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The Press and Banner.
ABBEVILLE, S, C,
Wednesday, June 21, 1876.
Rail Road Disaster,
The Trestle Across Broadway Creek
Falls and Precipitates a Traia
of Cars to the Water, Se^
eaty Feet Beio\y,
ALL OH BOARD PERISH,
On Friday lost George W. Williams
and fan0y, of Charleston, were on
their way in a chartered car to Nacoo
che Valley, in Georgia, this side of
Griffin, via Anderson, and when at
that town he learned that there was a
break in the road near Pendleton, and
that it was useless for the party to pro
ceed farther. After stopping at An
derson a telegram was dispatched to
Col. Dodamead by Mr. Williams, ask
ing if be would uot that evening have
his car dispatched to Greeuvilie. An
affirmative answer was given and the
conductor and engineer with the train
hands, went to Belton. After un
coupling Mr. Williams' car from the
train at Belton it was taken to Green
ville by another engine.
THE FATAL TBLEOKAM.
Ti io aaiti Mmf Mia Kiinprfntendent of
the road telegraphed to the conductor;
of the Anderson train to remain over;
Mil night at Bel ton, which would have !
deferred the catastrophe until next
morning, but the conductor asked to
l>e allowed to make the trip that night.
The Superintendent consented, and
the Auoersou traiu started back be
tween eight and nine o'clock. When
It arrived at Broadway trestle the con
ductor stopped his train aud walked
across the bridge with his lantern aud
examined the trestle as well as he
could, and then concluded to risk his
train. Getting aboard, the train at
ten o'clock iu the uight, when a heavy
rain was tailing, Mored on the trestle
which gave way and the engine, ten
der and tuail car were precipitated to
' ? -. H..~ fn.xt tri flm
flhe distance ui sevenyuvc i?i w .
v\vater below,
AND XL Ij ON* BOARD WENT DOWN Toj
DfcLXTJUL
Instantly tine conductor, the engineer,
the fireman and the baggage master
overe killed, but the brakeman lived
Motue eight or ten hours. The brake
jnau was caught in an upright position
with oue baud cliuched between hea
vy timers while his leg was crushed
between other timbers. In this con
dition he remained until the next
morning, when he was released and\
carried to a neighboring house where j
Jie died in the afternoon.
THE OSLY W1TXEW.
A colored woman who lived near
the trestle on the opposite side of the
creek from Anderson, saw the conduc
tor's light as he carried it over the
trestle, saw the train move oft* and
heard the terrible crash when it went
down. This fact she immediately re
jHirted to some one who at once in- j
formed Mr. William Holmes who im-i
mediately set off for Anderson, and j
owing to the swollen waters he had to
go by Prevost's mill, far out of the di-:
rect way, in order to reach the village, j
at which place he arrived at half past i
three o'clock in the morning, convey-1
iug the intelligence that the whole:
train with the members 01 iir. wu-j
Haul's excursion party had gone down
in the trestle, and that all were killed.!
Immediately
THE FIRE BELLS WERE RUNG,
and the peaceful pIu coherers of the;
t>wnatthis hour when stillness or
dinarily reigns supreme was all
hustle and tumult, and soon hundreds
of citizens were assembled at the
Court House with buckets as if going
to a tire. The real cause of the alarm
was quickly known throughout the
town, and the
OKEATE3T EXCITEMENT PREVAILED.
Every vehicle and horse in town was
immediately got ready to carry pas
sengers to the scene of the disaster,
and although the rain was coming
down in torrents, hundreds of men,
both white and black, hurried off by
daylight to render any assistance pos
sible.
THE SCENE WAS AN APPALLING ONE.
In the fall the engiue and tender were
folded together as if they had been
fastened together by hinges. The en
gineer, Mr. Jack Wilson, formerly of
this place, was under the tender with
his head and body beneath the water
ajid his feet playing in tne waters
above as if tied by a string?his legs
had beeu so nearly cut off. The fire
man was on the wood in the tender
and the engine, which was still warm,
was lying upside down on him, and
had mashed him to a jelly between
the engine and tender, while his bow
els floated and swayed in the water as
if anxious to be fefea.?ed. Tlie bodies
of the conductor, LaFoy, and the bag
gage-master, Kitsinger, were^found
some three or four hundred yards be
low, where they had been washed and
lodged agaiust trees, some ten or
twenty feet apart. It is supposed that
they had jumped off the falling train.
The conductor's skull was crushed
and his thigh was broken. The bag
gagemaster had only a slight bruise
on head. He seemed to have been'
killed bv concussion iu striking the
water. The brakem&n, Henry Allen,
alone was alive, auu ue was JIMuiuVa
bly fastened in the timbers in an erect;
]>osition, with his legs crushed, his
arm stretched perpendicularly, his
hand divided or split to the wrist by
the sharp edge of the timbers which
held his arm. In this dreadful condi
tion iu the middle of the rising stream
with no liviug soul within the sound
of his voice, he kept his lonely watch
over the bodies of the dead. When
the accident occurred, Allen was not
more than two feet in the water, but
the stream continued to rise until it
was around his neck. If the waters
had risen a few inches more, he
would have been drowned.
Drs. Narden, Soudday and Broyles
were present aud rendered medical
aid to the wounded man.
TUP TVAITPflT
Trial Justice W. S. Brown, acting
Coroner, at once organized a jury
from the bystanders, and held the'
inquest over the bodies of LaFoy and
Kitsinger, Dr. O. R. Broyles making'
the examination. The jury also ex
amined Allen before he died. After
which they proceeded to inspect the
timbers of the bridga. Up to Sunday
no inquest had been held over the
iiodies of the fireman and engineer,
who were still beneath the wreck.
The report as to
mb. williams' family
being in the wreck was ertoneou.o, as
his car had beeu left at Bclton for the
engine from Greenville to take for
ward to its destination.
the "VEltDICT OP the jury
had not been rendered at last accounts,
but it is expected that the Kailroad
authorities will be severely blamed.
It is known that the feeling against
the Railroad is intense. The people
of Anderson have of late been much
exercised about what they thought to
be an unjust discrimination against
them in the matter of freights to that
point, while they openly assert their
belief that
THE CATASTROPHE WAS THE NAT
URAL RESULT
of the decayed conditiou of the
bridge, and not at ali to be attributed
to accident. Rumor hath it that the
trestle two years ago was pronouncec
unsafe, and that engineer Millibar
about that time reported to the 8a
perintendent that this bridge was un
safe, and said that he was afraid t<
cross it in its condition, whereupon h<
was dismissed from the service of thi
Koad, and his situation given to Mr
Wilson. We are also iuformed thai
the unsafe condition of the tresUU
wag
COM 3COM TALK AMONG THE TBAIS
HANDS,
that the conductor had said hethoughi
it likely that they would all be killec
there?and on one occasion the con
ductor went so far as to show his pock
ct and to explain which was his mou
; ey and which belonged to the railroad,
requesting his confidant to see that his
family got his money in case of acci
jdent. An intelligent and reliable
gentleman passing up the road from
Charleston also told us that the brake
man on Thursday last called his at
tention to the rottenness of the bridge
aud stating that he intended to quit
running on the road at the end of the
month.
THE FAMILIES OF THE DECEASED
all lived at Walhalla. La Foy had a
wife and four children ; Kitsinger a
wife and three children, and some of
the others had families. On Saturday
evening when they all arrived togeth
er at the scene it would have moved a
heart of stone, when the wives beheld
their husbands and the children look
ed upon their fathers held in the iron
grasp amid the timbers, mangled and
dead.
Mr. suinvan was
THE MAIL AGE XT
on this train, but owing to a misun
derstanding as to the exact time the
train would leave, he was accidently
left at Belton. When the train start
ed off he was at the hotel and made
the greatest effort to get aboard but
failed to do so. When the engine
went down at Broadway his car was
smashed to pieces. The mail bags
torn, aud all were washed down the
stream. Much of the mail matter
was lost but the bags have been re
| covered. We suppose Sullivan felt
uncomfortable enough at being left at
Beltou that night, but we presume he
has become reconciled to his fate. We
congratulate him on his escape. He
has never before for the last four years
'missed being with the train every
time it passed that trestle, and we
have no doubt that he uttered if not
orally, mentally, a prayer of thank
fulness for his absence on this occasion.
