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y? ^ "X i . -^^cr l*r - ^-' - - mPbi Prass and Banner. 9f Abbeville, S- C. ~~~ - L Wednesday, Sept. 15, 1875. ^ Profanity in the Pulpit ' If opr readers and the clergy will pardon us, we will ask leave to call the attention of the clergy to what,aeems to i Ivi a u dn 11 i i i iiiu'Tmi^i their lack of the proper regard for If the teachings of the Tlurd Commandment. We make no peraoQal allusiou p to any one, but throw out tfre^Jjint with, # the hope, if we are in the right, of dof* ? ing some good, but if we are in ^ \yroug, craving indulgence for presiimL^ng to speak on the subject. \\ e refer Lxo the very frequent use which some fniiuisters make of the name of Him . nvirin n< ami to the oractice of ^ If- using strong expressions, such as, "Hell ; bent and damnation bound," and other r kindred remarks, which cannot but ^rate upon the ears of polite people, and specially must it be shocking to those f. wpo arc. more piously inclined. If a j#*iinister, for instance, has occasion to 'T?pefrk-*nT~The earth, why can he not do! ^^30 just like anybody else? Where is j ' * the necessity of his saying "God Al-j mighty's earth ?" Such expressions we! t~- -Regard as absolutely profane, and as I never pleasing to refined ears. In our| opinion the minister who indulges in j such language should be brought beforel the propar church tribunal fer his of-j t fence, and if he show not signs of repentance, he should be suspended or ex-! communicated entirely from the church. ' Wo have also noticed the more sanctified church-members occasionally to some extent following the example of the ifliuister, and taking improper lib ? ! " oru foittrhf f ernes iu mis pmv;uiii). n? u.U6... that the creature should never take tiie name of the Creator on his lips except In revential awe, and no where within the lids of the Bible do we find excepting to this rule iu favor of Elders or j Ministers. The Cost of Fencing. Jfr \ye s,ee in an exchange an estimate of the cost of fencing in the State of Virginia, from which it appears to equal the value of all the live stock in the ? State. The number of farms is estimated at 73,849, and the cost of fencing each at $400; making the total cost $29,&*{9,900, whilst the value of the live stock is $28,197,609. According to this estimate;? "Even if a four-field enclosure be adopted, the expense would be six-sevenths much, or it would do away with only ope diyision line, and the cost would be over twenty-five millions. We may safely assume, then, that the cost of good new enclosures for all the farms of the State equal the value of ~ their live stock. Granting that these enclosures require to be replaced every twelve years, we have here a little item of two and a half millions of annual expenditures sunk in fences to keep out I stock, two millions of which could be saved bv requiring all farm stock to be fenced lu, in standing pastures, or by i ...........i.iu fonfloj rli?f hp linmlilv I constructed. It should be observed also that the smaller the farm the greater the relative expense, as it requires just half as mat y rails to enclose twenty-live acres as prescribed, as it does to enclose one hundred aores. The poor man and small farmer is thus much more interested iu this matter than he ban ever been taught to consider, but as we have said before, our public men aud law-makers never attempt to teach the people up to economic laws, but rather mount the rostrum to teach them how to vote. We omit here the losses incident to ouragriculture from successive droughts, which by some are supposed to be due iu juirt to the destruction of our forests." The subject is one which addresses itnelf especially to the agriculturalists of | ourovvn Htate, and we trust that A.bbe-: ville will not be behind some of her! Mister Counties iu giving the "no-fence law" a fair trial. In these times of de- j nression it is ruinous to be forced to j maintain so costly an investment?it is j ruinous to all classes and conditions of ; our farming interests, und all should unite in putting an end to the system. The Difference. ? In the Spring the impecunious farmer who has neglected to improve his opportunity during the Winter of making his own fertii i/.ers, and has not sown oats, says to himself: "I will give a lien on my crop lor fertilizers, and will raise a big crop of cotton?corn wou't pay. We will be apt to have a wet year, and the guauos will pay largely. The price too of cotton will likely be high." But in the { Fall the fact in, the Summer has been a j dry one, his cottou crop will nut be half! what he expected, and it will take a very j large amount of the ootton at the low I price, to pay the lieu for guanos, while1 a large part of the indebtedness on account of the crop will go unpaid. The" union meetings of the various! Hoiinmnintintia nf rmr town. 2 JCI*glUUS M^uviikumvivmo W. .. ? T ( were held nightly duriug the past week and iut-eresting services were lield by the pastors of the respective churches. Very earnest and impressive discourses have been delivered by the Revs. Martin, Mood, and Pratt, before- large and attentive audiences. Much interest has been manifested, and a number of accessions have been made to the church. If these may not have equalled the sanguine anticipations of some of the ministers, they still have reason to congratulate themselves that the good seed has been sown, which will doubtless bear fruit after many days. Much good has doubtless been doue. \ '/he Cotton Market. ? Cotton is I opening rapidly, and is beginning to fcome freely to maket. The cotton niari-..* J..1I U.^lr nu'hur if is S Kt'l UUCIJ5 uuu aim II bun, ol said, to the tiuanciul derangements at home and abroad. Whether or not it is going to improve, it is impossible to say, as cotton, like dreams, follows the rule of contraries, and delies all power of calculation. In face of the limited stocks 011 hand and the unfavorable crop reports, the price ought to be high, but then it isn't, and there's an end of it. The State-Faik.?It will be recollected that the State Fair will be held in Columbia during the second week in November, and that in addition to the regular premiums, a premium of $300 is ottered to the County making the largest and best exhibition of its products, agricultural, mechanical, &e.; and a premium of for the second ; and a {?remium of $1(K) for the third best exlibition. Here is a chance for Abbeville, and past success should stimulate renewed enort. ijci us uo <>ui >*.