Abbeville press. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, September 17, 1869, Image 2
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TERMS?'Wire* Dotfajrt a y??r in ?i)vmnct? I
asr No Sul>M>c>pt ;oii? tnkou tot tk utiurtoi
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Friday, September i7,1869.
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The Unioiiville Resolutions.
A meeting of tho citizens of Union
County was lulJ at Union Court
House on Monday, September G. Alaj.
Benj Jicnnedy was called to the chair, I
and R A JJcKnight, Esq.. was ap-j
jjointoJ 6ccretavy. Major H. II. Tticej
offered the following preamblo :in-.1 j
Tost'lnlionw, with a f?.?w tmvronrintoi
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icmarlia. j
H Keren*, Thofeiioiitiuub taxation in-, j
j>0B0d by tlio preaent Siato rorcrn !
nient, and ii.eir rocIJ?.*Ls? iuuulii" oi'
liondfl, excito uiarni in the mind* <-f i
those ^hoeo capital and lubor gland I
Dlods^d. without thc-ir voi?-n r.v onw '
fcons, to the redemption of tho came,
nud, whereas, it is deemed just (o ourBclvo.:;
as al.-fo art act of ^ood faith, toi
l?ive to tho world notice of our int^u
tion to aviod tho payment of the obligations
; therefore, ho it
Hetolvrd, That wo dc&laro and publish,
without delay, to all concerned, j
our ?i?dhposition and inability to pay!
*!m .r.onstro./< bonded debt raised audi
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bein^ rai. cJ ii. tho namo of South
Carolina, ai;d -our solemn cavcat against
the purchase of or advance of money
on,-such bond!*, for uv.y consideration!
crcjJ.f i j*!nee 19(i5, tui it is unalterable !
}y.irj>060 of tho capital and labor pfj
thic St a to never to pay them.
BtsolvcJ, That we aro willing to pay j
a'.ll tho legitimate cxpenieu of civil;
government, and the obligation of]
lUe fftate, principal and intercut, crea ;
tvd by bur representatives in ?<-od1
faith, pr^vi.-sns to iho war. j
ZiVmiw*/, That wo native nnd bt.:; J
j'ut ciiizons, 01 wnntover nativity or,1
color, have with uh :i common i utmost:
and the Game necessity for the t-yoj. K 1
i'CBtorntion of hohrr.t and oivd. $i;le,!
and the '! preset ration of life, libeorty
and property" iu an a 02 ic tod connuoi;>'
wealth.
Ittsoh'nJ, That in viow of those
grievances stated, we hereby place on 1
record our opposition thereto, and in-1
vite our fullow-suffors of every county
the State to meet with us bv their'
representatives in Coluinhia, on Wed !
*ief>day, the lOlh day of Uoveuiber1
next, to take counsel toother, and to
adopt fluch measures a? may te yroppi
for security and relief.
After djsoussion, they wj>i'9 unanimously
adopted. On motion it. van
lyts JveJ, 'jL'hat the Charleston iVVirs,
' CoTurabiV. Planiz, and the papers of
'the State generally, to requested to
'publish a copy'of the resolutions.
'l'he meet adjourned, io meet again
op the fivat Monday in Octobor.
TKaqa ivxflnliiliAnD nro A.II.
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. .tho Unionvillo Times, aqd tho ntfeaiion
of the State Press is cspocial
ly dif ectetj (o thorn for the parposo of
eliciting ft jgoiieral discusiupn of their
' policy. ' ffo rogret thft? we oannot
' *greo with oar follow-cititizeng oi
TJninn, and must behove that thoir action
is hasty and iO^dvified.
Wore it proposed: .to inaugurate
-Bomft legitimate movontf&t, or com
bine in epmo well-directed i^asuro, to
. .ppiitrol tho action of the present odi
.puff State Government, or to overthrew
it altogether, the proposition
would ,me>f a J early response from
' ovary true ("'wormian. Bat ' u-fiet in
herfr proposed ? Py'threats of a fa"
tare repudiation o'lf ill? State Bonds,
- issued by the prere.nt Government,
* *o bo deprooiuto thenj,! ft? to prevent
* .their negotiation. Tlio ./nc^aure Rvg-;
. jested we believe to be nAiVcty' 'ne^./e.ctiye
for J,he purpose?xa^f^ brytum
?but even admitting t,K?t it
eould ^ccoinpliab the end desi^akoj,,
' "*v{m!df jt be politic f
Wobld it'bp trnii policy bo to crip-J
' pt? Jtp* credit of.fho present Stat*>
Government, a? io prevent its borrowing
monoy, by the sato of its
- Bqtads in. IJortitorn *harketfl7 That
Government is a iiaed feet?a govero;
njent di facto, and for *11.' practical
pmposes, a government d? j,Hrev It is
vested witb Ijiw powers, of sovereignly?:;that
highest of all powers, thp
tcoptrolof the avyord a^^I ,the . purse?-T.tjiepoworof
imposing tgxt'g, and c#
enforcing their colIcction! That Gov
jsrnmeut is bound to hovo money. If
.Vit.Vcgiinf t yboTTQVTy \t will UU? it
, -.frfem /#? directly. ;Jf ;ifr cannot. rno.
it* itv p^l
l- (Pzyre prpposo. to
i ^h?[l;ta^ oo^leotQr ?; Ib?t wouWr ,fcuj
?: f MfvSSiSf f
:
is n6f" like1y ih*t a&y gcll'on
"" b^rd't^nM: Atf efrotttHie tiretftt oT:febeft
o'trd^^s'to piMSreiA their lie- i
igouatios. It p?jght dcpreciate their:
thfi Bjctettt of tfc?t 0d- i
, preui#itionMjt^o .pspitqj ^d. labor of '
, the State ^Q^Jd r|f we w?*iie I
,, ultjfiQa|oly liable to redeem Item. A i
. depreciation pit 5? per .pent', wqrild.?
