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DOTS BY THE WAY. Cir.VTAN'OOOa, April 30th, 1874. Editor Abbeville Press and Banner: A few '"dots by the way" in my journovintr mav not be uninteresting. 1 left home on the 27th inst. ami took the train for Seneca City on the Air Line Road. Why tack on cilv to tile name of a very small village, ami why call the erookedest road in the State "Air Line," has never been explained* Seneca may become a city after the Blue Ridge Road und the Greenwood and Augusta Road fcre built; but the Air Line will always be crooked. The Greenville train ran off" at Anderson, and badly broke up the 2d passenger car; but we thought of the, old saw a "bad beginning," &C., took; courage and went on in the baggage car. The GrCenVtllo road deserves credit for Hot often hurliAr/ any body when its ant, . i,?,f 5c rtirv ! .lianas iuu vu , muv , v.j in the destruction of its property. We stopped six hours ,'it Toceoa City? another Air Line City, but quite a brisk j little place, with six or eight storey tuid (two hotels, all built since last August, i The hotels and livery stables arc cxneet-: Yng'a harvest from visitors to the cele-j pratedTo'ccoa t'allslhlssummcr. These! 'tails afre two miles from the "city," and j the stable men are very anxious to ac' commodate you to a ride out there for; ?1.50. The Falls are very pretty?can fctrdly call them grand. A beautiful j stream ?f w^ter leajjs over a precipice of rock fl-et perpendk*uJar, breaks into ^pray before it reaches the "bottom, aim <a perpetual shower of ir.ist Is ftilHug for! 'some distance around. A -Wee has fallen tit the top of th>e Falls, atrti srboirt te#> . Ifeet of fls projects over the .precipice. 3 "was told that a young lady, sixteen years 'old, walked out to the end of it, stooped j down, and stuck a cigar in it. "How is f that foe high," Mr. Junior? Don't vou ! think she displayed more nerve than j brains? Ji^t along here the country is j very rugged for a railroad. The train tihuuts into one hill, out and into an of liter 1n a few steps, and no very eomforla- j 3wle feeliHg -caines over the traveler; ' 1 - I- ? ?.?< ? ? ^ onna I lin f I'iiOU ho. I Vtt?U lie JOOivS (tut iiuu atw itiv low him and things of imperfect culverts and landslides iu & rainy spell, on ? newly-built road. But we feel like j "praising the bridge that takes hs over i safely." We made connection with the Western and Atlantic road at Atlanta 4iud took the train for Chattanooga at i).30 p. m. Of course we did not seethe "Gate City," and nothing else hut a ear crowded with men. I don't like "laflies'care" unless! have one .along with j ine, otherwise 1 may be shut out. 11 tried to sleep but did not make it out until about 1 o'clock, then I knew nothing more until I awoke in Chattanooga early the next morning, aud here I hid .you adieu for the present. C. "V ? { TM'rr r A riril 10 ivrjj i ? x u tjM'jf *?j'? * . a"Editor Abbeville Press and Banner : I I left you at Chattanooga, iu sight of j Look Out Mountain, a place rendered 'historic in consequence of the operations of General Johnson's anny during the contest for liberty?not the "rebellion" as I too often hear it called. Jt is I a wild and lugged country, and no doubt the retreat was attended with fearful hardships, which are vividly remembered by many a Confederate ?ol dier. The "masterly retreat," conducted by (Jen. Johnson to Atlanta, perhaps lead to his removal, which was the opening of the "Hate" to a defenceless country, when Hood started on his wild goose chase; and this had more to -> r ,u,?r.M.? lit) Willi I lie KWUI1CUI luv, V..UIOV > >... ...v , neglect to "seize llie cotton." JJut Jet; -lis conic back to Chattanooga, for we| don'tcare to follow Hood or tly before] b'rierman. The city id situated' on the *Kouth bank of the Tennessee, and is} l^ext to Atlanta in the busy hum of enterprise, and the arrival and departure of trains. It has grown astonishingly in the last three or four years, and the wooden houses on the main street have .given place to massive brick stores, three or four stories high, tilled with merchandise for sale, wholesale and retail. The river was up boiling with madness, and rushing on impatient to enter the great ocean ; so we are hurrying on too impatiently to the ocean of eternity. Just after leaving the city the car^-wind around the base of Look Out mountain, walled in on one side by toweling cliffs of granite, and on the other the river runs along, sometimes within ( ?ii,^ fivis.ir rp lir> fJrponvillo | Hl'll ICtl Ul Ulb Ulivn. _ track was