The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, February 04, 1879, Image 2
WINNSBORO, S. 0.
.UE8DAY, FICUARY 4, 1879.
R. ME ANS DA IS, EDITOR.
JNO. 8. JUE.NOLDS. ASSOCIATE EDITOR.
Southern Claims.
Glen. B. H. Il11l made a speech in
the Senate recently which has attract
ed much favorable commuent especially
from Northern journals. lie took
the broad ground that all Southern
war claims should be rejected by
Congress, for the reason that not all
who sufl'ered can be helped, and
therefore no discrimination should be
nuade in favor of a few. Moreover,
Il hre are very grave doubts whether
: .ybody down South was truly loyal
luring the war. Senator Hill is
right. These Southern claims are a
nuisance. Nobody can get a claim
through who was not a scallawag at
the time the South needed the help of
all hor sons, and It should be the duty
of every true Southern Congressman to
refuse utterly to reward any traitors.
Tie more especially should they
pursue this course as every dollar
thus voted to renegades is stigmatized
by howling Radical dervishes as a
rebel raid on the treasury. As to
subhidies for railroads and levecs,
while thley are (lue to the outh, it
may be the wiser policy not to press
them, unil such a time is Southern
Congressmen by reducing the ex
)clis's of the government to the
lowest figures will receive these
bounties for their conistituen)ts from
a grateful people over the whole
Union. The paramount necessity is
to restore the government to constitu
tional bounds, and any measure tend
ing to weaken the Democratic party
in effecting (his should be tirmly
thrust aside. The people of the United
States are not in imnor 110now to grant
subsidies to tnybody, and the South11
may daunage a rood case by pressing
her claims at, (lie wrong time.
Senator Gordon's Blank Despatch
Explaincli--A Mare's-Nest.
A Washington telegram of recent
date says:
Among the telegrams now in pos
session of the Potter Committlee is
one dated from Colimbin, addressed
to Colonel Pelton, and signed by
Soator Gordon, cont aining nothing
whatever but the address and the
signature. eneral Gordon says that
the existence of any such telegram is
a perfect mystery to him; that during
the period of pol'itical excitementt ater
the Presidential election he sent mauiv
tolegramus to Colonel Pelton and to
other Demnocrats. Some of them
were in cipher and some were not,
but he certainly had no intenmtionl tlncl
had no cauise to disown any telegranas
to which he had put his name. Blut
lhe never sent any telegram to Colonael
Pelton at any time containing only
the address anmd the signature, and he
was very curious to inspect these
allieged telegrams, if the conmmit tee
would give him the opportunaity. it
was simply something lhe could not
undcerstanid.
The Augusta Chroniece and Con
stit-utionalist calls onm Senator G ordona
to refresh his memory ; anid ini the
present distrust pervading thme public
mind the advice is very p)roper. We
believe we can aid the Senaator in his
task and prove, without trouble, that
the mysterious despatch is a mare's
nest, having no significance wvhatever.
The writer of this art.icle was em
ployed as secretary of thme State
Democratic Executive Committee
durn tg the Centennial campaign and
reaied continuously? in Columbia
fromn October, 1876, to January, 1877.
Thme contest in South Carolina excited
the liveliest interest over the whole
Union, and the polls had scarcely
closed on the 7th of November whena
telegrams by thae hundreds began
pouring I from all quarters, some
giving, and others asking, news. For
days these despatches crowded ini
until the gentlemen at head quarters
and the telegraphic operators were
worn out, and hundreds of telegrams
remained unanswered. As most of
the inquiries wvere of the same tenor,
the same answer sufficed for all.
Governor Hampton or Colonel IIlas
kell or General Gordon or soeie
other genatleman wvould therefore
write a despatchm and order it sent to
a number of parti,es named on a list.
As time was of importance, the
secretary would take the required
nammber of. telegrahic blanks, write an
address, the date and the signatuire
of the sender on each, and leave the
rest blank. Going to the telegraph
office he would take the wvhole lot of
blanks and order tihe despatch first
written to be sent to all the parties
Rnamed, waiting for sOnioe leisure
moment to fill the blanks prop)erly.
