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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-09-16


A. s. Wallace has been unani.
mously re-nominatcd to Congress.
" Wo beg tv return thanks to
Mr.. r.. S. Desportes for copies of late
Northern papers.
" Judge Nackey went for
chamberlain heart and soul. This
IS what the Judge calls reform.
9W@ Forty deaths in Charleston
for the week ending the 5th-whites
Is; colorcd 27.
0E A mule runaway oplivened
the Town few evenings ago. No
damage done.
RAIN.-The first iustalin cnt of tho
cquinoctial rains was.e Given us ycstcr.
day. After the long drought it WAS
quite refr cshing,
0r The city fathers ought to see
that the conduie pipes of the new
Ci.,crh are put up. Delays in such
matters, arc dangerous.
w. A hostile meeting took place
yesterday between John Green and
Joseph Stark. Pistols and bottles
were the weapons. Nobody hurt.
EYy' The merchants are starting
on their fall trips North. Messrs
Jas. W. Law, l.. N. Withers and
Geo. II. McMastcr left ON Thurs
day.
e w. By reference to our editorial
columns it will be seen that the Re-
publican convention have nominated
D. II. Chamberlain for Governor.
We wish now that We held some frau
du!ent bonds.
0t- Mr.. NJ. Roe his laid upon
our table curiosity in the shape Of
h rock. it res cmblcs lot Of lumIs
of loaf sugar melted and stuck to-.
gether, can some .'rocki st," tell us
what kind Of rock it is.
lMroRrANT NorIc@.--Tke County
Union meets in the Thespian Hall
Saturday Che 18th at ll.so A. NJ.
A full attendance is requested.
The County Executive Committee,
meets at 10 A. NJ.
DYrTnER,A.-This dreadful disease
is prevailing 20 some extent II Gown
Mi. }. W. McCrcighS and bis thrce
children ave afflicted with it, but we
are glad to say they eve not danger
ously ill.
DEMONSTRATION. Jas. B. McCants
Jas. G. McCants, ESQ, and Capt.
W. d. Aiken have returned. These
gentlemen report themselves as hav
ing had delightful time, and arc
looking much improved by thci
trip.
Board OF EaUALIzATfoN.-Th'
County Board of Equalization is nov
In session. and arc fairly as thei
work. All parties dissatisfied will
Tho valuation of their proport,
should apply to this Board.
G- We refer our readers to tn
Editorial Correspondence in anothe
column, where will be found an in
teresting account Of the proceeding
of the Tax Payers convention and th'
Republican State Convention.
0f We had the pleasure Of meet
ing in our office, yesterday, Roswell
II. Logan, Esq, of tho Rual Caro-
linian. We COZ daily rccommcn
tho Carolinian to the planters Of ,thi
county. It is without doubt the bes
agric ulLural journal in the country.
0T Mr.. Jas. Hai.hcock lost tw
children last week from diptheri'
The littlc onos died within twcly
hours of each other. Wr. WI
Robinson Of Jsckson's Creek also 10!
a child Sunday from the same di
case.
" We undc. stand that thor
will be bolt from tho regular r.
publican convention held in Colul
bia last Week. The Green delegate
arc opposed to rasoafity used
Patterson, Chamberlain aud Co.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-09-16

98y@ Forty deaths in Charleston
for the week ending the 5th-whites
i3; colorcd 27.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-09-16

W A mule runaway oplivened
the Town few evenings ago. No
damage done.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-09-16

o~F We were misinformed as to
tho deer hunt on Dutchmans Creek
last week. There we're five deer
killed stead of four. Of these Mr.
y. j. Seigler and j. B. Walker
killed one a piece.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-09-16

0t- Mr.. NJ. Roe his laid upon
our table curiosity in the shape Of
b rock. it res cmblcs n lot Of lumIa
of loaf sugar melted aud stuck to-.
gether, can some ,srockist," tell us
what kind Of c. rock it is.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-09-16

