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TRI-WEEKL Y ED .T 10N.} WINNSBORO. S. C.. T UESDA Y, JANUARY 28, 1879 VOL. 2. NO. 154 NA ;W LA WS oF T H19 ST 7AT III,. AN ACT to Alter and Amend the Law in relation to the Payment of Debts of a Decedent. 110 it encted bj the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now mot and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same : SECTIoN 1. That in the adminis tration of the assets of a decedent, mortgages shall not b entitled to a priority over rents. debts by specially, or debis by simiplo con tracts, except as to the particular parts of the estate affected by the liens of such mortgagos. SE. 2. That after the property covered by the liens is xIausted, the grade of the demand diall be determined by the nature of the instrument which the mortgago was given to secure. Approved December 14, 1878. AN AcT to require all Clorks of Courts, Sboriffs and Trial Justices to make monthly reports of all Licensos, Fines and Penalties collected by them to the Auditor and Treasurer of their soveral Counties. Ile it enacted by the Senate and House of Reprosentatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gonend Assombly, and by the authority of the same: S1c'ET1N 1. 'Ihat all clerks of courts, sheriffs and trial justices be, and they are hereby, required, on the first Wednesday in overy month or within ten days thereafter, to mako, in writing, to the respective auditors and troasurers of their several counties, at full and accurate statement of all moneys collected by them on account of licenses, finos, penalties or forfeitures during the pasit month ; and, in dorailt thereof, upon conviction theroof, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or imprisonment in the common jail not exceeding two months, or both, at the discretion of the Court. SEc. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. Approved December 28, 1878. AN ACT to prevent Unjust Discrimi nation by Common Carriers. l1a it cnacted by the Sonato and House of Relpresentatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: SECTION 1. That railroad cor porations, and all other chartered companies acting as common car riors within tho limits of this Stato, shall charge for the handling and storag'e of goods, wares and other property, and for the carrillge of freighf and passengers, such rates only as am o reasonable. SEm. 2. That no chargo for the carriage of gools, merchandiiso or property, to or from any place or station, shall be doomed reasonable within the meanilig of this aci. IwhIch i.1 in excess of tIe n.al and established charge made by th same corp~oration or combination of corporations for the carliago of the like kind, class and quantity of freight for any greater distance over their line or lines in the same direction: Provided, That if such corp~orati on or comnbination of cor porations can show a greater neces sary .exp~enso to itself, or to them. selves, for the carriage of goods, muerchandise or property over thme shorter distance than that which is incurred for like carriage over the longer distance, a propeor propor, tion of sueh excess of ..ecessary ex, pense shall be deemed a reasonablo additional charge. In the con struction of this section t he sum charged or received for the trans, portation of freight shall include all terminal charges, and the road of a corp~ortion shall include all the road in use by such corporation, whether owaed or operated under a contract or lease. But nothing in this section shall be construed so as to require any corporation or combi nation of corporations to regulate their charges for shorter distiances by their proportion of through freight beyond their line or lines. SEc. 3. No railroad corp~oration or other chartered compYany doing business as common carriers within the limits of this State shall charge, demand or-receive from any person, company or corporation for the hauling, storage, loading or un loading or transportrtion of freight, or for any other service, a greater sum than it shall at the same time, charge, demand or receive from any other person, company or corpora tion for a like - service, up on like' conditions, anid under the saine circumstances ; and all concessions of rates, rebates, 4rawkacks and conitraots for .neoini rates shall be open to and allowed to all persons, conpanices and corporations alike, at the same rate per ton per mile and by the car-load, upon like conditions and under .similar cir cumstances ; and any discrimination which violatos the spirit and mean ing of this section shall be deemed unjust and unreasonable. Sec. 4. That any railroad cor p-ortion or other chartered com pany acting as common carriers within the limits of this State, which shall for itself, or for itself and other chartored companies acting in combination with it, charge or receive any sum which is unreasonable -within the meaning of this act, sluall forfeit and pay to the person, company or corporation paying such overcharge twice the amount so charged in excess of reasonablo rates, to be recovered