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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION.J WINNSBORO. S. C., TIHURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1879 { YOL. 2. NO. 152
BEN BUTLER ON THE JEWS.
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THlE GENERAL I1AS FAnLEN IN
LOVE WYITIE TIEM.
His Compliments to Their Origin and
History--Honesty of the Men and
Virtue of the Women
C The Genera"s Speech a the Hebrew Fair in
130ston.]
Mn. CHAIRMAN, LADIEs AND GEN
TLEMEN-No devout, sincere Chris
tian can doubt for a moment the
wonderful character of the Hebrew
race. Sprung from the loins of
Abraham, they woro, as we are to
night, by our Bible and yours, God's
chosen people, and for them he be
came legislator, guide and friend.
He brought them into and out of
Egypt by a series of miraclos, show
ing that of thom he expected much
in the economy of his universe;
and when he thundered from Mount
Sinai-amid the ligtnings of that
dreadful and terrible yet glorious
occasion to mankind-the best and
and highest code of laws ever pro
mulgated to man, they evinced their
divine origin because in them were
found two subjects treated of that
have never been incorporated in any
ancient code of laws. He gave to
Moses the great command. "Take
thou no usury of thy brother." He
gavo to Moses that oversight and
that knogledge that enabled him to
embody in his code of laws better
sanitary regulations than have been
embodied in any code of laws since;
and in all that remarkable career of
the Jewish nation we see that he
proposed that from that nation, His
chosen people, should come the om
anation of His plan of salvation to
mankind ; and from that nation has
come the religion which has cover
ed the earth with civilization.
[Prolonged applause.] His people
have remained together in a most
remarkable manner, not as a nation
-for they, for a thousand years,
have not existed as a nation-but
there h is bon a s.>liditary of the
people in the economy of the Jew
ish race that has kept them to
themselves, although scattered all
over the world, amid the greatest
and most terrible persecutions for
many years-almost ages-that
would have destroyed any other
nation.
The Hebrew nation is a nation
distinguished for three charactor
istics--the integrity, the thrift and
the industry of her men, and the
purity, chastity and domestic vir
ture of her women. I Loud and
prolonged applause.] I need pay
no compliment where none is need
ed- I speak from knowledge upon
the subject. For forty years, save
one, I have been conversant with
the criminal courts of Massachn
setts and many other States, and I
have never yet had a Hebrew client
as a criminal [storms of applauso)]
but, you may say, that was because
the Hebrews did not choose you as
their lawyer [prolonged laughter
and applause] ; but that is not the
true answer, for I never yet saw a
veritable Israelite in the prisoner's
box for crime in my life [renewed
applause] ; and, thinkiing of this
matter, as I wvas coming here, I met
a learned Judge of one of the high -
est courts of the Commonwealth,
* of more than forty years' experience
at the bar and the bench, and I put
the same question to him, and lie said
lie bore witness with me to the
same effect ; he neither at the bar
* nor at the bench, had ever seen any
Hebrew arraigned for crime.
(Thunders of applause.]
Another fact is that the Jewish
race, having remained intact for
so many years, must come from
some preordination of the Al,
mighty, that they should keep
themselves to themselves to return
* again and possess the promised
land after more than forty years,
and, perhaps, centuries of wander
ing away from it; and that time,
which had been the dream of the
Hebrew philosopher, the topic and
prophecy of the Hebrewv prophet, the
hop e of the Hebrew statesmen,
seems about to be fulfilled ; for,
under the lead of the man who to
day is the most powerful on the
carth--a single man standing out
tho' central figure of all Europe
the man whose fame has pervaded
oven the school-boy's mind, so. that
it said that when a question was
put to one of them, "'How is the
map of Europe divided t'" he repli
ed, "By Beaconsfield." [Shouts of
-~ laughter, cries of "Good I Good I",
and applause.] Under the lead of
him, the greatest man no .living,
and of your race, a protoctorat,
over Jerusalem was establishedo
with him at the head of it. Would
it not scon that the dream, the
thought, the hope of the Hebrew
statesman, poet, philosopher and
the prophet are about to be realiz
ed ? And supremely over all, over
nobles and kings and emperors,
stand the family whose leave is re
quired by kings and emporors,
before they can go to war or before
they can make peace. Their assent
must be asked to the terms propos
ed. No great route for commerce
between Europe and Asia can be
opened without the consent of that
family who have amassed money,
not for the sake of money alone
for their accilmmulation are past all
dreams of avarice-but they are the
accumulations of power wldch has
made them greater than all. Need
I call the namo of the family of the
Rothschilds to show the most pow
erful family on earth belonging to
the race of people I see before me ?
[Prolonged applause.]
What, then, is the destiny for you
and yours, wherever may roani ?
