Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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f ayytr jy; ? Cgn. nTTj-w^-^-n: ?a ?% *? ? jn?^a NEWS ITEMS. !* Second crop Tri-h potatoes are better i flian the first. Try it and you will lutvej good potatoes all winter. ' * I" Every man and woman in the ComijM ty should take a County paper?sub? scription $2.uo per year. Much people arc turning their thoughts towards the mountains?cool breezes, | invigorating atmosphere and trood food are the "wants. j, Col. John AY. Walker lias hcen elect- j \ ed sheriff* of Chester, l>y a majority of u 207 over his opponent, "ilichardsou, col * t ?ltu* vdi Governor Chamberlain lias ,cl''tniw.i<l to Columbia, from liis prolonged Noif. ern trip. All tlfe State officials are no\v jo there ami tlie buzz around tiie Capitol i> tl hutre. !tl Saratoga, August, 11? F.x-CJovernor w William A. Graham, ofXorth Carolina, i I^Bfcudied o&iorganic disease of the heart, at : v P^Con^xtdS Hull, this morning, lie c;iiiik,a t^fes^sberc about three weeks since, ami ha"*' n JK^S^Jbeen eonlined to his room lour.-chiy.s. . Jv \ 1^01 iih: .Carolina elkctjo,^'. ^be'e latest authentic reports show fli?- etee-!,( tion has gone t>0 Democrat?, Ilopiibti- V caos; l.Jndependanc Democrat, ."*xty- (* (One is necessary fora majority. , >? In the memory of man hou?keepoiv were never more bewildered than now to find something to make'dinners Vegetables ?re no more, blackberries are' : y - done, fruit has faiietl anu c;>;okc.is art j j jfiy^ylng of cholery. j e fspT*"'' ' The Mecklenburg bank, of Charlotte,! 5^'* .N. C., suspended last Saturday. \VlMt! J te jR- tbe liabilities of this institution are - we ^?30%jftiable Co say. Messrs. Tate ami j t owned the bank. . jj. " ^ Stj &outfcs not content with demand- j? ing that the next .Democratic National js Convention be held in her limits, she!., now claims that the Repulicans should j not hold theirs in the same place. rm.- 1. ,.ri> ,l.? >4,( JLUU VIHU Ui JJlUIUUIinn; on in<.| proposition to subscribe to iiu',11 Spartanburg an 1 Aslitrvilie iiailroau on j I, Thursday last resulted as lollotvs: For'v. subscription 1,944; against, subscription1'" XX. |1 Hans Christain Anderson, the genial i,, old Danish story writer, whose books! we read on this side of the ocean with i ^ tiie greatest delight, died at (.'open ha-: e gen on Wednesday, in the 7i*t year ofi N his age. !a An individual \\ itli a twenty dollarjij gold piece w;is seen in town the other;, day. Where did lie get it ist!ie?|uo>lion. jll Such carryings on should not he allowed ;11 in i-niu c.'iiiinimiin'. ? -\'t wjcrrij /A/'-ic a Id. j<. The following is the result of the muni-j c cipal election held inCJreenvilleon Mon-j v duv : Mayor?W. <Cleveland, ?<> votes, j Alderman?W. W. Gilreuth, o'J??; fc?ani-;"> uel Mauldin, ;58; W, T. Shumate, o-14; j * A, A Foster &>.>; A. .McJ.ee, jr., LI 17; T. jc L. Woodside, Whoopia! The jn straight democratic ticket! The publication of the record of the!;, American civil war, ordered by t!:o last' congress, will prove to be very costly. I" Five octavo volumes have already been j!l * prepared lor publication, each volume !t consisting of .Sir.) pa^es, The entirejv work, it is estimated, will require 1 > volumes. * That was all a mistake about a love- j match being on the tnijis between t!n ' ; Princess Iieatrice and an American, ft:,, is now slated that the object of the vi.-il : of the queen of Holland to England was '. to a range u union between her "veeoiui! ^ son, Prince Alexander, and the;', princess. The marquis Lome extend-\ J his congratulations to the fortunate American. j., At the annual meeting of the slock-j holders of the 6avannah and -Memjiiii railroad,; in Opelica, Col. i>ick<ou, of; New York, was elected president, (u-n.i1' Alexander declined a re-election, j c .Major rfatiisbury, of Columbus, was % elected vice president; Major (Ireeuej chief engineer and superintendant, andj Mr. 11. 11. Isesbett secretarv and treas-j urer. The L'uhimbu* JJwjuircr says: j Mark Twain will not lecture the com-j ing season, lie prefers, iic says, to s!a> ! at home and suek. In reply >o lecture' | agent of Jioston, ilr. Clemens writes: | "I really cannot go upon the platform !c the coming season. All last winter lj> sat at home drunk with joy over ev-jc ery storm that howled along, because i > j knew tliat some dog of a lecturer wasj.' out in ii. 1 am expecting to have jusi!1 as good a time next winter, and d?? nolle think it is noble in you to deprive me oi i;1 !i lien. L'OKJUIII says 111 IS IS liiu \wi^ u< . remove stumps: Have one or morei sheet-iron cJiimneys, some lour or five!1 feet high, set lire to the slump atidjl place the chimney over it, no as lo givei < the requisite draught at the "bottom. 11! j. will draw like a stove, the stump will!, soon be consumed With several such j1 chimneys, of ditt'ereut sixes, the removal j of stumps may be accomplished at mere- j 'J lv nominal labor and expense. I j lij.NJAMiN. ? Mr. L. Q. Washington! i writes from London that ''the mostjv prominent American Jiving herw, liow-J. ever, is Mr. lienjamin, former Secretary!1 nf Sr.iia fix p Mw? I'nnf'mi(i|'.nf>v IIh !i:is !o in spite of all prejudice, won his way to; ( the very lrout rank of the KngU*>h bar, l(| and is one of the most successful plead-', ers in the courts of (iuildhail and West-!' minster, making ?10,(WO a year easily, ? and looking almost as young and quite) j as cheerful as he did Alice 11 years ago." i A heavy influence will be brought to it bearupon the next legislature to make' J some provision for the many insane per-!j sons who-aro unable to gain admittance : \ to the asylum at Millcdge.vilie. The ea-: l pacity of that asylum would accomodate j!' the whites, but il cannot, and ou^lit iij?t; J to contain both races. J,el the State pro-: l vide for the colored insane of (Georgia, i v by erecting buildings suitable for tliejv purpose, it is but just ice to that uufortu-1 nate class, and will relieve the several 11 counties of a heavy tax.?!'