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ELBERT H. AULL, Ernron. ELBERT H. AULL, r Proprietors. WM. P. HOUSEAL, j NEWBERRY. S. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 18;. A LIBRARY FOR NEWBERRY. The letter from a correspondent, pub lished in another column of this issue of The Herald and News, indicates that an effort is being made to organize a Library Society in the town of New berry. In fact, we to-day give place to the notice of a meeting which is called for next Friday evening to consider the subject. Regarding the practicability and wisdon of such an undertaking there can scarcely be any question. Years ago, before Newberry was near{ so big a town, there was a library society in existence here. To-day, with a college and with an improved system of schools, to say nothing of the number of people in our midst who can and do read, a library could be made to succeed. Few people have either the means or the inclination to buy all of the books that each year issue from the press. Except in very rare instances, more over, when one has read a book it is laid aside and that is the last of it. Is it not possible, however, as suggested in the letter referred to, for many-by pulling together-to enjoy advantages single efforts may be unable to bring? It would not be unwise to make the experiment. Other towns have success fully tried the plan; and we see no reason why 'Newberry, with so much in her favor, could not do equally as I well. For the success of the under- I taking The Herald and News will cer tainly do all in its power. Mzy we, therefore, not hope that on next Fri day night the movement will be put firmly on foot? THAT THIRD PARTY. We had no idea that Col. Keitt would take such umbrage at that little innocent squib of ours in last week's issue in which it was stated that the Alliance in this section was not ready for a third party. But Col. Keitt does object to it, and even taunts us for venturing an opinion of the sentiment of the Alliance when we are no mem ber. Well, now that is cruel. True, we do not belong to the Alliance and did not venture to speak cx cathedra for that noble order, but then we are sur rounded by Alliance- members and come in contact with them every day and think we know somewhat of their feelings in this matter, and if Col. Keitt will a little more closely sound the sen timent of the Alliance in this county and in this State he will lind that we are not far frorn correct. President Stokes. Senator Donaldson et Iry and others, ali prom Wee llace men, yet as we under stand it all of them claim to be Demo crats and hold office as such. J. L. ~eitt and W. D. Hardy, both promii nent Alliance men in this county, were -~* elected to the Legislature as Demociats and sbfar as we are informed still hold allegiance to that party. And we thought Col. Keitt himself claims to be a Democrat. The third party may conme. We kow that some persons are-advocat ing it. But we do not believe the peo l1e of this section are ready for it yet, stanced as we are we cannot afford it. While on this subject we desire to direct Co.Keitt's attention to a very sensible article in the last Economist on the third party question and the aims and objects of the Alliance by R. V. Gaines, of Virginia, and as bear ing on this subject quote the following: "In conclusion permit me to ask if at this early day we are to falsify our record and tranple upon our 'declara tion of purposes.' We have pledged ourselves to accomplish the high and noble task which we have undertaken in a 'strictly non-partisan spirit'; 'to constantly strive to secure entire har mony and good will among all man kind and brotherly love among our selves'; 'to suppress personal, local, and sectional and national prejudices, all unhealthy rivalry and selfish ambition.' "Shall those pledges and this great reform movement, upon which such Slarge expectations have been base~d, so soon come to grief? Surely this is a sight at which angels might weep:I "'And this above anl, to thine own self be And tuust follow, as thc night the day. SThou can'st not then be false to any man.' "There is one other fact which de mands our serious and thonghtfull at tention. The Farmers' Alliance is a secret fraternal organization. Is it not in conflict with our 'bill of rights.' and the whole tendency and spirit of free institutions to undertake to form a plitical party out of such materials? We have be~en taught that the 'free-f dom of the press and liberty of speech are the bulwarks of our liberties.' One' of the greatest philosophers and states men of France has declared that 'what ever is secret is doubtful.' The history of acoinim,the part played by that secret fraternity during the French revolution, the 'reign of terror' and the orgoten Inmore recent times we have had the Free Mason and the Know-nothing campaigns in this coun try which greatly alarmed our law bliding and liberty-loving people, andi from which we narrowly escuped al political convulsion. "In the best days of the Roman re-' public, when ruled by the Decemivirs,' and with the Twelve Tables for her code of laws, there were nine capital offenses: 1. Treason. 