SINCE THE FALLING
of the trestle multitudes of people
from every section of the surrounding
country have visited the place of the
disaster. 'Many of whom have gone
down to the very spot, while numbers
of others have been satisfied with go
ing to the edge of the abutments and
keeping over from the dizzy heights
above on the dreadful spectacle below.
THE HEIGHT OF THE TRESTLE
is seventy-five feet and six inches
above the level of the water at low
water mark. Some eighty feet of the
trestle is broken, and many hanging
timbers have since fallen. One long
piece which had been hanging by a
foil mi Cunilov vorv iictrl v nfcrihinc
pill 1CI4 uu UUIIUMJ ?v.j ..v? v 0
six men who wefe standing near by?
all of whom would have been killed
had it struck them. The accumula
ting timbers beneath the engine and
tender stopped their downward course1
ten feet above the bottom of the
stream. At its highest the water was,
fourteen feet above the lowest water
mark.
A CONSTRUCTION TRAIN
of the company, with hands, arrived
on the spot about dark Saturday night,
but what work they expect to do just
now, except to extricate the bodies of
those in the rubbish, we have not been
informed, but think it likely that the
engine will be taken to pieces, as a we
presume it would be impossible to
raise it as a whole, to the immense
height of the track, seventy-five feet
above. Unless the company havej
the timbers already on hand, it will I
likely be weeks before a new trestle
can be built. This trestle is at the
same place where
THE EMBANKMENT WAS "WASHED |
AWAY
in the winter of 18G5. During the
heavy rains which fell in February
of that year the volume of water in
creased to immeuse proportions and
obstructions filled the mouth of the
culvert, when the water was dammed
up so that it covered an immense ter
ritory, and whole farms were sub
merged, wheu the water had risen
some thirty feet the embankment
gave way and
THE DESTRUCTION' BELOW WAS TEK
itiriv,?
the water being from hill, swept
bridges, mills, dams, feucing and ev
erything else movable before it. For
this damage the road was never requir
ed to pay a cent. Whether the com
pany will be so fortunate in their set
tlement with the widows made iu this
unfortunate occurrence remains to be
seen. It is said that the Superintend
ent requires all the employees of the
road to sign an obligation
NOT TO HOLD THE COMPANY RES
PONSIBLE
/InAoffoa anskinpH nn tll(> road
while iu their employ. What force
such an obligation will have in an
swering the claims of widows will
perhajw be tested in the Courts.
THE STATEMENT
about the Railroad management are
merely a repetition of what has been
said as rumor, while if the Superin
tendent's statements were made and
published, it might throw a different
shade of light on the worst misfortune
which has befallen the road since its
existence.
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To Candidates and Their Friends.
We desire to remind candidates and
their friends that al* nominations for
office are required to be paid in ad
vance. The charge is Five Dollars for
each name, inserted in the usual man
ner, and we trust every one will give
especial attention to this requirement,
and not expect any relaxation of the
rule for personal or political reasons.
It is also necessary to direct [general
attention to the published rates of ad
vertising, which fixes the charges up
on personal communications, as it is
necessary to state that articles intend
ed to advance the claims of particular
candidates are classed under this head,
whether written by themselves or
their friends.
Articles containing personal aouse
will in all cases be excluded from the
columns of the Press and Banner.
We cannot be made the "cats paw" to
pull anybody's "chesnuts out of the
tire," Persons taking exception to
anything appearing in the Preas and
Banner, are offered in our columns a
hearing in reply. Persons aggrieved
at what may appear in any other pa
per are requested to couch their de
fence in respectful langnage, or else to
send it to somebody else for publica
tion. We shall positively refuse to
publish ali articles of an abusive char
acter. There is quite a difference in
diguified argument aud senseless
abuse. '
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Solicitor of the Eighth Circuit.
Various candidates for the nomina
tion are already out from the upper
counties, but without during injustice
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' to me ciaim? ui uu^, ?c tunm.
Abbeville should have a place in the
picture. One of the oldest and weal
thiest counties of the State, and fur
nishing more than equal proportion of
the criminal business.of the circuit,
with a Bar which in character
Qiid ability is the equal to any,
it seems bnt common justice
that she should share in some
of the honors and emoluments
of office. In Col. Cothran we have a
representative who would fill the of
fice of Solicitor with honor to himself,
and benefit to the country, and we
trust that his claims and those of tht
county will receive due consideration
at the hands of the Convention,
New Way to Make Nominations.
That there may be entire satisfaction
in the County Democratic nomina^
tions, the various clubs of some of tin
upper counties are requested to mak'
nominations for all the offices, anc
the names receiving the highest num
ber of votes in all the clubs will re
ceive the nomination from the nomi
nating convention. This is right au<
we hope to see the plan adopted ii
Abbeville. We desire to see our peo
pie satisfied and thoroughly united ii
feeling and sentiment, that we ma;
the more e&slly achieve the desire*
success. By adopting this rule tb
man who receives the nominatloi
will receive the vote of a majority o
the voters themselves, which leave
no room for dissatisfaction with thos
delegated to make the nominations.
A party of piscatorial-enjoymenl
loving men angled in Long Ca.;?e al
day long, a short time since; cam
back with 37?33 bait and 3 fish. t
THE EXCITEMENT.
Trial Justice Bruce fails to Fin
the Body of the Supposed Dead
Negro.
Various parties around town are trj
iog to raise some excitement from r?
ports which reach town to the effec
that a negro man had been killed i
White Lick, some four miles frou
town, on Friday, the 9th inst. A1
sorts of stories are told and the nc
groes and a few whites it seems ar
anxious to make the matter appear ii
most aggravated form. Whatever th
facts may be, no one here seems t
uy, COIlSUiUlC 1UI JJC n AO AAU1IUUU| IV
his prisoner, George Abrams, escap
while on his way to Abbeville will
the horse thief. As the present part;
in power can only retain their su
supremacy through the cry of perse
cution, the leaders are now busy re
tailing to their henchmen every con
ceivable story as may seem to serv
their purpose best. From the best in
formation we can gather it seems tha
Newby told John A. Devlin that h
had shot at the prisoner in his attemp
to escape near Mr. Devlin's house
That the prisoner fell at the first fire
he immediately rose and again com
menced runniug when Newby sho
a second time, but supposed that hi
failed to hit him at the last fire; tin
negro kept running and he was sooi
out of sight. Newby tracked hin
through the woods by the blood fo
about a hundred yards. The prison
er'e arms were pinioned behind his
body and was following the constabl
at a short distance, when Newby'i
horse became restive; he attempted t<
cut a switch from a limb, the prisone
commenced to run, and the firing
commenced. Newby described th<
negro and asked Mr. Devlin to look
and to tell his neighbors to look ou
for him, and said the negro stuttere<
in talking. We learn that the negr<
was afterwards seen going througl
Hamblin's orchard.
Trial Justice Bruce with a numbei
nf /v\!nroH nipn wAnt to the scene o
the alleged murder on Sunday morn
ing, with his books, ?tc., to hold ar
inquest on the supposed dead body
but they failed to tind it or any signs
of the deceased man and. brother
Trial Justice Bruce on Monday issuec
a warrant for Mr. Newby, and?he wil
probably be arrested and brought t<
town. y.
Since writing the above we learr
that Trial Justice Bruce's constabh
has returned without arresting Newby
he having left fo'r parts unknown
Trial Justice Harmon under whos<
warrant the prisoner was sent up
thinks that the escape was accidenta
and through the carelessuess of New'
by.
Mr. J. B. Wikr put a long-handled
shovel to a new use the other day in
battering a freed man's head. Louis
McKiuney, a member of the greal
i uubleached variety of American citi
zens, used some language at the depol
which Mr. Wier construed to be in
some way offensive and at once picked
up a long-handled shovel to settle the
difficulty. After Mr. McKinney had
received three blows over me neau,
the thought occurred to him that it
would be well to refer the balance ol
the difficulty to a Trial Justice, and he
accordingly at once proceeded to take
his corpus out of the range of the
aforesaid shovel. After consulting
the peace officer of the State, the dam
age sustained was appraised at $2, and
Mr. Wier supposing that a fair price,
cheerfully forked over a draft on Mr.
Spinner at Washington for that
amount, which money has supplied
the battered head with cigars ever
siuce.
