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r l"*"- - ?? ? - ?-ntc Tie Press and Banner. -A^bbeyille, S- C. Wednesday, Oct. 13, 1875. ALL ABOUT LIFE INSURANCE, j V SOUTH CAROLINA LOSES ELEV-\ /AY MILLION DOLL A US. Abbeville',* IjO$* Si? itinuh'cd Than-! sand Doff urn. The Duty of the State Pre^s. "NVliat the Greenville News says. i TIIK ri:oiM,K WAKNKI) At! A INST SPUN l>-! I.Vti THK'H MOSKV KOK XAlTt.MIT. We make no objection to persons en-1 gaged in the business?our convictions I arc too deep to allow thetn to sink into, personalities. Our objection is to the system, and we are prompted solely by a; devotion to the welfare of this people, j to make a declaration against an organ-: j/.ation which we think is rapidly driv-j in? our Mponle to financial ruin. I ' "r> i 4 - - - j ^ In our opnosUion to life insurancej fliid to the use of guano*, we trust that: no one will for a moment suppose that! our remarks are intended tls persoiftil J against the agents. Some of the agents Ave among our best friends whose good opinion we highly esteem. Our remarks are an honest conviction of pub-' lie policy and we are bound to express! .them, it shall be our desire to point! our peoide t<? the road to prosperity, and j we shall warn them against spending their money for naught. We have the I best country in the world and we shall j do our best to see ;t prosperous. KXHIBITIOX OK HAD TKMl'KK. In the last Medium Mr. Branch reflects upon us for expressing our con-; "victious against life insurance and, we! think makes the mistake of furnishing I an exhibition of bud temper, instead of! solid argument. In this he gives the; best evidence of the weakness of his ar- j gument, as the man who loses his temper is almost sure to be 011 the wrong side. We have never assailed Mr. R. or the company he represents, but he construes our attacks upon the system of Life Insurance, as an assault upon] his company, and rallies to its defence j with the weapons of personal abuse, rather than with arguments drawn from! the established facLs of life insurance, j Lmi,E JMKKKKKXCK WlltTIIKU SOI--. ^ VKNT OK NOT. He lays great stress upon the alleged j solvency of the Company. We have never regarded the solvency of a company as of very great importance to our j people, as most of the money put into insurance, is lost to the insured. It makes but little difference to us whether we contribute our mite to a rich corporation or to a poor company. XOS ICS A T TH 10 (iKIM).STOXK. Life insurance h;is effected the solvency and prosperity of our County, and as a public journalist we shall raise our! voice against it, and for the protection of a people who have been so long preyed upon by life insurance. As to the readers of the /Vcs-s and Jtannrr to whom he refers as insuring, we can only j*ay: After we have shown the mistaken policy, ami they are still disposed to invest, we will have the consciousness ofi having discharged our duty, with the! thought that a few years, with their noses to the grindstone, may have the! effect of convincing them of the cor-1 rectness of our views. Wii.vr sounr c.u: >mxa was lost. An official statement of life insurance| is: "Si'ioc the wir South Carolina haa\ li paid to Xo.'tkem L'owjtanicti eleven " mil/ion dothh-x iiiKCx<*.e*$ of all amount'' I " paid had; on death jtolicicx." In this statement the vast amount' Lpaid lo Soutnern companies is not in-1 eluded. The amounts thus thrown I away is enough to p.tv our Slate debt; twice over. * WHAT Anr.BVll.I.S COL'.N'J'V HAS LOST. I Let us look at Abbeville's account; with the coin pan ies: DR. ... j Kst. amount paid sincethe war, $fi()0'6<X)j ' interest on .same, 2-10,oooj Total amount inveued, $SiO,UOO ?' . fit. Knt. ain't policies paid, $11"),000 " intei est on same, 4(>,00D $i<si,090j ' . ' . Total loss, $079,000 j Or more than all the taxes which Ah-j . . beville County ha? paid since the war. ' . WHK?K K\ Kr.VTII 1 XG SIXKS. _ fil esc "facts he fore us, how can xan'y mail conscientiously urge our citi-i . to put their money into tliis great " vfttirlpool in which everything sinks, to be seen no more. Cm the man wln?| does so, simply for the commissions he j receives for lis passing through his! hands, have.ihe good of the country at1 heart? AV>:V?rf.Mfc WHO ARK KKXKFiTKD? Whose widows and orphans have been benefited? The widows of the! stockholders, or the widows of the insured? What would M s. Donald, of Williamston, say, whose husband was , insured and who claimed the insurance; ah lioi* hnch')i?<Pc lifn Iiiif noirornrnf it 4) ! What do the scores of men in Abbeville County who have seen their thousands confiscated by the companies with theheartlesau'ess of a stone, and wiio were referred to the printed contract, every clause of which was made by the company, perhaps with a view to catch tiie unwary. "The spider said, walk into my parlor, Mr. Fly, and view the beauties of my house." Many of ourj citizens have beheld the beauties *1' life| insurance, by being yearly stripped of their ready cash. THE (1 itBAT CALAMITY? Ol*K MONKV; GONE. We are ready to hear any facta in favor of life insurance, and if the com-! panies or any of their agents have any figures to disprove what we have* said, they are,invited to produce them. If life insurance be what Mr. B. claims for. it in U n u + ....r><?n < l...f t K f. 11, ir> XL iiwiu iiiiiv niuiii^v: linn IUU panies do not furnish him with some data upon which to found an argument?1 Will Mr. Branch state exactly howl much money has been sent to his company from this county? They allow us to assail the system, but never offer a word of defence. Isn't silence on their' part an adhesion <%f the truth of all wej say? Will any intelligent man who lia* given the matter a serious thought, or consideration, deny that the advent I of life insurance agftnIs have been the greatest calamity, (exceputhe war,) that has ever befallen the people of Abbe-i vilie ? uuty ? At the earnest solicitation of agents, and the reckless proinis es or advantages mat were never 10 ue; reattoed, hundreds of thousands of dol-| Jars have been lost to the honest, toiling, confiding people of Abbeville County who themn^Ures knew nothing of the business, butlfitheir money upon delusive representations. Will Mr.' Branch tell us the naiue of a single in- : dividual who has received the high rate j v^Mfctfi^nd^which tiieageutsand comlffnies had ^Wlhised ? We can name many who have not. SAIM'IXU OL'U MKK-RLOOn. Wtujg^x^he system of life insurance'iijis country, a* an indefensible deception, and we think tlie press of the .State should raise a warning voice against an institution' which is sapping our very life-blood. IX THE LION'S MOUTH. To those who have insured we would say, if they arc slill in good health, that they have their hands in the lion's mouth, and the sooner they get them vout, the better for them. WHO PAYS THE DAMAGES??WHO CiKT.S HURT? The theory is that it is an advantage to the insured; we know that it is a BP great advantage to the insurers; else jvhy