The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, October 04, 1876, Image 3

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fi Press and Banner. BBEVILLE, S. C. ednesday, Oct. 4,1876. [IE BEST MEETING YET. lesville Enthusiastic?The Colored Men in Line. he* by Gen. .McGonnn, Co!, hrao, Messrs. McNeil, Hasten* Jitui't, lU'v. JIayuard Groves, Richard itomans, Benj. Graves. The Democratic meeting at Lowndesvlite on Saturday last, all igree in saying, was one of the best? f not the very best?meetings which las taken place during the campaign. Leaviug Abbeville on Friday afternoon in company with (Jen. Mc(?owm and W. C. lienet, Esq., we arivcd at Lowodcsville that evening ibout eight o'clock and drove to the lospitable mansion of Mr. J. M. Latimer, senior, where all of u< met a corlial reception from our most excellent uost and his good lady. Later in he evening all were glad to greet Col. 'othran, who had just arrived from IVilliaiuston, where he had that day iddressed a large meetiug of the Assembled Democracy. Mr. Latimer s a boru prince and entertains like a lobleman, while Mrs. Latimer prelides with the grace that would adorn i court. The visit to Lowndesville was I Especially agreeable, because each of us had many )good friend* and pleaslint acquaintances In the community, pnd Mr. and Mrs. Latimer by their Lood cheer and cordial treat ment gave us "a good send olF," and which imparted a charm to the visit pleasant to Contemplate. Although we have been pn the Lowndesville vicinity hut little, ke feel that we hava as many good friend* in that community as in any neighborhood in the county. We tfirst became acquainted with these good men at a time which proved the true and the brave. They were members of company "Of," in the HUh S. C. Regiment, and we can speak for the valor and gallantry of the Latimers, the Youngs, the Carl isles, the Clinkscales, the Cos by s, the Princes, and! troops of others who fought for the J cause which we deemed just. Their heroic behavior and their devotion to the "lost cause" gave tone to the llcg-1 iinent, and tuelr personal worm now gives high character to one of the most substantial communities of wor-| thy citizens in the State. We love I the names of all who with us shared the hardships or camp-life in the! West, and we must be excused if we are partial to our old comrades and; friends, especially as they have stood by us so firmly and steadfastly since: the war. OFFICERS OF THE DAY. Chief Marshal?Dr. It. S. Beckham.! Assistant Marshals ? John JO.! Krownlee, J. P. Pritehard, T. L.' Cosby, XV. G. Johnson, Wesley Mc-: Keller, June Hunter. I Mr. S. S5. Baker had charge of the j pits. Daniel Lee and Jack lteid did' the cooking, and did it most spleu-J didly. T1IB MEKTIXO. Early on Saturday morning a great number of persons came in from alii directions ami assembled at the! "Double Bridges." At ten o'clock the procession#nder command of Dr. It. S. Beckham, Chief Marshal, consisting of about one thousand mount-1 cd men, one-third of whom were colored, moved up Main Street to the] church and countermarched to the residence of Mr. Theophilus Baker, i where they filed to the right, down the, street to the speakers' stand in the; grove above Young & Oliver's Mill, in j the following order of PKOCKSSIOX. The Abbeville Colored Band? four-inhand?Mr. Walker, driver. Carriage containing Gen. McGowan,! Col. Cothrdh, Mr. James M. Latimer, sen'r, and llcv. W. H. Lawton. Four Colored Companies?Young's, | Burdett's, Cade's, and Henderson's. Anderson Companies ? Clinkscalcs', with red shirts and blue pants. Jones', with blue shirts. Brownlee's "McGowan .Sabre Club,") with yellow jackets. LowndesvilleClub, with white jackets. AT THE STAND. Arriving on the grounds, the horsemen dismounted and hitched theirj horses and marched by companies to the stand. The whites occupying one- i half the seats and the colored people j occupying the other half. l)r. R. S.; Beckham called the meeting to order; and requested the Rev. W.1I. Law ton ; to open the meeting with I'RAYKK, arid in an earnest manner hcsupplica-) ted the God of battles to bless this as-, semhlnge, and to direct the speakers: to address us in a manner which would; promote peace and harmony between j the races and at the same time be most effectual in removing corruption from higher places, and in restoring good government to this troubled and oppressed people." * i. ?i... .-V I. Lite; COUl't '.IMllII U1 iiiu jn.uvi, ! chief Marshal Keck ham intimated to the large assembly that llie sneakersi would be introduced by Moses Young,) an influential colored Democrat of| Lowndesville township. Moses] Young then came forward and in a few appropriate remarks introduced UENEUAL M'GO WAN. The General was received, as he al-| ways is, with round after round of applause. When the plaudits ceased, lie addressed the throng in his felicit- j ous manner, and commanded their j unbroken attention throughout a! ."peech that lasted an hour and a half, j (Jen. McGowan's reputation as a pub-1 lie speaker, whether at the liar or on ! the stump, is too well known to ourj readers for us to try to add to it in this j report. Suffice it* to say, he spoke i with all his usual pointed!)ess, vigor! i r ... I .1.1 anu rue. in plain ami unnusuiM-aoie i terms he depicted the fate that awaited them if the Radical party should be continued in power. The speech was frequently interrupted by loud and j oouiinued applause. t'OJ.ON'-KL COTIIKAN' being introduced, spoke for an hour j to the attentive audience with the j pathos and earnestness of a true pa-, triot and an honest man, and with the j flash of wit and flow of humor forj which he is remarkable, lie address-j ed himself mainly to the colored por-j lion of his audience, and the straightforward and simple manner in which! he exposed the wrongs brought upon our State by Radical rule, and the reforms that must follow the election of j Hampton and Tilden, made an evident! and deep impression. MR. JGIIN MC.VRJI was introduced and spoke for hal f an hour. His rhetoric was good, and his) lojjie convincing and to the point. IJIN'N Eli wa? announced at three o'clock, and a recess of thirty minutes was given. The arraiicpmpnltt for tlm iliimur were excellent, and the tables were well filled with all kinds of nicely j prepared meats, breads, <fcc. A separate table was sot apart for the j upeakars, preachers, and other*, and' theltev. II. C. Ligon asked the blessing.1 TH K COMMITTEES to raise supplies and manage the ta-' bles were: "Whites?Messrs. James M. Lati-; mer, senior, 8. 8. liaker, Josiah; Jiurton, John C. Speer, E. W. Harper, J. J. Moseley, W. 8. liaskin, Jr., A. J. Cauthern, Caleb Clinkscales, G. W. Black. ' | Colored?Messrs. Thomas Young, white, chairman colored committee, Daniel Lee, Ed. Jordan, Hampton Tate, June Hunter, Jim Scott, Wesley Bruce, Lewis Patterson, Oliver Patterson, Archy Latimer, Samuel Wiight. At the appointed time Dr. Beckham introduced. COLONEL JOHN HASKELL, a former resident of this County, but now a citizen of Mississippi. He made no attempt at oratory, but his "lalk" was listened to with much interest and strict attention as be related the Mississippi plan of carrying the ? ? 1 elections ; lie saw no such good mectjiugs in Mississippi list we had here; he was sure we could triumph if we only willed to do so; no violence was used in Mississippi, hut they put u fleaj in the oars of the Radical carpet-baggers, who took their departure for a more congenial clime; the leading! !colorcd Republicans joined with the I whites iu tlieir efforts to get good government, and the object was acconii plished without a single act of vioI leiice. W. C. BKXKT, ESQ. j then made a lew appropriate remarks, which were well received. Rev. Raymond Groves, Richard R<?