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f"he Press an4 Banner. A.bbeyil^e, S. C. W. A. .LEE, Editor. Wednesday, November 5,1873. TERMS.?Two Dollars a year, in adjraiifce, or Two Dollars and-Fifty Cents, at the end of the year. , ' No subscriptions Taken for a shorter ?: muu UUItU ni.v iiiwiuiio. Transient advertisements are charged /or at the rate or One Doi,i,ak per inch pace for the first insertion, and FiK'iY .Cents for each subsequent insertion. " A liberal' deduction from the above fates is made to persons advertising by the quartbr Or by the year. Igjp'All obituary notices and tributes ,f f respect dt'e charged for at the usual ymtes of advertising. k JOB PRESS. We are now provided with an excelient Job PreSs, and finp assortment of fpt> Tybe, anil are prepared to execute uperior work. Orners are respectfully poftcfted, and we will guarantee satisfaction'in th'e style and price of our work $edjactioii of Price. $Tith the presont Issue of thePnEss Banner we reduce tho subscription price of the paper from $3.00 to f2.00, payable strictly in advance, or IA i-'" ? onH r>P ilift venr I ?? UV uv Hi? vuv. J | As in ^ie .past so in tho future, we will sj^rono effort to got out a good j ^aper,.and trust to increase largely! ouV subscription list All of our pa$rons jvho are indebted to,us by sub-j scription or advertising will confer a I ^vor;by settling up at an early day. THE CHICAGO AND SOUTH ATjANTIC RAILROAD. ;Geii. J". W. Harrison, a delegate to the late Chicago Railroad Convention, publishes in the Trithat city, a letter in which he .gjvqs a history of the efforts wjiiclj, have been made iu this State in behalf of a connection between the Atlantic seaboard and *r .1 TTT 1 J At tnei\onn west, anu 01 uie ureseuii X \ and prospects of the en-, ierprwe. lie states that this project was entertained here as arly jls 1835, bijit owing to financial .embarrassments was suspended bat ^ever abandoned; thati^yas again .revived iu 1852, proper charters obtained and means secured to complete the entire line between Anderson and Knoxville; that the ^var between the States came on to suspend the work, of\ which some 32 miles between Anderson and Walhalla, and 1(5 between ivnox* ^ville ind Jjlaysville, Tenn., have ?een completed, and are now in succesafiil operation; that of the origfaal estimate of the cost of the whol$ line ?8,000,000, some $4,000,000 have been expended, and a Jike earn, it is thought, will be sufficient Jbr the completion of the rejaaihdcr of the road; that at the instance of a number of the representatives of the "West a convcn tion ^ns beia m Augusta 111 .uay f&stjjyt whjch a voluntary association was formed to carry out the objects of the enterprise. To use the language of the \vfiter: "Chicago ai;d Augusta we se-1 jlected as objective points?Augusta */t the Southern end, for reasons then deemed good, and which I jhftve nQt yet heard successfully controverted. It (Augusta) is about 10$ miles from Tort Royal, ]on the South Atlantic Coast; and, at this point, you can strike deep water nearer than over anv other route. The shipper to Augusta Jias, from that point, four great' Jines of railway, leading oft* lo Columbia, S; C., and "Wilmington, to ^Charleston, to Tort Royal, and .Savannah, and, from the latter city, Southwestern Georgia and JFlOrida?the difference in distance over this line to Charleston, being jso immaterial as to be unworthy ot jiotice. The Association in Au-j gusta suggested, as the proper location of this grand trunk road, " the following, viz .* From Chicago jto Lexington, Ky., thence to Knoxyillfy'Tenn.; thence over the Blue -Riftge ,line, to Clayton, Ga.; thence. ilUUAVillCj JL Clilit y UlUllW W>Vi tliv 35Iue Ridge line, to Clayton, Ga.; ,thence to" Augusta, Ga., over the shortest, cheapest and best line; '^vith a connection from some eligipoint south of Lexington, Ivy., ^through Cumberland Gap, in the diction of Ash^villc, N. C." In >pursuance of this action, surveys were made, public meetings .V.nl/1 onlionrintlrtlKJ nf Rfnflr nnrl jLl^llI} OUWOW* v? WW V**. MIJU | pledges of aid takeu, and finally the Jate Convention of Delegates representing seven States assembled in Chicago. According to ?he writer: The,Convention held at this place ^vas most harmonious, and agreed generally .upon a location from this city (Chicago) to Lexington and to ^London, iu Southern Kentucky. 'At this point, two lines are recom'mended, in strict accordance with the views of the Augusta Conference?the one, and wo may call it the Eastern line, from London jtlirough Cumberland Gap, MorrisA oV?r*v?llr? X" Snnrtan iV" Uj AXUilVV l?IV^ Alt V.) durg, Columbia and Charleston ; jhe other, or "Western line, from London, through Knoxville, over the line of the Blue Ridge Road, to Clayton, Ga.; thence via Walhalla and .^.ndersnp, to Augusta and Charleston, an4' from Clayton to Augusta direct,'or, via Athens to Augusta and Macon." J3joth routes are demanded by the Increasing wants of the country, and it is t# be hoped that means' : 1?