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The Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE, S. C. Wednesday, June 28, 1876. i . j .1. .* - ..j1 1 , Mr, Pratt's Discourse "before the Young Men's Christina Association. At the request of the Young Men's Christian Association of tlii.s place the ltev. 11. N. Pratt delivered an ex eel lent discourse before a large audi ence in the Baptist church on Sunday afternoon last. The subject selected by him was that of lfom^nt anceand the Scripture doctrine was set forth with great force aiu) elo quence, at the same time that the t<peak er exposed the false views, and delusive hopes which are too common ly entertained on the subject. "We re gret that we are unable to give a syn opsis of its admirable teachings, and will content ourselves with the merest outline. He said that whilst it would be more agreeable to his own footings to en courage the hopes which are enter tained .vyith regartl to late repentance, yet the interest of truth demanded that its dangers should be exposed^ in all their sober reality and startling fearful n ess. Pie referred to the vari ous reasons which induce men to put off the great work of salvation?the wish to enjoy for a longer period the pleasures of the world, and the hope of finding a more convenient season for the acceptance of the Gospel otter; and showed how vain and foolish it was to make auv calculations, or base any hopes upou the continuance of life or the issues of the future. The characteristics of true repent ance were clearly set forth?:i hatred of siu, a consciousness of guilt before God, and a turning to Christ, anil these could only be manifested by a change in the life, and in all the hab its of thought and action. It was the well-spent life, bearing its fruits in a holy walk and conversation and ex hibiting all the graces of the Christian character, which ott'orded the only satisfactory evidence of genuine con version. He would not attempt^ to Jinmine power and goodness of' uou by saying that late repentance is im possible, yet whilst all the presump .sumptions are against it, it can fur nish no certain evidence to the human eye, that a real change of heart has been affected. The speaker referred to the various .conditions of mind and heart which have been supposed to give evidence of a real conversion in the dying hour, resignation to the will of Providence, and remorse for the sins of the past life; and showed how uncertain and delusive are these manifestations, and how far short they come of meeting the requirements of that real and en tire change of heart, which bears fruit In a CJodly 1 ife. The various arguments which were usea io oppose lue cioctnne as sei forth, were uext answered by the speaker. The ease of the dying thief, whose faith shone brightest in the duakest hour Jwhen even the disciples deserted tlieir Lord and Master, was shown to bo an exceptional one, as there is no evidence that he had heard before of the Gospel otter,and he accept ed it under the most striking discour agements. The case of the Jiusband jnen, who were hired at the eleventh hour, was next adverted to, and it was urged that they not only accepted the Jirst call, but continued in well doing. Thcjdea commonly urged of the mer cy G'od, was shown to be fallacious, inasmuch as in the ease of l'haroah, uml ntllPl* tha llalir .Qhiril ...??...VVO| ""'J ^1'" *' -ceased to strive with the uuregenerate lieart ?nd left it toits own evil coun sels, and fearful doom. To rely upon death-bed repentance, the speaker said was to give a contra diction io all the warnings and prom ises of Scripture, as well as lo all the -duties of the Christian profession. The only true hope is grounded upon that promised Welcome,"Well done good andy&UbfuJ'servant: Enter thou into thjj^joy "o[ thy Lord. TDk? speaker coucluded with a well timed and earnest exhortation to the members of the Association, setting forth the grounds of encouragement, in the earuest prosecutimi of their work. The address was well received, dud will doubtless do good. The Association numbers among its members a majority of our best young .ine~ft, aud'' deserves the earnest and hearty encouragement of the mem here of all Christian denominations. The Abbeville School Assessment, We learn that considerable dissatis fflCttou exists among some of our Had ieal brethren at the action of the meet ing on Saturday in fixing our local school tax.at two mills. There is cer tainly no real ground for dissatisfac tion, and it could arise only among* t few inteaested school teachers, 01 .among Hk* more ignorant blacks wlu have been operated upon by design ing men for their own selfish purposes Is it reasonable, is it to be tolerated that the property of the whites is tc be heavily assessed for the mere.nakec purpose of continuing in office a set o incompetent teachers? The whites .ureas much interested as the blacks can ue in uie eievauou una enuguieu' ment of the latter, and are willing tc make a fair assessment and do theii whole duty in the premises. The} pay the taK chiefly and should hav< the chief voice in saying what tha tax should be. The tax of t<vo mills is a very liber al assessment when compared witl the .action of other townships am other sections. It shows a spirit o fairness on the part of our people wh< .are disposed to concede something it the way of peace. A tax of two mill: will yield perhaps a fund of $1,500 which is amply large in these depress times. If the'blacks are not satisftet tliSu ?rM1 uu iui9, tiicj miil iiui uc oaixouvv -with auythiug short of controlling thi persons and property of the whites. After the adjournment of the meet ing a protest was presented to th< Board of Trustees on the ground Is that due notice of the meeting ha< not been given as required by law .and 2d, that the meeting adjournec before the citizens could assemble and asking that another m eting b cailcd. The Board of Trustees, of whicl Mr. Lawson is chairman, refused th application, for the very sulticien reason that the publication for tin meeting was made in both of thi County papers; and that the meetinj was held at the time appointed by lav .and remained in session Jong enougl to do the necessary business. Released ou Bail. Sidney Browulee, the Due Wes <larkey who was lodged iti jail her under warrant from Trial Justic Hawthorn, for complicity iu the bui .glary in the store of Messrs. Ague' it Bonner, was'brought before Trii Justices Hawthorn ant^- Bruce, o Thursday last and released on givin bond in a penalty of $300 to appear t the aext Term of the Court of Se sions. His bondsmen were C. W. Gu Jin, Jake Win bush and Calvin Gran A host of the Due West negroes wei up for the purpose of going on Siv jiey's bond, and could sinews an ill i(ic pia^v vi strength, there would have been 11 "lack of backbone to .the bond. As tl Jaw, however, requires a man to swej that he has property to the value < the penalty clear of incurabranc there was a lack of bondsmen. The Elbcrton Gazette and Picket Sentinel arrived at this place on "\Ve< nesday evening last and were in grei demand, as they were the only pane received at this place since Saturua; The Elbcrton Gazette tells a woful ta of the flood. Many mills, dam bridges, fences, crops, &c., were was) ed away. The Gazette says the can; recently constructed by Hon. W. 1 Mattox was somewhat injured, but v are glad to learn the damage was con parative slight. It was at one time r [jorted in Elbcrton that the canal ha >een swept away and the mill entire! demolished. Mr. D. ?