Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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;.NEWS ITEMS. * $?ajke preparations to sow wheat. The Greenwood, New Era issued 2 b?lf sheet this week. Cause, failure t< receive paper in time. Ma^y noses snjuffle and many baudkercJiiefe wave from clothes lines, it Vvinuoniionr>p r?f the late sudden chance! In tjtp? weather. T?e local editor of the Charlotte Ob tcrvcr is an incorrigible old bachelor y^hp is always making fun of the pin ba^ks. Jefferson Davis recently informed < r^rtejL of. the K<TpuRicai -that during his whole life hL? had neve: ''VpLLvcreu a wrircen speech. C: "The Augusta Constitutionalist say9 ?lthls heathen practice of duelling shoulc vQOt be tolerated in a civilized comrauni jty." We fully endorse the sentiment ' Eighteen thousand bales of cottoi V swere shipped from Chester between Sep v ^ ,tember 1, 1874, and Septembe 1, 1875 Twent^^^^^^iousand bales was th< - lire VIUI4 V* MCAIWl +> MV WV.1 .ryo Jndiaaolp,, Texas, has been almost en ftineiy destroyed, with the loss of 16) (Jive*, t>y an inundation from the sea. ; Judge Cookie, in a card to the Green <eiUe New*, deaies that he intruded him ;' "x "?elfinto Judge Maher's circuit, or tha ho endeavored to influence the colore< ' - ... .members of the grand jury, as allege* Mr. A Id rich. 'v..^wM the small boy tries these coo - -Itiorntags to get this Fall's feet into las "Winter's shoes, he realizes feelingly <hat the feet have either grown wonder Wftiily in the last six months or else tin hoes, like Vance's cat-fish, hav< "swunk" to an alarming extent. The monument erected over the rest Ing place of the late Hon. James L ^ 5? ?? PrtiMAfoi'tr o urr, 111 Ult! flWiUV ici I<III vtiuoreij ? "Anderson, is one or the handsomest an< __ most beautiful pieces of sculpture iu th' upper portion of the State. "Thirty-niue lashes on the bare-back' is proposed in New Jersey for any mai who accepts an office, the duties o which he knows jiimseli incapable t< perform. Go up head, Jersey. An< bless God, ye public officials of Edge field, that your lines have not fallen t you in that level-headed State.?Edge field Advertiser. A friend of ours says, (we don't knov whether the expression is original o quoted), that "God has given unto som* men wisdom and understanding, and t< others the capacity to play on the fid die." Anyhow it's a good thiug, am we booked it. Colonel J. P. Thomas, Superinten dent of the Carolina Military Institute at Charlotte, N. C., has accepted an in vitation from the executive coramitte* v. of the Greeuville County moie society to deliver an address at the neutanni versary of the Society. Thk Best and Earliest is tiii r Cheapest. ? The merchants, cottoi buyers and business men of Abhevill are respectfully informed that our mar ket reports reach Abbeville twentv-fou hours in advance of any Charlestoi journal. No newspaper in the Stat publishes fuller and more correct tele graphic market reports than the Regis Ur?Columbia Register. .. - 'Jewish Year.?The 80th of Septem her, 1875, is the 1st day of Fishri in th Jewish Calendar, and is known as Nev Year's Day, being the first of the Jewisl year. The 9th ot October will be th I)ay of Atonement, which is the strict est fast-day observed by the Jews. Oi that day, beginning at 6 o'clock th . .... previous evening, they abstain from ai food and drink, until dark of the 9th. Pardoxed.?The Governor yesterda; pardoned Charles H. Harris, convictei at the May, 1875, term of the Court c SJonnrnl fiouoinn# ftf Ahhpville (JOUntV of grand larceny, and sentenced to sf: months' imprisonment in the count; jail. The petition was endorsed by lead Ing citizens, Solicitor Biythe and Judg Cooke, ou the ground that no crimina intent was proven against him. Collector Carpenter states that by a decision of the Commissioner o Internal Revenue, every firm whicl pays revenue license to the Unite< States is required to procure new stamp ever time the firm changes. If apart ner retires, or a new one goes into tb' firm, this is regarded as a "change,' aud new stamps are necessary. If, . person disposes of his business to anoth er, his revenue stamps cannot be trans ferred with his business. !ji. . The Penitentiary.?A correspond ent writes: Perhaps the most noticeabl >' "* feature about the whole institution i the preponderance of youthful crimi " " Jn. the hasty view to be obtaine* <*' 4 ~ as they passed in review, it wa r difficult to detect the face of au old man and I am satisfied tnat yu per cent, o the whole nurpber of criminals are un der thirty years of age, 10 per cent, o these again being boys under twent; years. Tbe whole number of prisoner Is 302. of whom twenty-five are whites . and three are females. President McCosh, in his opening ad dress to Princeton College last week ays that during the time he has beei there, seven years, there has been re oeived in the shape of donations $1,250, 000; the number of buildings have beei ?... doubled, the professorships Increased new branches of study added, and th privilege of taking an elective cours given to the higher students, Alread; 174 new students have applied for en ^ trance?129 freshmen, 12 sophomores, I Juniors, 1 senior and 22 In tne School o Kcince. \ The president of the Brittish Pharma > ceutical Conference, which is holding it twelth annual meeting in Bristol, in hi inaugural address called for legislativ interference in the matter of paten medicines which he remarked, are no patent, but secret remedies. He recom mended the appointment of a commis sion, to which the composition of thes specifics should be disclosed, and whicl siiouid exercise some control over th _ evtravagant and lying puffs