could they keep up such large orm ganizations, build such magnificent palaces, and keep in the field an army of agents like the locusts of Egypt. Somebody is mistaken. The system &L ______ don't eurich at both ends. They don't J make a single biade of grass grow, or i create a single dollar, yet the companies igct magnificently rich. Who pays the damages?who gets hurt? Somebodyj I must. From their great anxiety to in-1 (sure, from the persistence of the agents, it seems to be pretty clear that the com-; panics think they are the gainers. If, so, Who is the loser? The money they make must come from somebody, and yet the insurers think they are also the gainers. Somebodv is mistaken. Whoi is it/ UK A SON'S FOR IN'srilANCK. Soon after the war, when our Southern ! country ivas in desolation, and all the i men were in fear of he'ng executed for j t !f m.iot 11<1I111<<1I tli<i? flim'ii should l>e a geneiul de ire to provide for; the widows and orphans. J in t that eon-! dition of things, fortunately, has passed ; away. No peaceable, law abiding man may now anticipate an untimely end. Every industrious, economical man, may reasonably calculate upon making j an honest living for his family, and also \ pay his debts. KVKUY MAX S!I()UI;I) IWY HIS I TON K.ST J DKIITS. One of the obvious effects of life insurance is to withhold the money made from the present support and comfort of I the country, and notably to do injustice! to creditors. Every man ought to pay j his honest debts. What right has a man to take all his earnings and settle' them upon his family, to be paid ata| future day, at the c.vjjcimc of his crrd- j it or a * That a man must be just before: he is generous, is a maxim of morality i and law universally accepted in all codes, and ad milted "by all, except life i insurance companies, who act upon the:,' opposite doctrine of laying up for the!? future use of the family and leaving; "creditors out in the cold." 1 WHAT THE GIIKfcNVIhliK NEWS SAYS. I TJie Greenville Daily jS\w-i of the od ilist., makes the following remarks <n , the subject, which we append for the ' purpose of showing that we are not ; alone in our opinion of life insurance: "An Insurance Bom it Shell.?A 1 Convention of Insurance Com missionsinners and Superintendents was held in New York last week. We learn from the New York papers that the harmony I of the body was unpleasantly disturbed f by Commissioner John A. Finch, of Indiana, who quietly dropped the big- i gest kind of a bomi> shell plmnp into i the midst of the body. The order of tiie day was the delivery of an address, i When Mr. Finch's turn came, he made a compact, logical argument, intended h to show his colleagues the errors under which the whole system of life-insur-j anee lists been laboring for many years < past, lie contended that the contract for life insurance i* the most one-siuea known in business; that it binds the policy holder as with a chain of riveted steel, and the company as with a rope of sand ; that the companies have every ; advantage of the policy holder in regard to payments of dividends, the satisfaction of claims, the election of agents and solicitor; that the responsibility for contracts is shifted from solicitor to general agents to the companies, and from the companies back again; that the companies "sit in a shadow of mystery and speak in technical phrases;" and that when a policy is forfaited or lapses , from any cause, "the holder receives what the company will graciously give." OPINION" OK TIIK niiOOKLY.V AIU.'l'S. Hear what the Jiruo/c/jjn Ai\(/iis says, which is very much in the same strain : This is a stern indictment, striking at the root of the present system of conducting the life insurance business, ily way '>f remedy; Mr. Finch proposes the passage of a new general law, which shall make all life-policies non-forfcitable after the tirst payment; compel the companies to be responsible for the acts of accredited 'incuts and solicitors ; per-) mit no defence at law for fraud after tlie*11 lapse of five years, and make a contract j between the company and holder as binding as any other contract. This proposition is sufficiently sweeping to stir the whole life insurance business to its foundations. It will please the ^reat mass of policyholders?audit will displease a good many of the companies who have figured conspicuously in the law in contests over claims. ** *>. 4 what we will ]):> next wektc. Next week we propose to give our readers some interesting facts as to how , Mrs. Donald, of Williamston, was treated by the Piedmont & Arlington life > insurance company, and will show how that company took Col. Donald's money and then withheld from his widow the 1 amount of which was justly due her 011 the policv on his life. - - ? * * -<yThe Cuban war has cost one hundred and fifty million dollars, every cent of which has been collected from the citizens of Cuba. There are in Cuba some seven nun m en mousanu wuuu iuuu who are taxed at the rate of forty dollars a head, and who are now convinced of the unpleasantness of the cause on the part of Spain. They cannot longer bear the expenses of the war. It is thought if Carlism will prolong itself one year longer the independence of Cuba will surely be attained. Atlanta and Augustaaresquabbling about their paupers. It seems that thei Mayor of the city of Augusta has per-; mission to give free passes over the Rail- j road leading to Atlanta, and the Co//-; x.'i/uiioii thinks the Mayor exercises hisj right in this particular to the damage of [ Atlanta by giving free passes to paupers j !o that city. Augusta tells Atlanta to send them 011 to Chattanooga, but t hen the Mayor of Atlanta hasn't the advantage of the free ticket business. Mil. A. M* Spkicuits, editor of the (irecnvillc New*, has bought the office of the O'i'cenrilfr. Ifcjwf/lican, and the publication of the Republican has been discontinued. The Republicans in this at n jnnocj ilmi't. (hp nnn^ra uv. ? . ...? x , Ont subscription list 13 increasing, which shows that the public appreciate! our efforts to get up an interesting pa-1 per. Dring along your job work and have it done in the best of style at the! /'res* and lhinncr office. Rkv. 11. X. Pratt, on Sunday last' at this place, in the presence of a "large assemblage, administered the ordinance j of baptism to Maj. T. M. Ga'.phin and ; Miss Dusenbury. Jki'f Davis said in Wisconsin the other day: ''Thank you, ladies, for coming 011 side saddles." Did he have i any idea that they wouftl lide their, brothers' saddles? Outt town council have not yet pub- 1 lished the annual report of their receipts! and expenditures. We believe the Jaw requites tbr* it be published. Good WottK.?Mr. Tlios. M. Chris-j lian, of the town council, is superintending some good work on the streets,! and putting sand on me muuuy siuu- j walks. "The Sex," is tlie name of a neatly ; printed and well gotten up paper by it. I Edmund Beleher, Esq , at Anderson, j S. C., the iirst number of which lias! been received at this oilice. Pav