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ELBERT E. AULL, T Proprietors. Wx. P. HOUSEAL, f ELPERT H. AULL, ExTo. A SAD SPECTACLE. - The Legislature of South Carolina for 1893 presented a sad spectacle to the Slate and to the world. We have watched the proceedings closely and with interest. We doubt if ever before in any country was there ever assem bled a legislative body that was so com pletely governed and moved an i con trolled by prejudice and petty spite as was the Legislature of South Carolina in 1893. And by their own admission they stand convicted. Their actions remind one more of the school boy than the wise legr,lator. And was there ever before a Legisla ture so completely under the control of one man as was this one. It makes one's heart sad to contemplate the spectacle. We have no interest in the matter except that of an humble pri - vate citizen who loves his State and his people,and sincerely desires to see them prosper. The subserviency of the members to this one man power excites pity first and then disgust. One day they would pass a measure or kiUit by agood majority, and the next this same action would be reversed and the cause for this change of sentiment would not be difficult to ascertain. It did not suit the Grand Mogul. Once upon a time we thought it was the rule in South Carolina to send the best and ablest men to the Legislature to make the laws-men who had minds and opinions of their own, and who dared to iaintain them. But that is simply a dream of the pas . The way things went this past session, it would have been just as well to have sent dummies-possibly better, for then no time would have been wasted in talk. t ,urse there were some good and ndependent men there, but they were in a hopeless minority. * * * * Butlet us look at some of the m^as res that have been up for discussion. he election of judges was all arranged before the Legislature met. If any one can point out to us one law that has been up for discussion that Is for the general good we will thank him and appreciate his kindness. Muehtime was taken up in discuss ing the bill to put Charleston in' the Black district. What was its purpose? Topromote the general welfare? For th benefit of the people of the State, r even the people of the district? Well, hardly. It was admitted on the foor of the House in the discussion that the main and ruling cause for this action was spite and prejudice, and to punish Charleston, the largest and only metropolis of the State, because she woulduot bow the knee to Tillman. And also to make a district from which fr. .T. W. Stokes could go to Congress. That was'pretty business for Reformers who didn't want the offices to be at., wasn't it, and to be paid $5 a day fo,r doing? But even this measure was first killed, and then when it was found tha such action did not suit Gov. Tmlman the bill was, contrary to all precedent, revived an'd passed. * * * * The amendments to the dispensary law have taken up much time. Just In what shape, that measure finally 'passed we do not know, but we sup pose it will be in whatever shape the Governor desires it. We are told he had It framed to suit himself, and we can see no reason why it should not have gone through in that shape, as it had the executive oil -on it. To spite certain refra&tory towns that would not petition for dispensaries to De es tablished, that provision has been taken out, and not bnly so, but the board of control for each county is now given authority to establish dispen saries atany pointin the county they may desire. This provision was strick en out at a session one night as it did not lobkmeh like astep towards pro-. hibition, but at the command of the Governor it was promf>tly reinserted the next day. We suppose those who -opposed such a provision were like * rohibitionist Nettles-they yielded to the superior judgment of Gov. Tillman. There are many other changes in the law so as to make it as stringent as posibe After this was written and put in * type another change was made, and dispersaries-will be confined to incor porated towns, except in two counties; but no petition of freehold voters is re quired for their establishment.'A con firmation of- the fact that this Legisla ture had no opinion of its own. We came very near forgetting-we believe there was some sort of salary reduction bill passed, but it only cuts here and there,and possibly will not be appoved by the Governor. But what If it is? It does not go into effect until January 1, 1895. Just think of it! These * same reformers who told the people so much about reducing salaries, and -the exorbitant prices paid, when they do pasa salary reduction bill they put it off so-far that the reduction does not affect any of them. It is always the other fellow who is getting too big a a alary. The Herald and News toldi you so. * * * * Then there is that bill to establish the office of State printer. Yes, really -another State office establisbed. We do not know the provisions of t bis new bill, but it seems to be a piece of job. *bery that will be a stench in the nos trlls ofreform for years to come. And SIts not aquestion of type setting ma chines or hand work. Proposals for doing this work. had been advert:sed for. Bids had been put in. It seems that another and responsible house made a lower bid than the