along here 1 would prefer to Avulk awhile. At Stevenson we got a fine'brtakfast, and thence we went-wi our way rejoicing. It putthe.prcachers, who were on their way attend thelJen eral Conference at Louisville, in a good humor, and many anecdotes, were told, and thrusts, and counter-thrusts made. One objected to the teinperanee moveanent-as going too far, and tending to substitute the church, and said to his opponents, who by the way, had the numbers on -him, that "you hold up your hauds in holy horror if a brother takes a glass of brandy for the ?ache, but it a thousand christians hire themselves to shoot down their brother Christians it's all right," that "people sometimes leaned over a little to appear erect." Another Illustrated by an anec-1 dote as follows: that a party went out deer hunting, but there were not-enough liorses for all and one had to take a mule. Supposing that the mule would jump when he .fired, he leaned over to prepare, for it, but when lie lired the .mule stood stock still and over he went. There is some fine country between Chattanooga and Nashville, especially about Murfrccsborougb. Here the con tending armies of the North and South ,faced each other for a long time, and .evidencesare yet to be seen in the earth .forts and breast-works and the numerous little head-boards that mark the apparently neglected graves of the unfortunate soldiers who fell here. Arrived at Nashville?the last twenty miles in twenty-eight minutes. We put up at the Maxwell Hotel a well kept four dollar house, and spent a half day in lookinsr round. The corner stone of the Vahderbilt University was laid the .day before our arrival, on which occasion addresses were made by Bishops McTyeire aud Wightman and Governor Brown. Tins isa Methodist Institution founded by the munificent liberality of Commodore Vaiulerbilt, who last year gave $500,000 for this purnose, and just this week added another 0 00,000 to be spent specially uponthe building, that they may comple'e fully up to the plans submitted to him. The University will embrace every department of a first class University, and also a Theological Department, at the head ol .which latter Dr. tthipp, of Woflbrd College, is to be placed, an honor well bestowed, and richly merited. The Capitol is a beautiful building, c stupendous structure, built of granite and, situated upon an eminence, it i: approached by llights of stone steps .and from the tower you have a lint view of the whole city and'surrounding country. A statue of the Goddess o Liberty stands at the door of the Tem pie, and there is every evidence -af lib crtv and prosperity all around. Wi sigh for the same in our "prostrati ,.Btate." C. EgL. Latest advices from Nortl Carolina are to tho effect that then is no truth in tho reports of tho burn iug of Tar liivor. The roads throughout the coun tv are in a deplorable condition, al juost impassable. J8&- Lowndesville had a bigpicni on Saturday last. One generous ol< Jady furnishod dinner lor tho wholi party. Rev. Jns. Y. Fair will preac! at JLowndcsviMs ojj Sunday noxt. LIFE INSURANCE?A GREAT DRAIN! UPON OUR RESOURCES. Reply to Mr. Branch's Article, i Editor Press and Banner: I __ i Sik: Your correspondent Mr. W. T. Brunch last week published an article in reply to a previous article of mine, and as far as I can see litis /'ailed to refute a single proposition advanced in that article. Home of his remarks however In my opinion need explana-! tion as they are apt to be misunderstood. He begins with: ' In reply I would say the writer lias failed to prove What ho asserts, and' has proven the contraiy if }-ou take| his own figures. ".Six hundred thou-J sand dollars paid in lifo insurance! companies by citizens of Abbeville; County, and sixty or seventy Ihou-j sand paid back by the companies." What does this prove? That there has been over ten per cent, realized on the investment as a public one?1 while as an individual benefit I can and am ready to prove, by actual figures from my books, that from live to J seven hundred per cent, upon thei amount paid in by individuals whose, lint*#* m?t.u iwl ("bv their! |7UHV.IV.O ll.l.v \ ^ j death) has been returned to the beneficiaries." And then asks: "What more cnYia-community want?" Ten per cut. bethinks a reasonable rate of interest, and so do I, if it is ten per cent, per anuuui, butr ten ptT'W.t. in seven or eight years usin this ease, seems to me to be rather small profits?about one-and-a-half per cent, per annum. He afterwards denies that there lias heen-over three hundred thousand dollars paid out