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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-12-26
ARRESTS BY REVENUE OFF,
:? GERS.

The revenues" seven in number,
under command Of Capt. Hoffman,
into town, on Saturday last,
Benjamin Stevens, w. G. Witt and
John Adams, charged with illicit dis
tilling near Richardsonvilie, in Edge
field County. The prisoners employ
ed Mr.. J. A. Richardson to represent
them. At the request Of Mr.. Rich
ardson the prisoners were allowed to
give bail before Tri | Justice Rogers,
yin the sum of $500 each, for their
appearance here before United States
Commissioner 4. Blythe on Monday
last for a preliminary hearing. The
revenues" and prisoners were prompt
ly on hand at the appointed time, but
the Commissioner failed to put in an
appearance. 1t appeared for awhile
that the only resort lef. would be to
rcarry the mountain to Mahomet"-
the prisoners to the United States
Commissioner at Greenville-whan
Capt. Hoffman kindly consented
10 allow them to give bond again fol-
their appearance here on next. Mon.
day, when.he said ne would make
another effort to get a Commissioner
here. Fortunately, Trial Justice
rogers received a letter from Com
missioner Byron on the down train
9advising him that he had a right t.
examine the prisoners and bind then
over in such cases. They were brought
before him and waived an examina'
ton, and were bound over in the sun
of $500 to attend the April term o
the United States Courta Charleston
The prisoners complained very much
of the hardship, but could not com
plain of the manner in which the Of
fcers discharged their duty, as they
were treated kindly.
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Clerks Sale.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
EDGEFIELD COUNTY.

Warren Wallace & Co., Plaintiffs, Us.
VIM. T. Mathis, Defendant.-FOreclo
sure.
pY virtue of an Order of Hon. B. c,
ID Presley, directed to me in the
above stated case, I will proceed to sell,
at Edgefield Court House, on Saleday in
January next, at public cutlery, the fol.
lowing described mortgaged premises,
to-wit:
All that Tract of Land. lying in said
County, near old Mt. Vernon Camp
Ground, whereon the Defendant now
resides, containing Three Hundred
Acres, more or less, adjoining lands Of
the Estate of L. G. Holloway, deceased,
Mrs. James Erwin, lands of the Estate
of George G. Mayson, deceased, and
others in Hibler Township.
TERMS-The costs and one-half ofthe
purchase money to be paid in cash; the
balance on a credit of twelve months
with interest from day of sale. The
credit portion to be secured by Bond and
a Mortgage of the premises.
Sold at the risk of former purchaser.
o. F. CHEATHAM,
C.. c. C. P.
Dec, IL, ~1S78-4te.62
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THE LATEST TELEGRAMS con-
CERNlNG GOV. HAMPTON.
He IS ON THE HIGH o TO RECOVERY.

COLUMBIA, December 2l.-Governor
Hampton's physicians report that he is,
in every respect, better to-day than at
any time SINCE amputstion, he rests we'll
at night, has a good appetite, reads news
papers and is cheerful and hopeful.
COLUMBIA, &c., December 2l.-The
attending physicians say that Governor
Hampton had q good night, and retains
his food as well as before. His wound
looks better to-day than at any time since
the amputation. He sst up in bed yes
terday and read his letters and papers,
conversing cheerfully to day.
The Legislature will positively adjourn
on the twenty-third. Both Houses are
working day and night.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Dec. %, 8 p. m.
Gov. Hampton is much better to-day
and his general bodily health continues
good. The Inflammation is not extending,
and; he is again taking interest in public
affairs. =
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[CoMMUNIcATED.l
%FENCE LAW IN CHESTER.
PHGN1x. -, 1878.