This enabled the operator to send the
same message to different points at
once, from the same paper, precisely
as in thme ease of thme associated press.
Somthing of the sort was necessary,
or the dospatches could not get oft.
The terrible crush of work may be
estimaied from thm fct at h o
ceipts of the office for November were
ten timnes as great as for the busiest
month in, ordinary vcars.
The interpretation of this ''mysteri
ous blank telegram," that is agitating,
Yankeedom, is simply that on some
occasion Senator Gordon scnt a
general despatch to a number of )co
ple, of whom Colonel 'elton was
one, that the secretary copied it in
blank, and that he happene d not to
fill it up afterwards. Thus a very
harmiless pi(ec of paper, the result of
a simple tim2e saving device, has
popped up Unexpectedly in very bad
company, to tickle the Radicals and to
puzzle Scaitor (aordon. Tle Senator
may fin(l some trouble in explaining
it as he has doubtleSs forgotten many
trivial incidents ofhis vinit, and may
indeed never have heard of the pra-I
tice mentioned above. The (lespatth
in question, whatever it was, could
not. have been important, as it wasI
scattered broadcast. Tho writer of
this article never sent a cipher
despatch, never sa1w one sent and
does not know, except 1romu report,
that anly was sent., but. he knows that
the telegram inl question w1"as not a1
cipher, and veiled no (ead conspiracy.
Senator Gordon stm k too clo.ely by
Soulh Carolina in he"r extrliity to
be permnitted to get into trouble oin
Suspicion of' w ron13--doing, o1' which
lie was innocent, and for this roason
We make the explanation above. We
are sorry to disappoiit the 'lUIds by
exposing their uiarC's-ic-t, but it
1must be done. Will the C'/t,woniclc
anld Cons!itutionarli-vt take our ex
plantlLion in lieu of General G;ordon's?
1)EATn 1 A C NTENAlcIAN.
Legiin MacI)aniel, an1. extreiiiely ol(1
colored 1n11n, died on h ri(lav at the
Child's plantation. 1 it was' foriierly
Owlied I (overnor l11lam12ptoil's fathe'r
laid has liv"ed on t hat lac) e ever silce.
'I'here is every r(;a;4on to belive that
he was at least. one 11huircd and
t.wenty years of age, thu' being older
than the Amer icall republic.--le/s
ter.
FEMALE 'I'IAMPS.-'wo rather at
tractive looking fcnale tramps arrived
in Orangeburg Thuirslay evening, and
have been collectinig loniry from the
merchants onl the pretext that their
property hadben destroyed by fire.
Tlhey also claimed that they were the
widows of Masons, but ga've no proof
of their assertiois. They werearrest..
0(d and sent of! by the first train, after
havig victmized the good pcople of
that. town.
FATE OF BANC DII(ECTORS.--The
Edinbulrgh l iigh Court of Justice on
Saturday passed sentence upon the
directors of the City of ( lasgow lank.
Ilobert Sumner Stronach and Lwis
Potter, convicted of fraud, theft, and
embezzlement, Were sentenced to
eighteen h'ipimet.The
five other director-.lonl Stewart
Robert Salaoinid, villia111 Taylor,
Ihemry Inglis and,John niais Vright
convicted of' uttering falso abstracts of
bhalaniee sheets, wre senteniced to
CAP1TURap OF A DJEIEADO0. -- Dick
Pope, ia notor2ious colored dlesper'ado
of' Edgelield county11, was21 calptuied on
'Jhuriisday last on Capt. Judson Bro
die's pla1ce, in Aiken county. Sopic
car11s ag"o Pope captured a1'( i.colored
r iotherI, car2ried1 him into thle woods,
tied hanli to at tree and( conunllenced to
shoot at him withI birdl shot, lie coin
tinuied this~ amiusenmont until hie hadl
Iitred some) eight or tenl shiot. Ilis
'ietunl died, and1( Pope, with1 cool ef'
I'rontor'y, atftended1 hiis funeroial neOxt
day. He waIs arrei'sted, tied and coin
victedl oh' m,anllslughter, and( senit to
the penitent iairy. A fle ai n imp)rison
112n21 of' thriiee year's an1d nine 21m)onths
he was p)ardonied hy Governior' Moses
..lnst befor'e tile e'lectioni. Some timel
last year.hie kihlled a second muan, w as1
: arr'estedl in IN'ovember10, but escaped.
