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e Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE, S. C. Wednesday, June 7, 1876. be Cause and the Probable Effect of the Harmon Murder. Tbat the Harmou murder is th re ultof the present power of the negro rty in South Carolina and the inef |iciencyand iudisposition 01 ourcourw Sunish offenders agaiust the peace dignity of the State, no one cog iizant of the surrounding facts can ieny. That the summary punish ient of the guilty parties in this in stance by an incensed community ivas reasonable and to be expected no ine will gainsav. This act of retribu lion will probably inspire the people lo resent other ciimes of less degree of |kggt-avation with the same punish lent. Suppose now with the present leeling common among our citizens, that the Governor should pardon from [he penitentiary that arcn scoundrel (Lewis Chiles, the gin house burner, loes anybody doubt that the next jin-house burner caught would be by i mob hung to the first limb. The |aw is intended as a safe-guard to the )ple, but if it fails to perform that t_~ ? 1 ... luty the people "wui ue a inw umu themselves," and administer swift |)uuishment. While there is directly 10 politics in the murder of the Har uons, the people know that the negro >arty in the State have ho paralyzed lie arm of the law that the white >eople seem disposed and will to some extent hold them responsible for the >utrage, and will be the more ready p use whatever force may be necessa y to oust the negro party from powpr, lot only in Edgetield but in eTOry part of the State. Id Edgefield the negro party have only some six hun dred majority as shown masters of the Democratic clubs. This murder taken rnirothw with the most shameful con duct of the County officials have so exasperated the people of Edgefield that we believe the negro officials might just as well pack their carpet bags aud prepare to abdicate. An outraged people cannot longer submit to the present degradation. The citi zens of .bdgefield are lacking in the manhood we accord them if they will without decided resistance longer be robbed and murdered, by the negro party of South Carolina. They should do a little wholesome aud judicious shooting if necessary. The treacher ous white leaders could be spared very well. They are more to blame than the ignoraut negro and should be madfe to aufter first, This is our country and we are not worthy the name of white men, if we allow aD ignorant usurping African pauper race to take etitire control of ourcoun try, aod levy taxes which are almost equivalcut to confiscation. If our t'r?r?fathers went to war because our tea was taxed, what should the citizens of Abbeville aud Edgefield do, who are daily plundered by the A?icau usurper, and who neutralizes the pow er of the .Government to protect Hie citizen and to punish the crime? Has not forbearance ceased to be a virtue? .Ov Delinquent* CHAPTKR I. The subject of this sketch was born at a very early age, of respectable pa rents, who are now ashamed of their son's financial delinquencies. As an infant he attracted a great deal of at tention. The young ladies carried him around in their arms aud said, "Do is muzzer's bezzy darlin, and a sweety, 'eecy, 'ittle thing." It was nice, though-he wasn't old enough to appreciate it. He's a healthy, big old ilarling now. He has failed to pay his subscription for years to the Prt*a and Banner but always sustained a good moral reputation, aud was uever a railroad director. He loves onions aud fried., chicken. He is an early riser, but don't do much after he gets j up. He is afraid of sunstroke, and will not work in bot weather. He could pay for his paper if he diet not spend his time in fishing and did not buy whiskey or tobacco. . These are nil of the peculiarities we can recol lect at tkis time. Further particulars will bo giveu at another time. Store Robbed. We learn that the store house of Messrs. Aguew <fc Bonner, at Du* West, was broken into on Friday night and a considerable quantity oi goods, variously estimated at from $:i00 to $500, taken oil*. The thieve? did not despise the metalic currency und carried off some thirty or forty dollars worth of the shekels. Messrs. M. M. Casey, W. W. McMorris, W. XlilUUUIl UUU XI* JK. UUUuv-i n viv i here on Saturday' looking up the thieves. Trial Ju&tice liruce at thi>J place refused them a warrant of arrest for one of the supi*>scd guilty parties i because his name was not known. It this rule should become common among Trial Justices, thieves should, for their owu safety, keep their uuinet a profound secret. Dr. Robertson, Messrs. B. M. Mc Ghee, It. W. Haddon, Frank Hark ness, J. E. Moore, J. D. Brownlee, 8. Agnew, from Due West, were here on Sunday, looking for the thieves. They tracked one man to the edge ot village and there lost trail. After ta king dinner at the Alston House they returned without their game. We wish them better luck next time. Wiiiiamston Female College. We are indebted for an invitation to attend the Summer commencement ol this flourishing institution, arid here with append the order of exercises: Wednesday, June 14th, 8, p. m.? Sermon before the Christian Associa tion, by Rev. A. B. Woodfln, Colum bia, S. C. Thursday, June 15th, 11, a. m.?Ad dress before the Erosophic Society, by Hon. James Harrow, President of. Laurensville Femal College, S. C. Thursday, June 15th, 3, p. m.?Pub lic Exhibition of the Kindergartou System. Thursday, June 15th, 8, p. m.?Clos itig Concert ana uraauating exerci ses. For admission to the Concert, an ISntrance Fee of Fifty Cents will be chargedthe proceeds to be applied to the purchase of a fine Bell for the use of the College. Carrying Coals to Newcastle. Some of our citizens having read of the wondrous growth and business prosperity of our neighboring city, concluded to carry a load of farm pro ducts to that place for sale. Amoug other articles was a quantity of pota toes for which they had been offered SI.25 per bushel at Due West The potatoes were carried to Greenville where 70 cents a bushel was all that could be realized. The mistake thev made was in not selling at Due West anU buying ac ureenvnie. By reference to the advertisement in another column it will be seen that the mid-day accommodation train on the Abbeville Branch road has been discontinued. Our citizens will glad ly accept the change as for the better, if tbey are relieved by the necessity oi leaving Abbeville in time to be com pelled to wait an hour at Hodges De pot for tbe down traiu. We trust that Col. Dodamead will change the sc^ed **/. mnlvn aiarA a/?n no/kf ^artcl <1 Uie OU IU IXlUtVC uiuac WUIICVKWHO UI Hodges?not that we do not enjoy loafing about Hodges for that lengtli of time, but because we sometimes have business at home which could be forwarded or finished in that time, and then it gives persons living at s distance a better opportunity to gel aboard the train. v . ^ Hungry.?We have never known as many hungry people in Abbeville County as there is at present. Man> negroes and some whites are toe proud to work, while the negroes art too lazy to go regularly to work a( farm work, but depend on jobs by the day, and this kind