2. Secret or Snocturnal meetings in the city. 3. Murder, etc. So jealous was this peo pie of the purity of the elective fran n' chise that they reqjuired each citizen in coming to the polls to pas in single aifile over a long narrow bridge and to Iproclaim their votes aloud in open as-! sembly. Gibson tell us that the bronze statues erected by her Emiperors have been mnoulded into cannon by the Turks. The monuments erected to d her victories have crumbled to dst,butthat her code of laws is in sribed upon a fair and everlasting Smonument." The Barnwell Sentinel has reached1 Sits 39th birthday, and in an anniver sary editorial drops into poetry. We thought you were too old, brother Sen tine!, to let your fancy turn to poetry this early in the spring. But we will excuse you this time. We publish elsewhere in this paper n interview with Gen. Hampton. Read it. There is a lot of good hard common sense in much that he says. I ~- ~r- - THE COOSAW CASE. The Coosaw case, as it is termed, is attracting a good deal of attention, and is of considerable interest to the people of the State. So many letters, propo sitions, injunctions and orders have been written, obtained and passed since the 2nd day of March, when the phos phate commission went upon the wa ters of Coosaw and took formal posses sion of the phosphate territory in the name of the State, that the average reader is liable to get a little mixed in trying t: figure out the exact status of the case. That we know is our experi ence. It might be well and of interest to make a brief resumc of the history of the phosphate legislation in South Carolina. Prior to 1870, although it was known there was phosphate deposit of consid erable ,value in the beds of certain rivers of the State, none had been mined or placed on the market. In March, 1S70, an Act of the Legislature was passed granting to Geo. W. Vil liams and others the right to dig, mine and remove, for the full term of twenty one years, from the navigable streams and waters within the jurisdiction of South Carolina, the phosphate rock and phosphatic deposits on condition that the grantees pay to the State one dollar for every ton so mined. The said grantees were to enter into bond to make true return and to pay the royalty on the first of October. Some of these grantees, by agreement with the other grantees, mined in Coosaw river opposite Chisolm's Islapd, to the exclusion of the other grantees, and were excluded by said agreement from mining elsewhere. After the agree ments were signed they formed a joint stock company to be known as the Coosaw Mining Company. In 187.5 some misunderstanding arose as to whether royalty should be paid on all rock mined and removed wheth er marketed or not. There was also a difkreuce of opinion as to when the royalty should be paid. In 1876, March 28, another Act was was passed by the Legislature, the title of which reads as follows: "An Act to settle definitely the periods at which returns shall be made of phosphate rocks and phosphatic deposits dug and mined in the beds of the navigable streams and waters of the State of South Carolina, and the royalty shall be paid thereon; and also to fix the terms on which this Act may beaccept ed by the parties therein named." By this Act it was provided that re turns should be made to the Comp troller General at the end of each month of the amount of rock mined and the payment of the royalty should be made at the end of each quarter. After several "whereases" in which it is set out that the Coosaw Mining Com pany had already occupied Coosaw River near Chisolm's Island and ex pended large sums of money in estab lishing their plant, Section 3 provides "in consideration thereof": "That the said Coosaw Mining Company, on ac cepting the terms of this Act within ten days from the passage thereof, shall thenceforth have the exclusive right to occupy and dig, mine and remove phos phate rock and phosphatic deposits from all that part of the said Coosaw~ river above mentioned, so long as, and no longer, than they shall make true and faithful returns of the number of tons thereof they shall dig, mine and remove and ship or otherwise send to market and punctually pay the royalty thereon, as provided in the first section