. Sfjr dCoi'VhalV^.dW*etf<5in^ *
&T Stir a
Jji? dtVtte (xe*e?*t?eni is t
Hkely to eontracl. ? As.we.have puid, (
fbr all practical purposes, it is a \
'anftm?Pt 4*iwt with full ^>ow^r3 of %
^-_-7 -L-? rrsigae
!
t sovereignty, iiak^iaut tyj tlit prOkijijn&^
of th> constitution of the (Jolted j
Stated. ' It owrtaioly lias the!
puwor of borrowing money, and it
tests iri'ito solo 'discretion to dot ermine
the policy of that rue&fiurc. j
What power would any futuro {iegis ;
lature have to ivpudiatu their notion ?'
No State may passu "law impairing
the obligation of -tontra^tri," touch
lecs'ropudijvto'ita own debt. It may
change, change, change, but not bp as
to ai^'ct vested rights.
To sum up in a \v<p;d what wo have
said. It i-j impossible to relieve qur
?,
i and the only effect of the present ag;
jitnlion, would bo to swell that debt,
iOi* force the State government to tJie
iuopo grievous alternativp of Vigorous
; taxation. Let us strike at tho root?
reform tho gorcrnmcnt-^-and vro relieve
ourselves of our oppressors. ou-1
restore a^ain the cr;? of ca.'<y imposts,
and economical expenditure--hornet v!
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in oiri'iv, an.t contentment and nrjapwilv
ow 1 \vlitre.
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THE JLDGEFIFJ.D BAi'TltiT ASflOj
CI A.TION. j
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Notes of the Meeting, Crop*, j
Dol ing t he past wcc-lc, w6 (tho Ju-j
mor> had the pleasure of attending'
the meeting of the Ivlgoliold Baptist
Afwoeiution, which commenced on
Friday last, at Bethany Church, in!
Edgefield District. JLeaving Abfce-j
rillo 011 tho evening of that day in j
company with friend Q , wo wpent j
tho night, at the house of u relative of;
our frionl, and were entertained most j
hospitably and kindly. And here, at
tho outset, wo will say, that from thoj
boyiuninf ti? t lm
r, > "v'|
received tho lnr&lhorpit-aMo greeting, t
nuJ o.\<-.e? ioncod to overflowing, tho!
kindnofid ;iv.d gf>vd fellowship f*ri
which that community in noted. Wc>
nict with many Abbeville friend?*. in '
rinding many readers of 1 fie J'refs. j
with whoso namcB wo wore familiar;!
and it affords m? very great pieanure!
tv know and iiji ft 11i?mtj personally. i
he intcivet of tho occH.sion bad:
attracted a large a'..tendance. Able!
Divines filled the pulpit and partieipa |
t~d in tho business of the Afieseia-j
tion ; whilst largo !?nd intelligent au-j
duMieen were present. Tho exercises j
proper of tho Association were held j
!in the church; and in tho pleasant J
grove near by a stand had been erect-'
ed, and hero during the* progress of,
'tho meeting, religious serviie* Were;
; , uml t-.vo or tluvo normouH
preached carh dnv.
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I Tho Association wai or^aniz^d by
'the election of (ho Rt-v. J. Trapp,
! Moderator, f;nd \V. \V. Adams,
the lSU:?oii?ild Bar, Clerk. !
The IVovs. !>?." Guinea, W. B. Ji-nc;.,;
and Tillman R (Stunee, editor of tho
Working Christian, wore invited to
seats as' "visiting ministera." Tho
Rovfl. 'Drs. Fnrmn'u and Manly, ?f
Greenville, wore rocoivcd as ''eorrosponding
messen^era.'* Interesting
Reports were r?ad on
tho-State of Religion, Sunday S'choo!:<J
Education and'Missions, which elicit
ed pleasant and iu3ti'uctivo discu-K
sioiis.
The inte.reels of tho Furuian University,
and tho Southern Iiaptiat^
Theologieaf'Semiri ary, were ably advocated
by . Messrs. Foriu'an and
Manly; and their appeals wcro resnni^lnrl
K?? o 1 *- 11
1.V u iiilliiur.i Ul lllli tJUUlIOI
in On presout, who camo forward and
j made liberal subscriptions to tho Endowment
Scheme.
The "Report on Religion, announced
j tho general harnjony of tho Churches
of t!\o Association,.and tho accession
' of .Qevor&l hnndrc-d'by baplutn during
J (Jio pnst year.
j A resolution was unanimously
I adoptod, rocomm/mdliig tho IP tricing
j Christi<*n to tho patronage of the:
J Eapijcrts of the fHtato. Thh was a
very deserved compliment to a paper
; which in well worthy to ho tho organ
I of tho Tinr.finfa r\(" I. f~ r'
'? K/VM Wll Vtl^V'iiiia. II
is publlfchodat Yorkville, S. 0., nud la/
vvot boliove, receiving. a very liberal
subscription. We bad Iho pleasure of
. nakiug the acquaintance of the
JSiitor,-the Rorrfilmnn R. (Jaincs;
and ? man of talent and energ$V"tVo
b?ve no doubt of tho success
of papor. ,
An interesting subjoct, which occupied
the attention of the Assqpiation,
and elicitcd arci ?vpresfiion of opinion
fVom tnany of the brethren,, was, as
to the beat means of .raisin# money
for Churchy purposo3. Tbv plan most
generally approved, seemed to be, to
ittk#tip "hat collections'*! overy tSrm-..
day. "Dr. Furnron stated th^t -.thin'
plati had Almost relieved the GrCeii'
villefChdrciv^ a heavy (debt u,/
Daring thq pro/jrestf 6tf tt?e meeting !
v*ry ?We?ternr>onB were ^cached by i
tb& <Rcvfc. Dr. Furm&iVj H*n(v, M/ealin, ,
Farrow an'dpthsra.;. 4^ire!Haro.'B?ki, ,
large audienceq jgre iq attendance i\
either upon the business of,tho Asso- i
ctatloq; or at'i&V ^igio^d jjfc^victo pn
tbe' grover^aridf tffe1e^g^otcajiiod i
he#ly' foita- ,
ing tUo flfl^embfy to tWdbse.