for insurance, and asserts that one-third of that amount has been returned to the insured. But he takes care not to give any exact figures. I presume his books ought to show exactly What he, as agent of the company, has u..nf niif of Abbeville Countv. as well as! the exact amount that lie has returned j to poIicVrhoJders within any givcu time. . If has distributed such large profits to our people why not give the figures? I am perfectly wilttug to admitauy facts j, which Mr. Branch may give Iroiu his books, but vague and indefinite remarks do not answer, when the exact figures can be so easily given. In 1S70, two hundred and forty-six of our citizuis held policies "in Mr. Brunch's ?ompany, amounting in the aggregate to the sum of $731,000. W'c think it fair to estimate that the average cost of this insurance would be $38 per thousand dollars?or $27,778 a year. Estimate this for seven years, and we have tho sum of paid to one company. Give Mr. Branch the most liberal estimate and grant that he has issued one-third as many policies as all the other companies and agents combined, and we will have a grand total of $oS3,332 paid out; to say nothing of interest, which, if added to the principal,' ft..ni l^i-,.11 tl>i?sniv? to nwir a million I of dollars?a much larger sum than we at first estimated. Of this number of policy-holders doubtless many have forfeited their policies to the companies and others have been induced to take their places, and so you see by this method the constant drain upon our resources is kept up, and the surplus cash of our citizens sent "where the woodbine twineth." Let us figure a little. Estimating that SJ7.77S was paid to the Piedmont and Arlington on their 240 risks in Abbeville Countv in 1870, and giving Mr. Branch ere Jit for one-third.of the whole business done in the County, we would have a total business of paid out annually as premiums for the past t tlM . seven years. us miu unn uj>. 1st year, cash for policies,. $83,334 Jntcreat 1 year at 10 per cent. 8,333t 2d year, cash for policies, 83,.1341 17-",,001 Iuterest 1 year, 17,">00 192, ",00 3d year, cash for policies,-. 83,334 27",,834 Interest, 1 year, ...? ? 27,083 503,417 4th year, cash i"wr policies, S3,334 380,851 j T.nfyjiviuf 1 vmp 38.07-5! 425,420 oth year, cash for policies, 83,334 508,700 Interest, 1 year, 50,87(5 5-59.636 Gth year, cash for policies, 83,334 043,070 Interest, 1 year, 03,307 707,377 7th year, cash for policies, 83,334 700,754 j i Interest, 1 year, 79,075; Making in 7 years a total of. $809,829 j By giving the various companies | !credit for the$100,000 claimed for them! I by him, you will see that the people oi Abbeville have actually sunk in ready j cash oarer .Se>ven Hundred Thousandj Dollars in this business?the interest J upon which is a total loss to our people every year, aud the principal irretrievably gone. Mr. Branch says: "Whose fault is it if a policy i.s forfeited? Not the company's. Do,es "Public Policy" expect j one party to a contract to comply, if the iotherdoes not? Insurance is nothing I more than a contract." ! I admit that it is a contract?a hard i contract to fulfill so far as the insured is concerned. Both parties are bound by la voluminous contract, which is seldom j read by the insured?and if read Would frequently not be understood. The annual payments can in few cases be ; made with that promptness which the contract requires. Let any reflecting man think seriously for a moment about ' this matter and we* are of opinion that lie would hesitate before he would consent to burthen himself with this heavy i load throughout an entire life-time of ; health and prosperity, sickness and ad versity. The young and strong who commence the payment of a life policy ur<>iipniliv bear un verv well for a few i years, but at the end of that time when f ihey look back and count the large ; amount paid out, and calculate the au nual interest on it, they see that they have thrown away a handsome sum, i' which amount put at interest until their ;! death, would in all probability be double ?j the amount of the policy, even if the ,' company should be solvent and willing i, to pay. The weight of a large insurance policy on a man in the prime of life f with health and energy is hard bear, but for tho-weak and debilitated it is the -i ne*t tiling to an impossibility. Manj i' men have enough on hand to pay theii 2 first premium, but soon find that the} j are unable to continue the annual pay I niuittu nnri surrender their hard-earner i money to their rich masters. For iu 1! stance, a