for Youh Guanos.?Capt. E. j Cowan has an important notice in an-j other column. Read and settle for your guano. No business lo buy it. * Yoi: may call it rag money as much J as you please, but bring it along and we will credit your accounts with it. ; i, There will be the greatest abundance' [of beMe.s and beaux at the Fa^r next! I week. We know some people who work, harder to keep from honest labor than ! they would have to do to earn a respect- j able living. I Advertise if you want people to think you are doing a healthy business, j Our town council have discharged their duty very faithfully and satisfactorily. Tilton is making one thousand dollars a night by lecturing. "What Not to Do.?Don't buy lightning rods. They are most positively a swindle. The worthless rods cost the agents about six cents a foot, which they sell at from fifty cents to a dollar a root, and when on your house, are not worth a copper in protecting your property from the eil'ects of the electric Hash. It is thought by some that a heavy rod of iron may to some extent protect the building, but this theory is doubted by other scientific men. We noticed some time since accounts of the burning of a barn with seven points and as many rods attached. The property-holder was agent, for the sale of lightning rods. Don't insure your life. It wont pay. Such an idea has exploded long ago. Don't buy guanos. That is a waste of money, when every man ought to have a better phosphate bed in his lot at onefourth the cost. Don't buy well pumps. Tln.v ^nnil tiin writer. The air in a closely covered well soon becomes impure. The bucket passing up and down and falling in the water, keeps both the air and the water pure. Experience has proven that the bucket is the best. HoMicinK.?We loam that a colored man was killed in the upper part of the County on Saturday last, tiy Mr. John IS. Lyon. An altercation had occurred between them, when Lyon drew his pistol and shot the other down. Lyon, it ts said, lias left the .State. We have not heard the particulars of the sad occurrence, and forbear comment. Wkxdki.Ij PjiIIjLips takes issue with Ex-Senator Sehuiv, in his position that iin inflation of the currency leads to an increase of pieces. Whilst assuming that ou?* system does not contemplate any unnecessary increase of the currency, he denies that an increase in the volume of the currency leads necessarily to this depreciation, and an advance in the price of gold. ill-:v. W. r. Hemphill, the active und popular agent of the Erskiuc College endowment scheme, has been canvassing our town during the past few Jays in its interest. The endowment il .1 I lunu is now ueany mxiy uioujsuiic: uuilars, and it is proposed to raise it to one hundred thousand dollars. It is a good work, whieh commends itself to the support of all our people. Tin-: exercises of the Payne Institute, tit Cokesbury, were commenced on Friday, the Gth inst., under the charge of Rev. J5. F. Porter, with the most favorable prospects. This college is the best insiitutiou of learning in the State, under the control of the colored people. Mi*. Porter is a graduate of Williams College, in Massachusetts, and is a man of good character and high ability as a toucher. Mrs. Payne renders ellicient aid. A (jlooi) Fkircxd. ? Mr. J. P. Young was in our office la.vt week, and right glad we were to meet him. He is a substantial man, and a good farmer. We knew him at a time when men's souls were tried, and can vouch for him as ever being present at the post of danger, .l>iniiu. Mm lulu IV'IP 1-fo IllJH Jl<4 ffOOd U recortfasany man who shared the fortunes of the old Nineteenth 8. C. It. V. SoiiinToK BiiVrnr; said last week that if his son, who is now seven years old, was ten years older, and he caught Mm carrying a pistol, that he would whip hi in. His head is clear on that f|uestion. Isn't it cowardly for a boy or man to make himself a portable battery ? On; exchanges arc still discussing the subject of party organization, and some of them are urging immediate organizaiton. J Jotter wait till next year, and we will be able to determine some definite line of action and the best mode to pursue it. Of u County Fair opens on Wednesday, :Joth inst. Citizens from the town intending to exhibit, will remember that they are required to make their oniric* ou Tursdai/, the With- innf. Xo articles will be received 011 Wednesday. r" r)..,i:n?io . I 11 ft Ullll) V/A.Ur-\lli.\.? 1 lie itiiu lUiiic have stretched every nerve to carry the Ohio election, and have raised a half million dollafs' to effect their purposes. The Democrats are no less active and vigilant., jjppf' I'Fseems that a groat number of editors ami newspaper men arc exercised iis to the future of the negro. We think the present condition of the white man and negro loo, is of much more importance. E.voland has built a tower costing seven thousand pounds, ii# honor of Abrnhftfl*'Lincoln, the "martyred'president,M.1V?V his act in freeing the slaves of the Keuth. Tiik people of this County are getting their eyes open as to the life insurance business, and soon but few will be found to throw their money away in this direction. "NYr acknowledge the reception of a nnmnlimontni'v tiekpt tn Ihn (Jreonville Fair, which comes oft* at the same time that our Fair comes oil' We would be glad to attend, but caunot loave our own lair. Don't buy your mules and horses now. t Wait until they arc needed. They will be cheaper next Spring, besides saving the expense of feeding during the winter. Ri:mi:.mi:ku the election next year, and don't forget the freedman's first duty. He can't neglect it lor corn and col ton. Sow oats now. TnKUEhave been many horses hitched to the rack on the Public Square during the past week tMt should have been iilnvviiitr in > ? " . Mit. Hika^WU^Kson, Jk., will compete for ilie finest ^jeciniens of corn at tiie Fair. He is an excellent corn fanner. Mit, A. Dk^i'kst has just returned from Charleston, where he has bought a stock of goods with which to till bis elegant new store. .Success attend him. Makk your own fertilizers. You can make better manures for less cost than the cost of commercial fertilizers. Ki;mk.mj:i:k that ninety-one per cent, of the life policies issued are forfeited, and only nine per cent, are puid. E. Ji. Muukay, Esq., a talented member of the Anderson liar, was in attendance at our Court last week. He is also one of the editors ol the Intelligence r. L ast week Judge Cooke worked I lie Court early and late, and put through (juite a number of cases. Jjkwis Richi:v expects to move hi* blaekVmith shop to the Marshall House lot next year. Tjikkr has been another negro riot in Mississippi, growing out of personal, not political, causes. Ativv nl'intiipj lliiu fniiiilv nrn ro. gretting that they bought ho largely ol guano last Spring. Bomk of the people of Williamston are talking of the necessity of a newspaper at that place. Ik we can persuade our people" to let humbugs alone, our county will blossom as the rose. Tjikiik are idle horses in every