of this Act." The royalty was fixed at one dollar a ton. The Coosaw MIining Company ac cepted the terms of the above Act and complied with the conditions therein contained and continued mining until the 1st of MIarch of this year. The last Legislature passed another Act "To create a Board of Phosphate Commissioners defining its purposes and duties." The Act contains 1.5 sec tions and defines the powers and dutiis of the commission. Section 10 has di rect reference to the Coosaw Mlining Company. It provides "That the said Board of Phosphate Commissioners are hereby authorized and directed, after the first day of MIarch, 1891. to take possession and control of the Coosaw River phosphate territory, heretofore occupied by the Coosaw Mlining Com pany, and to issue licenses to mine therein and remove phosphate rock and phosphatic deposits therefrom in like manner as is now provided by law for the other navigable streams and waters of the State; Provided, that such par ties so licensed or authorized shall be deemed the agents of the State, and each ton of phosphate rock or phos phatic deposits, the product of such mining operations, .shall be deemed the p)roperty of the State until the said parties shall have paid thereon a roy alty to be fixed by said commission not to exceed two dollars per ton on each ton of phosphate rock or phosphatic deposits dug mined and removed; pro vided, six months notice shall be given before raising royalty above one dollar." In accordance with the provisions of this Act the commission took formal possession of the Coosaw territory on the :Ind MIarch. The Coosaw p)eople imediately secured an inj unction from the United States Court. Then a correspondence ensued looking to a compromise, but failed toeflect it. The latest move is the ap)pointment of a receiver for the Coosaw territory by the State Court on motion of the com mission. That question 1s to be argued in a short time. in the meantime all mining operations in Coosaw territory are stopped and the State is losing the royaty. The above, we think, contains a brief summary of the legislation l'earing on the question now at issue. The Coosaw Company claims a perpetual and ex lusive right, under the Act of 187f to mine in the Coosaw territory. The State has said bythe last legisla ture that Coosaw shall not have exclu sive right. The grounds, we presume, for this position, will be that the Act of S7O is unconstitutional. It is claimed this Act relates to two distinct subjects -the collection of royalty and the granting of exe!usive territory. The Constitution says that every act or res olution having the force of law shall relate to but one sub'ject, and that shall be expressed in its title. The further proceedings of this case, will be watched with interest. Lawrence Barrett, the famous tra gedian, died in New York on last Fri day. - GEN. JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, one of the great leaders of the Confederacy and the hero of three wars, has passed over the river to join Lee and Jackson and a host of others who have gone be fore. He was S5 years old. Only a few weeks ago he attended the funeral of his opponent in arms, Gen. Sherman, and it is said the exposure on that oc casion hastened the end of his life. In our next issue we will publish the story of his life. One by one the great leaders in the greatest war of history are pass ing away. Their memory should be cherished by their descendants. We notice that a mineral spring has been discovered near Waterloo in Lau reus County, and the property is to be developed. What is the matter with the Ban dusian springs near Newberry? They ought to be developed. The water is said to be fine. Our Jalapa correspondent says that Jalapa favors Newberry Oounty hav ing a county arch at the centennial in Columbia in May. The time is short, and if Newberry is to be represented something should be done. Senator A. P. Gorman, of Maryland, has been on a Southern tour. He did good service in the Senate as the leader of the forces against the passage of the Force Bill. He has been frequently mantioned as a probable candidate foi the presidency in 1892. The Abbeville Press and Banner is kind enough to say, in reply to our question, "Why should not Newberry have a canning factory," that it sees n< reason in the world why she should not, except it be that the business men and the men who have money do nol care to invest it that way. It was very kind of the Press and Banner thus to enlighten our mind and answer our puzzling question that-is puzzling tc us. And still the answer is not satis factory. Canning factories pay else where and we think our citizens hfve as much business tact as those of any other