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' 4OC)AL ITEMS. TIa1VRSli.4 s. 4UQUV4 USS .Y t 458S. Now Aaventisements. Winnsboro Hot?l--Mrs. 3. W. Brown. Masonio Meoting-G. B. Mc.. Cants, Secretary. Knights of Honor-E. S. Chand. leir, Reporter. Tribute of I espoct-G. B Mc Cants, Secretary. Town Ordinances -W. N. Chand." ler, Clerk. The ounclucling portion of th1 proceedings at F?eastelville will be found on our first page. The Winnsboro Democratic Club 'will meet to-morrow night. Lot all the members attend. Brigadier General Cowa rd has ordered an election for majors of the several battalions of the 8th Brigado of South Carolina Stato Troops on the 13th of August, Public squares are a great bless ing to the community. Wo can say the same of Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup: it is the best remedy for the cure of all diseo ses Babyhood has to encounter. Price 25 cents. * BOUND FOR TEXAs.-Mossrs. S. D. Mobley, J. B. Mobley and John Mobley, with their sister. Miss Rebecca Mobley,-n MIr. John Erwin, left for Texas on Tuosday. We re gret to lose such good citizens, but we wish them evary suc o s a in the'r new field. The minutes of the last meeting of the Survivors' Asgociation con tuned an error. They should have read, "It was unanimously rosolved to publish, by sections, exracts from the diaries of Capt. S. B. Clownay and Lient. J. J. Milling, during the late war," The last issue of the weekly NEws AND HERAL contn.ined twenty col tumns of reading matter, of which fourteen columns were printed from original moutuscript. We wart to make THE NEws AND HERALD the liveliest campaign paper in the State. INSTRUCTIONS IN MUsic.-Prof. N. Schmitt, the well known instructor of music, is now in Winnsboro, and is prepared to give lessons on the violin, piano, flute, guitar and other instruments. Prof, Schmitt has estab)lished a high reputation as a teachor, and is warmly reoommentl ed by those whom lie has taught. HeJ is also prepared to tune and repair pianos. He may be comn municated wvith at the residcle. of Mr.i. Duvall, TraIIA C'iaPuxw.,r 'he Columbis. llegister says ; The b.oard of ex aminers have conilcledi ,hieir labors and sent the successful app licaut's answers for [}J West hPoint eadet ship to Colonel IEvins, who wvill makelc it known to the public. The report of the examination of the lucky winner of the cadetship shows 9.13 in a p)ossble 10. His report has been p)ronounced one of min.sual mnerit, We presum~o Col. Jvius~ will make the appointment in a few clays. THE WiNsBono IIOTEL,,WO ask particular attention to the adver tisement of the Winnsboro Hotel, kept by Mrs. M*. WV. Brown. The reputation~ of this house is already so well established, that it is scarce ly necessary for us to say a word in its behalf. The table Is w411l supplied with the best that the rnarket affards, and guests receive every attention. We bespeak for the worthy proprietress a liberal share of the public patronage, T&phoid fever is prevalent in the northwvestern section of Fair4eld, Mr. John Varnadore lost a daughter from it on Thursday last. Mr. James Stevenson,, Sr., some time since lost his wife and his step daughter, from typhoid fever, and several other members have been very ill, but we are glad to say they are improving. Mr. Edmund Powell, living in the Saem neighborhood, lost a son from COngestive ohilu.. on the 8th inst. Airs. Rowe, his mother.:ln-law, died a few ra7n Ago NOINI1NjTIONs WITHDRAWN.-At the I ast neeting of the White O.ik Dotoeratic Club, on the 3.d inst., '1 tho following was submitted by Mr. Join Vinson and unaiimously %dopted: Whereas, Club nominations are i incompatible with tho rules and regulatiotns of our County Conven Lion, therefore, Rlesolved, That all nominatigns 1 heretofore made by this club be and EIro hereby withdrawn. Resoloed"f, That this preamble and resolution be sont, to 'liu Niws AND 1-IElALD, with tilt) rcgu';t tilat they be published, T. G. PATRICK, August 5, 1878. Secret:ary. P0o1.TICAL CoMMiJUNICATIoNS.