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A. C. JONES, EDITOR. Xe'berry, S. C. WEI)N ESDAY, MAR. 9, 1887. NEWSPAP'IERI (:ItANIE llaving sold to Messrs. Elbert II. Aull and Wim. P. IIouseal the press, material and business of the ITERALD AND NE;ws, my connection with the paper as editor and proprietor ceases to-day. Messrs. Aull and liouseal aro authorized to collect all accounts due for subscrip Mions and advertisements and will com plete my contracts for advertisements and paid subscriptions. I thank our pa trons for their kind and substantial sup port during our connection with the HllDAD AN) NEws and our corres pondents for their aid in giving us the conut y news and ask for the firm a con tinuance of the same. A. C. JOifS. ANNOUNCEMENT. As will be seen from the above we have purchased the IHERALD AND NEWS from Mr. A. C. Jones. We will con tinue the publication of the paper at the same place as well as the job oflee, and we solicit the encouragement and sup port of the pnblie. We will use every effort on our part to make the IIERALD AND NEws in every respect a first class newspaper. We will carry out all un executed contracts made by Mr. Jones for advertisements and subscriptions, and will be pleased to renew the same when out. E LBERT 11. AULL. WM. P. IOUSEA L. In again assumning editorial charge of the IJERALD AN! NEWS, I have no promises to make and only say that I slhall aiways strive to perform every dity. My office will be In the front room of the IIERALD AND NEws building. ELIERT II. AULL. Newberry S. C. March 9, 1887. VVork of the 40th Congrees. The tollowing is a list of the more important House bills which have be come laws To forfeit the Atlantic and Pacifie Railroad land grant. To increase the pension of widows and dependent relatives from $8 to $12 per m1onth . To abolish certain fees for ofilcial ser vices to American vessels, and to amend the shipping laws, (the Dingley shipping bill.) To amend the Tlurman Act. It re quires the Pacific railroads to pay the costs of surveying and conveying their land grants, and subjects the lands to taxation so soon as the companies are entitled to them, notwithstanding the fact that they may delay selection. To increase the naval estiblshment. --..tca the a' " or peli, thtlt. Y flin For the retirement and recoinage o the trade dollar. ' Electoral count bill. For the allotment of lands In severalty to Indians. To repeal the Tenure-of-onlce Act. To increase the annual appropriatiot for the militia. To establish agricultural experimen stations. * .For the study of the effects of narcot ies and Intoxicants In public schools. To legalize the Incorporation of ti unions. Authorizing the transmission o weather reports through the mails fret of postage. To indemnify the Chinese for losses sustained by the Rock Springs, Wyomn Ing, riots. .For the erection of a military tele graph line between Sanford and Poini Jupiter, Florida. T'Io make Tampa, Florida, a port o. entry. To provide for the execution of Ar ticle 2 of the Chinese treaty of Novem ber 17, 1880. It prohibits the importa tion of opium into either country b3 citizens of the other. For the erection of public buildings as follows : Augusta, Ga.; Huntsville, Ala. Jacksonville, Fla. The- most noteworthy of the private Senate bills which became laws were : To remove the political disability of Alex. R. Lawton, of Georgia. Granting the franking privilege to and pensioning Mrs. Grant. Of the foregbing measures seven be came laws by the expiration of the con stitutional ten days' liimitation, viz., the Mormon polygamy bill, the trade dollar redemption bill, the militia bill and fou private bills. The Senate bills vetoed were 39 in number, 11 being of a public and 28 of a private character. The 93 louse billb vetoed lncluded 87 private bills and ( bills of a public nature. Of the 1,093 IIouse bills which became laws 275 were more or less of a public nature ; of the remainder, granting pensions or reliel to specially designated persons, 156 be. came laws without the approval of the President. WHY TIE SENATE EAT DIRT. There seems to have been very littl contest in the Senate over the con firmation of James M. Trotter, colored the nominee to the oflice of recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia, an' no utterance of the Senate has been or is to be expected on the subject. Thei action of the body, though evilently in consistent with the principles enunciatdc in connection with the Matthews case, upon the heels of which it so closel) follows, is explained in a variety o! ways. Trotter came, it is urged, witi an excellent record as an Ex-Unior soldier, which, with the Senate, count, for much. No charge was made against him, as was the case with Matthews either of a business or political nature, and there was nothing to be said in op position to him, beyond the fact that he is an alien- to the District. Upon this point, so strongly urged in the Matthew. case, it is stated that the Senate has made a record of its principles, having pronounced itself emphatically in favoi of the selection of a District man for i purely local ofice. NO EXTRA SESSION. It is said, at the White House, that there is no probability of an extra ses sion of the Senate being called by tha Presidegt for the purpose of acting or nominations, or for an other purpose T) i s -ie a ,J c a i n telt41 .Upre is 11 - lh JALAPA. On February 26th otie of the heaviest rains fell that has fallen, since the 81st of August last. * Plowed- land was washed considerably. 