The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, February 02, 1876, Image 3

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The Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE, S. C. Wednesday, Feb. 2, 1876. THE PRESS AND BANNER. us r.niarf;cuiiui. A Word to Our Friends. Appreciating the liberal.patronage that we have been favored with during the past twelve mouths, we have com pleted our arrangements for the en largement and improvement of the Press and Banner, and this week present our readers with a nine column paper?. With the completion of this arrange ment, the Press and Banner is the hirgeat journal in the State, and con tains. perhaps, double the amount of reading to be found in any one of the local papers. With a beautiful article of paper, and clear type, we trust to make our journal more acceptable than ever. We shall seek to make its columns a etlex of the current events both at Rhome and abroad, and to make it em phatically "a map of busy life." We shall denounce corruption in high1 places, and humbugs of every descrip tion. WesLallseek to euard the pub lic against cheats ana swindles of every kind, and urge upon our; farmers especially a course which will bring material prosperity to our im poverished country. In our paper the man of business will always find something worthy ofj his notice, whilst to the farmer, thei mechanic, and the housewife, it will present matter both interesting and instructive. The grave, the gay and the sentimental will lind in its coJ-; iimns proper food for reflection; i something to while away tlie passing liour as well as minister to sober thought. One of the principal utlrac-j lions will be the stories which the! ./Vow and Banner will contain, ami j one or jnore of which weekly will contribute to the amusement auci grat- i ification of the young. With its epitome of news, its local | matters, its )>ersonnls, its otficial and : business notices, its market reports,! its poetry, stories, aud other interest-1 ing miscellaneous matter, we hope to give the I'rum and Manner new claims to the support of its friends, and to the character of a first class family paper. Now is the time to subscribe, and we will be pleased to receive sub scriptions at once. (irateful to our friends for their constancy and support through these mailv rears which we have published n paper at Abbeville, we trust that the j J'rcss and Banner may yet be fori another score of years a messenger! constantly bearing pleasant news and i prolitable instruction. To our brethren of the press, we 1 extend our best salutations and good wishes for their increased usefulness .and prosperity during the centennial year, and express to them our high appreciation of the courtesy and re .s|K?t-tful bearing which they have heretofore maintained towards us. While of course we do not read everv ?Kt.? rtf ll'in I I \fill win vivvmwia iiiv i press, there is not a paper received at tliis ojffice which is nota niost welcome j?uesttf aud which does not receive more -or less attention from us. No single copy of any paper is thrown I .aside unopened. We read them all,) more or less, and never fail to derive) pleasure ami prolit therefrom. LEJi & WILSON, Proprietors. EKSKIXE COLLEGE. Let there be no Division among its Friends. We regret to nave seen in me lasij issue of the Associa/c. Reformed. J'rts- < * 'La 1'yt''ria'1 some severe strictures as to j ':-jr tlie mjuiagnnent t?f the Endowment J'* funds of thut oid ami honored insti-j ^j^tutioju, of which the author, Kev. 1).! W. Jteid, is a graduate. We have not doubt of the sincerity and honesty of! his convictions, hut ue think lie is mistaken as to the justice of his coin- I l.laiut, and it seems that lie lias {>utj himself, l?y his article, in a .wrong I position before the friends of the ] College. He cannot be unfriendly to) the College at which he Was educated, j nnd we think it is to be regretted, that he should have brought his complaints and dissatisfaction to! the attention of the public in the man-j ner referred to. The matter of agents' j commission aa well as every other mat-' ler pertaining to the College, should! have been dincusKed at the meeting of; the legislative body of the church? j the only tribunal having power to act. j IVh believe it right that ail agent for aj college should be liberally |>aid for his; services, but if th? agent is uuprnfita-j hie he should at ouee be discharged by j the Committee having power in sucii; case. The discussion at tJiw time iu the manner referred to, can result in no good to anybody, and we think itj unfortunate for hii institution whieli - * * i -i fiwk i,v..1 IS UK* IOUI11UJJI 11 fill I ui LIIC n-iU 11111J5 1 itud theological training of thedenom-j iiiRtiou, tljat there should lie tho.se' among their own ranks who appear to( he unfriendly. For the good of the College all such matters should "be thoroughly canvassed at the meeting! of-Synod, and not in the newspapers j in the spirit manifested by Mr. Kced. Let him or any one else create the#m- i |?re?.sio? that the agviits absorb their; collections in payment of their sala-' ries, how much would Lhey be able toj collect/ Could its enemies do more i ... . .. 1 injury/ I Making the Wife a Drudge. ^ men how they arc getting! <>n withHairs, and they will j answer cheerfully something like this:! "O, tirst-rate, I hav? bought my wife! a sewing machincaud a cooking stove, j and she does her own work. We are! not dependent on anybody now." In all probability this same brute' has a hired man to feed the stock.1 while he lies in bed of mornings,! NMibies loriy uays in uie yL"?r jiuihk w the stores ; leaves his hired man to do! all the farm work in the hot weather ;! and leaves his wife to split the stove; wood, and bring water from the spring, or well. The above plan is about on a pari with the man who began his winter's] economy by cutting off his boot legs' and having them footed, and giving the other part of the boots to his wife! to serve her for shoe.*. Orilcr Your Seeds. This is the right time for all persons; in want of either vegetable or flower j ^ced.s, to order the same from the celc- j ^Efuted Seeds House of James Viek, .Rochester, X. Y. We can confidently ' recommend Viek's seeds, having' grown Fame for several years past, to: the entire satisfaction of ourself ami j "better-half." We regard Vlck at the head of the list in his line as a .Seeds- ( man. Anything in the way of vege-; table or flower seeds may be confident ly relied ui>oii to be just as recom-j mended. AUUItTtP uailfvo I ivn, \ew York. "^fer Make out your lists at once and forwlrd to above address. With a view to facilitate persons in ' making orders who may not have a | copy of Vicka Catalogue, and Floral j (Juide, we will say to such that we I have them, which'they can have on' the slightest iulinmtion, for that pur-j l?o?fe. ?o? "Republican economy," the organs t-ay, "has left little for the Democrats F to do in the direction 01 reirencii-j jnent." Thin year the amount a.vkcil; wan $1,352,185, and the Connuitte on; Appropriations took hold of the bill with the determination to cut theap-l propriatiou down to the lowest possible! sum consistent with an efficient per formance of the diplomatic services of the Government. The accounts of; ministers, consuls and diplomatic agents