of work has aboul ''played out." and tbose fortunate enough to get work by the day are paid at a reduced price from former wages. Less than two months from now Jerry Coleman may pay the forfeit of his life on the gallows for the killing of his oomrade, Adam Hackett, some three years ago. The Governor out of the plentitude of his mercy may, how ever, commute his death sentence to imprisonment for life, or give him a full pardon before tbat time, but even ( if he should do so would there be any thing amiss in some one offering spir itual aid and comfort to the man now , in so perilous a condition. Card of Mr. W. G. Kellar.? We take pleasure in giving place to the card of Trial justice Keller, cor recting the false statement as to the advice given by bim with reference to the Harmon murderers. Our state ment was made from the report of *' 1 '"""lit (hof It HiH In. (UUltTB) auu no I^ivv VUM? ?v justice to the actiou of our frieud. He is a staunch mau, and true, and we are happy to number him among the best frieuds of the Press and Bwt n*r. . Killed Herself.?We learn that a negro woman who had not for some time had enough to eat was employed last week on Mr. W. O. Cromer's place, some three or four mile9 from the village, to help hoe out his cotton crop. Owing to her reduced condi tion from lack of food and the large amount eaten when the opportunity presented itself, she died in four or j five days. Nature's Beauties.?Seems to ' ?? * * 4 Kofnya OA us unit me luuugc woo uoci wiuav ? dense or so green and fresh looking. Talk about it the way you please, it is a love of a world, and we know one good journalist who used to be a Sun day school scholar, wbd would be pleased to stay here until Gabriel shall blow his trump and summon him to "come up higher." "As this is Leap Year we trust that the la | dies will pardon as for suggesting (modestly I of course,) that, as'business Is business.' per ' hops it might pay some of them to advertise ' In the Herald that certain precious and deslr ; able articles are on the carpet and ntarketa ble.' ?lsvirennilie Herald. t&F You might save them the trou ble by notifying them of our wherea bouts and of the fact that we are in | search of a mother-in-law. I We learn that our young friend, Mr. Robert McG. Hill, has been elect ed honorary membea of the Thalian Society of the Elberton, (Ga.,) Female Institute, and that he has been so no tified by a committee of the divinities from that institution. This will no doubt kindle a flame of love in that susceptible heart of his. There is a good prospect of a decline In rents in our town, particularly of business places. There is now a fine opening in Abbeville for a good busi ness man with capital. There are now fewer goods in" town than has been sinca the war, and the demand is good. Many persons are oompelled to send off for the desired articles. Godey's Lady's Book for June has been received at our sanctum, and is really a beauty, giving all the latest fashions and making them plain to the eye by beautiful cuts and illustra tions. Its reading matter is never ex celled and never fails to interest the ladies. Subscription priee $3 per annum. Whitewash your outhouses, fences the trunks of shade and fruit trees, if you would have your place look nice ly and the atmosphere pure. A little of this work may save a spell of fever. There is notbiug so good as a little lime for improving the health and the looks of a settlement. The farmers are preparing ror nar vesting their small grain, and about 75 threshers in the county are waiting for their crops.?Elberton Gazette. You do not need so many threshers. Send some of them to us. We have more oats and fewer thresh ers. "Too proud to beg, too honest to steal," and too lazy to work, are fail ings that the youth of the country to much given to. What accounts for the large number of respectable va grants to be found in every communi ty. Ostracise them from society un less they go to work. Slow Mails.?Uncle Sam Is not prompt in bringing us the Audcrwn Journal. It seems with good mail arrangements that one day would be . lufficieut to bring that paper from Anderson. It is printed Friday and comes to usou Saturday. ? When young men visit their sweet hearts in the evening at this season of the year, they should endeavor to make their appearance before nine o'clock, as they may put the divinities to some trouble if they arrive later. Little Harry, the youngest daughter of the Rector of Trinity church, is ill. for whom the prayers of the congregation were asked on Sun day last. We wish her a speedy de iiverauce from her present atliiction. We were under the impression that fishing parties had played out, but it is not so. There were two parties out last week. One good lady by accident jumped into the creek where it was auuuv a j aiu uccp. Trial Justice Barker and Sherifl Richardson make official statements of the lynching of the Harmon mur derers, giving substantially the facts which we have already published. The garden thieves have been ope rating on the premises of W. H. Par ker, Esq. They pulled up all of his Irish potatoes one night last week. An uuudually large quantity of cab bage plants and potato slips have beeu Met out since the rain, and the prospect for crout and potatoes is fine. It is a notable fact that a nickle will make as much noise as a silver quarter, when dropped into the con tribution box on Sunday. ~ J. T. Miller, Esq., has a boy fhrofl mnnfliti nlfl anil so fur. he lias been unable to find a suitable name for the little 3filler. Miss Hattie Lythgoe, of our town, is going to Aiken in a day or two, where she will spend the Sum mer with relatives. There will be a good many peach es this year, notwithstanding*the cold snap that was said by some to have injured the crop. The sweet, soothing notes of the ac commodating serenader is often heard in our midst?the sereuaders being a brace of cats. Remember that good clean oat straw is as good for your stock a? fod der and much cheaper. Save it by all means. The season for green plums and ap ples, sick boys, paregoric and mustard plasters will soon be here. The Rural Carolinian for June has been received and as usual is filled with interesting matter. The cost of shooting an alderman in Ninety-Six ranges from one dollar to five dollars a shoot. The fine season of rain has helped vegetation wonderfully, and gardens are doing their best. Miss Kershaw, of Camden, is now in Abbeville, visiting her brother, Rev. John Kershaw. Mr. J. R. Dickenson has left Ab beville. He will henceforth reside at Madison Florida. Mr. JTewlin Mercer says we are mis taken in supposing that he is a Car penter man. That sprightly little daily the Phoe nix is soon to be enlarged. May suc cess attend.' The finest field of oats that we have seeu is on Capt. J. W. Perrin's planta tion. The vegetable thieves have been sampling Mr. Thomson's Irish pota toes. Rev. Me. Kershaw's garden has been robbed of early vegetables. Mr. Amos Morse will in a few days visit relations in Alabama. Alfred Ellison has resigned his position as cbief of police. London Hill's two year old hlld died on Sunday. Gen. McGowan was at Laurens gourt last week. Echoes From