Heavy Freshets on the Savannah
River.
From all sections of the County we
information of dflinatre done bv
the heavy raius and high water. The
Savannah liiver has been higher than
9ince the August freshet of 1852, and
its overflow lias done great damage tc
the growing crops. In some places
the damage done to the land is sc
great that the crops cannot be re-plant
ed. We trust, however, that crops of
corn can be planted generally, and
thus the evil be somewhat remedied.
All the other streams have been high,
and much damage done by overflow,
The heavy rains have seriously injur
ed the grain crops, which were shock
ed in the flelds. On the Savannah,
the plantations of Col. Harper, JDr
Hester. Mr. Cade and others havt
suffered severely. We learn that Col
Harper had his wheat swept away bj
the swollen river, after it had beer
removed to what was thought a saf<
place. Mr. D. 1J. Cade, of Petersburg
we ienru, lost large quautities o
wheat by the flood. All the planter!
have suffered more or less.
Battalion of Rifles?A Good Sugges
tion.
The Anderson Intelligencer in th<
last issue of that paper says :
"The young men-of Anderson organized i
Rifle Company on last Monday, with sixty
three members. The following gentlemei
were elected officers: P. K. McKully, Cap
tain; J. Baylis I^ewis, First Lieutenant; J. L)
Maxwell, Kccond Lieutenant ; John R. Will
lams, Third Lieutenant. It is thought tlia
the name of "Palmetto Rifle Club" will be se
lected, and It Is Intended to uniform the com
pany at an early day. It has been suggestei
that Abbeville, Greenville and Andersoi
unite in forming a battalion, and meet once <
year to contend for prizes in drilling and tar
get-shooting, which would create creator In
terest among the different companies. Th
suggestion Is a good one, aud we nope to heu
from Greenville and Abbeville thai it is fu
vorably received."
The suggestion Is a good one and wi
know that Abbeville will respopd. I
Anderson and Greenville will com<
down to our Agricultural Fair in Octo
ber we could organize then, and ou
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pftOpiC WOU1U UU tllCii uuoi ia/ ujun
theni Lave a good time. Let us hea
from you gentlemen.
Chamberlain's Proclamation.
What he Proposes to do Witl
900,000.
Governor Chamberlain offers a re
ward of $200 for the lynchers of th
Harmon murderers, against each per
son, some three hundred, for all wh<
were present were equally guilty be
fore the law. The Governor doesn'tse
proper to offer any reward for Chea
tham, Chiles, Betty Perrin, Tilda Hoi
loway, or any others who assisted ii
murdering the Harmons.
The G. & C. R. R. on a Bender.
The late freshets have played havo
with the trestles on the Greenvill
and Columbia llailroad. "We lean
that a trestle between Anderson an
Pendleton was washed awav, the tres
tie four miles oelow Anderson fe]
down with the train on it and kille
everybody aboard?five in all. S?m
of the trestles between ?Al9ton an
Columbia have gone olF in the watei
and between Belton and GreenvJll
two trestles have fallen, so the train
on Monday failed to make their accus
tomed trips. In consequence of whic
no mail were received.
Mr. George Miller, of Andersor
was in town on Sunday. He came i
' his buggy to bring a gentleman froi
Anderson, as since the accident n
| trains run on the Auderson Branch.
i Who is going to thresh the immeiu
grain of Abbeville is cue queMuui
The crop is three or four time* great4
than ever before and so far we kuo
only one thresher is in \he field.
Messrs. Wiek and Cason say thj
onrold friend Hawthorn at Due Wea
keeps a fine table and they like tl
good treatment which they receive
at the Phoenix Hotel.
Since the Rev. Mr. Wightman hi
shaved off his heavy beard, many
his parishoners failed torecognizo hi
until they were again made acquain
ed with him.
Prof. Lee, at Dne West, still hi
large pictures of Miss Galloway, t!
Associate Reformed Egyptian mi
sionary. Send seventy-live cents ai
get oue.
BORES.
Wo bave time.to laugh, we have time to ci
We have time to smile, we have time to sl{
We have time for eating and househc
chores,
But we haven't got time to talk to bores.
Mr. Bailey, of Greenwoc
will wait on the ladies at the store
Messrs. White Brothers during A.'
1 Amos Morse's absence in Alabama.
"Ephraim is Joined to his
Idols."?The Anderson Journal lust
week gravely asks,
"Can any argument, affect the already form
ed and prejudiced opinion of the hunureda of
colored voters In the State?"
We answer, no. And the man who
talks to a negro on politics is in our
opinion throwing away his time,
what does a negro eare for good gov
ernment as long as his race can vote
to themseivesour money, and so long
as they escape punishment for their
crimes?
New Idea.?The Lebanon Grange
is prosyerous and nearly all in
that section have connected them
selves with the oaganization but there
are still a few whom the members
think ought to join, so they have con
cluded to offer premiums for new
members, and among other premiums
is their Worthy Master John T. Lyon.
Lid dell's Grange have adopted a
similar plan and are offering as j>re
miuras "to the lady members Mess
J. Y. Jones, Harvy Wilson and James
A. Reid.
It is a noticeable fact in Abbeville
that for the last five years no colored
man has appeared in our criminal
courts as defendant. Such cases have
always been against either white men
or negroes. As a rule the colored man
is a law abiding, citizen, but the diffi
culty with the negro is, that he can't
keep his hands oft* other persons prop
erty.
The law now foibids the pedling of
whiskey in wagons. We learn that a
wagon loaded with whiskey recently
went to Lowndesville in the middle of
the night, and sold its stock. The
wagon, mules and whiskey, were lia
ble to confiscation and should have
been seized by the good citizens of
that town.
Send us the News.?We want the
local news ftom every neighborhood,
fflnnrla will
U1IU Will UC ? iau II UUl 1I1VIIUO
keep us posted with. whatever occurs
of interest. Send us the facts iu short
form, and we \vill put it in shape. In
formation about the crops, or any oth
er matters of usual, as well as unusu
al, occurrence, will be thankfully re
ceived.
The sale of delinquen tlands in this
State took place in the various ooun
ties oa the 5th inst., and as far as we
know do single advertisement in any
county has been made in accordance
with the requirements of the law.
Are such sales valid ? r,Have purchas
ers good titles ?
Mr. W. N. Calhoun's chicken
roost has been robbed of some of his
nicest chickens. Not long since he
heard a noise in the tree where they
roosted, when he got out his shot gun
and fired at the owl as best lie could
in the dark. He had boiled hen for
dinner next day.
Rev. Mr. Darby, of Williamston,
delivered an eloquent and impressive
address before the Youn? Men's
PlirloHon Aaa(V>)aHnn fit Dnt> nil
Friday night last. Everybody present
was highly pleased with the address
and the speaker received the most
marked attention from the audience.
Great quantities of small grain in
this county have spoiled in the shocks.
Some wheat has sprouted in the field
just as it stands before it is cut. Bar*
ley heads lying on the ground or in
the shock, look like "thousand leg"
worms turned on their backs.
Messrs. J. A. WIer and S. C. Ca
son last week got into good company
at Due West and took tea with the
Rev. Mr. Pearson. On acoount of the
College rules Mr. Cason was not how
aver, allowed to go to Church with the
young ladies.
Last winter some of the white
Rails said that they inteuded to raise
li?l between the negroes and whites
this Fall. Now, when they see that
there is danger in the air they have
changed their tune, audsay the whites
will make the fuss if there is any.
The Anderson Journal objects to
1? ? ?An/1 /1a?o hovinor
IXtyS, J'UUIIg 1IICU UUU UVU MMf w
snort with oyster cans, ana calls on
tne authorities to stop it. As this is a
free country, we see no good reason for
not allowing a dog to carry a can of
oysters home with him.
Thk "reminiscence fever" has
spread to Camden. The Kershaw Ga
zette publishes a series of interesting
articles which are something on the
style of "the Abbevillian" and the au
thor of the articles on the Calhoan set
tlement.
Mr. G. Cade, who purchased re
cently the valuable Calhoun's Mills
property is now having it thoroughly
repaired and the mills under his expe
rienced supervision will regain some
thing of their old prestige.
In some of the streets of Abbeville
thistles are growing. Would it not be
well to have them cut down before the
seed are ripe and are by the wind scat
tered to new fields of usefulness.