were thoroughly examined, and the committees came to the con clusion that the service cost the nation too much./ The bill, which has been efi, CfcUs.fbr $911,147, a lieduc ' e otflKbates of $44^.000, to, >per cent. ^sirt* estimates will mak^Lti $45,iKX? fWK>, I ! Friend, wc Crave Your Indulgence. I For reasons which we need not state, we have been unable to insert ! tliis week the advertisements of some Iof our advertising friends: ! MESSRS. CUNNINGHAM & TEMPLETON j have always something new and at tractive for the ladies, and something good and substantial for the men. Their goods are always fully as good as represented. They have just re Iceived some choice articles. Call and ! see them. M11. J AS. A. I!0\V IK, AOKNT, who keeps ut the Emporium of FasJi : ion all the charming goods that lend to make beauty more lovely, has no jshow this week. He will have his j say next week. The divinities can i not do better than to patronize this old and well known tirm, when in want of the most stylish and elegant goods. MR. W. HOSKNBEKO, i whose liberality and fair dealing has j won for him hosts of good customers, j cannot speak for himself this week in ! the P. d- li. If you want anything i for the cash, call at his store and be repaid for your trouble. MK. JOHN AIJvXAXDKU, I of the Congaree Iron Works, Colum ^ bia, 8. (J., who has presented his card to our readers regularly for the past [six or seven years, is also requested to indulge us on this occasion. "Maj. j Alexanuer lsairue nearieu ocuiuiuiuiu [and tliv bi>t mechanic that ever cross led the "deep blue sea." If you need engines, boilers, cog wheels, mill gearing or anything else before next week, cull oil him and we will guaran tee the best satisfaction. MItS. M. M. AVIflTE, is implored to excuse us for not repre senting her gallery of elegance and beauty this week. Xo one under stands adorning the "female form di vine" better than Mrs. W. Her young lady customers never have more than one new bonnet before they call on her for a wreath of orange blooms. If anybody wants an excellent stove they will not forget "Old Itcliable," who is sometimes called 31K. II. \V. L.AWSOX, for short. His stoves are the best, his prices the lowest, and he is the most agreeable man to trade with, that ever sold a stove or coffee pot. MKSSKK. BARNWKLI, & CO., * rhoroiiLrh business men and reliable every time, arc always ready to serve good customers. Their advertise ment is left out. but our people may rest assured that they never had more ponds, or ever offered at lower prices. Call ou them for your groceries, and wait till next week to see their adver tisement. MKSSKS J AS. G. NAIL,ICY & BKO., of Augusta, keeps the best and cheap est assortment of carpets to be found on this side of the Atlantic They are .Scotchmen, both true and good, and a fellow-feeling for men of that nativity makes us partial to this firm, who have uever gone back on a friend or charged a customer too high. dh. ji. l?." wihsox is also importuned to be good uatured mis \vw;k \\ iit'll ne iuiis iu icuu jus advertisement in thin week's J'rcsa and Jirinner. Pie plugs teeth so art fully ami with such mechanical skill that it is rather a pleasant operation ; t?> have them plugged. As for the old j roots he lifts them out so gently that hiscostomers never complain. MKSSltS. WALL12R & HKOT1IER, of Creenwood, who have had their ad vertisement in our paper regularly for a long time will excuse us this once for inability to proclaim the worth, \ and the cheapness of their goods, ami! the pleasure with which they will fur-j nish their customers with the best of ! everything in the market. They will sell low for cash. (Jive them an early j call and g'jt twice your money's; worth. j Comments of the Republican Jour nals on Governor Chamber Iain's Recent Letter. The political journals of his own jmrty fully endorse the position of Governor Chamberlain in his recent letter. Such leading papers as the .Yew )'ork Time*, the Wanhimton j Chronicle and the Chicarjo 2'ribuncI urge the repudiation of Whipper and Moses and men of like character asl the only hope for Republicanism in South Carolina. The following views of the Chronicle would do credit to a Democratic journal: "Governor Chamberlain, of South! Carolina, has been charged with turn-} ing a somersault into the lapot lhe| Democratic party. He publishes a< letter denying the charge. After a I careful examination of the facts, we I hare no hesitation in saying that the| Governor is justified in the course hej has pursued. * * * * * This is; the jciir of rascals whom Chamber-j lain refuses to commission, and fori which commission lie is accused ul'j yielding to tlie importunities of the Democracy, and of playing into their hands. Jf ever the Governor did a a more righteous act in his life than ; that of depriving these characters of new opportunities for increased prac-j thro in plundering the public, we; should he pleased to hear it named.; lie has done u good many excellent tilings in his oilicial capacity of Gov ernor, but this eclipses them ail, and yet lie is censured for refusing to grant them their commissions, li his accusers have not become utterly ashamed of themselves, let them show to the public upon what ground they can sustain Moses and Whippcr and condemn the (iovernor. Speak out, gentlemen; the columns of the I>ublic press are open to a fiord you an opportunity to vindicate yourselves.1 \ our attitude in an awkward and un enviable one, while Chamberlain' stands before the public justified in; his act, aniKhe guardian of the public; interests. "Benjamin's Gone to Bur Corn." Messrs. Wilson Williams and James Roger's, jr., make the following iin-j nouncenient in reference to "Jieuja-; IlillJ IK >? IllVtl lb PVUI.V v* viimv wages due for labor will be claimed. We suggest tbaP^Jk'iijainin's gone to buy corn," and hope that lhe.se gen tlenicu will let Benjamin alone. We copv the following from the Siucti/-Six Ih mid: Notice.?To all whom it may concern, I hereby warn nil iwrsons from hiring my sou Ilenjamin Williams, as he is un der :*?e and 1 shall claim his wages ami forbid all persons from paving him the same. Witness my hand and seal this 17(h day of January, A. J>. 1*70. Attest, * Wii.son AVii.i.iams, JAKES ltOOKKS, .J It., T. J. A. r. Since the aliove was in type a special rcpoiter announces Benjamin's re turn, atul thus, in borrowed poetry, notes the prodigal's footsteps: l.cn wont off and thought he'd slay, 15ut alas! in; found a rugged way ; And ere a week had passed, began to nav: '"I wish 1 was baek in Ninety-Six.