The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, September 06, 1876, Image 2
T)ie Press and Banner,
t Wednesday, Sept. 6,1878.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For President.
J. TILDEX, of Now York.
For Vrt-s- J'rrnitlcnf.
THOS. A. HEX I) KICKS, of Indiana.
'For Kir ft or$, State at Large.
SAM'L McCJONVAN, of AMtoviilo.
"JNO. A. WAUENER. of Chut lost on.
\Ftr Wee tor from Third DMrtvt.
NVM. WALLACE, of Camden.
Fcr Governor. .
WADE HAMPTON, of Richland.
For A Hornet/- General.
JAMES CONXEli, of Charleston.
For Comptroller-General.
JOIINSOX HAUOOD, of Barnwell.
For Secretary of Slate.
It. M. SIMS, of York.
For Inspector-General.
E. \V. MOISE, of Sumter.
For Superintendent of Education.
11. 8. THOMPSON, of Hiclilaiid.
For Conf/rcss, Third DMrict.
D. W. A IK EX, of Abbeville.
Fur Solicitor, Eighth Circuit.
J. S. COTHRAX, of Abbeville.
For the. Senate.
J. 0. MAXWELL.
-fbr Home of Representatives.
It. It. HEMPHILL.
W. K. BRADLEY.
J. A. CONNER.
WILLIAM HOOD.
T. L. MOORE.
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fur onvrrj).
J. Y. J ONES.
For School Commissioner.
J. A. W'lKIi.
For Clerk of the. Court,
M. G. ZEIGLEH.
For Probate Judge.
J. FULLER LYON.
For County Commitwioncrs,
EGBERT JONES.
<i. M. MADISON,
ft. A. MeCABLAN,
For Coroner.
S. \V. COCIIRAN.
OIUc Presidential Campaign ? Its
I.t-atfiiig Issues anil its
Prospects.
For sixteen years the Hopublionn
jfjarty has had control of the government,
and this fact apart from any
^tiestion as to how the government
been administered would seom to
furnish a strong argument for change,
as a long continuance in office necessarily
begets habits of corruption ^rowjug
out of a seiisex of irresponsibility ;
but when to this fact we add that the
record of the Republican party presciitsan
exhibition of olliei.-tl corrtijtXion
and mal-admiuistrution, which
^perhaps never before In the history of
.? free people, inflicted such lasting inini
v t<? fin. nutional interests, and such
wide-s proud disgrace to the national
> .character, it would seem that we have
ifurnished an unanswerable argument
tor the overthrow of the dominant
iP?rtv.
And this overthrow would have taJteu
place loiifr ago, and the party
hurled from power, but for Its war re.cord,
and that it has sought to keepj
.alive all the passions and prejudices ofi
that bloody strife, and has again and
Jigain appealed to the fear of
the Northern people, that in bringing
in a change of rulers they would1
endanger nil the results of the war,
and jeopardize the integrity of the
Union. It has proclaimed itself the
.only true friend of the negro, the only
Hure protector of the Union, the only
safe depository of power, and has
charged upon the South that it
1 * Annni'funi
J.s ouiy wuikiu^ i v.i upiiMnu.,,
tv to seize the reigns of power,
to proclaim the Reconstruction
Acts, "unconstitutional, revolutionary
and void," to remand the negro
again into > state of bondage, to
.assume the payment of the confederate
debt, and to restore all the secession
heietues of tht> un(e bcllimn peri.011.
j
To sustain this charge the Republi-I
.cans have hoisted "the hloody shirt," J
in every canvass, have manufactured 1
.and circulated the most atrocious fclan-!
ders agaii.st the good name of ourj
people, have set "the outrage mill" in j
.operation, ami have misrepresented
every utterance of Southern journals
.and every act of Southern men to sustain
their charge of our hostility to the
negro aud the Union. Again audi
again this has proved their winning!
card, and in the present campaign ig-|
noring all other issues, this has been I
made the leading issue in the halls of j
Congress, on the hustings and in the;
columnsof their leading journals. To
this and Blaine and Morton have pro-j
voked the discussion of war issues in j
Congress, Wheeler has given exprets-i
sion to all the exploded charges 1
against the Southern Democracy, andj
tlic iVtw York limes ana omer rutui-j
cal papers, seize upon every Southern
disturoanco to ground u charge of hos-j
tility to the government. They tell <
us that the South is uureconstructed!
Htiil, and to support their charge misconstrue
every utterance of free
speech, and every election of Confederate
soldiers to places in the State
and national government. Every as-:
sertion of our rights under the coustifc
lion has been pervorted into an aCT
tempt to seize the reigns of government
for unworthy purposes, ami the!
very fact that misgovernment, State i
and Federal, has banded the South to-j
getherasone man, lias been made thej
occasion for repealing the charge that}
in seeking to overthrow Republican |
rule they seek to overthrow the Union.
This has been the only answer
which has been made to the'eharges of
corruption and maladministration j
which have been established against
ihe Republican rule of the past sixleen
years. They tell us that the Republican
party with all it* fault* is the
party of the Union, and the only true
friend of the emancipated nemo;
whilst the rule of the South would ruin
all.
We trust that the time is pa.?"t, when
*neh an argument would have its
weght. For ten long years the South
lias groaned undera load of oppression
which would have crushed out the kept
of any other people, and yet has left
.her faith with the dominant party and
has sought to work out her regeneration
in f pite of plundering carpet-bagger*?,
and thieving scallawags, has redeemed
herself in almost every Southern
State from Republican rule, and
jriow under the beneficent sway of
.Democratic State Governments has
-showed that she is the true and best
friend of the newly enfranchised African.
If you wish to see communities
in which the utmost peace and good
-order prevail, and where the two races
.maintain the kindest relations and enjoy
the largest measure of prosperity,
you must go to Georgia, Alabama and
Mississippi, where the Southern white
race has vindicated its right to rule,
by the excellent use which it has
murip of its opportunities.
But whilst the Republican party
*eeks to control the Northern musses
>by an appeal to their fears of S<?utii era
ascendency, it will attempt to control
the Southern vote directly l>y tin
appeal to bayonet. But to this end
the seven thousand Federal troops
jiow stationed in the South will prove
.entirely Inefficient, and more than
.this, the attempt to coerce the ballot
4?y the strong arm of the military is
?o repugnant to the instincts of the
American people that it would likely
react upon public sentiment North of
the Potomac, aitri the government
would lose more votes from the Northern
States, than \t is probable thvy
would get from the South by this step.