man's premium may be con c; sidered as due on the first day of tin -j month, he lias, by the terms of agree | ment, usually about thirty days of graoe i within which time he may pay. Nin< -1 men out of ten will prepare to pay, a: _ | they-do their taxes, near the last day o grace. Should sickness or any othe cauwe prevent the payment at the end o ,, the mouth all is lost forever?the com . pauy simply confiscates it to their owi J | use under authority of their coutract3 and the man is again free. Suppose a company is sued, the mat ter is generally submitted to a jury, wh< !' of course give a verdict for the plaintiff the matter, when carricd to a highe court, requires the. exhibition of .thjs contract., which has been prepared by the company, and who have inserted every proviso and condition in that document, and, as a matter of course, the comimny were sharp enough to anticipate such eases, and provide for the same. With this one-sided contract, it seems t;> me that one can not help being reminded of the old couplet: "Walk into 1113'parlor, Said the spider to the fly." The reader doubtless noticed what Mr. Branch said about the decisions of the Courts in reference to life insurance. In that as in his other statements he did not speak to the point. Where did the Courts so decide? Certainly not in the State of South Carolina. In the States of New York and Virginia Jaws nave been enacted for the protection of the widows of deceased insolvent debtors who might have policies for their benefit. 2s'o such law exists in South Carolina. The only exemption allowed to the citizens of this State are?a homestead to the value of one thousand dollars and personal property to the amount of five hundred dollars. We contend that there is no equity?or law, either?to warrant an insolvent debtor in buying a policy or other evidences of property in the name of the wife, to avoid the payment of an honest debt. WohM h <Hiristian, who una napes oi his soul being an acceptable offering to the Deity, make such an arrangement on iiis living lied? I think not. The law demands that "thou shalt i>qy what tliou owest," and though it has seen proper to exempt homestead and household l'uruiture, the exemption ?f a life policy, as far as I am informed, has never been made in this State. Mr. Branch says: "It is not life insurance that 'renders our people no impoverished, that wastes our money, causes our lands to lie idle, and the waters of our streams to flow unprofitably by.' It is want of energy and enterprise on their part, coupled with fraud and misrule on the part of the 'powers that be." ItruWM,Jocfntnniant xve fukfl SsftllA. alld > > 1 Lift Ull>7 0UHVUivuv ii v vm.. ? , _ contend that our people are induetrious, energetic and enterprising as any peojileon the face of the globe. All that our people want is a proper direction of their energies, and we will be the most prosperous people in the world. Our agricultural products are the most profitable crops to be found anywhere, while the climate and society are superior to the best. If then, instead of throwing away such vast amounts in life insurande, our people would determine to improve their farms, build houses, factories, railroads, Ac., our citizens would become richer, and as a natural consequence, our children would be better educated, and raised higher in the social scale, while virtue and civilization would be advanced. Mr. Branch concludes his article with this remark: "Life J nsurance is the noblest, wisest and surest plan ever conceived of by man, for the benefitof his fellow mnn." 1 fullyconcur in tins .statement, provided his fellow man is an officer, agent or stock holder of a well-inaimged life insuvanee company. Owing to the length of this article I will defer speaking of their manner of investing their funds, with reference to the profits-realized. PUBLIC POLICY. I.N'DUCEMKNTS TO IMMIGRANTS.? A number of planters in Greenville, Kershaw, Sumter, Oconee ami Abbeville Counties have contributed seven thousand acres of land, to be divided into farms oi fifty and one hundred acres, to be given in fee simple to such immigrants as are able to build themselves a home and purchase for themselves farm implements, etc. This precaution is observed in order to secure the distribution of ? !.? hut rlo +r> linnn. fidfi settlers. I (IIIVI.J VV Major F. Melchers, the commi'ssioner of immigration for tlie Stale at large, lias also about sixty thousand acres of land in various counties of the State, which will be sold to settlers at prices ranging from one to five dollars