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public.
Every business should be sdyer
tscd, no matter whore or what il
is. Ii moderate custom were sure
among a circle OF friehds and nc.
quaIntanccs in II given locality, il
would siill be 10 the merchants in.
tcicst to advertise and increase his
trade. The main expenses ofdoing
business will be about 30 much, be
the volume transacted greater or
less. A largo business can be done
at a much less per centage Of cost
than a small one. A man can bet
ter afford TO sell one hundred thou
sand dollaIs' worth OF goods at a
profit OF ten pcr cent, than fifty
thousand at fifteen percent.
A merchant may expect to hold
trade by selling low, but he must
have first made il known that he in
selling low, or he will not get the
customers in the beginning.
Ways OF advertising are rs mum.
erous as the busy brain of man can
invent. The most unmitlgated
humbugs IN soliciting advertise
mcnts, are, the men who have ho-
tel cards, depot cards, business
cards, maps, and similar abomina.
tons. Men will invest IN these
WI d-cat enterprises who think an
advertisement in the daily or week
Iy paper is SO much money thrown
away
OF course money can be wasted |
upon advertisements as upon eve.
rythlng else. 1t would be u folly !
Ior a hardware merchant to adver-
Ilse his wares in paper especially |
devoted to the druggists trade, or
Tho reverse. A man who depends
upon the local trafc should patron
ze the local papers.
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The following we take frem the

Ihe f0tiewlng we taGo IrSm tns
Gazette:
Some weeks ago, the state board
of finance sent 10 the collectors OF
a number OF the large counties y
request to send in the receipts on
the state interest tax rs earl AZ
possible, to assist tho board ia
meeting various obligations of the
state. soon to mature in New York.
1t is we'll to remind those officers
that the time in which their com.
pliance Sill be OF most practical
avail Is very short, and we there.
lore hope they will oil and several
ly send in their funds with the
least possible delay. Sheriff Rot.
taken, of this county, turned IN
ten thousand dollars in currency
some time since, and will deliver
the balance due from him to-day,
as nearly as the condition Of his
accounts, 40 soon after the close Of
tax paying will permit. Rottaken
deserves credit tor his promptness
and tor the example he has set ts
others, aud which, for various rea.
sons should be universally follow.
ed. Let us all give the sta.e board
a helping hand. We are poor, it
Is true; but not so poor to- day, that
with sach taxes collected NJ tho
law granting extension OF time
make it reasonable to expect, we
may not meet some portion OF our
just debt, and thereby prove our
faith inch for inch, in line with
our ability. The spirit shown in
paying any portion OF our debt, SO
soon after the devastation lately
; produced in our state by causes
, fresh in the mind of every one
will enti,le us TO, and will gain toI
US, a recognition such as would
hardly result from ten times larger
payments in more prosperous times'
We know we mean well-let VI
prove to the world we know how
! TO do well. BY all mepns the col
lect rs should send on their taxes
!. particularly for the fund mention
ed at once, 1ii
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Jim Fenton on the Parable of the
Talents.