In hiis.flight he r'eceived a ball ini the
p)oster'ior' partI of' his thigh, which
raniIged up)wardhs and2( camne out inl theO
front of his body. Although just re
coveiing fr'om the wound, Pop1e iresist
ed arriest dlesp)eratefly', but was finally
overphowred( and1( carr 1i(ed to ja.
JJarnwlLell People.
PLOWS! PLOWS!!
W E haejust receivd a lot of
Steel Turn Shovels, Straight
Shovols, Bull Tongues, Scooters,
ALSO,
A lot of Hlool Bolts, Plow Rlods,
Lap Rlings, Clovises, Open Linkcs,
Tr'aes, B3ack Bands, Plow Lay Iron
and Plow Stool.
Buyinug the above goods in quan
tities, and from first hands, wo are
prepared to soil thorn as low as any
one.
LE AT HER.
Just arrived a lot of Harness,
Upper, Kip and Calf Skins, Planta
tion and Sole Loather.
AT COST. 4
As it is late in the season, and we
have a large stock of Andirons,
Shovels and Tongs on hand, wo will'
close thoem out at cost for cash.
feb A F. GnItG &n SON.
New Summer Cook.
The Safety
HOT BLAST c
OIL
STOVE.
Tr DOES NOT llfEAT TIIE HOUSE
Porfeot for all kin ds of Cooking and Hoat
ing Irons.
Always ready and r( i.shle.
The most satisf - ctory Stove mado and the
Ghcapest.
,- Sond for circulars.
WHITNEY & HALL MF'G. CO.,
,f-ly 123Cliestnnt St., Phila
THE BURLINGTON
Vlookly IInkeye.
$1,000 IN TIIRE PREMIUMS.
W E will pa, the agent sending us the
largest list of subscribers before
March 1, 1879, one first-class 73 octave,
rosewood or walnut, NEW sCA.E, U11PRITOT
ruxxo, $850.00. This list to be at least
8',0 natles,
For the second list. not to be loss
thin 200 names. $10' in gold.
For the third list, not to be less than
100 names, $5 i gold.
For $13.00, at one time, we will send
ten copies one year.
For$7.00, ait one time, we will send five
copies one year.
For three names and $6.00 we will
send the Conmpanion Scroll Saw and
Drill, value $3..,), :as a :',,ial premin m.
For five names and $10.00 we will send
the Companion S:croll Saw, Drill, and
Laithie, value $5.00, as a special premium.
We will send Tn: IIAWEYE and '"LEAN
ircs FOR THiEr CUio0s" to agents at $3. -)O
and return $'U0, if the book is not wantesl
on eexaminat , for its return, post-paid,
if returned at once. Address
IIAWKEYE PUBLISHING COMPANY,
dec 5 Burlington, Iowa.
FACT.
IN order to preparo for our spring
stock, wo from this day offer extra
inducements to
CASH CUSTOMERS.
Dress Goods.
Shawls,
Jeans,
Blankets,
Flanels,
Cassimneres and Clothing at prices
that will
ASTONISH YOU.
McMASTER & BRICE.
jan 28
EXCHANGE !
COME TO-DAY,
COME EVERY DAY,
And Exchange YOUR CASH for
DRY GOODS,
CLOTHING AND HlATS,
BOOTS AND SHOES.
--o
GROCERIES.
ColTee at from 15 eta. to 20 ces. per
pound.
Sugar at 12 pounds for $1.00.
Parched Rio Coffoe, Ground Coffee,
Brown Sugar, Extra C, Granu
lated Sugar, Pulverized Su
gar', Candy, Crackers,
Cheese, Macaroni,
Raisins, &o.
GOOD GOODS AT LOW PRICES
Remember those substantial Boots
and Shoes, the "B3ay State" stan
dard scewed and wire sewed.
J. M. BE"ATY.
If you detest a bursting lamp buy
the Vestal Oil. If you like a bril~
ant light buy the .Vestel Oil.
dec 24- J. M. BIEA''Y.
