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BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE S. C., WEDNESDAY^ OCTOBER 22, 1873, : .,? s? ?,.i . .?': ( VOLUME XXl-rJftEJF %>
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OFFICIAL.
Final [Discharge,
"WfOTICE is hereby given that WilIK
liam Wilson, Guardian of the
Estate of Elizabeth- Ji. Hilbnrn,
has applied to Charles W. Ouffln,
Judge of Probate, in and for the
County of Abbeville, for a linal discharge
as Guardian.
It is Ordered, That the 2oth day of Oc
tober, A.D. IST.'J, be fixed for hearing of
Petition, and a final settlement of said
Estate.
J. C. "YVOSMAXSKY.
C. 0. P -V c
Sept. 24, 1S73, 24-4t * '
PROPOSALSTO
repair the PLASTERING of
the Jail will be received at this
office until the 30th of OCTOBER.
Bids will also be received to PAN
NEL CEIL the lower rooms over
head. '
By order cf the Board,
W. II. TAGGAiiT,
? . . . CJork.
Office of Co. Comm'rs, }
Sept. 24, 1873, 25.4t j
Tie Slate of Sootl Carolina,
yY ABBEVILLE COUNTY.
' *" *' In the Probate. Court.
Ex Parte William J. Arnold.
Petition to prove Will in due form of
law, of Hart P. Arnold, dee'd.
SUMMONS.
To Martha Ann Romans, now wifeof
?? name unknown, Sarah Elizabeth
Romans, Emma Romans and William
Romans, children of Belinda
Romans, deceased, and legal heirs
and DistriDiuees 01 nan jr. aiuuiu,
Pec'd whose residence is unknown,
Greeting :
WHEREAS Wm. J. Arnold, Executor
of" the Will of the above named JIart
1'. Arnold, deceased, ou the 22d day of
September, 1S73, tiled his petition in the
Courtof Probate's aforesaid, praying to
bo permitted to swear and examine witnesses
for the proof of said Will in due
.form of Law, and it was ordered that
the 10th "day of November, 1S7.'J, be designated
for the trial and proof of said:
.AVjlU
Now, You are hereby summoned and j
repaired as heirs atiuw of said Testator!
to answer the said petition of said Wm.
J. Arnold, ana rue your austtw m mc
Court of Probate for Abbeville County,
South Carolina, on or before the loth
day of November next.
Witness my band and the seal of this
oT| Court at Abbeville C. II., S. C., this
P the twenty-third day of September,
? J Anno Domini 1873.
CHAS. W. C3UFFIX,
Judge of Probate Abbeville Couuty.
Sept. 34, 1873, 24-Gt
WhitebrqThebs
I
liave now in Store and for Sale
460 Bushels
Rust Proof Red Oafs.
THEY are extra fine?pure and
heavy. The experience of plan...
Jers who have been most successful in
raising Oats is that September is the
proper time for sowing. Hear what the
Southern Cultivator says; "Fall outs
were badly winter-killed this yearSpring
oats have been unusually fine.
It will be unwise to conclude from this
that Fall oats won't do. Our own expe.
rience and the best information we can
get from all quarters is, that Fall Oats
are the most certain crop of the two,
and especially is this true, if they are
planted 011 rich laud, or if well fertilized."
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Ang.ift, 1878;
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AUTISTIC TAILORING,
1., WOULD respectfully iuform iny
customers that I have just returned
from the North, and am now opening a
select Stock of
Clotfis,' Cassiinercs ail Triirais,
which I will CUT and MAKE up to
order, or sell on reasonable terms, FOB
CASH. TAILORING done for Men
and Boy8 ill the LATEST and BEST
STYLES.
? Shirt Patterns.
I would especially call the attention of
every one to my splendid fitting Shirt
Patterns. Give me a call without fail.
S. A. BREAZEALE.
*r?__ a r% i in-o of
oept, z-t, laio
~ C0TT0N GINS.
. rBIHE Subscriber has now in store,
a for sale at low prices, Cotton Saw
tiins of all sizes, from 40 to U0 Saws,
v both of Northern anil Southern manufacture.
The MAGNOLIA GIN is believed to
be the lightest running (Jin made, and
clearfs the seed to the satisfaction of
?vary. planter who has used them, and
etCTy^QfiHjold has given perfect satisfaction
to the purchaser.
Price of Northern made Gins, $4 per
aw.'
' Southern made Gins, $4.50 per saw.
Both are first-class Cins.
.VI f fO ALSO
, Brown's Georgia pattern Gir.s.
Hall's Gins and Feeders.
Gullett's Steel Brush Gins.
- Gullett's and Deering's Cotton Presses.
Price $1;3U each.
a.M;,
McCarthy 's Sea Island Cotton Ciins.
C. GRAVELKV,
52Ea?t i Jay, South ct I'ositotlice,
Aug. 20, 1S73, lui. ] Charleston, S. C,
Pictures for tlie Million
HAYING again returned to Abbeville,
I aiu prepared to furnish
Photographs and Ferotypes
of all styles and sizes and on the
most reasonable terms. Persons
wishing good pictures will do
well to call soou. Liberal discounts
to families.
**' -Gallery over Trowbridge's Store.
Very respectfully,
J. M. DODSON,
Plinf-ficrnnlifir.
\t?
Oct. 1,1?73, 2o-tf
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NELSON" & CAiYXOiV
p * t tr
WOULD call special attention to their
stock of FLANNELS, including the
Franklin Mills Opera Flannels, in all
ctffors and shades.
