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abridged of their necessary rights Of fix
ing rates of transportation and farc' so
as TO make their business a success. On
the other ii is con;ended that any inter
ference by the State, in the financial
workings Of railroads, i, destruction of
the principle Of vested rights, and there
fore unconstitutional Both these prem
ises are wrong in fact. The courts have
already decided the question tia, the
public have rights in public works and
public highways Of equal weight with
that of the private stockhoider. Hence
it follows as n necessary consequence that
whatever legislation is necessary to pro-
tect these public right. in railroads, as
in turnpscs, public roads, ferries, mills,
&c, ougL. 10 be had Not in the way Of
crippling or destroying these grea, high
ways in their systems Of operation, but
as mutual help to the railroad and a
protection to the public. Under such
system Of law, wisely administered,
wherever ,.icd, the railroads have been
benefited, not injured, and the public
mind pa. at ease, feeling that their rights
are secure. This has been aud is now
the effect in Georgia aud other States,
and SO will it be here if our Legislature
will avail themselves Of the experience
Of others. General laws prohibiting dis.
crimina,ions or extor,;onate rates in
ffc;ghts and fares, and regulating notice
Of change Of freights and fares 50 rs not
To spring apon the public a sudden shock,
| with commission Of three men TO act
in conjunction with tic Directors Of
roads in the regulation Of freights and
fares, is all that is necessary. Hence
the Legislature properly refused to pass
motion fixing the fares on railroads in
this State at three cents mile IS in
Georgia. If we are 10 have railroad
commission for the very purpose Of ar
ranging all matters pertaining to rail-
roads in which the public have An in
terest, then to that umpire let all these
matters be referred. There arc two ways
of killing a measure Of legislative i'm
por.ance: one is by direct assault, the
other by loading the measure with such
q weight Of absurditics that it will fall
to pieces Of it, own weight. Let the real
friends Of the railroad bill conline its
provisions to few simple, wcll.deined
principles, leaving the details mostly to
the commission, and all will lie well.
+. II. r.
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Beat to Death With Lightwood Knot

On the 1lth inst the body of negro
man named Jas. johnson was found
lying on the bed in his house on Wad-
malaw Island, the skull badly fractured
and the bedding bathed in blood. An
inquest was held at which Lizzie John.
son, the wife of the deceased, was the
principal witness. Her statement was
that she had gone away to n neighbor-
ing farm that morning and had left her
husband in the stable feeding the mule !;
that when she returned she found him
lying in the bed nearly dead, and that
the mule had evidently kicked him in
the head. The mule theory was rather
unsatisfactory rs it WAS evident that the
blow on the skull must have caused in
stant death, and that the wounded man
could not have walked from the stable
to his bed
AS there was no testimony, however,
to point out the murderer, n verdict of
death at the hands of unknown persons
was rendered by the jury, and no arrests
woIu maue. but on Thursday last, Liz
zie johnson made her appearance before
Justice Clement on Wadmalaw Island
and co. fessed that she had murdered her
husband. She says that johnson had
threatened her life and had actually at
tempted 20 kill her with q razor, when
she seized lightwocd knot with which
she beat out his brains. She was yester-
day committed to Jail for trial at the
Court of Sessions on the charge of MUIR
der. She carried to Jail with her an in
fant only few months old, the child of
the husband she had killed.-Ne,cs and
Courier, Jan. 2lst
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= The municipal election at Walhalla
OH the 10th, resulted in the choice oi
the following officers: Intendant, A
Brennecke wardens, H. c. Rochau, w.
J. S:.;5iing, Or. l.. Is. Johnson, j. p.
Mickler, G. Wendelkin, G. H. Hesse.
= Mr.. n. w. Brokers barn at Ridge
Springs, was burned by an -incendiary
FIRE on Wednesday morning last between
3 and 4 o'clock. a COW and calf per.
ished in the flames. Mr.. Brooker also
lost his entire crop of fodder and a con-
siderable quantity OF cotton seed.
DR.. Bliss is so much displeased
with the public criticisms of the charges
made by President Garfeld's physic ans
that he says: 81 do not mean to present
any bill. The other physicians in the
case ieel that il is best in view OF all the
circumstances not to present any bills to
Congress. We are content to receive
whatever the National Legislature choc.
ses to give, if anything. / concur with
my colleagues in this view of the case.
/ do not think there need be any other
contradiction given to the newspaper
statement about the supposed enormity
of our charges"
= The Grange at Effingham, in Oar
lington County, have, at their own ex.
Pense, reftted the public school. house
and furnished it nicely. The Peniel
Grange have done likewise, and there is
at that place q hourishing school with
sixty.fve scholars.
- Mr.: John Kelly is lying dangerous.
ly i'll at his residence in Lexington ave-
nue., New York. His physicians pre-
scribe absolute repose and seclusion.
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Sale of Lot and Land Situate
in Pendleton. s. C.