-? ^ i- ? may be raised to secure their com- ri pletion, but in behalf of the Blue Ridge route, Gen. Harrison urges | in his letter the same arguments, ( which he and other delegates from , his section advanced in their i speeches on the floor of the Con- , vention. lie says: , "The connections through Ivnox- j vi!Io, over the liluo Ridge Koad, to iChivton. Walhalla and Anderson, arc claimed to be 6uch as will-bring 1 the products of the West nearer to j their real and best customers. The four South Atlantic States, viz: South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Florida, arc cotton-producing, and but little else. Whatever may be the adaptation of their climato and soil to productions of the cereals, or their proper policy as a people, it is a fact that they have bean, and are now, almost wholly dependent on the Northwest for corn, bacon, flour, hay, whisky, etc. It has beon stated by s the very distinguished Governor ol t ft / ? - - ^ i _ i ii. r me diaie or ueorgia mat mc;se iour States consume annually, of the sin- 1 gle article of com, $50,000,000 when 1 delivered to them. The corn would t yield the producer about Isl7,c00,000 t at average prices, and the balance is s taken up, in cost of transportation and otherwise. A similar statement * necessarily follows as to other articles 1 of food, etc. From the map accom- c Ml al- -i. a L _ panymg mis, you win see mat uie \ lino propoeed abovo will throw Wes- j tern produce immediately and ovor the shortest lines, to your real ctis- 1 tomers; whilst upon the other or f Eastern line, it is said that only n small portion of the cousumers of 0 North Carolina arc properly your 0 customers for grain, and, as a general h proposition, that, every mile you di- verge Eastward, .vou are throwing f your products upon a people who ' raise a surplus of the same yticles ; a or, in other words, carrying coats to Newcastle. But, on each of these i lines, as 6oon as the mountaius arc S crossed, the people propose to con- struct short lines to connect with the ^ArtkAnii^ l? mo* f??nm finA^tflnhinvr to * ^flUVUlU, II1UO. 41VIII ^ %. the Base of Butt's Mountain ; from I Cla}*ton to Athens; from Walhalla to Augusta; from Andersou to Augusta and Aiken j and the only aid asked from the Northwest is to help us through tho mountains, on either e line?thoso great barriers, placed t there originally by Nature for wise t purposes, but now to be overcome and subdued for our mutual good and 0 benefit." Tho benefits to result from the ' completion of this great enterprise^ are incalculable. One of its first 0 results will be to unite the South * and West in the bonds of mutual ^ interest, and by opening our ports ^ to a direct European trade, to make ( is commercially independent ot the v fluctuations aud convulsions of the \ Eastern money market. But to se- i cure the road the West must lead, says the writer. The South is help- i less and almost hopeless, whilst the ? West has the same interests and 1 more abundant resources. From 1 - i the spirit n hich. has been manifest- ' ed it would seem that all parties are 1 thoroughly in earnest, and will sus- ( tain the enterprise. l The Financial Crash at the v xorth?discharge of operatives.? The failures at the North and the { general money stringency hnvo cur- j tailed business operations, and led to , the discharge of thousand operatives g The late failuro of Hoyt, Spraguo & ( Co., the Jfow York Agents of A. & r W. Spraguo, the great Rhode Islaud { manufacturers, has embarrassed the | i l.?* i/s?. ^ahaa a?/1 /iwaatofl mi J f n o nan w> lUCCUr 11UUOV auu VltMVVU l^uivv W ^/MUIV in commercial circles. The great r house of II. B. Claflin & Co., of New j York, too has been forced to seek in- ^ ilulgence. Tho suspensions and fail- c uie of large housos have involved ^ others of smaller business oporat'ons, and created generally dorangement and Embarrassment. The cffcct has been to curtail business, and hence to ' i throw thousands of operatives out of employment?factory hands, house- * servants, waiters at the hotels, semp- c tresses, who are dependent on their c labor for support. Unless relief c . .. . - . . . , r cotncs great distress most exist ciur- ing the coming. All eyes seem now s to be directed to tho coming session cf of Congress to inaugurate somo great ^ measure ?of curreney reform, which r will relievo the pressure and set again 1 in motion the wheels of trade. a Boiler Explosion at Greenwood 1 ?On Saturday aftornoon last, at * about 3 o'clock, the boiler of the steam c mill of Mr. Win, H. Bailey, of Green- ' wood, exploded, communicating fire ^ to the building, and so seriously inju- 8 ring the eolored fireman, I3ob Sims, ^ ' . ?r a that lie died in aoout six nours. jur. Bailey was in the mill at the time of ^ the explosion, and was so fastened in n by the falling timbers that it was with c great difficulty that he was rescued n from the flame?. A eolored man was r badly burnt. The wheat, corn and saw mills, together with the cotton gin and press, and some 6ixtoen or r eighteen bales of cotton, wero burnt, a and thev losa is estimated at $7,000. 