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1/ I Mrs. Pratt, of Sun Francisco, n iplies for a divorce, -.villi tlic mode .alimony of one million dollar*. Mr. Gladstone's ipampUlet h 'reached its one hundred and fouri 'thousand in England. The merchants who bejjin the yei by increasing their advertisemen will be the happiest next Chrintmu If yen would reaj) liberally, you min sowJiborally. x A correspondent, of, the AVw Yor Tribunt says there are well infornac politicians in Albany who are willin to make houvy wagers that Horati Seymour will yet be the next Senate fWini'Vc u- YiivL One thousand two hundred i^oa' **alled upon Henry Ward BcoeheJ r"riday mid wished him a "II/, -New Tear." For five hours h/d notluug but shake hands atf* change greetings with his friuT Tho people of Due W<,si ,orvcd last week, with other Chris'"8 orcr the world, as u week of Atr- A mating was held at the ( h evcO' night, and the program' :in'an?J?d hy the Alliance Conjtf00 Was "lowed. y It is announced v?orhecH intends, in c?se he^-'1 ,,.Mt r.cce've the Democratic cjyJtt "on*iiiation., to go before the In/nu legislature as an independent'111^1110 'or l',u scn* atorship. Uc /,n '!tV01' ()' 'nore soft money than v> other living man. j Mr. WiMi/ 4: Vu"aCtN Dcrnocraiiej candidate r ^"Iloa omics cemuor front p^.v'vania, claims that he will rec?'e 1401 less than eighty votes out ofVu hundred anil twenty-eight to I?e/*1 'u lhe election for United Stj,yi^C|?utort and that Messrs. Clynt^ark. Cowan, Hare and Buckaw ijyi jrnst more c?aipliniemjtry prepared tables in MWtm 1 seems that! city from SM^er^railroad and othvr corporation*! V^ftnmoun-kto i orer titty-ono iKiillioaS-^^dtiliiirS fig currcncy. To ma^robatfl^ added ten or fifteen" ^n?i#ns,j|W>r^irt' securities which .pro nt>t rcudifv,.tra& | ?ble. '"V #' Colds.?Hot lemonade U 911c of the best remedies in the 1vorl#for'H oold. It ftcts promptly aiw'effefctively, uftd lias no unpleasant alwjeffedta Due lemon, properly squeezed, cut in slices, put with . It a If n v\J n t nt ....; Jiuijar, aiui covweu ?iw uun ?? ^...v , ?S:' trolling watr. ' * ' fe The will oOihc lute Gerrit Smith has bjf. beeu in extotenee without material al\\/'l<!riMS<IWd^Wpenty years. It bequeaths entire properety to liis v^fi^THHB^^ialf he divides between \ his Coi. Greene Smith and Maa.^Jq^5^8 ^D. M^lertj jl'he estate is Social Premiums Awarded by Abbeville Agricultural Society.? i W. A. Moore?Greatest yield per hand, on farm, ($317.90), $10.00. J. L.White?Greatest yield on one acre of wheat (Maryland White) -~4 bushels, ?*c aa I i ?jW.W J. L. White?Creates yield on 5 acres! of wheat, llOj, $10,Ou. j. It is rumored in Washington, that owing to some disagreement between Secretary Bristow and himself", TreasH urer Spinner is about to step down and 1 out. Greenbacks will not look natural < A without old Spinner's familiar tist to ^ them. Counterfietera wlio have spent m ?o much valuable time in studying his ' ^autograph, are to be pitied. Tne new financc bill passed by the Senate comes up in the House ol Representatives on Friday next, and there 1 are indications of a disagreement ' upon it because it does not provide I for the cancellation of the greenbacks < to bo retired as the national bank cir- j vulation is increased. Tho inflation j -I I : 11 ) . ists only support me out un wnuiuvi. , that no cancellation provision shall be ( inserted in it, and it is said that they will defeat it it' such an amendment , is made to it in the House of Bepresen- ! tativos. The ten days within which Charlie ] Ross's father offered to pay ?5,000 for , his return have expired, and there is , no news of the boy. The impcession is naturally growing stron <er that ' the child is no longer alive ; it is easy j to be!:tve that hie captors have con- I claded the easiest way out of their ' enterprise was to kill him, and it is < also possible, not to say probable? I "though searcelj* anybody seems to | think of it?that the little fellow died j a natural death. At any rate, what- < -over the detcctivc may say and t^iink, { popular faith in his ultimate recovery | issteadily on the decline. The edmpuisory euucauun uut guco ( into tiffed in New York Year. It ? compels tho attendance at some school ^ of ail children between the ages of ^ eight and fourteen years, and it is the i