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1r - t at L.... X I R s XIIr I.ur13 OTS NEW BERRY, S. 0., W EDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1887.A..JOE,Pblorad roito.N 7 The Grange E4caupment. The following letter will be sent to the Masters of the State Grancs of our sister States by our Grange COIAmissioners: Dear Sir and .Bro: The State Grange of South Caro. lina at its recent annual sessipn (2d and 8d Feb., 18 7) appointed the un dgrsigned as commissioners on its part to meet similar commissioners from the States of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina, to form and arrange a board 'of man= agement and supervision of the Inter. State Grange Encampment already agreed upor by these respective State Granges, through the masters of the same. Ample grounds with all needed buildings, railroad sidings, water facilities, etc., etc., have al. ready been contributed free of cost by the liberal and public spirited patrons and citizens of the enter. prising city and county of Spartan. burg. Direct and quick railroad transit has been secured at the most favorable rates allowed to any others. This is to respectfully request that you will at once arrange for the three commissioners (yourself and two others) from your State Grange to meet similar ones from the other four States at the city of Spartaii. burg, S. 0., on the 6th day of April, 1887, then and there to organize the said fifteen commissioners into a per. manent board of management of the said Inter-State Grange Encamp. ment, and to make all by-laws, rules and regulations for conducting and governing the same. The State of South Carolina has instructed her Commissioner of Agriculture to make an exposition of this department at the Encampment, and appropriated $1,000 to build a hall for the same. The ground for this hall has been donated by the Encampment com= pany to the State, and the same will be doi,ated to any of the other States desiring to make exposition of their resources. We most respectfully and earnestly -urge that your coin missioners'shall meet the others at the time arid place stated without fall, for it is of vital importance that everything shall be promptly done, and in time to have the first annual Encampment fully advertised in all the Grange newspapers throughout the Union. Let us hear from you as soon as possible. Very respectfully and fraternally, JAS. N. LIpscoum, A. P. BUTLER, J. W. WOFFoRD, Commissioners of So. Ca. State Grange for the Inter-State . Grange Encampment. What the Inter-St%to Incanpment is Expected to Accomplish. Carolina Spartan, Feb. 9th. Many people do not yet fully com. prehend what the encampment is in. tended to accomplish, and as it is a new thing in the South, it may be well to state a few of the benefits contemplated by- the originators of the scheme. It is to be an annual meeting of farmers and manufac. titrers, lasting one to four weeks * as the interests of the occasion de. mand. It'will embrace all the fea. * res of an agricultural fair and stock show. Sp,ecimnens of farm, gar. den and orchard products will be ar ranged for exhibition. The p)rodlucts of the "forests will also be there. Then the State exhibit, whiich ini it. self is a big show, will be sent here. Manufacturers of all sorts of agricul= tural implements will have samples of their work on hand. if the farm. cra Qf this arnd adjoininig cotinties take a lively interest in the matter and build tents and move in for a week or two, then the manufacturers and stock men from abroad will con= gregate here.' They look upon a large encampment as the very best place to advertise their goods. Apart from the exhibition and sale of agri= * cultural implements and fine stock. threrce will be Qther feattires that will look more to the education of the farmers. In the course of time there will be lectures from men who unite science with practice. Suggestions will be made to farmers, which will set them to thinking. Then there will grow out of this a school fol cookery in which ladies may learn how to cook and what to-cook. Itils expected that the social feature oh these meetings will pay for all the trouble of camping for a week or two. Farmers and thmele fqmilie from different counties and States can meet here and become acquainted with each other. Tis In itself will be an Important factor in the educa tion of the young. It will afford r vacation for tired wives. After wor rying over the cooking and washing and cleaning of the family for seve. ral months, it will b'e