*' As on Saluda's hanks he sat With a twisted pin. fishing for cat, lit- ris and gathered Jijs old felt hat, And started I iaek to Ninety-Six. So Iii'ii got hack with his war-whoop laugh. And the bovs are hunting the eripplert ealf. And if they find it, they'll kill one-half, Sinec JJen'sgot hack to Ninety-Six. The Bills of the Hank of the State. A bill to provide for the payment of the bills of the Hank of the .State is now in the hands of the Committee of Ways and Means. It levies a tax pf two mills for the years IS7G and Ifc>77, respectively, jor 1111s purpose. It embraces all persons in its provi sions owning or holding bills which imve been proved in the case of Dab ney, Morgan & Co., or which shall hereafter be proved, stamped and placed under the seal of the referee of tlfe Court, who shall present them to the Treasurer within sixty days after the passage of the act. Further, the act is not to be considered as binding on the State, unless within ten days after its^ passage $400,000 of the bills tJMill be'preseuted to the State Treas tf?r. If thattfiUin, or a larger sum, is stf presented, &o., the act is to be oon sidecwk^^alid'^and bindiiief contract I | Hard Times. ? There is a general! {complaint of hard times, and the ; money pressure. The only remedy is I in hard work and elose economy. J1 Avoid running into debt for plantation i \ supplies, by making your own provi- s sions, and curtail expenses by wise j I economy, and you are on the sure road 11 |to wealth and prosperity?may laugh] | at. hard timcsand the money pressure, h Pay as you go is the true philosopher's stone. Worte, work, economize, econ- . : omi&e. ! They auk Aj-l Qiittino It.?Col. j F. A. Connor, of Ookeshury, after l>u-{ frying one thousand dollars in that jSerbonian bog, commonly known asj "life insurance," has concluded to j (jnit making his annual contribution j to his rich musters, lie has, we leant, ! I left his elaiui in the hands of au at- - itorncy. I "Negiio" and "Coi.ohi:!)." ? We L I notice that the intelligent and educa- s ted man of African descent says "ne jgro," mspcakingof thatrace. Elliott jam! Whipper say "negro," hut the s ! illiterate negro of this section regards l i the word "negro" as offensive. Ulack 1 | is not a color, and it is a misnomer to h call a black man a "colored" man. j Mulattoes only are "colored" people. * | SiiKKr Killing Dog. ? Mr. Itobt. i I Thornton's big old briudle dog has s j recently taken the sheep census of a ! Lebanon township, lie thought the ^ j number too great, and reduced it by t 1 half. The neighbors have all sworn? ( j except the parson, and he has made a j ; solemn vow to that efleet?that when v they take the dog census, they will s j reduce tiie nuinuer 01 uoj^s oy one. L j ANOTHER ClTIZEX LoST- ? Mr. 11. ' R. hftansell, a good citizen of the f , neighborhood of llodges, ?ve are sorry |, ; to learn, has determined to leave usjt ; temporarily, at least, and will for the fl ! present make his home near Liberty, I in Pickens (bounty, on the Air Line I , Railroad. We need all such men at!' i present. He will still keep posted on !e j Abbeville uflairs. We are sorry (o doii. but we were 0 i compelled to erase from our subscrip- s [ tion book this week a number of dead j I beats. We are getting tired of send- I1 ! ing the Prcan find Banner to such as do not pay. <\ nine wniie longer, hiiu, ; we will stop others ii'the money is:'s i not forthcoming. Miss Faxxik M. Bookeh, of Kpar-j'1 i tan burg, passed through Abbeville on j <1 i Friday, on her way to Lowmlesville. ? :She is a graduate of the AshevilJeifi I (X. C.) Female (College, anil will j J j teach school at Jlidge Academy, near Col. Harper's residence, during the " present year. o Vance, of North Carolina, has in- ] trod need a bill in Congress for the h opening of navigation of the French I Broad Jtiver. We suggest that our Congressmen introduce a bill to make the Savannah river navigable?if not for steamboats, at least for shad. Whkx the Legislature of a great ^ State like South Carolina has nothing j ^ better to do but devotes its valuable 1 lime 10 me wiscussiuii 01 iicw.-tjiujnM m-i tides or criticisms ou the thieving pro- > ? (tensities of sjniuof their members, we j z think that august body sinks beneath!^ contempt. j tl Tjiev art-: am, Gkttixo Tikkd.? Mr. J. 1). Chalmers, we, learn, has s| very much reduced his annual pre- it miums to life insurance, lie has i>aid j Is out a great deal of ready money for | si the ghost of greenbacks which will o never materialize. Almost a Fikj:.?Mr. Robt. McG.jtl Ilill left a lamp burning in his room: one night last week. When he re-jT turned he found it bursted into frag- j w ments, and the kerosene burning on i ? the floor. His timely arrival saved jii IIJU UUIUIlIlg. j c-1 Mil. (.'ati,kit f'om.KV, of the range,j is going into the fowl business. He | s. will sell eggs next Summer lower than > j anybody else. Jle made seven huii-jj tired dollar*at the business last Sum- ; tner. This beats speculating in mules and horses. j w Oxk of our delinquents, we learn,;M says that he would be all right if itj11 wasn't for the uncertainty of the labor.! We are sorry for him, anil would rec- . ommeiid that he lake oil' his coat and ' J take hold of the plow handles him-j sdf. Tub Address which was to be de-j b live red on last Sunday to the Abbe-j I] ville Missionary Society by Mr. J. V.ici Jones was postponed on account of sickness. The address will be deliver- | ed on the last Sunday of this month.! MlSS Galloway, the Associate He-j tl formed Presbyterian Missionary in d Kgypt, writes the most interesting:/ and readable letters of any newspaper correspondent of whom we have any tl acquaintance. jai On the thin! page we have a narrow! columu. Printers will uudorstand j pi this. We have narrowed our columns! d half em, and did not want to re-.set! b the advertisements for only one week's) o publication. '?i Mil. James A. crawford, of P" Lowndesville, was in town on Fri day. Jle will road the best paper on ] { the globe during the next year. We| j are glad to Welcome him back to his! first Jove. Cam: for Children.--Mothers, u have consideration lor the health andlt( life of your children, .anil do not allow 1 w them to l>o exposed unnecessarily to I the cold without comfortably warm clothing. It is said that one of the Cokesbury merchants impersonates Ciov. Cham-|'? beriain when he goev to New York toj^ buy goods. He now receives theap-i^ peilation of Governor. J" Mr. J. T. Edmunds is an excellent'']' T iarilKT, U1IU "O UCI1CVTO guuuu; will not pay. He says lie knows iliatj barn-yard manure will pay. ilia head ' is level. Mn. II. P. QuaULks, one of tlic stoekholder? of the A'i)icty->Six Jlcrald, was in town li*?t week, ltiehard ex pects to make money on his stock. 1'jjok. and Mks. Kkxnkpy, of Due West, stopped in town last week as they were returning from a visit to Loug Cade. Mr. John F. Calhoun han used one thousand dollars' worth of guano. He now pronounces the whole thing a humbug. Rkai) the article on "recording con tracts." It may save you many dol lars to heed the suggestions contained j therein. Iti ! . Jil. VJUlilli lion iiUiwttu(/VU u Will IX/ . 'regulate tlie appointment of Trial ^ ' Justices in and for the town of Abbe- , I vilk*. /y, I'njTou IU'sski.l, Dr. Wilson,1 jand others, went fox hunting a few mornings a*.'?, and made a capture. j |.( The A. M. E. Church and parson-1 .J age at this place has been enclosed by i jt a good and substantial fence. His I to v a i < Hjgiixkss shod the halo of his countenance on the this;'' village on Wednesday last. jjj Pav ur, or we must quit sending it. you the Promt and iJauiicr. The j | J money must conic. | , Mr. J. \V. Deason, a j;ood farmer P j of ilordeaiix, says lie lias tried jjuanoij1 I for two years, and lie knows that iti" j will not *]>ay. | Don't blame us if your Piths and s; \ Banner is stopped. \Vc can't send il |. Ion a credit. ;'1 T>n f /I Vivr !.'V llf TTlllll'I'S i l"( j now devotes his leisure time to birdi" j hunting. Oru Mit. Buuius was in town last] j week, selling shoes for the (jireenvillc j Factory. j ( ' Mn. T. 1'. Miij-oni) is just three !p j weeks behind Mr. \Vo9inansky?both 1 b I boys. j si j W.n. A. Gn-Wi, Esq., of Granite-1 \ j ville, is a guesl at the Alston House. j Jj | Col. Hahi'KR wjis in search ofa'o ; trunk at Abbeville ou Friday. 