Half an ounce of shot judiciously
administered to sympatneui; uum, m
this season of the year, will bear fruit
in increased hours . of slumher
throughout the Bummer.
No one from this point has gone to
the Centennial as yet, but it is
thought that representatives will be
there from Abbeville in the Fall
The editor will like to see the sights.
Our sage says that the fewer our rel
atives or friends, the happier we are.
'In your poverty they never help
you; in your prosperity they always
help themselves."
Though money is now scarce the
prospect is if our small grain be saved
that the fall will bring about a
good state of affairs. This is our
hope.
The bridge at Erwin's mill on the
Saluda River and the Fiee Bridge
near Ninety-Six on the same stream,
have been swept away by the high
water.
Mr. Tiios. Parker will probably
go to the mountains this Summer.
Mr. John B. Wier is to take his place
in the drug store during his absence.
The work on Rev. Mr. Pratt's neat
dwelling house progresses. His con
gregation may expect an accession to
their number before a great while.
Mr. E. B. Calhoun, who is now
in the employ of the Laurens Railroad,
Mas in town on Saturday and Sunday
last, stopping at Mrs. Norwood's.
Why is it that our Treasurer has
failed to publish a monthly statement
of the receipts aud payments at his
office as required by law.
All court meetings do not wind up
with "Oyes!" So we have been told
several times by beautiful young ladies
who are good judges.
The streets of Abbeville were
graced on Saturday last by the pres
ence of some of the beautiful divini
ties from Due West.
Hon. Armistead Burt, we learn,
contemplates spending several weeks
thi? Bummer at his place in Cashier's
Valley, N. C.
In a short while the Junior will give
the readers of the Press and Banner
the benefit of what he knows about
farming.
Tiie Port Royal Standard and Com
mercial has a new roller and that pa
per is printed much better than for
merly.
Mr. J. A. Wier has just returned
from Due West, where ho says the
flower gardens are intact.
Mr. James. H. Cobb, our weather
prophet, Baysthis is the worst year on
small grain since 1846.
The negroes and ooiored people had
a dance at Knox's Hal! a few nights
ago.
Mr. D. B. Smith sprained his
wrist. He now carries it in a sling.
O. T. Calhoun, Esq., was in the
Flatwoods harvest fields last week.
Mr. John Norwood is going to
the mountains this Summer.
Why not let us have a Sunday
School pic-nic at Abbeville.
Oats are selling in Newberry at
twenty-five cents a dozen.
Mb. H. E. Bonner, of Due West,
was in towu on Saturday.
IJacin Gray, who 11 res near Abbe
File, on Monday last indicted Mr.
leorgeW. Miller, of Anderson for
lalicious trespass in riding through
is corn, cotton, oats, peas, wheat and jj
gar cane, and leaving the fence
own as he went in." Mr. Miller de
led the allegation, bat said that he
iid the fence down and put up every
ill, and then passed through the
um, keeping in the road as he went,
he jury disagreed aud made a mis- <l(
ial of the case. This darkey must
3 an extensive farmer. ^
Labob Refobm.?We direct atten- cc
on to a well written article 011 this w
ubject, which is the first of a series of w
milar articles, urging the establish- 11
lent of "Labor Reform Associations" "(
i every section of the County. We at
eartily endorse the views of the tb
riter, and believe that the plan pro- te
xsed is the most effectual yet adopt- gu
1 to restore the demoralized labor of
le country..
We are indebted to Mr. J. R. Cun
ingham for a copy of the minutea of
le Presbytery.of South Carolina,Jcom
risng the Sessions of Yorkville and
nderson. The Presbytery consists
' 29 ministers and has uuder its care
i churches 3 licentiates and 8 can til
ites. The next metting will be held
i Ninety-Six on Wednesday before
le 2d Sabbath in October.
Miss Sarah Britt, one of the
dest members of Buflhlo church,
id one of its strongest supporters,
ed last Friday evening of paralysis,
the advanced age or seventy-nine
,'ara. She died instantly in the yard,
e of the most consistent Christians
the Communitv has died, and we
ive lost one of the most efficient
orkers in the interestof the Redeem
's kingdom.
Cotton Twenty-Five Years Olio.
r. J. A. Wier has been out assess
g personal property. At Greeu
ood he found one man, Mr. George
ranklin, who returned for taxation,
teen bags of cotton which he had
id on hand twenty-six years. At
te time was offered thirty cents a
>imd for it.
Dr. Wilson, the man who holds
oth-pulling soires over the Post Of
;e, has been keeping house with his
other at Dr. Lyon's dwelling for
me time, but it was so long after he
mmenced before we heard it that we
ill nnl mnlra n. Irani of It now.
K
I
The Vestry of Trinity church, had
meeting: on Monday last in Maj.
art's office, to consider the|bid from a
ntleman desiring the job of repair
g the columns around the top or the
urch. The work will probably cost
25.
The Marion Star has made ito ap
arance in a new dress and is much
iproved in appearance. We con
atulate our enterprising neighbor on
is evidence of prosperity, and trust
at his riches may continue to in
ease.
The attention of the County Com
lasioners is directed to the condition
the bridge at MoKitrlck's mill,
aich is now in a dangerous condition ^1
d serious loss may be sustained for J.e
e want of a little work.
an
We learn that the Bads in this y<
ate hope to continue In power two set
ars longer because tbi?Fall the na
>nal elections take place, and th(
>ops will consequently be sent here
Kips win uousequeijuy ue sent nere yo
keep the whites from getting into y<
wer. en
Dr. D. 8. Benson, of Mt. Carmel, an
Ho had4he misfortune to get his leg P?
oke some time ago feared until re- y?
ntly that amputation would be nec- ^
jary. We are glad to learn that he
iw has hopes of saving his foot.
pa
Rev. R. N. Pratt will deliver a wj
;ture to the Young Men's Chris- tei
in Association in the Baptist church,
i next Suuday afternoon at 4 o'clock. <?g
le public are respectfully invited to <je
tend. w<
"Sad."?We notice many of our ex- lai
anges head their death notices "sad an
ath." May not all deaths be headed
that way. Does not death always of
ing more or less Badness to loving
;arts ? ey
8tf
The nominations at Cincinnati w|
em to be generally satisfactory to our pa
ople. Some would have preferred 0j,
aine, as a candidate who could be re<
ore easily beat.
Wk saw on yeaterday two fine
ilks of cottou a foot ana a hall' high,
)in a ten acre field of Mr. Thomas C.
al, which he says will average the
me height.
The work of providing the Baptist
lurch with new seats, is progressing
)der the charge of Mr. James Tag
irtJr. It promises to be an excel
nt job.
We are indebted to Messrs. Geo. P.
owell A Co., of New York City, for a
py of the Centennial Record, of
ewspapers throughout the United
ates.
Grand Lecturer Smedley failed to
An loaf. RnhirdftV.
JL ill mi a^pvaioiivv uu jwv mm*.. ?-^
id there were a great many in from
ie Country who were disappointed.
Liddell's Grange,'Mean's Chapel and
ie Lebanon Grange, entertained
iit?a number of grangers at the AN
on House on Saturday.
Mrs. Dabr, the wife of the senior
irtner of the True Southron, is dead.
Jq extend our sympathies to the he
aved.
Items from Antroville have been
owded out, but will appear next
eek.
See the card of J. F. C. DuPre,
ounty School Commissioner, in an
ther column.
Dr. J. T. 13asktn came 10 urar
rand Lecturer Smedley's address on
iturday. He wad disappointed. <
The bridge at Calhoun's mills is in
a insecure condition and needs re
airs.
Savannah River is said to be
igher than it has been since 1852.
The Antreville Reporter was in
?wn on Monday furnishing dot*.
We have had no Columbia mail
nee Saturday.
Country Papers.?An exchange
)mbats with considerable vigor the
rgumenttliat the .city weeklies are
neaper and better than the country
Tf nolro Hn t ll?V <>V?r I?iVfl VOU
ItpClB. it uon.,, ...VJ .
uy home news? Never. Do they
Diitaln notices for your schools,
lurches, meetings, Improvements
ad hunaredsr of othe local mattera of
itererest, which your country paper
ublishes without pay ? Not an item.
k> they ever say a word calculated to
raw attention to your country and its
umerouB thriving towns, and aid
leir progress and enterprise ? Not a
'ord. And yet there are men who take
antracted views of this matter, and
uless they are getting as many square
iches of readiug matter in their own
apers as they do in a city paper they
hfnk they are not getting the worth
f their money. It reminds us of the
erson who took the largest pair of
oots in the box, because they cost the
amo as a pair much smaller that fit
iim.
