Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WINNSBORO, U. U. riuvaaD4r,7F. nnAAr 6, , .9871 R. MXAN8 DA VIB, IDITOR. JXO. Be REYNOLDH. A8oclAT EDIrroa. THE TELLER COMMITTEE will exam Inc E. W. M. Mackey, J. B. Campbel and Marshal Wallace in Washington Won't they spin yarns? INGALLS HAS nEEN re-elected Sens tor from Kansas. All the oppositioi combined against him, but he bee theni by four votes, a tight squeeze The best thing that has been said o him is that he is not quite so bad a the Republicans who ran against im Tun BALTIMOnIE American got up very pretty story of the way in whicl the dusky Mrs. Bruce was beini llonicod by Washington society. Bu now come ruthless truth-tellers to sa: the article is a pure invention, tha none of the Cabinet ladies or Sena tors' wives have called on the beaute ous octoroon, and that they don't in tend to. Bruce seems to be a ver: quiet, well behaved fellow, and it is pity that Radical correspondents wil not suffer him to remain in the ob scurity he seeks, and whieh Ie si creditably adorns. IT WILL nEu remembered that whei Blain sent out his traveling circu and menagerie with Teller as chie clown, through the South, the lous sent a committee to investigate th antics of little Johnny Davenport whi by prostituting his office of chic supervisor intimidated, insulted o imprisoned naturalized citizens is New York to the number of seves thousand or more. The investiga tion reveals the most arbitrary con duct, on a par with the acts of Federa marshals in the South for the pas eight years. A large number of wit nesses, whose naturalization was per fectly regular, testifled to the manue in which they had- been treated Several soldiers who had fough through the whole war were thrus like hogs in prison on election day because they Intended to vote th, Democratic ticket. Out of the thou sands kept away and hundreds arrest ed, not one Ropublican has bees found. The Davenport iuvestigatioi has discovered much more fraud am intimidation than the Teller Commit tee did. The South has yet to learn good deal in the way of intimidatioi from Northern Radicals. AFight Over Fertilizers. When the fertilizer manufacturer held their meeting in Augusta an< raised the price of their wares to fly hundred pounds of lint cotton to th, ton they hardly realized the store they were raising about their heads Dut it has come, and without being vers long about it either. Not in any on< section, nor any one Staite, but fron all directions curses both loud an< deep are pouring in volleys fron farmers who protest that they will no submit to this swindle, as they torn it. About half the counties in Geor gia have sp)oken out, and the farmer of South Carolina are also movinj solidly up in line. The resoulution passed at Ridgeway, on the 1st inst. ar< the mildest and most temperate o any we have seen. They strike th< keynote wheni they declare that the: will become self-producers, and, b: manufacturing their own manures, bi able to dictate terms to sellers, or, a least, not to be dependent on combi nations and rings. The change pro posed in Georgia is to raise the prica from four hundred and thirty-thre< pounds .to five hundred, and it is don< on the plea that the fertilizer canno be manufactured and sold at less thai forty dollars a ton. On th~e othe: hand it is contended that cotton doe not now bring the cost of production and that any increased proportionat< expense W1ll only result in still great er loss. This reasoning seems soun)d The application of manure increasea the yield in a certain proportion ; an< It is merely a question of arithmeti what the increase Is, and consequent ly what proportion of the crop can b devoted to purchasing the stimulants If four hundred and thirty-thre pounds last year was a just propor tion of increase, then it must be jus this year or for any year. A lowe price for cotton does not, as farmer know to their sorrow, make an in creased yield per acre. There is som, logic in allowlpg the money price o lbrtilizers to fluctuate with the mone: price of the crop, but the prop6rtioi of the erop expended on fertilizer shoiuld be a constant quantity. A the justest rate for labor has beei found'to be a fixed shar6 of the crop great or small, so the proper price to the inanure, that enters along witJ labor ass a fctor, ought to l>e rogu lated Ip the same manner. Let th landlor'd demand a higher share o the er0p. Ihn Ia.