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The Press and Banner. . | Wednesday, Sept. 20,1876. DEMOCRATIC TICKET. For President. SAMUEL J. TILDKX, of Now York. For lice*President. i THOS. A, HENDRICKS, of Indiana. For Elector*, State at Litrr/e. * FAM'L McfiOWAN, of Abbeville. JXO. A. WAGENER, of Charleston. For Elector from Third Th'strtet. W.M. WALLACE, of Richland. , Fcr Governor. w AiJift nA.unw, 'w Ktcuiand.' F*r IJwfcft&rit trover no'.-. \V. t). of Lar.aeus. For A ttorncy-Gcn r al. IAMES 'CONNER, of Charleston. Pot 'Cmnpt'TQttrr-Zfaicral. JOIINSON CBAJGOOl), of 13 jiniwoll.1 1 For Stair, Treasure r S. L. UEAPH.ART, of Vichlattd. Tor Secretary of fit at r. M. SIMS, of. York, , For Inspector .Qenerol, E. W. MOISF (j 0f Sumter, For Sunerintmd' f Gf Education. H. S. THOMP i0N, of Rlohlaud. For Congrr ^ Third District. D- W. Al KEN, of Abbeville. For Sol eighth Circuit. J. S. CO ,THUAN, of Abbeville, For the Senate, J. C. MAXWELL. /for Woitse of RrpreAmtathw. JR. K. HKMrHILL. W. K. BRADLEY. I j. a. conner. wrli/iam hood, t. l, moore. J<\*r Sheriff. j, v, jones. For School Commi**ioner, j. a. wier. /tir 6yrr? of ("ac m. g. herglflle, i Hir Probate Judc/c, j. fuller lyon. /'or Oaimty OammiMioncrs. robert jones. g. m. madison. u. a. mccaslan. /br Coroner. ! 8. W, COCHRAN, I wwywee > . ? .. .' * j {fjiflmberlaiu's ^Xejroism" Kealizcd.1 The decent njeu of neither party) iWl |?nger pause as to tlieir duty in! (lie campaign that is to put Hampton illtu \be gubernatorial chair. Calm end thoughtful citizens of both colore #tand appalled at the monstrous result* of Chamberlain's reform efforts. Hut the Qther night he was denoun-j tied, and his record besmirched in language whose burning vituperation will 1 obiU the veins of every patriot in iSoiUh Carolina by that blatant deiuegojjue, Elliot, \Vho, to-day, receives re- ' irowpense for his little opposition in the : nomination for Attorney General of 1 the State on the ticket at the head of! which stands the nauie of the very! man that he boldly avowed could be1 oonvieted of larceny, and whose nomination would plant a dagger in the lieart of Republicanism within our borders. What an acknowledgement of weakuess and disintegration ! What an evidence of unmanly concession on the part of Chamberlain's supporters and dishonorable cringing on the part of the candidate himself! The very piau that covered him with villification and heaped infamous charges upon his devoted head is forsooth honored fur those charges with a high distinction which, just to the extent that Elliott is honored by It, 1b d^weditable to C'hamberlaiti. To what can be as pribed this backing down of our "plucky Governor," who "is as brave as Julius Ctesarand as ambitious as Jfapoleon ?" Is it not the_ result of the arrangement that waseOeeteil Uetwecn Patterson and himself when the jailer visited Washington City for the purpose of obtaining troops with which our cruelly wronged State should he dragooned ? Why, look at the horrible political blunder of these relentless carpet-bag couspirators. Not a native white man can Ik; found upon the ticket, and when the antecedents ? of the colored nominees are recalled, it will be observed that they, t >o, are Carpet-baggers, with perhaps <m J exception. Js that the reform game of Messrs. Patterson and Chamberlain? Can they expect with honest arguments to convince the colored masse* yr their Republican followers in this fcjtate that they are acting in the interens of "the whole people," or that their purpose is other thau a determination to indulge in the "five years jnore of good stealing" Jert tnem,i wilh the spoils to be distributed among | those whose homes and property are pow hidden in foreign places? Awav with such peltidious robbers! powii with such crying iniquities that are enacMng in our very midst! And to think that these creatures should cry ''intimidation!" when our friends fide to their meetings to ask (hat the infamous lies which tbey proclaim from the stump should pot go pnrefuted ! One word more about this last blow at our liberties, aud we are dune. We ?{lv?*e aiul earnestly entr-eiit so many of our friends &s oaii spare the lime not to desist in their efforts to convince the wavering mind of the benighted and cruelly wjronged colored man, Tell uf living truth that the desperation of these wretches is about jp find a tit ending, and that the "reform" Governor's most audacious enemy ha* been silenced with the nomination for oupof Hie whilom highest offices within the gift of the people. Abovp all, let our battle-cry be, " - > ? "JiftinpiOJI Hill! yiuut.V : luiin .v..n pjirpuH^g rule!"?Culiimbiu J'cpit'.tr. Take flpefl, Editor Pros and fiajwcr t XJelievjng that our '/pal and enthusiasm q>ay rela*, and knowing from {mst experience that we have often )C-ei> so elated with momentary success and victory, and afterwards calmly set down and e*ult over the victories achieved, until the enemy woulfl have time to rally find re-attack ami consequently our brjjlianf victories] would vanish aud oftentimes iprjni-1 nate in a shameful and inglorious de-l teat; let us then froip this knowledge! of dear-bought experience press onward and upward with all t|ie poinpj and territtc grandeur of a victorious! army until we pl&jit our banners pp the once glorious, but now vile and ix)]]uted State House, and declare the Ja*t enemy banished from the soil of our beloved Carolina? Our great object should bp to excite or induce a j portion of our race who are yet un.-i moved or indifferent toward thoefforts being made by us (ip the present ipiportant struggle) to come forward and frinrritiute immediately their aid and show in the oolite party tjint we are a Milu: and tlwp the mmy will quail as lift never litis before, and" our victory will i>c ?n easy and gjorious oue. How tjitn Khali we re.ael) ijiis elasn of individual*? 8hall \yc threaten to ?struck* them? or dhujl we provpke them todo their duty? I think the last njethxu] will accomplish it In jnahy *.'.14Mitt #ud we jy?u.?t not cefinn d:iy or UtehP U"tU it }? done; let the J throw hojt ?h??t ond we will do il\eufmw until lJu?y We completely j dislodged Mul forced to enter oiiri rankawJjefie they sjioujd have ke.n|j Ion# ago, #/mJ t)ien tjie colored w*e j wiji Ipseonoof Llwr alttwgcajt prop*, / ftiwi nxiRthvr? of theua wMJ .noon he ' acen flcrking io our Jwinjiers u> ?