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Gro. @. GILLIAN, Sec'y.
Convention in Chester.


The Democratic Club of Chester
Township met hero TO day. The body
was called to. order by President John
J. Hemphill, late.member of the lower
House Of Representatives from our
county, A constitution of the usual
tenor was read and adopted.
Tho next business in order was the
discussion Of the primary election
System, as indicated in our last letter.
Judge II. j. Mackcy was present,
and with apparent reluctance rose to
offer his views on the subject. lie
said in substance that patriotism was
one of the chief features and greatest
virtues Of "our people," So Interested
were they for the public good, that no
sooner would tho time come to elect
men TO tho public service than five
hundred, cognizant Of the burden N
Office and of the responsibilities to be
met, of tho slcepless nights and irl1-
some days ahead, would step forward
and sacrifice all for their country's
good-they would consent to become
candidates. He said that the ques.
ton was not which was the best mode
of nominating candidates, but of tho
two plans presented, (the convention
or tho primary system) which was
the one calculated to give mcst salts
faction? Ho explained the two sys-
TENS and astonishod the house by ad-
vocating, without reserve, the primary
election plan. lie thought that tho
nearer you get to the pulse Of the
people, the nearer you approached tho
true system Of government. He was
proud to speak to q Dom ocratic audi
ence, to have his name on tho roll of
the club; and that it mattcrcd not
how the candidates of the party were
nominated, il was his purpose to
stand by them and to raise his voice
for them in the coming campagn.-
Of course, he eulogized our univer,
sally popular Governor and his admin
istration.
The address was greeted with APP
plausc. There were no other speak
ers, no opposition having boon mani~
fcstcd, (the Judge is noted for his
power Of snuffing the breozo,) and the
resolutions in favor Of adopting tho
primary election system wero unan,
imously carried.
The constitution Of tho club binds
the members to support the Federal
as well as State ticket. Tho action
Of this township will no doubt be fol-
lowed throughout tho entire county.
Let tho good woork 60 on.-Cor.
News and Courier.
JUNIUs.
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NO. 80
The Plan of Salvation.

The plan of salvation was not the
contrivance of human wisdonls Is
unlike what men have themselves
devised as systems Of religion It
did not occur totbe ancient philoso-
piers, nor has it occurred to the
modern. 1t may be expected to ex-
cite the opposition, the contempt and
the scorn of this world; and the Cos
pei makes its way usually, not with
their friendship, but in the face Of
their opposition. It's success is such
as to contound and perplex them.-
They despise it, and see not its Sc
crct power; they witness their effects,
but are unable to account for them.
1t has always been question with
philosophers why tho Gospel met
with such success, and the various
accounts which have been given of it
by its enemies show how much they
have been embarrassed. The most
elaborate, part of "Gibbon's Decline
and Fall of the Roman Empire" is
contained in his attempt to state the
causes OF the early propagation Of
Christianity, and the obvious failure
of the account shows how much the
mind of the phIlosophic skeptic was
embarrassed by the fact Of its rapid
and wide diffusion.
The reception Of the Gospel de-.
mands an humble mind. Men of
good sense, OF humble fears, Of child
like temper, embrace it. "Not many
mighty" arc called to be Christians.
Not many men of power, or men
sustaining important Offices in the
State. Not many OF illustrious birth,
or descended from illustrious tami,
lies. In respect to each Of these
classes, the Apostles does not say
I'Ihcrc were no men Of wealth, power
and firth, but the mass or body of
Christians was not composed Of such.
. y The reasons why those Of
rank and wealth do not become
Christians are many and obs ious.-
They are beset with peculiar temp
ta'ions. They arc usually satisfied
with rank and wealth, and do not
feel their need of hope of Heaven.
They are surrounded with objects
that hatter their vanity, which. min.
lister to their pride, and which throw
them into the circle oil alurina and
tempting pleasures. They are drawn
away from the means of grace and
The places of prayer by fashion, by
business, by temptation. There is.
something,abo the pride Of learn.
ing and philosophy which usually
makes those WHO possess it unwilling
to sit at the feet Of Christ, TO &C.
knowledge their depcndce on God,
and to confess that they are poor, and
needy, and blind, and naked before
Him. 1t often happens that obscure
and ignorant mon, who have been
taught in the school OF Christ, have
more true and real knowledge Of that
which concerns their welfare, and
evince more real practical wisdom
than can be earned in all the schools
Of philosophy and learning.
DIR. ALBERT BARNES.
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Mother Goose better than ho knew
his Bibble. One Sunday he was asked
in his class, "Who were thrown into
the frey furnace~ That was too
much for him. The question was
passed; the answer camo promptly
"Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego."
This was q modification to the little
fellow, and when the next question
came, "Who put them in?' he ans
wered with a jump, "Httle Johnny
,Green!"--Sunday School Times,
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JUNIUs.