-, | mans and Renj. Groves each made , good speeches, appealing to their r: ee; | to join with the whites in an effort to ; restore good government. jl'HK DISTINGUISHCHARACriiKISTIC !of this trreat fratherimr at Lowndesville j which gave fresh inspiration to the I i speakers and a new impetus to the j !cause was the presence of colored' people, male and female, young and old, in unprecedentcdly large numbers. I The speakers and those of us who Iliad been present at other mass meetings of the Democracy could not refrain from frequently expressing delight at the spectacle presented by the jsea of upturned sable faces. These colored people, both men and women, i i listened to the speakers one after the I jother with undivided and most res-j 'pectful attention. Among other old army friends whom ; ; we met at Lowndesville, were Messrs. I James M. Latimer, jr., and Joseph 1*. j Young. ? Ok * Serenade to Judge Cooke. : The .Silver Cornet liand serenaded I Judge Cooke on Monday night, at | Miller's Hotel and upon being called ! for, cyme forward and made a short, ispeech, in which he thanked the gen! tiemen present for the compliment! paid, ami said that he was not howev- j ! er vain enough to suppose that it wasi. |as much for him as for the cause in j < i which they were so much interested.!' J-le appreciated tncconuiuon 01 amurs j I in .South Carolina and knew the great i ' necessity for a change in the oflicersof the iiovernnient ; Chamberlain i | | was unable to govern this people; hc!< had no place in their hearts and underj such circumstances he could allbnli; I protection to nobody; Chamber- j j lain had confessed fears for his own 1 ! personal surety ; referred to several ! i (frights whiv.1) our(jlovernor had had ; that he as Judge could not as well ad- I minister the hiw under Cham- I berlain as under Hampton; that Hampton lived in the hearts of the people; his word was law with them ; liis wishes would be respected by i them ; on the other band, Chamber- ' lain had arrayed himself against the ; J best element of the country, and un-M dcr such circumstances peace could j* not reasonably be expected ; Chamber-j I lain Willi f ederal uavoneis, governed j < an unwilling people; the peace and happiness of the black race ch-.i man dec! a change from the Radical; i rule to Democratic rule; this would j I certainly bring peace to this disturbed :< country ; he felt sure that the more in-j< telligeiit and honest colored men!' would vote for lIamplo:>: it was theirjf duty to help the whites to restore the) government to its rightful owners; he j? felt that the uuterrified Democrats 11 would elect Hampton in November as! certainly as he was now standing hefore them; the great enthusiasm of the unterrilied Democracy would sweep as a great wave from the mountains to the seaboard, carrying everything before it. lie also referred to the con- j tcmptible manner in which Chamber- j lain had run oil* to Washington tt?r j troops, to force his government uponj( the people who did not want him.;. He referred to the fact of dissalisfae-j# tion in the State Convention, and'* mentioned that Tof^ert had been 110111- ' inated for .Superintendent of Edtiea- r tion to ph-ase the up-country dele- j 5 gates; he beli^ed Tolbert to be an: honest man and hoped that he would ' decline to be their candidate, thought he ought to ally himself with us. Judge Tarrant, of Greenwood, was next called for and responded in a few well-timed remarks upon the eorrup-j . tion of trie present administration and! tlie contesseu mummy oi uic eivn au-p thority in executing the laws in call-1 iiitf upon the Cieneral Government for ? soldiers to enforce the law by the mil- ^ itary. He claimed that the brains, intelligence and virtue of the country ; should and would govern the country ; that the hewers of wood and drawers of water should not seek to rule, by . thrusting themselves forward before j, they become educated and qualified ;j lit? was in favor of schools for tlieed-J neaiion^ of poor He said that ' the Republican party was as corrupt as possible ; he did not see how any honest man could longer remain in it; no man need say that he by quitting the . Republicans was seeking cilice; lie*1 came into the Democratic ranks alterl' 'he nomiuationt had been made, and i ^ had <juit the Republican party before] ' their county oilieers had been put in 1 nomination; believed if he had re- 1 maiued with "the party" that lie ! could have secured cilice, but he ^ wouldn't stay with a part} so corrupt; he couldn't prescve his self-respect |( and do so. ' A lily the, Esq , Republican can can- 1 didate for Solicitor, was now called, ' and came forward and thanked the 5 audience for the honor, but said that ' he was not in a mood to speak; ! he hoped, however, to be able to speak oeiore me campaign was over. Col. Cothran was loudly called for ; when he responded in his usual happy J and entertaining manner. He fully 1 indorsed all that Judge Cooko had said i' about Governor Chamberlain ai d ' Lien. Hampton; fefl that the safely!1 of the colored people depended upon J; Hampton's election; they were as 1 much interested in good government 1 as we are; invited them to join iu with us and get into better company ; paid a nice compliment to the enthusiastic meeting which he had attended at Lowndesville; the whites and col- < ored there were a unit and he would j: like to see the same spirit at Abbeville. < Killed for his Political Opinion. j I>icd at the age of fifty years on Friday, the -!?tli ultimo, at his residence ' in Greenwood, -Mr Winchester Ar-jl uold, from the effect of a stab from a Unite iu the hands of Lewis Greene, a Radical who had as.-aih:d him for his! political opinions. Wince, as he wiw familiarly culled.', has been a Democrat ail his life, ami;, has always voted with his white' friends, and when convinced that hoi, must die, said that he "was not willing!( to die until ?South Carolina was re-j deemed." Wince inherited from his distill- j guished father many of the nobler and | higher instincts of the white race. ; while he possessed in a large degree ' those qualities which mark the up- ' right man, point out the generous neighbor, and distinguish the useful citizen. h ile was a man of more than ordina- ( ry intelligence, and for his high nior-j al character and strict integrity stood high in the estimation of the people. He was one of the finest mechanics ever in this section of the county, and j from his trade; he was enabled to 1 raise his family far above the standard of the ordinary laboring man. Much sympathy is felt and expressed for the family of tlie deceased, in < this affliction, whose deportment has ; ever merited the respect of all who! knew them. As a becoming tribute of re.specL we understand the whole community 1 turned out at his burial. What an ill- 1 ,estimable comfort it must be for &M colored man so to conduct his life as toy i have the respect and confidence off j his white neighbors, and to have his h burial attended by "troops of friends," I j j the best people in the community. ? <j> j Mr. R. A. McCasi.ax had three bales: < or couon unu nis wagon uurneo on ; i Saturday night. A spark of lire is i supposed to have been packed in the cotton, which set the whole in a blaze ; during the night, burning the cotton j and wagon on which it was placed. ' | Mk. John Moouk, of New Market, I had the misfortune to lose by lire on j I Saturday night last his mill and gin; house, together with some ten bags of cotton. Loss, !??,oou. No insurance.! | Incendiary, without a doubt. Sale I)ny. Last Monthly was Sale Day, and a considerable amount of valuable property was sold by the Sheriff but ow-j ing to the scarcity of money and the unsettled political condition of the! country the property sold brought I only nominal prices. Some of theI lands sold are as good as there is in Abbeville county. The estate of James A. Norwood, deceased, was divided and soltl by order of the Probate Court, as follows: The White Lick Tract, 450 acres, Mrs. S. A. Norwood, purchaser,$1,500. The Young Plantation, (>14 acres, Mrs. 8. A. Norwood, purchaser, $(?14. The McDutTie Place, 1.014 acres, Mrs. S. A. Norwood purchaser, $1,014. Part of the McDullie Place, 1,120 acres, Mrs. 6. A. Norwood, purchaser, Tract No. 4, 750 acres, Mrs. S. A. Norwood purchaser, $1,500. Tract No. 5, 570 acres, Mrs. S. A. Norwood purchaser, $570. The James M. Martin lands were .IS.. S .1 ? 