WILL be sold before the Court House
wv door at Anderson. s. c.. on the 9th
day OF February next, (SALESDAY.) to
the highest bidder, for partition, two Lots,
known as the residence of the late w. d. C.
Daniels, deceased:
HOUSE and LOT, containina three and
one-sixteenth acres, more o. less, and
known in the plan Of the said Village as
II m John Headen to S. f. Daniels and
others, dated 4th October, 1886 and record.
cd in Book ~" pages 237 and 23S.
Also, the nine and one-half acres of
Land, adjoining, and more fully described
In deed from Tully Boiling and Ann Bar
low to James NJ. Daniels and others. lated
"a January, 1872, and recorded in book
"Y.' pages 4S and 80.
Terms Cash. Purchaser to pay five dol
lars extra fot papers
COLUMBUS WARDLAW
Jan -, 1882 90
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AMAIGAAIATION.

The intelligence which we publish
this week of an efor. to establish the
Greenback party in this State, though
unexpected, cannot be regarded as sur
prising. There will be in all parties in
the ascendancy dissatisfied clement
which seeks either disruption Of the
party, or change in its internal admin
istration. The present movement seeks
the destruction Of the Democratic party
and the Inauguration Of a new party with
no we'll defined political principles or
financial policy. II is at present con-
fined to few diss atisfied Democrats.
and it is difficult to imagine their ulte-
rior expectations or plans. If they could
succeed in the disruption Of the Demo.
cratic party, it wonld result only in pla-
cling the Radicals in power, and comm.
ting the State again into the hands Of
robbers. IL is evident that those engaged
in this movement do not rely for sue
cess on acquisitions from the Democracy,
but roon forming union upon sPccifi ed
agreements, not as TO principles, but upon
division Of Offices, with the Radicals,
and that the party thus formed will be
one devoid Of principle, and held togeth-
or alone by the power Of plumber and
spoiIs. If the comparatively few former
~ Democrats, who could be induced to
unite in such q movement, could be sue
cesafuI, they could not become factors in
the party, and after having given life
and power to the Radical party, it will
discard them rs unnecessary incumbran.
ces. If these dissatisfied Democrats
suppose that they can induce the Radi.
calls TO forsakc their party affiliations
and form new party they are mistaken
the Radicals would unite with them tc
destroy the Democratic party and after
that these disafected persons would bt
easily disposed Of and the Radical party
again installed in power. Can any goot
citizen desire snch a catastrophe to be
fall the State. The persons engaged il
this movement cannot expect to carr.
with them the substantial citizens of tn
State, who hare no ares TO grind, ant
their sole reliance is afiiliation with til
Radicals, and although they assume tn
name Of "Grecnbackers," it would be il
fact the Radical party under differen
name.
These persons must know that withou
the Radical vote they could not carry
county or township in the State, aud 8
fur as Anderson county Is concerned
although two or three of its citizens ar
said to be leaders, they cannot carry
dozen Of its substantial citizens wit
them. The people understand wei
enough that any union with the Radicals
especially ono founded Oil the division @
the spoils, under whatever name assumed
is the Radical wolf rehabilitated il
sleeps clothing and prepared for anothe
season of plunder.
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it will be by help from other sources than
the South Carolina Road or the city Of
Charleston.
Is it not about time for those who have
been fighting the Savannah Valley TO
withdraw their opposition, pay up their
taxes and lend $ helping band to the
enterprise! With al opposition with
drawn, and united effort On the part OF
all our people, we could yet master the
situation, but as long as they are divided
one part pulling one way and the other
part another way-we are looked upon
with disfavor, and those who are man
aging the affairs Of the Road labor un-
der great disadvantage.
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: Dennie Dunlap was a ,hree cart