An Aged Couple.?While at Nine
y-Six a few days ago, we came in con
act with two aged acquaintances who
tad resided in Greenville for many
ears. They were Col. L. Griffin,
ged eighty-eight, and his wife, who
?aa eighty-three. They had been
narried: sixty-five years, and seemed
heerful and happy, nnxious to en
quire about Furman University and
be old residents of our city. They
ive on the road to Cambridge, not far
rom Ninety-Six depot.?Greenville
Wews.
In the exhibition which Is now go
ng on at Philadelphia, It is said that
he improvement in the "art presorva.
ive of all arts," shows more advance
luring the last hundred years, than
my other branch of American indus
ry.
Counsel for ex-Secretary Belknap,
nformed the House Impeachment
nanagers that the defence would call
197 witnesses.
The impeachment game will hardly
pay the cost of the caudle. Better ac
quit him at once. j(
A Court Scene.
EMINISCENCES OF ABBEVILLE 2
BY AN EX-ABBE VILLIAN OF c
OVEB FORTY YEARS. g
tl
k
It was, I think, about 1844, that the vi
Gfreat Hanhedrim" waa caught in d
le meshes of the law for assault aDd a
ittery. Unlike other acts which he a
tuld cover in the dark, the evidence h
as too plain for escape. The judge tl
ho sat was , who wat\ boru, 0
red and died in District The U
3reat Sanhedrim" was born, raised
id lived his first thirty-flve years in d
ie same locality, but for the last flf- r<
en had lived in Abbeville, in co- tl
irtnership with Mrs. Deborah H. w
tie jury rendered a verdict of "gull- ?
and It only remained for "me
rjurt" to inflict the penalty. His
onor took the occasion to make his
lual remarks when the evidence de
iloped unorthodoxy. or direct or in:
rect connexion with the sale or use
spirituous liquors, thus: "Mr. A.
have often thought of you in your
raence and the moral your life af
rds. I first knew you as a young
echanic of industry and good habits,
in v you when you first stood about
ppiing shops and began your associa
>ns with drinking men. You were
on embroiled in difficulties, which
volv9d your life, and though I al
ays believed you were not guilty to
e extent charged, and for which
>u were sentenced to the highest
malty of the law, I believed it was
r in part the peijury of your associ
es of the tippling shops, and I used
y influence in your behalf, and have
ason to believe that It was pot with
it its effect in saving your life. I
>ped that it would have cauaed you
abandon evil associations, to reflect
r time and prepare for eternity, and
e abandonment of all counexion
1th ardent spirits. But I learn from
sign Dors Lie re inac you are sun 111 ?
e error of your ways, {u the "bonds ^
death ana the gall of bitterness," fa
id though you may not drink much si
>uirself, you are paving the path of
ime audi to hell for your neighbors at
id neighbors' children. May you b
on turn from the error of your ways, ?
Sent, and may God grant you a safe p
Iverance." it
His Honor having acknowledged n<
mself ended, the "Great San lie- jo
im" arose, and, waving his hand, t!
ked If he could be permitted to w
eak a word. Leave having' been a'
anted, he spoke thus: "Judge , Ii
have often thought of you in your ci
sence and the moral your life affords, hi
tnew you as a young lawyer, and tl
imbered myself as one of your ear- tt
st friends and supporters. I had in- 01
ienceand used it ail in your behalf, hi
van among the flrst to call attention 0
your ability and promise, and was to
e flrst to bring you into public, po- re
ical life. I voted for you also as a 01
ilitia officer, and was proud of you
my representative and* commander,
id when you gave your vote for the
fferson appropriation, Which de
>yed your popularity at home, I was
long the few of your defenders.
>u were then not too proud to be
;n in tippling shops and ocrasional
taking a little yourself. But tbe
'gislature came to my aid by electing
u for life one of the Circuit Judges.
>u then became proud and independ
t, and soon after joined tbe church,
d went crazy ou religion and tern
ranee, and have so continued until
ur old friends are sorry for you?I
y wrry for you."
rhe "Sanhedrim" sat down, with
e exhibition of a subdued applause
sslng through the audience, after
Aich his Honor added, "The sen
ice of the Court Is that you pay a
ie of one dollar, and costs.'' The
ianbedrim" walked to the Clerk's
sk and threw down a pocket book
dialled and asked the officer of the
v to helD himself. This was done
d the pocket-book returned to the
rner, who walked out with the ?,ir
more than conqueror. , *
Note.?The writer was neither an
e nor ear witness of the above, and
ites it upon the authority of several
jo were present. If untrue in any
rticular, there are yet living several
1 members of the Bar who can cor
Bt it. * *
The Port Royal Fleet.
As we stated a week or two ago, we
apatcbed Mr. Robert MoG. Hill, our
ecial agent and reporter, to Port
>yal, to examine and purchase the
>et in that harbor that we might of
r them as premiums to our subscri
rs. Faithful to his instructions the
Uowing interesting extract from his
tter will show tbat be did not keep
a eyes shut while he was away:
Leaving Beaufort at half past nine
clock ou tbe morning of 31st May,
charge of the courteous Capt. Robt.
nail, of the steamer Argus, I had
e pleasure after a pleasant sail over
a famnua Pnrfc Rnval harbor of 55
inutes of fiudlog myself safely at
e United States fleet, which Is sta
ined seven miles from Beaufort and
70 miles off Port Royal entrance,
a going aboard the first vessel we
rived at, I found her to bear the
ime of the Dictator, and her com
ander, Commodore Wavel, whom
had the pleasure of meeting before,
quested one of the men to show me
trough the vessel, which the incom
jtent writer will now endeavor to
acribe. This monitor has a force of
le hundred and four men under
mmandlof four officers, who oeem
ell fitted to discharge their duties,
t the request of my guide, I was
.ken to the bomb-proof turret, which
constructed entirely of iron, is Bitu
ed in the centre or tbe vessel, and
i this vast structure, which is said to
eigh 500 tons, large guns are con
r noted, each weighing forty-two tons
ad carrying one hundrea pounds of
iwder and four hundred and seven
r-flve pounds or steel snot ior eacu
large, and It is said can throw a
lell weighing 75 pounds 9 miles.
Iter having inspected the turret, I
88 conducted to the port-hole and
squested to go below. Here I was
iken to the numerous rooms; among
le most interesting was the machine
epartment, which may be consider
i one of the grandest works of art.
his monitor, I learn, has only been
i service about two years, and pre
mtstothe eye of the visitor one of
le most powerful in the United States
avy, ana the United States being
jrpassed by no other country in mon
ors, ranks the Dictator second to
one in the world.
After leaving this vessel I went
board the Leheigh, a monitor of the
ime style, but not so large. This
lonitor was engaged in the late war,
lid bears to this date twelve marks
" n f nlnne rpOAivcwl from the I
outhern forces around Fort Sumter,
then went aboard the monitors Sua
us and Catskill, which are built on
le same style of the Leheigh, and
arrying from 55 to 75 men each.
The man of war, New Hampshire, Is
ne of the most interesting vessels in
ie United States navy, being one of
le oldest; she is said to have shot
er 68th annual anniversary gun a
jw months since. She was engaged
i the war with England, and bears
larks to that effect to this day, so I
earned. She carries a number of
irge guns .with a force of over one
undred men. The Pannell is also a
irge man of war, stationed near the
few Hampshire, but of adilFerent
tyle. The fo rceat the navy Btation
t this time were six iron clad moui
Drs and two large men of war.
Wm. Lowndes.?The News and
Courier writes an interesting sketch
f this distinguished Carolinian who
ras the contemporary of Calhoun
nd Cheves, and was pronounced by
iff. Clay to be "the wisest.man he
v?r knew." He died at the early age
>f forty, and had he lived would
loubtless have attained the Presiden
y, of which he made the oft-quoted
md memorable remark, "that it was
tn office neither to be solicited- or de
lined."