Ninety-Six. The Sunday editor of the Ninety Six Iferald fell asleep in church last Sunday morning. The up and down passenger trains of the Greenville ana Columbia rail road meet at Ninety-Six. The Largest Crop.?Mr. Lewis Moore, of Ninety-Six, will harvest fuily a million of oats this season. A little son of Mr. Frank Cooper, aged eight years, died last Friday of ulcerated sore throat. Two brick yards are now in full op eration at Ninety-Six while the third is waiting in suspeuse. Hurry up the mud! This is harvest week. Within the Al/)?af tnkom fanf llitJIUUrj' Ul 111C Uiucob iuiinuiMiuv| shocks, sheaves and grain have not been so plentiful. A practical gentleman assures us that at least two thousand bushels of oats will be made within the incorpo rated limits, Messrs. Lawrence Fouche and James W. Fouche have been drawn to serve as grand jurors for August term of U. 8. court, Greenville. The great rush of new and paying j subrscribere has forced the editor of the Ninety-Six Herald to advertise for | iron steps for that office. We are pleased to state that some of our moneyed men propose establish ing a national bank at this place at an early day. We hope to see it in full blast before the cotton season opens. An old tlop-eaced hound took break fast in Mr. Pope's grocery store on Wednesday. Not being able to settle in * -1 ? ??n/>nkanlra Mr Pnnp eiiuer specie ui giccuuauuD ? just took it, the pay, out of his bide with a wagon whip. A young man came to the Ninety Six Herald office the other (lay to ad vertise for a mother-in-law, and the editor of that paper being a married man dissuaded him from committing so rash an act. We have been looking for a good mother-in-law for a long time, but have made but little progress so far in securing the relation. 'Inter-County Pic-nic. ? The Ninety-Six Herald, savs that some ef fort is being made to have a grand in ter-county pic-nic at Cambridge?the guests to represent the re-union of old Ninety-Six county, comprising Abbe ville, Anderson, Newberry aud Edge field. The Old Fort is the site select ed, and the time the Fourth of July. We trust to see it a success, The I. 0. G. T. of this place have elected and enstalled tbe following of ficers, to serve the present quarter: J F Cason, W C T; Miss Lou Grif fin, L 6: Miss M L Lipscomb, E S; "' " II ur \T rp . n VVMo.1 anas Hiiiu i/uiiiuuu, u ? i , ? ? ?.? jor, W S; Miss E McCants, W AS; R M Anderson, W T; Mrs Lucia Itice, WFS;TC Lipscomb, W G; J YV Lipscomb, W M; Miss Mattie Cal houn, WDM: Jeff Power, I G; J N King, PWG T. Our very excellent neighbor the Ninety Six Herald, has a good word for us, which is appreciated. May he grow rich, live loug and reflect the public sentiment of Ninety-Six, hear him: "The enterprise displayed by the Press and Banner is truly commenda ble. Its attractive illustrations of the Centennial ouuumgs, anu me pun style iu which its Jocal matters are written up, make it a most desirable paper. The proprietors are eudowed with those rare qualifications which are necessary to the existence of a newspaper." . Sparks from WjxLeman'i. C. P. Leserne is now building a water gin at his plantation near Buf- 1 falo. 1 Mr. J. S. Britt's wi^at crop Is ' Excellent. Mr. A. B. Kennedy 4s in trouble. 1 Mr. J. 8. Britt applied to jbim for a ( peck of peas and he could sot supply him. Kennedy says he would rather sell Britt peas than to be the Emperor of Brazil. He is in worse trouble 1 than he was when he lost his ha?j Miss Fannie Truit will be-In Ab- ] beville on the 10th. E. E. Truit will make a speech to 1 the Democrats at McKitrick's Mills, 1 4th Saturday in June. 1 Ttxe- not nnrt whpnt OrOTM In flip 1 Buffalo section are very fine. W. K. Bradley has the finest corn on Long Cane. He also has a good potato and watermelon patch. Capt. J. H. Jones has the best oat patch iu the lower section. J. U. Britt's wheat will turn out 20 bushels to the acre. J. H. Morrah is now busy prepar inga speech for the Missionary Bocie ty at Long Cane. ?. E. Trcjit will address the Bible Society at Long Cane, in July. E. E. Truit is a good old thing. Lei it Publish a History of Abbe* villa onatr. An esteemed citizen has promised to give us some historical facts in ref erence to the early settlement of the Savannah side of the County, which will no doubt ber read with great inter est. As there has never been any his tory of Abbeville County published we think the centennial year a good time to put all historical matters on record, and any one in possession of matters of interest will confer a favor on the County by handing them to the Press and Banner for publication. If the old people of each portion of the couuty would contribute something we would be enabled to publish an in teresting history of our county, and possiblv at a future day we may pub lish it in book form, that the history of our county and the personal remin ^ haamIa n/vifAr IBCCIitXS VI UUI U1U lUJgUIr UCVVI be lost. Facts and circumstances re lating to the lives of our old and hon ored citizens would be treasured by the present and future generations. The Reminiscences of Abbeville by a former resident are, as far as we know, remafkably correct and are read with much interest. Let every one contribute something by putting on record the facts that may be known to each. tf There are some magnificent cos tumes on exhibition at the Centennial. There is one dress especially which at tracts a great deal of attention from the fair sex and over which many of the lady visitors go into raptures.' No doubt some of them could make a fair estimate of the price at which the dress is held, but this does not appear to have been true of two young ladies who recently passed before the show case containing the costume and spec ulated regarding its cost. Their ideas on the suoiect were decidedly primi tive, for while oue guessed that the cos tnr.io umu u'nrlh ?5IMY thpnthprnAnntpd the idea that such a large Jsum would be necessary for its purchase; and both were struck dumb with amaze ment when informed by the attendant that the price was 45,000 francs, or 9,000 in gold. Garden Work for June.?Win ter cabbage seeds, if shaded by day until up, may still be planted. Con tinue to plant corn, snap beans corn field beans, and table peas, and save all garden seeds as they ripen. Pre pare ground for turnips, by frequent plowfng or digging. Continue; ;to transplant celery, Winter cabbage, sweet potato slips, tomatoes, etc., pro tecting them from the hot sun. Thin out the later plauted crops of carrots, beets, etc. Cut off the upper shoots of tomato plants where the fruit is half grown, as it hastens maturity. Irish potatoes may be gathered this month, dig early in the morning or iate in the evening, or in cloudy weather, bo as to avoid the hot sun. The Mississippi Jetties.?Bom Pedro has visited the Mississippi Jet ties, and expresses himself as amazed that so great a work should have been achieved by private enterprise; as Congress only appropriated $5,000,000 when thirty feet of water was obtain* ed at the mouth of the river, and $2,500, 000 when a depth of twenty feet was reached. Private enterprise under takes the whole risk. The success ftromises to be complete..and