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tIRI-WEEKLY EDITIONJ WINNSBORO. S. C.. TLH URSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1878. {VOL. 2. NO. 113 HAUNTS OF VICE. ----o0 MR.e TA LAG1Q0 1XPATIAT ES FURt 2'WIC ON TH ZEL1I'IIANT. The Old Folks Not at Home--What Now York Ought to Do. [l&om 1he Newo York lkrahl. 1 The Brooklyn Tabernacle was crowded on Sunday morning by a multitude who had come to hear Mr. Talmago's second sermon on the "Night Side of City Life." The usual number of hymns and cornet solos by Arbuckle enlivened the services. The gist of the sormon was to the effect that houses of dis sipation were chiefly supported by men of means and heads of families; that the old folks needed looking after more than the young ones, and that it was high time for a popular crusado against the evils which infest society. The morality of Brooklyn was extolled and a sharp rap was given to a certain New York police captain by a rove lation of the iniquities unchecked in his precinct. The possibility of the pastor's calling from the pulpit the names of prominent public men who frequent such places was hinted. Loud applause and frequent laugh ter greeted the preacher's remarks. VOI0ES OF THE NIoHT. Mr. Talmago took his text from Isaiah xxi., 11-"Policeman, what of the night ?" Policeman, what of the night 7" The original of the text, said he. may be transl:ttod either watchman or policeman ; I have chosen the latter word. The olden time cities were all thus guarded. King Solomon must have had a large posso of police to look after his royal grounds, for he had 12,000 blooded horses in his stables and millions of dollars in his palace and 600 wives, and though the palace was large no house was ever largo enough to hold two women married to the same man-[laughter]-much less could six hundred keep the peace. Policemen more than other people understand the city. What wonder, then, that a few weeks ago, in the interest of morality and re ligion, I asked the question of the text, "Policeman, what of the night ?" In addition to this power ful escort I asked two elders of my church to accompany me, not be cause they were any better than the other elders, but because they were more muscular. I was resolved in any case where anything more than spiritual defence was necessary to refer the whole matter to their hands. [FLaughter.] I believe in muscular christianity. I do wish I could consecrate to the Lord 250 pounds of avoirdupois weight. [Laughter.] But, borrowing the strength of others, I started out on my midnight exploration. Some of you have been surprised that there wvas a great hue and cry raised about these sermons. I was not surprised. In all our churches there are lepers wvho do not want their scabs touchied, and who foresawv that I would showv up some of the wicked - ness androttenness of what are called the upper classes. The devil howled because he knew I was going to hit him hard. [Laughter.] wEALTH'S DISSIPATIONs. I noticed in my exploration that these haunts of sin are chiefly sup - ported by men of means, muon who come down from the fashionable avenues of New York and cross over from some of the finest mansions of Brooklyn, and by prominent men from Boston and Philadelphia and Cincinnatti and Chicago. I cokct' call the names of prominent men in this cluster of three cities who patronize these places of iniquity, and I may call their names before I get through this series of sermons, though the fabric of New York and Brooklyn society should tumble into wreck. [Applause.] Talk about the heathenism below Canal street. It is of a worse kind above it. I prefer that kind of heathenism which wvallows in filth and disgusts the beholder, rather than that which covers up its putrefaction with a camel's hair shawl and point lace, and rides in turnouts worth $3,000, liveried driver ahead and rosetted flunky behind. [Laughter.) We have been talking so much about the Gospel for the masses, nowv let's talk a little about the Gospel for the lepers of society, tL:e millionaire sots, the portable laza:e .6hos of flp per tendom. It is the iniquity that comes down fromn the.higher places of society that supports .tbe haunts of crime. and is mradnally turning our cities into Sodoms and Gomorraha, waiting for the fire and brimstone tempest of the Lord God, who overwholmod the Cities of the Plain. Wo want about fifty men like Anthony Comstock, who walked into that Moloch temple, that brown stone hell on earth, that place of the damned on Fifth avenue, and in the name of the eternal God put an end to it, its priestess retreating by suicido into the lost world, her bleoding carcass found in her own bathtub. May the eternal God havo mercy on our cities I Sin, gilded sin, comes down from these high places into the upper circles of iniquity, and then on, gradually down, until in three or five years it makes the whole prilgrimage, from the marble pillar on the brilliant avenue to the collars of Water street. INCOMPATIBILITY OF TEMPER. My friends, there has got to be a reform in this matter or American society will go to pieces. Under