/'/toi/mxi//, \ Tint**. i!' Nicw.-PAfirt: Kn*i KKi'iiisK. ?'I'he AVw ' York Jhrahl is now re^uhtriy running, , and has been since the fourth of Juiy, " jSunday express train, from New Y. ^T to Niagara Falls, a distance of six h-wi-; S - dreil miles, for the purpose of ?ii>!i-i!> 1^ tiling itsSunday edition along thai route. I Tiie trains tVcight?il with tin- jiirnt'i v leave New York at h:;Il'-p:w hvou'clock, * a. to.. am! tvach Niagara ! '.:!!- :i! a^aar- i I It'!- to two o'clock. p. in., the .-aiiic , .supplying thy lint* along the !iuu-->u . Kivor, the Now 1 ork ('eutrnl, ami ?.>?-!ier railroad.-. Tiie newspaper:. :uv ni;- ' loadea lioni the rear of tJ? * (rain with- : oat .-topping, ami t'ie whole oiMancu i> ; made iii less than twelve hours. iI Ik:.- ( < tiie ('fleet to anticipate thy iv^jiar inaii,'_ at Chicago an<l .San .Francisco twenty-:, four hours. This i< a great aehit '-menl ' for private-enterprise, smd one ofiin> grandest kind of advertisements lor l?i? - ll< raid. Ji::caj*n:kk ok T!k: ' T ?va>u re r Parker, with hi- ?-.-?] ?.! < ?.;i- J fodernte AmSy .johu.-<>ij v. as recaptured last week, and lodged n; aiu i:i t]*: tv, lumliia jail. Aceoidiiiu- l<> his , ment, Parker escaped from the j:iil <>v1, means of an entrance through the mmh- ( tie in his tvii. then down 11}: ! J rod. He had on, at the time of his cane a i?air of light-colored p:snt.-, :;fVit.: but and 11 dark brown coat, \va? not di ? j guised as a liegro, as surmised by liio ? papers, lie expected to cfleet his e-iuipe;' from the country on horseback, but \v;'.s; t foiled in his plan, lie remained in Co-j. lumbia until Saiurdny ni^ht. when be and Andy Johnson left on foot in tbi.- 'j 'irection. At Mel'lnir's plantation (< - j ^ !es from this city) ho hired a negro j to pring f hem as fa'* as Camdcin.j. j;ian 'tended that he had given-tip all ? fi0 pr f escape wk?*n he approached; j hoi'vq ? l'arker had with him only 2 . u he wore and a bundle eou-j Lin*/.' /' small articles, besides "the; t iiiii"""108' ohnson had in his pocket (l\.:,t If* *otno bowing evidently that .s a - 11 ,A"^' '? >neyed man. -i Fhs Press cad Baaasr. W. A. LEE, Ejmtoi:. Wednesday, August 18, 1ST5 OUR LAST. We are content with the iaslarj^u nent, and have no wish to say the lavord ; but thearticle of the.l. A'. /'> >.* ytcriou, calls f<?r a brief reply. I)oo: he editor of tluit paper rc'i'jj believi hat our two articles; were written l>\ lillercit persons? .1so we he>r leav< luni. j.ih! to !i<-i-(?!'iit i'oi D uiiim v.> c ' - ------ In lack of "vincir.ir" in Uio second t< 10 want of provocation in the arlich ,hich called it forth. N\ c have ii< to prolong a boo lies?. conirovor>y ml as Jli*' editor di-'hiioK, i^whateve lay be tiic logical iiiferiMicc Iroiii lii' ford.-,) any attack upon the Kpi<copa Jhureh. we arc contcnl to let the mat br xost. r6' <?>? crnm. A brightvday seems to be at hand ii lississippi, and the people are goinj nto the canvass with a hopo and :u nergy which augur well fortheuitr aate success of their ed'orts. At tin ..I.. ! lufx.1 \r lw.lrl in .1 1 ho largest ever held in Mississippi, ; >Iat form was adopted, which, whilst i ;ua ran tees the lights of both races, wil ccuve their earnest co-operation, in !!". fork of restoring honest and economi al government. That platform recognizes the civil :in< loiitical equality of all men, "as estab tailed by the constitution of the I'nitec itatc* and amendments theretofavor? he education of all children of I lit late; denounces the gross outrage; pon constitutional liberty and tin 'lunders and follies of the State's prcs nt rulers, and cordially invites "tin ofes of all the neonle of both races" ii determined dibit to give success to tin iin<*ipl?s declared. It is a platforn ipoM which lit?tli races can unite, am pon this platform the Conservatives an ontident oi' being able to carry th< State. There are it seems only 8!|,W olored votes in the Slate, and -S1,7.^ rhite votes; leaving only a majority o .14- to be overcome. The people o Tl.-sissippi believe that it can be over oiite, and th**y are organizing as the; uverdid before to accomplish that re ult. The Hon. L. (v>. Lamar, win f.l the Liberal party in the convention iid who was re-nominated at C'orinil s a Congressional candidate from tin irst District, made on the latter occa ion a speech which led his live thou and liear'T- to adopt the following re.-o ution: fu snh'r'l, Tiiat we are opposed to tin brination of parties among I la; propl 'f Siiis slate ioamied iij.ou did'crenri; <> ai*e or color, and we cordially uivoki 1 "vmv.I />Jtivodv <?(' ini>rv r:1!* IIV llll.'/u W| v. ^ ,ud color in patriotic efforts to defeat a If IICXl election tl 10 plV-ent Stale ad uini.stration and its supporters, ami ti ecu re ail tins blowings of honest am apablc governmen!. l>?n such a platform llio friends o lonost government can rally wiihou ogard to party or color line.-., ami over ome a much larger majoiity than :i.a vhieh confronts them. J he si.mis o iio times are omiuou.- of victory. Tlie Democrats and General Grant. The Aw York JF<thinks 'ha lie Democratic party by espousing tin auso of inflation, and making it ; nominent issue in the Procidentia ampaijrn, are playing into the hands o 'resident (irant, and making his nuni 11 ,itin 11 for n fliir.l fpi'in n forofrojio Coll lusion ; lliat upon this issue (Jratil ha 11 otlicia! record, and has gained th mhiie. confidence by his steady opposi ion to an inflation policy; ami tha hough upon this issue Republican.