'f There was no insurance. The cause *assigned for tho explosion was the c forcing of cold water into the heated a i i _ i .? i , , i \ oouer, wuen me waier was low. J Wo had tho pleasure on yes terday of meeting in our office, tho 81 Rev. W. T. Pearson, tho zealous and popular pastor of tho Greenville and 1 Ninety-Six Presbyterian churches, h Mr. Pearson is an activo worker, and E a most acceptable minister, and is do- e ing a good work wifchio the bounds of w his congregations. ^ g3T Major E. W. Evcrson has been elected Librarian of tho State d< University at Columbia. bi CflE CONCERT ON FRIDAY NIGHT; A large audience, composed of our jest and brightest, of all who have .he taste to appreciate and admire :he highest efforts of musical genius, assembled in the Court House on Friiay evening last, to greet the world cnowned songstress, Madtim Isabella McCullcch Brignoli. It is not often he case that a star of the first mag jitude wanders so far from its ap)oin\od orbit as to throw its radiancc lpon country towns. Hcncc, the lovelty of the spectacle enhanced the ntcrest of tho entertainment. The awyer, for the nonco, forgot his cases, ."ho doctor his pills, the divine his sernons, the merchant his ledger, the natrou her household carcs, and the ,-oun0- of both sexes, ncrhnns "the r O X A >1(J, old storj," and camo flocking to ?ee a rare exhibition of tho divine irt, in the person of one of its most iehly endowed and most highly cul ivated representatives. To say that be contort was a success, is to bestow -he highest compliment upon our elves, since the capacity to appre:iate these rare exhibitions of genius s much akin to the possession of the iivino art itself. Madum Brignoli vas assisted by several amateur porornicrs, who passed through the rying ordeal very satisfactorily. The bllowing was the programme : Tart First.?Duet ? "Sans Souci" Jalop?Miss Norwood and Mi68 Mcrowan. Ballad?"Homo they brought icr warrior dead"--Mr. Benet. Aria -"Somnambula"?Madame Brignoli. iomauce? "Alicc" ? Miss Hcrndon. The Last Rose of Summer"?Madmo RriirnolL p Part Second.?"Silvery Waves"? liss Norwood. Alia?"Barber ol Seville"?Madame Brignoli. Morceau -"Bclisario"?Miss Herndon. Ballad - '"Blow Ye Winds" ? Mr. Benet. ConnV Thro' the Rye" ?Madame irignoli. Madame Brignoli, as a matter of ourse, was the star of the evening, the bright particular star" of the ntertaiument. Many heard her for he first time, aod many for the first imo heard ono who had sung before rowned head*, and attained the covted honors of her profession, and icnce, learned to form some concepion of the highest triumphs of musial art. Madam9 Brignoli has a fine iresence, a bright, sparkling face, lit ip with the fire of genius, a magnifi icut voice, of wonderful compass and lexibility, and sang with that rare inion of taste, genius, and pathos, vhich can only be attained by the ughcst endowments, combined with ho most artistic cultivation. The tfadarae is a thorough artist, and nakes all her facnltics, the speaking >ye, the exquisitely modulated voice, ind every changing expression and ippropriate gesture, subservient to ,bo pnrposes of her art. We shall jot attempt to say more?perhaps mve presumed too much already. Suffice it to say, that her performinoes were received with unboundod ipplause, and olicitcd the most enthusiastic encores. The pieces of difficult music per^ ^ ^ Ir^irr < 1\A MlQQAO U1U1CU Ull IUC jJIUUV UJ wuw amwovo Icrndon, Norwood, and McGowan, vero skillfully rendered, and the iong9 by Mr. Benet vero given with nueh taste and fooling. They added nuch to tho interest and variety of he occasion, and wero cnthusiasticaly applauded and cncored. The th&nks of our whole coramulity are due to Madame Brignoli and ler young friends, for the treat they lave given us, and we shall ever herish a grateful recollection of the jleasures of tho evening's cntertainncnt. Good Farming ? Who Can Beat r??Mr. S. M. Pratt, the sou of Mr. Robert Pratt, the well-known planter >f the vicinity of Due West, a youth >f eighteen years, together with a lolored boy of sixteen years, made luring the present year on 22 acres, orao 16 bales of cotton. Eight acres >f the above produced nine bales. Che land was mannred with the Pnlnetto Acid and cotton seed, at the ate of 100 pounds of each to tho icrc; and had been in cultivation, otjio of it, for f?