'g | Mr. E. F. Parkicr is in Columbia, I'' j to be gone a week or so. | Dr. E. Parker has put up a good; si fence on his lot. , (Juano alWjf dry year. Gossip With Our Exchanges. IW XV. R. Thomson, indicted for the nurder of Ji. 1). Hcid, iit Poinariii, j (lut vas convicted last week at Newberry. W mil sentenced to he hung on the 23th porl Vbruary next. J'rexs <uul Banner lote this.?Ninety-Six Herald. Exactly. But where are the mrticulars of the murder? The Lancaster Ledger and the peo >le of that County seem disposed not i o pay interest on the County Bonds j{ ssucd in aid of the Chester and Le loir Railroad. We cannot see the iquity of such refusal. The low price of cotton will not varrant any farmer in planting exten ively of the staple the present year.?' the Aid lain trus l\ ] hou lii/i Ji poii fror and said and Untoaster Jjcffr/cr. \ n>r tear Yes; but Mr. Ledger, there (yew ire men in Abbeville County who will J stoi: ;ivc ten percent, a month for provi- poii ions to trow cotton. win | r ,,s \Y11kx will the people learn sonic j ense? They should make their pur- j :hases from regular dealers, and let ramps alone. The Pickcns 6'cntiilcl| ays.? ' j M The Stove Agents, who sold a num-| of <1 ier of stoves in and around town lastisiru "all, have been making things lively any ccently collecting. They sold their it a toves for $47,?an enormous price?jabo iiid some purchasers, learning that as | the ;ood, if not better, stoves can be thai ought for $18, did not like to liqui- any late their notes. We learn that in onei win n^tance, wnere me oniy alternative; va.s to re-capture the stove, they re-j old it for $Ji). This was doing tliej nisiness up "Brown," we think. Tin-: PickrnR Sentinel is alarmed or the morals of that town, and ealls nudly for more preaching to prevent } lie masses of tlie peo;>le from deteri rnting. Tin: editor of the FJbcrton Gazette las a time of it with the sewing so ioty. Ever alive to the improvement of ur town, Mr. G. Berry has set out nine beautiful live oaks around lis lot on the public square, and made lavements also at his own expense.? Ifar ion Star. Why don't our people set out hade trees'? CJ r.vxo.?Mot withstanding the sad cjssohh of last year, a considerable uantity of guano is being bought by! ur iarnieis, uuu iue an hi iu?u i? relghted with its 'luud smell."? lurion Shir. BS)u The reader will see that we are ot alone in our opposition to tlie use f this great humbug. Every resource and every young uly, too, should be husbanded.? Vow and Banner. We agree with the Press and Ban er, and hope the Junior will hus and one.?I'royrcxxivc Age. Just .so, Mr. Progressive, but is ; the "resource" or the "young ladv" iat you wish us to husband? Please e more explicit. Wk thank the Harper Brothers for dvance sheets of their superb maira ine for February. J farmer's Maga fur in our opiuion, lias no peer on lis continent. HarperBazaar is perfectly [>lendui. No lady should be without Tlie beautiful pictures of ladies ishionably dressed is worth the sub ;;ription priec to even a bachelor like urself. This is tlio way our esteemed friend, , !* lie Rev. Sidi H. Browne puts it:? "Phowahi.y Two?Oxh Hpoickx, iik Otiikk A(TKi).?'The spoken lie . r11 'as l>y that possible man who, for recks and months before Booth's eom- '^et| ijj, "liad not the money" to pay a'!" j mull and just account that had been j P. ^ >ng due and needed; the acted liei? !. as when he made out that he couldi ;'1. " I?are the money logo in the theater.' 4 f such a one went, he lold two lies in oing it." A Mo'j Job c i t i z Tiie I'ror/rrssivc Jf/c in reply to hut we said last week about thcl.Swu arcity of locals, is somewhat compli-jon 'I icntary-when hesavs: (side "The PrcHU and Banner has a|j,ny press" of interesting items. Whnt! kifh esays puts us in the mind of the old C(J{l.s oman who, after putting twenty- Was ilie different ingredients into a mince s|10( ie, wept at the loss of her memory clow fcause she couldn't recollect more. |ent low manv items do vou wish to ftil ? :owd in?" . doer "No, sir," snvs Jones, who clerks in mui store on Main Street, to.an imiivid ul the other day; "I wouldn't marry I le best woman alive. I'vp been ai ry goods clerk too long for that."?j ",xch<infjr. 'the The real reason doubtless, isi]jtti< mt he c&ildn't get the best woman! un live. The Piedmont and Arlington Com finy, of Richmond, Virginia, has, uring the past nine years?with its usiness extended over every section I the country?gained the cotifldcnce nd support of the people of South arolina.?Aiken Courier-Journal. Btey* The editor who wrote that the iudi rem he c A urgt lady disa ism. iece don't know much about the ljcv< usiness in Abbeville County. Wei oubt If lit- ever heard how that liberal I , jmpany treated Mrs. Donald. If he' ad read our articles on that subject, atI" -e hardly think he would have writ- M mi the above, Some people, however, intr< ill only learn by experience. men *?> cam he Blue Itidgc ltailro.nl Meeting, j tabh I abso At the late meeting in Knoxville, j ij'lc; enn., a favorable report of the eon- time ition and prospects of the enterprise . as made, and the following resolu- ^ ons were adopted : JlcHolvcd, That J. P. Iteed and R. A. 1 'homffeou,of South Carolina; C. I). con.c niith and James L. Robertson, of l!n ' forth Carolina; R. I. Wilson and B. J;en 1. Lenoir, of Tennessee, be. ami the.v re hereby constituted a committee, hose duty it shall he to confer with ie companies or individuals owing lie veelions of the Blue Ridge Road, ithin their respective States, on the uhject of consolidating their several iterestsand organizing a new com any for the ownership and mnnage lent of the entire line from Knox ille, Tennessee, to Anderson, ?S. C.. no 10 usee mil 11 upon wnui oasis ami inns said now company may be or nnized. Said committee shall report le result of their conferences to an iljourned meeting of this Convention > be held at Anderson, S. C., on the nth day of March next. Jtcsotccd, That when this Conven 011 adjourns, it do adjourn to meet nt .nderson, South Carolina, on theoOth ay^of March next. / y ? o / Beautiful Work of Art. |IIIUI We paid a visit yesterday to tlu> gal-J her ?ry of Mr. W. 1*. Hix,' Columbia's!app< ivorite artist, where we inwpucted the ortrait of an elderly lady, which had ist left the artist's easel. It was ainted by direction of the Facility of >skine College, at Due West, in Ab evillc County, and isa life-likerepro uetion fronik a small photograph. (M1C 'lie countcnancc beams forth from the ]U>U| anvas with natural benevolence and | indness of expression. Every mark mi line 01' the original is faithfully reserved. We feel confident this por rait will he an ornament to the classic alls of Erskine College, which will ever fail to command admiration and ring hack lo the recollection of the Indents the handsome bequest of the idy who is thus pictured to memory, 'lie painting is executed in the style .1. Mr lliv iu fuiimilu iter. 7/ I\1 ? ?