Sept 24, 1873 24, tf
WORTH of New Goods having
arrived under the big sign of
A. BEQUEST will be disposed of at
such a low figure as to nalisly purchasers
they are next to
Given
away. The Groceries comprise
TEAS, COFFEES, SUGARS, RICE,
FLOUR, CORN, POTATOES, BACON,
I1AMS, &c.f &c. As lor clothing
the variety is so well assorted
that no one can go
Away
dissatisfied with the quantity and
quality of our BOOTS, SHOES,
COATS, VESTS, HATS, CAPS,
PANTS, and cverrthing else in that
line. OUR PRESS GOODS, MUFFLERS,
FINE SHAWLS, &c., for
ladies' comforts arc very inviting.
! Our Stock of LIQUORS, SEGA IIS,
L'l L'ftX, "l'U U..AVAAJ, cVf., At'., iiru u.\cellent.
Call and examine.
A. Bequest,
. "Wilson & Cothran Range.
Sept. 24, 1S73, 24-tf
Moise Fever and Ague Pills
Elix Iodine Promidc of Calcium.
Elix Bromide Posaofiitim,
Sol. Persulphuto of Iron,
Chronic Acid,
Colorless Tint of Iodine.
PARKER & PERRIN'S.
Oct 1, 1S73.
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i New Advertisements.
WANTED
|nn Farmers ami Farmers'Sons durlUU
in# the Fall and Winter months to
do business in their ovn and adjoining
townships. Business respectable, easy
and pays well. For particulars, address
S. S. .SCAN TON & CO., Hartford, Conn.
T?TT? IT G7T1P HINGE CON K
BUHNEIl FOB
. *UN CHIMNJSYS, made by \> LUME
& AT WOOD, produces the largest
! light. Can be used on any coal oil lamp.
: For sale by all lamp dealers.
STEAM ENGINES,
'1 1
Rfill FfK "
AND MACHINERY,
, .Stationary and Portable Steam Engines
' and lioilers,'Cray's Anti-Friction Cotton
Press, Circular, Gang and Mulay
Saw Mills; Portable and Stationary
: Flouring Mills, Sugar Cane Mills and
!Sugar Pans, Narrow Gauge Locomotives
and Dummy Engines for street
roads and mining purposes, new ami
; second-hand Iron and Wood Working
Machinery of every description. Send
for circular.
WASH I NO TON IRON WORKS,
, 00 Vesey Street, New York.
Gray's Celebrated Anti-Friction Cotton
Press.
jThc cheapest, simplest and most ]>erfect
I Cotton Screw ever invented. Send for
circular. WASHINGTON IRON
WOBKS, GO Vesey Strcet, New York,
sole manufacturers.
i ?'OMBNKK
sell our French and American Jewelry,
i Books, Games, &e., in their own localiI
ties. No capital needed. Catalogue,
i Terms-, Ac., sent Fit re. P. O.-VICKi
ERY & CO., Augusta, Maine.
MONEY with.Stencil and
Key Cheek Outfits. Catalogues and full
particulars FREE. S. M. Spenckh, 117
j Hanover street, Boston. _
TlfE G RE A TE ST IN VE NTIO.Y
OF THE AGE.
'Agents wanted everywhere. Samples
'jind forms free. Address W. C. Walk
Jek, 11 usselIvilie, Kv.
I ^OSVCHOMAXCY, OR SOUL
1j CII.\IIMING." How either
sex may fascinate and gain the love and
'affections of any person they choose, injstantly.
This simple mental reouiieJment
all can possess, free, by mail, for
;?> cents; together with a Marriage
j Guide, Egyptian Oracle, Dreams, Hints
! to Ladies/ A queer hook. 100,000 sold.
Address T. WILLIAM & CO., Publishers,
Philadelphia.
BEST A 3D OLDEST FAMILY MEDICINE.
Jjp
damnum s
Lli EH IllliiSIf"
! A purely Vegetable Cat/iardesLwd Tonic,
j for Dyspepsia, Constipation, Debility,
| Sick Headache, liilious Attacks, and all
derangements of Liver, Stomach and
' I towels. Ask your Druggist for it. lieay
n-c of iiuifaUons.
Drs. Greene, LMJej & Bernini's
!. GREAT
!FAMILY MEDICINES!
I Their success attest their merits. The
afflicted who have tried them say DR.
Ult'EKXE'S FIT CUKE will stop nt
1 - ^11 r\f VHe .QrinuniQ nrwl ( 'itn<
OIICU Ull iviuun */! X 11.1,
! vulsions. Epilepsy, Chorea and Nervous
j Wakefulness are completely under its
control. That C'oinp. Ext. Corydalis
is the greatest ALTERATIVE and
JU.OOD PURIFIER known- That
Mki>icatt:i> Honky lias no equal as a
remedy in lironeliitis, Asthma and
Cough's That Nkuiialuia Si'KCii'ic is
just what its name implies. They art
for sale bvall Druggists. Prepared only
drs. <;reene, limjley
j<fc bentley, Charlotte, X. C.
per day! Agent?
wanted! All
classes of working people, of either sex,
' young or old, make more money at work
1 for us in their spare moments, or all the
time, than at any thins: else. Particular?
I free. Address G. STIXSOX & CO.,
Portland Maine.
THE EARLY CALLED.
BY TIIE REV. CHARLES WOLFE, A. B.
L
| If I had thought thou could'st have
died,
I might not weep for thee;
But 1 forgot when by thy side,
I Thut thou could'st mortal be.
It nover through my mind had past
The time would e'er be o'er;
And I on thee should look my last
And thou should'st smile no more!
II.
And still upon that face I look,
And think 'twill smile again ;
And still the thought I will not brook
That I must look in vain !
But when I speak, thou dost not say
What thou ne'er Jcft'st unsaid;
And now I feel as well I may,
Sweet Mary! thou art dead!
III.
If thou would'st stay, e'en as thou art,
All cold and all serene,
I still might press thy silent heart
And where thy smiles have been !
