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1I- WEEKLY EDL_1I(ON. hW.INNSIVRRO. S. C. S AT UR L)A Y. APRIL 12, 1879 VOL. 3. { iomu) the Loiu/ntt'lle Cutrier-Juur,nad. ) WI1IEX ?' wril ti liinittntelt arfler L'aring, for lite fist tI ant-, the song, -'You'll ''111i1k of '1 is araan Some 1)ay." 1 a I ht'stt ai it nltt ld so far r,o e, w1it 11 right .r: y eyt':ai ttnl l.txei Iair, Arnd llistt-tl whllnt willt iIagt"'"t t ongtue Iiik we".t.s ilmelothy shie suing : Yoiu II lilliIk of thls a~tt1." siit' stl,let i t'tr'lessl.y. h1lit the it'r woris (rl iit ie' 1 loved il ' i o) Situk titel p 'to ny tli'it, and witn .y litiad tl ili age l. beli(ig low. Si'et lut:luorit's iI lIly iet"st satill glow Whoin / ttilnk of t his again. 'YouI'll thlink of this again, s511n litay I" I ll tink of It its long as br<-:ttIt 1s wiIth fll', ititd I 'antil sa 11t1. witvhl' the t-y lattI of Iitlu11 Iat tii in iow, mg,l xlpirit'~ r-e.0 esehll iee,I im e t w m enw'x of ther I wihtii ,vt'1ars ha:t.(' Ihwn oln T'I'sra swift, wing, 'it 1 1"fallia''" wilt bit ot ity %- hrow A w-etehed an ia--I'11 he:ar you slug lit t110s1' sweet ae''"a s Joist ats il'-w, Aid it shall sout ha' ily ahing Lrmw To think of tiu-[ tagialtt. 'r'lhtt Illltle,'":i'lrit' U:t ," t o ll' Is (latrk: I kiow iit of Its ii-ligiii , not"; No. knon thu 3.tra". i- "wllin shaIl mintk" I)t''l st:;Itoi Ir-,tlhiv,) ;i : t- b1'-)lt o ;.. l Ti. i ! li I , i ' . 'i'., :l i ' t t"o sIitit horie,J i hlai: toe trin - ". ti h h~-. 1" t I, ti itl :'; -it$i l: w slee; I) w.a i.: t;t )t, to r a,h ly eI.4 -I; t ir..; Oli. tat3 l i' e >se)jlie on.' In eaep whiel1 i 1hu l'ti liltd- ieo lie'.ai ilt L.ears I I- (ies'h iliro', I'll i: e uo feirs o) wiat kai 'etiti Is i ''solne tti ty," lerhat p. ,.'re'll wave aibove .ty l'e.l. i tltail I lailt I"w, ; .vt' I lowei:l 11i' ii"r' I v lianis It;- locet! I;i t,:. hi' t te, l;ast il,r.,-r:s ;:taall -' 'u' (hi, w lii, 111 is lotv, wil I hpw lils Ii"c'r3 toili eIy ntcad ! I isy 1"vver;), fo:' oh. how sitl. . , r. ,t r" eltl."I tli.i wrill . r' 1i '; To Ilow wtt' lit 1,11'su.1 I'm .elati Tlh,'r('ll ii. tt' ')1. w i i t. r,r 1 ")t tn-'1 IN-) o twhn-.e 11 '.rr1 wil ;atld ul' T.-u00 I imf w : mWs 4r.-' L. I'a C. II S. C. 1'wr.. C. I i -v. 11'T I:'EI (.1|TI WiG Jit T. Att(nr; the Ilo)-t !'ot..b'o c.;f the A:lr(iCIt l 1 i. ) 1t' 1 l ' "1-s \ 'a Poter Car't,wr i-it. wh1o w. S ho- 11 1T Am,ieri. cony, Va.. ill 1785 11:1 (.el It Pes n1 P;.11 Ins .. , in ,872 W1"hon he W:)t it klenl L u' , r,emo1ved ti K('nt:'e:.y. wa. , ..b ni 1 3 ,he w' is .m -.e.(i f j: 1,.. ,.io ii'ti,Iu:nentaliiy ofi anl ;i.ln de prt-'eacl1ei,a j: t .t 1 t. e .Ie )Idi C :nr'h'. 1-l3a w a l .:1 in. I 1'de .11 bll I8t)0 :lnd' a. -11 ,".er i , . 18 :1 1S12 ho wa a )t l.a . .;mba . Eijer2l', mtei:t a,Ctc, ( i;i a ) . .it F'::y ':t:s : i i.t .t 1 a ty-iivt -m 1114 lI;uom; C ,I '.-e'a. e. During t it t1m1 Of h1 is m1;itistry' :e 1e'ei vet more than11 1t.000 tuemiburtS in tlhl chulrchl, bap11tized more th"ut 12,001C persons a1n(d for thirty .1.r e y<:ar: het praeIaedl oni anl avei'age oft foiu s cerinous t week. His fifty years 0 p:tesiditg elder, and his autobiogira phjy, e'diteid by Rev. WV. P. St h'ik hand, D 1)., are it 1r1fecu storchousc of Clatacte'isticg, an1c:do'.eS in renll11is"cences. AInong theso w\ find the following One (lay, on itpproachin ai ferry alcrOSS the r'ivoc .1linotis, he heardl the fet ryaltn swetlin g te1"n i)ly at th<w 81,rmo18 oF I1eter Ci't w right:, am11( tlhre:tcning that if ho ever had to ferry the preacler terio.:s, an11d knon him, het would dro'wn1 