to revo utionize the whole trade of the Mis sissippi Valley. Captaiu Eads promi ses to be the hero of the day. The Harmon Murder. WHAT SOME OF OUB EX CHANGES HAVE 70 SAY ABOUT IT. The Lr>ckiac * Edgefield. Tbe lynching of the murderers o Mr. and Mrs. Harmon, in Edgeflelc county, was, we grant, an extrem< measure; but the crime was unusually horrible aud the surrounding circum stances were such as to provoke a re sort to means of an assuring public safety which obtain where Courts and Juries are unknown. The age of the murdered man and his wife, their feeble and unprotected condition, and the absolute absence, on the part of the murderers, of an} other motive than nlunder, make the crime most foul ana unnatural. A la borer, whom Mr. Harmon knew, en gaged the old mau in conversation, and the bloody gang seizing the op -thom hoaf Hntvn JJUt lUlillJ W/ UJIOUU DUVillf UVMV W*f M their victims with bludgeons and fin ished their work with the knife. There was no doubt of the guilt of the accused. There was no danger, as in some cases of lynching, of punishing the wroug persons. One of the mur derers confessed the crime, and his confession was fully corroborated. We grant that even the character oi the deed and the certainty of theii guilt might not, and would not, serve as any excuse for the summary killi ng of the murderers, in other Slates than this ; but they do, in a measure, ex cuse it in South Carolina, and we say it with deep sorrow that it should be so. The negroes overwhelmingly out number the whites in this State. They are passionate, and heedless, and have a narrow sense of moral re sDousibilitv. When a necrro is tempt ed to commit a crime only oue thing will restrain him, and that is the cer tainty of a quick and severe punish ment. In this State there is no such certainty. The iguorance of the Jury and their clannishness give a crimi nal a fine chance to escape; one man on a jury will save the felon's neck, then the carelessness and inexperi ence of the prosecuting officers is such that an indictment is rarely drawn that an astute lawyer cannot pick to pieces. There is usually an appeal, or a mo tion for a new trial; delay, and delay and delay, and possible escape at last. The negroes understand this and 90 the death penalty loses its terrors for them. They kill their victim, and trust to their color and to luck for safety. It was, therefore, as an example to oth ers, as a proof that punishment does t#?i_ 1 ?: s? cn,<th BWIlUjr AU1IUYY U1UIC, CVUI 1U ?.UU?IJ Carolina, as much as to punish the special offenders, that the Harmon murderers were shot to death. Violence is always to be deprecated and generally to be condemned. Es pecially muse this be so in South Car olina, where by peace is all to be gain ed, and by bloodshed is all to be lost. But in dwelling upon the act of an outraged people, and in condemning 'lynching," except where the law has been tried and has failed, we must bear in mind the nature of the crime, the provocation the people had, and the danger to which tney are exposed when, in any way, such erimes can go unpunished.?Charleston News and, Courier. Judge Lynch. Tn o nrolt nnlorpd nf BOCfetv such acts arc inexcusable, but the very fact that a gaeat number of citizens of sound judgment dispassionately pur sued such a course is alone sufficient to show in what an awful condition we are placed if but such action can make life and property reasonably secure. In a civilized country sucn thiugs should never occur; but in such country we, at present, do not live. In a well organized government the criminal is brought to justice with reasonable surety and promptness. Everybody knows that criminal jus tice in this State has been a mockery for years ; the^ury is filled with igno rant and unprincipled men, who do pot hesitate to bring in a verdict of not guilty against the plainest and mo9? conclusive evidence; color, poli tics and money control the verdicts of most of them; we of Newberry have some experience in una inciter, xi might have been Hupposod that with people who bad just been released from slavery larceny would be a com mon offence?well, that Is bad enough, and it has been suffered a good while ?but when the tripple crime of mur der, robbery and arson threatens to become epidemic in the land and each recurring case is accompanied with more brutality than the pieceding, can people be blamed for becoming alarmed for their own safety; when citizens become afraid to walk half a mile out of town for fear of being killed for a quarter of a dollar, should they be punished for applying a reme dy that is not found in the regular Materia Medica. We had never thought it possible that we could be placed in such a lawless condition as to find an excuse for the application of Lynch Law under any circumstances. If we still cannot approve uor recom mend repetition?for the precedent is exceedingly dangerous?excuse can hardly be withheld in this particular case.?Newberry Herald. Six Murderers Lynched. We publish this week full details of the cold-blooded murders of Mr. John D. Harmon and wife in Edgefield rvmntv onH nf (ho ImmpHintA nhnnt ing in broad daylight, of the six ne gro men who confessed that they had committed the murders. The annals of crime would be searched in vain to find a more brutal and fleudish massa cre in cold blood than the killing of Mr. and Mrs. Harmon. The punish ment of the murderers was swift and awful, but we cannot say that it has not been just and deserved. A terri ble crime has been atoned for by a ter rible punishment. A fearful disease calls for a powerful remedy. All good people must deprecate the lynch law under any circumstances, and must regret that the people of Edgefield and Abbeville, in this instance, could not have controlled their feelings, and allowed the law to have taken its course. It is a dangerous precedent for any person or persons to take the ' 1 - I mw in tucu uw 11 nanus, nu mauci what may be the provocation. But, If there ever were an instance in which lynch law was justifiable, the lynch ing of these six confessed murderers was justifiable. And while we abhor lynch law, and are opposed to its ex ercise under any but the most ex treme circumstances, we must look with Bome toleration upon the sum mary punishment inflicted upon those "fiends in hnman shape," who so brutally murdered Mr. and Mrs, Harmon. ?Spartanburg Herald. The Troubles in Edgefield. The news from Edgefield county this week is startling. The horrible murder of the Harmons is without a parallel in this State, and can only be equaled by the savage Indians on the border. People may say what they filease, but the people who. after wait nc for the veraict of the coroner's ju rv, took out the murderers_?nd shot tneni down, did the only proper thing to be done under the circumstances. The two extremes had met in this in stance, and it would have looked like abject cowardice to have turned over these self-convicted murderers to the State, when it is so well known that justice is now a mockery. All ol these things are but the result of bad government, and when the crisis Anmoa tha nnlv rnmorlv loff ia fnr iHc VUUIVO btiu Vli ij ivuivwj ?VI v IU ??