neighborhood that should be plowing in oats. Evkky man who expects to pay hie debts will sow oats before it is too late. Lr takes nearly all of the crops to pay guano%tf Is. Thosk who fail to come to the Fail next week will miss a trent. Sow oats and let life insurance and guano alone. We had delightfully beautiful nights during the past week. Mr. Tilmax Warijiaw left here foi Charleston on Tuesday morning last. Be sure to come to the Fair next week. Sunday* School Celebkatjox a' ;HoPK\vnMi Ciiuitcir. -An interesting , Sunday School Celebration came off a I Hopewell Presbyterian Church on Fri day last. The Sunday School is in i ! flourishing condition numbering sonv I eighty scholars, under the superintend I once of Mr. M. O. McCaslan, assisted Ir | a corps of competent teachers. A largi j audience assembled to hear the speak ers, but of those invited theltev. It. Is' , Pratt, of this place was alone present ; After an appropriate prayer, and aftei Isome charming singing by the school jMr. Pratt delivered an excellent am j earnest address which was well received I The Rev. J. F. Gibert was then callet j upon, ami made some appropriate am well timed remarks. { Dinner was then announced, am [there was a bountiful supply of goot things of which the whole congregatioi partook. After dinner Major \V. K ; Bradley and his son Mr. John E. Brad ley were called out and made very ex | cellent speeches to the scholars. Prize j were then distributed to the pupils fo j punctuality in attendance, and for efti Icieney in committing scripture iu mum jorv. The meeting then adjourned i The occasion was one of much interest ?9 o j Cnrjuir Dedication at Gkebx J wood on .Sunday Mornixo.?We havi ; received an invitation to attend, and i : would it afford us pleasure to do so [The occasion will doubtless be au inter estingone. The church is an elegan I structure, commodious and well nr ranged. The painting has been skill fully done by Mr. Landers, and th< whole structure reflects credit upon botl architect and workmen. The Hon. A. Burt returned from hi Summer home in Cashier's Valley, 01 Friday Inst His many friends will hi glad to hear that he suffered no serious injury from his recent accident, bnt i in his usual health. We extend to hin our best wishes and congratulations. <#?> Our thauks are due, and hereby ten dered, fo those of our patrons who havi been so prompt in paying for the Prcs and JJauner. Such substantial remcm berances, added to the words of approv al and encouragement accompayin: them, are indeed gratifying. Tite last Methodist quarterly meet imr commenced here 011 Friday last under the direction of the liev. Man ning Brown, Presiding Elder, and con tinned until Sunday night. Very intei eating and instructive discourses wer preached to large audiences, and mucl iuterest manifested. ?<?> Solicitor Blythk has been constant ly at his post during the present term o the Court, doing good service "to tin State. He is an active and and efficien officer,and whilst doing his whole dut; ' to the State, tempers the law in mere; j to the criminal. The Slate has no bette ' officer. I TirKca.se of the State against Jerrj Coleman for the murder of Adan I Huckett* was continued until 9 o'cloel j last night. All the witnesses, with oin I or twn oxiiiMitions. wore examined be j fore the Court adjourned. I Wood.?We would suggest to our cit i/.ens, as a matter of economy, to hu; j their lire wood cut up. When a nun buys a dollar's worth of wood, it seem ! rather hard to have to pay fifty cents t have it cut into sticks two feet long. I If. vs. \V. F. Pkakson and Jos. I Mnrtiu will, by appointment of Presb.v tery of South Carolina, hold a tlire days'.s meeting al Ueliiia chuach, be ginning on Friday, October 20th. ItosKNJiKKCi advertises a splendi stock at low rates. He is prepared I j offer bargains. Call and examine fo 'yourselves, at the cheap cash store ilead advertisement. Tiik axle of llev. J. L. Martin' wagon broke on Monday evening, com ing down the Ulue Hill. The iiorse ran off, and scattered the wagon alon the road, badly bruising the driver. O.vk of the greatest attractions at th rr.iii. ti'Sl i I>/> t h<> T-' iiiuri<i i n ni <'iif? in th Court House on Wednesday evening Abbeville's talent and beauty will fur | nisli an evening's rare enjoyment. Kv j erybody is going. Secure your ticket j early, before the .seals are all taken. A co Lou ED convention was held ii j Augusta, Ca., last week. They oppose* emigration out of the .State. Read the well considered extract c the Charleston JVcwft & Courier, upon th official term of our Judges. A makk-meetixg is to be held at "NVal | bulla on the 2d of November, to renev , the Blue Ridge Railroad enterprise. j Come to the Fair next week. Yoi ' will be sure to have a good time. Conn lone, come all. Pretty Giri>s.?-Abbeville has tin I prettiest girls and more of them thai any town in the upcountry. Persons having their wood cut to fir lengths, can always get the preference a j this office. | The nice new store of Messrs. Vancc Mosely & Co., at Hodges' Depot, wil soon be ready for occupancy. Dr. W. C. Norwood is building i nice new dwelling at Hodges' Depot. I jj.vt kin 10 reau i?i r, juosenuergj adverrisemeut. He means all lie says I Skt out a few shade trees this fall, aiv ;they will bring a big return in days I jcoiue. ! Alwavs enrich your soil by bom made fertilizers. JSvehyijojjy is expected to be at th Fair next week. Tub horn of the 'possum hunter cai j be heard every night. Skb what "Saluda" lias to say abou I Savannah. NINETY SIX HEARD FROM. ' "NVk learn that a difficulty occurred a iNinety-Six on Saturday night, whei I William Royal received several sever !stabs with a knife. ! We arc pleased to henr that our friend 'Mr. E. S. Hale, of Ninety-Six, wa somewhat better on Monday, and hope i are entertained of his early recovery. i Tjie whole country around Ninety i?Six is being sowed in oats. (] One now near Greenwood, a fev : years ago gave six dollars an acre lb lland, and last Spring sold the oatcroj I that was then on it for thirty dollars ai acre. I Ml-.txniMO V Ml'WlV!. onmmnnn/.,! n | i ;iu ; i.iui i ^ * i i <** i twin in*, ik vu ii | the new .Methodist church in Ninety . Six last Saturday was two weeks ag< and continued through last week, witl | some eight or ten accessions to tli !church, with a general good feeling I 'j Mr. J. W. Lirsco.mij's family, w ; regret to learn, is still sullenng from t,y jthoid fever. His second sou, Willie . aged seventeen years, is c .tremely ili : We wish him a speedy recovery ) Co/,. G. McDUI'K* K M'LUOlt is SOW j ing red oats. His head is level 011 th !oats (iiiestion, but he lias some ne\ i> rinUles to learn the Grangers about sow j ing barley and rye on the same giound Mil. John Hill, of Fellowshi I neighborhood, is the best pleased mai .; In all that neighborhood. He has duplicate of himself. I Wi; hear that Mr. Wesley Griffin ha . the lumber for a new house in Ninet, i?Six. His visits to White Hall are 0111 >' iuous. Dr. J. A. Btuaht