an acre. The commissioner goes to Xew York to-day for the purpose of making arrangements to settle forty fami-i lies, with ample means to carry on farm work, in Sumter county. Many of the counties in the State are faithfuliy and zealously carrying out the programme laid down by the Tax-payers' Convention to encourage immigration. Charlestou alone is idle. Very little money and still less land lias been contributed, and it really looks as it the pcoplttin the great commercial metropolis ot the State have lost sight of the waste places in the City by the Sea. ' ' ?r Convicted.?County Treasurer II. A. Smith, of Fairfield, has been senAA/1 !., \f n/.l'fttT I m l'm. IUIIUVU UJ U tw WW. Mil prisoned in tho penitentiary one yeai and pay a fine of ?2,000?the highest penalty known. The prisoner was defended by Col. J. II. Rion,of'\Vinns boro. It is understood that civil pro ecedings will at once be cemmcnccd against the Treasurer's bondsmen foi [the amount of the defalcation?aboul $18,000. Thero was intense excite j ment in Winnsboro over the matter There aro several othor Treasurer! ! who, it is expected, will bo broughi to timo. ? Mr. C. II. Lubkin has recent)} 'settled in our -midst sind put up : I bakery?a want long fcltin-our town ! We trust thai lie nmy find it a profit* ble business. Our people would d< well to patronize him. Il-is oven wil be ready for baking in a day or two Give him a call at the old Post OHicc This match game of base bal between the llittites and the secont i nine of the Abbeville club came oi , last Friday evening, in the presene of a goodly number of spectator ?theltittitcs coming olf victoriou ;in the contest. The Abbevill Club being the champion club o 'the county, the victory of the Hit tites on this occasion is glor enough for one evening. , JO?* Our renders will noticc tlia tho Wilson Sewing Machino Comp.' : j ny iesuo their obligHtionto koep thd > i machines in per feet order for fiv 1 years from dale of sale, (^uite a coi , sidcration to the purchaser. I Tile Double Bridges on Rock [ River, near Lowndesvitle, need r< i pairs. Bauxett's Bridge across Littl j River is about to fall down, -j The bridge over Penny's Cree ;iis impassable. The posts of on sj&f-the arches is broke off, and f; stuck in the mud. f I The Vienna road, near the res - deuce of Col. John A. Calhoui 1 is in much need of work. The Abbeville Base Ball Ch <- met at the Female Academy la ? night and re-organized for the sur r mer campaign. ; . Fire in "Williams ton.?The residence of Rev. B. P. Mauldin, in the town of WiHiumston, was totally destroyed by fire on Monday night lasf. The fire was discovered about 11 o'clock, when nearly all the family ' Iiae retired, and, before assistance J could be had, the flames made such progress as to defy all efforts to saro the building. Only a part of the furnituro was rescued, and the wearing apparel of the family was entirety 'destined. The fire originated in the j kitchen attached to tho dining-room, jand was the result of accident. | Death op ex-Siieriff Dobbins.? |On Saturday morning last, John D. i M. Dobbins, Esq., an honored and esteemed merchant of Anderson, was stricken with paralysis while talking J with a friend in his store. He sank | rapidly until half past 7 o'clock that i evening, when he breathed his last. I Mr. Dobbins was universally respectled IIo was formerly Sheriff of Anjderscn District, serving a *.erm of I four years to the entire satisfaction of 'the people. Mr. Dobbins was in the fifty-seventh year of his age. New Advertisements. Tlic following is a list of now advertisements: Wilson Sewing Machine?Moore & Cosby. Just arrived?Empor'm of Fashion. Fmal Discharge?J C Wosmansky. Sheriff's Sale?Property of jS" Inerrant?L P Gtiffin. Sheriff *8 S.ile?540 acres of land of estato of (x A Yistinski?LPGuffin. Sheriff'a Sale?600 acres of land of I state of J Y L Parllow?L P Gnffirt. I Marriages. MARRIED, May 7th, bv Ivev. L. Muller, Mr. C. H. LURK IN, of Abbeville, to Miss PAULINE KNOPFF, of Charlestou. WIER'S ~ HOTEIj] ARRIVALS SINCE LAST ISSUE. N M Rucklialter, R M White, jr, Ninety-Six, S C, Geo E Isaacs, Colum| bin, S C, J C Goochvyne, Atlanta, Ga, | R J Round, Cokesbury, S (J, W J Cunningham, Lowndesvllle, S C, Cn.pt J H Ransom, Judge T F VVessen, Major W 8-Ciipton, Gen Ii II Jenkins. _L>JL cil'JrV-W t XVe jJ^JL ud. CORRECTED WEEKLY BY BARNWELL & CO.y Dealers in Staple Dry Goods, Groceries, Provisions, etc., &c. A (tBEViLLE, May 13, 1874. Cotton, 14 to 15* Eggs 2>c per dozen Fodder, $2.00 per 100 ilia Flour, $!) to $13 per bbl (jround Peas, $2.