1 ~ .1 ^..1 ^ f /Cm ui \ mrm iiiiu sum 11 ni.L'i* wiuei uj vu-j cuit Court, us follows : Tract No. 1, 277 acres, C. \V. Martin, | purchaser, $l?y2.oM. Tract No. 2, 202 acres, C. W. Martin i purchaser, Sl,Ul2.oO. Tract No. 21!) acres, C. \Y. Martin purchaser, $">47.-jn. Tract No. 4, 117 acres, C. W. Martin purchaser, SI 17. The land of Win. Johnson. l.'H acres, was sold undcrexectiou to James M. Calvert for $110. The land of C. A. Cobb, the Buchanan tract, 178 acres, was sold by order J of Probate Court, \V. M. Cobb, pur- j chaser, $1,200. Real estate of C. 15. Ciuflln, deceased,! SOU'faores was sold by order of Court, Mrs. Sarah and L. J. Cutlin, purchasers, $.suo. Conrt. The October Term of the Court opond at this place on Monday last, His Honor Judge Cooke, presiding. No L*ivil business, except the calling ofi ['alender No. 0, was transacted. The! ail was cleared in the disposition of; [he following criminal cases. l lie Mate v. nuvvaru uummings, i jjrand larceny?plead guilty? sontencjd to one year in the penitentiary. The State vs. Sidney Bfownlec ? 'land larceny?acquitted. The State vs. James Malone, grand larceny?plead guilty?three months in the Comity jail. The State vs. Wesley Knight, grand larceny?pleaded guilty?one year in the penitentiary. The State vs. Lewis Greene, murder ?acquitted. The Grand Jury in their Presentment presented Trial Justice Bruce for what they deemed improper conduct it the meeting on Monday night. The I'ourt required hiiu to give bail in the <11111 of one thousand dollars, to keep : 1 >e peace for twelve mouths and a Jay. The Court adjourned last night to meet on Tuesday of next week. At a meeting of the liar, at which the Soicitor was present, this course was leenied advisable, to investigate vari mis reports of breeches of the peace, rju-se matters will be strictly investigated and the law fully vindicated. There was more drunkenness on Nile Day than we have noticed for the last six months previous. GOO!) FOR L WRENS. The Democrats all Right. Tomlinsonund others from Columbia went to Laurens on Thursday light, arriving unexpectedly about nidmght, with a view of .surprising lie Democracy. The meeting had >een advertised for Saturday, but they bought to steal a inarch on the Deinicrats by coming a day earlier. As soon as they arrived the Democrats lispatehed couriers to every quarter of lie County and early in the morning lthousand horseman greeted the unvilling ears of the disgruntled liads, unl claimed an equal division of time, vliich, under the sound of the ingle of the "boys in blue," vas indignantly refused. The 1 democrats then expreesed their deter- ' nidation to be heard, when the Hon. l~. P. Owens, the man who lu.s so long nisrepresented Laurens in tin- State : senate, applied to the otlicer in com-j nand of the U. S. troops for a guard i o prevent the Democrats from attend- , ng their meeting. We learn that the ?lli?;er politely requested him to go to hat place, the temperature of which j las always been considered as too hot j! or comfort, and added "that he did j lot eonie to Laurens to interfere in 1 >olitics." Democratic Meeting. A neighborhood Democratic meetng was held last Friday night below Stuiv Point at which the speakers vure jSsij. Tarrant, C'ol. F. A. Connor, [)r. Maxwell and ('apt. Parks. There .vure about seventy-live colored men nen present, and they generally ex-, >ressed themselves as well pleased?j( lelitrhted; and oneof the leaders said 'if you will just do what you say we Ion't want anything better." Theunierstanding was thai no (irearms were o he brought to the meeting, and with hat. assurance the colored people i^reed toatiend. A like meeting is to >e held at the same place on to-mor ow ut '2 o'clock with increased interest, ,\n old colored man presided. One of he men said he intruded to vote the Democratic ticket but he would not oin the club because "he thought lliat meant war." Thelo are many of ;hem just that ignorant, but if they ivill vote the Democratic ticket it is all we want. Argument and facts, it these quiet neighborhood meetings, kve suggest, will do more good than j red shirts and ct cetera. Democracy at Hodges. There will be a frraml Democratic :lcmoustration at Hodges on Thursday, li'th instant. General McCowan, Col. L'othran, .Itidge Cooke,(Jen. Garyand fien. Butler, are expected to speak. All the County candidates are invited Lo he present and take part. .Speaking will begin at 10 o'clock A. M., and visitors from Abbeville can return on [he afternoon train. A joint discussion between the [lads and Denis will take place it Greenwood on next Thursday afternoon. Dr. Taggart's company has ticen requested lo be present to preserve order. This is an appointment! >f the Jtads themselves, and they made the request cf Dr. Taggart's company. Miss Ida Ckews, of Columbia, j who has been spending some time with her friends and relitives in Mount Carmel has returned home. She made a lasting impression 011 | uiie poor fellow's heart. 1 Mk. J. M. Ellis has just returned f.ioin Edgefield where he has been; spending a delightful time with some, t?f the Edgelield ladies. The Due; West divinities should look well to their laurels. Mk. James M. Mahtjn, from Pickens County, formerly "from the creek," was in town a few days ago J looking well and hearty. The moun-j tain air agrees with him. A shipwrecked sailor waiting fora| sail is like a business man sitting at home nursing a cough or cold. (Jet Dr. Hull's Cough Syrup and lie cured, j Mks. A. L. Mc-c as J.A.N returned j * il.n.to i-nttLi'iluv ovotiimr iftnrl III'IU /mania vciv . .... T " . v.....n ... istay of several weeks in the "gate L-ity. 8hc came back improved itij health. Mk. J. M. Kllis, of Due West, I leads the best paper in America, lie: is a Press and J tanner man, first ami! last ami all the time. Mkssus. J. Bexino Mauttx and {). W. Martin, of Midway, Bullock County, Ala., have been in Abbeville fur the past few days. Mks. Bkown, wife of Mr. Percy Brown, of ('okesburv, died 011 satur-j ilay last. They had been married but u few month*. ']'u i: house of Mat Belcher, colored, on the Wincstock larm, was burned j on Sunday last. Accident. Tiik Badical negroes are stealing] each others corn about Mount C'arinel.j U. S. Troops. - During the prist week company F. of the 18th Regiment U. S. Infantry arrived at this place and are camping on (he old field above the Depot. [There are at present twenty-eight privates and non-commissioned olliccrs in the company. We have met the ollieers?Captain Lloyd-and Lieutenants Iiarnhardt and Paul, and have hocn favorably impressed with them. We trust their stay with us may be pleasant and agreeable to us