Register. Under the law as it stood t his house would have received the contract. But the organ had to be cared for. So here comes a bill to make the office'of State printer, and he is to be paid more than thbe work could have been had for. It drives out competition and creates a ring or monopoly. The .bill, we are told, was prepared by the editor of the Register, and through his lobbying was passed. It is claimed that the State wants to pay a reasonable price for its * work. That may be true, but it is hardly probable that a business firm * wold put in abid simply to lose mo-J ney. This other firm which made the lower bid is not in politics, and is tho roughly reliable. Capt. Tillman would have called this sort of a job, if done before he came in, the worst of leprosy and rottenness. Now we suppose it-is all reform to pay $3,000 or $4,009 a year more to the Register to do the State printing than the Bryan Company would have charged the State for the same work. Would you say that such a bill was for the general welfare of the State? * * a * Some sort of a county government bill was up, but a number of counties were excepted and we do not know just what its provisions are. ** * * The matter of taxes is one that con cerns every one. When you paid this year you found them higher. When you go to pay next year you will find them still higher. What has been done that will bene fit the people? What have .we gained by all the bitterness and strife of the past four years? What is the prospect for the future? Taxes higher, times harder, money scarcer, the State al most rent in twain and the govern ment run on the plane of petty spite and prejudice. It makes the heart sick to contemplate the spectacle. e * * * But still The Herald and News has confidence and faith in the converva tism of the great mass of the people. We believe the great heart of the peo 'ple is right and that they will straighten out and settle up with those who have led them into wrong ways by delusive hopes and promises that were not in tended to be kept when made. A day of reckoning is sure to come. * * * * Now some one will be ready to say: "Oh, he iP an anti. He only gives you one side and is prejudiced." We in vite all such critics to tell us just what this Legislature has done for the peo ple. Tell us if the above sta;ement of the acts of that body is not correct and wherein there is a misstatement. If there has been anything for the gen eratl good done let us know it and we will take pleasure in placing it before the people of Newberry County. Where and how have reform and reformers benefited the people or saved them any money? Let us have the facts. If there is any act of a general nature accomplished by this reform Legisla ture that will make a South Cerolinian proud, please point it out. We want to see it. We want to know how it helps the people. We really want to be able to tell the people that reform has accomplished something more than placing in power a lot of petty' tyrants whose highest aspirations do not rise above the desire of making a good place for themselves and whose actions are governed and controlled only by petty spite and prejudice. We want to know if there is anythin'g or anyone among them who by careful training and nursing could possibly be.devel oped into anything resembling states manship. If there is we are ready to help d!evelop that germ. We have nothing personal in the matter. We want no office ourselves, neither have we any friends that we are grooming for position. It is only the weal of the people and the j ood name of South Carolina that concern us. The present status of affairs is enough to make any good citizen who stops to consider the situation tremble for the future of his commonwealth. * a * * Prejudice and spite cannot rule a free people without resulting in disaster. How long such reign shall continue rests with the good people of South Carolina. We are not opposed to re form, but it is only the shadow we are getting. State Liquor Commissioner- Traxler is to tie paid $3,000 a year. Themi crease it is said was made to his salary because of the odium attaching to the position. That is a pretty spectacle, isn't it? Messrs. Mower and Blease voted against the printing job, while Messrs. Duncan and Hardy voted for it. The Senate refused at this session to pay Mr. Mower for services ren dered in the Coosaw case. Messrs. Jones and Lord have been paid as special counsel in the railfoad cases. And Mr. Mower should have been paid. The Coosaw fight w won for the State while the railroad eases were not. Let us all start out with the new year with the resolve to stop complain ing and to make the most of life. 