-Wo would call attention to the following extratt from our "campaign rates : Proceedings of clubs or comnu nications, when they contain noI.i nations, come under the rules for advertising. But the paper will bc op(n for the legitimate discuission, within reasonable bounds, of the merits of all those candidates whose nlaries are appearing in its adver tising columns. From this it will be seen that communicatdons concerning candi dates are published only on two conditions : 1. The 11:11 o of the candidate must be appearing conttem poraneously with the article con cerning him. 2. Comn munications utist be of reasonable longth.---Ve Hltll bo compelled to decline, or else to condense, any artielos that do not comply with those conditions. We shall also fool at liberty to close ary discussion after both sidps have boon fairly hcard. Mn. PEARSON's ADDnEss.-oro- O gret exceedingly that the pressure on our space has prevellte(d the publication of the admirable speech of MlIr. Phil. P. Pearson, made at t'me last regular meeting of the Monticello Damocratic Club. It is full of sound advice to the Democ racy. Qn the niatter of side-issues, Mr. Pearson uaid ; Shall we then in the face of stern anl stubborn facts-, when we know our political existence, our verv freedom, depends upon the unity of our actions, the disinterested patriotism of our conduct, the wisdomn our choico-sh ll we, I ask, in view of all this, encourage a policy which would as surely divido us as it would be sure to defeat is '! To talk of proscribing the lawyer, the doctor, the blacksmith, the shoemaker, is not only eon trary to thoso lhberal prinei'ples of self.. govecrnmnent inculcated by the ancient institutions oft Demnorac, but it is just as idle, infinitely more puerile, and1) egnlily an absurd, as to exclude you, or me, or any of usi, fro:4 the inymmuities of this govermeunt for having holes in our old hazts, It is thze 11)ost uroa eonab)le, unwise, ungratoful 1e0ls ur'c over fixed upon to subvert the liberties or tar'nish the record of a pp(lo. It is the purest, tihe most peiniciouls ramdicalismn, and the notion itself evincecs such an abr,cnco of foro'(sigh)t such an abso lute dearth of political acumen-as, if persisted in, would merit tihe roe p)roaceh of an observant world and mnalto it the si)ibboleth of degener ate 'Democracy. This is not the' couirse for us to purllsue. We have too much to do, thus idly to be experimnenting in tile m)idst of dimiger. In conclusion, Mr. Pearson said: Let us thlerefore aim at worth~ as our standard of excellence, and es tamblish) for all an intelligernt aris tarcehy, an ornament to our State, an honor to her sons. Let us take prit:cip)les and not men as the squareo of our choice, and' scoure to all a mother's care and, withont discord, a naution's prid3 Then, sirs, may we expect to be cr'owned with that success due to the name of freeo-j dom's hieirs and South Car'oli is noble sons. Then may we expect Cornu)lcopilis, in all the the profusion of prosperity, to to be emptied among 'ps, Then 19ay wo expect once more to ##e our' Stafe b)oojn like the t'ose and blossom like the lily, with the ensign of peace from the battlements, of liberty triumph,. antly floatirg over am prosperous and contented1 people. QTJ TRIP 'O FEASTW.RTIIzy, What an Editor Saw on his Rounds-.. A PJse4sing Prospeot. On Friday last, the Editor. aban,. dloned the heat and dust of the city of Winnsboro, and set out in quest of the pure air of the oountry. The route taken wA~s to -Salem church. Fior a pa1rt of the way the roads were in good condition, althougqh in umberof places the gtylleys on theo sida .ad anaraTzchedan%erous. notr, nklting a prrow road bodl. t will b ; le-e'sary efo)uri very lon" ) change the road in these p.iteus. 