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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-12-01
State Tax Union.

Tais body met last Wednesday in
the hall Of the Richland Rife Club.
After an address from the President
General Chestnut, report was sub
mitted by Major Hamilton.
Judge Altlrich, or Barnwell sub
mittGaa preamble and resolutions
looking to determined actions in
case the General Assembly passed a
tux bill above the sum wiz, one per
ccn;.) which Governor Chamberlain
is understood to have said is amply
sufficient for the support Of the
government without detriment to
the public interests. After pro
tracted discussion, the following
substitute Was offered by Major
Hamilton:
Resolce0, That this State Tax
Union does hereby call upon the
counties in the State to select d,.o-
gates from each county, in plumbers
according to it's rcprcsen:Hti IN in
the lower house of the General
a S c m b y, to ba assem-
bei i'll general convention in Co
lumbia on the second Tuesday in
Dec cmbel, at ! p. NJ, for the pur-
pose Of urging that the Lngislntu2o
hiopt the recommendations con-
i:|ned in the veto message of hi,
ENcelleA"y the Governor, an. t.
consider any mntters touching the
general welfcre of the t?t;tte.
Re%"'a"", That the President nl
thiS Tax Union do Issue this call
through tho newspapers, with III
address, from 4.himseif, stating It's
purpose AMI necessity.
Tie substitute WAS adontcd.
('nI. j'rYister.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-12-01
How FARMERS WASTE TJH1p NAV,

How FARMERS WASTE THEIR MANURE.
The crop reports of the Georgia
State Agricultural Department arc
instructive documents. Mr.. james,
tho abl and efficient Commissioner,
says in his September report, on the
waste of manures
1t is matter of some surprise,
that only fifteen per cent of the far
mors of Georgia save, atnder shelter,
the manure from their stock. This
is record Of deliberate and unpnr-
donable waste. Animal manures ex
posed to the leaching effects of rain,
and the evaporation of the sun, loso
u large portion of their soluble
plant food. Experiment shows that
nearly one-half the value of animal
manTcs is lost by such exposure.
Farmers will consult economy by
sheltering all the manure saved on
their farms. In composing manures
that may have been exposed, it will
be necessary to use more concentra
tel material to supply the waste
tins occasioned. In composing
such man,rcs, ut least six hundred
pounds Of acid phosphate, and fifty
pounds of snlphate of ammonia
should should be used to the ton, OF,
SIX hundred pounds of an vnmo-
mated supcrphosphate, composteI
with one thousand four hundred
pounds of manure and cotton seeds.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-12-01

night. It is further related thHat
during these these years he permit
ted no friendly acquaintance; he wal
never known to associate with an,
body but his mother, and persisten
ly repelled advances from those
who, having boon f.iends of his carl,
youth, desired to renow their asso
Citations. Ho lived strange life, 4
stlange, moody and peculiarl,
mournf,ll man.
Twelve months ago, he began to
show the first positive symptoms OF
breaking down of his mental fa-
culties, and he soon manifested such
eccentricities Of disposition in pub
lie life that his mother began to be
unaappi!y alarmed about him.
This concern, us it proved was not
without warrant. He continued to
manifest increased symptoms of
mental alteration, and after vainly
striving to battle with tho inevitable,
his mother sadly recognizcl the
fact that her son was Insane, and
three months ago, rs already recitcd
IN this article, he Was placed in an
asylum.
1t is n sad sequel to history
whose pages were once aglow with
a worlds admiring plaudits, ana
there arc many in both this country
and i'll Europe, who will invest the
knowledge here conveyed with II
tender interest, and with ir revive
the recollections of IL III wt). in
his time, was famous far beyond the
common lot of mortality.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-12-01
How Il Woman aiade Il Fortune