town and we do not see why they should not pay here. But the canning factory is coming and we are sorry we can't suggest t< the Piess and Banner some way by which Abbeville can secure the services of a good and first-class baker. Ar advertisement in The Herald and News is the best way we can think of now. Suppose you try that cotemporary. It pays. :,We are in receipt of the first issue of the Lancaster Enterprise, published al Lancaster, S. C. There are already four papers published in Lancaster. The Enterprise is an eight column folic and we would judge from the an nouncement is published by the Alli. ance. We wish this new enterprist success. They say there is always room for one more. The citizens meeting last Thursda3 was very well attended. The full re. port of the Council is published on thE first page. The water works and elec' tric light question is not dead yet. Ii will not down. We direct attention to the communi cation in another column of Dr. W. E Pelam. He treats of live subjects and in an interesting manner. They concert the people of Y ewberry and their in~ terests. We do not all agree or these important questions and a little agitation and discussion will re. sut in good. No harm can be donc by throwing on the light. When the matter of water works and electri< lights comes to be tested we.presume the majority will rule and the minority will have to submit. The Herald and News wants a free, square fight and will submit to the decision of the people. Governor Tillman has granted par don to one person; commuted the death sentence of another to life imprison ment; and united in the holy bonds o1 wedlock a Gentile and a Jew. The News and Courier is cruel enough to intimate that Col. Keitt wants a third party because he was not elected to the United States Senate by the last Legislature, and now here conies the Laurens Advertiser and says Col. Keitt wants a third party, and it wants te know if the third party wants Col. Keitt. Now we will not be so cruel as to assign any such reasons to Col. Keitt for his advocacy of a third party for he has assured us that he was in no proper sense of the word a can didate for United States Senator at the last Legislature. There is a probability, however, that he would have accepted the office if it had been tendered. And who would That Third Party. To the Editor of The Herald and News: In your issue of the 19th in stant appears the following in the edi torial columns: "Col. E. S. Keitt is advocating a third party. The Alliance does not want it, and Col. Keitt will be almost alone in these parts in his advocacy of such a scheme. We are not ready for that yet." The writer was not aware that any one had authority to say what the Alliance wants or does not want. One not a member of the order certainly has no authority to speak for it. The mem bers of the several organizations that have confederated and will confederate will determine next February, through their delegates who will meet in Wash ington City, whether or not they will form a people's party. The writer spoke for himself alone and gave the reasons for the faith that is in him. Please reproduce my letter on the sub ject that your readers may fully under stand the matter. You wvill find it in the National Economist, the organ of the National Farmers' Alliance, of the 14th, and in the News and Courier of the 10th instant. Very respectfully, ELLrSOX .8. K{EITT. Enoree Plantation, S. C., March 20, Ceebrating Thieir Diamond Weddin;. PROVIDENCE, March 18.-Mr. and Mrs. Lawton A. Sherman, aged 96 and 4 years, celebrated the seventy-fifth anniversary of their marriage yester ~y. They have a daughter aged ~. ENTERtPISE AND PROGRESS. I A Southern Immigration Society-New- 1 berry in the Columbia Centennial Electric Liahts and Water Works. Mr. Eilitor:-Would it not be well for the citizens of Newberry to organ ize a local branch of the Southern Iturniration Society? The objects might reasonably be stated to he an in- t crea.e of population an(d the enlarge ment of our resources as a community. The Southern I niluigration Society has doue and is doing thorough and 1 effective work in the development of the South. Of necessity those sections where no local interest is manifested fail to receive any direct benefit from efforts of the Southern Immigration Society. If we watch current events we will observe that considerable cor respondence is had at this juncture be tween intending emigrants and the 1 local branches. In speaking of emigrants I make no reference to the vagabondish element that is pouring into Castle Garden every day. The toiling masses of thes West are so hampered now by close E competition, and by the insufferable t burdens imposed