-1^ beat. The value of a paid up life policy may be estimated from the following statement: A citizen of our county some live . years ago paid $300 into a life company, and afterwards took a paid up policy for $170 for the $360 paid in. All the inter. est that the company has offered to their policy-holder in that time is one dollar and ninety-one cents, which looks to us very much like the company had confiscated the whole amount for their own benefit. Does any one ask us the name of this citizen who has been so badly ? cheated? We eau give it. Pooh Investment.?Our usually .sagacious friend Mr. Robert Pratt, was r caught napping about four years ago. He took a life policy in oue of the Insurance Companies for $15,000, and paid thecotppany nearly $1,000, after which he concluded that he would quit insurance, and has now a paid up policy for about $160, to be paid at his death, without interest. - Ml*. Thos. C. Perrin and family returned home on Friday last, improved : in health. They have been spending Atone of the Bummer months pleasantly ftt Tftte's Springs, Tenn. i _ . mmirir tifilly. ?> 'jfci;. " " \^v "j?. . ,xi%v ' *? THE ABBEVILLE FAIR. V >-, ',. We publish elsewhere the Premium Listior our next Fair which will be;1'' held on the 20th, 21st and 22d of October, and can give our readers the assurance that no elfort will be spared upon T the part of the officers to make the ex- 13 hibition a successful and satisfactory one. Our past exhibitions have called i forth the best skill of the County in the i various departments of agriculture, me' ; -- * ? "! nonnnmv JlDfl j Ulinu IU 211 l U IIU uciucrobiv/ vwuvtM^ | w..?, , j the display has been alike creditable to se exhibitorsaud satisfactory to spectators. ,n The attendance has been remarkably large, and our jWJQsle young and old have turned outlK^B(^fi,:encouragement ? .to the pleasanV -seciatetfeature of these : annual re-unions." We trust the efforts 1*' of the Societ^here Will be seconded by " the co-operation of our people every- ^ where, aud that we shall have a bril-j *' liant display in all the departments, to j '* | reward tne curiosity of all who come, and thar%e should have a big crowd of spectators, and as a consequence a sue cessful and satisfactory exhibition. Thk Atlanta Herald's reporter has I interviewed General Gordon, who has returned from Mississippi. Gordon' ^ thinks the Democracy will carry the Jjs State this time; in fact, they are sick of,y( Radicalism, and are determined todoso. jeR He says the main fight of the Democrats | ^ will be made on the Legislature, and,re, thinks Lamar will be sent to the Senate; y'( of the L'nited States. He has hopes of j i two other Democratic Congressmen be- j jn sides Lamar. We hope General Gordon Ltr will prove a true propliet. Perhaps it is I js the fear of a Democratic victory that has i jj() moved Governor Ames to pleatl f'ortheifn. .p ufllfo V,.un I. military oucujianwu <11 muiv. ,,0] with the "blue coats'* on hand, we trust; fQ{ the Democracy will triumph. tl,( Mk. Archer Pettigrew when star-! wl ed home from Schroder's Blacksmith j > shop one day last week, in company sis any with Mr. Kusseil, whose horse | tin seized Pettigrew by the arm and pulled jec him to the ground, and ran considera- tio ble distance with him, dragging by the arm which was in his mouth. Petti- f)n grew was very seriously injured and it Hi is thought his arm will have to be am- au nutated. The horse held the arm of th: Pettigrew in his mouth'uutil thejlatte was on severely beaten by those who happened < to be present. 0f Millinery and Dress Making. ? rft' Mrs. M. M. White has gone on to the j Northern markets, and will soon offer " for the inspection of her lady friends a|'10 fuli stock ??f millinery. She has also I>a^ connected dress-making with millinery, i under the charge of Miss Jane Ramey, Gf and will soon be able to supply all de- pC( mauds in both departments. The skill (]a, and experience ot these ladies are well raf known, and no effort will be spared to 8e] give satisfaction. A full advertisement for the '"Fall Season" will soon appear, } and our friends may prepare themselves ha for the latest styles and most attractive sto novelties of the season. Hit l*o The Municipal Election. ? The , " election for town council came off on j Monday, and resulted in the election ofi ] the old council, according to the ticket sto agreed upon at a previous meeting of the! lav citizens. The question of "wet and Mi dry" was not raised, and there was no lar opposition ticket run. The old council gr< has given general satisfaction, and we 1 suppose could not be improved upon with our present voting population. We would like to see the experiment of! n?( anti-license tried, but have no hope of such a thing under existing circuni- , stances. . de The Trade of Atlanta.?The At- nn lanta Constitution publishes a double la* sheet, giving a statement of the business ter of the city during the past year, and . which shows an aggregateof $35,314,053, j being a slight increase over last year's ep exhibit. The Constitution says : a > ;? ira "We think it win prove oeyonu cuvn : ? that Atlanta is becoming the greatest i wholesale market in the South in the wl magnitude, facilities and advantages of of its mammoth commercial establish- str meuts. They can and do supply the H< general trade more cheaply than New , York and eastern markets. It is for this reason that each year brings an iucreas- l,a ing number of merchants to Atlanta to 1,11 purchase stocks instead of going North {"' and East." "z f The condition of Joseph CreWs re- . maius critical, with the chances against;1,1 his recovery. Two shots are lodged inj,n' his lungs, and cannot be extracted as without causing an instantaneous fatal result. The lower extremities continue nij paralyzed. Mr. Crews retains the pos- (fin session of his faculties of mind, and converses with his friends. J mi The Greenville New* says: The con- d tract was closed yesterday with the Air ex Line Railroad for the transportation of ( 1(H) car loads of machinery for the (!amperdowu factory from Lynn, Mass. no Three cheers for the Camperdown fac- K? tory! 