- am democrats are divided, yet tiiat Gran an control l*is party, which is mor han any one of the Democratic loader s able to do. Rut according to the view of Senato .'hurinan, expressed in a recent speech utlation forms no part of the policy o lie Democratic party, and even if thi vere so, it should not be made a prom nent issue in the canvass. The North rn journals moft of them, are fightiu; uere chimeras, and seeking to cas dium upon the Democratic party b; ;dse allegations. Retween iutlatioi Mil m third term the Ifcrfihl thus llKtke ts choice: " i f such a dire choice is forced upoi he count ry by democratic fatuity tin '/ / ?/(/will not relax its strenuous oj> >osition to tho third term as fraugh s ith the civater danger. Financialdis ress and the wreck of business cinno easonably be put into theseale auains he subversion of our popular in^titu ions. l'ven at the cost of beim* pun v*4* must continue to he free. Inilatioi nil eventually work its own cure b; he linancial ruin it will entail; but !b he lo^s of our free institutions then vould bo no remedy. With an impe ial authority established at Wa^him;'?n controlling the army and tlie Tivns iry th?> country would be in a hopelehiaUtoni." - ? "O O? ? * The Jennings Association. reader.- have aii hea.id somethin: luring the past twelve months of th mmiii.-e iji^li-li estate which is claim <l !.y the Jennings family in this eoun ry. They have formed an associatioi or prw^?'i*uting their claim, raised 'lit..I <>t' A*, (fill <in,| ?-..n! lli.i,- r i t. 11-1:. v Wajos" 1 to Knuland, to look ,'i!'[.; livir intends. The .!<'? ' -ays : We a re nowat liberty, losl.Ue tiinl xJut s :i regulariy-eonsi il uted .It'iuiiiti* amiiy Association formed iirsi in tlii .'onnty, ami extending throughout. th 11}i even into Texas) without'^ honor d and intelligent friend, I)r. Joseph ji lennin?f, as its elniirman, tind with ai xeenl i ve eojnmiltce <?l* nie nal sitvn^tli i fi'oiui secretary, aii;J ii treasurer <n" nn :nintegrity. .Indeed to 11<>\ he realiiy a:id hone: <y of this a-.-oci;i ion w- ii'-eii <. ?ly mlil Ilia! Mr T. i :la;nwn, !!>; treasurer, though perfectI, v.-;)* ;? -iij|; I'Maneially, lias Seen reijuii d by I lie eXeesiI i Ve committee to elite ii{(> !>om! for the faithful discharge e ii- duties, :tii?l has executed and lile< aid bond. The oflicurs of 111e .iennin^s Family \ssoeialion?and their posloiiices?-ar is follows: Mr. J. Ii. Jennings. Chaii nasi of Kx?'eii(ive ('onmiitlee, Kehoboll >.<>., ivlgeik'hl County, S. (Col. '1 Harmon, Treasurer. J.incointou, Chi Jr. .J.J. (iartled^e, Corrcspomlintr He< clary, Jlehoboth. S. C. ('apt. \V. 11 -Vak, Kecordin^; .S.-ereiary, IJonieau: J i) vMwvillo Coin: t v. .x?uth Caroli in. ?. ? > ? o Twenty-live million in it fin ice capital and assets rcprcscntei ?y \V. T. JiranoU. ? ": i Whipping as a Punishment. ' i ! | i I < >nr CJeor^ia exchanges arcs discussing ' i the < 111?I i < > 11, wbethel- umicr .the State;' - - < t iI iition, \vhi|?|>i 11;^ cr:iii he inflicted ;] (upon the Penitentiary convicts as a < means of discipline. Tlia t'/wniiclc and ' .S> ut'nici after a labored iirtrumcnl ar-[ i ' a !rives at- the conclusion, that though ,, whipping is prohibited by (he eonstitu- t 4 t..!? f f/v1? i.l'IlM/. I * j : i him ;i> ji |miiii>iimi 111 iwi k i iiiiv, jv lutij ) he used as a means of discipline, and j1 . .supports its view l>.v theopinion <>!' somej t l ahie la>v vers. j f . I "Jk'laware is tlie only Slate in the J '' j Ctiioii which punishes crime vim 1 -' whipping, hut there are many Slaies 1 rj where whipping is resorted to in disci-'8 (Mining eouviels. We may mention I j thai in t,'nnnecticut, i ndiana, Kentucky, i' ''.Maine, Michigan and -Missouri the lash it' > I is used in the State prisons in counec-ji , |lions with oilier punishments. In oth-jl 'ler States?iMtahly in New York?tlie<< lash has been discarded, hut other puil-jt s . : I. (j l,.i i-,. luwii i i i<t i! 111 cr I i>minllv!\ i or more severe. In New Vork convicts!f - are punished with ihe shower balh, tl'iu!1 {crucifix ami the hack. .None of these)0 punishments are penalties of crime hut; I are visited upon insubordination. j k'Sal aIUK we t+iink in '1 the;case^4ude convicls certainly, a'1 nroncr jjiiJiishnj'd'fft^vjit'ii not, made uu> x i severe. That convicts^iiiusC be disci-/'1 r| plined jn some way it will hotbedenied, ; 5'and while the lash may be shocking .to ' 1 ^he sensibilities of many people, it is a * - more merciful and humane punishment ^ 2 than starvation?under the name of r dieting? tying up the thumbs, the show-! | ' jer bath, the crucifix or any of the other [' l J modes of disciplining refractory con- j' t.; victs resorteiI to in tiie .States where its :1 I i use is prohibited." ?1 *<? * ( - j The War Speech of Senator Morion. i<J ? r l j The Indiana Senator sounds again (lio}t - war note of tne rresuieimai cump.-vi^n 11 I; in liis late >pcech in the Ohio canvass, h <! He is fluli'.ing lor the success of liis par- ' | ? , ' ty, and hopes again to lead them to vic-I, i tory under the ol<l bloody Hag, and with j' ? I he old ball le-ery. Ho lells the people J -, of Ohio that the Northern Democrats arc i all rebels, and the Southern rebels areii I i i all Democrats, and that the success ol! ] .' the party means death to the Union and 1 i! the triumph of the rebellion. This has; 1 been the Senator's cry for the past ten j | - j years. but we Inink he has miscalculated ' - i the signs of the times, and his ability < '.to play upon the feelings of the people.!' 