intention of tho board of education to i ?nforco it thoroughly. Each city j ward will be divided into an many ditf- ' irieta tos there are school-housea, and 1 to each district one truant agent will ( "be appointed, whose first duty it will s be to ascertain accurately tho number ( and" residence of alkllie children in | his dJstriot.y"*Che fafcts as thus ascer- f tained will: be the Hsin upon which j * the law wiiijxj involved whonover pa- ? rents cannot >bc othcrwisJ induced to I #end tlieir/chiwren tv school. It is ? cxpected that tl^J^neVis law will compel a la^e additiotv^- the existing * school acoomntodty#om and to the .v farm school to which |ur?jrant chil- ' ?Jren arc to no soi.t. \iuc ?kt pu-irides thai hot only the "parents who' I jdfow their children to stay away c from school, hot also all persons who r 'employ Litem in any way, uro liable to j a fine. P The New York papers publish a f fetter from Lady Franklin, offering a v reward of two thousand pounds for I the recovery of the recordr of Sir { 'John Franklin's Arctic? expedition. v She also offers to pay for the Expense ? m* '' oi any I'*|hujiiuu KiiinrnnvvRPffPB in kucli discovery. SlioulditVy |?. jj I j^buno^ker her deuih flraAttaiii^ ' I I:dKv . HLikr I 1 MM P-V1 1 ^^K/a- 9 city on the r Jho leaaiug ineu^^PH^H^B very t: ,^#i>late j'iiiJ Territory in ami .. 'f many from the British Ptloviuip Not ouly wfll the members of the .ration rl w Grange be here in full force, out the a meeting will naturally attraf many e Patrons not directly connected ^ith the ventral organization, and Qfarlsston " (WU1 be crowded with strange^. The ii jcltvh'As never yet failed in th/duties c?f w hospitality, and we are consent that .1 her welcome to the Grau?rs will be n worthy of her fame. The imitative in as the work of preparing for oeeting and \\ receiving ana entertaining the visitors i lias beeu taken by Ashley vrange, No. 1 1,1 of this city the pioneer Gauge of the th Cotton States, which wiJ be assisted , by u co'mmitce of the ftate Grange. ' ?The meeting is imi>ortanV>nc, and lias er , before it much work of Jfjterest to, the %, jOrdor. Theseasion wflv probably last 8jl ten or twelve days, ,\m the visitors will ],. \l?k.ve'abundant tu'netfo look about the city and itx'envLrorjs A full programme j ni Tor the meeting''litis not yet been j * definitely nraugea. VVre understand,, . however, that t lie re will l?e an excnsion 1 w .to Fort Sumter th<? phosphatel works and other places'of interestundcfr'{1,] <the auwuces of Ashley Grange, assisted jth jby'the Patrons of the Stkto. aluLwe are!., confident that lio efforts will be spared to 1:1 make the Ad^it of the Patrons fioiiiiOV 'abroad anleanaut on?.{Actwr cfc Courier, er ' - * ^ St' jJ The Press i B>nn"-; I?rrr' ^e. s. c. ? as I A bbe*? ? n tli jEE, Editor. t W. - I u' TwILr*7, Ja?-13'1875- ? 8t l?i'wo Dollars a year, In ad- J TEBpr Two Dollars and Fifty Ot nts, ,, iancf d of the year. a k >t Uybacriptioiib taken, for a shorter d JRan six months. i ( ? t'^isient advertisements'are charged j, ? i the rate or One Dollar per inch t <Se fortlie first insertion; and Fifiy v T v-f....knA#.',f irtuorfinn 4*4>10 Hil CttUIl 3UU3U(|UUlil i^ovtw... . a liberal deduction from^H,e above t flite.s is made to persons advertising by v the quarter or by the year. ^ ?aS"* All obituary notices and tributes r of respect are charged for at tbetusual a rates of advertising. \ t JOB PRESS. I 8 We are now provided with an excellent Job Press, and line assortment of I Job Type, and are prepared to execute 8 superior work. Orders are respectfully u solicited. ' ^ n ii emulations 70u the post-OKKJCE 8< at Abbeville.?The Office is open for h the general delivery of letters and sale \ of postage stamps from 7:30 A. M. to 5 " P. M. t( Money Orders furnished from 7:30 A. F' M. to 3:20 P. M. v Greenville and Columbia Railroad h Mail closes At 7:30 A. M. i Washington, Ga., Mail closes on Weduesdav at 5:30 A. M. \ Elbert, Ga., Malil, via Heardmont, p closes ou Thursday at (5:30 A.M. a Antreville Mail, via Temple of c Health, closes on Thursday at 5:30 A. M. Elbert, Ga., Mail, via LowndesvilJe, closes on Friday at 5:30 A. M. tr W T A wcrtv TJ \T h ' THIS PAPER IS ON FILE WITH. P 4gO|tt I /j)| ^^^^^s^Adrortlalng Contract* cnn be made. pR*Ce UnitedJ&fate? has 110 more P fe/al citizen, nor