'Squire McRee is pushing to completion the mammoth new build- fe( ing. . th We had the pleasure of a visit last i " Ufl: fr/im Mr TlmnnhHllt- A. RoiTPTS and his son, DeWitt Rogers, who have ij() been paying a visit to their old home at fSl Calhoun's Mills. They are now prosperous citizens of Bartow County, (3a. They read the Prcas and Banner. bn Our friend Bailey, of that enterpris- m iug journal,the Greenville Mountaineer, announces that Mrs. B. W. Mulligan, who has been very ill is now con vales- cd cent, and nays: ".S'he and her family have the condolence of many nymjxUhi- th sinff friend*.'' The Greenville Mountaineer proposes pj to have an extra session of the Press pr Association during the Greenville Fair. je If such a meeting Could be held the success of the Fair will be secured. to The Grecuuille News like the New jG 1Tr>i%nlrl lina amnl/ivorl n wiliffiniN I ; J Ul n jju im? rni.1 VU.J>.UJ.? " ...... 'editor to edit the Sunday department of ! his paper. The News seems to be gain: lug ground with our people. The Democratic State Committee of p(( j Alabama have sent a dispatch to the At- t|j jtornev-Cieneral, stating that everything ! is quiet now, uud that there never has I been an insurrection against State au-j)1,' jthority to justify the demand of fiov. p, | Ames for the interposition of the geuer- j111 ,al government. | Thk Farmers' Convention of Cincin- w nati adopted a platform demanding an Cl j immediate repeal of the exemption act c< of 187i>. and the national banking law; C j and that the government shall supply i national paper directly. u| j Mu. D. C. Webb resumed the exer- ^ I eises of his school on Monday last. Mr. i Webb is a very competent and success- Oi ful teacher, and ha* given general satis- h faction to his patrons. We trust that lie may build up a fine school in our community. ^ There is said to be a stagnation o trade, scarcity of business, and hard times generally, in New York city. ft ai The work on Mr. A. Bequest's store is rapidly approaching completion.! The shelving is being finished, and the \ P1 store will soon be ready. jtc There were services in all the church-',, es on Sunday last, and a number ofj ' absentees occupied their old places in w the sanctuary. Union services were! held at night in the Presbyterian si church. The Rev. Lucius Bellinger, who has! ^ been assisting in the uniou servicesI here, left Abbeville on Saturday morning. g' Saturday and Sunday were cold,! unpleasant days, and the more disagree-1 able for the sudden change from thei sultry weather preceding. m Our merchants are nearly all absent at the North, layiug iu their Fall aud w Winter stocks. Tiie union meetings of the churches fr of the town close to-night. The Mississippi disturbances are over.' of Town Election! W The following is the result of the electa for Town Council: Intcndant?Robert Jones, 1ST. For Warden*.?W. H. Strives, 14(?; . M. Christian, 175; I. P. Kennedy, 4; "Win. Pope, 1GG; Scattering 21. JURY LIST. The following is a list of Jurors chosn tor the next term of the Court, comcncing on the 1st Monday of October : T L Haddon, Muudy Connor, A B "'iiann UnriiMft Wnrreii Baskin. It novu jjv? i ?v^?. , T Eakin. \V A Latimer, A E Tre.witt, B Ingraham, Simon Calhoun, Clem Corley, R P Quarles, Win Butler, li ' Crawford, Vinie Griftin, Jas H Carile, H P Mclhvaine, D B Smith. Jacob ibble, Bobt. DunIup, H O McAdams, H Gibcrt, Aaron DuBose, Henry ;Icher, J R McComb, Derry Watt, W Jones, P A Tribble, Kobt Patterson, hn Jackson, Augustus Frazier, Chas bert, A F McCord, J L Covin, Henry ilhoun, Caleb Cade. Jkfkkuson Davis.?The ex-President ,s recently made a speech at the De tf>, Mo., County Fair, which is publied in full in some of our exchanges, e avoids politics altogether, and delivs a sensible agricultural speech on the st mode of developing the material sources of the country. The New trk Tribune says of it:? 'The address delivered by Mr. Davis De Soto yesterday, of which an abact is to be found In another column," to be commended for its fraternal and peful tone, as well as for the good ite displayed in avoidance of those jics which must have pressed most cibly, uuder the circumstances, upon e mi nds ot both speaker and audience; lile the reflections and suggestions in ;ard to the development of the Missippi valley are interesting as the rine oughts of one who has given the subit intelligent and careful considcra11." The St. Louis Timcc states that Mr. .vis' welcome was quite enthusiastic. ? was visited by the citizens generally, d was serenaded, and a telegram states it his speech was considered theabiest e delivered in that section. >isck the war the people of the State South Carolina have lost by life insuice twice as much money as it would :c to pay oft' the debt of the State, itli these figures before us there are, wnvnr iinritilo who ktill think it a ping investment. >Ir. W. A. Tkmi'm:tox, of the firm Cunningham & Temnleton, is exited to return from ]Sew York'in a y or two, where lie has bought a desi>le stock of goods, which they will 1 cheap. *1 Kssus. Wardi.aw & Edwards ve moved into their spacious new re, where they will be pleased to see rir friends. The store adjoins the st Office and is one of the finest in vn. 'improvements are being made in the re lately occupied by Messrs Ward?& Edwards. It will be occupied by \ Rosenberg, who will open soon a geand select stock of dry goods and iCeries. Don't buy guanos any more. Make ur own fertilisers. Don't waste any >ney on fertilizers, and let well pumps >nc^ but sow largely of oats. Phe Kev. C. Bruce Walker died sudnly, whilst filling his usual appoint;nt in Clarendon, on Saturday night t. He was a nigmy esiecmeu mmis of the Episcopal Church. See the advertisement of Col. Robson, olleringhis large and select stock cost prices. Call early and get barins. skk advertisement of W. Rosenberg, 10 is preparing a large and select stock Fall and Winter goods for his new tnd at Wardlaw & Edwards' late store. : promises inducements Men who make money at farming y very little money for guanos?they ike their own fertilizers which are so .ich better than the commercial fertier, and costs so much the less. I'llK repeal of the lien law will ruin i* guano business, as prosperous far>rs will not buy it and poor farmers a rule, cannot get the credit. Mk. L. P. Guffin last Saturday ght lost a ring of keys. Any one iding it will please return to him. Mb. Chaw ford, of Columbia, will ike threebales to the with the acue leatham