"While e'en thy chill, bleak corse, I have
Thou seemest still mine own ;
But there I lay thee in the grave,
And I am now alone!
IV.
-r ,i_ A 1 ? i.1
i (io noi 111111 k f wuerer uiuu uri/,
Thou hast forgotten nie ;
And I perhaps may soothe this heart
Jn thinking still of thee;
Yet there was round tliec such a dawn
Of light ne'er seen before,
As fancy never could have drawn,
And never can restore!
[Three copies of the above exquisite
verses, by the author of "The Burial of
Sir John Moore," were found among
the papers of the Jate Mr. Edwin Henderson.
They had been written by him
only a few days before his death.]
Aunt Mabel's -Masquerade.
Ill one of the handsomest bedrooms
of the Metropolitan 3Iotel,
in New York, a lady sat beside the
fire, reading over some letters she
had just taken j'rom her traveling
satchel. She was not young, but
her silvery white hair, arranged in
loose rolls under her soft lace cap,
suited well her fair complexion and
large blue eyes, as yet undimmcd
by age, and undisfigured by spectacles.
Everything about her betokened
wealth; the heavy gray travelling
dresa she wore was of rich
material, and the trunks in the room
were of the best make, and evidently
well filled. Rich diamonds
sparkled upon her delicate white
i hands, and held the fine lace collar
at her throat.
As she read letter after letter, her
lips curled in a cynical smile,, and!
I -ll l.A nCtnn!
iiiir mulleins iiiu ouiucLuiu^ mai ,
thi3 fashion:?
"The rapturous tone of delight i
in these letters seems to be some-1
what overdrawn. My return from:
j Europe would seem to be the open-J
jing of Paradise to my brother's!
i widow and her two daughters, Julie:
land Maude. Sister Kate's husbandi
|does not write, but the letter from
jher daughter Lizzie is certainly
; gushing. But May Herbert?little
! May, my namesake and baby pet,
i dear Mary's orphan child?writes
! ine only a cold little note in answer
to my announcement that I am
'coming home after fourteen years'
! absence. I wonder if all the others
J would write just such formal letters
if my husband had not willed to
! me his vast fortune. Ah, me! How
much of this affection is for 'dear
Aunt Mabel?' how much for her
|dollars and cents? I wish I could
! know something of. these relations
jfrom whom I have been parted so
;long. Brother J6hn was cold and
isellisli; are his girls like him?
I Sister Kate was feeble in purpose,
1IJ UUCII^UUj tlliu yuij lll? nicwij
good 'impulses under the fear of
j offending lier exacting husband.
Mary-?ah, why are they all dead?
[?Mary loved me. Mary would
give me a welcome if I came in j
I rags, without a dollar in my pocket.
|I wonder if?it is a stale old trick,)
a foundation for stories without end j
|?but 1 wonder if I could find out
'more about them all if I went in
'masquerade? I'll try it. Fourteen
years must have changed me. I'll
see what kind of girls these four
nieces of mine have grown to be.
, Strange that there should be no boy j
, to claim a share of my money. I
Only o;irls. AVell, one of them may.
liiid a pleasant home by sharing my
solitude. I wonder why May does
not love me as the others do."
Still musing, the old lady rose,
and opening one of her trunks, took
(from it a number of halt-worn gar-j
nients; from these she selected aj
1 blaek alpaca, which she deliberately I
proceeded to tear in conspicuous'
! places, and soil with ashes from the:
j grate. From a lace cap she re-,
moved all the trimming, and ill-l
| treated it as she had done the dress.
!no* hor dross slip, nnt nn llioi
'black alpaca and soiled cap, care-'
.fully put away herrings, watch and
ornaments, and tied over her head
| a small breakfast shawl cf faded
crimson wool. Then wrapping heri
self in a large blanket shawl, which
is'ue made shabby in a few minutes,
J she surveyed herself in the mirror, j
i Certainly she looked very unlike!
| the exquisitely dressed lady who
' had been there a few minutes be- i
ilore, but she seemed well pleased,;
and a few moments later started
' out.
1 Buying a wide basket, she stock'
rv/1 If urnl 1 tvi fli nnn/11 ao nl ii.i
, i 10 wv/ii ?? iiu
(buttons, and such small traps, and
j walked rapidly till she stood in
I front of a handsome brown-stone
|! house, on a fashionable street,
j 'U'm! John must have left In*
'[family well off. Three stories and
!ibasement, and all the modern im'!provcments,
as the advertisements
1't ay. Arc the ladies in V she asked
. ~ i
alou$, as the door was opened by
the servant
'We don't want anything.'
'All, let me see the ladies,' and
the girl felt a crisp'note pressed in
her hand.
'Go right lip to the head of the
stairs,' she said, 'but don't say I let
you in, or you'll cost me my place.'
Til not tell how I got in,' said
the old woman, hobbling, as it very j
feeble, up the stairs, to knock at
the door of the sitting-room.
Entering* in answer to a summons
from inside, she found three
ladies, very handsomely dressed,
sewing busily.
"With a broad brogue she complimented
them all, and displayed her
wares. The young ladies, blondes
of about twenty and twenty-two,
were about to dismiss her, when the
older stopped them with a whisper,
in which the word cheap was distinctly
audible.
"While they were examining her
goods, and visibly wondering at her
low prices, the pretended pedlar
examined the three faces keenly.
They were all pretty, mother and
daughters, and the aunt noted witli
a half smile her own blue eyes and
o ? ii._
liiir iiiiii' in inu gins.
'They arc like John,' she
thought.
'Mother,' Julie said, 'weren'tyou
wishing for a new pincushion for
Aunt Mabel's room? Here is a
pretty one.'
'IIow much is it?'