4! Tlit? rebel spectre has been exhibited so. j I"!often before the eyes of the people that; i f; it has lost its power to charm. The war ! -j is over, and the next election for I'nvi-, J k'idenl must be fought on new issues. The j, - j Centennial of the next year at I'Jiiladel- < jjphia will sound the key-note of the ! , | next Presidential campaign?concilia- j1 i J lion, fraternity, and peace between tiio , u' sections. i -' Returns from tlie Coltesbury. Tow j, -1 ship ? Interesting Letter l'roni i the Uciisus Taker. i ( ! C'<'i\Ksitnkv, S. ('., 1 i "J August !?, is;-,. / I i. K Hfo/'y y'/,'-NS cutl Jjniucr: i ; J laving linhhed lhi; con.-us of (Jokes : bury Township, 1 now proceed to gtvc| > .some ilein.-ol 'intere.-l and Jiiformaliou h Iiconcerning luy work. I have not re-L | vised m\ hook.- thoroughly as vol, nntlji fltan therefore give only an appioxima-; ,.tion. t j, I Total pojmlation oi township, 8,ooo ". White.-,, male, liou j 11 lemule, , ( if! Coloivd, male, liOUj; j " female, Uoiiji j Total whites, ; j " <H>luiv<!, 1,S70 j No. ol' voles, white,f -70i i j " " colored, iio^, . j Total votes, o'vSj Crop statistics show a large area ami. < : yield ol' t'ollon, to iho (lelriniC'iil of pal-i i i atable and niiirilious esculents anil the' j more substantial cereal.- and necessaries) r ol iife. Jiarleyand rye receive but little p iallenlion, while peas, beans, and poia-j; "j toes are almost entirely ignored, r-heepj -; and hogs have dwindle'.! to a mere hand- j s i i"n 1. Experience of the past .should I teach us that such a stale of affairs I e|should not exisi. Ulead and meatp -{should be the prune object oi Hie 1:11111-j tier, or lie cannot expect lo achieve sue-; I j cess in ;i satisfactory degree. 'I'llere is'; (one neighborhood in the township that! I verilies this lieory l'lillv, in the prosper-n 0 ity and thrill apparent on every hand.j, s'l will e;ill it the JNlcUee settlement, as j I there are more prosperous families ofii ,j that name in it than ot' any oilier, and 1: I mean disparagement to none, when J ;, ! mention tlie names of M. li. Mctjee, l'l W. 1'. Mc(Jee, Jessie ?S. AlcCiee, the : s liannores, Itaysors, Benjamin (Smith j and others of the same sort, whose sue-! 1 | cess is a living monument in behalf of j i this policy. 1 know the meat and woolj 1 f! question has obstacles lo contend with, ; tJaud these dillleulties are frequently 1 ..'quoted, but would not the diliiculiics In-!| k i removed by a prohibition tax 011 dogs, "and a general culture of swine? I tliinki; sjso, for the people would commence sheep raising again, and if every one| would attempt to raise hogs there would I 1 be no necessity for stealing, for all would 11 L" 1 ' .11 1 ,.t fill,I j uu ivju. o-iviw vvvij v a 11 7: this matter, and lie will see that the < icomparative .failure thus far has been .'lowing to the fact that too few were cn-i< '|gaged in it. j< j^Otir old and valued friend, Mr. "jjTzekiel Kaysor, although a veteran o j 1 , four score years, regaled ine lor over two ! I hours in discussing topics of great inter-j' \;est. Ho is as elastic of mind as a boy of ' fourteen. His fountain of wit and hu-J ; inor is not at all abated by the lavages ! j of time, and 1 would be glad to perpct-i, itiate the items of interest he advocated, I, j but circuinstances will not pel mil me to; | do so, at any length. One item, how-!, ever, I will mention, which he told mej (with that gu-to t ha' is <. ! t;! racier:* lie of j; I him. Ho slated that there had boon; j in the last four years eight sets of twins! r; born, all in Cokc^bury township, save] j one pair, and that ju>t over tl.c lineiiii j the Donahl.-ville township. Tie: eight , - i.-iir ^ivin-ii in number, in an area of - lour miles, and 1 lie sew.n in this [own-; ,,:iii|? in :iii area of two and a liaif milts,! none further from Turkey- Creek tluiu :i,oue and a half miles. 1 throw the'" gauntlet to the world, and eliulii npe'' r, comparisoii on this point. jiesuys there are some ii.- li iii the creek, hut he doesn't 'know that tlu-y have anything to do ' with it. * 11 >] in my travels I have devoted a few.' hurried moments in consultation with i he citizens on the iiupoi taul subject of ' " 'fencing?the "i.o fence law," as it is!; termed. Th'-? :s a subject vital to the ' 11 interests of the agricultural classes,!( ftjual, if not greater, than any other, j' " A I! L'-onil eitizeus should eh^a^e in a.miav iingit ami liiiutiiiijr it (o the noticed'; liie ] it i * I i 1111111 succcss il siehieved.; Jho>lihiabie sulvstnlages would accrue! ! from thi>ehango, and would very soon j " be si|(parent in the following particulars, I 'viz: forests, beautiful in green, 'would! ' yuou replace (lie naked and galled old fields, ami hence drought would he less : lieij'.ieiii", as it is a noted fact that t!:e; ' less timber a country atlbrds, the more : y drought*there will be in .summer. The "j great prairies of the West sire suiHcicnt j I11 evidence of this laet. Nothing toshield *, the earth from the parehing iiillucnce of [ I the sun, hence there is no vapor. See-!, 'jondly, the hestllh of theeountry w^uld!' I I... I.A. . ... ,,,.,.^<.<...,.11^. <Oa tlw. <ii.ilw.i- ! ,s i \v!iii-.|i \v?.iiid ali:-'-.b ;.!1 t!ic malaria :iri"jsi11it jVtiiii mir dirty u.idraimd miir.-li.'-.-, j j ?::: I JH-JSC.' :ll l!isf:tsc-ti WOlli'.i ,t'l j <1 i.-ai>|k"ii; I.cddlliC tiiHo n?jti -! ir.uiH-y thrown away ma'ting i'uit>r.iid| 1 I iu living could be appropriated to making j imanures, draining and subsoiling ourl u'fx" ands,..and, liu:illy, wealth and-preset ty would he i.he inevitable resuli !