>rty or fifty years. Another json of Mr. Robert Pratt, Jr. A. B. C. Pratt, who has just come if age, made on the same farm during he present season, some eight or nine tales, by his own unaided labor, be* ides superintending a farm a mile listanc. What an examplo do these fFord to the young men of our counryj How much better it is to re. lain on the farm than to come up to ity, town or village, seeking employ, lent. '-The hand of the diligont nakcth rich." - TT OTABLES A.Nl) C-1UU 'ULinm.? Tf u j ognft to learn that the stables, crib nd othor outbuildings on the premies of Mr. Marshall Jordan, near ireenwood, together with his wholo rop except that which was in store t the latter place, was burnt on londay night last. Toe Prospects for Cotton.?The j tringency of the money market con- i inues to dffect the priceB of cotton, 'he reduced consumption at home as lessened the demand in. New i Ingland, and the high profits and low I scchange have been obstacles in the ] ray of foreign export. A New York i ealer in "future deliveries," thinks jat the prices for February and [arch are quite high, and that tho t epression in the market will likely c o ended by that time; > ] - Real Estate Transfers. "Wo copy from the Auditor's books the following trnn?fors of real estate | for thb past mouth : Eliza Jethro to Dr. West Williams, ^ one lot, $1,000. J B Johnson to Goo C Johusoo, ' 130 acres, 81,040. ( Geo T Liddoll to Jas W Lid Jell, ( 333 acres, $1. J M Miller to C B Parks, 60 acres, $430. , Catherine Alston to J. A Cabell, 3 | acres, $5. Henry Wilkerson to Androw and ( William Anderson, 178 acres, $1,400 ( L P Gnffin, Sheriff, to A M Fisher, 130 acres, $1,200. , Jas.G E Branyon to trustees Gilgal j church, 1 acre, 81. Joseph Scott to Lizzie Young, one j lot, 65. J A Richardson to R M Sanders, , one lot, $15. | Clias South to Joseph Jones, 5 acres, , in 1 Aon L'O puruiicn, %>*%*. ?^T~ ? j 1 Aid fob Memphis.?On Sunday last discourses appropriate to the ob- | jcct above announced were preached . in the Methodist and Episcopal Churches, by the pastors, Rovs. W. T. Capers and E. R. Miles, (the Rev. J. L. Martin being absent at the meet- ( ing of Synod, and the Rev. R. N. . Pratt filling an appointment in tbe ^ country) and lull contributions taken ( up. The sermon of Mr. Ciders was . from the parable of the "Good Samar- ' itan," and, like that of Mr. Miles from the Epistle of St. James, enforced ( the great doctrino of practical char- ( ity?the necossity of exhibiting one's j faith by his works. The contributions amounted to one hundred dol- ( lars, and will go far to relieve the die- ( tress of some poor widow and orphan. , > <11 ? Sale Day.?There was a large at- j tendance of our fellow-citizens on Monday last, and the crowd through- , out the day was quiet and orderly. | The following official sales were made: , The A. J. Logan Tract, of Estate , of Wm. Smith, dee'd, 217 acres, sold for partition, was purchased by Thos. F. Itiley and Jas. Anderson for $500. The Jas. Tolbert Tract of tho same estate, 225 acres was purchased by Thos. F. Riley, for 8284. Tho Irvin tract near Greenwood, 230 acres, sold to foreclose mortgage, bronght $1,125, B. F. Yoe, purchaser. Two tructs of P. B. Moragne sold under execution, 1 200 acres, were purchased by Banister Allen for $2,500. Dwelling Honse and ton acres of land in Cokesbury, of the Estate of Rev. Samuel J)unwoody, deceased, sold for division, waR purchased by J. C. Wosmansky for $G25. 4^^ Sale op Valuaule Real and Personal Estate?We direct attention to the sale of the valuablo real and personal estate of the lato Dr. J. W. Hearst on Salo Day next and the Wednesday following. The real es tate has been divided into four tracts to suit purchasers, and being sold on n credit of one, two, three, four and five /ears presents a rare inducement to a poor man for an investment. The property is among tho best in the country, and will doubtless attract buyers. Let all those who desire a valuable homestead, on reasonable terms attend tho sale. EW We are indebted to our friend. Mr. W. A. McCoy, for late files of Memphis papers. Wo are glad to see L.i ' 1- .:i ? ? U ?i: tiiut win; jju&uii'ui;*? 10 uuuuug in tum city, but v&ry great destitution will continuo to exist for a long time, which will render tho contributions of the charitablo very timely and acceptable. The Anderson Fair.?We learn that there was a largo attendance at the Anderson Fair last week, and a verj- excellent display in tho various departments. As usual, Abbeville was well represented and bore off a numoor ot premiums. Messrs. narno'in and Guffin boro off some fine premiums upon their suporb stock; Master B. Ly thgoe took a premium on his hair brush; and the fly-brush of onr townsman, Mr. H. T. Tusten, was the subject of general admiration. Mr. S. E. Caughman, agent oi the Palmetto Orphan Home, of Columbia, lectured in behalf of that charity, in the* Presbyterian church, 1 on Wednesday last. Circumstances prevented our attendance, and we re- 1 grct to learn that there was a very 1 small audience, Stokes, the murderer of Fisk, has been convicted of manslaughter ' in the fourth degree, and sentenced to ' four yoavs in the penitentiary. Judge Davis gavo him the full penalty of 1 tho law, and intimated pretty plainly that he deserved death. Mill for Sale.?Messrs. Pratt and Bonner advertise their very excellent ] mill nonr Dno Wftsf fnr Rftlfi Tt, is in f Sue repeir, and offers a rare induce-, rnent to a pnrehaser. 