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Tltl- WEEK1. Y 14DITION91 WINNS-BORO. S, (C., SAT UIMJAY, OCTOBER2618. O.2.N14 OUR COUNTY AFFAIRS. ?E MENT olMENT THD T 1 A ND JURY AT TILE OCToDEIc T.,Cr. The Public Offcors- -A Very SaLtifgo - tory Sho,vi1--some Good sugg-1 Tho follo.vin g ia til jpont:ueat of the grand jury at the October term of the Circuit Court for 1Fair, 1101d 0ounty To the llonorable3 A. P. 4Uio, Pei11ding J*W( lfl7 T ,' 'ih V. -i I jry for the county aforo';tid hOrLowith present to yotur Itonor, that pursu ait to your in)1tiuctionls wo havo ox unined the vri otis county oiens, Although1 the limited tiino allowacl for our investigation-s diI n>t admit of a minuto oxatnination. Witi roforenceo to the Sheriff's 0M,N) AYe follnd( itsi aIT tirfi wid b4si-, 18s mfnagement satisfactory, pro senting great improvoment since our last ex.amin-iation. Wo, howover, fool con.trained to cqu-re the Slioriff o: inexmmbhe nog;leot of ditjy in failing to Sorvo the "rille to show causo," taken out at the last term of thia Com-t, ipm S. B. Clovnoy, 'Equire, latu Clorlk of tlhQ Qircqit Court for this county. The o,h3s of t'o Clerk of Court, Probate Ju lgo andl Cunty Auditor exhibitod abind Lint evidence of faith, ful disch irge of duty oi t4e pairt of their inciuinbontf, The County Treasurer being ab sent from his olice, collecting taxes, no opportunity was afforded us of oxanining his office. The School Comiissioler was also absent, and we theveforo mde no ex:a)lillLtion of his offico. We exatninad the books of 4ll the Trial Justices, except t4at of ,Uri. Justico Scott, Vhicli was not turned over to us. Those examind by us were foul:1 properly kept, and fines collecto 1 accountel for, The ad ninistration of eounty affairs by the BjarJl of County Con" missioners was found satisfactory, As evidenced by the books 41)d yecords in their office. The Coroner, G. S. Hin)ant, E,sq-, explained to the satisfaction of the grand jury the matters complainedI of in our presentinont at thq lai3t term of this Court. With reference to the public buildings of the county, we fou4d the jail in good condition, the pris onors well cared for, properly fed, and supplied with 4 sufficiency of bedding. We recommend that the jury rooms be supplied with more seats, .ald1 mode otelrwise more eorforta blo. We also recoumend that the wash-outs in the court-house yard be filled up, and the yard ovplqd AIX. We found the poor house in good pondition, well managed, and its ttffairs in satisfactory shape. The repairis have been fin%ishet anAd the buildings are now sufficient for pre-.. en purposes. The mut'ron, Mr-s. Haigood, is recomnm gi :d by the grand jury for contin"enac in o1113e for the ensuing year. The pub)ic roadJs gud bridges of -the county are generally r-eported to be in good condition,. Th.o public officers of the county, in the judg ment of the grand jury, are dis ,eharnging their several duties with -fidelity to their trusts, and peuce and good order prova~il throughout' .the entir-e county, Trho grand jury gratefully ac knowledge the asistanuce given them. by 'your Honor, and our able and efficient Solicitor, T.h 0. Gaston, Jisq., and in taking leave of your Honor we desire to express our' gratification in seeing you reetorod ,to the Bench of this State, from~ which y-ou wvere ruthlessly forced in -the days of miitary rule. WVe trust that many years may be spared to your Honor, that the State may con, tinue to receive the bezsofit of yovr distinguished services. E. H. JJEmma, Jiorenman. October 23rd, 1878. IReturns or tbe County Officers to the Rules Seryved Upon Theril. Siumi Ruar's RevoUsv. State of South Carxolina, County of Fairfieldl. Silas W. Buff, Sheriff of Fairfild o )lnfty, upon whom has been served a Ule to shew caiuse why h.e shollld not be proceeded against according to law, for having failjed to,discharge certain official duties referred to in the .teport of the grand juary, at the 1a46 teri of this. Court, for eae Adoth show: A. .ty the irre0ulari1ties in.tia rospon(lont's official books, com plained Wf, that all said irrogulari ties aroso from plaintiffs in certain cases having theinsolvos becomiio tho purchasers of property old ; in which cases the said plaintiffs are paid, and only need the giving of their receipts to respondent as vouch(ra, Tilytt in somelo cases they had f-tiled to do so : but all these irrogularities have bon remedied. II. That the cotton sOd anI rubbish in the debtors' room, co1 plainod of, have boon rqmovod ; that z4tt,antion has been given to cleaninr tho floors of th1 thiA stoiv. -tud 's to the boalth of tho PiriUm*;, respw'lant lefOes t) thlo (tyIe.Lto of 4r. T. 