*>l?ceially is tlie subject of signal ino km tanee to us at this time from the fac hat the fenees of I ho country generally ire in a dilapidated and deplorable eon lition, and there is not it Sufficiency r imher in many places, to re-fenet leiicethe time for action-is upon us ind he who is mo-l active in this emei reiicv is the gieaiest patriot and philan hropist. Let all good citizens take hold of th nhjeel and let us hring;4t ;pw>minentl; >efoie the next i^-gi-lat^r^, and the^ eeing that the generalinterests of lb 'ountry will he enhanced, f feel oonfi lent, will give ns the desired reliel I'hese views, | am glad to say, met wit larniony of sentiment almost nnivei mI!v amonir the intelligent citizen? ii't us discuss the merits of the chantr hrough the medium of the press unti ill shall become interested, and sueces sours. Jt was said hy the fjreat Can ina statesman some years before hi leath, in aspccch delivered at our Conn y seat, that the expenses of fenein vero greater than all the other expenst >f the plantation besides, ami I have n louht of its truth. Every one wh >wns a farm has sotne.low marsh; daces, unfit for cultivation, which i hey were enclosed would furnish a sn iciency <>f pasturage for slock of th vspeclive farius. Better and less stoc von Id he the result, and in this wa ilso, we would he benefitted. Andei .iii-j miiril has i'treceded n n this good work of economy ;in<l ri orm,.an<l we lniirht :i<*( in lmnn<tii Vifh her, in case tin? whole Stale <lo< lot adopt this measure. J Ier strai^I bnoe stretching from Savannah to S; uda on the upper boundary of the I)i? rtet, nssisled I>y one on the lower bouml iry of Abbeville, spanning about tli ame area of land, comprised bet wee he above named streams, would sin >ut the stock of those who do not acqtii see willi us, and the desired resn 1 voi.'.'d be readied. The health of the country isgemrall rood, sonic little malarial sickness nea he creeks and water courses whic vould all be obviatod by the working >f the "no fence law." Tim iMililip ^chiifils seem (o be doill veil. The Chairman of the board, M W. IJ. MHJIice quite competent f< hiit position, ami ho has the conlidenc >r the community. His assistants, 'J 1\ Martin ami Mitchell CJojrgins ai loiiest ami reliable men. I would as lerniission just here to make a sugge: ion in relation to the schools. Aboi he time of laying by the crops, tl noney is gem-rally exhausted, and tl cachcrs are left without anything to d< ivould it not redound to the good < Agriculture generally, and the parti< htsoii.'lIIv. tor the moirramme to I jhaiige-i? For instance, Id the vac; ion la- in the JSjirii?j? and early Siininn months, and teachers and studen dike could be employed profitably o lie farm at the time when physical a iiviiy is most demanded., and when tl ;rops are advanced and well ni^ii con onipleti'd, they can commence and ru ill Fall ami Winter, if really to the ii U resis of all concerned. Crops have suUcrul considerably fro; i dry hot spell, thereby liriutr the coi ind causing many squares and bolls perish, but refreshing rains have r vived l lie crops, and joy is the result 11 >vcr the country. .Respectfully, M*. <;. ZF.fCLF.K. An Interesting Caso. The l.'niled States Court had undi i-ousideialiou on yesterday, says (1 (in< nri//i of Friday, the ca?e < I he United Stales vs. Win, (jood charged wish embezzlement and !l lakinir av.'av from tin.' I'nited Stall 1''>-l Oiiireof a registered leller and ll will tents thereof. The argument was opened by M I.ryan for the prisoner, who was follov lmI liy Mr. Stoue, the District Attorue; mil M-iiiir lv!irl<> tin* tin. oro.-ceulioi Colonel Cothran closing (lie argumci for the prisoner. Tin*accused had originally been i) lietcd as an employee of the Oliice, 1 being li 10 son oi' llie i'ost Mister, bi ilie prosecution upon llie trial abandoi l'<I tiie founts ho charging him and r lied upon the count charging him wit embezzlement. Col. Cothran, held that the conn fhaiging him as an employee beii abandoned?no fiduciary con iicct in was charged or proven?and that hem the charge of embezzlement could n be sustained, there being no such re I lion between the government and tl licensed, justifying the charge. Colonel "(Jot bran l'elt specially calk upon to reply to the .District Attorney italumcut that the accused had brokt his oath. It was true he had done s Hid so had Robert K. Lee ami Stonown Jackson, and he, the speaker, would si ways claim that by such action he in I hey had gone beyond the point tin had a right to puss. They Lee, ai Jackson, were the peers of any men but this issue.had nothing to do.wil the cause at bar. The defence suggested that the bos [>llice is exclusively the apartment alio ted to the reception of mail matter, bi ,i:.i ..,.1 >w.i<- I.Iw, II I U JIWC ItlJ Wli IIIIO |M/|IH, J that being no employee he could not I charged with embezzlement. That h giving the nolo promising lo repay tl money lost, was the generous frank a tion of a 111:111 determined to attoue f what at best was a negligence for whi< in a civil suit he would not be respou.* Ide; and linally that the (Jovernnient, ;>rdcr tomake out a case, must showth the money was taken out of the ollic ['oh Cothran's argument was reple with cogent reasoning, ami indicated :-lcar belief in the innocence of the pri nicr. The Jury after an impartial char; rtom Judge lirvansoou brought in a vt lict of not guilty. -? C -O? Ciov. Chamukklafn* has addressed formal letter to Judge Reed, of tli Charleston Circuit, in regard to the a lion of Liculenant-Ciiovei'nor (Heaves ouimuting the death sentcneeof Jo.