by action in tihe proper courts of this State: Provided, That the action be commenced within ovo year from the accrual of the right of action. Approved December 24,1878. EI~TT Ys. JONICH. On tho 1st day of September, 1877, Tom Keitt, colored, former ly a slavo of Col. Ellison S. Keitt, was arrosted for bigamy. On the Gth of tihe same nonth the follow ing ariicle appeared in the New York Times : "A private letter received from South Carolina states that Col. Keitt, of Nowberry, was arrested at that place' on Saturday last onl the charge of bigamy, and, in default of bail, was held to await the arction of the Grand Jury. This ep)se has created a sensation in South CarolinA, as the accused is a near relative of the late Lawrence M. Keitt, who figured so prominent ly in Congress prior to the the rebellion, and is connected with somo of the best families of the Stato." Col. Keitt wroto privately to the Times stating the facts of the case ; but instead of apologizing it replied with atothor article more outrage, ous than the first. This satisfied Col. Keitt that the first article had not been the result of any mistake, but a deliberate attempt to vilify and smirch his name ; and lie im mediately began an action for libel in the U. S. Court for the Distict of New York against George Jones, the proprietor of the Times, fixing his damages at $50,000. The second article is really too indeent to re produce here. Col. Keitt's lawyers are Smith & Leavitt, and George Jones' are Everett, Southmado & Choate. Testimony in this case was taken in Newberry lastweek, Suber & Cald well representing the plaintiff, and W. L. Wait, Esq., of Greenville, the defense. Thirtoon witnesses were examined for the defense, with the view of proving that Tom Keitt has held prominent positions in the 8'tate since the war, and that he is generally reputed to be related (illegitimately, of course) to the late Lawvronce M. Keoitt. It was easy enough to prove that Tom had been a member of the Legislature, but in attempting to prove the lat. ter the Times failed most signally. Nor could any testimnmy be ob)tain ed that Tom was ever known as "Col. Keitt." If all these things had b~een proved it would have gone far to show that Times had only made an innocent and natural mistake in publishing the article. The testimony here, was taken before 0. L. Schumpeort, Esq., as Notary Public, and was sent on to New York. The case came up for trial last week.-Newberry llerad. T HE NEW HoRsE SmoE.-The Eng lish agricultural and other press are in raptures over the Yates horse shoe, constructnd of cow hide. It is composed of three thicknessas of cow-hide compressed into a steel. mould, and then subjectedl to chemi cal preparation. It us claimed for it that it lasts longer and wveighs only one-fourth as much as the common iron shoe ; that it will never cause the hoof to split, nor have the least injurious influence on the foot. It requires no caiks ; even on asphalt thme horse never slips. The shoe is so elastic that the horse's step is lighter and surer. It adheres so closely to the foot that neither dust nor wvater can penetrate betweon the shoe and the hoof. If all that is claimed for it be true, the new hide shoe will prove a great improvement upon the old. The~ idea, however, is by no means a now one. At the time of the Ronlan and Carthagin ian wars, 1t was a fregn~ent practice among cavalry men to bind the "feet of their horses with rawhide, to pr'o toot theie from Injury during an en,. gnanent. VON VENTIONS 01 NOR THLEICn ME N. The following call explains itself: CHARLOTTE, N. C., Jan. 17, 1879. To Northern Born icsidents of the Soith, and ex-MIembers qt -the Federal Army .iResident in the Southern tiles: At the convention of Northern settlers in the Soutl held in Char-! lotte, N.,C., January' 15, 1879, it was unanimously Iesolved, that Northern born re idents of the South, and ex.-members of the Fed oral army, resident in the Southern States, mieet in convention at the county Leats of their respective counties on the 15th day of Februa ry, 1879, to deliberate upon the preparation for publication through the press of the Uitted States and otherwise of a pape setting forth the soil, climate. rices, ease of making a living, an social treat .ment of the indi dual Northern man in the Southei States; that .these conventions . held regard less of party politi and that the same be excluded, , well as all vexed questions; t at reports of titeir!pmbetdings b, signed by the miembers attending, *nd the samo sont to N. Dmuout, at Charlotte, 1. C.; and further t tat these sever al county c9ventioi on February 15, 1879, select del 'tes to State conventions to' be held at the capitals of their re ectivo States to consider the same iatters, March 1, 1879, which Sta conventions shall also send repo of their pro ceedings as above, .nd shall also appoint ten delegate from each of the Southern Stitei to attend a general convention t consider the same matters, to be holden at Charlotte, N. C., July 4, 1879, at noon, to which time this convention shall adjourn. Will the persons coming within the purview of the above resolu~ tions please convene in accordance with it ? N. DUMONT, President of the Convention. CALEB CUsHuN.