cotton ; but for the drough the pected to make six bales. The farmer who sows oats now will it have to stop the plow next Spring to to the village for corn. It is so easy to raise enough oats to ?d stock, that it it is really wondeful at people neglect this important work. The number of people wanting red ts has greatly increased. Nearly every idy who sells a bale of cotton now kes home seed oats. John* J. Coiien & Sons, a leading .nking house of Augusta, Ga., have spended. They have made an assignen t for the benefit of creditors. George Wm. Curtis has been electI chairman of the Republican State mimittee, whioh met at Saratoga on e8th inst. Gov. Ames, of Mississippi, has apied to the President for Federal aid to otect the State agaiust domestic vion ce. Woman suffrage in Wyoming Terriry is still an unsolved problem. Opinns differ as to the results of the exiriment. Hon. Jamks Farrow has been electI to the presidency of ihe L.aurensville sniale College. He has accepted the tskion, and will open the college on 10 third MnnHnv iti Oftnhor nnvt The card of Messrs. DuPre & Connor, isurance agents, appears elsewliere. hey represent eight of the best compaies in the land, and ofTer inducements. Gov. Ch amherlai x has ottered a reaid of one thousand dollars for the ipture and apprehension, with proof tc mvict, of the parties who shot Jot rews. The Georgia State Fair will he licit t Macon, commencing on the :t(Jth o ctober. Dk. Hicks, now of Florida, has beei L'fore a church committee on trial, am as been acquitted. Gordo? and Lamar have been stump lg the State of Mississippi for th< emoeracy. The Nc* York clergy have returned om their anuifal visit to the springs id have resumed their pastoral labors Gen. Longstkeet has purchase< roperty in Gainesville, Ga., and in nds moving there with his family. The Fikst Premium.?We learn tha :>ur calaboose" had an inmate las eel; for two hours. The farmers of this County should loot cotton thieves as they are caught The farmer's lament, "O that I hadn't I.? I? tl,r. C.!)) iiuj' ^uanu AH iiiv upi 1115 Vkkv few successful farmers us( .lauos?but they all sow oats. Thk financial pressure continue, ant ic scarcest thing about town is money If you haven't seed oats, go to youi erchant, who will get them for you. Thk Bank of California, it is said ill soon resume operations. Messrs. Parker &Perrin advertise esh candy, onion setts, &c. See advertisemnnt of a valuable tracl ' laud for sale near Easly's Station. 1 im?iiiH , A Problem. Editor Press and Banner: I hand you a problem which please Jublish in your paper. A copy of the Vess and Banner will be sent for one year to the person giving the first correct answer. Address, J. Y. Jones office County Commissioners. PROBLEM. Proposition : A liquor agent of a New England town held the office for one year, at the close of which time he gave the following statement of his accounts, viz. Amount of cash received upon " assuming the office $ 32 17 Value of liquor received at same time 57 5-1 Cash received for sale of liquor during the year 102 97 Amount paid for liquor purchased during the year 59 91 Amouutof salary of agent 25 (KJ Value of liquor on hand at the end of the year 31 37 Does the agent owe the town or does the town owe the agent, and how much? A NSWERS. The following answers have been received in the order in which they are given below :? J. W. Trowbridge?agent owes town $33 34. A. W. Jones?agent owps town$81 00. W. A. Briggs?agent owes town $76 40. L. D. Bowie?agent owes town $70 40. It. E. Hill?agent owes town $50 23. H. P. H. McElrone?agent owes town $70 40. I J. T. Robertson ? town owes agent $9 72. T. M. Galphiu ? agent owes town $76 4U. J. Allen Smith ? agent owes town $18 80. W. W. Sprouse? agent owes town $70 40. John B. Wier ? agent owes town $70 40. J. Mack Mosely ? agent owes town $70 40. J. C. Wosmansky?agent owes town $136 31. S. *E. Graydon ? agent owes town $si on. James T. Davis ?agent owes town $S1 00. XV. J. Young, Columbia?agent owes town $81 00. George C. Hodges?agent owes town ?81 t?U. R. R. Seawriglit ?agent owes town $139 14. E. T. Gaston?agent owes town $81 60. Prewt and Bcinnet?Agent owes town $81 GO. The Junior has concluded to settle the whole matter and offers the following as a solution of the difficult problem : Town furnished : Amount cash on hand,$ 32 17 Liquors on hand, 57 54? 89 71 Agent furnished : Liquors bought, 59 91 Agent's Salary, 25 00? 84 91 $174 62 By sale of liquors, $102 97 " liquors on hand, 31 37?134 34 Loss in the business, 40 28 The agent owes the town 49 43 which would make the amount, $89.71 furnished by the town. The town, we think, ought toquit the business or employ a better book-keeper. Situation of Farmers and the Impor tance of the Oat Crop. Editor Press and Banner: Never in the history of our country have our farmers as a whole been as poor as they are to-day ; and they are getting poorer year after year, and unless something is done to stop their onward career to poverty, they will soon be unable to cultivate their laud. Why have we become gradually poorer aud poorer since the war? We think it is due to what might be termed special farming, the devotion of all our energies and means to the production of cotton, neglecting all other crops. We have continued year after year the foolish policy of carrying all our eggs in one basket, notwithstanding our experience suggested a division. The result of the present system is this: in the Spring and Summer months we have no money in circulation; it has all gone hundreds oi miles to buy supplies that should be produced at our own doors. As long as king cotton continues to reign with absolute sway, there willahvays be a dearth of money in the Spring and Summer. If we would have plenty of money for all ordinary purposes, for a money crop our fleecy king cannot be surpassed; and I itfi a wujj lu save njuiic,y, >vc uu jiui think the out crop can be surpassed; iand from what we can learu, a large number of our clas9 have come to this conclusion. The oat makes an admirable substitute for Western corn, and our experience is that stock thrive better on oats than on any other grain. An acrt of land will produce as many again bushels of oats as corn, and oats are much cheaper toproduce than corn, and if sown at the proper time they are a much surer crop. If oats are sown al the proper time, on good soil, the yield