smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1876

We publish this week, the letters
of the Judges of the State pronounc-
ing Chamberlain's proclamation un-
necessary and false.


We shall make no comments kere.
Let these letters 60 to the people OF
the United States.


SUMTER, S. c., October 7, 1876.


My DEAR SIR am just in re-
ceipt of your note and at once reply
to the same. For the last three or
four months / have not been in any
of the counties but those of Sumter
and Richland. Within thatlperiod |
have been present at only, two politi
cal meetings-one hell by the Re-
publican party and the other to-day
at this place by the Democrats. AL
though 1 was at the latter but a short
time, I was for the greater part Of
the day in the streets, with every
opportunity Of observing the behavior
and demeanor of the large concourse
which the occasion had brought to-
gether. The collection consisted of
citizens on foot and horseback. l saw
in no instance any exhibition of arms
or any behavior inconsistent with the
strictest propriety. At the Repub
lican meeting to which l have above
referred, there was no attempt at in
terruption.


shall require very strong evidence
tossatisfy me that South Carolina is
an armed camp. I know of nothing
which would lead me so to conclude.
For myself I do not know of any
thing which would make me doubtful
in any part of the State of enjoying
the same security which I feel at
taches to me under my own roof.


I trust the day is far distant when
violations of the peace in our own
borders will require the interference
of any arm more potent than that Of
the law.


Very respectfully yours,


f. J. Moses.
Year: 1876




know that l have bought my Goods
at prices and under circumstances that |
can sell them so as to please the closest
buyer.


All persons tesirous of making even a
very small purchase, will find it will be
economy to call and see my stock before
making their purchases No Goods mis-
represented


have but one price, which is the low
est cash price.


Thanking my Customers and Friends
for past patronage, shall use every effort
on my part to merit continuance of the
same.
Year: 1876

/ have just returned from New York,
where i spent q long time in the careful
selection Of my Goods ard from the fact
Of being early on the market. was ena
bled to get the choicest selections Of an
entire stock, and not the shoddy Goods,
which are OH The market later in the sea-
son. And as ] bought Two Stocks, was
further enabled TO buy great many
Goods by the Case. and hence, got them
at jobbins rates My Stock consists OF:
Year: 1876

to the world, if Gol in his infinite mercy
bad not vouchsafrd 10 send his only he.
gotten son into the world to proclaim it,
Ana they compass sea and land, and
throw open the doors and windows of
their imaginary heaven, and uncover the
h"ttomless pit OF their imaginary hell,
and move the whole universe into one
grand uproar to proclaim to the sworld
that cod has y0uchsated to make known
through II Y,ecnl revelation to man a
principle, which in Itself is rs simple as,
M" two and two are tour


But when will man outgrOw such pucr.
ltity and imbcclity! How much longer
viii he continue 10 thus dwarf and bclit.
Tie himself, by thus throwing the whole
universe into the thrOcs of travail to
bring forth the little simple mouse Of
moral justice, which WAS all the time
here and with US.


II is true that our deceased sister
hrlI to the popuor religion of the
day from the force of minntile teach
ingS and prciudices, but we are glad to
say that her lite WAS better than her re-
lig"n, she served her God by feeling
the hungry and clothing the naked and

ministering to the sick, and scattering
material comforts among her neighbOrs :
she did not pray and wait for God to do
this that or the other, but proceeded ut
once to do it herself, rs far rs in her pow
cr, she did not work tor arbitrary pay,
but tor the pleasure Of the doing: she
WAS practical material phihnthr)rist;
her practice WAS better than her theory
for she was born to the blessed heritage
Ola good and well balanced moral organ
3ation, which needed no rG'generating
to make her good woman; tor she WAS
one naturally; her sell love aud love Of
her neighbor were more nearly equal by
far than seCtaIians, S rule, can lay
claim to.


Though she was unable To throw off
the prcjudices of infancy in regard TO her
relations to the invisible and unknown,
yet her natural goodness of heart prompt
rd her to lo all she could to make a
heaven of earth Instead of sacrificing all
its joys AMI happiness in view of escaping
an arbitrary and yindictive punishment
hereafter.