by whicl their sale is extended, to the injury ii BMtowy cases of the public health. A ood, Substantial Democrat! (Organza spirited letterappeare in m Augusta Conrtitutionali*t, written fron L Barnwell C. H., won the paramoun j necessity 0f a flro&jlass, fearless ant honest newspaper In South Carolina ''If nine-tenths of the white, readers o this State," the writer says, "werecalle< ' upon to give a femdid opinion of wha was most needed bv them, I venture t( say the reply would be, 'a good, substan tfal Democratic organ."' We propose to fill this place. We ar thoroughly In accord with the prea ?National Democratic party. We hav been warmly received by the people f Our list of subscribers is already largi and rapldljr increasing. There is roon for mora. We want thousands when we havp Hundreds, and we expect them poo.?CQlwribia RegUtcr, WW? T* 4-lexander, postmaster a /acksouville, Alabama, occupies i unique position befpre the great Ameri pan Republic. He is a Democrat, bu J- ? iwotHnn as a Federal office I' #laiUU|MOf. rr- <T folder. H6 was appointed on the 18tt .of last August. Upon the receipt of. hi: appointment, to set himself right befon Ms neighbors, ha published a card, say ',. ing that if he did consent to serve th< ? .. Government he was yet no minister o L - Grant's. Upon thp publication of tbie bold card certain people in his town ' have tried to persuade the Postraastei 'jpjBfh'Md to remove him on account pi V -Jlrttmsloyalty. Jewell has investigated ^ 'Ibe&we, an4 bas found that there is npl Republican in the town capable oj discharging th,e duties of postmaster, jthat Alexander is ah efficient officer, * apjd upon this ground hi$ commission, which iias beeu held back ever since the , date of his appointment, wag issued to 1. ' Tit Press and Banner. * W. A. LEE, Editor. * P > ^ . a< Wednesday, Sept, 29,1875, ^ 3 BISHOP HOWE'S VISIT. ?{ During the past week, Bishop W. B. el I W. Howe, of the Protestant Episcopal 81 Church of South Carolina made his an- z< > nual visit to this Parish, and conducted1** 1 Ian interesting series of religious services r in Trinity Church, The Bishop is in * excellent health, and preached with his " I 1 n?/l nnnnn T-T o nomO ^ j USliili 1UIUC ttUU ClUljUUUVVi AAV w*u*v - unattended by other ministers, and con ducted the services alone, but is fully qi 1 equal to the demands made upon him. gi On Friday morning he preached an ear- C( j nest and impressive sermon from Pro- ^ verbs 16: xxxii, "He that ruleth his g< I spirit, &c," showing the greatness of oi f the victory obtained, the obstacles which oppose, and the agencies by j1' D Which the work is accomplished: and tr again an excellent sermon on Saturday 8^ morning in which he set forth |the 8t " Indifference and inattention which con- 8( j stant'familiarity^?'ith sacred things is jj \ POn iu^y moralng ' P" preached an able sermon from 2 Samuel, Kj 12: xvii, "And Nathan said unto David, r1 1 thou art the man," in which he present- ?l t ed a striking view of David's enormous 81 .I..i? i<io minUhmpnt. and sin- P' f ! Si II f lllO UCOCt *VU JfWUAWMaxw.^1 - cere repentance After the" sermon., the ?' e rite of confirmation was administered to ?' b five young ladies, in addressing whom !f the Bishop said, that a more interesting . class had never presented themselves be- 11 fore him, and that he was the moregrat1 ifled as they had come up in a vacant j Parish, and without ministerial aid. " _ The services were touching in the ex- P. tretne. Here were five beautiful young ladies arrayed in snowy vestme.rus, V ' kneeling as candidates at the altar, i whilst the man of God pronounced up- rf f on their heads earnest benedictions 11 d for spiritual guidance, in forms of words w J which have come down from Apostolic J"* - days. The communion was then ad- Jr a ministered to an unusually large attend- 11 - ance of worshippers, 7In the afternoon the Bishop preached 11 from John 11: xi, "Our friend Lazarus sleepeth," and gave a clear exposition 11 of the Scripture teachings as to the con- u dition of the believers in the world of r< departed spirits prior to the resurrection. j The services .were all of an interesting P character and were especially so as the J* congregation has been so long without H - the ministrations of a pastor. 1 , We are pleased to learn that arrange ments will soon be made for getting a " e pastor for Trinitv Church, aud gather- J* , ing the scattered sheep once more into " - the fold. The church has the means ol " securing a suitable minister,, and of sua- ? taining him, aud the numbers generally " 'I are fully alive to the necessity of keep- ? ing up their stated, weekly services. They are prepared to give a new pastor~ al a cordial welcome. F1 i h ! What It Pays ttf Raise Cotton and ^ Bay Provisions. V u The Atlanta Constitution gives an es- |t ? timate of the receipts during the present ri i year, of provisions aud guano, and the d e shipment of cotton at Stone Mountain, ?j - Ga., from which it appears that the sup- tj g plies received amounted to $88,652.95, fl 1 and the guano to $35,000.00, making h $123,562,95; whilst the cotton exports * amounted to $182,820.00. "Thecotton," ? y says the Constitution, "brought in $58,j 167.05 more than the amount paid out P f for supplies and fertilizers. But when $' , the amount expended for sugar, coffee, s clothing and other necessaries, is count- 3. y ed, that excess melts away. Every one b; - of the articles covered by the $88,652.95 v e can be, and ought to be, produced at si 1 home. Admitting that the purchase of tj guano is an absolute necessity, the item w of $36,000 may be retained. n ? The articles named in the $88,652.95 it f list mav be placed at