CoTToN MARKEr.-We can scarce
ly say more in relation to the cotton
market, than, that it is fairly opened
Some 8 or 10 Bales sold this week,
at decidedly lower figure than what
was paid for the first bale--the rul.
ing price for the best article boing
lActs whilst quotations in Charleston
are l43 to Is, and in New York GLOW
middlings" command best l6ots.
there appears to bo no money for the
buyer at these figures, and it is pro.
sumed that no advance IS likely to
occur for the present.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-09-16

lMroRTANT NorIcG.--Tke County
Union meets in the Theypian Hall
Saturday Che 18th at ll.so A. NJ.
A full ATTENDANCE is requested
The County Executive Committee;
meets at 10 A. NJ.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-09-16

DYrTnER,A.-This dreadful disease
is prevailing 20 some extent N Gown:
Mi. }. w. McCrcighS and bis thrco
children ave afflicted with it, but we
are glad to say they ave not danger
ously ill.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-09-16

H. A hostile meeting took place
yesterday between John Green and
Joseph Stark. Pistols and bottles
were the weapons. Nobody hurt.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-09-16

IMPORTANT TO rAxrAYEns.-The
Board Of Equalization meets on lOth
September, and will continue IN
session about twenty days. All
persons whose returns were raised
were ordered 20 appear on the loth.
This WAS an absurd order, as il
would result in causing several hum
drcd ta&.payers to hang day after
day around tho office.
Before Mr. Davidson's death We
suggested that certain days be ap.
poiated for each township and ad-
vcrtised. Tho suggestion was
thought good but no ono advc .tisod.
We have seen Mr.. Duvall, he says
the returns will DO taken in alpha.
betical order, iustoad Of by town.
ships. But ho has gone to Colu m bia
without inserting an advertise mcnt
We therefore suggest that those tag
payers whose names begins with 4
appear on the 10Th, let the B's appea,
on tie llth, Cs on the l2th. AS, the
18th will be public day, the furtbe,
distribution of the time can be there
NJ ade known. ,.,..
THE returns cannot be Tdised Nth
out a pers6ndl inspsction'cftEe proper
ty =. -. .
I About eight hundred Taxpayers
have neglected to make their returns
and by the law, tho Auditor ha
dded so per cent to. there returns
of last year.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-09-16

E o By reference to our editorial
columns it will be seen that the Re-
publican convention have nominated
d. II. Chamberlain for Governor.
We wish now that We held some frau
du,ent bonds.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-09-16

CnURcn DEDlcATIoN.-The new
Methodist Church in this place, will
Cd. v. ybo dedicated to the service of
God on Sunday, the Goth inst. The
Rev. Whitefoord Smith, D. D.. Of
Wofford College is expected to
preach tho sermon at ii O'Clock 4. NJ :.
The public arc invited to attend.
The various Sun day Schools of the
place are also invited to attond i
Sunday-Sohoo! mass meeting at half
past three o'clock in the afternoon
Addresses from Prof. j. II. Carlise
and Dr.. Smith are expected
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-09-16

RAIN.-The first iustalincn of tho
cquinoctial rains was..eiven us ycstcr
day. After the long drought it VA
quite refr cshing.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-09-16

Gf- The city fathers ought to see
that the conduit pipes of the new
Ci.,crh are put up. Delays in such
matters, arc dangerous.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-09-16

" We undc.s stand that there
will be bolt from tho regular re-
publican convention held in Colum
bia last Week. The Green delegates
are opposed to rascaftty used by
Patterson, Chamberlain aud Co.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-09-16

EEg}'' The merchants are starting
on their fall trips North. N1essrs
Jas. ". Law, l.. N. Withers and
Geo. II. McMastcr left on Thurs
day.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-09-16

INTERNAL IMpRoyEM ENrs.-M essrs
McMaster y Brice have enlarged
their store, adding greatly to its ca.
pacity and convenience.
Mr.. W. B.. Creisht, has, lately put
in operation planning machine,
which in few minutes can do the
work Of hours.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-09-16