better than medicine for her to move out to this encamapment where she can~ mingle With her sisters and conrpare notes ~nd live a week or two without being bnrdened by household cares. The association has bought' thirty acres of land on the Air Line road just ilL~ff__-~_ outside of the incorporation. They are now clearing this off and will soon erect a tabernacle, with shingle F, roof, that will accommodate a large l crowd. A house will also be erected. Lots will be assigned for tents. The grounds - will be laid bff regularly and the Air Line road will put in all 1e necessary side tracks. The first meet- th ing will be next summer. The- coin. pr mittee asks citi-4ens of the county to PI give material help in this matter. A CO share in the association is only $10. in It is not expected that the stock. gr holders will make money, but if the ro enterprise should fail the land will sl+ belong to them. Atter it Is once th started it will be self-supporting. lb Our people should give all the assis. bF tance liossible in starting the en. at canmpment and placing it on a per. T inauent. basis. th Presentment of the Grand Jury. to Cl To His Ionor A. P. Aldrich, Judge m Presiding : se The Grand Jurors, at the close of wl their labors for this term of Court of o General Sessions, would most re spectfully report to your Honor- cn That they have carefully consid. to ered all bills handed them by Solici. tor Duncan; and in the further dis- nc charge of our duty, we have made a It full and careful examination of the m jail and jail yard and buildings. We ta find that the plastering is off in to many places, that the glass is out in th a number of windows. This s' uld th all be repaired at once. The sight tu ning rod is down and-should be re- nc placed very soon, so as to give pro- ti, tection to the building. We recom mend that the entire inside of the jail, especially the cells, be thorough. Ci ly repaired and cleansed. The clean. ing is very much needed. The T< kitchen is very much in need of re- at pairs. There should be a new stable so and a privy built on the-jail lot, and be we think this should be done at at once. We recommend that the Coun. tr ty. Commissioners, without delay, cc have boxes, one for each cell, not at less than one foot square, made-and pr placed in the cells, such boxes to be filled with sand; and that the pris- in oners be required to spit in those wl boxes, and that the sand be changed w as often as required by cleanliiess. in We recommend that the jury rooms w, be repaired and cleans'ed,-nnd that wl some plan be adopted for heating cc these rooms, and that such furniture sl be placed therein as would conduce b3 to the comfort of -the jurors while wl confined there for deliberation. wi We also recommend that good of substantial cast-iron banisters be CO placed on the steps in front of the ri Court House. ril We advise that all public high. sh ways be kept open the entire width b3 required by law, and that all roads gu be worked by uniform plans and a specifications; also that the County th Commissioners be required to furnish Overseers of Highways with all such tools as may be needed to facilitate work on the roads, and that each overseer be held responsible for all tools given him for use on his road. 'rie Commissioners shiold be re quired to keep an inventory of all ut such tools to be made and kept, and in that such inventory be handed to the lic Grand Jury at each term for verifi- th cation, and that such tools be used th for no other purttpose than working th the p)ublic roads. fa The County Poocrhouse was ex- or amined by a committee of our body, to who report that they find every- hi thing in and about the Poorhouse in thi fair condition ; the building, bedding bI and all tihe paupers seemed to be mn clean and fairly kept, We advise 'r that no more wood be allowed to be hc cut from the Poorhouse farm, as all al will be needed for the use of the qi farm. We allow our clerk, J. S. Reid, m thiree dollars fof- services rendered, Iz and advise that it be paid. ei H. C. Moseley. Foreman; WV. P. ei MicCullomigh, 13. 1'. Can non, Pat Bol- Io and, T. 8. Blair, O. Wells, Lamnbert to L. Moore, Calvin K. Baker, David er Pitts, C. C. McWVhirter, J. D. A. pi Kibler, P. B. Warner, John Baker, ril G. WV. Bowers. t . SPEcIAL ORDEIRs. Cc On hearing the presentment of the hm< Grand Jury, and on motion of D. R. te D)uncan, Solicitor, it is ordered that is a copy of so much of said present. 