'U. Robertson, hor(tJ an nexed, Respondent furt.her smO, that it is im)ossible to keop the. jail properly clean, with the class of prisoners confined thercin, ald with the facilitiotj and arrangemennts at the comimand of rpspondent. I. That rospondont's offleo has been occasionally closod, owing to the absenuo of both himself and his deputy on necessary offliial busi ness ; but responden t has endeavor - 0(1 and Will co)1tililo to endoavor to koop his ofileu open for p Cll-on veni(nce of the public as muc4 asg possible. State of Southj (arolina, Count-y of Fairfield. Silas V. Buff being duly sworn a.ys that the facts stated in tue forggojig return are tru. 1. W. I3UFF, S. . C. Sworn to before me this 18th 4iay of Qctober, 1878. Ugity N. OBEAR, Notary J?blic, P)r. Robertson,'- Cersillale. WINNsB3o1O, S. C., July 1, 1878. I hereby certify that I have been ompioyed as physician for te colin ty jail to attend the prisonors con 11nod if) stid jail since S. W. Ruff has had charge of it, and have a) - ways found it clean an) ordarly kept, and tho health of the prisoners has been renwarkably good. Signed, T, T. ROnEUTsON, M. D. .Mr. TP. Jl. J.obce.ean's (Jqrtipcte.. L T, Roa lobertnon, who assiisted the grand jilry as attorney in the examiration of the shoritrs books, do hereby certify that I have this day qoWplet.ed a re-exainination of said books, and find that all the irregularities complained of have boon rectified. This th 18th day of October, A. D, 1878. . Ross ROBERTSON, Attorney at Law. CoL. RIoN's STATEMENT. ktate of South Carolina, Oounty of ]Fairjeld.. A rule having beoe issued for S, B. Clowney, lat.e Clerk, to show cause as to ceytain charges made by the Grand Jury, and, said rule not having been served oi account of the unexpected absence 9f naid Clowney T, James H. Tlion, an Attorney of LIbl Qourt,, haviigg a~ personal knowl.. edge of some of LIhe natters reen tioned in said Rule, come into (Court and jiform this Honorable Court, as follows ; I. That he is infornwed and be-= lieves that Mr. Clowvney's leaving bad4 i0 r.uf,erenco to the issuing of the rule, but was owing to an en gagemnent with a New York firm to bny cotton for them jin Texas, tyhich engagement he is inow carrying out. LI. That the discropancies in tie eash book~ ie the Clork's ofSce ar.o statecd by M~r. Olwe not to be in fact o5 such proportions as they appear, but to what extent can only be ascertainod by a careful going over of the receipts and payments in erob case. Also, that there are receipts due wvhic1 haye igot bceug given by parties, applications nmade and inot entered, and eredits given on faith of p)arties who have igot yet made good the same. III. As to the konds0 alleged to be reissing froi4 the Clerk's office, I, Lhe sid Jarges R. B~ion, have ini my hands for collection the followy. J. H. W. Parr to the Comnmis ssioners in Equity.. 2. N. A. P?eay to S. Bl. Olowney, Clerk Q. ,0.f 8. Same to thse Some. 4. A. F. Peay to the Sange. 5. R. I(. Piekett to the Samne. Sl. JI. 13.Datasurse to the.Same. 7. Sain9 to the 8ame. 8. Jarnes Steart to the Sant.. .9. nary ]E. 1%Iyers t9 the Same. 10. Joln U. Catbeg,rt jAoste S$amo. 12. Satrie to the ,a . 18. Sanei to the Same. .14. Same to the 8ame. ton to the Com1missioner in Euity, which boud I, the said Rion, bought from the heirs of James ald Hilliard Judge, with funds furnished for that purpose by the execitor of the will of the lato Jud-e John D. Coaltor, of Missouri. All which is respectfully subinit. ted, this 21st day of Qctober, A. D. 1878. J4s, H. RoN. MR. MACKORELL'S RETURCi stato of South Qaolan, County of "airfield. nos Mm!'korull, a T-11 Justict of -FiriIjoid Co111nty, 11puo VVI) ias! been servdd a rulo to s4iew e.uno why h ifh ld not I * pr-occe'e( itgatilst atocordinug to a for havilln failed to exhibit his d :kts for tho insp(ction of tho griand juy ti the last terI of this Ciourt, for cause doth shew: , That ho is a Tria Justice at J3lmIckstock, situ,to oi the lino of thu Counties (if 0hemto and Fair fiold, and that by an Act of the General Assembly of t e said State lie has jurisdiction in lboth of said cQulties, andI(I is reqiirod to exhibit his oloial hoolis Uo tb)o itspection of the gnad julics o each of said cOulltIC4. IH. .'liat lie exhibited his -books to the nI ju1-y at the AI.Ch terml, 1 78, of this coirt, an,1l' that havilln t-ansacted no ollicial business in and for