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Saturday Morning, December 9 1871.
Ttl? Hing, the Pl?nderest-?, ?nd tko Co?
lored People-Oar Coarse.
Any one who baa been reading the
Columbia Union ol late will readily per
. oeivo what the game of the ring and itu
allies is. The Union ia the willing tool
of the ring and their aider and abettor,
It will perform ita an tica, and gothiougt
its Japanese-like tricks, just as Scott,
Parker or Kimpton may pull the string
i' that moves ita petty soul. It may bi
called the Scott-Parker-Ktmpton-ite, or
' better still, the BOBBBBS/ OWN. Whet
we desire to seo indications of the dc
vices that we must expose pro bono pul
?feo, we no tie*, the drift of the Union
articles. For this reason, we notice i
i. For this purpose, we watoh it. Othei
wise we would leave it to TOBC unnotioe
' in its oorrupt bed.
What, now, has been the marked pu
_ pose of late, ever sinoe we have drive
home upon the ring their monstroi
swindles, and suggested the hitherto u
oponed sea of fraud-not unopene
; however, to tbe/anoreof few? What tl
purpose of the Union? It is plain. Tl
object is, if possible, to excite o gait
the native whites the passions and pi
^ judi?os of the blacks. The gams is t
old one. The harp of a thousand strin
is once more to be played on. It w
by the artful arraigning of the Cnroli
white man against the Carolina bia
man that the "thieving carpet-baggei
1? were enabled to come between and f
ten upon the prostrate body of Soi
Carolina. This has been going on
the last three years-tho last three die
/ troua years.
On one side has stood a long line
? white men, with a deep sense of wroi
standing almost unarmed, but prc
? und erect evon in their poverty.
?U the other side has'stood fae
them a dusky line pf hlaok men, fear
to be re-enslaved, and sensitive ab
their newly acquired rights, and flush
t )o, many of them, with the lust
,/ power. \
Between these two compact lines,
prostrate form of South Oaroliuu
been lying, bound hand and foo
Federal bonds-a prey tb the Nortfc
adveuturers and their Southern al!
who have united to outrage and rob '.
Lake vampires-like vultures-they 1
fastened upon their victims; whilst
' opposing Hues have stood weak ape
. tors of a common ruin. -
This bas been tho spectacle,
now, when tho gorged' birds of p
- alarmed by the crack of the Care
. rifle,.are Becking to take wings and
- away; now, when these two hit h
1 hostile lines are about to close apon
: common destroyers, tho game ta aga:
array the lines against each other;
tho vultures may escape. The trie
" transparent. The prominence give
-thia Ku Klux business-the eflbr
Governor Soott io his infamous mee
to magnify Ku Kluxism, and to m
financial sooundrelism-tho, .ef?oih
i the corrupt Union to muddy the poli
waters, to enable the sharks to esc
- and to escape itself-the appeals ol
Union to the passion a and prejudio
the colored people; its suggestions
- desire on the part of the "white D
.'.orate" to re-enslave the negro, o
- drive bim away; its bose slanders i
" the white men of the State; its artfi
tempts to mislead tho colored pe
'and to change the issue between
robbed and the robbers, between
honest and thc rascally-all this p
the proposition we have laid down.
Will the colored people be dece
. We know not. Ono thing we do b
The ..bites do not intend to bo dece
Whether with or without the h
colorad man's help, we intend to tra
vultures-to patch the robbors in
own nets. They bavo dug their
pit. We shall give a powerful im
. to fonl WRONG as it descende into il
JLet tho conspirators kuow tba
. avengers are upon their tracks,
lated, outraged South Carolina
bleeding, prostrate, wounded b.
band of Federal power, and by th
vices of the most unblushing acorn
that tho world ever saw, appeals to
true son in the State, and to
adopted son. Let us all say, nair
ruiiuiauH and adopted citizens, we
save you, we shall save you-B
helping and approving. Friends i
Slate, of whatever nationality, of
ever political oreedl let ns beg yi
nil tho great interests involved, ai
all our hopes of future prosperity,
despair of the Stato. Never, fe
moment, have we despaired of an
ultimate triumph. Uuder Goc
issue is in our own hands. But w*
combine aud aot. We munt ure
the present nest of robbers and
dlers and aot with prudence, tnot i
g-icity. Hope and work. Let a i
lar public sentiment lead to r
publio action. The true men
State muet save the State. Let
I onr part, and the prostrate form
I mother State will once more stunt
j ro clad iu the robes of her DIGNT
I bearing thu sceptre of a renewed
But first let us move uuder tho
of juBtioe against the shameless
who now control tho treasury
people, but to rob it within and
the forms of law.
Our objective point is obviou
point of attuok is before us. 1
this city, is Parker, moving in
audacity in our midst, and rollin
stolen gains. Here is Scott, wea
lating, treacherous, trembling
band-writing on the wall. He
Attorney-General mote io pertinent
answer to the charge of necessary com?
plicity with the other members of the
Financial Board. These are all here
the members of the State Financial
Board, and responsible J for oar present
?nances. And in New York walks
Ki m pion. No report, yet, of bia stew?
ardship-but'tho evidonoos, irresistible,
of his orimes. These are the men to be
beld to answer for high orimes and mis?
demeanors against the peaoe, the parse
and the dignity of the State.
Tho Atiorney-General'i Pie?-Oat Be?
. Joinder.
Oar readers will observe in to?daj'e
PHONIX the communication of Attbr
uoy-Gonoral Chamberlain, in brief re?
sponse to the general charges we have
directed against him of grave official
misconduct. It is now oar daty, and
also oar pleasure, to give to Mr. Cham
berlaia the opportanity for defence ic
these columns. He mast feel that oolj
a sense of public daty could have in
duoed as to make the oharges we han
against him and others. We ahoald fee
' dishonored, if, for personal malevolence
or party ends, we should assail any per
son, however high or however humble
At any time, we prefer to praise, rathe
than to blame. lu this case of Hr
Chamberlain, our regrets have been spe
oial, that so much of education an?
ubility should have been linked with B
muoh of fraud and corruption. We rc
cognize ia tho Attorney-General tb
polish, the plausibility and the trainin
which oome of high cultivation. But h
must bear in mind, and the public mot
bear in mind, that in proportion to
man's abilities and resources are his oe
pacities as well for evil as for good.
Wo now address ourselves more esp?
oially to the points made by the Attoi
uey-General. The Attorney-General, a
know, ia not wanting in the power c
discrimination. He must, therefore, a<
knowledge that the duties of the pnbli
journalist are distinct from those of tb
advocate. The journalist, like the lav
yer, or any other person, owes a pan
mount allegiance to truth, and is respoi
i aible before Heaven, as well as man, (<
i the information wbioh he sets fortl
This must be true, to the best of b
knowledge and belief. At the san
time, it is not expected that he sba
with legal precision givo time, place an
citoum8tances. We shall, however, no
proceed to give the grounds upon whir,
we have charged, and do now speoii
cally charge, the Attorney-General wi!
officiai misconduct:
1. We charge the Attoruey-Gener
with ueglect of duty in connection wi
the TJ md Commission swindles. Th
there have been swindles of the oorrup
est kind aud of great extent, is a fa
admitted over and over again by M
Chamberlain's own party. ' How is
?hat, as a member of this Board, M
Chamberlain, as member and Attorne
General, did not institute legal prooee
inga to arrest the wrong doers or tl
Commissioner, and to protect the publ
interests? Uuder the Act of 1869, "
provide for the appointment of a Lai
Commissioner and to define his duties
the Govornor, the State Treasurer, tl
Oomptroller-Gonoral, the Secretary
State and tl i Attorney-General, are d
dared to be au Advisory Board to tl
Land Commissioner, and said Comm
sioner, in the discharge of his duties, is
be governed by their instructions and c
vice. This Act was passed in 1869. '.
1870, the Act was so amended as
make the Land Commissioner subject
a majority of the Board.
Now, this we have to say to Mr. Chai
berlain: What have you to plead for t
logical and reasonable inference that y
must have boen cognizant of these Lai
Commission frauds, or else you int
have been criminally negligent, or ol
you must have boen weak as a cliil
Are we unreasonable in saying that,
respects the acknowledged Land Coi
mission swindles, you must choose L
tween gross neglect of duty or orimii
complicity? Even if yon could ba
done nothing practicable to arrest t
corruption, yon could at least have i
uoonoed the thing, and come out of t
business. But you were silent;
2. We charge tho Attorney-Gene;
for grave neglect of duty, and appnre
complicity in connection with our pi
sent ruiued and corrupt finances. T
Governor, the Attorney-General and t
Treasurer were, by legislative actic
constituted a Financial Board, with ?
thority to appoint somo responsible ba
or banker in New York to aot as Fine
3ial Agent of the State, and to be sc
ject to their direction and oontrol. It
understood that Kimpton was your si
gestion. But, pasting on, we reme
that as a member of this Finano
Board, yo? became charged with hi
rusts aud serious responsibilities. Y
ire a mau of fine legal attainmen
We have had oooaeiou to notice ye
powers of analysis and your general ai
men. We tako it that you are not ei
to be fooled-that your penetration
considerable. Such beiug the case, I;
i? it that tho enormous boud swind
mtely brought to light escaped y<
sharp eyo? You a member of the Fin
nial Board and the Attorney-General
(he State! Is this not another oase
logical deduotiou ou our part? In
absence of proofs from you, have ;
the public the right to decide that nit
you have been blind, or criminally n
iigent, or particeps criminis?