/* fcwv people, in the broad light of the day, to take the law in their own hands. We allude not so much to our Gover nor, who so far as we can see has used his power to preserve the peace, and restore good government; but bit power is limited, and his willingness to apply the law, without fear, fovor oi affection, can be too easily defeated by other officials..?Carolina Spartan, Tke Edgefield Tragedy. It was the deliberate act of outraged citizens, whose homes are in jeopard* while such inhuman crimes are.toler ated for an instant. We deprecat< lawlessness and disorder as the worn evil which can befall society, but it this instance we believe that the safe ty and security of every citizen de iuandcd that prompt and unhesita {ting retribution should be visited upon the villains who concocted and carried out this scheme of plunder and mur der. Until the recurrence of such aw ful crimes aa the Harmon murder is effectually repressed by th9 strong arm of the law, are cannot expect any community to refrain from executing dire and speedy vengeanee upon such enemies of civilised society.?Ander son Intelligencer. Lynching of the Hansen Marderera. We have no details of the lynching of the murderers of the Harmons in Edgefield county. We give elsewhere an account of the murder, taken from the Advertiser. We have seldom read a more' barbarous butchery, and the action of the citizens of tne neigh borhood in lynching the self-confessed criminals will not be regarded with se vere disapprobation by the publio gen* "M11 \\7? A?r? AaatltT unflAM^Otl/l fllA CIU11J TV C U?U COOliJ UIIUVIOIMUU iuv deep thirst for speedy vengeance which takes possession of a communi ty when brought face to face with such a crime, with bloody corpses of friends and relatives, and with the un doubted perpetrators of the deed with in reach. No part of the United Statf3 has escaped some such experi ence. Nevertheless, the fact remains that lawlessness begets lawlessness, and mob law is the very reverse of what law should be. It is heedless, fierce, vindictive, Impatient. It par* takes of the same spirit of disregard of tbe sanctity of human life that is evident in tbe bloody deed sought to be avenged. It leaves behind it also seeds or future trouble. We, there fore, regret and deplore the action of the citizens, while admitting that the circumstances of the case seem to go far to excuse it.? Union Herald. Served Them Bight. Five negroes, who foully and brutally murdered an old gentleman and his wife, named Harmon, in Edgefield _ #? j 1? uuuuty, a lew uujrs biuuo, wiving wu fessed their guilt, were taken trom the Sheriff and shot by the people of the coram unity where the horrible deed was committed. Two of the murder ers were preaohere.?Merchant and Farmer. Blood?Cfcilled Murder*. Within the past five months four blood-chilled murders have been per petrated in tliis State; viz: Mr. Reed, at Poiuaria, Mr. Murphy, at Lynoh burg, Sumter county; Glen. Howard, iu Oraugeburg county Jif we recollect correctly. aad now this one. the lead ing details which we have j ust given. Therefore, need there be surprise at the instant shooting of the murder ers of the Harmons? We think not. Such diabolical ooeurrencies are two common ; besides, Hue chancer under the present laws and Jury system are two many for the ^scaping of the guil ty ones. The people wiU not regret this action of the citizens of Edge field, in avenging a great crime against civilization.?Qreenvillc En terprise and Mountaineer. The Natural Coaaeqaejuse. The wholesale lynching la South Carolina, though there was nothing political in its character, had its -ori gin in some measure in polities. In that negro-ridden State, the natural consequence of Radical misrule has I 1 -J oeeu a isx ttuuiiuuiirauuu ui jubuw, especially where colored men were concerned. The people at last, tired of dilatory or corrupt courts, insecure jails and easily obtained pardons, and when the Harmons, old, feeble anu in offensive folk, were knooked on the head and had their throats cut by a gang of murderers, they took the scoundrels and put them to death. The lynching was conducted with un usual deliberation; The vigilantes made no effort to disguise themselves or avoid responsibility for their act, which was done in broad day and be fore the whole population, whioh, without an exception, approved it. Altogether the execution is one of the most remarkable that has been record ed on this side of the Rocky Moun tains, and one that should not be classed with the exhibitions of mob law so frequent in the South and West.?New York World. The Harmoa Murdereira. It would perhaps be improper to Bay that we approve of the way in which these fiends were made to expiate their crime, but in what manner are sucn uruitti uuuugcs up;u ja?wiuhi citizens to be reached ? If we allow such cases to be carried into the Courts, nine cases outof ten, the ju ries axe .composed of the most unscru pulous class of men, who are manipu lated by sharpers and tricksters, and, moreover, moved by political prejudi ces against the white race to such a de gree that a desperado is turned loose upon the public, scot free. In the above case the murderers confessed their guilt, and in eonsequenee suffer ed no severer punishment than a civ ilized and law-abiding community de mands. It will stand open for years as a readable lesson to those who cherish like animosities, In all in stances suoh atrocities will be punish ed by the people if not by the law. There is no use in trying to "whip the Devil round the stump/' the murder ers deserved their reward. And the sooner all such characters are oblitera ted from the face of the earth the bet ter it will be for those of their race who are endeavoring to live on peace able terms, and with good will towards all men, white and colored alike. We were glad to note the iuterest manifested by the negroes of the sec tion in which the murder took place, in bringing the guilty to justice. For the last three or four years, crime in South Caroliua has become an every day occurrence, and it can justly be attributed to the loose manner in which some of the juries dispose of their honor, and the easy time peni tentiary convicts have when their la bors should be Jbard.?HarntoeU Aent<! ru>l. One Handred Cheenu A prominent gentleman x?t Union in a private letter to a friend at this place, "sends one hundred cheers to the noble men of Abbeville and Edge field who avenged the cruel murder of the Harmons J' The Cbops.?We hear of some just in the wheat crop of the County, though it is hoped that the general crop is not seriously injured. The oat crop will be a tolerably fair yield, fall oats particularly. Spring oats was cut somewhat short by drought. The stands of corn and cotton are reported good.?Laurensville Herald. Closed.?The Columbia Hotel was formally closed yesterday, and the boarders?some of whom have been quartered there since Its inception as a hostelry?are scattered here and there. ?Phoenix. The late Blue Ridge meeting In Charleston seems to have thrown cold water on the enterprise. More seems to have been expected of Charleston in furnishing "the sinews of War" than she is prepared to give. There baa been a