himt in theo rivc:r. Peter, unrecognized, said to i he fel''ina - ".Stianigem', I want you to pult' 1nt "Waiit till Tmii readly" said the ferr.pnlan, iand p)ursued his conerUsla tioni an~d stricture's on Peter Car't wright. Having liniishled he turne .1 to Peter and said.: "Now, i'll put you across." On reaching the ididlo of the streamn Peter threw the hIor's br'idle over a stake ini thae boat, and told the ferr'yaman to let go is poli.. "hat for ?i" asked the fer- ymai'n. "WVeli, you've jusit been uhilng amy name11 imnproper-likhe, and you said1 if I eyer catme this way you would dro nime. Now, you've got a "Is youri namIfe rotor Cartwright ?" atsked thec ferrymnan. "My name is Petor Cartwright." Instantly tihe ferryman laid hold of the preacheri, buit he did not know Peter's strength, for Petor mn.;.antly seize.' himn, antd holding' limn by the napel) of the neck, plung-' Cd him in the wvater, saying: '-I baptize theo (Rplash) inl the namc211 of Satan, whose child thou art." Then lifting haim up dripping, Petor asked: "Did you over pray ?", "Then it's time you did." "TI'l do no such thing," answered teforryaman. SlaIsh, splash, and thae ferryman was in the depths again. "WVill you pray now 1" askecl Pe1'ter. 'The gasping victim shouted : "Il (10 anything you bid me 1" "Thea follow ~ie-"Our Father, w hich art in Heaven," etc. Haiving acted clerk, repeating after Pc.ter', thd fer'ryman cried : "Ncw let me go 1" Not yet," said Peter. "You ii I8t lnike 11o th3o lroaUIi : 1l thatt you will i (.t tlh pray m1orn. n;ot c'.'ning, as longi as yor live ; 2d, thal,t you will hear everj pioncer p):eache(r thI.t Cot1e3 wvithlir live iiles of this ferry ; 31, that yol will put every Methodist preaclo ove. free of ex1)enso. Do yot r r1mise and vow ?" "I promlise," said the ferrymantil ai. stralgo to sa:ty, that very r11u beleia.e t shining light in the church JE . l',. D.l vIN TER IL WL). The Boston Herald of recen 1 date contained an interview with Mr. Juil. Davis. He is reproseritod is saying, in referring to the gener al belief which ex.ists at the North that lie was chiely responsible foi the late war, thatt he was but one of a vast body of the South, and no more respontible than thousands o: othersi ; that the war would hav< taken place without him as inevita bly as it did wiLh him. Ultimately he vonc( des that the l)(aitioll o shtvery will result ia goo.1 .to tlh\ S)tlth, bult tlrtt the .e,litionl of t.) pr'esulnt geaiiit,-,iuil oi i.ne bhoei+ ratce is :ill tle w R.o for elnleiita tiI. He doubts the wis U1m of zu attempl)t to evitl-'te t it negro, Ln1. d.siehloves in giving him the b.d lot. Air. i)avis t-i.ika in the luin rim1 thet no(.go, 1 -t n .i bu t lititlC r',. self-dept.nden:-e, u iii i c co dance WItl Lu % wis :tiid soitl.i 11e11.So 1 tho-;o wlo e tllpo,,' it1. . re;.di l to bull. dozog1,, i n: aNs ther art': (ll)tlCSS iad.vid di c.lso3 u sutch, but, the )p1 ev.l nI sentimucu ui.1ng .out.aera md) it; one of to g'eamest kuidiiess m1t good wi. t:wau d lieir foraiel' s.avs. 8p.tli in4 of i. .tiUn.1 i.l.a.rs, .Mir. D.vi s:ys no ace-gpts ttu.) sitiuation 11 ttci.lu I by t ls i ut iju t of th swlrl, iIJ is ve:y io)a.1l of LI fa,.uiu of the cuuntiy. If Congret woul..l pur1uO t adi(it'"rat3 C>u.r :ld iLt:i1d to its le ;itallato dut,ic of gnerait legiui..tion .o. tie goo Of iulu wiliO cktha Iy, t"itu g. e. sucia 3.nut intdll t i.a (iu.i-G.or 1'.a i :1i". i lO wo ul . CU O -,)0 l 111u.v.: ('0.1 X.1I l t,:ll Wull:"tl Sc.:.ic) tIiu,.itsemvm. a.'l li. coIi.1V woulId ho aL uUdCtn 1n cuiuctsionu, .dl r. U v.3 is i