'We have a good country and things are not near so bad as they might be. The wore we give up to faultfinding the worse they will seem. The Herald and News does not agree with the State that the use of type set ting machines should have had any thing to do with making the award of the public printing. The question is, who was the lowest responsible bidder for the work? The Bryan Company, an entirely responsible business firm, put in a bid that was from 8 to 60 per cent. lower than the Register's bid. Bids had been advertised for by law. In order to avoid accepting this bid the office of ~State Printer was made, and the proprietor of the Register elected, and the price to be paid fixed the same as the figurtes in his bid. It means an additional cost for the State printing of from $3,000 to *4,000 a year. There was no use making the office of State Printer. The contract had just as well been awarded to Mr. Calve in the first instance with the higher bid. It is virtually the same thing. Do the people endorse this sort of economy? We suppose so. as it was do~ne by re formners. The Legislature adjourned sine die Saturday last at11.30 a.n- It left a big calendar of urifinished'work which dies with the session. The act of ad-. journment was about t1 best act. of the session. Read our Columbia letr. It gives uacorrect summary of the Legisla The Greenville Democrat is trying to raise a row because the city council of Greenville gave the public printing to the Greenville News instead of to the Democrat, though it offered to do it for less than the News, so it claims. The Democrat sees a great injustice in this to the tax-payers. If we remember correctly it was about the first of this year when the County Commissioners of Greenville awarded the county ad vertising to the Democrat in the face of a lower bid by the News and the Mountaineer, though they offered greater publicity and lower rates. If we remember correctly this act did not outrage the goddess of justice who pre sides over the sanctum of the Demo crat. That was a right and proper thing according .to the ideas of the Democrat. "Oh! what a diiference in the morning." This is a cruel, selfish, old world and what prejudiced and dis jointed glasse. we do sometimes use. But why should the Democrat ex pect any".ing.or care anything about the tax payers of the city? It's chief business seems to be to fight the towns and cities and. keep alive passions and prejudices. The ideas of right and justice are very queer things. As a rule some people are very much inter ested in the dear tax-payers and in sav ing them money, when by so doing they put money in their own pockets. The House left nearly 200 unfinished bills on its calendar. The only thing of public concern that it did do was to hammer on the dispensary bill, put Charleston in the Black District, levy the tax and appropriate the money. Gen. Joseph B. Kershaw has been appointed postmaster at Camden by President Cleveland. A graceful act. With this ispe The Herald and News completes another volume and concludes the labors of another year. We hope our large circle of readers have had a happy and a merry Christ mas. We extend to them the compli ments of the season and wish for them that the coming year may be one of happiness and prosperity. President Cleveland has appointed Wayne MacVesgh, a member of Presi dent Garfield's Cabinet, to be Minister to Italy. He is only a recent convert to Democracy. It seems that Mr. Cleveland is fond of ex-Cabinet officers. President Cleveland has appointed Congressman Brawley as Judge Simon ton'ssuccessor. ItisJudgeBrawley now. It is said Judge Izlar will be a candi date for Mr. Brawley's place in Can gress. We hope he will be elected. THE LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS. About the Best Act of the Session-A Sum mary of the Work of the Last Week. Bead and Digest. [Special to The Herald and-iNews.] COLUMBIA, S. C., December 25.-Af ter being in session twenty-six days and passing about 280 acts the Legis lature adjourned sine die at 11.0 o'clock Saturday, morning. There was not a quorum in either House present at the time. Up to the night before leading mem bers of the House -expressed thlem selves to the effect that there would hat'e to be an after-Christmas session to finish the work on hand. But the Governor was strongly opposed to their coming back and he accomplished his point. MASTY LEGISLATION. TIhe legislation this session has been of the most hasty kind. All the im portant matters were put off until the last, and for a period of ten days just preceditig adjournment hour after hour was wasted in simly frittering away titne, and the consequence is that a cart load of business is left behind un attended to. This Legislature will go down in history as the sorriest that the State has known since the days of negro rule. The good of the State appears to have be~en about the last thing that has en tered the eraniums of some of these re-. fawmers and their action is c',nfined almost to executing'the partisan and political legislation that was cut out for them by the powers that be. Throughout it all the finger of the bosses -could be plainly seen and in dependence was almost Enknown. If it ever did tob up to assert i'eelf it soon succumbed to that "superior judg ment" which sat down stairs and pulled the strings while -the June bugs bummed and buzzed according to order. THE NEW REDISTRICTING. The new redistricting bill, whereby Charleston and Sumter exebange places in the Black District, has of course passed as the Tillmanites in tended it should. The arguments for the bill were that Charleston bad not acted right and that she should be punished. The Representatives from Sumnter declared tbat they didl not want the change and that the people of Sumter did cot ask for it. Despite this the bill was passed by a vote of 50 to 30. This is the only change of any moment that is made in the redis tricting. The Black District will go by the name of the first instead