> < Weub left for tl Charleston Centennial on Monds; last. * I Fair I'lay is a Jewel. j Long ago "Warren Davis was Solici I tor from l'endlclon, "Wbitner and It cod J wore Solicitors from Anderson, and Karle, Perry and Blythe, of Greon | ville, have tilled that {place for years. What we desire now is, to secure the ! place for Abbeville. S.;e has iuodest> ty waited her turn and we think it not improper to put tho claims of the largest County before the nominating Convention. Anderson and Green ville, we know, should be satisfied I with their honors and gracefully con cede the right of Abbeville to some j consideration. Pickens we know will j be willing for Abbeville to receive the nomination and we are equally sure ; Ocoucc county will be as ready to con j for the favor upon Abbeville. We I say nothing to disparage the gentle men nominated from the other coun ties, but we want to secure the nomi nation for Abbeville because it is ! right that it should be made from ! this County. } School Di&trict Meeting. j A meeting of tho citizens of this ISchool District was held in the Court j House on Saturday last in pursuance j of the notice required by law, and on j motion of Mr. li. M. liaddon, chair ! man of the JJoard of School Trustees, j was organized by calling Mr. L. "NV. White to the chair, and Mr. A. "W. ! Jones and \Y. M. Pressly to act as j secretaries. On motion of Mr. J. C. Hemphfll, I the assessment was lixed by a unaui t nious vote at the rate of two mills, j On motiou of Mr li. K. 1Jill, the I meeting then adjourned. The amount fixed is a fair one, to | which no reasonable non-taxpayer can object. If there be any objection it should come from tlie'tax-payer. On One Side Only. "We thank our correspondents in different sections for their items of news. We appre | oiHto their efforts in our behalf to make the Star a newsy paper. Hut we must request anil insist upon our correspondents writing only on one side of the paper, otherwise wc cannot publish them. The reason is that we have to divide copy among our compositors, and wc can't divide a sheet written on both sides." CST Thus speaks the Marion Star. The idea of a weekly paptr talking : about not publishing articles written on both sides of the paper rather I \\7~ niDiim. in Ill'aun U5. n u tan ovg iiv# junuvv ju requiring correspondents to write only on one side of the paper, unless they send their communications at the very last hour of going to pres.*. We hope our friends will send the Press cnid Banner the news and they may write all over both sides of the paper from lop to bottom. School Assessments. Last Saturday was the day appoint ed by law for levying the local school tax, and the following are the returns so far as we have been able to get them: Abbeville4 2 mills; Cokesbury, 1 mill; Calhoun's Mills, 110 assess ment on account of destruction to | Cl'Ops; veuar piuiiiys, muiv, jjwi deaux, none;* Indian 11 ill, none; Magnolia, 2 mills; Long Cane, 1 Mills: Due West,none; Donaldsville, i 1; mills. Cokesbury Items. Cokesi'.uuv was enlivened by a pic nic on last Friday and followed by a dance at the residence of Mr. Whit , Conner in tbe evening. Every body seemed to enjoy themselves exceeding ly, in which Mr. A. J. Chalmers par ticipated. Cawets D. Aiken and J. IJ. Agnew bave returned from Charlotte. The postmaster had to hire a wagon on last Thursday to bring the mail from Hodges to Cokesbury. Mb. P. B. Conner is affected \yith heart disease nothing?serious. Abbeville Branch Kailroad Schedule. We had a visit ou Monday from M?\ F. J. Holcombe, formerly of Abbeville and now of Waynesboro, C?a., who is now on a brief visit to his friends here. He informs us that in his county, ; B.urke, winch is a cotton county, there was almost an entire failure of crops last year, and a leading merchant of ! "Waynesboro, who does an annual bu siness of $150,000, was forced to carry 'v !???? vuoh tn nnimnit Leave Abbeville Arrive at Hodges Leave Hodges Arrive at Abbeville, ,10 00 a m ,11 10 a m ..2 20 p m ..3 30 p in WVCi IU Ullf* J ttu u\i/io vw ?..V of $30,00() due by the planters. Tlie prospect this year is better, ami an av erage crop is expected. The "prices ol provisions range considerably lowei thau with us. Corn has been selling as low as seventy-live cents cash,jin<] bacon at thirteen cents. There it more competition on the railroad* than here, and less high tarifs in thi way of freights. Doxit's Gold Mink.?We learn that Mr. B. O. lirowue, a gentleman of large capital and extensive expe rience i?i tuining,.lias leased the Dorti Mine from Mr. McCormick, the own <?r. ami make a searching: test of ite productiveness.- Mr. Browne, \vc learn, is very hopeful of success, anc will bring into piny all the necessary appliances to secure. He was here f few days since and after making nec essary arrangements with the formei lessees, Messrs. Perrin & Cothran went down to the luine. Wo wissl him success. Ol'R Mai.e Sciiooii.?The Abbe ville Male School under the charge o Mr. 1). V. Webb, closed its ten month.' session on Friday last. Mr. Webb is an excellent scholar and a successfu teacher, and we believe has given 'sat isfaction generally to the patrons o: the school. Abbeville needs a gooc male school, and we trust that tin patrons of the school may be able t< secure the services of Mr. Webb fo j year. The Rev. Edwin A. Bolles, Distric I A Rihlo ej ety, for South Carolina, God willing t will preach and organize a Bible So J eiety for Lowndesville and the sur > rounding community, to include al i denominations, at Providence church i on the IGth day of July, the day be & ing the third Sabbath in the month. All papers in the county, friendly -> please copy. ? t The Late Fkeshet.?Later ac e counts fully sustain the first reports o e the damage done to crops by the re t cent freshets. Large quantities o J grain on the large streams have bee] ? ?/! /rfnu'inrf tn [j DWCpi tt>vaj, auu lilt v?vj/w ? tally destroyed. The planters durin| the past week have been busily em , ployed in trying to repair losses?sun * ning grain and preparing to replaut. ,e! Wk are indebted to the committee o ,e j the Thilomathean Literary Society o p. jErskine coHege, for an invitation to at w tend their annual celebration on Fri Aj j day evening next. The question fo n j debate is "Should the government c _ the United States tolerateall reli .f ' gions." The liev. J. Boyce, D. D. pr< 3. j sides." f* Religious.?There wore service t. in the Presbyterian, Baptist and Epis "e copal churches on Sunday last. 0\\ 1- ing to the absence of the pastor, ther djwas 110 service in the Methodii y cliurt-h in the morning. At night th 10 pulpit was tilled- by the liev. M ie Pratt of the Baptist church. ir iif The Commencement at Due Wes e, comes off on Wedensday and Thur day of the next week, and we antic pate the usual large attendance. TL occasion promises to be a very into esting one, and the reduced fare c the railroads will likely attract a lar^ crowd. Engine and Thresher.?Mr. J le| A. Conuor, of Cokesbury, has a ne engine and thresher, and expects to 1 with them at Abbeville and West i the village next week. All persoi having grain to thresh would do we to patronize him. R. R. Hemphill, Esq., left for tl Wofford College Commencement < Saturday last. The commencemei ^ comes off at Spartanburg this wee' and Mr. H. presides at the celebratic of one of the Literary Societies of tl ie College. iy Rain is now much needed in tl crops. I The Mails.?The breakage on the railroads deprived us of mails from Saturday until Thursday last, when I the connection was made with Colli m j bia and we got more mail matter than we could read and digest in a week. These anaconda doses