is sometimes remarkable. The presenl season, Captain Jno. Wilkerson, oi White Hall, gathered from atweuty-twc acre field eleven hundred bushels. Tht profit from this twenty-two acre fielc was not less thau one thousand dollars This tield was sown about this time lasi year. Capt. Wilkerson tays that th< best time to sow is from the 10th of September to the 10th of October, and he if supported in this opinion by the besl oat raisers in the South. When sown duriug this period the get strong enougl to resist the winter freezes, and the^ , some in ahead of the Spring drought Let every Granger in our old bannei County sow at least four acres to th< plough,?sow them this month, and se< if we can't save some of cotton mone\ at home. Try it, you farmers who bu^ i. Western corn on a credit, at an advanct 011 the eash price of from one hundrei to two hundred per cent, Bettor lat< than never. GRANGER SAM. Oconkk Couuty Faik.? At a lat( . meeting in Walhalla it was resolved t< ; hold a County Agricultural Fair on tlx >; 21st anil 22nd of Octoper in that place land to form a joint Stock Company I with a capital of $250,001) for the purposi .of having an ual fairs. * f J.\s. C. Little's wngon fell througl Patterson's Bridge, on Long Cane, 01 Saturday last. Mr. Win. Cresswell wa ! driving. Loss, half bale of cotton ant slight damage to mules and wagon. Trinity Cutmeir will be open fo j services on Sunday next. The Rev 2j J. H. Stringfellow writes that it wil not be in his power to be present. Th I ! Bishop will be bore on tho bunday fol j lowing. I Our townsman, Mr. W. P. McKel . j lar, left with his family on "NYcdnesda; 1 last to take charge female seminary i' Jacksonville, Alabama. Mr. McKella is a gentleman of fine literary attain t ment.s, and considerable experience a t a teacher, and is well fitted for the |kj sition to which he has been called. \V . have 110 doubt that he will prove him 1 self a successful teacher, and give entir satisfaction. - Charleston' lias suffered this Sun: mer from a scarcity of water, but, as > consequence, has suffered less from tli musquitoes. The few left for duty hav made up for lack of numbers by it I creased ferocity. Thu Demcrals are certain of carryiu New York in the Fall election^-and tli prospects are bright in Pennsylvania [ The cheering victory in (California wii have a favorable effect upon the cam paign every where, and increase thei chances in Ohio. The new element which have been brought into the can ; vass in that State have made a calculc t ion of results more difficult there, Ex-Confederates for Congress. ?Senator Newton Booth, of Califonia, has delivered a speech in which he > shows his position in regard to ex-Cons' federate officers in Congress : But they . tell us a great many rebel generals have ' been elected to the next Congress. Why should they not be? When the 1 Government amnested them did it mean to say, "We restore your right.*, but you shall never enjoy them?" i - When they take their seats in Congress i it will be with an oath to support the . Constitution of the United States. I do < ' not believe that the men who are will- i ing to die for their convictions will be most ready to perjure themselves for i . place. Parties are but nece&ary evils. There are great moments in a nation's < life when the times Should rise above i them. Why may not the true spirit of ( the people have Way ? This is the Cen tennial year. Let it bo a "year of jubilee." Before us is a grand outlook of , liistor}'. Who shall estimate the power and population of this country at the ' close of the century now dawning if we, 1 the people, are equal to the divine op! portunity? Who knows what trials may await lis, what temptations may beset? Let us challenge destiny as one people. Let us have the only union which can be permanent?a union of hearts. Lat the true feeling of the hour find genuine expression unresrained; and reconstruction will come?not by ' legal enactment, not by force bills or writs of law, but in the hearts of the people, like tlie dawning of day, like ; the breath of morning, like the spirit of the Lord. Book Farming.?It is nonsense to < suppose that education and farming are incompatible. Still a multitude of men i Hn'nt (lint. ?? oiirr* no fi man nf lihprn.1 fld- i ucation attempts to farm, so sure is he to fail. He, thinks the multitude, will spend his time in reading agricultural books, and, sooner or later, fail. This is a gratuitous assumption. The most of the meu who fail to accomplish anything, worth naming, as farmers, are those who can neither read nor write. 1 Some of this class of men make good farmers, but their success is by no means due to their ignorance. They are meu of good observation, They learn from others in every way what they can. The process is a long and tedious one' and no more successful than if they had learned to farm from books. What cost the book farmer only a few cents and a few momen'ts pleasant reading, costs this class of farmers many years of toil and vexation. ? Yorkvillc Enquirer. The result of the Congressional elec tions in Califonia makes certain tne election of a Democratic President of the United States if the election should go to the House of Representatives. Califonia, we believe, makes the nineteenth State that has elected a clear Democratic majority of Representatives, besides there are two or three other States whose delegations are equally divided or controlled by Independants. Mississippi, Conneticut and New Hamshire have yet to elect Congressmen, and the Democrats have good prospects of carrying each of them. ?Columbus Enquirer. The item is interesting, but there is not the remotest possibility of the election going into the House. The Republicans could not to-day carry four States for President, and by the time the election comes off they will hardly be able to carry one. Tiik Pea body Fund.?Superintendent J. K. J lilson has opened a correspondence with the agent of this fund in the United States with a view to securing some of its beneiita for the public schools located in the various counties of this State* The fund is distribited with the greatest care, and its beauest are always directly proportioned to the amount contribited iu any given locality for educational purposes, this precaution having been found necessary to prevent its waste and misapplication, flwing to some mismanagement, South 