NOR~TiiERN~ APL~S
ClHOIE Ried Kings & hala*in's,
.J$2.00 por bushel,
nov 28 n. 6. nonaO.
THE
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DAILY, TII-WEEKLY AND WEEKLY.
Best Newspaper ever Published
AT TIlS
CAPITAL OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
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W E respectfully invite .he attention
of the leading community to the
excellent newspapers we are now
publishing in Coltuslbia. THE REGIS
TER is the on!y paper ever published at
the ca )ital of Seuth Garolina which is con -
(ucted as s' re the leading dailies of
the principal eities of the cc.untry. We
have an able and distingnished corps of
editors--gontlenen well known all over
the State for their learning, ability an.d
round )ebiocralic tprinciples;-men who
have servel the Staio and tho South on
every occasion when the demand arose
for their ;ervices, and who may be safely
dependeod upon a.i reliablo leaders of the
Democracy in the line of journalistt;.
TlE 1)AILY .1EGItTER is a twenty
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e(i on good imaper and with large, clear
out type, cont.aiing the latest telegraph.
ie newst, full inarket reports, editorial
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times, 1:nd replete wit+i interesting mni,
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ja n 28
CI EJARING
--OUT-.
iFROM this daeo we olTer our eun
tiro stock of fall and winter goods
at very low prices, to mako room
for our
| SPRlING STOCKJ
Persons wishing any goods in our
hine will do wQll to give us a call
before punrchlising elsewhere. We
can make it to your advantage to
PURCHASE FROMI US;
so como and see.
J. F. McM!ASTER & 00,
jan 29
DANA BICKFORD'S
NEW QARDEN and FIBE PUMP.
Tis novel andi ex.
traordlinary mnachine
is invaluable at the
outbreak of fire, and
for watering gardent
&e. Its constrnotion
disl)inses with botli
.Piston and Stuffing
Box,doing away withi
all Friot-ion, Leakage, &o. lI is wvorked
so easily that with it, a lady or child earn
throw a steady stream of water. ever arn
area of ninety feet Ptetnted Jauury l14
and 35, 1867,.Marold 1, 1873. fend fom
Oir,ular.
riuE, $8 AND $8.
j'Agents wanted everywhere.
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689 Broadway, New-Yor.
Office of Dauna Bidkford's,
Family Knittilig Maohine,
(1an 28..3m
IV IER
This important organ weighs but abont three
pounds, and all the blood in a living p tson (about
three gallous) passes through It at least once every
half hour, to have the bile and other inpurities
strained or faltered fron it. Bile is the natural
purgative of the bowels, and if the Liver becomes
torpid it is not separated fromt the blood, but car
ried through the veins to all parts of the system,
and in trying to escape through the pores of the
skin, causes it to turn yellow or a dirty brown
color. The stomach becomes diseased and Dys
pepsia, Indigestion, Consti pation, Headache Bill
ousness, Jaundi'e, Chills, salarial Fevers eiles,
Sick and Sour Stomach, and general debifity fol
low, hl attntt.L's IIuI-Arans, the great vegetable
a discovery for torpidity, causes the L.iver to throw
. off from one to two ounces of bile each time the
blood passes through it, as long as there is an ex
ccss of bile; and the effect of even a few doses
upon yellow comIcxlon or a brown dirty looking
skin, wiil astonist all who try it-they being the
irst symptons to disappear. Tlue cum of all bili
ous diseases and Liver complaint Is made certain
by taking - XPATIaI In accordance with directions.
Iieadache is generally cured in twenty rinutes
and no disease that ares from the Lver can exisit
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niY ALL DRUGGISTS.
Price 25 Cents and $1.00
UNS
II "
The fatality of Consumption or Throat and
Ltung Diseases which sweep to the grave at least,
one-third of all death's victims, arises from the
Opium or Morphine treatment, which simply stu
peftes as tie work of death goes on, $:o,ooo wil
be paid if Opium or Morphine, or any preparation
of Opitnt, Morphine or Prussic Acid, can be found
in the GLot Frl.owna Cot:at Svtw, which has
cured pIeoplo who are living to.day with but one
remairni,mt lung. No greaaor wrong can be done
than to say that Consumption Is incurable. The
Gton 1'LOwtun CouGH SVUP will ctne it whens
all other means have failed. Also, Colds, Cough,
- Asthma, B3ronchitis, and all diseases of the throat
and Itigs. Read the testimonials of the lion.