'T ment as refers to the Jail of' said ct county, the Courthouse steps, the et highways and tools to work the ri same, m}nd the wood land of the 10 County Poorhouse, be served on the Board of County Commissioners of gi Newberry County.- -ti1 A. P. A unucir. p< 8th February, 1887. St Cot. Cowvard Appointed Postofmee In- al spector. ti, Col. A. Coward, of this place, has be recived'the appoIntmient .f postollce q inspector and will enter upon the at discharge of his duties in a few te days, though lie does not know Just ti now to what.territorty lie will be as signed.--orkvil/c nquimm ai WHAT 18 NEEDED NOW. 'om Address of Prof. J. J. McCain of rakine College Before the Y. M. C. A. of Due West. The Christian gentleman is much eded now. He is needed to take e place of defaulting cashiers and esidents of banks; to take the ace of absconding treasurers of unties and States. He is needed the balls of Legislaure and Con. ess. He is needed in the school om and at the editor's desk, to as t in moulding a public sentiment at will frown upon whatever is dis. nest and corrupting, and that will the best preserver of the liberties id the institutions of our country. hie world recognizes this fact; and e confidence which it places in men sound Christian character is its stimony to the influence of the ristian religion in making true en. It pays to buy this truth and 11 it not; and I pity the young man Io does not make it a part of his itfit for a successful life. Another truth to which I wish to l attention is that our oppor nities are the visits of angels to us. e know not what we do wh,.n we glect them, or fail to improve them. is right here that so many young en make the mistake that proves fa l. They neglect their opportunities .day, but they expect to improve em to-morrow; they neglect them is year, but they are determined to rn over a new leaf and do better xt. But while they delay, precious ne slips by never to be recalled. Co-morrow, and to-morrow and to-mor row eeps in this pretty face from day to the last syllable of re<orded time": d thus neglected opportunities lie attered along the track of their rren life as the bones of perished imals and men along the caravan's %ck in the desert. Neglect be mes habit, habit becomes nature; d the fairest opportunities then esent themselves in vain. It is by granting opportunities to en that God demonstrates to the rld the worth of some and the )rthlessness of others, since noth. g shows more plainly the stuff that 3 are made of than the manner in sich we .seize upon and turn to ac. unt our opportunities. 'Casar owed the stuff that ho was made of regarding it an opportunity for -iting his commentaries when he s tiding in his carriage at the rate a hundred miles a day, over untries without roads and over ere without bridges. Elihue Bur t one of our own countrymen, owed the stuff that he was made of learning no less than forty lan. ages while working at the trade of blacksmith, illustrating in this way e very truth of the poet's words, "Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought." Senseless War Talk. A great deal of unnecessary and founded war talk has been indulged during the p)ast week by the pub ation of abstracts frrm a report of a adjutant general of the army on e condition of tile Stater militia roughout tihe country. Tihe mere ot that a report on this branch of, auxiliary to, tihe army should go Congress at this time appears to yve been all that was necessary, in e light of the agitation of a poss5i e urush with Canada, to provoke 1101 talk of an Imminent dillcultv. tie fact is, that there is less likeli od of trosuble now with Great Brit n, or any other country, tihan for a iarter of a century. Tis report on tbe condition of the ilitia, showing that there are organ ed and ready for service nearly ght millions of men, is sent t-> ory Congress by statutory provis n and has never attracted any at ntion before. It has been consid ed but a dusty paragraph for the 'ess associations and has never ien to tile dignity of attracting at ution or comment from the special rrespondents. Just at this time, >wever, anythling which can be dis rted Into a subject of war comment grasped at like fish take a fly. hIe reader should understand this undition of affairs here and take the atemnents thley see about the prepa. tiona for war withl the grain of al iwanco that they deserve. It is the belief of the men in Con es and the departments that since e United States have shown a dis >sition to strike back and demon ratedl a willingness to prepare to shit, that we will have peace withl id fairness