ep. 10ieated as iL'in ". .oa lilly auiz,81 yo.ur p)opU LlluL I. iav.) no ulklat ne,s- in my nleart to tlell or a: of the people of the Nort.ii. I a not the devil they. havd paint.ed m I have neither horlls nor h.os, iu if tley knew me they would find -am very much like one of then selves." TlE F'R.AXKLIvMUt D ER. L'z,t Arno-ld, wife of the negi Joe Arnold, who now lies in Al derson jail. accused of complicity j the now f.utious Franklin mado was committed to Abbevillo jail o Friday, 28th March, by Trial J n lice Hodges, of Hodges Depot. 81 is chiargud with havilg been atcces sory to thei murder. She is a ta I ngress, about twenty two years agl ; wa.s Imarried to Joe two yeam ago ; says she has since discovere ii hat Joe has another wife still living She says she (lid tell Mr. Sailiva that Joe Arnold and Walter Fishe murdered(,( thle F"rankin., but Sul liv, ni tempted her in varians waLy to do so ; bays it was a lie shte tol hm;that Joe aud WValter hl:o nIoi;hiug to (10 with the murder that, Joe waIs at home on the nigh of the murder, rocking a sick baby say that Causpar Miaur'ie,' thi no.gro wvho informed on Joe an< WValter had a falling out with ther and was persecuting thoem by tellini lies on thiem. Liza says that Jo has bieen in jail sinco their miarring for breaking into a store, and thai hie was in the penitentiary befor the marriage ; she does not knos why, nor how long. -She lived a Mr. Bilh Arnold's, near Dead Fall, ai the time of the Franklin murder has sincee lived in Anderson county Walter Fisher, who escaped, camn ito her house on the night af to Joe's arrest, and woent off very earl jin the morning ; she does not kno' wvhere lhe wvent ; thought he wa going to B3elton. She has a to: months old child with her in jail. A bbcoille Prese and Banne'. The Oiegang, who burne< Ketoliun and Mitchell at the stake in .Nobraskat, agme11 '(lght month ago, are being tried at Hastings, ii that State. Olive is worth $100,. 000, and says he will spend er, cenit of it to free himself and hi cosmiurderers. The State ha appropriated $10,000 for the prose enution. - Tihe Rev. Talmage may be able t p rove a clear case, but how mue botter for him ha~d he quit preach ing at the riglt time and invente a vna.wagon in mteth Murray's. Thore arrived at hiladelphia from ISurope bast Wodi sd.ay a voa sel eontai.ing two el ihants, one lhm, one hippopotaml , one lemir, one warthog, one king ulture and a number of cockatoos f an Ameri can lmeragerie. Although the pas, sage was an unusually rough one, all of the . .inals arrived afe and sound, t consider)bly out of humor, tand the task of unloading them was not easy. How this was accomplished the Philadelphia Press thus describes: "The rtnalo ole pliat was the first to leWe the ship. .But little diffi3ulty was countered in leading him into the r prepared for hoisting hAn to the gain deck, thence on to the wharf, dnd without noise or troublo lie wa ppledn the railroad c:ar in w b1n,. 13 hooln as ho had left tho hold the fem de elephant scanned the hatchway, and seeing no more of her.mate, began to snoit anl gnoun, )ainly displaying her grief. When the c -.r returned to c.rry her sloit tlhe nl;1 found that sho was not i.)