torpedo cbicken invented, and has been used success fully. Let's get a few and try 'em about here. We are nevertheless a friend to the colored man. We are indebted to the Fuphemians for an invitation to be present at the commencemt at Erskine College which takes place on the 5th, of July. Charles O'Connor has been com pletely exculpated from the charge of having made exorbitant fees in the Forest Divorce case. Governor Chamberlain has pro claimed the 28th June, the anniversa ry of the battle of Fort Moultrie, a le gal holiday. An effort is to be made to set aside the will of the late A. T. Stewart, on the part of some of his deceased rela tives. Vne Sultan of Turkey has been de throned, and the heir presumptive elected to the throne. Delegates and visitors to the St. Louis Convention are to be passed over all the railroads for one fere. The negro party have been defeated in the municipal election In the city of Petersburg, Va. Mr. Frank Cox, of Greenville, 8. C., is preparing to erect a fine residence in Cha|totte, N. C. Abbeville Doctors. REMINISCENCES OF ABBEVILLE BY AN EX-ABBEVILLIAN OF OVER FORTY 1fEAR8. The practicing physicians at Abbe ville Id 1834 were Fmnklin Brunch, Isaac Branch and Robert Lewis Tag girt. The last was the youngest, best educated, for he was one of Baker's boys, aud perhaps naturally the uiost talented, but was too convivial and "'smiled" too often at Coehran's. Frank got nearly ail the practice around about for a long time?Tnwrart went West soon, and as for Isiiac, it did look for a long time like the Jordan of bis pills was a hard road to travel, but the sickly year of 1836 brought him in de mand and he showed to such advantage thnt. h? crnt. in tha nlrhirps. and then and there became physician in the family ot this scribbler, and ever after wards maintained it and had no further trouble, except sentimentally with his oousin Frank, whom he (Isaac) hated with "a perfect hatred," and took all occasions to show it and often to tell his cousin of It, to which the latter replied always with a laugh, most abominable and more shattering to Isaac's nerves than a broadside from a battery. I knew from his looks he In his heart of hearts cursed that laugh. Frank wouldn't quarrel with him, and that laugh was all that Isaac or any for him couli set in that direction. Isaac would nght, but Franklin wouldn't; both were In the Methodist church, and Frauklin was a" licensed minister but seldom preached, as his practice required all his time, or nearly so. Isaac would hear or imagine that Frauklin had slandered or disparaged him and have him "up in the church," bat the laugh was all that could be proved satisfactorily, and oonvlctlon would necessarily foil. Isaac thought he did not get Justice, as Franklin was tried by his peers of rank, and he (Isaac) complained in such emphatic Anglo-Saxon terms that Brother Crook, who presided at the last trial, was about to take him jjp. Isaac, after I left him, became Presbyterian in felth, and ft?om whieb he should have never diverged. But that was not all. Dr. Taggart was unfriendly to both and both to him. and he being a Brinkerhoff, also, had a regular nse to" with Isaac. They fought and i saw it And let this writer here -say that away from Abbeville twenty-five years ana more and In the far distant West he has had much acquaintance, and never has he seen or heard?f?uch a doctor's mess as Abbeville <uaed to Sresent on the "amity question." Dr. o. Ward law came ou about 1838 and helped matters, as It became possible then, if Arnold couldn't be .had, to have consultations, as they and every body else liked him. He was .a good doctor, but should have been some . ? AM J? ? I < a lUlUg CiKJ| UKJW 1U1 bUO IMCA AJU .aUlAHJy for he bad plenty of sense, Jbut be was too sympathetic. He pulled a tooth for this writer once, and plague me if it did not give him more pain than me, and I was told when be bad a sick female patient it also gave him another ease ill himself: and it wasn'tchicken heartedness, for he was the pluckiest Ward law ever seen, genial, but met every square Inch of fight tendered hid with one inch and a quarter; and speaking of his takiDg out my tooth, reminds me that about the same time he removed one for Frank A. Calhoun by sending it down his throat or In that direction. But Abbeville had another doctor, the doctor?all doetor and a great deal more, and more of a man by far than his inches, for he was below medium size, the two first let ters of whose name was Alexander Arnold, born probably at the Dead Fall, where hjs lather lived in 1800, so said mine, wno was a schoolmate of A. B. in 1800. He had before my day moved his camp to the country, with headquarters in the saddle, but he was the national doctor of Abbeville and also for several counties in Georgia. He once lived at the Court House, on the place afterwards owned and occu Eietf by Judge Ward la W, and perhaps uilt that house which we all talked about and bragged on in' "those days." bysand Garlingtonbad nonesuch. He was the seat consulted, and his word was medical law and gospel. The stars and garters and knightly spurs thrust upon him, and which be wore without seeking, were won by achievements all his own. The confidenco in him was unbounded, and the respect for Mm, both in and out of his profession, amounted almost to adoration. It was his influence, in conjunction with the Bey. Dr. Barr's, that came so near against such tremendous odds making Abbeville in 1840 change the line and tenor of her political life. Dr. Arnold, though small, was well developed and active in early and middle life, he moved as if on springs, but wore.him Al/nut; literal!v in his profession for other people's tieneflt, not his own, for with an economical wife and no chil dren and a small form scarcely a year passed without the sheriff advertising something of what he had. The poor begged for his presence and the rich sent for him, and all got him unless the demand was more than tbesupply, and between conflicting demands be was as apt to go to see one as the other. Had hd demanded fees In advance the demand would have oeen met, and with Alston to invest or Posey to loan it, be could have died a millionaire. majcr aibiuu, ma noiiu pcisunoi auu political friend, deplored him fl nancially. I knew both of them, and ate several times good meals with Mrs. Arnold; and neither Major Alston or Dr. Arnold died or suffered for food and clothing, and tbis was all Jacob Astor, on his own statement, got out of his "pile." I make this reveiatiou for the consola tion of your poor readers (of which this writer Is chief) of your rich col umned paper. But begging pardon for this digression, let me return to Dr. Arnold, and as there are so many living wbose diseases he cured ana whooe lives be prolonged, and If they are now dead tbey tola their children so much About him, tbat I may prop erly omit many things which would be proper and pertinent to posterity fifty y^ars hence. Dr. Arnold very inativ )v<Lri mnre confidence in his own practice than in any other, and when worn dowu by exhaustion prescribed for himself one of the unadulterated ingredients used in tincture, and occa sionally took Alt overdose