The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, January 22, 1881, Image 2
T NES AND BERAI).
WINNSBORO, S. C.
DATUIDir. Jauary 23, I: 1.
71. W-Ruxs DAVXS, ma.1rron%.
h' - AWYNOLDS. AssOocx m K11woR.
CUARLQOnE can boast of a man who
still claims to bo able to work the 13,
* 5, IA puzzle.
THE matrimonial record Qf. the last
weekly Nets and 'ourir contains a
list of seventy weddings in different
parts of.the State.
TuE New York Herald is a Conk
ing organ for the present. Bennett
has a sort of weakness for Roscoc.
They are both gay boys.
WIIEN Gustav ileinrichs was ar
rested in San Francisco for cloping
with young Annie Wilbert and leav
Ing a wife and several children be
bind in New Jersey, he explained his
conduct by saying: "Ours was one of
those unfortunate Inarriagea which
arises from the wife's inability to grasp
the husband's Ideas." Pretty good,
that.
SoXE one having suggested the lion.
B. F. Crayton, of Anderson, for Gov
ernor next time, the Abbeville Medi
ton says that Mr. Crayton would make
an excellent Governor, but that he
wol't get the place, as he does not be
long to the ".ing." The Medium
should furnish a benighted public with
the names of those connected with this
shadowy, though terrible, organiza
tion.
PRESIDENT HASKEIL answers the
question of the Iews and Courier
. why the Charlotte lRoad has changed
its schedule. He says the condition of
the road all along the line, in conse
quence of the pheiotnenal weat.her,
has necessitated a slower schedule be
tween Augusta and New York. lie
hopes that the old schedule will soon
be restored.
Telegraph Monopoly.
The consolidation of all the tole
graph lines has caused renewed agita
tion on the part of those who desire a
governmental tlegraph. Every con
solidation is marked by an increased
waitering of stock, until now the com
biiation represents eighty million dol
lars in shares, while its real value is
said to be but twenty millions. A
dividend of six per cent. on the par
value of this stock icans tweuty-our
per cent. on the Imloniey actially it
vested. This extra tax the pub
to pay by .wuy Ufj, a 's for
V1QUZtges. Experts say that no com
panly usin:: the presenit Morse systemi
cain be formijed sutlicieitlv Strontg to
Compete with the existinlg lines, and
OVCry new coilpnlly will only' be abl
sorbed to sVell the capital st;k 1' tie
Western ULnioni still feilther. Relortsl
also come of' a conlsolidat foil of all the
inter-oceantic cables under cite nim
ne~emenit, T1hent the itml i will im .
tirely at thte miercy of' tile tontopolists.
- a veryv serious matteir, as atlmaost all
buisiniess transactions of aniy mlomen~it
are tranisacted by telegraph.
One remuedy proposed is to lput all
the l ines unader governitimint cont Irol.
For the past decad~e the Britih gov
erunmnt has managed the telegraph
as wvell as the postal service, with mlost
beneficial result s. Businiess has la rge
Jy increased on accountt of' thle rednei
tion jin rates, and smaller communit ies
have beeni specially benteflied. Two
objectione exist to this proposition.
first, that it is inot al legitimlate object
.of Federal adminitstrationt ; andi sec
ondly, which is of more imipor'tance,
that thtis scheme would give a further'
increase of sixty or seventy thousand
government emptiloyes to anl already
inordinat'ely swollen civil service.
In Grieat Britain, .governtet em
ployes hold their offices for' good be
havior, antd are not permuitted to palr
ticipate ini electionts, so that no menace
exists to the political freedom of the
peop)le. The conditions are tar (differ
ent ill the Uitted States. rThe im
InenseI5 patronage of the governmenti,
wielded for partisani, atnd tregnlently
for corrup~t punrposes, htas alreadly al
most destroyed free elect ins. Sutch
.an~ addition us this, especialhy with thte
advantages placed int the hands of thle
party' ini power by the control of this
imnportantt meanls of communication,
would compthletely ntulihfv the ballot.
Not until this danger~ be removed
will the people generally contsent to a
governlmental telegraphl system. rThe
scheme possesses decde~ld mer~tits if this
ditliculty is obviated.
Another suggestion is that the gov
ernmnt prescribe ttmximumit rates.
* This is the best solution, provided it is
not1 ini conflict with the law.
JTay Gould andl Vandlerbilt cotnro
almost all the rail ways in t he United
States and all the telegraphl lines.
Whent they got the Atlantic cables ini
add(ition, they will be the real masters
* of thte United States. It is high timeL
that plublic attenttion was dlirected to
them .
WHIAT SHALLs IBE~ D)o.x'
7 Sromo Thoughts on th Poltical Situation
It. JI~Icumlties anal D)angrs-Rilghts of
M i morities- A Trilplo Preeshtency.