too high figures, 01 1 but the"prices named were actually ob- 01 * tained. Bring the price of cotton down u s to 10 cents a pound and we still have tiie ii - sum of $121,8S0. Let the farmers of tc e Stone Mountain raise their supplies, ft ' even if it costs $20,000. Then should is a they purchase guano at a cost of $35,000, t* they will have an excess of over $65,000, P1 - which excess would be kept at home to n increase the volume of circulation. o( Can there be any stronger argument in tc ' favor of farmers raising their own sup- &1 e plies? a1 8 f n 1 Our Fair?The Committees. ? s ? h ^ We publish elsewhere a list of the va- '' rious Committees which have been se- s< Cl f lected to make awards upon the articles jg 7 exhibited at the coming Abbeville Fair, fi ? nnmi\MlhA A VvAfi f T 1 lie tvIiUUlUCCO WUipi IOC IUC UCOl uicu 1 and women from every section of the ^ County, and their names are a guaran- q< * tee that equal aud exact justice will be tl ^ rendered to all competitors. We trust P - that our people generally are co-opera- ^ - ting with the Executive Committee of 8j 3 the Sooiety here, to make the JFair here re e a grand success, and that whilst we J e have an exhibition which shall reflect ^ y honoron the county, we shall have a big a r orowd to witness it?such a crowd as re , Abbeville alone can furnish, with bril- si r liautcontributions from the adjoining it Counties. In most of the departments a* the exhibitions of past years nave been oi 8 worthy of all praise, and in some re- re g spects have equaled the Stateexhibitions si e in Columbia. Let us resolve to surpass si t all preceeding exhibitions, and make ti t this Fair the stepping stone to bearing e: i- off the prize, which is offered in Co- ei i- lumbia to the formost County in the e State. Unusual attractions in the way ii nf tfthlpAii* nhftrflrles. <fef> will he nre- m e seated to draw visitors, and the occa- 1 i sion will doubtless attract a large crowd, a The weather will likely be pleasant, and the occasion will furnish all those pleas- h ant surroundings which characterize C C-' these annual reunions. Come one? w e come all?exhibitors and spectators, and i let us make the Fair of 1875 a grand t success. tl 1 \? | The Contest for the Mayoralty in * t Charleston. ti A spirited contest is going on in tc Charleston between the friends of the ^ t opposing candidates for the mayoralty, e Cunningham and Wagner. The former <f| is supported by the Mackey clique, and fr j the latter by the Bowenites, whilst the ^ B Conservative vote will be divided. The , Germans support Wagner, but the po- a, tent influence of the Charleston Ncwsdr ii: t Courier is exerted in favor of Cunping41 ham. ai [I That journal, we think, makes a very h, .[strong showing in behalf of the co-op- th iLwitinn nf flip (Conservatives and Tnde- w ] pendent Republicans, as the only means ^ of relieving the city from the control of ^ i the Bowen faction and the worst conse- lii f quences of Radical rule. Singly the sii ) Conservatives can effect nothing, and if i union be necessary, it must be with those whose past record affords the best ,r guarantees for the future. The triumph en I of Bowen would be the triumph ofjsa Wl * T ?/-!i?n of flio navf I flv J; YYllippef ii!) UllVUIb uuugb uu m*. . [ election, and the assured triumph of an J w< j unscrupulous faction. .If one-half that;mi , tfye News & Courier says in behalf of its; t\v ; cquse be worthy of consideration, we do so n#? see how any good citizen can hesi- pr i in taking sides. Distance may ob- m< sc^eour vision, however, fie. ' ^ The currency question. ^10 question of tho currency; forms a rominent. feature of . the platfprms lopted.by (he late convention^ of Ohio, fnn'sylvania and New York, and is chief subject of discussion in the je&h'fes 'a'ncl letters of all the leading atesnien'. Wie opposition to, the prosit National Bank system seebas to be rowing in public favor, and meets a ;alous champion in ex-Governor row II, U1 UCUIglit, YTJJVOC VIC WO UIC CA" r^ssed in a recent letter. He thinks lat there is no more~reason that the overnment should farm out its paper loney. than that it should grant to any rivate corporation the issue of its gold id silver from the mint. The consciences would be equally disastrous in iving to a favored class the power to >ntrol prices aud to create at pleasure a loney panic. He urges the establishlent of legal tenders convertible into avernment bonds, bearing a low rate f interest, as a currency, possessing ie necesary flexibility, and power of Japting itself to the necessities of ade. The same views are held by >me of the most prominent of our atesmen and seem to address themjlves to the sober business view of ractical men. Governor BroWn says 1 explanation and support of this proftsi tionjw follows: "The proposition that meets with iefefc favor .in this behalf, is that the ational government, at the time of lbstitotiug its legal tenders for the resent national bank currency, shall rovide a bond in denominations of $100 ad upwards, convertible on demand ?to currency or gold, at the option of le treasury, and bearing 3,6.5 per cent, iterest, payable semi-annually at any lb-treasury in the United States. As lis is about the average value of money i all other countries, such a rate would lace our own country on a level with tat of foreign jiations. It is also about le rate paid by banks themselves upon eposits. The creation of such an inconvertible bond would at once place within the power of the business ants of the community to control di;ctly the volume of currency, calling forth in time of necessity by converng the 3.65 bonds in such amount and ich localities as required it, or