al don't know nothin' bout it,"
said Jim, at the conclusion, "but
il seems to me that the man was "A
hiiIa-rnn1rh an tha inlla- ",,ih ,ha
capital to start with an he didn't
give him any chance to start over;
but what 5Others me most Is about
the mans trav'!i into fur coun.
try. They hadn't no chance 10
talk with him about il and GIT his
notions. 1t stan's 20 reason that
the ieiler with one talent would
Ihink his master was stingv and
would be rilcd over it,"
"You must remember, Jim, that
all he needed was to ask lor wis
dom in order to receive il, sad
Mr.. Benedict.
"No; the man that travelled into
q fur country stan's for the almigh-
", and he'd got out . the way.
He'd Jest gin these felers bis cap
ital, ana quit, and lett 'em to 90 it
alone. They couldn', 70 artcr i'm,
and he couldn't "a hearn a word
lhov SAID. He did what he thought
was all right, and didn't want TO
be bothered. never think abou,
praying till | git into tight place.
1t stan's to reason that the Lord
don like people comin' to him to
do things that they can do them
selves. shouldn't pray for
breath, | sh'd jest hist the wlndcr.
II wanted II bucket o water sh d
go for it. II n mans got common
sense, and n pair @ hands, he hain't
no business to be- bolherlng other
folks ill lie gifts into what lie ca I
Gil. out OF. When he's squeezed,
then in course he'll squeal. |,
seems to me that it makes sort OF
spoony Ola man to be Away. AS
kin tor what he can git il he tries
! II the feller that only had one talent
had brushed around he could q
made u spec'on 1t an had some
thin ts show fur it, but he jest
hid it. don't stan up for 'lm.
think he was meaner nor pusly
not to make the best ont, but he
didn't need to pray for sense, TO
the man didn't want i'm ~ use NJ
more nor hls natural stock, and h'
knowed if he used that he'd be al
right"
"But we are told to pray jim
said Mr.. Balfour, and assured tina
il is pleasant to the Lord to receiv
our petitions. We are even told /,
pray for our daily bread"
"Well, it can't mean jest that, 70
the Teller that don't work for
don't ge, it, and hadn't oughtcr Y
Ut. II he don't lit his hands, bu
Jest sets with his mouth open, h
glts mostly fires. The birds, wit
u nest tuii OF bowling young one
might go, 'spose, picking up grass
hoppers till the cows come HON,
ana iecdin' 'em, but they don
They just poke 'em out ol the ne'
and larn 'cm 10 fly and picx up the
own livin'; and that s what max,
birds Of EN-. They pray nj ht
hard Tor their daily bread, l 10
sc, aud the way the old birds al
.wer is jest to poke 'cm on, and l.
'em slide. don'tsce many Prn.
. ing iolk. and l don't sec many toll
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
STATE UtfCEas.


sovernor 4. II Garland
secy VI state-B. Is Beavers.
Agd,tor--Wm X. Miller
Tr, a-ursr-I j. Chu,cail.
Any Oen'i.-T 4. Hughes.
Con Stat, Lands-J. >nhthcc-
Chancolor-J Il. Eakiu.
CAanccry Clers-A t. Wit.
Caicf J.siies T.. IL Lugii-h.
Associate justices Wm. NJ. Harrison and
Asvid Walsrr
toaErs-' .aan, ist Di,hct-L. I. nEase.
JUDICIARY.
second Ciioait Counties ofMisslssIppi, Gross
trttend,n. foiuteti, ,rai.n-o'', -'.~s''-' 49,
van .gd Randolph
,.treult Judge L. !. Mack,
Pos Ait'y.-Eufus II BLACK
LEGISLATIVE
fS.h pistrirt-Cnputies of Nj ,-i-aiPii etck'on
rnatsett and CraiS Shcad,
st.tc scnatur--J. I IIrndcrsGn
Representative Ruddle.
COUNTY OFFICER
Coanty Jadsc-L N tarrisan.
Sheriff. B Driver.
county I, rt-J 7, HAZE
Tr~ssurcr-J. l. Driver.
sarruyor--John II. Rsiry.
Asscssor-L l.. Ward
Curoncr-A. " Lucas.
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An Act,
Prescribing and defining the duties
of Justices OF the Peace in Ger
tain cases.

Prescribing and defining the duties
of Justices OF the Peace in GER
tain cases.
SECTION l. That hereafter it shall
be the duty of each justice OF the
peace in tnls state to file an ab-
stract OF all mlsdemcanors tried be-
tore him with the clerk OF his coun-
~, on or before the first day OF
term OF the circuit court, giving the
style OF the case the nature of the
oflense; how he obtained urlsdlc-
ton oi tho case; whether the de-
fendant. was TO be acquitted or con
victed, and if convicted the amonnl
oi fine or punishment imposed.
Sec. 2. The abstract provided for
in section one Of this act shall re
main on flo with said clerk, sub
lect to the inspection OF the grand
| Jury. the prosecuting attorney and
all other persons interested in thu
same.
Sec. 3. Any person violating any
OF the provisions OF this act shall
be deemed guilty ofa misdemsan
or, and upon conviction shall b.
fined in any sum not less thai
twenty-five, nor more than hit.
dollars, TO be recovered by suit bs
fore u justice of the peace.
Sec. A. Be it fur her enacted
That all laws and parts Of laws i
conflict with this act, be and th
same are hereby repealed. and tn"
this act take effect and bo in tore
from and after It's passage.
Annruyed. Feb. IL, l715.
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Laws Governing Subscribers.