Again. Let us call this to the Atl
ney-Genernl'a attention: lu Augt
1870, at Chester, iu this State, he as?
ed that tbe whole publio debt of So
Carolina was but $6,183,349.171 In 1
vern ber, 1871-a little more tb tm oue
year-be aasiats tbe Treasurer, as we
learn, to make np that statement putting
the State debt at $15,767,908.98L- Aud
you. Mr. Attorney-General, a member of
the Financial Board and a 1 a wy ur (rom
Massachusetts! Is it unfair or unrea?
sonable for the publio to decide that you
have muoh to explain?
8. We charge you, lastly, aa having
signally failed to do your duty as tho
Attorney-General of South Carolina-as
the law officer and the prosecutor of the
In utter disregard of your obligations
as laid down in the Act defining your
duties, and in defiance of the duties in?
herently belonging to your office, yon
have not proteoted the intereats of South
Carolina. Yon have failed to bring be?
fore the bar of justice notorious crimi?
nals holding high pluces in the Govern
ment. You have been weighed in the
balauoe and found wanting. Even now,
whiist grave duties dovolve upon you, in
connection with the monstrua corrup?
tions of the State officiate, you have
abandoned your trust, and are engaged
in prosecuting the citizens of the State
who have been lead into a falae position
by circumstances for which you yoursel!
are in part responsible.
We can have no pleasure in purauint
you or any other official charged witt
misdemeanors. Heaven knows that wi
would prefer this day to plaoe a wreatl
around your brow, rather than to la:
these charges at your door. But we oai
ao other. Our outraged State plead
for vindication and relief, and in com
mon with our associates in feeling an<
resolve, we are marching on in the patl
of duty. We desire no success, sav
what shall come from truth and justice
We shall uso no weapons Bavo those tba
are legitimate. But so far as the publi
interests shall require it, we shall no
shrink from any duty that our posit io.
demands.. Desperato ailments requir
.tern remedies. These we must apply.
. ?Look on Tbia Picture and Tlien o
CLINTON*, LAU HENS Co., S. C.,
December 5, 1871.
While Joe Crews aud his uhque wer
lin Laurens, all waa confusion, turnio
land riot. Since they left, all has bee
I peace and order, as much so as an
?County in the United States. Now, se
i Gov. Scott's picture. Gov. H JO Lt give
us a specimen of somebody's speed
?(somebody's nemo not given,) but doc
not give Joe Crews' speech at Wu tor lot
?as attested by more than thirty geoth
I men who beard it. A majority of Go
Scott's judgea are not of bia part]
Among them is Judge Orr, au old-tun
Democrat! As far as I know, until r?
oeutly. Gov. Scott did cot make a Bingi
Appointment in Laurens outside of bi
party. Gov. Scott received adeputatio
of gentlemen from Laurena kiudly, au
from bis manner, led them to supp?t
ne believed them. Waa this or was
not hypocrisy? If the Beform party ha
?ot exposed the swindles of Gov. Seo
and his clique, how else could they hav
stopped their reckless, if not thieving
career? Gov. Scott was oppoaed to ma
tial law, but now defends it stoutly. Se
his message. Gov. Scott says South Ci
rolioa is not taxed higher than otb?
States; but he does not say she is nt
increasing her debt far more rapidly; bi
is not thia putting off the evil day? Tb
time will come when the debt must I
paid or repudiated. Gov. Scott taxi
the poor man out of his home, and the
points to the "homestead!" You mm
give un a better bid, Gov. Scott. Whet
ten years ago, I was worth four times ?
much as I am now, my State tax wi
$95. My tax last year waa nearly $801
or twelve times a8 muoh ?cf valorem; an
yet Gov. Scott says our ta\es aro n<
high. To the press and people of Sout
Carolina, hold in, hold in! The game
to exasperate you to words and deeds <
violence, so as to give Grant a pretext t
"let slip the dogs of war." Not quii
one-half of the people of South Can
lina (the whites) pay taxes. Thia shoul
he remembered in comparing the tax <
ibis State with what ia paid in othi
States. Soo tho tax of Delaware. 1
South Carolina, the tax payera have n
representation. Is that the caae in ac
other republican government in tl
world? Those who levy tho taxes do ui
pay thom.
Why is Gov. Soott so sensitivo aboi
the oredit of the State? Ia it becuui
the want of it stops the profits and sp>
oulatioos of the ring? Certainly it
uot because be wishes to reduce tl
taxes. "Beware of little debts." "Thin
what you do when you go into debt,
says Dr. Frankliu. Why should poi
South Carolina go iu debt at all? Wou!
it not be better to wear the "old ooat
little while longer?" Wo sadly need
school of political economy. If oi
Legislature could keep a fuir ledger a
count, and see on the balance-sheet ho
wo stand, If they are houest, they woul
know how to shape their oourse. WI.
shall teach such a school? Shall Lesli
or Hurley,"or Crewt? "It is foolish I
lay out money in a purchase of repon
Wo have received the following con
muuicatioQ, with a request to publiai
We respectfully ask the authorities l
examine into the matter:
COJOUMBIA JAIL, December 7, 1871.
Mn. EDITOR: I, etti behalf of the pi
xonera from York Gminty now contint
m this jail, ht-g the uso of the o lu mi
of your most excellent paper, to iufor
the authorities aud the public how v
ure treated. We aro very reluctant
complain, but we do thiuk that furbeu
ance sometimes ceases to be a virtu
The furnaces and ventilators ure vet
poorly heated, and wo aro only al lo wi
au average of one puir of blaukets
every two men; while the witnesses ou
side get from two to three pairs apieo
and also have the privilege of fire ou
side; and only this eveniug, n stove w
pnt up for their especial benefit. Io r
gard to our faro, wo got enough brea
but wo do not get hut about a bc
pound of very poor boef, about he
cooked Wo get a half pint of coff
per day, while the witnesses get the
will of both. A PRISONER.
-? ? #. >
There was a heavy fall of show, <
Thursday last, ia Anderson, Abbevil
and Lanoaster.
MB. EDITOR; Yonr frequent references
to mo of late, in connection with what
jou call the "bond iranda," lead me to
say a single word.
I have been before the people of this
State aa a pnbHo officer for nearly four
years, and during that period I believe I
have received and deserved the respect
of the oommuoity generally. With op
portunities as abundant aa those of
other pnUio officers, to injure others, or
to enrioh myself at the expense of the
publia, I have never, to my knowledge,
been suspected, either by my political
associates or opponents, of using my
office, or my official knowledge and in?
fluence, for unworthy or dishonest par
Now, hpwever, yoa and others, while
making no direct charges, nor furnish?
ing any proof to sastaiu your allujions,
are seeking to convince the public that
I have been a party to some great public
wrong. I, therefore, break silence Bim ply
to Bay to all, whether friends or foes,
that I have neither committed nor sanc?
tioned, nor winked at any fraud whatso?
ever, either io connection with bonds or
any other matter. For all that I have
done I am responsible, and I do not
Beek any immunity; but I have neither
done nor consented to any act which was
not justified, in my honest judgment,
by the demands of my official duty.
Yon mast, therefore, pardon me if I
say to you that your attacks give me no
uneasiness; though it would uot be true
if I were to say that I do not regret
them. After four years of houest en?
deavor to so oonduot myself as to give
no occasion to political iutolerauce, even
to charge me with official misconduct,
and after earning the enmity uf mauy of
my own party, on account of my opposi?
tion to what I believed to be corrupt
men ond measures, I find you and others
ready to denounce me ns a dishonest
public officer, and calling upon me to
clear myself from charges which are
wholly vague and of which tbe proofs
are only darkly described as "forthcom?
ing." No man knows better than you
that your demand is wholly unreasonable
and unfair, and that no worthy purpuse
oan be subserved by such a course.
Until, therefore, you can make distinct
onarges, I prefer to let my character,
now pretty weil established in this com
munity, stand against all your attacks.
CoiiUMBiA, ?. C., Bvc 7, 1871.
i . ? ? .
Further ?Iftlssfc. ul that Message.
"Now is tbe winter of >iur (your) discontent."
[Richard III-Ad 1
But "Do just >nd fear nut; let ail the eude
j thou aim'st at oe thy God's, thy country's aud
I truth's."
j lu that portion under the Ku Klux
j head, contained in the message, he make.
a hobby horse of the raid made ou the
Uuionville jail by u band of disguised
persons, (which every law-abiding citi?
zen disapproved of,) and took therefrom,
(us reported at the time,) nine colored
people, out of eleveu, wbo were impli?
cated in tho murder of a one-armed tuan,
named iStevens, Scott sa\s: "Colored
mon, ch rged with offences aud impri?
soned on probable cause, were taken
from the jail aud inhumanly butchered,
to evade the effect of a writ of habeas
corpus, whioh had been issued in their
Now, ho was on the picket line at that
time, in this way: It was said at that
time, that two colored mon wore left in
j iii, who, it was supposed, were not equal?
ly implicated with those who were taken
by the raiders, (as they were called;) but
those two were afterwards tried by a jury
of tho country-six colored aud six
white men-couvicted und sentenced to
be hung, and were hung; and if they
were innocent, und only put in jail upou
probable cause, why did he (Scott) with?
hold his clemency? Now, one of three
things is oertain-that be stopped short
of publishing the whole affair in bia
document, for political reasons; or he
did not think that the case deserved his
clemeuoy; or, thirdly and lastly, he al?
lowed thoso innocent colored people to
bo banged by the neck for a charge of
murder on probabilities.