returnlg the currency back for reconversion here its overabundance caused it to e idle. And why should not our busiess wants be the measure of our cur;ncy ? The most poteut assertion lade even by those who approve of the resent system of bank issues and deind the late policy of contraction, ie lat the amount of circulation equals le wants of business. If that besound rgument, why is it not equally sound i practice? And who cau best deterline what those wants are but the busiess community itself The process nder this plan of adapting the curreny to the necessity would be simple, imlediate, inexpensive. Under any othr, either an act of congress, a policy at le treasury department, or the creation f new banks, it must be intricate, pro acted, costly. It would certainly, also, e dictated by the banks, not by the usiness of the country. Would that e fair? Has not similar dictation pros ated all our large industries already 1 Vill not any manipulation of the volmeof currency other than the direct emands of trade acting upon its own npulse necessarily hivolve fatal deingements? The variation of that emandin the United States atdifferen! iasons of the year is perhaps, greater lau in any other country, so that elascity must be easy to be effective. A xea volume of currency, on the other and, increases the danger of a crisis, i was sufficiently shown in 1874, when le batiks violated even their own charts in order to lock up the currency, ending a clamor for the .issue of the 14,000,000 held in the treasury. It has beon asked, how can such a 65 interconvertible bond be put forth y the government, and what is to preent its return en masse for reconveron ? There will not be much difticulr, I apprehend, in such issuing; as it ill at once offer a most secure investtent for that large amount of idle capalwhich refuses to trust the keeping ol rdinary fiscal agencies. The secretary F the treasury, can also be instructed, MOA #KA9V| iiuer nuiLuuic icuuiaituii, iu uoc niciu ? purchase of other bonds, or of gold, > call in other bonds,just as thereinding of 6 per cents with 5 per centa now transpiring. As the rate of invest is about as high as that generally aid on deposits, as the seourity of the ation is far more acceptable than that f any individual can be, as the ability > convert into money will be instant nd constant, a 3.63 bond will speedily Ltract to the treasury a large snare o! eposita held by private brokers, saving istitutions, and even the banks themjives. This will soon aggregate to undreds of millions of dollars, requirlg only a very moderate reserve to be ;t apart by the government for current inversions. Thus almost the entire isue called for will be available for still irther reductions of the bouded debt, here is no reason to apprehend any xcessivecall for conversion at anytime eyond anticipated business needs, 'he value of such a safe depository ol ie surplus wealth of the masses of the eople would, in itself, be incalculable, othas engendering habits of greater oonomyand dissipating an apprehenon which has been the cause of many loneyed convuleions heretofore. 'Iiaha nrAiil/1 *\oi<hor\ci K a fan n i i*n<l Af Ko* tICIC TY UU1U, ptl Iiupo, UCi^UlIVU VVUC1 ;gislative restrictions aud provisions >r a successful substitution of a nationI bank currency, but they are minor latters of detail, to which, we may asjme, congressional wisdom would find self equal. It would seem, therefore, i if the line of duty was both the line f economy and safety for the governlent, and if it does not speedily rejme its appropriate prerogative of isling money, it will only afford addional evidence of the sinister control sercised over its councils by the preset banking monopoly. he Cardozo and Dunn Controversy. A very spirited epistolary controversy as just been ended between Treasurer ardozo and Comptroller-General Dunn, 'ith regard to the affairs of the Carolia Bank and Trust Company of which le latter was appointed Receiver. The 'hole afiair seems to have been prompts i by personal feeling; and crimination ad recrimination from the staple ol le controversy. Comptroller Dunn, It will be recollec>d, led the tight against the Treasurer i the Legislature last Winter, and the omptroller himself has his own little rievances to redress. The Treasurer larges the Comptroller with being a iend of Hardy Solomon, the late resident of the Bank, and with using is position to smother up an investiga on ana tnus protect ooiomon. Dunn rows his willingness to make a showig, but refuses to give any information i the Treasurer, whom he regards as 1 officious intermeddier. So epithets are bandied through a ilf dozen letters, and no light is irown upon the only question in hich the public have any interest? ie condition of the Bank and the uses which brought about the catasophe. Perhaps after so much wrangiig we will in the end obtain the dered information. Oats.?The sowing of oats is now the [grossing topic of thought and convertion throughout the country. The erage in this regard will be increased, i opine, almost fourfold. A gentlean told us a day or two ago that upon enty-three acres during the past sean he made 807 bushels of red rustoof oats. This fall the same gentle?n is sowing eight acres Id oats.~jEdge fd Advertiser. I __ _ ?r?r- -n, Upon What Basis Shall We Organise? I : i \ * : ?