(.teA to take a short aerial voya,,". ai the job of putting her sac:y into the car and keeping her t:ie. ( was the work of time and much plniling and pushing. When fi:1ahi y s ie was on ter"a firma, she " waked peacefully to the railroad car, and when she saw that there wast:, abomiut a foo.'s space between the );atftorml aid the car, she de hiberately 1pl ed her head betweon r her fore hegs, bending the latter to 1.1e kueer, set up1) a terrible whining, anld otiec or iwiet looked to sec if the hoio was stilt tihe,e. This she cn)lttina1.;.t to do, ai'Pnllst the most S u peI.il5:t )roLest:atiosls of her atten ' d it,, itiil at )J:ted was produced, \r1! w .ho io:;o oil her feet, and stiil e h ': tt, ier .a iegs"' on began to s s,g to end fro, and then gradual e ly r.a sng Lth scten' th of the plank, w..:k _c deliib: atet.y into the car. U.ion eil4 placod :gtain alongside lt of uter altP, she. gave ev'dence of S.::f.tetitiu and the pair began in t-'is, to swini in the manner w:in their last ten days' life had a -ettomte 1 them to. It was with eO.1.3euabio coxi,'i and ordering t th i..t"hippof:ttnitts was induced to ro i to he, box, to bo unloaded, Y.and she male several strenuous A ellarts: to bito her keeper, but the . i,m-,,siv"e jaws were fortunately too slow, and tie keeper managed to kep out of their range She was tin.dly placed in the car, and the loading of the other animals and birds was procee toil with, each specimen having a separate box. o, While the warthog was awaiting his t ; tut n, lie showed his evident dis n1 ple:a.:tre at being penned up, by r, pudi,ing oft'a board in the side of ll his box and endeavoring to escape. - This gives somen idea of the great o slrentlh the animal 1)s8esses in - his head and paws, for the box had 1i been securely nailed and fastened f by time carpenter. After the collee s tion wis safely onsconed in the car, the dooer was locked, and they pro ceeded on their way to Louisville. p. A QUEsTZoN OF~ DAMAE.-Sou 8 ,'.1. 's i.:'ke vet y practical siews s 0 es ini wh'iea tij<y rre re: la i e.. In a cr'tinL t ,wn in .Mie.. :1Squ'ia G--was defending a ph)lysician charge:1 with m i!practice. SA manii wasl s3i'g for danmiges, his wvife a the renmove'1 of a er 1wo:'. WVhen it for .1 '..me)t bcy're G- -s turn to cross N. <xdiin I e pl:i.ntiff, ho asked: , "Mur. Wi.m, how old was your wife 'swheni she died ?" e "About for'ty-.fiva year's, sir." e "Been in fooble heailh a long tin- ., had she not, Mr. WVilson, and cost you a great deal for medicine S "Yes, sir." ' You have married again, have you not ?" "Yes, sir." ".I"How old is your present wife ?" "About thir ty-five years, sir,." "Is she satmt and healthy, Mr. Wilson ? a "Y ,si. .. "Then, Mr. Wilson, will you pase state to this jur~y how you are Idamaaged in this ease 1" i IMr. Wilson had evidently never ,~ taken thuis 'view of the matter, and could nmake no answer. The good and. true men thought he had made ..I a good thing .by his hereavement, y and b)rought in a verdict fo the defendant. - Hon.'a. D. Cox describes what is said to be the smallest insect known. It is .a hymienopter of remarkable > delicacy and beauty, pa'rasitic on the leaf-cutter bee. Its body is twelve thousandths of an inch in length, Sadisenjiedantenna twenty th o nt. SrA-, NO As A Cuan.-Spanking has varied uses. A child at Fort Wayne, Indiana, had tho misfortune to suck a kernel of a . i to its windpipe. The doctor wa ' nt for in haste, and. abhounced tat it would be necessaryAo perform the operation of tracheotomy to save the ebild's ife. The Hoosier mother, familiar with a practice of domestic surgery of a differeit sort, and not pleased with tho idea of having the alaild's windpipO cut open, seized the F re-by one leg, and holding hiin up, 'he1d1downward, administered sundry resounding spanks. 