PHGN1xsS-GDeqembe II, 1878.
Messrs. Editors;
Having occasion, recently, to make a
business trip to Chester, I made use of
the opportunity to inquire into the work
ings of the fence law, which was adopted
in Fairfield. Chester and part of York
Counties, a y year ago.
AS I enumerated in my last article on
this subject, the main advantages e1pe-
riepced in Anderson County from a test
of the new plan, 7 think it useless to
cumber your space with a repetition. I
will only say that I found public opinion
much luore pronounced in favor of the
new plan in Chester and Fairfield than
in Anderson. While, in Anderson, 1
found the new system generally favored
as a matter of expediency, in Chester, it
is regarded as q necessity.
The colored people, i'll Chester, were
almost unanimously opposed to the
change, but the advantages of the new
plan decided that they have, generally,
''owned up to the corn" and are now
heartily in favor Of it. New impetus
has been given to the retaining OF
waste lands and the general development
of farms. II think it unnecessary to say
more, and will only add that I defy the
>Jnost bitter opponent of the new system
go through these counties, which have
Aonly had it in operation for one year., and
bye the matter a fair and candid exami-
without being fully convinced
that the new plan is best for them and
would be best for US. lam sure that, by
far, the best service u representatives
could do US, would be to put Edgefield
alongside OF other counties in the State
that nave adopted the mo fence" system
FRUCTUS.
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Ks Safe.
STA TIE OF sc U7U OIL ROLTN1
E%DGEFIELD COUNTY.

II. w. Addison, (for the use of John
A. Wise) Plaintiff, against Allen Harris,
Defendant.
DY virtue of all Order of Hon. a. j.
I'D Shaw, directed to me in the abov"
stated case, I will proceed to sell, a.
Edgefield Court House, on sale-day in
January next, at public cutlery, the fol-
lowing described mortgaged premises,
to-wit:
All that Tract or Parcel of Land pnr-
chased by the Defendant from II. w.
Addison, containing twenty three acres,
more or less, situate and living within
the corporate limits of Edgetield Village,
adjoining lands of David Harris, DR.. j.
Walter Hill. A J. Norris, and Estate OF
c. A. Cheatham, deceased, and bounded
ON the East by public road leading from
Edgetield Court House to the Pine
House.
TERMs-The costs, disbursements and
one-half of the purchase money to he
paid in cash, tho balance of the purchase
money on a credit of twelve months with
interest from day of sale; the purchaser
to give Bond and IA Mortgage Of the
premises to secure the credit portion OF
the purchase money. Titles extra.
O. F CHEATHAM, .. G. G. p.
Dec II, lS7S-4t-52
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Just as these parties were released,
w. F. Nichols was brought in for
selling whisky without license. He
also waived an examination, and gave
bond for his appearance before the
United States Court.
The officers also seized three stills,
which are advertised for sale here on
the S0th inst.
(WSnety-Sir Gua1 dian.
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The wise man placeth the stock of hi;
gun to his "houlder before he tireth, but
the fool loo. tn down the barrel to see the
ball start-Rome Sentinel.
1t is asserted by Punch that American
babies crawl out oftheir cradles, take crit.
ical surveys ofthem, invent improvements
and obtain letters patent.
The bigger the dog the more fuss lie
will make when you tread on his tail
There may be philosophy in this, and
there may be nothing but dog.-DetrOi
Free Press.
Up to the year 1878 we were learning
the sad lesson of living beyond our in
come. Now we have to learn the profit
able lesson of livir~ within our income
Des MONIES Register,
as that the second bell Inquired a
gentleman of a colored porter. "No, sab"
answered the porter, "dat am de second
ringin' ov de fust bell. We hab but one
bell in dis establishum."
debt" remarks Josh Billings, "iz a
trap which a man sets and bats himself
and then deliberately gets into"
An Iowa man has named his daughters
Time and Tide, 80 they will wait for nc
man.
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OLD TINES In AUGUSTA.
A encil Sketch of the Ancient City.