of the seventh.' WASTE IN THE E~NGEOSSING DEPART MENT. Col. Haskell made an effort to have the House investigate tbe fact that there were 26 clerks in the engrossing department instead of from ten to fourteen as heretofore. He asked what law there was for it and pushed the -matter so that the House was com pelled to adopt his motion that the At torney General be heard from. Attorney General Buchanan ad dressed a letter to the House to the effect that he had supposed that the code was going to be read and that he had secured an extra number of clerks in anticipation thereof and that these extra ores had been discharged. Col. Haskell andeavored to press the matter further and find out exactly bow many clerks were put on, how long they had served and what was the amount of pay to be given them. There was a high old racket over this. The refawmers declared that this could only have the effect of humil iating the Attorney General. Col. Haskell called it to their attention that the explanation did not explain and tbat furthermore these extra clerks had been employed straight along when there was no work for them to do ano that they had been discharged after the attention of the Legisla ture had been called to the fact. He added that the Attorney General and his friends could not afford to refuse an explanationN Several memb stated that Mr. Buchanan said tha e would be gla4 to have an investiga , but the ma lerity did not see it tb . ay and the, notion was lost by avo -.21to85 - rad the House adopted a tion to!I the effect that. the explana -was iufficient and satisfactory. NO "GEEENWOOD COUNTY." "After achieving such a big victory i he House the advocates of the new u innnt of Greennwood sunfered defat in c the Senate, where the bill was killed on the first round. Senator Hemphil, of Abbeville, said that the bill was not accompanied by petition as was required by statute for the incorporation of bodies politic. He read the statutes on the question and stated that none of the required pre liminary steps had been taken. There had been no advertisement of the pro posed change and the people had been taken by surprise. The point was sus tained by the Senate by a vote of 17 to 14. WOMEN AT THE SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. The appropriation for the South Carolina College has been placed at $30,000, after quite a kick by some of the economists who tried to cut it down to two-thirds that amount. A provision has been incorporated requiring that young women be allowed to enter not below the junior classes. THE PRINTING SCANDAL. One of the scandals that will attach to the present Legislature is the elec tion of a public printer at a fixed scale of prices, while there was another bid from a substantial, and responsiblelfirm offering to do the printing at prices that varied from 8 per cent. to 60 per cent. less. The readers of this correspondence have already been made familiar with some of the circumstances of this meas ure and of the belief that it was solely for the purpose of assisting the organ of the administration. It is said that the argument used with the refawmers was that the Bryan Company, which made the lower bid, was backed up by that terrible anti-Tillman newspaper, the Columbia State, and that the bid was lower than it could be done for without loss, and that the anti-Till manites were going to make up the deficiency to the Bryan Company and that the Bryan bid was only a scheme to keep the Register from getting the printing and break it down. Investiga tion shows that the State was not even remotely connected with Bryan's bid and that it was a purely business trans action. This company bid on the printing last year and there was a claim then that their bid was the lowest, although .the Register got the contract. The election took place in joint as sembry on Friday last. Mr. Thomas, of Richland, nominated the Bryon Printing Company, of Columbia, and read -a printed communication from them giving the prices at which they would do the printing, which, he said, were from 8 per cent. to 60 per cent. less than the prices named in the bill to elect the printer. This company stated in their communication that they were willing to contract at these prices for ten years. Mr.*Lowrance, of Richlarnd called the attention of the Assembly to the fact that these prices were an exact copy of the bid made by the Bryan Company and filed, as required by the present law, with the Secretary of State. Mr. Weston, of Richland, stated that there had been some talk about a com bination of printers so that the work could be secured .at cheap rates for a whAe, after which the rates would be raised. He dispoQed of this by stating that the Bryan Company offered to take the work for ten years. Senator John Gary Evans, of Aiken, nominated Mr. Chas. A. Calvo, pro prietor of the Register, and said that the discussion that had taken place was out of'order as the two houses were simply there to elect a printer at prices fixed in the bill and that it was an insult to the assembly to indulge in such remarks. Senator Smythe replied that the members were there also under their constitutional oaths to discharge their duty, which in this case was to elect the lowest bidder. He failed to see where the insult was when a responsi ble personi announced himself as a