. ^l? cune $ iin g wa$ on/i distinguished j
for tftS^Jt^ri^o^adcl gdSd feeling
which prevailed throughout the tthdle
body fiuhi fljgl to hn%-Md will be j
ong^dpleasAntiy rempqjj??r%4 all <
n MUpdaaao o* t^^f.iQ^|^i^g 9(c^ f
c] X.:M)7i?/l 1<K"'.*: ' *
r j&oM ihi \ i
Tc^?.w ^iven, ^^ILy^rtf^itedj
0 . dj?n^Tf ^wh WSf1 ^ut i
>n . the tableB near by. XJ??$upj>ly r
van boonteoue and conaietiKl'w^e^ery f
;ood tfcjng papally found at a Pic Xic 8
-Diuner, gad reflected credit upon .tire,
generosity and liberality oi' Unit see*
tiou ol'oountry. Altl*ough the attend
ance \va-j largo, there was not a single
person present who was not furnished
with u {Tjod dinner. .During the en
tertiunirwjnt all h-'id u plcaunnt time
generally with friend*, sweethearts,
or anybody clee, as circumstancee or
pleasure nijght dictate.
The Edgefield- Association is a largo
and influential body, nuinhering forty-,
seven clituvUes, and embracing four
thousand white mem bury, and three
tbousaxu} blacks
The coU'-"? for several miles r.n lliin
ficlo of Uard Labor creek is better,
than in thla section or beyond the
ereck. The stand* arc good, and the
cotton is opening "very fast, many
field a aro almost buow white; and
every farmer seems to bo devoting
all his energies to getting it picked.
Tho crop is cut abort by nearly onehalf
by drought. !
To the ltev. \V. A. Gaines, of the
Association, wc are uiub'i* obligations
for favors daring tho meeting, for
for which he will please accept* oar
raider.; and to many other lViend.^.
to whom we tender our bc;<t aclcnowl
vdgment* for tln-ir l;indnC&> and hospitality.
W.
Cotton Prospecte.?Duty of the Planter.
A comparison of tho cotton receipts
during tlio past aud former years, the
constui;t incroaso in its consumption
aud the proHent. unusually small stock
on hand, would load one to think thai
however prices may fluctuate, and be
depressed for a time, yet with the
present ratio of consumption to production,
they must bo maintained.
From a late ciruular, we gather the
lollo.. in ; facts' Total stock on hand
1st fie pie ruber lSiiV waso.''0,000 babr.;
Receipts from 1st Sept.. '07 to 31st
August.'G8, 2.-130.000 hales; making
total uupply for 'G7 and u8, 2.82G.0U0
bales, of which the consumption
amounted to 2,595.0110 bah;;; leaving
stock on hand 1st ijept., 'uS 210,000
bales. Adding to this the estimated
receipts of Gb! and GO, 2,5i7f? 000 baLs,
would give the total :Mipp!y of 'i?o and
"09, 2,G0G.G00 bales; and deduct in;:
consumption eitimatcd at 2,1'.'3,000
balee, would kaxc the t-tock on hand
1st Sept., "o9. at tho very low figure
ol' IO8.0QO balus. Another and later
estimate of the past crop i.s only of
2,2G0,5."?7 bales, which with the above
cfctiajnted consumption, would eutirelv
exhaust tho rron
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"With tho above ostimaU-s in view,
and with the lull her fact, that the
crop of the present year is bound to
be r-Iu>rt, whilst the thousand keepr.
paco with the increased consumption,
uUV planters should .bo Vv'Ujt'Stil flflii)
Hiiy panic of low pi-icon, to dc.tev
them from hurrying their crops to
market. Send enough to market to
pay your debts autf purchase necessary
supplies, but do !rot-?lut tiio market
bj- unnecessary* haste, and' thus
[enable the ppccalatnr to reap the legitimate
profits of your business.
I This seems to bo the true polioj-.
Elei'tion for the Ijegislaturo.
By reference to tho writs of Elecition.
whir-.h ? ? *1?
I . , .. .. W |?auuou All ailUUH'l
column, it will bo Fconthatun election
will ho held ou Wednesday, the 27th
October, to till two vacancies from
Abbeville, iu the Legislature. Wo
trust that our citizens will give the
matter tho consideration Which its
importance demands. Let private
I foncer/is yield to public interests on
I that day. Give that doy at least to
tho country, oud tho country will
jdischarge tho. obligation?will give
.back your own with usury. Let u.i
eject intelligent, capablo men, nr.d
I nono others have any business in the
i Legislature. II' wo mako an effort
wo can elect tnjch, and if we fail
.through our own remissness, it will
i hn O 1
, ~w ??. >/< y Hi:, auuiui' J.M'lll(!irillCr UlC
27th Octubisr!.
U.vivkreitv of (ironqrA.?We direct
attention'to'the advertisement of
this well known fnstitntion, the 07th
Session of whit h opened on the 1st
infjt: The University has been liberally
patronized in tho past by onr
people, and ban been tho l'oster-mothor
not only of tho most eminent men
of Georgia, but of many distinguished
Carolinian:!. It is ntill one of the
bcF.t Institutions of tho South, and
wo eoumieud it to tho pjitronage of
uuv citiioiiB.