Hts organ down below, it is to be
hoped, will now stop riding thut poor '
horse so much. It is referred to by that
paper every ouce in awhile; but it only
uses BO much of the whole allair as he
thinks will suit the ears of his readers, j
and try to make them boliove that no I
murder was committed on Stevens and
Smith, (the latter being a deputy, who
assisted the sheriff in arresting the par?
ties for the murder of Stevens.) Smith
was fired on by one of the party through
the crack of a house, (which was re
? ported in the papers at the time.) where
tney had gone to dofy the arrest of the !
officers of tho law. Smith lingered for
two or three days from the effects of his '
wound, and died. "Oh! shame, whore
is thy blush!" I think that in this
'document, culled a message, instead of as
! in the case of ? spider, that spins his
I web for tho purpose of catching flies,
thal, the spider has becu caught in his
owu web. SUMTER.
As chairman of a meeting of citizens,
hold iu responso to tho circular of Qen.
Hampton and other?, in relation to a
State fund, to be usod in behalf of the
eminent counsel engaged to defend the
meu prosecuted under the Enforcement
Aot of Congress, and to test the consti
tutionul questions involved, tho under?
signed was authorized to appoint a com?
mittee, to consist of two persons for
each ward iu tho city, uud for oaoh elec?
tion preoillut iu the County.
Tho following citizens aro requested
to uct au u committee ou subscriptions,
to report to tho chairman:
Ward No. 1-K. D. Soun, W. Press.
Ward No. 2- John Caldwell, J. T.
Sloan, Jr.
Ward No. 3-J. C. Seager?., W. C.
Ward No. 1-Edward Hopo, Rolaud
Killian's-Eli Killian, John L?rick.
Camp Orouud-J. H. Kiuslur, W. P.
Gadsden-Warren Adams, T. B. Wes?
Garner's Ferry-Samuel G. Henry, J.
J. Lucius. JOHN X*. THOMAS,
A mau and his wife out Weat recently
hanged themselves (or hanged each
other-nobody known which) iu a socia?
ble way, on opposito bed-posts. It is
supposed that they had so many broach os
botweou thom that they could not keep
up without a pair of suspenders.
MI f~ i rna i i i
OR SCOTT.-The Charleston Courier gives
as the reports;
WHIPPER'S SPEECH.-At the oatset he
disclaimed any intention, as the author
of the resolution deferring the reading
of the message ou Tuesday last, to slight
the Governor. There were bat few
things to which ho would refer in the
message, which, in his opinion, was not
such a message as un honest mau would
have presented to a Legislature. Per?
sonally, he entertained the kindest feel?
ings towards B. K. Scott, but officially,
bia opinions would be seen in tho re?
marks which he was about to make.
The great question contained in the mes?
sage was tho question cf thc nuances.
The Governor bad attempted to quiet
the people of the State by what he called
"a true exhibit of the debt of the State."
I This exhibit the speaker proceeded to
dissect, and show by figures and facts its
falsity. ' He said, eveu taking the Go?
vernor's statement, financial ruin was
steering the pooplo in tho face. But
what rumors were abroad in the laud?
He had beard enough to believe that Go?
vernor Scott's -statement did not show
half the uotual debt of the State. The
report of the Treasurer, which accompa?
nied the message, shows, on the face of
it, that it is false. He theo alluded to
the report of tho "committee, of citi?
zens," whioh has already been published.
This report, said he, is only based upon
what accounts they were shown. Hon
many of the accounts they were allowed
to see, God only knows. The report
shows, iu every line of it, a predispo.-d
(ion on the part of the committee tc
cover up the tracks of the monsters whe
have pluudered the State. He did no
mean to impugn thu motives of thi
committee. But who were they but met
who would, most naturally, spring tc
the iuvitutiou, such as had been extend
ed them. They were of that class o
tuen who were interested in the 8tutt
bonds. The report itself was drawn out
be stiid, by the repreoeututivo ol a bani
which had invented its money iu bond?
aud it won natural fur them to atteiup
to bolster up I heir tottering fortunes.
He honestly believed the debt of tb
State to bu $18 OUO.OUU to $20.000,00d
and years heuet-, w?eu the trutu wool,
biive u bearing iu this matter, bis pre
dictions would bn v. nth d Hut. whi?
ttier U was 8ll,UM),OUU, ur 8l5,UUO,UOU
<>r Sit), OOO, ODO, the result wu* the ?mu
-hua tidal mili. All this showed thu
die G .vr-rtiiueiit had proved itsell a fut
?ne. The question uaw was, 'Ts ther
a remedy, and if so, is thu General Ai
?rieuiidy educated up tu the point of aj
I p ymg it." Figures will show (said ut
j io any calen luting, reasoning mind, thu
we cannot carry on thu Government t
it now exists without laying a lox c
j tweuty or twenty-two mills ou the do
i lar. Will you dure to levy that tun
' Your constituents will never stand i
I It remains for yon, tuen, to accept ill
.only remaining remedy-there is OG
! tbiug left us-no aro diiveu to t-epndii
' lion. We need no Act of the L 'gish
! ture to accomplish tbit?; wu huve but t
j - u b m 11 q i let ly, mid the result will brin
I "U reputiiutluu. Wo can forget to pat
i au Act tu provide for the pnymeut of tl:
j i o ten at. ou tho public debt, and this wi
? bo virtual repudiutiou. I um not iute
ested iu bonds of au y kimi, aud, for om
I do uot iuteud to allow the roeu to ei
joy them whom I have assisted iu bois
mg into power. The timo has now cou
when we must either do something <
give up the attempt to carry ou the Gi
verumeut. I, for one, will uot shat
the ignominy of this mao, (the Goveri
or,) and uot share his bonds. He hi
shown in his messago that he hus vii
j lated the law, uud it is uow tho time f<
action. I um ready for impeach men
i ready to see tho guilty go to the peu
teutiary. Enough is known not only I
I impeach them, but to send thom to sou
I narrow confin?e, there to meditate upc
their pust crimes.
HURLEY'S SPEECH.-He said thut as
member of the joint committee, whit
was to report iu u few days, he had i
tended not to say anything ou the su
jeot, but ho wus prepared to say th
much. A lie, upon my soul, alie. Th
every stutemeut contuiued ia that me
sage, in reference to the debt of tl
State, was a lie. Ho was, moreove
prepared to tmy thut tho debt of tl
State was moro to-day luau B. K. See
dared to tell the people. Ho thank*
God that iu the constitutional and otb
conventions hu had persistently refusi
to vote for the men who to-day ought
bo iu the penitentiary. (Whether
ought to be there or uot-soto voa
Last year I garo him the name of t!
dog killer. This year hu bis earned tl
name oi credit killer. Well, this cret
killer says that this will be his lust a
ii ti ul message. I doubt if ho iu tellii
tho truth iu thut fraud. If there is ai
mouey left iu tho Treasury I have :
doubt ho will try to buy himself
again, and the wires are even uow bei
laid. He will attempt again to fo
himself on the State. There uever w
a Governor who made aa many diff?re
statement? concerning the finances
the Stute. But that is uot his fault, t
cause he pau'l tull tho truth, eveu if
were to try. Why, eveu the boo
which he exhibited so ?ri?ingly to t
Tax-payers' Convention were prepar
for the purpose. He then asserted tl
the decliue in the price of bonds w
caused by the Governor. The rapid c
oliue was caused by Scott to enable h
to purchase bouds enough to-cloak
the over-isnuo. Ha had stolen &10.0UI
OOO aud ruu d?>wu thu pneu lu irder
buy and cloak up his iiiuft. He did
know what injury tlie G ?vernor ever 1
to the man thal wrote the m "?sage, t
that uiuu will certainly bo ublu tu wr
over his tomhslont', when he dies, I I
tho mau who kilted cook robin, fl? (
aol believe thut SU OUU.OOO would o.?t
thu iruild. Ho knew, tor u fact, tba
mau WK? in New lurk lust summer w:
? blank commission in lils pocket, try 1
to get Home broker or bunker to nege
ute tho sterling bonds. This comm
binn waa signed in blank by thu Govei
or, und was hawked around among t
ll naumai men, who were begged to tu
the loan and negotiate it. So fur as t
Legislative expenses, to which the C
vernor had referred, there wus thia to
said: If the Legislature were to rem fl
in session \ear in uud year out, the 1
puudituro would not be half us great
thut caused by the Governor's stock o]
rations. Lie believed that tho metub
of tho L gisl-iture hud made up tb
minds to hoist one of those fellows
thu ring, uud if they were truo to the
selves they woul 1 begin by impeachi
the Governor. I "Wo will," from Ju
Mobley. ]
THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION IN Aua US
At the recent municipal electiou iu I
gusta tho cutir? Democratic ticket \
Ku KLUX TRIADS-FRIDAY, December 8.