<>0 to $2.25per bushel -Meal, $1.40 to $1.50 per bushel Molasses, to 75e per gallon. Nails,.. .*.10 cents per lb , Oranges, SOc to $1.00 per dozen Peas, $1.25 per bushel ' Apples, $2.00 liutter, 25 Jin con 10 to 12 ' Co tree, 30 to 60 1 Corn,...-. $1.2) Chickens, 15 to 25c each Charleston, May 11.?Cotton quiet and firm?middling 17 ; low middling Augusta, May 11.?Cotton nominal ?middling 17. New Yoniv, May 11.?Cotton dull at 18]al8?. Gold 12j. wmmmmwh^mmammmassmwBaamBaam Consignees. The following named porsoas Lave freight in the Depot: 11 rat*ley & Jay, A Bequest, J A Iirown, J H Blussenghen, S .S Baker, J D Chal-i luern, G W Collins, j, Caddy, W E Cromer, Frank Cole, F L Calhoun, Coth ran & Wilson, E Cowan, J A Devlin, J \V Frazier, Dr Hunter, C D Haddon, J Knox, W A & T F Lanier, J E Lyon. \Y I) Mars & Co, G WMarshall, Quarles & Perriu. L II Russell, Hugh Wilson. J. \Y.MAIiSHALL, Agent. ? t The following persons have package? tu th c Ex press office: Hemphill & Co, Bradley & Jay, J H . Penney, Miss EMcKellar, Miss F NorreH, A H Gilbert, N O Grant, M Tribble, W D Mars & Co. H Wilson, E M Scott, J E DuBosc, FM Mitchell, v. - C. V. HAMMOND, ... . Agent. Choice Mess Pork, Sugar-Cured Beef Tongues, Country, Sugar-Cured and Plain Hants, [ - New Mackerel, Ac. DuPre, Gambrell & Co, Notice i TO I : SCHOOL TRUSTEES. i I The Trustees of the Public Schools in Ninety Six, Due West, i White Ilall and Indian Hill are j hereby notified to close their *1 schools immediately as the school JI fund ill these Districts has been I entirely expended. The schools in 'jail of the other Districts can be J!kept open until further notice. ] Wm. Pressly, i" Q School Commissioner, A. C. 8 May G, 1874, 4-3t s I Cotton Grins. y J THHE 1JROWX, THE TAYLOR l ft and tlie GJtlSWOLD GIN furi-iiiisbed to order. Kepairiug promptly rjdouo. Also kept011 liand a good stocli ^ of Bedsteads, iiurcaua, "Washstawds 1 ? 1 . ~ i Tables, Chairs, Cliamuor suits auu oiu'*!er furniture, together with Bearing Ma I chines, White-Wire Clothes' Lines, y! warranted rust proof, Maps. Charts. ^ Picture Frames, Ac., &c. Orders solic : lted -by J. M. MATTHEWS, k Ninety Six, S. C. ie Mny 6, 1874, 4-1 y 18 100 Barrels L SSORTED Grades Flour?from $' j^L to$12 per barrel!,at DiiPi'c, Gambrell & Co.'f st 500 Bushels Prime Corn ll- Guaranteed Sound, at DuPre, Gambrell & Co.'s 1 , McDonald < & Haddon I Arc now opening their ! ^ SPRING & SUMHEE ? STOCK, i which is varied and attractive, embraring many novelties of the season, espe- p cially in ^ DEESS GOODS < A2sD I GENTS' HATS. \ We will not begin to enumerate the tl many articles kept by us, but will sim- a ply say every department is full. ? Give us a call trnd we will repay you 0 by selling you goods at the LOWEST t CASH FIGURES, as we are determin- '' ed to sell ai*l not carry over to another I season. ? Our Stock of ftrnp.Avipxft Ooiifitttionarics \ I ls full and complete with new and fresh ^ goods. k April 15,. 1874, 1-tf A CIGARS! CIGARS ! a Try our numerous brrfhds and satisfy (] yourself. ? ^ McDonald &,Eaddon... v April 15, i874, 1-tf ?Jj jj. White Bros., 1 HAVE just received a large and^ele- ] gant Stock of SPRING AND SUMMER ( GOODS. \ Prices lower than at any time sinco the war. Cull and secure bargains. 1 April 15,1874, 1-tf C Facts for the Ladies! WHITE BROTHERS HAVE the most extensive ami desirableStockof PltlXTeJin market. I WHITE DRESS GOODS; in all tilc new styles, the greatest varie- J ty they have ever kept. i Creat inducements in BLEACHED i LONG CLOTH, by the picce. Examine their Stock of CORSETS! . The Corset which sold last season at $1.00 they now sell at 75 cents. A Corset worth $1.50 now sold at $3.00. 1 A large assortment of LADIES' 1 SCARFS, COLLARS and CUFFS, and , HANDKERCHIEFS. Call and examine.' J WHITE BROTHERS. April to, 1874. "WHITS BHOTHIHS j Have now iu store a complete assort- I inent of PROVISIONS AND GROCERIES. " cjim 4 DC? i???n i Tiieir oiul'k m ni/vinno to uiiu tliey *>ffcr special inducements to buyers . of sugars by the barrel. r April 15, 1874, 1-tf Dissolution, . j THE partnership heretofore oxisting between WHITE, HILL & CUNNINGHAM was by mutual con- ^ sent dissolved on the 17th inet., by I he withdrawal of Mr. W. II. WHITE. The business will bo conducted at their old stand (190) by CUNNINGHAM & HILL. March 24, 1874, tf INT otice. | All those indebted to the late firm of WHITE, HILL a CUNNINGHAM, arc earnestly called to come forward and settle their accounts as early aa possible. The claims may be found ia the hands of the new firm, to whoui payment must be made. Cunningham & Hill. April 1,1874, 21-tf . - - " ? Notice to Creditors.