1 Carolina has up this time derived little or no benefit from the generous gift ' of the lamented Peabody, while Georgia and many other States have secured | their full respective quotas. Clara Morris, (Mrs. Harriot,) the rising genius among American actresses, has been enduring, in Paris, the terrible treatment that Brown-Sequard gave to , Charles Summer after the Preston Brooks assault. Her health had been failing for months aud her later work on the stage, and journeying, when really i unfit to travel, through Great Britan, dei veloped spinal disease to a degree so alarming that themoxa was resorted to, i burning the flesh along the sides of the spine heated to a white heat. Clara bore it bravely, without a shrink or groan, and the doctors said it was a wonderful exhibit of nerve. If the disease ; couldn't be arrested, her friends and the American stage would lose Clara Morris iu two years. Columbia Market The prices of vegetables, meats, i Potatoes, Irish, per peck, 50c.; potatoea,*3 > sweet, per peck, 50c.; green corn, per i dozen ears, 20c.; Guinea squash, per i peck, 50c,; Cuba squash, apiece, 10c; I green pepper, pk., 50c., okra, per bushi el, 50c.; snap beans, per peck, 25c.; tot matees, per quart, 15c.; butter beans, I per quart, 15c.; onions, per quart, 10c.; t erbbage, per head, 20 to 25c.; cucumbers, f per dozen, 20c.; turnips, per peck, 50c.; > Northern apples, per peck, 75c.; beef, > per pound, 5 to 15c.; mdtton, per pound, 1 10 to 12c.; shoat, per pound, 15c.; chick. ens, 20 to 30c.; eggs, per dozen, 35o? 5 Mr. S. Bobo, agent of the S. C. Man' ufacturing Company, iu Spartanburg, , S. C., has just completed a sale of 3,000 ?? * * ~ TVTJ11 111. r UCTCS U1 Lli U ITWUJUIJ? luiii pi vj, ?i? eluding the shoal, mill site, d'c., to "The | English Manufacturing Company." , This company will sub-divide the land into tracts of six acres each, and sell to r English and American settlers, men of j small capital, who are also to take stock J in the company. Steps are already be'r ing taken to erect a lumber and saw 7 mill and machine shops, preparatory to } buildiug. | The Governor Elect of Califon1 ia.?1The Hon. Wm. Irvin, (he Democratic Governor elect of Califonia, is a native of Butler County; Ohio. He went to Califonia in 18o2, and in 18(51 2 and 18G2 was elected to the Assembly. 3 In 185(3 he was elected to the Senate, ? and re-elected in 1873, being President "Iof the Sentepro tcm. under Governor ' Booth. He was elected to the Senate I again, and became acting Lieutenant Governor. He is now lilling that ofliee. From 18G6 up to March last he has been 1 adorning ihe editorial chair of the Yrc1 ka Union, and lias there had an excellent 9 experience for the new position to -1 which he has been called. The grasshopper is a little insect, but he has large powers of consumption and j never travels alone. The official report of his work in Minnesota last year has L_ just been published.?Twenty-eight " counties, including 204 towns, were visit| ed and the following is the bill of fare of I- the winged pest: Acres of wheat damy aged or destroyed, 240,417; bushels of n wheat lost on same, 2,040,802; acres oats r damaged or destroyed, 52,125; bushels i- oats lost on same, 1,817,733; acres corn s damaged or destroyed, 34,134: bushels i- 1 nnrn Inst on same. 738.415. The exhibit e is a fearful one, and affords people at a i- distance a more vivid conception of the e extent of damage done than mere descriptions can furnish. Money is so plentiful in Massachusetts a: that one savings bank at Northampton ej recently refused to accept deposits on ac'e count, and a Springfield bank has had to send money away for investment. Despite the hard times the savings deposits are increasing, though the depos? its are smaller in amount than usual, ' evidence that people are becoming imII pressed with the necessitj' of ecouoniiz_ ing rigidly. r "Glycerine will remove freckles," says -s a fashion exchange. If this allusion to i- glycerine means the "nitro" kind i- there's no uews in this statement. It will remove almost any thing. i TF 7 " " ; Agricultural Credit in the United States.?The Financial Chronicle discusses this question and i shows that we can have such a credit . here as is common in'France and in all : rich countries but our own.s We quote: < We must build up on a sound, trust- j worthy model a system of agricultural credit, must divert into this channel as much of our floating capital as can be safely vestefl in such permanent forms j and converted into^flxed capital, take ! such effective measures and give such complete guarantees as shall attract foreign capital as well as American capital into these new channels of investment, and, finally, we must favor the efforts making abroad, by which the business ~c .1 ? i! iri in ucftjmiq m our ureuiis, siiui?r?, uuiius i find other values shall not be so much controlled at Paris, Vienna, Hamburg, , Berlin or London by reckless specula- , tors. Says the Scientific American: If raos- quitoes or other bloodsuckers infest our sleeping rooms at night, we uncork a bottle of the oil of pennyroyal, and these animals leave in great haste, nor will they return so long as the air in the . room is loaded with the fumes of that 1 aromatic herb. If rats enter the cellar, a little powdered potash, thrown into ! their holes or mixed with meal and scat- " tered in their runways, never fails to ' drive them away. Cayenne pepper will keep the buttery and storeroom free from ants and cockroaches. v If mouse makesjan en trance into any parfcol j"'"1 ""omiigo, .wvuiaus o ing-niku \mj- 5 enne, in solution, and stuff it into the hole, which can then be repaired with either wood or morter. No rat oj mouse will eat that rag for the purpose of opening communication with a depot of supplies. The Chief of police at Milwaukee, when asked if he "wanted" a certain prisoner who had been captured atNasliville, wrote as follows: "For God's sake kill the scoundrel, so that I can atto my legitimate business, instead of answering letters similar to yours. There is not a city or town in the United States where the rascal has not got into some scrape or other, and then when too late I am written to. Kill him and I will pay all expenses." The scoundrel in question was Copeland, who was tarred and feathered at Nashville for asserting that ex-President Johnson died drunk. The Old North