of news are rather fatal to digestion. The accu mulation of matter was so great, that I our Postmaster with all his dispatch | was unable to distribute in less than one hour. Our Couxty Election.?It be i hooves the citizens of Abbeville Coun ty to nominate our best men for coun ty offices without regard to trade, pro fession or calling; this done, use their best efforts to elect them. Bet i ter lose a crop than to lose the election, j Let us put our immediate household to rights, and then helpaur neighbors 1 'roll logs." Mit. John A. Ghubbs the Agent of the "Wheeler and Wilson Sewing Ma chine Company, has now on hand at Wier's Hotel for sale a full supply of HPwintr 1MYiY>lniif? ??ffjieliments. p.oiiftist ing of needles, hemmers, tuckers, castors &c. Give liim a cull. A tool of blood or blackberry juice, with wooly hair or something else, were discovered at the Judge of Pro bate's oflice door on yesterday morn- 1 ing, caused a little stir among the ex citable. Oun townsman, Hon. Armistead J Burt, leaves for his residence in Cash- | ier's Valley next Tuesday morning. He will be absent for two months, seeking health and recreation in the mountains. The high water in the recent freshet in the Savannah liiver is said to have beeu somewhat less than that of 1852 but greater than thai*<0f 1840. Thejdam age to farms on the river we suppose 1 was greater than in the former years. Owing to the break in the Green J ville and Columbia Railroad tue Charleston and Columbia mails wore sent from Abbeville bv way of Wash ington, Ca., on Wednesday last. A new route for that mail. The Greenville Court adjourned on Friday last. There were 110 juries iu attendance and only Equity and rou tine business dispatched. Col. Coth ran represented the Abbeville liar. The Female Academy. ? The schools under the charge of the Misses White and Livingston, we learn, will close the present session at the end of the second week in July. A Dancing school, we learn, will be opeued here next week by Miss Ithett, of Charleston, at the Female Acade my Building. The term will consist of twelve lessons. Miss Ella Cox, of Abbeville, graduated at Willianiston Female Col lege last week, with credit to herself ianU tlie place which sue represents. Monday and Tuesday were the hot test days of the season with the ther mometer among the nineties. Gen. McGowan left on last Thurs for the St. Louis Convention. He ex pects to be absent about ten days. Messrs. R. E. Hill and Hiram and James Lawson went to the Charleston Centennial on yesterday. The Cornets serenaded Messrs. Coo gler, Tustiu aud Kobleon Wednesday night lust. The Junior is looking after his wheat and oats in the Flat Woods. Monday is Saleday and we trust to see a full Democratic meeting. Egos are a drug in the Abbeville market at ten cents a dozen. Lost Mule.?See advertisement in auother column. Tire Orand Charleston Centennial comes oil' to-day. Bordeaux Items. . ;The Liberty Public School, under tbe supervision of Miss Zimmerman, I la ?? <.!! (uitnlnntnd Wlliluf. Iimkini? her scholars "walk a chalk line," she (the teacher) ;ei*tksavors, by every means in her pOwfer; to instruct them. Miss Zimmerman is a refined and well educated lady; and one, of whom, our neighborhood, may well be proud. We have a poet in our neighbor hood. This is one of his heart's com positions : "Dearer, to mc tlian pearl or ruby Is. my darling, liecky New by I" We hear that the negroes have as sembled below here for the purpose of striking upon some plan tor ^'reveng ing the slaughter of their country men." Lookout! I" Mr. J. BOLX'HILOX is very expert at throwing: the other day he knock ' ed his house cat "the other side of Jor den," thinking it was a squirrel. | The girls of The Liberty Sunday cnhnnl iliin'f, Iikt> to rt'Hil tlia 2oth chapter of Exodus. Mit. John Hakmon's* horse was stolen last Monday night. What next? Two young*"ladies'of Bordeaux took Advantage ol' Leap year not long ago. Mk. Smiley Harmon is not mar ried yet, notwithstanding that four beautiful young ladies proposed to him on the day of our pie-nio. ! Oi'it Squire is still "gallanting" the ladies. Tiierk is some of the best crops of wheat in uur neighborhood that you ever saw. MED SCAFFEll. ' to ot>n SQi:inEv I The Ladies of Bordeaux are looking their UCM, Old inn Ids and widows, as well as tho rest. IVy come to church Sundays In their best attire; And this is to capture our County Squire. In church instead of listening at what the preacher in saying They are thinking ot the "Squire," aud the same when praying. While, with sweet voices, they form a grand choir, Their thoughts arc fur away, dreaming of "Squire." They have tried to capture him again and again, But alas! thus far it hath proved all In vain. They have even taken advantage of Leap year, But that only wrung from him a sigh and a tear. But, fair ladles, do not for the world despair! But may you, at length, "Squire." ;lovf?gly ensnare. | Anu may mi? iiur uuu ?nu (jvm uuu ?..Uo caught. Weil him and live happy as a man and wife ought. Antrcville Items. The good Superintendent ot our Sunday school favored us on last Sab bath with a beautiful and soul-stirring address which was listened to with marked attention. He and his coad jutors deserve great praise for their ,f i indefatigable energy and perseverance _! in trying to build up and sustain this i most worthy enterprise, which is des r j tined to revolutionize that sectiou. !fj Dk. J. K. Bull graced our Sunday l" 1 school on last Sabbath with his pres ence. I hope he was well pleased aud benefitted by the address. Our friend David Kahn, formerly of Antreville but now of Laurens, paid us a short visit last week. He is a good man aud true. Success attend him. Our friend Enoch Bowen, who has been dangerously ill for the last seven weeks, Is now better, and we hope 11 will soon be up. -| Some of our school teachers are un doubtedly possessed with very elastic consciences. Money you know is the root of all evil. Gordon and Barnes are now pre pared to grind corn. They make the very best of meal and guarantee satis faction ; but where is the corn? ah! echo answers where ? Mr. E. H. Bell has applied to the Reporter to know what has become ol Mac. of Rocky Mingo. Too hard for me. 4'0h that I knew where 1 might find him!" ? le The Abbeville Rifle Company, has been drilling wilh great spirit duing the past week. Captain Branch aud his associates are showing themselves to be good drill masters and rigid dis ciplinarians. Two Colored Children Drowned and two Itcscncd at the last Moment. Editors Press and Banner: Two colored beys were drowned and Iwo were rescued at the last moment, an Mr.. S. A. Mcintosh's plantation near Barksdale's Ferry on tne Savan nah liiver a few days ago. The facts so far as I was able to learn are as fol lows. Four b rotliers were in the river bathing ; the father of the boys and mother negro were working about ;>ne liundre d yards above, where the boys were bathing; two of the boys iged about seven and nine could not jwini the other two about thirteen and llfteen were experts. Ail four of them untered a batteau and went some dis tance out in the river to a shoal of rocks ; the two small boys being una Ivln fn onnm thnin litvtillAra fillpH t.hP l>oat about half full of water for the little fellows to play in. Little did they dream that each handful of wa ter thrown was adding to its weight, find would in less than a quarter of an hour, cause their brothers to stand up on eternities dreaded shore. They fas tened the batteau to the rocks and left the boys playing in the half filled boat, by some means or other the