"This fear will constitute the chief restratfit
upon tlveuseof the military in
controlling the Southern vote.
Tbe Democratic Canvass so far
?eem>? to promise the best results, and
the cry of reform under the banner of
rhe chief reform champion will doubtless
carry tb/>-support of the solid men
_o_
I ~ " !
of the country to the cause of Tildcn |
ami ] lendricks. in the State oflSt^vj
j Yoik the great Presidential battle is to!
he fought, and we have every confidence
in the result. Iu this contest!
; we can best strengthen the hands of;
lour friends by refraining from all col-!
lisions with the blacks, and showing!
jour fidelity to the Union by maintain-1
ling peace and good order. We thus)
: answer the calumnies of our enemies j
! and deprive them of the only weapon
j which can give them tlie victory.
j The Grand Katiik-ation ;it Anderson.
i Editor Pri.?w and Banner:
j Ssk: The grand ratification which j
! took place at Anderson last Saturday
I was a great success. Auoevme was
[handsomely represented by the two!
; border clubs, Lowndeavlileatid Antre-j
1 vilie. Your correspondent happen-1
|ing to arrive in I lie pleasant villi
age of Lowndesville about the time}
the company began to assemble, was
!cordially invited by the entire club to!
(join them in their jolly trip to Ander-I
jSTii to hear our old War Horse, the!
j gallant standard bearer of the Demo-!
.emtio party make his first address and |
I thus open what we intend shall be a!
j successful campaign. Having noth-j
j ing on my hands or mind I at oncej
accepted the urgent invitation amij
j .made arrangements for what I antici-j
paled would be a pleasant, noisy and;
j jolly time. The time appointed for'
istarting was about 2 o'clock but by the
j time all arrangements were made, and \
jour provision wagon packed and start-j
led, the sun was far down in the Western
horizon. We at last finished
land left the city of the Fork with aj
I yell of relief, which was returned by !
the bevy of fair ladies who had assembled
at'the Hotel on 13road street toj
; witness our departure and wish us a
{successful and pleasant time. Our
j band with a few exceptions wore
I young men, and a happier and jollier
.'set never has crossed the border since
! Abbeville lost her independence and j
j it'll into the hands of the seal la wags
and carpet-baggers. As the company
! would pass the houses of our Anderson
emisitis 75 voicss would send up the
I patriotic cry, three eheere for Hamp
ton, reform and home rule. Everyi
thing went along assmoothely as clock
j work until about nine o'clock, when
: Colonel Harper concluded we had ridi
den far enough and commanded a halt
I about eight miles from Anderson vilI
lage, at the house of Mr. M. Parker,
j who by the way is a gentleman of the
i lirst water and if he is an average
J specimen of the Anderson planters I
'she lmda right to compete with old
j Abbeville us to who shall carry the
I palm as the banner county. Mr. Parj
ker gave us the use of his lot, his yard,
I Ins house, his well and hiw titue.* Al;
ter the horses were picketed for the
: night, the show commenced, which
was to last until morning, the com!
missary department had not come,
land nothing was left for us to do but
j to pass the time pleasantly as possible,
j Hilly Shaw brought out a fiddle, part;
ners were chosen, and the dance com-:
' meuced, and for two long hours they
j cut up more pranks than a company j
j of sioux Indians at their corn d^nee. j
J About ten o'clock the commissary de-:
| partment was reported on hand, and in I
j fifteen minutes 7o horses and as many
hungry men were discussing the merits
i of the loads of goodies which had been
Istored away by the loving mothers
and wives of old Lowndesville. There
;is and impression that those traveling
in this manner eat more than they
j do at home. My experience on tliis <
j trip, corroborates this opinion. 1 am!
Satisfied that those seventy-five men, j
hid as much victuals as any threei
i hundred men at home.
After supper the inusio started!
again and the dancers prepared for a
new campaign. The report was eircu-j
dated that two white radicals lived i
about a mile up the road who had!
been making incendiary speeches to
the negroes. A band of about thirty
i was organized to wait upon these
] brothers. Their name 1 believe was
j Young. They went up to his house,
culled iiim out aim nau u qniex mm
earnest talk about the course he was
Cursuing; they asked him if lie hnd
cen making such and such ' incendiary
speeches to the negroes; lie said no
I at first but finally came out like a man j
; and owned to all the charges. He had I
j been talking to them and had been
! doing some very bad talk too. He was
J told liy the spokesman of the band!
i that lie surely did not know the terri-"
| ble consequences of such a course ;
j that he was a fomenter of strife and a*,
i such would be considered as an enemy
j to the public good, a renegade and ;
traitor to his race; that lie was sowing
a harvest of dishonor, shame and disgrace
; that he was dooming his family
and innocent babes?those who had
done no wrong before Glod and man, to
shame and disgrace; that his children
ami liis cimurens' cnimrun woum ur|
taunted for a century to come with the
epithets of traitor, renegade and radical:
that his course would bring the
law of public opinion against him?a
law which would sooner or later master
him as it has all traitors and renegades
since the war. Young is a very
ignorant man and was more to be pitied
than blamed; he said he never
looked at his course from this stand
point; that if the consequences were!
as severe as represented ho would j
never speak another word to negroes
on politics tnat he would not doom
his innocent wife and children to such
a miserable fate; that he was from
now onward and forever a white man I
and a democrat; that he was a reform-1
ed man; that his neighbor should
never say again that lie loved the tie-1
groes better than his own race, and I
believe the man was sincere, and ]!
believe this is (he right way to np-j
proach all of these deluded white!
rads. They can only sec the office. I
/They never count the cost socially, and j
when in a plain and kind manner the
consequences of their course is point-j
ed out they will, as Tom Young, the
reformed radical pf Anderson,see the
error of their way and reform.
About one o'clock the pie-nic crowd
arrived?part of the company were oil'
at a pic-nic and thus failed to starti
... i l,0,l 5lIklt|
Ulllll Ulll'l Wllivi JV.Q,|
dropped oft" in spite of the dancersj
when such e yell of welcome was
raised that has no parallel in the au-j
mils of Anderson County. The writer
jjumped 11 p and without dressing as he],
Iliad never undressed, rushed out to j
se-Awhat was up. followed by Colonel
i Harper and Lieutenant Bock ham. i
\ When we arrived we found thut the!