\v.eli our ,vot,e i? JS'.oye;njuer JVhi.ch ?vi4i i>ob.u.U/in jtju'giandeatyifttory our jteopje j i'Vt? \vjuiepatsd, bringiog >v'?:Ui U'p.e^?e. lmppWAP*.#) AAMil KUOd will to all. y $ OM?AlX. , Hoisting tlie Black Flag.1 the nomination or a black-; and-tan state ticket. Chnmberlnia?? Appeal ami the lie-j suit?EUia'c Noiuiimtcu lor Attorncy(<cuenii?i.'0ar Colored Candidates; ?Ut of Six, and Two Ollieers to llearj r>rom--Butts for Congress and ilieCharleston Sol:citorship, COLUMBIA, S. C., September 1"?.?| The Republican State Convention mot! to-day at 10 A. M., and proceeded at1 anubtu the work of completing the J ticket. . X. 1^ Myers, of Beaufort, and Juno Moblec of Union, were nominated: for secretary of State. At this point a j committee appeared escorting Chamberlain and Gleaves; Charpberlain J jmd Elliot walking arm-in-arm. I ilioth ascended the speaker's stand, j and both spoke briefly, accepting the j nominations. I Chamberlain said he accepted the' nomination onlv as an endorsement' by the people of bis efforts for reform during the past two years. He claimed that material reform had been really effected ; taxes had been reduced, a; higher tone among public officials established, the judicial bench had been ! saved from pollution, public expenses] have been diminished, official responsibility had been established. It now remains for us, he said, to go forward devoted to the idea that reform is the only purpose of any political party in South Carolina, if, said he, your nomination is an endorsement of my administration, as 1 understand it to be, then you are bound to see to it that the ticket shall be in harmony with such reform. If it is not, if I am not surrounded by such men, it will bo a difficult question for me to determine whether it will be worth while for me to undortake to carry out the campaign. Put none but honest and competent Republicans upou the ticket, men that will do honor to you. He bc-gged that, in accordance with these suggestions, they would see to it also J Hv.i'.hp wiw not hanmered hereafter by a legislature not in sympathy with him, ami which would oppose liiui like the lust. He wanted to shake ofi* ull the public abuses which now endanger the success of the party. ]\To campaign, he said, can compare with I thig in bitterness, and we must make the fight, he said, <ui principle and not for power. lie proposed to advocate reform wherever the people ask him to address them, with such protection as the State and the United states can give him, in the cause of Republican reform, Not only our liberties, he said, but those of the people of the .State are wrapped up in this campaign. I fear, he continued, 1 am a timid man ; hut every drop of blood I have shall bo given before the principles of the Republican party shall be dishonored or its great record soiled. As a comment upon the remarks made above, in reference to the State ticket, it is worthy of note that Mr. Chamberlain refused to vote for one of the uomi nees, Hayne or Elliot, (I forgot which,) and that he voted against Dunn. i Cleaves followed in u speech which Ii contaiued nothing worthy of special notice, ' 1 At the close of the speeohes business I was resumed, and Jfayne was alsof nominated for secretary of State. liowen seconded him. Mobley attack- ' ed Hayne in a long speech, in which I he denounced him one of the most ' noted corruptions in the party. At ' jne point of his speech. Hayne, who i sat near him, called him a liar, and 1 ijuito an excitement ensued, but it ' blew over. Mobley withdrew his < name from the contest. The vole re- < suited, Hayne 93, Myers 2-jV For Comptroller-general J. S. Fille- ' baown and T. C. Dunn were nomina- 1 ted. Hirsh attacked Dunn in another j bitur speech, charging him with hav ?;j -n........ ! nijr cuuspiri-u in uu-iuuv'? vimuwcw, | and bringing lip other charges. Elli-j i>t replied, and ihe vote stood; Dunn :1 94, Fillcbrowu 20. ! For treasurer, C'ardozo was nomina ted by Chamberlain, who spoke warm-! ly in his behalf. Iieubin Tomliuson and Harry Noah were also nominated. Earle afterwards withdrew Tomlinsou in Cardozo's behalf. The vote was C'ardozo 109*, Tomlinson, 4: Noah, J. For attorney general, Earle declined to run as he saw no chance for him, 1 and Patterson nominated Elliot amidst 1 great cheering. A?. attempt was mane to nominate him by acclamation, but the rules were insisted upon, and lie received 115 votes and Corbiu 10. For superintendent of education, Jillison and Shrewsbury were nominated, but it was late, and it wasapparent that a serious fight would be made on the part of the up country, it was decided to postpone further action until to-morrow, and the Convention adjourned. S. J. Lee was to-day nominated for 1 solicitor of the First Circuit, and E. M. Braytou for the Fifth. It is thought a new candidate, J. E. Bryant, of Spartanburg, will receive the nomination tor superintendent of I education. It is also very nearly certain that Heading Clerk J. O. Marshall, of Fairfield, will receive the nomination foradjutaut-general. The candidates for this office are Marshall, C. D. Hay lie, of Aiken, and J. I). ivcnneuy,(H w>iuinoia. The up-country delegates are ]ou<l to-night in their complaints of the way Earle was treated. His defeat makes a white superintendtnt and adjutant absolutely necessary for harmony in J he party. The Charleston delegates assure me lhatli. li. Cain will secure the long term for congress, and that ('. \Y. Luttz will he nominated for thesolicitorshipfor the First Circuit. The great torchlight procession which .should have come oil' lo-night, and to allow which the Convention held no night session, was prevented by a heavy rain. The town is now disturbed by wet negroes mouti-j ted on mules, who ride in every direction shouting th.omselvt'H hoarse. The majority have already gone homo in j disgust. The State ticket thus far nominated is as follows: For Coventor. D. II. Chamberlain, i (white.) For Lieutenant Governor, 11. H. (jleaves, (mulatto.) For State Treasures, F. L. Cnrilozo, (mulatto.) For attorney-general li. li. Elliot, (Black.) For secretary of State, H. E. llnync. (mulatto.) For comptroller-general, T. C. J)unn, (white.) These candidates are the present incumbents, except Klliot, who wu<< the! speaker of the last House of Kcpre Since the above was written, the ticket