boat became unfastened and drifted below the rocks into deep water. The domed little fellows pleased at first with the motions of the boat became frighted and called to their brothers some distance off to come to their as sistance. The boys seei ng their broth ers coming each ran to the end near est to them ; their weight and the wa ter that had been put in for them to wash in, caused the end of the boat to 3ink under the water and huan in staut the boys were struggling in the water. The'brothers instead of being paralyzed with the sight as most boys would have been, strained every mus cle and used every exertion in their power to reach them before they went under. One did arrive just in time to catch one as he was disappearing, and just as he grasped one of tbem and turned to carry him to the rocks, the other one who had gone under caught him by the foot, and the struggle was heartrending and appalling. At one time it looked as ir ail three were drowned, but the grasp of the sinking boy was loosened and one was carried in a strangled condition and placed upon a rock ; he at once returned to the place where the other one had dis appeared but arrived two late: the little fellow had sunk the thiru and 4imn tTownoruno frt nrlonfft tfl- fI lOOb IJLAIV* vxx .? ward tbe rock where the rescued one tl was placed, they made the terrible dis- ii covery tbat he two had disappeared in b the foaming eddy below tbe rocks, si This fact so paralyzed them tbat e if the father and friend had jiot come si to their assistance as soon as they did, \ these two would have sunk to rise no e more. The heroism and presence of c mind shown by these two young colored tl boys in trying to rescue their drown- ti ing brothers is astonishing, from the d fact that it is one of the marked char- t< acteristics of the colored race upon a inch occasions to be iucapable of ac- c tion being perfectly paralyzed with icar. GRANGEK SAM. Marriage at Cokesburjr. Editor Tress and Banner : ii There was a brilliant wedding in r the Methodist church in Cokesbury I on Tuesday evening last. The happy n bridegroom -was nev. it. xj. smart, a pastor of the Methodist church at this t place, and the bride was Miss Ella p Aiken, the accomplished and interest- a ing daughter of Col. D. W. Aiken. J The church was beautifully decorated v with evergreens and flowers; and the 'J happy pair stood under an arch of a living green to which was suspended a the "marriage bell." An unusually 1 large congregation of appreciative p friends, both graveand gay, were pres- t ent to testify their high regard for the f parties, and to express their warm I wishes for a long life, and abundant C happiness to both. The ceremony t was performed according to the form t of the Episcopal Church, by Bro. ? John- Kershaw, pastor of Trinity c church at Abbeville. It was solemn, \ impressive, and conducted with ease v and dignity by Mr. Kershaw; and t the bride and groom were calm, self- > possessed, and seemed fully to appre- t elate the solemnity of the vows tliey i worn t'lirinir Affwr the neremonv the u party repaired to the resideuce of Col. 1 Aiken, where, with a few friends, the v evening was spent most pleasantly. a C. I Cokesbury, June 26, '76. i Mcotiiis of the DonnaldsviUe Demo- ^ cratic Club. 1 Donnaldsville, 24th June, 1876. f Editor Press and Banner : i According to adjournment of our t last meeting, the Democratic Club t met at this place at II o'clock A. M. t to-day; the President in the chair, j \f imitfia nf ln?t. mHftt.inp wore read and a call was made for additional mem bers; when fourteen new names were l added to our roll. . On motion, an election was held for seven delegates to attend the County . club meeting 1st Monday in July, which resulted in the election of L. l Bar more, G. M. Mattison, W. E. Bar- , more, J. W. Pratt, J. 8. McGhee, J. B. Cowan and J. Ii. Latimer. * The following preamble and resolu tions were adopted: , Whekeas, according to report some of the voters of this township have oeen threatened if they vote the Dern- ^ ocratic ticket, , liciolred, That wo the members of the Don- * naklsvllle Democratic Club pledge ourselves t as a free people to protect all such from vio lence. L>..?nr.u>w Thill fhn nrrwv?pdIniM of this meet Ing be hcdi to the Abbeville Medium and Pres* and Banner wiih the request that they pubiinli them. Ou motion, adjourned to meet at Donaldsville, 1st Saturday in August, 34 o'clock P. M. G. M. MATTISON, Pres. J. W. Mattison, Secretary. Annual School Meeting. 1 The annual school meeting for the 4th School District convened at Dou aldsville at 12 o'clock m. on the 24th of June, 1876. G. M. Mattison was elected chairman and J. W. Mattison, secretary. On motion, it was resolved without a dissenting voice that a tax of one and a half mills be levied on the taxa ble property of the township for school-purposes for the next fiscal year, and that the same be applied ill the payment of salaries of teachers. G. M. MATTISON, President. J. W. Mattison, Sec'y. Alumni Association of Erskine Col lege. j Erskine College, 8. C. ] ' June 26th, 1876. / A meeting of the members of the 1 members of the Alumni Association of Erskine College residing in Due West was held this evening. On motion, Dr. Qrier was elected chairman; Mr. W. L. Millar was chosen secretary. Rev. W. L. Pressly stated that the object of the meeting was to present some plan by which a better attendance and more interest in the meetings of the Association may be secured. Capt. Cochran offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the Association be requested to hold its annual meeting on Wednesday af ternoon immediately after the close of the public exercises. On motion, a committee consisting of Dr. Grier, Kevs. J. O. Lindsay and W. L. Pressly. and Dr. J. L. Miller, ! was appointed to devise some plan to reuder the meetings of the Associa tion more attractive. The meeting then adjourned. W. ^1. GKIER, Chairman. W. L. Millek, Sec'y. Fence Law.?A number of the citizeus of Chatham County Qa., peti tion for the abolition of the fence law ?for three reasons?1st. That it en tails a heavy and useless expense; 2d* As a consequence that it renders val i. ueless large bodies of land, to which , cannot be fenced and 3d. That it in creases the temptations to crime, upon ' catttle running at large. The public mind is being educated up to the de sired point, and the end of the pres , ent law seems to be not far off. A Democratic County meeting is to I be held in Laurens on the Monday of i August to appoint delegates to the State Convention, and nominate a County ticket. fleminisences of AbbevilL HOPEWELL CHURCH -- REV! WADDELL, REID, CATER, AND OTHERS. Dr. Cummin; resigned the jmstori iharge of Hopewell in 1706. For tli irst forty years of the present centui he pulpit was filled by Rev. Mos< iVaudell, D.D., Henry Keid, Kichar i. Cater and Isaac W. Waddel I'heso men were alike distlnguiahe or their moral greatness as for the; ligh literary attainments. DR. WADDlsLL'S eputation as a teacher was ct xtenwve with the limits of the corn; ry, but it was in this State and i Jeorgia that his power was felt and i i impossible for us at this day to est; aate the extent or benefits of his ii] uence in training the hearts and th linds of his pupils. "When I kne\ lio liofl nncooH Hio marlSnm nF lift ad given ,up teaching, but continue! 5 preach. He was a stout; port], lan, of medium-height, with a larg reli formed head, his gray eyes wer liaded by heavy brows. His maune 'as grave and dignified, his style ai umentativo ana logical, his idea owed smoothly like a deep stream is gestures were fine, there was n ratoricai display. 