*m' The ZVuf; Southron has a sensible article on .this subject, fjojn which we make.the following extract:? j "Now that papers in our State are J vailing for an early organization of par- 1 ties for the ooming campaign, we must | add our warnings to those already given j by that widely circulated and Influential journal, the Charleston News & Courisr, j lest we form our party on a false basis, i In the approaching political contest there ougnt to be no battle between 1 Democrats.nnd Republicans assuch. If j there is. the success of the corruption- j ists is i&rtttable. But there should be a confederacy of all honest men, call tljMd^ what name you please, to put 'gang of knaves* who are go in^HBake a most strenuous effort to ge^^Be con trol of our State Governmei^H^ new party should be carved out^Kuie two already known to us, coi^HLd exclusively of neither Democre^^r Republicans, but of all persons of w.ial^ver shade of politics or compltxion, who sincerely desire reform in our State Government. Nor do we ' mean that the Republicans should nominate for office the best of their own party, and expect the Democrats to support them. This has been tried and failure followed. If the Bepublicans who mean to redeem the State wish to have the whole vote of the Democratic party, (and they need it all,) they must put men from tnat party on the tickets ... ? r-. l?i rnv,?? wiin me Deuer xveuuunutuD. xucu , strength of the Democracy will be , brought to bear Id all its vigor and force, and defeat to the corruptionists is a sure ootisequence. Nor do we ask that timid, puny, milk-and-water, on-the-fence ' Democrats be put in nomination for office. Such men will carry no weight i whatever with them, but put men of strong and decided character?conservative, reasonable men, of unimpeachable. stainless integrity, before the people, and we venture the assertion that almost every Democrat in the State will vote that ticket." "If the Kepulicans should do this, and thus satisfy us that their professions of reform are not mere empty words, jtt shall expect to hear from all our leadit% men?to see them in the field, earnestly forwarding 'the good work.' Let them not fail to see, as Pitt did, that holding aloof from both parties, at such a crisis, will but establish in power 'the basest , and most hateful of all' parties. In one united, stupendous effort, we can hurl every thief in our State from his present stronghold. It is for the leaders ( of the two parties to say whether this ; shall be done or not. The weight of , their names will carry hundreds upon i hundreds of votes with them. Surely, no man who loves his State can stand by and see her given over to merciless | adventurers, when an effort from him , might save her from their clutches." , What we want now is a union of the best men of all parties, on the paramount issue of nonesty and reform. To attain honest government there must be co-operation without, destination of party, and Eepublicans and Democrats , must ignore party organisation and party principles, in securing the best men ; for office. A.s the Southron remarks, it will not ' do for Republicans to confine their seI lections to men of their own political fold and expect to draw out the whole Democratic strength in their support. The best evidence that they can give of the sincerity of their professions in the cause of reform, would bejto make a selection from their political opponents for office; and of this liberality of spirit they may find encouraging examples in the recent selection by the Democrats of New York of a Republican as a nominee for Secretary of State; in the endorsement by the Liberal Republicans of the Democratic ticket; and iti the Republican selection of a man out of favor with , their party, as a candidate for Treasurer. But the Republicans of South Carolina have not reached this stage of co' operation with their opponents, and doubtless will not until their party strength is broken down by internal divisions, and they will thus be forced to re-organize upon new issues. They ' act upon the principle that "to the victors belong tne spoils," and the longer , they are able to retain these without calling upon outsiders to share in them, so much the better for th&nselves. To them party is but a synonym for office-getting, and the interests of the country are sacrificed to selfish considerations. From them We can hope for no reform except that which is extorted by the fears of a popular revolt, which, making common cause with the discontented of their own party, shall sweep ' them from power. Hence they themselves will raise the rallying cry of re; form, and even do something in that r behalf for eleotioneering purposes. But this must have an end, and as Republicanism is dead in almost every other Siate, so even in South Carolina we may ' hope that it is destined to share the same fate at no distant day. Then we may 1 hope for honest government, and not , till then. For ourselves we do not see the neces? - * xt? any 01 me vuuhuvuiivcs uikb"'*'u& uow, much less organizing on the Democratic platform. Even when such an ' organization becomes necessary, it would r seem to be better as urged by tbe Charleston News and Courier, and the 1 Wlnnsboro Nevbi, to keep State and ; Federal politics apart, and whilst supporting tne National Democratic ticket, to make the best possible terms In local affairs. Such is the course pursued by ; the Conservotivesof Virginia and North Carolina, aud is consistent with the 1 full support of the National Democratic ; candidates for the Presidency and VicePresidency in 1875. The question of ' organization now seem* to De premature, and the matter of framing a policy to be better left to the contingencies of ' the future. The Murder of Crews. Washington Scheil and Mr. Walter Schell, of Laurens County, have been arrested for complicity in the murder of Joe Crews. They are the brother and neDhew of Dr. Schell. who was murder ed in Laurens County in 1878. The murderers of Dr. Schell, were supposed to be negroes, but nothing