-ITe knew every thing in the encycloi di, ,and could talk about it, always quoting au thorities. He once talked four hours with a stranger, who in his hearing said that he believed in phrenology. Once the publishers of the first edition of Webster's Dictionary sent him from Spring. field a presentation copy, requesting in return a critical notice. Cushing, having plenty of leisure time, glanced at the first page and found numerous mistakes ; he read the second page and found as many more. He road the entire book, and wrote to the publishers that if they expected that he was going to write a complimentary notice of a book with 5,000 errors in it they were mistaken. The puplishern of course found fault with his extra, ordinary statement, and wrote back to the effect that if lie would prove this to the satisfaction of Professor Porter, of Harvard, the editor of the dictionary, they would believe him. Angry at this imputation, he read the gigantic book over again, and wrote out the 5,000 mistakes and mailed them to Professor Port or. Mr. Cushing leaves no direct heirs. His prope rty in Newbury p~ort is estimated to be worth $80, 000. Besides this, he owned large tracts of land at St. Anthony's falls, in Virginia. and other places. His total wealth is variously estimated at from $800,000 to $800,000. A prominent Democrat and citizen of Georgia has sent a lengthy wvrit ten argument to Senator Gordon, in which lie endeavors to persuade that gentleman that the only salva - tion for th'e Democratic party in the next campaign will be to nominate Hayes for a second term, and ask ing the co-operation of the di' tinguished Senator in the consumn-. mation of this measure. As might have been expected, General Gor don has r'eplied that he is in favor of nominating a straightout Demo. crat in 1880, and that he cannot consider the plan proposed. The Ebeclive of Egypt has lately fallen in love with "Queen Anne fur niture," and is having a room in his palace, at Cairo, fitted up with it. He lhes bought a cabinet at Paris for $10,000, and given orders for other articles in proportion. Mrs. Tennyson, the wife of the poet, is and has long been an invalid. A great part of the time she re clines on a sofa in her drawing--room, where she recives their guests, and delights all by the wit, grace and cleverness of her talk. Hon. Jeff'erson Davis writes that beo will tiever agtivelf enter politics aga~in. G ENERALGOSSIP. Mr. Talnage recently defended in his lecture the sensational style of pulpit talk, and said sensational isimi is life. u The Nevada Legislature has nanimously adopted a resolution in favor of rostricting Chinese im migration. The construction of the Southern Pacific Railroad is said to be pro gressing at the rate of two miles per day. Boston's fino Masonic Temple is mortgaged for $265,000, and thei Masons of that city dislike either to shoulder the burden or to sacrifice the property. Congressman Morrison, of Illi.. nois, strongly favors Senator Bay ard for the Presidency. The Rich mond (Va.,) State, in a loading editorial, takes the same position. Gen. Butler already announces his determination to run for gov. ernor of Massachusetts again next autumn, and he is confident that this time he "will make the trip." The Roman Catholic bishop of Montreal has officially forbiddon the presence of women in the church choirs after Juno 1, and many churches of his diocoso are already dismissing the women who have Eung for them. The United States Court has been trying the Arlington caso at Alexandria, awl there is no doubt that the decision will be in favor of Gen. Custis Leo and against the government. The goveinment will then purchase the property. 'A favorable report has been sub mitted to Congress by the commit too on education and labor on the bill to proimoto the education of the blind. It appropriates $250,000 as a perpetual fund ii aid of the edu. cation of the blind in the United States through the American.Print ing House for the Blind. A prize is to be awarded next June to the student in any of the Episcopal divinity schools of Can bridge, Philadelphia, Alexandria, Gambier or Sewanee, who is ad judged "the most correct, intelli gent and impressive reader of the Bible and Prayer book in the ser., vices of the church." From the number of bills which have been introduced in the North Carolina Legislaturo to prevent the running of trains on Sunday and to prevent discrimination on the part of the roads in the matter of freight charges, it would appear that the present session of the Gen eral Assembly of that State is likely to give the railroads somo trouble. In the United States Circuit Court at Jacksonville, Fla., last week, Judge Settle sentenced the Brevard county canvassing board, convicted of mak ing a false return of an election. Leo, the county clerk, was sentenc ed to three years. and Wright anri Johns, sheriff and justice respowt. ively, to one year each in