1 cannot recollec lat I ever heard him use those famil ir expressions thrown in by uubli peakers as rests?"my beloved bretli sn," "my dear friends," or "fellox Itizens," as I have often heard fron le pulpit; his favorite word when ver he made a direct appeal wa sirs." There was no time during hi iscouree when his hearers could with raw their attention, only for a mo lent when he uttered that euiphati 'ord "sirs," which like the light ing's flash preceded the thunde eals that so quickly followed, the; 'ould instinctly look round to se 'here it strucK. His sermons wer niformiy one hour long, and he ha een often known to pause, take ou reat silver watch ana remark, "M; our is out, but my subject is not cx austed, we will take a recess of thii ^-minutes when the services *will b antinued-" In one of Dr. Waddell' jrmon's there was enough '.of soli latter to veneer half a score of th loral essays we often times hear 1'rot lie pulpit now-a-days. About 181 be church of Willington was organ sed ; it was composed mainly of mem ers from Hopewell. This circum Lance, together witb the stream c migration which set out from thi ection to the new country in th Vest, would have seriously weaker d the church had it not been for ounter current which flowed in fror lie lower part of the State. About thi ime Mr. Stephen Lee. Squire Au rew Norris, the Saxon's, P'elots, Poj tils, Wilsons, Parkers, Caters an nd lleids moved iu and filled the v> ant places. bev. henby beid, ras originally from North Carolina, li pened a school in half a mile of th hurcli, near the cross roads on win s locally known as the "Belcln dace." Mr. Keid was second only 1 )r. Waddell as a teacher and^disoipl iarian; his school was principall ustained by the neighborhood, a hough he had pupils from distar arts of the State. Lewis Tagga: ,nd Miss Jane Hamilton, aftervari Irs. Col. John Bowie. I rememb< vere his pupils from Abbeville C. I Cbe time between 1813 and 1823 marl , transition period in the settlemen ,ud in tbe history of the churcl ["here was no regular pastor, the pu tit was supplied for a short time b he Rev. Mr. Gamble, then by a "win ull Irish preacher" by the name < ioyle, and for a short time by M ,'ater. In 1823 Mr. Beid was *call( o occupy the vacant pulpit. On ei ering upon his duties, he found bi ifty names upon tbe roll of churc oembers. Dr. Waddell and Mr. Rei vere bold, fearless men,*but differ* widely in their tactics?perhaps tl ime justified the difference. D iVaddel would "hold the fort" an eat back all assailants. Mr. Reii r>s\**A oryrrrooolv'tt fefblfrpr lolds. Like "Mr. Great-heart" 1 vould go out of his way to fight a g mt who opposed the progress of h lis charge?he f^sited families ac nquired inlo the spiritual conditio ?f every member, catechized the chi Iren, organized and conducted cam] ueetings, preached at school house >rivate houses and by the road sid le resigned his charge in 1S2D, ha ng served the church for six years, i hat time twenty-seven had died, fo y wero dismissed, and the roll coi ained one hundred and seventy-sov< iames. In 1830 MR. CATER ecame the pastor of the church. I vas an earnest miuister, his sermoi vere prepared with great care, and d ivered in a manner and with a gra< arely surpassed. He entered upc lis duties with favorable auspices, ar lad the prospect of a long and usefi >astorate, but an unfortunate diffe iuce occurred between himself ar ome members of the session, whic ed to their withdrawal from tl shurch, and although Mr. Cater w; ustaiued by the congregation, he fe hat it was his duty to resign, whic ie did in 1832 and soon after remove o Alabama. KUV. 1SAAU \Y. tYAUUlili ucceeded Mr. Cater in 1833. Called I he unauimous voice of the coitgreg: ion to the pastoral office, he brougl o the discharge of its responsible di ies, that rare combination of mora nental and social qualifications whic endeared him to the people, and wc or him the appellatioo of the "belo ;d pastor." His sermons were plai practical discourses, in which tl ruth of the' Christian religion w; *- I 1 Is 1 :? lie ceiurui iucu, unu in suuug, *i?vi >ns language, he urged Its acceptan iB the rule of life. In public his ma; aer was sedate, not severe, in privat i sincere and true friend, at all tim in upright Christian gentleman, xnew him thrown off his balance b nice in the pulpit. There was in tl congregation an old Irishman by tl aame of Johnny Glasgow; he occ pied one of the short seats on the lc sf the pulpit. One long hot day June, the old man was wholly ovt some by sleep, and leaning his elbo against the end of the seat, and rei ing his head in his hand, he was so< in the "laud of nod" the "observed all observers." Mr. Waddell had be addressing himself to the bulk of ti congregation before him, and had n noticed Mr. Glasgow asleep, but < Bomo .point of general application exclaimed in a louder tone, "Awa thou that sleepest, arise." This d turbed the old man's dreams, ai brought him instantly to his fei when raising his eyes and his bands the preacher, he said in his drawlii way, "Aye profess Maister Wadde I'm not asleep." Mr. Waddel look down on the little old man in gr< astonishmeut and quietly said "ta your seat, Mr. Glasgow." Then tui ing to the front to continue his serine but the face of the congregation w like a calm lake when the South wii blows, he turned to the right, th again to the front, some of the y6ur --?~1 1 I.!,# an/l Biers BJJ1UKCICU uuuiuij , uuu "laughing is catching" it extended the old folks, the minister look grave, his shoulders would rise a fall, his breast heaved and hesatdow The pulpit was one of those circu boxes about eight feet high by thi in diameter, stuck upon the sido the bouse. We do not know what did when hidden from view, but af a few moments he rose and concluc the service. There was one trait these old Long Cane Irish and th descendants worthy of mention, a perhaps of imitation, that is wb charged with a "short-coming," though sometimes "schunny" avoiding the point, they would squa ly own up to the truth if guil CAPTAIN JOSEPH C. MATIIEWS, one of the good old men of the chun was an elder, he also acted as "per cutor," that is, he parcelled out 1 lines of the hymn and lead tbo sii ing. He had a seat railed in to hi self under the pulpit and immediat in front 6f the congregation. W1 the minister would take his text, 1 old Captain would settle himself in bis nest and listen attentively to every sound which lell from his lips, but should the sermon be too long, or too high or not altogether to his taste, he would growl out a peculiar yaw u something between a groan and a sigh, as an ad monition to the speaker to hurry up, which if unheeded, he would turn to front, fold bis arms aiuI quietly go to fileen. Ou-hpinf rallied about it, he would say "I was full and could hold no more," tlien quote a saying of l)r. Barr "Where weariness begins edifi cation ceases," and add in his own quaint way "the best thing one can do under such circunTstauces is to go to sleep. U Et Cetera and a Marriage Slick vs. Slack. REMINISCENCES OF ABBEVILLE BY AN EX-ABB EVIL MAN OF OVER FORTY YEARS. That ho common an occurrence as a birth, a deal!), or a marjiage should be the subject of a "reminiscence", may at the first bla=<t excite surprise or derision; yet as circumstances are said to alter cases, it is the alteration or variation from general rules that makes the case hereinafter explained, notable. But to the story. There lived near your Court House in Ihe year 1835 two young men, whom, in order to evade their real nn?i?u nq flip fl nnSSlhle. I Will dCSilT