3ut the bill ascending on the west ,id of Ellison's Creek is simply trocious, For years. it has been he bane of teamsters, and has voked ats ttualuy pounds of profunity o the square inch as any other )lace in the county. The soil has ong sinvo disappeared and the lolid rock is cut into ruts and rilges while the hill is very t;teep, so that t is a marvel how loaded wagons tseend it. Tradition tells that a "oad conmiliss}oner, years ago, on )cing indic-ted for not kecping a 3ertain hill in ordwe, pleaded his own c:se in the coutrt-house, and provcd )onclusively by a numbcr of wit losses that the road bed had worn Uut and could not be nendlnd, and Ie was discharged. This we think vould be a good plea inl the present 'ase. But something should bo lone in the interest of travel. The first thing that commanded Our attention was the Ilot;i.tlil ippear"anlce of both corn and C')t ton. 13cgining at. the very (1:c; of town tii pI J)rospct was g ood, an l it 4Otied to ie;)p rovo as we velt ca;. The statlcd w;ts reguilar, tihe color 4ood, and the growth woll a.ulmced, showing good land;, good eu ltivattion. and good easuons. Friday night we spen t at Mr. G. 3. Pttigretw's anid enljoyu1 hi-; cordi.ii Iosp!it:dlitv. H e sht wed a lIeld of c ottoi, on :aijn form erly thotight inpro.ltive, which ox)rts claimed would yield from eight hundred to a thou.and pounds por acre. ve were informed that at little further down the Mon ticello road the crops had sulff'ired badly for rain an.l were considraa - bly injured. All through this neighborhood we notiec.d crops of sugar cane, which was one (if the chief stays of the cotinty during the war. Mr. Pet tigrew last year, for himnwlf and nei .llbor:4, hI.ilud six htundred gallons of svrup of the best quality, some of which) sold for a dollar a g lion. Those farmers are solving the problem of sue. cessful cropping by raising their own sipplies at homtle. On Saturday 11ori llng we set out for Feasterville. Part of the road we had not travelled since before the war, and we wo're forcibly im pressed with the changes that had been wrought. The traces of Slher, man's torch were still visible. Where onct had beeln handsomlo dwellings wore only ruins, and the ghosts of once well kept gardens kept sentimel over deserted homes- After leaving tl.e Chester road, the crops were edtill goodi, bu1 t the roa d s halllged1 consderably for tho v:or'se. Whi'o Fo.ist.rvillo can bloast of tii ft an.id hospitality and many Lther' good things, she certainly ought unot to be pr1ould of tihe roads. But the crops were good. We wvere espe(cially struck with some fields o'f corn1 belonging to M[r. George Colemain, Mr. David Coleman, Mr. Moses~ Clowney, and some of.hers whose ownIersip we did not kn1ow. Wo re:ached the Ac.Ldemy some time1 before the mleCt.iIlg of the Democratic club, the Maisoniic lodge beinig in sessionl. Th'lis lodge is in a pr'jospeonIs coniditlion, as is also1 ai Grange. Hiere we muet 01(1 friends and made nlew acquinitalnces, and partook of the hospitality of Mr. Malc. Coleman, and discovued thailt Mr. D. R. Feaster' is an older mhan than we lhad taiken him to be. .-Hue, too, we formed lte acequaint:meo of Master Thomas WoIodward1 Coleman, aL hands(oioo and wide-aLwak e young gentleman of seven months, who is warranted, if old Wallace ever ap p)ears' in that neighblorhloodl agam , to make as liv,ely ahe after him na his ilhistr'ious. n;ilLlosake did. We also return thanks for courtesies shown by Mr. John (J. Feastor, who wvas proudly wearing his laurels as a Benedict. At three o'clock the Democratic club mfoetinig was hold, the report of wh'lich has been1 p)ublishe(d. The meeting lasted till no:ar dark. After tihe meeting we set out across the pountry with Mri. James K. Steven son to Mr. S.uel Stoveuomons, whos hospitality wve enjo yed that night. Mr. Stevenson raises the best mules in the Gtate, and his 1)ne teams are proverbial. On inquiry we find that tihe new fence law is working woll in that part oIf the county, and is giving great satisfac tion. On the whole we have never ha(1 a pleasanter trip tha~n oir jaunt to Feasterville, and we shall cor tainly 'icajl again." Theo new .angsthetic mode ja beil)g fried at the Alexias Lrotbers' Hos.' pital in Chicago, with astonishing results. While