<s?? coin Democratic Organization. C'ou nexi Slops are being taken throughout ^ Ik? various Counties of thn Slurp tn ... _ erfcct the Democratic organization, y enrolling clnli-s in the several town liips of each County. We must carry he next election, and with a proper ffort the victory can be achieved, "lie first step to that result is in thor ugh organization, embracing every ood citizen who is willing to make an onest and earnest effort in behalf of ood government. Let lis all come up ) the rescue, and bear our part in the Lruggle, and share in the triumph. Judge Cooke failj en ranee, on Honda ,estic Demands Investigation. ] r. Leslie, on Saturday last, intro od the following resolution : - 'hereas, a copy of allidavit pur- i :ing to have been made by Alfred ' rich, charging C. 1\ Leslie, ex- I I commissioner, with a breach of i it, with fraudulent intent, and C'. i Leslie being now a member of this so, demands that they do tuke cog- < nice of saiil charge and investigate } same; therefore, bo it t csolvcil, That a committee be np lted, to consist of three members I II the minority side of this house, t that they do forthwith investigate i ..1. ,.f t 1 , ,1 I UIJU I Uj;wi l, HIV VT IUCIIVC facts iii regard thereto, and that .said committee have power to send persons and papers. Adopted, j, (!2; nays, 13. Messrs. Living i, Wallace and Johnson were ap lted the committee by the speaker, ) selected all Democrats at Mr. lie's request. A Good Farmer.. fr. J. M. Pruitt, of Millway, Is one ?ur best farmers, and has made ;e the war as much clear money as man in the County. He thinks bad sign to hear a man talking ut unreliable labor. He believes fault is with the employer more ii the employee. He never has had trouble with them, and oneortwe ters ago, his hands, who were king for a share of the crop, split put up for him 28,000 rails, with nlinr.m 'I'llia \fn I'wirnril tin I b < c? V1IM.QVI ? V P"' " "" litable alike to r. Pruitt and to laborers. We fear that our people 11 excuse their own laziness and lect of business by abusing the ro. We have too many white va its who ought to be made to go to k. .?.? lie Thomasri/lc, (Ga.,) Enterprise ier.ts an additional reason for the itingof an increased urea in food >s: 1 considering this important ques it may be well for our planting lids to think seriously of the pros s of war and its effects. There is lently some ground for the appre sion that our own government be iuvolved in a war with .Spain 1.. 1 *!._ TO llio yt'ttr IS uvur, nuu uiu cmmi of affairs in Europe is by no ns pacific. All the great powers ' putting themselves in readiness, J in the unsettled eonditionof the ' "Eastern question" and the pres- c insurrection in Turkey, there is 1 :h reason to fear an early resort to v s. Should either our own govern- 8 it or the European powers.go to ' the speedy and certain result 1 Id be a largely increased demand 1 irovisions at advanced prices, and |a avy falling olf in the price of cot-1' Does not a wise policy require'J1 our people should certainly plant M i full provision crop? ^ )staok on Printed Matter. ? ( house of representatives have r ed a bill to repeal Ilannibal Ham- . i double postage rate on third-clasa !<. ler, which includes transient |t spnpers, books, periodicals, etc. I v bill now goes to .Senate, and that 11 will hardly have the hardihood |j jain disregard the people's wishes, I j i a Presidential candidate just|s id. The bill simply restores the Pi rate, which was one cent for every j l ounces or fraction thereof, andL nits nil packages not exceedingly pounds in weight to pass in "the if Is. The bill passed the Housei lout a division. The fossi Microtis! fj uliu proclaims his purpose of kill- j it in the Senate. We shall soon I ivhat tiie Radical Senators dare do I his matter. We think they will lad of un opportunity to disavow j j csponsibility for.the vicious legis >ii, always excepting the antedilu- t 1 from Maine. ( Younu Max Killkd ? IIis I niKit Falls 1)kai>.?Mr. Wesley 1 nson, an industrious and worthy 1 ;eii of Aiken County, near Dean 1 tnp, while at work iii his saw mill, j 1 Tuesday last, was struck in the left! I by a pin which llew out of a ran-11 rovnlviiifreoirwhoil. and iustantlv I J id. The aged mother of the de-|l ed, on learning tlio fact, which N suddenly conveyed to licr, was so ked that she immediately fell n dead. Iieing persons of excel cbaracterand highly esteemed by the double accident has thrown a > gloom and sorrow over the com lity.?Aiken Courier-Journal. Lowndcsville Dots. r. Henry Latimer took part with ^ young people in their plays at aj i gathering at Mr. J. I'. Young's, as not long before he had one of i fairest as his partner. He" soon j cated that wife was forgotten, and j inded us of a man who would if;,, ould. young buck near Lowndcsville j fc id his suit most eloquently to hisjU love the other evening on the r dvantages and gloom of bachelor-! c She quietly replied, "I shall H ;r think of uoing to such a home." | c r. Dave Knox lias doubled his|l us, as he expects to be an exhibitor i, le ceutenniul. r. A. C. tnlimcr is very fond of educing Indies into the "(Jentle i und Ladies Society," but when it e to being introduced himself? 28 tnrn. J1 is mind being so much rbed at present with matrimonial ntions, he .says he lias but little! s to reflect upeu trivial aflairs. certain young gallant met his itheart at a little reception at Mr. '. Young's, the other night, and :luded to bring matters to a plain L'rstanding, though he was conti i the matrimonial sky was clear, lie asked the fair one to take a iithiade with him. "Nogo." His ie is Jeremiah, the weeping lover. aster Glenn Lelloy succeeded in i:ig a yound lady to promenade i him at the pound party. We do doubt his engagement, for he Jin- J d with her til 1 a lute hour. aster Simon Beckham, although j e small, likes to be noticed. r. Clayton Allen's heart is now J ded between one of Lowndesville's J one of Green.wood's fairest divin- j , but we hope you won't publish, this, as it is a secret. We sym-j lize with him, and hope they 't take advantage of him this leap and both propose at once, r. J{. C. Kay says he is still acan te for matrimony, and we credit statement. ->" ?!" A lilnivllln'c f-iirr-ut is IV <11 ~ - ? . spending some time with her ids near Lowndcsville, and with J1 fascinating manners and queenly L . aranee adds much to the enjoy- N it of all with whom she associates. Ia Lowmlcsville gentleman popped * question to his ideal the oilier." it. Jic thought she said "yes,"!*' his heart leaped for joy. Drawing: j . luiirup closer, lie asked the fair j to repeat the answer, desiring to L the sound of his dulcima's voice. I_ was surprised to hear her say "110." i " liad pressing calls at home iinme- J ely. >.M 1: young ladies about Lmvndes i hist week mistook one of their jx for an Indian. I n. Jajiks Spuedof Lowndesvillc, egret to learn, is going to Tennes .0 reside, lie is going oil' to get a :. We wish him better success i 1 wc liave had at home. I, h. McDii.ii, of Lowmlcsville, is d iidercd the best dancer in thejs; ntv. He will give dancing lessons j e L Summer. ib u. DhWitt JJaknks if* just twcn-!j ne years of age. He lias u good;, e and a watch. The ladies had j1 or make a note of this. h. A. (J. Latimer, wc learn, is) ting at the ferry. 