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tSf Messrs, Baker, Porter & Co.,
who havo associated thonifielve3 in a
'Grocery an decommission biwinea^,
Axigutala, Go., poblitdi their card
io'&titofhev column. These gontloioon
artf%eil k/lown to mkny of our citij
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nuuiu ?ir^ imve euiouiIStlr
& cfifti'ftt'for for promjrtnea* ami ti>IKHbilSiyf"1
l^lv lT^IiA . Por<or7 of tho
8rm,;w ait Abbevilio man, fucorabty
knbwn Wr tnafcy ftf>o*ur citizens, as-au
tctiv^jM'fentorp#isliB|{'>>bu8iac8a - man.
Wfebfe in Augusta gfrve Kim a oalI;3i.
i v/ ^ '-j ^/' '.-i. I'jir.
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<?.. Suaup !
ittpt+htr c^uiniv will bo found the card
If ,ib&?e j gcj^toann, Cotton Facto^
ind General Commission .M^rpUantfj
vharle^ton, S. Q. M-. Sharp, tTiQ
lonipr naepiber of the firm, is from
lb*bevrflo la wSclt kn6wh to ori*. citif
ienee and' every way rilfable." Ho is
rom aroongsltis, lotus give him if fall
hare of patronage. I
i ptiruttafct'ii 'Monthly.?The last'
uuniber of tcfo popWftr Magazine is
t always said to bo the best. Certain
; ly its eutvJfpridbg publisher >viU sustain
its briljiaht reputation, and spare
no efforts oa expense to render it the
best parlor Magazine in Ameriea.
Jlow l?o can aQbrd the expensive
premiums lie given, in addition to the
positive cost of such a periodical, for
$3 00 per year, is ouc of the mysteries
of publishing. The magnificent
picture by Mrs. Lilly M. Spencer, of
the 'Tie-nie," now offered as a pre
iiuuKi, uouk ionic!libel's of clubs and
singlu subscribers, we 'kuow to have
sold for ten dollars per copy, and
considered cheap at that. This is
tfurcly going to tho extreme of liberality.
Published at S38 Broadway,
New York.
Oar exchangee report a number
of murders in various sections of the
.Slate, during the past week.
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DISTINGUISHED DEAD.
During tho past two weeks, three
distinguished names havo been numbered
with the dead ? Secretary l'awliiiH,
Senator Fessenden, and the lion.
John Boll, of Tennessee.
Secretary Uawlins was '-the soul of'
CI rani's Cabinet,"?a man of genius,
ami of rare moder:ilion?a friend to
1 ho South, and said t'o bo the advocate
ol' that moderate policy, which now
prevails.
Senator l'essonden was a man of
great talents and hi;;h character; an
honor to ilio body of which ho was
Iso long a member.
j John Ih'il oP ~
? - "*> i Hiiil il
! relict of ll.i. best days of llio Ilepuhlic?:i
worthy peer of Calhoun. Clay
a nil Webster.
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DEATH OF MR. WILLIAM EAKTN.
| Wo regret to announce the (loath of
this vomig insin, which took jtlaec ;it
I the resilience of his grandfather, Mr.
D J
Tho*. KnUin, on Tuesday last. Jle
jhad been a resident of our village for
onie time past, where he was engaged
it* meivhandizing. Attacked with
foyer hei'e, ho was removed to the res
mence 01 his gramlJallicr, where he
died after n fhort, but painful illness,
which ho sustained "with great patience.
He was the son of Air. "William
Hakin, deceased. had only attained
his twenty-first year, and leaves a
young wife and many friend* to
mourn his loss.
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PROF. E. L. PATTOM.
Vv'e learn from the Assochle Reformcd
ihui ViM/l', ljoli^u llUJJ
aceoplad Hie Presidency off a College
in Jackson, West Tennessee. This
was an ^unexpected tsiep to his friends
here., as lie had made ail his arrangements
for occupying* his Professor
ship in Erskinc College. Our readers
know our appreciation of the Professor's
talents and acquirements?ol
tho "estimable qualities of the man,
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...... v?i mo m-i-uinpusiuncms Ol t lie
scholar. "We regrot to lose him, but
wo must make a virtue of jioeossitj*,
and as we can do nothing more, will
wish him tho largest mensuro of success
in his new splicro of usefulness,
Z?' \\re had the pleasure on yesterday
of meeting Mr. M. O. McCaslan,
J of our District, who has just returned
'from a visit to Alabama, The crops ol
cotton and corn generally, ho says,
aro cut oft' at least one-halt. In the
Cane brake Count)* of Alabama everything
promised well until tho recent
drought. The accounts from Texas
ajid Louisiana aro equally discouraging.
Yve are doing as well at homo,
as anywhere i-lsc, lie thinks.
No Nomination.?The Republicans
| hohl a nominating convention hero on
i yesterday to bring out candidates for
I < T :*-i- ' ? ? -
I uiu out iuiicd 10.agree?
I split into tliroo or moro fragments,
| and accomplished nothing-. Another
mooting >vill bo held on next Saturday
week with the hope of bettor success.
Sec card in another eolupnn, of
Mcr>sr<*. Stovall & Rowland, who
have associated themselves in tho
Commission business in Augusta, Ga.,
will attend promptly to all orders for
bagging, rope :in<l other supplies, and
will uiako cash advances 011 consignments.
These aro well known business
qipu, and- jxoo<V no recommenda,tio:i
Iq our planters.
Wool-Catipino.?-Messrs. Shorard
& I?oi(I ad vertigo their rtevr machinery
for carding v^ool, which has just
been set, iq operation;'6n Little Genprdsjee
creek,, fjeven miles abovo
I/Ovv m&svifle." I'hcsc gefi tlcm en h ave
good machinery in cardial hands, 'and
desprve a good ptttoonage.? !