all, and that they may be able to make a good report of the conduct of the citizens of old Abbeville. TiikKB was an interesting political meeting at Clear Springs in the Buck-1 stand section on Saturday last the :>d inst. The speakers were 11. II. Hemphill, Wm. Hood and J. Y. Jones, well known for their zeal in the cause of reform and good government. Several hundred were present, a large portion of whom were colored, * - i a 11(1 il L;u?m iiimic. Edward Westlield, Esq., presided with ease and dignity. These quiet neigh-j bo: hood meetings with plain practical j talks do much good, and we recommend that they bo tried in every seclion of the County. Oil Monday, the following young, gentlemen were admitted to the Bar, after passing a brilliant examination, Messrs. L. W. rerrin, S. C. Cason, 11. P. Calhoun and Ellis G. Graydon. The Committee of Examination consisted of Solicitor Blythe, who examined on Commercial Law, Col. Thomson on Real Estate and Evidence and Gen. McGowan ou Contracts and Statute Law. Messrs. Whitfield and Featherston of the Anderson Bar, were in attendance of the Court yesterday. Mkssrs. Cunningham & Templeton are getting a house full of the; prettiest, cheapest and bestgoods ever; brought to town, and every day there J is a throng of customers looking and I buying. These gentlemen are well i known to be perfectly reliable audi have never failed to satisfy any of their many customers. Give Lhem a call and do yourselves good. Mies. M. M. Whit(3 is determined j that no lady shall lack for the feathers which make beautiful birds. Any lady without a real sure-enough sweet heart will not be long in that condition joyu patronizing Mrs. White. Mr. Rosen herg is getting the greatest quantities of the warmest and best of winter goods. Call on him, and if you don't get a good bargain it will be because you haven't a little cash. Our friends generally leave all their money with him. WH regret to learn Mrs. George Allen, the wife of the late Rev. George A lieu, of .Savannah, died last week, a victim of yellow fever. She was high ly esteemed by tne Anneviue people, among when she lived for several years after the war. Mr. A. A. Xoni'K, of Bartow, Ga., passed through our town on yesterday, on a visit to relatives in Abbeville. He represents the corn crops of Georgia as very abundant, but the cotton crop as cut short one-half by the drought. A Sign over a store door in Walhalla, reads thus: "Kash pade fur iittul kalves not morn too dase ole. Nice caster ile." We wotdd advise that man to advertise in the Kcotvec Courier. A iucMttious meeting of interest has been going 011 in Cokesbury for ten days past, led by Dr. Pierce. This i.* encouraging in the midst of so much political excitement. Tirrcnrc will bo a hot supper entertainment at Hodges on Thursday evening, 12th inst., for the denefit of the "Jiuller Rifle Club"" of Cokesbury Township. A pleasant time may be expected. i ? ** | iUA.M Ut'llUlllUi ^uu^i.iaic living a v- i eeived in town ami none are more beautiful ami attractive than those now on exhibition at*the Emporium i>f fashion?the?are as cheap as they :ire pretty. 11 lev. R. C. Ligox, the acceptable pus tor of the Eowndesville ehureh, stopped in town last night on his way lo the meeting of the Mouth Carolina Presbytery which takes place this livening at Ninety-Six. Mi:ss. Bap.nwell & Co., are going ->n quietly filling up their large and <p!tMi<liri store with all manner of useful ami attractive goods, which they ire prepared to sell cheap. Tjtk Silver Cornet Band will give one ?!' their most attractive entertainments, i-'iisistin^ of farces, liiusie and dancing, in the Court House oil next Friday evening, l'or the benefit of the Abbeville Itilles. Tins is Opening Day at the Emporium of Fashion and Mrs. M. M. White's. Call and examine. Mr. J. A. Ciitruns had the misfotfiini* in lr>tr> his horse on Mondiiv last i)f glanders. We hope everybody will road Judge Black's letter. Rbk notice in another column of Cokesbtiry Conference School. MASS MBETIXG. Programme of the Mass Meeting to be held at Due West on Friday,* the 13t!i October. The Head Quarters of ('apt John E. Bmwnk'c, chief marshal, will he at the J'ost Otlice. The assistant marshals, viz: It. L. Pratt, W. E. JJarnioro, W. (!. Armstrong ami J. N. Robinson, will report ty the eheif marshal at 8 o'clock. Clubs coming the Martin's Mill road will report to It. L. I'ratt at DuPre's; those coming from Donnaldsville to \V. E. Barmore, at Lee's; those coming the Abbeville road to \V. C. Armstrong, at Rev. I?iiidsav\s. Those comifnr ttie Ander son road to J. N. Kobinson at ltev. Youngs. The companies will report al tlieabove named places at 9 o'clock. The marshals will then conduct their commands to Winbushville. The procession will move from this place lo the speakers'stand in the College cum pus at 10 o'clock. I.chmton News. Oapt. J as. II. Bask in* and wife, of Virginia, leave to-day for Dallas, Texas. Cant. 1.1. has been staying with his son-in-law Capt. J. S. (iibert, for three or four years, and we have found him a gentleman, and regret loosing him in this neighborhood. Mk. JtoxiKKT Krown had u fine hog killed Jast Saturday evening. Jle thinks he is on the right track of the thief. The weather is cool now, fresh pork will keep very well in a hole in the earth. During the Summer thieves preferred mutton and chickens. J hope the thief will be caught ho that the Labor Reform Association may get his name. Very little cotton or corn has been stolen this fali in this locality. Cotton opens so fast that farmers j can....t keep up with it. Mr. Chas. Evans took a load of cotton to Augusta?saved six dollars on the bale, and bought bacon at 10 cents per pound and other arlick-s as cheap. Ai-KitKn TJitbton who was County Commissioner years ago also a minister, says that he cannot vote the Radical State ticket and that the people laid as well elect him as Chamberlain. The Following Republicans Have Joined Hampton's t'avnlry. 1. M. I. Browning, of Orangeburg. 2. A. B. Knowlton, of Orangeburg. o. JudgeT. H.Cooke,of Greenville. 4. J.* P. M. Epping, of Beaufort. 5. J). B. McLaurin, of Bennettsville. (J. Judge C. P. Townsend. 7- Senator J. M.Smith, of Barnwell. 8. Judge T. J. Mackey, of Chester. 9. Senator T. C. Andrew, of Orangeburg. Hi. Martin 11. Delanv. 11. Representative J. A. Barker, of Edgefield. 12. W. E. Rose, Columbia. 13. J. Eelder Meyers, of Orange burg. 14. J. II. Tnrrnui, Greenwood. Letter From I'rof. Ilood. Duk Wkst, S'. C., Sept. 2S, '70. Pk. It. S. Bkckiiam,?Dear Sir: I am in receipt, by this afternoon's ; mail, of your favor of 20th inst., inj viting mo to participate with you in | your ma?s meeting on Saturday, 30th ! infant. |# An explanation is needed to justify ! me before you, as I will not be able to I do myself the plcasureof meeting the | people of Lowndesville on that day. I have held myself ready to be at ; your meeting for nearly a month, and j discharge my part of the duties of the day, as best my abilities would allow. I have been absent from home for ten davs: and on returning home on the train* yesterday, T met the Editor of the Abbeville Medium and inquired if your meeting was still fixed for Saturday, and who would be with you from Abbeville. He informed me that it was, and that Gen. McGowan and Col. Cothran were going. I felt then much encouraged that your commu Hity would have a glorious day for democracy and honest government, anil my desire to bo with you strengthened. A few minutes, however, after reaching home a committee of gentlemen called on me with a pressing solicitation to address a meeting of the colored people on