has been completed by tin; following nominations: For Secretarr of State, H. E. Hayne. For Attorney General, It. ii. Eifiott. For .Superintendent of Education, I John Tolbert. For Adjutant General, James Kennedy. Fur Solicitor Fifth Circuit, E, M. j Bray ton. For Congress, Third District, L. Cass. Carpenter. A >Viutlmill Campaign. Notjiing could be more dismal or un-! satisfactory than the end of the cam-! paign against the Sioux. During the j many weeks of summer the troops lay ! idl.e with the foeiu front of them,only! to beyin their march as autumn apnroached to find no foe before them. ] The Sioux campaign has been only, a pretence from the beginning. Nothing like lighting has been ever at-j tempted. There have bean inactivity j in camp and hard and severe march- > ing in search of an invisible foe. Terry's unsuccessful attempt to iind Sit.? .....J 111- tlir> Nf>m/fl ! JDUII lV|n*it?.x, ? some days a;i/> Yesterday we printed !' the story of the equally unsuccessful;1 iit^epiptof Crook. And Crook it seems, ' is more unfortunate thun Terry. Willi I a xp\'f?li days' inarch before liini lie had I rations for/only twodays, and that, t<>o after jnu,cJ.? privation and hardship. The story which will follow can scarcely fail to Jhc/>itoof much sneering and, perhaps, of starvation, It is impossible to food; l>aclc upon this campaign \v iih apyihi/ig short of chagrin. Had it not been for the fate of Custer we Vvv.<.j) d^ubt whether thero has J I been war in the Black Hills'at all. Certainly the majority of the troops never saw the enemy, and the commanders apparently knew so little of the braves they expected to meet that when they return to find their late foes at the reservations they will not eveu be able to say who were and who were not in arms against them. Like Don Quixote, they have been fighting windmills, with this advantage in the Don's favor, that he saw the windmills! against which he was contending. If we have no stronger evidence against (he fsioux than Crook or Terry can afford qtshaii he compelled to forgive; our rnroiothers, and tell them to be rood children till they are ready to light us again.? Sew York Herald. j IW. Ninety-Six m Line. M| Grand Demonstration. Splendid Enttiuiasm. The Old Fort Resounds to the Shouts ol Worthy Sous of Revolutionary Sires. Cooke, McGowan, Cothran, Aikuu and Maxwell Speak. Just as we were going to press our reporter arrived from the town of Ninety-Six, where an enthusiastic crowd assembled yesterday to hear the standard j,bearers of Democracy. To tiieir great disappointment General Hampton was not preseut, but there were worthy canvassers there who nobly upheld the banner of Reform. About one thousand persons were present, many colored men among them, who appeared deeply interested in all that was said. Judge Cooke spoke first. He led off with a statement of his position in the canvass, and liis reasons for renouncing the Republican party in this State. His denunciations of Radical rascality were tremendous, coming as they did from one who spoko whereof he knew. His points were well made and to judge from the loud applause they elicited, were evidently appreciated. The colored people presont appeared to be convinced by tbe Judge's appeals, and determined on the spot to organize a Democratic club. I^ct the ball roll on! Among the notes at the meeting were these: <'fto North, Carpet-baggers." Home, Sweet Home. "Go to hell, Scalawags," There is no place like Home. These constituted the text of Judge Cook's eloquent remarks, and served as beacons to guide his thoughts. The Boanergesof Abbeville. General iMcGowan next held the attention of the audience in one of his characteristic appeals, abounding in wit, humor, sound and convincing argument iuid fervent appeals. It is needless to uttempt anj' analysis of his effort; we will only add that it was up to the General's usual high standard. "The wheel horse of the Abbeville Democracy," Colonel Colli run, came gracefully to the front and delighted the audience with his salient thrust at the already undermined and welluigh toppling citadel of Kadical Government in South Carolina. The Colonel's speeches are always pithy and pointed, but on this occasion his effort wjis peculiarly so. He was followed by our "successful agriculturo-politi ;al candidate for Congress, Colonel D. Wyatt Aiken, who in the expressive, if not classic language of oue of the transparencies used hero on Friday night last, turns Hog(e) into Bacon. The Colonel always ready and forcible, kept the crowd in excellent humor and made some hits which showed how fully posted he was on the issues of the day. His remarks tcrthe colored people were very strong and ought to convince them. When our reporter left, Dr. Maxwell was speaking, our candidate for State Senator. We have no doubt that he acquitted himself bravely. The ladies were out in force ana add ed greatly to the pleasure and interest of tiie oeccasion. Everything passed uff quietly, and the visitors were hospitably entertained by the kind citizens of the place. Abbeville Silver Cornet Band furnished spendid music on the occasion. On Monday many persons visited the classic ground where now stand the remains of the Revolutionary fortress of Ninety-Six. Standing upon the historic soil, the memories of '7(j surged over the crowd and created an enthusiasm which could not be suppressed. In response to numerous wills, Gen. McCowan and Judge Cooke made pithy speeches. To show how our people are aroused it is only necessary to say here that this large and enthusiastic meeting was the result of only two days notice. "When the day of election comes on, Ninety-Six will bo "found at the fore" as usual, and will roll up her majority for "Hampton and Home Rule." General McGowan, with Colonels Cothran and Aiken left for Honea Path where a grand rally of the Democracy takes place to-day. Abbeville is "horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong" on the election and moreover the hearts of all her people are united and "beat as one." .Heeling of the Lebanon Labor Re form Association. Editor Press and Banner: Below, for the consideration of other clubs, I hand you minutes of the proceedings of the Lebanon # Labor Reform Association on last Saturday. Cotton baggiug has been a grievous sin in this community and has done us as much injury financially as the carpet-baggers, and as we hope in November to clean out the foreign scum politic, we invoke the aid of all good men in condemning thtir domestic fungi: A meeting of Lebanon Labor Reform Association was held at Thos. Mann's well on Saturday, September Ulh, inst. l)r. J. W. Thomas, President, took the chair, and called the meeting to order. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. The following resolution which was introduced at the last medting but laid over for the action of the club at its next meeting was unanimously adopted. Jicxolvt d, Thnt It is the serine of this Association that no person in this community be allowed to trude or trutllc In seed cotton or ot.her t'urin produce under any circumstances whatsoever. In order the more efTectuallly to carry out the intent of the above resolution, the Executive Committee sub milted and recommended the following as a supplemental resolution : Itexolved, That themembersof this Association consider themselves a vigilance Committee to watch the handling of cotton and other l'arm produce and report to this club every case where they suspect dishonesty, that we may deal with it as it deserves, and we pledge ourselves to sustain one another and invoke the co-operation of all honest citizens to aid us in putting it down. Captain L. J. Johnson and others supported the resolution in pointed and eurnest speeches, referring to the manner in which this community has suffered for many years by the illicit traffic in seed cotton and other farm produce. Heavy blows were dealt the cross road merchant vampires, who have for years with impunity, at the expense of their neighbore, regardless of the wrongs they are committing and the sufferings they are causing an already impoverished people, taking in seed cotton and all other fann produce from irresponsible and thieving negroes, either at night or in open daylight. The resolution was unanimously passed. On motion, the Secretary was direct ed to request the Editor of the Frets and Banner to publish the above proceedings of the club. J. W. THOMAS, President. E. Edwaiids, Sec'y. Something Definite. The returus frora Maine, like those from Vermont, show an increased Democratic vote. Since the organization of the Republican party, in each Presidential election, Maine has averiged 18,000 Kepuhlicau majority. At the election last Monday this majority was reduced 8,000 ; thus infusing renewed vigor and activity into the Democratic ranks. We can well afford to hurrah for Vermont and Maine. This is only the beginning of theenil. Three DtMnocratic victories will come next?Ohio, Indiapa aud West Virginia, ? Bloody Work. THE NEGROES TEAR UP A RAILROAD AND WRECK A TRAIN, A NUMBER OF MEN KILLED. Hou?e? Burned, Augusta, Ga., Sept. 18. Mrs, Alonzo Harley, who lives near SilvertoD, Aiken County, South Carolina, was assaulted at her residence last Friday by two negro men. Harley was at work on his farm, and Mrs. Harley was alone with her son, aged 9 years, and an infant 3 weeks old. She was knocked down two or three times. Her screams and those of her boy alarmed the negroes, who fled. When the report of the assault on Mrs. Harley became known, the neighboring citizens assembled and made search for the negroes, one of whom was arrested aud shot. The other negro escaped. On Saturday a warrant was issued for his arrest. The warrant was placed in the hands of a constable, who, with the aid of a ponae of whites, attempted to make the arrest, which was resisted by a large crowd of negroes, said to be 200, armed with shot guna and Winchester rifles. Sunday the excitement continued, both whites and blacks being fully armed and watching each others movements. There are reports of a skirmish during the day, in which two or three persons were wounded. Toward night a compromise waa agreed upon, both parties agreeing to disband and retire to, their homes. The negroes agreed to surrender the colored mau who made the assault ou Mrs. Harley, and deliver him over to the authorities at Aiken. With this understanding the whites dispersed, and while retiring to tneir comes it is reported that several of the latter were ambushed and shot by negroes. The city is full of rumors as to the number killed, but there is nothing definite. Later.?It has been ascertained, up to this hour, that a passenger train, from Augusta for Port Royal, which left this morning at 8 o'clock, has returned. Proceeding to Jackson Station the track was found torn up and a freight train, which left here at 6 o'clock this morning, was found wrecked. The negroes had possession of the road. Superintendent Flemming, of the Port Royal Road, has telegraphed the state of affairs to Governor Chamberlain, asking him for troops.. He also applied to Lieutenant Barn hard t, of the United States army, stationed at Hamburg, for assistance. A liumoeror citizens uaveieji. iur me scene of the disturbance, w{iich is about twenty miles from Angusta, on the Port Royal Road. The latest report from the scene of the riot in South Carolina is that one white man is wounded and six negroes killed. Nothing authentic has Deen received. The city i9 full of rumors. ?Jicgiater. ? Death of an Estimable Lady. Mrs. Fraucis G. Connor, wife of Mr. F. A. Connor, of Cokesbury, was the second daughter of the late Geu. G. W. Hodges, and the first of that large aud influential family to assume the vows of the christian religion. When a little girl, only ten years old, she felt the drawings of the spirit of God upon her heart. She met with no encouragement from her pareuts, -however, either by precept or example, but notwithstanding this she yielded to the sweet attractions of the cross, and made an open professiou, of the Savior. As young as she was she began to feei a concern for her parents and to iuterest them to give attention to the subject of religion. She was importunate ; and it was not long before the father yielding to the simple earnestness of his little daughter was induced to attend a meeting then in progress and at which he was brought to feel and publicly to confess his need of a Savior. He aud, after him, other members of the family followed the childs' example, a striking instance of the truth, "and a little child shall lead tKnrvi ff 'Plio nlirSoHon 7ual i\f H\ ifl lit.? tie girl grew with her growth and ripened with her years. NaturaUy she