the following reso. lution was adopted: Ilesolved. That this Club nominate MR. JOHN VINSON as a candidato for the ollico of School Commissioner of Fair field county -subject to the action of the Democratic Clubs in the primary election. B. R. JOHNSTON. July 13-xt1t President. FOR THE LE GISLATURE. Ala meeting of the Greenbrier Demo. cratic Club, held June 8, 1878, the fola lowing resolution was adoptedt Resolved, That we present the claims of )R. T. 13. McKINSTRY for a seat in the Legislature from this county, and recommend his election. Extract from the minutes. S. R. RUTLAND, juno 18-tf Secretary. FOR THE LEGISLATURE. At the last regular meeting of the White Oak Democratlo Club, the follow lng resolution was adoptied; Resolved, That this Club nominate MR. T H(,MAS S. B R ICE for re-elootion to a Reait in the House of Representatives from Fairliold county--subject to the action of the Demuoeratic Clubs in the primary o.ection. B. U. JOHNSTON, july 13-txilt .President. FOR THE LEGISLATURE. At a meeting of the Oakland Democrata io Club of township number five, held on the 28th of April, 1878, the following resolution was adlopted i Resolved, That this Olub, recognizing the fitness atnd ability of Hen. II. A. Giaillard as a representative, hereby nominate him as a ocandidate for re election. Extract from the minutes A. J. LAMAR, may 16--txtf Secretary. IPOR THE LEGISLATUflE. Messrs. .&iors:-.Pleaso announe Hs A& GAILLAIID as a candidate for the House of Rtopro.sentativos, at the coming elec' tion. The course of Mr. Gaillard in pub. lie life has given general satisfaction and done honor to old F9airfteldl. In recognf. tion of his services it is but proper that he shouldl be sent to the House at the next election. This nomination is made entirely without the knowledge of the gentleman named . may 16--tf MANY FRIENDS. FOR SCHOOL COMMISSIONER. Messrs. dilors :--Please announce REV. WILLARD ItICHARDSON as a candi. . date for the position of School Commis. aoener at the ensuing election, This gentleman has, by his offilal course during the past two years, shown him self to be a faithful, sealous and efficient offioer;and the educational interest, of the county can best be .advanced by tetain. ing hita in his present posi~Ion, MR. RICHARDSON is a regularly enrolled member of the Wlnnabos,d ISem'ooratI Club, and will abide the result - of the primary cleotion. - - ju,ly 11-zttf MatW Da3MOOM?net. VRUIT JARS! FRUIT 3AM; AONIoeebrated frAit Jars,it MByde' Poteolan Lined Ooveyg~Sb Jale hete.