tho county of Fairfield sinee s id ti13t uUtil the June t r'm, 1878, of this Court, your respond oei thougilt it ulnnecessary to further uxiiibit his booLs for in-. spec(tion1, IlI. T'it respondent has exhibi ted his books for the extmiinatioll of the graod g.ry ij t13 preneut tor-i of this Cou.t, as will appear by their certificate thereon enlod,sed. Wherefore, respondeit prays that the rule ag.ainst him may be dis missed. M. MACRoRELL. Stato of South Carolina, County Of .air-field. Moses ]t0tekorall bei stiuly .sworn says that thp facts stated inl the foreaoin rotu! rn niae trito. N . AlI KOR EI,. Sworn to b ifore nic this 2rd ef Octobor, ON.87g Trial Justice. (M.Cderika rm.] There wats onec a poor plain little: girl, dwellinig inl a little room in 8tockholm, the capital of Swedon. ,$hei wa.s at poor little girl, indeGd, then j she was lonely td oglected and would have been very uilppI Y, deprived of the kindness and care Bo necessary to a ol)ild, if it 4ad iot been for a peculiar gift. The little girl had a tine voice, and in her lono linoss, in trouble or in sorrow, she consoled hersolf by singing. 14 fact she sang at all she did : at her work, at her play, running or sitting, she always sang. Thle woman who had her in care wvent out to work daring the day, and locked ill the little girl. wvho haLd nothing to enliven her soli tuide but the con;~p:1)y of a cegt and song. Once she sat b)y the opemn windowv and stroked her cat aucJ bang, when a lady pa.Lissed by. She hieard the voice, and looked upl and saw the little singer. She asked the child several questions, went aIway., and came back several days later, followed by ni h) niusic master wh'ose namie was C rehtis. He( tried the little girl's mus~ical ear and yo.ic. and was astonished. He took her to the manager of thu Royal Opera at Stockhohul, theoe a Count Puhoe, whlose truly generous and kind heart was congegled by ti rough speech apd a 1gorb)id temper. Crew lius introduced his litt.le pupil to the count, and asked hina to engage her as an eleve for the opera. "iou ask a foolish thmng," said thle coignt gruifly, looking disdaifflly dowvn Oil the little gi. ."What shall we do with thatL thing i Shle will never be pr~oeogable. NJo-we cannot take her. Away with her 1" The Imusic master insisted almost indig nantly. "Well " oyolaimed lie at last, "if you wdil net take her, poor as I amn, I will t.ake her m,ysejf and have her educated for the sceneo tjthen, .uch another car as she has for music is not to be found ja the wvorld." The Coutit relented. The li.t.tle girl was at laist admitted into :the sch)ool for eleos at the oper4, .and with.gonmo dirniculty a simple: gown of 4)ack bonbaineo wa pro eured for her. The safeat and most, -reliale rergedy for fthe usual d,iseases of the baby is Dr. Ball's Baby Syr'nps It conitaitns nothing injurious. Price Thp '"you're another" arguilelit has no special charms for ts,1 We have- the right, nevertholoss, to point out to ra1bid crities of South Carohia and South Carolinians that, even if every ioutrago" tho news paperp ny1:mu111factuiro were a concrote fact, moro "outriges" ar omm1it ted by Black Ibldicals uporn ColoreI Deiocrats in South (arolinla thaln are laid at tho door of the Doio uiratic party. A completo list of the attacks mado upon Colored Domoorits in this State, during tho palit n1mnth, Can hardly bo procuired, bit nonte samplo outrages havo COrMO to 0111 notive : On Septeiher 26, Policman S ,uires, at coloOed Democrat, w'as s upol and bea1t-l ilhnost to (eath )y a mob of Radical iegroos inl this city, whil( in discharge of his duty. On September 25, U. P. Chisolm, a ( lored speaker, was intorrupted aR"d wantonly insulted by Radical nogroes, during a Democratic meetr ing at Snider's (1ross-R-mds, Colle ton County. \Vh'ero w. ISectiont 4,5201? On October 9 an attempt was mnade by Radical negroes to break up a DomnorCnatic 1lass1 -metinlg at Georgetown. Tho rioters were 111101 the luado)rship Of Ajoultlic Aruutrong and iUppor Top" Har, riott. \Yoodbury, a colored Demo crat, was bealen alost to death by the 1101), and Wi. H. Dorroll, a vhito Democrat., WIas severely in Jlure(I while attemping to rescuo him. On October 16 several colored Den,crats were throatened and abused at Fort Motto by black Radicals, and incendiary threats were liado againislt membe1A).rsi of the Iparty by negro bullies in the streets of the same town. On October 17, John Williams, a colrod Domocit, was attacked by Rtdicals at a social party to which he had been invited, in Anderson