He came in with the majestic
stride of q star actor; bowed to the
editor, the waste basket and the spit.
toon; then spake in oratorical tones
substantially as follows: "You NAV
talk Of the Golden Age, OF the Iron
Age and all of the other famous ages.
but, as tDr me, give me spin-agep'-
After which he again bowed Lro-
foundly and went Quito bask in the
starlight, t
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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-10-26
Col. RIoN's STATEMENT.
State of South Carolina,

SGpCS OF SOuGn tarOllna,
County of Fairfield.
A rule having been issued for S.
B. Clowney, late Clerk, to shew
cause as to certain charges made
by the Grand Jury, and, said rulc
not having been served on account
of the unexpected absence Of said
Clowney-
T, James H. Rion, an Attorney of
this Court, having q personal knowl-
edge Of some of tho matters mon-
toned in said Rule, come into Court
and inform this Honorable Court, as
follows
I. That he is informed and be-
lioves that Mr.. Clowney's leaving
bad 20 reference to the issuing of
the rule, but was owing to an en-
gagement with New York firm to
buy cotton for them in Texas, which
engagement he is pow carrying out.
II. That the discrepancies in the
cash book in the Clerks Office are
stated by Mr.. Clowney not to be
in fact o. such proportions as they
appear, but to what extent can only
be ascertained by careful going
over of the receipts and payments
in each case. Also, that there are
receipts DUG which haye pot been
given by parties, applications made
and not entered, and credits given
on faith Of parties who have not yet
made good the same.
III. AS to the bonds alleged to
pc missing from the Clerks Office, L,
the said james I'll. Bion, have in
my hands for collection tho follow
ing
T. Fl. w. Parr to the Commits
sioners in Equity.
Q. n. A. Peay to S. B. Clowney,
Clerk G. c.. =.
8. Same to tho Same.
4. A. T.. Peay to the Same.
s. r. X. Pickett to the Same.
6. D. B.DeSanssure to the Same.
z. Same to the Same.
8. James Stuart to the Same.
8. Mary =. Myers to the Same.
10. John II. Catheart to the Same.
II. Same to the Same.
ID. Same to the Same.
| 13. Same to the Same. Ii
| Ia. Same to the Same.
| 16. And the bond Of john Brat
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respondents official books, COM
planned Sf, that all said irregulari-
ties arose from plaintiffs in certain
cases having themselves become the
purchasers of property sold; in
which cases the said plaintiffs are
paid, and only need tho giving of
their receipts to respondent as
vouchcra. That in some cases they
had failed to do 50: but all these
irregularities have boom remedied.
II. That tho cotton seod and
rubbish in the debtors room, con-
plainod Of, have been removed that
attention has been given to cleaning
tho hoors Of tho third story. tni AS
to tho health Of the prisoners,
respondent re(ols to tao certificate
Of DIR. Il. L. Robertson, hereto an
nexed, Respondent further says,
that it is impossible to keep the
jail properly cloan, with the class
OF prisoners confined therein, and
with the facilities and arrangements
at the command of respondent.
iii. That respondents Office has
been occasionally closed, owing to
the absence of both himself and his
deputy on necessary official bust
ness; but respondent has cndeavor-
ed and will continue to endoayor to
keep his Office open for Tho CON.
venience Of the public as much as
possible.
State Of South Carolina, !
County Of Fairfield. {
Silas W. Ruff being duly sworn
says that the facts stated in tue
foregoing return are true.
S. W. RUFF,
S. +. G.
Sworn to before me this 18th day
OF October, 1878.
HENRY N. ODEAR,
Notary Public.
DT. Robertson's Certificate.
W1NNsBoRo, S. c., July 8, 1878.
L hereby certify that I haye been
employed rs physician for the coun~
ty jail to attend the prisoners con-
fined in said jail since S. w. Ruff
has had charge Of it, and have al
ways found it clean and orderly
kept, and the health of the prisoners
has been remarkably good.
Signed, Il. T. ROBERTSON, NJ. D.
Mr. L. II. Rodertson's CertiEcate.
!, z. Ross Robertson, who assisted
the grand jury as attorney i'm the
examination of the shoritfs books,
DO hereby certify that 7 have this
day completed q re'examination Of
said books, aud find that all the
irregularities complained Of have
boon rectifed.
This ths 18th day of October,
a. D.: 1878.
T. Ross ROBERTSON,
Attorney at Law.
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ton to the Commissioner in Equity,
which bond I, the said Rion, bought
from tho heirs Of James and Hilliard
Judge, with funds furnished for
that purpose by the executor of
the will of the late Judge John d.
Coalter, of Missouri
All which is respectfully SUBMIT
yea, this 2lst day of October, A. ID.
1878.
JAS, II. Ron.
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JENNY LIND'S CHILDHOOD.