[dancers were welcoming the recruits
by two catching him by the arms and!
joue by the neck and shaking the poor
j fellow until he was utterly exhausted, j
j We asked them to make less noise as
| we wished to sleep; they now started |
a game of wrestling, about this time, j
I The more quiet and settled portion of
j he company had turned in fence cor-1
j ners, horse troughs, wagons and alii
available places were occupied l>y
sleeping men. A band was organized !
with James Bask in and Willie Young
as leading spirits. They would go up
i to a poor tired fellow sleeping the
j sleep of a fatigued body and easy conj
science. One would cry whoa, whoa,
while the other would shake a pair of
gears at his head. This would cause
j the man to bounce up with a shout of j
fear and make him tojump about six
I feet, thinking the horses were Hghtj
ing near him and on the eve of crush|
ing him to death. This is a fair spec-!
! imen of the many ways used by this)
(jolly crowd to wake up the sleepers
| and sciire them nearly to death. The
last joke they performed was at the
expense of J. Y. Jones, of Abbeville,
I Aliout aii hour before day he wasl
| dragged from out of the Joom house
jand informed that if he did not give
them a speech on the political situn-i
; lion not one of that crowd would
j vote for him for sheriil'. He told them j
j such a thing was never heard of be-1
fore or since Anderson County was j
[settled. Taking no excuse they put
him up in aeommissary wagon, gavel
j him threeeheers and told him to go
jit: he went, and for a half hour the
j woods rang with denunciations against!
the government, which lor ten years
j has crusned us with its iron heel of
tyranny and oppression. He was not
interrupted during his speech and
'was lustily cheered when lie came
! down from his portable rostrum.
This, we suppose was the first political
j speech ever made at this hour of the
! uigbt in Anderson County.
This was the last joke, the company
I was ordered to mount and on towards
I Anderson we went. When we entered
the square we taw the large portly
frame of our follow townsman, W. T. I
Jirauch, standing on the hotel piazza.
As soon as lie recognized us he raised i
a yell which could have been heard j
two miles. This w;is the slart uiul!
cheer after cheer rang out 1'roiu the |
immense crowd thronging in and I
around i he Court House. I will give!
you a description of the procession \
and speaking in your next issue.
HAMPTON AND KKFORM. I
Old Field Schools, j
Barring Out and Ducking the Master.
I mentioned in a former communication
that the tirst school house|
uuiit in tlie chinoun seiueineni, i
was within ihe palaisade of l-'ort
Boone, and that it was also
used as a "meeting house" for religious)
services. Our fore-fathers
when they buiided to protect their
little onus against the tomahawk and
scalpkiug knife of tlie savage Indiaus,
also took care to guard them against
those more unrelenting foes?irreligion
and ignorance. Thus sprung up
that close relationship which so long
subsisted between the church and the
school-house, in which the paator often
filled the responsible post of teacher
in both, and when the religious influence
which pervaded the whole resulted
in producing that high moral
excellence which distinguished the
men of the past, I am not disposed
to discuss the subject of education. It
can require 110 argument to show that
every system must be fatally defective,
which ignores, or assigns a subordinate
place to the moral aud religious
instruction of the young. Better that
a son should l>? kept ignorant at home, j
than sent into the world armed aud
equipped for evil. The writer very
distinctly remembers the old log
school house at- Upper Long Cane,
when more than fifty years ago lie
was was committed to the tender mercies
of Domine Henry Fulton to be
inducted into the mysteries of "Dilworth's
spelling book" aud the more
.v.... e ii.?
iiusn uut; in vm-uuu-j ui uic inuii.i^>ii^44tiou
table *an<l the llule of Three.
Oh, happy days! Yet, not days of
unmixed happiness, for sly old Dilworth
had plaeed at the thresh hold of
knowledge these lines:
" 'Tis education forms tlie common mind,
JukI as tlic tsvigis bent, the tree's inclined."
And their construction was a source
of continual controversy between the
teacher and his scholars, and as he
always had it bis own way, it was a
constant cause of irritation to the
boys, and the girls?poor things?
sometimes suffered from a want of
harmony upon the subject. Theu old
1'iKe, wno ruum." iuc iiiuui^uujiuhi
table?we often wondered why lie did
not make it "easy for beginners"?filled
a page or two as examples how
the thing was done, and gave the answers
to each?these, the tooconfiding
youth carefully copied, and when he
presented his work for the inspection
ulid approval of his teacher, he found
to his horror that he had been purposely
deceived and tlmt the whole
was wrong?then the boy learned hib
first practical lesson in life?to take
nothing for granted though he find it
printed iu h book, uud which was enforced
by such arguments that he
would long remember.
As these "old field schools"?as they
were reproachfully called?were established
upon a uniform plan, and conducted
for a like purpose, a description
of one will serve for all. The building
itself was of the most primitive
style, built of logs out near the spot
where it was erected; there was not
a nail about it, except a few in the
door, the floor was made of plank
when they could be had, but often of
puncheons laid down without much
regard to smoothness, or evenness of
surface, the cracks were chinked with
liHWb of wooii driven between i
the logs. Air and light were admitted
by leaving out one or two of the side
logs; a wide plank was adjusted at a
proper angle before the opening,
which served as a writing desk for the
whole sohool. The roof was kept in
place by weight poles, a capacious tire
place with a stick and mud chimney
completed the edifice. The master's
out-fit consisted of a small table with
a drawer, a split bottom chair, a pen
knife, a flat ruler, a lead pencil, and a
well-trimmed gracefully taperit)g hickory
switch as the symbol of authority.
"No limits were assigned to his attainments,
and many of the teachers were
good classical scholars, but it was an
indispensible. requisite that he should
be a man of character, write a good
hand, spell and read correctly and
possess a thorough knowledge of common
arithmetic. It is hard for the
young people of the present tinte to
realize the difficulties and disadvantages
under which their grandfathers
and grandmothers labored in obtaining
an education. Books were few
. net ,\f on infnrinr fiilftlifv wrifillC
paper was coarse and unruled, and
but little better than the wrapping
paper of to-day. Ink was made troni
the liquid pressed from the oak ball,
with a little copperas dissolved in it;
steel pens were unknown, and mother
goose from the farm yard supplied
that indispensible article; pencils
were fonneu from pieces of lead rolled
and hammered into proper shape,
slate pencils were the fragments of a
broken slate, sharpened to a point. It
may be as difficult for the "young
gentleman" of the present to appreciate
the school boy sports of the past.
These cousistedjnclimbing, jumping,
wrestling, running, and had their
climax in "barring out" the teacher.