tlie South a more tj gallant "defender than the Georgia 1? Senator, who carries into the de- e bates of the Legislative hall the j same heroic spirit which he exhibit t< ted 011 many a bloody field whep c the destinies of his section we|e n trembling in the balance. His reply l?annfnp PVlm nnrl's in tllfl Into rip. bate on Louisiana affairs, was wor- D thy otthe nfan and of the occasion, t It was au eloque*tappeal to those p?... iples of justice, and sentiments . of fraternity, which he believed to exist among the whole American people in spite of the bitter utter- 4 ances of partisan Seuators. { He stood aghast at the spectacle presented in this Senate yesterday ?a spectacle of one portion of the members seeking to ruin the fair name and honor of the people of Due section of this country before the civilized world. He was amazed ?utterly amazed; that there should be found in the hearts of men with ivhora he daily associated upon this 0j floor, so much hate. He was totally at unprepared for it. and if he believed " fn.flnv thnt the exnressions which ' ~ %i i fie heard from Senator's lipsyester- te lay reflected the sentiments of the ^ Northern people, he would feel that w it was time for the Southern people ai :o die. If he believed that those ot sxpressions foreerhadowed the poli- ^ 2y of this Government towards the Ti South, then "he would say, let us have done with this farce of local ? self-government. He did not believe that the brave men agaiust S< ivhom the people of the South had ^ ately contended, entertained any el ?uch sentiments. He believed the p< jreat majority of the American peoDie, of both Xorth and South, white p nul hl?iok. nhhorred anv such SDirit )f animosity. lie believed the raovemaut inaugurated in 1872, by ;hat larAheaded and large-hearted ^ nan of ifew York, to bring about *ood feeling und harmony, would g. )e successful. In the support which le (Gordon) gave to the resolution, is presented by Senutor Thurman, le protests against any construcion which \\ypiUd make it appear r( :hut he was waning in respect to ;he President of the United States. Much had been said here about the President being the Commander-in3hief of the Army. He (Gordon) l, vas glad he was Comraander-inUhiet?glad that the rrpMitary was mhoriiiimtu to the cWil nower. He lid not propose to disuiss the resoution, but to reply to^vhot'he was Jn bribed to conclude were gratuitous nsults offered to his people by ' ionic of the Senators on the other ide of the chamber. It was charged hat murder prevailed throughout H, he South, and that these murders vere by the hands of the Democrat ? ?! ??* nn ni->f llio HAVklif +A u wuiic man o juu jlxio icpij vvy hat was brief; the charge was false. , t was true that murders had oc- Mi :urred, hut no ono deplored them nore than himself, nor more than ' he people he represented. His 1 >eople had always said the class of , >eople committing these* murders M vere the worst enemies of the South, f murders were committed, 4-as Jo* hat any reason for branding the i*hole Southern people as a set of > ssaseins and barbarians? Wherev r in the Southern States, people of lonestv and integrity have control tf pnblic aftairs, property, life and i ibcrty are as safe as they are in ? ny.Northern State. [Applause m he.gallery.] Did the Senator from 1 Vmont (Edmunds) forget that * h^re were States in the North, in ?(''r liMiands^of the Democrats? He ass fclonjJtoprehended that these^JEJ ^l^^eregoverned just as_:wel' ' governed by Itepublic/^^ S^ftthatsneh was tlie'jt^^ J oco..tlie war, i?ot ^HHHHy|igainst^tlio potfer oi'^ S^^Unverntuent, becaiiD gvewgi** riots ut eleetion&or Hots i>ai !^fro8s-roadfi. A band of mi&guided d5e iegroes,-$vho mareb&f at ni^htwith ^ rn?s to murder lind hearts to planer, could not be attacked by whites ) self-defence. If they, were at- | icked and a conflict ^lensnod, iu5 the 'hich a few were killed, the South 9?i -as then charged with disloyalty nd autagonism lo the Federal ?ov- w3 rnnieut Colored militiamen might isnlt women, rob. r>illfl{?6 arid drap1 nioeent men from theighedB, v lien the white men resi}|ed tli<Jn^ ie Southern people wej|? lieM ;np * ; murderers and assassins. Jdtefa ere sent down among them wJio ti)<j nd no common interest with them; op? lese men made the laws, collected ic taxes an J governed the South- Coi n people, and then maligned the ' ime people. It' the South asked }w New England would like that, ? id strived by every lawful means A overthrow those men, her people "{jj, ere charged with beingftnurderers ? id ^assassins. IIow long are We us .to be n>i?undersf^pd, in the T co of every evidence Ye give ~o1 J ir readiness to meetjthe Ba'1 n people upon cqrirtl gronncl. '* jj f' ' * 1 * >>;$*/' ' ,r* I g$ % I. in itifhMrii ran imi Alexander Auguste Ledr<u Rollin, fhose death has been announced by caile, was bom in Paris February 2. 