The Court convened at ll o'clock, Hon.
Hugh Lt. Bond presiding, aud Hon.
George S. Byran, associate, on the
bench. |
Mr. Rtanberry, for the defence, in the
case of the United States vs. Allen
Crosby, et al., indicted for conspiracy
under the Act of 20th April, 1871, rend j
from Kent's commentaries, page 478,
showing that the common law of Eng?
land, as modified by statute, down to the
reign of James I, prevailed in the United
States Courts, and not the unmodified
common law as to which the court
seemed ia doubt yesterday. The ques?
tion before the court, and for the con?
sideration of which the court adjourned
yesterday, was, whether in a criminal
trial in tbe United States Court for
offences less than capital feiony, the
citizen was entitled to the ritfht of per?
emptory o ballenge.
Judge Bryan stated that after a dose
OT uno i nation of the decision in the case
of the United States vs. Reid, 12th
Howard, he was satisfied that the quea
I lion was dependent entirely upon the
fact, whether or not there exists in the
State of South Carolina a right to per?
emptory challenge in similar offences
prior to the passage of tho judiciary
Act of 1789.
Mr. Staoberry-I am creditably in?
formed, may it please your Honors, that
such a right did exist in this State, even
so far back as 1712. and that the number
of peremptory ohullenges allowed in all
oases of olergyab!? felonies, ic which
event we are out off by the Act of 1866
just one-half, having ten instead of
Mr. Johnson-Do I nudersteud tho
opinion expressed by his Honor Judge
Bryan to be tbe decision of tbe court?
Judge Bond-No. I am of the opi?
nion that tbe rule of the common law,
by which no peremptory challenges
were uttered in such coses, should pre?
vail. After some consultation, however,
Judge Bond announced that as his asso?
ciate had evidently given the question
much earnest attention, be would yield
to bim aud grant the right to the pri- !
nouer of ten peremptory challenges.
Cul. YV. B. Wilson, of York, special j
oouusel for the prisoner, Sherod Chil?
ders, then arose and addressed the court,
<.* "i'iloW?!
May it please your Honors, in thia
case important and grave preliminary
points bave been made by the defence,
because it was the firslcase presented by ;
the Government. We desire, now, toi
state TO the court, as counsel for the pri-1
souer at the bar, Sberod Childers, that i
he voluntarily coufeased to an officer of I
I the Government that he was with the !
I party charged in the indictment. He j
? enters, now, the plea of guilty; but, bu- ;
I fore sentence by tbe cou it, will ask to
I submit affidavits that he was not an ac- j
? tive participaut in, or even cognizant of, '
j the octa of violence alleged. If the acta j
? are of the atrocious oharaoter elated by j
i tbe Attorney-General of the State, io bis j
i opening speech, ve are oertainly uot j
here to defend, excuse or palliate them.
Tho other prisoners, Hezekiah Potter, j
William Moutgomery aud Evana Mur- ,
phy, also plead guilty.
Mr. Staoberry claimed for the prison?
ers that in putting in the plea of guilty,
they surrendered no right of exemption
from punishment, from the fact that the
offence confessed was committed prior
to the passage ot the Aot of Congress of
20th April, 1871, under which they were
Mr. Corbiu replied, that as a matter
of faot, the assault and battery upon
Amzi Karney was made on the 22d
Maroh last, some time prior to the
passage of tbe Act; but the conspiracy
was a continuing one, the conspirators
being banded together, having a regular
system of by-laws, regulations, &o.
Upon motion of Mr. Corbiu, an order
was passed to release Merrit Fuller, who
has been confined for nine months in
the jail of Edgefield to await bis trial,
nudvr a charge of votiug at tho electiou
of the 19th of Ootober, 1870, without
Oeing qualified to vote.
I. D. Witherspoon, Esq., made appli?
cation for bail for Reuben McCall, of
York County, which was granted, and a
bond of $3.000, with Dr. J. M. Lowry
and Mr. J. T. Lowry, sureties.
Mr. Staoberry presented the petition
of Leander Spencer, of York, that the
writ of habeas corpus might be issued to
Major Levis Merrill, of the United States
Army, by whom, as he stated, be was
arrested without warrant, and held in
confinement without having any charges ?
preferred against bim, &o.
The court withheld its deoision, and j
adjourned till to-morrow, at ll o'clock, j
The Executive Committee of the Tax?
payers' Convention met iu Columbia last
week. We learn that tbe gentlemen in
attendance bave given their attention to
the troubled condition of our State
finances, as is meet and proper, and that
they are preparing to push legal reme?
dies against participants in the despe?
rate games enaoted by our State officials.
It would not surprise us that the action
of tho Executive Committee might be j
anticipated by some of these officials, j
?n? >mii??i??i o? Mr. Kiuaptou, i'uui they
should take flight to other regions
Therefore, we hope to soe no unneces?
sary delay in instituting whatever legal
remedies against the thieves and plun?
derers that learned counsel might sug?
gest. We believe that the law will com?
pel a surrender of their trusts, where it
eau be shown clearly and unequivocally
that high officials have exercised those
trusts to their own private advantage,
aud to tbe detriment of the public weal,
i'beu, if there is law to protect the oiti
z-us of this commonwealth from rapa
uiouM plundering aud vile combinations,
iel its a?\3 be invoked at onoe. We
would earnestly urge the affiliation of all
good men, irrespective of party politics,
iu this tuovemeut to roaoh the conspira
tors by dun process of liw. As iu New :
York, so let lt be iu South Carolina, that !
Hie people demand redress of the courts, j
Lt is the only safe, thorough remedy, in '
our judgment, and will prove a bulwark
J? safety in the future.
[Anderson Intelligencer.
HOMICIDE-A difficulty occurred in
: he upper part of thia County, one day
net week, between Goorgo Green and
Portmau Howard, wbioh resulted in the
leath of the former at tho hands of the
stier. When first seen, Howard was
sn retiing Greeu with a pole, aud called
)ut that he was out. Green at length
itopped, and Howard struck bim over
-he bead with the pole, fraoturiug his
ikull aud causing instant death. Au in?
quest waa immediately ht ld, and, after
I ime investigation, adjoqrned over until
Monday last. Howard at once aurreu
it red himself, and is now in jail at this
place.-Greenville Mountaineer.
r.oo ?I It ? xrr ?.
PHOSNIXJANA.-The price of singlo
copies of the PHOENIX is five cents.
The PUCENIX office is sapplied with ?ll
oooeesary material for ss handsome cerda,
bill heads, posters, pamphlets, band-bills,
circulars, and other printing that maybe
desired, as any office in the Sooth. Give
ns a call and test oar work.
Yesterday waa a delightful day. The
sun shone brightly, and over-costs were
below pur. At night, the inevitable rain
set in, however, and, as a consequence,
slop may be expected,
The thermometer at the Pollock House
ranged as follows yesterday: 9 A. M.,
We have been requested lo say that
lists for the fund to be raised under the
circular of Generals Hampton and But?
ler and others will be fonnd at the stores
of Messrs. J. G. Seegers and W. CA
Fisher. Our friends from the country,
desiring to contribute, may find it con?
venient to call at either of these two
points. The several committees are re?
quested to report as early as practicable.
It gives us pleasure to be able to state
that Bishop Paine, of Mississippi, one
of the Bi nh ops of tba Methodist Episco?
pal Church, South,, is in our. city, and
will preach at Washington Street Chapel,
to-morrcw morning, at 20>? A. M. The
Bishop is on bis way to preside at the
South Carolina Annual Conference,
whioh begins on Wednesday next, at
Gov. Scott hos made the following ap?
pointments: W. B. Myers and Lawrence
McKenzie, Notaries Public for Beaufort
County; Frank Goss, Treasurer for Ker?
shaw County, otos Samuel Place, re?
moved; P. A. Mo David, County Com?
missioner for Greenville County.
It is a poor libel suit that can't bring
a man something. A Texas man whc
claimed 812,000 got sixty cents.
TEMPLETON'S TROUPE.-Irwin's Hal
WOK even more crowded last evening
I than on any of the previous nights o
Templeton's popular entertainments
"Too Nights iu a Bar Boom" was admi
rably represented, and received by th?
large audience with almost, if not quite
as muoh enthusiasm as Bip Van Winkle
the night before. Mr. Manager Temple
ton did intend to close bis performance!
here for the season with this play, bu
the large attendance yesterday evening
and the general satisfaction manifested
have induced him to repeat "Bip Yal
I Winkle," to-night. Aa this viii be tb
! last of the performances of Templeton'
troupe for the winter, there will, doubt
lets, be a crowded house.
SOP?EME COURT, FRIDAY, Decembe
8.-The court met at 10 A. M. Prc
sent-Chief Justice Moses and Associ?t
Justices Willard and Wright.
Mr. Wylie resumed and concluded hi
argument in tho ouse of Alexander Cai
ter rs. D. W. Browu. Mr. Allison wa
heard for respondent. Mr. Kershaw fe
It. A. Pringle, et ai, vs. Bela Sizer, <
al. Motion to set aside order of Circa!
Judge nud for re-argument. Mr. Moor
for motion. Mr. Allison contra. Mc
tiou submitted.