Saturday about S miles South of here. This invitation came from the colored people themselves thro' the whites. These people (colored) have been preparing, I was informed, to get myself, with one or two other gentlemen, a good hearing among their race in that community for more than a week, and that my absence' hail postponed the meeting thus far. With the belief that the gentlemen named above would be with you, and thatall would be done for the cause in which we are engaged at your meeting without me that con id be done with me there; and that a chance lost with this people between now and the day they name their County nominees, may be a chance forever lost, or give us an audience more inclined to resist our influence, I authorized the Committee i ry. T iifAitlil o rTrl mca ilinni fit thr* time and place named. Now, my dear sir, hoping thaf you and the noble citizens around Lowndesville will not regard me as having committed an error in my course in ; this matter, and that you will accept for yourself, and communicate to those associated with your effort to secure an honest and deccnt government this Fall, my sincere thanks for the honor conferred on 1113 now and heretofore in your community. I will claim your time only for a few words more. The earnestness with which we have entered the campaign this Fall is the result of necessity; a necessity to restore to lis and our children and all i?iKinno Hint mnv U'uli fr> livf> Willi il? and them in peace the security of property, and the name of a respectable government. The burdens and dangers of a corrupt government have borne on us who have had no voice it) that government until we will be disgraced even in our own eyes if we do not redeem (he State. We cannot expect the future historian to speak of us to our posterity in other than the language of contempt if we permit the odious representative* of the Republican party to pilfer our public treasuries and corrupt our citizens longer. ttut a new element is developing itself as the campaign progresses, to wit, to do with the instruments of death what cannot be done by the vote! Self preservation is the first law of nature. What would a white citizen of Hamburg, Ellenton, Aiken, Combahee, Charleston and Marion say is the first reason why he will support Hampton and Tilden? lie will say "to save the life of myself, and children. All other arguments are lost to him in the last. He is tod.ic in actual warfare?the knife, the torch, the club and the bullet have been at his door. The Republicans in the State are the authors of thi savage and fiendish developement. It is the bloody handed child of theif bevelling, and its name must be Scott Moses Chamberlain. This State of t.himr? will he faitbv tlie innocent, but! not by the authors. The colored man would not do so if not incited to it by his wicked leaders. Plis danger in the meantime compared to ours is in the quadruplicate ratioof his numbers: to ours. J'ut, I cannot indulge myself farther! on this view of our situation. Hoping; you may have a jubilant day, I re-1 main, dear sir, , Yours, very respectfully and trulv, WM. HOOi). ? -* mi ,4ilvice to South Carolina Colored ? Men. Governor Chamberlain, of South Carolina, instead of attending to his duties has been visiting the North, and, on his"return to Washington, which seems to he his headquarters, lie gives out that he has heard of the murder of from thirty to one hundred negroes in theStatcduringhisahsence. "From thirty to one hundred" is a vague phrase. Its use confesses a shameful amount of ignorance in the Governor of the State, whose sworn duty is to maintain the peace of the 10 protect me lives 01 me citizens, and lo see that lawlessness is punished. The people of South Carolina are asked lo vote for Governor Chamberlain?to re-elect him to his place. But why should they? At a time of great excitement he leaves the State, abandons his post of duty and returns only to send out a vague report of the killing of some of its citizens. Evidently he is not a fit man for Governor; he is not even a safe man. General Wade Hampton is his opponent, the nominee of the democratic party. What does General Hampton say about the peace of the State? He is making an active and thorough canvass, and everywhere, from every platform and stump, he pledges his word that if he is elected Governor ho will "observe, protect and defend the rights of the colored manhe solemnly promises to "render to the whole people of the State equal and impartial justiceand to make this promise specific, he adds:?"If there is a white man in this assembly who, because he is n. democrat or because he is a white mail, believes that when I am elected Governor, if I should be, I will stand between him and the law, or grant to him any privileges or immunities that shall not bo granted to the colored man, he is mistaken, and I tell him now, if that is his reason for voting for me, not to vote at all." These are the honest, sensible words of General Hampton. What has Governor Chamberlain said or done to match them? What did he do on the heels of the Hamburg massacre? He ran to Washington to appeal for help. What does he do in the middle of the canvass? Promise equal and exact justice to all citizens? Guarantee that he will "observe, defend and protect the rights of the eolored man ? Not at all. He leaves the State for a visit to New England. Why should the colored men of South Carolina vote for Mr. Chamberlain? What has he done? What does he propose to do for them ? If they are sensible men they will vote for General Hampton. lie at least makes them a definite promise. He ninU-os if for himself and for the een-! ! t lemon who are on llie ticket with j him. Not only that, but he warns every man who does not agree with him that all the people, colored as well | as white, shall be equally secure in life, liberty and property, that he had better not vote for him. 1 f we were asked by a South Carolina colored man how he should vote, we should tell him, "Vote for General Hampton; hold him and his to the responsibility they are willing to assume. They are men of character, men of property, old citizens of the State; go and shake hands with them ; tell them you will trust them. Vote for JI ayes for President if you like. It is natural that you should prefer a republican President, I nnvtioninrlv if vnu are iroincr to trv a democratic State government. But I vote for General Hampton and the j democratic State ticket. Chamberlain has not protected you, and depend upon it, if Hayes is chosen President, he is not going to listen to Chamberlain or any other Southern Governor who runs up to Washington to (ell his tale, when lie ought to be on the spot to see justice done between you and your white neighbor. Mr. Ilaycs does not believe In federal interference in the South." That is the advice we should give to South Carolina and also to Louisiana colored men. Jf they only took time calmly to consider the matter they would see that while the Southern republican politician lives upon "outrages," and prospers the more the more colored men are wronged or slain, the Southern democrat must perforce maintain peace and order; for if he does not the whole North hoots at him and demands that the federal power shall upset him. Arkansas was full of crime and disorder until the democratic Governor Garland came into power.! It has been peaceful ever since, andj no complaints come from there, under his wise rule, of wrong to republicans or colored men.?A'c.w York, Herald, GEX. HAGOOD'S "FOSSE." The Citizens Called Out by Judge Wiggiu--IIagood in Charge?The Rally of the Colored Dcmocrats-In