at tile bands of all na ene. In the event we get some gun >ats andl fortifications we can, it Is ~lieved, command respect in all iartere of the globe ; but there 'e nIlany nations which will expec rate at us till we are able to resent 0 insult. "We can go to war with any na on on earth," aidl Serntor Uanmm. of Michisan, discussing, recently, the possibility of a dilffculty with Eng land. "And besides," he continued, "we can maintain our financial status and keep up a war which would bank rupt any other nation. When I was in England last year I was asked by a a lord what sized army we could Ju raise, and you ought to have seen his w eyes pod when I replied that we U could organize and equip four mil. ll lions of soldiers, and have enough dc men left at home to keep up our con- d mercial and agricultural interests. The fellow could not comprehend it. pr But it is true. The United States th has the most courageous and saga. se clous warriors in the world, and when they fight from patriotism they exer cise a judgment known to no other Ci soldiers. I don't think we will have lc any fighting with England, but if we Li do she will fall as sure as fate, for we can whip her anywhere."- Was.. ington Correspondence News and Co. fo nier. re The Columbia Record on the Wrong Side. to 'cc Dee index. nN The Columbia Record has arrayed le Sc itself s: the wrong side in defending . the action of the City Council of al Columbia in -licensing a cock-pit. It al is a reproach upon the State at large C that a custom so repugnant to the he refined sensibilities of the people of or South Carolina should find even one m apologist and defender among re- n putable journals of the State. The Council of Colutnbia is grasp- T1 ing and rapacious and in sore need of money when it seeks to fill its empty coffers by licensing what the whole enlightened people of the State have condemned in unmeasured C terms as a blondy and barbarous C and disgraceful sport. d According to the Record cock w th fighting is allowed only because it is o a source of revenue. The sporting o fraternity, it says, will have its diver- ti sion of this kind anyway, so it is bet ter to license it, levy a tax on it and tb make is one of the city's regular, un- t failing sources of income. As a means of money making the ai city council might add to the other a attractions for sporting characters gi the further attractions of hull-baiting ni and- gladiatorial contests. If one, a why not the other ? 'Their difference e is in degree, not in kind. t Of all places in the State, Colum- pt bia should be the last to sanction a practice so opposed to theamorals of our civilization. The seat of the di famous South Carolina College and Id of the Columbia Female College, the proud capital, of a cultured people, it should be free from the evils which drag down and imbrute young man. hood. The good people of Columbia w owe it to themselves to repudiate this at action of their cour,cil. Tle Regis ter has done so, but we have yet to see that the warfare which that able journal is waging against the hideous tr vice is supported and maintained by the people of Columbia. generally. If it is, the council must either re- t form ttheir ways or step down and out and make room for good mei more in sympathy with the refine-r ment and culture of the age. TFhe Sailvation Army in Spatrtanb urg. v. V1 Carolina Spartan, Feb. 9th. The niethiods used are such as are th common me:'ings of the Methodist w, church. Every moment of the time ar is taken up and they pass5 rapidly M] from one exercise to another. These fo officers seem to be good earnest peo- h< pIe whose chief desire is to save M1 p)eople from their sins. As to p)ublic opinion here some of our p)eop)le think the. Salvation Army a postive injury to Christianity and they will not .even hear them. '[here are few St in this class. Many of our church ar people approve this work, or any p1 evangelistic work, whether done by w man or woman, that gets after the is non-church goihg p)eole. Here in ", Spartanbur~g there Is rooJm for these p1 officers to do good and effective w work. '[he pulpit with its orderly gi and systematic ministrations does ul not reach out a friendly hand to the di street loafers who stand on the street ct corners on Sunday. The regular mini- w ister cannot attack sins in low (lens hi of vice, lie cannot enter certain hi p)laces and p)lead with fallen and out- p, cast classes. Of course there are p many thoughtless persons who will b1 go out to hear these people just to t[I have