-s' a bat-o sha and the manure man a higher share, also, and where would tie poor farmer be? We see no reason, if cotton, which regulates the price of everything, has come down, why the cost of manufacturing fertilizers should not also be less. Injustice should be done to no one, and the . proper course would be for the con sumers and producers to agree upon 1 some price, with mutual concessions instead of coming to a deadlock. Whatever, however, may he the out come of this war, if it results in lead ing the farmer to increase his store of farm-yard manure, it will have ac complished much good. t TIUPAX.IE O.bFhR~1TILIZERHI. Views ofa Fairfileld Agriculturist on the Recent Action of the Phosphate Com ponies. To the Farmers of Fairfleld: Five years ago, in an agricultural address t before the Darlington Agricultural r Society, I said that since the emancipa t tion proclamation af Abraham Lincoln - nogreatercurse had been entailed upon . the agricultural interests of the South - than the discovery of the phosphate beds of Charleston. A reporter of the i News and Courier, having reference I to this portion of my speech, said that - it was "visionary and was exceedingly > impracticable." Was he correct, or have rosutls verified my prediction? Is it not a fact that the introduction of 1 these phosphates has immensely cur i tailed the efforts to make domestic f manures, and greatly diminished the 3 supply of them? Has not the cotton 3 belt been extended one hundred miles > north, and are not the very large crops f now being grown attributable solely e to the introduction of phosphates? To i argue the truth of the first two of t these propositions would be to affront - the intelligence of our farmers: they - are-even disregarding the truth of 1 history-axiomatic, whilst whoever t pretend i to attribute our large crops - of cotton to the superior advantages - of free labor, and to more scientific r efforts of our farmers, convicts him ielf . of narrow-mindedness and bigotry. t But, say capitalists and manufacturers, L the more that is made and the greater the reduction in price, the more large ly does your stap!e enter into the con - nerce and the consumption of the - world: therefore, large crops are best, and hence it advantages the farmers t to pu-:chase our manures, for here are i adimissions, in fact, assertions, that to them alone is to be attributed the in cremuentin cotton crops. Admidst these many conflicts of opinion and theories of individuals, and difficult problems in political economy, upon which columns might be written, I will only pause long enough to make the com mon place plantation remark that "all signs fail in dry weather." This, Prcialy rendered, means that we are living in abnormal times, and have no right to expect that natural results will follow, or that a rpeedy solution of our agricultural and othier diflicul ties ensue, or that usual remedies will apply. We do kntow that cotton is now below the cost of p)roduction, and if we lose one-fourth of a cent in pro ducing one pound, we are of course out twenty-five cents on one hundred pounds or $11l2.50 on one hundred bales. SThis, it seems to me, should deter us from paying old1 rates, and make us much more chary of the increased exo r bitant demands recently exacted at the meeting h- Augusta. The very large Increment in the cotton yield, the result of the applica tion of phosphates, has solely benefit-. ted the seller and impoverished the buyer--benefltted the seller, because . the entire excess of crop has been ap Prop)riated to the l!quidat ion of remnu nerative phosphate bills; and impov erished the buyer, because it has exhausted his lands and cansed a reac tini ho prico of cotton, which has now put it below cost. Bunt, say some, our lands have been Improved bf Its use. This may be so; I shall doubt no man's sts.tement, for I am awvare that In some sections and under some circumstances good results have been attained by using it as a generator for manure, but this I put upon record, and defy successful contradiction more lands have been injured by its Splcation than have bestrgbeneftted by its use. Now, if it is rcally a ma nure, then the reverse of this proposi tion should prevail, for any one mak t Ing the same charges against compost rwould be deemed an idiot. That pay inlg results have at some times and . under speoial circumstances followed its use can not be denied, nor does this Sadmission militate against any posi rtion heretofore taken, for I have argued generally, not, seially ; and *yet numerous Instances can be ad Sduced to prove that no visible benefit i resulted from its application, but that ,positive injury has been done to crops r, by the use of "Acids.'' Four years i ago I purchased six tons of Acid Phios. . phate at a cost prico of forty dollars per ton, and applied it to land fhul of f vegetable