:.i .. r.'> . ;. 'j,.,' if,-', f ii A
Mr A. C. Hawthorn gives fiotico
in another to! urn ft to {taxpayers
to frinko ratarnofalllands bought qr
aoUl from thoJBt of September, 18G8,
tfo 1st September, }8<UK i*
aarTlio HegfiTar Term of .our
Covirt, vrfU 1#} hcj&bore.oifc Monday
next, liia. JFudgo \fc>rDOD, pre-,
siding. ...
i- ' 1 PL. { ' | i
'"Dft. fipo nolico ?>f BAle of goifeils *t
tho lat/o Bt^ind of Jqjin T^Jjpn^fJf).
' m.
\l UH .mill, ..
\ Triil ABBCVIL1JA X'Uti'd.
TO T11E FARMERS OF ABBEVILLE
* DISTRICT,
I 1 proposo review our situation
with you in u wriivj of short articles,
to which I usk your thoughtful ami
iserioun attention. 1 regard the nuhIjcet
of which 1 shall treat, and the
J suggestions 1 shall mako for your
adoption, of great importance to tlio
State, and especially tu every individ:
uul farmer whethor ho bo proprietor
of tho land, or a tenant only. What
has been your experience since the
first of Jnnuaiy last? Jlas il not
been an exact repetition of each proceeding
year uineo tho Spring ol'
18G5?a feeling ol' inteuso pressure, of
porplexing anxiety*, ol* extremo pecuniary
hazard ; have you not subjected
yourselves to irreparable loss,
pledged what liltlo you had saved
from tho wreck of your fortune?, and
staked all on the contingencies attending
tho crop of each year. I speak
my own experience, which 1 dare say
is that of every agriculturist in the
District. "What has been the practical
result of your yearly operations?
Yourcilbrt has been to plant as large
an area as possible; to prepare or
not, and cultivate as you could, hoping
bv favorable seasons and a streak
of luck, perhaps to make a good crop.
You havo planted acres of land,
which, from a want of thorough
preparation and other acquirements,
have not yieldck enough to p:iy tin;
costs expended. Von were required
: to defray tho expense of materia)
|used, the labor emnloved. which, villi
( . 1 ,t / J
the lime expended, that might have
been turned lo a profitable account,
I amounts to much more than the rej
turn you received. Your practice has
not varied an iota from the superficial,
expensive ami overreaching efforts ol
times when you were enabled to con:trol
your labor; and your chances oi
J failure now, when you have lost, that
|control ami the peril of such practice
jis increased a hundred Jbld. in my
jjudgmeul the practical result of such
<?perationn has been to support your
I laborers almost at your own c::p.in.: e ;
' Lo wnst'j away your lands (1 have yet
! to t-co tho first plantation that was
'not in a wo rue condition than it was
any precccding year since the war)
and the event of any considerable decline
in the price of cotton, witii the
increasing cost of supplies, a complete
prostration of all our hopes and
! lurluiics. J t ubinil, tlial, in c-oue'u.-;ion
of lliis interview, yon "will agree
with me, thai ,!tl?o situation" thus fill
is quite unsatisfactory. I ask every
fanner to reflect on 11?i3 matter cam
cs'.ly, and next week 1 will resume
the subject and endeavor to point out
jlhe onvii'H.
J Fjrrv Aruivi.
l'v>a t1ib abbeville rbeks.
TEE BARBECUE AT ACKER'S
SCHOOL HOUSE.
Doe Wkst. 8. C., Sept. 14,1SG0.
Mu. Kpitor : Tho dull monotom
ol' l>uo "West and vicinity, just :v
this tinio of the j'car, was enlivcnet
on last Saturday morning, tho lltl
inst., by the announcement that then
. would be n Barbecue, given upon tlx
, old style, at Acker's School House
just a mile from tho village, under th<
auspices of gentlemen of tho towi
and surrounding country.
1 Receiving a polite and pressing in
vitation to bo present, I, of course
1 accepted, and was soon on my way t<
the appointed placo of rendezvous
! Upon my arrival I found already as
seinbled, in a beautiful grove, quite j
number of ladies and gentlemen, ant
1 little girls and boys. A better p!ac?
could not havo been selected for sucl
an occasion, tho large and stately
oaks and poplars forming a complete
protection from the sun's rays b^
their overlaping brunches. Upoi.vni
eminence, some distance oil', I took ii
the scene at. a g'ance. Jt was a pic
. turo rarely, if ever, met with. Tin
old and the young, the beautiful am
attractive, tho stvect maiden of six
tccn and those of riper years, were tc
bo seen in groups togother, enlivening
and filling tho air with heir merry
voices and bright faces. It was really
a scene that an artist would delight
in painting. Beautiful in the superlative
degree?animating and exhilar.
ating.
From this bright and lovely picture,
my attention was next called to
the placo whero tho pigs, kids and
mutton wore undergoing a process of
VOJIHtinrr OP Hnmn "i"1'* ~
O ? ? fe* ?I
ten of tlicso animals had been
slaughtered, and were thus being prepared
for/dinnor. This department
was un'dcv tlio immediato clinrgc and
supervision of two gentlomen well
skilled in thb art of barbecuing meat,
Mr. Thos. Hoddon. and ..Mr. Wash
Bowen. Tho meatd. wero bertainly
preparod nicely?t-wcllraookcd, delioiOUB?moat
excellent.- ' .
- Two tabUi Having been pvepdrcd~~
for th&'lftcHss And tha other -for
tlio gentlomon^tho ,tftblb'clot&8 wore
spread; and besides tbe^ryoast-pigB
and kids,_thcro, wjxa hash, pickles,
pies,.custards, potatoes, etc., cto., to,
be soon in abundance.' ;Aftcr tho taI.K.