wusof a retiring, unassuming disposition, and vet, on account of her untiring zeal, her love for the Masters cause, and her fine sense she was found at the head of many a pious enterprise in lier church, and iu this community. Yesterday morning at 9 o'clock after a protracted illness she quietly fell asleep in Jesus in the 55th year of her age. Today a large and sympathizing audience attended her funeral service at the Methodist Church whence her remaint. were taken to the family burying ground at Old Tabernacle. She has a large family, an attached church and a smitten community to mourn her loss. I am awure that terms eulogistic of the dead or love are often strong and exaggerated, but I am certain it were no easy task to.exaggerate the worth of this elect lady to our community or to over estimate the loss we sustain in her removal. May the God of all comfort bind up the bleeding hearts of her smitten husband and children. . It. D. S. ? - Scarlet Fever. It is aa unnecessary for a child to die ?!-.L 4.1 u !*?#. ?f Willi me bUiU let 10 ci as u m mat n should be blind with cataract. Undress the child and bring it to bed at the very first sign of the sickness. Give it, if it has already fever, nothing but warm, sourish lemonade, with some gum arabic in it. Then cover its abdomen t with some dry flannel. Take a well-folded bed-sheet aud put it in boiling water, wring it out dry by means of dry towels, and put this over the flannel on - the abdomen. Then cover the whole, and wait. The hot cloths will, perhaps, require repeated heat. Accordingly to the severity of the case and its stage of progress, perspiration will commence in the child from ten to two hours. The child is then saved; it soous falls asleep. Soon after the child awakes, it shows slight (symptoms of return log inclination ior ioou ; neip us uowels, if necessary, with injections of oil, soap and water and its recovery will be as steady as the growth of a green-house plant, if well treated. >f course, if the child was already dying, nothing could save It, or if it has effusions in the lining of the heart or brain ; it is much better that it should die. But if the above is applied in due time, under the care and direction of a competent physician, I will gurantee that not oue In a hundred children will ever die with the scarlet fever. 1 know this will startle some of my readers, especially those who have lost children already ; but I shall go still further. I maintain that a child will never get scarlet fever if properly treated. If a child has correctly mix' " J 11 ? Mi ...i ?l.L iu.. en oionu, u win 1101 cuiuii me uiouiuct if put in bed with a sick child. This is still more startling, but nothing is easier of proof. > #? Carry the News to Tad. The Radical government in thevillages of Abbeville, Aiken aud Kingstree have been overthrown, and good Democrats* elected to administer the municipal affairs. This is but the entering wedge. Thia is the Democratic lunvan u<hi/<li is nopmpfttilifF thn 4V ivwrv** * UIVU ?U |#v?M4v?t?aHg www i whole State. The Democrats, with their colored allies, c,re determined to cary South Caroliua this year. These small elections are but the muttering* of the approaching Democratic thunder. All ye who are intruders and adventurers, be warned in sdxson, and bcgiu to pack up carpet-bags. -Eetjistcr. JjeUerFrom Colonel Thomas. Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 9th, 1876.-*Gentlemen /?Your esteemed favor, inviting me to address the democratic meeting to be held In Abbeville on Sept, 16th next, has been received. For the honor conferred, which is the more highly appreciated because, as you well know, I am not in political life and seek no political preferment, accept niy acknowledgments. It would give me pleasure to be with my friends on that occasion and I would regard it a privilege to address the meetiug. But my present duties iu counection with my educational work, will preveut my alteudao^e. The Institute resumes its exercises on tbe 15th inst., and my post of duty on the 16th will be here. Were it iu my power, I would enter actively in the present canvass, aud ask my countrymen to hear me even^from the mountains to tbe seaboard. Jtsut I must forego this wish of the heart and content myself with labors for theS^te in another sphere, and with giving only some occasional blows on the political Held. Allow me, however, to assure you of my hearty sympathy with the grand popular uprising that now shakes the State from pentre to circumfereuce. The cause is a great one. It looks to the salvation of an ancient commonwealth and anoble people. The plan of campaign is wise. The standard bearers are true and trusty. In my judgment, the path upon which you have entered leads to ultimate victory. I see with exultant pride that the State is aroused as it has never before been? that its great heart, quickened under the influence of patriotic fervor, has sent the warm blood coursing through all the veins of the body politic. This shows that there is soul in the movement. And I see further that the masses are abreast with the leaders or perhaps ahead. This presages victory. I thank Heaven that the political trumoet in Routh Carolina now sends forth no uncertain sound. Let it summon to the political work of the hour all that the (State has of virtue and intelligence. Let it echo and re-echo until the entire manhood of the State ia aroused. Let the decree go forth that the present infamous regime must and shall go down. It is unphilosophical. It is illogical. It contradicts history, defies reason and challenges divinity. Tell my couutrymen of old Abbeville, whom I had the honor of addressing in a kindred campaign in 18Q8, that I have kept my loyalty, my love, my zeal for fhof mw rmliMp.nl UUi UiUbUbl uvaw I VUMV principles and my political faith are unchanged ; that as 1 declared then, bo I declare now*; there is no reaaqn to doubt the end in South Carolina. The issues forced upon the whites by the partisan statesmanship of a dominant national party, must result in the triuinph of those moral and mental forces that always prevail ip a normal condition of society. The manhood of tbe State, fully aroused and rightly directed, will save the State. The policy of tbe Democracy is that of reasonable byt resolute self-assertion. I am. Gentlemen^ Very truly yours, john p.