a laugh, or make sport, but Ia earnest, honest enthusiasm, utn ited with pure lives, will soon put such men to silence. Journalistic Enterprise. et rThe New York JJer-ald did a bril- ai liant piece of work in publishing a a fnll criticism of the fIrst perfor- tI mance of Verdi's new opera of n< "Othello." '[he performance closed pi at 1 A. M. Sunday morning at Milan, se Italy, and the Herald published the re same morning an authentic and able si criticism, written by "Vitor," who at had sat through the perfrmane. a AN HONOR FOR HASKELL. is Blade U. S. Direotor of the Pa oiiie Railroad. The Administration continues to ower its favors on South Carolin is, the latest beneficiary being dge A. C. Ilaskell, of Columbia, io has been selected as one of the iited States directors for the Pa lc Railroad Company. He was en ,rsed-by the entire South Carolina legation, and at one time was ominently mentioned for a commis mnership under the provisions of e Inter-State commerce bill. There ems to be no question about his pointment, as the President has rormed members of the South irolina delegation that he has so. ned Judge Haskell, and Sucretary imar says he has directed the ap. intment papers to be prepared. South Carolinians continue to come rward and present their claims for cognition on the Inter State com prce commission, bqt there seems be but little prospect of one of the e rich plums coming our way, at nst that is the impression of the muth Carolina Congressmen. Be les, if the President should eventu. ly turn to our State for one of the mmissioners, .he would p)robab)y lect Ex-Governor Bonham, who a been strongly endorsed by the tire delegation and other promi ut members in the State.- Wash glon Colr. News and Courier. ie Temperance Lecture of lon. John B. Finch in Greenville. Baptist Courier. The ladies composing the Woman's iristian Temperance Union never d a better thing for the cause in iich they are so deeply interested an when they secured the services Hon. John B, Finch to lecture in reenville. Mr. Finch was an en re stranger to nearly every one in ir city, but he has completely won e regard and esteem of our citizens merally. His lectures are filled ith common sense and practicality, d his logical presentation of the eat truths advocated by him can >t be refuted. Wit and anecdote e used by him with splendid rect, but they never obscure e argument he is making, nor ish aside the main point at which is aiming, which is to convince s hearers that the liquor traffic is unmnitigated evil, and that it is the ity of Christian men and women to bor unceasingly for its extermina )mn. The first lecture was delivered by r. Finch on Saturday evening, ien the Opera house was comfort 0iy filled with an iintelligenb au ence, and for nearly two hours the oquent lecturer depicted the evils the, liquor business in this coun 7. On Sunday afternoon, when e audience was greatly increased, id a number of persons were unable get standing room in any part of e house, the lecture was mainly votel I a consideration of the medics .or the great evil of Intemn rance. In both lectures there was Sabsence of abuse and (denuncla. n. and an earnest efTort to con nce the understanding and per. ande the attentive listeners to right tion. In order to accommodate e people from the country, who are here In large numbers, It was ranged for Mr. Finch to lecture on onday afternoon, andI the demand r his services was so general that was compelled to lecture again on on .. ay night. Very Mucha Needed. The WVhite Cross Society has artedl out to- suppress profanit.y 1(d indecent language In the pubIllic aces of New York. The crusade ill bie against such story telling as alwa~ys mark.ed by the presence of nen only." Thie White Cross peO e 'say tihe young man nowadays bo can tell thme nastiest story is re Lrded ats a great hero) and Is a pop. ar fellow, and that the comnmer al traveller's return to a store in a untry place is oftentimes awaited th Interest because of the stories carries with him and leaves be nd to be told and retold (luring the ~riod of his absence. T1he society oposes to swoop (down on all such r' appealing to employers first and en to the men who use Ihe had nguage. The Rlight Mana. News and Courier. We hope that our WVashington rrespond ent is correctly informed, id that Col. A. C. Ilaskell is to be >pointed Government dlirector of e Pacific'- Railroad. There couldl >t be a better choice for so imn. >rtant a position, in which It Is Cs ntial, above all things, that the presentative