1.a J A. - A -Jii - ?
uiod jmuuucii not, -ana nit ?me .eatables
tipdtt thoift, Capt.'James Pratt, with
a-lfeud-Vokso/ nationncod to tUo oadlelKfe
^ that dinner was ready, and
that the Indies muet take tfco right
and tbo-genttamaji thd left liqnd tables.
Botfe fiides 'of the tables wore
s<v>n filled, and t"hftn coifrraenood each
^no tp Qf tjje Bony^uofts re
past Fpvead out befbru litem. There,
was 110 lag^in# behind, in the matter,
as by this time (about 2 o'clock).our
appetite's were pretty {".harp, aiul v?e
couhl relish ju-1 such a dinner, All
were soon satisfied, a?d retired hack
(.0 their former places in the j^rovo.
I About this time the J)ue AVc.it lirass
j Hand appeared upon tho ground.''. I
'and a new picture was added to the]
| scene. Tlio musicians led oil' with
some spirited pieces, which sided like
a charm upon tho nudicncc, making
those that wcro happy, happier, audi
those thai wcro inclined to dullness,!
joyful and lively. Il was plesiMr.it toj
tho yonscs lo hear the reverberating)
.sounds or tlio sweet mu- ic us it iioat-1
ed through the air. H may not. be!
aiuiss lo stale that thisbsuulof young
amateurs is composed of iho l'oilow-j
ing young gentlemen: Air. (J. (!.
Itaddon, Air. James Jiaulliorn, Air.
Walter Hawthorn, Air. Calvin Hemphill,
Air. Alason Young, Air. Francis
I'retisly, Air. Henry Homier, and A!r.
Jobn Caldwell.
'J'ho day being pretty far advanced,
the party began to disperse, all feol-i
ji.ig thai they had spent a most agree- j
able and plesisant day.
Aly thanks arc duo to Iho man}-,
kind friends who showed me special
:allenlion and kindness upon Ibis occasion.
J>. A. S.
THE PUCrEIl CREDIT.
In ils last issue, tlio (Jrccnville JJu-\
Icrpritc raps i;s again very politely j
:over the knuckles, for a:t omi:-ion in
1 . :
not giving the proper credit. This'
'time, however, our sin was a liinvi
' iicccadillo. Wo ha 1 stolen none of his
; editorial thunder, bitt had only l'ailed !
'to give that paper credit for first pub-'
jli.-diinrj Judge Orr's J>ivoree Opinion.;
I Vet, reader, will you helievc that in!
I t w j
|that very i>?:ue apprared o?r para-,
graph the J.aurcnsvillc College.
|credited to 1 he Jiniair. I::i \ the
, Icrprira ever heard the adage aboutt
hiving in g'a ; houses. Why don't i
jyou practice what you preach, .Mr.
, j Kiilcrjirisc ? Will you say it v.-as an'
j inadvertence ?. t So we suppose; but |
1 then why do von not extend to vour:
I ;
brethren the charity of the same
;l natural presumption. V.'o fiv-|
(jfjuently t-ce cur paragraphs flout-?
in?; as unlahellcd wails upon the
j.shoreless sea of jourdalism, but it i
!never enters our head to complain.
| Wo have enough anil to spare. Our!
I ? 1 I
j brethren ai*o welcome to all we write;
j?thanlii'al if ihev credit?bat credit
lor no credit, till thanhfal if tl'iey
[copy.
? O ?
7 I* * V C f TU*'i i.r? ?. ^ *
u.taiciim >j my\ AlltCTY
' TnouiK.?This Company gave two of
theii? any popular entertainments onj
Monday ami Tuesday nights. The
performances of Ilanslov, the proprietor,
as magician, and others as songsters
and dancers, gave general satisfaction.
Thcv aro a <jniet and wellbehaved
troupe, and wo commend
lliem to the patrouago of our friends.
They arc Anticipating daily fresh ae*
cessions to their number, and arc addt
ling new attractions to their bill. Pny
1 thorn a visit and judge for yourselves.
1 ???-?
A Giu:at Man Cone.?Tlio teWrnj.li
announces tin; death of Hun. John licll, of
| # '
' Tennessee, an event whieb, though not
unexpected, will fall v.ith F.nlncM upon
ninny an Amoricmi heart. Mr. 1MI was a
great man in tho d??}' of our intellectual
I iTlalltB. TT? *'"? l>rtlnnin/>? 1
.... ...~ HI.U
' jiner of Clay, Cal'.iour, C:isj, lienton and
i Webster, an J served wiih lliem in the
Senalo of the United States. Ho was eminently
distinguished in every poaitLn.lo
| which he was called, whether in the Cabinet
or Tjpgiislativo hall#. ITo was lluchosen
leader and champion of tho Whigs,
1 or Conservatives, in their last struggle for
the Union, in 1800. Mr. Doll bore a
prominent part in the history of tho Gov
crntnent for the thirty years preceding tho
1 war, and his name will go down to paalor1
ily among thocc of our ablest, purest and
best public men. '
,
1 The Oino Election*.?The nomi-j
nations of the -Republican party in;
* Ohio for the State ofliccs do not seem I
- to meet the gcnecal approval of the
' party in that Stale. The ticket put
' in nomination in Cincinnati, accrrding
to the statement of Radical papers,
lias excited the disgust of many
of tho prominant Radicals of that
city.
The question of universal or negro
suflragc is a live issue in the Ohio
campaign, and thousands pf the'
stannchest Republicans will tjolt any
ticket which endorses or annroves
the 16tli proposed amendment. "
Markets.
Abbevjlt.e, 8. C., September 17.?
Cotton leas active: closing dull at
25$25*.