'Fifty cents, marm.'
'Take it, Julie.'
'1 wouldn't spend fifty cents on a
pincushion till I was sure she was
coming here,' said Maude crossly.
?.:n '
~\Jl cuursu SllU \>iil wumu nuic,
said her'mother. 'Where else would
she go ? Your uncle Ralph boards,
and certainly she won't go to a
miserable tenement house to Mabel.'
'I suppose she will come here,'
said Julie, 'and put on all sorts of
airs because she is rich.'
'It is strange we do not hear from
her,' said the mother musingly;
'the Oceanica was due last night.'
'Didn't vces hear of the accident ?
said the old woman. 'It's gone to
the bottom she lias, with every soul
aboard.'
'The Oceanica V gasped the elder
lady.
'That same, mam. The newsboys
was a calling of it as I came!
along/
'Good gracious! then Aunt Ma*
' "? 111 -!1 * .1 ^ ^ |
Del 13 urowneci: sum .uuuue, us;
coolly as if she spoke of a defunct:
kitten.
'A nice mess, if she made no'
will,'said the mother, in a vexed i
tone. 'Xobody knows h'ow she J
liokls her money; hut likely enough,1
if she made no wiLj, it will all go
back to her husband's relatives.'
'Well, we slia'n'tstarve,'said Julie
composedly. 'Papa left us comfortable.'
'Comfortable!' said her mother.
'A miserable fifty thousand dollars!
for three. Here, take away your!
traps, old woman; I don't want,
any tiling now. I declare I could
cry with vexation ! Julie pay the
woman, and let her go.'
- 'Cry with vexation,' thought the
old woman, courtesying herself out.
'Xot a tear to shed for the memory
of her darling sister, as she calls
me in her letters, and the girls have
not a word of sorrow for the idolized
aunt. A\'ell, well. Now for
Kate's daughter. She is very ardent
also, on paper.'
The next call, at a fashionable
hoarding-house, found the old woman
in the presence of an elderly
gentleman and a pale, languid
young lady, who were reading in a
private parlour.
The lady did not rise from her
low easy-chair, but motioucd the
pedlar to come to her, and carelessly
tossed over her wares.
'Papa,' she said prssently, as the
mantel clock struck three, 'hadn't
you bettor see if the aftornoon paper
is out ? Perhaps the Occanica
came in this morning.'
? "V- - 1 -.1
Again me preienucu fjuuuu iuiu
her news. Lizzie sprang crect at
once.
'Lost! All on board lost!'
'So the}' said, inarm!'
'Oh, papa!'
'.Don't faint now, Elizabeth, and
make a scene. It is very annoying
of course, but probably your aunt
made a will before she sailed. If
not, you are one of the heirs at law.
Indeed, I don't know but it is better
as it is. Hhe might have left
her whole property to one ot your
cousins.'
'J>ut oh, pnpa, think of her jewels;
of course she had lovely presents
for us, and nobody knows how
inueli property in licr trunks.'
'Can't he helped. I'll go out and
see if 1 can learn learn any particulars.'
And the gentleman sauntered
into an adjoining room, while the
old woman gathered up her basket
and left in haste.
1 # i .i:_
'One more gushing relative ui?!
posed oi',' she thought bitterly. 'I
wonder if it is worth while to find
Ma}'. She evidently does not care
forme. Little May! .How pretty
! she was when I left, though she was
j not six years old. Mary wrote me
j she was like me, but that was seven
years ago, and poor Mary is dead
I over three years. I should think
~ * ill
jsomo ct Iicr cousins wouin nave
|May with them, poor orphan girl!'
( The house the pedlar of small
lAvares entered after a long, tiresome
walk, was in a poor locality,
where small respectable houses
were reented in iloors to working
women or poor families. The du&k
of a November evening was falling,
arid a misty rain had commenced,
when the' old woman knocked at
the door of a room .011 the upper
'floor of 0110 of the mean louses,
lit was opened by a young girl,, very
nlainlv dressed, who had evidently
r /
been basting gentlemen's clothing
for an elderly woman running aj
sewing machine.
'Good evening,' said Aunt Mabel,
looking at the sweet, fair face; 'can
"I sell you some threads and needles
very cheap ? I've got some pretty
ribbons, too.'
'Come in!' the girl said, gently;
'you are cold, antl your shawl is
wet.'
'It has just set in to rain,' was the
answer, 'and I'll be glad to rest a
little.'
And then, to her own surprise,
Aunt Mabel found the room reeling,
and herself growing very faint,
after her long fast and unaccustomed
fatigue.
She is ill! Aunt Lucy, coTne!'
the girl cried, and Aunt' Mabel
knew, no more tor some minutes.
"When she revived,'she found herself
lying upon a bed in an inner
room, her shawl and hood orr, uer
dress loosened, and her hostess
bathing her face in cool water.
'Are you better?' she asked gently.
'I am sorry I have no wine cr
cologne water, but I will have a cup
of tea for you presently.'
riiifl flftlnirnn nn't. fftT* tllG
I ? VI auvi wivjjuv mi. v ?
likes of us,' said tne invalid. Tm
cold and starving, honey.'
Til have something for you to
eat iu a moment. Don't try.to sit.
| up.'
I And Aunt Lucy, coming1 in, enforced
the gentle command.
1 Til sit here, May, "while you get
a cup of tea and some toast for the
!poor body,' she said; 'Ah, it's hard
to be old and poor,' she added, as
May left. 'I know it myself.'
'Your niece, marm r saw ine|
pretended pedlar, looking after
May.
'My brother's child. She's been'
like a daughter to me since her
mother died, though I can help her
but little, for I'm sick, off and on,
the biggest part of the year.'
SShe is very pretty.'