1 B&T The 8tate Baptist Convention 1 meets in Columbia on the Tuesday i iefore the fifth Sunday in November. I Delegates will be passed on the Railroads for one fare. 1 The Treasurer's Office. ? The a ippointment of Mr. Thos. N. Tolbert s >f Abbeville County, vice J. F. C. fl DuPre, rcmovod, has been announced, p u.ww fr.uiniii v ii. w,a?Tjgajg_3.ij Tn.e Leqislature so far has done nothing for the accomplishment of jither of the objccts for which it has ii beou called?the adjustment of the 8 public debt, and tho preparation of a R tax bill, and it is supposed that the v Extra will run into the Regular Ses- t sion. It is generally supposed that Lhe fraudulent debt will be repudiat- ? 3d, and some scheme of scaling ap- 0 plied to tho valid debt* But whatev- t sr may bo reductions on this score, ^ lhe extravagant expenditures and a lavish appropriations of tho Session, 0 leave n? scarcoly a hope that any- ^ thing will be done in the way of re- t . 1 ? 1 /? c irenciuncnt anu ruiurm, . The Senate bill to appropriate 1 5375,000 for the Extra Session was I introduced in the House on Friday, j also bill to dispose of the lands of the 1 land commission. The Senato concurrod in the Hons? r resolution requiring the Treasurer to make a report of receipts and die- ? bursements. The printing committee i reported favorablj' upon the printing 1 bill of 8120,000, and recommended [ also that the printing accounts of r last reason bo paid by certificates of ^ indebtedness, which can be used for a taxes. 1 There was a favorable report on , the bill to amend the act regulating 1 Lhe apportionment and salary of trial ] justices in Charleston. e A bill was introduced to pay the . Citizens' Saving and Central National j Banks $65,000 for pay certificates and r Parker's bills payable, &c. ' A separate bill was introduced in ^ the Senate to deprivo tho comptroller J 3f the power to order the rato of tax levy. The following bills were passed and ( 3nrollcd as Acts: Bill to amend sec- ? i Lion 32, chaptor XLII, of tho Gen- a 2ral Statutes; bill to expiain or j amend the act authorizing agents to a bold nronertv. - 8 } Tho followirg wore referred : Bill to amend the law relating to the | bends of the county treasurers; bill < to provide for tho land commission c lands purchased for tho State; bill to c amend the act relating to the time of J holding the Aiken County Court; bill 1 to amend tho law relating to the payment of debts of persons deceased; < joint resolution to require Sheriff j Cain, of Orangeburg, to give a new ? official bond, and bill to incorporate the Town of Duo West. * A Kill Jioq hfipn intrr?Hnr>pf? in tViA i House by Mr. Tolberl, for awarding additional compensation to W. P. McKcllar, Chairman of * he County Board of Commissioners for Abbovillo for eitra sorvices. TnE Abstract of Real and Per 80nal Property.?Wo are indebted to the courtesy of Mr. T. A. Sullivan of the Auditor's office, for the abstract of real and porsonal property, which wo publish on our first page. Its completeness and accuracy bear testimony to the skill with which it has been prepared. It should havo appearcn in our Inst issue, and the M t m am ! 11. U ! aU f Art pruiiipiui'htt ? iLII wmi;u it ^utiou up could only be equalled by the ex- < cellenco of the work. We adviso our readers all to preserve the paper, as it embodies invaluablo information. The Newbebry Herald comes to < us much enlarged and improved. We congratulate our worthy contempora- i ry upon these substantial evidences of j prosperity, and trust that it may ever < enjoy the best goods of fortune, and all the public favor and patronage j which it morits. , , JOT We direct attention to the ad- ! vortisement of the sale of the valua- < ble real and personal estate of Lark- ( en Reynolds, .deceased. A rare in- ( dncemcnt is presented to purchasers. < figy "We regret the sickness of our ? worthy and most efficient post-master, < Mr. II. W. Lawson. He can be ill J spared, and there iB no one who is i more missed, We wish him an early t return to health and to business. ; ( The Cotton Crop gcneralljr seems ! to be turning out well. It is nearly J all open, and a large amount remains 1 _ IL . /?.ij. _ iriii. _ r. ;? in me neiua. rr ilu u iuir pno u c would go far to repair our wasted 1 fortunes. 40? i 03T The Legislature adjourned J over on Friday last, to Tuesday, and i Senator Hollinshead and Repre^enta- ( lives Cain and Ellison availed thera- e selves of the opportunity of makiug jj a visit home. i The Closing Exercises of the J Masonic Femalo College, at Cokes- t bury came off last evening. The Col- j lege has bad a prosperous session, and we trust may Lave an equally cheer- ^ iug future. ' < The Governor has appointed SV\ B. Merriwether. of Ninety-Six, a * IYial Justice. It is an excellent ap- c jointmont and twill doubtless give latisfaction. ? f 1?