This was rebellionof the rankest kind,
but as the whole country in now celebrating
the centennial of a much
greater rebellion, [ can see no impropriety
in giving my young readers
an account of one in which the writer
participated long ago. The plan was
laid several days-before the outbreak
occurred, the'whole school was informed
of it, and all entered heartily
into it, from the biggest boy, who
whs chosen us leader, to me nine DHre-i
footed urchin, just beginning to wear!
"gallowses." When all tilings were
ready, the older hoys repaired to the
school house, early in the morning,
and made the necessary arrangements
for resistance. The teacher arrived at
the usual time, ami found the girls
and smaller boys collected in squads
under the trees, he spoke kindly to
them and inquired what they were
doiug outside of the house. A pert
little Miss replies "he, lie, you're
barred out, and we are going to have
holiday." The teacher smiles, passes
on to the door, which lie finds barricaded,
he then goes round to the long!
window on the opposite side of the
house, which he finds bristling with
pikes?long poles sharpened at one
end, he calls in an authoritative tone,
"open the door," this brings the leader
to the front, a parley is held, and
conditions are proposed on the part of
the leader, that the scholars shall have
immunity for the past and one mouth's
vacation. The terms being rejected,
the teacher appears to abandon the
field, and walks off. The boys are
as busy as bees strengthening their
fortilications. After a short absence
the teacher appears in sight with an
armfull of switches. The leader
mounts the table to address his comrades?his
coat and vest are thrown
aside, his sleeves rolled up to his elbows,
his collar unbuttoued and his
face flushed, he stands up the picture
of a hero, his words are few, "Comrades
you see the tyrant approaches,
you see the instruments of iiis torture,you
know the consequences of submission,
give me liberty or give me
death." The boys shout "liberty or
death" and the war opens in earnest,
?...i omfoil in the Kuirit of the ureal
unit ir? ... 4
Virginia orator whose words they!
Iih(I adopted as their buttle cry. The
object of the teacher in to gain admission,
when hy established usnage Ins
authority would be restored, the object
of the hoys is to keep him out, and
they are terribly in euruest. About this
time some of the patrons who hud been
sent for, arrived, and generally a satisfactory
compromise wuh effected.
But ofd Henry wan of tougher material,
and would listen to nothing out
side of the house, but would dictate
his terms from the throne. Allah's
were assuming a serious aspect, when
a few of (he stouter boys made a sally,
and seized the teacher. Have you ever
seen u swarm of bees pouring from a
hive? or a nest of ants attack a worm
which liuppened to fall in their way?
Thus a stream of boys poured through
the long window, fell upon the poor
i nuiir.iiiii" ?nrri?Sii^M^.^iga?Baaa
r
I tcncher, and dragged him to the
! ground, half a score was on each leg,
half as many hud hold of each arm,
while some of the smaller boys seized
him by the hair and held his head
down, suspenders were called for, his
hands and feet securely bound and in
a trice the "man mountain" like another
Gulivar,.lay prone upou the
earth in the hands of the Liliputians.
Terms are agaiu proposed, and indignantly
rejected. Half a dozen boys
join hands under his body, raise him
from the ground and set oil' for the
spring intending to punish him as
scolding wives were puuished in olden
times?by a sound ducking, a procession
was formed, and the children
take up the retrain,
hl?n ?lnncr nnrrv hltn nlnnc?
And we his Mends* wiil go ulong,
Carry him along, carry him along."
On reaching the spring the teacher
said, "boys I give up, untie me."
uothing more was required; he had
never been known to break his parole;
lie was at once released, when all returned
to the house, partook of an
improvised pic-nic made up by
contribution from the children's dinner
buckets, milk bottles and molasses
jugs; and dispersed to their homes, as
noisy and as htppy a crowd as the sun
of heaven ever shone upon ?and
uone perhaps happier than the poor
jaded teacher.
The object of these schools was not
to "give" a child an education, but to
place within his reach tbe means by
which one might be acquired, to lay a
foundation upon which the boy himself
must rear the superstructure,
lo "prepare" him, not for college, but
for the active practicable business of
lifp The first unhool tauirlit in the
Calhoun Settlement of which we have
any account was by Rev. John Harris.
After the Revolution, Mr. James
Wardlaw taught at the old artilery
muster ground. Mr. Moses Taggart
had ^School at Hopewell church about
1790.' Capt. William Robertson, the
father of Dr. P. M. Robertson, of
Charleston, had charge of a neighborhood
school for some time. After him
the Rev. Henry Reid, then Rev. Mr.
Cater. About 1840 the neighborhood
united upon Clear Spring as the site
for a school house, where a school has
been kept up, with the exception of
short intervals, to the present time.
The teachers of Clear Spring were
John Taggart, Mr. Ramey, Mathew
McDonald, Joseph F. Lee, Dr. James
Mabry, J. Renie Blake and James
L. Lesley. Mr. Lesley was a scholar
of old Henry Fulton, and took part in
the "barring out" He was prepared for
college by AlpheusBaker. On graduating
he chose the profession of a
teacher, which he has followed for
more thau fifty years. At preseut he
has charge of Clear Spring academy?
a school, and a teacher worthy of
more extended patronage.
A Night Scene.
REMINISCENCES OF ABBEVILLE
BY AN EX-ABBE VILLI AN QF
OVER FORTY YEARS.
As early as 1S39, Abbeville was
blessed with the protection of a Town
Government, and though they had no
regular police, they rejoiced in a Town
Marshal, whose name was Horton
LHiggar or something else. He was
one of the most amiable of men, and
if there was any ordinance violated he
was apt to see and invite the violator
before the {nteudent, unless the person
or persons were belligerently disposed,
in this case "rather than hurt
feelings" he woujd let them go. A
part of his duty, aiid which he performed
most gallantly, was to ring the
l) o'clock P. M. bell; for be it remembered
that at that date too Abbevilehad
a market house and ubtlliu it. The
building was of the Gothic older of
nrphitufiture and stood between the
Court House and Dendy's corner.
The original intent of the bell was to
inform the citizens when a beef was
in, which occurred sometimes once in
a month or once a week, and at no
particular hour of the day. I have
seen the tap of that bell produce an
effect as moving as the tire bell at
night, and within five minutes have
seen the house besieged by all sorts
and sizes of people, arrived with trays,
baskets, buckets and dishes?quarrels
common, and on several occasions regular
"set-to's" about the choice of
pieces. A town ordinance required
the Marshal to ring the bell at 9
o'clock. Why I never read in print, '
and it also escaped private explanation
or discussion. I suppose, however,
there were three reasons: First, to
Jet travelers staying an overnight
knoiv that they were in an incorporated
Town; secoud, to let the citizens
know the time at which they could lie
down or sit up ; and third, to notify
such as had to carry passes, that no
patrol was out. At all events Duggar
performed his duty faithfully and
punctually. I am now about reaching
the important and pertinent historical
facts.