Horace Maasot rs. O. A. Moses, et a
Bill dismissed. Opinion by Willard, A
At half-past 12 P. M., the con rt ac
journed until Monday, 11th, at 10 ?
M., when the First Circuit will be callei
We are glud to notice that this staune
old compaov comes out of the Chioag
dre with $2,383,021.15 after providiu
for all ita loases outstanding ou the li
day of November.
Ita groan satiate, November 1,
1871, were. $4.813,560 ?
Liabilities fur Chi?
cago losaos, de?
ducting re-in
eurancti iu the
Europeuu com?
panies . $2,139.213 00
Other liabilities,
tor losses, *c... 291,326 79 $2,430,539
Lcaviug Bocuritv fur present
policy-holders. $2,383,021
Immediately after the Chicago fir
the directors met aud resolved to mal
up the stock at ouoe, aud as soon as S
periuteudeut Miller was released fro
the oonveution then in session in tl
city, he mude au examination of tl
affairs of the company and fixed tl
amount necessary to he raised to ma)
the assets up to the full s laudar d r
quired by our lawa. The director
without delay, called on the atookholde
for $1,500,000, and the same is nc
being rapidly paid io iu advance of tl
time fixud by the Superintendent. Sm
uciiou is w?ifthy of uii praise, and jn
what the publio expeoted from tl
wealthy stockholders of this oompan
Thirty days from now will find the ooi
pauy's assets over $1,000,000, and i
future will be as brilliant as its past li
been. Insurers appreciate such lib
rality, aud thu company is now reapii
a rich reward in premium receipts, mc
tbau double those of the correspondu
period of last year. It is right that
should be so. The Homo continues
make policies as strong aa any in t
country. It has a corps of sterling ai
active agents, who are resolved to pla
it ut the head of American coropanii
They have the will and power to do
iud it will bo done. The Home
Wronger uow in public confidence tb
it was before tho Chicago fire. Mc
thau half its losses have already be
idjusted aud paid, and Vice-Preside
Willmarth continues his headquarters
Ohicago, aud will remain there till ev?
loss is paid. The publio are quick
notice such honorable and proa
lotion, and, if wo mistake not, will
equally quick to sustain such a comps
by its patronage now moro than ever.
The above is copied from the N
?ork Insurance Times-the leading
iuraoce paper in this country. Capt.
it. Lonphart in the agent of the Home
his city.
Edward Hope-Oats, ko.
L. E. Johnson-Io Bankruptcy.
IV Franklin-For Salo.
S. P. Hamilton-Sommons.
C. F. Jaokson-New Goods.
John Templeton-Theatre.
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When one considers the broad diversity of the animal kingdom, one has to be in complete and utter awe at the diversity of the human being.
For instance, the snake kingdom, of which I have written about before, offers a near endless supply of diversity all on its own. You have your cobra, rattlesnake, garter snake, gutter snake, eaves trough snake, garage snake, hiding-under-the-deck snake, and the firm of Over, Chargeum & Profit. Yet you hardly ever read about snakes trying to smuggle people into Australia, or any other country for that matter, with the possible exception of Bermuda, because if we are honest with ourselves, we deeply feel that the wealthy people who vacation in Bermuda on their yachts could do with a few smuggled snakes in their ship-board commodes just to keep their lives in perspective.
But I don't want to pick on Bermuda or wealthy persons. I want to pick on the person who tried to smuggle eight snakes into Australia in his pants by taping them – the snakes – to his legs. Four of the snakes were deadly king cobra snakes. The identity of the other four snakes was not released, presumably because they were under age. This example alone illustrates the immense diversity of the human condition. What sort of mind conceives of such a plan, let alone executes it?
Fortunately, I am in a position to answer this otherwise rhetorical question.
It is the same sort of mind that would not only consider, but also actually insure his dog's ears for $64,530 Canadian dollars, or about the price of a cup of coffee and a bagel at your corner Tim Hortons in the United States. I am referring to Mr. Jeffries, the grandson of Biggles, the famous basset hound that gained world fame as the spokesdog for Hush Puppies brand shoes. It seems that good fortune doesn't just run in human lines – like the Rockefellers – but also in canine lines. For Mr. Jeffries is not only the son of a famous dog, he has gained his own fame, no doubt through selfless dedication to an extreme training regimen, by having the longest dog ears in the world. It's true because the Guinness Book of World Records people say so. And you don't mess around with the Guinness Book of World Records people.
Especially if you're a lost moose in Norway. This moose had the misfortune of losing its ways in the Norwegian forests and ended up ambling through the downtown streets of the capital of Norway, a capital city that is filled with natural beauty and awesome architecture and whose name nobody can remember, not even the Norwegians themselves. Anyway, despite the best efforts of the Norwegian policeman to corral the moose back into the forest, the moose wouldn't cooperate and the policeman was forced to shoot the moose, which is a federal offence in Canada, but is only a misdemeanour in Norway. The Guinness Book of World Records people got wind of this story and have decided to record Norway as the least moose-friendly country in the world.
Speaking of policepersons, we must naturally turn our attention to Britain where no fewer than twelve policepersons were caught speeding by their very own policeperson brothers and sisters in a speed trap. Each of the caught British policepersons were fined about sixty pounds which leads us to ask the question that we all want answered: when are the British going to start using dollars instead of pounds?
The Franklin Park Zoo in Boston sure could have used some of those speeding British policepersons to help capture one of the zoo's gorillas that got loose and wandered around the zoo unfettered for two hours. The gorilla would have been spotted sooner had it not, through an unfortunate coincidence, also been "Dress Up As Your Favourite Zoo Animal Day" at the zoo. What is truly unfortunate is that this was the second time that this particular gorilla has escaped.
Which brings us back to the original point of this article about the incredible diversity of the human being. We are so diverse that we seem to be willing to hand over the keys of humanity to the animal kingdom and let the monkeys run the zoo.
Nick Burn is a freelance writer, husband, father of three, engineer, teacher, and webmaster for the Canadian Catholic Information Network. In his spare time (hah!), he enjoys camping, skiing and reading.

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On Sun, 1 Jun 2008, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Josh Berkus wrote: >> 1. Most people have no idea how to set these. > Could you clarify this? I can't really believe that people are incapable of > editing a configuration file. The big problem isn't the editing, it's knowing what to set the configuration values to. This is not to say that editing a configuration file should be considered reasonable. Any GUCS overhaul should include a design goal of being able to completely manage the configuration system using, say, pgadmin (the "manage settings via port access" part that Josh already mentioned). This is why I was suggesting additions aimed at assimilating all the things that are in the postgresql.conf file. Joshua has been banging a drum for a while now that all this data needs to get pushing into the database itself. The GUCS data is clearly structured like a database table. Josh's suggested changes are basically adding all the columns needed to it in order to handle everything you'd want to do to the table. If you think of it in those terms and make it possible to manipulate that data using the tools already available for updating tables, you'll open up the potential to add a whole new class of user-friendly applications for making configuration easier to manage. However, I don't fully agree with taking that idea as far as Joshua has suggested (only having the config data in the database), because having everything in a simple text file that can be managed with SCM etc. has significant value. It's nice to allow admins to be able to make simple changes with just a file edit. It's nice that you can look at all the parameters in one place and browse them. However, I do think that the internal database representation must be capable of holding everything in the original postgresql.conf file and producing an updated version of the file, either locally or remotely, as needed. >> 4. We don't seem to be getting any closer to autotuning. > True. But how does your proposal address this? The idea that Josh's suggestions are working toward is simplying the construction of tools that operate on the server configuration file, so that it's easier to write an autotuning tool. Right now, writing such a tool in a generic way gets so bogged down just in parsing/manipulating the postgresql.conf file that it's hard to focus on actually doing the tuning part. If we go back to his original suggestion: http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/GUCS_Overhaul >> Add a script called pg_generate_conf to generate a postgresql.conf >> based on guc.c and command-line switches (rather than >> postgresql.conf.sample) It's an easy jump from there to imagine a pg_generate_conf that provide a "wizard" interface to update a configuration file. I forsee a little GUI or web app that connects to a server on port 5432, finds out some basic information about the server, and gives something like this: Parameter Current Recommended Change? shared_buffers 32MB 1024MB [X] effective_cache_size 128MB 3000MB [ ] work_mem 1MB 16MB [ ] Josh has the actual brains behind such an app all planned out if you look at his presentations, but without the larger overhaul it's just not possible to make the implementation elegant. -- * Greg Smith gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com http://www.gregsmith.com Baltimore, MD
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A month ago I was having some major Social Networking Nightmares. I was experiencing the Web 2.0 blues. Facebook was draining me. Myspace literally killed my soul. And I was lost in the infinite www.
I was looking for:
A place to upload photo, video, audio content, and post updates in a nice, clean web space where I could network with other "media" and "tech" people and share my thoughts, gain info, and inspiration.
So I basically joined everything. Everything.
My absolute fav has got to be Twitter. i heart my Twitter friends and their uber techy nerdy updates. i love that they post links to sweet gadget news, web 2.0 stuff, apple stuff, videos, their flickr feeds. awesome!
And with twitter widget apps like Twitterific, Twidget and firefox mozilla add-on, TwitBin, the ease of updating and following tweets is easy peazy.