matter, for whilch it was con a sidered peculiavly appropriates My own Judgment, and that of other farmers, pronounced the phos phatod cotton inferior to that immediately adjoining upon land of the same texture and age. But why, mon of the plow, shall 'I multiply evidence? Are you not con scious that you are growing poorer . and poorer each year? Do you need anything other than the evidence of the senses to tell you that you must stop the purohade of all but nocessaries of life, eschewing all luxuries, espe. eially phosphates? And yet these manufacturers, who have dealt in rotten fish and marsh mud until their original exorbitant natures have been metamorphosed into veritable corno rants, are not satistied with that sur plus which has heretofore been the result of the use of their manures, and are now demanding more pay. I suggest that each Democratio club assemble at an early day, or that we.; have a public meeting in the court house for the double purpose of resist ing this ring which has been formed against us, and to form anti-phosphate societies. T. W. WOODWARD. Notice for Final Discharge. NOTICE is hereby given that I will apply to the Probate Judge of Fairfield for a final dischargo as admin istrator of the estato of Mary Lathan, C deceased, on Monday, the 3d, of March t next, A. D. 1879. W M. B. WQODWA1RD, fe 5-x4* Adm'r. Notice for Final Discharge. P N OTICE is hereby given to all whom i it may concern, that I will apply to the Probato Judge of Fairfield cnunty,on Tuesday the 4th of March, 1879, for a final discharge as Administratrix of the Estate of J. '. ltabb, deceased. IRS. N. K. RADB, fob i -x4* Administratrix. -TO THE Citize s of F rfield. I' -i W E have recently purchased for E Y cash the entire stock of Dry U Goods formerly owned by Sol. Wolfe, and have made considerable additions to it in ataple goods ; and we are now offering the entire stock at prices in keeping with the dull, hard times that are upon us. The stock contains many valuable goods, consisting of Gents' Oloth., ing, Underwear, Fine Hats, Shawls, Shirts, Hosiery, Gloves, Collars, &c. ALSO, Ladies' and Children's Dress Goods, Shawls, Hosiery, Gloves, in .great variety, Notions and Staple Goods generally. We also offer special inducements in 100 pairs Gents' Gaiters, at 60 cents. 100 pairs Women's Shoes, at 50 2 cents, 75 cents and $1.00. 4' 100 pairs Children's and Boys' Shoes 1' at one-fourth their value. 2 We mean what we say, and all 1t ersons in want of bargains will dowell to call and examine tile 5' stock, as we intend to verify our promises by actual proof. There is also a lot of good substan tial Table Cutlery, Pad Locks, L Stock Locks, Steelyard % Double-Barrel Guns, &c., Which we will give great induce-' ments in, to clearlout. C Remember to call at the old stand of Sol. Wolfe. MR. FLEMING is N in charge, and will take pleasure in waiting upon all who may favor' him with a call ; and should you not find all you may want there, just step down to HEAD-QUARTERS in the Gerig Building, and that agreeable and polite young gentle- F man, A. W. BROWN, will take special pleasure in showing you the large and cornp late stock under his charge, from which you can supply all your wants, at prices that will A astonish you. SUGENHEIMER & GROESCHEL, SPECIAL. Five Ladles' Paisley Shawls-cost originally $20 and $25 each-will be sold 2 for $5 00 each. SUGENHIEIMERI & GROESOHERL. FOR THE SEWING MACHINE. The Best Thing On Wheels. The Four Wheeled Automatic r T lHE machine alfn stands Airmly, p ..whiloe in use. lNo more liftin "heavy el sewing machines. .Health and labor saved by using this-eitstet. -Ptico $2.00. P WVill fi any machine. To be had from W. H. SMVITH jan 7 Agent for DairAid. NORTHERN APPLES. 1 HOTlI0E lIed Kings B l~&I' LIVER This important organ weighs but about three pounds, and all the blood in a living person (about three gallons) passes through it at least once every half hour, to have the bile and other impurities strained or filtered from it. liile is the natural purgative of the bowels, and IQ the Liver becomes torpid It Is not separated fronT the blood, but car ried thtough the veins to all parts of the system, and in trying to escape through the pores of the skin, causes It to tura yellow or a dirty brown color. The stomach becomes diseased and Dys 4 pepsia, Indigestion, Constipation, Headache Bill.. ousness, Jaundice, Chills, Malarial Fevers, lles, Sick and Sour Stomach, and general debility fol low. MasLL's HUPArTNR, the great vegetable discovery for torpidity, causes the Liver 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 4 upon yellow complexion or a brown dirty looking skin, will astonish all who try it-they being the first symptoms to disappear. rite cure of all bill ous diseases ahd Liver complaint is made certain by taking HRPAsrs in accordance with directions. 