Six years ago Ms. Mary Ahart
was living in little tent on the
edge of town. Her whole worldly
possessions consisted Of this
tcNt. straw bed, two or three boxes
WI ich served us chairs and tabl, g,
a little seven or eisilt-year Oil 1ir!,
and two cows and calves. She sold
t le spare milk OF these two COWS,
carrying it around town with tin
pail, anlwith the product, and from
work which Size di'} Tor her neigh
hors, supported herself and Child
When she could get So 0, S5 ahead
she would buy another calf or yearl-
ing 1t is not our purpose, adds
tho Sentinel, to trace her progress
up to the present time minutely,
but tho result is she now, in less
than seven years, has several hun
drel hcld of cattle, tino farm with
nice buildings and improvements, a
comfortable, oven luxuriant holnc-
nd, instead Of carrying milk around
by hand, rides in her own carriage.
ncr daughter is n young lady, edu-
"nted and accomplished, To-,l,. y
M:s. Ahart's property is valued at
from $4,000 to $4,000. And she
has made it all by honest indu stry
and good management. And she
has made it all by honest indus try
and good management. She has
had no outside holp. She never had
a government contract or fell heir to
any property.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-12-01
Upon consulting with the County

Upon consulting with the County
Treasurer and County Commission
ers and examining their books the
Grand Jury believe that tax
of one mill on the taxable property
of tho County will be amply sutli-
cient to pay all past claims that may
be presented the present fiscal year.
They therefore recommend that your
Honor enjoin the Treasurer from
collecting more than one mill.
POOR HOUSE.
A committee was appointed to
examine the Poor House. They re-
port tho inmates we'll taken care of
satisfied with their treatment and
the pl emises neatly kept.
The Grand Jury recommend that
the petition Of Jno. p. Elkin of
Alston tor q renewal of his retail
liquor license be granted.
In conclusion the Grand Jury re.
turn thanks to your Honor for tho
able and patient manner in which
you have aided and in ,tructed them
in the discharge of their duties, and
recommend to the General Assembly
of this State your Honor's re cleo
ton as Judge of the sixth circuit.
Respectfully submitted.
ID. Il. FEAsTER.
Foreman.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-12-01
Con re>pondcnce.

The following correspondence
may be of !ntcl est to our readers.
It certainly will be to the friends of
the parties named:
GnEENvnLE, S. c., Oct 1. 1875.
Mr.. i. ID. Pilsbury, Snperinten-
dent Albany Pcnitontiary De II
Sir-Will you be kind enough to in
form mo how many prisoners you
now have in the pcnitentiary from
South Carolina, and for what oIl'cnse
are they imprisoned? If any sol
dicrs please state.
Very respectfully, your oocdicnt
servant, ~. b. FERGUSON.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-12-01

Ihc lrJuIST.a.c Cuur~e.-JO'<rn.1j
says, tEat the RAILROAD convention
which met ut st. Louis yesterday
will be Of more importance to the
South than MI other bodies which,
have assembled 8 nee tilo war if it is
able to unite upon a simple and ciIi-
caclors plan for connecting ON
broken down system of Southern
railroads with q tIans-contincntal
highway to the Pacific Our sole
hope in :hc South for material de
velop;nent rests upon this first step
towards the reconstruction Of our
shat cred industli los. We are not
yeS Oh our fcot unless the Govern
ment helps us. 1t was the Govern
m2nt that destroyed us, and it must
be the GoveInmt mt that makes us
whole again. Charlotte Observer.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-12-01

Governor Chamberlain, on Mon
day, sent the following message to
the Legislature relative to tho death
of Vico-P president Wilson:
DEATH OF yIcE-PREsIDENT WILSON.
Gentlemen ofMe Senate and House
Of Representatives The country ia
saddoned by fhe news of the death
of the Vice President of the United
States Henry Wilson died at tho
National Capitol on tho morning Of
yesterday, the 22d instant, at tho apo
of sixty-threo.
He was tho child of oxtromo pov-
e,ty, yet, nndor the generous inhu
cnces of our FREQ government, he
rose to the highest honors of the
nation. He was u man of deep con-
victions, an ardent friend of univer-
sal freedom and universal suffrage,
devoted to the honor and fame of his
country.
Born III poverty, his rapid changes
Of fortune brought him only the
moderate support of his official salu
ries, and he died rich only in the
gratitude and praises of his country
men. His last days were made
doubly illustrious by his earnest ad
vocacy and perfect excmplifcation
of integrity in official station, md
by his efforts to restore peece and
prosperity, with justice and freedom,
to this section of our country. His
death at this time is national ca
lamity. His memory deserves the
honors of all who lovo freedom, or
respect public virtue. He said to
mo at Lexington, in Aprillast, GLOW
l would like to come down and help
South Carolina celebrate the battle
of Camden or Kings Mountain, and
if God spares me, 1 will"
Alas that God has not spared
him. But his great example OF
patriotism, broad rs lis whole coun-
try, of fidelity in victory as well as
in defeat, will be among the impcr.
ishablo treasures of the Republic.
1 respectfully recommend to the
Con ,ral Assembly that suitable
notice be taken of Tho death of the
Vice-President.
Very respectfully,
II. Ii. CitAMEERLAIN, Governor.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-12-01
ALBANY, n. Y, Oct 80, 1875.