II subscriber order the dsconilnuance Of their
newspapers, the publisher may continue TO send
ihem until ull alrcarages paid.
II subscribers neglect or refuse to take their
newspapers from tncir Office to which they are
directed, they are held responsible until they
have settled their bill. and ordered the paper dis,
con nus
II subscribers move 10 other places without in
forming the publisher, and newspapers are sent
10 ilie rnier direction. they are held rec ponsb
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any way ; but | have conceit that
a fellow can pray so much and do
80 little, that he won be nobody.
He'll jest grow weeker and wceker
all the ime."-[Dr. Holland.
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-THE Hot Springs Telegraph

"a sharp talking lady at the low.
or end Of the valley was rsprovsd
by her husband tho other day, who
reques,sd her 10 keep her tongue
in her mouth. "My dear" che
said: 81 will, until the 10th Of
May, and ,hen you know it'sagainst
| tho law 10 carry concealed wsaP.
on,." She had him there. .
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When Governor V. V. Smith,
Of Arkansas, received the Lows OF
his appointment to the consulship,
he was plowmg up a hali-acre tur-
MP patch with q shaved tail mul :
Like Cincinnatus ot old, however,
he lett his mule in the iurrow, and
proceeded at once to pack his car
pel.sack for st. Thomas.-ISt
Louls Times, 18th.
The above cnay be correct, but
we would like To know whose do
minlons Volney Vol;airr was turn
ing up when he got the news.
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For Term OF one year ...............s2 OO
siN Months. ... l 90
.. lhlce Mnnils. -..... Is
RATES OF ADVERTISING:

One dollar per square OF one inch running
ReAsurs, or space VI ten llucs of this t. pc, 1Or
arst insertIon. and seventy 1--we cents Tor each
subsequent Insertion.
SPECIAL NOTICES in Local column Gesde,D
any per cent ON above rates.
OBITUARY NO1ILEs-iIsCrted ut advcrtis-
ng rates.
A liberal deduction made on above ra.es lOr
staDdin. advertisements.
EDiroaI Al NOTICES referring to advertise
nents, or advancing private Interests, rate as
transient Maticr.
When no contracts are made cash must Gc-
company All ADVERTISEMENTS. No ucNlgiIOns
from the above rules,
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-Scli. made met ars apt to wor'
ship their creator,
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according as The feeling presiisposes to
helief in any shape or Eavors sen.c par
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AMI this process, however carefully eai-
4 1s,lsl., 49, n rrs,r
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:r.r.a,,cs;;3 r.. 81 revived by gtssals s,st -.f
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-10-06
THE BANK MUDDLE.

Tho contest between Treasurer
Cardoza and Col. Dunn and Mr..
Solomon is waxing warm. Words
and threats having been exhausted
tho contestants como to figures.
Under tho influence of strong out
side pressure Mr.. Dunn has pub
llshed an exhibit of the transactions
OF Solomon's Bank fro~> january
to July, The exhibit is damaging
to the parties connected with tho
bank. 1t is shown that from
$75,0Oo to S1O5,OO0 were expended
in redeeming stock. In other words
that tho stockholders drew that
amount of deposits out of tho bank,
md accounted for it by returning
stock. This financial operation is
tho most original that has yot been
evolved. 1t is usually tho custom
to seize the capital stock of any col.
lapsed bank to pay depositors. But
in this case, depositors have been
made to mako good tho lossos of
tockholders. This is n fraud
most monstrous, and should bo
severely punished. Again $4,000
have been expended in "Legislativo
expenses" What the nature of
these expenditures was, is not
divulged. 1t is said that bribing
enters as an element. This item
bears fraud in it's face Another
peculiar feature is that tho assets
40 not balance the liabilities by a
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SHEHIFFS SALE.
sept 23

Hazel N. Henly and wife VS.. A. G. Lylcs
and others.
n pursuance Of an order Of the Court
l. OF Probate i'll the above entitled petit
ton | will offer for sale before the Court
House door i'll Winnsboro Oh tho first
Monday in November next at public cut
cry to the highest bidder tract oi land
lying and situate i'll tho county of Fairfield
and State Of South Carolina containing ono
thousand acres moru,or less ana bounded
hy lands of &. u. Martin, Mrs. T.. S. Davis
and -. Is. j. Kirkland OH the North, by
lands Of a. Mctiill and }. X. Davis on tho
East, by lands OF Thomas McGill and
lands of estate of Mrs. w n. Duwkins,
deceased, on the West, and hy lands OF j..
Is. Davis Oh the Snuth. the above dcS-
crihel tract OF land will be iii vidcd into
six parcels and sold by the s@perate par
Gel. plats of the several parcels will Le
exhibited on day OF sale, and the convey
ancca will be drawn according to the plat.
Terms Of Sale
One third of the purchase money to be
paid i'll cash, for the balances Il credit Of
one and two years with interest from day
Of snle. Each purchascr to give his bond
secured by mortgage of tho premises
purchased and to pay for all necessary
papers.
S. W. RUFF,
Shorif's Office, S. T. G..
Winnsboro, $. G.
October, 1875.
oct 5-N2tl
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AT LAST.