upon them in the way of interest charges by the money t lenders of the East and of Great Britian, that they are longingly turn ing their faces to the South as their haven of peace and in hope of financial emancipation. The coming decade will witness a wonderful exodus of hus bandmen to the South. Not Westward but Southward will soon be the cry of the settler. Let us 1 prepare ourselves to receive a portion of this floed tide of emigration. New berry should not lag behind in the great race for industrial growth. The possibilities of our town are great, but what are the probabilities if we do not arouse our activities in the grappling of this and all other important measures that tend to our internal welfare? A local society should be organized at once. We should have printed I several thousand copies of a pamphlet or hand book descriptive of our county t and its advantages; particular refer- I ences might be made profitably to the salubrity of our climate, the sparkling 1 and refreshing quality of our water, the fertility of our soil, and to the progres sive sp:rit of our people. Concerted action is necessary to the physical up building of any place; if we depend ( upon private or solitary efforts in this direction, we might as well "hang our I harps upon the willows" and wring our hands in despair. The public weal J calls for public or general interest. Each individual is too much absorbed, and rightly too, in the prosecution of I personal affairs to undertake single handed the establishment of public en- t terprises. Let everybody become in terested, and thus bring about the I greatest good to the greatest number. ? We hazard nothing when we say we need more artisans and more skilled laborers, and, tberefe, an increasingly useful citizenship. These will never come uninvited. I The Board of Trade might properly t take initiative action in this matter, but as it appears to be defunct, it were l better not to entrust so live a matter into its osseous grasp. Let the constituted authorities of the town call a public meeting at an early (lay to take action in the premises. Why should Newberry not take steps looking to propel representation at the proposed Columbia Centennial? The towns of the State have been invited to partici pate in thuis Centennial anniver sary of the assembling of the State Legislature at Columbia as the capital of the State. Newberry should prepare a-n arch for Main street upon this occa sion, and have properly accredited rep resentatives upon the ground. It should be a gala day for all South Carolina. It is expected to be a State I affair. Columbia, of course, is further-( ing the celebration with her whole soul. This occasion will be full of re- I miniscences. It will be representative of the storied past, as well as of the liv ing, active present. It will be a marked contrast of Carolina as she was, with Carolina as she is. It will be an occa sion full of the memories of the years I that have rolled by-some plenteous I wvith joy, others sombre with departed I hopes and anticipations. It will be an occasion that will remind us of the illustrious sons of Carolina, of theirr just renown in pulpit, in commerce, at the bar, in the lofty avenues of medi cine, of the civic renown, of the unsul lied honor of fair Carolina, of the splen did virtues of her sons and daughter.t It will be an occasion to inspire us I with fresh hope as we co)ntemplate the t bright glinting that precedes, we trust, a peaceful future for all Carolina. May we not bury, there and then, the rancors of the present, and receive I a benison for all time to conme from our beneficent mother? This is respectfully recommended to our city fathers. It actually looks as if we are going to have a system of water works, afford- s ing protection to our homes in case of fire, and of eleetric lights, yielding light to those citizens who do not with- ~ draw themselves from the "busy marts I of trade" when nightfall wraps its sable mantle about us. The people want both water and I light. Of course it is sad to part with S old friends, but the kerosene lamps ~ with their failures to light properly ~ must go, and give way to that cleaner, that safer, and that scarcely more ex pensive light-the electric. t Let us keep march to the quickstep ~ of -progress. The saving by reduction ~ of insurance rate will minimize the v cost, and what may now appear a bur- ~ den to some by reason of expense, will a prove to be a blessing in reality. Elec- C tric lights reduce dangers from tires a Iand give eclat to any community. It ~ Iis the old warfare between the tallow dips and kerosene lamps, the lattert gaining the mastery, as electric lights r will surely have over kerosene oil. Ir W. E. PELHAM. ( c Library Society. 