She was good wife. a tender and af-
ftctionatc mother, and kind neighbor; :;
and probably possessed less of the weak
ncss and tOibles of our common nature
than the average of persons. Then let us
all profit by the remembrance of her
good qualities and examples, and strive
to make tbs world and this liteworth liy.
ing for by initiating all her virtues, and
cover with the mouth of charity all her
weaknesses, ifany she had. She has done
her work and gone to rest. And though
the grict ut her loss will for while be
painful, yet time will alleviate it. To
forget her is not desired. The memory
of her will be sacred in the affections of
al her friends, and will exert over them
:. holy influence to good works.
Year: 1876




The Importance Of the healthness OF the nervous
system cannot be overestimated: its power over life
anu uestn enu 80 Deasf ~ ~


its qualities and its the importance oft heathul
its moderate the danger Of overAxing it,
in mental investigation and research whether by the
absorbing attention necessary TO the conduct Of comp
Gated aud momentous business interests by the exces-
indulgence of the appees and propensties Of the
All these subjects Tor consideration
also the knowledge OF what Is moderation what
and when these exist the absolute necessity OF promptly
seeking advice from expert who for long series OF
has devoted his whole time and attention the study
portant department. TO accurately determine the diseased
conditions their nature. and origin whether arising
from bis experience and practice has learned to
the arrangement and promptly apply the remedy
thus avoiding the painfully slow feeling AFTER the truth,
tient. who, vsry naturally. know without delay
what Is the matter the extent OF the dersngement the
probabilities Of recuporaton and the time required.


striking example of the value OF experience and praoti
cal observation well the usefulness of the prompt
pcaton of suitable remedies found in the important
statement coming from but public tnstitu-


ons not only at home but abroad that large propos
tion Of those who suffer from mental disturbance and abso-
treatment within year after the first symptoms have mani
tested themselves.


hsusted by intense mental appcation deprvng It of tho
power thought only its strength
by being properly fed and nourshed BY the use OF certain
systematic methods 1t precisely In other de-
partment wheher OF Appetite propensity passion each
recurring remedy for its recuperation and different
for bringing them from their overworked ano
hausted conditions The Importance of this branch Of medi
practice scarcely be overrated for reaches
the perpeuaton of family names the securing Of hereditary


From and large experience In this direction have
been able to command by success the thankful appec


certainly communicate much to cultivated minds in
connection with practical experience in what pertains to
the of department of the system
and the means recovering their powers whether of BRAIN
appetite, propensity or passion.
Year: 1876

Outside of Ohio Allen has no strength
whatever. Senator Thurman, backed by
a united delegation from his own state
and standing on a sound platform, would
have had some prominence as candi-
date for the nomination for the Presiden-
cy. With only scattering support in
Ohio, however, and with declaration on
the part Of the state convention utterly
antagonistic to the principles which he
has ably championed, Senator Thurman
drops at onceIand completely out of sight.


While we, Of course, regret that the
Ohio Democracy has not proved true to
the sound and time honored principles
of the Democratic party as national
organization, the resurrection of Bill AL
len and the declaration for soft money
and the sos bonds will not be without
some good results. Allen, though de-
feated at the election in Ohio last year,
polled an enormous vote. His vote would
have been smaller by tens of thousands
if he had not received the support of
Democrats who were opposed to the
platform upon which he vas nominated,
but who voted for him in spite of that
platform, rather than assist in turning
over the state to the Republicans, He
was choice Of evils to thousands upon
thousands of fvoters in his own state. The
experiment in Ohio with him as candi-
date on a soft money platform failed dis
astrously. The National Democracy
will not commit the egregious folly of
repeating it on the broader field of the
nation. They will let Ohio have its Bill
Allen and its soft money, and let it make
the battle as it pleases there. The condi-
tions are peculiarly favorable for admin
istering sharp rebuke to the Ohio Bill
Allenites. Ohio in the pasthas been noted
for the disturbing element it has sent to
Democratic national conventions. 1t
has sought to control nominations and
platforms-and it has succeeded-on the
ground that such a candidate or such
platform was necessary to carry Ohio;
but at no Presidential election for twenty
four years have Democratic electors been
chosen in the state. The fact, then, that
it comes forward this year with Bill Allen
and soft money-that it puts forward
candidate who was unable year since
to carry his own state, on platform which
must be repudiated by the national Dem
ocracy-ought to and will constitute a
sufficient reason for turning deaf ear to
its entreaties and appeals. The Demo-
cracy can win this year without Ohio; it
cannot win with Ohio burdened with Bill
Allen and a soft money platform; and
the party will move along much more
easily and accomplish much more by let
ting the Bill Allenites of Ohio fight their
own battles.-Detr0tt Free Press.
Year: 1876