nate as Slick and Slack. One was Jong aud the other was short, and they dilFered in several other respects, but were alike in several other particulars, to wit, both were single, both were-be tween twenty-one and twenty-live years of age, both of them had hearts, and neither of them was encased in the bull-hide of an Ajax or the opi I dermis ot a rmnoceros nuu uuui >vc-ie Y over heels, ears and head in love with the beautiful and soft-hearted Betsey , and to the credit of the big e hearted angel, be it in truth proclaim 8 ed, that she returned the affection of d both, and at times was engaged to e both and at other times rather inclin II ed to one without being Hble to give a 3 full "yes" to one nncl "nay" to the '* other. She was willing to have either. but as she could not have both, and l* the having of one would exclude the other, in the magnitude of her true 8 womanhood ghe stood appalled at the 6 consequences of her definite action. True it would fill to the brim the cup a of joy to one, but when she looked up on the other whom she also loved, and 's saw perhaps tke broken heart or its ' strings drawn to a tension that would 3" render them valueless for time and d perhaps for eternity, her heart pressed l" heavily against its walls, the tears suf " ? ' 1 I? ,?nQ fused lier ciieens iwiu uei wivd mute. Neither could with art or de vice in poetry or prose get her to say "when 1 will." Another charm of Betsey was her true and unaffected piety; a communi cant she was aud a sermon of prayer meeting she never missed. I will not Bay that Slick endeavored to gain a point by a stratcgie movement on this embrasure in love's wall, but will state what he did, remarking that without any camp-meeting or quarterly meet ing on hand or just past, or "the sick ly season just ahead," he handed in his name for the circuit rider on his next "round" and was received, and whether he meant fair or foul play, it was evident that ho was soon leading Slack, which the latter was not slow to discover, and the thiug was so ap fiarent as to escape not even the pub ic observation. The next "round" ol brother Walker found Slack's applica tion for membership, which was*alsc granted and that brought them ever again. But there was another tesi crucible to be put to, and endured Father Moore who "led", the prayer meetings held at the church everi Thursday night gave a young brothei time and duo warning of his call t( "exercise in public,"?Slick wai ahead in tlie,order of call aud whei called upon responded promptly "Our Father who art in Heavcn"*am went through the whole of tbo Lord': prayer and could so no further. Fa tlier Moore added a lew 10 him iu addition to his own open ing and closing ones. Slack \va present but not called upon tha evening and from his remark was rather pleased with brother Slick'i success. The next meeting Slick, Bet eey and Shuik were all again in at tendance. Slick was ugain called 01 and he ran through the Lord's prave in good style, adding a few appropri ate thanks and invocations to bo founc iu the book of Common Prayer an< broke down iu the middle, and as uhu al in such case made and provided Father Moore ended for him. Slacl was then called on and ho led oil' "Our Father who art in Heaven," an< he broke down, and Father Moore car ried out for him. The next meeting Slick was well prepared by manu script, memory and by practice, ever emphasis, and succeeded admipabh even to the "Amen," while Slact even went oack on his first etlort anc after getting out "Our Father," conic under no pressure get out more, ant while father Moore with eyes shut woj closing up for him, he arose, took hii hat and walked out, leaving Slick am Betsey (usually she went betweei them} to go alone, and never stoppec until he was the owner of a bottle o f)each brandy and had disposed o lalf of it in the way usual in "llios* days." Tl|is was on a Tucsda}- nigh and he was summoned to appear, an swer <tc. on the next Sabbath, and t< which he responded by asking tlx erasure of his name pro confcsso ant don't care. On the Friday night fo! lowing a definite "yes" was given b^ Betsey to Slick afld they were to b< 11 ~ one and the same on iuu iuuu?jut Wednesday evening. The slattis wai known to Slack the next morning ant 1#) disposed heavily of the peach tha day and the next day, (Sabbath,) ant held up on Monday for a half-sober and 11 o'clock a. m. same day callc< on Betsey at her abode. She at firs declined to sec him, but he begged t< see her once more to take his 15 na leave of her, and she yieldod to hii entreaties and met him iu the parlor He opened by a repetition of bis ar dentaud unconquerable love for he and detailing fresh the consequence of her taking the hand of another tlie certain sending of him the speak er to hell from a drunkard't1 grave but for this: that his brain could no stand the shock and tho certain consc quences would be her immediate wid hood, his suicide, and perhaps he own extinction by violence as tli -tiiuoinn nf ?1><* drama. She beecc' a few moments for prayer and meditii tion and these completed shercturne< and answered, that rather than be tli author or cause of so much ill sh would end it by cleaving unto him and the Rev. Franklin Branch M. D being near was called in, and in les than one hour after his arrival (Slack's he and Betsey were then and ther made one and the same. The brand jug was broken and contents emptec During the enactment of the seen last above mentioned, Slick was i the hands of brother Kingsmore trj ingon his wedding garments as h supposed. In a few minutes he lean: ed the truth startling at it was of wc man's fickleness," (Bosh !) sent in hi resignation of church membership an became the owner of a jug of essenc of peach, and while disposing of i settled up nis uusmess uiuuui m. struck a bee-line westward, nor haul ed until 437 miles could be measuare between himself and Slack and lie sey. He married afterwards and die about thirty years ago, leaving a wi< ow who is now living, black took h time and within a year removed uboi 500 miles west, and he and lietse were both living two years ago an doing "remarkably well," aud had o hand in 1861-5 a handsome contriln tion of stalwart boys to bleed and d on the side of the "late rebellion." Bristow has resigned and has bee succeeded by Senator Morrill, i Maiuej as Secretary of the Treasury. Au Anti-Cotton Shop and Labor II form association has been formed Laurens C. II. JLnbcr Jlcform. to XUM1MHI IT. Editor Press and Jianner : C Although our organization is politi cal in its nature, our operations and ,, debutes are peculiarly distinct from , those of a regular political orgnniza- cc tion. As may be seen from the con stitution of Association, No. 1, pub- ? lished June 14lh in both of the enter prising newspapers of our County _ town. Our first object is improvement in the condition and the relation ot ^ employer and of laborer; and secoud- ei ly, to bring.the social, the moral and ' the electoral power of property own- \\ ers strongly in the field for the pur- Di pose of lessening tlic burdens or taxa ntiou. These are great achievements; objccts not only meriting our atten tion, but /breed upon the people by (lie necessities of the limes. There is nothing Quixotic, nothing impractica ble and nothing illegal in the plan of IleVorm now fairly before the people. The fundamental piiucipleof the or ganization is friendship and protec tion for the honest and industrious la borer, and proscription and withdraw al of support and protection from the la/.y, "the tramp" and the wantonly criminal. To ellect this we propose to hire no one unless