'Up to 20th of February rains have been so gentle through the winter ' poiths. What our creeks and branches -ihave* not been raised over four inches, u d their chan nels have almost becoone clogged with moss and leaves. Our farmers are be gIling to stir the soil in earnest, and they scon to be in fin.e spirits to begin fighting the dificult battles that every farmer has to contend with, more or less. I think our agricultural people of this county can, without a doubt, boast of the good condition of our stock, for I don't remember seeing mtlle.s and horses in a better condition to begin to make a crop than thef are this spring. Gardeners are beginning to make good headway in the vegetable crop. Some have planted beans, squashes and eucum bers. One has cabbage plants large enough to transplant. Seven car loads of guano have been shipped to our city, and several more expecbd to arrive soon. The small grain crop Is looking re markably fine, and ithe seasons hit the oats crop it will be a great blessing to our county; a bountiful crop was sown this spring, and will be needed' very much, as most of our farmers mAde a very poor crop of corn last year. W. C. S. O'NEALL DOTS. We wonder why some of the editors don't visit our section of the country. If one of them comes, it must be by a special invitation to a picnic or barbecue. We now invite you to come on the 2nd Sabbath evening; and hear Rev. Marks preach. It will do you more good than all the political speeches you heard in the last campaign. Messrs. Garret and. Pool, of North Carolina, are in oui community with a drove of horses. Just received a copy of the Century. If any father wants to give his daughter a Christmas present, let him commence now and give her this valuable journal for one year. Girls, read "Cross-Coun try Riding In America," and see if it does not inspire you. It makes us al most forget that we are forty. Would that It were not so. J. A. L, PROVIDENCE. Que of Mr. John V. Sheely's children received a severe gash in the face last week. Thel-e was a musical entertainment-at Mr. Wedaman's last Thursday night. It was quite a success. The music was a grand success. Messrs. Aull and Ridle huber know how to handle a bow. G. B. Aull comes to the front with a snake tale. le killed live of a peculiar variety. For further.particllars call on Mr. Aull. Rev. S. T. lallman addressed the St. Paul's school last Friday in. the after noon. ills subject;,twas temper. le showed conclusively.that the success of boys and girls depend a great deal upon the government of tlelr temper. .I wish I could give you his.address in full. It was excellent. - There was a fand ngo at Mr. P. B. Ellisors last Tiesd night. The music was furnished b Me srs. Aull, Boland and Bolnest. dtly aeemped to en yant lWtU.ut l uaa8a t o 0 0 t31s St 1 TEACHERS' DEPARTMENT. ARTHUR KIBLER, EDITOR. O'Neall Academy. For the last public term our school has numbered seventy and averaged forty. We have had much pleasant, hard work, and can see but little fruit of our labor, yet we are assured "we shall reap if we faint not." Attending our conventions strengthens us much, and we cannot see why our teachers do npt more generally attend. We think it would be- well for the State Superintendent to require all to attend a certain per cent. of the mneetings. Since our last meeting I have been trying the new method of teaching read ng, and like it real well in some cases, but it \vill take a while to convince our people that the first book needed is a reader. Indeed, in some cases the reader Is really not bought until the pa rents think proper. Our school has been composed of all iges and sizes from 4 to 25, and we can safely say no teacher has a more genteel rowd. Witi the exception of about 1wenty-flve little fellows, a case of dis Apline is rare. When we read the va rious school journals with their well de veloped prInciples and striking -nccom plishments, we feel -sorely discouraged, td think It is possible that we are do Ing almost nothing, even with all our hard, hard work. We do want and try to make a foot-print and' is it possible we are a failure? Not long since a ray )f ,r fort came to us. We received a pu >11, .. oright looking girl, into our school. she spoke fluently of diagraming, of good and bad marks, zero, etc. To tell the truth we felt rather badly, and as the girl came from a distance to