A simple effectual remedy for ivy
x>ieoning is said to be sweet spirit of
litre. Bathe the effected parts freely
wo or three times during the day, and
he next morning scarcely any trace of
he poison will remain.
LIDDELL GUAYC.E,
nteresting Meeting* Magnificent
Dinner, dtc.
Editor Press and Banner:
Learning that Liddell grange was
ompetingfor the palm as the banner
range of Abbeville County, and that
here was to be a basket dinuer, and
nowing by a pleasant experience
rhat to expect when I attend a grange
inner, I at once determined to go,
nd I was amply repaid for the trip,
(though the day was very hot. The
our of meeting was two o'cjock, anu
tough Master Walker was a little late or
d account of sickness in bis family, at
le grange was regularly opened, Mas- re
?r Walker presiding with his usual ra
ignity. It was found on calling the h(
ill that the turn out was small, and m
tie reason was that the whole county he
as busy in the harvest fields. .Tt will ta
ot do to leave the descendants of 0f
[am to themselves theso hot days, er
ad it is astonishing when the em- er
loyer is not present how often the be
radle gets dull and out of fix. co
The regular business was put through ]y
1th order and dispatch, and this reg- jt
lar business concerns nobody but the ge
lembers of the order. m
New business was announced and m
le subjects handed in by the Commit- co
*, were given to the house. You gif
>uld tell by glancing around the co
all those who would participate in tit
le discussions, and we round out be- ti(
>re the deliberations progressed very dt
ir that Aboeville was represented by or
[essra. J. M. Gambrell, J. Y. Jones bu
nd Dr. J. W. W. Marshall. The ns
rst subject discussed was the best en
io<Ie of cultivating corn. Worthy 1
uppsopr Jm. A. Refd. fired the first lv
lot by going for those who pat about
ve thousand stalks to the acre;
uough to make 40 to 45 bushels of
:>rn when they would admit that the
tnd would not or could not produce
lore than 10 bushels. Worthy Stew
rd J. Y. Jones, then obtained the
oor, and he also mentioned the fool
hness of corn raisers in using up the
Eduable Ingredients of the soil in
taking superfluous stalks. He said a
irmer who did this was about as sen
bleas the farmer who in building
arns to store his grain, built five huge
ructures and when questioned by
Is neighbors as to what he meant,
^>lied,"well I don't suppose I can
sssibly fill more than one out I think
better (o have four too many than
ot enough he thought a large ma
irifv nt fnrmprs ararued that wav now:
ley admit that they will be satisfied
ith 10 bushels and turn right around
id have enough stalks to make fifty.
] regard to preparing the soil for the
ope they were generally in too big a
urry to get the crop planted and
lereforedid not prepare the soil as
loroughly as was necessary to stand
jr hot dry spells. They reminded
Im of a man who was going to mar
r and was building a fine house; he
Id the builder the house must be
ady by a certain time for occupation
he would get no money; he was so
apatient he would not let the build
a do their duty, and when the time
imefor him to move in, the founda
un began to sink, holes became visi
e in the walls and the house was
-onounced unsafe and dangerous.
>me farmers tell their hands and
i-hu* #1ia wni prrm must he
imuio VMWW W-V g
anted by a specified time, and the
msequeuoe is It is not well done; the
nd is not prepared as it should be,
id they find out to their sorrow in
lly and August that their crop is
jrntag up Tor want of moisture. The
op ha^been built upon a too sbal
w foundation. In regard to culti
iting the crop, he said the soil should
) stirred at least six inches deep at
le first plowing, and the other two,
jryshallow; that the roots should
jver be cut unless in exceptional
?es, where the ground was hard,
e thought in this event you might
j justifiable in cutting roots.
Reprewbtatlve Marshall next occupied the
x>r, who gave as aome valuable Information
HVKtcm Dractlaed by the fiirm
s of the North and tfortb-west in raising
>rn. The Doctor boa been an extensive
aveller in this portion of the country, and
s remarks show him to be a close observer
id logical reosoner. He denounced in plain
id unequivocal terms the practice of
itting the roots of corn in vigorous and
xurlant growth. He could not see how
tythlng good could result when you sapped
ie very foundation of the growing plant.
Dr. .Marshall wot answered by Mr. Gam
ell, from Abbeville. He said he could not
;ree with Messrs. Jones and Marshall in re
ird to cutting roots, and went into an elab
??? amimant to show that if there was any
irm done to the plant at all by cutting the "*t
ioU It had in bis humble opinion boen tor
bly exaggerated by the speakers who had mi
receded nlna.
This opinion was corroborated and elo- ?
lently supported by Secretary S. W. Coch
in and Gate Keeper Uldrick. Jones and
arshall began to raise their bristles. It was .
fight of experience and common sense on /
10 side and theory and science on the other. X.
r. Marshall on account of bis Intimate
nowledge of the manner In which nerves in
id muscles hfeal In the human systein, could
lustrate forcibly and to the point. He said
the patient was stout and In good health
le healing of the nerves and muscles would
> rapid, but that If the patient was sick and
Is constitution naturally weak, the reverse
ould be true; that If the land was rich and 17
te seasons were good the recuperation of
>rn after the root cutting process was gone
trough would be so rapid as not to materi- ,
ly diminish the yield, but if the land was D
x>r and the season dry the corn would be to
retrlevably ruined.
Mr. Jones next bounced up and remarked
lat nature bad put the roots forth to sup- ad
>rt the plant and gather and provide mate
al to mature the grain, ana that cutting n
lem only In exceptional cases was directly J*'
ralnst reason, science, theory and common R<
mse. Gambrell. Cochran and Uldrick. elo
iiently answered the srgumonts against out
ng roots and brought forth a multitude of AJ
ises to show that tne crop was not injured, 11
at actually benefitted by the cutting. As
tere was no method of finding who was n
ghttbey agreed to disagree for the present 'I
ad to observe closely hereafter and note what J
Tect the root cutting plan hod upon the q?i
rowing crop, and thus find out by expert- fl
ace, which a wise man has said is the best OE
jhool for green horns to learn in. th
The exciting debate over cutting roots had
lode the speakers nungry euougu tu ? y%.-i
ctly willing to discuss the best mode of
ittfng or carving the chickens and turkeys
le ladles reported on band. Lady assistant
toward Miss 8ue Wilson, with her squad of
islstants prepared for the feast, "Harvest
tome, and tne male members all adjourned
uttothe buggies. The writer assisted the
idles to prepare the feast. You may take It
>r gran ted that each member did his whole
uty. I have never in all my travels seen a
rowd compete so unanimously as to who
juld do tnelr duty most satisfactorily to
iiemselves. Nota sick man could you And
inong;the buay workers; not one young
ian could be found who was trying to esta
lish a reputation as a small eater. I think
lis can be accounted for on the ground that
le grange bad received a lecture, that to
lake the order a success, each member from
le master to the humblest individual must
obis duty and his whole duty, and here
as the first chance to give the master a clear
emonstrutlon of the fact that his advice was
ot In vain. Thus ended the morning session
nd I am constrained to say, u more Interest
lg, enthusiastic and ploasant aiTalr I have
ever attended. GiiAjiGEli SAM,
In Memoriam.
MR. JOHN R. MOSELY was born October
th, 1&43, in the Fork;of Savannah and Rocky
livers, and died in a congestive chill, the 6th
f June, 1876. It was known for only a few
hort hours, that there was any thing the
latter with him. and during that time ever
thing was done by his friends, and attending
hyslclans, that could be, but all In vain.
Death, the Insatiate monster, who loves "a
hlning mark," claimed him as hUfVlctlm,
nd all human kindness^ and love could not
revail against mm. inus wi? minwiicu
om the stage of action, in manhood's prime,
ne who sustained an untarnished name, in
11 the relations of life, as son, brother, friend,
'hough, lie oh it were, had Just entered upon
lie threshold of life, lie had gained a reputa
Ion for honesty of purpose, integrity of clmr
cter, and business capacity, which had ex
etided far beyond the narrow limits of the
(immunity, in which he was born and reared,
lis unswerving devotion to his relatives and
i-lends, his unflinching courage in denounc
np wrong-doing, and in the defence of the
Ight, endeared him to all his associates.