definite was known until a month or two ago, when two negroes made confession that they were with the party who killed Dr. Schell, that the party was led by a son of Joe Crews, and that Joe Crews planned and directed the murder. The son of Joe Crews was arrested and afterwards released on giving his own recognizance for $300, and the negroes made counter-affidavits, stating that their confession had been obtained bv bribery and intimidation, and tbat Crews had nothing to do with the murder. Since then Pink Smith, who was in the jail with Parks and Sullivan, swears 1 that he heard them in conversation make the same charges against Crews that they subsequently made in their affidavits. Charles Means, also a prisoner tMt.ifipH that hfi hpiirH PnrlrR tall Sullivan that he was with the party that killed Dr. Schell; that the attacking party, after the murder, scattered and cfime together the next day in Lau- 1 reus, when Parks was paid twenty dol- J lars for his services, aud some others were paid as much as sixty dollars. Means also swears that no violence or threat was used to induce Parks to make 1 his confession. Sheriff Southern, of 1 Greenville, says that Parks made his 1 confession ip tpe presence of a number 1 of gentlemen voluntarily. 1 So we have statement and counter- 1 statement. Crews declared on his death- 1 bed that he was innocent of the murder y of Dr. Schell, and we suppose no sensi- ^ ble man in Laurens btflleves that the i [Shells were concerned In the murder of 1 Crews. r The Lexington Dispatch says that Mr. ^ Shoenburg has taken chargeof the Male * Academy at that placo. . / - f Southern Democrats and National Con- 1 ventions. The New York Herald is speculating is to the probable course of Southern"' Democrats in the next National Coiff- B mention. It is led to these reflec&miB oy the power possessed, during the. last four years, by Southern Republication moulding, shaping and driving theB&dicai machine. The Herald says^^^'^ "It has been a singular spectacles Washington to see a handful of raen, 'att *[wlitical adventurers, with no boRcF influence in their States, with constonjR * ly diminishing political power them md unable last year to carry more thinf ;wo outjof the twelve Southern States*? l. ii-i- t if.i _ n a. i r* 4.tl see ims nanuiui 01 oouinern riepaplicans control the great body of thai fellow partisans in Congress by merely presenting a solid and unbroken front af opposition to all reforms whicn would affect them, united with an unhesitating and unquestioning support of ill the pet schemes of their "Northern Friends." In the Republican caucuses last Winter every proposed reform was J ;hoked by the opposition of the SoutTv ern men: and these were the leaders, the speakers, the actors, the conquerors, in every caucus or other meeting for private consultation held by the Repub- . licans during the Winter. They succeeded not more by their misrepresentations of Southern affairs and their appeals for support, than by their supcrierviceable zeal in abettiug the schemes * of their Northern allies, which enabled them readily to divide the Northern men of their party. That they will pursue similar tactics in the next National Convention and thus control, if they can, its policy, if not its nominations, there can belittle doubt; though iU ? ?>? /v4- t ' ? n f f k At? n?? 11 AAmn nn no t n a I Lit: IttUl tuut lUCJ n 111 tviiiu uu ao vuv representatives of States which they cannot carry, and all but two of which are sure to go Democratic, will doubtless weaken their power." Hence, the South, according to the Herald, will exercise a predominating influence in the next Democratic convention, though she will likely concede the candidates to the North and insist on principles. We think that if the South is to be at all represented modesty as well as true policy will dictate the true propriety of taking a back seat. There is still so great a prejudice existing against even repentant rebels, that they should shun prominence. Harper's Weekly, which for bigoted advocacy of Radicalism is without 1 a peer, has the good sense to see that Know-Nothingism Is a losing game, < and apropos of the movement in Maryland and elsewhere, thus talks to its "Potato-bug" friends; "In this country, however, secret political associations are unnecessary ana suspicious. What can not be done openly in such matters should not be done at all, and the man who proposes secrecy presumptively means mischief, They breed only mis- ! chief, and the American who will not , openly declare his opposition to an open foe i?t a very suspicious and doubtful ; character, who deserves to be watched, lest he be caught doing the dirty work of the enemy." An Eclipse of the Sun. ? The eclipse of the sun, which will take place on the 29th of this month, will be visible in the United States east of the Mississippi river as a partial eclipse, the sun rising eclipsed. The eclipse will be an nular or riuglike from Sodus Point, on the south shore of Lake Ontario, Lyons. Oswego, Syracuse, Utica, Saratoga and northern Massachusetts to the Atlantic ocean. Along the central line the size of the eclipse will be eleven and onethird digits. i . Hope and Randall.?The saying, "poetic minds are never well balanced," is not "worthy of acceptance among all men," for we dont know of two more level-headed writers than the poet editors of the South, C'apt. James Baron Hope, of the Norfalk Landrruirk, and Col. Randall, of the Auywta Constitutionalist.? Charlotte Observer. The London Times gives a summary of the failures in England during the last three months. The liabilities of twenty-nine amount to a total of $26,000,000, and their assets to $10,000,000, of which amount one-third is regarded as doubtful. But the Times has a misgiving that this is very far from representing the total losses of the late panic, and in this view it is probably correct. We acknowledge from the energetic and accomplished Secretary of the Anderson Farmers' Mechanics' Association, Col. J. A. Hoyt, a copy of the premium list and general regulations of the eighth annual fair, to be held at Anderson, on the 27th, 28th aud 29th of October. ftame and Get Your Money! ALL persons holding chcck9 on the Treasurer for either school or County fund9, will please present them at the Treasurer's Office oh MONDAY next, 4th OCTOBER, for payment. T. N. TOLBERT, Trea. yrer. eepc. zn, i?