.Afessrs. Edit ors: Poli tical panties arc
unlavoidable incidenits to constitutlinal
govertncmet. F~ounided oin honest,rla
tional differences of opinion cnern'a
ing endurintg princtiples, they are salu
taryv agnt n 4 he conservaion o.fa
just equi libriumr of govenmtent ; bit
wvhen divided by geographical hines,
and1( cembit tered( by3 sectionail aimsit4
ties and pride, t hey ar'e calanmitousa to
the pea1ce and progr~ess of thei people
oppressed by their presence. The
menolacintg attitude(1 of Irelad, shrink.
lng with uitter mistrust from lBritish
advances and1 promaises, the prtlurb~d
miit ical condition of the Unilted States,
Iy illustrating the unhappy restults of
Were the Federal Constitution har
pioniously construo&1 , an1d ulniforUlly.
obeyed, the possible development, iI
the early futtire,' of the Iesoureca of
the cOuttry, could 1t prhiap, ba
correctly estimated by deductions froml
those of the past. They are wonder
Dl, but the multiform, maturcd agen
cies linWatforktirtihoiitits boid
area, stimulated by (lie necessities,
emulation and aimbitionof individuals,
and multplied by almnost daily inven
tions (if others, Sone of which, a ceii
tury back, would have been classed
among the inlraculous, promise re
8tsti hat nay astound even those not
uuisicd to strange things. T1'hese,
whatever they may be, will exert an
ameliorating influence over (he whole
country, through the failities of inter
communication furnisled by the press,
by steam and by the telegraph, the
enlighteners and( equalizers of the
world. There can be no reflecting
citizen but must contemplate with
proud pleasure the prospectively grand
future of this Union, and (evoutly de
sire the propitious conditions that.will
promote it. Every section of the
country is deeply interosted in the
perpetuation of the Union, a harmoni
Ous interpretation of the constitution,
and in allaying party passiols, es1)0
cially of parties as now divided, for it
scarcely need be asserted that a dis
ruptioni of the Union would forever
mar the prospect ; or that the present
want of' hariony, intense antagonism
of political part-ier, sadly retards it.
But the South is More nearly conceCrn
ed than other sections. From sparsc
ness of' population and lack of capit al,
not to mention the disastrous results
of the late war, she lingers Far in the
rear in the geleral forvard move, al
though her natural advantage:< are not
insignificant when compared with
those of other portions of tle cotiit ry.
Harnony and the kindly regard of
those other portiois are prerequisites
to her prospeity. Sho therethre ur
gentily ieeds the wisest counisels ofher
ablest Solis to indicate the policy best,
calculated to caln political auitalt.ion.
There are some imunifest, troub clts,
however, that arrest tle attentiont of
the least observant, and hints as to
those, froin nll humbIC 111 sonreC, iaV be
adisiAble. They are( suchl as malinily
result from divertent views of (he
quest ioin of "State ights,'' and fiomi
(lie pratcicaI o1eitions, in the South,
01, the 4F"it'teeni i A imiidime it."
'I he agitat ionI of' Slate rights by
Soutllern politicianis appears to be ili
~i wth lh .( right.or. wrong, tIlir
views of it, CIr.1 ied to a legit bInaieL (,'Mn
clusionl, iol long since, justitied seces
C;10n, anld it, is no0t surpr'l-ii that their'
advonev 110w tenIds to prompt. t ile ciii
zens ill othiei' kwetions Io resiiie froiim its
consider-e atiol, anid re tti se to mai1ke
even their for ce co.ieessions 1e
sides, Ile Soulth canl safylv permlit. this
qines;lion to lie ill abyince. It. is so
e-arly and firily iiibudded ii the
Con1lisi iltit il. anid *so inecessarv in Ithe
1econo11Iy0 of the renea an31 id St atet gorv
ernments i f hat3 i.tI' mayhi contiuen~(tl e
Noeil h annot, withi at due( regarcd to
t heir own e~i'CIthre, sull'r the pril''i
ig md' e' of 111 interpre t.ont rift
styled (one4 of the le'gilitut i rei'sulIts oft
lie last wari, should mtore( c'orriectly be
plaCd amnonig the i'o viclis denlounei
ed nuan03 thle SouthI, niot pi)3Csely by
(lie victor1s, but by thait por1t iou ot'
hem kniowni as thiife1 Republican par't v.
'This par'ty, while pr'eteiiliing to fhe
negropl~hilists, well kni ew from race ini
tinlit thait no imeasur c couldh he
adopilted that woldl so elfl.etti,3lly hu-1
tili ite( the3( SoulthlernllI white(s a 1 this.
it waIs I herefor'e enalctedi and set. -to
tt'i'om hopelessnesse and1 stood1 as5 a3 para0
liz~ed witniess, tutauble to interiposo a
single impe)(dimnent to its fe'll opera
~ionis. it hais, terefore, had a thuir'
tial3 an b13( hs ('ailed, breaiik i dlown of )1
its own IIweighit everyi where cthc le Repub.
licanis t hiem selves o)-operting (lin the
tict of Cohuminia. Neveritheles.s, (lie
result 01 the( late President il e'lectionl
delares3'3', as3 (one( of its~ mein(i 1 gs, thie
dIissatiistcttion of (t thel miajoir 1par( (31 (lie
Noirthern pople)1( wvih its p3racticali
Iohpera'itions3, fl hite, ini thei( Mothi.