= Dennie Dunlap was a three card
monte man attached to circus. a
greenhorn whom he had swindled out Of
5000 at Assumption, La, complained to
Justice, who not only issued warrant,
but went to the tent to serve it. Dennie
was operating on another victim, and he
quietly offered the Justice $40 not to in.
terrupt him for ten minutes. This pro-
position was declined. Then the gam.
bier angrily drew n revolver, but the
Justice fred quickest, killing him in.
stantly, and coolly recovered the 5000
from his pocket. The gambling privilege
of that circus is now for SALE
= Public travel in many portions of
Greenvilie and Spartanburg Counties is
interrupted in consequence of the con-
dition of the roade, the mud in many
places being from two to three feet deep.
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"A Texas cattle ranger, owning
about 5000 head, asked Morgan, the
New York banker, to lend him soma
money on them, 80 that he might in.
crease his herd. He told the banker
how much the cattle was worth how
they doubled in value every FIVE years,
and made large annual profit; but
when he told Morgan that they didn't
have any fences in Texas, he exclaimed
in tone of holy horror: mo fences |!
Why, good Lord, young man, I'd as soon
take mortgage on school of Goldfish
off the banks of Newfoundland"
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cTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

GTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
~ ASrERSoS COUNTY.
BY W. II. IT. "'phrcys, .Jn'ige Of Probate
Whereas, Mrs. Martha ~ Masters has
applied 10 me la Grant -rr i.,.ii"rs OF Adj
ministratiu:l on the Pcr>snui Estate and
effects OF l.. y. Masters. ,c..r..>,rl.
These are therefore 10 cite and a,i.nonsh
all and singular the kindred and creditors
of the said l.. a. Masters, deceased, that
they be AMI appear hcforc me in tie Court
of Probate, 10 be held ut Anderson c. H. on
Saturday, l0tli day of February, 1881. after
publication hereof To show cause, if any
they have why the said Administration
should not be granted. Given under my
hand, this oath day of January, 1882.
w. w. HUMPHREYS, j. p.
Jan 26 1889 2S
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The fact Of the hereditary transmission
of disease is clearly established, and Scrofu-
la is the most dreaded and perhaps the most
difficult to cure. S. s. s., the King OF all
Specifics, points with pride to the long list
OF cures OF this sc0urge. In no instance
has il been known to fail, even after cases
had been pronounced hopeless. Price 81
and $l.75 per bottle.
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The report was recently started that
Gov. Hagood would be candidate be-
fore the Legislature next Winter for U.
S. Senator against Hon. NJ. G. Butler,
but he denies the report, and says that
he contemplates retiring to private life
upon the expiration Of his term as Cove.
nor. He has had enough Of public life.
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Meeting of Creditors.
Jan 3S. 1882

FHNHERE will be a meeting Of the Cre,li-
Il tors of J. a. II. Brinsdon in my Office
at Pendleton, S. c.. on the 1st day of Feb
ruary next, at IL clock q. m, for the pur-
pose Of electing an Agent for said creditors.
w. II. d. GAlLLARD, Assignee.
Jan &c, 1882 2S
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PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDS

FHNHE Trustees of Public Schools for An
Il derson County will find below state
ment of School funds which will be due
each School District for tho Public School
time, beginning first of November, 1881.
Trustees should transfer the amount due
their respective School Districts to their
Board books, and be careful not to over
draw the amount due. Also, each Board
of Trustees will keep all the Schools under
their jurisdiction open the same number of
mo
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Gov. Hagood's message to the Legis-
lature on the stock law was unfnyorably
received all over the State, and caused
no little surprise. 1t was not credita-
bic document.
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CTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
~ ANDERSON COUNTY,

GTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
y ANDERSON COUNTY.
By ". ". Humphreys, Judge Of Probate.
WHEREAS, Mrs. Susan Burriss has ap.
piled to me to gran her letters of admin
istration, with Will annexed. on the Per-
sonal Estate and effects Of Levi Burriss, de-
ceased.
These are therefore to cite and admon-
ish all kindred and creditors of the said
Levi Burriss, deceased, to be and ap-
pear before me in Court of Probate, to
be held at Anderson Court House, on
the 10th day of February, 1882. after pub
lication hereof, to shew cause, if any they
have, why the said administration should
not be granted. Given under my hand
this 25th day Of January. 1882
w. w. HUMPHREYS, J. p.
Jan 26, 1882 2S
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Fresh Garden Seed.