can didate for public printer and' quoted prices that would save the State about $2,000 annually. This was a pure mat ter of business. They were there as trustees of the State to deal with the people's money and they were bound by their oaths to get the work done as cheaply as they could. If this was an insult, then God save the times to which we had come. If this scheme was consummated the members could rest sure that there would be an ac counting. Mr. Wolfe, of Orangeburg, 'seconded Mr. Calvo's -nomination, stating that some gentlemen were too solicitous as to how the members would explain their votes to the people. Senator Sloan, of Columbia, declared that he was always solicitous when he could raise hiis voice in behalf of the taxpyers. Senator W. D. Evans, of Marlboro, seconded Mr. Calvo's nomination on the score of his efficiency. He said that it was impossible for the Bryan C'om pany'% bid to save $2,500. Senator Wilson, ofSpartanburg, said that the bid made by the Bryan Com pany did not have the element of a contract in it and that the State in its dignity could not accept any money p aid back to her. He declared the Bryan bid all folly. The vote resulted in the election of Mr. Calvo 81 to 27. The detailed vote was as follows: For Calvo-Senators Barton, Beasley, Brice, Brown, Evans (W. D.), Evans (John Gary), Fuller, Harrison, Hemp hill, Magill, Mayfield, McDaniel, Ra gin, Redfearn, Sanders, Stribling, Tim merman, Williams, Wilson; Represen tatives Jones, Barry, .Breazeale, Buist, Carpenter, Carroll, CnIandler, Cox, Covington, Crum, Dendy, DuBose, Duncan (J. T.). Edwards, Elder, Est ridge, Felder, Foster, Garris, Gary (F. B), Graham, Gunter, Hammet, Hardy, Harvey, Harper, Hill, Jeffries, Jordan, Kennedy, Kinard (J1. D.), Kinard (H. J.), Lancaster, Lemnmon, Lesesne, Ma gill, Laban, Mauldin, Mp,White, Mi shoe, Mitchell, Nettles, Oliver, Parks, Pearmian, Phillips, Rowland, Rogers, Shaman, Singletary, Smith (A. J.), Smith (J. L.), Sturkie, Tatum, Tindal, Vaughn, Watson, Whitman, Whit-. mire. Wilborn, Wolfe (W. C.), Wolff (J. S.), Yeldell-81. For the Bryan Printing Company Senators Buist, Finley, Jenkins, Miller, Moore, Mower, O'Dell, Sloan, Smnythe, Verdier; Representatives Ashley, Bacot, Blease, Glover, Hardin, Hough, Hughes, Kelley, Lofton, Lowrance, Manning, Moses, Rhodes, Sullivan, Taylor, Thomas, Weston--27. THE DISPENSARY BILL. The new dispensary 'bill has become a law and takes effect immediately. The most abject subserviency was shown in its adoption and the bill went right through just as the Governor wanted and commanded that it should be. Some weak resistance was made at times. But the boys had to come around. Such a spectacle was probably never witnessed .before in the Legislature. The only amendments permitted were those offered by Mr. Nettles, the well known "prohibitionist," who so stout ly advocates the State rum shops. After other members had effered various amendments, which were promptly voted down, Mr. ?Nettles took the floor and proposed one after another which were quietly swallowed by the refawnera. No amendment offered by an anti-Tillmanite stood the ghost of a show. There was a battle royal over' the eighth section of the bill, which ait then stood allowed dispensaries to b located any where and everywhere, hoth in town and in country. Mr. Roner, of Marlboro, said he had voted for the bill because he thought it ras better than the sale of liquor by sar-rooms, but that when a section ike this was incorporated he would be leeliet if he did not fight it. He oved to strike out the whole section. ohibitionist Nettles defen ded the ~.At first he was not in favor fi had cnsnlted the Governor and had been persuaded by his supe rior judgment. The Governor bad studied the law, and if the members would just take it as he fixed it every thing would be all right. Mr. Lofton, of Charleston, said that I he respected the position taken by 1 Prohibitionist Roper, but that be could w not say the same for Prohibitionist tb Nettles. He called upon the members not to hearken to any such proposition. They were their own masters and a should pass upon this question only as their judgment dictated. They were _ not elected to bow to anybody's "supe rior judgment," but were sent there to act like men and express their convic- ; tions by their votes. S Mr. Watson, of Anderson, claimed that the Governor had a right to sug gest legislation and that it was pre- T sumptuous to insinuate that members were led about by the nose. At the session on Thursday night the House refused to disturb this sec tion, but the next day the very same men came back and spoke and voted exactly the opposite, finally arranging se the section so that dispensaries le should be located only in incorporated tb towns except in the counties of Beau- 01 fort and Horry, where the towns are la not incorporated. F There was a sharp fight over the b; proposition to ma ce the salary of the ct State Commissioner $3,000. The pres- A ent salary is $1,800 and some of the C rank and file, who were possibly not inform d that this was the right thing, be tried to prevent the increase, and the PI House succeeded in bringing it down at to $2,100. at These House amendments were ref- in ferred to a committee of conference, of which reported about 11 o'clock Friday aI night, when the session was