has a very fin i turnip patch in front of his dwellingall he lacks is the turnips. ; Mr. Lou Hill is a man of excel leu aste. r: Dedication New Presbyterian Church j. in Greenwood. Dedication sermon on Sunday morn, I ing next. Scrvice to commence on Satgiurday morning at 10A o'clock. MeinJbers of the Abbeville, Long Cane, " Greenville, Cokesbury, Ninety Six and U Liberty Springs churches, and the pub.1 lie generally are invited to meet with us on that occasion. JJ. Greenwood, Oct. 10, '75. Bordeaux Items. ' The crops in this section have been : : cut short by the prevailing drought, ilrnu^ ii tiio Kjivfiiinali Itiver is! | JLllu V;wliu?I ' lmicli better than on the uplands. I)r. Jirawner, a weli known physician 11 of Elbert County, Georgia, has rented *jMr. Jas. A. Corlcy's place, and intends 11 locating in the neighborhood. An interesting religious meeting com" menced at Willington church on Frill day, the 1st instant. Dr. Plumer, of ?jColumbia, preached two excellent serr inons on Sunday. There have been ten "| or fifteen accessions to the church. From Y7i]lington. Mr. Samuel McUryde fell off a foot - bridge one night last week, as he was e crossing a creek with a young lady. He tj is a cold water man. . Mr. John McCalJister lias an attrar*-ition for some of the Willington divintjities. -) Master ttobbie Cowan, son of Mr. E. - i \\r. Cowan, picks from two hundred and ? j fifty to three hundred pouiuls ol cotton i i'a day. He is an industrious little fel-j low, only ten years old. The grass crops are good about "Wellington. C'arrick Vinson, it is estimated s will make 40,000 tons of hay, if he can 1 only gather it. e The post master at Wellington is sick.' * We wish him a speedy recovery. 3 Some of the young ladies of Willing1 ton plant popcorn for their beaus. Jf the beans are not exceedingly dull they may take a hint. Mr. Ham. McBryde has returned from e Georgia. He reports the ''river up." *[ Mr. John Morrah has gone to Erskine -ICollege, at Due West. _ Johnson's cotton has worn out ills rj neighbor's cows' teeth. Mt. Cai mel Dots. , Dennis left for Due West on the 3th ? - Katie is very melancholy, almost in consoluble, but she expects to take a trip to Georgia soon ; hope she will reel turn in better spirits. li The Associate Reformed people around Mt. G'armcl are becoming anxI i/Mi? in invf> .^rvipi> ut. Lndimont airain. One young-man that goes to WilTingy <011 calls his lady #ove 'Pickle" when she frowns at him. ' Rev. Wm. 11. Davis, of Mt, Carmel, c expects to move to Lincotnton, Cia., Y next year. I '' Mr. Patrick McCelvey has returned! rj from Atlanta, and gone into business | with Mr. W. D. Mars. r I A young lady near Mt. Carmel met n I her old sweetheart's dog last Sabbath i levelling, ana was as glad to sec him sis i 'she would have been to sec his master. - Jt is getting fashionable for the young1 ! men (o go deer hunting in buggies. I I One from Mt. Carmel was hunting a j ".week or two since, but he was not very f j successful; two deer (dear) passed the 11 bland but neither were caught. s One young lady is expecting bornei 0 young men from Ceoigia. bui it is high-! I ly probable that she will be disappoint-! 1.1 ed. e The iState Fair and Abbeville?A Voice from the Saluda. L1' Editor Abbeville Pros* and Banner: o A writer in the Medium a few weeks r ago, called attention to the $;?00 premi>. um offered by thc.Souih Carolina Agricultural ami Mechanical Society, to the County exhibiting the largest collection * of products, (in any and all the departments) at the Slate Fair, to be held in 8 Columbia early in nexl month. 0 I for another am willing to aid him in making up this collection, and think it e a capital suggestion, that we all send e;something, or many things, if we can, j to our own County Fai.\ to add to its - j success, and when that closes, ship on . j the articles to Columbia, and let there a be a rousing "entry" made on the books of the Secretary, of the skill, industry, ! and ingeuuity of I he farmers and lue'] |chanics of Abbeville County, and their J; wives and daughters. Old Abbeville?the Banner County, al-J if! ways has been?let us say, always sliall I cjbe. Let the "Savannahside" bring upI her products, you mav depend on SALL'DA. | The Greenwood Schools. 11 Editor J'rrxH and Jianner: e We arc glad to report the successful workings of the di/fcrcnt schools in town. They are being managed upon ii the broad basis of a pure and liberal education. More energy is being exerted in this direction than has been man? ifested heretofore for many years. This 1 is a step in the right direction, and if persevered in will prove a blessing to !, the town and country. We notice a radii ieal change in the modus operandi in the class room, and the order of educa I l ion beiiifj: taugnt. A morougn up-roota I iug of the old curriculum of text-books, ami a complete revolution in the order a of thinking, show pre-eminently that the Greenwood schools are alive and , wideawake to the necessity of taking passage in the car of progress as ii passes. 0 The teachers have so classed their students that none are held in check,or e others too hurriedly pushed forward, thereby giving to the patron a (piid pro quo for amount of tuition charged. The L' idea held prominent, and course pursued, show that the ease of each student u has been considered with an eye to his future usefulness. To instance, why should students spend Lime in the study ; H of Geometry, when its application to j surveying aid levelling is omitted?! This is ridiculous and farcical. The logician will call us to task and pronounce judgment against us for this assertion, . but we contend that the "art of reasou'* ing" must be obtained by a shorter route, with less expense than the rigid rules of logic require. In other words, it is useless for the parent of the child to 1 pay out money for certain studies unless s a collegiate course is intended. Let us! a j first shape our course, and then apply! | ourselves accordingly. The present | times require us to know well what we -I nretend to follow. A smattering educa-1 tion?so called?-must give place to the j pure ami applied principles of thorough v education. As everybody can't be lawr yers, doctors and philosophers, then of |J course the studies of logic, rhetoric and u; the languages can not be available;! hence the absurdity of spending time and money in that direction. l Only study those tilings that will directly apply to our special avocations I' in life. In this way we apply the study 11 daily, and become masters of our professions. The mere committal of rules f* and formulas to memory is 110 part of c! education, without the power of applying them to whatever practice or course , we see lit. What would the rules of l' grammar profit us, unless we apply them '| to the correction of our imperfect language? Algebra, with its rapresentations, would be meaningless signs and ? I t ? I... 1 L ...1 . I . I 1 ? 