An "unpleasant row" having occurred
between the Marshal aforesaid and
certain naughty boys, the latter took occasion
to avail themselves of the cover
of darkness, to deploy as skirmishes in
troiu oi ine iviarKei nouse, auu ai tue
last tap of the bell to rain down upon
the front and vicinity a shower of
hail-stones, some an large as hen's
eggs. On one occasion the said Marshal
felt it due to impound himself for
a full hour, and at several other times
for a less period of time. His patience,
however becoming exhausted
and his pluck Increasing, he made so
bold as to go armed with a shot gun,
and the storm again opening, he fired,
and soon safely enscouced himself in
the bosom of his family, At this
point his tormentors reinforced by a
uize or two larger, plotted against his
peace even uuder his own shelter.
Among the elder "boys" was an old
stajre driver Tom Tinsley who was
willing to loan himself for a corpse;
was enveloped in a sheet well saturated
with red ink, placed on a litter
and carried and laid in front of the
Marshal's house. The official was
called for, and a female voice from
within replied?"Mr. l)uggar is not at
home." The leader declared he was,
and had killed Timsley, an innocent
inoffensive man, and while they had
no wnrrantand did not propose to arrest
him, they asked and beseeched
him to come and see the consequences
of his rash act. Just after this something
was heard to drop from a back
window, then a sound like rail gently
drawn across a fence, and then a rustling
among the cornstalks. The female
afterwards came out, and took a
look and declared that some one else
had killed Timsley, that "her husband
shot toards the hevvuns whar no mortal
man was, and more nor that hit
had no ballses." [This in part the
wi-itur know to be true for although
not engaged in the first affair, he saw
the Hash of the gill), (old flint and
steel) and the blaze at the muzzle,
thus proving a leading fact, the
tiou of the gun.]
Late in the afternoon of the next
day, after all sorts of assurances, from
all" sources, the Marshal returned from
his distant retreat: a reconstruction
satisfactory to all parties was argued
upon, and forever thereafter the Marshal
rang without fear of wind, rain
or hail. * * *
?o>?
From parties from Laurens county
we learn that on last Thursday night
a party of unknown men took
out one A/.?riah Hutler, a negro
living in the tumbling Shoals vicinity,
and shot him to death, several balls
having penetrated his body, lie was
accused of the brutal assassination of
John Kollet, and we also learn there
u'hh HlroiiL'evidence tfointr to convict
Iiim of thin assassination, ami we tlnix
presume* li was thin that, led to Lliu
summitry execution of justice towards
him. Huch occurrence are to be deplored;
but here in South Carolina,
where law is made a mockery of, and
the temples of Justice are even held
open for the escape of such desperai
does ab this man Jiutler is said to have
been, we can expect nothing else.
Chaos and anarchy will disappear
when the majesty of the law is fully
Jelt and vindicated.?Greenville Xewu.
Result of the F
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Names of Clubs. * J B 5M ?
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Abbeville No. 1 81 23| 01| 1S|
Abbeville, No. 2 21 6| 10| ...j
Autreville, 110 13|llo| 58j
Bordeaux, 58 18| 58| ,..|
Cokesbury; 68 147 186| 75| i
Calhoun's Mills, 72 34 70 24|
Cedar Springs,- 07 32 35| 7|
Due West 98 78 34|120| J
aoualtlsviile, 92 97 3| 201
Greenwood, 129 165 20| 5aj 1
Lowndesville 144 2143 31
Long Cane,,... 103 42j 10 7j ]
Mil way, 05 48 32 18|
Magnolia, 38 15 36 9|
Means' Chapel, 36 6 6 211
New Market, 28 31 ... 3|
Ninety-Six, 84 122 4 161 ]
Palmetto Club, 51 64 3 9j
Sniithville, 49 55 9 9
White Hall, 34 40 5 1|
Totals,.., 11434j 1039 852 47o| M
Hints For the Month.
September is upon us, and with this
month begins the labors of harvesting
the fruits of the past eight months'
labor. There can be but little fault
foand with the seasons during the past!
year. The winter was warm, and the
spring was, perhaps, unpleasantly
cold and damp, but the early and latter
rains have fallen throughout the
Summer, and where the labor has done
its duty, the crops about to be harvested
are above an average. The heavy
rams 01 juuegreauy uuuiugeu uunuiu
crops, but, generally speaking, this
year's farming has beeu a productive
success.
During this month much cotton will
be picked out, and packed, and should
be sold as soou as picked. E^rly cotton
left open in the field is injured;
thrown in bulk in the ginhouse it will
heat and depreciate in value, andgined
and packed and rolled under the
shed, is liable to destruction. EJarly
sales in the nearest market is always
best for the farmer, in our judgement.
Cotton should be picked free from'trash
or dirt. Grit or sand adds to its weight,
but subtracts from its price. Tr^ah only
reduces the price while in the farmer's
hands; it does not add perceptibly
to the weight, nor effeot the value
of the staple"? and so thoroughly
does the improved machinery of the
manufacturer rid -jibS staple of
every vestige of trash, that he would
prefer buying it a little "trashy," because
he can 'get it cheaper, jlence
we should pick cotton as clean as possible,
and rapidly as it opens.
Early upland corn should be gathered
as soon as ripe during this month.
Corn should be housed iu the shuck,
and shucked as needed. It will last
much longer, because the very
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count the ears he uses for any purpose.
Throw a little salt over the pile
as it is housed , this will make both
eattie and mules eat the shucks voraciously
all winter. Young corn will
ripen its fodder this month, and if the
blades are to be stripped, cure well,
and house at once. Fodder stacks are
an expensive nuisance.
Peas sown for manuring should now
be turned under, not only the vines,
but peas also. Remember, that to
grow a crop to turn under and then
take off the germ of the growth, the
fruit of the vine, the concentrated
fertilizer is taken off at the same time.
Bury under the vine and the pea, sow
the laud in oats as soon as turned over,
sow to-day the land turned over yesterday,
run "a dag" over it (an implement
described elsewhere in this number),
and the work is done till next
June.