1 To the Editor of The Herald anda News:-Can you interest your readers r in the effort now being made to organ ize and maintain in the toiwn of New berry a Circulating Library? Such an institution could be made a source oft great usefulness and pleasure; andl, in a town of Newberry's size and advant ages, a Circulating Library could suc ceed. The privileges of membership., moreover, might he extended to the citizens of the county, thus increasingu the influence and usefulness of the or ganization. Books are cheap nowv; and a library could be furnished at a com paratively small cost. In connection with a library, there ~ could be supported a reading roomc where one could find some of the news- r papers and magazines of the day. Everybody who can read wants to read., The great trouble about the matter is, however, few have the means to buy books. Is it not possible, however, to follow in Newberry the exanmple of sonmc other towns in the State and by a union of effort obtain that which in dividual poverty denies one? New berry, March 24, 1891. X. Farmers' Aillance in New Hampshire. CONCoR1,, March 21.-Prominent Re publicans andl Democrats of B3oscawen will immediately organize a Farmers' t Alliee in that'town, which will be the first of the kind in the State. Rheumatism and Sy philis yield read ily to P. P. P. (Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potassium.) Blotches, Old Sores, Ulers and all skin eruptions cured by P. P. P., the greatest blood purifier of the age. hlren. ry. for Pitcher's_Castnria! A FLASH FROM A CLEAR SKY. 'he Latest Move in the Legal Fight for Coosaw's Treasures-Mr U. R. Brooks Appointed Temporary receiver of the River and its Deposits. [Special to News and Courier. J CoLUMBIA, March 21.-Tne Coosaw >usiness has taken a rather interesting urn. Governor Tillman receiveri this .fternoon the following dispatch, dated xt Aiken: U. R. Brooks has been appointed emiporary receiver. He must come own on the South Carolina Railway his afternoon ana we will all meet im at Branchville. Telegraph your eply to me. Y. J. Pope, Attorney Gene al. Governor Tillman answered that Mr. Irooks would go, and he went. Due iotice will, of course, be given when he motion to make the receivership >ermanet will be heard. It is understood hat the present receiver will take pos ession as receiver and after advertise nent for bids to go to work will let the uccessful companies in. It was not xplicitly so stated, but there is a notion hat the United States Court injunction vill be ignored, "as it cannot apply.in he new case." The State's receiver is a lifferent person from any of the phos )hate commissioners, considered as B. . Tillman, W. H. Ellerbe, Y. J. Pope, . D. Montgomery, or W. H. Walter, s they are named in the bill of injunc ion. As all persons are enjoined from ntering Coosaw it will be interesting o note whether, when the receiver ,oes into the forbidden land, he will be ,rrested by the United States marshal r whether he will arrest the United tates marshal. It ought to be very easy to understand low that Attorney General Pope did rot go to New berry yesterday. A GENERAL SURPRISE. The Coosaw question is daily growing nore complicated. The case presents ome new phase almost daily. Even he lawyers interested in the case are lot surprised at the frequent changes n the question. Injunctions and orders are getting to be of frequent occurrence, and no one will be astonished to hear of mother order in a few days. The new feature of the Coosaw drama vas added yesterday at Aiken in the ,ourt of Chambers, when Judge Aldrich Lppointed a temporary receiver to take )ossession of the bee of the Coosaw liver opposite to south of Chisolm's :sland. Attorney General Pope and Mr. Geo. 3. Mower, who represent the phos )hate commi:,sioner, were in Aiken resterday, and made the application or the receivership. The Coosaw people were entirely maware of the movemeut of the epresentatives of the commission. [hey had no idea as to the next move, mlthough they expected something vould be done. Mr. Augustine T. mythe, counsel for the Coosaw Com )any, was in Greenville yesterday, and he other counsel of the company were urprised when informed of the appoint nent of a receiver. The true inward ess of the last move on the Coosaw :hess board is not fully understood yet. The temporary receiver is Mr. U. R. 3rooks, of the Sec.ctary of State's office it Columbia. The following is a copy >f the official order: "On hearing the complaint herein Lnd on motion of the Hon. Y. J. Pope, ttorney General of the State of South Jarolina, it is ordered: "1. That the defendants, the Coosaw dining Company, show cause, if