the head of "incompatibility of temper" nino-tonths of the abominations go on. What did you got married for if your dispositions are incompati blo ? You say, "I rushed into it without thought." Then you ought to be willing to suffer punishment for making a fool of yourself. [Laughter.] You are responsible for at least half the incompatibility. In 999 cases out of 1,000 that is a phraso to cover up wickedness already enacted. Heads of families support these iniquities. I wish there might be a police raid lasting a great while to gather from these places of sin all the prominent citi zens and march them down through the strect, followed by about twenty reporters - [Laughter] - to tako their names and put them in full capitals in the next day's paper. [Applause.] And I would like to go along, too. [Great laughter.] In six months there would be eighty per cent. less of crime. It is not so much the young men and the boys that need to be looked after. It is their fathers and mothers. [Laughter.] Let the heads of fami. lies cease to patronize places of iniquity and in a short time they would crumble into ruin. New York wants indignation meetings to compel the authorities to do their work and send the police with re volvers and lanterns to turn off the colored lights of the dance house, and mark for confiscation their trunks, wardrobes, furniture and scenory, and gather up all the keepers, inmates and patrons and march them to the Tombs with fife and drum sounding the "Rogue's March." [Laughter.] I tell you there are raging underneath our great cities a Cotopaxi, a Stromboli, a Vesuvius -ready to bury under deep ashes our cities, ashes and scoria deeper than that which whelmed Pompeii and Herculaneum. Now is the time to make extirpa tion of iniquity. Now is the time for a great popular crusade, and for all the people of our cities, in great pop)ular assemblages, to say to the police authorities, "Go ahead and wve will back you with our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor." The New York &raphic sumuming up the result of the elections last week says : "The Democrats have all the real advantage in Tuesday's elections. They have in each case captured the stronghold. In Ohio the choice of State officers was of no great direct moment, The bone of contention was the Congressional delegation. And the control of this was important, not only in aiding to secure a Democratic majority to organize the next House, but in securing the vote of Ohio for the Democratic candidate for the Presi dency, in case the election is thrown into the House. This prize has been obtained. The Republicans will not only be in a numerical mi. nority, but the Democrats will control a clear majority of the Conessional delegations, so that in case of an election by the House the Democratic candli date is certain to be chosen. They have now nineteen States sure, and only require one, which they are sure to get." How Tumv F~ooL THE .EAnlMER. Glib-tongued gentlemen go about the Western States in pairs, rep resenting to the farmers that they are commissioned by the bureau of agriculture to obtaim minute statis tics. They make many entries in their books, staying to. dinner or over night, insist on paying for their lodging because they are employed upon government service, and pass counterfeit X's upon their hosts, receiving the1 change in good moner A VOLOR CIxLD MAR VMZ. A late issue of the Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal says: Thero is now in Louisville a n ogress who is a perfect child-wondor. She is a scriptural marvel. She does not eoven know her letters, yet she can quote accurately almost any passage in the Bible. At the age of nine me4ths she could talk, and would frAquently toll her mother what hd idea of heaven was. As she grew older she would sit for hours and expatiate on the beauties and glories of the other world. The old colored folks would listen to her sayings for hours. At the ago of three years she began to lecture on heaven, its wonders, on God and His oninipo tent power. She has lectured in many places, and has created a furore in every place she has yet visited. The prodigy lect'ired at the York street colored church yes terday afternoon, and at night spoke to a large crowd at tho Green street colored church. Her speech was good, and her delivery imprpssivo. A reporter of the Uouri-Jour. nal interrogated her last night. "What is your name, little girl ?" "Alice Coatny." "How old are you ?" "Iso just four years and twenty oight days old to-night." "Where were you born ?" "I was born in Liverpool, Eng land-'cross do Atlantic." "How long since you felt the power within you ?" "I don't know ; Iso always felt the power of God." "What do you talk about when you speak to a crowd?" "I talk about Jesus, about heav enly things, about how- Jesus died and was crucified; how he rose again in three days and sitteth on the right hand of God." "Can you spell " "No, sir; I don't know my A, B, C's yet." She then went on in a rapturous strain about things biblical and spiritual, completely nonplusing the reporter. She was accompanied