Whait is she to do? In au ge neral
waly, it may hec aniswered, that as lhar
mny is oi' lie laust imprtan'ttce, it is a
duty1 shte (3we to herself to sustalIn the
l'i'ith~a au liinistria tion anaid also to
phteec herserlfI in ac'ord withi the pre
vailIinmg sen t im ents5 ofthew('~ cuntriy as
far as5 is 'onsistn'lt. with self-preserv'a
tion. Bt l, on thle onie lo md, it is
i'nin to r'emtit these States to) the vi
clous miis3lo (of 18(68.-1876'; andic, on Iihe
oilier, to coininue exclusivo Dlemio
crat ic conltrlol is to3 h(iperptuate at staite
01' Politicl exeitemnict, e:xtremlvi im..
hriendlyh to her de(vloipmentl(. It is also0
Ipr'obable tha t. lierO own p~eople have n1 ot
tihe inclinaion to (lie intense 'eirs
ne (cessary' to accompishu the14 latter.
These atlterna~ltive f'Sormi a di lenla.~~
Theidnfliculty ofe surmton tingi it pr'o
liis e cruelt y of Ihe do~inaniit parim
y. NIaj oille its, un ider'X( texc iiteet , are
proveriallyi ~ rmIiorsehess andii reck less
of1 resposii lityV. They'~ are'( not less
they arie at a distance, (' nd arou i'41sedl t'
a sense of their inijustice, by a piart.i i -
pationu o1' of the( ill-coniseqlmeees oft it.
NOIii11( inueial( assistanice (can, theref('Ior'e,
lie (exp14'etd from31 14 the lepub1licanuS.
Hen31ci, "WVhtat shall (1he Sotth (d('
still recuirs as5 an1 interest ing' and11 1
portatnt imiihlur-onie Inluch' ea~sier' to
ausk thanI to anisw..I'
,Many suggest ions arIe nmi~de, but
withont enmeatn, it is Snutli'it,
ini or'der' to dlispos (of' t1,bem~, to remar~ik
that they do not f'air'ly conitelnilate ani
eff'ort to meiet 11h( dIillilthies i-esnted(3
by the4 fif'teenthI amendmenl~lt, ini a man..11
IIer conlsonant i with Ithe setiments11(
kntown to) preval'il in other31 parts( of the(
Icountry. The Soultihmust, assuredly
doII this, if she woulId en1joy' harumon'y
and1( a fulli mea3surlie of pro'speril y'.
ITIhe4 ifgioran lce, pr'ejiceU anld cool,
calecu'auimig v'iciou~sniss of1 thle ni~oo
Iln his politicaul, for thlese ('hitheits'(do
nlot atpply, , wihouit mod(illeat ion, t o
hum, iln hiis othe1r relatiois t(o the~
whites, ad~d to (13e embarra1''ssmenits oft
the situationi01, cons51tittin1g, in1(dee, t he(
(chie't(h( elements lher'eof'. To pro0pose a
division of ofli14es to suich a people
(does4 not r'eadtily c'onunendin itselfI to thle
calmJudgmL'13tnlt of' meni wvho are
flaimliii mrwth them,. T1here~ imy, how
ever', be somew con)sid1erations li favor)3
pose Inoh Domocracy of Faifileid pro
pose td the negroes is folloWs: "I (lid
your coliventioist, lioinjato one candi
dte for the Legislature, one forcounty
cotminssioner, select one of the three
nien, whose nantes are respectively
subindtted by us, for each of the offlees
requiring but a single incumbent. We
will nothinate two for the Legislature,
two for county comlIissionaers and
unite with you In electing the whole
ticket tlis 'uminlged.'.' If. the -lie
gr-ocs. or a considerable fraction of
them, but less than half,...greo., . and
the whites railiji lnited, the problem
will be solved in 1"airlleld, and.' may
be elsowhere, i ith moditleatio'ne to
suit localities. It' they do not the
situation remains the same, witi the
advantage to the Democrats, which
the conls-iousIless of nll honeost ell'ort to
do right always affords.
Tle serious consideration which the
subject claiis, is entorced by the ro
flectionm that the chief pablum that
has strengthenled the liads or the Ie
publicanz extremists is. and for years,
has been, the agitation resulting from
this very alieiitlndmeit. It is not ill
credible that they exult in and cun
ningly enlcourage it.. They are now
aboti to enjoy a new leaso of power
front it. It is also importaint. to reflect
what this power embraces; the legi8
ative, executive and judicial depart
m1ents-in one word the wholegovern
menit. Tle individual who, by fair
or foul ileanis, attiiins control of ill tie
deparl.ients of' [goverlment is styled
iand is a despot, 111d his goverun'ient
at despotism-a tyranny. 'i'hese terms
ire 110 less correctly upplied, wihen all
the depart menlts are vested in a party,
with tihis difference: the imlividtal
goverlinnentl, takes chafracter. from thle
11uitocrat, who may 10be ilgitalimnous
and just ; while the government by
party is most necesslirilv vitiated by
tihe passions to Which the parig owes
its origin, and as the party, for the
itme, ai 1)o0r ill tact as well as ill
name, it tmay not hesitate, in a wild
excess. to transgress the bounds of
justice or the barriers of the collstitu.
tion. llence it is an indulgence of no
more verbiage to afllrm that the pos
session of the governimieit Inl all its
departments by a pirty based o1 see
tionmal issues is a constanit threat to
con1stitultional government, and that
the whole country, but. pre-emninently
the South, can scarcely make too great
Conl cessions, ill order to undermlne
nmid decompose stich pari is, whether
leieublicana 01' Dmilocrat ie.