The City Council of Augusta have au-
thority to build a new market house on
the old site. In my bovhood days the
old market had above the roof the Gala
boose, in which the Cher KEGS were taken
ca Of when, in their visits, they imbibed
6re-water too freely. Attracted by the
feathers, bows and arrows, and the CLAM
our for the boy that hangs about the In
dian, I have climbed to the calaboose and
given to the chieftain, in durance vile, GIN
ger cakes made at a near bakery. Near
that old site have put up my "thrip,"
at a good distance. to test the marksman-
ship Of these Indians. Around it, appear
to me now the shops of near fifty years,
ago, with the old familiar forms of that
day, impelled in life's vain struggle by
the same hopes and fears, as the denizens
around it now. A number of prominent
citizens, not unknown to Georgia, lived
near-McWhorter, Jackson, Mann, Glas-
cock, Antony McLaws, the man who wrote
"My life is like the summer rose" and
Others, who daily r~eplenished their stores
dI VIC olu udIhet Sl'e. OlIel nave pass
ed that good man, Bishop Andrew, since,
with nearly all of his generation gone to
"the beautiful sh re-" toting cheerily his
big, well-flled basket Of fish, steak, vege-
table and fruits for his daily supplies.
Well, it vas long ago, say in 1929, saw
on Greene street a house in flames. The
wind was up, driving east acro"s the city,
towards the market. Fragments Of blazing
wood were carried from block to block,
and 500 there was little left of a large
portion of the city, and nothing Of that
old market house but the plastered col
umns. saw it rebuilt, but its last disas-
ter found me leaning on other markets for
supplies. Still, if there are any old boys
lingering around the old scene, whose
sympathies l have touched, or whose
memories l have awakened, let them in
sist that the new market shall be built on
the old familiar site.-MarieNa Field and
Preside.
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pY virtue .of'a an Execution, to me d.
I'D rectcd, in the above stated cause, /
will proceed TO sell. at the residence OF
the Defendant. in Edgetield Cllrrty, on
the FIRST MONDAY and ESDAY
in January next, the foil personal
property, to-wit:
Two Mules, Five He Cattle, Seven
Hogs, Three Redst One Cooking
Stove, One Sewirg Machine. Twelve
Chairs, One Side .oard, One Table, One
Wagon, One Buggy, One Saddle. One
Trunk, Fifty Bushels Of Corn, and Two
Stacks OF Fodder.
T~ERMS-CAsH.
JOHN T. CASTOR,
Sheriff Edgefield County.
Dec. 18th, 1S7S-4te-52
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Sheriff's Sale.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
EDGEFIELD COUNTY.

Ii. w. Addison as. Stafford Terry-Forc.
closure Of Mortgage.
DY virtue Of an Order from the Hon.
I'D b C. PRESLEY, Presiding Judge
dated October ed, 1878, to ma directed
in the above stated cause, I will proceed
to sell. at Edgetield Court House, on the
FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY next
the following mortgaged premises, tc
wit:
All that portion of Land lying on the
West side of the Town Of Edgefield, in
said County and State, containing Four
teen Acres, more or less, bounded on the
North by lands of Fl. w. Addison, or
the East by the Brick Yard, on the South
by the Public Road, and lands of Mrs
Mary Croker, and on the West by land.
of Robert Johnson.
TERMs.--1'he cost and one-half the
purchase money to be paid in cash; the
balance on u credit of twelve months
with interest from day Of sale. The pur
chaser to give Bond and a Mortgage o
the premises to secure the credit portion
of the purchase money. Papers extra
JOHN II. CASTOR,
Sheriff Edgetield County.
Dec. llth, lS7S-4te-52
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STATE OF. SOUTH CAROLINA,
%EDGEFIELD COUNTY.
Court of Common Pleas.

CONTC ~ CONUIOU fleuS.
l.. P. Rutland, Plaintiff. against Martin
McCarty, Jerusha Lagrone, Catharine
Rutland, Lucy Amacker, Matilda A.
LEROY, Sarah Lucretia Clark, Eliza
beth Asbell, Georganna Asbell, James
H. Edison, j. j. Edison, Sampson R.
Edison, Elizabeth Denny and Arthur
Edison, Defendants-In Re. the Estate
of James McCarty, deceased-AppeaI
from Court of Probate.
TT appearing to the Court that the Title
L to the land claimed to have been pur-
chased by Hiram LEROY from James
McCarty, deceased, and by him con-
veyed to Lawrence P. Rutland, Is in
volved in this cause, and the said l.. P.
Rutland having demanded that the issue
as to said Title be tried by a Jury, il is
ordered that an issue as to the Title to
said land be made up to be submitted for
trial by a jury in which the said L. P.
Rutland shall be the Actor or Plaintiff,
and the heirs of James McCarty, de-
ceased, the Respondents or Defendants.
1t is further ordered that copies of this
order be served upon the heirs of James
McCarty, deceased, in order to make
them proper parties to this action, and
that saideservice be by publication, or
otherwise, a the Plaintiff may be ad
,rised and to be made within sixty days
from this date.
B. C. PRESSLY,
Presiding Judge,
October ODD, 1878.
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Sheriff's Sale.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
E~DGEFIELD COUNTY.