drawing in to a close. This report was substantially pc as follows: That dispensaries be estab- ai lished as changed by the House; that P the House recede from the amendment t3 the commissioner's salary leaving it at $3,000; and that brewer, of rice beer - be allowed thirty days in which to dis- S pose of their product; and that spies and constables be exempted from ac tion for damages to person and proper- L ty. Mr. Blease, of Newberry, jumped on to this like a buzz saw. He declared that the committee had no right to incorporate the last two amendments as neither House bad pasmed upon them CI and that they were illegally placed bE in. al Mr. Gary who was in the chair sits- m tained the point. at Mr. Blease had got the members to a thinking by this time and it was evi- a: dent that he had caused a flurry in the a ranks of the Dispensaryites, many of N whom still wanted to prevent the le Commissioner's salary being so largely a increased. Such a commotion was raised that the Dispensary leaders moved to post- al pone the subject for ten minutes, which tt was carried and during which time a they brought the members back into C line by telling them that if they did a: not vote to adopt the committee's re port without any alterations the entire A Dispensary bill would be defeated. ' That settled it and the boys toed the 0 mark. In the meantime Mr. Jordan sue- A ceeded in passing a motion to recon- J sider concurrence by the House of the P Senate resolution to adjourn sine die C on Saturday. The object was to keep the members in session until it they submitted to the Committee T amendments. Mr. Nettles declared that it took an exceptionaly good man to be liquor A Commissioner, that he had to be a man of ability and very high character F as there was a great deal of temptation in the business. Then too he had to q have a good salary on account of the P odium attached to the business. Mr. a Nettles, however, made no reference to W the fact that the Committee had in- bi serted two amendments of its own. *~ Mr. Nettles' motion to adopt the re -W port prevailed. I It is understood that an agreement was bad between the Governor and _ Mr. Traxler to the effect that the salarys would be increased at this session. When the House refused to agree to the increase Senator John Gary Evans re marked that this didn't amount to any thing as it had- all been fixed and theN Committee of conference would recomn m"nd it. The eigh th section now provides that the State Board can establish dispen -- saries anywhere in incoporated wns, b and in the counties oftHorry andBa- 01 fort. Any dry county may secure a al dispensary by a petition signed by one ir fourth of the qualified voters, upon e( 'which an election shall be ordered by ti the county commissioners or the town le orcity council; provided that dispen- S saries may be established in the coun- Is ties of Williamsburg and Marion with out such election. g HEEE AND TNR E. ce The Senate passed a resolution order ing the election of public printer before P the bill callingsuch election was passed.d The metropolitan police bill died a P natural death. It was not discussed in P4 either House. The resolution to refund half the - county license to liquor dealers has passed. A joint resolution has been passed .. appointing a commiittee to look into the .5 matter of establishing aseparate Institu tion for blind and to report at the next session. The salary reduction bill will not go into effect until January 1, i895. The name. of the Lunatic Asylum has been eba-ed to the South Carolina. Hospital for th insane.] The General Assembly did not do a thing for the sea erers, despite ba the appeal of Miss B The county govern passed. It willigo into effect!i Notice of Final Settlement andl Discharge. HAVING MADE SETr'LEMENT on the estate of Levi E. Folk, 1 deceased, I will apply to the Probate 0 Court for Newberry County, S. C.. for t a.final discharge as administrator of a said estate,on the 2'7th day of January, a 1894. J.. WM. FOLK, c Administrator. -VALUABLE LAND E FOR MSAL Icry on Tuesday, (Saleday) the 2nd day of January, 1894, the following C real estate of the assigned. estate of 1 J. K. P. Goggans, E,. J Seventeen Acres ofLnd lying with- ti in the corporate limits of the Town of o Newberry, and bounded by lands of a T. M. Need, John R. Leavell and F others,. The "Senn Place," containing One a Hundred and Thirty acres, more or Im less, and bounded by lands of Geo. A. Boozer and others. N The "Floyd~ Place," containing Two Hundred and Eleven Aeres, more or n less. This place lies about twelve miles n from Newberry C. H., and Is bounded by lands of L. W. Floyd and others. n~ Terms will be announced at sale, and a when the property is sold all encum- a brances will be removed. s Parties desiring to purchase any of b said lands can negotiate for them pri- ia vately-. h R. L. McCAUGHRIN, p Assignee and Agent. oieof Final Dis-. ~t1cecharge. 1b..L APPLY TO THE PRO- hi bae urt of Newberry County on 29th day o ecember, 1893, for a final - discharge dministrator of the es- Iti tate of Jas. S deceased.I J. 1AM SENN, A CARD . T AFFORDS ME PLEASURE TO 8 . announce to my many friends and stoners that on and after January t, 1894, I can be found at the old and z11 established Dry Goods House of G e C. & G. S. Mower Company, where will:be very much pleased and grati d to see all who may favor me with !all. Thanking all for past favors, I am, very respectfully, C Wm. H. CARWILE. j laster's Sales. 'ATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. f COUNTY OF NEWBERRY-IN a COMMON PLEAS. e 3e National Bank of Newberry, S. C., vs. Allen Mendenhall and William q Mendenhall. Foreclosure of Mortgage. V T_DER ORDER OF THE SAID a .Court of Common Pleas, I will b U1, at Newberry Court House, during t gal hours of sale, at public outcry, to p e highest bidder, on Tuesday, the see- c id day of January, 1894, that tract of - nd in Newberry County, containing ifty Acres, more or less, and bounded lands of estate of L. W. Long, de ased, Geo. M. Long, W. I. Herbert, nthony Griffin and I. P. and C. H. annon. '1 TERMS OF SALE: The purchaser will required to -pay one-third of the irchase money in cash, and the bal ice, in two equal installments, in one d two years after day of sale, with terest on each installment from day sale: with leave to purchaser to ticipate any portion of purchase b oney. Purchaser to secure credit 2 >rtion of purchase money by bond 9 d mortgage of the premises sold. urchaser to pay for all papers. SILAS JOHNSTONE, Master. a Master's Office, Dec. 11th, 1893. 'ATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, n COUNTY OF NEWBERRY- IN COMMON PLEAS. c obert A. Fair, as Executor of James e Fair, deceased, Plaintiff, against y M. B. Latimer et al., Defendants. f, 3Y ORDER QF THE COURT ii herein, I will sell at public out- C y before the Court House at New- t rry, on the first Tuesday in Janu- P y, 1894, all that tract of land, for- P erly owned by James Fair, situ ed in the County and StatA afore id, containing about Three Hundred S id Sixty-Five Acres, more or less, :d bounded by lands of Brown & oseley, Est. J. J. Cook, John B. Fel rs, J. Monroe Wicker, A. A. Kibler, id others, in five sub-divided tracts, follows: Tract No.1, containing One Hundred id Thirty-two Acres and a half-being teHome Place-bounded by Columbia tl id Greenville Road, estate of J. J. a ok, Brown & Mosely, A. G. Wise d id Lot No.2. Tract No. 2, containing Twenty-five E eres, bounded by Tract No. 1, A. G. tl ise, Pierce Wicker and Columbia & reenville Railroad. .n Tract No. 3, containing Seventy-six cres and a quarter, bounded by Fed C ickson, Geo. C. Cook, B. B. Schum- C rt, A. A. Kibler, Tract No.4 and A Dlumbia and Greenville Railroad. h Tract* No. 4, containing Seventy- A iree Acres and a half, bounded by E ract No. 3, A. A. Kibler, Tract No. 4, H. Wheeler and Tract No. 1. Tract No. 5, containing Forty-seven c cres and a quatter. bounded by Tract ii o. 4, J. Monroe Wicker and Jno. B.d ellers.d TEENS: The purch.iser will be re- b ired to pay in cash one-third of the a. irchase mone'y and secure the hal- W ce, payable in one and two years, p ith interest from thbe day of sale, by p~ >nd and mortgage of the premises, ith leave to anticipate payments in - hole or in part. Purchaser to pay 5 r papers. SILAS JOHNSTONE, Master. Master's Office, 11 De.. 1893. - p IATE OF SOU PH CA ROL INA - COUNTY OF NEW BERR Y-IN COMMON PLE AS. ewberry Building and Loan Associa- 1l i Defendant. ~Y ORDER OF, THE COURT al -herein, I will sell at public outcry ti ~fore the Court House at Newberry, d: a the first Tuesday in January, 1894, 8 I that tract-of land lying and being it Newberry County, State afort-said, a taning One Hundred and Sixty- y reAcres and- four-tenths, more or s, and bounded by lands of J. M. C. e ;ewart; Moses Spearman, and other r< ds of Willis Spearman et al-. TERMs: The purchaser will be re ired to pay one-half of the pur- b tase money in cash, and to secure the danace by bond and mortgage of the q emises sold, with interest from the n ty of sale-with leave to anticipate a yments. Purchaser to pay for pa- . SILAS JOHNSTONE, Master. Master's Office, Dec. 11, 1893. Mobate Judge'sSal2es. 'ATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEW BERRY-INI PROBATE COURT.I o. M. Kinard, C. C. P. &e., as Ad ministratoi of Washington Gourdine, deceased, Plat'ntiff, against Caroline Gourdine and others, Defendants. )URSUANT TO AN ORDER OF .Court herein, I will sell at Neiu - rry Court House. on saleday in Ja blic..hU outcr eless, anidbb [cIntosh, the Public ,'~d;Phil p Street and others, on the following *rms to wit: One-half of the purchase money to e paid in cash, the balance on a credit twelve months with interest from ie day of sale. Credit portion to biE mured by bond of the purchaser and aortgage of the premises sold. Pur iaser to pay for papers. J. B. FE LL ERS, J. P. N. C. 11th December, 1893. TATE OF SOUTH CAROLNA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY-IN PROBATE COURT. lbert Anderson, as Executor of Ben jamin Bird, P.iaintiff, againet Nancy Bird and others, Defendants. omplaint to sell land to pay debts, etc. BY ORDER OF COURT HEREIN I will sell at public outcry, before ae Court House at Newberry, S. C., 2 the First Tuesday in January, 1894, 1 that tract of land containing Three [undred Acres, more or less, situated 3d lying in the County of Newberry 3d State aforesaid, and bounded by nds of S. D. Garlington, Agent, I homas Ray, Mrs. Atchison and S. P. [cCrackin. The said land will be sold in two or ore tracts, and plats may be seen .at y office. TERMs: One-third of the purchase oney