Oat stubble, broken up well early
this month, will produce a valuable
crop of volunteer oats, if the land has
not been pastured too closely with
ulioort nr hiiira which in Tint. ftnt. tn hp
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the case, as these animals are rarities
now in the cotton section.
If it was not done in August, sow
oats this month in cotton laud. Run
two sweep furrows, then sow the oats
and cover with one or two sweep furrows,
depending upon the width of
the cotton rows. The injury done the
cotton by this ploughing is more apparent
than real. Bolls do uot knock
off as easily now as they will after
frost,
Select the'richest piece of land you
have (half acre to the mule), nmke it
still richer by fertilizers, aud sow it
in barley early this month, two bushels
to the acre. Old red land, heavily
opened, grows the best barley. New
fjround is the next selection. Sandy
and does not pay in barley. A half
acre of barley is more than half the
feed necessary to keep a mule fat between
the first February and first
May.
Sow rye with the same preparation
recommended for barley, on gray or
sandy land, and the sower, who has
never tried it before, will simply be
amazed at the quantity and quality of
crrppn fnod h? will harvest duriner the
early spring for all kinds of stooT;.
The vegetable garden should now be
worked over thoroughly, to prevent
weeds and grass from going to seed.
Onions shMld be planted in richly
prepared beds, and collardsset out for
early spring and winter salad.
Look after the stock. They should
now all be fat, and kept so. Very little
trouble or attrition will keep a fat
animal fat, but to fatten a poor animal
is always an expense.?Rural Carolinian.
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Troops to Protcct Democratic Negroes.
The New York World makes some
admirable practical suggestions concerning
fhe troops which Don Cameron,
acting under orders from Lieutenant-General
Zachariali Chandler,
will straightway proceed to distribute
through the States of South Carolina,
Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.
Let the negroes everywhere, says the
World, understand the truth. There
are many localities where those color-,
ed men who wish to vote the Democratic
ticket are ostracised and treated
with violence by negroes, stirred up to
such deeds by disreputable white men,
who pocket the profit and leave their
dupes to be killed. The troops are
sent South to nrotect the colored Dem
ocratic voters in the exercise of tbe
right of suffrage. Let them understand
this. If there is any place
where there is a probability that colored
Democrats will be interfered with,
let the local Democratic committee
confer publicly with the United
States Marshal on the subject. If he
then applies for troops, well and good ;
if he decline to do so, lot his antiwer
be made public; It may be made of
use later. If any I!cpublican orator
undertakes to deny that these troops
arc sent South to afford protection to
colored Democratic voters, ascertain
why they are sent and make, his statement
public. Every Republican declaration
that the army is to be prostituted
to party necessities, is worth a
thousand votes in New York and
New England.
Colored Democrats must and shall be
firotected in their rights and persons,
f it takes every soldier in the army of
tlfe Union to do it.
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Ari/<fnl'm<nii t v Kiiht \Xr T 1.
Chirk, oil Wednesday last, while working
will) u pistol accidentully discharged
the same?the load passing through
the hand. The bones were broken,
hut the hund'iH badly lascerated. We
trust that Mi. Clark may recover without
relying any serious injury.
A negroo, named Tom Wlllams, wan
arrested on Saturday, near Augusta,
lor a brutal assault upon a young white
woman. He was put into the city jail.
About 12 o'clock on Saturday night a
mob of fifty men broke down the jail'
doors with axes and took the man out.
He was shot to pieces iu the jail ya id
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Items from Lebanon.
Cedar Spring Club met Saturday,
2d inat, Capt. Win. Bradley in the
cbair. Motion by Mr. Lyon.it was
ordered to organize three colored Democratic
clubs at the following named
places by the following committees,
viz: at Bradley's Mill, Messrs. Calvin
McClane, Bradley and Jay: at Connor's
Shop, Louis Drennan, Wardlaw
and Miller; at Lebanon Post Office,
Jas. S. Gibert, Ligon and Woodhurst.
The Club agreed to do their part for
the man who had his horse killed.
Mr, John Devlin is authorized to receive
the money. Pay up by the 16th.
The Labor Reform Association met
at the same time aud place. They
agreed on what they shall pay for
cotton pickiug and registered oue colored
man's name.
Tlie citizens or properly the tax-payera
assembled at White's bridge that
they might take part with the Jftads in
a political meeting which had been
appointed for Thursday night, 3lst
August, The taxpayers had the
meeting all to themselves as no Rads
could be seen. It is thought by some
that the appointment was a ruse, and
by others that they were holding their
meeting in the swamp. Charles Si"oert
is the "Sitting Bull" of the Flat
Woods. The negroes reported afterwards
that there were many thousand
white men present.
Mr. Charles Evans, one of our worthy
citizens, has been suffering for
some wet'Ks wnn someming jiko an
abscess in his eat We hope he will
soon recover.
The ladies will present a flag to
Capt. j. 8. Gibert's company near
Mabry's cross roads Saturday, 9th inst.
Barnwell &Co.
Are daily receiving additious
to their Stock, consisting
of
STAPLE DRY GOODS,
Hats and Clothing,
BOOTS AXI) SHOES!!
tiiey keep constantly on
hand, also, a full
line of
Groceries,
Bacon and Lard,
Meal and Flour,
Coffee and Sugar,
Bagging and Ties,
Molasses and Syrup,
A FINE LOT OF
SUGAR CURED HAMS! I
Oct, 5,1875 26-tf
CARPENTRY.
The undersigned liorebv ?ives notie.
that ho is prepared to do all kinds of
Carpenter's Work and
Building.
He also repairs Cotton (Jins, Thrashen
and Fans. A full supply of Gin Materia
always on band. Farmers are requestec
to bring their Gins up early in tho stfasior
to allow time to have them properly prepared.
Also Agent for the Taylor Cotton Gin
the Brooks Cotton Press, and all kinds o:
Rubber and Leather Belting.
D. B. SMITH,
Abbeville C. II., S. C.
Mrs. K. M. White
WOULD ask the attention of her lady
friends to an entire new Stock ol
Hats, Flowers, &c.,
iust in to-day, per express.
"Also will sell yf)u an improved Remington
Sewing Machine on terms and al
prices to suit the times.
Mrs. M. M. White.
May 1,1870, tf
m. aoi.nsMiTii. r. kind,
Goldsmith & Kind,
Pounders And Machinist
(1'UlfiKIX IRON WORKS),
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Manufacturer? of Steam Engines of all
sizes: Horse power*, Circular unci Muloy
Saw Mills, Grist and Sugar Cane Mills,
Flour Mills, Ornamental House and Store
Fronts, Iron Railings, Agricultural Implements,
etc. Brass and Iron Castings'
of all kinds made to order on short notice,
and on the moat reasonable terms. Also,
manufacturers of Cotton Presses.