At last wo breathe more fresly.
Columbus Delano has resigned the
secretuyship of the interior, and
his resignation has been accepted
by tho president. Delano has been
an eyesore for months. The frauds
in the Indian department ut whicl,
he winkod proved his ruin. He is
otercd up as another sacrifice to the
avonging furies. limo was, not long
since, either, when an official could
hold his Office in spite of dis
coveries of his implica tion in
serious crimes. That was in the
halcyon days of the republic, when
every radical was saint and every
Southern white man u devil. But
OF late, for aome reasons, radicals arc
not rovcrencod so highly, nor ore
Southerners so detested and feared
Tho change in public sentiment
rcndors tho retention in office q
s1ch mon as Delano impossible
WHAT n lot Of old party hacks have
boon laid aside. Colfax and Harlan
the christian statesmen, Oakes
Ames tho manipulation of Credit
Mobilier, Butlor, Carpenter, Chand
ler, Williams, Poland and q host OF
others. And now at last, afto,
frantic appeals from tho people
Delano steps down and out, and joins
tho happy band of martyrs sacrificed
to the cause of reform. At this
welcome intelligence, Spotted Tail
and Sitting Bull will rejoice, and
Observation-Disclosures will
execute a pas seul round the noctur
nal camp fire, at tho prospect of fat
ter beef, and bread that does not re-
quire braying in the mortar. Delano
says he has been trying to resign for
year but Grant would not permit
him to do 30. The presidents con.
duct in face of tho desire of Mr..
Dolano and Of 40,0OO,OOO other
people, including Indians not taxed,
is very strange. Send an investea
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-10-06
OUR POLICY.

Our article on tho policy of the
conservatives next year has been
warmly commented upon. The
Ne,os d Courier endorses it as fore
shadowing the proper course to be
pursued. The Greenvillo Ne,cs, of
course, opposes it, for our lively con
temporary, looking around it in the
Piedmont region, and sooing a largo
democratic majority in it's vicinage,
wishes to make IL straight out fight
ovor tho whole State. The Column
bia Register believes organization
proper, but does not give it self un
reservedly to the straight out 20 icy.
The Pickens Sentinel declares for
war. Tho Abbovillo Mcdiun favors
organization, but calls very properly
for a new deal Of leaders. The An
dorson Hstelliyea,ccr thinks coopora-
ton may be necessary. The Aiken
Comrier-.JournoI thinks the expert
ment of a compromise very danger
outs. But tho Lancaster Ledger is
Of all our exchanges, the most ultra.
The editor has voted his lust time
for compromise. lie wants a
straight out fight next year. He
docs not even promise, rs the Green
ville Ne'os much more wisely does,
to abide by the action of the conscr-
vative party.
Now the papers that advocate the
straight out policy content them
selves with the argument that they will
never consort with those who have
ruined the State. They do not show
how the colored voters may be III
duced to vote the democratic ticket
In tho face of repeated defeat, they
seem to be willing once moro to run
tilt against stone wall. They dc
not recognize the fact that the reform
and tho Greene campaigns came
nearest achieving SUCCESS.
Of course thore is no conservative
III the State who would not prefer tc
elect a straight conservative ticket
and if any one will demonstrate the
feasibility of my such undertaking.
he will hear no opposition But the
whites of South Carolina will not &C
to the polls unless thore is a pros
poet of winning, and this prospect
at present lies only in cooperation
with clements of the opposite party
The time has not como yet for
straight out fight. Lot us be con
tont with securing a half loaf. We
have had no board for u long time
and are too hungry to quarrel abou
tho size of the slice.
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"a. uas .- .,ss ~sasz ,,.ea. ss4
The first statement is to be
proved by MI. Solomon, who fur.
nished him with the written memor
anduna referred to, showing the
condition Of the bank the state
msnt as to who made the motion, is
to bo proved by Mr.. Dunn, and by
the records of the financial board ;
and the third statement is to be
proved by the statement of how the
bank was broken, which we will
shortly publish. The facts are con-
elusive. It follows from this that
while Cardoza was the active agent,
the failures of Chamberlain to speak
when the issue came up fixes him
firmly as the associate of Cardozn in
tho work which was done, (not with
the same motive however) and fixes
him as the enemy of Dnnn for the
reason that ho has failed to do him
justice and permitted the charge of
Cardoza that tho motion was made
by Dunn to pass unanswered.
While Gov. Chamberlain might with
propriety have permitted the at
tacks on himself to pass unanswered
he could not adopt the same course,
when another was charged with the
commission Of the act of which he
was the promoter"
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Sale Of II: al Estate.