TUST RECEIVED, a complete assort-
ey ment of Landreth's and u. NJ. Ferry's
Garden Seed. Yellow and White Onion
Sets. No better Seed grown than above.
A. B. TOWERS & co.
Jan 26. 1882 &c
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A Ea,tardIy Deed in Walhalla.
W.li,ALr.A, January %.

WALuALLA, January %.
one of the most disgraceiui scenes
that ever blackened the records Oh lnis
town occurred in front IN front oi 'ie
PRESBYTERIAN Church 10 day. Cnaries l.;
Ilnnlop from near .lock Hill, stabbed
Willie Cason. rom Iiodges. in the arm
and axillary region, severins several
arteries The wound. are serious, though
no, considered dangerous. These young
men me- were attending service in the
Church During sunday School Dunlap
behaved badly, and during service he
amused himself sticking pins IN Cason,
who sat Just before him. After services
we're over Cason demonstrated with Dun
Ian for his conduct in Church. Dunlap
said il was rs good time as any to settle
the matter and endeavored 30 take cane
from bystander. lie then drew Khiie
and wounded Casor as above. Duniap
is under arrest. and is considered mere q
bad fellow. Cason is an afflicted 3oy'
meek and quiet in his manners.--AF'
Uqhh to .Ntrs and courier.
II. ". Reid, merchant. Of Walhalla.
has made an assignment. Liabilities
$ 900, assets $1,000. j. c. Mickler is
the assignee.
= Col. John F. Hobbs, Of Lexington,
Of Independent fame, has anno' ed his
Intention TO emicrate to Australia to en-
gage in bus;ness-not politics.
= Chicago has $1,000 girls working at
the various trades for the average wages
of - week.
: A correspondent Of the Hartford
| Conn Times writes that the boss of the
situation at The White House is q mulatto
whom the President has brought from
New York, and who is messenger. On
New Years Day, when every one else
was required to pass through the parlor:
without stopping, the new man violated
that order By seating two colorcd women
on lounge in the green room, and al
lowing them to sit there until the recep
ton was over. The police and all seemed
to be under his control, and he proiesse'
to have great influence with the Presi
dent, and wields influence enough to re
move any cmp Dyes Of the mansion wh;
interfere with MIN.
= The Virginia Legislature is afrait
OF the smallpox, and medtates remoya
from Richmond.
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THE GUITEAU TRIAL.

This trial, which is one Of the most
remarkable in American Jurisprudence.
after having occupied the time Of the
Court for more than two months and cot
the country thousands Of dollars, i, now
drawing to a.closc, and probably before
the close of the prcscn, week will be dis
posed Of by the jury, whether finally or
not seems quite doubtful. The opinion
prevails in Washington TO some extent
that the jury will not be able to agree
and q mis.rial ordered. a, the trial APP
proaches lis termination there is 4 tre-
mendous influence exertcd TO secure
Guiteau's conviction, and from the
amount and diversity Of the testimony as
to his sanity, there is little doubt that he
could not be convicted if person Of or
dinary official position and popularity
had been killed. As it is, it will require
jury Of great nerve 10 acquit, and they
will not do 50 unless strong reasonable
doubts exist in their minds as to his
sanity.
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The Abbeyillc Pres and Banner says
that efforts will no doubt be made by
the Atlantic and French Broad Valley
Railroad TO secure control OF the Savan-
nah Valley Railroad from Troy TO An
derson for the purpose Of either build
ing it as feeder, or of killing it as a
competitor. The A. & +. B. X. r. need
not concern itself about the Savannah
Valley, nor entertain any hopes Of get
ting control Of it. The road is going to
be built, and that, too, as a competing
line with the Atlantic and French, and
not as feeder to it. If tho gentlemen
who now control that line thinx they
can swallow the Savannah Valley, let
them try it.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-09-21
A Readers COMPLAINT.