The resolutions constituting platform,
claimed to have been passed at our State
convention, are not in accord with those
adopted by our county convention on the
9th. The report Of the majority of the
committee on resolutions, however, in
our State convention rere in full accord
with those adopted in our county con-
vention.


Now, we are in a dilemma and we
never like a dilemma. We cannot go
back upon Stark county and her true and
tried Democracy, and the Stark county
Democratic platform suits u.s. Our four
teen delegates were instructed for it, but
eleven of them, with heirreverend lead.
er, Professor Daniel Worley, trampled
our county platform under foot, and vo-
ted for the Enqlirer-Allen affair. 1t is
sad.


But again: The Enquirer platform of
the State convention has not one kind
word for the Democratic House of Con-
gress that is doing such a noble work at
investigating corruption, and bringing to
light the infamy of the Radical leaders
We are surprised that General Morgan,
an old member; or somebody, did not
get in one kind, approving word. Why,
there is not even one word in the plat
form against the corruptions of the party
in power


There are some good things in the
platform, of course. 1t proclaims against
the Republican Resumption act against
"forced initiation" and "forced contrac-
tion," prefers legal tenders to National
bank notes; but the majority platform, as
does our county convention platform, ex-
press all these full as well, and approves
the exposures of corruption by the Lower
House of Congress.


The Kelly interconvertible 1865 bond
scheme, as we understand it, would only
make the Government a vast United
States paper money bank and would en-
danger the equilibrium of all values We
take no stock as a citizen, in these bub-
BILE schemes, and shall oppose them,
"Come from what quarter they may"


In few weeks our National Conven-
ton will give us platform worthy of
full consideration, up with the times, in
full agreement with the Constitution, and
acceptable to all good citizens through
out the Uniol. On the whole, we shall
not go wild on platform till after the st,
Louis Convention. In the meantime we
shall remain steadfast on the Stark coun-
ty Democratic platform. tits very plain,
50 plain that we can understand it, does
not commit us to any new tangled
schemes. We want platform that rec
ognizes the Constitution of the United
States, and we desire candidates also,
that will do so.


Our State ticket is good one, we are
glad to say, worthy the full regard and
cordial support of every good citizen of
the State.
Year: 1876

IT was kind in our Board of Edu-
cation to give Rev. Superintendent Wor-
ley leave of absence last week to go to
Cincinnati, to help the irreverend bum
mers OF the Enquirer to run the conven'
ton. He was the only specimen (2) of
divinity we heard of there, and he did
them good, INSCRIPTIONS service, helping
to betray into unhOly hands the honest
con6ding Democracy of Stark.
Year: 1876

VARIOUS committees have long since
laid bare many of the frauds perpetrated
by the District of Columbia authorities
but the whole story is too long to be fully
told. The report of the House Commit
tee adds materially to these exposures
and goes step further by showing that
more than So, 100000 of the District bonds
have been illegally issued.
Year: 1876

WE have met scores of Democrats from
all parts of the county in the last few
days, who, without exception, express
indignation at the way the Democracy oi
Stark were misrepresented at our State
Convention. The Democrats in this
county opposed to Judge Thurman for
President are few and far between. Our
friends, generally, express astonishment
at the course of some of our delegates at
Cincinnati.
Year: 1876