n pursuance of n power Of Attorney, T
l. Wi II offer for salo at public ontcry 70
the highest bidder on the 1st Monday in
November next, before the court housn
door, the following described lands, div
ded OF into tracts to suit purchasers, 10
wit ! Ali that pieco, parcel or tract of land
lying, being and situate in the County nf
Fairfield in tho State of South Carolina
aforesaid, on Big Dutchma.'a ljrcck, CON-
tuning one thousand and cigl. acres, more
or less, bounded by lands ofDr. Henry 9Th.
SON - Rains, Elijah Jones, Henry T.
Elliott, land lately belonging to tho estate
OF 9. ID. Ford, deceased, land ofJ. S, Tid.
well, Lloyd A. Davis, Wyatt Davis. and
1hos. Il. Davis, and having such shones
marks, butts and boundaries as aro roprc'
scented ona plat ofresurvoy thereof made Inv
VIM. b. Elkin, sur, eyor, on tho ist dav ~ of
June, 1872, being tho tract of land diviand
TO Amanda Robertson, by the viii of G, ID
Ford, deceased. Terms Of sale ..l0no
third cash for tho balance credit oS o,,o
and two years, with interest from. the dav
or sale, each purchaser 70 give his bond
with mortgage Of the promises, and to nav nav
1of az necessary papers. ,.
JAMES H. RIoN,
''' '-AE'l ATTY. in fact.
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.
The Greenville Ne,os in an article
on tho Solomon Bank has this TO saw
We shall anxfously await the proof
promised.
Nov, for the purpose Of showing
that Chamberlain and Cardoya oro
as one in this matter, and that tho
breach is fatal between them and
SoIomon st and Damn, we shall prove
alrst' tnat at tho time these deposits
were increased, Mr.. Chamberlain
naa a written memorandum, show
ing what the condition of tho bank
was second, that he, and not Mr.
Dnnn, made tho motion to increase
, these deposits, and third, that the
bank failed only in consequence of
he aots OF Cham5orlai n and Cardo.
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'tto eaaacafo mSfeiy 9 thogge tfhi}oSgt, "a 3lio iaye .
already at school. If there are 5000
children in Fairfield there should be
a certain amount appropriated for
each one: There, is mo reason for
giving only to the 100 who may be
in attendance on the schools. The
sum is small fenoug ghatiat aiy rate,
and by the present plan, only pro
viding for children at~school, those
who have not enjoyed facilities rala
ready may be ,debarred.
p" Again, as the school yenr begins in
October and the apportionment is
not made until six months latep
there is always some doubt as to the
amount that will be received. Now
as population increases almost uni
formly over the whole State, and as
the rate of taxation and the
amount of property remains al
most constant, each county, if the
apportionmont be made according to
the population, can reasonably esti-
mate the limit Of it's quot,. But the
present basis is always fuct,lating.
The attendance in different counties
varies each year. 1t is in tho power of
any county, by having large num-
Der of scholars and running heavily
into debt to increase it's attendance
disproportionately. No estimate
con be made with certainty, and as
the fund is so small, requiring rigid
economy, each county that manages
it's schools honestly will I'll, into
debt. The argument for tho present
system is that it stimulates attend
ance. This is true but is it condu-
Give to honesty? The present basis
Of apportionment is all wrong We
hope the amendment keeping in
every county tho money raised by
the two mill tux will bo passed.
Then Fairfield Will have fund of
$4,000 besides the local tax, and
some good will enure to the people
from the system '.'... SEQ