4 I u ; syiuuui*; ijui wueii uppuuu, revum inosi | v; beautiful mathematics. To close these thoughts, we advise pa-1 I. trons of schools only to suffer such | 'studies as their children will need in i i, | their various relations of life. (Jo with a! the times. CHURCH ICS. Three churches in town, and the nu- j s cleus of the fourth. The several church-1 y J es have a good membership now, with a i-1 tendency to increase. The Presbyterians are just finishing e their beautiful little church?a gem and _ | ornament to the town. They dediwitte | it on next Saturday, when an immense crowd is expected. Would it not pay it you to come down ? ' MOItK AN OX. List of New Advertisements. Xew Goods?W Rosenberg. Bar Boom to Kent. Hats and Bonnets?Emporium of Fashion. Howell's New Advertisements. Barber Shop?C H Harris. Sales by the Sheriff: ileal Estate Nathan Ingram. J leal Estate C A Cobb and B W Cobb. Real Estate U M Mars. Heal Estate Matthew McDonald. Presentment of the Grand Jury. Presentment of tlio Grand Jury. OCTOBER TERM, 1875. To hi* Honor, Judge T. II. Cool:c: The grand jury make tUe following presentment: The various offices of the county have been visited by us, and such investigations made as lay in our power. The jaU and poor house we find in a satisfactory condition. In the jail till Sheriff reports a scarcity of blankets, which need we recommend should be supplied. The Clerk of the Court reports no funds on hand; having paid out all moneys received by him in his official capacity. He reports $1,384.07 as collected from various estates on which he has administered ; which amount has not beeD deposited in bank but which, coming into his possession under the appointment of the Probate Court ratlithan uuder his official bond, he holds subject to liabiliiy as other administrators. In the office of Auditor we learn that there Is an increase over the abstract of i tiie original assessment ior last year 01 $155,000, and over the entire assessment of about $90,000. The amount of the personal property of the county will exceed that of last year by a considerable sum. The entire property of the county will approximate $0,000,000. There is need in this olHce of a good desk and we recommend that one be furnished similar to that now in tbe Sheriff's office. From the Treasurer's office we make the following report: Amount collected for various County purposes, $67,404.93 Amount paid out 58,129.17 Amount on hand $9,275.7G j Upon investigation in this office we flint flio nraiiont f'lprlf nrwt nlan hU predecessor have engaged in purchasing ; County claims. We feel called upon tc ; state that there has been difficulty in getting claims on this olllce paid ; bul we have the assurance that in the future there will be no such complaint. We must state also the dissatisfaction arising from the frequent and long absence of the Treasurer from his office. We call attention to this. The conducting of the office o: County Commissioners* gives satifsaction. The public roads in differenl parts of the county are reported to be in better condition than for the past ten years. In one or two instances complaints have been made of the bad condition of bridges. The attention of the rnnntv commissioners 1ms been called tc this mutter. The Judge of Probate reports on hand $1,596.18, which amount is deposited in the National liauk of Anderson, at Anderson Court House. In the oflice of Sheriff we find $112.40, which amount, being so small, has not been deposited in any bank, but remains on hand. The report of School Commissioner we give in full as received from his office,and recommend thatsteps be taken to remedy the evils of which he complains. This we respectfully submit. li. W. BARNWELL, Foreman: gTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AJiHEVJLLE COUNTY. IN THE PROBATE COURT. To the Houorable Grand Jury for Abbeville County: A tabular statement of monies on account or Keal Estates remaining with the Probate J udge for Abbeville County. On account of the Keal Estate of Nathaniel Cobb, ilemiKCd...._ $ 111 U4 On account of the Heal Estate ol'Susan Eaton, jjiiiiiun; .. 11 uu On account of the Heal Estate of S. S. McCurry, deceased 01 us On account of the Ileal Estate of Elizabeth and Sarah T. Uarksdale, .Minors 00 i'J On account of the Ileal Kstate of .John Seawright, deceased 107 !12 On account of the Heal Estate of Samuel Dunwoody, deceased o?> tfo On account of the Ileal Estate of John Keller, deceased & -W On account of the ileal Estate of John T. McCuen, deceased 1-j'J Sa On account of the Ileal estate of EH Thornton, deceased Ml 01 On account of the Heal Estate of Samuel \V. Agnew, deceased S2 Sll On account of the Ileal Estate of llosa A. (Joblj, deceased 37 01 On account of the Ileal Estate of Juno T. Wilson, deceased 20o & On account of the Ileal Estate of William Smith, deceased av-iou 7:: Total Sl/iUti I; which amount is deposited with the National Bank of Anderson, at Anderson Court-House, South Carolina. Ail of which is respectfully submitted. THOS. B. MiLLFOltD, J utl^e of Probate, A. C. October 4tn, 10/0. The Term of Office of the Circuit Judges?An Important Question. The decision of the supreme court ol this state in the case of' Wright v$, Charles (4th volume of Richardson'.* Jleports, page 178) has an important bearing it seems to us, upon the election of circuit judges, in establishing the principle that where a term of ollict is fixed by the constitution a person elected to such.oltice,|\vhetherto fill a vacancy or not, must hold olliceforthe full term. Under this decision (if it be applicable to circuit judges) the term o! Judge Carpenter (elected December 1.3, 1872) does not expire unti December, 187f>; that of Judge Cooke (elected January 14, 1873) until January, 1877; thai of Judge Itccd (elected December, 187 Ij until December, 1878; and that of Judge Shaw (elected .January, ivjo) until January, 1ST!). The Judge.-* named were elected to till vacancies caused by death or resignation of office, and were electee] for the unexpired terms of those whom they succeeded ; but, as we understand it, the decision in Whight v*. Charles gives them, nevertheless, the right t? hold ofliec for the full term of foui years, lixed by the constitution. In June, 1SU8, a man, named Moss, was eleetcd clerk of the court in J Jarlington county, but failed to qualify. An election was held 011 May i5, ISM, to fill the vacancy, and Win. K Chalet was elected. At the general election in October, 1871', Jonathan Wright was elected to the oflice, and on Novembei 2!J was commissioned by the governor, Wright qualified on ^November is, and demanded possession of the office, whicli was refused, and the question hefore the court was whether Charles should have surrendered possession. TI e state constitution provides (artiek 4, s jtion 127) for the election in each count v of o"" "ii'rk for the court of coin. : _ Imoil pleas, "whoshall hold his office^! for the tcnn of four years." And in the j I case of circuit judges the constitution- i : al provision (article 4. section 13) is that'< | "for each circuit a judge shall be elected r