'i'heso reflectionms suggest a subject:
the protection of' minorities, which,
thoug4h. somewha , tireign to the llat'
ter, ill hand, is of munch importance and
warrants it flew remirIks. The consti
tution clotlies the executive with a
share of the !egislative power, in that
it, vests iml hln the veto, a prerogative
that may be invoked to Interpose de
Lay to unwise, hasty o1 partisaln legis
hition, thereby secur'iing ealer de
liberation. The executive, however,
is generally it m1emberi of the party inl
power, andi( realson1 and obsertitoll
boti teach that he does not and will
not often use this power efr tihe pum
-pose of distappointinag tile wIises o1
his own i y, Ind prionctinu (11o ill
terests of Ilnilloities. Thisi Sinle eon
siderlitioln, iIile con(Itiing tile in -
po0rtanlce of' this power, Ilso suggestz
it is lnot wisely lodgtred in the execu.
tive. It Is firt hei-r trengthiened by
tihe rollection that tile genius itself oI
the! goverInet demands at clear out
ibii.ng of the botindaries between itO
dlepartmients. It Is r'espectftully sub
IittedI flhat this pIower miit. be more
eer's, comiposedl and app~lointed as fol
lowvs:
I. It .shoulid lie iomp~osed of' thur<
lmhem's ; two 01' the 11nemb ers shIouk
rep'resent and belonag to thle lmio its
paiirty or' palrties, tihe rinCintihg 0110 t'
the '01 iominant party.
.11. Inl eachl Prtesidential electimo
year thle two g(rolat parties tm ighit e1101
elect two oflicers to serve on thi
board. Whein thle result of tihe gener
aii elect in ascertainis wvhichm parlty has
received a. suprcemacy ill thle Conugress
the ictoriou. patty siol~l d suIspent
one0 of its r'epre'sentaitives on this
biord. Its r~lereentation ini the Ilouts'
mayi do this lby ballot. T1he remainint1
three wiill cons1 titute th b11ioard'E durli nf
thei enisninmg Presidenat ial term, an
11u1til thiri sucssr are' appinlted a
abhove, iniless duirinmg the ter'tn
the wea1ker should become thm
strlonger' party, iln whlich case thie suis
pended member)Ci should r'esulme hi
paeoin the~ bioard, [and( thne nio
strlonger paty shtotuld, in thle maniue
ablove ind41ienllted, suspend~ 011e of' it,
r'epresen a1tives fromi tihe board.
Ill. Vacanacies, r'omta (deathi or othei
casuse, may bie tilled hmv thle repreI'sentai
Ilives ini the llotuse, of'tihe par'ty 01' par1
ties suatferin g the loss or' losses, wivl
Inaly ch-'e by bllhot at stfu~lint mlulnbe
to siipliy thelI vacane. No memibei
ot t :neuittss sh~old be chosen,
I V. Only persons eligible to t he Pros
ichleyi' sh~ould bie eligible to miemnber
slunip.
V. G reat responsiility~ wionhlo at
taich to tis ofiie ttand thte salairv' of t h
miembliers shtouhi~ equal(1 th at' of th
ChI ief' J1ust ice. TYhe su spendeld miema
her't shiould rIeceive one0-foutrthi of' thi
Y I. Tihje dut v of' thle boarid shall be
to approv'e tamet signm, oi' (disaipprove iC
the miajorityv des'ire, and1( ret1urni ii
obij'ctins ever'iy ill tIIhat passes thn
I louse and Senaite.
Tihie presenat arrange'ment for passing
billI s over the veto maight r'emiaiu uni
chlianged.
n111ati 1(1 wh ne long re(strined 1( pas~
Sioins of' the miultitu de burast foirthI a
dlisie'egard e very bi ariera. Duing les
this anaiturc mnighat serve as il suiflicieni
('heek'l to leegislaive i aggr'aession oin tita
r'ighits am1l( iintere'sts of' minlori'ties.
.it is not a sillehieant oabject in a~ga is
this schteme toi iomlinil thazt. it woultiil
I'e I iuire a con st iuio inal aendm0entI
hercie slihild aeositivye re'ogniiitioan im
the conist it ution of iminioity ex istenice
and eq inlly iposit ive prov isions8 for it:
S'oume plan ot(f timis kind( mnitat be in
corploralt ed in1 the State as wvel I as it
(lhe F'ederal Con~mstitution. X,
P'L.-1~ o'l u2 MiXES.
Thte Cointt-k~ at Preasent Suff'eringr fromni i
Attck of the Annesse'an,~ Mialadly--The
wh le 14nae~ D~aeora1heatd.