For what you are reserved belongs
to the future. It is in the womb
of time and can be known only to
your groat Law Giver, He who, in
His providence, has preserved your
people for some wise purpose, un
known to mAnkind, and is only to
be guessed from the great results
that have already come from His
chosen people. These thoughts
crowd upon me and I have to give
them utterance. They may well
present themselves to your mind, and
I cannot see how any man of your
race can fool otherwise than that he
is the equal of the princes and the
nobles of the earth Lgreat applause];
and hero in America you have that
equality with all other men and the
opportunity of making yoursolves
what you are-a leading power in
the State and the country-for the
power of your people is felt and
known here, and the highest offices
in the Unitod States Senate and
House of Representatives have
been filled by repreentatives of your
people, few in comparison with the
others though you may be; and
when I remember what may be in
st ore for you, do I not do
well to call these matters of the
past to your minds, so that every
one of these young men here may
feel that he has a place to fill in the
world-which requires all the in.
dustry, all the intelligence and all
the good conduct possible, to make
himself the equal of those of his
people who have gone before him?
[Prolonged applause.] And I have
not failed if I have inspired that
proper and high ambition that
should make any one of your chil
dren look upon the groat eftrts of
his people, and endeavor to follow
their good example, whether in the
charity of a Monteflore, in the
statesmanship of a Beaconsfield, or
in the acquired wealth and power
of the Rothehilds, their excellence,
so great and so illustrious, that
while each may hope, in some d
gree, to equal, none can hope to
exce!. [Immense applause.]
Mr. Chairman and fellow citizens:
Allow me, then, with high respect
for your people, with strong feel
ings of good will to each personally
for your kindness and attention, to
bid y ou each and all a fair good
night,
TAX RETURNs.-At the last seso
sion of the Legislature an act was
passed which further prescribed the
manner of valuing lands for taxa..
tion. It defines the terms "selling
price" to be "selling p rice on the
usual terms of similar lands in their
township at sales for partition n
der orders of court." This, there
fore, is the rule of valuation, sub..
ject, however, to the provision of
thme constitution that such regula..
tions "shall secure a just valuation."
In some instances, the selling price
of lands for partition, under order
of court, might not, by any means,
be a safe or reliable standard. In
deed, it is likely that many classes
of real estate in their respective
counties have not been partitioned
by order of court at any recent
time.-Register.
"Will it do no harm?7" This is
the question Qften asked, and the
answer is. "it cannot," for Dr. Bull's
Baby Syrup is an innocent remedy,
warranted to contain neither opium,
morphia, or anything injurious.
Price 25 cents ,a bottle.*
A youth of about twenty winters
exhibited the respect for age preva
lent among the youth of this coun
try by the following remark:
"There's my old father now, he's
most seventy years old,, and, knows
nearly as nmuohas .1o."
j Bn.RIC-A.-nnlac.
What did billet doux
Music of the Futur--Proinis
sory notes.
"Change cars for '79," is tho way
the Boston P1ost puts it.
"Give him the rest of it in a pail''
is the latest slang among the g.un
mns.
A photographer belongs to the
tin-typo of humanity.
A correspondent asks, "Does
Darwin's descent of man throw any
light on Adam's fall "
"The worst aches will hioal.'"
Confucious. The best heels wit
acho.--O'Leary.
Despise not small things; the
largest corn is always found on the
smallest too.
A clock records timo with its
bands, but a regiment marks time
with its feet.
Time's "inaudible and noiseless
foot" is shod in a boot made on the
last of the year..
The way to mako six cents go
farthost-buy a stamp and put it
on a foreign letter.
"Get the behind me, satin," as
the actress said when she kicked the
train of her dross out of the way.
Never play euchro with a one
armed man. Ho always holds a "lone
hand," you know,
A Paducah (Ky.) papor says
money is so scarce in that place that
even the change in the weather is
hailed with plearure.
It is vulgar to call a man "bow
legge.d." Just sponk of him as a
parenthetical pedestrian.
A New Haven editor announced
that he had seen "a pure white
swallow," and the Louisville Cou
rier Tournal suggosts that it was
one of Holland gin.
"Rather than touch another drop
of liquor," said a zealons convert at
a temperance meeting at Alton, Ill..
the other night, "I would take a
razor and blow out my brains."
The proprietor of a building sito
in Wisconsin advertises his-land for
sale in this wise : "The Town of
Poggis and surrounding country is
the most beautiful which nature
ever made. The scenery is celestial;
also two wagons and a yoke of
stoors.
We can dimly percoivo coming up
the steep of time, the (lay when tho
professor of pugilism in our college
faculties will sit at the right band of
the Presidents and look down upon
professors of theology and meta
physics.
In the near future the customer
will say unto the bar-keeper, "Gim
me a cocktail with plenty of glucoso
and citric acid, and not much me
thyllated spirits," and having tasted
will say, "Not quite so swoot as I
usually take it-a little more mu
riate of tin, please."