the Field -- The Killed aud Wounded. The following report was forwarded by Gen. Johnson llagood to Judge Wieririn.on tiie 23d instant: BaRNWELL, S. C., Sept. 21, '7 6. ITon, P. L. Wif/r/in, Judge Second Circuit South Carolina : Sir?Information having been received at this place, at 4 a. ni., on the 19th instant, that the riot said to have originated in Aiken county from the armed resistance of negroes to the arrest of a negro by a colored magistrate, npon the charge of brutality upon a white woman, had extended into the upper portion of this county, some thirty miles hence, and that certain white citizens, riding upon the highway, hud been bush-whacked by negroes, one being killed and three Wounded, you, before adjournment of Court, directed me, with such men as I could control, to proceed to the disturbed section and act as tlieposse comitafus, under the orders of Mr. James Patterson, the county sheriff, in suppressing the riot and arresting the ringleaders. I at once dispatched couriers to the white citizens nearest the scene of the disturbance to act in the matter, and to others from remote sections of the the county to meet me at an appointed rendezvous, the sheriff accompanying me to the same. While awaiting the assembly of these at the rendezvous, Mr. Patterson without my knowledge or consent, but actuated by the laudable desire to suppress the trouble without risk of bloodshed, went forward to the disturbed district. While riding along the highway in his buggy, some eight miles in advance of me, he was fired upon by three negroes, who immediately lied. They were hid in the bushes by the roadside and did not challenge him. His first intimation of their presence was a volley of slugs (ragged and broken bits of lead) fired. , He is very seriously wounded, but I trust will recover. At daylight next morning the citizens whom J had directed to meet me having reported, some of them having ridden forty miles the previous night, I moved forward into the disturbed district, and thoroughly scoured that portion of it in this county. At Mr. Joseph Ashley's place I found Mr. Patterson, anil had his wounds attended to by a surgeon who accompanied me, he' having been unable to procure medical assistance up to that time. Mr. Patterson deputized Mr. John W. Holmes to discharge the duty he was now disabled from performing, and that gentleman accompanied me from Mr. Ashley's. I found that the white citizens from the vicinity together with those resident in the locality had completely suppressed, for the present, at least, the" riot; that the evil disposed negroes had fled to the swamps, and were then dispersed and disorganized. T made several arrests, but in every case became satisfied that the parties were unjustly accused of participation in the riot, and discharged them. Deeming it undesirable to keep the country in an unnecessary state of excitement, I dismissed the citizens who had accompanied me to their homes; and directed Mr. W. .T. Wood and Mr. M. A. Ronndtree, reliable citizens of that section of the county, at once to procure warrants against four or live men whom I was satisfied had been ringleaders, and arrest and send them to Barnwell jail for trial upon their emergence from the swamps. Four hundred and seventy-five citizens of the county mounted and armed responded, within thirteen hours, to the cuii to preserve us peace; among whom I ain pleased to mention the Barnwell Colored Democratic Club. So many exaggerated rumors have been rife in this matter that perhaps it may not be improper for me to give you what I think an approximation to correctness in the number of casualties. Only two white men have been killed; one seriously and three slightly wounded. The number of negroes killed including the lighting in Aiken county, is probably thirty. There was some incendiaryism and injury to the railroad, committed by the rioters. Respectfully, JOHNSON IIAGOOD. How to Cure a bad Memory. Your memory is bad. perhaps ; but I can tell you two secrets that will cure the worst memory. One I mentioned above : to read a subject when strongly interested. The other is to not only read but think. When you have read a paragraph or a page, stop, close the book, and try to remember the ideas on that page, and not only recall them vaguely into your mind, but put them into words and speak them out. Faithfully follow these two rules, and you have the golden key of knowledge. Besides inattentive reading, there are other things injurious to memory. One is the habit of skimming over newspapers, items of news, smart remarks, bits of information, politieaf reflections, fashion notes, all in a confused jumble never to be thought of again, thus diligently cultivating a habit of careless reading, hard to break. Another is the reading of trashy novels. Nothing is so fatal to reading with profit as the lmbit of running through story after story, and forgetting them as soon as read. I know a gray-haired woman a life-long lover of books, who sadly declares that her mind has been ruined by eiucli reading. ???? Intimidation. Editor Press and Manner : The death knell of the Republican party has sounded, yet they are still struggling against late, mid are trying to keep alive. We learn that one of our neighbors recently had a converwilinn tititli n /.Mlnriirl limn find vvn? O.lllW.. .1.4 V. ...v..., told by him that deep down in his heart lie was a Democrat and was anxious to join in Willi us, hut that lie was a dually afraid of his life, having been threatened with death did he join our ranks. Now, Mr. Editor, I have long thought that a great many negroes would join us were they not afraid to do so. I have heard of several who were thinking of joining but were prevented by violent threats from hot headed Radicals. Now, I want to know whether we are to see those who are for us intimidated, or are we going to go to all such and promise their complete protection under our banner? Our Radicals would do well to think on Hi is mooted subject of Intimidation. Come into our ranks colored men and you shall be safe. A (irkat many farmers in the Temple of Health neighborhood were mad when on gathering their corn they very often found the shuck minus the corn. Radical rogues are looking to the future, and will still stick to their Radical friends while they consider it nothing but right that we should support them. S. A. M. * Notice to Creditors. ALL parties having claims against the estate of (!. Ilarvey Wilson,! deceased, will present the same duly attested before the undersigned with in the time prescribed by law, or be barred. LEROY J. "WILSON, Administrator. Abbeville, S. C., July 18, 1876. THE "MARTIAL LAW" TALK. What The Now York Herald Thinks About It. [From the New York Herald Editorial.] Of course the report which comes from Washington, that the administration thinks of declaring martial Jaw in the Southern Slates, is nonsense. We are not living in Mexico and the Congress of 187odid not pass the Force bill. To attempt to interfere, with Federal arms and martial law, iti the Southern elections would be for the Republicansj toiriveun the struscle. Thev would excite a storm of alarm and indignation in the North which would sweep the Northern States against them. The truth is the Republican party does not deserve to carry any Southern State, unless it be North Carolina, where the parties are very equally matched, and where the Republicans areas respectable and ascertain to give the State a good government as the Democrats. They might have carried a number of the other States if they had paid only a little attention to good government down there; if