'She's better than that; she's
good,' was the earnest reply. 'Iler
father died when she was sixteen,
anfl her mother only lived a .year
ufijej, Since then.,May ami r;hgvc:
livfed together, sewing and keeping
* i i ' li '
house as we uest cou.iu in musu
three little rooms. "Well,' aud the
old woman sighed,, 'we've never
frozen nor starved, but we've been
pretty near both, more'than. once.'
'May!' said her charge; 'that is a
pretty name.' '
'Ilei* name is Mabel. She is called
for her mother's sister, a rich' lady.'
'Rich! Why don't she keep lier
then?' ' ' /
'I don't think -she knows how
poor wc are' May is too proud tc
write to her for help, and she's been
in Europe for years.'
'2fow,' said a cheery voice, as
May re-entered, 'see if you can'sit
up and cat this.'
A very simpie m eal. 0 nly a c 11 p
of tea?cheap tea too?a slice of,
toast, an eg^ and a baked apple;
but Aunt Mabel thought 110 meal!
had ever tasted so delicious to her. j
But trying to., rise, she found the)
giddiness returning, and was forced j
to lie down again.
'What sltall I do ?' she said piteonsly.
'I cannot stand np.'
'Lie down then,'snid May. Til
go tell your friends where you are,
iif you wish.'
'I have no friends.'
'Then you lrad better lie.still till
; morning.'
'But this is your bed.'
'Aunt Lucy will lie beside you,
land I shall do nicely on the lounge;
: in the other room. Do you think
jyou can sleep ?'
'Yes. I am very tired.'
And when she was alone, Aunt1
jMabel did sleep soundly. She did1
| not know the hour when she awoke,
but through the open door .she could ;
see her niece and Aunt Lucy sew-,
ing busily, and hear them m low
conversation.
' * 1 ?1- ~ ? ?.An I'n/Mtr qIi a
'Aim now, wfitMi jvu ixi.v/i.
!lias come,' said Aunt Lucy, 'will
you not let your Aunt Mabel know j
I how very poor we ar6 V
| 'Xevcr,' was the firm reply. 'I:
; shall call because she is mother's i
Isister, but I will never fawn upon!
any rich relative.'
'Jjut, May, I thought you were:
very iond of her.'
'i was sucdi a little girl when she ;
went away,' said the sweet, cheery
| voice, 'that I scarcely remember{
;anything but a gentle face and a.
'kind voice; but her letters to dear
i.wl.m. niiil mother's talk about!
I UlVWIt v? J -
her, make me feci that 1 should love,
jher very, very dearly. If she was;
poor, Auntie'?
'Like me V
'Like you, dear Auntie,' was the
answer, with a loving kiss, 'I would:
go to her and tell her how mother
'made me love her. I would kiss
her, and ask her to come share our
home. Hut now, if I went to her
; with loving words, she would say
this girl wants my money.'
j 4]Nto, she would not!' cried a
voice from the bed. 'She would
! say, 'Conic hero, May, little May,
and give your warm, true love to "a
desolate old rich woman, who
craves it for her own sake and your
mother's!'
) Js , r ? i,, > ' > ? " 5"
And May, running in half frightened,
found herself wrapped in a
loving embrace, and her late patient
sirhbihg" over her, caressing her, <
and murmuring? ' i
'Little;May, dear little May! Mary's
child!'.'... ......
There was a happy household established
in 'a handsome house,
wnoreiYiay is tne aariiag>ioE two *
aunts; but Julie, Maude, anil Lizgiej <
'never heard the secret of Aunt ;
Mabel's partiality.
' . i " '
The Great Northern and Southern (
Railroad. 1
Editor Abbeville Press -and Banner r; ]
Your re'adevs- have ur>doubtedly ^
taken some interest in the project- <
ed narrow gauge railroad. It ib a (
new enterprise and seeks a new
field entirely for its location. / Toledo
one terminus on J^ake Erie is I
/ .1 . r* i i
m the miust or a large agricultural
section, and tributary to the shipping
interests of' tlie great Lake.
Toledo also has aspirations peculiar
to Western towns. Chicago a
rivfil has held her convention in
reference to a railroad to the South
Atlantic, and should she be sue- ]
cossftil in enlisting the "interest of ;
the different sections, she will-']
hare accomplished but a small por- I
tion of the difficulties that will he j
met in perfecting an organization. J
At Ciuciunatti she will meet with <
difficulties that may retard her <
progress through Kentucky. There i
are 110 less than half a dozen char- ]
tered. companies with roads half '
completed, who have for years been j
seeking a Southern..outlet. Louis- <
?* T
ville, Cincinnatti's rival, is 011 the 1
f . J
alert, and'like the dog in a manger (
is using every influence to keep j
Cinciuinitti tributary to lier line of ^
railroads. Thus, with these combi- ]
nations, ' I * can see no good
resulting from waiting for this
Chicago and South Atlantic railroad
to take shape. Years and '
large amount of money has been ;
expended upon youu Northern out- ;
let without any doiinftc results, and .J
1 ?ii ]
your pcupi.u uiu luiinj nu ncmci .