F~rom thelaoain F~ranciscoa Vai.
he manaiagetrs oif those Comistock~
imnes whaichl have calledl on the stock
holders dourinmg the week to t'urmnish
mnor'e coini to keep tile lode and1( the
stock boards runnlminag, cet'taintly de
ser've sotme credit fon not, hevying the
alssessmets bef'oro the holidays, so
thatl time sharilehld~er's could I'ave ai
chuancte to buy a Chrtistnmas pre'senlt 0r
twvo, and1( hatve asI goodh a tune as. possi.
le. Butt thme holilays aire now p~ast
the Altau and h~ale & Noreruoss move.
menits haveo gone the way (If till booms;
biuloin is scarice oni t'he Comnstoek;
shaths muu be imiuk. cr..-..is -a
UIn~l)0y68 -i, al'd Cio gettoail exj
lelISOs hipt; d as there is Io iuoloy
to do It wit n the ComAtock It must
CO1l1 frolt. itaido of the- Comstaek
and so the s ekholders of Alta, Sierra
Nevada, U I, Yellow Jackot.. wnd
Savage, are 0olly requested to walk
Ap to the tain's office and lettle.
I ["or keeping th ball rolling, Alta (e
mn1alds fifty its per share, or $54,
000 ; SIerra evada $1, or $100,000; i
Utah $2, 01 $40.00* Yell% Jacket
$1, or $12 000, an Savage 76e., or;
$84,000. ,T l, $88,000\- a verv Com
fortable. litti I.ew year's gift for tile
lmilnOs 111011 oned. How long thIs
assessmnellt nilightmare 18 - go Ihg to
wei'h dow the stock miarket is a
proglemn th hlil it Is no use attempt.loig
to solve. T 'levels continue to get
lower down inder ground, and it was
olhy several ears ago that the people
of the Paceill coast were told that
I when the d'ep levels were attained I
ore bodies wmid be struck here aind
ihnre and 4most everywhere, that
Ishareholders; would make money oI
their stocks, nid that everybody would
be happv. 'ell, the levels are low-er
tlaii they woe a few years ago, drills
have honyeonbed tile lode, and have
ransacked every corinr; but no exten
sive ore bodis have been found, very
few stockholier have made money,
thousainids hive lost their all, and
1 everybody istot happy by inv ieans.
Tile only'deIjilto resnit attained dur
ing these velrs Is tle crop of assess
ineints, Wh1ch is abutidant, aid prom
ises to coitiue bounteous for some
time yet. lIut perhaps the "low"
levels have not yet been reached.
TH E LIQUOR LAWY.
Can United sta-1s Revenue Officers Nullify
the Late St'tutes?-Intereiting Corre
Spoideneo outho Subject Between Judge
Mackey and the Board of County Coun
inlaploneris.
, From the Chester Bulletin.
The followlag correspoindeiie will
explaill itself:
CuresTIA, S. C., Jan. 17, 1881.
Iionorable 2. .1. Mackey, Judge of
the S'iXth ircu it:
DEAl SIR:-[ take the liberty of
stathig to you that certain parties have
been reported to the County Commnis
sionlers for eigaging in definnee of
law, in the sal' of spirituous liquora in
Chester county. utulter license (so-call
ed) issued by* United States Internal
Revniue Agents. Hlav'e these agents
a right to issue such license? As tile
county comnissioners once lad tie
prerogative of issuing licenses (now
prohibited 1)y law) outside of incor
purated towns, [-write to ask whose
dilty it is to forbiid or stop tile traflie,
when engaged in without license from
tihe State authorities?
Respectfully, sir,
Your obedient servant,
W. BANKs TnoMPSON,
Chm'ii Board Co. Com.
CHUsTER, S. C., Jan. 17, 1881.
Wt'. 4ac-s zi bup . pson, Esq., Chair
In.giI of the Board of County Com
mitianers:
Silt:-]I). reply to your inqu1iriles of
this date, I would itform you that Ito
United States Intcrnal Revenue Agent
is vested with authority to grant at
license to sell illtoxienting liqnors
withinl ti m hnuits of this county or
State. Section 3244 of the Revised
Statutes of tie United States provides
that every personl Wi) sells 01' otfers
for sale foreign or dlomestic distilled
s >irits or wines iniU aantit ies of less
- srmu ne y~aunes at a time, shal-pay- to
- thegover11liment of rile Unlitedl States a
tax of $23i.00. This is a special tax
upon retail dealders uand not a license
to sell. The Federal autorities hlave
always held inviolate thle right of the
State, under' its genleral ande iniherenlt
police powers, fo regulate or prohibit
tile tralle in intoxicating liquors. Any
cit izenl may1 make aln aflidavit before 'a
Tr'il Justice for thle arrest of anv per
- son enlgaged ill retailing initoxi'catinig
Iihquors ini violation ot' the laws of the
St e, but it is the special dut y of theO
I coun lty commiaissioners, as the'board of
Ssupervisor's of the county, to make
3sneth affidavyit and secure the arrest of'
persons actinig unidier such pretended
licenses beyond 1.he0 limits of municipal
cori~orationsP. I amn, sir,
Very respect fully,
T. J. MACKF.Y,
Circuit Judge.