AbBNNf, ~. l., N)cU OU, IS 10.
T.. B. Ferguson, Esq,-s5ir-In
answer to yours of the 2Sth instant,
l give you below the nlmcs Of five
convicts, who are confined here for
conspiracy, from South Carolina,
date of thcir reception, sentence,
health, conduct, and expiration OF
sentence. This is giving them the
benefit Of The Communication law
passed. hero last Winter for good
conduct;
June II, 1S72-Pinckrey Clld
well, York Co., 10 years, ~, 900 fine
honlth good, conluctgood, time ex
pircs Nov. |, 1878.
June IL, 1S72-NVillium Smith
CASTOR Co., N, G., 10 ycals. ~ ,0o(
fino, health good, conduct good
time expires Nov. L, 1873.
Dec. %, 1S72-Robcrt Moore
York Coz, S years, health good, con
duct good, time expires July 10
1876.
Dec. 2s, 1972-Hosea Matthias
Union Co., years, health good, con
duct good, time expires July 10
1876.
Juno Is, 1S72-John Wallace
York Co., 8 years, health very poor
is quite low with consumption, time
expires Aug. 9th, 1878.
This is probably what you wan
for your purpose.
Yours truly,
T.. d. PILSBURY,
per Aug. II. Bowers, Clerk.
| C4reenyiUe Ne,os-
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-12-01

A singular suit over a "r!iscT
check has just been decided in Now
York. A genuine check for $l4 on
tho Security Bank WIS some time
ago given in change by storekecp
or for $100 bill. Subsequently, the
check was rnisel to $4,222 55, and
tho endorsement altered. Tho hold
or then purchased gold for the check
of Wall street firm, after the lat
ter had sent it to the Security Bank,
which certified it. Subsequently, the
same bank paid the amount to the
National Bunk of the Republic,
which had the check, but finding out
that the check was forgery applied
to the latter bank for the difference
which was refused. The Security
Bank thereupon brought suit against
tho Bank Of tho Republic, and the
court directed u verdict to be enter
cd for the plaintiff of $5,GO2 GO,
which sum probably includes the
costs of the suit.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-12-01

j. Fl. Camp, whose farm is two and
half miles above Rome, on the
Etowah river, Georgia, made 3G
bales of cotton this season on AZ
acres, 80 acres Of which made q bale
to tho acre. He also made 3S bush
els of corn to the acre OH 40 acres,
and 244 bushels of wheat to the acre.
The only fertilizer he used was barn
yard, manure produced On bis own
farrn.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-12-01

In the pocket OF man who was
killed while drunk in a Cincinnati
gambling house was found the fol.
lowing memorandum "Took my
last spree May the 18, 1875. Five
rules from this dato. First--Is
never to cat but three meals day.
Second-Is never to eat anything
between meals. Third-Is to eat
as little as ! can every moal. Fourth
is mover t. drink any kind of in
toxicating drinks. Fifth--Is never
to use any tobacco"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-12-01

Think Of the President Of tho
United States implicated in whisky
ring robbers Of the treasury, which
enabled the thicvcs-including his
excellency---to divide $4,000 q
week /! Shades Of Washington, JET
ferson and jackson Does not the
last gravcworm that fed on your
noblc corpscs, writhe with indigna-
ton and disgust, at the degradation
of tho office which ye once made
glorious ?-Raieigh Sentinel.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-12-01

A Texas Judge is credited With
the following decision "The fact
is, Jones, the Jail is an old, rickety
affair, rs cold as an iron wedge.
You applied to this court for a
release on bail, giving it as your
opinion that you would freeze to
death thorc. The weather has not
moderated, and to keep you from
freezing / will direct the Sheriff to
hang you ut 4 o'clock this after
noon."
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-12-01
Very Respectfully,
-. Ii. CyAMDERLAIN, Governor.