provided with a discharge from* his last employer. The custom so prevalent among ne groes lo violate their contracts and re hire themselves, especially during those seasons when "day work" and machinery service" oiler inducements, can be met in no other way. Will the people accept and carry out the provisions of this plan ? It is all they cuu do. The unremunerative prices of agricultural products make it easy lo lay aside selfishness, and unite for iiw. ...iMin /vn/ul in I his mat H.K pUUJ.U tor is n. necessity to employers and manifestly to the advantage of the honest laborer. The false standard:* of trade and paying prices for one staple crop so excited the speculative cupidity of farmers that each preferred to take his own chance in his own way. Consequently union was im possible. But now, alj^is changed to such an extent that co-operation is easy, and union a practicable necessi ty. All feel the pressure of the times. All feel the necessity of a change for the better, and if all with tho same unanimity will put their shoulders to the wheel, success is certain. Now is the time. Let us make no delay, but strain every nerve to unite employers and render labor more efficient and controllable. Organize these Labor llcform Associations in every neigh borhood and put the ball in motion throughout the length and breadth of r.ifi AMmvillo nnd n. redeemed couil try will bo the result. Fellow-land- J,1 owners and employers, you are each h one individually addressed?to work, form associations and unite in senti ment and in fact for your own good, for our common good and for the goou of the whole country. BERTRAM. Destruction of Crops on the Saluda. Saluda June 20th, 1876. Editors Prcxs and Banner : Therccentrainsdamaged East Green wood Township several thousand dollars. The Saluda River was;higher than it has been for years. Hundreds ? of acres of corn and cotton submerged. Hundreds of bushels of wheat and oats swept away. Upland barley, wheat and oats begining to sprout in the shock. Despondency everywhere, - until Sunday's sunshine brightened faces. Cotton not improved by the cool rains. As soon as tho river sub- -? sides a June planting of corn will be J fashionable here. Tho sufferers on s< the river Messrs. B. Boyd, Geo. An- b derson, J. Boyd, R. W. Anderson and k tenants, A. C. Collins and tenants, j. 13. Ingram, Jno. "\V. Fouche and ton ants, W. C. Fouche and tenants, R. Myers and T. R. Tucket and tenants. ? Ninety-Six Items. The JTcrald furnishes the following: The young folks, old folks, big folks, and little folks, will have a pic-nic at the (Jld Star Fort ou the glorious Fourth, Providence permitting and no more freshets. Bring your baskets well filled. "We regret to learn ?of serious losses of small graiu to farmersmi the river. Hundreds of acres of bottom corn have also been submerged and ruined. All the sufferers of the flood have our sympathy. The first meeting of the Ninet3'-Six Auxiliary Bible Society will bo held at the Presbyterian church on Tues day, the 11th of July, at 2 o'clock p. m. The annual address will be deliv ered by Col. J. S. Cothran, of Abbe ville, and the annual sermon by Rev. Luther Broaddus, of Ninety-Six. Tho public are invited. Fort Moultkie Centennial.? The celebration of tho Fort Moultrie Centennial at Charleston, on to day next, promises to be the grandest military display over wittnessed in thisStato. There will be twenty vis iting companies?one from JJoston, one from New York, ten from Savan nah, others from Augusta, Columbia and other points, added to the seven teen of Charleston. Gen. Wade Hampton will be in command. The crowd in attendance, besides, will be large. Several candidates for the office of j I Solicitor or uiu iMgum vn^un. i| flcen anuounced. Messrs. Jas. L. Orr, i of Anderson, Wm. H. Perry, of ' Greenville, W. C. Keith, of Wafhalla, ? and J. S. Cotbran, of Abbeville, are _ the announcements made so far, eith " er of whom would fill tho position I with honor to tho office aud credit to j themselves. ?Anderson Journal. Severe Loss.?We regret to hear that the llev. Mr. Lawton lost on his plantation by a rise in the Saluda, one hundred and fifty bead of sheep and forty acres of oats which were shock ed in the field. This is a very serious loss to this gentleman and we sympa thize deeply with liiin ?Newberry Herald. We regret to learn that Mrs. A. E. Henderson, wife of Mr. "W. II. Hen derson, aud daughter of John Daven port, Esq., died at her residence in this CoUiity on the 14lli inst. "We arc also pained to learn of the doath of Lolian Moore, a promising young son of Kov. A. A\. Moore, which said event occorred on the loth iv.uf ?j sini'i'iiRvxIfr. Herald. South Carolina liavc purchased since the 1st March, 3(H),000 bushels of Wes tern corn. It is thus that the money goes, and our agricultural life is crush ed out. The unanimous nomination of Gen. B. Z. Vanoo as tho Democratic candi date for governor of North Carolina, assures a Democratic victory next fall. The Ncivbcry Jfcrald thinks that it is time that Newberry should follow the example of other counties *and bring our a candidate for Solicitor. Neaglo's bridge over the Oongaree at Columbia is so heavily weighed down with mortgages that ft is said to be able to stand any sort of a freshet. Last week there was not a pound of meat for sale at l'ickens C. H. The merchants were all out and wore tum ble to get it shipped over the railroad. Ouit up-country exchanges report great damages in the destruction of crops, mills and bridges, by the recent freshets. The peach crop in Pickens county is a total failure. There will proba bly be a half crop of apples. The name of General Hancock is be ing brought forward as a prominent caudidate for St. Louis. The Fourth of July Celebration at! Anderson has been abandoned owing to recent calamities. Col. Smedley the Lecturer, deliver-! ed an interesting address at Anderson ; last week. The railroad breaks have all been! repaired and trains are now running regularly. The trial of Tielknnp will likely be continued until next ^November. .Timor: Choki: Is talked of as a TJad ical candidate fortJovernor. OBrfPAttY.?The infant son of o wrwiauu. Mr. J>. B. Wittiib, a.'icd a f< lontlis, died after a short illness, onday, ;utd was huried ill Trini liureh Cemetery on yesterday. The "woman's friend" is what I nil'3 Vegetable Pills may well rmed, for ever}' woman that h ied them will nut be without them, HOTEL ARRIVALS. \I.STON HOUSE.?.1. "W. Hmldon, J. 1 iWiin, l<\ \V. K. Nance, S Atcnew, i'JUO \\'< ins. W. Wctmorc. S o JJniwne, New Yor V Shrowlcr, i/wmlcsvJIJc; DeSausr larloslon ; W.I Huckut, Mil way; l>r A iiicmnii WMf-man's P O; 15 C JCay, J L> X, 11, l.owndcsvilli;; A It Houston, Augusta, CONSIGNEES. EXPRESS.?J Kurtz, J F Cullioun, C 'lice, F U Pickens. A lace 13askin, J T Gi i,S} Mcfjo>val?, K li Gary, C T Itn-skell, i Iclu r, .1 It Rneli, Jiias .Mollis Ilolcoml >bt Kiuitze. fc'.KKfGlit'.?IIy Huekabec, E Calhoun, O'Omnell. MARICKT REPORTS. I'l.l UV.CTKI) ItY nrmvcll & Co., Cotton Jlrokcrs ai IK-nlcrs in (ivncrul Merchandise. i\A CTOItY GOODS. Il'isli? tton Yarnu.. UOttl.:?> Mackerel ....81.75ns nabnrrs l ?i isj Cod, per lb.. ion Shilling hHi I-J White " lUiv wheeling.... !'.'.u l.VSall, per sack 2.00ai I'HOVlNlONS, Tobacco,? our, per !*>... *lft 5 Chewing,.... 75al rn norS*h?l.<W Hinokius?,... UOa] ml! " i.lOal.'JJj AMMUNITION. i.-U, per ll>... o'/& 5!rowU?r pcrll> 40a as, " luual.!i)!Shott " 12a ts " . 1.00 Lead, " l?>a .con, Shies... 13a I );Caps, per box. 10a Hh'iira. J la 12 LIQUORS. Hams. 18a 20|Coniwhlskey$2.00n: vd i.*n *21) French br'tly. 5.00a' ?h i'olatocs. 