attend school, we be1an to think she would not be much stricken with our old, rustle way of teaching. We asked for her text books and found them suel- %s we used. Dn inquiry she said she - \vell along in arithmetic and gra ...ar, but what was our surprise to find that she could not tell the first from the second person, Dr a quotient from a product. We know that the one by whom she had been taught was a scholar. Of this we could see evidences, but his scientific plans had failed to impart that instruction in the country school room, which would have been imparted to a school where ats tendance is regular throughout the year. Some one may smile at this, but country teacher, Is it not so? We usuailly teach from 8 o'clock until 5, giving tie old fashioned hour at 12, and two short recesses. To learn our selves and pupils something of parlia mentary rules we have organized a lit erary society known as "Cornelian Lit erary Society. The children enjoy this, and we think it beneficial. We also have a library of very good books, which Is quite an acquisition, and we do not see why we had not thought of this sooner. J. A. L. Teachers' Association. The county teachers' association will meet at Prosperity, on 1st April. The following is the programme: ITnw to command the respect and obedience of pupils-Rev. G, IV. Hol land. Common and decimal fractions-Prof. E. . Counts. Oral a'nd written spelling- iss Joe Lang ford. What constitutes a teacher=-G. G. Sale, Esq. Teachers, we should make our first meeting at Prosperity a grand success. to the e 1 e or t+ anue K sa.1.Qti',nelpsf? - OI nn .gi i.. t on o ,e. New Advertisements. DELINQUENT LAND SALE. TowNSHIP No. 1. 1 lot and 1 building, assessed in name of Wade H1. Coleman. 1 lot and I buildlg, assessed in name of Lucy Coleman. 3 lots and 2 buildingd, assessed in name of Elvira Turley. No. 2. 50 acres, assessed In name of Ann W. Beam. 57 acres, assessed in nane of Malvina Evat . 590 acres and 10 buildings. assessed in name of Jas. I. Fair & Co. 75 acres and 1 building, assessed in name of P. Butler Sligh. 514 acres and 2 buildings, assessed in name of Caroline M. Sondley. No. 3. 500 acres, assessed in name of Wilkal B. Chaplin. 600 acres and 1 building, assessed in name of John A. Gilliam. 84 acres, assessed in name of 0. A. Hardy. 75 acres and 1 building, assessed in the name of G. E' Hardy. 575 acres and 2 buildings, assessed in name of Thos. B. Jeter. 180 acres and 2 buildings, assessed in name of Ben. S. Lyles. No. 5. 89 acres, assessed in the name of J. Newton Martin. No. 7. 8 acres and 1 building, assessed in name of Caroline Dean. 1 lot assessed in name of Richard K. Faulkner. 392 acres, assesse-] in name of C. L. Fuller. No. 9. 67 acres, assessed in name of Jno. Hair's estate. 370 acres, assessed in name of Sparta C. Kibler's estate. 2 acres and 1 building, assessed in tip .e of G. W. McNeaty. No. 10. 7 acres and 4 - buildings, assessed in name of Samps. Bridges. 115 acres and 2 buildings, assessed in name of Joseph Brown. 118 acres, assessed in ntame of Miriam Livingston. No. 11. 30 acres assessed in name of Willie Cromer. Notice Is hereby given that the whole of the :cveral-parcclls, lots and parts of lots of real estate described in the pre ceding list, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the taxes, penalties and assessments charged thereon, will be sold by Andrew H1. Wheeler. Treas urer of Newberry County, South Caro lina, at his olice in said county on Mon day the 4th day of April, A. D., 1887, unless said taxes, assessments and pen alties be paid before that time; and such sale will be continued from dqy to day, until all of said parcels, lots and parts of lots of real estate shall be sold or offered for sale. This 8th day of March, 1887. WM. W. IIOUSEAL; 3-9- Auditor Newberry County. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEWBERRY-IN COMMON PLEAS. SiIas.Johnstone, Master, vs. Louisa C. Hunter and others. STAT COU John b By vi abovest ' c.r.S 1 will se til a. thf fist 430 P' " A887, at t. Pray bidder, ltev. A- " land situ xt sunda county a P. '" ro Elgghty-e) in.wet bounded ---iov- ' Chandler, y 81sooie dier and I polnten as the pro dler. 1YTEIAN 'erns a1c a e papers. iuporintc at j b P Sheriff's at 8 T. 'v 3-9-4t. sd ot. STATE hor lio 4.0p. r1 COUN' it It a.nI COMM ayatil Fannie J. 1ay atn The eredi uel F. Fa dory I quired to i ,er tive demant his office, o u of April, 18 at lcas SIL Master's 1rles a STATE O ' * COUNT onoe COMMO Chap Sarah E. Bu- d lo The credit -- D. Buzhardt, Ine SC quired to ren 11-s 11 demands, be! publ office, on or b April, 1887. C111 SILA 1Qal Master's Oil "ry l MILLINERY Ia' ook We are now t bo of ne.w Sprinb Lun White Goods, Dre Laces, DresS 111an1 and UJntr 1 A hen and other choic It tieles to please county. We res to call before m nt .I)yng of all ki )1 3-11y, 1301 SWA yo MElWHAN ESTARu COLUM 1 Is now replete wit WINT i Goods made Ye ti.-a Our style an ex 1 nurnmas as