His remains now slumber beneath the sod,
a Smyrna graveyard, to await tho resurrec
lon morn when we trust they will arise,
clad in white and deathless bloom." When tj
ulteayouth, he united hlmselfwlth theMeth
dlst church, where hecontinued to the day of U
,1s death. Ills mauhood gave bright promise O
o his parents of being a stay and support to
hem in their declining years, but alas! for y
,11 human expectations, their highmlnded, JC
onerous noble-hearted son. has been taken
way, and they are now in the deepest atfllc
ion. They and us, should remember, that,
whom God loveth, he chsatcnetri," anu irsi,
all things work together for good to them,
hat lovo God."
Thou art gone to the grave?wo no longer be
hold thee.
Nor tread the rough paths of the world by
thy side.
Jod gave thee?he took thee?aud he will re
store thee
And death hivt no sting for the Savior bast
lied." H.
CORRECTION.
XjOwndesville, 8. C., \
June 9, 1876. /
Editor Pres* and Banner:
In your notice of the death of Mr.
John R. Mosely, who died here last
Monday, you say that his death was
caused by an overdose of morphine.
In justice to Mr. Moseley, his rela
tives and numerous friends, I feel it
my duty to correct you. Mr. Moseley
died of general congestion. Drs. Hor
ton and Spear saw the case with me
and will bear me out in this assertion.
R. S. BECKHAM, M. D.
Xidbojr He four nu
JTUMBKK JL
Sims's Cross Roads, Juue 14, '76.
dilor Press and Banner.i
A s long as cotton could be disposed
at a remunerative price the agricui
ral relation of capital and labor
emed comparatively undisturbed,
ut the low standard of the cotton
arket for the past year or two and
> prospect of improvement in the
ture, conjoiued with the high price
provisions and geuerel mercnan
se, and the burdensome tax levied
i us year by year with no prospeet of
>atement, has forced the employers as
presentatives of capital, to inaugu
te some measure conducive to pub
5 economy and relief. Sueh a move
ant tn ho flnnvwiful must becrin at
>me, that is, among tlie working,
x-paying people. Taking a survey
the situation we find the e&iploy
s more or le.?s crippled and despond
it, and on the other hand, a large
>dy of demoralized employees, un
ntrollableand defiant, and inoreas
prone to vagrance and to crime. Is
strange then that the people should
t about devfeing a remedy? A
ovement of this nature, one that
eets, at least, the roost obnoxious
nditions of the politico-agricultural
:uation comes to us from Laufens
unty organized under the promising
le of "Labor Reform Aaaocia
>n." Inaugurated in that couni^
iring the fall of last year it has not
ily spread over the entire county,
it has, with but few exceptions, tlie
ime and hearty co-optation of every
lployer.
The success of the association is ful
assured, and is attested daily by its
jrkings. The citizens of Sims's
oss Roads precinct, witnessing its
ccess in Laurens, have opened Abe
.11 in this county by organizing "La
ir Reform Association, No. -1," and
order to insure the largest success
ey respectfully solicit the co-opera
>n of tne other citizens of the couo
by the formation of similar organ
itions} n evefy neighborhood, from,
i name, it is evident that it is a
Iitical society. But it does not stop
th attempting to regulate the rela
m of employer and employee, but it.
to, lends its best energies to secure
Juction of taxation and an honest
d capable administration of Gov*
ament. This association, however,
not intended to usurp the functions
Democratic clubs, the only political
^ Li.u ii..:.*?M
?anizauou witn wmcu wvy wui ??
fate- Each have their work. We
fer, and ask, a bold aud wide-awake
operation. Bally then employers
Ahbeyille to improve your interests
d redeem your country.
BERTRAM.
MARKET REPORTS.
/ /.Baontiicin tjv
irnwell A Co., CoUob Brokers a>d
)eal?n in General MeichmJUe.
Flab-*
Mackerel ?,.$1.75aSL50
Cod, per lb_ 10a 18
White 44 10a 18
ACTORY GOODS,
.ton YarnH_$L.loal,30
laburgs 12a 18
thirling 10a 12 ? ?
Sheeting.? 12a 15'Salt, per sack 2.00B&2S
PEO V1SIONS. Tobacco,- _ _
iar, per -la 5 CliewOog^.,. 75al.00
3:^b";: 1.K3S
at, per lb... 5! Powder per U> 40a BO
" ..... 100al.25iBbot, " 12a 15
1.00
13a 15
11a 12
18a 20
18a 20
a,
M, " ?
x>n, Sides...
Sh'dra.
Hams.
4...... -
tb Potatoes. 1.75a2.00
eet " ... 75al.00
pi ........ 15a 20
ekens... 20a 25
keys l.OOal.SO
Iter, 20a 25
GROCERIES
rar, crush'dS 15a J6
' A......... 12a 15
4 B 12a 15
C .. 12a 15
Brew a 10a 52
Lead', " J0a 12
per box 10a 40
LIQUORS.
Corn wb Inkey82.00a3.00
French br'dy. 5-OOaX.OO
Holland gin. 5.00aij.00
Amerl'n gin.. 3.00a().00
B'rbon wh'a'y 3.00a4,00
Wines 3.00a0.00
HARDWARE.
Iron, Swedes. 8a 10
'> English 7a 10
Xsdls, 5a 8
Cotton oasdUt. 50a fiO
Honw?boes? JO
" nails 35
LEATHER.
lee. Rlo..._ 25a WJIemlock 8 80a 85
Lugu'aa 28a 831 Sole leather... 40a SOI1
Java.... 37a 40|Up'r leather. 6Ua 75 ,
i 1.00uL50|Har'ss " 40a 65
rup, cane... 75aLOO Golf skins 5.00nfl.00
>lasse?, s. h. 40a 451 Kip skins 4^0a6.00
adles, zxfm 40a 501 Dry hide* 0a 10
ad m't 20a 25i Green hides... 6a 6
eese 20a 25 BAQ<<LQ<G, Ac.
Ions, per bu 2.00lBagglng,j>dui iOa 18
irch 12a 15|Ties...... .. 7a- 8 .
How 10a 12 Rope, cotton. 40a 50 J
x, per lb.... 10a 121 Rope, grass... 25
Abbeville. Juno 21,?Cotton lOtfMOJ
JEW YORK, June 12-6 P. M.-Cotton
mer sales 1,188, at 121-166)15^.
LIVERPOOL, June 12.-I2 M.-Cotton ac
e and firmer?middling uplands (%: .mid
Ing Orleans <5-19; sales IS,000: 1
JALTIMOItE. June 12.?Cotton dull and
mlnal?middling 11U; porta coastwise 40; <
les 115. ,
CHARLESTON, June 12,-Cotton qnlet- I
ddllng 11J4; receipts60; sales 78.
ATTENTION, SALUDA RIFLES.
LFULL turnout is ordered next Sat
urday. 24th inat., at Moseley's Hall,
odgoH, at 1 o'clock p. m. Business of
iportance to transact.
By order (SlPT. ZEIGLER.
J. F. Hodoes, Secretary.
Juno 21, 1876.
76, The Great Centennial. 1876. (
Parties desiring information as (o
st routes to the CENTENNIAL, or
any of the summer Resorts or to
ly other point in the country, should
Idresa
B. W. WRENN, '
jneral Passenger Agent Kenneshaw i
jute. Atlanta, Ga.
otice to School Teachers, i
rHE following is published for the .
information or all concerned,
le examination will be held at the
Ice of the school Commissioner on
e third day of July. ?
J. F. C. ifuPRE,
THOS. THOMSON,
ROBERT. JONES.
Examining Board, j
June 20 th, 1876.
Office State Supt. Education, \ 1
Columbia, S. C., June 13th, 187b*. /
. T T? n n.tTVnn
i j, r v*
County School Commissioner of Ab
vilte County, & (1.
Dear 8ir: You are respectfully
quested to examiuethe provisions of
kn Act to Establish Certain State
:holarships in the University of
>uth Carolina," approved February
L1874.
You will observe that Section 2 of the
ct aforesaid authorizes and requires
>ur Board of County School Exami
;rs to hold at the County seat of your
aunty, on Monday, the 3d, day of
jly, 1876, a free public competitive
lamination of those who desire to
rail themselves of the advantages of
red by the State Scholarships estab
?hed and provided for by the afore
,id Act.