[It will he observyed that the question
rawiedl ml thlis cor'resplondience IS one of
p)ositive iimportance 1t ' ureople. If
the United Sta4es IniternIal Rlevenne
otliners haive the powe'r to gr'ant li
cnses aid libitur, the tihe late statute
of01 the Genera1*l Assembly is a far'ce.
We are conestrauined to believe .Judge
Mackey has laid down the law correct
ly, and itf thiecountyv commissIoners
exercise the Samie 'ommenl~ldable energy
iln en toremig jlie lawv as they have in
dliscoveringt it, it will not be long~ be
fore tile States find Out -whuether' they
hlave lhave any rights left thiem.-Ed.
Bulletin.]
CRtIME IN ITS HIIGNESjT STAGE.
Two vmlalnous Negreca of south Caronina
and Their Critne-Ihnnged by a Mob
Their Victiny.
Miss Bessic Werts, daughteor of' Wim.
Woerts, living near Prospeirity, In New
beirry county', inl this State, 'was bru
tally ouit raged and1( mulrder'ed on Mon
day evenling while going from her
brother's" hiouse to her home. Two
nlegroes niamedc( Spearman and Fair
were arirested onl suspicion anid lodgedl
in the giuar'd-hionse. They confessed
their gui ilt and on Tuiesday nIght a
large bodyv of mein took them ont to
lynich them. 'Spearmnan was Allot to
dleathI on the spot. wherec the crime wvas
commlllitte~d. Fir miade hlis (ocape,but
waIs recapturleed onl We(dnlesday and
hang'ed near .Prosplerty by a crowd of
wvhit e and blacks. Th'Ie . clmfortunmate
wats a beanl ifhil and 111 excellenlt young
womian. Thell verdliet. of tile ilnquest
was that she camo to her' de(athlb h e
inlg choked anid by ot heronit rages'coam
nultted by Spearmnan and Fair.
6.4W PILCHS AgRI.st3%~ ns
boro, S. C. dJec 21-1y
ray' yoiut tt6bscription
SPECIAL NOTICES.
DImAnR OV AtiUMUnY-One th tand dollars
in gold will t paid for overy gren of mercury
or OtUr nIal bubstdnee ouad iu Mlay Ap.
Price 15 chate'for large boxes.
by au Druggiats In tieiscounty.
- 5FAZA, ATA.', Marob 6, 1878,
M1r. L. Shoenfeld-Dear Sir-I take- iure In
stating that I have used your Medicatd Stok
Fend Uoth on horses and cattle, and with great
success, espeelally on a very poor cow, which
I bought at, auction. SLhe gives now over two
gallons of mlk, with a good pro tot .in
creasing. Notwithstanding the pre udice I en
tertained for other powders that had tried,
and which proved wortaless, I do not hesitate
to endorse your invention as being all you
claim for It. - P. T.811 EENAN*
Oentlemen-Wo have iven Shoenfeld's Stock
Feek to your horese. an find that it is all-you
can claim for it. Yours truly,
CHAP.%'AN & DAVIS,
Propr's Livery and Sale Rtables, 4d t., Macqp4
On. Sold by the Druggists of this county.
Col,Unstus, GA., Nov. 28,1877.
'DR. J. C. MOFFXTT--Dear Sir--itten learn
ing its valuo, I always keep youIdTeethiu
'llecthlg Powders) In my house, and consider
I, a n dispensable medicine for smaltcildren.
I have knova it to remove Worns when all other
remediee had failed. M. M. MOOUIE,
Clerk City council.
CoLUanus, GA., Feb. 6, '878.
DR. C. J. MOFFETIt-Dear Doctor-We can
commend your Teethina (Teething Powders) as
the most satisfactory proecription we ever used
for the loose bowels or ersiptions of our clii
dren. They have saved tne many' dollare n doctors'
bills. Yours truly,
1B.T HATCHBR,
Of firm of McGehco & Hatcher, Warehouse and
Cominassion M srchanta.
BUCHU HAS LONG
been used by the Hottentots in a variety of dis. 1
cases. From these rudo practitiorera the rent.
edy was borrowed by the resident English and
Dutca physleians, by whose recomimendatilon
it was employd in Europe. and has since como
into general use. Combined with Juniper and
other desirable ingredients, as in the prepara
tion of Rankin's Compound Fluid Extract, of
Buchu and Juniper, it proves a most. reliable
remedy for Nonrotenton or Incont.inenei- of
Urine, Irritation, Inflamintion or Ulcerntion
of the Bladder and Kidneys. Stone in the Bind
der, Gravel or Bi Ick Dust Dop )nit.. tI lky Dis
chargos and all diseases of Bladder and Kid.
neys and Dropsical Swelling in man, woman or
child.
Prepared only by Hunt, Rankin & Lamar
Druggista, Atlanta, Ga., and for sale by all
Druggists.
Messrs. Lamar, Rankin & Lamar; Gentlemen:
My wife hnd been troubled for several months
wit Bronchitis, and during that time t.le d
nearly ,very thing linaginnble without the
Slightest benefit. A friend of hers to whom I
mentioned it told me to get a bottle of Brewer's
Lung Restorer, which I died. and let* than one
bottle cured her entirely. I well recommend it
to all who are similarly affected.