it had not been so long the policy at Washington to encourage and support with the Federal patronage a set of graceless and unscrupulous political gamblers and adventurers, to the exclusion of honorable and honest men, who might easily have been brought into the Republi/inn Kit tlio non r?f o liftln nfiurlnm UUII [mi i>j uj Li J v uov \/i o iuii\' n iniiwiu and good management. That the South is to-day a unit, or very nearly ho, for the Democratic party is the fault of Republican mismanagement at Washington. Every man, no matter whether he is Republican or Democratic, who desires to see the Southern States honestl> ruled must wisli that they shall be carried this fall by the Democrats. ^ Committees on Premiums. The Chairman of the different Committees will please report to the .Secretary on Wednesday, the first day of the Fair, by 10 A. M. for instructions, and all members of committees who may be unable to attend are requested to give notice beforehand to the Secretary that vacancies may be filled. FIELD CROPS. Win. Wilson?Class Superintendent. G P O'Xeall, It W lladdon, Chairman. W D Mars, J W Perrin, G W Conner. HOUSES. James Pratt?Class Superintendent. J H Vanco, S G Major, f'hnirmnn. T? W John T Lyon, K A MeCaslan. SADDLE AND HARNESS HORSES. W S Richardson, John E Bradley, Chairman. James A Ried, J W Dondy, Asbu'ry Latimer. MULES 'AND JACKS. W J Smith?Class Superintendent. E Cowan, Jan L White, Chairman. J T Parks, Jas S Wilson, Edwin Calhoun. CATTLE, 8HEEP AND SWINE. A. M. Aiken?Class Superintendent. J F C DuPre, W P Andrews, Chairman. G M Mattison, C C Law, S J Hester. POULTRY. John K-nox?Class Superintendent. W T llendorHon, Dr P H Adams, Chairman. W E Cothran, X T Sassard, ABC Lindsay. MANUFACTURES WOOD, TIN AND IRON. R A Griffin?Class Superintendent. Jas MeCaslan, Jas K Cochran, Chairman. J S Gibert, A P Boozer, W A Black. DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES AND TAILORING. P H Bradley?Class Superintendent. L W Whito, Dr J T Baskin, Chairman. S F Gibort, C A C Waller, Wm llood. LEATHER. F A Connor?Class Superintendent. H F Fuller, J Kurtz, James W Fouchc, l)r J W Thomas. PATCH, CROCHET AND NEEDLE WORK. Jas. PI. "VVidoman?Class Superintendent. Mrs F F Gary, Miss Ella Cobb, Chairman. Miss Ella Vanco, Mrs Goorjie White, Miss Lizzie Chiles. T M Dendy, Secretary. WAX, HAIR AND SHELL WORK. A. B Ward law?Class Superintendent Mrs E A Woodward,Miss Annie Law, Chairman. Miss Minnio Lindsay Mrs J M Godbold, Miss Alice Baskin. E B Gary, Secretary. TAINTING. Mrs J S Thomson, Miss Sophy Haskell, Chairman. Miss Janie Marshall, Mrs J C Maxwell, Miss Julia Zeigler. O. T. Calhoun, Secretary. household department, "a." J P Young,?Class Superintendent. MrsSFGibert, Miss Eliza Calhoun, Chairman. Miss Mary Lipscomb Mrs r II Perriu, Miss Ellen Parkor. M P DeBruhl, Secretary, "n." (sweet meats.) Mrs A E Lcsly, Miss Lucy "White, Chairman. Miss Mollie Lites, Mrs J H Oldham, Miss M L Smith. Mrs E Noble, S C Cason, Secretary. "ii." 2 (acids.) Mrs A B C Lindsay,Miss Lila Norwood, Chairman. * Miss Minnio Lomax, Mrs J S Cothraii, Miss Lizzie Chiles. \V C Benet, Secretary. "c." J S Cothrnn?Class Superintendent. \f ..u IT T Timlin Xfttlio WhitO. Chairman. Miss Maggie Boskin, Mrs T P Quartos, Miss Julia Smith. E Noble, Jr., Secretary. WINES AND APPLES. T C Perrin, J F Lee, Chairman, Dr F F Gary, J W Trowbridge, Augustus Mars, A Request. nORTICCLTUKAI?J li Z Herndon, O McD Miller, Chairman. Prof. J P Kennedy. Good Clocks by Mail. No man or woman can afford to be without a time-piece of some kind In thin fast age, and we see no good reason why C'olnian Smith's thirty-hour clock, which he sends safely by mall is not just the thing for the teeming millions. They keep excellent time, and the more you become acquainted with its face, the more you will be pleased with its general appearance. Ry hanging it where It wtn be seen and compared with one of higher cost* you will tlnd it will keep even with the old friend every time. They are certainly the nicest looking clock ever 6een for so little money. He has one In boxbonrd rovers, called the "Excelsior" for 82.00, a solid black walnut or maple case, called the "Dwarf" for 82.50, the "Jewel," ronnd, metal, Imitation gold, 83.00 and the "Nutshell," an elegant octagon morocco case for 83.50. They are all detached lever-escapements of careful construction and are guaranteed as accuratc and Tollable time keepers. They will run in any positlou and are suitable for any place where correct time is desired. The editor of tbe American Agriculturist endorses them highly. They will be sent by mail, postage paid, on receipt of the prlcc by addressing Colman Smith, New Haven, Conn. MARRIED. MARRIED, on the evening of tho lfltli September, at the residence of Mrs. Elizabeth Logan, bv Rev. B. F. Miller, Mn. HARRISON L. COLE and Miss N. MAGGIE E. CAMPBELL, all of Abbeville^ S. C. HOTEL ARRIVALS. AVI ICR'S HOTEL.?R I) Uarltsdale, Willie Furguson, Abbeville County; Jas S Mims, It F. McCaslan, J L Lopez' Col J F E Sloan, Charleston; (.'harleton Sondiey, Newberry; J 1) Pace, \V It .Monday, Hodges; J B Cowan, Donaldsviile; J W li rooks, Level Land; J Fuller Lyon, Asbery; Geo W Speer, Monterey; 11 \v I (addon. Ilev \V F Pearson, Hue West; l)r W M Mulwee, J G Hlley, (ireenu'ond .Ino H Chiles. Chiles ('ross-Koads: J II Miner, Greenwood; EH Nichols, Hodges; Jas M Martin, Pickens; M G Zelglcr, H G Graydon, Cokesbury; KKMeCllnton, Asberry; W 1) Mars, Calhoun's Mills; l)r II Prennan, Cedar .Springs; J)rJ \V Wldeinan, Long Cane; ('apt John Lyon' Little Mountain; J C Whitfield. .1 C C Feathers ton, Anderson; Chax \V Martin, Bulloch ; .1 Henrilnp: Martin, Bullock; Jno A Calhoun, Thus Parker, City. CATER HOUSE.?J Y Jones. Miss Emma Kellar, Mrs. M J Mabry, Abbeville C II; I. C I.liton, Washington: llnuh Wilson Jr, Lownilosvlllo; 11 E Hon nor. J W Ilaililon, Due West; J M Martin,.! 15 Mtrtin CW Martin. Easlev Station ; .1 T Speed, The I-'ork; Mrs E A l.UUIell, Storm Hill; Miss Sallic Cunningham, J C Carlisle, Lowndesvlllc; W Thomas, J A Hrooks, Warrenton; Jas H Baskin.Jno Patterson, Lebanon; K C l?ln , Llnkvllle, J E Calwell, Mt Carniel; 0 T Calhoun, Tlhnan Wardla.tt, L J Wilson, Abbeville. MAltJthT REPORTS. I.IVEIirooL, October 2.?Cotton opened easier but not quotably lower?middling uplands 5 15-Iff; sales 7,000 hales. MOW YOltK, October Cotton dull?uplands 11; Orleans, 113-10; sales 1,271 bales; futures. For Solicitor. "We are authorized to nnnounro A. BLYT1IE, Esq., its a candidate for reelection to the office of .Solicitor of the Eighth circuit. A CAIID. I hear there is a scandalous report circulated by the Radicals charging that Kichard Romans committed a iheft ol certain property of mine and Joined the Democratic party to avoid prosecution by mo. The report is a wicked, malicious and unmitigated falsehood. I nave never even iaspeeted him. He joined the Democratic party uninfluenced bv any threats from me. A. 12. LKSLY. Qet. 1, 1870. Dcmocratie Meeting at Due West. For reasons lately developed it has been found necessary to postpone the Democratic meeting at Due West until Friday, Ihe 13th, instead of next Friday, the 6th. J. S. COTHRAN, Oct. 4, 1V76.] County Chairman. COKESBURY CONFERENCE SCHOOL Cokcsbury, Abbeville Co., 8. C. Eighty-flrst Session of Twenty Woeks begins on the First Monday in JANUARY, 1877. FACULTJf. F. A. CONNOR, Rector | O. C. nODOES.ITOi. EXPENSES. Tuition, Primary Department, $12.50; Intermediate, ?20.00; Senior, $25.00; board $12.00 per month. Sons of Ministers of Conference free of tuition. Of other denominations, half rate. Location proverbially hoalthy. Easily accessible by G. <fc C. K. K. Community intelligent, refined and moral. Free from dntin shops and gaming saloons. Oct. 1, U70. 