for his heels, but never his head. This was so well understood after 1840 that the rich sent for him with carriages and orders to drivers: "Bringhim if need he." As an evidence of the-confidence in him I will relate what I-heard thirty years ago, in his lifetime, and which was so well authenticated at the time that I never doubted or questioned the truth of the statement, and so well cor roborated by general character and facts. A man and his wife sent for him to see their sick child and be wont fnnnd it verv sick, but to his well initiated understanding not dan gerous, and heso stated, but the parents grieved and cried until he got mad and swore (bis theology admitted of such on a pinch and as an ingredient in his practice) that he intended to sleep with it and it $hould be well the next morning. IJe did so on a pallet, with the parents snoring soundly in an ad* joining room. The next morning the -LJIJ fKo Hnnfnp ha/i CIIIill was nwii unu >uv almost to light his way out of the em* braces of the parents. I will here relate a matter with which Dr. Arnold was connected before my day. It was current forty years ago upon the streets of your town, so talkea about and never questioned in my hearing, and "I tell the tale as it was told to me." I can't date the event and it bears a good margin as wide as the old jealousy between Georgia and South Carolina growing out of their Ppqtit m 1-H and P*I. boun. When Dr. Arnold lived in the town there lived also in the old Mc Laren building a wealthy family nam ,ed Wooldridge, and there boarded there a man named Tom Wooldridge. He was sent to the great high school at Sparta, Ga., taught by the father of the late honorable Hotfell Cobb. He there also fell in love with a love ly women, (and what man except hereinafter named, could blame him,) and found a rival in a fel low.student named Moffett, and as usual in "those days," the former hav ing precedence in favor, the latter challenged the former to fight a duel, but the former having Falstaff ideas of honor, and the fear of death before his eyes, not only surrendered the girl, but apologised for loving her, and for peace and safety came home; and the girl still not showing favor to Mof fett after his disgrace of Tom, he fol lowed him to Abbeville Court House and challenged him again, through his friend and second the late Gov. McDonald of Georgia, if my recollec tion is not at fault. The cartel was written in the Taggart building and re ceived in the Hotel de McLaren. It put Tom to bed and he sent for Ar nold, not as a "friend," but as a phy sician. Arnold came and Tom told him honestly what was the matter. The Doctor gave bis patient a stimu lant and tola him he would get him out of the difficultywrote a note which he had Tom to sign acknowl edging the receipt of their note and referriug the "whole matter to my friend Dr. A. B. Arnold." Iu about an hour the Dr. returned and told Tom the "arrangements" which were?"at Petersburg tlii* day week, 6 o'clock A. M., xylols at ten paces." Tom swooned declaring that be could'nt go: to which the Doctor replied: "that's all right; all you have to do in to|default and that will give me a chance at them. Georgia shall not crow on this soil." At the appointed Hour tne juocior was inert, uuu wu trary to his expectations, Tom was on hand and ready to take the peg, which he (the latter) insisted on and did, and at the first fire received his , adversary's ball in the elbow going out at the shoulder and seut his into the forehead of his adversary who fell and expired instantly. It Is said that Tom then left and was uneasy until he had himself lauded at Vienna, while the Doctor remained on the field uutil all others had goue aud returned with measured steps. Dr. Arnold took the stump for Har rison and Tyler in 1840?was a splendid conversationalist, but only a sensible speaker, not eloquent on the stump; but his face, not handsome, spoke Wore than most men's words. The last time I saw bim was more that) twenty-five years ago, when J met bim on his 2.40 pacer at the fork of the Lowndesfille and Anderson roads, 7| miles above the town. We stopped mutually aud shook hands; my former practiceliad been to stop him. if he did not aae. He was in a great hurry, always was, sever over or out of it till death, and simply said: "Collins, (or something else) I understand you are going to leave us," and the reply was in the affirmative, and with a snake of the hand he added, "I am sorry for it ?good bye and God bless you!" and to which this writer added, "And the same to you. Doctor.1' He died yea re ago, so said, and Abbeville was long before him without such a man, and it 3 will D6 many a ua^ wnuuui o umawi, before you look upou bis like again. * * * McDevitt's Flight. McDevitt is goue?to the Centenni al. to New York, to Canada?to the devil we hope! Previous to sailing from Charleston, be removed $40,000 from the Central National Bank of Columbia, to a Charleston Bank. Forty thousand ? It should have been nearer. One Hundred Thousand! Edgefield's tax, just collected, amounts to some $70,000? of which extremely little has been disbursed. And (Judgd Carpenter confesses to $19,000 of the money enjoined. A beautiful state of things! beautiful Treasurer! beauti * ' I Koaiitifnl srlminlnfrntinn f 1U1 lIUUKCi 1/Vt.UW.V. . beautiful party! and a beautifully chiseled set of white taxpayers! Yes, McDevitt is gone! But heaVen has left us some comfort yet. We have Paris Simpkins still?Paris, with whom, mark you! McDevitt settled before be left?And Cain, and Carpeu ter, and Runkle, and McDevitt's yel low dog, and the glorious memory of MeDevitt's virtue! And Edgefield is robbed at one haul of Oue Hundred Thousand Dollars.? Edgefield Advertis er. Mabjcuuuqe.?Girls talk and laugh about marriage as though it was a ju bilee, a gladsome thing, a rose without a thorn. And so it Is, if i?f. is all right ?if they go about it as rational beings instead o?# merry-ntaking' cuiiaren. It is a serious thing to nany. It is a life business. Therefore never do it in baste; never run away to get mar ried*; never marry for wealth or stand ing, or fine parson, manners, bat for character, for worth, far the qualities of the mind and heart -which znako an honorable man. Take time; MUlitJc long and well before you accept an.