'k. John Young, it is said, wants larry. He has Mr. James Speer's nission, aud now only needs the ng lady's consent. k. Glen Lowky starts? to the rlotte Military Institute?, 011 M011 last. He wept to leave' his lady R. Wkslky ?? HAiu'Kif goes to [teconl Your Contracts and Save' Rent. We have been often asked, why it s that the owner of lands can not" get j lid rent. We say there is nothing to! irevent his getting his pay, or his! iharc of the crop. It is only noees-a-: y to reduce your contracts to writing! ind record the same at once wtili the! jlerk of the court, and you will get; twit iiiuncj, aiiu wc give iiu uur uu-i hority the following act: An act for the better protection of! and owners, and persons renting land; 0 others, for agricultural purposes,! md to amend acts relating thereto. j That in all cases where laud is rent-1 ?d either for a share of the crop, or for 1 .stipulated sum in money, or for s0| nuch cotton, corn, or other product of he soil, the land so rented'shall be leemed and taken to be an advance' 'or agricultural purposes; and the land i jwner upon reducing the contract of! etting to writing, and recording the .ame, as provided in the lien law, sec ion 55, chanter 30, (that is recording! he same within thirty days from the late of contract,) shall have a lien on I lie crop, which may be made during lie year upon the land, in preference ! ;o all other liens existing or otherwise,] :o an amount not exceeding one-third | if the entire crop so produced, and to je applied to the satisfaction of the cut stipulated to he paid. | In such cases the landlord shall nive all the rights accorded to pei*ons| idvnneintr anv other siiiinlu's. ?l-< nro titled in section*) o5 ami .">(> of tlnfbamej jhaptt-r, to the extent of one thirdj of ,he crop as above stated. This law does not apply to contracts' liade prior to March 1!J, 7874, but to ill contracts since that time It will not do to make verbal con tacts : they must be made in writing md recorded, or the liens will take preference, and the land.owners fail to ;et their rent. You may be able to prove your con tact and the parties renting may ad nit the contract, but you must not de pend on this. Write it out and record t, and your claim has preference over my other claim.?Spartanburg JIrr-\ ilil. Mrs Gaines' Law-Suits. A Renowned Case. "WASirrsoTOU, Jan. 26?That most enowned of American suits, thej jfaines case, in which the wife of (Jen. j Jillucs sues lor a large part or uie cuy >f New Orleans, appeared in the su >reme court to-day, on an'appeal on a vrit of error, the plea being that lliej upreme court of Louisiana lefused a tearing of the csu.se ill its last phase. Mrs. Gaines is an old visitor in the irecinets of the supreme justice, for lie has appeared here before under! nany pleas and various counsel to cx ort her rights from the remorseless lauds of power, and, as she claims, vrong. New Orleans was represented >y several eminent counsel, and Mrs. jiaines by Judge Jerry Black. The lotorieLy of the case, the fame of the daintitl'and the renown-of her advo-j ate, drew as much of an audience as! lie narrow limits of the court hull! vould hold, the spectators being sena ors and members and distinguished! awyers. Mrs. Gaines looking by no Deans like a relicof a30-y ears contest,; at Willi her counsel, in appearance ;wi utlier than 71). llur hair in still black | iuf tinged with silver, her moveninetHj |tiick and certain, and her face as full I if resolution and energy us when she irst began her colossal contest. rhe Master of the Slate Grange on the Grand Rounds. His Appointments for February. Wttorx Prc-HH and Banner .* Pro bono publico, I propose visiting lie various (Jranges of Abbeville) Jounty, as follows: -lodges', Saturday, Feb'y ~>i Lebanon, Monday, 44 7j Liiddell's, Tuesday, " ?j )ue West, Wednesday, " Uj Level Land Thursday, " 10; jnwndesville, Friday, " 11 Jlear Springs, Saturday, " 12 Uellevue, Monday, " 14 Bordeaux, Tuesday, " lo Liong Cane Wednesday,14 30 vlillway Thursday, 14 17' Vsbury Friday, " IS ^licenix, Saturday, 1!) Ninety-Six Monday, " 21 Greenwood Tuesday, " 22 feiluda Wednesday, " lis 1'atrons are expected to assemble mmiptly at eleven o'clock a. m., and hepublicarc cordially invited to at end. No postponement on account of the! vea tfcer. JtesnecM'u 11 v, D. W V ATT AIKEN. National Democratic Committee. : A meeting of the National JDcmo ratic Executive Committee* was held | ,t the Arlington Hotel, Augustus! fchell, chairman. On motion of Sen ior Randolph, of New Jersey, it was! esolved to begin an early and active; uganization of the Democratic party | h rough the United .States for the] ampaign of 1876. Senator Randolph' i-as chosen vice-chairman ; Hon. \V. i. Darnuni, of Connecticut, as tho. reasurer, and A. D. Ranks, of Miss-1 *sippi, resident secretary. Speaker' Cerr, Senators Wallace, of Pennsyl-! ania, Gordon, of (Georgia, and S*te-| eiihon, of Kentucky, and Reprcsen-j alive JLamnr ana outers were present., HOT K L~A U KIV A LS. ! Adkkvilm-: JIotkl.?R W Ifaddon, )uo West; W I) Mars, (ins Mars, Cal ouns Mills; W J iiogers, Atlanta; J | 'lark, Anderson ; Miss A Jones, Miss A 'erreil, K Jones, City ; Mrs Drennon, (i J Capper, Cedar Springs; W Atchison* El- j erton; J N Tolliert, Smithvillo; Berry tight, J Balentine, Lawrence; Alfred irnold, Knoxville, Ten 11; Charles lercklcy, Knoxville, Tenn ; John Beak, Villiam* Harmon, J A Corley, Henry' Irewer, Catlot Corley, Elington Searles, j Mlarris, \V T Peak,Clem Corley, (' D; Valkor, It Browne. Bordeaux ; Henry pikes, P Calhoun, Ninety Six; Klias 'olbert, Phoenix ; W P Andrews, W Koti he, Greenwood; W P Wardlaw, and Vile, Cedar Springs. Wikh's UotkIj.?A M McNeil, S El nore. J C Maxwell, (ircenwood; W 1"' Ba ;er, \V L Culls, S Langley, J C lledell, J * ? ? t -i.l:.. /> 1 1? . 'j l iioiii.sunt v> in ijuu^uiiii, ii.u ii'Mvu , M Cochran, J 1 Honner, One West; E 'owan, Wsdemans; P *A Keys, 10 Nash, V'litral; Thomas Young, .las Speed, S ipeod, Lowndesville; II it Harper, liar- j iers Ferry; Miss Fannie Hooker, Spartan-i inr^;SE (iraydon.'L'okeshnry; Eugene; { (iarv, (ireenville; J P (iibhs. South | 'aroliim; O F Cheatham, Edgefield; J II limmons, Abbeville; <i Cade, Cade! fills; J W Ligon, White Hall; .1 III "larke, Anderson; J H Weed, New York ; j { S Findlay, Baltimore. Alston 1Ioi*sk.?A II C'olmary, Haiti-1 (W?re ; V A Mvneh, Atlanta; Duncan ! . I l>. ("oif.nl IWi.ii vunr; m'mi, * iiiwii-iiiuu ) '* j/ \mmihii, jxim Vest; 10 F l'lowdon, (jmmvood; II II; lUilt'onL, Now York ; O 1> Nathans, I'liil- j del^hia; J 0 Morrison, Now York : A M Invm, 10 15 Norris, Contrevillo; L ('JAg ii, Lebanon ; W A Iiriirjrs, (Jreenville; M i'niitt, Mill Way; Walter (J McClel-j in, Atlanta ; K X Taylor, North Carolina ;; as Walker, Boston ; Pr J T liaskin and j .ady, Monterey ; (' S MeCalloagh, J T ; 'ouiey, Iloiiea Path. Fhe State of South Carolina COUNTY OF ABJ5KY1LLE. In I'robntc Court. ii the matter of the Estate of "\Vil-j liani Price, deceased. John Deason, Administrator. \L.HO ordered, that the erditors ofi said estate lie and they are here- j y required to file and prove their eniands in this Court on or before the j aid day of the linal accounting of said ' slate, (4th of March, 1S7(?,) or be de arrod, and that a copy of this order elating to creditors he published by i lie Clei 1; of this Court for one month j ii the Abbeville. J'resx and Banner. TIIUS. B. MILLKOItD, ! (Seal.) Judge Probate, A. C. i Feb. 1st, ISTti, 4t* The foregoing is a true ropy.") i T P Ufne\f a vci.'