2m CARD. A rumor having gained circulation in * 11 ?' -1 * ? T . my ncifiJinornoou u> wiu virecir mai, x tern plated opening a store for the purpose of taking in seed cotton and other farm produce. I take this means and opportuI nity of denouncing it as false and utterly without foundation. Oct. 4,1876.] W. Y. MILLER. J."F. TOWNSEND, ~ OF IIODGES, TTAS HAMPTON" HATS. Call and XX get one. lie knows how to appreciate Gon. Humpton, having been in the same army during the war and wounded several times. Oct. 1,1870. iilii! MILLINERY AND Ladies' Goods Generally, in all the latest stylos, Wednesday, 4th October, at Tie Emprinm of FashionOct. 1,1870. McDonald & HaflflOn Are now receiving FALL and WINTER GOODS WHICH havo been selected with great care by Mb. R. M. HADDON in New York and Baltimore, all of which will be sold on the most liberal terms. [Sept. 27, 1876. If You Want GOOD GOODS At the Lowest Prices, Call On <1 jfi. JAjvn aiVJ/VJiOJiu w uuuuvMi Sept. 27, 1876, tf Grand Opening Millinery and ladies goods generally, in all the latest styles, WEDNESDAY, 4th October, at the Emporium of Fashion. Oct 1,1876. The Ladies Will find our stock of everything in their lino especially attractive thin season, and all we ask for is careful inspection to convince them of prices being as low as can be found anywhere in the State. surc to give us a call before purchasing and judge for yourselves. JAS. A. BOWIE, Agent Emporium of Fashions. Oct. 1, 1876. Rooms Over the Bank, Octobkr 4th, 1876. Mrs. M. W. White WOULD he plexsed to see her friends and the public from 10 A. M. till 5 P. M. to-d:iy. The State of South Carolina, ABBEVILLE COUNTY. l*iobatc Court?Citation for Lettert of A dminitt'n. By THOS. B. MILLFORD, Esquire, Probate Judge. WHEREAS, Col. Thos. Thomson made suit to me, to grant hira Letters of Administration of the Estate and effects of Janies C. "Willard, late of Abbeville County, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admnniuii nil and singular the kindred and creditors of the said James C. Willard, that tbey he and appear, before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Abbeville C. H., on Thursday, the 18th instant, 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 third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six and in the one hundredth and tirst year of American Independence. Published on the 4th and 11th day of October, 1876, in the Press and Manner, and on the Court House door for the time required by law. THOS. B. MILLFORD, - "* T.. . 1 _ # II [SKA n. J juuye tu xiuuuic. Oct. 4, 1876, 2t FALL AND WINTER GOODS AT COST. Quarles & Ferrin. Sept. 19, 1876. A LIBERAL ADVANCE on the cash value of cotton will be paid to persons indebted to us by note or account. QUARLES & PERRIN. Sept. 19, 1876. Notice. ALL persons indebted to the undersigned by note or account, I must settle the same or they will be j placed in the hands of an attorney for I collection. Luugcr indulgence will . not be given. Quarles & Perrin. Sept. 10, 1876. The Edgefield Advertiser. One Dollar for Six Months, CAMPAIGN RATES. Address, "The Advertiser," Edgetield, K. C. August ,30 187G, tf i I va **4 mm mm m __ iliUliUiiJIlS i*. UAfiYj Attorney at law, abbeviin C. H., S. (\ Special attention t< jhe collection of clalmn. [Fob. P, ly % IF YOU WAKT GOl MP, Call on McDonald & Haddon. Sept 27, 1876, tf Tie Siate of M Carolina. Abbeville County. FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE BY VIRTUE of Mortgage given to J. L. PRES8LY and JTD. NEEL we will sell on Sale Day in November (6tk) the following described Real Estate of ENOCH KELSON; 1st All that lot of land with The Dwelling House. and'otber improvements Jthercon, in the Town ot Abboville, containing one acre, more qj less, fronting on Main Street, bounded on East by lot Estate of Mary MeDonald. deceased, and on other aide-j by public streets. 2d- Also that Plantation or Tract of Laud known as The Home Place, ^ near Cedar Spring, containing ONE THOUSAND ACHES, more or lexs, and bounded by lanhs of Prazier, McClinton, Drendon, and others. 3d. Also that other Plantation ?r Tract of Land, known as the Adams Tract, On water* of Norris Creek, containing EIGHT HUNDRED ACRES, more or leas, bounded or mnas mi J5u j. jjavin, deceased, S. McGovan, Sondley, -and others. Terms made known on day of sale. J. L. PRESSLY, Ja Da NEEL, Mortgagees. Sept. 25, 1878. tt Musie and the Drama. THE BIFLB CLCB Wlhh OIVB A 4RAXB DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENT, TO TBS rOBLIO AT CONCEBT HALL. OK TUB 6th of October. IT -will consist of fine music and the following standard pieces will be rendered in the niglicHi style of ?he modern theatrical art: T) A TflYV/i fPTTl? TlTTVTi vjr xiiJb ti x*.-% XJj BOARDING SCHOOL, RUNNING THE BLOCKADE These selection* are the finest ever brought on the stage at this plaea. THE PURPOSE OF THE ENTERTAINMENT L3 TO UNIFORM THE CLUB. Admissox?50 Cents. Children?25 Cents. VST TICKETS on sale at Parker & Pen-iris Drug Store, August SO. 1076, it The State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville* COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. James S. Cotliran, Esq.,<frc., Plaiutiff; against Thomas P. Smith, Survivor, <?c., Josephine A. Martin, Rosa Will it Cunningham, Rebecca J. PooleRosa Poole, Mollie Poole and Toombs Poole, Defendants. Copy Summons. For Relief. [Complaint not served.] Tn th? Defendants Rebecca J. Poole. I Rosa Poole, Mollis Poole and Toombs Poole, YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is this day filed in the Clerk's Office of the Clerk of Common Pleas for Abbeville County, 8. C.,?and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at their office, at Abbeville Court Court House within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaiut wifhin the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for tbe relief demanded in the complaint. PERRIN 4 COTHRAN, Plaintiff's Att'ys. Dated 4th August, A. IX 1876. The summons of which tlie above is a copy, has this day been filed in the ofnce of the Clerk of the Court oi Common Pleas for Abbeville County, South Carolina. PERRIN A COTHRAN, Plaintiff's Attorney. The State of South Carolina. COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. Probate Court?Citation for Letters of Administration. BY THOMAS B. MILFORD, Esq., Probate Judge. Y\J HEREAS, L. H. Russel has * made suit to me, to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate and effect* of Mrs. Rachel Agnew late of Abbeville Coqnty, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred andJC'reditors of the said Mrs. Rachel Agnew deceased, that they be and apEear, before me, in the Court of Proate, to be held at Abbeville C. H., on the 12th day of October next after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock forenoon, to snow cause, n .?uy ?.ut?jr have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal, this twenty-sixth day of September in the year of our Lordone thouS. L. sand eight hundred and seventysix and in the one hundred and flrsc year of American Iudpendence. Published on the 27th day of October aud on the 4th day of October 1876 in the Abbeville Press and Banner and on the Court House dooj for the time required by law. THOMAS B. MILFORD. Judge of Probate. September 27, 1876, 2t. CUNNINGHAM & I TEMPLETON I are receiving their I FALL STOCKof MERCHANDISE, consisting of all kinds of DRY GOODS, Groceries, Crockery, Boots, Shoes, , HATS AND CAPS. ? Everything Cheap! Give them a call. Bept. 20, 187(1.