|tpom4s. To Messrs. J. T. Robertson, K. R. Hemphill, and others, Committee. 6UNBEAM3. It !s remarked as a curious fact QUI men with the Jongest ears weax the longest ulstera. No great difficulty.?A young tfqdent of- a quiet disposition wants ta "get bored in a, private family." There is no special style of engravi iog engagement rings. A spiders'a web, with a fly Jn \t, is a very pretty device. The young man with the flower In his coat is to marry the young lady who is in the habit of saying the ide-y&h!" An Indianapolis man advertises; "See our $2 shirt." It doesn't take much to make an Indianapolis man proud. The idea of the devil was originated by the Persians, who made nim to typify hunger. That is what makes men say, "I am as hungry as the dovil; let's have half a dozen raw." '^Charles!" she murmured as they strolled along (the other evening, ana gazed upward at the bejewelled firmament; ''Charles, dear, which is Venus and whioh is Adonis?" Says an Irish editor in his current prospectus"We trust our progress will be an advance." And in a political article he vigorously exclaims:? "Our enemies are fighting windmills." From researches made on hen's eggs. Oellacher came to the conclusion that the oval of vertebrates are capable ol presenting the phenomena of parthenogenesis. This tickles the hens, mightily. It has been discovered that the average life of a flea is eight months, and when you see a man scratching his back against the edge of a wood shed door just tell him that he is wasting time. A Duluth girl married a young man because he lifted his hat so beautifully no ho nnaoArl h?r Sh? cot & diTOrce because he lifted the tabTe 80 tbeautifully when the dinner didn't suit him. ?Detroit Free Press. 'Mrs. Henry," said John to his wife, one moraine, "if you give me a Christmas present this year, please arrange it so the bill won't come in till next month. It's just as well to keep up the illusion for a short time." The author of "I want to be an angel." &c., Is disputed. This is carrying the hostility to General Butler most too far. He wrote that lovely little song in,the fond hope that posterity would nave something pleasant to remember him'by. An apprentice sailor boy fell from the "round too" to the deck, stunned. but little hurt. The captain exclaim- j ed, in surprise, "Why, where did you oome from?" "From the North oi Ireland, yer honor," was the prompt reply, as the poor fellow gathered himself up. An Algerian idea is that the angel of death seizes a dying man by the hair of the head and carries him up to Paradise. To look at the front seats at a can-can one would suppose that the angel of death had been making a good many desperate grabs, and fail* I ed to carry away anything but hair; Said a Nevada lawyer concerning a man who had kicked his wife down stairs: "Gentlemen of the jury, he h'istedher! Great heavens, he hlsted her! He?the brute, once, perhaps, a; man?raised his foot and applied it to the form of her who, at the holy altar, he had sworn to love and cherish." We hear that keno is to be introduced into society this Winter as a literary means of passing the long evenings. We are told that it is a little arrangement where you sit and hear a man say "lev!" ''sev!" "three!" and you get five buttons In a row all except one. when some one at the other end of the room takes all the money. "See here, conductor, why don't you have a fire in this car?" "Well, you see, one of our dirccU,.-a is a clothing man, and another is a doctor, and another is a drug store keeper, and another runs a tombs-tono factory, and you know in this world people must live and let live.' So you see?" "All ngnt, sir; go aneaa wun your comn." At Bawling, Wyoming Territory, a fellow standing on the depot platform of the Union Pacific Railroad accidentally shot off his line. The ball went through a weather-board, through a man's coat tail and between an invalid lady and her daughter. Amid the sensation the fellow looked at the weather board and said, "It'aa amutht holo." As a colored resident of Detroit waa breasting the storm, with a new um-1 brella over his head, he was halted by p friend and brother, who asked, "Id datyour umbrella?" "Yes, sah?costj me 82." was the prompt reply. "Mr. I Savage." said the"other, very solemnly, "when a man will buy a $2 umbrella to keep the wet off'n a fifty cent suit of close, what's de use to talk aboujt economy?" A resident who reached Detroit by a noon train lately, after an absenoe of two weeks, was met at the depot by his eight year son, who loudly weioomea mm. ..Aoa is overvwuv well, Willie?" asked the father. "The wellest kind," replied the |?oy. "And nothing has happened?'' "'Nothing at all. I've been goo<j and Jennie^ been good, and I never saw ma behave herself so well aa she has this time!" Music and the Drama, THE RIFLE CLUB WILL OIVE A GRAND DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENT, TO THE PUBLIC AT CONCERT HALL. ON THE 6th of October. IT will consist of fino music and the following standard nieces will be rendered in the highest style of the modern theatrical art: RAISING THE WIND, BOARDING SCHOOL, RUNNING THE BLOCKADE. These selections are the finest ever brought on the stage at this place. THE PURPOSE OP THE ENTERTAINMENT IS TO UNIFORM THE CLUB. Admisson?5Q Cento. Children?25 Cento. TICKETS on sale at Parker & Perrin's Drug Store, August 30. 1076, tf. Sheriff's Sale. James T., Lemuel L., Laurence P., Preston L. and Sallie M. Quffln. against Charles W. Guffln, Adm'r, and Anna 12. Guffln. Order of Probate Court. Y virtue of an order to me direct ' - i_ -a.