F'tdcrih;a Brcmer]
There was once a poor plain little
girl, dwelling in Il little room in
Stockholm, the capital of Sweden.
She was poor little girl, indeed,
then she was lonely and neglected,
and would have been very unhappy,
deprived of the kindness and care
so necessary to q ohild, if it had not
been for peculiar gift. The little
girl had a fine voice, and in her lone
llness, in trouble or in SORROW, she
consoled herself by singing. In fact
she sang at all she did ut her work,
at her play, running or sitting, she
always sang. The woman who had
her in care went out to work during
the day, and locked in tho little girl.
who bad nothing to enliven her soil
tude bat tho company Of cot and
song. Once she sat by tho open
window and stI'oked her cat and
sang, when lady passed by. Sho
heard the voice, and looked up and
saw the little singer. She asked the
child several questions, went away,
and came back several days later,
followed by an Old music master
whose name was Crelius. He tried
the little girls musical ear and yoice
and was astonished. Ho took her
to the manager Of the Royal Opera
at Stockholm, then a Count Puhe,
whose truly generous and kind
heart was concealed by q rough
speech and y morbid temper. Cre~
Illus introduced his little pupil to
the count, and asked him to engage
her as an ele0e for the opera, "You
ask foolish thing" said the count
gruffly, looking disdainfully down
on the little girl "What shall we
do with that thing? She will never
be preseptable. Move cannot
take her. Away with her !" The
music master insisted almost indig-
nantly. "Well," exclaimed he at
last, "if you will not take her, poor aa
am, ! will take her myself and have
her educated for the scene then,
such another car us she has for
music is not to be found in the
world" The Count relented. The
little girl was at last admitted into
the school for e!eoes at tho opera,
and with some difficulty q simple
gown Of black bombazine vas pro-
cured for her. l1y
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-10-26
A1R, MAoKoRELL's RETURN,
State Of South Qarolion,
County Of Fairfield.