a limb is being am-, putated a spray atomizer throws a stream of a eolution of pa.rlolio acid into the wound, and this inakes the operation perfectly painless. No 3bloroformn or ether is required, apd t is. said the wound' beale .very meaalv. Gatho "*.n of tho Clatn$-A. CapihIl Sa33ch by Major Woudwaru. The R.dical convention met in the court-house on Monday, the 5th inst. Joe 'rhomphol the coun ty chairman presided. The personml of the convention was composed of the satmulo old familiar faces that have been seen in similar gatherings since R c onstructoll. There wore a number of lo;>kors-on, ml ul of timm D:In)c:'ais. Th:l b3ain3s of the c1->n. 'citoin 1 was to clet three delegates t.> go to Cohnnbllia to the Stato con vention. The chairmalan told the con - vention that the delegates must go at their own expense, andl thia;, some w'ant dampenod the ardor of a lnun. bor of aspiring though impecunions shaltesm;1en. It was resolved that the rules of the "-wer Honso of the Generral Assembly" ho adOpted to govern this convention, whereupo4 a delegate rose and demandod that the county chairtman c.plain what theso rules wero. 'T'his gave riso to a lengthy wrangle in which much time was consumed. Ike Miller, in the courso of his relarks, said V nmt lhe saLw Ma:jor Woodward, who lwas going to be a Democratic candi d ite for the Legislature, sitting there laughing at the convention, and thinking it was of no use for the Repmblidant to run a ticket, as they would get beat. But they would ruln anyhow, tbolglh they kn owed they were going to got beat. Bat the Republicans had live to ono in the co1ty. an I if they could get the votes counted after they ptt them in, they woald whip the light. After Miller got through, Major Woodward, by permission, addressed the convention, in a capiial and most opportuno speech. H: said : Mr. Chairman, inasmuch as I scorn to have formed the chief topic of my friend's speech, I will say a few words to you. He is mistaken when hv! said I was laughing at your counveitiou. I m11ust stay it is the most orderly meeting 1 have eve. sen you hav.!, al I Colgratulato you on it. I was laughing, not at you, but at him individu:ilv. In regard to a fair count, I think my friend thero [Miller] is the last man1,1 to say anything about that. He was in charge a number of years, 111(1 you all know his orders were to vote early and just as often as you could ; and if the Democrats do run the government eigtl or ten years now, it will be oly tturi about. In regard toe my1 beinag a candid'ate, i tuu not one for any oilico. Now. as a friend of your race--and if you have a friend I claimn to be that man -:nd ats one0 who aliways dealt justly with you, I want to give you some advice. I ask you not to send( any dologa~tes to CoulumbiAa, You~ cani do) no0 goodl b)y it. anid will only injure y'ourse?lves. Let mec tell yon that Governor H:lmnpton and the D)emo,. cratVic State tic.ket have been re nominated, and they will be electeod. Th'ley were ehcel ill 1870 wh1en all the~ forces now on their side wer*e arae gainsit them, andi in making oppO.-imana to them you are merely butting your head against a stone walhl. WI)y should yo)u oppose8 them ? In 187t$ the Domocuratic party rallied, not through hostili t to the colored race, but for the sake of civilization andl to save your selves andt thjemjselves from the outraes inflitdhy men who false-. maopledges of good government, anid eyery pledge hias been redeemed. Governor iHamnptcnl has kept his word, ad has acted in fairness and justice to all Iit.izens of South Caro, laua. IUder his admlinistration youI are better oft' thtan ever before. The taxes have been) rodneecd one half. your school;i are in a more prosperouis cond.ition f,han ever before, you are safer un der a Demo. eramtic than under a Raidical aidmin, istration. Way then wvill you be led into raising a hopeless issue, andl thus reviving an antagonism that has outirely disappeared ? If you have any cha.nccs in the future they lie in t.he presidiential .contest in 1880), and by making a Aight nowv you are only frittoring away your strength and rendering yourselves helplys t;hee. Do you mean to saiy you wish to raise a race isue ad: to draw the line between the white man and the b.Aack man ? [COris of jio, no.') If so, why not submit to the inevitable, as we did once ? Let mne tell you that the Deimoerats will. have~their ~ ondidates in the field, and wil1'inaugr'ate a campaign. I j will be earlyi m the fight for Dimoe.. racy, because I believe it to' be'the best, not Qfnly for niyself, 'but for you uutil you are better educated. Your corrupt leaders bave all fled. Why,/then,.can we not all come t4ba get er ? In conclusioo let me say that your host cbance is to send ho delegates to Coumbia. bt. ta m home and lie low and keep dark until 1880, and thou all com1 out in full lorvo and vote for tue IQ.r Co4,w gress. [Laughter and appl4uf4o.] Major Woodward's speedh was sq well received tllat one rural delegate moved that the cotyetltion elect no delegates, but ho waa summarily squelched. After this several ballots were hold for delegates, and Jog Tbomp,, son, Israel Byrd and ordp Mc. Cullough were elected. After some wrangling over the question wheth, or the convention should roonmend any one to. the Statn Conventjon for county chairman, a n4otiou to ad journ was put and declared carried, amid some confusion, one colored man romarking as they went out that they had got along all right "dis far." Load, Bismuth and Zinc are itn ionscly ieful in the industrial arts; and its immensely injurions when appliod to the skin to beautify it or to removo Pimples, Blotches, etc., from it. Dr. Bull's Ilood Mixture is tho great purifying agent of the blood, giying clearness of cornploxion and removing Pimplei, etc. True Brotherhood Lodge, Np. 344, Knights of Honor. r ,%lf ret !1ar nleetlnitr of ajig Lodge will ite hld ttc Maso,,lc iall on F'r1(ay evening, tl;u uCU hist.. at. 8, oclock. E. S. CHANDLER, nutg ? Reporter. Winnsboro Lodgi, No. 11, A. F.M. rIl[E regular mt.b'lyIv comnmunication of this Lodge will be held this evening at 8i o'cloc_. G. B. MCCANTS, aug 9-it Secretary. TIE JWINSnlO 0 goT L, -BY MRS. M W. BROWN. 'f"1S lfotel, sittated in the 3ontro of I the towi, oftfrs an- guirinteos to the public indtlucomseuts unsurpassed by any other hopse in the place. Table sup plied with the best. in tho market. Con. fortlable rooms and polito attention. Terms --$2.00 por day. aug 9-tf GREAT REDUCTION In the Pricj of COATS' AND CLARKS TH11EA1, . Five Cents a Spool. -O Dry Gloods, Clothing. Jioots and Shioo6 very low for' Cash), in order f.o make ropni for Fall Stock, Sugenheiimer & Groesebel, JUST ARRIVED FROM NEW YORK A N legant lot of Spring Prints, t)mnj .L. bries, Whito Pique, Figured Piue Long (Cloth,, Cottonades,, Ladies' un< Gont s' Hlosiery, Hiantikerch iefs, Towvels, Ac., and are offered att the lowest onash ce.J. M. BEA TY. TLhe colobrated "Blay State" standard sorowed and wi ro sowed Shoes, aspecialty at J. M. BEATrY'S. ry them, aind yon will b)e convinced of their durability. I am offering for salo "Grant's Yea t Powdersa," overy box gna-- nject to give metisfaction, or money refumndod. PIpso give it a trial. J. .M. JBEATY. Goc to J1. M. BIRATY'S for the bpst Famnilly Flour, Menal, Grist, ice, Hmems (Hratnded ''Challenge,") Lard, Bacon, Bugar and Coffho, very low prices, Tea, Ornokers, Candy, Soatp, Starch, Blluelng, Somdat, Con. Lye, Miustard, Peaches, To rnat.oca, Satrdinj.es, Salmon, Pepper, pioa, Gin ger, Nutmegs and many other ~hings r,.pmcssarit for fanmily nomiQrt, CALL AT J. M. BE1ATY'S lTEEL, Swede Iron, Plow-mouldN, L~ Traco Ch ains, Hames, Srek h3ands, 3rauin Oradlea, 2'oythes, Brade's Hoes, Shovels, Garden Hoes and tkee, )Nails, Ilorse and Mule Shotes a.d s,ule WoopENWAR,u~ B. B., Red Cedar Bueket4, QaIyaoised loop Cedar Buckets, Painted Bok WVell Bucket.., ReRe, Yeuits, Broops, k~o. Orookery anI 4Tinw.r DAVENPORT'S PSOOES~'~ Jeddings, ayi , Dave #, as py ~rominent p~ icias. Fg gyle jq3,r4.43, *