Ivnoxville ifiah you were years ago. ;
Any'datulld 'financier or railroad :
mnn' can sit' down- rind carefully
'estimatethe cost-of this enterprise, j
Avhich, caai .oyly ;,b$ accpmplishpd;
wheji every-.conipany now looking in
your. direction nave ceased to '
ouartful.; fhave carefully surveyed i
tli6 whote project,'rind undoubted-. \
\y I arrr as enthusiastic in reference f]
this railroad enterprise as ]
any of your; citizens cau,be. 1 !
have given it no. hopes, .ana. now <
my etinte at&n'tf q\i is'Centered in ;
imothci'j'that costing one-half less,-.*
occupying au undisputed -territory i
r-rand wlniu built will give to. the
stockholder! a percentag*? of pro- [
fits, tfiat lie, as an original stock-- j
holder" would not have received 1
from 'the other enterprise.' ' -ui
This new 'road may: have some J
difficirlty in procuring .the right , of '
way_ fronv,Joledo to' Columbus;
but fi'pm (be latter .point .to .Portsmouth,
C)hio, the enterprise will ;
have1 air .undesputed1 sway.' The
iThe-1 Scioto Valley,'" one ' of the ]
richest.in Ohio, having a yield of
over ?10,000,000 bushels of corn,
will give you cheap food in exchange
for your cotton and ricc ]
land at cheaper rates than the broad J
1 ga:uge. Portsmouth, Ironton, Cincinnatti,
Columbus and Toledo
want all tlic coal and iron and the
timber found in our undeveloped
sections. Portsmouth with lie Go
blast furnaces, is using every influence
to carry forward the work of
this great enterprise. Tho great
state of Ohio is reaching out her
hand, and seeks to cross the bloody
chasm.
The meeting at "Warm Spring's!
gave the few an impetus worthy flic
aid and influence of every citizen1
who wishes to see the South pros-j
per. Our little read if built will do
more to develop our resources than
any other railroad enterprise has
done. i
Lt is a noticcable fact, and many J J
have e0.mineu.t6d upon it, that but ?
tew of our railroad enterprises in <
the South have penetrated any of <
our mineral sections. The woalthi-jj
est railroads iu the United States, ;j
are those that have been construct- jJ
ed through the coal and iron fields ;
of their immediate sections, and in ! j
consequence to day their influencej(
is'felt everywhere throughout our j ^
broad land. ? N
This is a people's road, not. got- j
ten up in the interests of one individual
or ring?but to developc
tho country and make all rich -audi.*
independent. I'tiild this %"baby"j*
road as Col. Faulkner of Missis-, j
sippi called his Faun and Kipley j
road at tlie .Narrow Uaugc (.'on-',
vcutiou liold sonic years ago at St.;:
Louis, and von build up a grown |J
enterprise that will have its feeders j!
from every point* h
| A little effort on the part of the;J
people just now will do much goodly
towards bringing this enterprise j]
liuto shape. This is no wild-cat}<
|enterprise, seeking to penetrate ai'
country where mankind loath to j
seek a home.
Your unoccupied harbor, if this
(road is built will bring ships load-!
ed from every point of the globe, 1
and take 111 exchange the pr oducts
< : ' . ; ... i 1 r- ..
of the west and your immediate
section. Ships traveling the seas
will seek Port Royal liarbor in
order to coal aud replenish her
3toreri from the granary of the
West and coal. fields of South
West, .Virginia, and East Ken
[qcKy. i .
One biihiJrecl and tliirtv miles of
2onl and over two hundred miles
iron ore,-J should alone give it
ample meang to construct the entire
lincv. , , o.-i ?-f
The address authorized by the :
convention is to be published in
pamphlet form, and distributed 1
*long the route. ''In' this address
the . cpmraittee desire to publish '
nothing but .the facts-and figures. ,
WTiat support or influence ean thisI ]
internrise have, from the citizens
)f Abbeville District.'
0. G/?VANDERHOOF.
1 ??
jist of'Premiums- Awarded at the 3
. t .i : Fifth
Annual Fair of the Abbe- <
. ii' ?*T:?.] i ' . '
Tille Agricultural Society,
on Friday, the 17th Oc- ;
' to^, 1873. '
IV! t- ?!?'? . If. Mi!
Field Crape.
Rpcf, nrna T? A ArnPnnlnn
Best baleof wool,.,.?i...D. Wyatt Aikeu ,
Barley.......'. Same
[{ye Same
Hea-vine hay Jas McCaslan
Red wheat.! Same
?ack flour I........ .Same
lluta bagas..;.......^-...:.J W Trowbridge
Cotton stalks I.....!. J Y Joues
Black oata.J. A B C Lindsay
White potatoes., Same
sack of meal.?...'..;:...'. : Same .
jrealesti variety garden seeds (54)..Same
Sfellow corn.., ...J F C DuPre
White corn (ear):......Same
[vish potatoes.... .......'..Same ;
fellow oats..,.'. Same -j
rurnip.^....v.0..........w....,.-..i..F A Conner, ,
tfed oats.....,, ..........Same j
i'om'atoes J:..... Same )
Jrouhd?pea9..'i.;..''...i..^.,..Bi,ooks Conner ,
Native, hay ....?\V K Bradley (
Mahzei" wtirtzfel..'....;.:.i'..'?..'.!.W H Parker
Carrots. u..?. Same
White wlieat ...Jas McCaslan i
Purhpklud...':.'...'/ .'..Henry Thomas (
Kohl.rabbi Mrs H T Tustin |
')n,ions.. .....Mrs L Gilmer j
ftice....................Henry Thomas <
Table peas W A Lesly \
Best hale cotton W C Fouehe
j' J/o fees.''
Stallion (open to world1/:....Chas Inman <
Stallion (county, 3 yri>).. Allen Moragne
Uallion {county, 4 yrs),..J H McCreery
Model gelding W 8 Biehardsou i
rilly (3 years [.^ ; David Aikln
Horse colt (2 years) J H Baughman :
Mare colt (2 years) .D JF'McGullough :
Mare (4; years}.........;, J B "Watte .
Mare aud colt (county).D Wyatt Aiken <
Jacks artel -Mules.
Muld<5olt (l year).'.-..O ACromer (
Mule co^U2 years),;v^...;.....^\CPerrin .
Stile colt (county). W SBichardson
* ' Saddle- and 'fflirneit 'Hbr'ti&t.