-i. I 1 w ea in me aoove vu^icu a will sell at Abbeville Court {louse on the 2d of October, 1870, the real estate of Charles B. Guffln, dec'q, containin2 eight hundred aores, mqrp or less, bounded by lanfjs of Col. T. C. Perrin, Estate John Sbjlllto, Charles White, J. M. Edwards, and others. Terms Cash, purchasers to pay for papers and taxes for the current year. r L. P. GUFFIN, Sheriff A. CSheriff's OfflQe, 2d Sept. 1876. LIV3HY STABLE. tt T?!VT TjUVY keeDS a Democratic Liv Xj ory Stable cm tlie DENDY LOT, in rear of WierV Hot^l. White DoinocraU will patronize a democratic colored man. [ Sept. 13, 1876.] ' LEV}* LEVY. Democratic Barber Shop. TQH* CRAWFORD, Barber, a colt| orcd Democrat, offers his services to his white frieqgs. Shop on Washington" Street. [Sept. 18,1876 W. Q, BENET~ |A.ttorney at Law, Abbeville, 8. C. Sept 13,187Q, NOTICE. J hereby give notice, especially to 'the women, that any person or persons who shall try to abuse or intimidate the members of my club on amount ol political opinioi), that they shall abide the penalty of the law. N#D HENDERSON. Sep. 13,1876. THE PHffiNIX, Published in Columbia, is The Ubeapest uauy x'apex In South Carolina. POLITICS DEMOCRATIC. All the News of tbe Day Condensed. Subscription $2.50 for 6 Mo. Pronounced the boat Democratic Daily at the Capital. Addron.?, JULIAN A. 8ELBY, Manager. Sept. 13, 1870. KTotice. W. Rosenberg INVITi^S tbe attention of his customers and people in general to a lot of I ISJ^W ?? I with many other goods, and in order ! to make room for a new Fall Stock, I will sell my present Stock at extreme| ly LOW PRICES for cash. Call at once and secure bargains. W. BOSENBEEG. P. S. My 8tore will be closed on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 19th and 20tn, and also Thursday, September 28th, on account of Holydays. Sept. 5, 1870, tf rnci/mr nni i cnr CnOMIIC liULLCUEi DUE WEST, 8. C. O THIS one of the oldest institute the State. The location is high and healthy, the population around moral and correct; thetemptations to vice and crime are few, compared with those that exist in large town and cities. SESSION AND'VACATION. The College Session commences on the first day of October, and closes on the first Wednesday of July. The Session is equally divided, without intermediate vacation, into two Terms: the second commences on the third Monday of February. It is very important that students should enter or return to College a the beginning of the Session, since an absence of a few days at a time, i 1_ _ m j. wtien a new oraiicu ui ?iuuj j? cum* menced, seldom fails to embarrass the whole course, and some are unable to make up the loss. EXAMINATIONS. Students are required to stand a written examination on every branch or textbook completed during the whole course. The intermediate examinations occur irregularly through the year, as the different branches or subject* are finished.?The final examinations covering such branches and sub jects as have not been previously finished, begin on Thursday before the first Wednesday in July, and close on the following Tuesday. The examinations are open to the public. EXPENSES. These include Tuition, Board, WashI in T.io-lifa ViipI. Hooks. Collecre and Society fees as follows: Certificate of Scholarship in the $100,? 000 Endowment, which pays Tuition one year $ 2(1 Board, $12 per month - 112 Washing, $1,25 per month 11 Lights and Fuel peryear ... 1J] Books, ,r 44 1C College and Society Fees, peryear, (average), about .. 5 Thin statement may be sufficient to satisfy inquiries, which are frequently made in respect to the necessary exj penses of a student at this place. Everv one knows that clothing, pocket money, and all matters of this sort, depend entirely on the indulgence of the parents and the habits of their i huuh. The only possible way, in many cases, to avoid heavy and often extravagant store bills, is for the parent or guardian to deposit with some membe! of the Faculty just the amount of money he or she wishes to be spent 'in these incidentals. We have given above the necessary expenses of the Institution, and it is unfair to charge the College with heavy expense when really they are such iu no proper 1 sense. 1 M.For Catalogue address WM. HOOD. Secretary of Faculty. September fiv Is"6. 8t." ' I _____ ' 100 BU8IIEL8 SIX ROWED SEED BARLEY, the best in the world, at $1*75, for sale J. F? C. DuPRE. ANNOUNCEMENTS, For Solicitor. We are authorized to announce Col. J. S. COTHRAN as a candidate for Solicitor of the Eighth circuit. We are authorized to announce A. BLYTHE, Esq., aa a candidate .for reelection to the office of Solicitor of the Eighth circuit. For Congress. Editor Press and Banner: Pleaso announce Col. D. WYATT AIKEN a candidate for Congress from 3d Congressional District, subject to Democratic Nominating Convention. For Judge of Probate. Editor Press and Banner: You will please announce the undesigned as a candidate for re-ehection for JUDGE OF PBOBATE of Abbeville County at the next election. T. B. MILLFORD, Barnwell &Co. ft A RE DAILY RECEIVING ADdltlQus to their Stock, consisting of STAPLE DRY GOODS, Hat$ and Clothing, RflATS! A Am STTOF.S 11 JLf VVJf J.W V/ ^ T0?y E^SE? CONSTANTLY ON 5ANP, ALSO, A of Groceries, i $acon and Lard, Ileal and yiour, Coffee and Sugar, Bagging and Tie?, Molasses and Syrup. a fine lot of SUGAR CUBED HAMS!! I Oct, 5,1875 26-tf ? nnniommv VWniAi< The undersigned hereby gives node* , that he is prepared to do all kinds of Carpenter's Work and Building, He also repairs Cotton Qina, Thrashers and Fans. A full supply of Gin Material always on hand. Farmers are requested ' to bnng their GinB up early in the season ; to ullow time to have them properly prepared. > Also Agent for the Taylor Cotton Gin, the Brook* Cotton Press, and all kinds ol Rubber and Leather Belting. D. B. SMITH, Abbeville C. H., S. C. Mrs. M. M. White WOULD ask the attention of hor lady friends to an entire new Stock ol Hats, Flowers, &c., iust in to-day, per express. Also will sell you an improved Remington Sewing Machine on terms and at ^ uttif K A f Sm AO pnwa W OUlb luo V1IJUVC*? Mrs. M. M. White. May 1,1876, If M. GOLDSMITH. P. KIND. Goldsmith & Kind, Founders And Machinists (PHCENIX IRON WORKS), COLUMBIA, S. C. Manufacturers of Steam Engines of all sizes: Homo powers, Circular and Muluy Saw Mills, Grist and Sugar Cano Mills, Flour Mills, Ornamental Houso and Store Fronts, Iron Railings, Agricultural Implements, etc. Brass ana Iron Castings of all kinds made to order on short notico, and on the most reasonuble terras. Also, manufacturers of Cotton Presses. THE ALSTON HOUSE, 1876. The misses cater still keep "THE ALSTON HOUSE" open for both permanent and transient Boarders. Thankful for past patronnun th?v hnnp. hv renewed enenrv M5V? ?mv^ ?r"! -v ? o? and application to business, to merit c good share of patronage. Jan. 6,1876 49-tf WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY, LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, ' General G. W. C. LEE, President, FULL courses of instruction in Classical, Literary and Scientill ? ? *- Ji? onJ I r? fit A I) H/A fA/j