EDGEFIELD COUNTY.
Oscar Bledsoe Us. Mathew A. Devore,
Administrator of the Estate Of John
r. Alton, deceased, with Will annexed
Execution.
DY virtue of an Execution 10 me di-
Id rected in the above stated cause,
I will proceed to sell, at Edgefield
Court House, on the FIRST MONDAY
in January next, the following property,
to-wit:
One Tract of Land, containing Two
Hundred Acres, more or less, adjoining
lands of J.. II. Miller, Henry Rush.
Wiley Kemp and j. G. Carson. now in
possession Of Henderson Luquire, and
levied upon as the property Of John R.
Alton, deceased.
TERMS-Cash. Titles extra.
JOHN II. CASTOR,
Sheriff Edgefield County.
Dec. 18th, s I8-4te-52
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-12-26

@ Congress adjourned on Saturday
last for IS days-until the 9TH or Sth of
January.
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AGENTS Wanted

T want agents and canvassers to sell
4 Bickers' Patent Elastic Pcu!oidcr,
for which the best of terms will be given
1t is the best p%cmho!dcr ever made, ana
sells readily. In fact it is a comfort /,
the book keeper and the charm of the
letter writer. NJ business man or con
slant writer should he without it. Eol
terms, &c, address
j.. w. ANDERSON,
COviugton, Ga.
Dec. oG, lS79-lt-2
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Original Humor, Stories, Poe
try, Personals, Fashions,
News, ETC., etc.

THE NORRISTOWN HERALD (Gor
general circulation for 1879 appears
handsomely printed on good paper from
new and beautiful type.
Its eight pages OF forty columns con-
tain
ORIGIN.,.L nUMOR, STORIES,
SKETCHES. PERSONAL GOSSIP,
FASHION MATTERS,
EDITORIALS. NEWS, Ere
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-12-26

From age to age, through every land,
1t welcome meets at every hand;
And worn with weary tolls of earth,
We hail with joy the heavenly birth.
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Clerks Sale.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
EDGEFIELD COUNTY,

DGEFIEL COUNTY,
Henry T.. Elliott, as Administrators of
the Estate of James r. Aiken, de-
ceased, Plaintiff, against M. j.. Bon
ham, Observation-Disclosures
DY virtue of an Order of Hon. B. C..
I'D Pressly, directed to me in the above
stated case, / will proceed to sell, at
Edgetield Court House, on Saleday in
January next, at public cutlery, the fol.
lowing described mortgaged premises,
to wit:
All those Two Tracts or Parcels of
Lane, purchased blythe. Defendant from
the heirs of James Hatcher, deceased,
containing Eighty-Four :cres, more or
less, situate in the County and State
aforesaid, and adjoining other lands OF
said Defendant, and the said Estate of
James Hatcher, deceased.
TERMS-The costs and the whole of
the purchase money to be paid in cash.
Sold at the risk of the former purcha-
ser.
0. F. CHEATHAM,
Clerk Court of Common Pleas.
Dec.s IL, 1S78-4te-52
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derson, Y. u. Jordan, Il. L. brown
and D. F. Myers, Of Aiken, arrested
ten days ago, charged with intimida-
ton. a preliminary hearing was had
before Commissioner PoinerinCo Column
bia. Mr.. Myers was bound over and
the others were released.
James Mayor, The Radical sapervi-
sor Of elections at Aiken, caused the
arrest Of the above lawyers for intim,
idation at the late election. He is
ale individual who destroye4 the
Republican tickets and would not al
low his ieliow-Radicals to vote.
About noon yesterday, while the
South Carolina Legislature was vo-
ting for Governor Hampton to be
United States Senator, tic surgeons
we're engaged in smputating his leg.
So it was only a part OF the mar
which was only a part Of the man
which was made a Senator, bat then
it is more desirable that even a piece
of Hampton should go 10 the Senate
than the whole body Of any ordinary
man,-Register.
There is now practical evidence
that the efforts Of the South Caroline
Agricultural Society to encourage
the growth Of jute in South Carolina
are not %unavaiiing. Mr.. d. 0. Iiaw-
thorn, OF Due West, has sent to Char
lesion the first bale of C,r"i;n~
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Sheriff 8 Sale.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