1808. It the age of twenty-^two he become an dvocate, entered the political arena as , representative of the Comninniut inerest, and defended many parties chargd with offences agai-nst the government, le married an Irish lady, and visited rcland during the O'Connel excitement, nd was cordially received as a repre enuitive or frencn KepuDiicaninm? le-was a prominent actor in the French evolution of 1S48, and was nominated ninister of the interior in theprovision,1 government. In 1850 he fled to Engand, having become implicated in a onspiracy to overthrow Louis Napoeon, where he wrote books of an exretue politcal character. In 1857 he /as condemned to transportation for im lication In another conspiracy to overhrow the Emperor Napoleon III. He /as permitted to return to France by a lecree of January, 1870, and soon after etupned to France, having beeu absent bout twenty years. He was elected to he National Assembly in 1871, but reigned. The iVeu> Fork World is not at ull atisfied with the new financial measro of Congress. It thinks the bill is ot- calculated to bring the curcncy down to a hard pan basis, o Ifuucli coveted by the bondn'nhwii ..ml mnnov nmnrinr>] i*l s of thfi ~ 1 i'ortli and Euf?t, but, on the contrary, 3nds to postpono the day of specie esumption. It thus illustrates its iow.of the subject: "A man in u oat rows away from the point he )olis at. Precisely so Sherman'a anta Clans Sham 'distinctly contemlates resumption' and rows towards hundred aud two million inflation. 20,500,000 enacted and $82,000,000 ot prevented." Th? Pennsylvania Central Railroad as issued noticc that all applications >r annual passes must be accomanicd by photographs of the appli mils. A. copy of the photograph, reneed m?size, will be punted on the nek of' -each pass. It is hoped in ai? way to prevent the lending of asses to third parties?a trick quite jmmon, and to which legislators Bern especially prone. Bosinkss Directory.?Wc call speial. Attention to the list of live, enterrisjng business men whose names praar in the advertising columns of IdnPress and Banner. If you want to elf) the fruits of energy and activity xpended by others to procure good laterial cheap for their customers, on't fail to give them a call. For injgrity, polite attention and good effiiency iD business, wc cheerfully comlend and endorse them. At St. Thomas's Church, New rork, on Ctiristmns, chimes were ling by an electric arrangement) conocted with the pedal movement of ho organ, so that tho .bolls and the rgnn gave out thy Batno harmonies imultancourtly. OFFICE" COUNTY School Commissioner. ABBEVILLE C. H., S. C. Januaky 11, 1875. rHE following persons are appointed SHOOL TRUSTEES for their sspective School Districts, to hold flee for two years from the 1st inant, (unless sooner removed for iuse,) or until their successsors are ap)inted or qualitled. They are required by Jaw, within flfen days from their appointment, to ke an oath to faithfully and imparally discharge the duties of theirotlJce, hich oath the members of each Board 'e authorized to administer to each her.? They are exempt from Militia and oad Duty and from payment of Poll ax. Persons decliuing the appointment ill please notify tho School Commisoner at once. As it is desirable to open the Public :hools at least by the first proximo, the rustees are requested to meet at as irly a day as possible and organize, by ectinirn Chairman and Clerk, and re >rt their organization to the School smmissioners, to whom they will apy for further instruction : School District No. 1, Ninety-Six: . S. Hale, Wesley Flctchor, James W. Foucne. School District No. 2, Greenwood.: A. C. Waller, Robert Griftln, Peter McKellar. School District No. 3, Cokcsbury : E. Cray don, M. Goggina. M. B. Magee. School JHv+rint