THE ALSTON HOUSE,
13*76.
The misses cater still
keep "THE ALSTON HOUSE"
open for both permunent and transient
Boarders. Thankful for past patronage,
they hope, by renewed energy
and application to business, to merit ti
good share of patronage.
Jan. 5, 187G 49-tf
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Solicitor.
We aro authorized to announce Col.
J. S. COTHRAN as a candidate for SoI
licitor of tho Eighth circuit.
Wo urn authorized to announce A.
BLYTI1K, IOsq., us u candidate for reelection
to tho ollice of Solicitor of the
Eighth circuit.
For CongreH*.
/Alitor J'rcnH and Banner :
lMcji.sc> announce Coi.. I>. WYATT
AtlvKN a candidate for Cougre.sn from
:td Congressional District, subject to
Democratic Nominating Convention.
For Judge of Probate.
Editor Preen and Banner:
You will please announce the undesigned
as a candidate for re-election
for JUDUK OK PBOBATE of Abbe.ville
County at the next election.
T. J). M1LLK0RD.
NOTICE.
WILL be let to the lowest bidder on
SATURDAY, the SECOND DAY
OF SEPTEMBER next, the rebuilding
of the Bridge over Saluda River, known
as Knight's Bridgo. The letting will
tako place at tho bridgo. Plans and
specifications made known on that d*y.
The successful bidder will bo required to
give at least two sufficient sureties for
the faithful performance of the work on
his part. The Commissioners reserve
the right to reject any or all bids, if in
their judgment tho interest of the County
so require.
ROBT. JONES,
Co. Com'r Abbe. Co.
Aug. 1, 1876, 3t
Notice.
A
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WILL be let to the highest bidde
at MORRAH & WARDLAW'S
store on TUESDAY, the 15th
AUGUST next, the rebuilding of the
bridge over Long Cane, known as McKittricks,
specifications made known
on day of letting. The successful bidder
will be required to give boud with
approved surety for the faithful performance
of the contract on his part.
The County Commissioners reserve
the right to reject any or all bids.
ROBERT JONES,
Chair. B, C. C.
July 24, 1876, 8t
WASHINGTON AND LEE
UNIVERSITY,
LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA,
General G. W. JC. LEE, President.
EULL courses of instruction in
Classical, literary and Scientitudies,
and in the Professional departments
of Law and of Civil Engineering,
The next session will open September
21st, and close June 27th. Total
expenses, exclusive of books and
clothing, need not exceed $300; by
messing, they may be reduced to $^00
or $220,
For Catalogue containing full information,
apply to
WALTER BOWIE, Clerk*
Jnlv 24.1876. 5t
Notice.
THE Board of Equalization will bold
itssocond meeting in the Auditor's
otHce at AbbevilJo C. II., on MONDAY,
the 21st inst.- Parties whose assessments
the board proposes raising, will meet the
board and show cause, if any they havo,
why it should not be done.
L. H. RUSSELL,
Clerk of Board.
Aug. 9, 1876.
Marshall P. DeBruhl,
Attorney at Law,
ABBEVILLE C. H.t S. C.
Office of W. A. Lee. [July 19,'76.
100 BUSHEL8
SIX ROWED SEED BARLEY, the
finest and most productive on the
continent, at $1.75 a bushel, for sale by
CUNNINGHAM & TEMPLETON.
Aug. 1, 1876. _
mrsT pnnnF s F F. I? nATS
JKT at G5 Cents, for sale by
J. r. C. DiaPRE.
100 BUSHELS
SIX ROWED SEED BARLEY, tho
best in tho world, at $1.75, lor sale
by J* F. C. DnPRE.
JAMES LEISHMAN.
INFORMATION is wanted concerning
one JAMES LEISHMAN, a Scotchman
who settled many years ago and is
supposed to have married in Abbeville
County, S. C., a Mis# Carswell, Cresswell,
or Carsonvell. This information is desired
at the instance of Scottish relations.
Anyone recollecting this James Leishmah
will confer a favor on his heirs at
law by communicating with the undersigned.
The heirs may hear of something
to their advantage.
NOBLE A NOBLE. Att'y.
Abbeville, S. 0., Aug. 2.1876,4t
, NOTICE
BRIDGE BUILDERS,
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WILL he let to the lowest bidder oil
FRIDAY, the FIRST DAY OF
SEPTEMBER next, at Erwin'a Mills,
the rebuilding of the bridge over Saluda
River near said mills.
Plans and specifications made hnown
on day of letting. The successful bidder
, will be required to give at least two sufI
ficient sureties for the faithful perforini
ance of the work on his purt. The Commissioners
reserve the right to reject any
or all bids if in their judgment the interest
of the County so require.
j. R. JONES,
Chair. Co. Com. Abbeville County.
Aug. 1, 187C, 3t
Roads! Roads! Roads!
' fWIHE road overseers are hereby or.1
dered to put their sections in
good order at once. No Boad will be
received uuless well ditched and so
worked that the middle i^all be the
' | highest. Whenever the water takes
' the middle of the Road the overseer of
that section will be returned. Every
mile of roads in the County will be
examined by the County Commissioners
in person.
ltoads in the different Townships
will be critically examined at the
times below named:
Diamond Hill, Sept. 5th and6th.
[ Due West, September 7th and 8th.
Donnaldsville, Sept. 11,12 and 13.
Cokesbury, Sepl. 14 and 15.
Greenwood, Sept. 18, 19 and 20.
i Ninety-Six, Sept. 20, 21 and 23.
White Hall, Sept. 25 and 26.
( Indian Hill, Sept. 27 and 28.
> Bordeaux, Sept. 29and 30.
Calhoun's Mill, Oct.'2d and 3d.
Magnolia, Oct. 4th and 5th.
i Lowudesville, Oct. 6th, 7th and 9th.
Abbeville, Oct. 10th and 11th.
Long Cane, Oct. 12tli and 13th.
Smithville, Oct. 14th and 16th.
Cedar Springs, Oct. 23d and 24th.
ROBT. JONES,
C. B. C. C. A. C.
Aug. 1, 1876, 4t
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TO AHKIVE IN A FEW DAYS.