State.? Raleigh, Sept. 7.?Dr. Edward Ransom, the Dem ociatic nominee for President of the constitutional convension, was elected 011 the fourteenth ballot, thus securiug a Democratic organization of that body. The election in Orange County to supply the vacancy occasioned by the death of ex-Governor Graham takes place 011 the 16th, after which the Democrats claims an easy working majority in the convention. On the 1st of next month the Texas press association will start on an excursion wnich will bring them as far north as this city The party will number about seventy-five ladies and gentlemen. They will come north through St. Louis, Chicago and Buffalo, and return by Philadelphia, Washington, Richmond and Nashville?a route which will give them a good opportunity to judge of the extent and resources of a large portion of the union. The Aberdeen (Miss.) Examiner says 'Never did a campaign open under nnuni/ioc Minn llio vtroci 1J H J I XJ UlMilrtUiV UUO|/?VV.C ViJUM Miv vu ent one to the Democratic Conservative Party in Monroe. .Hardly a day passes that does not witness the organization of one or more campaign clubs and the best of feeling and most perfect unity, of sentiment pervades the intellectual masses' who are allied for a determined battle against a common enemy." If any of our readers want a real live paper, we commend the Charlotte Daily Observer. We never fail to get locals out of that paper when we look for them. "NVhen we find them we just appropiate them, and the editor never complains. The receiver of the Bink of Mecklenburg, of Charlotte, which failed some * ? 1- ~ IJA weeKS ago, nas maue u ivpm. nc shows the total liabilities to be $200,17019 ;total available assets, $29,421 29; the deficit being $179,757 99* The creditors are encouraged to hope that there will be thus realized in time fiifteen per cent, of their claims. Birds the Protectors of Crops. ?"In the craw of a quail latejy killed in Ohio were found one cutworm, twentyone striped vine bugs and one hundred chinch bugs, but not a single grain of corn."?[Anonymous. We have seen so many instances of this kind that we do not doubt its correctness ill a single particular. One day we saw a farmer killing woodpeckers. He was making a generel assault upon every bird of that Kina on 111s piace. "What are you killing those birds for? They are not good to eat." "They are "destroying my roasting ears. They peck holes through the shuck and eat the grain-.", "No they don't. Come over hero in the field and I will show you." We then went to an ear of corn the bird had pecked a hole into, threw back the shuck and showed him that the woodpecker had not eaten his corn, but had taken a worm from it which was eating it. | A large majority of our birds subsist exclusively upon insects. Many of them eat their owa weight every day. The Democrats have made a clean sweep, electing Bryant Mayor, and eight supervisors, with the entire state, congressional and legislative ticket. Steam Power Printing.?Pam, phlets of all kinds are cheaply and expeditiously printed by Walker, Evans & Cogswell, Charleston, S. C. Their presses are in full blast on this class of work, butstill their faculties are so great that there is always room for more work. Proceedings of meetings, Conventions College Commencements, Briefs, Ac, &c., are executed in the pest style and with greatest dispatch. tf AUGUST FLOWER. The most miserable beings in the world are those suffering from Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint. More than seventy-five per cent, of the people in the United States are afflicted with those two diseases and there efieet such as our stomach, sick headache, habbitual costiveness, impure I blood, heartburn, waterbrash, gnawing and burning pains at the pit of the stomache, yellow skin, coated tongue and disgreeable taste in the mouth, coming up of tiie food after eating, low spirits, &c. Ge to the Drug Store of W. T. Pennay, and get a 72 cent bottle or 10 cents. Try it. [May 19, 1872, ly HOTEL ARRIVALS. The Alston House. ky the misses cater. A Hntchinson, J F Thomas, Joseph L Dietz, Baltimore ; G A Briggs, Abbe*riiir?. iTimirv Rriorirs. ir. Greenville: T !S Constable, fit Louis; Geo H Eaton, Savannah; J C Jackson, Mt Airy, Ga; M Y Postell, Widemans; Kev ? Bellinger, Bamberg; Kev It N Pratt, city; E A. Mars, Calhoun's Mills; Dr A T Widenian, Long Cane; Miss Florence Temnleton, city; T J Langston, Greenwood. "Wier's Hotel. List of arrivals since last issue: J fi Chipley, Phoenix; S B McC'lin W tr RlnL-n C01), i\iu\_/iui vuu ?mc, IT +>Greenwood; Rev R W Seymour, White Hall; Muj J L White, Mrs M F White. Miss Murria White, Mrs S H McCreery, RE White, J F Lyon, F L Morrah, Mountain View; Major F M Ironmonger, Norfolk, Va; WS Kellar, Marshall, Texas; J Wierner, E F Wierner, New York; J C Jolms, Baltimore. U JOHN A. WIER, Proprietor. San Francisco, September 6.?The vote for Governor, as far as returned, is as follows: Irwin (Dera.) 43,000. Phelpp.(Rep.) 25,000, Bidwell, (Ind.) 18,000. The Legislature returns are not complete, but the Democrats will have in overwhelming majority, Atlanta has determined to burn the first series of water works bonds, can3eled on account of some irregularity in signing them. Consignees. The following named porsons have freight in the Depot: L C Clinkscales, R Jones, W P Keupedy, W & J McNeill, Miss M D Drennon, E Edwards, C T Latimer, A M Hill, D B Smith, C G McAlister, \V A Lanier, R Round. ^ /~i XT T T 1 llHf AVr\ u. v . haAi aiwi> u, Agent. The following persons have packages in the Express office. W McNeill, W & A Johnson, Miss E Mars, Tlios Young, R D Bruce, Joseph Kew, J & 8 New, J W Morrali, W H l'aggart, Rev J L Martin, J L Harris. gfi ... corrected weekly by BARNWELL & CO. COTTON BROKERS and dealers in GENERAL MERCHANDISE. Abbeville, Sept. 15. A telegram received in Abbeville yesterday evening from Charleston, reports the cotton market as demoralized, and quotes middlings at 12jc. The reason assigned for this depression is the reported larga crop, which Is estimated^as nigh as 4,500,000 bales. Owing to the long dry spell of weather, the receipts at the ports have been remarkably large up to tliis time. The market in Abbeville may be quoted from 11 to 12c. The latter figures could only be realized on collections. Fodder, $1.00 per 100 lbs Eggs 15c per dozen Molasses, 50 to 100 per gallon Flour, $8 to $10 per bbl Ground Peas, $2.00 to $2.25 per bushe Meal, $1.40 to $1.50 per bushel Nails, *.08 cents per lb Oranges, 80c to $1.00 per dozen Peas, $1.50 per bushel Apples, $2.05 Bacon, 14 to 15 liutter, zu to 20 Coffee, 25 to 3o Corn, $1.30 Chickens . 