LIE BLUE AND TIIE GRAY-A
movement is nfoot to assemble a
large number Of the soldiers of the
latc wnr in Philadelphia ro,notimc
during the Centennial. It is pro-
posed to have the Northern and
Southern armies represented by
their leading generals,..and thousands
of the rank and file from every State,
The purpose is to show tho world,
by n grand and impressive demon
ration, that the men who were in
arms against each other few years
ago, are now united in the colebre-
ton Of the one hundreth birthday Of
their country, and are inspired by a
spirit of patriotism and q feeling of
common nationality.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-12-01

Ct. Wiley Wells, the only Repub.
lican Congressman elected from
Mississippi, cannot bo called nn ad-
ministration man. 1t was he who
made the charge that Gov. Amos in
stigated the Vicksburg riot on the
ground that the "blood of twenty or
thirty negroes would be a good thing
for the Republican party" Gov.
Alnes has never denied that charge
yet, although he has expressed OH
intention to do 80. He is not likely
to find too much comfort in Mr.
Wells election.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-12-01

A Boston puper says We have
just paid Six cents postage on Il
postal card sent us because the
s ,nler had thoughtlessly written n
date on tho side designed for the
address alone. FASTING any printed
or written matter Oil either face of
tho card subjects it to double letter
postage. The directions are ex-
plicit that nothing bnt the. name
and address must be written on ono
side Of the card, and that nothing
must be attached to the other, any
way.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-12-01
The B0Otblack's Story

When dozen newsboys and boot
blacks had collected on the Custom
House stairs yesterday, and wher
each ono had grown tired of jaw
BROKERS and. popcorn balls, ''Little
English" renlurked:
| "Sposcn Jim Cocoanut tells us q
story"
"Sposcn," remarked all the others
"Well, gentlemen" remarked jim
after II few digs ut his head, ''I will
tell You true story about girl.
ior name was Maricr, and sho had
yaller hair, blue eyes, small fcot,
and sho was worth n million dol
| lars
"In stamps ;" asked Cross Eyed
Dick.
I'm clean cash, right in the 81
wings bank" answered. jim. "1'his
girl was an orphan, with no one to
boss her around, and if she wanted
to be out til eleven o'clock at night
she could. There were piles of fcl-
lers after her to marry her, but she
stuck up her nose ut the hull
caboolle."
"What fur ?" anxiyusIy inquired
Fire-crackcr Tom.
"What fur? Why, she knew they
loved her money instead of herself.
Sac w;tnjcd some one to love her
earnestly and like gosh. Woll, one
LAY wien she wts going down to
the Post Oificc to see if there was
AIRY mil, Il runaway horse came
along. Mu'ior tainted away and
sat down in the road, and shed
have bcon broken all to pieces if it
hadn't been for Il bootbiack bout
my size. lie pulled her into a
shooting gallery, brought her too,
and then hired u hull omnibus aud
took her home"
"Anu they fell in love and we're
finally marridd," remarked Suspcn-
der johnson.
"No, my fellow-cernt ymcn," sad
dly replied Jim 'g.l him ten
cents !"
"And is that all ?" exclaimed three
u four voices.
"All sic gave him, and that turn
eel out to be counterfeit J"
There was o. long period of
silence, and then Cocoanut jim
continued
''Which is n lesson to us never to
marry girl worth million dollars.
"And we never shall !" they
solemnly roplicd.-Dctroit tree
Press.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-12-01

The NIIssING ENaISHEE.-The man
who was in Augusta on Sunday last,
and vino represented himself as JAS
FottncH, the abscondins cngineor of
Ibc "W:id CAt' tinin, when caused
the recent acci,icn4 on ;he Charlotte
an .AH3nstn Railroad, tn ms out to
be an inpi.Hter. Tao railroad Off
"i"lS SAY that they arc rs anxious to
Ent the real Fe:tncr rs anybody,
ana are doing al IN thcir power TO
=! the cflicr,s 0: justice in securing
HIM. H.* rcci>lessnc3s will cost them
1T least 100000. and under all tt c
cirrumst',nc es OF the case, they are of
opinion that he s.lou'd be male Ill
example of. Mr.. Dishnan, one of
the passengers who Was severely in
jMcd, has accepted the offer OF two
5ho'lsand dai!trs from the company
III full set Element Of his claim against
it for dalnascs.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-12-01