* The State Fair opens in Co- ? ambia on Tuesday next, and contin- v ies four days. This exhibition prom- ^ ses well, and it is supposed will sur- ? jass its predecessors. y t&-Seo the Annual Report of tho ? Pown Council. The Report is full r< rid clear in every particular. They eem anxious to discharge their duty F ftithfully and satisfactorily to the coplo whom they roprcsent. g; iNINm-SIX OTM8. V Dr. I<lmbeoker, of Ninety-Six, was ii our office on yesterday afternoon, i,n 1 ave a cheering report of the mercantile uslness of that prosperous town, and ays it is the best cotton market iu tlie rorld. The staple readily commanding rom 12} to 25 cents per pound, according o circumstances. The new and commodious depot at his place will be completed this week, t is a nicer building and a much larger ne than the old. Agent's office, and *?- - I- -11 1! elegraph office are to De in me uuuuiug. Col. G. McD. Miller is digging founlations for two new brick stores, which ire to join walls to the new store now occupied Messrs, Pope, Philips & Co. The Messrs. Kinard Brothers are now >uildlug a fine store room, near Dr. Lim>ecker's store. When completed they contemplate engaging in the mercantile >usiness, and will keep a general stock, rhey are energetic business men, and assess the elements of success. We learn that a new paper has been ssued by Messrs. Pope, Philips & Co t is beautifully printed, and is publishid semi-occasionally. The cotton crop in this vicinity was iever better. The people of Ninety-Six have not abandoned the idea of having a new lounty, with the Court House and Pubic Offices located in this commercial nart. "We presume efforts will be made luring the sitting of the present Legisature to accomplish this much desired esult. We learn that our young friend, Mr. 3. P. Quarles, came very near getting ;hot accidentally while out hunting one lay last week. Mr. Lawreuce Fouclic and Mr. Hugh >o?t?pu Imvp <>np.h recently lost fine lorses which were on exhibition at our .''air?Mr. Fouche'swinninga premium, 'rof. Blake's fine horse was also attackid with a fearful malady, but recovered. The whole town bears the best evilences of the prosperity of her citizens, 11 the many new buildings, and tlievaious improvements on the old, while he business men appreciate the wants >f their customers in providing the elegant stocks of goods displayed .in the rarious handsomely furnished stores of his growing town. Mr. D. A. P. Jordan, formerly of Greenwood, but now of New York, is pending a few weeks with friends and elatives at Greenwood. He will soon .tart on a tour in the interest of Henry ieaaeijr., <ss to., in me miruwure nue. 3e is a young man of business habits tnd popular manners, and represents a launch firm. Our friends would do weli to give him their ordsrs. A Prosperous Business. ? We aie nformed that in spite of the flnan>ial stringencies and the lightness of the iraes, the firm of Quarles & Perrin, of >ur town, sold during tTe past month >ver ten thousand dollars' worth of foods, and have plenty of the same sort eft. This looks like business and is mrd to beat B&? Our readers will remember the Concerts to be given at Lebaqon Church ind at Greenwood on Thursday night he 6th. We trust that both Concerto nay be liberally patronized. TLr?? Tamaa Ckn?lro A /Inlofrn fo SC&, mi. tiaui co UlJOuanj a uvjv^hw prora Lower Long Cane church to the (Associate Reformed Synod which met ecently in Missouri, returned on yes:erday. eSu. Interesting communion services ivere held at Rocky River Presbyterian Ihurch on Sunday last, by the Rev. R. \i Fair, Evangelist of the South Carolina Presbytery. We learn that It is proposed soon X) make Upper Long Cane, LittleMoun;ain, and Verenas Presbyterian Congregations under onepastorale. We direct attention to the adver;isement of the sale of the valuable es:ate, real and personal, of the late Judge Wardlaw. B?. Rev. J. L. Martin returned from 3ynod on yesterday. We publish notes )l the meeting in another column. B&. Communion services were held it Lebanon church on Sunday last by the pastor. K3T We learn that a Presbyterian church isaoou to be organized at Seueca Dity. ^ _ rHE SYNOD OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Editor Abbeville Press and Banner: I send you below a few hurried notes )f the late meeting of our Synod at Uheraw. The opening sermon was preached by Rev. J. O. Lindsay, the last Moderator. Forty-eight members were present at he opening, the number afterwards increased to nfty-eight. Rev. Jas. it. Wilson was elected Modsrator, and Col. F. W. McMaster, Temporary Clerk. The financial condition of the rheological Seminary, being very straitened and even critical, both as respects the Professor's salaries, and the Mess Halt, the Synod gave a part of two Jays to the consideration of this subject. Last year the Synod assessed the South Carolina Presbytery four hundred iollars, as its proportion of the current ;xpenses. Up to the recent meeting )tily sum 01 mis auiuuni uuu utvu yum, hirty-six out of flfty-five churches havng paid nothing. This year the assessment was necessarily made larger: Bethel Presbytery, >430: Charleston, ?450; Harmony, $80U; South Carolina, $800. Rev. J. O. Lindsay was recommended :o all the churches as the Financial kgentof the Board of Directors of the Seminary, charged with the duty of enieavoring to raise the funds to