The first of January, 1876, IS really of more importance to the prospector who wishes to take up a mining claim and be sure that no old title hangs over 1t than was last January. The United States mining law of May 10, 1872, which was really the first step toward settling the veXed question ot the abandonment and cessation of old titles, was postponed from time to time as to the day upon which it should take final effect, and finally the lst of January, 1875, was settled upon as the day upon which all claims that had not been worked up under said law of May 10, 1872, should become subject to relocation. Itwss supposed by nearly every ybody that any old loca- ton which should not show that work had been done upon it during the year 1874 would come under the rule as abandoned, but then came decision from the land office that any claim which had been worked up in any year after the 10th of May, 1872, should be considered as having been worked up to January 1. 1875. This was legitimate for it capitalized the benefit of the "lay-overs" procured from Congress, but to one who wished to make location and avoid the pos sibility of the ghost of an old title it was a difficulty, for though it is an easy matter to determine whether any work has been done upon a claim during the year next preceding, it IS often almost impossible to exactly trace up the time for three or four years; hence the old owners, in the event of the mines proving good, might appear and claim compliance with the law of 1872 and no positive proof to refute them. It Is for this reason that we say the lst of January will be an interesting epoch for the miner. We presume no one will pre- tend to contradict the assertion that all mining claims, whether located be- fore or after May 10, 1872, upon which the expenditure required by law has not been made during the year 1875, and which are not in the working possession of the former To- cations on the lst day of January, 1876, will "be open to relocation in the same manner as if no location of the same had ever been made. ."-Grass Valley Tidings.
Year: 1876

AN Albany dispatch says that there Is every prospect of the early repeal by the Legislature of the Gray Nun Act. which grants distinction to the gradu- ates of the Gray Nuns school, con- ceded to the graduates ofno other semi nary or institute in the State. This was the cause of much bitterness Tn State politics during the last cam paign
Year: 1876

JOAQUIN MILLER says he was once captured by Modocs, and after living with them for some time was permit ted to escape. And now who says our government dealt too harshly with the ModocsI
Year: 1876

Is always supplied with an ample variety of well-cOOked food. No exaggeratiOn in this. Stage passengers and travellers by there understand It, and to them all un- acquainted with the fact are respectfully referred for information.
Year: 1876

"a new way to pay old debts" is to
claim that the money was sen. in letter
and John Reeves stole it. The crop of
idiots is very large this year, if all the
men who sent large sums Of money 10 un.
registered letters really did send them,
1t is Incredible that men will continue to
risk money in letters which cannot be
tracked" any more than you can track
fish in the water, while the government
offers perfectly safe means of transmittal
by money order to all important Offices,
and a comparatively safe means by regis
ter to all Offices. Twenty five osnts 10
tho largest fee for money order You
may send $50 for fifteen cents, and it is
practically impossible for the money to
miscarry. You may register letter to
any office in the United States or Can ada,
and in nearly all foreign countries, for
fee Of ten cents in addition to the regular
postage. Registered letters are not ent
in tho regular mails, but pass from hand
to hand of postal clerks or route agents.
The person taking your registered letter
gives you receipt for it, and the law
requires every person into whose hands
it passes to produce either the letter itself
or a receipt for it. 1t is not absolutely
safe, like money order, but safe beyond
any other contingency than accident or
crime. In the case Of the money order,
safety goes beyond this. If money
order is even stolen the thief cannot col.
lect the money because he cannot identify
himself as the drawer, and must tell who
drew the order-information which ;s
sent oon6dentially to the postmaster iu q
separate letter from that inclosing tho
order.
Year: 1876

Blue is not advisable in rooms whore
hard service is expected, or much expos.
ure to light aud sun necessary. Crimson
is not a serviceable color for furniture.
turning gray and fading in spite of care,
though crimson and maroon are admirable
in carpets, holding their own against time
and hard use, and abuse even, amazingly