Buggy ma*e (county.?l.D Wyatt Aiken <
Saddle hora9; (oo^nty)....r.u.....S-C Lipk
ftiir cftfriag? horsetf...'G T* Jackson
Poriyjp..^.v...-ii..4?-.Master T D Jackson <
Fancy team D S McCullough
SadtlIe1;li6the.?........iw T Bradley
Pai^fna^sfSfosieftAttujejH W Rogers J
Saddle and" harness horse. ..Same
Mnrfe'ffiyerffs) E Smi'th
Saddle horse... Tom Lane i
Single buggy mare (Susie) -H W Bogprs i
<amo (codnty).......;!:.:..!) Wyatt Aiken
Single buggy mare-or,li#i;s/3 [South Car
diiiia).::..:....j smitn
Single buggy Jiorae;(S;0)..v.i..;...i.8ame <
saddle horse (S 0}. F F Gary .
nn; r:f,"r''' : W Richardson 1
Boy ridcr..;.r,,,.r...iUugWf.niUh ,
Kentleman rkler W T Bradley u
Speed i iug.'.h..'. I>' 8 McCuIIougn i
" - ''Cartfc'. : ' : '. [
Brahmin lnill...;i..J...iJ.D Wyatt Aiken
Ayrshire Jieifer (3 years)..,.. ....Same c
Fatted beef. .. ,'........'F A Wilson ?
Ayrshire bull(3yenrs) J S Wilson j
Grade cow and calf. Same <i
firade heifer (1 year) A B C Lindsay .
Durham bull (1 year) Same 1
Durham cow (2years) Saint
Sheep.
Merino lamb (special).'...A B C Lindsay c
Merino buck DWyatt Aiken N
Merino ewe and lamb Same I
Cashmere buck... '..J F C DuPre t
Deer Geo W Speer [
I Stoine. I "5
Essex sow (1 year)? D Wyatt Aiken
k/t.tM /I i?\ r
UUUl J v;u.i f mm i
lierkshire -boar {'2 years)..-.., Same j
uir Berkshire pigs Same
>air Essex pigs Same
fitted hog f Willie Lawson 1
\>land China pigs. W S Richardson s
'air grade pigs : J 8 Wilson (
Jliester pig W K Bradley i
' 'Poultry. s
?air bronze turkeys....:. J F C DuPre i
?rair brahnu?f.v.ft; ....FA Conner c
Joop brah mas , Same [
Jair games..j.V.'.y.. Brooks Conner
Joop games Same
" air dorkins A W Smith
.'air white ducks.-..MasterL W Parker f
Wctniifactvrcs? Wood, Tin, and Iron '
Willow baskets... f..,R A JMeC'aslan
Hair-brush (home-made) ..G B Lythgoe 0
Subsoil plow "...F A Conner *
l'op buggy Weal, .Sign &, Roberton 1
)pon buggy V. Same f
' i itiaw Same i
L'wo-horse wagon Same
)ne-horse wagon Same I
latent lly-brush H T Tusteu r
[>air horseshoes Lark in Radden (? ) r
<niith hammer Watt Richey (ej j t
I'wo bow baskets Jim IMoseley (e) ]
[jot tinware *. T T Ueacnum
,'otton planter / Carter
>ewing machine Wheeler &Wilson s
1'rain of cars Watt Richey
A'ooden chair T C Austin
\itent door-strip, J W Robertson, fa- c
vorablc mention. 1
Leather. '
Sheepskin...s R A McCaslan s
ioatskiu Same;'
J)?p??r leather Samejr
i'uir dress boots C E iiruce t.
Domestic $ la rutfa( lure*.
White coverlid Mrs Matt Coleman ,
Mixed jeans Mrs J as McCaslan '
Mece homcspuu Same i
'Innuel Samel i
Vlixed woolen doth Sameij
Wool socks Same i
','arpeting Miss Sallie (Jibert >,
Sewing-silk Mrs X K (Jibert;'
!lotton'socks Mrs A 15 C Lindsay
Keathor fly-brush Same'
Jotton thread rSanie j'
.'orton plow-lines.... Same i J
Lintm table-cloth Mrs E 10 liuskin .<
Rug Miss J'J IS' Kyle j
IJalu yarn .Sullivan Manuf Cor
-jilk shnwl Mrs J A Bask in '
Taitnrinr/.
Shirt Mi's Jas McCashm
1'uir drawers .Same
l'air pants Miss Mary Jlolcoiub 1
Patch, Crochet, and tfccdtjffiyffiJ'*
Tatting cotton Miss ElletuDvkel
Infantas dress andsack.MreMOoIsaHni
Worked handkerchief-Mrs J McOaskGt
Needlework.. Miss Geonri* Miller
Ottoman cover MlssE ? Mm
Chemisette.. ;.?Mlss: NeUieiJaJoW
Patch-work quilt../...Miss Ella Lawton
Worsted quilt...... Miss Ada-Oteijp
Marseilles qrilt Mr& JL-W-hifct
Cut quilt Mrs Jus McCaslan
Iian(lkoiThiefs.'...I,..'..Miss'ffalUe PmxIji
Laid work ouilt.l....J Mr? l.T vf uaoa
Bead toilet set
Wax, Tfair, and Shellj-n'rv^fNt ^ I
Rustic work frames..:...Mrs E JL
Basket wax floweiu.MfffifloWt y&Mr j
Shell work...,....!...^.f.,...,..^^...Same
Painting.