county, and yas benten, fired on, and irsled to the rasidonlvo of Mr. J. A. Gainos, who with ditliculty protected him. A week or two ao. Jackson Allston, colored Democrat, was wtantonly attacked by Radical ne groes at Livy's Cross-Roads, inl Beautfort county, was b(eaten anld fired at a number of tiies, and forced to fAce for his life. At Clay Hill, in York county, early in October, four negroes wero arrested and committed to jail for beatil?g and attempting to kill colored Democrats. There is a more serious ense yet. Early in the morning of September in the streets of Lancaster, Joseph Jonos, a black R-idical, stabbed Frank Massey, a colored Democrat, in the breast, and at last account he Was dyig. Massey's offence was that le had declared hin)self in favor of the Democratic candidates. To ca) tIe climax, the Republican clubs throughout Barnwell have re solved that every colored man voting the Democratic ticket shall be0 os tracised by his followvs, expelled from their churches, suffered to (lie with. out tile attend(aneo of. his nenrest R9dJ do:lro9it relatives, anld must be barioei by the hmdns of D3zmocrats, if burie1 all. Scores of slimilair instaincs of in. timidationi, beating ands wounding, where colored Demilocrat wo'ro the v'ictiros, Cfnn be readiily given. Oar only object is to remnind the p)ublic agauin thlat there are two sides to the M'ontrage" T1hue experience of the preCsent canIvass confirmuis filly the experience of the last. White men are incaplalo,e under the severest provocation, of the bru tali ty which th~e negroes display in dlealitng with those of their own color who join the Democy'gtje party, and are treat. ad as traitors to their race.-News and (Courier. The New York kaion& (Id Rep.) is cuirious to know w hlat inducements wvere used( by the Ropu)lblicanl zoana gors with the Florida returpiigg board in 1870, that "neutralized or overcame the influomyce of the money the Dem.ocrats seem te ha,ve been so ready to spend. TXhore was clearly a good deal of corruptible material in Florida connected in one way or a.gothier with the count and the board, and it wa~s really more im portant for the Republicans to so eure this than for their opponents ; for, from what we knowv of the Florida election, from the inde.. >)endent testimony o.f Qeneral ])ar ~ow, fho S tate had really yoted by a slight majo.rity for the Tikl1n olee .ts ' The .Nation fears, however, thabits curiosit will not bc gra$i Aied "until we w - what the Re publjQan agent dia letwhep the 30.th of'.November aid the Oh of .recom bor, 1876, and got a glimpse of thQ sveret dispatces on thoir side." The Tribine having stated that "the God of nations saved this land from the ruin and dishonor" of the bribery of the Florida returning board to an honost count of tho votes, the Nation coinonts : "WO know from thoir own appoaranct huforo the Potter Committoo what Mannor of Ilon tho Florida counters woro ; that somo of them at least wero marketable the ciphor tele grains show, and we therefore have our curiosity roused as to the pre 8e leals olployed by the God of nations to make thOm give the Presidency to the right man, and yot satisfy the longings of their cor rupt naturo for money or goods." A Rpefial to the Manchostor Guardian, from Constantinople, says tho British gunboat, which was sMn to Uhe Gulf of Volo to suppresi piracy, found that nono existed. The report was due to the miscon ception of private nowt by the British Consul at Salonica. VEGETINE. REV. J. P. LUDLOW, WRITES: ITN BALTIC STIM1ET, BiOOKLYN, N. Y., MWilt. It. It. STI"VVINS: Novoimbor 14, 1874. Iear Sir-From personal benefit received by its use. as well as from personal kriowledge of I IOse wiose culres have seemed limost. miraru Ins. I van most heartily and sincerely recoin I eti i( eto wtirn for the compiLnts which iti s vlaimed to c JAMESP. LUDLOW, Late Pastor of Cavalry Daptist, Church, Sacramento, Cal. VEGE TINE. SHE RESTS WELL. SMI'll POLAND, ME., October, 11, 1876. Mn 11. H. 8'STHNS: Dear Sir-I havo been sick two years witt the liver01mplt, Mnd during that time havq t;Ak,nl at geal. manytdiffTeronit, meicines, but none of t hejl dill me any good. I was restless at nights. an(i hnd no appetite. Since taking tie YEOETINE I rest welt and relish ayfood. (Cani recomiiend the VEORTINE for ihat it haq done for mike. Yours reslectrtlv, M 118. ALBERT RICKER. Witness of the above MR. GEORGE M. t AUOTIAN. Medford, Mass. VEGETINE. iioSTroN 1OME. 14 Tyler Street. Mn. 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