\* I I Clerk C. Pro. A. C.J Notice of Sale. WILL sell for Cash at Dorn'x! bold Miue, on the 2flth IiiHtaiit. j 11 Notes belojnpin^ to the estate ol'j VM. PHIC2j^ deceased, which were raised rt?cU)ubtful ami worthless. SON, Administrator. The Tav Office. The County Treasurer ami his assis tants are stili kept actively engaged at "Ihe receipt of custom." The follow ing are the receipts up to the first of February State Tux| $ 33,502 00 County Tax 12,189 40 Past Indebtedness Tux, 0,140 001 School Tax, 7,0."9 05 Poll Tux, 2,038 0:> Total $ 03,010 071 ^ARltlACKS. M VltlMKI) .Tiiii. '27 l*7li liv Itov. T.I L. Daniel, Dr. Willie 'P. Jones, of Al)l>e-, villi*, to M :ss LAURA I., daughter of J. W. Daniel, 10sq., of Laurens, S. (J. MARRI10D, by Rev. A. L. Miller, on the 27th ultimo, at.the residence of the bride's father, Mnj. B. JO. (iibort, Mit. WM. S. MOITC1IKTT to Miss LUCY 1). filBIOKT, all of Abbeville. The following named persons were waiters:? Mr. .1. Sutherland,...Miss J. L. Oibert. [Mr. V. Dallas, Miss-A. B. Rerricott. Mr. Jas. ljeRoy,...Mis8 X. MeKetriek. Mr. B. 10. (?ibert,...Miss I. M. Derricott. | ptf We are indebted to the happy ! couple for one of the handsomest cakes I that ever graced the editorial sannetum. It was of the shape of a lmjf-moon, beau-| i tifully icod, anil adorned with candled | ! ornaments of berries and floworA. It was I a present which could not fail to evoke a j host of good resolutions on the part ofi J the Junior, and an ardent wish that he | may yet be able to .make some fair one I happy, and himself receive the congratu-l j latum* of his friends. To the newly i I married pair he extends his best wishes, j with the liope that he may be enabled to I do likewise. As this is leap year, wou'.t siiiMU uur lauv cmiic 10 ins iit'ip. MARKET REPORTS. corrected hy Iinrnwcll & Co., Cotton Brokers and' Dealers in General Merchandise. ' AuiiKVll.iiH. 'Fob. 2. I Cotton, 11 (Jell! i Fodder .$1.25 Apples, $2.00 Eggs, 25e llaeon, 12e(?i l.">e Molasses. ">0efa.$l Butter, 2.*>e Flour,....S8.o0fa8l0.00 Coffee, 25cf?:30c Meal, .7...8l.2T> Corn ?1.00 Peas 81.00 Chickens 2."m; Liverpool. January 31.?Cotton dull! and easier?middling uplands i> !MJ1; re- ! ceints (>JXK). Augusta, January 31.?Cotton dull and lower?middling 12J; receipts 082 bales; j sales 48!t, ; Charleston, January31.?Cotton qui-! let and easy?middling 12 11-10(0,122; not! receipts 1,<?2S baits: sales l,o00. Ha f/riMoRE, January 31.?Cotton tlull? I middling 12J(u.12J ; sales :K?0. New York, January 31.?Cotton weak I ?sales 210 bales; middling uplands 13! 1-10. Goods at Cost. | All descriptions of Goods, embracing READY-MADE CLOTHING, 6 Boots, Shoes, Hats, HOSIERY, NOTIONS, L 118 AND j DRY GOODS,! COST FOR CASH J ! AT Quarks & Psrrin's. Feb. 1, 1876, New Advertisements. SEWINC MACHINES. liberal Terms rfZx ch an Refer Second-hand Machines of every des cription. DOMESTIC" PAPER FASHIONS. ] The Beit Patterns n.ado. Srml Acta, for Catalogue. | Address DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINE CO. ! In Aeon Wimtid. NEW YOHK> | cil <P A ft a day at home. Agents wanted. Ou-.Ilt! ^ u)lZand terms free. Tlll.'K A CO.. Augus-1 la, Alatne. ASTONISHING! ~ " Yit forty tltii/x, and Xiurvalix/vtllbroverlhroirn. i "Future events prophecied by rales in Ken-1 JJ ner's I'rophctic liook. Fortunes foretold in! tIn? lips and downs of prices for the next j t wen I y years; the future Judged by the past.}"? What years to make money on pig-iron, hogs, i p corn, provisions, cotton, and when we will j -A liuve the next panic, what year hard times A, will end'and business revive again. KveryjM farmer, mai'ufaeturer, ieulllinate trader nnd!i<( speculator should have tills hook to know the |. future, set as to avoid loss and bcsucessl'ul.! ,s' Hent to any name, post paid, for SI. Address jde SAMI'KIj JIHXNKH, iiainbrldge.^toss Couu- j ty, Ohio. 1,11 p?i" FOR 1876. II Journal. ' A Household Weekly Magazine, Devoted lo I'OPl'I.A II LITERATI'UK, AND ALL < JUATTEJifi OK TANTE AND VVLTVJtE. Applctons' Jonra il appears In new type ( ami with other mechanical improvements, making it the handsomest weekly literary Journul in the country. A])]>letons' Journal aims to bt; comprehensive, including in Its < plan all branches of literature, and treating all subjects of interest to intelligent readers; j it designs to be elevated in taste and pure in | tone; it gives in quantity fully twenty-live! pur cent, more than the largest of the MAnth Sy .Magazines,,while in quality its literature is of tiie highest clnss. race, SI per aaaaa; 10 coots par aintor. Special Announcement, j The undersigned have procured, exclusively j for subscribers to Appletons' Journal, ? spien- ] did steel engraving of j Charles DickeDs' in His Study. : which Im oil'ered, under special terms, to every i M subscriber?in advance?to .journal tor 1X70. " i This steel engraving Is in line and stijijUe. It is not a lauey picture, but an actual repre- t ilc Kcutatiou of Charles Dieken's study at <Jails-1 \j hill, while the portrait of tin* distinguished!', au lior IsHtrikiunly faithful. j I'1 'i lie size of tlie plate is 21 x II, printed on | ell heavy plate paper 24 x HO, making a large and I handsome engraving for the partoraitd libra-1 T> Ill] sui ry wall. The execution oi tiio plate is oi a superior order. Tin; ordinary price of a stool cnptiviiig ot tills character in tin* print-shops would not ho loss lU&n Jivr,untl)>cr/nijix misilolhtr.s. It is of fered crc/u tivuly In .wbttrribcrtt in luhlilinit to fhr Journal for olio year, for i Jill?that is, lor Sl.oo additional,oaoli yoariy advanoo subscriber to th< .lournai lor ISTiimay roecivo a su|iorl> on uravlworth fully ilvo tinu-s thoaiiiouut. This oiiKravlngls entirely new. it has never heen for sale in the print-shops, anil cannot ho obtained except in eonneetion with Ap plotons' Journal upon the teims and eondi tIons jfivon ahovo. It will In: mailed to sub scribers postage prepaid. D. APPLE'TON & CO., * j 519 iV 551 iJroaduay, New York. ' ?77 ri'.Il WKKIv <il'AHANTKKI) to i &/ / Agents inaloaud female, in their own j \vi locality. Terms and outilt free. Address 1'.'tin 0. V;t?'KUV &. CO., Augusta, Maine. | ' (T C Tfl OAP''r day at lioui". Samples! iO I U ZUwiirlli jl free, JSTINSON AI 1.'O. Portland, Maine. *' Q.SYCIIo.MAXt'Y, or Soul Charmaiicy." \ 1 llow either sex may fascinate and git In I , the love and alleclions of any person they I J elioose, Instantly. This art all ean possess, j ? free by mail, for S> ecnts; together with a"! Marriage (luiile, Kgyplian Oracle, Dreams,! ii;ui>u? irun I IV. n??i, j\ i|urn I took. AiIUivsk T. WILl.iAM it Tub's,' FE I'liiliuli-'ii'liia. jg AUKN'TS, the Ki'eiUostii'haitcf of tho arc. i A'lilrcss, witii stamp, National C*oj>viup j i n? Co., Atlanta, <ia. " Lvt EMPLOYMENT. Male ami IVmalo, salary j atl or <- inimIs.^Ioia. Wo pay njjon s a salary oj SSO a week ami cxpoiisos. Kl'KKKA ! ] MANl'F'G CO., Hartford, Conn. l'artlrulavs | - Kn-o. | p( rpHK nilLADGLPIIIA RUSTIC' j 1. WINDOW SHADES.