by,two col ored men. They talked in an en-, thusiastic manner about her. She said in her conversation that she believed in two kinds of baptisms. She spoke of the different modes of salvation ; how to reach Paradise; how to be converted from a bad man to a good one, etc. Her sayings were entirely original, and were not spoken in a hesitating voice ; but in a quick, keen and forcible manner. As young as she is, a negress, with out education in the principles she sets forth, her power partakes strongly of the marvelous. EFFECTS OF TILE FEVER. [1.0ouisille Courier-Journal. ] It is estimated that the actual material loss to the region of coun try scourged by the yellow fever, thus far, is not less than $200,000, 000, and this is, doubtless, a very lo siate. Splendid stands of cotton will be lost for want of hands to pick it, wvhie the cessation of business in the cities and towns, and on the railroads and river, has occasioned enormous losses, which cannot now be computed. Beyond expression, this has been a terrible year for the people of the lower Mississippi Valley. Some -people talk in a melancholy way, and ex press the belief that the South will be utterly, irremediably ruined. That is an impossibility. The South has been swept by the flood, pestilence and the sword, yet has she come out of the depths with a I frm step and a hopeful heart. Temporarily crushed the South may be, but destroyed never. There is reason to rejoice that the yellow fever has spread so little east from the Mississippi. It is leaving a broad, black mark from Cairo to the Gulf. It is a terrible mark, to be sure. It is a trail marked by graves. Yet, out of the deeps of this woe those commnunities will come with renewed streragthb. If it were otherwvise, we might indeed abandon hope for the South. The people have too muoh at stake, and the business of the Valley is- too great. Its demands will speedily r.at all the machinery of trade in motion again. The heart only aohes in contemplation of the weeks of death and misery which must elapse before this plague-storm's horrors will vanish. The rising generation on$ to be protected against the stopelyng influence of Opium preparatiog We call tlie, attention of all mot~i to the fact that Dr, Bgxli',QA Syrul is absolutey free fronz3mA "Those Democrats who have allied themselves with the 'Greenback Labor' organization can see in the light of the Ohio elec Uion returns what good they are able to accomplish. They were unable to elect a single Congress man, and succeeded only in defeat ing the Democratic State ticket and in helping a few Republican candi dates for Congress to slip through who would otherwise have been de feated. Democrats who vote the 'Greenback' ticket simply aid in keeping the Republican party in power. "-Hartford 2imes. Tnz ATMOSPHERE CLEARING.-The Greenback spectre is no longer so formidable as it seemed. It is clear that, as we have already paid, the majority of the people including hard workers, traders, merchants, small property-holders and heavy capitalists-ave a Demo cratic aversion to seeing the nation al finances demoralized and paper mills substituted for mint.-N w York Express (Dem.) A young man, hired as a clerk, was told by his employer that all his clerks slept at the house, and that it was closed punctually at 10 o'clock every night. "Oh, don't apologize," said the youth ; "I don't care what time it is closed, if it's only opened early enough in the morning." VEGETINE. REV. J. P. LUDLOW, WRITES: 178 BALTIC STREETBROOKLYN, N. Y., Ma. H. I. STRvENs I ovembor 14, 18T4. Dear 8ir-From personal benefit received by its use, as well as fromn personal knowledge of those whose cures have seemed almost miraru lous, I van most heartily and sincerely recom mend the Vegetine for the complaints which it Is claimed to cure. JAMEs P. LUDLOW, Late Pastor of Cavalry Baptist Church, Sacramento, Cal. VEGErTINE. SHE RESTS WELL. SOUTIT POLAND, ME., October, 11, ISTO. MA. H1. It. STIvKNs: Dear Sir-I have been sick two years with the liver complaint., and during that time have taken a great. many different medicines, but none of them (lid me any good. I was restless at ighs, ndhad no appetite. Since taking the VZOETINE I rest well Fid relish my fooT Can recommend the VEGETINE for what it has done for me. Yours re.pectfully, AIRS. ALBERT RIICERI. Witness of the above, MR. GEORGE M. VAUGeAN, Medford, Mass.. VEGETINE. GOOD FOR THE CHILDREN. BOSTON HOME, 14 Tyler Street MR. HT. R. sTEVENH: BOSTON, April, 1816. Dear Sir-We feel that the children in our home have been greatly benefited by the Vego tine you have so kindly given us from time to time, especially those troubled with the scro ula. With respect, MRS. N. WORMELL, Matron. VEGETINE. REV. 0. T. WALKER SAYS: PROVIDENCE, R. I., 164 Transit Street. H. R. sTsT , EsQ: I feet bound to express with my signature the high value I place upon your VEGETINE. My family have used it for the last two years. In nervous debility it is invaluable, and I recom. mend it to all Who may need an invigorating, renovating tonio. 