Albany penitentiary. Lee is also State senator from B3revard county. All the other election cases were con tinued to the May term of the court. George G. Vest, the new Demo cratic Senator from Missonri, illus trates forcibly in his political career the eminent practicability of what the gamblers call the doubling up process. He first started out for Congress. Being beaten lie doub led the stake and played for govern or. !iosing the governorship he doubled again and went in for Unit. ad States senator. He wvon. If he had lost the senatorship lie would have sailed in for the Presidency in 1880, and, judging from his last piece of luck, would have been a very troublesome candidate. The Radicals are still . making hurculean efforits to induce Senatos~ Patterson and Conove.r to agree to vote for unseating Butler and seat,. ing Corbin. Senator Hill has com-. plated the minority report in this ease, and will sub'mit it at the next meeting of the committee.. It dle clares that Butler's case is ree argu dticata, and that Corbin's case turns upon whether there was a quorum in the Chamberlain Legislature, and as there was no quorum, accord ing to their o~vn showing, there was therefore no election. Evidence whieb, if admitted, wvill effect a new trial for Kate 'Cobb, is believed to' have boon discovered. The New London, Cong., Telegram publshe&a oiThursday' the sworn statement of a lady residing in another part of the Sigte to the eflnet that wyhile riding with Oha*. KL Cobb, J4, oneo 4ly ltst sprihe ho told her, under a pledgo of socro - cy, that ho was in the habit of talc - ing Fowlor's solution of arsenio medicinally. The lady says she kept silenco during the trial partly through a natural foninino droad of being a witness and partly through the belief Kato Cobb would be ao.. quited. The memorial of Emilino .B. Wells and Zina Young Williams, daughter of the lato Brigham Young, prosent od to the Houso by the Speaker last wcok and referred to the coi mittoo on the judiciary, asks for the repeal of tho antipolygaimy law of 1862, and for logislation to protect the women an d children of Utah. Since the announcemont of the do cision of the Snpremo Court in the Reynolds caso there are no signs in Utah of a change of sentiment in regard to ,polygamny. The Congress that pn:.eod and the court that sus tained the law are denounced by all Mormon oditors and proachers, and thoro is a dotermination to ad here to polygany almost universal ly expr smud. Baby Shows are tho rage every Whore, and wo understand that the universal remedy used to koop the little ones quiet is Dr. Ull's Baby Syrup. It contains no opiate. Prico 25 cents. DISSOLUTION. T HE firm of Cummings & Co., is this day dissolved by mutual consent. H. L. ELLIOTT, JNO. P. MATTHEWS, JR., J. If. CUMMINGS. January 1, 1879. The busine.s will hereater be con diucted under the firm namo of Matthews & Co., the mcnibers of which fir it are: JNO. V. MATTIEW8,JR. J. H1. CUIMMINGS, jan 2-1m T. K. ELLIOTT. -THE BEST SEWING MACHINE EVER PRODUCED, Whether for family use or manufacturing, is the double-thread, lock-stitch light-running JST~.E4W D.A-VIS. It will last a lifetime--every Machino .warranted. JrlHE Vertieni Feed is the greatest ad .L vance made in sewing niechanismi sinc the invention of sowing machines. Wo invite at careful examination of it, belioving no one can fail to recognize the fact that it is the most perfect Sewing Machine mado, combining simplicity strength, diurability, and economy. We do not hesitate to claim for the IMPROVED DAVIS, in addition to its superior principles, more absolute perfection of workmanshin and .more complete adjustability than pertanms to any conipoting machine now in tie imarket. Amiong t lo various in provements is the Improved Shuttle, Milled Shank Noodlo, Adjustablo Noodlo Plate, Now Patent Tliread Controller and Automatic Bobbin Winder. Every Ma. chine is on good Rubstantial rollers, for which there is no extra charge. For tucking, eordling, braiding,quilting, ruffling, fringing, embroidermng, shoe.. fitting, tailoring, dress-nmaking, and family use, THlE DAVIS HAS NE EQUAL. References to those wvho have the Im proved Davis Machine in use in Fair field county: Mrs. William McNal Mrs. William D. Aiken. Mrs. A. W. Ladd. Mrs. J. 0. Rowe. Mrs D~r. T. T. Robertson. Mrs Dr W. K. Turner. Mrs. J. W. floliek. Mrs. William Stevenson. Miss Margaret Aiken. Mrs. A.P. Miller. Mrs. Eliza Williams. Mrs. James Q. Davis. Mrs. Robert Orawford. Miss J. Harvoy, and others. Just think of it-a machino soiling for $60 a short time ago you can now pur. chaso for $30, from J.0O. B3OAG, Agent for Fairfield County. Also agent for two other ftmst-class machines-the New American, and the [mproved Weed.. Call on J. 0. BOAG, and get the best Family Sowing Machines mado. DRY GOODS. Great rodncdon in pricos of Dress Goods, Shoes, Hats, (Jiothming, &c. .Always a faill and. complete line of Family Groceries, Tobacco, Oigars, Con. feotlonarios, Fruita, &e., as cheap as the oeliapest.. Lumber and Furnituro for ,sale low for cash by TO1YIAKP MONE4 drgsI~ a f tA~~AOt