complete ;he permanent'endowment of the Semnary. He was also appointed by the $ynod to attend to the assessment above mentioned. Each Session was requested to appoint lome one within its bounds to collect tnd forward supplies to the Mess Hall, jare of Rev. W. S. Plumer, D. D/ The paper adopted last year respectng the evangelization of the colored jeople was re-afflrmed, and (inasmuch is it had failed to reach the Jast (ienerai \ssembly) ordered to be sent as au )verture to the next General Assembly. The Evangelistic Scheme of the G^sral Assembly was cordially and earnestly commended to the churches, and ittention called to the fact that after the irst of January, the Sustentation Fund vould be entirely separated from the Evangelist Fund. The collection for Sustentation to be akenupon first Sabbath in January, lie collection for Evangelization to be akcn up the flrstSabbath in September. Place and time of next meeting, dewberry, Oct. 21,1874. M. The Chairman of the Executive Committee of Domestic Missions of South jaroiina Presbytery requests the Officers -Eiders and Deacons?of Upper Long ?ane Church, to meet the Committee lext Tuesday (November 11) at 'clock, p. m. "A horse! a horse! my kingdom bra horse!" cried a celebrated traa? l iTIT/x.,1 a !o/?l?ooa /1a a a ;euian. >v uuiuu t juvixuco v?v mw rell?" inquired an affected young an, risiug in liis seat. "Yes, riumphantly exclaimod the actor, 'just step up this way, sir." The oung man sat down. Rain has come at last, and is very inch needed tosettle tho dust, and avive the Fall crops. t&" The Greenville Agricultural air is now in progress. %sT Sir ITeory Holland, tho Enlish author and physician, is dead. fo Those Whom it May1 Concern. m m THOSE who are indebted to tho late firm of M. W. COLEMAN & CO., who do not settle the samo by the firs*, of December next, will find their notes and accounts in the hands of an officer for collection. M. W. COLEMAN, AGENT. Nov. I, 1873, 30-4t Jim nnfirimn navn Hi rJUVAlfi 5Alifi. I OFFER for sale that House and Lot in the Town of Abbeville, known as the "MOORE PLACE." It is pleasantly 6ituated, sufficiently retired, and yet convenient to business. There are seven rooms in the house ; a large kitchen and a well of good water on the lot. The terms will bo accommodating. For further particulars call on me. THOS. C. PERRIN. Abbeville, Nov. 4, '73, tf MILL FOB SALE? THE subscribers offer for sale their tine Flour and Grist Mills on HOGSKIN CREEK, 3 miles from Due West. The Mill ia in fine repair, and will be sold at prices to suit the times. Pratt & Barmore. Nov. 5,1873,30-31* ~IN BANKRUPTCY. In the District Court of the U. S'.for the District of South Carolina. In the matter of DAVID O. HAWTHORNE, Bankrupt. rjlHIS is to give notice that a Warrant in Uankruptcy has issued out of the District Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina, against the estate of David O. Hawthorne of Abbeville County, of the State of South Carolina, who bath been adjudged a Bankrupt upon his own Petition ; that the payment of any debts, and the delivery of any property belonging to said Bankrupt, to him or for his use, and the transfer of any property by him, are forbidden bylaw; that a meeting of the Creditors of said Bankrupt, to prove their debts, and to choose one or more Assignees of his estate, will be held at a Cnurt of Bankruptcy, to be holden on the 11th day of November, a. D. 1873, atl2 o'clock M., at Yorkville S. C., before W. I. Clawson, Esq., one of the Registers of said Court. R. M. WALLACE, U. S. Marshal, as Messenger, by T. W. Clawson, Dep. Messenger. McGOWAN & PARKER, Att'ys for Bankrupt. Nov. 3.1873, 30-lt Sheriff's Sale. J. B. Kay and others. against S. W. Agnew and D. O. Hawthorno, BY virtue of an Execution I will sell at Abbeville Court Houne on Salcday in December next, within the legal hours, ono tract of land containing 215 Acres, I U?? I ?,1 U? ujuru ur tOBD, uuunuvi ujr lauuo ui RobL Sharp, Jeff. McKay aud others, levied on as the property of S. VV. Agnew, dee'd, at the suit of J. B. Kay and A. C. Hawthorne. Terms of Salo cash. L. P. GUFFIN, S. A. C. Sheriff's Office, ") Nov. 4, 1873, tf } Sheriff's Sale. John Knox ") against (-Execution. Andr.ew Wilson. ) BY virtue of an Execution to me directed, I will sell at Abbeville Court 110U80 witum tho legal hours, on Saleday in December next, ONE BALE OF COTTON, levied on as the property of Andrew Wilson, at the suit of John Knox. TERMS OF SALE CASH. L. P. GUFFIN, S. A. C. Sheriff's Office, \ Nov. 4,1873, 30-4t / Citation for Letters of Administratioi The State of South Carolina, ABBEVILLE COUNTY. By C. W. GUFF IN, Esq., Probate Judge. WHEREAS, Alexander G. Hagen made suit to me to grant him letters of Administration of the Estate and Effects of Mrs. Rebecca Stevenson, lota nf A hliovHIo Pnuntv HpppjvqpH ""these are therefore to cite and admonish all, and singular the kindred and Creditors of the said Mrs. Rebecca Stevenson, dec'd, that they be and appear before me, in theCourtof Probate, to be held at Abbeville