-ej [Jibl.es to imprisonment for tweul v -ars, in the ni?ciiuo of the (Jovernt "The action of the Lieuteiiant-(,?ove " ' : Ill'l, in: m jiid^iiicii wholly without authority "of law, ai hence null and void; and inv purpose i addressing you a I this time is to call yoi [illenllou to what i consider the neees.ly of action on your part, if you airr with uic in resrariliuj; the aelion of tl I JcutcuaiiM iovcrnnr as unaulhi>ri/( uid void.1' .Vinl, further: "It presen ;i case, therefore, which compels me i *ccl; a judicial d>'terminalion of tl II lie; I ion involved, and to this end I b< to call your attention to the case, and -ay thai, in my judgment, your lion -omuid regard the action of the Licule anl-( lovernor as null and void, and pr irecd to enforce upon the said .Joscj LJihhes the sentence of your court.su jeet to such act ion hy the Executive : lie may take whenever the ease may l submit led to him for action." ? f Notice to Tax Payen TJI K S IX'() X1) A NX r AL .M K Iv 1 Mil of the C'oilnty Hoard < K<jiialixulion will ln-gin aL Abbcvil Court House 011 Monday, the 301 ins!., lor the purpo.se of complelin liio equalization of property, considc iiii^ applications for abatement, an iuijusting i^ricvantes. L. H. RUSSELL, County Auditor. Auditor's Oiilce, ) Au^. 17. 1875 19-21 j" " *!jpE ;:i Store Room to Rent. ;f j FH1H K cornor STORE, R(jOM, in * ; jL bovillc, at jn-es^^.pccttpiey . By: "j.Mi-. R. W. Ciiuiuju, fh'tlie dry.goods , business i.s offered for Rerttairtcr'ibp-ijst" ' [of September. : '? Ail-. IS, ISTo, 10-tf I n > i J Sheriffs Sai^^^p >*! r.y T;. J. WILSON,' i'-i'TIe State ef Ml ||B !M COUNTV OF AlinKVILIi^t^ !-j JX COMMON PlJlA&y-p* i\ ' ,J fioorgc W. Williams A Co.j \ -M s| against .'** > |_ S. A. Allen. Kxeoutrix, Goor^o. " Allen, deceased, and olheVij. Vl^g O \? y I (/'<'illtoys /' 'II. t<> Si lt. I.<tin!, M?y*U1' if .!.?/, , ,fr. v DruHl'ANTto nn ?'"< o!n'1 j|_ in tliis case. I will sell at public? is Miitfiy at A bbevill-j II., on Su led ay in NoVlvMBKIi next. (1,) tbo valnny il.lc liI0A L KSTATK ?f (JKOlUiK T i A. ALLKX, deceased, via: I % No. 1. tiW'iiros Slioal jind Mills, ? i it I Nine Acres. j By |'?1 ;il of (i. M. Mallison, AT;iy, 10, 18(J5. lias on it now Flouring and vj(.irist Mill. (iood stand for a mill or ri^in. Neighborhood good and I' lioall by. extends entirely across, cm>s j bracing the whole bed of the river, ? and furnifdies the finest water power f! OX Till-: SALUDA 1MVKR. I Will) a foundation of solid stone, with ' abundance of water at all Reason*, j ... e without any dam, this is believed to k bo the Finest site for n Factory 11 IN TIIl'l WHOM-] SOUTH. ie ie No. 2. ;'| Mill Tract" First Part, >e j 1 )'v 1115 A.cres, more or less. tsmalance of tract according to plat oi 1,1 i(I. M.. Mattison, Nov. 1, 1802. .Also c~ I crosses the bed of the Saluda Uiver. )C i j_ I embracing an island of about twenty n I acres, and bounded on all other sides ii- j hy tlie ''Ware shoals" tract and "mill ! tract second part." HI j [!!j No. 3. " Mill Tract, Second Part, 201 Acres, more or less, j < "roves I lie bed of t he rivor. including I upper part ol Ware's Shoals, hound* j ed by fjrsl part mill tract. James Kil lt j 1 i:i jiswurlii, Ucorjjc .)o:i"s, ami otaer.". ic I i,!-; ? lt'| No' 4' ~ Taylor Tract, 50 Acres, more or less, ; within the corporate limits of Colcesj '! luiry, :ii <1 bounded by lands of il rs. ^jSiisan \VultliJ. M. tirahain, and | others. aj No. 5. tV- IfoiiNO & I.dI. in Cokc.sbury, .h 5 Acres, more or less, ,ir' Kiigiblc situation.? I)wriling li onsc? ?7i (food Lot--Out buildings and pardon, m j Known as the ' Allen liesidencc." ?.lj TKRMS: CASH as to one-half, as to theotlici .,1 half credit of twelve inonths, interest 's j from day of sale, purchaser to give mi i liond and titles If) he prepared and ?; signed, but not delivered until the ill I ' i i - ; . : i l).... J | WIIOIU plim.USU HUMH'V IJS (IIIKI. 1 111t,|.! chasers lo pay for |?;ijuts. *y j L. P. (il'FFIX, H s. .\. u Lli! S lie riff's Oflk-o, ) j A ii^. 17. 1875, J 0-111 J J't Sheriffs &ik J By L. J. Wilson, Auctioneer 's tVilliam 15. Wallers, 1 c- . vs\. . 1 , ()]. 1 Limlsay Williams, }. hxeeulion. h : ,James Williams, | si-! ami Tliu.s. Youdji j >" i at QY virtue of an hxcciilion t< ?* I |5 "1(! ilirocU'il, 1 will sell at Abbe , i ville (J. II.. on Saleday iji Sepiembei s'_ j 1875, next, withini* the legal hours j tho following Personal Property, t( J wit: ' I" - m n* A T> rt w rt M A TVT 11 1 rtO XWU XJiiy ITXcllU luuioo, j r/cviod on as tin- property of TIios Young til tin; suit of \Villiam JO. Wal ,? lcrs* c-j TKiiiJs c.\sir. in ; [y\ L. i\ >r.1 r-1 S. .\. C. 'M Sheriff's Office. I'll' ^ " rV ''*> 1^"' 1 !j!; Fire Insurance. L>1'1 rcn11k IjIVKuPooij, London & ja <;i,oj;k i-iki-: insi'iianci 'I ' ('<)Vi i'A N V. insures against, losses l>,\ 's lire at low rates, and j"<// < ell low: i>ri>iiipth/. Assets sju,(K)",("in.on. ' \VM. 11. I'AUKKU, Agent. Aug. II, 1S7">, liS?"?t n-j Twelve Million Dollars, undersigned 1 mvo this da.v I,, jh. formed a partnership in t!ie FIItE us ! I NS[' 11A N('K i?I'SIN KSS, re prose i11 ing companies whose nugregate capita {is TWKJ.YI-: BULLION I)(>IjLAKS, We respect fully solicit a .share of the ? public pat roil age. COXXOR & DrPKE'. j, I I''. A. OlXXlill, \ r t /. I , i .j. r. I'I ? i j All#. U, 1ST"), lS-.'