ATo. 4-, , M. Mattison, Wesley Anderson, J. R. Latimer. t School District No. 4, Due West: bv. J. N. Young, B. L. Young, James M. C'arwile. School District No. 7, Long Cane : itues A. McCord, Ed. Cochran, R. H. Cochran. i School District No. 7, Smithville: < H. Rykard, Alfred Garlingtou, ( G. W. Collins, , School District No. 8, White Hall: i ;n. P. H. Bradley, Boney Williams, < G. W. Collins. f School District No. 9, Indian Hill: J io. C. Chiles, Moses Chiles, ; J no. 8. Chiles. j School Dist. No. 10, Cedar ^Springs : . u_ T T* 1 U11UJUI1, W ao. Af Iiiiniwu, A. L. McCaslan. I School Diet. No. 11, Abbeville: , W. Lawson, Benj. Hughes, t R. Marshall Haddon. j School Di8t. No. 12, Diamond Hill: i . Jno. H. Bell, Zaeh Latimer, ^ Wesley A. Black. , School Diet. No. 13, Loumdesrille : ] sissillon Bell, Henry Heard, , Win. A. Lesly. School Dint. No. 14, Magnolia: { \ J: W. Thomas, John Jackson, . Bam'l J. Hester. School Dial. No. 15, Calhoun'? Mill* : q . O. Tolmnn, ('ha*, gibert, / :W. P. Kennedy. ; School Dint. No. 16, Bordeaux: lin Herman, Green Callahan), e fCatlett Corley. t J. P. C. DuPRE, \ THOS. THOMSON, t W. P. McKELLAR, 2 Examining Board. ^ ran. 13,1875-31. Mule$ and Horses. . I E would^ respectfully inform the ( V public that we keep constantly 1 1 -i If ,. UUIIU ill IIJC iUdloimu n?uoc piauiCD, j nierly occupied by Hamlin, a good \ wrtment of Mules and Horses at the <] wt~ reasonable prices. Come one, f ne all, and try us. j M. A. SCOTT, f J. J. TAYLOR. i fan. 13, 1875-2t. | q OTiGE^IjaamNai^ JOTICE is hereby given, in 0011- C | formity with an order of tbeExecu- C e Committee of the Greenwood Card C etpry Company, directing a dis- C rtlwii of the funds of said Com- C ly among the minor children of solrs who were killed or died during the r, that claimants make immediate plication to J. It. TARRANT, Treasurer, Greenwood, f?. C. Q. Papers in tbe State willing to aid ! orphans, will please insert the above igffree of charge. " 1?tf 9E ALSTON HOUSE.v * -* The Hisses CATER, I ^OUNCES lo the PUBLIC that jt*Hl keep The ALSTON HOUSE ri to persons who apply for regular c WlTisient BOARD duringihisyear.? ird reasonable. Fare as good as. the hi intry afford*. Pi &n 13?tf v>. fo ar M-1. * rt_ i. cu mule ior oaie. i_< LARGE and valuable Mule will bo . sold, on accommodating terms, to ^ approved purchaser. Apply at this S'j ie. [Jan. 6, 1875, 89, tf ^ ,To my Patrons. '? HAVE RETURNED HOME, nnd W may l>e found at my office, over the ? ik. "during business hours. 8 JOHN 8. THOMPSON, D. D. 8, iff * ' ' * +*'' (m p . > #> -r- r ' . . vy/j. ( SHERIFF'S SALE. By L. J, Wilson, Auctioneer. , BY virtue of an Agricultural Lien to mo directed, I will sell at Ninety-Six, 011 Friday, the 22nd of January, 1875, at 12 o'clock M., 3,000 FOUNDS SEED COTTON, j MOKE OR LESS. 1 1 t ?i.~ p n 1 ut'vitu vii on tuu jm wjiti ^ v. Starns, at the suit of Foucho A Son. tST TERMS CASH. L. P. GUFFIN, S. A. C. Sheriff's Office, Jan. 6, 1875 40-3t. SHERIFF'S SALE. By L. J. Wilson, Auctioneer. r A. J. Furguson & others ) ! vs. j-Execution. Nathan Ingrum & Hon. ) Ry virtue of certain executions to mo l T ...ill A hk,...;iln y u 11 cV/kuuj a rviu o vi i av aui/vvinv Court House, on Saleday in February next, the following desuribed Real Estato. lo-wit: One Tract of Land CONTAINING One Hundred Acres, MOKE OR LESS. 1 Bounded by lands of oilier* ? k'.owu j as the Jones Fuller place. ^ Levied on as the property of N. In- r gram, at the suit of A. J. Furguson 1 unrl nf linra. * I TERMS CASH. L. P. GUFFIN, ( S. A. C. i Shoriff'H Office, 1 j Jan. 8, 1875, 40-3t. j i SHERIFF'S SALE. By L. J. Wilson, Auctioneer. ( William Wickliffe vs. [ Executions. William Moore. j c BY virtue of Sondry Execution* to j me directed, I will sell, at Ahb?>- , -:M- n Sr. PnK. ' Villi; V/UUib xivuov, fit wwivwaj +. vvrury, 1875, within tho legal houm, ( One Tract of Land ! i CONTAINING H One MM and Seven Acres, MJRF. OR LESS. ' bounded by lands of Mrs. Triblin and others. 800 Bundles of Fodder tnorc or L less. e 1 Horse and Mare i ? 1 Wagon and Gears. 1 Bale Cotton, More or Less. 1 Lot Cooking Utencils. 1 Lot Household Furniture. 