Yours very truly
k IATHAN C. MUNROB,
MACON, GA., March 1, 1880.
Messrs. Lamar, Rankin & Lamnar, Dear Sirs
I had frequent hemorrhage before using your
Consumptivo Cure, and had been treated by
Dr. Crowell Johnson and other skilled physi.
clans without being relieved. andl after using
three bottles of your Brewer's Lung Restorer,
the hemorrhage was stopped, and I have never
had one since. I am now n better health than
betore, and feel it iay duty to state to the pub
lie the effects of your wonderful Consumptive
cure on ie. Yours truly,
Mrs. E' 0 AVANT.
TAYLOR COUNTY.
This is to certify that I have had Asthma
tc' thirty-five years and used a great many
c. -rent kinds of medicines Was trented by
Dr. ilolton five years without finning relief. I
then used your Brewer's Lung Itestorer and
found in it a pernianent cure.
Very truly yours Z. J' PARKS.
Sold by all Druggists in this -county.'
PInY. IfoURroN COUNTY, GA., Jan. 28, 1880.
In the. 183 tiero were two negro prisoners
confined in the jail of this county, who were
very badly aihlicted with that, loathsome dis
ease Syphills. It my official capacity as Ordi
nary, I employed Capt. C. T. Swift, then a resi
(lent of this pllace, to cure them, under a con
tract., "no cure. no pai." He administered to
thln his celebrated Syphltic Speclile, and in
a few weeks I felt bind, undtri my contract, to
ipay him out of the county treasury, as he had
elTected a compllete and radlcat cure.
In testimony I hereunto set my omlln signa
[I.. s.j ture anda sal Ary U o stoud n~u
-. CIIAT'r'ANoooA, T RNK., Feb). 14, 1S;9.
We take pleasure in saylr,g t hat thie S. S. S.
isgfiving good satisfaction. WVe have had ex.
Celentresltsfra nu tmber of cases. One
gelitlemnan wen hadl been coninedL to his bed
six wceeka with Syphiliic Rlheumatism has been
cur'ed entirely, and spenks in the highest praise
of It. It. also acts ans weli in prlmary as in sec
ondary land tertIary casses.
UHIILE8 & BERRY.
TE WI FT S PErciFIC COMPANY, Propirie
Lois. Atlanta. GIa.
Hold by' nll Driiggists.
Call for a copy of Youing Men's Friend."
BARGAINS
llhlor & clilefors.
W-T E have1 bonight largely this sea
son01 and1( 11nnat1 hamve mlOnley to
settle o111' bills. Wae thieirefore 'oflfer
SPECIAL BARGAIN5
to cash pur'chiasers. Th'lose wh'lo come.
eal will securie the chiice of articles.
"ae reCspectfiily request those who
Owe its to come forwarfld andlf pay upl.
We helped them ill their need anid ex
pect themi~ to hlp) its in otl'rs. The old
Vcear has1 closed anid all accounts should
be.
A G- A I Jr.
I All w~ho have jobs ill 0our shop of
Watches, Clocks and ,Jewelry, should1(
call and get themn, anid save'the 81ame1
froni forfeiture1.
janl 11
ED)ITORS AND) NEWSPAPER MEN
of thie Country endlorse James Bloss' Pantent
Gold( Watch Cases. As a proof, readl the fol
towing: Baltimore, Md., March 8. 1880.
JamesBoss atch aso Ihavecarriedha
givn prfetsat~Isfaction. It wears beauti
f'ully- pefctJ. T1. IIJNGOOL,
Ed. and Prop't, Telegram.
I aepeLaFayette, Ind., Marc'h 8, 1880.
I ak pesurie in commlnoding thte James
Bloss Waich Caso as highly satisfactory and
equal In wear to (one of solid gold. They are
the "Bess" in fact as well as In name.
WV. S. LINOGLE,
Ed. and Prop't (':ourier.
I Des Mois, 1sa., Feb. 28. 180
Our manager has carried a James Uoss
P'matnt'Watch Case, andl cerfully says that,1i,
cannot, be beaten in r'ny way.
INTA TE LEADHR CO.
P'ub'is Iowa St5ate Leader.
-Watsiekn, I11.. March 8, iS80.
I am pleased i.e say thait tihe Jnmes hoss
Watch ('axe I have Is onitrely saiisfactorv
beIng ini everCy respect juist, as4 represe$(nted. t,
is a perfect beauty. M. U. PWEiC(
Ed. ando PI'op't Iroquois tCo. Ti'e.
Wausal~fti, WVi5., March 10, 1880.
The Watch Case I havei of your make is'in
every wtay hatisfactory : it is Jtetr splendId.
MAK liHI. JtAliNl'Mt
Ed. and P'rop't, Torch of L~ibertg.
Tihe above are ('oneurre'd In b~y huntiredisof
othei'edlin-s is well ats merchiants, mechanIcs
alid jeelrs la inll parts of the country.
Ths8teonly pntent cse made Of Two
'Platen of Noold nldl. It ls warranted by se
-clni certifiente. Ask your Jeweler for lilhistra
teol catalogue containiog full description.
Jan 8
ONION SETS.