"Twitter is Nano-blogging at it's very best!" ~Lisa Bettany.
And you can quote me.
As for all the other webware… I'll start with the media sharing sites. Here's what I like and don't like in a "list-type" format (with sub-headings and stuff. Just to be extra nerdy). Cuz that's the way I like to Roll.
Video Media Sharing:
- It's thing: A viral ad gets placed at the end of your video and you get paid.
- Like: $$$. Quality of the video encoding. That real people screen videos for content and copyright violations. And the wikkid support team who are super cool and helpful (and are also on twitter.com/revver, yay!)
- Don't like: Navigation of home site is a bit strange. Searching for videos is not the best. Community is quite fractured.
- It's thing: Building a Video Sharing Community.
- Like: Wikkid Community. Love the site look and design. Ease and speed of uploading videos is awesome.
- Don't like: Not much. Vimeo is super cool. I just have to get on adding more vids!
- It's thing: Video blogging called "Metoday" where Vidder peeps share their daily goings on videoblog stylez.
- Liked: Strong community. The blogging/journaling style of the "metodays".
- Don't like: The pressure. Couldn't do it personally. Tried. Ended up with a video of me fixing my hair, staring at myself, and not saying anything. And unless someone is uber cool and doing cool things (more cool than fixing hair and staring), it is somewhat lame to follow their daily crappy web cam "metodays" about their cat's fur ball problems.
Photo Sharing
- As far as i'm concerned there are no other photo sharing sites. Flickr is the bomb. And I just upgraded to a pro account. So it better be fricking amazing!
Tomorrow, I'll give the low down on tumblr, pownce, jaiku, facebook; the great browser debate & chat webware.
Can't hardly wait, can you?
As always, I really wanna know what you think. So comment away! Let's start a nerdy 2.0 debate! Sweet.


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Playoff format resembles BCS for smaller conferences
The smaller conferences failed to reach equal footing with the power groups, which was expected. But they are still getting a significant bump in pay and an access point to the six-bowl, four-team playoff that BCS presidents approved Monday. They got creative with the seventh playoff bowl concept alongside the Big 12 and the Pac-12. That idea collapsed, in part, because of revenue projections.
DENVER -- The smaller conferences failed to reach equal footing with the power groups, which was expected, but are still getting a significant bump in pay and an access point to the six-bowl, four-team playoff that BCS presidents approved on Monday.
They got creative with the seventh-playoff-bowl concept in partnership with the Big 12 and the Pac-12. That idea collapsed, in part, because of revenue projections. How much more would the game be worth than the Liberty Bowl, which is Conference USA vs. SEC No. 8 and corrals roughly $1 million in TV rights each year? Even the Cotton Bowl, which is the SEC No. 2 vs. the Big 12, is only $2.2 million.
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That's why it was worth the Group of Five (Big East, MAC, Mountain West, Conference USA and Sun Belt) to get one of the 12 access points for its highest-ranked team -- especially for the Big East, which, including incoming member Boise State, would have qualified in seven of the last nine years under the new model.
As Big East senior associate commissioner Nick Carparelli pointed out on Monday, "It wasn't about a seventh bowl. It was about a guaranteed spot."
"We'll be in a bowl on either New Year's Eve or New Year's Day," Big East commissioner Mike Aresco said. "We expect our champion to compete every year for that slot. Based on history, it's a good position to be in."
The presidents probably wouldn't have approved a playoff model that completely shut out the Group of Five, so the Group was well positioned here despite taking a growing but still-small percentage of the revenue pot. They were never going to get Big 12 or SEC money, or even anything close.
A source with knowledge of the discussions told CBSSports.com that the Group of Five anticiaptes a collective revenue share of at least 20 percent, up from 15 percent under the BCS model. The looming playoff television deal has been estimated at close to $500 million per year. And teams that enter the top-four playoff get even bigger payouts than the other access points.
"They have unanimously approved this deal, and they did it with smiles on their faces." said Nebraska Chancellor Harvey Perlman. "I think they thought it was fair. And it is fair. Those that made the investments that produced the revenue ought to get a good share of the revenue. I think [the smaller conferences] always acknowleged that. They will get significantly more than they got."
No argument from Northern Illinois President John G. Peters, a BCS oversight committee member who had a simple goal: "If we competed on the field, we could have access to a bowl."
The playoff format is convoluted. Explaining it can be difficult. But in its simplest form: Teams can vie for four playoff spots, which leads to a stand-alone national championship game, and the other eight guaranteed access points are just really expensive bowl games -- sort of like the BCS.
Those games are either contract bowls (the SEC vs. Big 12 Sugar Bowl, the Pac-12 vs. Big Ten Rose Bowl, the ACC vs. SEC/Big Ten/Notre Dame) or "host" bowls. The Chick-Fil-A, Cotton, Fiesta or Capital One bowls are prime candidates for those host bowls. All six of the bowls will rotate into the semifinals over a 12-year span.
The contract bowls are worth so much -- up to $80 million per year for Sugar and Rose -- that the confusing nature of the access system becomes an afterthought for the committee.
The Group of Five can either crack the top four or land in a "host" game. Not a bad deal for the conferences, all things considered.
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Bayer and MMV to develop new malaria vaccine
LEVERKUSEN, GERMANY - Bayer and "Medicines for Malaria Venture" (MMV), a World Health Organization (WHO) initiative financed by the World Bank and private foundations, have signed an agreement to develop a new malaria medicine based on the active ingredient artemisone.
The new substance, for which Bayer holds patent rights, is the result of a research alliance between Bayer and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Studies to date show that artemisone is very well tolerated, is 20 to 30 times more effective and has a much more rapid onset of action than previously used substances.
The manufacturers are therefore aiming for a short duration of therapy of one to three days. Clinical trials are scheduled to begin in 2003, while the first market launch of artemisone tablets is planned for 2005.
Under the terms of the cooperation agreement, Bayer will assume product development duties and supply the finished product, while WHO/MMV will be responsible for monitored distribution in the developing countries' health systems. The price in this market sector is to be set at a level that would allow all segments of the population who suffer from malaria in the developing countries to receive treatment.
Bayer will market the product in the industrialized countries.
"Our organization was created out of the conviction that public/private partnerships can be the right way to successfully combat such scourges of humanity as malaria," explains MMV Chairman Christopher Hentschel.
The demand for malaria treatment concepts remains high. Between 300 and 500 million people become infected with malaria each year, and the disease almost exclusively affects developing countries. Of the one to three million people who die of malaria each year, most are children under five years of age.
The demand for new treatment options is likely to continue to rise in the coming years due to increasing resistance to currently used medicines. About 2.5 billion people live in regions where there is a risk of contracting malaria.
Last year Bayer pledged to supply its products Germanin (active ingredient: suramin) and Lampit (active ingredient: nifurtimox) free of charge to the WHO for an initial period of five years. The WHO wants to use these medicines to combat African sleeping sickness, which threatens 60 million people on that continent.
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The Inverell Netball Association will be holding their AGM at the netball courts on Monday night from 7.15pm.
All positions will become vacant on the night for the upcoming winter season, which will start on May 4.
The association are encouraging everyone interested in Inverell netball to come along and become involved, to ensure the game continues to grow.
There is also a twilight netball competition being held for players aged 12 years-old to adult.
Twilight netball is a fun competition and gives all players the chance to have a game in the lead up to the main winter comp.


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Five months ago I highlighted Don Carson's critique of William Webb's trajectory hermeneutic (copied at the end of this post).
Now there's a more comprehensive, book-length critique:
Benjamin Reaoch. Women, Slaves, and the Gender Debate: A Complementarian Response to the Redemptive-Movement Hermeneutic. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2012.
It revises Reaoch's PhD dissertation at Southern Seminary under Tom Schreiner, who writes the foreword.
Reaoch makes several arguments:
- Slavery and the role of women are two critically different issues.
- The NT neither condemns nor commends slavery.
- Gender passages apply transculturally because they are rooted in creation.
Reaoch concludes by answering the question, "What is at stake?"
This study has not been an abstract, academic endeavor for me. As a pastor, I am zealous to teach and preach and lead in such a way that individuals are inspired and instructed to glorify God in every aspect of their lives, not least of which is the area of manhood and womanhood. By pursuing the model of marriage presented in Ephesians 5, husbands and wives vividly display Christ's relationship to his church and thus proclaim the gospel to those around them. Single individuals and young people will also glorify God as they grow into godly men and godly women who recognize their God-ordained roles in the home and church and affirm and encourage those roles as they are played out in the marriages around them. I desperately want our church and other churches to recognize the beauty of what God has done in creating us male and female.
As a husband, I am very aware of the ways in which I fall short of the biblical model of manhood. But I have also begun to experience the delights of living with my wife in a way that honors God and brings both of us great satisfaction. As I grow and mature in my role as the sacrificial leader of our home, and as Stacy supports and encourages my leadership, we are discovering the joy of our complementary, God-given roles.
Finally, as a father, I want to pass on to our children a clear vision of manhood and womanhood. In the moral confusion of our culture, I want my son and two daughters to know what it means to be a man and what it means to be a woman. I want them to know that there is a difference between the two, and that it is a wonderful and noble thing to grow into the roles that God has set out for each of them. I desire that our daughters one day will know what to look for in a prospective husband, and that our son will know what to look for in a prospective wife.