\7 proposal; consult jour parents, then , some judicious friaod, thee your own 1 judgment. Learn all that Li possible for you to learn of your proposed hus band. When all doubts have been re moved, and not till then, accept liiio. ?Exchange. The ministrations of the liev. 3L A. Fair, and the Bev. Mr. 3?artln, in our town, on Saturday and Sunday last, * made up an occcasion of rare pleasure profit for our people. Our whole com munity was udfeignedly "delighted, and all congregations and All classes hastened to-ao united honor -to the*e Brood and gifted men. It is long in-)1 deed since we have beard such able aud such zealous preachers. With perfect sincerity we can assure these reverend gentlemen that nothing would give our people more unfeigned pleasure than to see and hear them very soon again?indeed very often in future. We hope that such will be our privilege.?Edgefield. Advertiser. Capt. G. W. Rhellandhis son,W. L. Shell, were tried at Laurens Court House, on Saturday last, for the mur der of Joseph Crews, before Judge Northrop, and the verdict of the jury was not guilty. NOTICE Gejiebal Supebintewdant's Office, ) Greenville & Columbia R. R. Co. > Columbia, S. C., June 2, 1876. J THE Accommodation Trains Nob. 2 and 8, on the Anderson and Abbe ville Branches.vis: between Belton and Anderson, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays; and between Hodges and Ab beville, on Mondays, Wednesdays and . Fridays, will be Discontinued, on and af- i tor Thursday, the 8th of June, until fur* ther notice. THOMAS DODAMEAD, General Superintendent. Abbeville Agricultural Society. AMEETINti or tue HlOCKnoiaers ui this Society Is called on Saturday, 17th June next, to be.held at the conclu sion of the address of Mr. Smedley, , Grand Lecturer, before the Grangers of , Abbeville County. By order of President Aiken. W. H. PARKER, Secretary, Abbeville Agr. Sty. June, 5th 1876. Attention, "Grangers." WORTHY Lecturer, A. B. 8medley, of Iowa, will address the public, at the Court House on Saturday, ifth June, at 11 o'clock, a. m. All Patrons, male and female, are ex pected to do tlieir duty. The public are rospectfully invited to attend. J. WARDLAW PERRIN, President, Abbeville Co., Council. A. M. Aiken, Secretary. PTWAT. T)TSfiTTARGE. NOTICE is hereby given that Betsy Caldwell, Administratrix of the Estate of Willis Caldwell, deceased, has applied to Thos. B. Millford, Judge of Probate, in and for the County of Abbe ville. for a final discharge as Adminis tratrix. It is Ordered, That the thirtieth day of June. A. D. 1876, be fixed for hearing of Petition, and a final settlement of said estate. J. C. WOSMANSKY, Clerk Court Probate, Abbeville County. Office of Probate Judge, > May 28, 1876, 4t J To Arrive. LIGHT PRINTS, Blonchojl Home spuns, Linen Fans, Rufflings, Mil liner?, Lace and Silk Scarfs, Veilings, Ac., this week at the EMPORIUM OF FASHION. May 24,1876. THE DELHTQ On Monday last the Audi tracts of land for taxe*, ? rti by Che parties interested p?y which they paid, with 25 with oO per cent, additions the Auditor will make titles tc The land sold is to be run ofl square from the most north-we The Hales are to be continued t< Xarae of Delinquent. Hansom Chany Richard Davis, Thos. Reid, ... John M. Long,. Est. J. B. Armstrong, Est. Robert Hlnton.... Mwy WUllam* Darcun Mitchell, Estate jM. Erwin, Baily, Uoozer H dfc Co, j? A. Andenson,_... C. Cuddy W R r\..?r. ft j d 2 ? ? u 0 ! a 3 ? fr< 6 s s K 6 Z 7 lofl _ 1 _ i 774 I X 44 3 1 1 5 "ao 8 01 ... 5 46 ... S CO e 125 ? 7 15 1 8 178 8 a 239 orvvr "i i ... Saille* Nancy Botta,. Estate Lem Ucld,_ Mrs. E. VauKhn, Eat. Robe.t fioyd, James M. Martin, Hutson Lea, Trustee,? Mack Bugg, ? 15 Robert Black, 15 Isaac Jenkins? 15 Elijah Tullls, 15 W. 8. Chamberlain^- 16 Estate Jas. Banks, 40 Est. B. M. MoKltrlok, U Estl'eter Bmlth,w PoHyAnn Carroll,.? ifl 10 300 11 65 11 750 11 100 12 130 13 8801 U 2450 " 48t 50 12 63 803 508 214 51 150 WALLER MER< : BE now offering to the publlq full line of all the Goods get THEII m have been selected with gr READY-MAI A FINE STOCK C A go<n Groceries, Hardware, to which the attention of purchasi WATJJR" Feb. lfl, 1878, 45-tf Ammoniated Bone S 1CAXUF4 ATLANTIC AND TIB 8olttbKe Phosphate Acid, 10 per ce: Organic Matter, 80 per cent.; Yiel ONE TON, CASH, PAYAl ONE TON, 44 V<vn l.t ? l/ilTj X Uil, JWJOUIC xivi. in, lu U For sale by Feb. 9,1876 44-tf Dr. H. D den OFFICE OVEE s?pt. 8,1876, 22-tf ' Barnwell &C< Are daily receiving j ditioDs to their Stock, cone ing of STAPLE DRY GOOD Hats and Clothing, 800tS AND SHOES they keep constantly i jffand, also, a full , line of fcrweries, Bacon and Lard, Meal and Flenr, Coffee and Sugar, Bagging and Ties, Molasses and Syro A FINE LOT OF SUGAR CUBED HAMS! Oct, 6,1875 20-tf CUNNINGHAM AND TEMPLETO Have received and ope ec'l their large Stock of aiifcifl of goods. Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Caps, Hal Hardware, Crockery, Saddlery, & call and see for you selves. Oct. 6,1875 26-tf J.T.Robertsoi CJTILL HAS A ERMNANT ( STOCK ON SALE, at pri BELOW COST At the old Stand, now occupied Messrs. JDuPre, Gambrell & Co. I AM NOW CLOSING MY BU ness, and I expect all who c me to mako Immediate Paymeni and I hope that I will not have to sort to a legal process to enforce < lections. J. T. R0BERTS0I Nov. 10, 1875, tf DEJfT LAND SALES. Itor sold portions of the following ich are redeemable within 30 days inj? to the purchasers the amount additional, and within 80 days 4. if not redeemed within 90 days > purchaser. as near as possible, in the form of a sterly portion of the original tract, vday. :? S3 Ok b* '2 I Name of Purchaacr. 3 0] |?10 901882 6# 9 4 _ 2 08 IS2\ 196 1 22 2 251 7 29 ? 09 118 94 4 0*j 14 74 2 Ofitf 11 44 1 021 8 47 1 *4 9 72 . 95 7 07 1 Sii I 10*1 7 02i 19 98 S&i 13 74 ae 17 3 20 14 40 ?t 98 8 is} 14 aoj si 89 m <3 29| 46 061114 00 470 II ? 47 04 122 71 100 I 92! 1 83! 7 07 H T. V. To] berk Tbaa. Thomson. R. XL Hill. J. C. Woamansky. J, C. Wonuaitr, J. C. Wo* macs* jr. J. C, Woeman?ky. A. jr. Jones, T. W. To! beri. Waller & Parks. T. 1*. Tolbert. R. K. Hill. 8. McOowan. K. H. Dsrlin. A. W, Jones. 2 78 2 04 e?j .1 41 *65 1 32 2 bO I an 675 II S* !t W 1 12 5 X) 8 74 M| ICS 62| 29 82| 10 411 3 40 18 50 14 01 001 48 2S4 43125 8 72 9 13 77 44 10 22 U 19 87 63 48 75 120 S3 74 90 83 481 60 38 17, 49 13 ? 20 S. McGcnm. A. Burt. AM. Hall. A. W. JOTICT. Dr. J. W."W. Marshall. Asa Hall. B. H. Baker. J. C. Wotinaiuky. B. H. Baker. R. E, Hill. J. a Jermings. T. V. Tolbert A, a Smith. T. X. Tolbert, aer & BROTHER, CHARTS AT Q0D, 8. c? In their new and handsome bulldinb, a ieralJy needed in tbiscoihmunity. t STOCK OF eat care, and unusually attractive. DE CLOTHING. IF BOOTS AVO SHOES. f ' ?A - ->0, r ^ 1 assortment of Crockery, and Glassware. i? is Invited. a & BROTHER. i . . IEKA uper Phosphate of Lime, CTUBED BY THE GIHIA FEETMZIHG CO. nt.; Insoluble Phosphate Acid, 5 per cent.; ding Ammonia, 3} percent. 1 APRIL lit,. ..?$ 47 ? liddliog cotton at 15 cents per lb....... CD 00 lwell db Co> . WILSON, T 1ST , IXiIjS, s. O THE POST 01TICE. 9. ID list S| I! ON CONGAREE ooiumbiA, m. o. PEOPRIETOR. JtAItTJFACTCREB 07 STEAM ENGINES AND BOW | irou ana uregi l/'anugs of all descriptions made to Order, I WAS awarded the first premium castings atrlhe State Agricultural ana Mechanical Society .Fairs, held in Colum bia, November, il?fe,''<Z2 and '78. Circular Saw Hills of all*sizes. Also took the .FIRST PREMIUM State Faire.held November, 1871, '12, '.73. .Manufacturer of GRIST MILL IRONS . .?f " of all sizes.| Gin Gearing of Ae Allowing sixes : >0 foot wheal and pittlou....^.? $30 00 tO 44 44 ...^,.. 32 00 11 44 " u .35jQC as " " A5U#> '8? ;c. R ft l\ ? " " ?"S0^? With Bolts $6.50 Extra for each set. Antt-fnictloo plates and Balls for-Cotton ftcess f 10.00 and JlZtfOper set. Dj B< SMITH, Agent Abbeville, S. C. Dec. 10,187$, 35-tf Goods at Cost. JWll -deae ei READY-MADE CLOTHING, Bsota, Btoes, Hats, wnsrmv mmnvfl AND DRY GOODS, COST FOR CASH, AT Qnsrhs A Perns'*. Is,/ I * - Feb. 1, 1876, 4S-ti ' JJtS Thresher and Fail FOB SALE BY BASNWELL & CO. May 31, 1876, tf