4'I'here was a sound not unlike the report of % popgun, and the kernel of corn was gjected with great force. The child was at once relievad, and re covored, of course. Why will the children of men rroi generation to generation go :n remarking that nothing succeeds like suecess, when it is the easiest thinc in the world to get out of the rut by asserting that nothing fails like failure. We hav%known ry a man to sit trond iv iting or something to turn up until that something was his toes.- Yonkers &atesman And we hu.ve kAbr man to sit around, waiting just that saine wty, and something also turned up, but it was another fellow's toes.--New Y<n.( Comnercial Advertiser. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUJ TY 01' F.IER Fi LD. CO CUitT OF COMMON PLEAS. G}eorge W. Witte, Plaintiff, against Sa,tuel D Clowney, It. S. Desportes & Co , The National Bank of Chester, Sonth Carolina, Ilopkins. Dwight & Co., If. W. Friedenwald, The W inusboro National Bank, of Wmnsboro, South Carolina. I. C. Howard and John A. Fraser, Defendants. To the 1)efendants: Y OU ARE 1IEHEY SUMMONED and - required to answer the complaint in this action, which this day is filed in the otlico of the Cleri of Common Pleas foi' the said county, and to servo a copy of your answer to the said complaint on he subscriber at his office, Winnsboro, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such s.rvicu; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintilf in this action will apply to the Court, for the relief demanded in the coi plaint. Dated 24th March, 1879. JAS. H. RION, Plaintiff's Attorney. To the Defendant, Samuel B. Clownecy: '1' AKE notice that the summons in this action, of which tl.o fore'{oing is a copy, was filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Fairftel'l in the State of South Carolina, on the 24th day of March, 1879. Dated 24th March, 1879. JAS. H. 11 ION, Plaintift's Attorney. mch 2(i-xG THE STATE O SOUTH CAROLINA, CO II,T'Y 0F 1". fIR IRL;D. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Henrietta J. Martin, Plaintiff, against Sam uel 11. Clowney, Itobert J. \loore, .Martin Y. 'Milling, W. H. Rtobinso -, David S. Weir, R. S. Desportes & Co.. Tilho National Bank of Chester, South Carnlina, Hoplkinis, Dwight & Co., H. WV. Friedenewald, Tihe Wimnsboro Na tional Bank of Winnsboro, South Caro lina, George H. McMaster and Francis Gerig, as Asslgnees of The Widnsboro National Bank of Winnsboro, South Carolina, Hf. C. Howard, as Secretary of the Ma ryland(Fertilizing and Manu facturing Company, andl John A. Fraser, .ilefendants.--Copy Summons for Reo lief. Complaint not Served. TPo the Defendants: YOU ARE HIERLEBY SUMMONED and .L reqiured to answer the complaint in this action, which is 11iled in the office of the Clerk of Common Pleas for the said county, and to serve a copy of your answver to the said comp>laint on the subr scriber ait his oflce, Vinnsboro, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusivo of the day of such service; and if you fall to answer the com plaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will app)ly to the Court for the relief demanded In thme comp llaint. Dated 27th March, A. D. 1879. JA8. if. RION, Plauintitil's Attorney. Tio the Defendant, Samuel B. Clowney: TAKE notice that the summons in this action, of which the foregoing is a copy, was filed tn the of11co of the Clerk of thme Courtof Common Pleas for the cOanty and Statse aforesaid on thme 27th day of March, 1879. JAMES H. ION, Plaintiff's Attorney, Winnsb'oro, 8. 0. 27th March, 1879. april 2.-xO LOW PRICES TrIIAT WILL, ASTONISH YOU ! 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