NkWYVVKk, September 15.?Cotton
Ucavy but decidedly lower, with etilcs
of 1 ,-^UO bnlflfi, at 80J.
Auujjsta, September 15.?-Cotton
closed at 2c. towjer at "r" .
L CiiAift/EsVoN, September 15.?ColWiVlowd*
at 28fr.' > ' :
I LiVEardot, Jiriptombor 15.?Cotton
icl'ogular.at- . >: f. a-.l iK-os.
tl 'imrii T!'. t
1>COJSIfBI l-lSrEES.,H.'j
IA? ' 11'
Xho; following named persona bavo
frojgivt) in thfi Depot jot Abbovillo :
Trowbridge Co, G W $poor,
Ifosloy & \yi>it6J "\Vm Mooro & Co', J
W Thomas, J.Knox & Co, Wm Wileon,
H W IrtiWHmi; W H Brooks, "Wfcstfleld
& DuPro, O Toney, ?
EXPiySSS-r-F M Mitchell, J F_C i
:t>miro.'A Bort, John Aldons. " i
SONfcLEY,
Agent.
%
Married
MAmiLKD, ou tho 31-t August
1800, by tho llo-v. J. P. (Jibuti, Mr.
U. T. CHAPMAN of Anderson, audi
ili: .s K. Brock of Abbeville.
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Obituary.
DIKI>, May 13th 1809, at his residence
near JEonea l'titb, DAVID
(7 UKl'li, in tho TO year of his age.
The deceased was a native of South
Carolina and spent most of his life in
the vicinity of his late residence. He
was a man of a cheerful, contented
disposition, not inclined to wander
ironi place to place in search of wealth,
but possessing a competency he was
content to sil and enjoy it with
his friends and neighbors.
David Greer was endowed, in r.
largo degree with all the ordinary
virtues that adorn humanity. As a
farmer ho was thrifty, frugal, and
economical. As u neighbor he was
kind, generous and social. In domeslie
enjoyment ho was hnj>i>y, nnd
chocrftil, and a good liver. As a citizen
he always look a deep interest in
public affair?. As a Christian he was
sincere, humble and consistent in his
'walk. Jle was, daring his whole
(Christian life, a member of the barker's
Creek liapti^t church, whore he
had h:.< fyst and Ia<t connection, lie
was an aiTeclionatchupbund.n fvuul father,
and a kind master, as the staying
..( i.:. i - ? ?
... it-vuiiitivn wim nun iiuiy pruvi'.'i.
Inal! the duties of life ho aeted in
iho fear of Cod : and after lingering
ami ji:: infill deelino lit' ended his
useful life. in iho humble hope,
through grace of a glorious immorlalil
y.
mr :/jJu?iTTT?vicr-c-^-frjx-ca-rt'T- i rvsivum .vut
mm TO PATRONS.
~Tj~ MXIM'X'T to ho absent from my
oliiee UOlh, 2i.st and 22d inst.
W;n. C. WardlaTv', D. D. 3.
17th. 18(iU, lit?If.
It 111 Mil.
The remainder of iho
STOCK OF GOODS
I r? tt n t <1./*
. %i\j uiv muru lau'iy uccil1'it'll
by
JOHN A, TALHABGB,
! AY ill bo sold at
PUBLIC AUCTION
O X
J jsl A^O
? ?.
| LADIES
: Arc respectfully invited to
attend, as they may expect
BARGAINS
in their lino,
Sept. 17, 1SC9, 21?It
I Wilson's Mill a Succcss!
?_?. ? ?
Those who wish Fine
Family Flour
SHOULD TAKE THEIR GRAIN TO
, wmmws
[T has rcccntly boon fitted up with
new iSinutlor, new Separator, now
Moiling (Jiotli ami now -Maeliincrv of
(ho best kind now in use in tho "United
Slates.
mi(;u WILSON.
Sept. 15, 1S0S, 43?t-f
"josT RECETVEO.
rf^ooTii r>mTsnE9,
X Hair HrusheP,
Coniba,
Plain ami Fancy Pnnji?,
Jlarxlkoioliiof Exiificls,
Lily White ami othertoilet articles,
White Lead and other Paints,
Hosteller's Hitters,
Plantation Bitters,
Ami a largo assortment of fresh Drugs nntl
Mhdiciues, at
Parker & Thomson's
Sopt 1*1, 1809, 21?If 1 .. ! NB
?? J-..
FOR '
EMSHIlEDCLOVIiltSEP.il
...4T . *
~ .. ? u
Parker & Thomson's
Sopt 17, 1869, 21-rtf
. JUGS AND JARS.
A I^L persons desiring , to p^chivso
/\ a choice lot of. oartn^nwarej
consisting of Jngsand Jars' Will appljr.to
GEO. B. SONDtaEY,
At (ho Depot.
Sept. 15, 18G9, It
' I MIIWI ! !' ! IB I I Ml
R. 0. SHARP & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS,
A'SD
General Conissira Merchants,
ju: u ?? j\ ,b" WJlA lil<\
Chcirlcston, S. C.
Sept. 17,18(!0, 21?3m
I
Bf virtuo of sundry writs of Fieri Farias,
lo mo directed, I will fell at
j Abbcvillo C. 11., on the i>rel MONDAY in
| October next, within tho legal hours of Hale,
| all the iutorost which William ftichcy haa
i in a tract of land, containing throo hun?
Idrcd ami thirty-live acre?, moro or less, n<l!
joining lan-.ls of Win. Dunn, Jas. l>!uinc,
: James Wright and others, ails. Nancy
lliehov. II. S. CASGN,
SheiilFs Office, ) S. A. C.
Sopt 11, ICtSO. J 21?tJ
KHON NOTICE.