-Ton dozen! just received at lower prices than ever before otlered. They are eilsily arranged, durable, convenient, and never get out of order. Will last l'or twenty years it' t|j pronerlv used. | ti1( J. D. OAALMERS CO. I fin NEW LOT of Oil Window Shades I P'"( XJSi just received, with good fixtures. yo < J. 0. CHALMERS A CO. ori Q-;t. 27, 1*75 tf BLANKS F T1IE MOST APPROVED FO JIM S, FOR SALIi, AT THE ress & Banner Office. Kent Liens, Liens 011 Crops, Mortgage of Personal Property, Mortgage of Ileal Estate, Title ]>ccds, Trial Justice's JJlankx. Hotice TO !0Uj\tTY CLAIMANTS. ^"OTICE is hereby given to all per Hons having claim* against tlie ounty I hut payment will be made on ?e last Saturday in every month, at hieh time alone claims must be pre :nted. T. N. TOLBERT, County. Traasurer, A. C. Feb. 4, 1870-Ht NOTICE TO 1MTNTV riATMANVS I ivuii Jk x vuaiuiaii i u i o OTfCE in hereby given to all par ties having claims against the ion 11 ty that the meetingof the Hoard f Commissioners will be held on the tst Saturday of each month. (Maims liould be presented a few days p re tails to the meeting. EOB'T. JONES, Chairman B. Co* Corn's. Feb. 1, 1870, 43-3t [''AILORIXU.?The subscriber offers . Ids sorvieo* to the publk* of Abbo llle and vicinity, and solicits a share of nlvlic patronage. Satisfaction gnaran >ed. Call at the stand below Chrixtinn : Howie's on Washington Street. Jan. 4, Jt. A. MARTIN. AT COST I ?or Cash Only! "N order to fettle the business of MC DONALD & HADDON at once, o will sell our entire stock of Goods EXCEPT roceries and Confectioneries) AT COST, FOB CASH ONLY, until loth February next. All persons indebted to us by note or count must settle by 1st February, 70. Rospeet fully, McDonald & Haddon. JHH.-i, 1?<0, JU-Ol :0RN! CORN!! BED OATS! ^HEAT BRAN! TOR SALE BY ABMWELL & CO. Jan. 20, 1876 42-tf DISSOLUTIOlSr. CHE FIRM OF McDOXALD <S HADDON will be dis.su!ved on m loth FEBRUARY next?=by the ithdruwal of Mr. R. M. Haddtfn Mcdonald & haddon. W. T. McDONALD will conduct the isiness in the premises heretofore oc ipied by McDonald & Huddon, and iii settle the business of the late firm, W. t. mcdonald. Jan 4, 1870, 39-Gt otice of Final Discharge. Wi K IV jr? UIV Jills, that on the 25th day of January, . I). lH7(i, I will apply to Thomas 15. illford, Judgeof I'rolmtc for Abbeville unity, for a linal dischargo asadmin rator of thy estate of John Drake, teased, on which day a final, settle ent of .said estate will be made. JXMES A. DRAKE, Administrator. Abbeville C. H., S. C. ) Dec. 23, 1873 37-41* J Final Discharge. JOTICE is hereby given that Robt. ^ H. Winn, Executor of the la?t ill and testament of Henry M. Winn, ceasod, has applied to Thos. 15. IVIi 1 rd, Jiidge of Probate for Abbeville unity, for a final discharge as Execu r as aforesaid. It is Ordered, That the fifth (5.) y of February, A. I). 1870, he and is reby fixed for hearing of p? tition ami inal settlement of the estateof Hen M. Winn, deceased. J. C. W08MANSKY, Clerk Court of Probate-, Abbeville C'ouuty. Roe of Probate Judge, I JaiKj 1870, 30-41 [ Final Discharge. JOTICE IS JIEIUCBY GIVEN" that James Evans, Administrator the Estate of James A. Crawford, ceased, has applied to Thomas H. illford, Judge of Probate, in and for e County of Abbeville, for a final dis arge as Administrator. It is Ordered, That the l:?th day of bruary, A. 1). 1878, be fixed forhear ir of petition, and a final settlement of ill Kntiitu. J. C. WOSMANSKY, Clerk Court J'robate, A. C. Ian. 12, 1 V7."? 40-41* TIER'S HOTEL. ABSEVILLE C. H. B1WULAR JiOABEUS SOLICIT Q, oil, at redm-ed rates. Its patrons il !u' welcomed n? usual, and hope fir heretofore liberal patronage will able it to wear well the ensuing year. JNO. A. WIER, Proprietor. [>oo. 2S, 187.", 38-tf House to Rent. [11IE subscriber will rent for the j_ present year her house on Main root near the Public Square, contain : live rooms, and u ith a good well of iter, outbuildings, and large garden ached. Terms reasonable. E. A. ARC J IKK. Feb. 11, l.STfi. ay Your Accounts ! K ARK NOW PRKPAREI) TO receive all monies due us for u jjast, and as it is the beginning ot l? Centennial year, our patrons will d no more convenient season than the L'Sent. Come in and you will tind ur accounts properly made out, and dits allowed. Tax Notice, OFFICE COUNTY TBEASURfffc, \ Abbekiule, Juji. 18. 187tt. j .T\E books o0 tl>c County Treasurer jure now open for the eoflectlon of jdtateand County taxes for the pres nt fiscal year at Abbeville Court House. The time for the collection of taxes lias been extended until the Fifteenth of February next, after which time the penalty of twenty per cent. wiJl attach to all un paid taxes. After that time the Treas 1 urer is required by law to enforce the collection of the same by distrain and } sale of the .personal property of the tas> I payer. The total rate per centum of taxation ' is as follows, viz: ! For State purposes J1 .-mills. County Current Expenses 3 " payment of County jiasl indebtedness 3. " j payment of County defi ciency for 1875 J " .relief'of widows and or phans J " A poll tax of $1 on all males between i the ages of 21 and 50 years who arc not physically unable to earn a support, will bo collected. Iu addition to the rfbove tlier^e will bo ; collected a special tax for school purpo ! sea in the different school districts, as follows, vi7/i Niircty-Six School District 1 mill. Greenwood ** ** 1 " Cokesbury " " 2 " Donnaldsvllle " " 1J " j;ue ? esc .1* M Dong Cane 4ft ft . , 4 (ft Smithvillo 44 Ift 5 (ft White Hall II 44 5 (( Indian Hill II 44 3 ? Cedar Springs It 41 >1 lW Abbeville U 44 Si At Diamond IIH1 ft! 44 . . 2 ftl I.owndesville 41 4ft ..... n Ift Magnolia (4 Ift .... 3* (( Calhoun's Mills 44 , 3A (( Bordeaux Ift 4ft 2 (( By the ndvice of the Board of Equal ization for the County, whose duty it is ! to designate the points at which the | Treasurer will attend for the collection lot taxes, the books will bo opened ODly ! at Abbeville Court House. T. N. TOLBEET, Co. Treasurer. | Jan. 18,1876, 41-tf J. T. Robertson 1 fiJTILL HAS A ItEMXAST OF STOCK OX BALK, at .prices jBELOW COST! I At the old Stand, now-occupicd by I i Messrs. .DuPxe, Gambrell &. Co. I AM NOW 'CLOSING MY Busi ness, and I exj?eet all who owe n>c j to make 1 | Immediate Payment! and I hope that I will not have to resort to a legal process to enforce collections. | J. T. ROBERTSON. Nov. 17,1875 32-tr ! NOTICE. The creditors of Messrs. DrPRE, ga.mrrell & co. j are requested to meet ut my ollice oh j Thursday, 10th February next i at 10 o'clock. All persons who have i claims against said firm must present i them properly attested by that time, land those who are iudebted to the firm | must make immediate payment to me. ! J. T. EOBEE.TSON, ASSIGNEE. ' Jan. 2(>, 1876 42-2t GOOdtai COST! 1AM NOW SELLING THE EN lire Stock of Goods of the above ! lirm at COST for CASH. J. T, ROBERTSON, Assignee. ! Jan. 20,1S7G 42-2t "nbtice. i ,fVVERSEERS OF ROADS ARE id 0 mmiSpail ir\ nmnt tlu* I County Commissioners at the following ' pluces, for the purpose of dividing and I regulating hands forivorking the Public ! Roads, viz:? White Hall, February 7 i Ninety-Six, " 8 | Green woood, " ' * ('okesbury, " 10 j Hinilliville, u 11 I DniialdKville, | Duo W-est, Douglass' Mills, f Diamond Hill, Lowndesvillc, Sini(li's X Roads, (Magnolia,) Calhoun's Mills, j .Liberty Church, I Bordeaux,) Indian Hill, Cedar Springs, ! Abbeville C. JL, I j liy order of tlie Hoard. robt. joiras, Chairman. 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 DO 23 111