L)S Ann I UCblUUiea, UliU iu use Xiuicooivuai uv 1 partments of Law and of Civil Engineering. The next session will open September 21st, and close June 27th. Total expeuses, exclusive of books and clothing, need not exceed $300; b> messing, they may be reduced to $20C or $220. For Catalogue containing full information, apply to WALTER BOWIE, Clerk. | Jnly 24,1876, 5t BE. JOHN S. THOMPSON, ; DENTIST, Offers his professional services to the citizens of Abbeville and the surrounding country. Office?Over Citizens' Savings Bank, ABBEVILLE, S. C. \ ' ?????? "v _ .r ra ? iL xne Oiate ui ouum vaxuuua, County of Abbeville. PROCEEDING of an estray mule taken up in the (streets of Abbeville, 8. C., by one Alfred Butler, and returned to me as an officer of the law, to be appraised as prescribed by law?made andjprovided in such cases. C. E. BRUCE, t. j. a. c. July 24,1876, tf CORN! CORNH BED OATS! ; WHEAT BRAN. FOR SALE BY BARNWELL & CO Jan. 26, 1878 42-tf Jflarsnail Jr. ueuruiu, Attorney at Law, ABBEVILLE C. H., S. C. Office of W. A. Lee. [July 19, '70. 100 BUSHELS SIX ROWED SEED BARLEY, the finest and most produotivo on the continent, at 91.75 a bushel, for sale by CUNNINGHAM & TEMFLETON. Aug. 1, 1876. mroT DDnnc ovrn OATS | ? KdMM M+XJO* A A?\7vr I XV at 05 Centa, for sale by J. F. C. DnPBE. EUGENE B. GAEY, Attorney at law, Abbeville C. H., S. C. Special attention to the collection of claims. [Feb. 9, ly WALLER & MERCHA GREENWO ARE new offering to the public in t full line of all the Goods general! THEIR SI I BB? ( have been selected with great c READY-MADI A T?TWF. ftTOflK OP wr mrw ?' w A good aae Groceries, Hardware, Ore to which the attention of purchasers Ji WALLER Dr. H. D. dent; ABBEVi: OFFICE OVER TB Sept. 8,18T5,2 2-tf SPRING, 1876. ? j alNAII HA II A AMAH MUUNALU&HAUUUN 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. 1 A1 o7ouu nn hnnri thn nhnl??it nf FAMILY GROCERIES, Confectioneries, &c. i _ _. CIGARS! CIGARS!! e\V keep the finest and cheapest as* , sortmentof CIGARS in town. Great ' inducements to cash buyers?offered by McDonald & Haddon. April 10,1876, 52-tf TO THE LADIES! i I AM now prepared to exhibit the latent novelties in MILLINERY, \ and invite my friends and the public to an examination of the same. Feeling assured tliey will And 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 yr " n! Dress-Making Department is still under the supervision of HISS JANE RAMEY, who will be pleased to receive your orders, and will endeavor to give satinfaction. Very respectfully, MRS. M. M. WHITE. April 5,1876,51-tf ! ___________ Insurance Notice. 1 T HAVE acceptcdthe agency for sover&l JL SOLVENT FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES, as follows: Old North State. ? 5 Royal Cananian, Merchants and Mechanics , and Commercial of St. Louis* and will insure at the lowest rates con 1 sisten t with a sound businosft. Patronage of the public is solicited. Office at the Law Office of Messrs. Per rin ACothran. L. W. PERRIX, Agent. [ April 12,1870,52-ly I ; I MASONIC BIBECTOBY. ' Clinton Lodge Do. 3: i F. E W. H. PARKER, W.\ M.\ J. C. WOSMANSKY, Secretary. Meets 2d Monday in every month. J.9MSSSJif e!' H.f J. D. CHALMERS, Recorder. Meets 3d Friday night in every month. BeSanssure Conncil Ko. 16. R&S. H , J. F. C. DuPRE, T.\ 111/. M.\ J. M. GAMBRELL, Recorder. Meets 1st Tuesday night in every mouth | JAMES LEISHMAX. 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 Miss Carswcll, Cresswell, or Oarsenvell. This information is desired at the instance of Scottish relations. Any one recollecting this James Leishman will confer a favor on his heirs at law by communicating with the undersigned. The heirs may hear of somei thing to thoir advantage. ^ .IN OtSLitj iX imiiiijci. avi. t, Abbeville, 8. C.t Aqg.2, 1870,4t LOOK SHARP. I TO all who will pay for "VVhann'aj Kaw Bone in September \yilj be allowed ten pounds of lint cotton pre-' miuin, aud from 1ft October to lotb J Ave pounds. Please deliver to C. V. Hammond, Abbeville Depot, and Dr. M. C. Taggart, Greenwood, S. C. ?. COWAN, Agent. Sept. 1876. 2t Greenville Female College. THE next session opens September 11th 1876. with every department completely arranged under ten Instructors of acltnowleged ability and skill. Send for laat catalogue. C. H. JUD80N, Prcrtdt U. Grecuvil. C. <Jug. 30 1870.?It. BAKLEY! BARLEY!! Fifty BUSHELS for sale by BARNWELL & CO. Sept. 4,1S76. BROTHER, '** ' " * STS AT od, s. c., heir new and handsome bulldinb,a ly needed in tbiacommunity. TOCK OF J?6?? 2 tare, and unusnally attractive. 2 CLOTHING. BOOTS AHD SHOES. lortment of ickery, and Glaisware. i Invited, & BROTHEB. 1 " WILSON, '1st, ' "" LiIjE, IS. O. ? post office, i CgjN(iARE? H ROS Oolumblm Mm 0. "c llllliH, PROPRIETOR, MANUFACTURER OF STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS, Iron and Bract Castings of oil descriptions made to Order, c . y .. * .'j ^ , > ij : ; I WAS awarded the first premium . castings it the State Agricultural m Mechanical Society Fairs, held in Colombia, Novo ruber, 1871, *78 and 73. Circular" Saw Kills of all sixes. Also took the FIRST PREMIUM ?* State Fain held November, 1871, '72, 78Manuffcctorer of GRIST MILL IRONS of all rfnFor Sale. Gin Gearing of the following alzec : 9 feet wheel and pinion _.?~..$30 0? 10 44 44 44 . . 82*00 11 44 44 <4 ? V? 12 44 44 14 ?? ? " IUf80*O? With Bolts 90.50 Extra for eaeh a& ' Anti-friction plates and Ball* for Cotton Press $10.00 ana 912.00per set. D. B. SMITH, Agent, Abbeville, S. C. Dec. 10,1875, 85-fcf flTVAV Planing Kill, COLUMBIA. 8. 0. . F.W.WIWG, Proprietor MANUFACTURER OF . Sash, Blinds, Doors, WINDOW MD DOOR FRAMES, Me Pivot BMs aid Skitters PTT ASITliC X> XJLjjCTLO X XiJCVd} . Mantelpieces, MOLDINGS, BRACKETS, Handrails, Newels, Balusters. Scroll fort of i Description. All Work Guaranteed a Ho, I May 28,1875, lyr. CUNNINGHAM AND TEMPLETON Have received and opened their large Stock of all kinds or goods. Dry Goods, H Clothing, l Boots, Shoes, Caps, Hats, Hardware, Crockery, Saddlery, Ac. CALL AND 8EE FOR YOURSELVES. Qct. 6,1875 20-tf BLANKS OF THE MOST APPROVED FORMS, FOB SALE, AT THE Press & Banner Office. Rent Lieut, Liens on Crops, Lien on Crop and Bill of 8ale. Mortgage of Personnl Property, Mortgage of Real Estate, Title Deeds, Trial Justice's Blanks. Sub. Tickets. Snb. Writs. Summons for Money Draittl. for Money Poland