3 Cows and 2 Calves. ^ Levied on as the property of William Moore, at the suit of William ' Wickliffe. p d TERMS CASH. ? ? T tl ^ TT P PT\r u r. uurrjn, i> Sheriff Abbeville County. Sheriff"* Offiec, Jan. 9, 1875, 40-31. Sew Advertisements. Xenmore University High ScbooL AMHERST C. H., VA. -i H. A. STRODE, (Math. Xfelallst, U. P Va.,) Principal, and Instructor in Math- rjj jmatlcs, Engineering and Natural Sci;nces. H. C. BROCK, (B. Lit.. U. Va., ?>' eceatly Ass. Prof. Latin, U. Va.,) In- vj itructor in Greek, Latin, French and , 3erman. One of the leading High Schools of the State. New term com- n Tie noes Feb. 1st, 1876. Charge $150 for >oard and tuition. References?Hon. M J. E. Memminger and J. E. Adger, Esn., Charleston, 8. C. Catalogues nailed to all Applicant!*. Llfl V AUU VllUlUUSl III IUU WUKIU. A i Jlillj Importers prices ? Largest :ompany in America?btuple article? ? Senses everybody?Trade continually ncreasing?Agents wanted everywhere ? best inducements ? don't "1 vasto time ? send for Circular to ^ Robert Wei.ls, 43 Vesey St., N.Y., P. J5* 3. Box 1287. p 500 Pianos and Organs, tv; New and Second-Hand, of FirgUClasi Makers, will be sold at Lou/tor Jw for rt :ash, or on Installment!, or foffflKr in of '}ity or Country, during theS^nard sa Timet and the Holiday*, by HORACE WATERS & SON, 481 Broadway, than tier before offered in New York. Agents vanted to sell Water*1 New Scale Pi- _ mot, and Concerto Organs. Illustrated Catalogues Mailed. Great Inducements 0, o the Trade. A large Discount to UJ Teachers, Ministers, Churches, Lodges, )C7*UU<?, CIV.. ? f | ANOTSEI J OPPORTUNITY \ i M. 'O INVEST A FEW DOLLARS, VITH POSSIBLE RETURNS OF THOUSANDS, IS OFFERED 13 Y THE m, 'OSTPONEMENT OF PUBLIC LI- u JRARY OF KY. TO THE 27th OF 31 'El!; NEXT, OF THEIR FIFTH AND mi AST CONCERT AND DRAWING. ?<> 'HE MANAGEMENT ARE PLEDG- to !D TO THE RETURN OF THE tei )AY NOW APPOINTED. >ne Grand Cash Gift^ $250,000 tne Grand Cash Gift j 100,000 _ ?M? 'IIU, VII ou,uuu ?ne Grand Cash GiI;.Av.....^a^38,000 .5 cash oif^/ m<wo^?hFioo,ooo 10 Cash Gifts. W000 140,000 B' 15 Cash Gifta. - 10,O00,eacfi, 160,000 ' 20 C<uh GiftfcJ UmTO '100,000 \f 25 Cash StttJ, 4,000 each, 100,000 V? 30 Cash Gifts, a,000 each, 90,000 J0 50 Cash Gifta, 2,000 each, 100,000 100 Cash Gifts, 1,000 feach, 100,000 W 240 Cash Gifts, 500 each, 120,000 600 Cash Gifts, 100 each, 50,000 10,000 Cash Gifts, ' 50 each, 950,000 pr f hole Tickets $50. Halvet $25. Tenth, v>' or each Coupon $5. Eleven rui Whole Tickets, $500. ut t h< or Tickets, or information; address pn THO. E. BRAMLETTE, Agent and 1 ? [auager, Louisville, Ely. < ma hitm AAnii 1U nave trUUll mSAliili The Liver mutt be kept iu order. (ltt| anford' s Liver Invigorator ed is become a staple fam.Uy medicine. Go urely vegetable?Cathartic and Tonic? >\ r all derangemeiita.of Liver, Stomach , , id Bowels. Willolearthecomplexiou, . .1.1, Ol * T?I.- Wll LIB BlUA-llC<?UUi;iJUy ouuii imiUtt- " ' >db, . ant CO COHl r day home. Terms cha l(p Jul) free. Addrpss, GEO. for Pi-KSOy & CO., Portland; Mo. to ] nnA WififiK guaranteed to Male con if |- and Female Agents, in thdh jality. Costs NOTHING to try ft. irticularsFree. P. 0. VICKERY A Arifcuma, Me. ??? "k RANGES ?20 BALL ROMAN ? W Candles, at ?. . - : - S PARKER-A FEHRIN, j Deo.-23, 1874 9T-tf - v 1 1 r $rs\ !-'V if'-v v'; ; V'TJ , SSfi v .?.-1;. \pf . * *V - ? .. ri'fl nii i - L _ ? SHERIFFS SALE. [e By L. J- Wilson, Auctioneer. W. T. Branch, Am'r, Complaint for Ol vs. sale of G. B. Sondley and Real Estate ^ H. it. Sondle}', D? R. SondlejT, j* ot al. deceased. bc BY virtue of an order from (he Court of Probate, I will seli, en the first Monday in February next, or nich succeeding Saleday a* may be q more advantageous to the parties in fcl nterest, before the Court House, at Abbeville, within the legal boars, TTTP PP. AT. PflTATTJ! XUJU 1HUMM UMAUAM P OF * D. R. SONDLE^Dec'dl gOne House and Lot, f ?Bp. J CONTAINING 1 ONE ACB4 A :: ? nore or lees, in the town of Abbeville^; . >ounded by lots of Mrs. E. M. Dend}^hg ft. A. Fair, Main street and.. Jail H| itroet. . 