REruRNED.--Hon. Jas. b. McCants
Jas. G. McCants, ESQ, and Capt,
W. d. Aiken have returned. These
gentlemen report themselves as hav-
ing had delightful time, and are
looking much improved by thcir
trim.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-09-16

ta3=' From sevesal portions of this
County we learn from the most re~
liable farmers that there will not be
more than half crop of cotton made
,h!s year.. There is a good July crop
on the stalk but the, drouth followed
Wy. the wet spell, cut off the August
crop. The Corn crop is extra fine,
and enough will be made to supply
the couutIy. -,...
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-09-16

0c- ri anothar column will bj
found the advertisements of The Bucl
Eye Bee Hive. This hive is, with
out doubt, the dcs! now offel ed to tn,
public. end no one raising bees shoult
be without this hive,
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-09-16

" We learn from the Rock Hill
Grange that Mr. Geo. A. White our
outcrprising Baker and Confcctioner
has branched off, and will soon open
branch store in Rock Hill. The
Rock lliilians may rest assured that
under The supervision of Mr.. Miles
they will be we'll supplied with overy.
hing in Mr.. Whites. line.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-09-16

EY- The Abboville Medium nomi.
mates Hon. w. d. Simpson of Laurens
for Congress, and follows out tho
nomination by Suggesting oonven-
ton of all the political elements in
that district 70 support and cary out
tho nomination.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-09-16

BOARD OF EQUALIzATfoN.-Tho
County Board of Equalization is now
In session, and arc fairly as their
work. All parties dissatisfied with
Tho valuation of their property
should apply to this Board.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-01-21

ducement to purchase Western bonds, the Ex-
amner suggests law requiring that oue-half
of the investments made by savings banks
shall be made in government securities, bonds,
stocks and securities in and out of our own
State, threefourths at least in securities within
New England, and not exceeding one-fourth
out of New England, prohibiting investments
in or loans on bonds and stocks of railroads out
of New England.
In regard to dividends, the Examiner con.
cludes that no bank should lie allowed to de-
clare more than three per cent. semi-annual
dividends. and no extra dividend until the re-
served fund shall amount to fifteen per cent OF
its net deposits .... --.-.s
The Examiner remarks that he was unable to
examine the securities of six banks as these
were in the Union Safe Deposit Vaults in Bos
ton, the banks not having strong safes of their
own. He says that the Safe Deposit Vaults in
Portland are regarded as safe as those in Bos
ton, and he suggests the use of those in Maine
rather than in other States.
One of the closing paragraphs of the Report
is as follows; sr
If we would have our savings institutions at
tain the highest possible character for good
management, safe investments, and uninter
rupted dividends, they must be so regulated by
law that no spirit of rivalry shall be induced II
the way of declaring large dividends and extra
dividends; to do this they must invest in secur
tiles paying large interest and below their par
value, many of which are more or less doubt
full, foreign and unknown, and to great ex.
teut deny to accommodate the people for whose
accommodation the banks were created They
should be so limited in the amount of dividends
and number, that they would introduce and act
under the rule of safety first, profit second.
ary," and not the reverse of this rule.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-01-21
Division of Railroad Receipts.