I by joint ballot of the general assembly. | i who shall hold his office for a term of i four years.11 We shall see that the decision in Wright vs. Charles covers the [ cpse of a circuit judge as fully as that ofthe clerk of court. "The supremo court say: "The term of < ollice being fixed by the constitution,^ the party holding it by election is cnti- j f tied to all the rights, powers and inci- 1 dents which belong or pertain to it, and, I by what course of reasoning the dura- j i tlon of the term is uot to be Included < | among them, it isdilHcult to perceive. < ; The person elected to (111 a vacancy does \ j vol succeed to the unexpired portion of I I the terra of his predecessor, but holds by j I j a determinate tenure prescribed by the i (constitution. The vacancy exists in the j j ollice, the term is the duration of it, not \ dependent on the death or resignation of j j , the ])ersoH holding it, but on t/ic la w. \ \ ! No matter how the office becomes va- 1 I cant, the party elected to succeed to it < j is not in a.s the mere locum lawns, only ? I supplying the term of the person who r last succedcd him. If the legislature had, by express enactment, declared . I fchat one elected to till the unexpired term of the otllce of clerk, made vacant by death, should duly hold for that pe- : riod. buc/i provision would be inoperative and void, for, as was said by Mr. Justice i Wright, in the opinion of the court in 1 1 Ilegister vs. Hemphill, 2S. (J.,335, where ! i the organic law Jixes the term of office, 1 it is not in the power of the legislature,by < \ an act, to change that term." * * * I "The question is not as to the mode of < tilling the vacancy, but the tenure < ' by which the party elected shall hold i the office." * * * "In fact, every ! : election is to supply a vacancy, no mat- I tor how arising/' The supreme court found authority on the questions raised : in various cases in this state and fn New York, and rendered judgement in s favor of W. E. Charles, the defendant. We fail to see why the decision just quoted does not apply in every particular to the case of circuit judges elected to fill vacancies, caused by death or resignation. The term of oflice tff the circuit judges is fixed by the consti| tution as the term of the clerks of court is lixed, and the objection that the judges whom we named were expressly . elected to till unexpired terms is met by the declaration of the supreme court that an act of the legislature, declaring ' that a person elected to till the unexpiri ed term of oflice of a clerk should only j! hold for such unexpired term, would be inoperative and void. What an act of of assembly Qannot do cannot be efFect1 ed by terms of a joint resolution ordering an election, or by the wording of a commission. The term of the oflice is I lixed by the organic law at four years, and the legislature, in electing a judge, elects him for the term, longer or short' er. 1 We deem this question of great im\ nnrfnnnn r\ ilin nartnln /\f utnfn Miwl ' | |;ui lanvv iv iiic vi kijv on?kV| ttuu i! we trust that it will be so examined and Pj sifted that, before the legislature meets, ' i the power and duty of that peculiar * body, in the matter of the judicial eleci tions, will be knowe and understood by ; them and their constifuouta.?jVcm/s and , Courier. BANK OF CALIFORNIA. i Opening of (he Bank Yesterday?Interne { Excitement? The Deposit# Largely in f, Excess of the Withdrawals?A State,! me,n t From the Directors on Tuesday. j San Francisco, Oct. 2, 1875. The doors of the Bank of California l i wore thrown open precisely at ten i (o'clock this morning. There was a vast 'concourse of people on California unu , Sansome streets to witness the event, ' and the windows of the buildings com 'I man ding a view of the bank were , thronged with spectators, including, as ! usual, a large number of ladies. As the I doors opened there was loud cheering :and waving of hats, and in lushed a crowd of spectators to gratify their eye;jsight with a view of the bank again in | operation and to get a glimse of counters groaning under piles of gold. I had a view of the whole proceedings from the office of the Fireman's Fund Insurance (Company, right opposite the principal j entrance of the bank, and I must say I never saw such rejoicing before. J | could see right through the bank, and j the clerks were more engaged in taking in than paying out. The vast crowd who assembled and who pressed their I way into the bank, just looked around and came out again, laughing and shoutling to each other. For half an hour in pressed crowd after crowd' and I in a few seconds out they came j again, when their curiosity was satiaj ted, just like the first batch, laughing j and cheering. The truth is the Bank of California is without parallel in the | United States. It is a representative of | the whole Pacific coast, and its recuiperation and opening this morning in greater strength than ever is the great | triumph of all the States and Territories on the Pacific slope over the threatened bankruptcy that would assu-l redly have resulted if the bank stock-j ' lirilflm-a linil nnf. nptprf nq honnrjlblv as ! j they have done during the panic of five I weeks. The Bank of California represented the country's growth, wealth land prosperity; hence the universal inI terest and rejoicing. i MOKK DEPOSITOKS THAN ItKl'KI VERS. It is one hour since the bank opened, land I have just come from its counters. ' There are five times more persons ;j around the receiving clerks than around ;the paying teller's counter. President I Mills was around the counters, talking II as cheerful and pleased as a blushing . bride. I have not seen him smile during five weeks. I believe in one hour, ij they have received in deposits $.'io(),0i'0.1 [jThe enthusiasm is immense. Business | [ men seemed to be vying with each other: '! to show who has the greatest confidence 1 in the future of the Bank of California. I ;|Tnere is now on the counters and in thej [! vaults at lca*t S3.500, wo; orlieany minrr tons of $20 gold pieces. It is a veryl pretty sight. A STATION 10NT ON TUKSDAY. It is probable from this time onward j that the management of the bank will maintain the usual reticence as to its af-i t 'fairs. The stockholders will learn col-1 jlectively on Tuesday, if they have not; already learned the facts separately, as! to how the bank stands, and then the! | curtain falls between the institution and1 j!the public. The trouble which a por-j Jtionof the press here has made to the! I j punk by circulating statements adverse, r! to its prosperity.has very naturally crea-' ! led and aversion to liberty of this char-i [lacier, ami President Mills will hereafler! . shut down on the disturbers of the I j peace. i .! A GOOD DAY'S W'SIN'KSS. j The bank kept open its doors till ever . > body was satisfied, and when it closed i at noon, as usual on Saturdays, $700,000 had been paid in over and above all that' had been withdrawn, and it was evi-j 11dent that those who withdrew did