The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-02-04

Aoo <hkS II 1ItlS EtI.--t11S. VII
got 4 bargain the other day in :, basket
Of fine, large, fat chickens. Looking
, into the basket, the chickens We're So
large, and the price within reach as she
thought Of the pocket of her spouse,
that the purchase was 1T once made,
and the contents Of the basket cmptiel
into the fowl house, while Il smile rested
on her brow. At dinner the head of
the household inquired. What kind Of
a bird it was which WAS served up?" "a
nice spring chicken" WAS the reply.
Spring" srowled ('rundy, ''better call
it 4 string chicken. for it is us tough rs
whit-leathcr." Nothing more was sud.
and but little heard. save the sound
made by the operation Of tlisSecting the
bird. Before day the next morning an
unusual fuss in the yard and about the
neighborhood Of the chicken house,
woke up Grundy. Il say, my dear.
what is the racket ont in the yarl?"
The old woman listened, "oh, said she.
lit is those chickens bought yesterday,
the hens are cackling, and have no
doubt laid a few fresh eggs for your
breakfast" \ soft sigh escaped Grun-
dv, ''that is good" said he. but old
lady, say, hear no cackling it seems
to me- it's all Growing, and I have my
doubts about fresh eggs" After day
light Grundy FASTENED to the fowl
house, and there to his consterna-
ton found it full of grown up roosters
with spurs denoting age. Alas, Mrs.
Grundy had bought Il basket full Of
venerable roosters. 1t took the entire
family of Grundy's, with the help Of
friendly visitors, to get through with
that lot of cheap spring chickens.
We have no apology to make for dis
continuing the HERALD ut the expiration
Of the paid up time of subscription. but
ut the same time regret that in a few
instances such q course has brought
down on US the i'll will of some good
friends. We trust that it will not be
long ere every subscriber on our books
VIII recognize that the plan is the best
one to both publisher and reader. No
offence is intended by it, nor do we
have any doubt Of the subscribers abil
ity and willingness to pay at some time,
but it is impossible to discriminate
among hundreds of names by f;,vorin@
some and diScontinuing others, for but
one set of books are kept and the only
Just and fair plan is to mark each sub
scriber's paper just before the time eN-
pires and after that erase the name
The subscriber who sees the mark will
understand his time is out, and will
know why the paper is stopped, and if
he desires to continue, will notify us of
the fact. 1t is the experience Of all
publishers that ut least one-third of sub
scriptions are lost by any other plan.
A large number Of men will receive 4
paper the whole term of the year and
when asked to settle, make such excuses
as the following-did not receive the
paper half the time-told MY postmas-
ter to have it stopped-thought you dis
continued whenever the term was out,
&c. Some we find at the end Of the
year cannot. be found, for they have
either removed themselves or have been
removed to that bourne when no trav-
cller Ger returns, AS 4 proof, we
have about six hundred dollars due Us
on old subscriptions. and find it hard to
collect. Don't be angry then, reader,
if some day YOU 90 the Office and fail
to receive the HERALD, but like sensible
men, who feel for the printer, send on
the money and renew. This thing Of
everlastingly dunning, too, is a misera-
BILE practice. painful in the extreme to
US, and disas sreeable to YOU. We have
determined to stop it.
CoURT.-The Court Of General Scs-
sions, after term of ten days, adjourn
ed last Friday morning sine die. In
| addition to the cases reported in our
LAST issue, the following were tried:
The State VS.. Scott Boyce and Ed
mund Hurd; Larceny. Guilty,
The State VS.. Dave Suber; Grand
Larceny. Mistrial.
The State VS. Jefferson Walker and
Belton Renwick, alias Bolton Salter;
Grand Larceny. Not Guilty.
The following sentences were passed
upon the convicts of this term:
Augustus Logan, convicted of receiv-
ing stolen property knowingly, was
sentenced to confinement in the County
Jail for six months.
Wright Sullivan. convicted Of high
way robbery, was sentenced to two
years hard labor in the penitentiary.
Martha Gaines, convicted of petit
larceny, was sentenced to imprisonment
in the County Jail for one month.
In the case Of the State VS.. Scott
Boyce and Edmund Hurd, sentence was
sealed.
The Court of Common Pleas was
opened on Friday and adjourned sine
die on Saturday, Nothing was done
except the granting Of judgments by
default, and the hearing Of motions.
So that the doors Of the temple of
Justice are again closed, and the juro, $
who have distinguished themselves with
such undying notoriety may, wc do.ef
Mi,lh, very truthfully and appropriately
sing,
Ny business on the jugs done-the quib-
blin' all is through
I've watched the lawyers right and left, and
gave my verdict True;