to be paid in cash, and the by' l ce in two equal installmrente, in dne 3d two years with interest fr om day of ie. The credit portion to be se'cuted r bond and mortgage of the premises, ith leave for the purchaser to payi all s bid in cash. Purchaser to pav, for apers..J. B. FELLERSi Judge of Probste. Newberry, S. C.. Dec.11, 1893. Our stationery Department.1 At The Herald and News offce we ve a small lice of stationeru which e will sell at prices to suit t 'e timfes. nen, pencils, ink, paper pencil1 ,blets, cheap. Give us a - t. Schloss Bros. &r UoJ Cl ing a oseley Bros. -tfj Master's Sales. TATE OF sOlTrH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEVBERRY-N COMMON PLEAS. G. DeWalt, Plaintiff, vs. Adam L. Wise et al, Defendants. Y ORDER OF THE CuURT herein, dated 27 Nov., 1893, I ill sell at public outcry before the ourt House at Newberry, on the first uesday in January, 1894, all that lot r parcel of laud lying and being in 2e Village of Prosperity, County and tate aforesaid, fronting Twenty-fie tet on Broad street and running back t right angles Eigh+y feet and bound I by Broad street and Main street. TERMS: The purchaser will be re uired t.o pay one-third of the purchase .oney in cash, and to secure the hal ce, payable in one and two years, 'ith interest from the day of sale (pay ble annually until paid in full), by and of the purchaser and mortgage of 2e premises-with leave to anticip' te aymtents in whole or in part. Pur Iaser to pay for papers. SILAS JOHNSTONE, Master. Master's Office, Dec. 11, 1893. TATE OF sourH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEWBERRY-IN COMMON PLEAS. 'he National Bank of Newberry, S.C., vs.. Robert Floyd and Silas John stone, Master. Foreclosure. Y ORDER OF THE COURT OF -Comm^n Pleas for the said Coun q, I will sell, at public outcry, at New erry t ourt House, on Tuesday, the ad day of January, 1894, during legal ours of sale, the following real estate i the said County, to wit, all that .act of land. containing One Hundred ad Fifty and three-tenths Acres, more r less, bounded by lands of John A. Verts, John W. Reeder, Willis Spear jan and others. TERMS OF SALE: The purchaser will e required to pay one-third of the pur base money in casb, the balance in qual installments, in one dnd two ears from day of sale, with interest om day of sale, with leave to pay all cash. Credit portion of the pur. base money to be secured by bond of 2e purbaser and mortgage of tbe remises; and purchaser to pay f<r apers.T T SILAS JOHNSTONE, Master. Master's Office, Dec. 11th, 1893. TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF NEWBERRY-IN COMMON PLEAS. he National Bank of New berry, S. C., vs. Harriet F. MeCarley et al. Foreclosure. FN PURSUANCE OF THE ORDEr L of the Court of Common Pleas for ie said County, I will sell, at public ction, to the highest bidder. ou Tues ay,the 2-id day of January 1894,duriug gal hours of sale, at New brry Court Louse, all the share, interest and es Lte of Harriet F. McCarley, James S. [cCarley, John F. .McCarley and Sid ey B. McCarley (that is to say, two urds) in that tract of land in said. eunty, formerly owned by John Me arley, containing Nine Hundred cres, more or less. and bounded by, ,nds of William Wallace, Thomas brams, estate of J. E. Brown and noree River. Terms of Sale : The purchaser will:be quired to pay one-third of bid. in tsh, and the balance, in two equail stallments, one and two years-fronm ty of sale, with interest on each froin ty of sale. -Credit purchase money-to secured by bond of the prbae id a mortgage of the premises sold, ithb leave, however, to pay the whole irhase money In cash. Purchaser o ty for papers. S L AS JOHNSTONE, Master. Master's Of fice, Dec. 11th,, 1893. ATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY-IN COMMO*PLEAS. ry M. iSuber and Latmbert J. Jones against Dolly L. Chandler, -Effas S. Chandler and Fannie T. Chandler. 4 3 Y ORDER OF THE COURT - herein dated 27th of November, 193, will sell at public outcry before i Court House in Newborry, on the, rst Tuesday in January 1894, all that act of land in (be County and State ~oresaid, on waters of Gilder's Creek, e property of the late Thomas Chan r, containing Two Hundred and ixty-two and a Half 4cres, more or ss, and bounded by lands of .8amuel . Seig, now owned by R. C. Carnisle,, im. Kinard, now owned by John -. inard, Beth Eden church tot,,lands D. I. J. Chandler and by the publie ad leading from Newberry to Union This land will be sold in threeparcels, y' plats to be exibitedon day of sale. TEMS: The purchaser. will be-re aired to pay one-third of the purchase oney in cash, and to secure the hal ce payable littwelve months-withy t.rest from day of sale, by bond and ortgage of the premises with leave to ticipate payments in whole or in pa.rt 'urchaser to pay for papers. SIL AS JOHNSTONE. .Master. Master's Off#ce, Dee,.11, 1893. BARGAINS I SBARGI BIG BA RGAIIl S GALL AND SEE S MITH *J ain Street,. Ne ewbers-y, e. c. TH "N FINSE LIFE * PRO VID Na Repra88nt Siag Cag Brokers and Pro Prompt attention given to SHOES SHOES SHOES I BAY STATE 00 '8. BAY STATE COO.'S. GOOD WEAR GOOD WEA= GOOD AND= GOOD ANUD GooD PLANTATI PLANTA ..me,mr = - -'! r is by Thie:Ne6a restment Comna be. capitail tco sa ne ed iate oee.'ndri aoc reugnns . 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