COuilCS vi i iliIlctt.
Moses MAckorell, II Tri,l Justice
Of Fairfield county, upon whom has
been served rule to slew cause
why he should not Eo proceeded
against according to lazy for having
failed to exhibit his dockets for the
inspection of tho grand jury at
the last term of this Court, for
cause doth shew:
[, That he is Il Trial Justice at
Bluckstock, situate on the line of
tue counties of Chester and Fair
fold, and that by an Act Of the
General Assembly of the said State
he has jurisdiction in both of said
counties, and is required to exhibit
his official hooks 10 the inspection
Of the grand juries Of each Of said
II. That he exhibited bis books
to the granl jury ut the March
term, 1878, Of this Court, and that
having transacted no official business
III and for the county of Fairfield
since SAID time until the June ,rm.
1873, of this Court, your responds
enC Thought it unnecessary to
further exhibit his books fol in
spectiUn.
III. That respondent has oxhibi-
ted his books for the examination Of
tho grand jrry ut the present term
OF tins Cou!t, as will appear by
their certificate thereon endorsed.
Wherefore, respondent prays that
the rule against him may be dis
missed:
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-10-26

The safest and most reliable
remedy for the usual diseases Of the
baby is DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup. It
contains nothing injurious. Price
25 cents q bottle.
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VEGETINE.
REV. j. p. LUDLOW, WRITES

lis BALTIC STREET, BROOKLYN, NY,
November II, 1874.
MIR. II. II. STEVENS: ~
Dear Sir-FrOm personal benent received by
Us use, rs we'll as from personal knowledge OF
,noSc whose cures have seemed almost miracu-
ious can most heartily and sincerely recon-
inehd the Vcgctnc for the complaints which it
is claimed to cure. -
JAMESP. LUDLOW,
Late Pastor OF Cavalry Baptist Church,
Sacramento Cal
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nj. NIAcXoRELL.
State of South Carolina.

County Of Fairfield.
Moses Mackorell being duly
SWORN says that the facts stated in
the foregoing rct,rn nrr true.
NJ. MAcKoRELL.
Sworn to before me this gard Of
October, 1878.
J. W. EVANS,
Trial Justice.
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bor, 1876, and get q glimpse of the
secret dispatches on thoir side"
The 1rid"ne having stated that
'the God Of nations saved this land
from the ruin and dishonor" of the
bribery of tho Florida returning
board to an honest count of tho
votes, tho Nation comments "Wo
know from thoir own appearance
before the Potter Committee what
manner Of mon tho Florida countors
were that some Of them at least
were marketable the cipher tele-
grams show, and we therefore have
our curiosity reused as to the pre-
else means employed by the God of
nations to make them give tho
Presidency to the right man, and
yet satisfy tho longings of their COR
rupt nature for money or goods"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-10-26

A special to the Manchester
G"oro(ion, from Constantinople,
says the British gunboat, which was
sent to the Gulf of Volo to suppress
piracy, found that mono existed.
Tho report was due to the miscon-
ception of private news by the
British Consul at Salonica.
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N JANUARY next wc will issue tho
Il. first number Of
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VEGETINE.
REV. 0. II. WALKER SAYS:

PROVIDENCE, II. l., 164 Transit Street.
II. r. STEVENS, ESQ:
fcri bound to express with my signature tho
high value place upon your YEGETINE. MY
family have used It. for tho last two years. In
mend II to all who may need an invigoratipg
rcnoyatlng tonic. ="
IT. WALKER,
Formerly Pastor or Rowloin. square Church,
Boston.
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VEGETINE.
GOOD FOR THE GHTIDREN

BOSTON HOME. Il Tyler Street,
BOSTON, April, 1876.
MIR. II. II. STEVENS:
Dear Strive feel that the ch,h-nr In our
home have been greatly bcno0lch bv Tho Vcgc-
tine you have 80 kindly given us from time to
time, especially those troubled with the Scrof-
ula. With respect.
MRS N. WORMELL, Matrop.
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Tho New York Nation (Ind Rep.)
is curious to know what inducements ts
were used by tho Republican mana
gors with the Florida returning
board in 1876, That "neutralized or
ovorcamo the influence of the money
the Democrats seem TO have been so
ready to spend. There was clearly
! a good deal of corruptiblo material
III Florida connected in one way or
another with tho count and tho
board, and it was really moro i'm
portant for the Republicans to Sc
cure this than for their opponents !;
for, from what wo know OF the
Florida election, from the inde-
pendent testimony of General Bar
low, tho State had really voted by O
slight majority for the Tilden eloc-
tors" Tho Nation fears, however,
thatits curiosity will not be graft
fed "until we know what the Re-
publican agents did between the 30th
fofNovember and the 5th Of pecon,--
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-10-26