1Headacho is generally cured in twenty minutes, and no disease that arises from the Liver can exist if a fair trial'is given. SOLD AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR PILLS BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Price Z5 Cents and, $1.00 ;AiUN AVS The fatality of Consumption or Throat and Lung Diseases which sweep to the grave at least one-third of all denth's victims, arises from the 4 Opium or Morphine treatment, which simply stu pefies as the work of death goes on. $ro,ooo will be paid if Opium or Morphine, or any preparation of Opium, Morphine or Prussic Acid, can be found in the GLona l'LOUro COUGH SvSUP, which has cured people who are living to-day with but one remaining lung. No greater wrong can be done than to say that Consumption is incurable. The GLona FLOWRR COUGH sRuP will cure It when ' all other means rave failed. Also, Colds, Cough, Asthma, Bronchitis, and all diseases of the throat and lungs. Read the testimonials of the Hon. 4 Alexander H. Stephens Gov. Smith and Ex-Gov. Brown of Ga., Hon. Gco. Peabody, as well as those of other remarkable cures in our book-free to all at the drug stores-and be convinced that If 1you wish to be cured you can be by taking the GLOt I, .nWER COUGHf SYRUP. Take no Troches or Lozenges for Sore Throat, when you can get GL.OU FL.WRR SYaUP at same price. For sale by all Druggists PriceZ5 Cents and $1.00 BLsfD.' Grave mistakes are made in the treatment of all diseases that arise from Ioison in the blood. Not one case of Scrofula Syphilis, Wilte Swelling, Ulcerous Sores and skin Disease, in a thousand is treated without the use of Mercury in some form. Mercury rots the bonus, and the diseases it pro. duccs are worse than any other kind of blood or skin disease can be. 6 I)x. PnstunrTON's STtLm.x- i GSA or 9.nnU's 4EL.tGHT is the only medicine upon wich a hope of recovery from Scrofula, Sy philis and Miercurial discases in all stages can be reasonably founded, and that will cute banccr. I$ o,ooo will he paid by the proprietors if Alercury, o. cny ingedint not purely vegetable and harm. Price by all Druggists $r.oo, eW Gi.onn F u.owit CoUnsi Svnur and Manmr.1.L's HII:-ATINn F'oR -run LI Vna for sale by all 1.'rug gists in a cent and $i.w bottles. A. F. MERRELL & CO., Proprietors, PHILADELPHIA. PA. rRESH GOODS ! I JUST RECEIVED. -CONSISTING IN PART OF . b L bbls. Molasses--all grades, )O lbs. Choice Buckwheat Flour, 'I boxes Crcam Cheese, 'I boxds best Italian Maccaroni, i bbla. Sugar, all grades, t sacks of Coffee-10 Riio, 4 best t Java, ) bbls. Choice Family Flour. BAGGING AND TIES. ARD in bbls., cans and buckets acon, Best Sugar Cured Hams. hoice Red Rust Proof Oats, Seed Rye and Barley. ails, Trace Chains, Horse and Mule Shoes, Axle Grease, White WVine and Cider Vinegar, Smoking Tobacco Durham's best, Chewing To .bacco. Raisins, Currants and Citron. ALSO, resh Canned Salmon, Peaches and Tomatoes, Mixed Pickles, Chow Chow and Pepper Sauce. ALSO, fine lot of BOOTS AND SHOES. 11 of whic3h *ill be sold cheap for y Cash, nov 9 D. R. FLENIKEN. 1UE WINNSBORO HOTZL MsR8. K~ W. BROWN. rHIS1 Hotel, situated in the centre o the town, offers and guarantees to the iblio indueoements unmurpassed by gy her 'house in/the place s'able sep. lied with the best in the miarket. Qpm. riable rooms andi polit. atteugoa. 0ame- lO.pe dq,y. LO MAKE )MOMN ~4Z a e NEWS AND HERALD WEEKLY EDITION, W I NIIUiD B 0 R 0,AT . 1 WINNSBORO PUBLISIING CO T CONTAINB A RURA1RY O THU LEADING EVENT3 OF TBS DAY. itate News, County News. Politiad News. Et VIM XDITORIAL DZPARTE3NT RECEIVES SPECIAL ATUTIOL. THE LOCAL COLVEN. a well Ailled with tow and eomaty newsI he aim of the Publishes is te inse IBT-CLASS TAMILY bRWAPAPlR. Termsg of SubsoripUen, payable inam,. ly in advance: ne copy, one year,..-.-.. . . . no sopy, six month., -. - $.. nie copy, three monts, - - - $1.00. ive copies, one year, at -. $0.75. en copies, one year, at - - - - $.0 wanty copies, one year, at - - $2.60. To every person making up a elub o.f xx or more subsoribere, a copy will be put free for one year. Thebxamos eensM. iting a olub need not all be at the ase oat-oflla. - S- e m-----. JOB PRINTING., i ALL ITS DEPARTMENTS DONE IN TH E DEST STYLE AND AT TN* LOWEST PEIOEB. We are prepared te furnish, en sker otice, ANK OEOK, ILL HEADS, NT NOJ, LETTER flEADS svITATION3, #LD .W BLANES, POSTAL OAKqgg, R'SC.,ET ermas for Job Work--Cash en AUbia. 9I~$6~ es hes$46