Nevertheless one requires much patience
when she takes into her house q red and
black or red and maroon carpet, for not
speck Of dust. a thread of material of
any color, hair even. can escape detec.
tom broom is constantly required.
The word constantly is advisedly used, no
other suitiDg the emergency. Neverthe.
less, no carpets give such pretty lights
and reflections, or so much cheerful
warmth and beauty, as one of these
troublesome, monotone shaded red in


grains. Indeed, in colors, carpets have
the advantage decidedly. Take green,
for instance, green rep, which was so
popular and pretty not long since, soon
fades, turns rusty, dingy, gray. 1t is, if
anything, worse than crimson but green
carpet, particularly the olive and sage
shades, wears admirably, though chang.
log slightly If in too strong sunlight, as
all colors do more or less. With brown
and gray the case seems reversed, since
a brown carpet gets dingy, and brown
and gray combined needs a good deal OF
bright color to give an air Of comfort or
cheer to room in which it is. This is
not true Of brown carpets whose tone
inclines to butternut or maroon, but of
the cool, pure browns and grays. On
the contrary, chairs and sofas upholstered
in brown prove the most satisfactory,
perhaps, of all, since they keep warm,
rich tints and mellow shades in spite of
sun and time. Gray is very lovely for
furniture, but rather delicate. It is
especially handsome when relieved by
pufiings of scarlet, crimson or blue.
Year: 1876

DR., Jewett taught his boys to grow up
temperance men, in this way. When he
took them out with him in bis rides, aud
came in sight of fine looking farm
house. with the fences all in good shape
aud everything in good order and pleas
ant, all belonging to a man who drank 10
intoxicating drink, he told them 10 seq
the difference between that place and
drunkard's home. And when he came to
hovel where poor topper lived, with old
rags stuffed in the windows where panes
Of glass should be. and saw the ragged
dirty children in the yard, and everything
looked dreary, he told them a drunkard
lived there. And the picture lesson wss
never forgotten.


You can imagine the difference, child
rem. between the drunkard's hoyel or the
drunkard's prison and the comfortable
houses Of those who save their money and
their brains. virtue and health, ana d
not waste them for rum.
Year: 1876

At meeting Of British scientists, late.
ly held at Kensington, Sir j. Whitworth
read an important paper on linear meas


urement, in which he compared line with
end measure, to the disadvantage OF the
former mode Of ascertaining length. In
illustration of the wonderful advance
made in accurate measurement, he re-
marked that, afty years ago,the thousands
of spindles in cotton factory had each
to be separately fitted into the bolster in
which it worked; at the present time, all
the spindles are made to guage and are
perfectly and Immediately interchangea.
BILE. The foundation of accuracy in
measurement he declared to be the pro.
duction Of the true plane. His millionth
measuring machine he did not exhibit,
but he performed a sufficiently striking
experiment with one Of his guages. He
passed pencil between the two points T;
then he advanced ons Of these two points
little nearer the other. just one twenty
thousandth Of an inch. and the breadth
Of the pencil was, by this wonderfully
simple and ingenious means. ssoertsinsd
within one twenty. y.thousandth Of on inoh,
Year: 1876




STICK TO Your BUSINESS. There is
nothing which should be more frequently
impressed upon the minds of young men
than the Importance Of steadily pursuing
some one business. The frequent chang
ing of one employment to another is one
of the most common errors committed,
and to it may be traced more than half
the failures of the men in business, and
much of the discomfort and disappoint-
ment which reuder life uncomfortable.
1t is very common thing for a man to
be dissatisfied with his business, and to
desire to change it for some other, which,
it seems to him, will prove a more lucra-
tive employment but, in nine cases out
of ten, it is mistake. Look around,
and you will find among your acquain-
tances abundant verifcation of our as
sertion. There is an honest farmer who
has toiled for few years, got his farm
paid for, but does not grow rich very
rapidly, as much for lack of content
ment mingled with industry as anything,
though be is not aware of it. He hears
the wonderful stories of California, and
how fortunes may be had for the trouble
of picking them up mortgages his farm
to raise the money, goes away to the land
of gold, and, after many months of hard
toll, comes home to commence again at
the bottom of the hill for more weary
and less successful climbing up again.
Mark the men in every community who
are notorious for not getting ahead, and
you will usually find them to be those
who never stick to any one business long,
but are always forsaking their occupa-
tion just when it begins to be profitable.
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