Returns of the County Off1cers to the
Rules Served Upon Them.
SHERIFF RURF's RETURN.
State of South Carolina, |
County of Fairfield.
Silas w. Ruff, Sheriff OF Fairfield
g )unty, upon whom has been served
Rule to shew cause why he should
not be proceeded against according
to law, for having failed to, discharge
certain official duties referred to in
the report Of the grand jury. at the
last term Of this Court, for cause
doth shew: ,.z.
!. As to the Irregularities ip this
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-11
The Feeling About Fraud.

The cases of voluntary bankruptcy
have of late become 50 numerous that
certain merchants in the vicinity of
the market in this city have formed
n league for mutual protection and
defence. The problem of giving credits
has become one of the most difficult
of any connected with business. No
one can tell who intends to stand the
strain of stagnant times in the spirit of
honesty and honor, and who will run for
refuge TO the bankrupt act as soon rs be
sees he is to be haras,ed in his turn, or
that he may do better by reirquishing
business than by continuing. On this
and other grounds the present bankrupt
law has been severely criticised, and its
modification is to-day demanded with an
increased emphasis. When no one can
trust another in business matters, which
is alleged to be the condition to which we
are fast coming. it may ~ well be admit
ted that the bottom is falling out.
Every day, people are obliged to con-
fess thew surprise at what they witness
among business men. 1t is freely assert
ed that the bankrupt law is "a temptation
to them. They are offered almost every
facility they could ask for getting ril Of
their obligations, and hence it is to be
expected that there would be more fail
ures than there need to be. The object
of the association of business men in this
city is to resist this tendency 10y creating
barrier for their own protection. In
stead of giving credits for the purpose of
having SO much of their own stock 90
into n bankruptcy court, they propose to
give them only where they mas feel as
sure as possible that they will return to
them again in Legitimate business man
ner. Ii is time something was done 10
stay tide that threatens to sweep away
the oaly remaining landmarks of mercan-
tile stability and honor.-NaSs. Plough
man.
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Durability of Stone Monuments.

The arrival in the Thames of Clenpat-
ra's Needle suggests to IA German doctor
some interesting remarks on the subject
OF the durability of stone monuments in
northern climates. The Luxor obelisk,
erected in the Place de la Concorde in
Paris in 1885, is, it is gathered from the
hieroglyphlcs upon 1t, some 3,4O0 years
old, having stood with another sill larger
one before the great Temple of Thebes.
The stone is syenite granite, of brown
sh red color. During the last twenty
eight years, the German doctor states, he
has carefully examined the obelisk four
times, the intervals between each of the
visits being ABOUT equal, and on each &C.
casion he has been struck by the extent TO
which the surface of the stone has deteri-
GRATED during comparatively short time.
In 1914 the red color of :elspar in the
granite was distinctly visible, showing
that the stone had not suffered by its ex-
posure for 3,4O0 yeas to an Egyptian eli
mate. On each subsequent visit the doc
tor found the surface duller and lighter,
and in 1872 it was covered with n thin,
white film of kaoline, the last product Of
the decay of granite. Thrty-six years,
therefore, of exposure to the atmosphere
of Paris has affected the stone more than
the same number of centuries exposure 10
the purer air of Egypt. In the same way
the unhewn mass of granite upon which
the statue OF Peter the Great stands in st.
Petersburg has already been injured to an
extraordinary extent by the uniayorable
climate of Russia, and the writer is Of opin-
ion that the atmosphere of London, damp
and charged with smoke, will very soon
damage in still more marked manner the
surface of CIeopatra's Needle unless some
measures are taken to preserve 1t.