Wiggins says: "They have a
good deal to say about this 'new
game of lacrosse.' Newv game ?I
Fudge I It's old as the hills. I used
to play it when I wvas a little chap no
larger than a pint o' cider. He re
fers to the time when he used to la
reoseo the knee of his nearest ma
ternal relative and get a beaten.
"Is this a fair 7" said a stranger,
stopping in front of a place where a
festival was in progress, and address,
ing a citizen. "Well," replied the
citizen, "they call it a fair, but they
take everybody in." He probably
had invested in a ticket in an oyster
soup lottery, and had drawn a
blank.
Fitz Hugh Ludlow, in his narr'a
tive of travel in "The Heart of the
Continent," tells of an. ceccentric
genius who improved on the old
yarn to the effect that "thie weather
would have been colder if the ther
mometer had been longer," by say
ing he had been where "it was so
cold that the thermometer got down
off the nail."
LIVES ARE OFTEN LOST
B Y the use of oheap Kerosene. Got
one of our safety Lamps in which
even the most dangerous eillis safe.
$20,000 Saved Yearly to Fairfield,
When onr farmers learn to purohaso
Chemicals and~ make their own fertilizera.
Call and got a beok telling how it can be
done.
dee 18 MMATER & BRICE .
BOOTS AND SHOES.
rI HE largest stoelk of the above ever
L offered by him. Great inducements
to cash oestom.
eatIT 17.. anna
SCHOOL EXAMINATION.
J E final examination for tesohers in
. this county will bo held on Saturday,
5tih of January. Applicants will pro.
sont theuselVe' at Mount Zion Institute
at 10 o'elock, a. mi.
JOIN IOYD,
R1. MEAN8 DAWfS.
T, . It RMitTSO,
jantl--xlaw County lxamiinCrs.
PARTNERSHIP NOTICE.
T have thin (lay associatod with m0, 3n
L the conduct of my business, Mr. X
M. U U Y',aind the businoss wtll horeafter
will be con d ucted under the firm name of
F. EFi)ER & ('0.
All part.ies; indebted to the old concern
will please coet forward and settle,
either by cash or n.>tn, as I do not wish
to carry old accoits into the now boolk
itlim January 1st, 1879. F. ELDEl.
SCHOOL NOTICE.
A LL parties who have been engaged in
A teaching since November must hand
in sworn reports to the School Commis
sioner'u oflco (with tho Auditor's ofico)
by t oAnt of Jintwiry, in order that tho
attendance in each may he known. The
attendance must be increased to the
lunits.
A. J. Lamar, D. F. BIoulwarc and Lowis
Groo 1 -ve been appointed trustees for
District No. 4. They will moot and
qualify.
All lino schools must be agroed upon
beforehand by the respective trustees, to
avoid trouble in regulating pay of teach
era. All certificates issued in excess of
appropriation are by law void.
JOHN BOYD,
R. MEANS DAVIS,
T. R. RORElTSON,
jan 14-xlit County Examiners.
SALE BY JUDGE OF PROBATE.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD.
William D. Woodward as Administratorof
the Estate of Mary Lathan, Decoased,
against
Samuel Lathan, Robort Lathan, Alex. La
than and Others.
IN pursuance of an order mado in
the abovo stated case, 1 will offor
for sale before the court-houso door
in Winnaboro, on the first Monday
in February next, within the legal hours
of salo, to the highest hidder, at ulicio
auction,the following-described property,
to wit:
All that tract or parcel of land,
lying and situato in the county of
Ftirtiold, on the waters of Roocky
'rook, containing ONMi HUNDRED A.ND
sEVENTY-TwO ACBMS, more or loss, and
bounded as follows ; On the .north by
lands belonging to the estate of John
McoKeown, on the east by lands of Joffer
son [lemphill, on the south by lands of
.uamdel Laathlan, and on the west by lands
of William Morrison and James Brown.
TERMs oF SALE;
One-half of the purchao money to be
paid in cash, and the balance on a credit
af twelve months, with interest from day
of sale, to be secure'l by the bond of the
pI rehaiser and a mortgago of the promises,
the purchaser to pay for all necessary
papers.
J. R. BOYLES,
Office of Probate Judgo, J. P. F. C.
Winnsboro, 8. 0.,
January 14, 1879. j
jan 14-x2tl
NEW GOODS!
CHEAP GOODS! GOOD GOODS
MESSRS. 3. F. McMASTER & OO
AVE now in store and arc receiving
.1wookly new, cheap and good goods,
Clothing. Boots and Shoes, Hasts, 'i'runku,
and Valisen, Satchels, Umbrellas, &e.,
&e., &e., &c., &c., &o., &c,, &c., &c., &o.