7* TERMS CASH, and to be complied ^9 vith Judge of Probate. Purchasers ja o pay for papers, &c. 1 L P. GUFFIN, .? e 0 S. A. C. 3 1 Sheriff's Office, __ Jan. 8, 1875, 40-3t. m | DISSOLUTION!;, 0 r HE Co-partnership heretofore exist- JS ingbetween the undertrigned, under 1 lie firm name of NelBon & Cannon, is r?. his day dissolved by mutual consent. u Ml persons indebten to the late firm, nust make settlement at once with Mr. 2. \V. Cannon. And all persons holding :laims against the firm, are requested to >resent them to him for payment. " ENOCH NELSON, Ml R. W. CANNON December 30, 1874, 39, tf ' Do-partnership Notice. THE undersigned, have this day formed a Co-partnership, under the -q Irm name of Cannon 4c Lindsay. And ** 'espectfully solicit a share of the public satronage. R. W. CANNON, A. B. C. LINDSAY. January 1, 1875, 39, tf COKEPBUEY Conference School, -FIRST SESSION, begins 18th Jan's. 5 Prof. J. L. Jones of Ga., Rectci. nt tuition from $12.50 to $22.50 per HCssiiln >f 20 weeks. Board $12.00 per mouth. 3ishop Pierce sayB of him: ?"I cpn /* lommend him as a teacher of ability, 'ex- U >erience, aud decided success." 4 Dr. O. L. Smith, President of Emory College says, "My knowledge of Prof. J. L?. Jones, as a gentleman, a scholar and m educator, warrants me in commend- JL ng him to any position to which he may )e called." _ Town healthy, mora!, free from dram a, hop#, and accessible. ' ' M F. F. GaRY, Sec'y- th Jan. 6-2t )ffice School Commissioner, ' Sf '4 t ' j^bbeville C. JEL, S- C' 1% The Trustees rktf THE SEVERAL SCHOOL DI8Lr TBICTS In tb is Counity are requesed to return to this OFFICE at the arliest day possible, all BOOKS, PAM'HLETS, BLANKS and PAPERS apkurtoiiiliiir tn Htair nfflitonf tho PTTRT.ll' ICH00L6. g, J. F. C. DuPre. SCHOOL COMMISSIONER. Jan Int. 187.5. 30-lt Office . SCHOOL COMMISSIONER, I Abbeville C. H., 8. C. 'HE BOARD OF EXAMINERS [\7 ILL hold its FIRST SESSION from Tuesday the 19th Inst. to "K 'rlday the 22d inclusive. TEACHERS _ esiring to obtain the beiieflt ??f the Pub- val c School Fund muBt receive a Certifiito frtim this Board prior to being ein- 1 loyed by the Trustors. Ha j. F. C. DUPRE, TH08. THOMSON, ? \V. P. McKELLAU, Examining Board. Jan. 5th, 1875. 39-3t < Final Discharge. LTOTIUE is hereby giveu that Win. E. ~ Jj Barmore, Executor of the Es ,te of John It. 1^1 lis. deceased, has jplied to T. B. Millford, Judgtt of robate, In and for the Couuty of Abbe- jjlite, for a tlual discharge as Execu- ? >r. It i? Ordered, That the 5th dayofFeblary, A. D. 1875, be ttxed for hearing ' Petition, and a tin a I settlement of tid Estate. J. C. "WOSMANSKY, Clerk Court Probate A. C. , Office of Probate Judge, ) 1 bbevilleC. H.,S. C., \ dir January 6th, 1875. j 4t- Ho vvil Final Discharge. yOTICE fs hereby given that Mrs. G. M. Porcher, Administratrix, ofthe state of Rev. O. T. Porcher, deceased, is applied to T. B. Millford, Judge of robate, In and for the County of Abbeille, for a final discharge as Admiillaatrix. ^ ' mo n Muruereu, mat me tun aay or reD- pej lary, A. D. 1875, be fixed for bearing d.. Petition, and a final settlement, of id Estate. J. C. W08MANSKY, P Clerk Court Probate A. C. *uil January 6, 1875, 4t ,6 Coc WW'ML ESTATE, ' S rO Foreeloso Mortgage I will s?ll j at Abbeville Court House, on ileday in February next, a certain ract of Lund, situate lying and bolng Abbeville County, near New. arket, containing : < ; 330 Acres, By - y ore or leas, hounded by land#, of ra. John A. Partlow, L. I>, Mjpiid, and J no. It B.rrnklcy.^ .?p6o Id in three separate tracts.'.' ^ata be ezbibited^n day of jjJU rmsoi' sale will be made Thomas olasrphb Jan. 5, 1875, 39-41 ^ oiiurm s ottie. f t. J. Wilson, Auctioneer. Elizabeth Griffin, w?r' hn M. Mays, et a)., , Petition to gainst scJJ land. ? m. W. Griffin, et al. Co6i BY virtue of an Order from the Th obate Judge, I wilt sell at Abbe- Hou le Court Houko on Saleday in Feb: * try, 1875, beforo the Court Housd T1 Abbeville, within the legal hours, j Real Estate of Elizabeth D. rter, deceased. 160 Acres, more or less, . Sfc * Jo ir the Town of Cokesbury, boundby lands of J. K. Vance, M. F "MBdbolt and others. * rorms of Sals?One-half cash ; the ance on a credit of twelve months, .h interest at ttfn per cent, per mm from day of sale, and pur- Th iser to give bond and mortgage Covin balanco of purchase money, and [iay for papers, Ac. Terms to be * ftplied with Judge of Probate. L. P. GUFFIN, B] black Iheriff 'fl Offico, " 75 cU an! 5,1875, 39-4t , ^ orwood,j8d$firt thi vijlage ofi Ab- g, iville, at eleven o'clock A. M? | I will Sdljffer Gash, At Fu^g Auction, Fl !ousehol^pfffiff Kitchen xpi I UJLUUX V J ^ ; consisting of Be' arlor an^Chamber Setts; S3 arpets, wi ilver Ware, tn liina, and othe* articles, . ^ Sewing MachinV Reaper, Buggy, y