any hey can, before me at Aiken, South Jarolina, at Chambers, on Tuesday, 7th ipril, 1891, at 12 mid-day, wby they end all persons claiming under them aid their servants, agents, officers and imployees should not be enjoined and 'estrained until the hearing of this :ause from in any way digging, mining >r removing the phosphate rock and >osphatic deposits in the bed of the oosaw River and every part thereof und from attempting to dig, mine -or emove the same or any part thereof, nid from interfering with, obstructing, indering or preventing or attempting o interfere with, hinder, obstruct or >revent any agent of the plaintiff or >erson thereto by the plaintiff or said >oard of phosphate commissioners uthorized, from digging, mining and emoving the same. And why a fit and roper person should not be appointed s5 receiver to take possession of the bed f the Coosaw River opposite to and outh of Chisolmi's Island with the sual powers of receivers in such cases, >ending the final determination of hese proceedings. 2. That in the meantime and until e hearing hereby ordered the said lefendants, the Coosaw Mining Comn >any and their servants, agents otticers nd employees, be and they are hereby noined and restrained from in any ray digging, mining or removing the hosphate rock and phosphatic deposits u the bed of the Coosaw River as afore aid and from digging, mining or re noving and attempting to dig, mine or emove the same or any part thereof, nd from interfering with obstructing, indering or preventing or attempting o interfere with, obstruct, hinder or revent any agent of the plaintiff or erson thereto by the plaintiff or the aid board of phosphate commissioners uthorized from digging, mining and emoving the same. 3. It is further ordered that U. R. irooks be and he is hereby appointe~d mporary receiver of all the Coosawv liver phosphate territory lying oppo ite to and south of Chisolmn's Island ith the usual'powers of receivers in och cases to take possession of, hold d occupy the same subject to the rder of this Court, and that he make report to this Court of all his actings rd doings thereunder. 4. It is ordered further that a copy of is order be forthwith served upon the resident, or chief manager, or other rincipal otticer of said Coosaw Mining ompa ny. Coosaw matters are so very comph ated that those who are not interested 2 the case do not venture an opini<.n. A Reporter saw Mr. Bacot, of thi rm of McCrady Sons & Bacot, who re engaged in the case. He was very ]uch surprised at the proceeding. At hat time it was thought the receiver as for the company. Mr. Bacot said: One thing is certain, we had nothing do with the appointment of a receiver. t must be wholly on the part of the osphate commissioners and its licen es. I can say most positiveiy that the >ove was not in behalf 'f the Coosaw :ompany. I expect you will find it was pon some action of the phosphate comn missioners. Nothing that is now done nrrises me. The Coosaw Company is Sno financial trouble, as the appoint >ent of a receiver m'ight possibly indi ate. At the proper time and place the matter of the receivership will be boroughly tested." Receiver Brooks arrived in the city tst night at 11 o'clock from Coluambia. e positively declined to be interviewed r to give any information regarding is appoint ment. He said that he would e in the city for several days on per onal business. Receiver Brooks would ot answer any questions whatever bout the matter. Attorney General Pope was expected the city last night, but he did not rrive. Ho0w IT Is PROPOsED TO WORK. It is said that under the new situa ion in Coosaw River if the privileges o mine under Receiver Brooks are ccepted the arrangements' will be omething like this: The parties mining or the State or otherwise will pay all xpenses out of the sale of rock and leposit the forfeit in bank to await the egal determination of the suit between Ioosaw and the State. If Coosaw wins oosaw will get the money in bank; if he State wins the proceeds will be urned over to those entitled to it, but or all the rock mined the State will, as isual, get its $1- of royalty just as it mnul if there ws no uit NOT ONE SORE NOW. Baby Afflicted with Bad Sores and Eruptions-No Relief-Perma nently Cured by Cuticura. During the summer of 1889 my eighteen months' old infant was so aftlicted with erup tions that ordinary domestic remedies failed to give any relief. 