- ' : ALL persons having claims against the Estate of Wm, Eakin, dee'd. are hereby required to present the same before me, duly attested, wi'hin the time prescribed by Jaw, or be barred. All parties indebted to said estate must make payment at once, or suit will bo entered against them. LEWIS D. BOWIE, Administrator. April 28, 1874, 3-3t "fresh arrivals. PRETTY CALTCOES, Long Cloths, Millinery, Jet Mack Buckles, l?nfJlin<rs. ifcc.. at tlic Emporium of Fashion. April 29 2-tf A. SMALL LOT Corn, f TV ? T?r i /"4T.1TV Por Sale, at a reduced price, by Barnwell & Co. : April 29,1S74, 3-tf PAINTS IN OIL, And in POWDER with the usual Stock I of OILS, at PARKER;& PERMX'S. ? ? wwm TT A ?* IT T rt TT | .r.aiJNT, viutj* ion, Whitewash Brushes, . M Tools anil Brict Pointers WiTH MARKING BRUSHES, o Parker & Perrin's. 5 Centennial Celery Salt, For Soups, Gravies and Meats, ?fcc., ' AT Parker & Perrin's. ft ALLS the attentfi of the ^ Jf .pubfib vto Mi- Stock: -of mim-ooops, now opened iwl ready for inspection. He pareift^pi'in selecting this ? tock. Having made ^his pur- J bases under the most favorable 1)1 ircumstanc.es. His tlines are ^ omplete in all the various De- J arfcnieiits, and it is his detei-lination to sell at the lowest ai rices; he feels assured that !ASH BUYERS will find it to ai lieir interest,to give .him a aiIL " le calls especial attention- to is Stock of DRESS iSOODS ml MTTXTXTCRY.. His Dress ! Jowls Department embraces aU : he latest styles of BPRINGM lnd summer material, ; GRENADINES, JAPANESE ? enapine, printed: jAWNS, STRIPED PUR- H 'ALS, PRINTED MUSLINS, VHITE STRIPED LAWNS, 'IQUETS, with a great variety f plain White Goods,: JACO- i fETTS; MULLS, NAIN- a iOOKS, FRENCH SWISSES, $ :c., &c. E His Millinery is iiifujlbloom p nd he cordially invites the lalies to give him a call, feeling ssured that tlie temptation 0 rill be too great for' theni to eave without purchasing someliing in Miss RAMEYS DEPARTMENT. H'ltll llllS T*?lll J. 11 uuiiiicuuiuii. ttjii/ix mi.i, ii ui 3E FOUND A DRESSMAKING . DEPARTMENT, n all its various branches, unIcr charge of Miss LIDDIA CAGGART, whose long cxpeicnce is well known to the la- . lies of Abbeville. J. T. ROBERTSON. I April 15,1874,1-tf iotchalmers& co., i HAVING secured the services of a good CABINET MAKER, are jow prepared to luive old furniture i nade as new by repairing and upholding at the FURNITURE STORE. < Mouldings for Pictures. i VALNUT MOULDING, Gilt Lining. I [iUSTIC MOULDING, Gilt Lining, \.1I Gilt Mouldings, Oval Frames, all sizes made to order and on hand at J. [>. CHALMERS & CO. MEAT SAFES, ?JIDE BOARD SAFES, New Styles, 1 ^ COMMON MEAT SAFES, at ow prices. J. J). CHALMERS & CO.' Make "Home" Pleasant With good PICTURES, to be had.at r. D. CHALMERS & CO.'S FURN1l'URE STORE. Ladies Victoria Rocker, New Lot, just received, at " J. D. CHALMERS & CO. COUNTRY SPLIT CHAIRS. i ' t S , (i The best, just received, T T\ Pliolm arc ?6r f!n ' O I JLJ $ UJUMiJUUWAki vw v v? MARBLE! MARBLE! FULL Stock always on hand of the best material?and all work done in the best manner and at low jiriccs. Handsome design? always on hand. Respectfully, J. O. CHALMERS. April 8, 1874,.32-tf Hardware! Hardware!! HORSE SHOES, MULE SHOES, WttKniNft HOES. CUT NAILS, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 20 and 40 ponnics, WELL. PULLEYS, . ARMS, L. II. SHOVELS, COLLINS' AXES, POWDER, SIIOT* LEAD, HORSE BRUSHES. SHOE BRUSHES, WHITE WASH BRUSHES, COTTON CARDS, COW BELLS, DINNER BELLS, at W. JOEL SMITH'S. April 22 2-tf CALL on W. JOEL SMITH and buy a CHEAP UMBRELLA. BACON, CORN, FLOUR, LARD. MEAL, GRIST, FISH, iSA.LT,! Kept always on hand at W vJoel Smith's. April 22 2-tf A FULL ASSORTMENT OF French and Plain Candies, Nuts, Citrons, and Currants, Just received at W. Joel Smith's. April 22 2-tf Notice to Builders. i I WILL turn toll ujhujIjm*, urc??eu, tnnguod and grooved, on cars at (J)epotiu Columbia, at twenty-five dol1 iti's ($25) per thousand feet, and FLOORING ut twenty-eight dollars ($28) per thousand feet. Cash or "no go." Isaiah Haltiwanger, Columbia, S. C. April 22, 1874 24t 1 I . " FOR SPKfl ' jj rHE undersigned respectfully begs leav( licin general, that be Iras iust return* e lias purchased a large and well-aelected s SPRING AND SI id is now ready to show hi& Goods and con ich low figures that it wil astonish ail. H iorrtiiu montinn will Hin?