10 the Edlt0r OF the FreSS: aEas .rF
In your Fridays issue somebody processes to
be disturbed because the Eastern and Maine
Central railroads do not divide their receipts
from the Boston business of Maine in pro-
portion to the mileage. Said party takes pains
to specify cases in which the Maine Central
receives twice and even three times as much
as the Eastern, in proportion to the distance
hauled These facts appearing as they do in
connection with charges against the Maine
Central of Misrepresentation before the
last Legislature, of assuming the position of
dictator" of Incorporating baggage
checks" ETC., are evidently intended to serve
for odum against this railroad with the Leg
islature and the people. ~
The critic referred to betrays total misap-
prehenson of the relations of the Eastern and
Maine Central railroads. These roads are not
consolidated. They have simply entered into
a jOint-purse arrangement for the division of
profits. Each retains its own government.
Each establishes its own tariff rates. The
Eastern road to secure the Boston freight of the
Maine Central made a very liberal offer for the
transportation of that freight. The Maine
Central acceded to the proposition. They have
few officers in common, for the sake of econ
omy and harmony of working. This is the
sum of their arrangement. BIT the arrange
ment is complete in that it secures what is all
important To the State, namely, low-cost trans
portation to the graud market of Maine, Bos-
ton and the contiguous cities
Now to assume that the Maine Central can
afford to move freights at as low figures per
mile as the Eastern road is preposterous. In
canvassing the matter with view to an ar
rangement, the Eastern road plainly saw that
the Maine Central-starting trains from eight
different points, with eight different lOcomo-
tives, and eight different sets of train hands,
picking up here passenger and there parcel
of merchandise-its territory spread out as
large as an average New England State. ter
ritory sparsely peopled, with its industries
comparatively undeveloped-could not afford to
carry freight and passengers at SO low rate per
mile as itself, which receives them by the car
load and train load at once. which traverses a
densely inhabited region full of manufacturing
activity and wealth, and which is patronzed by
people with whom travel by rail is a daily
habit, part of daily recreation and business.
On the basis of the dissimilar conditions it
made its propositions, and they were accepted
by the Maine Central. The tariff rates of the
Maine Central are higher than those of the
Eastern, on the same principle that the rates
of the stage coaches running from its way sta
tons out into the side country are higher than
those of the Maine Central. That the charges
of the Maine Central are unreasonable and ex-
cessive cannot be shown. They are on the con-
trary below the average of New England rail-
roads. COMMON SENSE
Portland, Jan. 10, 1872,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-01-21
DEATH OF THE SIAMEsE Tw1Ns.-A despatch

DEATH OF THE SIAMEsE TwINs.-A despatch
from Greensboro N. c., announces the death
of the Siamese twins on Saturday morning
last. Chang was partially paralyzed last fall,
since which time he has been fretful and
strongly addicted to drinking as means of
alternating his sufferings As soon as it was
discovered that Chang was dead Eng became
terribly shocked and raved wildly for a while,
at times exhibiting signs of great mental alb
CREATION. This attack was followed by deadly
stupor. In two hours FROM the death of Chang
Eng died. The deaf mute children of the de-
ceased express their sorrow and bereavement in
the most pitiful manner. The twins were born
in 1911, and were therefore sixty-three years
old. Their history is well known to the public,
although they have lived very quietly in North
Carolina for several years. Science will prob
ably learn something from their extraordinary
structure, which may have bearing both up
on physical and mental phenomena.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-01-21

To breathe pure, healthful an and TO follow occu-
pations conducive to health and long life are the
privileges of the minority. The majority must dwell
wherever their lot is cast however insalubrous the
locality may be, and work at the craft assigned to
them, however destructive to health and vigor.
Medical science has, however. to the aid of the
latter. In Hostetters Stomach Bitters they have and
have had the last twenty five years. the best de-
fence against the morbid influences which create and
foster disease that the vegetable kingdom can supply
Its ingredients among the finest botanic specifics
which research has yet revealed to man. As pre-
ventve Of and remedy for the diseases generated by
swamps, masma the foul air of factories excessive
heat over exertion of body or mind, unwholesome
Btters bear away the palm from all medicines of the
present day.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-01-21

than that which deludes them with paper
money. This is the most effectual of inyen-
tons 70 fertilize the rich mans field with the
sweat of the poor mans brow. Ordinary
tyrrany, oppression, excessive taxation, these
bear lightly on the happiness of the mass of
the community, compared with q fraud
ulent currency, and the robberies COM
mitted by deprecated paper"
Sunset Cox hit the nail ON the head, last
Thursday, when he told the House that the
growth of the newspaper had dwarfed the i'm
portance of the right of petition tina. the PEG
pie were coming more and more to see in the
newspaper the most convenient channel for
bringing their grievances to the notice of the
law-makers.-Sprinafeld Republican.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-01-21
Current Notes.