/o, ao-u Notice. i The annual meeting of the Board of County Commissioners will bo beld at Abbeville j Court Houso on the First Tuesday in November ; next. All persons holding bills, ac- j counts, or demands of any kind ] against the County which have not been presented, aro required to deposit the same with the Clerk on or < before the FIRST DAY OF NOVEMBEIi, so that they may be ex- " nmined and ordered to be paid at the annual meeting. T A*I Art I; AUUt. UUiXCO, I Acting Clerk. Sept, 28, 1875, 25-4t "Virginia Shoes ! ( Just the thing for the planters, at QIJARLES & PERRIN. Sept. 28, 1875. J. D. Chalmers & Co. DEALERS IN Pnrnitnre of all Descriptions!, h Ealnut chamber suits, 1 it Pressing-Case Suits, Walnut Bureaus, j Walnut Wash-Stands, Walnut Wardrobes, Waluut Side-Boards, Walnut Djning Chairs, Walnut Ladies' Rockera, Walnut Office Chairs, Walnut Dining Tables, ( Walnut Parlor Tables, (wood top.) Walnut Parlor Tables, (marble top,) A Full Stock of the above goods just eceived, bought direct from Manufiictirer, and cau be sold at the LOWEST i'RICES. Respectfully, ?J. p, CHALMERS & GO. * ilif- - - Hhiiin n 1 , Bottom C COMPLETE 0 Prints at 10 FALL AND WIN September 28, 1875, 25-tf GRAND OP ? $ MILLINERY AND L In all the late Wednesday, Sept -A_T TH EMPORIUM OF EMPORIUM OF FALLi, ] o? OUR STOCK THIS SEASON i? tnor ing mudcjour own selections with gr< Friends embraces all the latest styles and r Groods still sold ON THE CASH SYSTEM PRICES. JAMES Agent Sept. 29, 1875, 25-tf Flannel Soap. ST/ Fane PURE WHITE OLIVE SOAP, Pin for washing flannels, without A shrinking. PARKER & PERRIN. Sept. 27, 1875, 25-2t glassTglassi aUITE a variety of sizes of Glass, Sep 8x10, 10x12, 10x15, 12xl-i, 12x18 12x20, 12x 24, 14x10, 16x20, 18x24, Ac. CLI Parker & Perrin. Sept. 28, 1875, Ira i A + Machine Oil. A GOOD QUALITY of Spindle Oil QU, for Gins, Steam, Grist 6nd Flour Mills, ggp Parker & Perrin. n Sept. 27,187o, 25-tf UUl For Sale for Repairs. A LIGHT TWO-HORSE ROCK- Fa] AWAY, with pole and shafts will be sold to the highest bidder for cash, ut my shops in Donaldsville on Saturday, 16th October next, 1875. W. W. ROWLAND. a?* oo ioti; os.5* OCpi. tJO, 10IU| IM-VH | ^ Final Discharge. * NOTICE is hereby given tlint Mrs. -A. Sarah Mattison, Administratrix 82?", of the Estate of Jackson Mattison, de- " * ceased, has applied to Thos. B. Miilford, Judge of Probate, in and for the County of Abbeville, for a final discharge as q Administratrix as aforesaid. f It is Ordered, That the 29th day of _ October, A. D. 1875, be fixed for liearing ? of Petition, and a final settlement of [ said Estate. J. C. WOSMAN8KY, Fall C. C. P., Abbeville County. Office of Probate Judge, \ Sept. 28, 1875, 25-4t* / Final Discharge. WTOTICE is hereby given that James JL^f H. Widemnn, Administrator of the Estate of Daniel Collier, deceased, lias applied to Thos. B. Miilford, Judge T 0(1 jf Probate, in and for the County of JUctll Abbeville, for a final discharge as Administrator as aforesaid. It is Ordered, That the first day of November, A. D. 1875, be fixed for liearing of Petition, aud a final settle neuior saiu jLsiaie. ? : J. C. W0SMAN8KY, C. C. P.. Abbeville County. 3fflce of Probate Judge,) Tin I Sept. 28, 1875, 25-4t ( J,ul THE STAR SHIRT, ffi sort m HAVING tried these Shirts, we can full li safely recommend them for a scisso ?ood fitting and durable shirt. EMI Collars, Linen and Paper, Sep LATEST STYLES, WITH Cravats and Scarfs to match. Queries & Perrin. Fal Ofi 1 Q7." rJCbt i vt ~ Sep! FOR SALE. -ijj l TWO HORSE WAGON THAT A L las been but little used, belonging to Istate of W. O. PARKER. ALSO, fore tl i YOUNG, WELL BROKE MULE. barred Sept. 1, 1875, 25-lm. Ant Men's Wear! Jloths and Cassimeres, Fancy Cassimeres, Fancy Satinets, Oomf Jeans from 25c. to $1.00, fire at aUARLES & PERRIN. Sept, 25,1876, 25-tf | Aug Prices! ^ MI] STOCK. 1 - ' who , ? _ and m n TA /'N A A T\ r* ufxrlo m (jijy m, sg facti Depi ENING! - By 1 4DIES' GOODS, I RII st Styles, ce" iah ember 29th, ?S me, r-*-* at^ [E nex U1SHT0I fe 1 11UII1U1W 18 L SB 1 FASHION, 4 Bai L873. r; _ , s< e expensive than ever, and hav- 'Pjic ;at care, can assure our lady ^ ioveltic9 to be had in market. , AND AT LOWEST CASH ' * TO A. BOWIE, 1 B ; Emporium of Fashions. VJ i! APLE DRESS GOODS, J y Dress Gooods, ,in Dress Goods, ^1 Jnaeas, Gct( Notions! Shawls! anv JBoulevard Skirts, Flannels nnd Linseys, ^yjj Bleached and Brown Goods, jjvj &C., &0.,, JzC. T 1 CHEAP FOR CASH. ^ T Quarles & Perrin. J? it. 28, 1875. wJi 3THING! CLOTHING!" DIAGONAL SUITS, PLAIN SUITS, &c., &c., f Q the Lowest Prices. k ABIES & FEERIN. " t. 28,1875, 25-tf . T ! in t mmgham & Templeton L? of i ARE OPENING THEIR of ? Sep >1 & Winter Stock. Call and Examine. 