1JR1ESH Garden Seed and Onion Sot.,
'ust received.
'MOMASTER, BRlICE &J{ETCHTN.
,WET OR DRY TICKET
Is the question which agitates the mind of the public, not only in
Winnsboro, but all ovei the Stite ; yet Mimnaugh thunders forth in lined
)f living truth, bearing the impl-oss of Mimnaugh's genius and wearing
1he majestip form of his
].ATOI-IE)SS EBIOBS
In Dry Goods, Notions, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Clothing, Carpeting, Glass
and Crockeryware, etc., etc.
BIBBCNS I RIBBOS I I
Here, my buyer, in the strong, terse language of the West, has "struck
ile." I namea mighty sacrifice to the power of ready cash. 2,000 yards
of Grosgrain Ilibbon, worth fifteen and twenty cents, which I name at
popular figuros-ten cents.
C A.L I O ~ED S.
My buyer on the floor of the great auction house of Field, Morrison
& Co. has just brought down tho hammer on a big drive in Standard
Prints, worth eight cents, at the surprising figures of 6to.
B L A. N .E ~E T S.
The very small, dilapidated stock of these goods which the recent
cold snap loft on my hands, i have determined to offer as a holocauht to
my "fetish," the god of bargains.
Jeans, Cassimeres, Flannels and Dress Goods are the leaders of the
coming week.
MLN-EDNm I-IVOIC T-OWELMS.
Fifty dozen Linen Huck Towels, a drive fearlessly offered as the best
Towel in Carolina, at twenty-fivo cents.
To close out an odd lot at less than the material cost. IExamine it.
I still reiterate the words so often expressed-polite and courteous
attention given every visitor, whether buyer or not.
J. L. MIMNAUGH,
jnn!0 TH-E TJEADECR OF LOW PRICEF.
ATTHE CORNER S i OR!E
FALL AND WINTER GOODS.
W E BEG leave to inform our customers and The public generally, that we have
rofolately disposed of our Grocery Department for the purpose of making more
room for our
Which are now in store, and have been marked af. prices to induce nick sales, W
cannot enumerate the iarious kinds and styles. but cordially inviie al to call andV
amine our stock, and we shall endeavor to make it the interest of all to purchase.
CLOTHING, H1AT8 AND GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS.
This department has been extep ied, and we guarantee prices as low as the lowest,
Our Troy City Perfect Pitting Crown Shirt, cannot be surpassed. Laundried or Un.
isundriod made to order if desired.
BAY STATE STANDARD SCREWED SHOES
Are our specialty, and to those who haive tried thom we need not odd words. To
those who are yet strangers to the dure-bility of this ionestly made d3ho, we arsk you
to call and buy your winter supply, oi a single pa-ronly, if you prefer trying them.
You will not have to come often--they are acknowlod'erl by many to outwear any
Shoe made.
ALSO
ZEIGLER BROTHERS' Gents', Ladies', Misses', and Infants' Fine 8hoes. Itedu,
your 8 o bill and save money by uuying Lhe bure. Remember the plaoe
J. M. BEATY & CO.,
oct 7 ON THE COIRNER.
$3 5, 0 0 0
FOR THE GOOD, THE TRUE, AND THE BEAUTIFUL!
WILL BE DISTRIBUTED BY
DES ORT.,S & EIDMUNDS,
(UNDER WRIGHT'S HOTEL,)
N Mercbandise, during FAII WEEK, at most attractive prices. See our Dress
and(ed in ll the latewe styl .smriwmiig tSilks and batin., 1 osu ry, landkerchifs
Gnt NodCins ot oiewert mievtieij. Giens' aid Youths' Hats inl largo stock, Ladies',
Gentts' und Children',. hootts and glioes, aliw( lriew miud stylsh, at New York
prices; Blankets, Carpets, comfortakIs a and .Itbe, pt she Nw Store of
D ERPORTES &EDMUNDS,
nov a Under Wright'1 Hotel, Columbia, 6. 0.
The Best Ever Prodlced!
THE DAVIS VERTICAL FEED
SMUING MICIHIN2
CHALLENGES THE WORLD TO 1PROiUCE TS EQUAL
$1,000 REWARD.
M, One thousand dollars reward ofrered to any person that will do As grea
a range of work, and do it. as well, on aii- other yliuuc As es can bo done on
the "DAVIS VElTICAL FEED SEWING ACIIINP." Arraigeindos or
lie contest will be made with any one desh ing to co Apte torra n gbovemantfed
reward, within a reasonable time alter written apIMCIcal o h I >celve-nam.
DAVIS 8EWING MACH INE Co.,
Another large lot of the above Machines and the Improved Weed Just re
ceived.J. . oO, gent.
it oand Colored Piques, Dress Goods in variety, Illusion, Silks, Satins,
bbos, Cosets andLoe, tonlas, Hosiery, Lace Bonnets, Ruching,
olts, inn adL'atce ClryGos, 1?cus, Tes and ever thing general y
found. You an gstotall oi 0 s Fancy Ooods and Millimery Establish
nwere ou ngo l yo vant asteasunably as same good. an be bouht
J. O.eBOA'
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