*?fnrn nnlvrriv* id can assure the public that he will sell al I>mr G CA C..ICO?best brands, from 8 to 12 cenl HOMESPUN?Brown and Bleached, fi SHEETING?Brown and Bleached, fro OSNABURGSand Drilling?from 15 to CHECKED HOMESPUNS?From 15 I BRESS GOODSr-New styles, from 201 ' ..LINEN AND COTTUNADES? from! JEANS?from 20 to 70 cents per yard., CLOTH is Clothing Department cannot be exeeHe< CO ATS?from S1.00 to ?15.00. PANTS?from $1.25 to $9.00 a pair. V ESTS?front $1.00 to $5.00 a piece.' "WHOLE SUITS?irom ?5.00 to $25.00 r HA1 large lot of the latest styles, STRAW, W< 1.00 a piece. 8 H o: [is Stoeh of SHOES ARE AlX'HteW,' ai rices, from $1.50 to $4.00a pair. groce: His stock of Groceries were, bought for < fie red in that line. SUGARS?from 10 to.lIioauiflnGrnnnn COFFEE?Bio, from, 30 to 3o cents my: COFFEE?Jnvfl, 4-1 cents per pound.1 SMOKED BACON?(3, B. Sides, 11 cci MOLASSES?from 45 to 73 cents per g? SYBUP?No". 1, $1.00 per gallon. TEA?Green, $1.00 per pound. FLOUB?best brands, from $10.00 to $1 No trouble to show goods. Call early, sec V. It? : . ' r;?'f ' 1/ si t9? x April 8,1874, 52-tf '?> ? ' LOW PRICES! I . . ... . / . Qnarles i . . : Jail fire attention -of their friends selected and VARIED STOCK ( SPRING AND Si AT * ' ' ' ; t Low F Comprising all the Nov LADIES' DRESS GOODS, GREXADLW, LMO ALPACAS, YICTl miNjM r ? *? I 1. <: < fl4/ * nndfdilrf Wlxit? GrOO LADIES SCARFS, TI r 'I \ PAI^ASf Clotliiiig. Shoes. QUARLI April 15,1374,1-tf ? _i; - . < f , - .? * _?:> . r * y * 7AY^wW>vi^H' f . \ . .' J ,' 1 ? DR0ST& MEDICINES: 1 AT ' TORLAY & YATES', jSTo? 190, .Abbeville* Broadway. - - r* . ^ ? v. :. \?" E keep on hand constantly a' W well selected Stock of DRUGS, CHEMICALS, PERFUMERY, PAT- , ENT MEDICINES, SOAPS, TOILET ARTICLES, &c., &c. Having increased ]our Stock of ! Drugs and Chemicals, wo arc nowprepared to supply Physicians, at an j exceedingly liberal discount, and request them to call ou us before ordering elsewhere. Ph}*sicians Proscriptions compounded with euro and.accuracy. 7 C r-nuv lioif is lliin nnrl inclined to J ? - - ? drop, you can prevent it by using our UAIIt TOXIC. Thousands have tried it, and all have been pleased with it. Contains no Dy, and will answer the purpose of a perfect hair dressing. Prico 50 cents per bottle. TORLAY & YATES, No. 190. April 22, 1874 2-lf SOZODONT AM) I)r. R. B. I)A.COSTA'S TOOTH *v a ?w_nr>rvn nf. PARKER & PERRIN'S. REESES Infallible Con? Cure, and the Corn and Wart Destroying Pencils, at lWItKEIt & PERIUIVS. April 29' 1874 , 3-tf Simmons' LiveTJepIator-Pills, I? ark or & 3?errin5s. _?_? .?_?_ . E 1874. **^ f? ) to inform his customers and the pub- ji ^(1 from the Northern njarkets, where^LyB fMMEE G00D|J vince his patrons that lie is 8todr_being very d in any market for quality and.pri&es. : OOL A]^D Ft^%ATS, from 60 2.00 per barrel. ^ ^ aire nrat-clads goods, and fctfow prices. Knox's New Eange. SPINE KOODsf k IViriii to the arrival of tlieir welter : )P UMMER GOODS i , .il v""v.1, ' .V : /.?; ' 'riceSi " elties of the Season* - ; " .-v^! t\ ft til s, ; : ; )ria stripes, ; 1 D PLAID MINSOOKS nds of dSj (fee., ???cs. ES, BOWS, PANS,,," ; >r..s, &c. ip|; I Hats.&c., &c. . * ';?;(/;r<vG '!> . 'n-'.y. 3S & PERKIN. ;.,f ;.V. A ) * . : v -j /: < 7 MSB: FiH fll=?S g^jiMBMaaB" ' ^yaMmMM^Baa PB8jgffiS| ^BtB5I^S8S8SmbBB' KBKS^BSZMUK^XHmiBBWEIBSD > V : Emporium of Fashion* Spring 1874. 1\*E would respectfully inform ou* Vt numerous friends' and tfffier patrons, our Stock-off >' , >---' f rT Wim ; ..... li SPRING MiLLINEFY in all its latest styles, i? now reat y for. inspection, and having been selected with great care bv the undersigned assisted by Miss P$Ut BIN of' Baltimore, formerly with us, whose good teste and advantages are well Known, feci perfect confidence in assuring the ladies will be found tu> attractive as ever before, and shall always combine the latest novelties to be had in the Northern markets. Our prices will be upon tho cash basis, and as reasonable as can bo found anywhere. MISS KATE SMALL, for years connected with the Emporium, and most favorably known as a lady of 1,1 1 a<a nlinnrn roiiueil lasi aim auimv, omi of our MILLINERY DEPARTMENT, and shall ever try to please the most fastidious?. Jas. A. Bowie, Ag't Emporium of Fashion. April 1,1S74. Fresh Arrrivals atWier's Sto.re. The ladies aro invited to caR awl my tine stock of FRKNC'tf C'ANpj^A PICKLES and JELLIES. TJiu M ' assortment of PLaJX and SWEET CRACKERS i 11 tfce market, Company Commissaries \yi{l come up and get their Reef and ^ausapre Meat on Wednesdays flnd Fridays on the arrival of the 1^ (Velook train. JNO. A. WIER, | April S, 1874, 52-tf -T?i - J "J ' ?T . ? < . . i Si ~4 i t '* . , 4,