Oxensteih did wrong in calling
his attention to tho fact that the
world is badly governed. Ever
since that it has been nothing but
grumble, grumble, grumble, until
now decent man has to be- connec.
ted with q ohurah, a railroad compa.
ny, q banking institution, or some.
:taahg Of that sort, before he cor
steal aud be respected.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-12-01

Bad seed someJlmes brings forth
good fruit, ns was shown by case
before O court in Now~ York on
Monday. A man namedVanWyck sucd
ono Allen for cabbages which he
might have raisod had tho sced
furnished by the defendant been
good. The jury awarded Van Wycl
$4,000 damages.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-12-01

On Friday afternoon last, about
q o'clock, the Gin house of Mr.. VIII
liam Moody, in Marion, was burnod
containing about twenty bales of
cotton and about five hundred
bushels cotton seed, besides o first
rate gin.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-12-01

The crown plince of Germany has
one OF tho most frank and sympa-
thetic countenafces to be seen in
tho whole ompile. IN intellect no
ranks between O. hotel and Bis,
marck
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-12-01

Port Royal Is to be made the
chief naval station Of tho North
Atlantic feet
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-12-01

An Iowa father was going to cut
his boys nose off because the child
"snufiod" at the dinner table, but an
Older son smashed chair over the
fathers hond and gave him all tho
business he could attend to.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-12-01

There was taken out of dead let
tors during the fiscal year the as-
tonishingly largo sum Of $3,500,000.
All Of this vas feturned to its
owners with the exception Of
100000,
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-12-01
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

The County Commissioners Office
has been as carefully examined as
time would permit. The County
tax for the last fiscal year ending
Oct. 31st 1876 was $40, 1860 9G. The
County Commissioners expended
$20,230 05 of the aforesaid sum
leaving balance of S139 81.
Under the authority Of the Logis-
lature approved 18th April, 1875,
and carrying out tho provisions of
Section 10, the County Commission
ers have estimated the County OK
penses for fiscal year commencing
Nov. 1st 1875 at $12,828 OG, which
the Grand Jury think is amply suf
ticient to dofray the same.
The County Commissioners have
paid all audited claims for the fiscal
year ending Oct 31st, 1875. There
is IN outstanding deficiency of $2,-
G56 86 audited in the County Com
missioners Office and filed in the
Clerks Office. This deficiency re-
mains from tho former board OF
County Commissioners.
COUNTY TREASURER.
The Treasurer books balance
with tho County Commissioners and
ARE VERY neatly and systcmati
cally kept. He shows that he has
paid out during the fiscal year 1874
rs, $5,971 80 to defray the past in
debtedness of the County. Under a,
act of tho Legislature approved 10th
March 1875, the County Commits
sioners are authorized to levy and
collect q special tax of one and one
half mills to pay the past indebted.
moss Of tho County.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-12-01
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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-12-01
State Of South Carolina ounty
OF Fairfield.

10 IFS Honor Z! j. Machey, Pre-
sidi"g Julge.
The Grand Jury of Fairfield Com-
ty, November Term, beg leave to
make the following presentment:
COMMITTEE ON JAIL.
They have examined the County
jail, find it secure. The prisoners
are supplied with good blankets and
wholesome food. There is, however,
an offensive smell up stairs which
the Grand Jury believe is owing to
q neglect of duty Oh the part of the
jailor.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-12-01
ROADS AND BRIDGES.

The roads and bridges of the
County are in good condition. The
Grand Jury recommend that the
road leading from Ashford's ferry to
Monticello be reopened rs it is ncces
sary for the convenience of the pub
liz
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-12-01

Official returns for the past nine
months II ga, ""'ny off, Of i'm
%. o.Ol-Is ...v, 4l~aCe and al ia-
cfssse 10 exports