8< it. 22, 1875 24-tf Sale. m mm? w ? **3 SPLENDID RIDING BUGGY. J newly done up, with harness in Rot order, belonging to the estate of j. Parker. Apply to j DR. E. PARKER. it. 22, 1875 24-1 ni JJ iLEGANT STOCK S . Millinery, On Dress Goods, Silk Goods, Fancy Goods, of?j AND Mot T( ies' Goods geuerallj, now opening at the porium of Fashion. Sl's t. 22, 1875 24-tf -? terick's Patterns! \.VJNG accepted the agency for Butterick's Patterns, the most jngi hand reliable to be had, a full aseut for ladies and children, also a ne of their celebrated shears and rs, can now be found at the tOBIUM OF FASHION. Unil t. 22, 1875 24-tf THJ ningham & Templeton, ?nd ARE OPENING THEIR ted.' 1 & Winter Stock. ? Call and Examine. The 22, 1875 24-tf 'TICE TO CBEDITORS. L persona holding claims against Ex J the estate of Joshua P. Millford, ed, will present the same duly atbefore the undersigned on or be- Petit le 1st of November next, or be WM. T. MILLFORD, Qualified Executor, i reville, S. 8., I ember 16, 1875 24-3t* | JWJJ ' bevll Fire Insurance. eras E LIVERPOOL, LONDON & day < GLOBE FIRE INSURANCE bear! 'ANY, insures against losses by men! low rates, and pays all losses )tly. Assets $20,000,000.00. Clerl WM. H. PARKER, Agent. Ofl . 11,1875,18-3W Sej THEj'UDircijl H . H| VOULD CALL YOUR ATTEN- J M tion to my Stock of JlH jLINERI & NOTIONS, J :h is now complete, embracing all i*T"M0 latest novelties of thosscason. I S i aluo combined / ^ H MmtUmU ^4 MILLINERY, and have procured fig iervices of- H SS JANE RAMEY, J 'i will be pleased, at all times, to"out H make your Dresses in the latest jfl s, and whose well-known taste and B ty in this line have always been ap~ Rj iated by (he'ladies generally. ve me a call, and I guaranteesatison as to Styles and Prices In botft .1 irtments. B IS. M. M. WHITE, I pt. 22,1875 24-tf ffi CITATION. I 5 State of South Carolina,. g BBEVILLB COUNTY. r. B. MILFORD, Esq., Probata H Judge. ~ 9 [THEREAS, L. W. PERBIK B f made suit to me to grant A Letters of Administration of the B ite and effects of JOEL 8. PER- / g relate of Abbeville County, de- B aese are therefore to cite and admoci- I all and singular .the kindred, and B iitors of the said JOEL S. PERRIN B iased, that they be and appear, before B in the Court of Probate, to be held ' -B .bbeville C. H. on the 5th October H t after publication hereof at ll o'clock. rajB the forenoon, to. show causa* ;^B ny they have, why the said Admin**. S ition should not be granted. B en under my hand and .seal* thia is B ;th of September, in the year of our JeW ord one thousand eight hundred and JftB venty five and iu the one hundredth #fl ear of American Independence. . 1 ' ? ublished on the 22d and 29th day of - B t., 1875, in the Abbeville Preu and- B iner ana on the- Court House door B the time required by law. B T. B. MILFORD, B >eal.] Judge of Probate. B ?pt. i?70, Wt-Zl m I State of M Carolina,, I COUNTY OF* ABfeEVILLK 9 In Probate fidurt. 1 Elizabeth Wilson, George Wilson. fl usan Wilson, Benjamin Wilson ana William P. Wilson, tfieirs of P. M. 9 Wilson, deceased,) Jojbn Reanerand . . osa Reaner, if living, (heirs of 8a? 9 iiinah Wi'son,) John- Rosy, or Rosa H id child, name unknown, if living, 9 leira of Josephine Cason Wilson,) ? gal heirs and representatives of ffi ancy Agnes Wilson, who died In- 9 stat, ffrvetlhgr- , ?. 9 'OU ARE HEREBY REQUIRED B to appear at a. Court of Probate to 9 lolden at Abbeville Court House for 9 Seville County, on the 30th day of 9 ober, A. D. 1875,: to .show cause, tf 9 you have, why the real estate, de- m bed in tiie petition' of LeRoy J. M Ison, filed in my office, should not be S ided or sold, allotting- to the said L. iVilsou one-fourth part, to the heira 9 \ M. Wilson, deceased, one-fourth> a| he heirs of Savannah Wilson, one- m -to the heirs of Josephine Cason 9 sou, one-fourth. ? n 'en under my hand and seal, this m ith day of September, A. D. 1875/ B THOS. B. MILLFORD, ? [seal] J. P. A. C. 9 the defendants, John Reanerand osa Beaner and John Rosy, or P-osa. fl id child, (child of Josephine Cason ? Hlson,) name unknown. - .99 AKE NOTICE, That the summons m lie above stated action, of which thia Wfj copy, together with the petition, Hn been tiled in the office of the Jndoe jQ Jrobate for Abbeville County, Btare ? touth Carolina, oji the 15th day of |9 tember, A. D. 1875; 3? McGOWAN A-PARKER, sfl Plaintiffs Attorney. jpt. 15,187o 24-66 9 Sheriff's Sale. L. J. Wilson, Auctioneer. m >crt H. Mounce,*) j9 against > Execution. 9 ohn G. Boozer. } 9B > Y virtue of an Execution to me di- jfij I reeled, I will cell at Abbeville ; rt House on Sale Day In October : t, within the legal boura the follow- W Real Estate to wit; 9 e Mill and Tract of land, 9 on Curl tall Creek,, containing * H Id Acres, * e or less, levied on as the property- A B ohn G. Boozurat the suit of R. H. >rms Cash. , ['9H L P. GUFF1N, ? S. A. c. S riff's Office, Abbeville,") 9 apt. 9, 1875, 23-3t ] 'u I We R Not I "THE" I iranee Agency of Upper 8oath 9 Carolma { 9 resent Eight as solvent, prompt and R al compauies as there are in the H ;ed States. E Assets over Fourteen Million*. 9 3 BOARD RATES HAVE REDUCED!! fl ive confine ourselves to the minimum S A SHARE ? jur patronage is respectfully solid- a CONNOR & DuPRE, . >9 pt. 14, 1S75, 23-3t Agents. 9 : State of South Carolina, fl ABBEVILLE COUNTY. Jp | In Probate Court. ?-< J Final Discharge. 3 ?arte Andrew Miller, Receiver of m ?.# Di?^a,.,] IVafann Z IUU U3UUU VI AIIVUMIU _ deo'd. fl ion for Settlement of Final Di*i fl charge. 3TICE is hereby given that An- 1 drew Miller, Receiver of the Et*? 9 jf Richard Watson, deceased, has 2 led to Thos. B. Millford, Judge of 3 ate, in and for the County of Ab- fl lie, for a final discharge as Receiv- B aforesaid. fi IS ORDERED, That the 18th I >f October A. D. 1875, be fixed for. B ing of Petition, and a final settle* a t of said Estate. a J. C. WOSMANSKY, 1 c Court of Probate, Abbeville Co, i 3ce of Probate Judge, J j>t. 16,1875, 23-4t* I