it re-, Muctantly and from business necessity. | There is nothing in the Kastern States !:can explain this enthusiasm and conti-i l! deuce. The opening of the bank; I!though in some measure strictly a li-| 1 nancial transaction of cool heads, wnsi I;none the less, in its spirit and intent, j 1 j rhe uprising of the muscle, brain and > pride of the Pacific (.'oast against slander, ' and vituperation. William ('. Ralston! was a giant in finance, and the men of p money fellingly accknowledge it to-dav by their aid to the bank of which he was the manager. Tn all the buzzing of the i crowd in the streets, I heard everywhere ' "What a pity that Kalston is not here."; 1 That was the universal sentiment. I 1 stopped into the bank after the business j j was over and as far as I could see, thedi ; rectors seemed delighted. Even Sena-j I tor Sharon was happy, and was enjoy-' 1 ing a pleasant laugh while the business was going on inside. ' JJKIX(i ()! ' IM'NK. A hundred gnus were fired in honor, ? of the of-casiyn. SKXATOK SIIAKOX SKIiKXADHD. . r- ... c(),. || c uoblo part lie las taken in the re-establish men! of the nmk, will be serenaded and complimented. He will say something no Joubt, and the day's reioicing will then ;erminate. This episode, altogether, is a a remarkable page in American history^ ? GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER. It is natural for people suffering with Jyspepsia and liver complaint or any ieraugement of the digestive organs, such as sour stomach, sick headache, liabitual costiveness, palpitation of the lieart, heart burn, water-brash, gnawing ind burning pains at the pit of the stomach, yellow skin, coated tongue and Jisagreeable taste in the mouth, coming jp of food after eating, low spirits, &c., lo put oft from day to day buying an article that they know has cured their neighbor, friend, or relative, yet they nave no faith in it until it is too late. But if you will go to your druggist and jet a bottle of Green's August Flower, your immediate cure is as certain as you live. Sample bottles of this medicine * ' - ii? 2iui be*outamea ior iu ccms, iu hj ho juperior virtue. Regular size 75 cents. Fry it, two doses will relieve any case. Oct. 0, 1875 20-tf ID oathsDiku, at a quarter before 10 o'clock p. tn., October 4, 1875, in tie 79th year of ids age, Mr. Hiram Palmer. He was for forty-nine years a resident of the lower portion of this County, and, except for seven months, an occupant of the very building in which lie died. Our venerable fellow-citizon, Mr. Palmar, left Virginia with hin father in 1809, Mid has been a resident of our County jinfie a boy of twelve yearn. He was bereft of his aged companion on the 23d of December last, and though quite feeble at the time and since, yet lie bore with remarkable fortitude this heavy stroke. He was sick for about one mouth, though not very ill for more than a week previous to his death. He leaves two sons and two daughters, aud 1-1.11,1 n Inma ? lUlJUUll I It'lCIl, LU^CLII^l W tUI ? circle of friends, to mourn his loss, They have the sympathy of many friends. B. F. M. Consignees. At the Depot?For L I) Bowie, A M Hill, J V Schroder, A .T Clinkscales & Bro, J C Caldwell, W C Cosby, J R McCants, A J Clinkscales, H O King, D M Rogers, S J Burton. At thk Express Office?For Miss M Holcomb, J B Mosely, M McNeill, W H Taggart, Geo Grittin, Bradley & Jay, M M Mance, V E Johnson, J Kurtz, Mrs K C Perrin, A McGinley, I) J Jordan, J 8 Cothran, A T Milier, T B Milford, McGowan & Parker. HOTEL ARRIVALS. .Abbeville Hotel. James H Kelly, Irener Kelly, Greenwood; Judge Cooke, \V J YVhitlock, T Stuart, J H Bryson, J T Coleman, R H Parks, J R Tarrant, J H Bryson, Ezekiel Sprigg3, J J Smith, Greenville; J NV Haddon, Long Cane; Vincent Griffin, White Hall; L M Fouclie, Ninety-Six; Charles A Severny, W T Peak, Bordeaux; J H Bell, Indian Hill; W 1> Mars, Calhoun's Mills; Clem Corley, Catlet Corley, James Making, John Lander, Bordeaux; A Blythe, Green* ville; J C Wells, New Oileana; Dr Mose Taggart, Greenwood; M C Desott, Atlanta; W L Bullock, Cross Hill, S C; R O McAdams, Centerville; James Green, New Market; Itichard Bromly, Elberton; It R Hemphill, Fort Pickens; T VV. Vance, Due West; J C Swearengen, Fork; J T Hodges, Hodges Depot; Gu* Napier, Cedar -Springs; J J Arnold, Mrs R W Buchanan, Greenwood; J C ' Hawthorn, Due West; Luther Haddon, Long Cane; \V R Buchanan, Greenwood; Marion Tarrant, Mount Carmel; James Devlin, Cedar Springs; James Davenport, Ninety-Six; Mattisou l'inson, J T Pinson, Greenwood; Captain Boozer, Ninety-Six; J T Cordon, Long Cane; T N Tofbert, Sinithviiie; Mrs Ida VVardiaw, Miss Julia Cansby, C'ednr Springs. The Alston House. J B C Dunn, Donaldsville; J T Sapd? ivioh, Nashville, Tenn; Col B Z Hern-* don, Cokesbury; M E Hollingsworth, J M Taggart, city: Judge Hussey and Lady, Bordeaux; Willie T Bradley, Miss Fannie Bradley, Long Cane; James Martin, From The Creek; S C Link, Linkville; Miss A B Baskin, Dr Jas T Boskin, Miss Laura Baskin, Monterey} Miss M L Miller, Miss C Clinkscalca, Autreville; H H Barnuni, Baltimore: W P Grant, Greenville; O N Zelfair, Baltimore; J D Brownlee, C G Haddon, J W Haddon, H E Bonner, Due West; J B Cowan. Donaldsville; D N L Wideman, E ETruitt, Mrs Mary Truitt, Miss Fannie Norrell, Widemans; Miss Victoria Norrell, J J Taylor, Ina Wells. Charleston; Miss Kate Weir, city: J W Crawford, J Boyd Ingrahaui, Ninety Six; Pinckney Mcllwain, Long Cane. Market [Reports. CORRECTKU WEEKLY BY BARNWELL & CO. COTTON BROKE US axd dealers ix GENEUAL MERCHAND1SE. Abbeville, Oct. 13. Cotton, 11J to 12 Liverpool, October 11.?12 ' M.? Cotton firm?middling uplands G 15-10; middling Orleans 7} ; sales 14,000 ; speculation and export 3,000; receipts 8,100; American 2,7000; to arrive easier; sales middling uplands, low middling clause. snippcu o^uiuli, jfmumoci or December, 0J; October delivery, 6?; sales middling Orleans, low middling clause, shipped October or November, 7 1-1U. New York, October 11.?Cotton quiet and firm; sales 470?upiands 13?; Orleans 14. Futures opened quiet and unsettled: 6 P. M.?Cotton firm; soles 020, at 13Jal41consolidated net rcceipis 40,070; exports to Great Britain 2,000; couth nent 2,080; France 3,402. Baltimore, Oct. 11 ?Cotton firmermiddling 133; low middling 13: good ordinary 12j; ne) receipts 53. Flonr quiet and steady. Charleston, Oct. 11.?Cotton steady ?middling 13jal3j, net receipts 3,00^j .... w. i nn/i AuuustA, Oct. 11.?Cotton firm ami in good demand?middling l^gal^; n?t receipts 1,1-54; sales 81o. Machine Oil. A GOOD QUALITY of Spindle Oil for Gins,.Steam, Grist <3nd Flour Mills. Parker & Perrin. Sept. 27, 1S7-), L'o-tf For Sale for Repairs. A LI(JIIT TWO-HORSK IiOCKA WAV, with pole and shafts will be sold to the highest bidder for cash, at *.?? in 1 littin I Li /hi Jsatnrdnv lii'tli October next, 1S7-1. W. W. ltDWLANI). Sept. 2H, 187.">, 2o-.1t GLASS! GLASS! riTK n variety of sizes of (Has*, Sxl0< 10x1-. l0xT;>i ]-xl4> 1-x18 Ux2t), 12x24, Hxlfi, l<ix2o, 1Sx24, etc. Parker & Perrin^j^gp^B^