The Boston Advertiser says that the pro-
hibition law in that State has been a conspcu.
Gus failure and is very rabid about the matter.
as that once conservative journal occasionally
appears to be under the present Management.
1t says: "We arraign the prohibitory law and
its agencies as vast fundamentally for the
increase of drunkenness, for aiding to this
evil habit the contagion of kindred vices, for
being remotely the cause of authorizations that
poison the bodies and benumb the souls
of the dram-drinkers of this gen.
Grafton. With the best and purest
motives they have gone blindly on to sweep
out our Atlantic Ocean Of rum with their pro-
hibitory brooms. 1t does not stay swept out.
Now they stand in the way. They block the
avenues 10 the State house. They thunder
from Orthodox and heterodox pulpits. Their
prohibition seems to clang from the very
steeples on Sundays. They have the patent
right and permit 10 Infringement, No one is
a friend OF temperance if he does not approve
their absurd law and the tyrannical and cor
rupt proceedings under 1t. We think it is
quite time for these legal reformers to retire
anu seeuy history, law and the spirit of laws.
Their failure has been signal. Their natent
machinery does not work. Drunkenness in
creases. There is no control over the SELLERS
and the community has not the least protac,-
ton against fabrications, ..l - wv
Our exchanges have many complimentary
notices of Charles Astor Bristed who died a,
Washington recently at the age of SO. He
was grandson by his mother, of John ia.
cob Astor and is known to the literary world
as ''Carl Benson" f'' n~
The Vermont Central railroad people bro
pose now to stife the cries of their Vermont
and Canada victims by buying up their prop.
erty altogether. The terms are, three mill.
ion dollars, in mortgage bonds on the Yer.
mont and Canada, payable in 30 years, with
g. per cent interest,-the same being the
amount of the capital stock of the Vermont
and Canada,-the assumption of all liabilities
of the Vermont and Canada,-and so Del
cent Of the $3.50, 900 past due rent of the Yer
mont and Canada, payable in s per cent
equipment bonds. This is simply selling your
sell and taking yourselffor security.
Daniel Webster is said to have been close
student OF currency, and in speaking of a
disordered currency, he said:
SIT undermines the yirtros ,. e.,
the support of the social system, I aUl
courages propensities destructive Of Gnu ;t' %,
piness. 1t wars against industry tr,,o LIZ
and economy and it fosters the evil sn;r;aa
extravaganza and speculation. OF ali a.
contrivances for cheating the laboring classes
OF mankind, none has been more effectua
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-01-21

TARIFF DECIsION.-The tariff fees prescrb
ed by the Consular Regulations for the sealing
of cars coming into the United States from
Canada, and for the certificate to the manifest
has been modified so as to hereafter require a
fee of % cents for both of said services, instead
of % for each, as formerly,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-01-21

The Boston ADVERTISERS Washington spec
ial says that the vote on Mr.. Wilson's expan-
sion resolutions, Monday, in the House, in
dicates that with but thirty-seven majority on
general declaration, the expansionists can
not carry specific measure, as enough will
be opposed to any single scheme to defeat it.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-01-21

The Advertiser approves the vote of Con-
gresham Burleigh in favor of the resolution
authorizing members of Congress to frank
printed matter until July LIST. There are
many good reasons in favor of the measure,
but it is probable that it would lead to a large
edition of agricultural and other reports
worth less than three cents pound.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-01-21

THE New York Times says that money is
abundant in that city and can be obtained at
reasonable rates. Yet large number of
gentlemen in Congress are laboring under the
impression that there is so little currency
that it needs expansion. Extending the pres
ent volume of currency is very much like
watering stock ., A
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-01-21

THE winter meeting of the Maine State
Pathological Society will be held at the State
House, Augusta, Wednesday and Thursday,
January 2Sth and Goth. There will be an
exhibition of winter fruit, and papers will be
read by Hons. s. l.. Goodale, Washington
Gilbert and DR.. ]. c. Weston OF Bangor.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-01-21
Savings Banks Of Maine,
Report of the Bank Examiner.

The seventeenth annual report of the Savings
Banks of Maine and the first of the present
Examiner, Hon. w. W. Bolster, shows that
there are tifty-six savings ins titutions in the
State, two of which have been organized the
past year, viz: at Ellsworth and South Paris
The deposits and profits of these banks on the
third of November last were $29, $50, 523s4, or
six and half millions more than the capital
of the banks Of deposit s9 Au.l AAf
The assets compared with last year are as
follows. sr.r-r -. 4. s.to... t,s.= .rr