D. P. Jones Us. M. D. Seigler-Erecutiom.
DY virtue of an Execution to me di-
ID rected, in the above stated cause,
will proceed to sell, at Edgetield Court
House, on the FIRST MONDAY in JAM
uary next, the following property, to wit:
One Tract Of Land. containing Two
Hundred Acres. more or less, adjoining
lands of w. w. Wash, f G. Vim, Lewis
Holmes, F. c. Wood, and others, levied
upon AS the property of the Defendant,
NJ. d. Seigler.
TERMS-Cash. Titles extra.
JOHN Il. CASTOR,
Sheriff Edgefield County.
Dec. 18th, lS7S-4te-52
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Nj 4 n .

Is" nm immense practice. extending through
pcri,hl uf Years. having ~ :ihin tnai time treated
MANY thousand r:lse. vi iin e iii cl-c> peculiar
to woman, ! have been enabled Ia perfect o
mnst ln cnt and Agreeable imc'!icIEc ;liIt meets
he Indications pre- cn,c'l by tia, Class Of dis
ea e, with positive certainty AMI eNacihesS.
To designate this natural specific compound,
| haye named IL
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FOR RENT.

r ARGE STORE ROOM with GEL
- LAR-At Chappells' Depot, s. C.
Fine stand. Large and commodioRs
honse. will be rented at Sl75 per annum;
payable quarterly. Party renting vii.
not be allowed to sell Intoxicating
liquors. Apply in person or by letter to
the undersigned.
JAMES r. IRWIN,
Chappells, S. G.
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....., VIZ UN HURNEBiCH.
Dec. 18Th, ISIS-1m-l
$50 Reward.

T WILL give n reward of Fifty Dollars
4 for proof that will lead to the arrest
and conviction of the party or parties
who fired my barn and stables in Mobley
Township, Friday night. 9Th instant.
w. w. PADGETT.
Dnc - 1S1S-3t-1
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before, tne business or une South Car.
DINA Conference, in session at New
berry, was suspended for the purpose
Of offering a prayer in behalf of Bish-
op George F. Pierce and Governor
Wade Hampton, alike afflicted under
Divine Providence, and alike dear tc
the church and the country,
"Old Carolina" who is well known
in Columbia, died in Lexington Coun-
ty on Friday before last. Its assert
ed that he vas a body ervan OF Ma
jor Thornton, of the British army,
during the wal of the revolution, and
it is generally conceded that the old
man was correct in claiming to be
100 years old. He left a widow near
ly 100 years old, a son nearly 50. ant
a grandson so.
The Clubhouse Of Mrs. Mary Sim.
kins, Aiken County, together with
FIVE bales of cotton and 1000 bushel:
Of cotton seed, burned lately.
Governor Hampton, Immediately
after his second Inauguration, ISSUED
a second proclamation turning the
State Government over to Lieutenan'
Governor W. D. Simpson.
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FOR SALE.

TIME plantation known rs the Robert
il Bryan place. between 400 and SEQ
Acres, wherein Mr.. Creighton has lived,
at s. per acre; one-half cash and the
other half on credit of twelve months.
ADDISON IL ABNEY.
Dec. ~, lS7S--tf