Therefore, there is much at stake in this debate—for the church, for marriages, and for families. The debate over gender roles has not diminished, and I do not see any end in sight. But we must not grow weary in defending the beautiful portrait of gender complementarity presented in the Bible. For by minimizing this aspect of Scripture, we put ourselves at great risk of looking more and more like the world, and we also miss out on many joys God intends for his people. May we rather submit ourselves to the teaching of God's Word, no matter how countercultural it may be, and discover the joy of affirming and conforming to God's plan for manhood and womanhood. (pp. 159–60)
D. A. Carson on William Webb
In January, Bob Yarbrough and Don Carson spoke at the EFCA's theology conference: "Understanding the Complementarian Position: Considering Implications and Exploring Practices in the Home and the Local Church" (TGC report). The MP3s are well worth listening to.
[Update on 10/9/2012: The EFCA just released notes from this conference as a free 47-page PDF.]
In a Q&A someone asked Don Carson about William Webb's redemptive-movement hermeneutic, and Carson replied that it is unconvincing. Carson followed up with an email (see this 3-page PDF): "As for bibliography," writes Carson, "the literature is pretty extensive, but the two most substantive review articles evaluating Webb's book are" these:
Thomas R. Schreiner. "William J. Webb's Slaves, Women and Homosexuals: A Review Article." The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 6, no. 1 (2002): 46–65.
Wayne Grudem. "Review Article: Should We Move Beyond the New Testament to a Better Ethic? An Analysis of William J. Webb, Slaves, Women and Homosexuals: Exploring the Hermeneutics of Cultural Analysis." Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 47 (2004): 299–346.
Wayne Grudem. "'A Redemptive-Movement Hermeneutic: The Slavery Analogy' (Ch 22) and 'Gender Equality and Homosexuality' (Ch 23) by William J. Webb." Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood 10, no. 1 (2005): 96–120.
- William J. Webb. "A Redemptive-Movement Model" (see also the responses). In Four Views on Moving Beyond the Bible to Theology. Edited by Gary T. Meadors. Counterpoints. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2009.
- Thomas R. Schreiner. "Review of William J. Webb, Corporal Punishment in the Bible." The Gospel Coalition Book Reviews. September 12, 2011.


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The Celebrity Sweat Premier Party hosted by rapper Nelly, supporting breast cancer awareness with City of Hope, was held during All-Star Weekend at the Playboy Mansion on Saturday, February 19, 2011- And First Class Fashionista was on location to cover this exciting news worthy event and report back to you, our valued readers. I had a great time, but first let me tell you about the new fitness series called Celebrity Sweat.
Celebrity Sweat is a new motivational fitness series on DVD, owned by Lisa Abbi Enterprises, Inc and launched with Nelly last fall. It takes you behind the scenes and gives you an insiders look at how athletes, celebrities and
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A: We make 10 different Pinterest boards about 10 different possible color combinations/DIY ideas for our new house.
My latest Pinterest board is titled "Green, White and Black".
I think this color combo could be overly simple and redundant in a large space (for my taste), but in 900 sq ft, it may be refreshing.
I'm not sure if you caught my last post on painting my couch green? Still haven't got up the nerve to do it!
I might be saving that DIY for after we move in.
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There are so many more beautiful pictures on the Pinterest board!
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This weekend Mitt Romney has made a point of touring around some conservative states to introduce [and "show off"] his new vice presidential running mate Paul Ryan, chair of the House Budget Committee, in an attempt to redefine his campaign as one that can effectively challenge Obama on his "economic failures." For those of you who DON'T follow politics very closely, Paul Ryan is a much less notable name to you than Rubio or Condi Rice, but the truth is he is VERY well known – for advocating economic policies that would HELP the rich, and hurt the rest of us.
Paul Ryan advocates Supply-side economics [basically Reaganomics] which essentially states that the best way to grow the economy is to lower income and capital gains tax rates for people who supply goods and services, as well as giving them greater flexibility so they are unrestricted in lowering their bottom line which is suppose to result in the savings being passed on to the consumer. The ideology that this is a smart and fool-proof way to FIX a crumbling economy is absolute bullsh*t.
Supply siders believe that lower taxes can actually increase government revenues in the long run. This is VERY interesting because George Dubya Bush tried this with his tax cuts during his first time as president and guess what happened? Revenues DROPPED throughout his entire first term. In stark contrast, when Bill Clinton slightly raised marginal tax rates, the economy boomed and the budget showed a surplus. But regardless of these facts, Mitt Romney LOVES Paul Ryan – and he SHOULD, because under Paul Ryan's tax plan Mitt's tax rate would be 0.82%.
Think about that for a second: 0.82% would be his TAX RATE. To get an idea of how RIDICULOUS that is, go pull out a pay stub and check the percentage of your check that is deducted from the gross amount – chances are it's A LOT higher than 0.82%. Think I'm lying, check this out from TheAtlantic [here]:
In 2010 – the only year we have seen a full return from him – Romney would have paid an effective tax rate of around 0.82 percent under the Ryan plan, rather than the 13.9 percent he actually did. How would someone with more than $21 million in taxable income pay so little? Well, the vast majority of Romney's income came from capital gains, interest, and dividends. And Ryan wants to eliminate all taxes on capital gains, interest and dividends.
Romney did earn $593,996 in author and speaking fees in 2010 that would still be taxed under the Ryan plan. Just not much. Ryan would cut the top marginal tax rate from 35 to 25 percent and get rid of the Alternative Minimum Tax — saving Romney another $292,389 or so on his 2010 tax bill. Now, Romney would still owe self-employment taxes on his author and speaking fees, but that only amounts to $29,151. Add it all up, and Romney would have paid $177,650 out of a taxable income of $21,661,344, for a cool effective rate of 0.82 percent.
And THIS is what's suppose to be better than Obama? THIS current-failure of an economic system is what is suppose to DRIVE us OUT of recession when it's one of the primary things that drove us INTO it? If you wanna believe Obama has not brought about the change he declared he would, I can listen to your argument, but I would still prefer to believe in the audacity of hope than to repeat the anti-intellectual errors of the past.
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When Americans for Prosperity embarked on a bus tour across the state last week to campaign against U.S. Senate hopeful Tim Kaine (D), they got a few unwanted guests.
In Harrisonburg, where organizers said they canceled the event because Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli had to shuffle his plans after the health care ruling, Democrats protested anyway.
Officials at Americans for Prosperity, a powerful group founded with support from the billionaire Koch brothers, said they didn't mind.
"We're for free speech," said Audrey Jackson, AFP state director.
AFP said the group had a minimum of 45 people at every stop, with more than 100 at a pair of events in Northern Virginia last weekend. Jackson said Democrats had about 25 people at each stop.
But you know how this works.
Democrats said AFP didn't have the number quite right — meaning they claim AFP had less and they had more.
AFP's "Real Facts. Real Solutions: Tell Tim Kaine His Policies Hurt Virginia!" bus tour stopped in Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties as well as Richmond, Roanoke, Lynchburg, Virginia Beach and Harrisonburg.
Speakers included political consultant Dick Morris and Americans for Prosperity and tea party activists.
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Someone was knocking at the door.
He pulled back from the lure of the visions set before him, raising his eyes to look instead at the world around him. A chilly morning was creeping in through a crack between the shutters; its pale light faltered for a moment against the glare of the globe, which blazed one last time and then fell dark. Then the tapping started up again. It was rhythmical, like the beat of a drum, and it was becoming more insistent. A voice spoke.
"My lord? My Lord Denethor?"
He licked lips that had turned ash-dry, found his tongue amidst the cinders.
"What is it?" he said, staccato.
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He drew in a breath of cold air, sighed it out, and – with reluctance – covered the stone with a cloth stiffened from use. He felt the sharp pang of loss as its clarity abandoned him, dreaded and then felt once again the tapping and the knocking of doubt.
"Very good," he said. "Inform him I shall be with him shortly."
"My lord."
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Someone was knocking...
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Denethor opened his eyes, and went in. Faramir turned at the sound of the footsteps, saw his father, and bowed in greeting.
"My lord," he said, and stepped away from the fire, clasping his hands behind his back.
"Lord Faramir," his father replied. "When did you reach the City?"
"Late last night, sir."
"And your journey?" Denethor took a step towards him, regarded him closely. It was not an arduous ride from the coast, although it was a long one. Still, he was young enough.
"Went well – thank you, sir."
Denethor gestured across the room towards the table that had been set for breakfast. They stood by their chairs and faced West, and Denethor watched, as he had often done, as something undefined, something unreachable, crossed his son's face.
"Sit," the steward said after a moment, waving his hand at the chair, and his son obeyed. They passed dishes and plates between them with a precision borne of years of practice. The younger man ate well; the elder much less. They spoke for a while of Faramir's recent journeys, of the bargains he had driven with the lords of the southern fiefdoms, of policy, of strategy. And then they were silent.
"Tell me," said Denethor, into the quiet, "how does the family fare in Dol Amroth?"
Faramir swallowed his mouthful of bread. "Elphir's boy is walking now," he said, "and is very like his father." He smiled. "They are all well, very well. Thriving."