C. h., s. 0., on the 14th of November next, aftei publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the foreuoon, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. (liven under my hand and seal, this 29th day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, and 5n the ninetyeighth year of American Independence. Published on the 5th and 12th day of XTnv*pml>pr. 1H73 in the Ahbe.uiUc Press and Banner. C. W. GUFFIN, J. P. A C. Nov. 5, 1873, 3<V2t * Tie State of Sootl Carolina, ABBEVILLE COUNTY. TO Alexander Lee Adams, Jesse Terry Adams, and Vitula Ophelia Adams, Greeting : YOU are hereby required to appear at the Court of Probate to be holden at Abbeville Court House for the County of Abbeville on the 17th day of December, A. D. 1373, to show cause if any you can why the real estate of Mrs. Rachael C. Adams, deceased, described in the petition of John A. Aaams, filed in my office should not be divided or sold, allotting to the said John A. Ad ams, one-hair and the other hair in equal portions to the said Alexander Lee Adams, Jesse Terry Adams and Vitula Ophelia Adams, Given under my hand and seal this 4th day of November, A. D. 1873. [seal.] CHAS. \V. GUFFIN, Judge of Probate Abbeville Couuty. Nov. 4, 1873, 30-Gt LADIES AND GENTS All Fool Under Tests, at aUARLES & PERRIN. Oct. 22, 1873, 28-tf Estate Sale, PURSUANT to the Will of Judge . D.L. Ward law, and by an Order from the Court of Probate, we wittseit,* at public outcry, at Abbeville <C. ut the late residence of : JUEK3E WARDLAW, on Wednesday, 19th Noveater iislaii the PERSONALC.?A' sisiing or HU U SifiHOIrU AJKi? KITCHEN FURNITURE, Jt?Biy? RY OF BOOKS, TWO CIQWB^ &c., &c. * *> TERMS CASE/ Also, on SALEDAY IN DECEMBER next, (1st,) tho REAL EttTATBy consisting of tho ' ,' Dwelling House and* lot, ' containing One Acre, more or less with Improvement*^:, Also, a small parcel of land on Greenville Road, in front of the residence of Wm. H.Parker,abo,ut, ^ Seven Acres, more or less. Also, about 150 acres both sides of Greenville rofkd n?ir Long Cano Church, adjoining land* ot Wra. H; Parker, Robert Jvjne*,'aridothers. This will be subdivided several small Tracts, of "whfch will bo exhibited on dayofwle'* Tho DWELLING HOUSE mxf bo treated for PRIVATELY before tho day of Salo. *: TERMS?One-tbird .Cash ;;b$fyttc<* on a credit of 12 months with iptiuv est, to bo sccarcd by Bond and ilorU gago. ' s. mcgowan; ::: w. h. parker,; i Executors. Nov. 4, 1873,4fc ; ? i I " nil Sale of the Real Estate OF ' <> Larkin Beynolds,Diet'iL - at BY virtao and authority of ti& last will and testament of KIN REYNOLDS, dee'd, we wiW ^11 I at Abbeville Court House on fkllodtty > next, (the first Monday of Deeembeih^) within the usual hoars, the foIMiSfe^f tracts of land, being part of tj&e ??l estate of said deoeasw, to wit: : THE BEEDY BRANCH TBAC^, containing? ' . . OiHinW aid liflfltae lures, more or less. ..; THE K5RAVE YARD containing One IiM aid Seyeaty-sii Asres, more or less. And .the GOLD MINE TflACT^ containing . Two HobW an! Rftylir 1$$' more or less. It is believed by. some good judges of such j matters 4bst , there i^ a fortune in theGold liioe Tract. These lands will be sold by plpts to be exhibited on day of sale. . Terms of salo one-third cash,, balance on a credit of twelve months wild interest from day of sale, ifcrired by Bond and Mortgage of land. The purchaser to pay for titles. ? T e T3r.vnrnT.Tijt V? W? ii> mm *1 w ? i#y ' II. L. BULLOCK, Executor*. Nov. 3, 1873, 30-4t ' The Stateof Soutli Carolina, ABBEVILLE COTniTY, In the Common Pleas. : 'I ? ? 77-. I ; i: Arthur Erwin.In Re Charlotte Erwia vs. Sam'l Fair, and others. Complaint, ?c. PURSTANT to Order and Decree of Judge Cooke in th4 aborfr 1 case, I will sell, at public ontcry;lat Abbeville Court House on Saleduy la DECEMBER next, (1st), Two' tracts. , of Land, late Real Estate of James Erwin, deceased, now in possession of George W. Cromer. ? i im.. (tTT il.rpVOAf i) > ISt) JLIlt? AttWUlUZliQ containing 67 Acres, i more or less, bounded by lands, of Geo. W. Cromer, and others. 2d, "Hill Tracts," 200 Aeres, more or less, bounded by lands of Jobn Cowan, and others. This tract may bo divided into two parcels. TERMS?-Onc-balf cash, balance on a credit of twelve months with interest, to ba secured by bond and mortgage of the premises. Purchase er to pay for papers. W. H. PARKER, Special Refferoo. Nov. 4,1873, 30-lf Sheriff's Sale, B. Lynch and others, f against > Execution^ Elizabeth Lynch. ) BY virtue of an Execution to me directed, I will sell within the legal hours, at Abbeville Court House, on Saleday in December next, two tracts of laud; The HOUESTJBAD TRACT, containing 279 Acres, more or lcsn, bounded by land* of J. W. Black, Capt. Swilling and oth. and the RUSSELL TRACT, con - r1: taming 200 Acrei, more or less bounded by lands of John Smith, W. A. Gains and otherf, levied on as tho property of Elixa. both "Lynch, at tho suit of Benj, Lynch, aud others. L. P. GUFFIN, ? Sheriff Abbeville County. Sheriff's Office, \ Nov. 4, 1873, 30-tfJ \