of tihe Government all be familiar with railway affairs ad be likewise absolutely upright al independent. For the IEIALD AND NsWs Thoughts for the Thoughtful. DY TIHE OLD QNE:. INTO IIEI SUNSuINE. How much better it is to be in the sunshine than under the cloud. We remember reading of the little boy who was blessed with the kindest of fathers. in the other hand this lit tle boy had a cross aunt', who always made it a point to reprove and scold lhim for any and every fault which lie committed, but who never gave inm a word of encouragement or )raise for any good or meritorious %ct which he did. The boy naturally was only happy in his father's pres moe. And so it is with all of us, young and old. Soft words are much etter than unkind or harsh ones. Jne of the most reprehensible habits a that of continual fault flnding. B3etter far to praise and encourage youth to noble and praise-worthy leeds than, by the reverse, to bring ut in them the worse sides of hu nan nature. COOsSI'INO. The man or woman who is guilty Af gossiping is to be dreaded by all ruthful minds, for the practice of it works infinite harm. It is hurtful to he sensitive mind. The confirmed ossip is nearly always malicious or guorant. The young should shun it by the most thorough culture, and relieve themselves from temptation to indulge in it. It is low, frivolous, and too often a dirty pastime. There are some neighborhoods where it rages like a pest, and like an excres cence mars the beauty and excel. lence of the human character. Of all characters, rid us of the gossip; no one admires him or her. It is an tin. happy dommunity where the practice of gossiping exists. As we have said, it can be cured by culture. THIE UIF'I OF IUMIoIt. The next fault to gossiping is the exercise of h'umor, and it may be doubted whether this gift to a child at its birth is a good or an evil one. The child thus gifted can hardly reach an eminence at anything-if he has it his career is barrel in many directions. When a man has both earnestness and humor in great measure, the latter is always trip ping him up. le will always be perplexing or offending his asso ciates, who are too dense to appre ciate or understand him. Humor makes more enemies fora man than friends, for what is not understood seems hostile and dangerous. After a long life, full of various experience, we have found that but few persons can take a joke, and particularly when told with a seriousness natural to one given to humor or the expres sion of Jokes. CONSCIENCE AN AVENOEIi. What an avenger is conscience 1 It is always ready to vindicate the majesty of broken law. "Conscience makes cowards of us all." Sin is re buked byeit, and a stern voice passes sentence on the sinner. You cannot flee from conscience-one may as well call upon0 the mountain to cover him uip andl hide him as to attempt to avoid his offence being discov. ered. Your sin shall surely find you out. It is a knawing worm, which secretly preys on your vitals. Though It may for a timne be hidden or cov ered up, and we may seem to pros per, while engrossedl in the excite ments of the world, the time will come when the dlebt must be paid, andl with interest too. Sin not Is the dlivinie command. Some time that Qiutraged friend, conscience, will r'ise upl and dto its ofhice, and the avenging hand be lifted up. PRIAIsE OF A wIFE. The good1 wi fe, the fai thlful comn p)anion, the sharer of our trials and our woes, seldom gets the praise which her virtues and her self sacri ficing sp)irit merit. Looking over an old paper lately we cambO across the following beauti ful rep)ly mnade by the late D)aniel O'Connell in re sponse to a toast given in comupli ment to his wife, who was the object of his long attachment. Tihe English language could furnish nothinzg more touchingly tender and gracciul: "Trhere are some top)ics of so sa credl and sweet a nature, that they may be comphrehlended( by those who are hIappjy, but they cannot p)ossibly be described by any human being. All that I shall do is to thank you in the name of her who was thme disin terested choice of my early youth; who was the cheerful complanion of my manly years; and who is Lthe sweetest solace of that "sere and yel low leaf" age at which I have ar rived. In her name I thank you; andI this y'ou may readily believe; for experience, I think, will show to us all that man cannot battle and struggle with malignant enemies uin. less his nest at home is warm aud comfortable-unless the honey of hni man lhfe is presented by a hand that, he loves."