Ihave never wished that had been
born in some other century than the
nineteenth. Our age, if not pictures
que one-and l think it has its pictures
que aspects-is, without doubt, the most
comfortable to live in, take it ON the
whole, the world has yet known. 1t
seems to me that persons of rational
mind and humane disposition cannot be
too thankful to belong to it, for it is
hard to see how such persons could ever
have enjoyed life in earlier times as we
of the latest days can. The world has
certainly gone forward, and the feature
of its progress that l chiefly rejoice in
is its advance l.. humanity. The elder
world-the world but a very little elder
than our own-was such a terribly cruel
one! The only objection to living in the
present time that know of is the in
creased quantity of things one must
know, or would like to know. Eight
eenth-century people didn' have to read
Lecky's history of their times in four
volumes, or hundred thousand other
books it now seems obligatory upon all
cultivated persons to acquaint them
selves with. Nowadays one is required
to read a small library every year. il
one would have even smattering OF
knowledge on the various subjects that
invite an intelligent mans interest. The
specialists, in the abundance of whom
we glory. carry investigations so far for
ward, each in his own line, that the
general reader cannot hope to do more
than accept number of things at sec
ond hand, or be content to have no un.
derstanding of them at all. 1t is hard
to resign ones self to ignorance of SO
many interesting matters, and yet that
is what one seems driven to. One finds
that the first thing to learn is "hoW
much need not be known" which ii
perhaps sort of sour-grapes wisdom
but apparently the only wisdom obtain
able.-Atlantic.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-09-21
Kentucky Philosophy.

You Wfyam, come ere, sab, dis instunce. WI
dat you got under dat box?
do want no foolin'.you hear me? Wut you
say! Amt nu'h'n' but rocks;
'Peahs ter me yon's owdashus p'ticler. S'pos-
In dey 9 Nv new kline.
I'll des take look at dem rocks. Hi vel der
you think dat is bline2
calls dat plain watermillion, you scamp, an
knows whah It growed:
ter side or de road. -
You stole II, you rascal-you stole it! Iwatch-
ed you FUN down in de lot,
En- time gifts though wild you, Niger, you
won't eb'n be grease spot!
I'll nx you. Mirandy! Mirandy! 20 cut me q
En- cut me &c toaTses sse. en- you en- fine asv
I'll larn so You u Mr. r. &fyam Joe vetters ter steal
n,sv-sn,n en- ter vn ie yo9S 9Sr's1Isgn ysang sinner
in her leave eookin' dinneri 90 '''
Now amt you ashamed er yo'se'f, SURF / is.
rs 'shamed you's my soni
En- de holy accor3an angel he's shamed er wut
En- he's tuck il down up yander in coalblack.
zone watermilliou stolen by wiyam Josephus
Vetters."
er'st stsandaJ-school,
Lords Gold Ruler
Boy, whah's de raisin' 1 give your Is you boun'
fuh to be q black Wilton?
rs s'prIsed dat chile er 70 NANNY 'ud steaI
any mans watermiliion.
En- rs now gwiner cut it right open, en- you
ehant have nary bite,
Fun boy who'll steal watermillions-en dat
In de days broad light
Amt - Lawdy! it's greeni Mirandyi Mi
rand-yl come on wi dat switch!
Well, stealth q green watermelon! Who ey-
er yeered tell er des sich.
Can't tell wen dey's ripper wy, you thump
UNI en- wen dey go pank dey is green;
But wen dey go punk, now you mine me, dey q
ripe-en dat's des wat mean.
En- mex time you hook watermiilions-you
heered me, you ign ant, you hunk,
Ell you do want a lickin' all over, be sho dat
dey alters go "punk!''
Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-09-21
Brave Bows at Niagara,

Last week party of Germans stop
ping at the Frontier House. Suspension
Bridge, among whom was Morits Wit
mer, wealthy brewer from Sexton,
Germany, visited the "Maid of the
MIST landing for the purpose of taking
bath. At this point, twill be remem-
bered, the current is very rapid, and to
one not accustomed to the place it is
perilous to venture in. Mr.. Wilmer,
knowing nothing of the waters depth,
or the swiftness of the current, got out
too far, and would have been carried
down the rapids but for the timely as.
sistaAce rendered by two lads named
Henry and William Rodgers, sons OF
Mr.. Henry Rodgers, of the Canadian
Customs House at Clifton, who arrived
upon the scene as the man was sinking
for the third time; the boys seeing the
man in danger at once jumped into the
water, and after hard struggle succeed
ed in rescuing him. William was the
first to reach the drowning man, who
grasped him by the neck with death
grip and drew him under. Henry had
by this time reached the scene, and
diving, managed to release the drown
ing mans hold of his brother, after
which the boys succeeded in getting hin
ashore, the whole party being thorough
ly exhausted. Witnesses of the affail
say it was one of the most gallant res
cues ever performed on the Niagars
Riyer.-Niagdra Falls Gazette.