You will please see to it that due pub
o noiice be given of mid examination.
The following instructions are given
r your guidance in the conducting of
)ur examination:
isu vuu uiuuics ior examination
iust he fifteen (15) years of age.
2d. They must give satiifactory evi
mce of good moral character.
3d. They must be examined in the
)mmou English branches, to wit:
rthography, Heading, Writing, Men
il and Written Arithmetic, Geogra
liy, English Grammar and History,
orae knowledge of Algebra and Lat
i will also be necessary for admission
ito the University.
The final examination by the State
oard-of Examiners will t>e held at the
nivereity, commencing on Monday,
ctober 2,1876, and all persons who de
re to appear before the State Board,
>r examination, must present them
>,lvesfor registration at the University
ihrary on that day. Candidates not
resenting themselves at the com
lencement of the examination by the
tate Board, will not be entitled to
impete. *
grPlease promptly acknowledge
our receipt of thss Circular,
Respectfully,
J. K. JJLLSON,
tate Superintendent Education, S. C.
NOTICE
EJfERAIi SUPKRIBfTENDANT'8 office, ]
rRKENViLi.K <fc Columbia R. R. Co. \
Columbia, S. C., June 2, 1876. J
rHE Accommodation Trains Nos. 2
and 3, on tho Anderson and Abbe
ille Branches, vis: between Belton and
n/Wsnn. on Tuosdavs. ThursdaVB and
aturdays; and botween Hodges and Ab
eville, on Mondays, "Wednesdays and
'ridays, will be Discontinued, on and af
?r Thursday, the 8th of June, uutil fur
tier notice.
THOMAS DODAMEAD,
(Journal .Superintendent.
CONSIGNEES.
EXPRESS.?J JS Kuox.-CE Bruce, BA Mcv
Ctwlin, Mm Dip J 8 Thomas, B H4Jtt.uu, Mr* M
\ Belcher, J Kurtz, >11*8 .Mollle iiolcomb, L
L Perdu, J T Grifllu.
FREIGHT.?T Baker, Packer A Perrin, J D
JhaUners, W.J Smith. WhUa Brothers. O P
Juuoelt
HOTEL iBaifAll.
ALSTON HOUSE.?HT. J. H*cket, Mill (ray 5
Dr. AT Wldemiin, Wldeman's P O; J W Lid*
lell, A H Llddell, Storm HJ11; H f Otbert. 8
Evans, J S Ulbcrt, X L Had don. E M Jordan
A. Y Cochran, Lebanon; J W Tbomal, J 'f
Jheatbam, John Llgcuu, J H WalXer, Jm a
kield, J Y J one*, B W XJochran, Warren ton; J
tf GumbreU, Abbeville: Harvey Wilson, l.it
Lle River; J as McgiU, Due Went: Samuel J
McCloary, -Greenville; J B Lanneou, New
5fork; John Link, Thomas Link, D R Pen
aey, BenJ&mine Williams, Mrs Dr Bell, Lluk
srllle.
FItfAL DISCHARGE.
NOTICE is hereby given that Betsy
Caldwell, Administratrix of the
KaLxte of Willis Caldwell.. deceased, has
applied to Thoa. B. Millford, Judge of
Probate, in and for the County of Abbe
ville. for a final discharge as Adminla
.ratrix.
It is Ordered, That the thirtieth day
>f June. A. D. 1876. be fixed for hearing
>f Petition, and a final settlement of said
istate.
J, C. W08MAN8KY,
jierK court jfrooate, ADDevlUe County.
Office of Probate Judge, >
May 28, 1876, 4t f -
To Arriye.
Light PRINTS, Bleached Home
spuns, Linen Fans, Rufilings, Mll
inery, JLace and Silk Scarfs, Veilings,
this week at the
EMPORIUM OF FASHION.
Thresher and Fan
FOB BALE BY
BARNWELL * CO.
SHERIFFS SALE.
Che State of 'Soirtii .Carolina,
COUNTY OF ABBE^-ELLE.
In the Common Pleas.
Lu J, WILSOlf, Auctioneer*
JLohdQ Williams, Plaintiff, ...
against
Cj Bareettcood JEcnn M. MaeKay
Xtefaudftu ta.
DECREE*
BY ?iLn?ue?f??t -ocderof iJhe saJd
Court in this ^ase signed iW
ludge Cooke, 4o me directed, 1 witt
lell to the highest bidder at public
iuction, at Aboe-vjile Court House, on
Sale Day next, the .third <day of July,
ill that plantation andicact of land,
iltuate, lying and being ta ihe Coun
y-aforesaid on 1*mg Cane aod Gtnyn
:reek, ^oataiuln
Eight Hundred and
Twenty-five Acres,
noce ojt lee a, bounded <byiands of
jeorge iTieklea. Robert Dunn. Wil
iaraDjuwi, and others, known as the
tfilliaros diiBd, the property of the
lefendante.
-lamas Cask. '
it. p. guffht,
Sheriff Abbeville County.
Sheriff's Office, \
t ,7th June, 187CL /
M if M Carina,
COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE.
In dthe Probate Court.
la >ti*e matter of the estate of Lovett
Greeu Johnson, dec'd.
FJVAL DIftCiUKGE.
WTGT4CE is hereby gfaea that J. J.
11 Johnson, Administrator of the
B>3tate?of JiOAtett Green Johnson, late
jf Abbeville (Gounty, deceased, witt
in tii?J20th-day^)f July. 1876, apply to
rhofl. B. MifTfQfd, Judge of Probate
for Abbeville County, for a final dis
charge jls Administrator of the said
estate.
All parties farting claims against
theestate.of said&ovett John
aoo, deceased, will present them,.duly
ffoafo.-) Kiifn^n iftHo ilWJioto 'TiiHnrn
aforesaid,.on ^rtoefbra,the :30fch-.day, of
July next, .or be barred.
By order of the Probate . Judge.
J. C. WOSMAKSKY,
Olerk Caurtof Probate, A. C.
Office of the Probate .Judge, (
June .7th, 1876, At .[
New
Photograph Gallery,
THE subscriber has juet opened a
Photographic Gallery, at AobeKlile
md la now ready for business, lite
would be glad to receive a call from all
persons desiring pictures.
J. E. HUNTER.
May 10,1876, tf *
Mm. M. M. White
WOUXJ) ask the attention of her lady
friends to an entire new Stock of
Hats, Flowers, &c.,
iust in to-day, per express.
Also will sell you an improved "Rem
ington Sewing Machine on .terms and at
nricAH fcr> Knit thft tlmflfL
Mrs. M. M. White,
May 1,1876, tf
OyERSHBrNDTJCE
THE Rood Overseers' of the county
will inform the County Commis
sioners without delay what sign boar*" <
are necessary to post the roads in their
respective sections.
BOBT. JONES,
C. B. C. C. A. C.
May 3,1876, a-tf
Final Discharge.
otick is hereby given that Massilon
Bell, Executor<of .the Estate of R.
N. Groves deceased,.haaapplied to Thom
as B. Milford Judge of Probate,'in and
for the County of Abbeville, for a final
discharge as Executor.
It is ordered, That the Fifteenth day 01
July, A. I) 187d, be fixed for hearing of
Petition, and a final settlement of said
Estate.
J. C. Wosmansky,
Clerk Court Probate, Abbevillo County.
Office of Probate Judge. I
May 8, 1876
OR. JOHN S. THOMPSON,
DENTIST,
Offers his professional services to the cit
izens of Abbeville and tho surrounding
country.
Office?Over Citizens' Savings Bank,
ABBEVILLE, 8. C.
M. GOLDSMITH. P. KIND.
Goldsmith & Kind,
Founders And Machinists
(PHCENIX IROX WORKS),
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Manufacturers of Steam Engines of all
size*: Horse powers, Circular and Muley
Saw Mills, Grist and Sugar Cane Millf,
Flour Mills, Ornamental House and Store
Fronts, Iron Railings, Agricultural Im
plements, etc. Brass and Iron Castings
of all kinds made to order on short notice,
and on the most reasonable terms. Also,
manufacturers of Cotton Presses.
ST. NICHOLAS CLOCK..
CALL at DuPRE'S office and see thn
best "time-piece" f >r tin* money in
the State. n.yl8-3t