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For Mayor. JAS. K. P. GOGGANS. CITIZENS. Young Men's Ticket. For Mayor-G. B. CROMER. ALDERMEN. Ward 1-E. S. MOTTE. Ward 2-T. C. POOL. Ward 3-B. F. GOGGANS. Ward 4-W. M. LANE. For Mayor and Aldermen. For Mayor-JOHN C. WILSON. WARDENS. Ward 1-L. M. SPEERS. Ward 2-DR. 0. B. MAYER, JR. Ward 3-R. T. CALDWELL. Ward 4-A. M. BOWERS. The above ticket is respectfully sub mitted to the citizens of Newberry by MANY VOTERS. OPERA HOUSE. & GRAND MUSICAL EVENT. Thursday, APRIL 2. GRAND OPERA BY THE Principal Actors of the Famous The Quartette Act of Martha. GRAND OPERA SELECTIONS. The Palms............................Broderick Arna, Like a Dream.......Signor Michelena Grand Aria...................Mmne. Brodenick Trio, Attilla, Broderick, Michelena, Broderick To conclude with the entire fourth Act of Verdi's celebrated Grand Opera, IL TROVATORE. Chorus during the Trovatore the celebrated "Il Balen," "Miserere, Etc. CH AS. E. PR ATT, Musical Director. JOHN TEMPLETON, General Manager. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEWBERRY-IN COMMON PLEAS. Elizabeth Richard vs. Thomas Keitt. T HE CREDITORS OF THE ES tate of Isomn Greenwood, de ceased, are hereby required to render and establish their respective demands before the Master on or before the first day of May next. SIL AS JOHNSTONE, Master. Master's office, 25 March, 1891. Citizens' Meeting. MAYOR'S OFFICE, Newberry, S. C.; March 2.5, 1891. f T HE VOTERS OF THE TOWN of Newberry are requested to as semble in the Opera House on Tues day, March 31st, at 4 p. mn., to nominate a Town Council for the ensuing year, or take such action in the .premises as ruay be deemed proper. JAS. K. P. GOGGANS, Mayor. Election Notice. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Sat there will be held in Council Thamnbers on Tuesday, 14th day of A pril, 1891, an election for Mayor and 'our Aldermen to serve as a Town. Souncil for the ensuing year, with 3. B. Buist, A. Singleton and D. W. T. Kibler as Managers of said election. ['he polls will he opened at S o'clock Ai. M. and will be closed at 63 P. M. By orders of Council: J. S. FAIR, C. & T. T. C. N. Council Chambers, March 25, 1891. NOTICE ! WE KEEP A GOOD LINE OF STOVES ~N STOCK ALL THE TIM1E AT Rockbottom Prices. Our o. 78Stov For Ten Dollars [S HARD TO BEAT. CALL AND SEE IT. BROOMS, WOODEN BUCKETS AND ALL OTHER GOODS SOL D BY US AT PRICES TO SUIT THE PURCHASER. Respectfully, il. J. SCOTT & C0. Newberry, S. C. A S THM A DR".2 Ewill'. mail C0,0HS , IFRE E BEATTY ~1Ma New*k*N GI Washingrin: L .. for Infants ai "Castoriaissoweladaptedtochildrenthat I recommend itas superior to any prescription known to me." H. A. AacuE, M. L., 111 So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. "The use of 'Castoria' is so universal and its merits so well known that it seems a work of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the intelligent families who do not keep Castoria 'within easy reacC" CARLos )Yas rv. D. D.. New York City. Late Pastor Bloomingdale Beformed Church. TES CE'rau LW. C. 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Sampson Pope, on Friend Street, i wo doors below the Observer office, Q here I will keep on hand a full line b< f Domestic, Davis, New Home, el Vheeler & Wilson, and other Sewing fc achines, also some of the best makes st f Organs. Orders for Pianos filled at N hort notice, and satisfaction guar-an- 1 eed on all sales. If you want a Se w ng Machine, Organ, or Piano, don't iail before purcbasinz to call on - S ~ D. B. WHEELER. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEWBERRY-IN 2 PROBATE COURT. b By J. B. Fellers, Esq., Probate JIudge. 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C., as a requisite to vote at an ection to be held on 14th April, 1891, r a Town Council, to serve for the en ing year, will be opened on 20th arch, and. will be closed on 1st April, 91. By order of Council. J. S. FAIR, Register. ONTRACTS TO LET SMEMBER OF THE BOARD of County Commissioners will at Werber's Bridge on Bush River, pril 9, at 12 o'clock, to let the con act for building a bridge at that place. A member of the Board will be at armon's Bridge, in the Harmon uarter, on Bush River, April 10, at 12 elock, to let the contract for buiiding bridge at that place. Plats will be made known at the mies an d places named. The right is reserved to reject all bids. By brder of the Board of County >mmulslon]ers: GEO. B. CROMER, Clerk. BRIDGE NOTICE. OFF ICE 01F CONT Y CODSSIONERS, N EWBERRY, S. C., March 3, 1890. SMEMBER OF THE BOARD OF .Count y Commissioners will be the Wertz Bridge across the Little iver, just below the C. & G. R. R., on Lturday, March 21st, at 12 o'clock, to Sthe contract for repairing the same. >ecifications will be mrade known at e time and place. Thbe right is re rved to reject all bids. And notice is ~reby given that the County Comn issioners think the bridge unsafe. By order of the Board of County Comn issioners. GEO. B. CROMER,