Oil painting Miss Jennie Perrln
Fruit piecc-......Miss Annie' Gull lebeau
Colored crayon _ fame
Pencil sketch ./.GeoF E W&icke
Largest collection of paintinfflvdwyfriugs,
and engravings....J D Clialmera
Household 11A-" ' ' *
Far of lard..... Mrs Jas McCasW
Bacon sides........ U ;...;..wSMWc
Hams ~Sanu>
Domestic soap Mrs A B C iJitfasfiy
Corned beef. ....i&uxas
Toilet soap....... 1 ;.......Samu
Pig, dressed ! :..'.v.;I:iifihme ' 1
Dried beef....t Mrs F A Conner 1)
Starch MrsH W Lawsou
Tallow, .<i.vlSam?
Butter Miss M W Widemaa
Household "J?.'! . *)*)>,.
Quince preserves....Mrs A B C Lindsay
Blackberry jelly?t 1.......Same
Tomato pickle .....Same
Hermetically f ealed fruit- ...Same
Brandy peaches L.i .......8amb
Plum pickle .Same
l tiu wis.ici iUia J A JCN urwoou
Brandy pears ..C.8fefarfc
Watermelon preserves?Mr8 F A Cootwr
Apple preserves Mrs E ft Brooks
Apple jelly
romato catsup Mrs J S Cothrari .
Pepper catsup ...Miss M Cater
Apple vinegar Mrs C T Haskell
Dried apples Mrs E N Brodfcs
Dried caches i Same
Cucumber pickle... JMJrs R A McCasJuu
Mixed pickle.. Mrs Jag fehilllto, Bi*
5weet pickle peaches. Miss L VfWHf
Damson pieserves...Mrs J C Wosraanskl
Pig pickle............'.-ii....Mrs T CPeiWi
./rjsLuiiizea iruixs Mrs-j aiuinio, Jpa?Household
"C." . ; :;tt
Loaf bread.. Mrs Jas McCt^kt*
-iround-pea candy.<...Mrs A B Libdsa^
[ioney ..F A Qpnn\j
Fruitcake...- ....Miss Nannie Whi^e
Sponge cake
Plain cake Mrs J D Cbalnxefs
Telly cake Same
Rusk Mrs T C Perrft>
Loaf corn bread Mrs W H Parser
sugar candy Mrs J A Norwood
Waxen, Apples, Etc.
Blackberry wine Mrs J W M!arsh:ill
Muscadine wine Mrs AB C IJudnay
Druni of figs .V. ..'..Same
Scuppernoug grapes '.hirrdb
Apples J I* Vaiujc
arape wine ?..Mrs F M Gkfdbolil
Special Premiums. '
3reatcbt commeaadable variety
dncts. grown and exhibited tyapy
one planter, including stoclthna flefd ,,
crops, exclusive- of garden, vegetables.....
D Wyafct AlkMi
greatest .variety of articles mad^ anU
exhibited by any; one lady m houMliold
department ..Mrs Lindwy
greatest variety- of articles of doriiestfc
fabric made and exhibited by any oije
One lady. .Same
Base Ball match game ^.AbbbevSffu
Amateur Club .(- irir-ij
mi.~ j *. - " '
a iic iJicunums ior "greatest yiew^"
,vill be awarded by the Executive Oomnittee
on the 15th of November,. ,I!aj
Wm. H. Pakker, Secretary.
A certain doctor, who. sometimes
irank a good deal at diurier, was sumnoned
one evening to Bee a lady patient
vhen lie was more than "hajf-seos ohrer."
ind conscious that he was so?
ng her pulse and finding himself, una)le
to count its beats lie mutter#!,
'Drunk, by Jove!" Next morning,
Electing the circumstances, li.e. was
jrcatlv vexed, and just as he wasthiu^ng
what explanation he should ofler
o the lady, a letter was put in 1h?j
land. ' . ; aj.
"She too well knew," said the letter,
'that he had discovered the unfortunate
:ondition in which she was in when he
risited her," and she entreated hini to
:(lpn tllft TYIO ttof n oiu>?nt ! ? ??:j ?
?<?*v i* ill UUU91QCF|l"
ion of the encloted?a hundred doilar
)ill.
As a missionary, Presideut Grant is
lot a success. His latest achievement
n compulsory salvation is the turnihg
?ut of the Roman Catholic fatherg'frojn
he Osage Indian reservation, and tbe
institution of Quaker instructors. The
Usages are not pleased with the change,
he fathers having lived among them >
ince 1844. It certainly seems that the
vishes of the Indians in regard to the
choice of their spiritual advisers should
>e heeded.
?^
Ax Irishman was once indulging in
he very intellectual occupation of si <-kng
eggs and reading a newspaper. By
i mischance he contrived to bolt a
:liicken. The poor bird chirruped as it
vent down his throat, and he very poitely
observed: "By the powers, lue
rind, vc spake a little too late."
Ax imperial edict announces that all
latives of Alsace and Lorraine, i o\v
evident in America, who do not before
he end of the month formally notify a
French consul of their intention tn w>
nain Frenchmen, "will be considered
is Prussian subjects."
There was a certain darkey who
>wned a pig, and one day he gave it a
mcket of mush. Said the dr.rk?y:
'lie eats de whole bucketful of mu&h,
md den I put de darn little cuss in de
'mcket and he didn't fill it up half full."
l'he question for philosophers to settle
what became of the mush?
The brigand Takos, the chief of the
jand which perpetrated the Marathns
nassacre, was killed by the Greek troops
11 an encounter near Lamia, on tl?o
Von tier of Thessalv in Anmut Ilia
jand was surrounded, and all ^ero
billed or made prisoners.
A Georgia bride is described in one
)f the local papers as "looking a very
lily cradled in the irolden glimmer of
some evening lake?a foam fleck, snowy,
yet sun-flushed, crowning the ripples of
?ome soft southern son."
It is the fashion now for ladies to
buckle their belts behind, which is not
so becoming as the way they used to
buckle thorn before.