I \ LT< MAN AG F.ltS OF ELECTION for ?io
j iV J'.k'cliiii Itcl.l May ;!6, will present
i their Accounts, properly attested, on or before
! I lie 'J'iili inr.l.
j r(/.m.ni:ns of election wilt
mo'-t on Tl'KSUAV, llic 21&1 iiutnut, at AbbcI
villo Court House.
L. L. GVZFIN,
Chairman ISoiu J of Commissioners of Election.
| Kept IS 23 It
If 80101EB EAGT0SY.
I
l - -
1 o-o
PEMliS underfilled he?r to inform
? the puMic ijanerally that their
I machinery lor WOOL CAilUl2\(J is
I now in successful operation, and they
! weald respectfully solicit a sharo of
J pafrona;xe. The factory is situated
'on little (Jcnero.slee, in the fcjoutlfwest
jcorner of Anderson District, ono
jmile from Craft's Ferry and* seven
miles above J.owndesvillo. The ma!
t.-hinery is entirely new and of the
i host quality, with 15urr Maehino "attached
; mixes cotton and wool finely.
Our charges for carding will be t'no.
cusloimrry prices.
?. \Y. SIIKUAIil),
.1. II. KM ED.
Sepl. 17th, 18C9 21?2t.
ftCflTO TAX-PAi EES.
Ari)ITu!;.> OFFICE,
Dun AVr.sr, Anr.KVir.tK Co.,)
Hopteml er llih, lt-.'Ui) J
a l.h l'KKSONS who liavo bought
?"\_ or Pold lands, ijols or Houses,
in Abbeville County, during the year,
from the 1*1 September, l.SliS, to 1st
September 18(J!i, are required to report
the fact to this ofliec on orbeforo
j i he first day of October next, so that
llho taxes on Kiieh lands tor the year
118t?fl may bo charged to the proper
j parties. Otherwise they will bo faltered
up against the baaie parties as
i last year.
A. C. HAWTHORN",
County Auditor.
Sept. 17th, lSliO, 21? 2t.
BAKEE, "PORTER&C0.
Gracers and Bealsrs in Prcta.
no rjor r,noAi>
At; c JUST A, Ci.V.
Ol.n ]louse of RAKER A
HOWr.ALl). h. ir? dissolved, ilic under
have i.siO' i-ii.-'l tli' tnselvi's together unt'i-*
name and stylo of BAKER, POUTER
<i CO for the of a (SEXERAL
(IROl'EIlY Mil COMMISSION ISUSINEX^,
?1 t"> ir Store Xo. 'Jo'/ Broad Si reel, where wo
shall take irivut pleasure in vceing our many
patrons nn-1 friends, tind oU'oring (hem o M-lfOI
(ion from onrhugrc stool: of Groceries, Bagging
1 Hope, Tics, Salt, iiaeoii and Provisions.
And permit its to assure. thorn t'.mt our former
rcputat io:i for hnvir.g the finest qrality of
goods, We shall ever endeavor to maiutaiu
CUA1!I.V.A iMK'iri!
i jo 11 no. ' po lVii-Vi t!
LEWIS V. GOODRICH,
Angustn. CJn.. 17 *21?2ui. nl?.
CO-PA UTN ESS 111 P.
GOTTOH "FAGTOES
AND
Commission Merchants.
STOVALL & ROLAND,
,?Or"-'-"
UNDERSIGNED, lmvmc nMoeintetl
1 tWr.elves iu tlu- COMMISSION BL'SI>i
un-V-r the niiwo n:rd stylo of STOVALL A
ROWLAND, will I'iffonul attention tothn
salt: of cotton awl oilier, pro Jncft, nn?l woulil
respectfully solicit l'lautcrs and Merchants' busine?3.
'
Orders for TUCKING, ROTE, TIES niul
PAMII.V RfPI'MW *- " * ' '
l>i urn jury nucnucd to.
CshIi nrivAiu-ea oil v.gnaigmiifcnts,
ODice, corucr JavUfon nnd J^cynolJs elrecU,
opposite I'oullnin's Warehouse.
15. A. STOVATJ,.
CIIASi. A. IiOWLAKD,
Formerly Fleming A Itowlr.nd.
Augusta, Odf ,
Sept. 17 1801), 21?fit. i?U 'vv.
PROBATE JUDGES SALE./
?
' iv :
In tltc Probate Court, Andprapn,Coonly.
v 1 ' i
Harrison Long, Am'r, vs. M. T. Jjbpg, ct.
al. Petition for sale Land'. *
BY virtue of an order lo roejjflirstyeil,
from \V. \V. Humphreys,pf,
l'robuto for Aoderson county, I ftiuTgx.-'
ppsc to 6{?lc on SaleHay in October
at Anderson C? I?., tl?o follow iriff nronerlk'
Fold as tho Ileal' Instate of1 Augusta? 'JLV 1
TjOd*, dec?Wed, vis * < .... - 8
, ONE;,TUAct OF LANt)', 1
. >u" ' I
ConfatiMtg' 138 moro or lesjt^tt 9
waters of Little QenOrofcteo creek, adjoining'
lands of Andrew Rei<l,.Jobn McLin, Dr. A. 9
G. Oook and others.,) > . ?
Terms'.?On n'credit of twelve month?, 9
with interest' from day of aftta, purchasers $3
girmg bond with good secutity, and a
mortgage of the' premises /or the pay- JS
meat of the ; purchase roonoy,^with the ?
privilege of anticipating payrpftpt at any. S
time. Purchasers (o pay for stamps nnd ra
all necessary papers?costs to be pnid ill ?
casbw'/; SB
.c/f -h ** ??*?? -i WM. MoGUKIN, . j M
ii . Shetfffi-Andenou^Jpunty, ). M
Scpl 17, 1800 -21?21 JB