1,75a2.<K)iJloliaiul gin.. 5.%aJ eet " ... 75al.00 Ameri'n gin.. S.OOal -?s irMi 2o|lj'rbon wh's'y tf.OOa iickens 20a 251 Wines 3.00a! irkoys l.Ooal.oth llARDWAlUi. [tier -iHv 25 Iron, Swedes. ^a GROCERIES. I " English 7a sar, crushVI? 15a 10 Nails, .... 5a ? a... 12a 15jCotton cards.. 50a ]} 12a JS.'IJorse shoes... (.: 12a 151 " " nails ? l?rown 10a 121 . LEATHER. illoc, Klo ' :s>a iWincnuiic* -7 ?>"* ' Lngu'uu 2Su JMlSole leather... 40a 1 Java Jf7a 40|l'p'r leather- COa a 1.00al.50iH tir'fin " 10a rup, cano... 75al.lK) Calf skins 5.00a )1 asses, s. h. JOa 45'Kip skins 4.50oj .ndles, sp'jii '10a &ojDry hides Ca ' ad'nvt 20a 25iUrcen hides... 5a icesc 20a 23 RAGGING, &c. lions, per bu 2.001 Bagging, p yd 10a arch 12a 15iTic# 7a liiow Ma 12, Rope, cotton- 40a ee, per lb H?a 121 Rope, grass... Abbkviia.e, Juno 21,?Cotton 10@ NEW YORK, June 12-(J P. M.-Cot iner: sales 1,188, at 121-lC^lffl^. LIVERPOOL, June 12.-12 M.-Cotton vc and firmer?middling uplands 0%; m ing Orleans 06-1'J; sales 15,WW; BALTIMORE, June 12.?Cotton dull i jminal?middling 11%; ports coastwise iles 115. CHARLESTON, Juno 12.-Co1ton qui< iddlingllj^; receipts 00; sales 75. GREAT REDUCTION. "N SILK PARASOLS and SUN U u 13RELLAS, at tho EMPORIUM OF FASHION Juno 28, 1876. Totice Bridge Builder nrriLTj let renairs on bridge o1 V V Long Cane at McKitrick's Mill ic 3d Thursday cl' July, (20th,) 110 112 o'clock. ROBERT JONES, C. 13. C. C. A. C June 27,187C. ' Strayed or Stolen r^ROM my pasture near Oalliou D Mills, on MONDAY, 19th inst., 1 orrel horse with light mane and t lind in tho loft eye, sprung in the fo )g. Any information of the horse v 0 thankfully received. J. T. HILBUR3 Culhonn's Mills, Juno'26,1876. $20 Reward. LOST, Strayed or Stolen in the vie: ty of Abbovillo C. H., from Geo tobortson (colored.") on Sunday night, 5th June, a small bay horse mule, ab hree years old, branded on the loft irith two H's. When last seen had o ilcClelland saddle. Tho above rew vill bo paid for tho mulo if deliverer A. B. C. LINDSAY, Five milos East of Calhoun's Mill June 28th, 1870. 776, The Great Centennial. 1? Parties desiring information us >est routes to the CENTENNIAL, o any of the summer Ilesorts oi my other point in the country, she iddress B. W. WREN? General Passenger Agent Kennesl }oute. Atlanta, Ga. [HE ALSTON HOUS -h i<rti u . jp /Tfc HE MISSES CATER STI keep "THE ALSTON HOlTfcj pen for both permanent and transi ioarders. Thankful for past patr ,ge, they hope, by renewed one nd application to business, to mer ;ood share of patronage. Jan. 5,1876 49-U' t. GOLDSMITH. P. KI Goldsmith & Kind, Founders And Machini (rHCENIX IROX WORKS), COLUMBIA, S. < Manufacturers of Steam Engines of izes: Ilorse powers, Circular and Mu law Mills, Crist and Sugar Cane Mi i'lour Mills, Ornamental House and Si fronts, Iron Railings, Agricultural ] ilements, etc. Brass and Iron Casti f all kinds made to ordet on short not nd on the most reasonable terms. A uaimraecurers 01 couoii jrresses. JT. NICHOLAS CLOC] ^ALL at PrPRTC'S office and sco best "timo-piecc" for the monoj lie State. myltK WALLER3 ME It GREEN W1 A RE now offering to the public / u full line of ull the (iooda gei TIIEII have been selcctcd with g: READY-MA a FINE STOCK ( A goo Groceries, Hardware, lo wmcn tnc attention ot purcnas WALLE eh. 19, 1878, 45-tf 3STJ~iE Ammoniated Bone ' JIANl'F. ATLANTIC AND VII Soluble Pbospbafc Acid, 10 per vx Organic Multer, ?!i> per cunt.; Vic P.1 ONE TON, C ASH, PAYAliLJ ONK TON, ONE TON, payable Nov. 1st, in l For sale by _____ * IVb. 0, 1S70 ! 1-tr I FINAL DISCHARGE, " VTOTJCE is hereby given that Jletey jJN Caldwell, Administratrix of the Estate q( Will is Caldwell, deceased, haa applied to Thos. B. Mlllford, Judge of Probate, in and forlhe County of Abbe ville, for ?c final discliarge as Adminis tratrix. It is Ordered, That the thirtieth day of June, A. D. 1S7(J, 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, 187(5, 4t. J To Arrive. LIGHT PRINTS, Bleached Home spuns, Linen Fans, Pufilings. Mil linery, Ijaee and Silk Scarfs, Veilings, Jfce., this week at the EMPORIUM OF FASHION. May 24,1676. . Thresher and Fan FOB SALE BY; BARNWELL & fiO. May 31, 1S7G, If SHERIFF'S -SALE. The State of South Carolina* COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. In the CoMioioa Pleas. L. J. WILSON, Auctioneer. John jC. Williams, OPlaiatjfl', Against Wm. C. Barrett-aridJolwn 31, AfacKay Defendants. DECREE BY vlrltueof an order.of the sdi4 Court in this .case signed by Judge Cooke, 4o me -directed, i -ell to the highest 'bidder at pttblle luction, at Abbeville Court House, oa Sale Day next, the Jhird-day^f July? ill that plantation and traoUtf laud, situate, lyingj&nd being to 'the Couu 5y aforesaid on LongJCane .and Quay* 3reek, containing Sight Hundred and Twenty-five Acres, - nore or less, bounded by lauds of George Nickles, Robert Dunn. Wil iaiu Djnm, and others, known *a the Williams land, the jirojperty of ilia lefendants. Terms Cash. X. T. GTTFFIX, Sheriff Abbeville Connfcj^ Sheriff's Office, 7th June, 1876. } rks Slate of M CaroM, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. In the Probate-Court. Tn the matter of the estate of Xovett Gteen Johnson, dec'-d. FINAL DISCHARGE WTOTICE is hereby given that J. X LH Johnson, Administrator of the fcatate of Lovett Green Johnson, late >f Abbeville County, deceased, wiH in the 20th day of July, 1878, apply to Thos. B. Millford, Judge of Probate for Abbeville County, for a final dis charge as Administrator of the said All parties having claims against the estate of said Lovett Qreen John son, deceased, will present them,<dtily attested, before the Probate Judgo aforesaid, on or before the 20th d%yaaf July next, or be barred. By order of the Probate Judge. J. C. AVOSMAKSKY, Clerk Court of Probate, A. C. Office of the Probate Judge, Juue 7tb, 1&76, At ?J Mrs. M. M. White OULD ask the attention of .her3ady friends to an entire new Stock of W Hats, Flowers, &cM just in to-day, per express. Also will sell you an improved Rem ington Sewing Machine on terms and at prices to suit the times. Mrs. M. K White. May 1,1876, tf ' / OVERSEERS' NOTICE. TIIE Road -Overseers' of the ?aunty will inform tlio County -Connuia ttloners without delay wliat sign boardn nro neeossary to jost the roods in their respective sections. ? "VToticf. is hereby given that Masallon nd. IN Bell, Exocutor of the Estate of R. N. Groves deceased, liasappliod to Thom as 13. Milford Judge of Probate, in and for the County of Abbevillo, for a final SIS discharge as Executor. It is ordered, That the Fifteenth day of July, A. D 1876, be fixed for bearing of 2. Petition, aud a final settlement of said , ? Estate. a" J. C. "Wosmandky, !{?y Clerk Court Probate, Abbevillo ^County. LL IE" ent ou tlay 3, 1870, 4-tf / ROBT. JONES, c. b. c, a a. a rgy it a . . V/ . <1 Final Disciiarge. - Ills, lore tili ngs ice, lso, E. the ' in st Office of Probate Judge, j May 8,1870 ? | DR. JOHN S. THOMPSON. . DENTIST, Offers liis professional services to tbe cit izens of Abbeville and tbe surrounding country. Office?Over Citizens' Savings Bank, ABBEVILLE, S. C.r & BROTHER, CIIANTS AT 00D, S. C., in their new and handsome buiklinh,* lcrally needed in thiscommirufcty. I STOCK OF rerft care, and unusually attractive. DE CLOTHING. )F BOOTS AND SHOES. d assortment of Crockery, and Glassware. icrs is invited. R & BROTHER. lEISTja. Super Phosphate of Lime, YCTURED BY THE IGINIA FERTI1IZING CO. % mit.; Insoluble rhosphate Acid, 5 per cent.; siding Ammonia, 3} percent. UCTCS. Id A 1* III L 1st, $ 47 50 NOV. 1st, 55 00 niddling cotton at 15 cents per lb CO 00 iwoll cSs Cfo.