1-5 to 25c each Augusta, September 13.?Cotton dull and tending down?middling 12}; low middling 12* ; receipts 240 bales; sales 105. Baltimore, September!3.?Oats dull ?Southron 45a48. Kye dull at 80. Provisions quiet and firm. Pork 22.2oa22.50. Bulk shoulders 8ja9; clear rit .$2al2J. Bacon active?shoulders 10ai0|; clear rib 13}; hams loal5J. Lard steady?refined 14Jal4}. Coffee dull and nomiual?jobs" 18}a21}. Whisky dull at 1.51. Sugar firm and active al 10}. Cotton dull?middling 14}: low middling 13}; good ordinary 13J; receipts 140 bales ; sales 05; stock 220. Liverpool, September 13.?Cotton steady?middling uplands 7; middling Orleans 7|; sales 12,000 bales; speculation and export 2.000: to arrive weaker: free sellars ut Saturday's closing prices receipts 2,200; American 0,500. New Yokk, September 13?7 p. m.? Cotton weak aud irregular?sales G8" bales at 14jal4j; consolidat*d receipts 10,280. Flour steady, with moderate export demand -superfine western anc state 4.85a5.55; extra western and state 5.70a5.9o; good to choice G.40; coinmoc to choice white western extra 6,45a750 common to good extra Ohio 5.60a720 BARLEY! BARLEY! AT $2 per Bushel, AT Cunningham &Templeton's Sept. 1, 1875. Due West Female College THE Sixteenth year of this Institu tion will open on MONDAY OCTOBER 4th. Faculty complete course of study thorough ; governmen kind and parental; location healthy and pleasaut, terms reasonable. n'hn Proairlonf Mid his family will OC' cupy the College Building and tak< charge of the Boarding Department. The College Building is undergoing thorough repairs and the Boardinj Booms will be completely re-furnished For catulogue, aduress, J. r. BONN Ell, Fire Insurance. THE LIVERPOOL, LONDON 6 GLOBE, FIRE INSURANCI COMPANY, insures against losses tr fire at low rates, and pftj/s all losnc promptly. Assets $20,000,000.00. WM. H. PARKER, Agent. Auir. 11. 1S75, 18-3ni Store Room to Bent. THE corner STORE ROOM, in Ab bevillc, at present occupied b; Mr. R. W. Cannon, in the dry good' business is offered for Rent after the Is of September. HUGH WILSON. Aug. IS, 1875, 19-tf TALL DRESS GOODS, Selling clicap to make room for ncv stock, at the EMPORIUM OF FASHION". Sept. 1, 1875 21-tf A Premium! TEN POUNDS OF LINT COT 0 0 toy iw?r ton. for Whaim's Fer tili/.er will tie allowed, if paid by th last day of September. E. CONVAN. Sept. 8, 187o, ?2-11 Stt&D rORpATALOGlfvS. _ How to Save Sweet Potatoes IWILTj send to any address on rc ceipt of One Dollar, full instruc lions how to save sweet potatoes fron I one crop to another. J. T. (U'FKIX, j Abbeville, S. C., Sept. 8, 187o, tf baulky! baulky !! baulky!! at $2.00 per bushel, at | cunningham & tkmi'leton'* I Sept. 1, 187'"). ~ side~board safe^ Good and useful article at low prices. j. d. chalmers & co. IHlHi '4 ^?hbhhhh j. D. cnranHH| DEAWisHbwwgwWBBWiiWM Firaitire si'Sj|B| Walnut CHAM^^ShMHBHH Walnut Dressing-Case Walnut Bureaus, Walnut Wash-Stands, ^ K^KHnSEHNnfl \\ aiTTuT wuTTrromjH, Kmummbmh Walnut Side-Boards, Walnut Dining Chairs, Walnut Ladies' Rockers, Walnut Office Chairs, Walnut I>ining Tables, wHn^HnHH Walnut Parlor Tables, fwood Walnut Parlor Tables, (raarbIe^H^wS|^H^RM A Full Stock of the above goo^^^Hn?H^H9N received, bought direct from urer, and can be sold at the PRICES. Respectfully, . , ' ' ji 3h aaa feet of tfewaot beautiful picture Frame Mouldings?all sizes and -t ( prices, at J. D. CHALMERS & CO.'S. -*'k PARLOR FRENCH LOOKING GLASSES AT J. D. CHALMERS & CO.'S. ^ TfToramrr TO ' MAKE MONEY I WILL RENT MY PLANTATION 4 % ? ft i . / ? i.. .... T (iiU T1! .. , Jl HI ADDevuie V/Ouniy, uu xjiiuc ni>, er, consisting of 1,400 Acres, as a whole i or in portions, to rctponsible parties, on advantageous terms. This place contains 146 Acres of Low Grounds, and the high lands arc line cotton .laud*. There are twelve firstrate cabins on it, with comfortable dwelling-house, large stables and cribs, good gin-house and screw. For further particulars apply to | my son on the place, or to me near Pen, dleton. J. W. CRAWFORD. | Aug. 24,1875 20-6t KTotic? TO ; CREDITORS. ) . ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS f against the estate of William T. New5 ell, deceased, are hereby required to . present the same before me, duly attestI ed, within the time prescribed by law. Those i ndebted to the estate will make payments at once, orsuit will bebrought 1 - it .... . against iiieui. fcSAM'L W. COCIIRAN, Qalified Executor. . * P. O. Abbeville C. H. 8. C. Sept. 1, 1875, 21-3t NOTICE. Ajn election will be held in tho Court House on Monday, ? 13th Day of September, > next, for the purpose of electing an intondant and Four "Wardens for the Town of Abbeville, to serve for the ensuing year. Polls will bo opened . from 6 o'clock in the forenoon until . C o'clock in tho afternoon. , , Managers ? J. Y. Jones, Samuel ; Johnson, Lewis Richey. t By order of Town Council. J ^ ROBERT JONES, Intendant. r r Sept. 1, 1875 21-Zt NOTICE TO Creditors and Debtors. ALL PERSONS HOLDING. AGcounts against the Estate ef John 's Holland, deceased, are requested to present tliem to me properly attested. Persons indebted to the same will J please make immediate payment to rae. EDWARD P. HOLLAND, Sole Qualified Executor, <fcc. Sept. 1, 1875 21-.'Jt 17 ? > NOTICE | . TS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON 4 J[ Friday, the first day ot October next, I will apply to the Judgo of v Probato of Abbovillo County for a ^ final discharge from the office of administrator of the Estate of Wash- ington S. C'ochran, dcc'd. wRH SAMUEL \\r. COCIIBAX,- SSH Administrator. Aug. 31, 1875. 5t* HB J BARLEY! BARLEY! I V S'2 per Bushel, at Cunningham & Templeton's. (PI , Sept. 1, 1875,4t " ^ NOTICE TO ! 'Creditors and Debtors. i ALL PERSONS HOLDING AC- M counts against tho Estate of Joel > J. Cunningham, deceased, are requested ' tt present them to me properly attested. uj Persons indebted to tue same will J ! please make immediate payment to mc. * * J. S. COTHRAN, ~i Sole Qualified Executor. Kept. 1, l87o 21-3t " ^ 5,060 'ASSORTED GERANIUMS . And othep"' cuttings, at ONE CENT apiece,- f$Male by 3' J. F. C. DuPRE. Sept. 8,1875 22-tf