?t rJJ)uo West Female College, >! rpnni' Sixtoen'h year of this Tnstifui JsL l'"n Wl" open on MONDAY, .1) OCT015KR 1th. Faculty complete; io- course of study thorough ; /government .?.kind and parental; location healthy jiand pleasant, terms reasonable. i The President and his family will occupy the College Building and take charge of the Boarding Department. The College Building is undergoing thorough repairs and the Boarding Booms will be completely ro-furnishe<i. For catalogue, address, J. r. BONNER, Due West, Abbeetle County, S. C. A tig- 11, 187.?,-JS-4c v*v : - . . COUNTY oti the water* BgaiglKl.'i Kiver and 'J'tirkoy Creek, one jifMBbove i he free bridge, KOI I SALE gMRKASOXAItLE TERMS. .Said .mffi&con tains about 1?S' 250 A.ores, tSBsnes of choice bottom Innd, 30 acres forest land, acres of l'resli iairafeapable of producing a bale of cotgp&^pcr acre, loo acres of cedar land .TiiglUy adapted to the growth of cotton, 75* acres of medium, half worn land adapted to grain. \ commodious dwelliiaiLwith six room well ventilated, (iin Ifcrflsp, GiU and So row in good repair, nce.essary out buildings. J'laco yjggNlhy and well watered. *pjj|ennH one-half cash, balanec in two Pgtial annual instalments. E&'Annlv- t r? Afr mHX H V A ST", K V. nenr Subpremises, or to M. (!. ZEICLFll, JAS. KILUNSWOUTIT, ? *& .:! Fair IMuv, Oef.nee Co., S. C. - 'Aug mil, 187"), l!S-4r Hi State of South CaroM CO,UNTY OF A 1515KYTLL.Ii. In Probate Court. / Vanres -A. Williams, "Ad)n'oiistralrij\ . JHainfijr, ' against /. .V. Dnhhft, and Minerva, his wife, .lieujamin F. Oiitz, Orion 1\ What (ft/ ((ltd J'j( (Z(( Willi ft (* (V'Jt'j if/lie Orion T. Whath i/ clrtinihir/ lo br'Truntcr. of an est at'of hi* wife and children, Jicfe.ndaidu. ! Com plain t for Settlement of tlie Estate i of Thomas J. Out/., deceased, for I njunction and lielief. hearing the Complaint, and on IxJ' motion by Pcrri 11 & Cot bran, \\| torneys for the Plaiiitill", It is Ordered ! that the sixth ila> of October, 187o, in land is hereby lixed for a sett lenient o, : the Estate of Thos. J. Out/., dee'd, am [ that the defendants he and tiiey art ; hereby rec|iiired to answer the Com j plaint ami appear in this Court, to bt hob1.,at Abbeville Court House, S. C. I on the day above named, at 10 o'clock j A. M., and that copies of ^he Complain ?iwl i I.L. I if/lot* K/i /1111 %* ctit'viwl nti tin j illlll l?lir> \MU?1 l/v ?-wv? ! Defendants. ! It is l"iirtTier Ordered, That . al tlie Creditors of Orion 'J'. Whatle^ he and thoy are hereby enjoinei ami restrained l'r?>m commencing o prosecuting any suit or suits against tin , estate of Tlios. J. Out/, deceased, am that the said Orion T. Whatley be, am lie is hereby required to produce befon this Court on the day of Settlement tin authority by which he claims the righ to receive the trust estate of his wift Kli/.abeth, ami his children, from tin estate of Thus. J. Out/., deceased. it appearing to this Court by the atli davit of .J. M. Caines, that the Defend' ants .1. X. Dobbs, and Minerva, his wife Lemuel Itrooks and Mary his wife, am lienjanmi J*'. Out/ reside beyond tin limits of this State, It is therefore Or deri-d. That the said defendants be Hindi pjyties by publication and that a cojm of the Complaint and thi.* Order besetsed on them respectively by mail, pos I tage prepaid, addressed to their respec ! tive l'ost Otlicesas specified in the sai< iAtildavil, and that the i'laintiirshnl have such other ami further relief as her case mnv require. Til OS. B. MILLV'ORI), [skaj'/.j Judge of tVobate, Abbeville County Angus! 0, ISTo. The above is a true copy. Attest, J. ('. WOSMANSKV, Clerk Court I'robatc, A 0. August "j, l.STo, lS-!Jt Sheriff's Saie. ;By L. J. Wilson, Auctioneer S. MeOowan, ] vs. \ Execution. A. Fi. 1 luirhes. j B1 Y virtue of an Plxeeution to rm directed, I will sell at Abhovilli I Court House on Sale Day in Sept em , Iter next, within the legal hours, tli following Ileal Estate, to viz: One Tract of Land, containing 172 Acres, more or less, hounded hv lands o Sam Press ley, Rev. Lindsay, Mr.Cowan, Mrs. Ellis, and others, Ieviei on as tho^ropcrty of A. L. Hiigh"> at the suit of Sam'l McGowan. TEl?.MS CASH. L. P. CUFFIX, S. A. C. :Sheriffs Office, Abbeville, ) j Aug. 11, 1875, 1S-U 1 I m j i uruip tatJtJii. J o i > TOT;TA HA A A, M.%) llc.l Top Strap Leap, Large White (flobe. Large White Norfolk, Mountain or Zachary's Turni Seed. Home Raised Seed, at [PARKER & PERBiN'S Aug. lS7o, 17?lit Fruit Jars, Quarts and Half Gallon, at | Parker & Perm's. si Aug 1.S7"), 17-Jt *j Sheriff's Sale. I ' By L. J. Wilson, Auctioneer ; Ivhvanl Barry A; against ' Kxeeulion. 'l W. JI. i'eak'c. ) i 1>v virtue of two Kxecntions to m< ) directed, I will sell at Ahhevilli | ('ourt IIou.se on Sale Day in Septem Ixt next, within tho le^al hours, tin ! following wopcrtv, to wit: I *-* 1 4 . I 1,409 Ac? of Lai, j more or less, bounded by lands of J ;!C, Jennings, Savannah ltiver, Petti grow Estate, and others. j Levied on as the property of W II. Peako at the suit of Ed ware ! Uarry & Co. I TKUMS CASH. L. P. GUFFIX, S. A. C. j Sheriff s Office, Abbeville, ) Aug. 3, 1875, 17-51 j' MUM D; F.'FI.EJIijo^ JAMES u g u i We have received, and are now opening, a la arid Trunks I FOR FALL ' Orders promptly lillc-d, and all goods 'M ) 11 A ( .. M I Jj IDRY nnnns. FAMHY HATS. CAPS,' AND STRAW GOODS, LA No.,143 Meeting St., Opp. Hay NKW YORK OFFICE, 40 W Prices guaranteed us low a?; any house in th i! houses, as accommodating. Orders will moot our prompt ond careful att Aug. 11,1875, 18-tf 1757"! Planters' Unic NO. 6 McINTOSH AUGUST A," j At the Crii/iHtO'l'oH.i F'^:-Pmof Warchoiw. ftititrn <v t< I f COMMISSION FOR HELJ ' fiVi O YGTftQ ' i STORAGE?Birst Week .... I j v ba ? )( ^ Each Addition .1 I DHA YAGE?Per Rale I Those outside of the Order admitted on the flS#" Ragging and Ties furnished Patrons, f! Aug. 4, 1*74, 17-iim] ; 0rcat Jniutcmcnts t . ! J ij A Large Stock ( ' : 2?