ooks and other articles, .7 A.NJD I Hit Bay, ai Wliite M Fara,u ;'..miles from the village of Abbemjpa the aamo terms, and at the .i' raKour, I will sell ft r . sjj Mules, I Wagons and Gear, i jtttuHStaiv and other ar-? cles. i ' bo Saxa&A. Nor woodfhi h< i" Shetifcs Sale; jU y L, J. wijjttn, A.uc'iio!ie?rJ|| ^ | K*,cut",'SB {Y virtue of au Execution to me (u||f rected, I Mrffl nell at AtibeviIl<*M jurt Hou.se, on imleday iu Februry | i sxt, within the lejfil houre, NE TMcl oF'tAND ^ OONTitRtSG^, 'B LOO S? ore or less, and bounded 55Mty.ifW.of . C. Collins, J. W. Foottha?'and otliflm !?S tbe property of Nathaniel Ingram, |R tQi uuit or A. J. Furgaraon. ty, Ife. TERMS CASH. ' L. i\ GUFFIN, ( .>? , S. A. C. J Sheriff'* off!*-*,, Jan. 5, 1875 39-4t 1 ^ w Sheriffs iSale. . ^ aui y L. J. Wilson, Auctioneer. , Bannister Allen, against V Execution. Henry H. Harper. J Y virtue of an Execution to me <H- < g rected, I will nell at Abbeville . urt House, on ?SaIeday in Februnry, * '5, within the legal hour*, * Clt 550 Acres of Land, Ti >re or lews, bounded by lands of T. M. ftu cker, James Bruce and otheri?, on 8aQtiah River. levied on aM the property ?f HenryHr irper, at the auit of B?ninter Allen. 0f , L.-P. GUEj^.#\_4A? - and 8. A. V. kin W Office of tho Slwriff of Abbeville County, , . - Pw Ian. 6, 1875 39-41 v ^ J foj*,. o'el ni r*v n i"f It a oflenn s oaie. v btr % 01* r L. J. Wilson, Auctioneer^ . ? '^Y virtup of an 'jW^tion; to ec-LocJ, I will mcII nFA'out?l.?j uho, on S.ile<ioy in thin tho li'gftl bourn, '* , One Tr&ot of Land,'1 ?^pp containing *?||| re or !oh?, bound?d I 1 ^ I 1 I_ mPU,J LIUJ i&nui ry liooier'tt. perty of R. f , of Kcbecca St?$S p". nHiHUI L' pJH - Sheriff beriff'f Office, an. 0, i875 Sheri ^gm ld H?n nWJBlllli WmMSm: El <i BarwdBSjaffllg ?j{ Iran. < .', iBl 3RMS CA8H. r' teriff ' Office, in. 5, 1875, 39-41 ARLOR BRACKETS SS hand?ome styles, juat J. I). County Chairs. ^ beet ever offered for ul? la thfli ^ ity. Warranted^ ^AT1^,pa De FINE ASeOBl^EI?1 OP FAN- ?1CY CRACKERS, *T ^ . Ql J. 3. ROGERS'. * ' i? ? LACK ALPACCAS. Another lot of those Huperior aJpafce&a, (crow s and heavy weights J at fiO cts., i.t and $1.00, just received at the tRs puDADTTixf nr viqutav -bJCv * 18, 18*4 Bftt ^ ^5feP| JjL'"" '^JF ?r .^pT # itition So renew OrderJ^Pw| 1 ??I j >Y virtue of an OitFer isauq > hii Honor T. H/Cobke, II II at AbbevUki^fffTIouee dp* le lay'ii February, ^ thin tho legal hoars, the fo TiSI tcU of land, viz: WMte.Hall Trac 912 ^.cres, more or leer; )? 1..^. ir n rr-~J unuuy VJ liiuuo wi iu? y? Royi olds, Beatvoif .Daro Ti? areas Lands, and otbeft. . 200 ^ifl u n d iihs irrab rtj of d at >hjHMptfHH w y IS J. Wilson, Amctiom ' P *?o Execution 3lir?)?t^I uril! i*<!l at Abbo la'rt llouae, on Sunday *?i? L'Nibrtl 75, wilhia the l?{(ai Injur*, One Tract tf land, contain lug 352 Acres, JV >h> or Iokh. bounded by latidi * Tihuati. iliOM, Lanier, Will olf Wd other*, levied on M !7 i...b . r '??o _4 v* uprrtir ?>i u vpnwyn opccr, >V it- of ll&nixU-r Allen. , Tories Ctuih. ' L. P. GUFP1N, Sheriff Abbeville Count jhoriff'? Office, ran. 6. 1875.39-41 ation for Letters of Adminifftral ie State of South Carol! COUNTY OF ABUfcVlLLK. , In Probate Court. T. B. UiU/oril, JSsquir^ Pro. Jadgt. * V v ITHEJiEAS, George J3. Kayih * auit to me to graut film Let Administration of the Uereiit't Eh I etftscfe of Chariot W. K*y,. lar? bgvil{^Cu totfcl. *WjajU) ra3fijoiuab aU aud ?ingul*r. (flted ftiid creditors of said Cha Jw, deceased, that they : t^Hutefore me. iiirtiie Court .tfflp be held at Abbeville O u#e,>' South Carolina,. on the ] taut^'after publication hereof, ai iick 1? th? f??^?ion^^Mhow^wv va ui?det*uy liaud >o rdSF'u Udatventy-Hve, anftigffij fgjBrjrear of Amtff^Wgfe*^' 'Jfce., . mn IflidMffiS fflltwlied, on mm |MHg ^Im ' i : * 4 ;< ?? > "j * , A h ' " ', > \Wm authority of the^t^ 'l?k ^ons8?HR ' ;'l, 8 ffg USB JBa. ji r* idtffci' 1 I^TotioeS ,, fE^HAT the prewMil Ik.*rd JOB- J_ O m mi mo uirrKim ve unnnniflb __ agreed uol tocDuiv ' v ice? tv tultrtvdl Ikn (.Uiiwyty fwfJjH 1876, unlet** (HfrtJo l?y order ^'BM| cM?iitbu:t reduced c<> j? T^^j?e353jH qlU Cite grriter Siirtuwiittento rho? any other p?j?er in V??)j^||gggjg anvt Subscription ;u2 BAC9K.& fDAMflragHH s8n cortien gialt. an l Hrbvr WM&flifc. ?S Wti, 37-tf i>' J| Kg-.?-?d Hdj^H 9 At ^ Diec; 5j