A full stock of Gents Furnishing Goods.
Complete line of Ladies' Misses' and
Childrens' hosiery andl Gloves.
Weo have marked down t2 the very
lowest figures our stock of Gloves, in
which we are offering great bargains.
Linen and ilemnstitced Hun dkerchiefs,
in great profusion at very low prices.
In Boots and Shoes, we are prepared
to offer special inducements.
Blankets ! Blankets !
GROCERY DEPARTMENT.
New Buck wheat Flour, Fresh Buckwheat
Flour, BleganutNew Crop New Orleans
Molasses, the genuine Simon pure
article, Sugar, Coffee, Lt:ni,
Syrups, Soap, Starch,
Candles, Canned
Goods &e.
Full stock of Woodenware.
Our constant aiim Is to keep up the
reputation already gained.
We invite the public to call to-day and
overy day and takce a look at our stook
whielk will always be shown with plea.
uw. nov 96
NORTHERN APPLES.
CHOICE Rod Kings & Baldwin's,
'.J$2.00. por bushel.
nox 28 U. 0. DAB1ORTES.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
4LL4 persona indebted to the under.,
..CS.-igned or tolH. L. Elliott & 00, mt6
come forward and settle and save troul,
jan T-Im - UMMileGA &fi
-THE BEST
SEWING MACHINE
EVER PRODUCED,
Whether for fan ily use or manufacturing,
is the double-thread, look-stitch
light-running
2TEVW ~DA.-V'~~.
It will last a lifotimo-very Machino
.warranted.
rfiH E Vertical Food is the greatest ad
. vanco nindo in sowing mechanism
since the invention of sowing machines.
We invito a careful examination of it,
believing no one can fail to recognize tho
fact that it is the most perfect Sowing
Machino made, combining simplicity
strongth, diurability, and economy. We
do not hesitate to claim for the
IMPROVED DAVIS,
in addition to itR superior principles,
more absolut , perfection of workmanehip
and more completo adjustability than
portains to any competing machine now
in the market. Among tho various im
provements is the Improved Shuttle,
Milled Shank Noodle, Adjustablo Noodle
Plato, Ne ' Patent Thread Controller and
AutoiatiNlobbin Winder. Every Mt.
chino is on good substantial rollers, for
which there is no extra ohargo. For
tucking, cording, braiding, quilting,
ruffling, fringing, embroidoring, shoe
fitting, tailoring, drees-making, and
family use,
THE DAVIS HAS NO EQUAL.
Referenes to those who have the Im
proved Davis Maohino in use in Fair
fiold county:
Mrs. William MqNall
Mr-. William 1). Aiken.
Mrs. A. W. Ladd.
Mrs. J. C. Rowe.
Mrs Dr. T. T. Robertson.
Mrs. Dr W. K. Turner.
Mrs. J. W. Bolick.
Mrs. William Stevenson.
Miss Margaret Aikon.
Mrs. A. P. Miller.
Mrs. Eliza Williams.
Mrs. James Q. Davis.
Mrs. Robert Crawford.
Miss J. Harvey, and others.
Just think of it-a machine selling for
$60 a short time ago you can now pur
chase for $30, froi
J. 0. BOAG,
Agent for Fairfield County.
Also agent for two other first-class
machinos-the New American, and the
uiproved Wood.
Call on J. 0. BOAG, and get the best
Family Sowing Machines made.
DRY GOODS.
Great reduction in priocs of Dress
Goods, Shoes, Hate, Clothing, &ac.
Always a full and complete line of
Framily Groeries, Tobaoo, Cigars, Con
f0ctionarios, Fruits Ac., as cheap as the
Dheapest.
Lumber and Furniture for sale low
for cash by
jan 11 J. O. BOAG.
O UR HOUSE !
STILL AHEAD !
' E summer having com' and gone,
I am now preparod to furnish in the
p~laco of cooling beverages, all kinds of
winter drinks, such as Tomi and Jerry,
liot Scotch, Egg Flip, &oc
ALSO,
Wines, Liquors, Lago'r Bloor, Sweet
Cider and Cigars. The best in town,
EGGS! EGGS!I EGGS !. EGGS!I
5,OOO
Dozen Eggs, just received for the Christ
mas Holidays. Call and you can got all
the Eggs you want.
RESTAURANT.
Meals can be had all hours at my roe
taurant. Fresh Oysters, Fish and Sau..
sauge always on hand.
-GIVE ME A GALL.
dec 19 JNO. D. M~OARLEY.
JFOR SALE !
One light TwoH~orse Wagon.
One heavy Two-'Horse Wogon.
One One-Horse Wagon,
One Top B3uggy.
One Open B~uggy, second hand.
Prices of all work 1'educed,
ov28 DESPORTES3 & MONTS