Alex.tder IT. Stephens Gov. Smith att. Ex-Coy .
Brown of (=a., llon. Geo, Peabody, as well as
I ttost of other reniarkable cures in our book-free
to nll at the drug stores-and be convinced that If
yoti wiri to be cured you can be by taking the
C onu 1-. wcR COUGH SvRra'.
I Take no Troches or Lozenges for Sore Throat,
when you can g_t Gr.ons FLOwxk SvauP at same
prios. For sale by all Druggists
14rice 25 Cents and $1.00
I?0
" Grave mist:.kes are made In the treatment of all
tiucases tat:t arise fron poison in the Wood. Not
nie case of ;erofulan Syphilis, White Swelling,
% Ulcernt Sores and Z1.in L)isease, in a thousand,
is treated without the : of MMercury in some form.
.lcrctury rots the bomes, and the discates it pro
tducts are worse than any other kinl of blood or
skin c'is. cinc lc.u 1A> PtMn-r:TO'Ns STiLt.t
rA or ( r:a:s l:, :.'.i its the o:;1y rce:icine
J- n v-!hi a l:e ,:"e:ct r a-. . ry is.: Scrolula, Sy
m": :: I \ t-:r - d die.a~ s in :ti st:-;:es, can be
cc. os.:c.y fOun.d-.. aml tha.t wv:ti Cu t t C cer.
. ,.. :! !. . .' i - th-:,r.'pr'cior-- i M .ury,
or a:,y iti.: . ..t r." purtiy vegetable ad harm.
. ... ss c:.n b,".: .,:n.i in it.
a Pric'e y i Da.) ists t.co.
., !"i: l .,sw-n: Cm.-t S':1tuP and MtR:LL'S
.I I I:t.A, :'vr rox mae Lt":v:f: for s:ie Ly all L:rug"
it t , cen: a...t it.oo bottles.
c.ArS.PmA. :A.
-To TIIE
Citzdl~or Fai, ldas
I E haVe recently purcha edl for
cash) the entire stock of Dry
Goods formerly owned by Sol.
Wolfe, and have made considerable
additions to it in staple goods ; andi
weJ are now offering the ertire
stock at prices in keeping withl the
dull, hard times that are upon US.
The stock conltains many valuable
goods, consisting of Genits' Cloth
ing, Underwear, Fine HaLts,
Shawls, Shirts, Hosiery,
Gloves, Collars, &c.
ALSO;
Ladies' and Children's Dres~~4
greait varne ., Notions and
Sta Goods generally.
W.e a so offer special inducements in
100 pairs Gen ts' Gaiters, at 150 cents.
100 pairs Women's Shoes, at 50
cents, 75 cents and $1.00.
100 pairs Children's and Boys' Shoes
at one-fourth their value.
We mean what we say, and all
persons in want of bargains will
dto well to call and examinie the
stock, as we intend to verify our
promises by actual proof.
There* also a lot of good substan..
tial Table Cutlery, Pad Looks,'
Stock Locks, Steelyards,,
Double-Barrel Guns, &c.,
Which we will give great induce-.
mients in, to clear out.
Reomember to call at the old eM~nd
of Sol. Wolfe. MU. FLEMI1NG is
in charge, and, will take plegsure in
waiting upon all who may fav.or him
with a call ; and should yog idot
find all you may wsnit thei4, .pust
step down to
HEAD-QUART 1
in the *ei'ig I3ullditig, Malc that
agreeable and'Politb yodng gentle
man, A. W. - Ow , Will take
spebial pleasure in' liowing you the
large and comiplete stoek under his W
charge, fronm whic'h yon can supply
all your wants, at pricea thatt !will
astonish yu.
SUGENBEIfiER~ & QROESOREL,
SPEOZAL.,
Five Ladies' aanfit bia'wIs-ost