*oz* Sale i'j I*! TIIE undersigned contemplates moving ni by Messrs. Wardlaw ?fc Edwards, amid II of Goods. He, therefore, offers a varietv of e ? j TJ1E USUAL PRICES. All are invited to < I with them,as they will be able to get a good i ;J w. lorn - CHEAP CASH -i p;?J?" A new lot of WHITE VESTS and ol I " - - - , i very low prices. | June 23,1875, Jl-tf row/$M<? "i*tu mw i z?z~r 7 jSlicnlt's Bale. r[<jjj . :Bp L J. Wilson, Auctioneer, j I Wm. II. Bailey and S. B. IlodgosJ Ex'rsi, Plaintiff's, against ei Franklin ('. Bailey, Win. M. Bailey, ' i ; I Iki li j i t. X "Petition to Soil fioal Instate. \\ \N , a) virt.no of an Order from tin.} Hon. T. U. Million!. Jud^e ofj f tlio Court ol Probate for the County <?f Abbeville, I will sell at Abbeville * >f Court House on Saleda)' in Sejiteni-! < | ber next, wit bin tin* l?-ir:il bours. ) ? > 11 \ OXF TRACT OF LAND, I To, containing i y Thirty Acres, l^ti more or less, situated, being and Iv-!* jing in the village of Geeenwood,j0j|j( J (;otintj- iiucl State aforesaid. Front- vice jin^ on the (i. &C. IJ. Ji. on the north. ser\ - I by Homestead and \V. II. Whitloelc ic^nj ion the east, hy railroad street on the |V(^J south and wes'. I?y W K. Blake, to;(.oni he sold in hits, i'lats to he exhibited on day of Sale. I | J) T v: R M S . To. #ne third of the purchase money Jae'tii lobe paid in (.'ash. the remaining *Was two-thirds on a credit of one and two:the P years, with interest, at ten per cent, j Hoi {per annum. Balance purchase mon-jl'ie ey to be secured by bond and ap-j I proved sureties, aud a mort^a^e of! 1 1 he premises to tiie IVobate Judi^e of .Ji Abbeville Count v. 'Perms to be ? complied with the I'rol.ate.Iud-^e and j 1 he purchaser lu pay for all necessa-j i'V papers. L I'. GTITIX. S. A. ('. M v Shi'HlT's OlTico. Ahhfvi!lo.) VI ,\tiif. 'M, 187."), 17-")t j ' ]^il SHERIFFS SALE. |,H | p IllO By L. J. Wilson, Auctioneer. Lll? J janm M. L. l'oiiluwn, "I 1 road against [ Execution. I snec li.nn'1 I! f'.w.l.- \ I uaiii i J/, vv /ri. i + ? ~ I>Y virtue of an Execution to me l)01' ^ directed. I will sell at Abbeville, l,:u'| Court House, on Saleday in Sepf.eni- 'ct-tl ' her, iS73, within the legal hours, tlio jLo J'( - following property, viz: | Four Mules and One Horse,! Also I T I J i 450 Acres of Land, - more or less, and bounded by lands of Mrs. Hearst, Fed 'Jooke, J. L. Sibert . Place, and others. Levied on tis the I property of .Sam'1 B. Cook, at the:(^|| suit of M. L. Bonham. I TKKM8 CASH. I;. P. GUI-FIX, Cra s. A. c. SlioriH''.s Ofiiec, Abbeville,) Aug. 3d, 1875,17-31 ) Ju rge and new stock of Boots Shoes, s with our brand warranted. _ ^ ISraRUNKS, 1 I of Church Street, J jftxk. t"jacc:b jtmartin! m&.w, i ,?"v ^ GOODS, CLOTHING, I DIES' TRIMMED HATS, ETC, ne St., Charleston, S. C? EST BROADWAY. * 1 o city, and Terms, to responsible " 9 eution. - r ... 9 irelio\xse. J m Agency, 1 : STREET, " | - GEOE G I A. 1 formerly Occupied by Jennings, :'lNO COTTON, per Bale ...50c | a'l"wceii";Z!!!ZZ!ZZ!Z^^ I same terms, Commissions included, : ? Murk your Cotton P. U. A. 1 w: w. Rhodes, Bupft. ;; "" " ' i r^ I./" o <?asl) Buyers. 1 )f Clothing I at Cost! " I ______ JH ?xt Fall to the 'Store now oceupietf .. ? esiros to op<*n an entire new stock ? iotliing and other goods at HALP come and bring their spare change m nany goods for little money. jfl iBOlt'S ! 1 STORE. 1 ;Ikt goads to arrive next week i v PRICE REDUCED i *'J<OM $1.00 TO M CENTS FEB SOX 1 ?:et the demand for a S SAKE AND RELIABLE ~ 1 R AND AGUE ANTIDOTE 1 I'? ?#? ? Within th<? lipnr-ll of All. iS ly Vegetable. vB Never Known to Fail. I rCIANS iyiESCIilBE THEM. 1 ns Medicine so Deservedly Popular B i Slate of Ml Carolina I County of Abbeville. m J n Probate Court. ? '' '9S is. J. Wilson, James L. Wiiaorr^ Uaa .inev ('. Edwards. Beniamiti A." wi 'ilson, John T. Wilson, William W. . SiS ilson, George L. Wilson, Lizzie' J9 "ilson. Allen Wilson, Sarah Wilson" id Robert Wilson, Plainiifls, against Elizabeth J. Tittle. , gffl Cop.) Sw'\mowt: the Dcfendent Elizabeth J. Tittle : . on are hereby summoned and re- 'mm red to answer the complaint ir< this jH on, which is filed in the office ^Hj Clerk of the Probate Court for the Ml I County, and to file a copy- of your c |H wer to the said-complaint In the said . o within twenty days after the sor- ~ hereof, exclusive of the day of such 9 ice: and if you fail to answer the ''fl iplaint within the time aforesaid, the a mill's in this action will apply to the ' n rt for the relief demanded in the - fit plaint. 9 EDWARD NOBLE, 9 . PlaintiflV Attorney; 9 ated July -7,1875. M Elizabeth J. Tittle, Defendant: 9 ike notice that the Summons in thic ? on, of which the foregoing is a copy, tiled in the office of the'Clerk ol % Probate Court at Abbeville Court ise in the County of Abbeville, in ^ . M Stateof South Carolina, on the 27th ? ffl of July, 1S7-5. 9 * EDWARD ? ^ Abbeville C.H., ST O H Mntififi. \,m J ILL ho lot to the lowest bidder IS j at 15HOOK'S .MILL on the W i day of AUGUST next, at 12 w )i.k .M., the Rebuilding of the ff Igo over Calhoun's Creek at said SI s. Also, at the same time and H o* will bo lot the rebuilding of 'j&jfl Bridge at John Link's, over the gj e stream. Specifications to bo le known on day of letting. The ffl essful bidder will be required to t. S bond and surety for the faithful B urmance of tho contract on his ? The County Commissioner fl ng the bridge reserves tho right M [\joct any or all bids. ffl y order of the Board, ROBERT JONES, I Chairman. g| ily 28,. 1875, 15-3fc 5 Just Received 1 nningbam& Templeton's I Another Lot of Hg MM Cf/% ?i A A A AM UUUiy Oct LIU C) J. 1UC ajp^JiCO, lie 31, 1*75, 12- tt