"And the Prince himself, how is he?"
A beat of hesitation, perhaps?
"Our uncle," Faramir replied, "is the same as ever he is. And Lothíriel," he continued, without pause, "had the whole household upside-down in preparation for mettarë. You know how they celebrate it at the coast."
"Indeed I do. I am surprised that they did not ask you to stay."
Faramir picked up his cup. "They did."
"But Ithilien proved too much of a lure?"
Over the rim of his cup, Faramir gave him a careful look. Both his sons, at times, bore that expression, Denethor thought, but Faramir more often.
"I had thought to stay in the city this year," Faramir said, turning away slightly to stare out of the long windows set in the eastern wall. "Given... given Boromir's absence—"
"He will be missed tonight—"
"No," the steward said again. "I see no need for you. The ceremony will be quiet and quickly over. I would not keep you from whatever diversions Ithilien offers."
Faramir turned back to his breakfast. He set down his cup, picked up a piece of bread, and buttered it, slowly. His father watched each of his movements, watched the flush rise up from the younger man's throat and briefly colour the pale skin of his face. It passed, soon enough.
"What news may I take back with me?" Faramir said.
"If I could, I would take back news of your purposes for the company. There is need for more supplies—"
Denethor stopped him with a sharp laugh. "Petitioning the Steward as he eats his breakfast? At the very least, I must remark upon your daring, Faramir."
"When last I was there, matters were becoming acute—"
"It is the same throughout the realm, or will be soon enough."
"Ithilien is the front line, sir."
"No, my Lord Faramir – Ithilien is beyond the front line. Which is the river now – as I thought you of all men might remember."
"Which makes the Ithilien company all that more vital!" Faramir urged softly. "If the Enemy advances on the river – which He surely must, in time – the Rangers must be prepared to harry Him—"
"You seem most ready to doubt my wisdom in this—"
"I do not doubt your wisdom, sir – but would, if I may, offer you my counsel—"
Denethor turned his head away and looked out at the morning. "On this matter, Faramir, you have long since become wearisome."
"Why will you not even listen to me?"
Faramir's voice seemed to echo in the high, cold ceiling of the room. Slowly, Denethor turned his gaze back upon him. Faramir raised a hand to his forehead, reddening in anger and frustration. Denethor watched impassively. But the shield that the third had always been became, all of a sudden, more painful in its absence.
Faramir set his hands on the table before him. "My lord," he said, his voice much quieter, "let me keep men there. Not a full company. But some. The Rangers would delay any advance—"
"What use is there in such a delay? The Enemy will cross the river, that much is certain. And we shall need all able-bodied men for the defence of the City."
Faramir folded his arms, and lowered his head. When he spoke again, his voice had fallen to no more than a whisper.
"And if Minas Tirith falls, sir? What then?"
At last it had been said – and he had not been first to say it.
"If you would only leave some men beyond the river," Faramir was saying, "then, if all else fails, some would yet remain to fight on—"
"You have so little faith in the strength of the White City?"
For a moment, watching his son's face blanch, he believed Faramir might strike back. And then the younger man stilled himself, and even smiled, if faintly.
"That is beside the point, is it not? Since I have naught else in which to put my faith." He pushed his chair back and set his hands upon his knees, and then looked up directly at the steward. "I have a long journey to make, and would prefer to begin it sooner rather than later. May I have your leave, father?"
Denethor held his eye for a little longer, and then lifted his hand in dismissal. Faramir rose and, when he reached the doorway, Denethor called after him. "Be back by noon of yestar. I would have you in attendance for those ceremonies at least."
Faramir halted, and then turned. "Your servant, sir," he said, and bowed, and left.
The day resumed its customary pace, and in the evening he spoke the words and lit the candles with the same resolve in his voice he had achieved for more than thirty years now. And then, his duty done, he withdrew upstairs, to his own private ritual. The year declined, and the visions rose before him, and he counted the numbers of the shades that were set against him until, exhausted, he fell – into sleep.


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Oilfield waste spills concern landowners along Hwy 254 (slideshow)
By Jason Stuart
Ranger-Review Staff Writer
A spill last week from a truck headed to Oaks Disposal has once again raised concerns of some of those living along the route to the facility.
The spill occurred along Highway 254 on July 6, according to the Montana Department of Environmental Quality. The spill prompted some residents along the highway to contact DEQ with concerns about clean-up.
The spill came from a truck hauling drill cuttings to Oaks Disposal for burial. Drill cuttings are the finely-ground rock, earth and other material that come up out of the bore hole during the oil and gas drilling process.
According to DEQ Environmental Enforcement Specialist Shasta Steinweden, "Previous analytical results from spills show that (drill) cuttings have hydrocarbon contamination."
However, she said what was spilled on Highway 254 is not toxic and poses no immediate risk to people or the environment.
"It's not a hazardous waste, it's what's classified as special waste," Steinweden said. "(There is) no immediate danger. It is certainly waste that needs to cleaned up, but it's not immediately toxic."
"What we've been finding that occurs all too frequently is the truck will spill a fair amount of waste onto the road surface," said Maggie Copeland, who lives along the highway. "The problem we're having is no one is responsible for it."
Copeland added that for residents, even knowing who to report the spills to has proven problematic, with answers ranging from DEQ to the district sanitarian to Disaster and Emergency Services, depending on the estimated size of the spill.
"Every time we ask these questions, somebody has a different answer," she said. "There's so many agencies involved that nobody can really coordinate it."
As for the July 6 spill, MDT District 4 Administrator Shane Mintz said an MDT crew would work on cleaning it up this week. He said he did not expect the task to incur much time or cost.
"We really don't expect that to take too much," Mintz said. "I wouldn't expect it to take us more than a couple of hours."
He also described the spill as a "pretty small spot."
Mintz does wish trucking companies hauling "soupy" loads of drill cuttings would take more precautions to prevent any of the material from sloshing out.
"Some of these soupier loads, it'd sure be nice to see them doing more than what they're doing now," he said.
Copeland would just like to see truck drivers and their employers be held to a higher standard of accountability, starting with reporting their spills. She said drivers are supposed to self-report when they spill, but usually don't.
"It's the responsibility of the truck driver an the company that truck driver's employed with and they're not self-reporting," Copeland said. "We want these truck drivers to be more accountable. We've had enough."
Reach Jason Stuart at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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LOOK closely – can you spot him?
Eagle-eyed Adrian Potts snapped this well-camouflaged kestrel which has made its home in a tree in one of Sunderland's parks.
The amateur photographer sent his picture of the speckled bird of prey in to our Your View section in the Echo.
The exact location has been kept secret to ensure the bird is not disturbed.
Kestrels are a common sight in the British countryside – often seen hovering by roadside verges looking for prey.
But the birds have adapted to man-made environments and can survive in cities.
Kestrel numbers declined in the 1970s, which the RSPB believes is probably a result of changes to in farming, and they are on the Amber List when it comes to conservation.
Have you spotted any wildlife roaming around Sunderland? Send your pictures to email@example.com


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If you are tired of dealing with grease, stained order slips, if you'd like to know exactly how much flour to order next week – instead of just going by a hunch, you are ready to invest in a restaurant POS system.
Have you ever thought about how you can make your restaurant operate more efficiently? A Point-of Sale (POS) system can give you a new level of control over your restaurant's daily operations, helping you increase efficiency, boost profits, and fine-tune inventory management. Switching from a traditional cash register and paper-based orders to a restaurant computer system can be hard, but the return on investment can really make it worth your time and effort.
What is POS restaurant?
In the most basic sense, a POS system is a glorified cash register. The typical restaurant POS station consists of a computer and cash drawer, a receipt printer, and a touch-screen monitor. Most restaurants have several such stations, with additional components depending on the type of restaurant.
For retail-style restaurants like sub shops, POS systems often include printers in the food preparation area, eliminating the errors that can happen when hastily-scrawled orders are passed back to the kitchen. For quick-service restaurants, POS systems are practically a requirement for living up to their name: orders taken on terminals in the front are displayed on monitors in the kitchen, ready to be quickly assembled and delivered to the customer.
POS systems for table-service restaurants and fine dining are somewhat different. These systems need to be set up with your menu and seating plan so they can communicate orders to the kitchen and bar, track reservations and seating, and handle transactions.
Fine dining POS systems typically include more stations: multiple server stations, a bar station, a hostess station, and printers in the kitchen than more basic POS systems. They also have more functionality -- including the ability to create and store open checks, let servers send "fire" orders to the kitchen to start the next course, as well as track which server is responsible for which table.
POS restaurant benefits
One benefit of POS restaurant is that it simplifies communication between the wait staff and the kitchen. Orders go through the computer, directly to the kitchen printer. POS systems can greatly reduce the amount of time your staff spends in the kitchen and speed up the order process. The efficiency gains can be impressive. Additional savings come from reduced shrinkage: servers can't provide complimentary food to friends without entering them in the system.
Another benefit of POS restaurant is that it can track everything from food usage, to the most popular menu items. Because the POS system acts as a time clock, it can also help prepare payroll. This can save you a lot of money in your bookkeeping department. Along with the daily operations of running a restaurant, a POS system can organize profit and loss statement and sales tax.
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