0. T. wVALKER, Formerly Pastor Of Bowdoin-square churcth, Boston. VEGE TINE. NOTHING EIiQUAL TO IT. soUTH SA LEM, MAss., Nov., 14, 1876. Ma. H. IR. STzvsys : Dear Sir-I have b ien troubled with serofula, Canker and Liver Complaint for three years. Nothing ever did me any good until I eom monced using the VEGETI N H. I am now get.. ting along first-rate, and still utsing the vege. tine. I consider there is nothing equal to it, for such complaints. Can heartily recommend it to every.ody. Yours truly MRS. LIZZIE M, PACKAR D, No. 10, Lagrange street, South Salem, Mass. VEGETINE. RECOMMEND) IT HEARTILY. Mn. TRY Ns :SOUTH BOSTON. Dear Sir--I have taken several bottles of your VEGETINE. and am convin ced it is a valuable remedy for byapepaia, Kidney Complaint, and General Debtility of the systeta. I can heartily recommend U. to all sufferers from the above complaints. Yours' MUNRoR PARKER. Prepared by H. R. STEVENS, Boston, ifSS Vegetine is Sold by all Druggists. oct3--4w BOOTS AND SHOES. NOW arriving,a largead well seleetedI ..~stook of Boots and Shoes, direct fom the M~anufacturers, whleh I ee warrant, and I will not be utiderAold Givre me a call before you sake your pue. ohase. < rooTs AND ROMS. es tof the ah~oye ever WANTED! PEOPLE to know that we have a good Painter and a good Trimmer, and that we are thoroughly propared to do good work, OUR LUMBER is well seasoned, being from two to thre years old, EMANUEL BLAKE will;attend to tho Horso Shooing departo mont. We soll the famous Tredegar Hono and Mule Shoes, Southern manufacture. Also, the Bronzod Horso Shoe Nail, best in the market. All work as represented, or no chargo. Prices as low as tny responsible firm in the county. DESPORTES & MONTS, sept 5- Whoolrights and Farriers 6 SHERIFF'S SATZ4. BY virtuo of an execution to me di. reoted, I will offer for sale before the court-house door in Winnsboro, on the first Monday in November next, within the legal hours of sale, to the highest bid der, for oABa, the following doscribod property, to wit: All that plantation. or tract of land, lying in Fairfield county, containing Foun nUNDnED AND NINETY-Two ACRES, more or less, and bounded by lands of Mrs. Barah Cloud, John Eqler, Dr. John A. Glenn Dr. Edmunds and others, levied on as the property of H1. Hoins, at the suit of Lorick & Lowranoo. S. W.RUFF, Sheriff's Office, 3, F. Q; Winnsboro, 8. C., October 12, 1878. oct 19-tIx2 SHERIFF'S SALE. B Y virtue of an execution, to me di. rooted, I will offer sale, before the court-houso door, in Winnsboro, on the first Monday in November next, within the legal hours of sale, to the highost bid der, for CASu, the following described property, to wit: All that plantation or tract of land, in Fairfield county, containing Two HUNDII) AocES, more or less, and b%unded by lands of J. B. Oloud and others, levied on as the property of Honry Isboll, at the suit of Wiliam R. Sykes, as executor of the will of James Oroyon, deceased, vs. Heiry Isbell. S. W. RUFF, Sheriff's Off ie, a, F. 0. Winnsboro, 8. 0., October 12, 1878. oot 19-tlx2 SHERIFF'S SALE. B X virtuo of an execution to me di. reted, I will offer for sale before the court-houso door in Winnsboro, on the first Monday in November noxt, within the legal hours of sle,to the highest bid. der, for cA8f, the following described property, to wit: All that plantation or tract of land, lying in Fairfield county, containing TWO UUNDnED AND NINETY AnES, mere or & less, and bounded by land. of George W, . Coleman, Mrs. Henry Coleman, Mr. Mary Faucett and others, levied on ap the. property of Robert W. Coleman, de'?~ ceased, at the suit of E. Meador against Mrs. Nancy A. Coleman, Executrix, 8. W. iRUFF, Sheriff's Office, S. y. 0, Winnsboro, 8. C., October 12, 1878. octl9'-t1x2 TEXT BOOKS. T HE State Yhoard of examiners at its recent meeting adopted the following text books for use in the public schools of South Carolina, outside of Charleston, for the period of five years: Appleton's Readers, Reynolds' Readers, Davidson's History of South Carolina, H olmes' His-. tory of the United States, Swinton's gr2i. mary andCondensed Histories of theUnited 8tates, Swinton's Outlines of the World's Hlst >ry, Swinton'si Word B3ooks, Web. ster's Dictionary, Robinson's ArithimetIes, Sanford's Arithmetics, Cornell's Primaryt and Intermediate Geographies, Maury's Manual of Geography, Westlako's Three Thousand Words. A pircular from thq State Superintendent says; ''No ether text books than those prescribed in this list can be lawfully used in the pubili. schools of this State oxoept in the city of Oharleston." Teaehers and trustees are therefore earnestly requested to make the~ required change within the next ninety clays-within which time very liberal rates are offered. It is of the greatest irs. portance -to secure uniformity of tedt books. Further particulars can be ob. tained from the Board. WILLARD~ RIHA1RDSON, T. R. ROBERTsON, R. MEANS DAVIS. Det 8-tf County Beard of Exarlnnern, JUST RECF4ED. 1 Tierce beat canvassed Hlame, 1 Tieree bestLard. 1 Tieroe New Rtice, Ground Rio Cp?e. Gunpowder and YounS WyW6T A variety of Orackers and 41ota .0E% lowest jrices, ; 4 . .0068 BAT~.