W. Rosenberg
INVITES the attention of his customers
nuil the people in ireneral to a
lot of
50 PIECES PRINTS,
willi many other Goo<ls, which werp solectcd
by himsolf, nml proposes to sell it
at extremely low prices for cash.
A full line of other Gnniii nhvnyn
on hand, which will be .sold to suit the
times.
W. ROSENBERG,
Granite Range, Abbeville, S. C.
July 12, 1870, tf
SPRING, 1876.
M'DONALD&HADDON
are now receiving their Stock
Spring Goods,
consisting mainly of
Domestic Goods, Notions, &c,
a larger stock of
SHOES AND HATS.
than they have ever kept pefore.
Always on hand the choicent of
FAMILY GROCERIES,
Confectioneries, &c,
CIGARS! CIGARS!!
eW keep the finest and cheapest assortment
of CIGARS in town. Great
inducements to cash buyere-w>ffered
by
McDonald & Haddon.
April II), 1876, 62-tf
Insurance Notice.
I HAVE accepted the agenoy for several
SOLVENT FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANIES, as follows i
Old North State,
Eoyal Cananian,
Merchants and Mechanics
and Commercial of St. Lonis,
and will Insure at the lowest rates con
| aistent with a sound business.
Patronage of the public is solicited.
Office at the Law Office of Messrs. Perrin
ACotlirun.
L. Wt PERRIN, Agent.
April 12, 1876,52-ly
TO THE LADIES!
I AM now prepared to exhibit the
latest novelties in
MILLINERY,
and invite my friends and the public
to an examination of the same. Feeling
assured they will find it to their
interest to call before purchasing elsewhere,
as, owing to the scarcity of
money, I intend to sell very low for
CASH. The
Dress-Making Department
is still under the supervision of
nffToa TUTU nAifw
1U100 JiUlL UiliUIi I p
who will be pleased to receive your
orders, and will endeavor to giveaatlsfaetion.
Very respectfully,
MES. M. M. WHITE.
April 5, 1870,51-tf
STEAM
Planing Mill,
COLUMBIA. S. C.
F.W. WING, Proprietor
0
MANUFACTURER OP
Sash, Blinds, Doors,
WINDOW MD
DOOR FRAMES,
Mie Pivot Blinds and Stutters
PILASTERS,
Mantelpieces,
MOLDINGS, BRACKETS,
Handrails,
Newels,
Balusters.
Scroll Wort of all Description
All Work Guaranteed a No. L
May 28,1875, lyr.
BLANKS
OF THE MOST APPROVED
FORMS,
FOR SALE, AT THB
Press & Banner Office.
Rent Liens,
Liens on Crops,
Lien on Crop and Bill of Sale.
Mortgage of Personal Property,
MnrtL'?L'? of Real Estate.
CALL AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES.
Oct. 0,1875 20-tf
EUGENE B. GARY,
Attorney at law, abbeniie
r. H., S. C. Spccial attention to
the collection of claims. [Feb. 9, ly
ANE>V lot of Oil Window Shadow
just received, with pood fixtures.
J. I). (.'HA I, ME ICS A CO.
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Title Deeds,
Trial Justice's Blanks.
Sub. Tickets.
. Sub. Writs.
Summons for Money Demand.
Copy Summons for Jfoney Demand
The State of South Carolina,
ABBEVILLE COUNTY.
Probate Court?Citation for LeU.cn of AdmfriUt'n.
By THOS. B. MILLFORD, Esquire,
Probate Judge.
WHEREAS, Peter McKellar has
n?de suit to me, to grant him Letter*
erAdministration of the Estate and
effects of Miss Mary McKellar, late of
Abbeville County, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and'admonish
all and singular the kindred
and creditors of the said Miss Mary
McKellar, that they be and appear,
before me, in the Court of Probate, to
be held at Abbeville C. H., on Thursday,
the 15th day of July, after publication
hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon,
to show cause, if any they have
why the said administration should
not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal, this
first day of July, in the year of our
Lord oue thousand eight hundred and
L
seventy-mx ano in ineoue nuuuicum
year of American Independence.
Published on the 5th day of July.
1876, in the iVc?# and Banner, and
on the Court House door for the time
required by law.
THOS. B. MILLFORD,
Judge ?f Probate.
July 5, 1876, 2t
SEWING MACHINE NEEDLES,
and other attachmonta at
J. D. CHALMERS & CO.
March 1, 1875.
CHAIRS ! CHAIRS ! 8 doKcn chairs
received to-day. Rattan Seats
splendid article, sold at low figures.
. J. D. CIIALMKRS A CO.
PARLOR FRENCH LOOKING
GLASSES, at
J. D. CHALMERS * CO.'S.
CUNNINGHAM
&
TEMPLETON
have received their
MMM
which they are selling at low prices.
Call and see them.
March 29,1876, 50-tf
Cash Bayers
WILL as usual flnd^h- prices as
low as the lowest, and our
Stock this season having been purchased
with special care, we are sure
can oonvinoe them more than ever to
how much greater advantage a little
money can be invested upon the
CASH BASIS. Give us a look before
purchasing and we will satisfy you
at the
EMPORIUM OP FASHION.
March 29,1876, 50-tt
' Beautiful
NEW PRINTS,
SPRING STYLES,
AT
Quarles & Perrin's.
March 29,1875,50-tf
M a SK rn-w -aa> m *
LUHfi S LUnPI!!
BED OATS!
WHEAT BBAN, :
FOR SALE BY
BARNWELL & CO
Jap, 26,18TQ 42-tf
MASONIC PIBECTQBY.
Clinton Up Ho. 3.1F. E
W. H. PARKER. Wa M.\
J. C. WOSMANSKY, Secretary.
Meets 2d Monday in every month. ?
Hesperian Chapter Mo. 17. R. A. M .
J. F. C. DuPRE, M.\ ?.\ H.\ P.'.
J. D. CHALMERS, Recorder.
Meets 3d Friday night in every
month.
DeSanssnre Cocacil No. 161&S.M
J. V. C. DuPRE, T.\ III.*. M.\
J. M. GAMBRELL, Recorder.
Meets 1st Tuesday night in ?very
month.
Goods at Cost.
All descriptions of Goods, (
fernb racing
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
' - '
Boots, Shoes, Hats,
HOSIERY, NOTIONS,
AND
DRY GOODS,
AT
COST FOR CASK,
AT
Qnarlts & Ptrrin'i.
Feb. 1, 1876, 43-tf
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CONSISTING in part of Single and
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TEMPLETON
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